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II 1 US Wl Unas. A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Devoted to Politics, the Markets, Foreign and Domestic I Agrirnltnre, and General Inroriaation---TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE. . . p -5 ". .-m. ' - ? WIGIITMN & CO. Proprietors, Wm. F. Wightman Editor. TAYETTEVILMl, . N. C, SATTJl PTEMBER 6, 185G. I VOLUME XVIII-NO. 914. T E II M S OP SPBSCIUPTIOS TO THE CAROLISIAS. For a single copy, if paid in advance, per annum, $2 00 " at the end of 3 months, 2 50 " " " at the end of (5 months, 3 00 " " " at the end of the year, 3 50 No subscription will le received for a shorter period Mian one year unless paid in advance. With the view of extending the circulation and en hancing the usefulness of the paper, the proprietor of fers the following remarkably low CLUJJ HATES, IJVVARIABLY IJV ' ADVA JVC E: 5 copies of the Carolinian, 1 year, $8 00 10 " " " " 15 00 Rate f Advert Mnjr: Sixty cents per square of 16 lines, or les, for the first and 30 cents for each subsequent insertion, unless the advertisement ipn?lishcd. (or .HKfre tba.n tw9.moaths wncajt wUlW charged - " For three months, - - $4 0 For six months, - - - - 6 00 For twelve months, ----- 10 00 All advertisements must have the desired number of in eertions marked on them, ortlierwise they will be in serted till forbid and charged accordingly. WM. F. WIGHTMAN k CO. CLRJIEIT G. W1UCIIT. Alloruryat Law, FVycttevillc, X. C. OfHice at the corner of Bow and Green streets. Feb'y 3. 1A53. .J. A. SPKAItS, ATTORNEY AT I, AW, ATTENDS the Court of Cumberland, Harnett, Wake and Johnston. Address, Toomer, Harnett Co., N. C. Teh. 10, 1S5G. 85-y DIl. K. A. BLACK. OFFICE Front Rooms, over Dr. S. J. Chemist and Drug Store. Feu'y 7. lfC.ii. S4-tf Hinsdale's JAMES C. DAVIS, A T T O It X E Y AT A W . All business intrusted will be promptly attended to Ad Ires.s Mo itp dir post o.Tice, Richmond county, N.C October 1. lS.-. ly M A II I I. K V A C T O II V, I5V CEO. LAUD Ell. Nea-ly opposite to E. V. Willkings' Auction Store, Favetteville, N. C. O -t. 1. 1S55. " y .JAMKS IY"f.K IS now receiving his SIMtlXfi SUPPLY of CHEAP GOODS, among which arc Irish Linens. Lawns and Diapers, French. Scotch, and Domestic Lawns, Calicoes French. English and Domestic, French, Scotch and lometic Oingtiams. i Einbroid'd and Plain ("rape Shawls and Scarf?, 3-4 to 10-1 IJleached Shirting and Sheeting, French ami Irish Linen Drilling, IMa'ek and Colore.l Silks, Itonuets and Honnet Ribbon, Dolling Cloths, Nos. 5 to 10, Joseph Uepja"s Cottonades, Colored Granttdino and Pr.irege. Ijinen Cambric Handkerchiefs, assorted, lilay Linens, 3-t to 1-1. very cheap. With many other articles, all of which have been purchased by the Package at the lowest rates, and will be offered at the lowest prices, by wholesale or retail, for Cash or on time to punctual customers. March 29, 185G. NOTICE. All persons indebted to the firm of W. F. &. E. F. Moore, are requested to come forward and make payment, as their copartnership cea;.d on the 1st of March 1850 W. F. v. E. F. MOORE. 2-tf. June 9, 185fi. s c urr e a xoxg or a rE s. We wish to contract for 1,000 or more bushels of f imnernoni Granes. to be delivered next fall. Aimlv to J. II. Roberts v Co.. at Favetteville Hotel. ROBERTS & BROTHERS. June 12. isf.fi. 2-tf $25 ltewarl. Uanawar from the subscriber on the 1st of April last, a negro man named Xand. about six feet high, about 3n years ol age. and black, haul negro is sup posed to be lurking in the neighborhood of John Bell or Jauics .Mclvetlian. The above reward will be paid to anv person de livering said negro to me at Locksville. Chatham eo., N. C, or confining him in any Jail in the State where 1 can get him. NATHAN KINCL June 25. 1S5G. 4-tf L U M li E 11 . A lot of Seasoned FLOORING BOARDS for sale. J. & T. WADDILL. May 21, 185(5. EDJVIjY glover, "Watcli Malter ami .Jeweller, At the old Stand, Xorth side of Hay Street FAVETTEVILLE. HAS" just returned from the North with the largest Stock of Goods he has ever ottered in this market, which he will sell at -? N V: very low prices, vinoiig uis il ifei m'S sortment may be found Gi ivM and Silver Watches of all kin 5 ai-5y some very line; Gold boh. V v an (;tlurd Chains; Seals a verv low prices. Among his as- Uoul ds est and Guard Chains; Seals and Keys; Fob Buckles; Spectacles of all kinds; Breast Pins . and Ear Rings in sets, something fine; all kinds of Finger Rings; Bracelets; Gold Pencils with Pens; Gold Locketsfstuds; Collar and Sleeve Buttons; Gold Pen and Pencils with India Rubber oases, a new Article; Fine Pearl Card Cases; Pocket Compass, with Sun Dial connected; Coral Beads; Port Monnais; Jet Necklaces; fine Jet Pins; Accordeons; Music Boxes, &c. SILVER WARE:' Silver Forks; Silver Table and l ea spoons; .Mustard and SaU Spoons; Silver Cups Butter Knives, Fruit Knives. PLATED GOODS: Forks; Table and Tea Spoons; Butter Dishes; Castors; Card Baskets; Ladies' Work Boxes; a good assortment of Military Goods: a fine lot Clocks, and very many other articles which his friends anu me puuuc are invited to examine. Strict attention paid to Watch Repajrixo . June 11. 2-3in Land fop Sale. The subscriber offers for s:le all - Half of the Winslow tract, east of th Cane Fear The Diilv land. !.f.ra n,l - t?. 1 j ... . . j v,i m ii uvaus. The Hall aud Edwards lands in Bladen and Cum uenuuti. 640 acres of the Summer ville land. Moore County lands, 2.500 acres. 19 lots in Averasboro'. For particulars apply to P. Murphy. ROB'T T. BARKSDALE Jane 24, 185G. 4-tf WAltllKX PltlOIC- WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. HAS just received a large and well selected assort ment of GOODS in his line, which will be )ld at the verv lowest prices, consisting of Gold and Silver Watches of all kinds; Gold and Silver Fob. Vest and Guard Chains, Seals and Keys; Breast Pins. Ear Rings. Finger Rings, (some Diamond;) Bracelets Sleeve and Collar Buttons; Studs; Lockets: Gold Pens and Pencils; Gold, Silver and Steel Spectacles; Gold and Silver Thimbles; Pearl and Shell Card Cases; Fort Monaies; Sacks; Accordeons, Flutes, Violins and Bows, Fifes, Music Boxes; Fine Cutlery, Pistols aud Flasks, Parlour Pistols; Game Bags. Shot Belts, Percussion Caps, Musket Balls; Canes; Mathematical Instruments; Surveyors Chains and Compasses; Silver and Plated Forks. Spoons. Cups, Butter and Fruit Knives; Plated Castors, Cake Baskets. Candlesticks. A good assortment of MILITARY' GOODS. Swords, Epauletts, Buttons, Silver and Gilt Lace, Plumes, Drums. .Vc. A large lot of CLOCKS, together with a large number of other articles. . . - , Vpt-.-. PwrclMMwatire Inrited el"Sd.xajritne;r Repairing oT Watches, Clock; Accordeons, and jobbing strictly attended to. August 21, 1856. 12-3m NOTICE. All persons indebted to C. C. BARBEE i CO. by note or account, are requested to pay within three months, we shall sell goods in the future for cash or produce. Highest cash prices paid for Turpentine. C. C. BARBEE. C. S. BARBEE. Barclaysville, Aug. 23, 185C. 9 1 2-tf F A Y ETTE VI LLiE CLASSICAL ACADEMY. The Sulscriber, having been appointed Principal of the Donaldson Academy, announces that the Institution will be opened on WEDNESDAY, October 1st. It is his wish and intention to establish a Classical School of the highest grade, adopted to the wants of this community, and worthy of patronage from abroad. The location is healthy the buildings and grounds ample and commodious. Strict attention will be paid to the preservation of proper discipline among the students, and parents and guardians residing at a distance are assured that the Principal will use his utmost efforts to exercise a salutary control over the morals of those entrusted to his care. In the department of Instruction, he will be assisted by one or more able and experienced teachers. Information concerning terms of tuition aud board, may be obtained by addressing. Rev. GEORGE McNEILL, Principal, Fayetteville, N. C. August 22, 185G. 12-tf LAND SALE. The Subscriber will sell at public sale, on Thursday, the 18th day of September next. Two Tracts of Laud belonging to the Heirs of Stephen Hollingsworth, dee'd on a credit of Six months. Both tracts lying in Bladen .coun ty, on Harrisons Creek. First, a Two Hundred Acre Survev, ajoining the Lands of Peter Muii roc aud others. . The second is the half of a Two Hundred and Fifty Acre Survey adjoining the lauds of the Heirs of Geo. F. Barksdale, dee'd and others. Sale to Ie at the Hollingsworth old Mill on the main road, on the east side of the Cape Fear River, opposite the mouth of Willis Creek. Further conditions will be made known at the time and place of sale. 15. UU L.LSK hi 1 11, Am r JJc bonis non. Aug. 30. 1850. 913-2t-pd. STORE FOR RE N'T. The Store on the corner of Gillispie and Franklin Streets near the Bank of the State apply to JOSEPH AREY. Aug 28. 13-tf XEW MACKEREL. 50 Barrels Mackerel Inspection 185G just received ALSO. 50 Boxes extra good Cheese for sale by PETER P. JOHNSON. Aug. 28. 13-tf Professor Wood's Hair Restorative, for sale by S. J. HINSDALE. Aug. 30, 1850. 913-tf A CARD. The subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and acquaintances, that he has entered into business for himself, and taken the store one door below Mr Draughon, on Gillispie Street, near the Market, where he intends to keep on hand a general assortment of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Trunks, Hats, Hardware, Cutlery, and Fancy Goods. I j. BRANDT. Aug 23. 13-2m Green and 13I;ick Teas, best quality, at S. J. HINSDALE'S. Aug. 30, 1S5C. 913-tf JAMES B. FERGTJSOX, ATJCTIOJiEEll AND COMMISSION MERCHANT. Fayetteville, N. C. Solicits sales and consignments, to which he will give Iiis personal attention. Refkkkncks II. & E. J. Lilly, E. W; W Hikings, JS. W. Tillinghast. April 24, 185C. Cm THE PLOATISO BALLS OH KXVCKLE WASHING MACHINE. The subscriber having purchased the Right of t!ie above Machine for the Counties of Cumlierland and Harnett, is now reafly to furnish such as may be desirous of obtaining a Right. The machine is simple, both m its structure and operations, and should any portion oi it tan, can be easily aud speedily repaired by any person having the use of tools. I do not claim for this machine more than what it is able to perform wuu inai description oi taoor wuicn almost every familv is able to supply, without at all interfering with tbe ordinary duties. In the first place a child 12 or 15 years of age can perform all the lalor. after having seen it operate a few times, and if the direc tions are adhered to, will do as much work in one day as three or four women in the ordinary way, and the work will be much better done. Below will be found a certificate from those who have purchased and now have in use one of these machines ISHAM BLAKE. April 12, 1856. 93-tf FATETTEvn.LE, N. C. April 9. 1 856 We. the undersigned, having purchased of Mr lsham Blake one of the above machines, cordially recommend it to the favor of the Public. It washes very rapidly and the work is much better done than is usually done in the old way, and with less wear to the Clothing. It far exceeds our expectations, and has only to be seen in operation to satisfy the most skeptical of its utility aud economy, we nave no aouui oi lis ocing generally used wherever introauceu. D. G. McRae, Jxo. D. Williams, W. J. Axderso.v, Jons D. Starr, Wm. McLaurin, Joseph A. Worth, A. J. O'Hanlon, David Wesiyss. A. P. II CRT, Jas. G. Smith, We in company with several other gentlemen, saw a four dollar bill which" was very dirty and much defaced, put in and washed out by this machine, re moving all the dirty appearance of the bill, aud leav ing it perfectly legible, which ehows there is little or no rubbing produced in washing fine articles. Frank N. Roberts, . Jas. fr. Smith. NORTH CAROLINIAN. FAYETTEVILLE, JV. C. A Panther Boat In Kentnckjr. A Lexington correspondent in the good old Kentucky State, sends us the following random sketch of one of Ins army hunig adrentores, which will be found replete with the true sportsman-spirit. We shall be pleased to hear from the writer again. He must be one of the verita ble Hunters of Kentucky that we used to read of (and sing of) in Woodvorth's popular song. In my winter-home in the tangled wilds of the far Arkansas, daring the last months of 1852, 1 was reveling amid the hardy pleasures of a hunt er's life, seeking in the exciting and invigorat ing chase, to recruit tt cpiistiUor" not shattered byrittred:ssvp3Swe piccccu' fng snnuner. Early one bright morning - in November, I cheerily wound my horn, as.Lt snmmoned forth for the huuttlie eager, high bred pack, who burst from their kennels in tumultuous joy, making the old primeval woods ring with loud and deep-mouthed. bayiugs. Old Croat was the leader and sire of more than half the pack. It seemed as if age had only steeled the wiry musclea of his long black form, aud and clearer and moresouorous tone to his ring ing notes. And Beauty, too, named from her synimertrieal and slender propbrtinns, was with out exception the most perfect model of the high-bred stag-hound that I ever beheld. Her thin, wide legs, deep chest, short delicate muz zle, and bright expressive eyes, at once chal lenged admiration and proclaimed her Queen of the Canine Race. And Old Warrior, with privileged boldness, came np and rubbed his :jld nose against my hand, as if to show that although his name was nobly earned from many a hard-fought battle, and his long, tan frame was seamed witli many a scar, he was still the fleetest in the chase, the foremost in the fight. Impatient at the delay of my faithful body guard, John, who was as fine a specimen of the Kentucky slave as one would wish to see six feet in his socks, and brave as a lion I walked round the stable to ascertain the cause of so unusual an occurrence. Reared from childhood in the apms of my boy, I was attached to him by no common feelings, especially as he !:ad twice saved my life at the risk af his own. He would have died without a murmur at my com mand ; and it was no ordinary offence that could call forth for him an argy reproof. As 1 ueared the stable, John slowly led forth a mag nificent black stallion, who pawed impatiently the earth, as if as eager as his roaster, for the approaching chase. I turned toward the negro gomcwhat sternly exclaiming : Where's Medora ? I ordered her, not Alp.' "Deed Mass' Frank, said John, I could not help it ; but Medora's got out and gone. I'se been hunting her all night. . The mare had escaped in the darkness, and made for the woods, and tlie poor fellow, know ing the explosion which must follow the an nouncement of her loss, had toiled the entire night in the vain attempt to recover her. In a burst of passion, I demanded : Y Inch way did she go ? Up toward the clearing. By Heaven! then she is gone! The panthers are as tincK as . .juick i oauuie your horse, and bring me my revolvers! Just as the negro had disappeared on his errand, and I had mounted the impatient steed, my father, a hale old mau of sixty, came to the cabin door and asked : Where now Frank ? After Medora, I replied. She's got out, and gone toward the clearing. The pathers may have her before now. You had better take rifle aud dogs. You may need them. 2So ; I want my dogs fresh for the big buck, and my rifle will hinder me in riding through the brush. Well! have yonr own way but you may re- nrrof t. But my blood was up, and John just then handing me my Colt's and mounting his horse, 1 dashed over the picket in the direction of the clearing. The clearinjr was a lanre bottom- tract, which had, some years before, been swept by fire, and was now covered with low, dense, underwood, here and there dotted by a hardy old tree, half-burnt and gnarled, but defying alike the influence of fire and of time. After a few moments' hard riding, hearing an exclamation from the nero. I turned and saw, close to our heels, the three dogs? Croat, Warior, and Beauty. Struck by so unusual a breech of their training, and remembering my father's admonition, I cried out to John : , Let them alone ; we may want them. : On nearing the outer edge of the clearing. Alp reared and snorted, while his glossy mane seemed to stand erect with fright. Straight before me lay the body of my matchless Medora, but torn and , bleeding with a wound in the neck, too plainly pointing out the perpetrator of her death. Yet, there she lay, drained of her life-blood by the hungry panther ; she on whom I had often skimmed the fashionable thorofares of the West, envied of my light limbed barb ; she who, twice within a -day, bad borne me ever the Mississinni- sh with 'whom I would have slinroH mv rmi v ,.,. M ndJdressed seamstress, striving, from her treadmill dead. Aln bent down hiffhVn iwl snnffi.rf the! lacerated form, and then sent forth a shrill piercing neigh, as if in sorrow for his peerless mate. Understanding at a glance the cause of her death, grief gave place to a feeling of revenge, and wildly cheering the hounds, Tswept on to ward the wood, knowing that there tbe panther had crouched until evening, when it would again come forth to banquet on its slaughtered prey. The animals seemed to divine my feel ings, and dashed madly on upon the warm and recent trailwhile Alp cleared -with his tremen dous bounds the brush and underwood with which the earth was covered. We had proceeded but a short distance when I beheld the panther's back, as he sprang over the impediments in his course as lightly as if they w ere only the long grass of the prairie. Twice did I attempt to wound him with my re volvers, but the distance was too great, and bitterly did I regret the absence of my rifle. Gaunt, and only rendered more savage by his taste of blood, the panther maintained his dis tance between us, although the dogs, mad with anger, woke the wild echoes of the desert waste, till it seemed as If a thousand hounds opened T I benteTer 'Alp's neek, in each han d ,and drove V t: i" e r wt mc on ev; : J hv wt no' re, ate. mg 'sides : yet he needed noble animal strained i . we sped torrents less Pf more than an hour, u unity I sought to stop his . "Ve panthers back ; yet -i1is. blood, though all x ha4 been fired. -' this severe burst, the ym. -atunty swamp oak, "Tea- formed a covered, Ti. The negro in this bly distanced, and I V' to. meet the most rn forests. As I 2&Leoo1d 'distin- iliaSVrowched for his spring, he lay along the knotted limb, lashing ith. his long and tufted tail his reeking flanks. Maddened by excitement, and regardless of danger, I dashed within three paces of. the in furiated animal, aud throwing my horse upon his haunches, fired. Simultaneously with, my shot, the panther made his leap, and the ball intended for his brain glanced from the surface of his ronuded skull. In an instant he was npon md; but Alp, true to his training, crouch ed, and the "baffled beast, missingjhis anticipated hold, seized me by the shou!dert and hung sus pended, vainly attempting to gain secure foot ing nponnW horse's sides. Throwing aside my discharged revolver, I drew a heavy Bowie-knife, my constant companion, and, .in the hand of a determined pian, the most effective weapon in. the world. jRapidly sheatiug its broad blade several time -in his body, I forced the beast to loose his grip, and he fell" to the ground, although ing as yet received no deadly wound. f , My bravdogs were upon him in an instant ; but the sligtt symmetrical form of Beauty was ill suited tosuch a contest; and before I could leap from saddle, she was quivering in the agonies of dftith. Furious with- pain, and at the death ofmy two favorites, I sprang into the midst of the struggle, and seizing the pan ther by his throat, buried my knife in his heart, until the last convulsive quiver told that life had fled.. With the assistance of John, who had just arrived, I removed his tawny and spotted skin, aud dressed as well ns possible under the circumstances, my wounds upon the shoulder, consistiag of several deep cuts, some inches long, laying the flesh open to the bone, tliev havintr penetrated through my buckskin hunting-shirt. Slowly and sadly I retraced my homeward way, mourning the double loss of both my favor ite beasts, and weakened by great loss of blood and the extreme tension of every nerve, through high excitement, A negro was dispatched to bring in the bodies, and I buried them both be neath a mighty cotton-wood upon the banks of theJs!Lr ofWaters, .The panther's skin is now my saddle cloth; but I need not its fre quent sight to reirind me of my peerless pair. I have since possessed many animals ; but ! those at whose grave I shed a heart felt tear, stand pre-eminent amid their kind. In the happy hunting-grounds of the spirit-land I hope , again to remount my fleet Medora, and cheer my matchless hound in the wild and joyons. madness of the thrilling chase. Knickerboclcer. ' . . An Extraordinary Trial. The most re markable case that has ever come before a Virginia Court was tried in the Hustings Court j of this city on Saturday last. We allude to the trial of Thomas A. Linton, who was indict ed by the. Grand Jury the day before as being a woman in man's apparel. This indictment was made on the oath of Martin M. Lipscomb, who swore oositivelv before the Grand Jury and the Hustings Court that the accused was aj female and even went so far as to declare that j he would take his own life if his declarations were not fully substantiated by medical gentle- men. Air Lnnton, penuing me trial, voiuniaruy placed himself in the hands of six medical gen tlemen, all of whom, on their return into court, stated, on their oaths, that the accused was a well-developed man, as much s as any other person in" the densely crowded Court House. On this statement the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty, and the accused was thereupon acquitted. " ' Tlie oxen out in Iowa, live so long that they have to put sticks on their horns for their wrinkles to run out on. The editor of a paper in Schenectady, in de scribing the effects of a squall npon a canal boat, says that "when the gale was at its high est, the unfortunate craft keeled to larboard, and the captain and another cask of whiskey rolled overbord." Fashionable City Piety.- The following is too trutT to be creditable to human nature: You enter, the church porch: , The portly sexton, with his thumbs in the armholes of his vest, meets yon at the door. He glances at you yonr hat and coat are new so he gra ciously "escorts yon to a seat hi the broad aisle. Closely behind you follows a poor, meek, plainly to think one day out of seven of the immortal The sexton is struck with sudden blindness! bue stanos embarrassed one moment; then, as the truth dawns upon her, retraces her steps, and, with a crimson blush recrosses the tresh- hold which she had profaned with plebian feet, nark: to the organ! It is a strain from Norma slightly Sabbathized. Now the worshipers one after" anothtr slide in silks rattle pinnies wave -satins glisten diamonds glitter and scores' of forty-dollar hankerchiefs shake out their perfumed odors. What an ' absurdity to preach the cosdc! of the lowiv Nazarene to such a set! The cienrvman knows better than to ao so. i He values his fat salary and hand some 'parsonage too hisrhlv. So. with a velvet tread; he walks all arond the ten commandments and places the downiest pillows under the dying profligate's head, and ushers him,-with seraphic Mymn.,.BS;,nto ' 'opper-teti' heaven." The Age,- a: daily Fillmore naner. edited bv George Copway, alias Kah-geh-kish-sboo-bo w-wow-wow, has gone the way of all the earth. Aipapert it issaidi" in Boston, edited by a Sachenv of the same' tribe, will go iu th same directtott before many days.- Tfca "K.CTerea St. Clair." This Rev., of no very enviable notoriety, has been prowling about these parts, and recently stopped here with a Mrs. Geo. W. Brown; and here is a history of him while here: He stopped at the Commercial Honse in this city He ordered "contiguous rooms," and was shown their rooms. They soon complained that they were too much exposed they were changed to other rooms, and for the same rea son at their request rcre changed again. They spent nearly all day together. At evening, St. Clair, with a book in his hand, presented, as he said, to him by Gov. Shannon, when Shannon was drunk, so much so that he could neither speak, go or stand alone, commenced his pocket speculation in Kansas affairs, by asserting that the tlemocraticajty.tXorth and .South, had forsaken Godi and worsliSpped only slavery, while they should worship Fremont. And also said that he removed to Kansas with his family and effects last spring, and that they now re sided there, and his business now was lagging aid for suffering (tcomanity) humanity, and partiularly to aid the Kansas Herald of Free dom. A gentleman present, hearing liis remarks, said, he knew St. Clair to be a resident of Jack son county, Michigan, and not of Kansas, and he had formerly been engaged in preaching for the know-nothings there. At this declaration the Rev. gent became greatly exasperated, denied that he or his family lived in Michigan, and further, that he ever had any thing to do with the know-nothings. Upon this assertion a controversy arose, in which the Rev. get declared that a reward was offered by the authorities of Kansas for his head. The intimacy which apparently existed be tween himself and the lady, who he claimed was only a traveling companion, and his conduct about the hotel, shook the confidence of the clerk of the house as to his being what he claimed to. be, a man of clerical profession. He therefore cansed a watch to be set on him. The result was, the next morning he inquired of the clerk for the City directory, and found. as k. said, the residence of a friend on Ontario street, at whose house he and his companion would stop during their stay in the city. He then paid his bill and left with his friend. Doubting the truth of what he said, on inquiry it was found, as expected, that both went directly to another hotel, where they doubtless found accommodations to their liking. Our curiosity being excited, we took occasion to learn the facts in the case, aud accordingly addressed a letter to a gentleman in Jackson county, Michigan, to which we received a reply, and give the following extract from it: "In regard to the Rev. St. Clair, I have to say that not long ago know-nothingi-m in tnis place was in full bloom, and the St. Clair to whom you refer traveled establishing lodges. He failed in getting(np a lodge in one instance, for the reason that he was then travelling with a notorious prostitute by the name of Wag goner. "He went to Kansas in May last, and while there wrote home that he was obliged to dis guise himself to travel m Kansas. Some of his neighbors think he disguised himself (if at all) to enable him to plunder the inhabitants St. Clair left his family in Lconi, Jackson co., in this State, where they now reside. . "I send yon a Jackson paper in which you will find an article in relation to him." This Rev. held forth in this city to a crying house, and took np a contribution, when he proceeded to Cincinnati. Ground Oats for Houses. Ground oats contain more of the introgenous or flesh-making principle than any other kind of horse food; at the same time they furnish a mixture of coarse and fine food the husk of the first and the meal of the latter. The coarse servies to keep the bowels in a soluble condition, thus obviat ing the necessity for drastic medicine. A know-nothing having observed that Fill more stock was looking up, the Memphis Ap peal replies, that it cau look in no other direc tion, for it is flat on its track. Sealing Wax roR Fruit Cans A very good sealing wax is made by melting and stir ring well together one ounce of V enice turpen tine, four ounces common resin, and six ounces of gum shellac. A beautiful red color may be given by adding one quarter of ar. ounce or less of vcriniHiou. Bone Dust on Old Pastures. A correspon dent of The Gerraantown Telegraph gives an account of the following experiment : " On a piece of light soil that had beeu pastured (or a period upward of thirty-five years, and which liad beeu broken up deeply, and with an even and perfectly inverted furrow slice the previous autumn, I sowed twenty-five bushels of bone dust and ashes, half aud half, after harrowing and sowing on oats two and three-fourth bnshcls to the acre, the surface being limited by accu rate measurement. - On an adjoining piece of equal extent, sowed also in oats, the same quan tity as in the hrst case, twelve ousiieis oi ashes alone were used, and were used, and on a third piece one acre in extent the oats were so wee. without ashes or otuer stimulant wnatever oe in" applied. The same quantity of seed, pre cisely, was allowed on the same day, as was the preparation ot tne narrowiug in me seeu. On harvesting and thrashing the crop, I as certained the following results : The acre not manured produced twenty-oueanda half bushels; straw, tall and heavy. The acre manured with twelve bushels of wood ashes, yielded twenty seven bushels and five quarts, with thinner and more delicate straw, while the product of the bone ashes amounted to forty-seven and three fonrths bushels, the straw being fine and short and the principal development being in the heads." " A Wonderful Uelic. it is stated that in cnttinst through Uliver street, for the purpose of extending the Bowery, a tombstone was ex humed and a perfect skull found beneath: it. The inscription was in Hebrew characters, and after being submitted to the inspection df many learned citizens of the Israelitish persuasion, it was deciphered to bear the name "Grenada, . while the date runs back some 399 years, which ,wasc before the discovery of America' by Coliim- ltbtt- - Live fr Smetin. The smallest insect in creation has its ap-" pointeXTwork to do. The atom that floats be-T fore ns, the softest zephyr, the faintest ray of reflected light, each has its separate portion. 6F labor. They all exist for a purpose either for good or evil. Seeing this, as even untrain ed eyes and uncultivated intellects must, how culpable aie we if we have no aim before us ! If we listlessly arise and move around or worse, if we spend the time God has given us to im prove, in soulless pleasures or contaminating ; action. We may be poor, persecuted, sick, chained to adverse influences, but no circum stances can absolve ns from a work to do. We maybe blind, deaf, crippled. He -who per , mitted otor . adversity. ave nnm i-T?n t tA . be liunyans shut up ln prison, our limits circum- scribed, our movements clogged, but as far as" we have capacity we can all write pilgrimages.. They may be written in patient endurance of . suffering, in holy trust under the darkness of affliction. They may be written in penitent tears, and transcribed by angels into the books of Heaven. And the work we do. What shall it be for good or for evil? Shall we exalt or drag down ? bless or curse, build up or destroy ? One or the other we must be pursuing. Our every look, thought, and action is reflected in a pure or pernicious influence, by the minds re volving around onr sphere. Momentous power! thus to choose or elect ! A work to do! You are not excepted, wo man of fashion, nor you, gold-worshiping man. Through the walls of adamant built np around your soul through the thick drapery of selfish ness folded over and over your hearts, that' voice of the Eternal will penetrate, "Live for something." The very heaven that bends blue above you the very earth beneath your care-" less tread the flowers of !.umanity that bloom along your pathway the weeds that wither, under your loathing glance the yearning of your immortal spirit, that cannot be suppressed the voice within you that cannot be silenced all tell you of that work to do. How beauti ful your lives might be made, ye who have pow-" er; do ye ever think of it? Look back along the life you have traveled; have you built any temples where simple gooduess may worship? Have you planted here and there a tree that; will live when you arc gon ;, and yielding fruit as it is plucked, will call forth sweet memories of your sojourn here? Have you ever made your. name a household word, or have you lived but; to build houses and bny merchandise, and erect' an altar and a temple and a monument to cor-' nipt and perishing self? How are you toi ail- swer these questions when you stand up before fjie Omnipotent? Not then with a laugh or sneer, or a cold marble face, for the thousands of opportunities that you have murdered will' rise up in that hour to condemn you.'- . Linaeus, the great botanist, had in his hooso an ingenious aud singular contrivance a "floral clock." In a half circle, round the table of the great botanist, a number of plants" were arranged, which, opening their flowers ttV a certain moment, told the hour with unerring exactitude. k Hay tor Cows in Summer. An observing,' intelligent and successful fanner informs us that he is in the practice of feeding .his cows with hay in summer, particularly if the season is such as to afford flush pastures. His reason' is that a full, rapid and vigorous growth of grass gives to cattle that feed upon it a desire for something to absorb the excess of the juice of their food. Dry hay they devour greedily,; and though in ever so small quantities, evidently with the most beneficial effects. Every farmer must have observed that in dry seasons, horses, cattle at:d sheep keep in good condition upon herbage parched and apparently scant, while in' wet seasons, in all pastures, though always full the process of fattening with them was slow.' Dry fodder in such cases is required to give substance and tenacity to the green, aud can' be profitably i sod by feeding it to cattle.' Col. Jiu Lane in a Tight Fix. Col. Lane, the wife-descrting, free-State hero, Jim was" making a speech in lowaa few days since, and denounced the Kansas Legislature as bogus. "Colouel," said a mau in the crowd, "let me ask you a question." "Go on," said Lane." "Well, Colonel, if thnt Legislature was logns, what made you apply to it for a dirorcc Jrour yonr wife?" Confused and "put out," the gallant Colonel sat down! This is the man', whom Col. C. K Watsou carried a "k'osiile' message for. Be Systematic your convenience It will add much more to than you can imagine. It' saves time, saves temper, saves patience, and saves money. For a time it may be - littt"5 troublesome, but you will soon find it easier to' do right than wrong; that it is easier to act by rule than without one. Be systematic in everything; let it extend to minute trifles: it is not beneath you. Whitfield" could not go to sleep at ffight if, after retiring,' le remembered that his gloves and riding whip' were not in their usual pUcs... where he could' ay his hand on them hi the C-.. in any cmer- gency ; and sncn men are iiiwtn .. wno leave their mark on tbe world' history. Systematic men are the only reliable men;' they are those who comply with their engage-' ments. Thev are minute men. The man who' has nothing to do is the man who docs nothing! The man of system is soon known to do what' lie engages to do; to do it well, and trr do atf the very time promised- consequently he has his bauds full. Use o Lime in Flantixc Trees, In soils' deficient of lime, iu any considerable degree" the nse of about' four bushels to the acre, applied' by being incorporated' thoroughly in the soil' into which' the roots of the tfee are to be placed' has proved to hasten the forming df Hew. root lets, increases the vigdr of the tree, and thus' aid in securing success to the planter.. Ground. Eboiies have a like effect as an lrumeaiai eumui-n PatKlWpplying ingredients required by nature;' -
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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Sept. 6, 1856, edition 1
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