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r -or tirti t ffro.(ni. fJP Harnett a Comity f" -S-i "mteri oontorv" is "propounded" in the 'S -ml JrU the Editor of j -:r.Cr--T-tvvvt for a very remarkable ar-! ' ' N. i -i - :..i.. ;.. ,ril(.si .with n i i rc-xt tor si t . .. 'iAAn,:i.n.1i in pnriipst Willi a line. . . -'v. - 0 it information, and Jt ' ' "-V " . - . . - ir view u. hiui n --- - . I with mi air of assurance, we mignv sa nrrc -e which is entirelv at war with the jm-"" ; ? .i..:m nrt , alitor 'ir. i nsiis.stii fC'l III IC1I HUM v J Jut let us e weonhl hope i : . ..-,...... i J Jut let lis examine the argument, not that to convince the Argils man mat ... .1 " he wronir in a single particular, occause, an ' he sars, his "deliberate dictum" is already j l-i id down and therefore " reason now can ,0 i him no harm. V , if wc suppose Harnett to be a county, no one we presume would question the conclusion to which the Kditor has arrived, that a citizen of that county could tml vote in Cumberland. This is so plain that it would scarcely, one w ould think, need much ihUhrrotiiii on the part of the Argus to enable it to pronounce a "dictum " and complacently settle down into a position where "reason could do no harm" Hut if, on the other hand, Harnett be not a roiintv, or a countv "sub modo' or "quoad hoc"1 only, the Argus will have to try again, ibr assuredly he has as yet given no good reason for the faith that is in him. AVe deny llmt Harnett is a county in the sense in which Cumberland or Hobeson is a county, and we assert that Harnett is but a county "subir.odo" or "quoad hoe," even at the risk of being charged with " democratic slurs," or the still graver transgression of using "7rr;" words to express our meaning. Whatever may be the situation in which Harnett is, no one can deny but that it is caused by the act establishing it. This is precisely Minilar to a Charter granted to any other Cor poration, and according to the Charter, the powers, privileges and immunities of the Cor poration may be regulated and controlled ac cording to the will of that power which gave it an existence. No one will pretend that the "Legislature had not the right of refusing to endow H irnett with all the powers, etc., of other counties, and if that right has been exercised and Harnett is v4 as amply provided for, is she not less a county by so much as she has been denied ? Let us iliu.sti ate: A Superior Court of law is to be hohicn in each countv. liev. stat.. chap. olst, sec. 1 jhis is one of the privileges and ; conveniences w hich the law gives to a unfes indiscriminately and of right. Harnett has no i Superior Court, but by the act creating it, it is ; specially provided that the Superior Court of Cumberland shall have jurisdiction, iu some; coses original, in others appellate ; and it ap- : pears to us, though we have not uttered any j "deliberate dictum"' upon this point, that just j in so far as original jurisdiction of any cause; arising in the county of Harnett is given to the ; Court in Cumberland, just so far has the fran- I ehi.e of Harnett been invaded, upon the sup-' position that she is a complete county Put if she is only a county "sub modo" or "quoad hoc" this might well consist with her condition of dependence upon the parent county. Again, It is a necessary condition of the separate existence of a county that it should be represented in the House of Commons by one chosen from the midst of the citizens and ba the citizens of tli ennntv clpvntwl bv tiuii- suf- liages only and responsible to them alone tor, the manner in which he shall have discharged i-i ins trust: tor tlie representation in this I. ranch of our State legislature is based upon the idea of numbers, and each member thereof must of lvr-fcTSMi.it v ln rcfiri-NL'iil;i I iw -T n pojrrttian equal to the one hundred and twentieth part of the whole population of the State. The elec tion of their representatives in the lower branch of the legislature is, as we have said above, a privilege which belongs exclusively to the citi- zens ot the several counties a pnvnere wmi i which , "a stranger intermedtlletli how stands the case with Harnett ? i,f i The eoun-' ties of Cumberland and Harnett are to be represented in the General Assembly as hereto fore, until n future "General Assembly shall direct and otherwise provide; and the Sheriff or other returning officer of the count of Cum berland shall hold the elections for members of both houses of the General Assembly iu all the territory comprised within the limits of both counties, under the same rules, etc., as have Iweu appointed or shall hereafter be appointed by law.' The county of Harnett, then, under the law creating it, may be. and doubtless will be. represented in all the Sessions of the Gen eral Assembly till the next apportionment, by persons elected by the qualified voters in Cum berland. In ether words, the voters in Har nett wiff hold only the balance of power, ami thatt too, in a case wherein, if she were a com plete countv. Cumberland could and ouirht to hnre no voice or control in rtnr war whatever. ' Harnett may propose but Cumberland can dis- pose- an hypothesis completely irreconcilable with common sense upon the'-idea that Harnett is a county, but conaslcnt and rational if we regard Harnett a county only "sub modo" or " quoad hoc'."' " " Put ngnin. The Argus contends that the "rule re-rulations and restrictions" under which thc Sheriff of Cumberland is to hold elections in Harnett applv to " other oualilica- tions than that of residence: for. says he. the ( onstitution settles tin .1 T 1 j ns point and'no act of ii anv respect change or live jf' isLai lire can in anv resw cpialify it. This is a paTpable begging of the whole question. AVe do not deny that the Constitution settles the quolifieolious of voters, but it does not go on to settle their plans of residence, also. Put it m.iv be said, that among the qualifications settled by the Constitution is that of res idence. Granted; but the residence must be in a comity, and this is the Q. K. D. which the Argw- has overfooltecT in his argu ment upon this piMut. Put again; the Argus says the Sheriff of Harnett evidently is to hold thc election for Governor. That is true; but the reason is to tw found in tbe gen-eral baw that elections for Governor are to be hcW by the Sheriff, etc., of the several counties, and there is nothing in the law establishing Harnett inconsistent w ith this general provision. That law says nothing about the election of Gov ernor, but it does make provisions for the hold ing of elections for members of Congress, etc., and these provisions are inconsistent with and thereby orer-ride the general law; for be it known that Harnett has an existence only nn- 1 . .. ri 1 a I A 1 -fit ucr tne aes rreaimj; ii, ami inn e.ieiii oi me powers and privileges is therein clearly defined, i ? 1 J .. ... , , -ii.iiiiiAr'a . .. a. iwt tw Ar. ii aiiii- in : i -i - in in in-i. "-..itc v.. .ii w- ..ii... v. with, the grant, therein contained. I he .Argus quotes: thje geiteral. rule, " that when two acts touching thc same subject matter are not in consistent they shaft both stand together." Put while wc admit this we deny that the con verse is also true, viz; that When two acts touching the same subject matter are inconsist ent they shall both be inoperative This, we pivsnme, no one will1 contend fW,. but the gen eral rule in that case is, that the former net is! repealed b the latter to the extent oi the- in - consistency This bi-ing tlie ease, we thintt we have shown that the restriction of powers and privileges clearly contained in the act creating Til Harnett is inconsistent with the general law upon the subjects wc have adverted to and omers umi we coma mention, ana mereiore the general law to the extent of the incon- sistency is repealed, and Harnett is only a county "sub modo" or "quoad hoe "-that is, county curtailed of rights and privileges which are incident to other counties Itiit no-Mill " 1 ufnr.lt a I'Ai,t,tv"n with regard to the election of members of Con- g"" ;? .jrs the genera law ? I he counties composing the third Congressional n - " ij vv ... Jirict .hall be the following: New Hanover, "' -m""" bcrland. Kobeson. Dunlin llichimmd in ;il . - -i ----- -- --- '" ' ' '"i- larucu is uui une oi iiipih. ii, uiereiore, sue ie a county in elections lor t.,.. ,.r a i t.. iinniiwvis wi v un;i lS sue must uccus lie III ' .vZ ! n Z ;L' ! some Congressional district. I siuou oi me .vrirus. then, that Jiarnetl is a ' A. ' - P .1 . . 1 W . . count), its citizens must be disfranchised iu an important election. They cannot vote at all as citizens ot an independent county. lhev must, : im-ivion., vi ujv viii it t iiit: tn ir.u i iiniiwi land as ionninir a part ot the same i! d . I I 1 f I f . a part ot the same tnct, but they must vote as citizens of Cumber la nd under the rules, regulations and rest ric-1 tions established by law. and, we may add, with the same rights and privileges as are1 ; recognised by law, among which is. undoubted ly the one of voting anywhere it may please i them within the limits of old Cumberland. ; JJnt shall this be called a " democratic slur " i 'simply because we innv differ upon a point of! ,a .. r" ... ,,H ? H-oiiMiuuen .una oi '''"?" I- political' who now oc'ujicj tne tnpou in the Argus Office ? Shall he be allowed to pre face his editorials, with the command? "Hear oh ye people, give car ye inhabitants of Cum berland and Harnett, J have spoken and you must obey, J have laid down my "deliberate dictum'' and you must "respect it accordingly." We trust it may never come to this. We hope we shall always have spirit enough to repudiate the "unfounded" claim to superior knowledge set up by the Argus, and penetration enough to discover the fallacy of such really "know nothing" arguments as the Argus has made use of. Jf the editor of that paper is wrong, ; we cannot help it; but he certainly cannot ex pect men w ho are accustomed to think and act ! tor themselves to respect his "dictum" upon anything, however "deliberate" it may be, un less he furnishes good reasons for his opinion. The Argus professes great veneration for certain maxims, juliliail. We would, in con- elusion, remind him ot one, not political, trite yet true: A little learning is a dangerous thing." T. A Preacher's Oath. Parson IJrownlow, of the Knoxville (Tenn.) Whig, is a furious know-nothing, and uses the cry of "perjury" against all who have not obey ed the behests of the oath-hound order. In making an appeal in favor of an obnoxious can didate before the late election, the Parson said: "Uesides, when we were initiated into the OI'eri we took the following obligation, or oath, : administered upon the Jloly Libie; ami not having withdrawn from the order, and not in ; tending to do so, we feel bound by every consid eration of honor and duty to support Hodgers: " ' You do s'lemvlii sirear before At '? lit ' i Cod ! and these rrit aesses (lint so loag as iou arc rmt ' vecfed iriti !his orrruiizatiiii, if not regnln rl q dismissed from it, you trill, in all things, ytohti- . .. i . . . .. iir. . . .-. .. ") " '""'-, J" -11 of the majoril,, vhen crpres- cot! tit rt IitfT ii -tit st tit r ti.iiirh if tint it t'rtti it n'i ;"" " ; , - n - . j sea in a tairjiu man tier, fiou ! with none personal perference.'' "All who are members of the order, and con-"1 '. Imtic 5-rti-rr thr .-iff mC" v 0 1 icf 1 1 0 1 1 TCMtllg upon them, and if they have any regard for their honor and a solemn dulii, they will vote for Podgers, though he may not be their per sonal preference." A Collision- ,xn N,i:i:ov Kscaik.- The steamship Paltic, on her last outward trip, en- countered suddenly a dense fog in St George's Channel, near ljiverpool. A correspondent ot the Newark Advertiser, who was on board, : says: j Twenty men were stationed on the look-out: ! the bell and steam whistle constantly sounding the alarm, and notwithstanding all this vigi lance, a large brig shot by us within twenty feet, without being seen; and in a few minutes after, ' near midnight, we came into fearful collision wit h a vessel, which struck us first in our bow, turned to the First AVard polls. Presently a and then, swinging around, struck ifs the second large part' arrived with a piece of biass ord time close to the wheel-house. The crash was nance, followed by a number of men and bovs heard throughout the ship, and great confusion and alarm at once ensued. Captain Comstock was cool and collected, and showed himself eoual to the cmcrcrcncy. A cry was heard from the unknown vessel for help, and a boat was speedily lowered. Captain Allen, a cabin passenger, from San Francisco, formerly master of a New York packet, an experienced seamen, generously volunteered his service, and headed j the boat's crew. They soon returned, bringing with them the Captain, four seamen and the captain's daughter, a girl 14 years old. The vessel proved to Tie a coasting tradrr. loaded i with shite. The little girl was actually taken j out of 1,,e Wftcr, which was then afoot deep on thc cn1"n floor- Ti,c vessel disappeared in ,ess th:,n t('n minutes after the collision. A ; subscription was immediately started among the I M"-11 and $500 collected 200 to be in ; vrsh'd by Prown. Shipley & Co., of Liverpool, ' r"r w -TiofTt of the girl, and $.00 to the cap- a,n :1,H s:u,ors- ory great anxiety was felt 1 "r mvn sIliP ',a,l sustained some serious '".fury.' Lanterns were suspended over the side, i,n,l am mau let down to make examination, but happily we escaped with but trifling damage. AVitFr.E to Find a AVife. In one of the fac tories in Maine, recently, the proprietors redu ced the wages, whereupon there was a general determination to strike, and as they were obliged to give a month's notice before quitting work, they have meanwhile issued a circular to the world at large, in which is the follow-in" inter- esting paragraph: "AVe are now working out our notice, and will soon be without employ ment : can turn our hands to most anything don't like to be idle but determined not to work for nothing where folks can afford to pay. AA'ho wants help? AVe can make bon nets, dresses, puddings, pies and cakes, patch, darn, knit, roast, stew and fry; make butter and cheese, milk cows, feed chickens, and hoe corn; sweep out the kitchen, and put the par lor to rights, make beds, ftp fit wood, kindle fires, i xvnsn anrl iron hesides being fond of nursing; '',i.. . . . . - : 111 1v1 nun rlA onrHuni f!.A ...4 T?-.T t .t "tiff ' ' - - - - - . ..... f. i. i L ull" I in: mi i :ti-i'iiiiiiiuvii.i lionsc-wite is capable of not fnro-AttiW fl.A scoldings on Mondays and Saturdays. For specimens of spirit, will refer too to our over seer Speak qnick Black ercs. fair foreheads, clustering locks, heantifhr as a TIel e, can sing like a seraph, and smile most. bewitchingTy! An elderly gentleman in w ant of a good honse keeper, or a young man m want of a wife wil ling to sustain either charaeter. In fact, are in-the market. ATTio-Rids? we 1 -KT lTE5rs- has just finished' a noble j portrait f Rt. Rev. Pishop Atkinson,, of the I diocese of North Carolina. A'. 3". JIirrr N 0 R T II CAROLINIAN, From thf Louisville Cnnritr, .leg. 7. 1 The Terrible Election Riotd iu Louisville. We passed yesterday through the forms! an election. As provided Jv the statnte ti j polls were opened, and privilege granted ! such as were "right npon the goose," witii j few exceptions, to exercise their elective frt ii-! i chise. Never, perhaps, was a greater farce I as wesnouiu term lr, trageny, enacted, ill Idreds ami thousands were deterred from voti hy direct acts ot intimidation, others throu il. tear of consequeiK-es, and a multitude from tfie lack ot proper facilities. I lie cit v. indenl wis during the day, in possession of an armed m(h the base passions of w hich were infuriated to the highest pitch bv the incendiary nnnonls f i me newspapci organ aim tne popular leackrs i of Hie know-nothing party. j n Su,,tliiy night large detachments of mil ! ; were sent to tne nrst and second wards to s?e Jtliat the polls were properly opened. These j men the ".American executive committee" si.p- ! nl iw1 Willi vnr.iiicttn Z . . ... I i l r n -i o lined, they were iu a very fit condition ; on yesterday morning to see that the rights if j - ..... E freem:n were respected. Indeed, they d$-!timony of both complainant and defendant, charged the important trust committed to" them 1 and if, upon such trial, the justice and a majori in such manner as to commend them forever to j tv of the freeholders are satisfied that such the admiration of outlaws ! They opened tlie Ida in a ire has been done by the dog or dogs of polls; they provided ways and means for thiir they own party to vote: thev bulled and bullied all who could not show the sign; they in fact con verted the election, into a perfect farce, without one redeeming or qualifying phase. We do not know when or how e do not Know when or how their idailnf operations was devised, indeed, we do :tot care to know when such a svstem of outraarfei such perfidv. such dastardy was conceivt. I We only blush for Kentucky that her soil was the scene of such outrages, and that some of her sons swindle. were participants in the r.efirlous It would be impossible to know when or how this riot commenced. JJy day-break the polls were taken possession of by l he American par ty, and, in pursuance of their preconcirted game, they used every stratagem or device to hinder the vote of every man who couM not .manifest to the " guardians of the polls ' his soundness on t he know-nothing question. iWe were personally witnesses to the procedure of j the party in certain wards, and of these we'Vel i authorized to speak. At the Seventh Wlird j we discovered that for three hours in the (ut j set in the morning it was impossible for those ; not "posted" to vote without the greatest difli Iculty. In the Sixth AVard a party of bid.ies were masters of the polls. AVc saw two fureiiii- I ers driven from the polls, forced to run a gaunt-J ! let, beat unmercifully, stoned, and stabbed. ln j ! the case of one fellow, the Hon. AVm. Tliottas-; j son, formerly a member of Congress from this I district, interfered, and while appealing to the ! I maddened crowd to cease their acts of disorder land violence, 31r Thomasson was st ruck f rem i ! behind and beat. His gray hairs, his long j : public service, his manly presence, and Lis; ! thorough Americanism, availed nothing with j ; the crazed mob. Other and serious fights oe- : curred in the Sixth AVard, of which we have no : time to make mention now. I j The more serious and disgraceful disturb-1 j ances occurred in the upper wards. The vote i cast was but a partial one, and nearly altogeth er on one side. No show was given to the ' friends of Preston, who were largely in the ; majority, but who, in the face of cannon, inns- k . - . . I I - , II t .ct, i ... mum-i coum nor, i.eing an unarm-; ;eu u.m .p.iei popuiacc, connont tne mad moo. the vote was cast one way, and the result -. 1 . I...f.... j 1 . -....1 1 i ana quiet populace, confront the mad moo. M..im w-.uiu me p. .one. in tne morning, as we stated elsewhere, t.eo. ?erir. a earpenter, living on the -oriiei-.xijQUii i-ti.r i.iii.,i ........ n......n,.i. ; iimt niarKei, was killed near Hancock street. A German named the Gait House, Fitz, formerly a partner at was severely, if not fatally, beaten. In the afternoon a general row occurred on Shelby street, extending from Main to Proad way. AVe are unable to ascertain the facts concerning the disturbance. Some fourteen or fifteen men were shot, including Officer AVil- Mains ,Ioe Selvaire and others Two or three were killed, and a number of houses, chiefly I ' . T 1 I 1 .. T , I ii 'i I :i I i-iiiii'I'-iiiiiii'v iii-ni.riii iiita 01141 1-110 o-. .... . . co. .Aiioiii ociock, wnen tlie vast crowd, augmentel by accessions from every part of the city, and armed with shot-guns, muskets, and rifles, were proceeding to attack the Catho lic church on Shelby street, Mayor Parbee arrested them with a speech, and tlie mob re- ; with muskets. In an hour afterwards the large brewery on Jefferson street, near the junction j of G recti, was set lire to. In the lower part of the city the distnrban- ccs were characterized by a greater degree ot bloody work. Pate in the afternoon, three Irishmen going down Main street, near Kle- venth, were attacked, and one knocked down. ; I hen ensued a terrible scene, the Irish firing irom the windows oi their houses, on -Mam i street, repeated volleys. Mr Rhodes, a river j man, was shot and killed by one in the upper j story, and a Mr Graham met with a similar j fate. An Irishman who discharged a pistol at I thc back of a man's head, was shot and then hung. He, however, survived both punish - ments. John Hudson, a dead during the fracas. carpenter, was shot After dusk, a row of frame houses on Main street, between Tenth and Eleventh, the prop erty of Mr Ojiinn, a w ell-known Irishman, was set on fire. The flames extended across the street, and twelve buildings were destroyed. These houses were chiefly tenanted by Irish, nd upon any of the tenants venturing onjdjBawiMty at large of thc documents thus thrown escape the flames they were immediately, shot $ broadcast over the land. It is rather late in down. No idea could be formed of the number J the dav to be discussing lotteries as a question killed. AVe are advised that five men were ; of public morality. The Legislature satisfied roasted to death, having been so badly wound-1 itseir some time since, of theTr evil tendenev ed by gun-shot wounds that they could not es-! and broke them up root and branch. Peler's cape from the burning buildings. . burg Jrpress. Of all the enormities and outrages committed j by the American party yesterday and last night j w VT I3 TK iESTuivTTnEriv Lioiit we have not time now to wr. e The mob ha v- i XIXO?A n intelligent correspondent of the ing satisfied its appetite for b ood repaired to N;,tiuI1Jl j ntelleneer, writing from Virginia, Third street, and nntd midnight made demon-; vs thj1t comc 5l ortilllt qriestioils ,iave)Cei strations against .the "limes' and JI Wcrat'- ltc1 to Illim ll0u beho,dillr tIlc offices. The furious crowd satisfied itself, how- slstoumlillg effects of lightning on trees often :il. 1 .1.:.. u nililn.iiMiiii on. I . . . .. " wii. i.i li ii eei, Mini oieiiixoiu n I , " burning the sign of the Times office. At one o'clock this morning a large fire is raging in the upper part of the city. Upon the proceedings of yesterday and last night we have no time nor heart to comment. ! AVe are sickened with the Terr thought of the j men murdered, and houses burneo ami pillaged, - . . - - i 1 i . 1 r I 4 !. t ivri.i-in ift rn.lr.vr ii f r. I A i I Mil c nii'ii I'll I ill: .-ii.iii,iii n.i.'ji iil.iiiii.ii- i "-- - -- -. .. - - Not less than twenty corpses form the trophies of this wonderful achievement. We pahlislml the kaor-ntthing sale of the story last week. The Degrees of Crwe. crime are thus defined: The six degrees of He who steals a million is only a defaulter i ' AVho steals, quarter of a million is a swindler. ! Oriositv. 1 he man who d.scont.nucs his AArho steals a hundred thousand is a rogncj PaPe, sds fi)r the bill, .emits the money, in AATho steals fifty, thousand is a knave. TJut h; closes a postage stamp to pay for the return of who steals a pajr of boots or a loaf of bread j the receipt, and does not gruinHJe. A naiv is a seoundreljj&tjie deepest ilyer and deserves; like that must be a gentleman. AVe have had to be IviK-Ued? i one such recently. Co viden Journal. FA'YETTE VILL E, N. C. I An Aft for Protection of Sheep. I For the benefit and gratification of the farm -r'ing community, we give below the Act, passed j bythe General Assembly of North Carolina, for o ! the protection of sheep. i Let those who own dogs read it also, and themselves the trouble and annoyance of save expensive litigation. Hie act provides, it will be seen, a summary and speedy method for the recovery of ample damages. Sec. 1. Ue it enacted by the (Jeneral As sembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That unon complaint made bv any ow ner of sheep, to a justice of the peace, that such sheep i..,,-0 l,nii tilled or damae-ed ,- rl.vra mid s:iid Justice s ha 1 issue his warrant, directed to any ,awfll officer, commanding him to bring before said justice, w ithin thirty daws from the date of said warrant, the owner ot said dogs, or the master of any slave, or parent of any minor child, reputed to be the owner of said dog; and the justice shall, at the same time and place, summons to appear three freeholders, who. tocrcthcr with himself, shall hear the tes- said defendant, or by the dog of the servant or minor cniiu oi me ueieiiuaui, me saiu justice ?ll ,l-.l i'-.l . Al ! ' i the said shall render up judgment against said defendant, iu favor of the complainant, for a sum not ex ceeding twice the amount of the real damage sustained, and issue execution therefor. Skc. 2. Ue it fM-ther enacted, That the plaintiff or defendant iu any action brought un der this act, shall have a right of appeal to the county or superior court of said county; and that, upon such appeal, the trial iu court shall iu all respects, be de novo, and the parties shall be permitted to plead, and the issues shall be made up as iu actions of trespass. Skc. o. Ue it further enacted, That the ig norance of the vicious habits or character of the dog, shall be no defence in actions arising under this act. Skc. 4. He it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification Ratified the 1 4th day of February, 1855. Pit.ciiasixo IiOTTKKY Tickkts a sad ease. We copy the following from the Albany Jour nal, and commend it to the serious attention of all who have been tempted to "try their luck" iu the lottery: "Uarnabas Pates was yesterday, for the third time, locked up in the 2d district station house for being intoxicated. He can be set down as a confirmed drunkard. Pates is an aged man, and in former years was an industri ous and thrifty farmer, and resided in Onida county. He acquired a passion for gambling, which finally ended in his becoming a confirm ed sot and drunkard. Upon searching him at the .station-house, fifteen blank lottery tickets were found in his pocket-book. He was placed iu a cell, wherein he slept off the effects of the liquor h.e had drunk, and when 'sober reason had assumed her sway, he experienced the most poignant grief. "His story is a lamentable one. Pates mar ried young, and for years cultivated a small farm three miles from Utica. He was indus trious, honest, and contented. Fortune smiled upon his effoits, and his labors were rewarded U 1111 lA'UIIIII ' with bountiful crops. In time, he amassed ite a fortune some twenty thousand dollars. ; lc was bless lc was blessed with a goodly number of sons and : daughters, and bid fair to -io down to his -rare - T - ! ;,, ,)(.nce: but twelve vears ar he was induced tn .trv iH!. im.j-' !M1(i mir,.i. (1,tP..v t;.L-..t 'vu r"ss0! imvcuuniiinl, In- coma V.bt KtOir . :. . - 1 . . ' ' md from that day to this he has been constant ly gambling in lottery tickets worthless bits of parchment. His farm, his wife and children, I are. all gone; the farm for lottery tickets his ; wife into her grave, and his children married ; and scattered in all quarters, j "He came to this city two weeks since, hav i iug in his possession the last of his wordly cf . fects. A'estenhn- the last penny was squander i ed, and he now stands a fair prospect of finding 1 home 111 the penitentiary. He remarked to . 11 i -mi , t iiici .Morgan that lie was 1 ruined man. i tiat jfe was indifferent to him. and that he cared not what disposition was made with his case. 'Yet said the o!d man, I blame no one, 'twas all my own fault; I brought this on my ; self: I am years old, and I know I haven't j much longer to stay.' What a lesson does the I experiment of this old man teach the risinvr generation. ' Ax Kvil that ought to r.K hkmepiep. AVe ' were very greatly surprised to learn, some time ; since, from a gentleman connected with the mail I service of the eonntrv that .mi enormous nmnm-. tion of the matter transmitted upon the mail , routes in every direction consisted of sham j newspapers designed as lottery advertisements, ' Py the postal regulations of the United States all circulars sent bv mail must be post-paid and if the managers resorted only to such legitimate means of bringing their lottery schemes to the notice of thc public, no complaint could be made against them; but they evade the law by pub lishing in the form ot newspapers, hundreds of thousands of such schedules, which may be for- s warded without pre-paymcnt. Thus the mails are frequently clogged, the ordinary and regu lar business of the city post-office seriously impeded, and the government defrauded by compelling the P. O. Department to transport a large amount of matter on which it is at least doubtful if it ever receives a cent. The evil becomes yet more annoying when we consider the moral effect noon the com- viniKc mtn si, hntirn I ,o m,i...i..,.l, ..r !..- 0 - - - - --- - - v.., im.- ivi i.-i,t from the top to the bottom. He asks "What is the immediate agent? and how is that agent applied?" He states that he has never read or heard a satisfactory explanation given, and ventures to propose the folIowing,'as having been suggested by his own reflections- "I . ii'iiivtr:f ib rm-Lii-i: iiiirMi- lit- Tiin i nrt i.oi- t . ... ...r.;.r.. . i tv. . ,i i- .i , : . - ' n-,1.1111 vi i . , . .... . - - neat aim water. Jhe intensit y of the heat I produced by the electricity is applied instan ' taneonslif to the water contained in the sap, ! Jv'c., and, thus, generating steam of the highest grade, it shivers every thing that would confine ; if-" !ie wl''t0F wishes to eMcit the opinions of : others upon the point. Mike Flack snd (he Bnlf The story of Mike Finck and the bull would make a evnic laugh. Mike took a notion to go in sw imming, and he had just got his clothes off when he saw Deacon Smith's bull make at him the bull was a vicious animal, and had come near killing two or three persons- consequent- Iv Mike felt rather "jobus." lledidn t want to call for help for he was naked, and the nearest 1 f - .......Li nrnri H'nS 1 place iroin wiience iismsuhhc tvmn the meeting house which was at the time filled with worshippers, among whom was the "gal Mike was paying his devours to." So he dod ged the bull "as the animal Vame at him, and managed to catch him by the tail. He w as drajrired round till he was nearly dead, ami when he could hold no longer, he made up his mind he had better "holler" And now we will let him tell his own ptory. So, looking at the matter in all is bearings, I cum to the-ouclusion I'd better let some one know whar I was. So I gin a yell louder than a locomotive whistle, and it warn't. long before I seed the deacon's two dogs a coming down like as if they war seeing which could get thar first. I know'd who they were art er they'd jine the bull agin me. I was sartain, for th'V were orful wenonious, and had a spite agin me. So says 1, Old brindle, as rutin' is as cheap as walkin' on this route, if you've no objections. I'll jist take a deck passage on that ar back o yourn. So I was'nt very long getting astride of him; then, if you'd bin thar, you'd have sworn thar warn't notion' human in that ar' mix the sile flew so orfnlly as the critter and I rolled round the field one dox on one side and one on the other tryin to clinch my feet, j I prayed and cussed, and cussed and prayed, : until I conld'nt tell which I did last and nei ther warn't of no use, they were so orfnlly mixed up. Well, I reckon I rid about half an hour this way, when old brindle thought it were time to stop to take in a supply of wind, and cool off a little. So when we got round to a tree that stood thar, he naturally halted. So sez I, old bov, you'll lose one passenger sartin. So I jist cluin up a branch kalkelatin' to roost thar till I starved afore I'd be rid round that ar way any longer. I war a making tracks for the top of the tree, when J heard suthnr a inakin an orful buzzin' overhead. I kinder looked up, and if thar warn't well tharsno use a swearin' I, ut it war the biggest hornet's nest ever hilt. You'll "gin in" now, I reckon, Mike, 'cause there's no help for you. Put an idee struck me then that I stood a heap better chance a ridin' the bull than whar I was. Sez I, old feller, if you'll hold on, I'll ride to the next station anyhow, let that be whar it will. So I jist dropped aboard him agin, and look ed aloft to see what J find gained hy changin quarters, and, gentleman. I in a liar it thar warn't nigh half a bushel of the stingin' var mints ready to pitch into me when the word "go" was gin. AVell, I reckon they got it, for "all hands" started for our company. Some on 'em hit the "logs about a quart struck me, and the rest charged on brindle. This time the (logs led off fust, dead bent for the old deacon's, and as soon as old brindle and I could get under way we followed, and as I was only a deck passenger, and had notion' to do with steerin' the craft, I sware, if I had, we shouldn't have run that channel anyhow. Put, as I said before, the dogs took the lead brindle and I next, and the hornets dre'kly ar ter. The dogs yelliti' brindle bellerin', and the hornets bnzziu' and stingin'. AVell, we had got about two hundred yards from the house, and the deacon heard us and cum out. I seed him hold up Ids hand and turn .white.. I reckoned ho was pr.iyJn tlin, for he didn't expect to be called for so soon, ami it warn't long neither, afore the whole con gregation men, women and children cum out, and then all hands went to ycllin'. None of 'em had the fust notion that brindle and belonged to this world 1 - - jest turned my head "" 1 and passed the hull comrrcation. I see the run would be up soon, for brindle couldn't turn an inch from a fence that stood dead ahead. AVell, we reached that fence, and T went ashore over the whole critter's head, landiitr on. t'other side, and lay thar stunned. It warn't long afore some of 'em as was not ; scared, cum runnm' to see, what I war; for all ' hands kalkelated that the bull and I belonq-ed together. Put when brindle walked off by' ; himself, they seed how it war, and one of'em said, "Mike Finck has gotthc wust of a scrum-' mage once in his life!" Gentlemen, from that day I dropped the courtiir bizness, and never spoke to a gal since, and when my hunt is up i on this yearth, there won't be any more Fineks, and its all owin' to Deacon Smith's Prindle Pull. Save the Max with the Ukd Hath. Tt requires great coolness and experience to steer , a course down the rapids of the Sault St. Ma rie; and a short time before our arrival two Americans had ventured to descend them with out boatmen and were consequently upset. As' the story was reported to us, one of them owed his salvation to a singular coincidence. As the ' accident took place immediately opposite Ihei town, many of the inhabitants were attracted ! to the bank of the river to watch the struggles of the unfortunate men, thinking any attempt j at a rescue would be hopeless. Suddenly, how-' ever, a person appeared rushing towards the ; group, frantic with excitement, "Save the I man with the red hair!" he vehemently shouted ; ' and the exertions which were made in conse quence of his earnest appeals proved successful, and the red haired individual in an exhausted condition was safely landed. "He owes me i eighteen dollars," said his rescuer, drawing a! long breath and looking approvingly rnv ftis as-j sistants. The red-haired man's friend' liad not ; a creditor at the Sault, and in default of a com- j pet ing claim was allowed to pa y his debts to j nature. "And I'll tell you what is stranger,": said the narrator of the foregoing incident, com placently drawing a moral therefrom "aman'll never know how necessary he is to society, ifhe don't make his life valuable to his friend as well as to himself." Ttlackvcnod. Trf.atmf.xt of the Yellow Fever.--Capt. Jonas J. Leyy, late of U. S. transport ship America, who it is stated, has had hundreds of cases of yellow fever under treatment, says he never knew of a case terminating fatally af ter observing tlie following directions: Dissolve in a wine-glass of water a tablespoonful com mon salt, and poor the same into a tumbler. adding the juice of a whole lemon and two wine glasses of castor oil. The whole to be! taken at one dose, (by an adult) Then a hot mustard foot-bath, with a handful ofsaft in the! water, the patient tr !e well-wrapped in thc I blankets until prespirn tion takes place freely. I On removal to bed the feet of the patient to! be wrapped in the blanket. Afterwards apply j mustard plasters to the abdomen,. Tegs and ; soles of the feet. If the headache is very aente. ' apply mustard plasters to the back of tlie head ; and to the temples. After the- fever has been ; broken take 40 grains of quinine and 40 drops j of elixir of Titrol to a qnart of water. Dose j wine-glassful three times a-dav. Karfey wa-; ter, lemonade and ice water may be moderation. used in The Palmetto HrzimcnJ. From an article on "Scott's battles in Mex ico," contained in the August number of Har per's Magazine, we extract the following ac count of the part performed by this regiment iu the affair of Churubuseo: oon alter the oattie commenced, fcott t ijcr.(.s am Shield's britrades by the left through the fields, to attack the enemy in the " t .1 . 1' . . j rear. vjii tne causeway, uppuscu in iiiein, ! were planted Santa Anna's reserves 4000 foot and 3000 horse in ajneasnre protected by a dense grow th of maguey. Shields advanced in i trcpidly with a force of 1000. Thc ground was marshy, and for a long distance having J vainly emieavored to outflank the enemy his advance was exposed to their whole fire. Mor j gan, of the 15th, fell wounded. The New , York regiment suffered fearfully, and their leader, Col. Pnrnet, was disabled. The Pal mettos of South Carolina, and the '.Hh, under Kansom, were as severely cut up; and after a : w hile all sought shelter in and about a large barn near the causway. Shields, in an agony at the failure of his movement, cried imploring I Iv for volunteers to follow him. The appeal ! was instantly answered by Colonel Putler, of ' the Palmettos: 'Fvcry South Carolinian w ill i follow vou to the death!' The cry was conta ; gious, and most of the New, Yorkers took it up. Forming at angles to the causeway, Shields led those brave men. under an incessant hail of shot, against the village of Porsahs, w here the Mexican reserves were posted. Not a trig-, ger was pulled till they stood at a hundred and fifty yards from the enemy. Then the: little band" poured in their volley, fatally answered by the Mexican host. Putler, already woun ded, was shot through the head, and died in stantly Calling to the Palmettos to avenge his death, Shields gives the word to charge. Thev charge not 400 in all over the plain, down upon 4,000 Mexicans, securely posted under cover. At every step their ranks are thinned. Dickinson, who succeeded Putler in command of the Palmettos, siezed the colors as the bearer falls dead; the next moment he is down himself, mortally wounded, and Major Gladden snatches them from his hand. Adams, ; Morague, ami nearly half the gallant band are prostrate. A very few minutes more, and there will be no one left to bear the glorious Hag. Put at this very moment a deafening ! roar is heard in the direction of the fete de pint. Pound shot and grape, rifle balls and caiiis j ter, come crashing down the can-sew ay into the Mexican ranks, from their own battery. AVortli i is there the gallant fellow j'nst in time." j "-- ; A AVakxixu to Demock.vts, In view of the result in North Carolina, the llniiiigton .j,,riiai scs the following language: I "It is a noticeable fact, and we would earn- estlv commend it to the attention of those dein- ocrats who may think, or may have thought, jthat the 'order' would promote them, and that, ' through its portals was the direct route to office and preferment, that not one former democrat I has been elected in North Carolina, but that ithe former whig know-nothings have been. ' Peid, Latham, Shepard, and Stowe have been thrown into the breach, and, politically speak ing, slaughtered. Paine, Pcnde, and Pnrycnr I a re' no doubt elected. Don't you see how it is? ; You democrats are put in front ranks to break : down the democratic party, w ithout any chance for yourselves; but where there is a chance, j mark the difference! Not one of you is thought : of. Don't you see and feel the secret influence that w orks "the w ires? Don't you see and feel how vou are to be used? To rising young men ; in the democratic party the appeal is made ti come over; see how you are served when ou do come over. Is it any place for democrats? : AVc have no doubt that many who make these appeals are perfectly sincere; but just look at ithe facts the practicable workings of t he affair ... -.1 4 I... 4l. .,,! l..i,, K. l.i4 mi ; H5 111,1 II lO'l.l IIUL l' IMU lliuui. ir riouu.. i""" -'' .... . Hl, if ,.1IlM ,mf ...,. i. otherwise. The case of the four former demo crats put forward to be defeated, as contrasted with that of the three former whigs. who have been elected, is a pretty hard one, but it may be useful for instruction. It may teach a lesson." A Max AViio Coiid Hki.i Himself. A writer in the Christian Witness says of the late Pishop Gris world that not one man in a thousand ever gave so little trouble to his friends. AVhat he could do for himself he al lowed no one to do for him. He was a hewer of wood and drawer of water, blacked his own boots, carried his own valise and did his own errands. I IIU U IIVO. J ltl-K l.T tin.v . . - ' w Wk have frequently heard the eelebiateil Cernian Bitters. oM Ly lr. V. M. Jaekson, 120 Arch Street. Philadelphia, spoken of in terms of the highest, com mendation, nail we honestly Lelieve that it is one of the best medicines advertised for the complaints fur which it is recommended. They are plcsi.-u "t to the taste, and can he taken under any Circumstances ly the most delicate stomach. The press far and wide, have united in commending this in valuable remedy lor dyspepsia1, debilily. Ac; and Mich are ihe healing effects of this panacea, that we hope it may be introduced to every family her- dyspepsia has oi ls likely to have a Victim. See advertisement. l'or sab; in Favetteville bv S .1 Hinsdale. Litter from Hon. John Minor Bolts, of t'irp;iina.l Jiirhmond, JuhjWh, 1S;.. Messrs. AVm. S. Itcers it t'o.. Cents. fions ol dutv to thealUicted alone prompt ( 'onsidern me I of send vou this voluntarv testimonial to the "i-eat valjie ! Carter's Snauish .Mixture." for that almost inclinable disease. Scrofula. Without being disposed or deeming it necessary to go into the particular.- of the case, 1 can my that the as tonishing results that have been produced by the use of that medicine on a member of my own family, and na iler inv own obsermtioii and superintendence, alter the skill of the U-st physicians had been exhausted and all the usual remedies had failed, fully justify me in recommending its se to all wh urn y Ue suUeiiug lioat that dreadful malady. 1 do not mean to say that it is adaidrd t all consti tutions, or that it will afford the same relief iu all case-; for. of course. 1 can know nothing a hunt that but from what J have seen of the elfects. I would not hesitate to u.-e it, ill any and every case of Scrofula, with persons for whom 1 felt an interest, or over whom I could exercise influence or control. Respectfully vours. J.M). M. BOTTS. For sale in Favetteville by S. J. Hinsdale, r o Tofash, for It T A S U -ale bv White Aug 1. J. N. SMITH. AVOODEX WARK. Th Subscriber will Vie prepared by the last of Sep tember to supply Ihe demand for all kind.s of Wooden Ware at prices lower than the Northern. ivastj:j 100 Cords of Juniper, free of knots. ;ko. h. M AKi:ri:A( k. Favetteville, Aug. 11. 4t " AIlICtTI- I I It AI RVH.UIXG. The undersigned ill wir r'-1-'".1"' t,'1J't dav of Sep.ember next, for erecting a t..ll mg . p the Fair t Jrom.d. For J.l ous speeil.cat.ons apply at the More of -1. A T. WMi. y PAR OF. JOHN WAlMIIbL. JOHN". 1'. .McLFA.V, Aug 1 1- 1" ;;t. committee. ltTKit : : e. -ai.v.- firva." London er. (Quarts and rints. jnt receiwd and for hale l y ' AUg V. 4t. J. V. SMITH. r v
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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