r. Agriculture, j ... ft' i 1 I V ft PUBLICATION OFFICE, WM. t: WIGHTMAN, Editor. v TERMS " . V SUB&CIIIPTI05 TO THE CAHOLISIAS .ForIngr.w.tfPWInwf!Sh?? $l So i at the end of 3 months, i o . i at the end of 6 months, 3 OU V m at the end of the year, i &u - No subscription will be received for a shorter period iTPiiIircalation and en- tvimvue view ui ciKiw6 - t .r. j hancinz the nsefdlncss of the paper, the proprietor of- I fers the following- remarkably low arirjtjCE' CLUB RATES, VARIABLY IJDVAJVCE f l"f Uaroimian, i. yyy , " T - oo " Bates 6t Adrcrtlslnrt v i i r Sixty cenli ter qoare of 1 lines, orlessJTor the first na 33 cent!? foeach diiDpntin?crtiiia unless the T advertisement $A published for more than two months, when it will be charged For three months, - -- -- $400 For sLx months, - - - - 6 00 For twelve months, ----- lo 00 All advertisements must have the desired number of in. Fcrtions.marked on them, orthorwise they will be in serted till forbid and charged accordingly. Special altentmn i directed to this requisition. WM. F. WIGIITAIXV & CO. CLKMEST Ci. WKIGHT. A I lorury Jit Latr, I'a.y e 1 1 e v i lie, IV. C. OfTi;e at the corm-r of Bow and Green streets. Feb'y .1, la.'i;. .J. A. SPEAltS, .ATTORNEY AT LAW, ATTENDS the Courts or' Cumberland, Harnett, Wake ami Johnston. I Ad'lres-j, Tooiner, Huraett Co. N. C. Feb. 1G. 1S.jC. 8.1-y BAll TIVW FULLER, Attorney at Law, V A V K T T K V I 1 U K X , C May be consulted at the Law Office of Jcse G. Shcp her I, ! j., on Green Street. July II). 1S."(;. . 7-tf J ANDREW J. ST ED MAX, Attorney tit iaw. Having removed to PITTSKORO. N. C will alteu.l regularly the Courts of Chatham, Moore and Harnett Counties. April 14, 183G. tf JOHN D. SHAW. ATTTOR.TEY AT LV.r. Rockingham, Richmond County North Carolina, will practice in the Courts of Richmond. Anson and -Robeson. All business entrusted tonis care will re- ctirc stuct atrennon: juji-r?, - tj-vv FOR SALE. S4 Acrediof Land, lying onCnpeFear River Store, Dwelling, Out Houses all in tir.t rate order. The Store i at a tine business stand at th; Cross Roads and the and is not to be excelled by any in North Carolina. Any person desiring to purchase can obtain further particulars respecting luu properiy oy caning en cither of us at Willis'' Creek on the Wilmington Road l." mile-- from Fayctteville. - SARAH WRIGHT. Oct. 4. 18-tf JAMES WRIGHT. Five sevenths of tho FARMING AND TURPEN TINE LAND in Harnett county, known as the Parker and McNeill lauds, joining Win. Ilarr ngtou's land on L'pper Little River. Then; is some 200 acres cf the best fatality of low grounds o:i the River. The up lands are heavily timbered with pines, and within iix miles of the Fayctteville and Western Railroad. For particulars apply to D MeARTIIUR. J. P. ROPER, J. W. McKAY. Nov. 18.G 29, 26-tf A. 31. Campbell, AUCTIONEER &. COMMISSION MERCHANT, East side of Gillespie street, Fayettevim.e, N. C. October 1, lf-o.j "MA RULE FACTOR V, BY GEO. LAUDER. Nearly oppos-ite to E. W. Willkings? Auction Store Fayctteville, N. C. Oct. I. 1S ;. y rrodjc SECOND SPRIXG S STARR AND WILLIAMS Have now in Store their SECOND STOCK of Sea sonable Goo.s. which they will offer to the Wholesale Trade very low for Cash, or on the usual time to prompt paving buyers. J. B. STARR. J. M. WILLIAMS. May 2. 1857. f 8-tf siiixsa SELF-SEALING JARS. For preserving Fresh Fruits-and Vegetables. Pints Quarts and Half-Gallons, at $2 40, $3 40, and 55 25, ier dozen, respectively. For. sale at the Crockery Ijtore. W. N. TILLINGIIAST. Also, Fresh Supplies of CHINA, GLASS WARE and Table Knives. June 20, 137. 53-tf - . : , . j Valuable Land for Sale. The subscriber offers for sale his entire lands, iuelu ding about ciht hundred acres, lying fifteen miles above Fayctteville and five miles from the mouth of Jower little river. The land is level and healthy and well adapted to larming; there is about one hundred und titty acres cleared and under a fine state of culti vation. I will sell it all together or in small tracks to suit purchasers. For further partictlars apply to the subscriber on the premises. ALEXANDER WALKER. 10. 7-tf James C. Smith. Miles Costin JAMKS.C. SMITH & CO., Commission Merchants, Hare removed their office to the second story of the building formerly occupied by the Telegraph Company where they are prepared to attend to all buginess in the Commission line. All business entrusted to them will be punctually attended to. WilmingtoH, October 1, 1856 - y Tft ondeTsisnUare hiowceiving Slar ment of CROGEUIES, HARDWARE, IgONSTEBb, nOU,OVV'-WARE, SHO', LEATHER & SADDLE BY, which theyVi" en;at wholesale at a . MjJ:. July 25,-1857-. f 6q-tf . :;-;: . f .v- i LAND FOR SALE rr.r-.y---rt-lt a .fir MLklu tiL.iu.T mi . V nf which is swamp land nd ii . indications suppose-to be rich,. From a-survey by an Engineer cut at a cost no the main ditch for draining can be ; exceeding $200. Any person wish- ing to purchase the whola or part of said lands can examine them oh application to either of the subscri ber?. Said Iq sare inia compact body and situated from 10 to 12 miles south of Fayettcv4IIe and about 8 from the Capd Fear River. william McMillan, james cashwell. July 25, (J0-3t A CARD. THE undersii ned yf-ould respectfully inform his old irienus and cuwfcomeilB that he can be found at the cj, r f tI i. ...:n i i . i - Store of C. E. I eete, where he will be glad to see i j. r. Mcdonald. 33-tf Jan. 17, 18.'7 STATE OP NORTH CAROLINA Rohksox County Court qf Pleas i and Quarter Sessions May term 1 837. Joseph Thompson Admr. X nanty Ulount Admx. f William lilount deed Original xVitachraerit. Levied on two Slaves ' . Ldmond and Fanny. Vs. William Price. It appearing o the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is not a resident of this State, it is or- dered bv the Con rt that publication be made in the North Carolinia h, a Newspaper published in the Town of Faye tteville, said William Pr ior tue space of six weeks notifimg the ce to appear at the next term of the Court of Pleas And Quarter Sessions to be held for the County of 1 obeson at the Court House in Lum- berton on the flmrth Mondav in Auirmst next, ami then and there tb plead or replevy or hnal Judgment will be given ad ainsi mm anu tne property levied on le condemned Costs; o satiety the plaintifls demand and Witness Shadlach Howell, Clerk of our said Court at otlice m L.ambcrton the fourth Monday in May A. D. 1807 SIIADRACII HOWELL Clerk. ! By B. FREEMAN D. C July 4. 1837. 8-fit DQBBIjY HOUSE! POWERS 9c TROY, Proprietors. Proprietors of thi Establishment an- i Thd nouuep to the puouc, that owiug to tucpn- !!!SSstantly increAiing patronage extended to 4ifea2 : v. .ii ,f-uy have oct-ix uuuoiiTi eiifafce me accommodation by the addition of an extensive Dining Room on the lower floor, and suita of Rooms on the second floor; thus enabling them to accommodate all who may favor them vyitli a call. And they pledge themselves to an increased exertion to give satisfaction to their patrons Spacious Stables attached and careful Ostlers i4i attendance. The eligible 1 ication of the Establishment, with the experience of he Proprietors in providing for the comfort of theii patrons, they hope will secure to them a liberal share r the travel. The Western a nd Southern Stages arrive at and depart from this IIous. Carriages in i attendance pn arrival and departure of Steam Boats, or the accommodation of passengers. Horses and Carriages furnished at any notice for carrying travel ers to any part of the adjacent country. J. W. POWERS: W.C.TROY'. FayetteviUe,May 12-185fi. 98-tf N J W GOODS. i - - ' M RS KYLE g his Spring and Summer supply of Is now receivin! DRY GOODS, HATS, BOOTS & SHOES, Bolting CLOT by the case, w ;IS, c.,; all of Ahich, being purchased 11 lie offered by Wholesole or Retail t J - V ' i 43-tf LOW PRICES March 28. AMEKCANj SAFETT-MPER HAXDFAAOTl'RING CO. OF" NEW YORK. CAPITAL 500,000. A. Nicholas President. Oflice, 70 Wall St, A perfect seem ity against all manner of Fraud or Counterfeitii g on Papr TorPrevcnt I'hotogrr.phs aud Anastatic Counterfeits,; Erasures, Trauniers or Alterations. j Having pure msed the Patent for the exclusive right to manufacture and sell the New Chemical paper in America, invented in England by Henry Glynn acele bratcd chemist and officer in the British army, it is hardly necessary to say that the Paper is recommended by Mr Ktnt, A -sayer pftheU. S. Mint, Mr Lyman of" th New York Clearing House, and Meade Brothers extensive arid kilful photographers, 133 Broadway, N. Y. The lat er say that no imitation caT be made on a check or I ank uote printed on ihc Safety Taper. Below is ourlji t of prices: Bank Checks 25 cts. per lb. Bank Bill $18 for 1000 sheets. Bills of Exchange; $25 for 1000 sheets. Proniissor" Note$ 40 cts. per lb. .Sight and" Time Drafts $25 for 1000 sets. Insurance Policies 40 cts. per lb. Railroad tocks& Bonds 40 cents per lb. Bank and State Stocks 40 cts. per lb. Bonds and Mortgages 40 cts. per lb. Wills and Peeds-40 cts. per lb. For wrappin j Silks and other tine articles It is ex cellent, as it pr events moths. 40 cts a lb. For Indentui es and Agreements. 40 cents per lb. All State ard County Records should always be printed or writiten on this Paper, as the chemicals in serted in the plp not only prevent erasure or transfer but make it lasting as .time. For Souther Climates it is excellent, and much superior to auj other; ias the moistdess of the climate does not destroy itl the properties inserted in the pulp being a p eventative. In all tne soumern siaies Juba, the Wes Indies jandthc Central American States no public recoi ds can be kept over 20 years, written on the ordinar r nanbrJ while the oils and other, chemi cals idserted ii this Paper makes it indestructible by the ravages of iraeJ It is also proof against moths, rats and other t ermin, jwhfch feast on and destroy all other paper now ih nse. 1 The Company nave now in operation jhuis in aiorns Count v, N. J., of about 300 horse power, and are able to fill all orderfe for Paper at the shortest notice. All orders tar 1 aper must ne auaressea 10 a.imoii- OLAS, Presid nt of the Company, No. 70 Wall Street. Orders for t pis valuable paper received at the Caro- iuian Office July, 18, 56-3m PATETTEYIIil.- 4000 acres of All the Land belonicg son, dee'd, is now for sale: : Comities of Montgomery son wishing to purchase a opportunity any time wu ty on the subscriber at Capt If in line of the S. A & Cav!- will tase pleasure.m sh sWf wishing information T r DISSOLUTION. 'ip l : COPARTNERSHIP of JONES APASsfwa - tliis day dissolved by mutual consent ,4aA11 per sons indebted to us are earnestly requested; toNnake immediate payment, as the business must ie closed. Either party has the right to use the name of the con cern in liquidation. Y. & E. Pi JONES. - J. C. PASS. " July I, 1857 , 60-3t. . I ; FO,U SALE. . iTEEL'S PATENT GUTTING KKIFE. An ar ticle much more iighly approved, by all who have tried them, than any other now in use. Apply to . , . B. ROSE." 1 July 18 , , 56-6t DOCTOR FRANK WILLIAMS' CELEBRATED RYE WHISKEY The Subscriber has made arraagen ents to keep a supply of the Genuine Article, nd is the only Agent for the. sale of the above branji of A No. 1 Rye Whis key in this place. - " ' ROB'T MITCHELL. May " 49-tf - ' PROSPECTUS OF ( THE NORTH CAROLINA PRESBYTERIAN The Presbyterian Chnrch in North Carolinal ods.- make shof ? appearance at a much low-a has long labored under a serious d isad vantage Ij ifuur establishment can ! be found a great va-Li from the waut of a journal to advocate liertriety of Fancy Chairs, in Rosewood. Mahogany 1 claims and represent her interests. It is vesti-f and LBlack Walnut, Turkish Smoking Chairs, Re- muted that on v 1000 Prpshvt.prmn WpptliclJ dining Cnairs, .nail v.uairs, J are taken in the bounds of our three PreSbyte-KCa,ie aRIGClBED ries. We have 13,000 Communicants::, and itHi Knnwn as" Tucker's Patent This article is safe to infer that there are 30.000 Preshv. terians in principle in the State. Our Synod stands fifth in the Union in point of numbers, and her membership is greater than that of any Synod South or West of Pennsylvania. Our sister States on the- Nrth and" South, neither of which has a membership so large as ours, publish the Central, and the Southern Presbyterian, for the benefit of their people. Ihe time has come when the Presbyterian Church in North Carolina should likewiser 'do ner duty to her children. It is a conceded and important fajhat hundreds of our member wiU.txWe Fuiii.nanpr.,w j The L'aper is needed to oe tle orgau-w Svnod and Presbvteries to elevate ana en lighten the piety of our membership by dififasing evangelical knowledge to promote the cause of Education to develppe the talents of our Ministry, and to strengthen the attachment of our people to the soil and sanctuaries of their own State. .If our Chnrch in other States, and other Churches in this State, can supply their mem bers with a' religious journal, why may not we? Are North Carolina Presbyterians inferior in talent, energv and patriotism to their neighbors on the North or South, or to Christians of other denominations at home? With the same or better opportunities of . accomplishin this work, shall we leave it undone? In'th language of one of our most able and usefi Ministers, an adopted sou of our State; ,"it ought to have been undertaken 20 years a but it is not too late to begin to do right." In the last two or three months, a . fond. about $5000 has been subscribed as a perm nent capital. At a meeting of the contributor held at Greensborough on the 14th of May, Rev. A. Baker, Chairman, the Paper was ui- animously located at Fayetteville, under de name and title of the North Carolina Pr byterian. Rev. Wra. N. Mebane and. Ke George McNeill were elected Editors: Ret. Messrs. George McNeill, Wm. N. Mebane, A. Baker and C. II. Wiley, and Messrs. George McNeill, Sr., John II. Cook and. DavJ4 'Mur phy were appointed an Executive Committed to establish the Paper and manage its business affairs. . " " It is our wish and design to make the 'Nortij Carolina Presbyterian a journal of the first class, equal to the best in the country, in typo graphical appearance and in adaptation to the wants of our Churches. Its colamns will afford the latest intelligence, both foreign and domes tic, and special care will be taken to give a full and accurate summary of State news. The name of the Paper is designed , to be an expo nent of its character and contents. From con-' viction, it will advocate the conservative, f o thodox, Old School doctrines and order of the Church. ' - Our first appeal is to our own people to N, C. Presbyterians. Whilst we rely confidently upon their favor, we trust that the native sons of North Carolina who have found homes ' in other States, and the adopted citizens rof our State who form so important an elemeut in our Ministry and membership, will take a deep hi i ii tci ci tin mis enterprise, ana give : mv hearty support. " '- ' " - I Terms: $2 per annum In advance, or. on de livery of the first number; $2 50 in six-months $3 at the end of the year. . To clubs of 25, or more, paying in advance and when the Paper is sent to OHe address, a discount of 10 per cent, will be allowed. Our Ministers -and. Elders are earnestly desired to "act as Agents, and all others friendly to the cause will pleas assist in procuring as many subscribers as possi ble, and forward the names, by 'August lstr to this Office. A"s soon as 1500 subscribers are obtained, the first number will be issued. If a faithful and vigorous effort is made in the next two months by those Hho take a lively-interest in this work, we will without doubt, be able to begin the publication at the end of that -time with a paying subscription list of at least 3000. - Address, Editors of the North Carolina Presbyterian, Fayetteville, N. C. Fayettaville, May 20, 1857. ' ' BE310CRACY! -, 'ATJGTIST-. 8, 1857; ."ORE! FURNITURE H ,;f; 'S TRADE OR PRIVATE' USB. H ure; tManufacturers, JWEKJV w YORK. H i. : ' v Oec Price Oiily. . M a bare fmanufactur,ed and gold . vholesale. We are now prepared yj sorted. Btock ft t retail, at a Fa-fJ nty to -thirty 4Er ce?-' tue .'ihair cloth, t v - ? S2 25 to 6 00 each If igaty Sofas, spring scats, ipnoisteieu m uair ciutu, rornl i : vs .-i- 13 00 to 2C 00 flhoglny Rocking chairs, iprinr seats, upholstered -ih haJrclothTfrom 1 5 00 to 12 00 uaho'raav easy Chairs, " on caors of rockers, up- holstlre'd in hair cloth, U 00 tc IS 00 fahogfay Tete-a-tete, up holsftxed in hair-Cloth, 15 00 to 35 00 " fagogkny Tete-a-tete . Sofas, . UDhdlstered in hair cloth 25 00 to 45 00 " 3fAfiJI.E ANI MAHOGANY TOP Tables, BUREAUS. Half Marble and Wood Top, with or without Glasses, , with Wash -stands to match. Also. Wardrobes, Bedsteads, Sideboards. Hall Stands, Bxk Cases; Louffges, Etegeres, Corner Stands and Book Shelves. . OFFICE FURNITURES-Desks, Tables and Chairs. . All the -above goods in black waluut or oak atg the same nricesl - PARLOR. SUITS, in Uosewooa, upnoisiereu in French iBrocatelle, Satin Damask, Satin and Plush. -' . V ' 1 ' The" same in Black Walnut; the frames of wniCQ are stameu in varnisuing, mamug a tiful imitations and upeolstered m the same Pm,;id narticularlv recommend, it having been fully1 tested, and found upon trial to be the best m sPrinS ??-ncluSSn P parffpa who are not able to personally select W mi-----., , , . - , i the goods tney may wane, can uepeuu upuu uv-j I in? their orders filled with as much care, and f . . -. . , -i -I xi 1. 1 A ... n Itieir interest sruaiea, as mougu nicj c kenti and to such. we also offer our services for fthe selection of any Household Goods they mayp Lvnnt: and as we shoul'd purchase from First f TTanfla. a savine will thereby De maue wnicn ine -customer would have the henefl't of. Aug. 1, 1857i 61-1 y , Uarter Sessions for,.thf? Conntyj A 1 4 ..a UJ5 11 of Cumberland," qualified as Administrator upon thefit'd remain aud defend that particular spot at Estatcof gillie F. Moore, hereby notifies persons hav-tue irajueut rjsk Gf her own life, wheit" she ing claims against the said Estate to present the samey- - , ! properly authenticated within the time prescribed by law, otherwise this notice will be - pleaded in the bar of their recovery. Debtors to the saidEstate will please make payment immediatelv. . : E. F.MOOKE. H June p, J?-S9 NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE ThislSreat Journal of Crime and CriminaU is in its lweiliu xear, auu la wiueijr tuuuiaicu uiiuuguuui, mc country. It contains all the great Trials.! Criminal Cases, and appropriate Editorials on the same, to gether wi'.h information on Criminal Matters, not to be found in any other newspaper. Subscriptions, S2 per Annum; $1 for Six Months, to be remitted hy Subscribers, (who should write their names and the town, county and state where tney reside, piainiy,; V . ' To R A SEYMOUR, " Editor and Proprietor of the m i,; 5-" '. National Police Gazette, ''i: " " " -:':. -'.";';' ' New York City. June 6, 1857 ly; SPRIJVG STOCK, 1857. P. mOORE- Ifbolesale Grocer and Commission merchant. "'" Has just received in Store. 215 Barrels Whiskey and Brandy, ' v- 35! - f and hhds. of Sugar ass-'td- 75 Sicks Ilio Coffee, ; 200 Salt: . , . , ... 50 boxes Soda Biscuit. Caridie Soaps; Candlqp, Snuff, Cigars, &c. &c. All ofhieh will be sold on liberal terms. X Mareh 14, 1857. 41-tf 1 -yr SHEPPARD'S CREAT BENEFACTOR ; THE GREATEST PERIODICJ REMEDV EVER DISCOVERED. - 1,000 bxs, Retailed Moxthlt. : -' 5 -kTim BENEFACTOR IS INF ALLIBLE for the mediate removal of Obstructions lrrigularities, Fro - lansns fTteri (falling of the womb) Leuchorrhea orK Witesrand all the diseapes peculiar to females. r piugeMenses. I have received many ietteriljtion in Ihe mind,of this little creatUKTlhat she of commendation, which all say. "It is the bestnosgesse(j tne ability to accomplish what she remedy we have ever used." Sickness at stomach, ility,painsin the head, side and headache languor, debil back, loss of appetite, costiveness, &c are some of the symptoms which attend irregular menstration. Thi remedy is certain to remove one and all of these symp- f Bjs sure and get the genuine, which has my sign lure onTach box. This remedy may be had by ad dressing J; S. SHEPPARD West Fourth street, Cin cincinati, Jmd enclosing $1, and the remedy will be Bent'by return mail. .' , TJ.'l. -Liadies who are pregnant should not use this remeay, as it is sure to brinsr on miscarriacre. ' thoue-h no injury to health would follow. One box $1, threef ytAr.."": . e"ersoi inquiry must contain a pos - tage stamp to. ensure an answer. v T J. S. SIIEPPARD. Sole Proprietor, Cincinnati. O. Ann.,t 1, 1857.- .- 61-ly -"? FRESH TURNIP SEED. iS FLAT DUTCH, ; , - , --RED TOP - ' ENGLISI1 NORFOLK LARGE GLOBE, . RUTA BAGA, i J ost received and for sale by . S. J. HINSDALE. July 11. 1857. - tf . V AUA11ANTTKP. t,A TAT.f.flW flAYnr.PO. t,T and common TOBACCO; and almost anything in thef was ever and anon passing down to the loop Grocery Hue. Cheap as the cheapest! Daminn h the shelf, addinc thereby, an addi- ' (i Yf: 1. flfll.nKTO. Fjjbiy 7, 1857. 36-tf ' v ; - ..... . - . .- - . . i NORTH OAllOLINIA . - FAYETTEVILLE, J C , THE SPiDER AJD THE STAKE. AVrOXISUISG FEAT OF A HOUSE SPIDER. it would seem that there is no living thingMloop, the rWtr will perceive U waY t so obnoxious as not to find some admirers. . , - ' .. - WW. What creatures so repulsive as rats and spi ders?. Yet the London Quarterly - huds some- objects" are worthy of our esteem and , admira tion. He denies that their bite is fatal to any save iusects, and extols their agility, adroit- jness, sagacity and heroism as worthy of all praise.. In support of these views, he tells the enrious story concerning a heroic spider who captured a snake. The affair came off last summer in the store of Charles Cook, in the village of Havana, Chemung county, N. Y., and is attested by the Hon. A. B. Dickin son, of Corning, "who himself witnessed the! phenomenon, as did more than a hundred other persons. n Hi An ordinary looking spider of a dark color, its body not larger than that of a common house fly, .had taken up its residence, it ap pears, on the under side of a shelf beneath the counter of Mr Cook's store. What may we suppose was .the surprise and consternation of this little animal on discovering a snake about a foot long selecting for its abode the' floor underneath, only two or three spans distant gfrom its nest. It was a common silk snake, which, perhaps, had been brought into the store unseen in a quantity of saw-dust with which the floor had been recently "carpeted." The spider was well aware, no doubt, that it vvovld inevitably fall a prey to this horrid mon ster the first time it should incautiously ven ture within its reach. We should expect that to avoid such a frightful doom, it would for- Ssake its present abode and seek a more - secured 1 retreat elsewhere. But it is not improbableU that a brood of its eggs or. young was secreted near the spot, which the parent foresaw would fall a prey to this monster if- they, were aban doned by. their natural guardian ajnd protector. rtr" aocelv jcfao ath ecJo ti vfisyjj jch .... jnrvrtr-nfacsjea qpiaer soerxinac;oui&iy - p; conld so easily have fled and established herself in some secure corner elsewhere. But how, we may' well ask, was it possible for such a weak, tender little creature to combat such a powerful, mail-clad giant? What power had she to do anything which could subject the monster to even the slightest inconvenience or molestation? Her ordinary resort, that of fet tering and binding her victim by throwing her threads of cobweb around ityit is plain, would be of no more avail here than the cords upon the limbs of the unshorn Sampson. Aware that her accustomed mode of attack was useless, how did she acquire the knowledge and sagacity requisite for devising another, adapted so ex actly to the case in hand one depending upon the structure and habits of the serpent to aid in renderiner it successful? ' How was she able 0 to perceive that it was in her power to wind a loop of her threads around this creature's throat, fdespite of all his1 endeavors to foil her in this work a loop of sufficient strength to hold him securely, notwithstanding his struggles and writhings, until by her,, tackle-like power she could gradually hoist him up from the floor, if thus literally hanging him by the neck until ne was dead? for this was the feat which this adroit little heroine actually performed irfeat beside which all the fabled exploits of Hercules in overpowering lions aud serpents and dragons sink into utter insignificance! And who can say that in the planning and execution of this im-Hstnnpndous achievement there was not forc- f f , . t i i- e n Ifthe difficulties and dangers, and a clear percep- il . . , . - .. ... - undertook; in shprt an, exercise of faculties of a much higher order t1ian the mere instinct which jtis commonly supposed to guide and govern . Uthese lower animals in their movements? l-3 . . . . . .. . By what artifice the spider vvas able in the first of its attack to accomplish what it did, we can only conjecture, as its work was not discovered until the most difficult and daring part of its feat bad been performed. When B - . MO !f ,0f,Pf1 n rnnn flronn(l tho eck gof the serpent, from the top of which a single thread was carried upward and attached to the 'under side of the shelf, whereby the head of the serpent was drawn up about two inches from the floor. The snake was moving around 'and around incessantly in a circle , as large as its tether would allow, wholly unable to get its head down to the floor or to withdraw it from the noose, while the heroic little spider, exulting no doubt in the success of its exploit, which was now sure beyond a peradventure, m -f - ' Ftional strand to the thread, each of w&jcIj new taiBgauMuLan. the carlii P-rt of the c mnyrnp. Fitch; in -arpert rM.pnthlj,TTO , k ! , ' bors to shTw that the latter.: "dejicate HttleH thereby had only ennght himself in an i Mil v v' DpNALDSON STKBKT . j VOLUME XIX NO; orjo. fjftrands being tightly drawn, elevated V l--' of the snake gra dually raorclnJ.worc. j ButXthe most curious an! skhlful p-.rt -! Rits performance is vet tobewld. Wieu it v i in mc ucbui ruunintr uown xnc M'cu g for the snake: bv tnrnln- his head vcrti 1 ! i -t n - upward, to tnap atijid scizo the spider in mouth! . This had iiKdoubt been rq cat i itrap.f The spider probably by. watching uppui tunny wnen me inuuiu oi me Miunt i. thus beeu turned towards her, adroitly with her hind lKS. as when throwing a thread around u uy, nau nirown i Utrcad after another over the mouth of the snake, so ii.u i,0 Wns no - perfectly muzzled by a series of threads pi.uu over it vertically, and these were held from being pushed asunder by another series threads placed horizontally, ns my informal,', states he particularly observed. No muzzle t' wire or wicker work for the mouth of an nniimil could be woven with" more artistic regularity and perfection; and the snake, occasionally (naking a desperate attempt to open his moutli. rt-ould merely put these threads upon a stretch. The snakeXco.ntinued his gyrations, his gait, becoming rather slow, however, from weaknes . and fatigue; and the spider continued to mow down and up ihcj cord, gradually shortening it, uutii at last, when drawn upward so far that only two or three inches of the end of his tail touchecUhe floor, the snake expired about six days after he was first discovered. A more heroic feat than that which thi . little spider performed is probably uowhei" upon record & snake a fooWin length hung by a common spider! Truly, the race is not t the swift, nor is the battle to the strong I Anu this phenomenon may serve to indicate to r. that the intelligence with which the Creator lias endowed the humblest, feeblest of his ere;. tires, is ample for enabling them to triumph ' any emergency in which 11c places them, th ey but exercis the faculties he has gVen em. It is onlyke slothful, cowardly, ti.ncr- the ous, that fail, and tbey failiot so much L' ' their,niui,C.ns before tbtir own supinem Femlnlue'FiiielcB. One of tho strongest ol which we Ifiow, r beloiiging exclusively to the necies of the ger.u homo, is the mania for turning ome portion T their house into a storeroom of'lcndid .ami unused furniture, which appears , be kept "merely-to look at, The costliest furn.turc then husband's purses can achieve is peltcttd uml carefully stored in this sacred room, and j carefully locked in. "Charley" tnd the "bby- are allowed only distant, and rare glimpses the enchanted region, hven "papa; muui boots are ! forbid entrance across the charmed threshold.' Here are eternally concealed luxu rious sofas, carefully clothed in brown hollam,, elegant chairs in ditto, planted stiffly again.-; the walls; a forbidding looking centre table, on which are arranged, by square rule, a few book intended duly' to be looked at, not read; s-oum shining gilt frames the pictures of which ai dimlly visible through the darkened windows, and innumerable mantel and other ornament.-, with the mossy carpet, where all sorts of kal eidoscope fancies ore struggling in unbroken twilight, complete the funereal appointment:; ! this room, which, like Bluebeard's "blue than ber," is the forbidden apartment of the houc In this room is no heart-warmth no humani.ii influence that shall remind you of the joys oi the domestic Jica'rth, none of that cim, 'careless disposition of social articles of every day me which endears one sympathetically t the spot called home. All is stiff, solemn, cohi and forbidding. A grand display ot rurnitui too.nice to use, and useless ornaments 1 elegant to be touched. Those who furnish tl. means to purchase the furniture ko watchful! , - guarded, and to pay the rent of the Kaua rooms, may be a little-inquisitive sometimes to the utility of such a freak onlho part of th' i: better halves; bat they arc told the ro' -i N reserved ,' for that mysterious party cr.tith ! "company," and as these lords of the t reati arc in the main good naturcd and indulge!.: to their wives'' numerous little ccctutriciti- they are easily pacified, and the closed fori ; -ding furniture wareroom continues closed am! forbidding, as well as the wife's especial ho .; - A Gallant Editor. One of our cotemporaries, elucidating tl--"Woman Question," says: "I confess, in ul: sincerity, that I have never yet seen an m woman. This may appear paradoxical, a- : still it is the pure truth. I never hud any u - man eutirely ugly. I enlarged upon inn im.i once before an audience of women. One wh . was extremely flat-nosed said to me: 'Mir, i defy you uoC to find me ugly.' 'Von, rmidan,' I replied, 'arc an angel fuWen from Heaven, only you have fallen on your nose.' I rob.tb, she did not believe me, ama bas muiuiai: . a. ii n,knla wnrlil that -ho it-A-t against iu uuiv - f j
