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fafilM in i in jm m smk --or . -J',. ' ' - NEW SERIES VOL IB'O. 22. ' WADESBOROUGn, K. C, TBUItSDAY, FE FEBRUARY 9, 18C0. WHOLE NO, 74. V-. - ;-' PUBLISHED WEEKLY rEJ(TOX PABE.ET. , TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Single ooplu, Two Doiaam par year, Invariably la dMM. '" " -I ' ' Te Clubs of Ten and upwards, It wilt bo furnished iii)i I1.UX1I lit a Halt per copy. No subsoripliva rocoWed for lwi than six month). BATES OF ADVERTISING. ' Oil "QCABB, TBBJ 1.1111 01 Ulf BBBVIBB. ' On insertion 70e. Tare loaertione I 60 Two months, or Bin insertions... 8 80 Thro months, or thirteen insertions 4 00 -'. Mix months ......... 6 00 On year ......... 00 Advertiser maul tat tb aamber of time they Wl.h their advertisement inserted ; otherwise tbev 111 b continued till forbiddea, and eherged aooord- lug to th abov. Agreements will .made with yearly adrUien a liboral and advantageon term. Profemloaal tad Butloeaa Cards, aoi ieedin( 6v llnoi brevier la length, will b Inserted for $& a year;. If aooedlng r line will bo eharged th aame ai other advertiaentente. Obituary aotieee free whea not exeeedlng twenty lines; all abov twenty line at advertleoaMnt rata. T. C.'fc II. . WORTH, . General Commlwtion Merchant, A0 IIBALBBS II LIME, HAIR, CALCINED PLASTER. AND CE-1 Mfc.NT. HAM) PLA8TKR, PURE PERUVIAN . GUANO, And Agents for the sals of ROBINSON'S MANIPULATED GUANO, TA8KER A CLARK'S FERTILIZERS, 81'PER-PUOHPHATR OF LIME, 70-Iy . W1LM1XUTOX, X. C. ROBERT II. COH!, Central Commlmlon Merchant, . ' WILMIKQTOX, M. 0. fl&r Office eoath aorner Market sod Water streets up stairs. 5"''.. THOS. I. IXOTD. CUAS. C. It'CUI. TICKER - LLOiri, ,. aomts roa PROCURING I01WY LAND AND PENSIONS,, . . Df iltn li lud WirnoU n Ifit Ettatr, WASHINGTON, D. C. - Laad Warrants bought, sold snd located. Collec tions ad throasiwut tb United futee snd Csna- dss. Titles to Western Laa'ls eismiDeo, ana usee paid for aon-rexidente. Old Laad Patents purcbase.1, and Titles to lnd sranted for military set-rices, snd other claims for real aetata, investigated and prose cuted. ' '" . OSes, No. 47s Serenth street, eppostte tb City Post Office. . W-tf T. M. sim. ion Sj UlBtll. HMITII aV McIAtRI, Commission and forwardinb merchants, . WILMINGTON, N. C. CONSIOSMENTS OK COTTON, N AVAL 8TORE8 AND COUNTRY PRODUCE GENERA LLV. FOR BLE OR SHIPMENT, WILL RECEIVE PROMPT AND PERSONAL ATTESTION, Refer to John Dnwnon, Esq., Msyor, and E. P. Hall, Esu.. Prwidsat Branch ilauk State of Kerjh CaraltnaJV ' VT. U. McRARV At CO l ommlmla, Merehantn, and neater Uuano, Stilt, Grain, Me., arc, Cossia Paixcass akb Wats sraaiTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. : PARTCCLAR ATTENTION 1 1 1 r. T I nr. o )F NAVAL 8TORI.S, COTTtiN. n Mor.n. r wpis. kC, AC. LIllEBAL ADVANCEMt.STS MADt ON , ALL PRODUCE WHEN RKCl IRtU. i ' . , I Rsrcassrss: II. R. Sarage, Cashier Baak of ( ape j Fear, Wilmington, N.C ; Cot. John MiUae, Pre.i.lent ! n.nk of Wilmington, Wilmingma, N. U,t D. A. Da- j is, Cashier Branch Bank CapsFeai, Ssliifbury, V t.; ; I. O. Uh, Caxhier Branca Uana uape rear, Di. m, N. C.j J. Ell Gregg, President Bank of Cberaw, S. t. 64-ly - 4 0I.4 0.K, McC'ALLEY I M.4I.LOT, I tetor and Cammtmilon Merehantn, Orrioa No. 8 Noam Atiastic WiiAarA ' . CHAR'SESTVX, sc. C J. COtXOCK, T. b.Mk:aUJ.T, D. MAUX)T, ' t'AtirlMtiM, JS a ' llumtKUU, Ah. Cktnne, A N. B. Offices kept at each place, where advances ..bCan b obtained nu. .shipment uf produce tu Charles- ton 8. C. """'J U ' ... IIOPHIXS, III 1.1. Ic ATKISO , k : ISPOnTEB ASD WHOLK8ALB DEALERS 1.1 FOREIM IJiD DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, ' ' No. 258 BALTiaoaa Stbbst, ' - (otnunsiiumRUR,) basil . norciKs, 1 vAbiiMunc. raiKs, t' siasox. J BOBS ST urn THOS. W. ATK 87-tf . UERRISOI dfc LEIDIHU, '; ,k . IMPORTERS - Toretgn and OomentU Oray 0hwI, , Who'esal and Retail, BASIL STBBBT,' OHB DCXtk SBOM KINO, CHARLESTON, 8. C. ,L.I 82-ly HBBMAKB - R. p. iinnoii, Wealth and Clock Jtepalrer, ' ABSOXVlLlB, . O. Jewelry, 4c, neatly and substantially "On. repaired, and all work warranted twels months. tf ASIIE fc IIARGRATE, Prastlo irt partnership in th county of Anson, ex cept on th Criminal Docket In the County Court, (J. ' II. lUrgras being County Solioitor.) . 1 They will attend to the collection of all claims en- trusted to them in Anson and thesurmundingeountle. T. 8. Ashe attend the Courts of Richmond, Mont gomery, Stanly, Caharras, Union and Anson. . JR. Uargrar tboM of Montgomery, Stanly and "v Anso .U... ' - ' ' ' . " ' - " UnJ-Offio at WsAVsboro'. 1 THOMAS 8. ASH 8. - J J. R. HARGRAVE. 19-tf SEW GOODS FOR FALL AXD WIXTER. "TJ.TOtTTAKESPLEASOREINANNOUNC 1 1 a '"8 to nl customers, friends, and th public generally, that ba baa rewired, and ia now receiring, . A MORK EXTENSIVE STOCK THAN USUAL OF FRESH AND FASIUONABLEGOCDS consisting. in part, of 8TAPI.R ANDFANCY DRY GtMD8; READY MADR CLOTHING; HATS, CAI'8. BOOTS and 8IIORS; HARDWARE and CUTLERY; BAOGLNG, ROPE and TWlNEpGROCEBIES, c. ko. Thes Goods ar of tba beat quality, and those wishing to purehas will he consulting their interest by calling and examining for theaseWea. They will be sold low, on the usual time, but acooanta must be settled punctually. Lilessille, N. C, Sept. S3, '69-W-tf ' WASTED, , THE AROCS OFFICB WADES- T) AGS AT LOOK AT THIS! CUEAPCASHSTORE! ON AND AFTER THE FIRST OF DECEMBER, ' 1869, th Subssrlber will sell GOODS ONLY FOB CA8II OB APPROVED NOTES. ' ,' Us will always bar in store Goods to rait this market, selected by himself. His stock will always be fooad'to be exactly what be says It is, and will eonrlst cf ' , - HATS, CAPS, BOOTS AND 8IIOES, BEADY-MADE CLOTniNO, . . AK9 ' . ' DRY.GOOD8, A full and complete aasortmant, including SILKS, SATINS, WORSTEDS, PRINT8, COTTON AND WOOLLEN, H08E A GOOD -STOCK OP GROCERIES, HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, BAGGING AND ROPE, ,, AND ALL OTHER ARTICLES USUALLY FOUND IN A COUNTRY STORE. ' tar part or the stock trow IIA VE OX HAM) 1 WILL SELL AT COST FOR CASH A. E. BEX SETT, Wadesboro', N. C gar All persnns indebted to m by Not or Ac count for 1H5C,, 18-17, and 1868,' win sat costs by calling and settling up. I mean jnut what I asy, and I say just what I mean. A4-tf A. E. B. S. S. ARNOLD, - dialsb . : . D R Y GOODS, , READY-MADE CLOTUINO, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, HARDWARE AXD 8ADLERY, GROC E R I E8 " PAINTS, OILS, WINDOW GLASS, GUNS A.ND PISTOLS ,'; ' ' IRON, ,8TEEL AND NAILS, MECHANICS' TOOLS, ko., Slo., &o. I hsrs now in store a Urge and well selected stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which will be sold CHEAP FOR CASH, or on time to prompt pajiog cus tomers. - Tb6aewisbing to purchase will pleas call. 8. 8. ARXOLD. Wsdesboro", 8"pt 27, 1859-65-tf 18M. 18G0. PALL AND WINTER. T AM NOW RECEVINO MY STOCK OF FALL X AND WINTER GOODH, consisting of th nsaal Tsrielies of SILKS, POPLINS, TIIIHKT CLOTHS, iniMit mvm he I aiP4 mvnuitm ivn CALICOES; CIXAK8 AND SHAWLS; READV- CLOTHING; II ATS, CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES, &e k A which in ,u of utesl , ,M ,,, qu,ity. My Mock embraces also the utual Ta- rieties of PLANTATION GOODS, HARDWARE, sc. An he tbon gtmit h 0 ,jTinUgeous Urm, M ,b , u purcht elsewhere. Call and J0j, 8TACyt At the Brick Store. rbnM nobt,j to Dl tor nuUa tni tcoouDU for JK-)0 anJ ! 857i .refequested to call and settle soon ss possible. I must hsVo my old debts. I hsr wsited as long as I can. 1 shall expect all my old debts to 64-tf J. S. Millinery and Dress Goods. MISS A. HORN has returned from Charles ton where she selected, with great care, her STOCK OF GOODS consisting in part of BONNETS, HATS, CAPS, FEATIIKRS, FLOWERS and It III- 1IO.VS of all kinds; SILK ROIIKS and other FANCY php1; iv nr& ur avuila, r-.iiuuuiutivtu DkiiLa niirnt P ol' Idko DDtiumi rrt itsioi CLOAKS AND 8IIAWL8; GINGHAMS, FANCY PRISTS, &c, fto.; IHKtP SKIRTS, SILK HOSE, COLLARS and - UNDER8LEEVES; VEILS, BER THA'S, BEADS and BRACELETS; BELTS, GLOVES and GAUNTLETS, &c, sc.; also PERFUMERIES and FANCY SOAPS, and many other articles for La dies. All of which will be sold for cash or on time to punctual customers. Tbe public arc respectfully in- l sited in can snd examine nerstoci. BONNETS MADE and TRIMMED In a superior msnnor in a short time. DRESSES CUTinth lateat fashion upon an improred plan by measurement. 6o-tf - A. HORN. NEW STORE. T Horn nE SUBSCRIBER IS NOW RECEIVING, IN the Uric store recently oecnpira hy Usmel A. orn, A I.AKUK AND wr.LL HKLELTED STOCK OF GOODS,. snit-d to the trade of this market, com prised in part or DRY GOODS. Prints, Do Laines snd Dress Goods; Blenched and Brown Goods; Hosiery; Negro Goods, Blnnketx, Ac, &c, ko. ... . HATS AND CAPS. AH stylos, Colors nd qualities. "BOOTS AND SHOES. Calf, Kip, Wax, Seal; Goat and Kid; Black and Rus set lirogana. HARDWARK. , , Tocket snd Table Cutlery; Pins; Tscks7l.ocks; Wood Bcrews; 8iees; Coffee Mills; Hoes; 8horels; . Spades, Trace, Ac, 4o , , HOLLOW WARE. Pots, Ovens, Spiders, Skillets, to., of all shapes and sixes. - IRON AND NAIL8: Broad and Narrow BarfHoop, Band, Rod and Square; Nails, 4 to 40 penny.' i LEATHER. ... . Sale and UppsrJlip andCalf,., , r BAGGING, ROPE AND TWINE. ' LIME AND PLAISTER PARIS,. - GR0GERIE8. . Loaf; Crushed andCoge Sugars; Jars, Laguayr sad Rio Coffee ', Tea; Cheese; Mackerel; Bacon, Lard, Salt, Soda, Potash, Mousse, Ric; and csery other article called for in this market; all of which will be sold on as favorable terms aa they can b purchased In this market, for eash, or oa short tim to those sra vttf pay warn Iktypnmut. ' All orders strictly attended to. - i. M. THREADGILL. ,Chraw, gept. 20, 1 85955-tf . BLANK DEEDS- FOR BALE AT THE argus orncfi. NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS, From tin Southtrn EUld and Fxraidt. I0H! FOR T11E 5E1S0X. . ' WoootAJiDs, January J, 18C0S " ify Viae Mr. Editor: I send yon two Songs for the Season, meaut to inculcate faith and hope, old morals In old maxima and new music, for th benefit of th it million who, at tire e ess of each epoch, ar naturally inclined to mourn orer defeated expectation. ' They ar simp!, and though not exactly impromptu, are yet so vary aearly such that I should not strain con science a tith In so declsring them. Of course they ar unambitious performsnoes. Th text are I. "Better Luck Next Year." 2. "Patience, and Shuf fle th Card." It I for you to decide whether they shall be warbled in your Field or at your Kiroi-ido. B th smiles of a sew dawn upon yon and yours at th opsning of th new ssaooul Yours truly, W. GILMORE SIMMS. "BETTER LUCK ANOTHER YEAR.'" ' ! . Oh I nerar sink 'neath Fortune's frown, But brats ber with a shout of cheer, And 'front her fairly, face ber down She's only stera to those who fesr! Here's "bettor look another year!" ' ....... . Another year) Aye "better luck another year!" We'll bare ber smile, iottead of frown, . 1 A thousand smiles for every tesr, With home made glad, with goodly cheer, And "better luck another year" Another year I another year! ' "" Tbe damsel Fortune ss 1 11 1 denies, The plea that yet delights her sr; 'Tis but our manhood that she tries; She's coy to those who doubt snd farl She'll grsnt the suit another year! ; Another yearl Here's "better luck snother year!" She now denies the golden prise, Rut spite of frown, snd scorn, and sneer, I 1 He firm, and we shall win an t we.ir, With heme made glad, and goodly cheer, . . Io "better luck another year!" Anothrr year! another year! Written for tbe Argus. BT tlxiAR ORVILLE. "Auld nature sws.m the lovely dears . Her noblest work tbe classes, O; - Her 'prentice bsn' sh trie! ou nun, An' then sh made tt.e lubes', J."Jiurnt. Having written an' essay on man which ap peared, in the Argura weuk or so ago I nuw-i t . .t ';' ' . - t . proceed, at the request of a fair friend oTuime, to pay tba same couipluueut to woman, in man ner and form following, to wit, that is to say : Woman is a compound of two antagonistic prin ciples a tericstiu) and a celestial clement and ia the connecting link between man and angels, partaking alternately of both natures. This is the reason why wo always find them to""' variable" as the almanac-makers would say of the weather to-day frownioganu looking as dark and eolu as chill December ; to morrow bright and smiling as an April morning, or blushing with the warmth of the early rase of summer, 'i bis variableness in their temperament will account, too, for our "fond hopes" being io often " knocked into pi," and for our otherwise blest country being iufustcd with and ovenun Iv that useless class of bipeds yclept bachclort, who, with long faces and woe begone countenances, go moaning about the streets, refusing to be "comforted." . This is tbe " state of woman to-day wc find ber wreathed with smiles, and clothed in the paraphernalia of an angel, to which class of be ings we unhesitatingly declare her to belong. To morrow we meet ber with a cloud upon her brow, (and I might say a broom stick in ber hand I) wearing tbe garb of a " banimal," looking cold as a winter a evening, aud arrive at the conclu- sion that we maytpossibly have " reckoned with- j outour host" when, wo took l.cr to be an angel This, however, is owing altogether to our not un derstanding the peculiarities of her composition in other words, to our being too yrccn to know how to " take her." I had intended dividing my subject into three heads, viz : yirh, youuij laJu-n, and women ; but recollecting that there be no while " ciilsy now- a-days, and but few women, I will only speak of lad ict no, that wont do I can't be so " stuck up" I'll call all I have to deal with women, and risk the consequences 1 There are a vast number of peculiarities belonging to theses, of which I would like to speak, but my " space will not admit of an elaborate disquisition ; besides the Argus's whole set of eyes would succumb to the arduous task of reading theui, and fall asleep. I will give but one or two for the benefit of those concerned. A leading trait with women is a disposition not to be " taken." This will especially apply to the " lasses, O " It is morally impossible fur one of the uninitiated to keep up with a woman. Tbey are like a certain little iusecf,-,(no dispar-. geiuent ;; you pm your linger aown, ana it is not mar . hen a woman (to my bachelor friends)ktakcs a notion to evade you,, you need not try to catch her by a regular chase. As well attempt to follow a jaek-o -lantern through a bamboo swamp, or to - "Stand npon your head, And peel a bag o' tatere." The only way to come at her is to stand still and wait till she comes around which, if let lone, she will be pretty apt to do and then make your grab. Hut I am wandering, and instcad of writing a treatise on woman, 1 am at my old : trade again, tolling how to " court." I will rc- turn. I have said that woman is. the connecting link between man afid'angels, or between terres- tial and celestial beings. I will now explain the ! rcasonriryTSne is so, and prove my position. 1 only oould get tho matches to ignite, anu . show We"h it may be accounted for somewhat aftcHhis me the size and form ,of the cave, manner: Out of clay God made first all the aui-' j Wtyrtrout with paiu and thought, Ijfmst hiivo trials of the brute kind, and then made man, ' slept. . I awoke with a raging thirst, "and, almost whom he endowed with a sou thus raining the i at the same time,' I became sure that I heard the clay out of which Adam was made. Out of this i dropping of water. -1 dragged niysclf towards living mass of refined clay the Creator cut a slice, . the sound, stretched out my hand, aiid-tlrn.ps from which he moulded into a woman. The clay hav-' above full upon it ; eagerly I swallowed a few, ingthus gone through fwo processes, becomes what j which burned my throat : they tceredittiUetl brine we term double refined. The lower order of ! salt as Any impregnation of water could possi aninials, then, were made out of unrefined, or bly be ! . . das. ia its natural state: man out of refined and ;- This disappointment, crushed me terribly. I woman out of Coubie refineu clay, thus, mall of the bruto creation aro one degree tanoed from their original clement, man two erecs, and woman three making the brute connecting link between man and the earth; man the connecting link -between woman jmu the , lower order of animals; aud, as atatcti above, 1 woman the connecting link between angels and it man. . 1 - . Thus, too,. we see that women are made out of ! finer material than we of the sterner sex, which Wlimccouni ior ineir oemg possossea ot nicer feelings andV quicker perception than men. ; W omen aw -pshaw 1 'twere impossible to tell i or what they are like. SuGice whit ironieD aro it ta fay tfi.t thej ire a pari.Rod..pnrcel of our vor existence, lly aod io their presence wo "live, move and have our continual being." Tbey are liko souittiiiies an migol, aod aotue- times not. . 1 Id conclusion, notwithstanding their Tittle foi- bles, and prononoss to toaie and " try the oouls" of the sterner sex, I can exclaim (in the beautiful and classic lum;uii;roof somebody, I furizet who,) " I love flieui. O Lord, yea I do !" Thus Edgar Orville. Cuds a climax to bis xso' mi Hunixn. Januury '21, 18G0. T n R I L L I M. CAVE A U I L T L E E . I wut botn and brought up ia the neighbor- j i ..i r nj .1.. assistuiit. The scene of our mining operations, ' at thcLtimo of tho event which I am going narrate, waa in a narrow valley.lying chieto the foot f a perpendicular clifl of ruck about one hundred foet high. On its bare aide neither .i...,k , i, j .,. wraa. or .mh .n. and In. o - . J . whereon'the climber might . In fact, it waa considered ,...... i... equality waa visible. find a resting place. unscalable for a distance of two miles, when it sunk down gradually at either end to the level of the plain. Ascending the cliff, one beheld on its summit a wide plain, stretching off in tho distance from the sharp edge of the precipice, and from tint di.zy point could look down upon the works of the miners below, close under its sides. , I'pon the top of the cliff which I have been describing, 1 was strolling listlei$ly, lato one Sunday afternoon, thinking of a strange and sad circumstance. which bad happened about a year before in sur family. My only brother, a lad of ultecn, had gone out early one summer morning to hhoot fluvcr on the Heights, and from that hour bad never been beard of. When last seen, Ik; was mounting the cliff, from the eastern aido, and though (when alarmed at his long delay) we made imiiediate search' and inquiry, we. never gained any further information. To speak of our family distress, and my own heart grieving fur my wcll-bcloved young' brother, it ia not now my purpose: but it was the only subject of my thoughts on that quiet summer evening, when all the noise from the works was Im.ilied, and .the silliness seemed tenfold by contrast. 1 approached'very near tbe edge of the cliff. I W;ui now at its steepest part, and looking down 1 . . . . . .... . .. t iis siuoothe sides, I thought how tcrriblea fall would be; but my brother could not havo fallen down. . Ia that case his mangled body, at least, would have been found . .. I was recalled to myself by a strange sinking of my feet. My first confused idea was that the soil had given way from the edge of the cliff, upon whose utmost verge I stood, and that I was about to be precipitated to the bottom. I became dizzy with horror, fo'r.Ifelt at once that I (JOuld not recover myself, bo sudden was the caving in of the earth beneath me. I made one stumble forward, in a wild struL'L'le to save mvself. felt a ringing aud crushing in my ears, audi then I. lost all further sensation. It muH have been 'many hours before I was sufficiently conscious to know that I still existed. Sick and bruised, I was lung unable to raise my self from the prostrate position in which I be came awaic, at last, that I was lying. It was quite d.irk, and every portion of earth or 'stone that I touched was wet, and a smell of damp salt pervaded the atmosphere. I thought I had fallen into an exhausted salt mine, but soon re membered that I bad been standing on the edge of the cliff. It was an impossibility. Then came the idea that I must have fallen to the bot tom, and tho loose earth and stones have fallen over me. That, too, I soon found equally nnlike- ly, and alter groping about some time on my Lands and knees every movement one of intense agony I became sure that my prison was a cave of some extent. Too weak to move any further, 1 lay down aud endeavored to think of my posi tion. It secuiod a hopeless one. I was certain ly in one of those caves formed in the 'suit rocks, and sometimes found by miners, running far be low the earth's surface. I had no idea how far I had fallen it might be but a few feet, it might be many hundred. As yet I could find no trace of tho pasta go through which I had dropped, but 1 remembered that I had a case of .matches' in uiy. pockety and it waa not long before-1 suc ceeded in dragging them out, though it was ex cruciating paiu to my. bruised Jiuibs to- inOvo them. Having no taper, I determined to be very care ful -of the matches, and to improve the short mo ment of light during which one-Would last. I ...i,i...;i :. . .r,.ti ...,r;ft:r.f;o,.i..f -,.ujJ lUUUHJ t t-.JI tUICIUUJ UUIU-.WKaUKUI lit Jf tU't, j then harder, then furiously; but it would not lg- ; nite . 1 hen I tried another, with no better success. I Thev were too dump, everything was damp the matches were useless. With a faint hope of dry-1 mg them in time, 1 put thikAtrx into my breast, aud buttoned my vest over it. What with my failure m procuring a lighty-aou the pain of mv bruises, added to my terror and bewilderment of mind, I suffered intensely. Ihrough all, it be came clear to me that, instead of falling over, I had fallen through the cliff strange as it was that hollow ground should occur so near to the "edge without tho external wall, of the cliff caving in towards it. The space through which I had fallen must have been narrow, for my body had" been bruised, and the skin was torn Iroin my sides, with strips of my clothing that I could feel. Oh 1 for a light to examine better into my mise rable position ; but after all, I did not feel with out hope. I could not lose the idea ' that. I was to hit upon some means or way of escape ; if I would dry them that was a hope. I had ho id -, of time, save that my watch had run down while . 1 slept. 'I wound it np again, knowing that when again stopped tight-and-twCnty hours would have gone by. Again, on tny hands and knees, I crept around, feeling by. the damp walls, and. as I continually approached and receded from the spot wnore.iue sail-water aroppea rrom projec-1 be nearly ting rock, I discovered that the cave must be nearly round, and not many yards Square.. Having dis- j covered Uiis, I becamo more colleclc3T8c3 teso- am- should die of thirst ere 1 bad round a mode of i Pot)Ie a 1 arty tonventiou ot I cnnsvlvania, wul : I he increase I ad-! exit. I thought of the matches, and tried them ! meet in Harrisburg; the Opposithm Conwntiun oO'l' uc" a.i.if, lit tuin, i.oa oiuv aiunv.vi, lu.iu ut t l..uia tvtit uivuk ii .tiLiiiuvnu , uiim.iki nu'j. , a i : . i,nnr ,1. .. ...... .!, r -. .;n :.. t :..k,.,...i . ..,i .i.a i.. - t- tho : a lirdit smoke. In time the heat of mv breast nubliran Convention of Indiana. w:!I meet tu In- - - luto, and forced myself to a calm rcricw of my position. I hd to Bcknowledio to mysulf, that "my only clunccof eiicape seemed the hole or crack through' which I had fullon lut no ray of light betrayed that ipot enrth and gtoiicj must havo fallen in and chocked it op. Parching with thirst, and faint with bodily injuries, I wns ulniojt at , the point ol despair, wben a distant sound tell upon my car. I listened with intense attention. Soon, more and more distinctly, I rccoiriiized the ' noise of inarhinery, tho rumbling of carts, and tho voices of men ; then a bell rang, and, with a tnroo oi joy, t recognizco ii as tnc morning sum- mons to the laborers Li the works., A night only Could have passed since my leaving the outer world. Had thry missed mcf -Wiiuld they ib for me! Alasl there was nothing to, lead r.theni to anspcct tho spot of my captivity. , I. .. . .1 1 , n ihi nnnA HiMnniMNArtanl m w .'iwm n ! rr"- ;v toluro,Dcr - 7 " "o wnum biii my I Pr ?f,CT mM 1 c'f"ifor'cd h kn"lc(1Sc tha P8"'",'!" ofTrotk ted '".e .from. "y fellow intn. yow I onuM almost distinuuish their voices. I felt that it was vain g . ' tnaa . wan vain I ' thtttt ea? " '" couM I tho!D' J 1 ooul,J not forbcar Bl,0U"nS 1 waa quite exhausted. Then I reflected on the means I could find of! digging away the barrier of rock. It could not i be thick. I knew that, by my facility in hearing J sound, and concluded that, as I had fallen clo-e to the odgo of tho cliff, I bad sunk straight down to the level of the valley at its foot, and possibly tho wall of my prison was not moro than two or three feet in thickness. But I had no imple ment, save my knife, and that was a slender one, quite unequal to cutting a passage, through even the soft. and damp sait-rock,. which formed tho partition. Suddenly I remembered having picked up a heavy iron ox shoe, on the wagon road dur ing my Sunday walk. It was still in my pockctT With what joy. I pulled it out, and commenced eagerly my work. I will not detail tbe agonies of those days and nights, wbcu I worked on in the darkness, some times encouraged, sometimes nearly hopeless. 1 could not find that I made any visible progress ; the sounds were not nearer than at first, and I was growing hourly more exhausted from fatigue and burning thirst. The salt air of the care in flamed my eyes, parched my skin and excoriated my throat; ana often" 1 tiad a homrjic idea that I should go mad ; -.but I worked on. I had wound up my watch five times, therefore it must have been the. sixth day deliverance as far off as ever. I bad been trying to losen a fragment of rock which seemed somewhat detached from, the strata (this I could only judge of by feel ing.) If I succeeded I should mueh reduce tho thickness of the barrier at that point; but I had to stop and rest before the final trial. I again tried my matches. I had constantly done so hitherto, but without success, and but few re- j maincd ; but now the third cue that I tried gave forth a light smoke, then a light blue flame, and finally 'a clear red light. I held it carefully and beheld plainly tho cavern ia which I was im mured. It was a small one, and sparkling from the gnlino crvstalsasif studded with gems ' Op posite to me was a durk object, on a projection cf the shelving rock, and bearing a similarity to the outline of a human figure. I lifted high the ex piring match, and, by its last ray, I saw a h uman face! Io a frenzy of impatience I tried tho few re maining matches, in vain ; the last one was in my hand; more carefully I drew it over the sand paper; it burned only for an instant, but in that instant, holding it directly even with the body, I recognized the dead, pale, but unchanged face of my poor, lost brother Henry I I was again in darkness, with the dead body and my frenzied thoughts. After a time I re sumed fiercely my labor at the rock. A few hlitwa Luisnnpil ir nn.l tlio l.trirn luutifl rrtlloil in. ! wards, and from the fissure in the rock which j lay behind it came in a narrow, streak of day light., I was all but mad or I would not have had sufficient strength to effect my purpose. l!y the oid of - my ox-shoo . I soon increased the hole till it was large enough to admit lny bead. My shouts soon brought assistance from the works, to which, as I had supposed, I was very .near, and soon from that fearful tomb were drawu the living and the dead bodies. V- , .Ml T - r.'l 1. t f .10 one knew me mux suoav. jmiu uouy oi i was also partly petrified. That ho liad bc j shadow of the moon will then slide across the At killed by the fall was evident and had never , hwVia an( iu wllilo in tlic castcrn Lemi3: moved from the ndge on which He felt.. splicre t!,c. t(a, He will .0I;ly be tisiMe' at . The Electoral Coi.i.eue of 1800. The Xorthcrn States will be entitled to votes in the in the Electoral College as follows : "" ..... 4 ..... 3 i '"" 4 3 .. iho .MlllHO 8 ricTiigan i. Iii'linna Iiliuoi9 Iowa ..,... . Wiscuiisin.. California Minnesota. Oregon ..... Kansas ew 'Hampshire. ermont Massachusetts., 'ihe Jr1''nd- ...,.13 z.....:. 4 v yo.1t New Jersey l'ennsylrania..., Ohio , ,.23 Tot;il Tb.e Southern States will be entitled to votes in the Klcctoial College as follows : Virginia ... .15 Louiinnn... DcUwnrc 3 Maryland..'. R North'Cnrolina 1U South Carolina ......... . 8 (ieorgia .....10 Alabama 9 Mississippi , . 7 Arki.Qjfa .... Tennessee. . . Kentucky;.!, Missouri.... Florida Texas. 4 j Total Total vote of the Northern States., Total vote of tha. Southern States.. ,...120 Majoirty for Northern States. ....,...'.. HO Aggregate Tote of Northern and Southern States. flfai Number necessary to elect a President 151 A Day of State Convextions: Tho 22d of. February, the anniversarj, of the birth of Washington, will be a-great day this year forthe holding- ot State ?ouv.ettti-av The Oppoitio i Convention of Tennessee will meet in Nashville; the 1 democratic Convention of Iowa will meet in Des Moines ; the Democratic Convention of M ich igan, will meet in Detroit-; tho Whig Conven tion of North Carolina, will meet in lialeigltj the dianapolis. .' ' ' ' f. The Secretary of the lateri.nyhaving ap- plied tothe Sac and iox Indians lor a full Indian .war dress, to be presented, through the French Minister to Louis Napoleon, tbe tribe gencr? ouslv responded with a splcoded cuiipmetit, scalping kuife, tomahawk,' peace pipe, and various other article of savago warfare. No expense has been spared by way of utnatnent and decora- j Uoa. . V'. . Ilia Ukindle. In Tcnncascc, many years ago, ' thoro resided a gentleman of great hospitality, largo fortune, and, though uneducated, possesed of hard knot aenac. Col. . had been eloctcd to the Lrgisluturc, and had also been judgo of tha : county ci t This c court. leration, however, wade him somewhat pompous, and he became very fond of using bi words. On hi farm he had a lartre. mischievous ; ox, called (' 5i Ilriiidlc ox," which frcnuentlv j broke down his nciiilibors' fences, and committed other uYtrc'd.itioii much to tho Culoncl'i annoy- ancc. j ; One morning, nftcf brcukfast, in the presenc of soma gentlemen who had atuid with him , over ni"ht, and were now on tlioir wnv to town. : he culled his overseer, and said to hiui: I; ".Mr. Allen, I diairo vim to impound Biir - . .....r ....mom u ... I ; 11 , M n ,,, nr.)... , I .. . I . C . 1 . a.., iavrr.ons or eternal Oopmlations' . Allun. w.eJ l know wh,t the UUlW fco after UloncI V . left , his wife and asked her wht iiicii uowcu nnu w::iklvi out, foreiy puzzlea t0 ant. for town, he went to , i wi.o anu asiieu ;icr wnat tno Colonel meant bJ t'I;"S Vrl ! "ty Mld " b ,-put Iniu hi a ticn. the ox. nicant to tell you to Allen left to pcrfum the feat, which wai no inconsiderable, one, as tho uniiuul was wild and vicious, and after a g-.at deal of trouble and vexation, he succeeded. " Well," said bo, wiping tho prespiratiun from ; his brow, soliloquizing, " this is impounding, is l . Mow, 1 m dead sure tho old Colonel will ask mo if I havo impounded Hig Jirii.dlc, 'and I'll puzzle him as bad as ho did mo." The next day the Colonel gave a dinuor party, and, as he w:i& not aristocratic, Allen, tho over seer, sat down with tha company. After the second or third glas had been discussed, the Col "caicTnrrnedUu the overseer, and said : " Eh; Mr. Allen, did you impound Big Uiia dle?" - ' ' . . Allen straightened himself, and, looking around at tho company, said: " Yes, I did; lut old Urinu'e transcended tho impairel of the impound, and mttlcopliisticatod all over the equanimity of the forest." The company burst into an immoderate fit of., laughter, while thu Culouel's face reddened with discomfiture. ' " W hat do yon mean ' by that, sir "" said be. "Why, 1 mean, Culonei," said Allen, "that old 1'rindlo being prognosticated with an idea cbulwyy-ripped- and tared,- snorted nd pawed . dirt, jumped tho fence took to the woodi, and wouldn't be impounded huhow." This- was too mtit-b -thecotiipany roared again, in which the Colonel was forced to join, and, in tho midst of the laughter, Allen left the table, saying to himself, as he weut, " I reckon tho Colonel won't ask mu to impound any nior oxen. Battism in Hoors -At Chicago, recently, a rather amusing seeno took place during the baptism ot a young lady by tho pastor of tho Tabernacle. The Union says: " The minister requested her to assume tbo dross peculiar to such an occasion, but the declined to takeoff her hoop skirt. Tho minister told ber of the inconvenience that must result from her obsti- -nacy, but she persisted. When she came to de scend into the bath the inflated skirt touched the water and rose up atound her like a balloon. Her head was lost to the 'congregation; she was swallowed up in tbe swelling skirt; the minister tried to force her down iuto tho bath, but she was kept above the surface by tbo floating prop- , crtics of tho crinoline, aod was buoyed np ao successfully that it was not, until after much diffi culty and many forciblo attempts to submerge the lady that the minister succeeding in baptiz- nig the tair one. tne lair one. finally it was ctlected. to the relief of the minister and the seriously inclined audience, who could not keep from laughing ia tjtcir handkerchiefs." EfSuTheSular Eclipse, which occurs on the llh of July next, will be very remarkable, on account.of the positions to be taken by four planets. During the eclipse, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn will form together in the immediate vicinity of the sun, a Ilhombus, (equilateral parallelogram,) a position, astrono mers say, they will not again occupy for many ,,,, .; , , 'ri,; ,.,i.,i r,J :ti .. vvituo, ct. v incent, k!sntanuer, inuoa, it toria, Uurgos, l'ampelunn, Saragossa and Valen- i cia. in no part ot f.ngiana win tuacupseuo- - I total; white it wilt be fully. so in the. greater part of Spain and some parts' of Africa. This ' interesting phenomena will no doubt create quito , a stir among scientific jueu.of both the- Old and j New Woilds, and we may expect quite an in-. j flux of astronomers at. Washington for the better I and more accurate observation of this magnificent 'eclipse. , " ' , ' '-""".' " r KEM.tRKAm.EMnBTAi.nX: It is g remark- fact that neatly- all of the candidates for the Vice Presidency in the Democratic J,ationalCon C ' vention at Cincinnati, Juno, 1856, havn since i -4 paid the debt of nature. Lynn Doyd, of Kcn ".t'tuek'y '; J. C. Dobbin, of North Carolina; Gen. " j-tjuitman, of Miss.; Gen. ltusk, of Texas; Aaron '!!! :t i V'. Brown, of Tennessee, were presented as candidates by their respective States, and obtained a large support. Tbeyare now all dead! "(jcne ; nil Quitman- got tho "liighest number of votes, of any candidate yu tho first ballot more even than Mr. Jlreekinridgc, who finally received tho nomination. lie was nominated by the eloquent and gifted Harris, nf Illinois who is also do censed.- W hat changes time makes in four years. Whvelitiy Union. , , K a iiRoA us t n . t u e Us i ti-; n States. The ,: total nun.ber'of miles in operation oir the 1st of January,- IjTi'J, was i7.f. The' rinttber tif miles opened during last year was 1,541, making the total number of miles in operation 1st Jann ary, 29,C9t. The rail roids in progress cuibraco 17.5S0 mih The total amount of capital inves icd iff atl ihtnrosdy is stated ar ei,llf.M0;9i9T uring the last year was $1 oTTo,- . been starteil in England to enwtr , .l V ...1. .':?.. are vounc women .o learn .ae .rut.,- oi ti.i-..-uHitt..tK, witii Tiew toqnaiify ihent to clean and repair wniche a branch of Jousmcss in which there is constant em- ptoyment m larfe towns and cilie.-. It is said that tha Massachusetts American' Watch Company at Hull ham -givesconstanteinpfoymeuttoa feirpe numberof women. . Ir J. c' Tox has resir"I the Presidency of The North Vaiwlina Militarv Institute ot t harloite, and .M .j. V. 11. Hill ha beeu elected to SU the vaeaacy. "OotanTlreyfToureiid of thetablr. TtilJ?'1 "'r A tI'aVt ihfntxt thing to it." "What'a that V .v. u,(, i ,B gi ui A knu ccW.' 4
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 9, 1860, edition 1
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