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? . ' . - ' ' . "' " w - - ' . ..,.... - . .... . - . . , . . . . . . . . , . ' - . i . ' . .t 4 4- . v . v JohxV . caieoos, Kiiusnw. ;ir; two mt.m it rxF r,' iirT,"TT-- CK11B5X WTboIe No,jl9. New BericsAVoL IIL-No. 15. raycttevilla II. latnrday AprU 19. 1856. 1 JOHN W. CAMKRoV, ; BP1TOR AND PHOPBUTOK.'' . " TKDin or CBscBirnoxi . , Tw IMIw 4 riftv tM, IT fM 4wlnc tlx Uiilw. U im) aU 4wt( ike i M Mmri)UM; al auurf IS K tllurwr llhilr mt l tx4ir tk ai.trMt"V Ik jrw, ailwrokw Ik Mr rN ba MitkiWHi b y S. VVt M(U l 'H Um MaU. k-(rf lit mtmrf mm- fmtj W 4d.r, oalM la IMlt r ti: or DVERmisii raluwa llaaa, ar ar, (IraTWO ' a,.., t t ' M taaartU ' Uaraa aawlU, iral iMarftaa, V. Ufa iwatllM, " Far all iwwiIm. ....,....... w lwla inoaiM,.' . . . 4. . . . Frafcnlanal Mwlnr CanK '' a. far faar, ft.aaaar awaa la prof U". . . UiMlian m.iM tka an)f af (aaarllMM Mia wa 1 tar.iM Uir UI auaiiaav-l Oil Mriiaa, aa4 aaafa VM. II. I1AICII, AttorncF t liinr, FAYETTEVILLE, W. 0. orrici o old tbu!T. COOK & JOHNSON, IUPORTEIIS AND DEtEKS IN Englmb, Ctramn, n l Arrtcrienn Hard ware an J Cutlnry. iaaaary 10, laM. ltf Worth & UUey, Fonearditig nml (lenrral Commution Merchants, rAir.TTi;TiLrr, . c. J. A. WOKTII. Jus. t'lLtV. Fahrkary , Tlf ' A, M. Canpbcll, Auctioneer and CommUi'titn Merchant, (;iu,Esnr. jsruKBT, FtjaUerUlt, N. 0. Fek'y JO. i-f WH'iLKSAt-E AMI UKTAIL DElLr.R I!l funigm Frutt, X'?, d'jn, T-Jnv, A"-, umi:i:i KTiminv 1.: .;L FayatteTllia. N. 0... iaaiuary l, 1 . ' If "" S. M TilOMAS. FANCY A X P ST A TL K DRY GOODS, RiMUf.H mi: i.oriiio, nU, Caa, naiit. IWoU B-I Haa, SKtHiBga, CoU.ni Xmru, Krwy, MaattU, ., A. (' Mmrrud Ouinrii (it., rj.lwIUa,!J. C. " X S. BANKS, . coaraov .ud-fostokg MERCHANT. irirmtaTOV, rtli arallna. Ja. 6. 0-7 H1A0-C!1L1N I CO.. CONTUACTOIW ANII 15CILDERS. Fnjf lift llle, fl. C, Jaaary t. IK. li.flf J. A. SI'EARS, AT T 0 R H E Y AT LAW. Aurora tb t'uru of Camlerlao'l. Harortl, Waka, aad Jl.i'un. ' Addreaa. .Tooraertllararitto , ;C. JlO-ly.-- tn .a, r m kH VV SaW mi r.rvrn r m v t kwk it - - - -. . . . ... . o. n. n..nn' I ftrxtCA UtV.I aUll.laU VVJIMa.a ".a ra--' : UERi'llM, irvml naton. .V- C Jane IS, W4 33-tf DR. K. A. BLACK, OFFICB FROST ROOM, OVER Ir. !b. J. IHiitaH:'a Chenil-t and Imie, Stort. Fel'roary J, ' ! 1Krf ANDREW J. STBDMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, - piTTMIOHO V G , X s C. u Will attend tlie County and Snperinr Cpurta of fbatliam, Mura, and Harnett tuMniica. July W, lHOt, U f i J?-tf JOHN WINSLOW. Attorney at IiJiwv . ,r pn Hit Suulh ii.' f rttl, Ofpo ' , tin On FujfHrrilr Mahk. . ,rAVi:Tri:vii.i.r, r. iv February, loV.4. ' :' VJ " ATORXEY WD C0OSELL0R . :. a- iL.AW-nV Ofieoatl'r. Mail t lew Building,' on Bow Slreet. J8pt. 55, . lo5-881y Wn. 11. Rta, Tao. W. ATaul!!. p. I. ii'.ri'- 1.0BIBT HUM, - Hopkins, Hull & Co. - WHOLESALE DRY GOODS WKUCH ANTS, N. 3it OaltiiuAra fctrft t, (Oppn-ii Hnnover Street,) n.lLTI.iOUE,H0. Fabuary, 1801. 1 I f1 I) fl I? nr.tt.ua it. ' r: ; . .. . a . tuple tni Pair f vtj htMiflj, unit, i ipi, wou ahara, tml Rfady Je Partlealar aUeoUna puiXtP v. LAD1K3' PRE33 OOOli.S and TRIMMINGS. Hay itrcet, ra jltrII, W. r, -yVa,la64; fQ V GHUCEIUES. IfJ U btU. Cmalwil ana) Cofaa lafary . i a v K nbiskci . . i A , " ..J. B. t, , . i hot lar Knap, - ' ,4Ml . No, 1 m', " llMI Eitni Gaiiprr ) IwparUI Ta, 'J kl.l. tiura I idar Tiavfar,' ; . JuM reid axl for mI tjr . , , wm. now, foot of H;ainaut OLD RYE WHISKEY. fPHK FaMrilar i th anly thnt4 apxit U J aytdaill U U aala af U.a liu. R. V. Par- yr iK-irata urn ii e t niauev. ttt iu lit .u)pUtJ Willi Ihia avyanuf birkvr tu marl Ui aVmaM, 1 W. l)HAtllo,V. rayi tU-tltl, alxroti I. ' 11-tf .HEM OVAL. J. rMrllhlC aHta, fraaa vial a Ian m Um t)t'HiUa Hutai Unlitiiitg, to lh Clnra furttar. I oeeui4v4 lif Mmn. Hall a tkekrtt. Mat Btrmt, .paMi KiHi Ulovar'a Jawalr IMaw, wbara aaajr tt fuumi mt all timaa caaaulat Hut t ;kdy-mai)K clothing, tailed li tha Uto ut biar airl to lb Moa. flfitl. m anJ Vanlna will alwaya lad gooJ la i' IWm (La craws of U.a br. lo th aola a lha fuot. U l wkka I itatarwiiaH U aall M ch i ur aaab rr araJit uf IhI alara lo iaiii!taml caeioairrB. M ana vllirr liu-a in taa city. M..or waak-4 lr old areounU. lkawpi'Ual skill atill oa kaad, and Coat, tad P.eia lu wi.Ua. I aia u riai.lin direct froa ? Vjrk ) Spring purcliaaaa. Tlta wliola will ba lo baani ia a few ora. i 'all aai aLianua ihaoj bafara pareiuubiuf alaawbato, . - J A. MrpHKRKOS, Oct il mr Wra of H arlu k l'tiy ArUl. 117 4 BOOTS AND SHOES. tl'E aro rareirtng our ff.riug aad rtomarr If aupwlr, emi'.lni of a vary larg aad I MI gnaaral anM-tawnt uf Ireula , LaJiaa ilnr.',' fa. Miaa , atij i:h;ldnra'a Bw.ta, (laitera, and bkuaa, W.Ik a larg aaaurtoickt ol fer.au U lbo-. iiiit. Trunit: Vab Git, Lifn, and Bindt "3 .Vii; Hhi Thrud; i't$,S'r. Vi bicb a alT triy cWap fi Cab, or oa liai lo prou.pl tu t .iu.it. B. T. lUKLF-T k )X March , ii!A. ' ' ' llarlai AN tlSTIRE JiEW STOCIt rpii8 J M. fluWiiUv baa takta tbt .land on the Snrtb ! .K'tnrr uf Alarkat Kaiaara, a4iwaiag lha Sirr ..f Mr J ... Kn, wkrra ba baa racaarrd ia part, and In ai'W nx-vi.ibg. an ealirety new Mock of 0l. rbi inr nearly earry tarieiy of rl lea ataa'ly calir I inr ia U.a Itiy liouda trade- aaaong otucb are ll.adxxar taabte Hirip d Glace ilka, . l'Ota, I'liaaa Clrp'd do do - IV.1.4 aad rlrip'd da do W H'Wanwiu Manawiaa I RAea, at oof an; iy Bur ; l'i M.tJ IUr-fr. a.l eolura, da liretta'liaaa, dl , t'i paii.i ir, do J J RuWa AUrf anf hind.?ne 1. 1 of Knil r riderioa, CnHara aa-J I iv'rr Mff, .vr ; 'V,'.n anj biulwt.ieretl L C. I Haairirai.'f : Kid ll.iDiieta. It. IS.. a., M' ;ed Skirt.. f.n,'rr.ji.l.-rr. Mdrnof, ?. ; Hr.l- MaJr j CUlLing, B.-.U, liailrra, tr.4. 1- Wrtir mtny vth'.r rU ir 14 eauor t-l 17.1 LK I IIHWJ. ' D. COLDLN MURRAY, COMMISSION-MEmiANT, AGENT FOR f nrray'a lt gntair Line ol f llauiag twit Purketa, . 62 SOUTH STREET, P, M.ttf.ETT. . SEW YORK. TSa onderirrird mar tw fnnd at lire eftc of P. (lllJiKV WtHHAV, 'i ..ntb Birrei, where nrdrra j fur etery dracri.tiin rf g.rn.1, will recai.e bia pmuipt i.and pertotul altrfaUtin. . . 1 P M II.IXTT Mren H, fs-. 115-lypd CRpCKERYr rH tVF rereited Diy 8ring auppliea of Ivarfh rn Mrt and I,oklia jilnaii. l'iiii. tiy Mmtmrta are iiiviud lu riaoiiiirn.) fiwk. Tlie, will 1 1- lnui and lint rat nu.iiry hy ortlvring from tb .Vuitti tfceiiitelrea. W. N. TII.l.lX0!fA8T. flruter in China, OUa and fcaiiiitn ware. ' Maicb 22, 18ft. l lt(-w . BELL. BROOKS, FACE & CO, !V. i9 liMiiibi-ra and 7 1 tirade Street, !:i,'V IVa-alPla: 1111 we ' M Villi! J- 7 E now bate In atore a beautiful atmrtment nf tli fnllowiag O.i.xlw, aelroted by our Mr. Hell on tli other id: Englixb I'rii.U, , Mjnvhk'-t.'r and Scnt h Gingham, Printed Lawns and Jaooneia, . . W bite and Printed lirllliiOiUa, , JPriiitad t'ha'Iiea,' ... PrintiJ .Miioretine, ' Pliin C d'd .md.Ul k do., PUiu Col d l'eriana, - ' : - Plain Col d an,d HI k Barege, ' t'ti!'dlt'rpe I) E?pagnei, Ptin Fluid Berett. aad Tiau, .' v Hi k arid CoPd Si!k, . " lil'k Aipaeaa,' ' " l'tih, I'awimerea and Ye.lingii, WHITE 0K1Lid ( rrLt imtit.) Iri-h Linen, Blay Linena, Ilollanda, Pamaaka, D.jwiii'", I.inrn Ouckf add IlriHa, FartuerM' 8atina, lmp I Ete, (Jlmed Cmubrii a, 111 k and. Col d Cam brica, Sileaias, lie., -itb a full aaaurtmont of Foreign G.ods.' . . We also bat and will always keap on Hand, a com pi. te ituek of Ameruoii Fabric, eacb aa obvive atyle Pi tula, Blenched and Hiown Sheetingt and Skirting, lllrni hd and Brown Drilling, Ticking, Apron and Furniture I'brcks, Bilging, Oianb'nrg, leima, Chirt ing Nirlpes, l'iaid Puiuoalka.. CumuunLs, Keutuckt Jraiis, Tweeds, fcc., ke. ia iJic ri. we olfr tw friend and lb trad a torn pleie sti'ck of-Forergn and Umneatie Pry Goo-la, lo which we cordially rfivita-the attention, promiaing Good Bareaint. . t BELL, PUOOKS, TACE k CO. March I3,'l85e.. , .11- WEST HARRIS7 DJLVsT PtTTM10H0rttI?l,-5r. c. Office oa Roc bridge Street, next door to Juba U. . llHughton Law Olboe. . pf, W.aa.a, hating gradoated jt th Baltimore Co) lege of IH cutal!uiVnryatiUH -a hl prtifeaaioual aenicea la tb vablic. , met tt lb ;iti,ee of taiidolpu, Moor4 ftilly lender lie announce and Harurtt. eouiiliet. that he will tiail their Coanty Setta, daria (ba MVaral jaiua f Ul rorpectieV Court Marh T, IN4. llkvaf A MAN OVEUliOABD. Tb cllppor Wp FI'Id C1oI, Crt Crecar, ou Ui laat paaaag from Chin to rk, wm in tbt ?wiliit of MaJajfinr, , long at t&e rate of twulwa kaot, witb brwx on th rpmrtor,' wtiea a Joon puif,' wm paiwinjf ntudJinjf auil tck aft, oub the bulwark, foil uvtrUwr. Tlia wall l buay oa th fortcaatl and did aot nolir- i Fortunnlnljf Mm. Creexv, wha waa lo tlie looking out of tb eubin wind.xr, taw him Immediately ran on dec-l and ibrrW lid oreiWrd. Still tlie ibip w Ruing along f iljf oa r eourwa, ftir m jci AJr. Ciwi t kiraw Umhv Wat Until crVarii. capuio wm on th furactwtlt, bury itmh Miei , rnxfarin to tut toother ywMio r tin bbluisiban WM iiiU'tit nuly upM kfiiin bfp oa br euunia. Th rnN " to, ay. , iuik'i. np.ru rrwpiaio ut woine fun Il l ft When Mra. CreeaV nuhad forward wi'b h'-uj aruiaV-ioa artatad to rvz. -4MVyi4 ? Mailer with Mr, frnevr f" aaked on ithc We who wm near tha captain. "Khl ahail" joined the captain, canting a glanee eo'dock, aad the neat eooond hi voiae ranr for and aft " Hard down tha helm me niaa aloft fa Iwk out clear away th lee fttarUT boat call alt hand lie rotii pretended ia an inatant tn diaaater which Mra C'reeay Could not tpeak. Th abip wm aw.n hove to and the nnarter boat afluat, with ordura to pull in the wake of the thin antil reealled by atznal. HaM art tbort'-a ad and the abip but aUiut tn retrace her ei'Urao aa nearly as the wind would penult Th tea waa ratber ruoh, but tba boat pulled ttetdily to windward, at the rale of three knoU an hoar ('apt Crer went aloft and aeanned tb h witon with ti irlaaa, but auld are nothing of cithet uh or the life-buoy. hea the"Vt bad br-en abaeut an hour the ofboer who had charge of it ret are, cd to tha hip, but wm again aenl off, with in prratire cootmand not to r4um till ttmn (the au w then tbrne boor high,) and ia order to pread ihe chance of falling in with .tha Ban another boat wm alao diapitrbed. Two hearr had elaed, whea tb life booy wa dieorend clotvto the ahip, but not the man. Both boait were now about three mile from tie abip, on on arch aide of her eourae, and lb captain at mice inferring that the man, if all. at, inuet be between the boat, and (be chip, aiirnalifd the boat. Ut re;t:ni, ;a the bene of their finding the man, fur be atill believed him to be.aure, u be a a run)t fellow of goud pluck and an eicel irtit ewiinuirr. Tbe wttiber Uatt, when abrwl a wile from the ahip, waa eor-n ta " atern-hard," aa the wli iler fi.v.ui.t'1 b'r war w rt.jd, thou ii r. inkh rvacbud ortr tnuXow, and dn ueJ inboard their long linked f.jr ibipmat. AU haiid were on the alert, eyeing titem fiwa the rigirin, and wtn-n tly aaw what we, hat juat 'bak.nbe.1, aaluted tbe boat' crew with' thrwe mue three. Tbe man bad been err r board two hour and a half, and waa ao tuw.'h etluuated ihal he caild hardly 'peak bi thank bnt hi w If eonAiienoe wa unanl'-lDi-d, for he afterward ttated lint he knew hi wtu!d be aaved tb aio- meat be aaw tbe lnp ro)ndei tav U " Uapt Cree-y would md'e him op aa Ion; unfd iiiu'ht a t ii. , rut it aeeinrd a entail eternity to liiji frutn th time he fell overUatrl Until the hip w bmubt to tbe wind. Ue atrrer aaw die life buoy. I n bis .nval on board b w.i taken into the cabin, and entrusted to the t-areot Mm t'reeay. who pot him in working order in ten day. ' lie wa very aick, at lime delirioua. dueins the,:fiit .fire d-iv. but conalant ear and wU hluliKM. u.h aa a w.jinan tmly irn bcatow overvalue the fi ier'with which he wm threatened, and gradujilly rttored bftn to- health, lie waa j'rsUifuTeveo ta tear. " Lucky doff." aaid bi litpinnlen ; "you were never born to be drowned; your tiuie hadn't oonie '" Vb..-n he wm brought on biard it niuat hare been a ploricu tight lo aoe the cheerful alacrity with which the Kaita were hiuated nn. to hear the ttirring order ' up helm, fill away the after j . yards.' Ac., and feed the gallant tbip once more i liiove tuji-tic:illy pn her oourae, uadcra cloud of i canva.aa, bouieaur.l boand. It ifc not too' much ; to My that every roan oa board mnat hre felt L : nappy as u. uu oflu jus eapTiriiTOo reunion. Altai. TIIK EFFECTS' .Ob'- EATING HOR8B :T : MEAT. - ' ';'r-: - Tlir ia a pnfe'r.in JkrlJa wha hr been a bippophaitiHl for the last t.- ie:i!. About two luontba agij'"he woka up bia wife iu the middle of tbe: night by neighing bnidly. The wifu eipre-c-i tier aurpriw!, and tho aurprisu made the pridoaaor laugh ; but fue.h tt tuugh, if was a deeiiied hore-biugb, that elicited a rcrpiinac from' all the borne on a neighboring -eab-Ktand ! In the afternoon, his wife had . lhe greatest difficul ty in g.'tting him pat a need shop, where nunntiity ot oats in the window way hpread out lor alo. 8oon fU'rw;.r.li hi hair (which i of a rich auburn) began to grow to" tremeaduus li iigth, and to asauui the ahape of a mane. Ilia face, too became covered with bair, and he gave great amusement to the little boy of Berlin by apearing one day in the etrceta with 1 pair ol blinkers. Varioua other change gradually raine over him. 11 would trt aa if he' WM frightoned at the crick of a whip thertm bf a riilway whixtle would act hiiu off galloping at full apeed whilst the round of a trumpet would tnhko biiu prick tip bia cars and diatend hi nos trils in a uiort equine maniier. Jt waa noticed alao that hi ears of late had grown eonsiaVrbly longor, pointing upwards to aouie beighth above hi head. One nijrbt he was mirttNl, and after considerable aenrch he wi found stretched at full length upon the truw in the stable. When hia poor wife approached him, be began rearing and plunging in such a violent juaqner' that it waa only by putting ou the kicking atrapa that be could be kept in the oa't atill. . Other curious ymntomi oon declared thciuRulvea. Ha could not be in duced to keep on hi boot; and aa it til found very uncomfortable to allow him to run about tba drawing-room barefooted, -he waa removed and permitted to indulge in . bia eccentricities only out of the house. II would spend whole after noon ih the different atable-yarda; hia favorite .-iOuiate were ostlers and oninibu conductor ; hia favorite haunts tha office ei'Wiy and the most faahdiinblu boec-hounea. Nothing pleated hi in so much m hi ulaep in a atall. After awhile hi feet began to harden, and it wm observed that a bard aubstanoe, not unlike a horae'a hoof, wnJ'Jtw fonu t n j; over tbenT The aa me peewtiarny Watne aoon observable on hia band. From thia time forth he refuted to walluuprigbt ; and one fmaty n M " farricr'a ahop, atrcch were anaioua tot uodon- air femrar-tmtam na out oca of hia feet, a if 1 fl.od. - Bine that period he" ha been rut under tbeam of a veterinary urgoa who give but faunt hope of hi recovery. Tff K tLKCTUIC EEI r. Of the ainoltr power of thU wortpcrful crea ture much bua bea written, and aouia tbingt auid whiob appear tlmoat iaorodibU. Thi fih tluuii Jf i th rirtof North Carr Una, aad many of ita wunderful cxpkHu art l oi'unteJ and 'rrciirded there. . la th water of Maaaachaaetta liar It i ao .ii .k...tii. . . '? 9 , wriuora wn wai id iuuowiDrcircaaiuneeai!eina , t worth reluiitif, and in in the parator'a own word. i Captain Walker of I'rovlJcbceioWa, recently, j while running a acheoner frota that place lo V BoMorT, wi evertakeu by night off Cohtaaet t )yrV, mi wm rannino; into Bua too ('ban eel In :m j t'Mi ewiiop. At aboat 8 o'clock, it being very , ' ' dark, and hia veucl moving alowlj in, ha dropped ,, : i overbia load to aarrtuin the depth of water and :ie on !.wl palling In the Una ha felt eoatethiug r cn'.J 9pm it, and thinking it might be a bit rf I r, I kelp or ruck weed, wm ahiut to throw it off, when I ''P J ufaattfiixd trtatn hia band and toiled around bl Ha,idawed toanakaoaTUieeei .wbr-n, aaddeoly brnivinir iu tail aruohd, it atr'uek hi . arm Wits oumidarabla force, and giving Ui worth caiKaio inch a abock a aeut httn ree Unn n tint deck. -Recovering B little, he proceeded to aeixe th flh and oaat It overboard, when he r-ivd a nroond ahock from the lif 1 battery lliat MI1IM.1 kiin In jmII tit mlA n.tnn.pa a.Mm , ,. . that raut bare been herd for ui ilea Petrmin- adntt.be orercuuie by ai oaltrr an ohioct aa a taikll eel, he proceeded one wore to diacbarge hia elfaip. but w... third time repalwd, and with greater lore thao before, laying him proa- irate at full length upon deck Ilia men iuime- dutely ran to the reacue, and bore the captain al- moat -oaeIe aft, where medical aid oootd JM a.i.muBiorea. .ever navmp; oearu oi men woo- ry, and Gen. Greene bving a; point. 4 Ltd. la dertul power of tb electrical eel, tbe createat '. vie to aunerinlend the e,iiiiiruit J.-nartiuen'. otertioa prevailed and ihe veaael ruahing on I directed Adjutant Graham, who bad nw reew ia th thick drkntaa, tb.y knew not where, tbe Ured of bit wounds recei.ed in advance of Char- anchor wer got out with uioch dimculty, and they waited impatiently the return of day, actually awppukHi? aotM evu ap-nt bad aeued upon them, and that for th night they were to be the portj V "J. A Wf-nwmin jKmivrrm. lha.B a 1 - .1 At. t . POTATOES FRJM SHI'S. It may not be generally known that the ctvn- nion potato can be raiaedaJranU.reoolr from tha S, after the -nacrof hwHpi)teto,nd M ewHly. They are aprouted in hot ld., or healed niariuret, and tranrplanted in bill d.illa, m fancy ma, direct with the care -af the bcr hot bed plant The advantage ariainir frvm tlii mod of eultur are apparant, when we conaider that the market cab be aunplied with a luiury of re w prtUtoea from a month to ail week earlier thaa by the tdd method,- commanding a tvXI pnee with quick aalea, alao leaving the hind in fit aula f a teoud crop, either of picklea or hnahan Jinan. It i aaid, by thia mode of cult fire the rot never make ita pe ranee. It tbi be true, a I have no reason to doubt, it will be well w..rtS any extra pain we may take in rearing ao invalajWo an ctt uleoL The potato i a auaeep- rtlla cf impn.tf un ut in aite and nu-tlity aa any kiitwn regi-table, bene iiabould be tb aim ot ill farmer who dtire aucecaa, to ava tbe bet eed, the bet manure, and in abort, the beat of everything. With l hia laat method, the word fail will br blotted from the firmer' Tocabulary. Will tome f the i&tliigent writer fur tin- excellent " L-Jbr ewtp..r, give a atat-ment I - , . ,. '. . ,. , if poUitm-a, friiiti jin na!iition and oblige a ooo- Unl reader Air AVrtwr. ' Tb lail &ii1r Literary Sttmwjrr rrpub liebfw a gets ot true ponry fn.ia th pen of T It. Aldrich, entitled, "Tbe Poem of a httJe Life that wa but three April long." Wegrewilb the edlur that if Mr. Aldrieh writes do more, he will yet deserve to be ranked amoti? the true porta of our day for thiarweet conception. Eve ry line and every word it rrplvt with true por tly. It open in tins tw : " flat you wot beard tbe Poet tall Uow earn lhe dainty babie Bell in this world of ourt ? Tb flatei of llsa.en wer left ajar ; . With folded hand and dreamy eye Bh waiwlrercd on! af Paradit. ?ke aaw thia planet, like a alar, Hang in the deplluaf purple area Ita bridge, rnnniiig to and fmw. 'V 'O'er Which the wlote-wig.frph f,' , V 'Bearing tio huiy Jiead t f Itr V! ,; ' rhe tombed a liridgt of t(owora-S.lihf feet, 8 light they did aot bend the bell "l t)f the ceierlriai aepbodi'la I . ,'Tbey fcU like dw npon ibe 1yr f -. y . And all Ihe air grew klrawgelMSiel.ii ' V ' -.'And: tbt.MineaaiBiy.tabl BrUt..',,;;,r' "Into Ibit world of our." ' fTbe pleanute of reading auch a production i wutth tie whole yearly prioe of the MMnnytr. Extract from A Culorio .. Iubcockhc De whale, my frens, am werv seldom found in tuny odder place dan de Mi(fdletranin ao Sfu cihay Osbens. De whale am among de fi.-hi what de elemfant am Uiong de beaat de biggua lew for oh detu all. A fishennan ' niuied J..o awraliered one once, bat it oborjoaded hi stomach to dat degree diit in tree day he liff him up agin. It was too much for bim. I wbule am d big fUh ; de etxlfisl; aristocracy . ob de, aea. de same M de big bags am dfi coitlsh aruitocracy ob de land i btit de former habdo wautage olylo lat tor, notf idatauing dcydewouraa good deal, dcy produce amufiii, but den de codfish aristocracy oVwours ebry ting and perdiiees nuffin, Wind Sltkinu. This detetitublo habit in horse iuay.be. cured, ays a contributor to the Ohio Cultivator,' by tb followfug prix.ea :- - Wind tucking is a, habit,-(like 'chewing to-' baooo) ujuh easier acquired than forgoHeu. It can ouly.be practised, however,, uudtr favorable circumstances that ia when there t tome object oo which tbe horse can rest' bia teth, haw ted about a high m his breast such as a common manger, for instance. The best remedy, three fore, is to plaee-the feeding troug as low as the ground or floor of the stable, aud the hayrack as high aa the horse can reach ; and so that there ia no object of aa intermediate height for him to rest hit teeth to tuck wind. Care mutt alo be taken that when out of th stable, be is not al lowed to stand near a fence or atump, or any ob ject ot convenient heigh, lor practising tins liab i ,, curse of a few months, say fiv orl nix, h will forget the trick.' Wuat hav vou done to farther human pnv gres ? aaid a aentmtioii'rhilnripher one day to Jentina, Jtnkiua' reply was ulear and deoi- aiver ' ' - V I've produced seven boy and two girls." ' Tba ibilotipbr departed, and for the first Jime ia hia lif thought. ' , . Praia tba tol.aaaity Magaiiua. BEV0LUTI0NABY UISTUUV of .NORTH 'CARUIJXA. BRITISH IXVASIOM Of 1780-Bli "T UISJRAfc contra PFAHAM, flanaral t)aTidna arilara aul tha IIIHUa. In arrt. tioa of tba adraaeo of tba aw mj OraSu.'a' (tut f of aiaaala.1 aa Rtlrral of Mvt aa l.rua ia tw datachuionu acr.w tlio I'atawU-l'a.Ml-oa Uiri.lt. bia furca lo Bard lha dilfrrrM frla of l.i ner Ilimwlf at toaaiU.'. F.ni-A.flrM .hare of Hora and t!ol. Wa-biKeioa-AI-a'of Omeral Ur- Coaail aad drpatUir uf Ibaaa oftorw AHMr. a itea of Itnti.b tiui-gvatd on ufpoail hnro--4iea'l JiatblMMi ourcbt half bi eowmaai Cawan'a Fnrd aa4 Ukra pualtioa tUm Hii-h ot tba rirar tbtre br lb enemy ander OnatalO'Hara ln,ia ani lratk of Uwa. Uarilauu Curawalli cruav at Brailia a Fjd Huuta at torrwnoo'a Trn . lbitiilwa'l Wiliila itaveaihla oa Koeky Ki.tr Uriiixb aarwia Murgaa aerswi Ui Trading Ford of the V-MiLin Hknib ailli a tlilllia Virv u-mr tb Hirriv Inioreepicd by t- ut tb WjUT and rttaru to FMritlMir. --. ; - '. . . ' A?ua a Gen DariJioo tni adrlaed uf the ritih army aimin advaaciuiZ. b.rdwd out the J..... U. kt..k a..,;iJ r.-A tb eoanti nn.ier l.i. emmaud Li rendervou between Charlotte and the Catawba ritn. On .h. io-h. ht i, ,1f,rt-,UMti,rn Tallin'. ion af Tarlun' 'lKt a party of e'couiitrv South - not been in the it. ... , . ... ... . " . . r gerear at uowpan a. i u ine i ,Wenty Whig who lived in the ' i '.....'. I.. a . fi..ht) bnioght iiitt. the camp twenty-eight prie- ' oatsn, Dritiah atrng-der. a hom be bad tak.n B10,t of wLola Were mmuL4-th- were at-nton ea.wardlv the aanie dv. Oen. ll'.ri..n U-iua ,J,Ued of th ranid advau.e of the Itriti.l, r j uiy. and the Tnajp joining biiii.bcintr s.11 infant- 1 ott on th 2tiil ! uf Cavalry , prou their wn bora i : ,honl,l I lonr -af llirv wtt.Ka aVK l. rta r.f f(;itr iw.ii ! f Uw- Ia fc be ,n n!- J.? '. . L , i P, hflfof-'them , f Jhe B!,ckn.iiha. Onlv fifteen ' had niatult but tl ev all b d rifles T'cv carried j the , enedUide lhe l". , t i, ' .1 ', ,l. i l ... fr aVr the right arm. Tb.e who b,d a piat.J ear ! j . c . . . . .... j'-.i nil j - 'f " -.i .i -"u; i l.i ' i i.: t .. .i ... i . , ! ,r . . . . . , . . . on ftiut.- They had at all tin.e., ai! their arn,. wilh them, whether on foot or on hogback; and could act aa infantry or earalrr. and move indi- viduallvor coiiectiveiv as rniorgencT nJght re nuire. M lth tbiM arma. and mounted ii.-iera r ' j j i ... l. . V- r . i die fcg ifor the enr.ii'iK- of the riJer, and a , Vl4 of ptrVer.nVr fof hi hor?. th.y were , ready for ten iee, Witbi.ut CVa;u:L-.aaryf (Quarter j uu airr-'H ani uurautc iw.'nrs, wun a y.nr vt a;ia- . , .M!er, or oth? run. Afier the battle. of Cow. pen. I fi-rrwalii." w tifan r tn cnsii)e. mi ti e t. i:.w M tr.au 'ten , . ., . . , . . eoiiiptdled Moe-.Tin to Uke a cirru't ar-aod hm. ' L..i. .1.- OI.L .i t .'I .1. . n I if; , 1 r, i September to raiae a eon pnv ! " Puale tbe aaceni ui.tu a aotnea u .Is proper .king that tbreve.ho fumiah.-d d!ret"f Al-.ve the cmi..? out pb, . a flat md Mtiipineau and icrvtd ail P'"' ? . . WJieT: be eoaaid-.-red m having aerved a fr , m'r.w,in I,aw "tt . m . i itBn.rav. i.r ar. nv. aim ttiv rkr. vi.i .n.: ruary, 4 4jTnwtt: wu .Jlnni more than tw. n'v . . ,.,-,,' , i r. t . i . i ... J ' aiiipir trrn.a r ilis n.ft Lt-tiK:Cr si a spe. miles from JKran, .and nmetiaan B.-t bait "or-,. . , ., , , ' . . ,. , " i . i- cartrj'Ie Li-x on lhe ahc-uider aa J racli una lar, and sept moving rari. ioi t i hi in ; but never . . , , , , . . - : . . i . i .. . , had. a. "tick, about u.e ue of a houp r.;e, eight rame into his trail until wttt in ;itivn nui.-a , , ... , r ! k a r i .i i t v i j t.-el Kmir. wLich be ki ; t tw tl.r.g on lt.0 UAtom o( fuliabury on tlie Jrd .f i-ibrunrvt 1. . , . , ... , it .i r-.L t t . 'o- . l i leiow him, to suppvrt h.iu agiin-t the r. piUUv of Ou the .i.th of Jtn'iary tornwal'.is reached i . ' . .'i! , ,' , i .i fn i. .i the eirreiit, wilch was genera .v wat-t .hep, and Kamsour and ertcampeii on the bill abere the . ' . Z, , . .. v i ..1 . ji at. .i .it .1. m S'L'ie iLirtt tuort. I b.i c..uiitit!l of t'ie frmt battle had been, fontrht with tlie T.Ties on the! ,r. . , , tiwi. t . Aj- u i - . . was couiui.ttct to t i i Hail of :l.e guard. -wb trl . . t . dv, either toai:ertin in what direction to search ; tor (ten. Morgan, or to afford his nnuie.Tus friend an opportunity to join him. Gen. Dvidn finding the 'enemy approaching so near, .divided th.x under bis coiutuarri in jr der to guard the 'different folds on the CatnwKa. At Tut ktsege ford on the road leading frotii H jm sour's to Charlotte he piac! two hundred men ubder.Cot.-Joe. Williams, of Snrfy. At Tool's .ioid, seventy men uniier C-pt. 'l'otta, of Mevk leu bit rg,i at'Cfwan's ford twentv five men Hiid.'r I I TJiA.' n.ri 1 . r.f l.l 'aV... MN.IV . . , . i -i i i. i . I - . . -T . . . ;.' . I at lleattie s ford on the m d Irom hiaiii.our to Salisbury being twer.tv inile- ab' v C1..!' Wtl .llna till Ihri.iUI 111., lnui il- v.l-.. . ...n.t.. i. . --.v ........ il ovt'r (Be river, and awertiiiuii that the enemv ... i .r.i.:.." r...- i-.: i ' ., ,'. , . , , , . ... . . ; mitt they dicn-ercd on4 hundred of th. ir I av ! dry, whu'f.dlowed them to the rivtv but kept ai t resjiectful distance. The dispositions that were iieiiig made cnussed them to fear u ambuscade. The aame evening Gen. Morgan crossed ibe rivnr at fihrtrill's ford, ten miles higher up, and the next morning sent on the troops under his cu;n niand with' Col.-Howard.- directly towards Salis bury. He hiin'.st'lf and Cot.. -Washington'. caipe down to Beuitfc's ford, about. two o'clock.' and in ton minutaa Geu. Greene and hi aid Major i Pierce arrived He had been early informed of ., mo movements m tue uriii.i. nruiy ana una uix ,- - ., - i . r . t i .. i i i i uiv was wm ni:H!itui!ie.d. Asc '.-n s-e.'tKm reseliej put his troops in motion, then leavuig them .tin , , ., , i .i ,. i K j .- . . ,j I lie shore, tbev dropped their setting poles, and ler win ma lid ot General linger on their march , , , . ' v ' ' " - , . i i ' . . r . , onm.'ht tiicu mukv-tt an 1 caitn-.lue' boxes to towards alishu'y, he had come to ascertain tne- , . , , . . ; .. , , - , , , .. i tbetr ppcr idav, faa-ttj to the scit. and moved uiuation of affairs, and giveoni.rs to the othcer- .. ' 1 . rt i .' . , . ., S, , ,,. i I iiii the narrow str p td lew grr u;.,!, to (iiaKe roota iu ibis -fluarter. Gen. .'lrg-n and GoJ. Wash- I -, . " ,- 1 - 1 i u - . ' . . .. , .i . . . - . . . lor the siioc.-e.img section, which wd on, in ingtoti met him at tlv.a place liy an; ointment .. .- . . . . ,-, iv -i i '.v ', . r M.e same tnann.a I'y t mm. ih iroiit rank thev and Gen, .l.Vivids'on retired with him out ol . ,rrr .. .i. .i u .i . . i'-i Jli.i vamp, and seining themselves ot. a !gbad a 'con versujrion of alMiut twenty minute. tli ay then uiouowivtheir -bonsos, Gei cral Greeue and a. i Th eon n tie then etisnpdir.g . the hrijde, eom wiaiiJed ftrvt by Ruthrrferd and then by Pati J:.n were the old Superior Ooiirt dilri. t M 8'i-l.urv tndMur gan. aoW composing the t'nurih am! fiflii Iii.:ion of X. C. Militia, wb .se rttunu of cflicUve uun at tblt Uuie (lf"-l eireed twentv thousand. fGn."Morfn. a toon as his pursuers auiTpriaon. pursuer au.t P"". - tlie .-land Ford oa siiwn. Here ha de- j er wore eoilecteu, aiarelie-l over Broad ri.er, and up past liilbert Uched the greater part of his Militia an I a part of Washiugtoti'aCatalry wilh tb prisoner. Tbodefcieh ment Un.k Ihe Canet'reek road tbroufh th leJge of Mountains, which ditidri the beads of the South Fork from tbe-main Cats wl,, and down. t!it riter poi-t where Morgan ton now stands, nnd cros.-ed at the; Island Fnrd. A,1 this Fnrtt WashingUin't I'atalry lft the prisoners with I lie Militia and joined Morgao. on luj march to the ta-t J tTh..abbve.aute.;. by the Jt.ri.ter. colve a.questioa.J whioh-tbere has beeu some conrui..n, auil eootra- j on dictery stntemt nla, to wit, wbrtli Mnrgau ciossed the latuwl at the Islsnd Font It is nor shown -That thrtrrtax t,h f'!'B Bier, bul It will preselitiy sppear in tne ninself w.tn hi UJiue J ala commaud paseeil a Sheriy Ford En. . . JAI Tuekasege.kn.l Tonl't Fords', tres wart felted ia tba raai. aad a ditch dug ltd psra pH nmd. Ihtn wort ao ab dttawaa at th Maw ford. took the road to tiali'bary, Morgnn anJrWh injrlnn, a way that U a to the tnopt uiarehiag bd- : dor Howard. About tlie lima ien. Greene bad . arrived, the Britiab Tau-gaard r al-unt fuar e: . fire handrvd wen auiiesred ou I ho oipofite bin Hrrond tbt vrrr. - fShurtlj aftsir their arriral nitr iiutif)j alficer, with a tieti:rr.n thoaght ! tu le Utnl Ik-rrwallif, psiirwj iu frott-cf Wat; i at diflcrent ftalimt, lialtifip, and a'pnri'nt)y nrW (,, U)1 vti apr-cliia. In abmtt'oue bar af- , . . ,i .., r ,. i. , I I wdora a the cavalry and about two hLudrcdao ony iiiianiry io marco oowa me river to vowaa a ford fuur aiili-a beluw iitatuV, Icaring nearly ; the miij nuuilxf at that phiee ueder the eoota maud of tVl. Farmer of Orug. On the march hi) aKti-d t) the eirtuummiiiig officer of the ratal ry "that tliuagh Un. Urwnehad never erj tba . ;atitwba before, he appeared to know lucre afoul it than thoao who were mited on it." aad il wu the jn.-ral' cpiui. o . that tb enemy Were -ktni.inA,l. crua lb river r aad he thonht it pndalW,loir cavalry would fmia (iver'auuie pri nt ford iu tu nipfit ; and in the rot rniugwLea the infantry attempted to force a pamie, would ! ,Ulk tha wl, t"""1 k iu ih" "ri Bd ea ! i!'e" "-'r carM'7 '" a I T ""iw ' ordenn that patrol), who were bewt ! ,U( ,', tf,! " oraerea tnat patron wt.o were rt I l',l"a'n,ed with thr country, h uld kep papain 1 UP ,"d duWn "'' fcisibt' "d " diacovcrirg any I f'ar,J ' th entD .v '" " '' ' ,U 1 ,""d't to bim. Q beae order j "w ect' ?U I-tJ arnrcd t I lU r"rd ,!."'ut owk -." "d after I t. dark to cx.iMi.e rur pi. - .,i f1"'-. At. ,V '',J ",e. r'w.u aupptavd to wide, of different drpth.a, and rocky b4toi. That called tb Waaon Ford poea ilir. ciy cr-w tbe river ; cn eooiintr out on the vaatermalioee, the rtd tnrna down, and V iiid. up tbu p..int uf a r'.dire, ia order , J , branch and deep raVine. Oataid tf j ll(e kllk rUet ,rtT kttt f! of thirty d'aree e!iva:jua (U-n tht r;h a n.ore p-vJuak Thai ralVJ the Ilora F,d (a da n'uIcL toe fcu '. ''"'"'J? u" ttt 8a,,,' place, with the TV acta, obli.judy d. wn the river, aU.t tuo- ' milUI 11 Hafi P3 Cn . W JJajlIli. iBfTTV - i '"'and, tLrncc irmah tbe iiatid, aud acMta tbe "V1"' t?.tb ut ul ' 'H noutU toosftr, thi way u.r. U ! a,t.,wer and "1 unoother than thWtroir"F'rd ar.d - cvntiea tut about a quarter of a-rnile U low it ,, .. rr m the mf.rniation reccived,G'n. I)iMd.iu j U,,t the nca.y atteu., to croaa T' bc? '"1 ' V''? h"wH the hl which orerlool,t Lh'u'- To-. Wv,.D. picket of twenty are I . .' ... I ! above the V au aixjve tne ' aoi rord.on ti e Baipieeeot ground before d KS tK.-d. orar the Water' etL'e. . 1 Pa the r-nw 'la w t.'.rt -Ills man-bin. to tiU2-' Ford, about two U'lies fr.jja it at Cel. B'ack'r f.-rrs he left b?bkd lira, under tbeeom- I uiand of .Bnea.4i.-r Geo. I) liars. iwlre hundred ;. infantry and Tari;..a' cavalry, wbet-h in she night' , moved awrt-tiy dwn lo i 'owaa'i Fc ri, only ihrc ; tulles U-luw. ' Tb.oet laori.icgat dawaof day, Ffb lTl, be had lr. cf-lutuM firmed, the haj fnr cn..;.. 1 r.:-n.-k ll.--r wholiriHl wit h. , , , , ... ' , . iu ii. i.r oi iL.c lijvt;. i u. ci.ii.rc-i u.i. rii- er by section of four, snj tJ.jk tho Wagon Ford. I The morning w ,s rloudy ami a foj hung over i tbe water, mi titnt Lt I "3. iJ.-au s sen tiftei could j rot se? tiie n" i.'if.l tbev were 1iear one hundred varus iu the river He isiuot'y ind on tbein, which nu?l tbe guard h.. kept np the fire, hot the enemv C'lr.tiriued to' ativ-jtive." At tht t tirt alarm tb under G.-i': i'aiid.-on paraded at 'the Horst!. Ford, and Glabaiu'a cavalry or-i-deiei to luove i.p brifklv to dssisi the picket. but by the tn.ie thev.oi tiicie an.d U.mI tlltir but by the tune thev. anil cio ..in- Hi Iit. f. Ir-ii Ili,..i Knnt j alve the Koid. in truHt t'f lite lolutim. it waa i , .i... '..-.. ,i. iu. ... . took' steady at)d''dvHb:nc ain.; and. tired. - Th.. Bin t wns.i.n'tue. Tb-tiiiee first, raius looa'ed thinned and they baited.-' . I '..1. Hall wa the nnt . f --, , : . ,. . . i 111.111 1 UU. . III1.H ! 1TVI VO 1.13 Wt. .'CIllllU ritn.ll. one hundred yard."' 11c can.e p'rriiiig up their right flank. on tbe Jow.-r aide, ai J was distinctly heard giving orders,. but 'w cotiiJ m t beer what thev were. The column 'agaiu ' got in motion, and kept on. One ol the oatah v riPeincnt re haded', at C, !., Halt ; at the" fts?lif lhe gun both horse and rider went under the wattr,' au l roe down. tile stream. It D j peared tl.ct the bursa. im i gene over the- nan. I wo or ti.ne soldier caught him iid ra,ixni Lim on tbe upper id. ri. ..... ....... .....j:;.. ... -.!:.... - i ee'o I, t-. rnu.ii oo iivo" ui.ii...i; j got irciiij i'i iih.ij up iru liner, vicjr n. load.sj'their pieces ami tvgan.to fire up the bank. The Americans revrded a few steps back when lading, and whea ready to tire would ad.v.'iuc to the summit of the bi!!, twon't'jf-tv or thirty tep from the encnir, as they .di ployed up the river bank. They 1. u gain.cd. the Fwd and just com iiienced firiitji wbn Gen. lHyiisun arrived from . the ib.tse Ford with the.. iufautry, and kuding huycavalrv on the gw ujid be vh.cvse to eocupv, ?rt WUU the oriinou given by 'Oen. ' , . :-- t . . , ' . , .,' . ,Tii M '"at ,!lc e'W) 11 caalry Would attack ( tiieiu in tne rear, ne owerea vranatu a me moiiiit and go up the rids.-.and form two i dreit'yjjrds.bcbi.iid. As day moved off the fantry twtvfk&tf . iijger't.-JIVi-d tbe firiest 1 tiieiu in ine rear, ue oruereu uniuui a men .ot hun- Weam. e in- . brisk tui Both si Jes. The eaemv tuovtd steadily i forsard their firs increasing until thtir ieft rricl.. ed tho moutlj of the branch upw.ir.ds of thirty f twles from the ford. The ravin was bvstcep,n w J yi & tliuaui aaid front uf II. " It il stated b. tbe hi.-tnriaii that tht river ww . 'wollen so as lo in'pe lc tit passage rf tli Itnlish. 1 h fact is. il eras foHahle from a wek hewt. wwlil two dys alleg this time, though a littke (fee pet tl.aa : nwn.l Tl (..'ui of tl,a .Mmn1. H.ilnv Bttt kae .-Titoeo th diswaio hV " Ufcn. Patidau to guard tb fords', . - - . -,'... -, " ' tThoe. Tarteil, yat U.iag V
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