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NEW SERIESYOL IINO. II.
WADESB6R0UGH; N. C, JIIUKSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1859.
WHOLE NO. 03.
'- "J . PUBLISHED WEEKLY , f .
"'.".' FEJITOft DAKLET.
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To Clubi of Ten nd upwards, It will be furnished
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t oxi atttuaji, rsa Lisas oa uh aaaviss. -
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. Three insertions ,,..,...,......,.$t SO.
Two months, or aiue insertions v. i 80 '
Three months, or thirteen Insertion..... 4 00 ,
Mix month 6 00 .
- Ono year ,i -.,.j 9 00
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wish tlielr advertisements inserted ; otherwise they
will be continued till forbidden, and charted aceord-
lujt to the above.
Agreement will b made with yearly advertisers
i liberal and adventaros term. tt-
Profeaaional and Busioens Carda, not execedlnf Ire
l!a brevier in length, will be InaarUd for (5 a year;
If axeeedina; an lines will be aWpl tit ana aa
ther advertisement. ,
Obituary aotioee free when not xeoetling twenty
nnta; all above twenty uses at advertnmaeat ratea.
Thn Law f Jcwpapr. .
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t)f eonlrary, are eouaidared aa wlahing to continue
their lubacriptiow.
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. until all arrearagee are paiti.
fi. If subscriber neglect or refute to take their
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6. The court bare decided (hit refuting to take
newspaper from the office, or removing and leaving
tliem uncalled fur, it nma fat it evidence of inten
tional fraud.
0. The United State eonrti have also repeatedly
decide 4 that a po'tmaater who negleet to perform his
duty of giving reasonable notice, aa required by the
I 'out Office Department, of the negleet of a person to
take from the office newspaper addreaeed to him,
render the postmaatera liable to the publisher fur
the euDaenpuon price.
ROBERT II. COW AX,
Otntral 6'ommfation Merchant,
WltMISGTO), N. C.
Office aoutb corner Market and Water jtrcets
up aUira. 58-1 y
tiio. i. iLorn. . rna. c. ncxtx.
" TICKER U LLOYD,'
Aoasr r -
PROCURINQ BOUNTY UNO AND PENSIONS, .
AMB
Dcnlcrt ia tand Warranto and Real Etlalr,
-.' ' WASHIXOTON,. P. C -
Land Warrant bought, lold and located. Collec
tion niado throughout the I'uited Slates and Cana
da". Titles to Western Lend examlneJ, and taxes
paid for nuii-reident. 01J Land l'atentu purchased,
and Titte to land granted for military services, and
other claim for real estate, Investigated and prose
cuted. '
ttiv Office, No. 471 Seventh itrcet, opposite the
t'ity I'ost Office. 55-tf-
W. II. MrRARV U CO.,
Commivilon Jlrrrhanl, and Itralrr
in Guano, Salt, drain, Arc, c,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
' PARTCCLAR ATTENTION GIVENTOTIIESALE
iF NAVAL STORES, COTTON, TlMHKlt, FLOUR,
AC, C. LIBERAL ADVANCEMENTS MADE ON
ALL PRODUCE WHEN KKyl'IKED.
T. M. smitb. johm ai'tAiaix.
., SMITH & iMcLruisr,
COMMISSION AND. FORWAtlDING MERCHANTS,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
CO.NSlfiNMENTS OF COTTON", NAVAL STORES
AM) CULNTItV PROUl'CB GENKKALLV, FOH
KALE Oil 8HIFMKNT, WILL KKCLIVE l'ltOMPT
ANt I'tttSONAL ATTENTION.
Refer to John Dawson, Eoj., JIayor, aud E. P.
Hall, Esq., Preaident Branch Bank tslato of North
Carolina.
(OLCOiK, MctALI.i:i fc MALLOY,
JVfrtors tiI Commlimton ' Merchants,
Orru s No. 3 Nobth Atlxtio Wiuar,
, , CUARSK8TOS, S. C.
f J. roi.COCK, T. 8. Mrl ALI.KV, U. SIAU.OVV
CluirUdvn,8.C. UiMU'Ut, Ala, t'Viair, A t'.
N. B. Offices kept at each place, where advances
can b obtained on shipments of preduo to Charloa
ton, B. C. - ' fW-ly
HOPKIW8, HI LL & ATKIKSOK,
iyPOHTEltS AND WHOLESALE
DEALERS It FOREIGN AND JOMSTJC DBY GOODS,
' V No. 258 Baltimouk Stkeet, ' -
. (oreoiTliovTsirr,)
jusa . iiorKiK. : - BALTIMORE.
bob.rt um,
TUOS. W. ITKIKSON. J
87-tf
KCBR1SOX fc LEIDIXG,
IMPORTERS :
Foreign and itotntttU Itry GoottH,
Who'ealo andIletail, -
mam, iTaassT, on noon vbom ai.vo, . , .
CHARLESTON, S. C.
F. t. wi. 82-ly .- naitMx t .
asiih k ii nc rati:,
.tTTOilrEl8 tr iuiir.
PracticaJn jitHneffi!iili Jn iheoounty sLAsssoS!
(ifn Ihe Criminal Uooket in the County Court, ( J.
It. lliirgravi I being County Solicitor.)
' They will attend to the collection of all claims en
trusted to them in Anion and thesumrandingcountiea.
Ii S. Ash attend thfCourt of Richmond, Mont
gomery, Stanly, Caharras, Union and Anson.
' J. It. Hargrove these of Montgomery, Stanly and
Anson.' . . i ' a
tfejj-Office at Wadesboro'.
THOMAS 8. ASHE. J. R. IIARQ RAVE.
. r--tf . : ' ; .-
D. W. 8IKES,
IVatchmakrr and Jttreler,
Watchea .Clock?,and Jewelry of all kinds repaired
f"X witll neatness, auraomij anu uispawu,
i aa good as the best, and cheaper
4B than the cheapest. - tf
Illicit and Clock Ittpairer,
aasoavnui, a. c.
rv Jewelry, e., neatly and subjtantlally
JgJb repaired, and all work warranted
.if twelvemonths.
t rr n r.,;r r.ml nf ran
Fear, Wilmington, S.C; Col. John Mcltae, President hand,, they arc prepared to sell at excceoi ngiy
Il.nk of Wilmington, Wilmington, N. C; Da- low rates, and solicit the patronage of the friends of
vis, Cashier Branch ltank Cape Feai , Salisbury, X. C; thelaM Hrm, aud the public Generally
I. 0. Lash, Cashier Brandt Hank fiipo Fear, Salem, J2 B,,, " , , a' 1- .
N. C; J. Eli Gregg, latdent Bank of Cheraw, S. C. Old fltand, No.. 3(W Pensylvwita Aynne.
' 64-ly --; -- ;
For the benefit of the
MONTICELLO UNION ACADEMY,
Of JAHFXB COUXTT, OKOfcgJA,
Inthorizfd bjr.SpffnVAct'or the jljlatum
25,828 Prizes.
MORE THAN ONE PlifZE TO EVERY
TWO TIVKET8. V
McKINNEY & Co,, Managers?
Capital Prize $60,000.
: , ' ' Ticfilonly $10,
- Halves, fatten ana Kighth in proportion,
- aTfrfJ" DBA WW ZACR
SATUlSlY IN nOYEOBER, 1859,
CHy of Itviaubi On,
' CIbm i7, Id bt druini Jwfmbfr K, 1?59.
MAGNIFICENT SCUEME.1.
1 prU of C'XIOO i $110000 prizeof 1000are$uOOO
2MNN) i 20000!
10
600 are
6000
10000 la 10000!
2
400 are
HOOare
BOO
6000 1
4000 is
IKX) ia
2000 1
1300 ia
1100 i
60001 2
4COO) it
8000 60
2000 100
1500 100
1100 100
600
400
7500
200 are
l"0ar
100 are 10000
05 are 9600
Bo are 8500
APPItOXIMATIO PMZEa.
4 pritea of $L'00 approx'g' to f W.O00 prize are $800
4
150
20,000
000
4
4
8
8
8
8
400
125
100
80
00
60
40
20
10,000
6,000
4,000
8,000
2,000
1,600
100
' 600
1 400
640
' 480
1 400
1 820
' . 8,000
...200,000
25,000pr!iesof 8 are.
! j,8J3 prizes amounting to .
... $380,040
CxBTinrATB or Packages will be sold at the fol
lowing rates, which ia the ritk:
Certificate of Tackage of 10 Whole Ticket... $00.00
' " 10 Half " ... 30.00
' 10 Quarter " ... 15 00
' ' 10 Eighth ', ... 7.60
IN OUDEBING. TICKETS Oil CERTIFICATES
Enclose the money to our address for the tickets rir
dired, on receipt of which they will be forwarded by
first mail. Purchasers can have ticket ending in any
figure they may designate. -
The list of drawn number and priiea will be sent
to purchasers immediately ter the drawing.
" . NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Thoso who prefer not sending money by mail can use
TUB KXI'KESS COMPANIES,
w hereby money for Tickets, in aura of Ten Dollara
and upward, can be sent ns
AT OL'lt RISK AND EXPENSE,
from any city or town Where there ia an Express Of
fice. The money and Brder must be enclosed in a
(loVKaxisr.xT post orvn a stamped axvauira,
or the Express Companies cannot receive them.
All communication atnouy oonnurnum.
Orders for Ticket or Certificates, by Mail or Ex
press, to be directed to
Sl-tf Mi'KINNEY iCO., Savannah, Oa.
J01IN liT ELVANS TcO-7
SutctHsor to Ulran K Thompnon,
Draltrs ia Cuiirft, Culiinrt and Gmcrul flardwarr,
- Bur Iron and Slrtl,
WASHINCTONTD. C.j
OFFER TO COUNTRY CUSTOMERS A COM
plete and well-selected assortment of Goods in
their line at Low Prices for Cash or approved notes at
short r'ates. ,
JlujUug their goods principally for cash and from
EV BOOK STORE I.V CHERAW, S. C,
(XEARLV OPPOSITE D. MALLOV'S STORE.)
T. S. -TIAUSIIALL
has ji st aac.ivan a lako assobtxixt or
M.ISCL'LL.WGOCS AXD SCHOOL BOOKS,
, I5LANK BOOKS, .
AMD
- STATIONERY OF ALL KIN'US.
' ' '. ALSO, .
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FANCY GOODS,
. OR NOTION'S,
To which lis invite the attention of LaJics and,
30 Oentlcmem' 1
tf
BARGAINS 1 BIGGIES AD CARRIAGES.
miJK SUBSCRIBER HAS SKVERAL FINK NtW
1 BUOGlESand TWO FINE FAMILY
CARRIAGES for sale together with
.ome SKCON'D HANI) WORK that lie is.
anx!outo sell. BARGAINS MAY BE HAD I This
work is none of that sorry kind which floods this coun
try, 30-tf J. 1 SMITH.
L.tpiUS' DRESS GOODS, &.C. V
WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF LADIES'
FVN'CV DRESS GOODS, ernbracing all the
NEWEST and LATEST STYLES Of THE SEASON,
with TRIMMINGS' TO MATCH. Call soon while
you have agiood assortment to select from
March 1, 1859-29-tf A. E. BENNETT.
BOOTS, SHOPS, HATS, DON NETS,
HARDWARE, CRl-HTCERV, andGROCERlESin
almndancc, for sale CHEAP, at the store of
March 81, 18on-2'.Mf A, E. 1SENNETT.
COAI, OIX AND CO.IX OIL LAMPS,
F
Wft ff.tEB-BY
29-tf
S. 8. ARNOLD.
CASTINGS! CASTINGS!
COOKING STOVES
PUTS, OVENS, SKILLETS,
- SPIDERS, f;, &c. Just received hv
4.1 -tf - " . 8. ARNOLD.
KEIIOSENE OIL.
KEROSENE OILr X)F SUPERIOR QDALmV
jiut received by ' "
41-tf S. 8. ARNOLD.
WEEDING HOES
2.) STEEL HOES For sale by
jvi-tr
8. 8. ARNOLD.
LADIES A MISSES' HOOF SKIRTS.
A LARGE LOT JUST RECEIVED Br
29-tf B. 8. ARNOLD. .
BLINKS.
F ALL KINDS, GOTTEN UP AND FOR SALE
the Argus Office.
CARDS BUSINESS AND VISTTINQ BBATJ
tifully and cheaply printed at this office.
NEW GOODSURGE STOCK-
rpHB 8UB8CRIHKR IS NOW RECEIVING I1IS
I FALL AKU WIHTEIt STOCK OF
DS. oonsisting of a great a variety aa ia to be
found in any Country Store. The artiole enumerated
balow form a Dart nf mv HtAAtr witli m.nv nLkru t,n
tedious to memion. They will, be sold to punctual
denier on as g-od torm a oan be found elsewhere.
Indies' Dress Uovda, consulting of a great vaiioty of
styles. '
Fancy Silk Presse. Black Silk do.
Illack 8usterncrs. Ore do Khiue.
Silk. I'oplins. I'lald I'oplins. French Merino.
' Robes de Lain. ' Worsted Ooods a great variety.
Ginghams and Prints. White Goods.
I! 1 cached and Drown Domestic.'
Kersey, Osnahorg., and Hlanket.
Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods Jt genorul assort
ment. Ready-made Clothing, a general assortment.
Hata. Caps, and Bhooa, of every style and quality.
Hardware and Cutlery. Kails Iron and Stud.
Orooerie good stock and quality.
" Bagging, Rope and Twine- .
China, and Queen's and Cilasa Ware.
Drugs' and Dye Stuffs, a grant vitrirtr.
JOHN P. KENDALL.
"'-.I ft'li a n a a i l - i r l r
; Ltruir iiiiif Aiiwin, ii. v. crcju., jouy-uvu
w "
Wt WJXVWKVFt 1
ate on TEETH at the following low rates
for persons who call at my oHioe to have-'-tljLlT
their work done and pay cash: GOLD PLUGS, il.oO
eaeh; TEETH on PIVOT, 4; TEETH MOUNTED oil
GOLD PLATE, $8 each, up to six teeth: all nhove
that, SjOeach; A FULL SET ON fc'UCTION or AT
MOSPHERIC PRESSURE, $75. f
All the above operationa warranted for five yenrs, nn 1
,.,. i,. ,,., i i Mn ,.. i,o .,
wish it to aorao of the most respectable cititens lor i "po them, compared to individuals who, by the
whom 1 plu!ired teeth upwanls of nineteen years sgo, virtues of true courage, perseverance, boldness
which are still in and doing well; also, teeth on pivot , ,! sagacity, have achieved it for themselves ?
and gold piste, some-upper sets on suction which have h js Qt a veIiU Qw ,hat f t, . j
been worn acveral years and are still doing well; hut , ., . , , . ... ,.
a 1 warrant all of my operations, and have the aUvun- ttftc1' S the Ktory of J oliiu.na htcgen, a tor
tags of about twenty years practice, I have no djiiM tunatc liillkuiaid of Lunebtrg, who, by no par
but I can give satislaciion to nil who patronize and , ticul.'il' eflbrt of her own, save a forced compliance,
give me a fair trial, which U all I ask. . i r09e w fame, ultimate elevation in rank, and cx-
N. B. When I have to credit or go from homo to I ,,
nnprati,. mv nlj elinrcrrn will ha maili,. and I liohl mv-
lf in PM.IinitH il nil limi In It.-nfl tn nnv r.i!!. i'l
this or the adioinim counties. 60-i;ni
The Sons of the Old States,"
1
"WESTWARD BOlD."
TJEINQ DESIUOtS OF HKMOViNG WEFT. I!
oBerrorsalemy i.f.V.S, lying on the U.ar-
K.Iia mail fr.nr tvu.Aa ir nf lnrhc.fn T if trt
contain. .Vln MMtnulretl .Itrts, upon which
; !! S trXrmSZ :t.
Will aCHU uuu-tivit ' iti nviy.-, n.iu J n -ij
Ji-nre. anJ one buudred and fiftv acres with the Tad
yard, or aU together. ..... ,
iwni seuaiso lnrre mi unarm ticres, :.vi'.i;
on BiftBroirn CrwrtyM-irith-f-vlie-l4f,n- cauea urtioni, cornea on a
low grounds, adjoining tho lands of L, L. l'olk, T. J. busk trado by supplying tho lacteal fluid in large
Folk, and others. ;
Any person wishin? to settle pcrmanently in the
nd terms. - J. C. CAUAWAV. I
Wadesboro', June 1, lfiin-38-tf '
Something Itacely' Offered!
I OFFER FOR SALE ONE OF THE DEST
TH.1CTS Ol". l..t.Vi in Union county,
commanding both sides of Goose Creek (a .permanent
stream) for near a mile, and at tho crossing; of the
Wadesboro' and Charlotto and Caburrn and (.Vmilcii
roads. It contains one thousand and tight
aclTCii, of which seven hundred and fifty acre? ate
well timbered. It is as well adupled lo the growth of
grain and cotton as any lund iu this section. The
tract will he divided to suit purchasers. If o!d in a
body I Will tnke less than its real vnlue.
Person wishing to buy would do well to 'call and
einmine fur themselves and judge if I do not tiler
low. Terms easy. 'Address, " ,
E. C. ALEXANDER.
41 -Cm Coburn'a Store, Union county, N C.
E. Hutchinson,.
CABIiWr MARK..,
ESPECTFULLY
INFORMS THE PUBLIC
IV that be continues to-manufacture' all .
articles in lus lino ot business, iarni-r
ture of evorv descrmtton made to' 1
order. In addition to the above ho manufactures
JTlT
TIN and WIRE SAFES, and is prepared to do all
kinds of IN'SIDE CARPENTER' WORK such a?
Blinds, Doors, Sash, Shelving, or any other work
pertaiuing to the interior of a dwelling house.
(S COFFINS. niad to order, at tho shortest no
tice, lie wishes it to be understood that he can and
will furuish Coffins of pine, poplar, walnut or mahog
any at from two to four hours' notice, depending upon
the quality the finest notexcecding'-.vr hour.' fich
are his facilities for manufacturing them. The faci
is, he can make plain Pino Coflins much cheaper and
quicker, and better, than any carpenter, it bein a
legitimate branch of his business. -1-tf
Laurinburg High 'School.-
rpiIE FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THIS INSTI-
' tutiuo will open on the 1-th nr Ji i.v, lj'J,
under, the charge of DANIEL STEWART, Jr.,. as
Principal..
ltAn.t naM K. I.a.I 'ill.fr at. iliA Sfrw:),,! Hnll or
iu the neighborhood at $8 per month, exclusive ofi.'lpud reports, which gave her an iJoa, expressed
lights and washing.
For further information npnly to tho unde rsigucd,
at Laurinburg, N. C. R. 1). DICKSON,
June 18, 18M-41-tf . Secretary .,
English and Classical School,
) '
LILESVILLE, ANSON, N. C,-' '
WM.- H. JORDANj Jr., Principal.- '
rrillE FALL SESSION OF THIS SCHOOL WILL f
begin on WEDNESDAY, tiif. i'.tii or Ji lv, i"V.', j
and continue five months. , Terms of tuition ramring
front ?10 to. S20, according to advancement of the
nuril. No deductions nwido except m cases of pre-
f 1 ' , . . : . ' w ,r
traotcd sickness. . '-
: ' ----- - 1 I
PIANOS ! MELODEOXS ! - !
milE UNDERSIGNED, HAVINU BEEN' RE- i
I quested to act as- AOEN'T-for the-sw--
salo of KNABE & CO'S PIANOS, wooldKj-j .
respectfully inform all persons in Anson' ,S " " j
and the surrounding eountry, in want of the very let
instruments known, that he will take plcasuc4i fnr-
very best terms.
38-tf
J. P. SMITH.
Bagging,, Hope., md Twine,
OR SALE BV
65-tf
S. S. ARNOLD.
C'ljOTHIXU. - .
A LARGE STOCK OF CLOTHING, OF TflU
LATEST FASHIONS, can be found St
March 31, 1850-29-tf A. E. BENXETT P.
IIARDTv'ARE.
UNUSUAL LARGE STOCK JUST
R'E-
eeived by 2Q-tr
"BrsrsTTNOXDr-'
GROCERIE.S.
. . 1
LADIES' DRESS GOODS.
FINE ASSORTMENT JUST RECEIVED BT
2.tf 1 , 8.8. ARNOLD.
A
READY-MADE CXOTIIIXG.
OF THE LATEST STTLE8 FOR SALB BY
29-tf ' 8. Si ARNOLD.
NORTH f!A R0LT1VA A RfillS.
"Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labor,
nui me even ng. ra. eiv. za.
! atreani ra calmest when It noarsthe tide,
I anu nowera are aweetest at the eventide,
And bird most musical at Uio close of day. .
And taint di vines t when they pas away.
Morning I lovely, but a holier charm
Lie folded close In t vening s rob of balm;
And weary man must ever love her best;
for Morning calls to toll, but Night brings rest.
She comes from ITcavcn, and on her wings doth bear
A holy fragrance, like the breath of nrayer:
Footsteps of angels follow in her trace, '
To phut the woary eyes of Pay in peace. ,
All things are hushed before her, as alio throws
O'er earth and sky her mantle of repose;
There i a culm, a beauty, and a power,
That Morning knows nolj in the Krening hour.
"laiil the evening" we niuit weep and toil,
Plow life's stem furrows, dig the weedy soil,
Trel with nad feet ear rough and thorny way,
Ami Deal the heat and burden of the day. .
Oh! fthen flyr pun in netting mny glile,
' Lilf uninier Tpninir, iown the KuMen tide:
T J! E ' TV II I T E A P R 0 X ;
OR, THE FORTUNATE MILKMAID
It might be a curious question, worth asking
and oscertiiiiing, of persons whose names are ;
famous in history or prominent among the heroic
traditions of war, how forge is the proportion
compwed of those who have greatness
i who have greatness thrust
' r .
lUlbi
SW the French, greatly to the disgust off
,,uered, still occupied Uncbc g. A time, i
r, w.,' ,f Land when the power tha i
'
the con
liowever
: "
uii'i I'ltnuiiiii V- ii4ti uunu uiiituaw tuo TlLii'taiuvu
' ;,. nf U l.',.
'Att it is the story of t
L; ; ,, bj
?
i fc"06 aud teruiination
! .,.:... T , ... . ,
VU till UUiaitll W5 Ul aJUIlLUUI lltUIL' BlUUU IHCU,
-r.1 enrv .tiM,. c:m v.v.,,,,;,, o,1(.lw,
i 0f milch--lanu-houses. - The i ihabints of this
... i;i, ,r i ,-- i
quantities to Luneberg, which city depended
maiuly 0n these farms for that important article
one of t"ca rural dairies, and was, in short, just
a milkmaid and nothing .more. Truth compels
j her biographer to stata that there was little
I enough of the picturesque in our Johanna's per-.
, soiml appearance, and 1,1 1 at ?he had even more
I than the usual bucolic attributes of robust health
and liorid bloom, charms ncoonipnnied moreover
, by locks whose redoe s was a fact bejond all con
: tritJictiou. . , . . r-
. 1-Jt Talc, the liii-hiy, cm overcome all ;. and,
. fot anythii.g we know, could :nfiko even an cm
' preri of a short, stout, red-headed, dairy-woman.
! Little indeed Juhnnna dreamed when her
' milk-pail slung iron her square shoulders she
"issued forth oa a certain uioraing, the-cxact date
i of which the present biographer owns to have
I been unable (o ascertain: little did she dream
or think supposing she was even in thohabitof
tbttikin, to which practice luckily for their
health and , viiror, milkmaids are not prone that
fortune was waiting "still, in no far-off nook, to
invest. Tier with all that the heart of woman is
said mind, only said to lovo best, viz : rank,
f homage, wealth, fame. - - ;
lly Johanna's Bide, on that mcmorablo morn
ing, caino forth at the same tinief siniilarly la
denod, a hcin :entlcr and fairer, though in all
likelihood no bettor naturod or cultivatod tha"n
her companion. This young person was an as
sistant dairy-maid, and in this narrative, with
the courteous reader's leave, shall bo called Caro
line. ' ,
These jrirls were bound on their usual errand,
taking to Luneberg supplies of rich creamy fluid.
They chatted and sang and laughed on their read
from (Ji imiu to Luueberg, a distance of probably
not more than a mile and a half. Suddenly as
llu-y were nearinc: the cit v Juhauna said :
. "Hark ! what's that I"
'""What do.st thou ttaro at?" said 'Caroline,
in l er guttural German, 'i I see nothing."
'Canst hear neither, perhaps," answered Jo
hanna, raif tog her hand pointing. ........
And uo.wvindoed ' Caroline heard sharp and
cuiuy eiioun
Fighting, eh !'' (Uoth Caroline. '
'Come on," answered Johanna; " tho riiilk
ust gO to jiUncberg, if IJoucy himself be there !
I'c'ie r;'ti!.. eiiou;h, I tell you." For Caroline
showed svnintoms of turnins' baek towards Grimm.
a tendency to cowardism which plainly proves
her to have no pretensions to bo a heroine, and
which ought to reconcile as to her ultimately.
"Come now, I te!L you, fool ! they won't, hurt
us ;' - .
y but tho bu;ets IIark ; tbere tbey
, , , . ' . , . .,f
KO pop! pop'.-Johaunu, nevev mind the milk
0 , ' ,.r r
let the people? want their breakfasts tor once.
1!ut- arsuis thus' trJ 81111 walkcd on and
PrfTcl!' "chcdr.ght into the hou's mouth.
llc" U was to kto even for W0Ulea 03 thc5
were, to retreat, tjiey found' themselves right in
the midst of Prussian and llussian soldiers, who,
up to tbat moment had been pouring their fire
T i . - - fc,..-. ;.
! then, a luomeutary fyfccJ cessation of hostilities
on the tide oi tho ssaulung, party, aud, in fact,
tho French were rapidly gaining thcadvantage.
An flccidctithad occurred. Close before Jolianaa
and C.irolinoa cart laden with cartridges hail
been overturned, and its contents were strewed
on tho ground. , No one was hear it save a dead,
trooper or two, and ouoi who was just expiring.
Caroline, tender and thoughtful woman, rah up
to this wretch and held a draught ot" milk to his
dving lipsJ but"Johanna clasps hor hands, crying
out: ; , ' "-,"'.-
TloulefiX ! 0tXlcauriue"qareL7anddrclp
me Caroline 1"
Sho took the cartridges for roulcaui of coin,
.nmnnnmn TTrttll vnrA .Jire wllltO anrona With
bic pockets, not like, those ot griscttcs on
the stage, but B9d substantial ones, fit to
hold a half-quartern loaf. Johanna filled these
as quickly as she could pick her spoil np, quite
oblivious to the bullets from Luncberg, which
liailcd round her as oblivious of them, ih her
r,f ,i . . .. . ., uiairiuuuni; tuem to me troops, tin ino uay uu- :
ect of tins paper, not the pro- ( nn . , .? ... . , '. ' . ,, . i
of thoDrst Napo eon's h-
I gained it. as all to a man declared, .by the he-
i hin gctlinK 1niMJ h Caroline,
think the look of gratitude whioh beamed from
the djing eoldier'a eye ; the broken words of
blessing which dropped from hia white lip,
must have been dearer, more blessed memory
v .... uuri ut nor wuu, naiurauy iiniiu, torgot
that timidity under the influence of woman'a
bolicit promptings of tenderness and mercy,
than the aubsoqucnt homage, the brilliant for
tune showered on tho being who, with eager
eyes and avaricious grasp, was busily employed
in cmmming her pockctf with that which indeed
ultimately proved more valunblo toward her ag
grandisement tbau the gold for which slio took
the package strewed around.
Hut Johanna's career of greedy acquirement
is speodily stopped. A Prussian colonel rides
hastily up. He had no idea of the girl decop
tion. He hastily flubs her in hia mjud a uiiud
heated by the excitement of action an ardent
heroine, aspiring to aid bis troops iu their tcuino -
i " iV . , the female connections of her Prusaiim admirer.
"My brave girl, those pockets will not lold 1 Following the army subiennently into Prussia,
enough ; hi your apron," quick. Hew, young ' slio was a't once placed on the uil pay of colo
Iwoman! (to Caroline, who still knelt by the dy- nel, ,nd sent a pension to be educated for her
liig,) do tho aame as one goes, thi other caii future rank in life it lWian nobleman'
j oom.f back- ' " , ' ' spouw. Henceforth the life of Johanna Stcgcn
Ihcro was no murmur of disobedience possi-) became nut ,A' uninterrnnted nrosneritv. At the
j blt 1,cre wa" U" tcrrlbI? I''""9'"". i'b loud
' lce stfrn ln command, indisputable in author -
' X' "Vi" unconroioua oi ino aauiira -
tion which mo great man, whom she took, lor a
T, 1 , ' V , . ,car alona uia.a8
oueV ee,a " by
I "", T i ".'J01 nZ troops,
e "'Ju ""puaaiuie, iu gu lurwaiu was in.
advisable Her aoocptance of the duty imposed
was, however, as prompt and ready as if the ac
tion had really emanated from herself. She wn
always sturdy and bin" Hln'', and not less so now.
when bullets whistlefT'around, and plie wa in
.! e v..:.t.i i. . i-n , i. . i
ujuiiui lear. uuieaiy suo uutu ner apron, auu
ran with her burden to tho poor fellows who, for
the want of them, were being rapidly picked oH
by the French fire, man by man. As she ro-
" J
- Caroline performed th
S"' and 'jrda'
nrp. mill vnllpva nf nn hivu
o same good oliice ;
amidst a ratLliiif'
bi'.he 7t KX;.
? at. I 1 1 1 T 1 Ca lit
'""w" UI uuui ulu cicgou aim var
I roic conduct of woinan-that woman Johanna
o
' Steven.
' . Larom.C to fM.0 .told h7 iha nd
stern excitement ot
the scene, equally aiduous,
equally--oven more generously oblivious of
danger, is perniitted, unnpticcd, unthnnked, to
make hor way back as best sho can to Grimm,"
there to amazo tho pastoral inhabitants with the
recital of that adventurous and blood staiued
morning.
Ou"r Johanna was not too much overpowered
by bashfulncss to remain ou' the field,' waiting
for applauso and thanks. Pha had wit enough
to see that she was appeoiatcd beyond what she
had merited. However, just then, every one
was too busy with rejoicing and hupng of plunder
to-notico ucr, wuom ttiey considered tiie victress :
ui vuw uiiji. y,
As, weary and disappointed, she wis about' to
returrj to Oriium, the same Colonel wiioAud di-
rected tho inilk-girl s efforts, todo up o1icr, hot, j
and ready to drop off his horse .vfith fatigue. ,
he fortunate milkmaid "cr carry pail a ter pa. l ot caring,
"My girl quick your aproiw-give it to uie. ,he vailevSi t 'j tbe rpCesfCg of every B0litary
Not a word-off with lt-that s right now, I fortst; Therd is n0 ulun(,c fjr tllem to asscmblo
your name-Johanna Johanna what? Johanna ! upor) a-t n3on. There are no Athenaeums for them
Stegen So . Now, my lads, onward ! Stragglers t0 meet ut ; tlle CTCI1;K allj, converse on their
fall back!" K - interests. -
And thereupon, ono of the stragglers, who Why, gentlemen, every man obtains a very
could not comprehend what that grand, terrible, reat p0rtionof all that he knovfs" in this world,
fierce soldier could want with her apron, now half by coi)v!r8at;wl; Conversation, intercourse with
dirty, stained with blood and the moisture of her j othcr ujill(Js u tllc pencrui 80uli h( most of oul..
weary brow, fcH back at the wo; d of command, . : knowledge. . ,-JJooks do wmcthing, but every man .
and presently, changing hor mind about Uritmu, ; h.lg not opportunity to read. It is conversation
she slowly followed in the rear of the army, who' th.it im,,rovo,r .f..ny one of us here to-day,
acknowledged her as .its preserver, and who by i lcarnc,i or unlearned, should deduct what hff has. "'
this time had hoisted her apron in front or the loarneii by conversnth' from what he knowsj ho
troops, as an ensign and emblem of how a great wouj find but little left, and that little not of
victory had been won. V ! the most valuable kind. It is conversation it
Arrived at Luncberg, our milkmaid, who'as : is the meeting' of men face to face, and talking
yet, knew not that she might place the adjective 1 over what they have common in interest it ia
fortunate before her name wont at onae to the ! this intercourse that makes men Eharp, intelli
house of her mother, who (a poor widow) gnined gent, ready to communicate to others, and ready
hard bread and little enough salt by charing and to receive.-information from them, and ready to
washing. She feared, perhaps, tofeturn to Grimm, act upon those only which they receive by this .
where heroism was likely to kick the beam when oral communication. '
weighed against the loss of sundry p-iils of miik, i 'T1iiefore, if there -wero- not athing exh.'h- - - -wasted
or seized by tho thirsty fellows as lawful i ited if there wore not a pood pair of steers, nor a
spoil, aud lor wuicii sue iiau not tlie means ot Bne horse, nor S'lti;
paying. She claimed the shelter of the maternal if there be- ladies',
roof, and related her adventure to her mother, be those connected
not without many reproaches on the part of .that ' gsy thatjhese annu. j meetings -are highly im
virtuous matron, for interfering amongst a parcel ' portanf to progress in the art to which they ro
of rapscallion soldiers, who ate, drank, and & for. I come as a poor 'farmer, to nieet with
voured that night at the ef pense Of Luiiebiifg. other better fariiiefs', to re-'elvc'frotii thomafiy itit-i-
But Johanna's triumph rose" next day with the j-tuation" their experience uiuy' teach, and desirous -:
sun. The Kin? of Prussia took possession of the- only of suggesting souietjliitig for thoir reflection
city,'nnd tho first, act 'of royalty was to iniike a VhicU.,m.W.j;u:.ll.Cj;safLeTjJiay draw (it uaefally to
proclamation for the owncrj&f the White Apron, .something in the agricultural art.-" ' '-
who was by no means backward in crbcping forth t' - . t ,. .
from her obscurity;""""' f tinrfnmiirsr M AXrr TftB-Wosi.fiv : - .
. That night a grand banquet was held at tho " Acorn," whoalonished the readers of the New
Seliloss Luneherg, and Johanna sat at the mo'ti-: York Spirit of tho Times, some time since, by
arch's right handV Robust and florid as she wss, his description of .'the marvelous feats of strength
no bcllo attracted such universal notice or admi- of Dr. Geo. li. Wiii.shipl of lloshury, JIass.,
ration as this fortunate milkmaid. Her glowing writing again on the same eubjoct, says : ,
hair was called golden, her -ruddy cheeks' bloom- "Uur youngf ,ii:int; Pr. (ieorge 15: -Winshlp, .
ing, and her form was admired for its strength, ' of Uoslury, continncs to increae-in-strengtlr t
if Tt was not exactly extolled for grace. Success and now lifts with his hands, unaided by any
is your true beautiiicr the elixir which bestows j strap or .bauds, except titt'so given to him by
youth 'and bcanty, and which fails in its. effect iho AhuLhry, ten hundrofand thirty-two pounds,
only when the sun of fortune sets. The girdle This I have seen liiui do, with as much apparent
of .good luck once thrown around the thiokest -case ' .1 an ordinary man can -lift three hundred
lot it Womes to everv beholder as slender as and Cuv.pound. This extraordinary youngmaa
VenusV own, and those whom the blind godJosJ
. ., , 1 ,
has mystified by tho bandage of her own eyes,
are, at any time, ready 'to swear black is white,
or, us in Johanna's case, red is yellow.
-. And (amidst all this,' Caroline's name was hot
heard. . . ; :
Ono heart was at least cnptivatcd by this he-
roine. in ftiite of herself. The big Prussian col-:
onel must have his fancy captivated by this close
approximation to the heroicniaitTef his heated
brain. Among, the toasts drank to Johanna
Stefien, his response was the loudest, his praise
the moat broadlyTxpressed. !
But every -medal Jtatv4tt-yer.iJ-.what
& PitV " tVIIJUe lave lilt? liuuiuvi Ui nnniuuauw v "yv )' . .
r In the midst of -nil these rejoicings, and just ' 2;0VJ7.;' and the second, iu lib tinder tha
as great tMngajrere in wntemlatirohan-reiSn and by order of the prctcut Lmperor,
na, who seems to have been regarded as a Scaon07MrieTrt'oTjriSrr-twU,
Joan of Arc, just when one mavfeupposotho counts be correct the Chinese population has xa
Prussian Colonel Tvas beginning, to hint leisure
to prosecute his romantic suit lo"! the French
returned ' and retook Lunebcrg. Dire wont!
which the poor Luntbergers deplored, and which
was positive ruin to jmr heroine, who-?e teiupora-
I ty elevatioD had Mrved to point her out as a mark
t dicry. Johanna, thrown down from her lofty
, pedcatal, waa, melaphoricallv speaking, obliged
j to grovel in 4ho mud, and literally, might have
been trampled to death, except for hiding ber-
, sell, wiitco the did lor many dayevin a dark,
dismal cellar, indebted fur sustenance aolelv to
tho good offices of neighbors, and to Csrolinc,
who brought her id milk, from Grimm, and who,
unnoticed and unrewarded, was no doubt much
happier than the hcroino cowering in her dis
mal cellar, expecting hourly death or worse..
Jiut this tcrriblo condition; which, lasted many
litter dnys, was termirsted at length by the re
port of a largo purty of 1'ruH.iiane advancing on '
Lumlorg; and now, as the French at last evac
uated Lunelurg, our heroine onje more emerged
from her oli.scuritr. nnrl tlirnw hnranlt at tl,A bmrr'a
I feet.
Jler sorrow onded thcrer ITer merits were at
! once rinn;ril h m-. r,.n;.n.t t. ,.r
close of the war she married tho man whose per-
1 emptory orders wero iu reality the cause of her
, bemg lamous. Hihtory tells us no more of her.
, Hid education n-fine her? Jid nIic tver think pf
; Caroline Hurger, in the latter! obscurity, or aid
; t he conirade who .-.hai-ed her peril, but net her
g0od fortune? It is believed not. . She wh6m
we hare ealT.4 t.arolino lived and died obscuro
and Immlili, r.rtrhur nnl laum ttanr., Arfln Imp
reul name was not known by the old inhabitants
of the SehlnsH-liUnoberp, from whose lips this
little narrative' was fathered vears tea. and who '
; could bW of having buth seen and spoken to
i i, . . . v . . - . '
t he lamuus lercinn nf l.mw hrrr J unni SI,..
pen, by no nieuns the first, nor in all likelihood
the last, to whom fortune has called in a fit of
caprice, and loaded with unmerited favors. -
UrsEFiTsor AonicrLiTRAL Fairs. Every
thing frhi tho lips and pen of .Daniel Webster
still continues to bo read with interest. The fol
lowing is an extract from an addres of his deliv
ered at the Annual Fair of the N'urfulk Agricul
tural Society,at Lledhatii, 3fas.,in theyear J8-1'J:
"The principle nf .Woc-iutiiin the practice of
bringing men together, bent on the same general
end, uniting thoir intellectual and their physical
efforts 1o that purpose is a great improvement in
the present age. We saw it years ago perhaps
I might say centuries an. It bvg.m in the pfo
fossioiial associations of -the world iu the' legal,
the medical, the theological. Hut it.w'as long in
that country end in fliw, before th6 principle of
oouibination came to Le acted upon in that great
system of Agriculture before it was brought to
that pursuit of life hutorc agriculturists were
brought to act in uillon. And the reason is
obvious. In theffv communities strive together.
Tluuuert:li!ip'aiiil ."hip owners can come together
at the soujfof a bell. Thc-mechanics generally
living jn populous place may do the same. ThoJ
have the opportunity of i;itcrchai)''in: sentiment '
ever. Luurj anJ wLat 010 know3; all knoW) anJ
,1 ls ,J9 experience nf one, ail soon become
cf.uaintcj Vnt l!ie agricultural popula-
t;on L, V,:i,tcreii over the fields of tho country,
xhcir hh. a-jd their toils are in some degreo "
:0t.,.,i tk , in ,!, nr bill- snd ;n
e,!y cow,. -in the whole country,
ives Oii-Id.titgliter if there
with the tillage of fhe landi
OtliV weigns .one iiunuiou. anu n.iny-tAu pounuo,
LanUlsr1mrTwmy-e7care;old- - If jfrr keeps -irierea'sipg
his strength' s he has the past year, ,
byt!ie 'time he is' thirty he will -be, indeed, a'
" Snmnsonl" This vonnr.man. is not only t.hy-.
, , ' : 1 1.. . 1 1 k .
sically strong, but has an inteaect cquaLtq his
extraordinary muscular powers- no is a giant
in more ways than one, and is surclj- Uosuued to
astonish tho world. '
- ; " " " ' '. .. '
: 8ST An official-census taken in China twico
during the present century, at an interval of
forty year, gives the following results : 1 he first,
'itiysi in , -vy uuytyt .f"aKdH-'XM-
tony years iucreas.-u
: ft?" In Springfield, Mass., John Tlrown had
ono voto Tor Governor", aud Lydia Msria Child onej
for Lieutenant- ovornor: