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' t KEW SERIES YQL III NO. 11 WADESBOROUGIt, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1860. WHOLE NO. 115. ' PUBLI8HBD WEBKLT tf Enron td1blet. ,, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Single ople, Two DtutM per year, invariably ia AITBDO. Te Club of Tee aad apwards, It wUl be furnished at Wl atollab aid A Halt par copy. N sabaoriptioa received for lee than tlx monthi, .KATES OF ADVERTISING. . Out iaaertloa .............. 70s. ' Three insertion .... $1 60 Tw month, or bIb laaertiou u t 80 Three month, or thirteen .insertions , 4 00 till BOIthl NM.HMMIIMHHM.NHflHtfmN.il 8 00 UO( HHIHNNHHIMni.HtllfHMIIMHIIII 9 00 Advertisers muit state th number of tlmi they with their advertiaemeat inserted ; otbtrwlM they frill bo coatlaaed till forbidden, aad charged accord ing to tho above. . Agreement will b made with yearly advertisers ea liberal aad advantageoua terms. Professional aad Business Cards, Bot exceeding Ive lion brevier la lngth, will bo inserted for SO a year; If exceeding v lino will b charged tbo aam aa athot MvmttoemeavBt Ail VBs uti ' thaa ooe year at fell ratoa. Obitaery aotioo free whoa not exceeding tweaty lines; all abov tweaty liaoa at adTorUtoaMat rates. COI7BT2IET, TEJI!E1T & CO., " dibbct laroBTiai or Miarduart, Cutlery, Sunt, 9c, Mo. 88 H.t.i Brant, 86-1y ' CHARLESTON , 8. C. CIIA9IDERLAI.V, ffllLER CO., IMPORTERS AND J0BBER8 OF DRV GOODS, No. 147 MtiTHO Sratir, OppooiU Cbtvtwtoa HoUl, . 8My CHARLESTON, 8. C. JE.1tI.1CiS, TUOMLI.tSO.t Sc. CO., . BTABVrAOrOBBBJ BO WBOLSSALB DSALIBS IB Saddled, Harnett, Coach Trlmmtngt,9c. f- Ko. 167 Mbbtibo Stbsbt, Cobdict. Jxbmbo A Co.. 1 CHARLESTON, P. C. Ntw Vosk. 84-1U Vl. HATTIilBSSXB. W-F. O'BABA. I. WATTBIBSSIB. CLOTuura uouse. - HATTIIIESSEIV, O'UABA Jb CO., No. US East-Bat Stbsbt, . Carxc tl CHARLESTON, 8. C. FURNISUIS'O GOODS OF ALL KINDS. 86 " ' 17 , . E. B. STODDARD V CO WBOLSSALB DBALtBS IB . MOOTS, SHOES .f.ro TRV.YKS, AT MAJnjrAOTUBXM raioEi, Kos. 166 abd 167 Mbbtibo 8txiit, Xmty twdi cwifMto noui, cxbibl a. (toddabo.) CHARLESTON, 8. C. CALSB raOBBBBBOBB. y easiest, cbabb. J 8-ly RI7FF efc DOWIE, svccBssoaa to siwobbs, acrr co., tt-UOLEMLE DRVOaiSTS, Ko. 16S Mtanaa Stbsst, ' (0pa4U CWlMtat IItI,) CHARLESTON, 8. C. Drop, Medicine, Paints, Oils, Window Gists, Brushes, Hoapt, rminmti, rsney uoois, Drgars, 86 Fin WinrSi and Brandies. .111 EI.LI1 A. MITCHELL, WBOLMAl ABD BETAIL ' DEALER8 IN CORN, PEAS. OATS, RTE, WHEAT, BRAN, EASTERN AND NORTH KlVCtt HAY ; Alio, FB.ESH GROUND MEAL, IIOM1NT, ft., fe, no. noBTcr water anuufr, WILMINGTON, N. C. e. a. illis, 79-ly b. r. bitchili.. CBA. . MTSBS, ' "ITERS raso, . wooBB. MOORE, MAiaa nr HATS. CAPS. TRUNK8. STRAW GOODS, RON-; NETS, FURS, MILITARY GOODS, CANES AND UMBRELLAS; SI Ularkcf Street, 1 WILMINGTON, A'. C. Ws uk the attention of wholesale buyer to th above card. We are prepared to furnish Goods in our line a low as ANY HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY. Orders for Hat by the ease cr dosen will receive prompt attoatioa by addresaing as above. 79-ly T. C. k, B. d. WORTO, General Commission Merchant; . - AID BBALIBS IB SA, HAIR, CALCINED PLASTER, AND CE MENT, SAND PLASTER, PURE PERUVIAN - GUANO, And Agent for the sals of ROBINSON'S MANIPULATED GUANO, TASKER ft CLARK'S FERTILIZERS, SUPER-PHOSPHATE .OF LIMB, ,701y WILMINGTON, N. C. t3EO. II. RELLY, "" BOOKSELLER, No. 27 Mabebt stbbst, ' ' T WILMINGTON, N. C. YCeeps constantly on kand every variety of School Booka, Mlsocllaoeous Books, BUuk Books, Drawing Books, Music Boks, Foolscap aad Letter Papers, La dies' Not aad Billet Paper, Artist Material of aU kind, Letter Presses, Letter Copying Books, Inks, Baker Sewlna Machines and Conner Sewing Machine . All orders for any of tha above articles promptly ailed and forwarded by aaail, railroad, or ctherwiae. ; 79-ly ' . noPKian, bull atkuvsou, IMPOETIH AMD WBOLI8ALI HEALEIS II FOIEIGH 1!(D DOMESTIC DRT GOODS, . No. 2S8 BALTiatoaa Btbbbt, (orVoura babotbb nun,) basil a. aorxias, V BALTIMORE. BOtSBT BOlt, taoa. w. atkissob. J . - 87-tf ASHE tk IIARGRATE, ATTOtijrfira at em n -. Praotio la partnership la the couaty of Anson, ex cept ea th Criminal Dooket in the County Court, (J. R. Hargrava being County Solicitor.) - They wilt attend to the eolleotioa of all claim ea Iruited to themlaAasoaand thesurroanding counties. T. 8. Aehc attenda the Courts of Richmond, Mont gomery, Stanly, Cabarraa, Union and Anson. . j. B. Bargrav thoca of Montgomery, Stanly aad Anson. Mr Office at Wadeeboro'. THOMAS 8. ASHE. J. R. HARGRAVE. 19-tf r. p. imnoiVB, Wmlch mnd Clock Ktmmlrmr, AaaewvTua, a. e. - -iwlry, ft., aeavtly aad ntwtaattaHy GL Hpalred, and aH week warraatod jEH ft 7 ... twclrt m1b. f HcCOBanXE JBEBSETT. Attorney ml Late, vba cries ib rABniaav ia rai ooobtt or JAMBS M. McCORKLB attoadi ho Court it barraa, BOwaa, manly, tlontgeBtery and Aaae , B. T. BENNETT tbo of Union. STaaly. Aata.u4 Bicbmoaa. - y ' rt Jl. If. MoCOBBLB, I . B. T. BUBOf Alboavvlo, N. C. lOf-tf D. O. NcRAE,' Ittorifj it liw ud Solicitor falpltj,' xl ooeada. ark. m . , j It , JOniV SI. CLARK, ' Commlssioii aid Forwardla; HerchajitV WILMINGTON X. C. t PROMPT ATTENTON GlVBS TO TflB SALE OP COUNTRY PRODUCE, NAVAL BT0RJC8, AND . ' COTTON. DEaLSR Ilf LIME, PLAtTSS, CEMENT, ROBERT It. COWAST, Central Commission Merchant, 0 WILMINGTON, N. C. OSe south corner Market tad Water treeti up italn. 68-1 y II. W. BOBIKSOII, avneEOAT HEX-TEST, TTAVINO PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN THE I I town of Wadmboro', reipeetfullr tender hi Profeeninal BerrlM to all wbo may aeed tbem. Having bad t- ral year pnetioe; he feele ufe in warranting aatii- beUoa in ALL OPERATIONS. All dieeaae of the month loceeMftitly trteted. Artificial teeth, from one te a full net, (applied In the beet and most approved style. Persons in the country visits! at their resi dence when desired. Terms eash when the work I finished. Wa4esboro', February 8, 1860-64-tf HORTII CAROLINA ' White Sulphur Springs, WILL BE OPENED FOR VISITORS QN THE 1st of June. They are sitaledpear the pretr ial terminal of the Wsstern North Carolina Railroad, aot aa hoar's ride by soperiorbmnibuies and stages. lbs Proprietor has procured Uii servicee or THOMPSON TTLER as Msnsger, whose sxperienee at th most Fashionable Waterinc Places of Virginia, added to hi command ing ippearanc and gentlemanly bearing, insure good order and good fare. The very nest BALL K(WU L1SAULK ana k.ava BAND OF MUSICIAN'S that th city of Richmond, Virginia, affords, havs beea procured. RIDING VEHICLES and HORSES, BILLIARD 8ALOON8 aad BOWLINO ALLEY8 are at the com mand of visitors. Ths country is elevated and healthy. The scenery is beautiful, and roads most excellent; end the pleasure grounds extensive. There is no bet ter water than that afforded by iha North Carolina White Sulphur 8prings. - x The Batrooac of th Carolioa Is confidently re lied an to repay the Proprietor for the expensive out lay he ha made to fit ap a Watering Plae suited to their wanta. And hs promise that ao pains shall be spared by himself or his geatlemanly assistant to ren der all who may visit him pleamat and comfortable. n. L. BUUAHU3, rropriewr. My 19, 1860-88-tf ' Boyden House, Salisbury N. C. mUE SUBSCRIBER BEOS LEAVE TO INFORM l nil Irienn and tne public toat ne nas, as agent for William H. and C. M. Uower ton, taken charge of this well-known and popular Hutel, sitoited 6n'Main itreet, in a c eanantand Dullness cart of me cuv. The House and furniture arc entirely new, and hi la- tends to sustain tb reputation of the bouss as a First Claaa Hotel. Aa omnibus will always be found at the Station on th arrival of th trains, ready to carry passeagers ts the Hotel free of charge. Regular Boarders, Lawyer and Jurors will find a comfortable home at this house. It is conveniently located. 188-tfl THUS. HOWHRTOM, Agent. North Carolina Coljee, .Vfounf Pleasant, Cabarrus' Co JT. C. THIS PROMISING INSTITUTION EXHIBITS a Course of Study inferior to none in tbe State, its Board of Trustees feel confident that the pre scribed course wiUb ably, itriotlv and eatufactorily carried out, having secured the services of men, ia the selection or their faculty, quauneoi to teacn upon the most approved, system. Every member of the Faculty is a Southern man born and raised on South ern soil. The expenses art less than those of any aimilar institution in tha entire South. ' This ariaea, in part, from its endowment, and in part from It location in a healthy and productive section of th country, and In a tfeaittiy and moral community. The annual exercises open, on or aooui me asrl Of September, aad continue forty-two weeka with out Intermission, except an Examination and Literary Contest during the week including tbe 22d cf Febru ary. The half year exeroisaa commence en the 22d of February, and. any student who is not able to set In at the beginning oi the Collegiate year, can enter at or about that time, paying for only the half year. TERMS. In the Preparatory Department, which ia intended to furnish young men thoroughly for the College Uu-for Board. Tuition. Room-rent. Washing, Fuel, Ac, for the year. . $107 00 In the College Department Do., da............ 116 00 , Ou-katf invariably in idvanct. For furthr particular1 address, for Circulars, Col. JOHN 8HIMPOCH, Sec. of Board, Rev. D. H. BITTLB, Prea. N. 0. College, or Rev. 0. D. BERNHEIM, Fin. 8ee. N. C. College. Mount Pleasant, N. C, Feb. 1, 1860-78-ly. HILLSBORO MILITARY ACADEMY, i TTNDER THE CONDUCT OF COL. C. C. J TEW, late Buperinienaen oi us But Military Aoademy of Columbia, 8. C. The Staff of Iniiruotion comprises 81a Offi cer. Far a Circular address th Superintendent. 64-ly . . - - Cotton Plantation tjrjtjrsojr coujrrr jfOR smje. X OFFER MY PLANTATION FOR SALE, CON I Lining between TWELVE aad THIRTEEN HUN DRED aores, lying in tha aouthwestora part of the county, oa the State line. Borne four hundred or aC hundred acrec or wnica are in oouia wnuu, juuuug my North Carolina lands. My PLANTATION will admit, with sulfioient fore, e fmiking TWO HUNDRED BALES OF COTTON, be .ii .k-.4.. .r Pn Whnt. Oeta. Paa. etc.: and I think this year, notwithstanding tbe dry weather, I (hall mat uni ausiina.u jajfo ut w v.. On th premises, there are very COMFORTABLE imtMiidi niM iinnsu u. HHREW. CRIBS. STABLES BARNES, BLACKSMITH SHOP, e. Thoae wtamag W examiae m pwee, u " VJ calling pa Mr. J. S. Eaaon, my Overseer, oa the prem Ises, or sea m at Monroe, ia Union County. Thia tract of land eontaina Mveral head red a re oi moat excellent WOOD LAND; and that portioa whist is in South Carolina, 1 noteubjeot to a high rate cl tax. ;t , D. A. UOVlNUXUJi. Monro, UaUa Coeety, Sept. 4, 1860-106 T) AOS. CLEAN COTTON AND LINEN BAGS I , arehaaeel at ta Argaa uao. oaa aeva w aaVred anleaa ct the above doseriptioB. BLA1TK HOTFR-r9K 'All AT. THIS NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS. TiiiToiior ciicisitu5o. Among the k stubs of history th nsma of One Darling till rr olain kigb plscs. Th Mbl tot which mA her know to tb world ltooJ4 b hld ia persettsa tjienorjio jus tic to hr, tad at tUmulooa to philsnthropr.. Jind log that th tact in he. histarj had psssed ao naoh from publi remembraiMM), aad that thy wara ao ioseoessible, a friend hat condensed the aarrativ from (Jhamtara Mueellaay for oar ool na. It will bo new to Bjaoj of our readers, and ioterasihif to all. ' ' - Graoa Darling, tb aeventh child of Willism Darlibg, was bora November 24, 1815, at Bam borough, oa tb ooaat of IMorth Cumberland, bat Boat of her girlhood, to the. time of her death, 1 wu spent withia th pnaon-uk wall of tb Lioncr atone xuznioouss. , .- , . i -i n i.t. Her disposition wu reserved and and retiring ia peraoa aba waa boM the middle aixe iae, of fair complexion and pleasing countenance"; there wu nothiDfr masculine in her appearance, but oo the contrary, the presented a verv gentle aspect, with ao expression of tha greatest mildness and be nevolence. William llowitt the poet, who visi ted her after the noble deed whioh made her so justly celebrated, foocd ber a realixation of bi idea of Jeame Deans j be said, Her smile was tha sweetest be bad ever seen ia one of ber sta tion and appearance," and added that "she was thoroughly good, under ber modest exterior lay a spirit capable of the moat exalted devotion a de votion ao entire that daring teemed not so much a quality of her nature, as the most perfect sym pathy with suffering, or endangered humanity, swallowed up and annihilated everything like fear oraelf confideration put out, io fact, every sen timent of itself.' Living on this lonely spot, in the midst of the ocean, with the voice of tbe tempest familiarized to her mind, the aound of the everlasting deep her constant lullaby, tbo wide-spreading sea her . - 'i ' oniy prospect, wita now ana incn a aistani sail on the horjxon Grace Darling was shut out, u it 'were, from theactive scenes of life, and debarred from tbe innocent enjoyments of society and com panionship which, as a female, must have been dear to ber, anaccustomcd though1 she wu to their indulgence.' ' She wu twenty-two years of age when the in cident occurred which has made her name so universally known. 1 be r orlarsliiro steamer, a vessel of about 800 tons burden, under command of Mr. John Humble, sailed from Hull, on her j umbcrland hearing of her arrival, immediately voyage to Dundee, on tho eve of Wednesday, procured a comfoitahla pluce. for her in sn airy September 5th, 1838, with a valuable cargo of1 part of the city, supplied the poor sufferer wiili bale good and sheet iron, and having on board ! eveiy requisite, and sent her own physiciad to ixty-tbree souls. In consequence of the very Lgive her the benefit of his medical counsel. But inefficient state of the, vessel, f hough only twoj consumption had set his seal on this fair young rears old. it soon became uumanacreablv. and the ! ifirl, and death had marked her for his own. tide setting strong to the south she proceeded in that direction.' It rained heavily during the . . t ... ..... whole time, tnd the fog was so dense it was im possible to tell her situation. At length break era were discovered closo to leeward, and the Fa roe lights, which were now visible, left no doubt as to the imminent peril of all the crew. Opt. Humble vainly attempted to avert the catastro phe, by running the vessel between the island and tbe mainland; she would not answer the helm, however, hut wu driven to and fro by a furious tea. - About half-past three in ihe ntorning she struck with ber bows foremost on the rock, the ruggedness of which is such that at periods'when it it dry, it is scarcely possible for any one tostand erect upon it, and the edge which met the tim bers of this ill-fated steamer descends a hundred fatboma deep or more. At this crisis some of the passengers, intent only on telf-preservation, lowered one of the boats and left the ship. The soene now presented on board wu painful in the extreme.' Cries of an guish and pespair were heard on every side from the woman and children among them the Cap tain'a wife, clinging to him, and frantically bo- teeching that protection which, alas ! it was not in bin power to give. ' Very toon after the first shock, a powerful wave ttruck tha vessel, which raised her off the rock, bat the next moment she wu thrown with great violence against the sharp edge of the cliff, which, striking her about midship, broke her in two pieces, the after part, containing the cabin, with many of the passengers,, was instantly carried off through a tremendous current called the l'ifa Oat, whioh it considered dangerous even in good weather, while the fore part remained on the rock. In the fore cabin, exposed to the fury of the wavea, waa Sarah Dawson, the wife of the weaver, with two children. When relief came, life wu still trembling in the bosom of the .mother, but her children lay cold in death by her side. Tbe sufferers, nine in number, remained in their dreadful and perilous situation till dawn, fearing ' lest every rising surge would sweep the fragments of wreck oa which they stood into the dark and foaming abyss beneath their feet. Aa day broke qn the morning of the 7th, they were descried from the Longstone Ly the Darlings, at nearly a mile's distanoe. A mitt hang over the island, and though the wind had somewhat abated, the tea, which evert in the calmest weather it never al rest among the gorge between those iron pinnacles, still raged fearfully. At the lighthouse were only Mr. and Mrs. Darling and their heroic daughter. The boisterous state of the tea it sufficiently proved by the fact that at slater period in the day a reward of 5, offered by Mr. Smeddle, the steward of Bamborougb Castle, could not induce a party ot fishermen to venture off the mainland. To brave the perils , of that terrible passage then, would have done the highest honor to the well-tried nerve of even the stoutest of the male sex. But what shall be said of the errand of mercy being Undertaken and accomplished mainly through j open space gerterally in front of the burgomu the strength of a female heart knd arm f ! ter's house of business, and an auctioneer having Through the dim mitt, by the aid of a glass, 1 been chosen among the young men, generally a tbejigurea of the sufferers were teen clinging to the wag in hit way the names of Roschen, Nann wreck. But who would dare to tempt the raging chen, Kirtchen, and all tho other cAens, (an en wave that intervened, with the hope of rescuing d earing diminutive by. which the lasse are styled) them f It is said that Mr. Darling shrank from ' are called out, and the auction for the best dancer tbe attempt j not to hit daughter. At ber solici-1 proceeds which give the highest bidder the solo tation thd boat wu launched, with the help of . right over her hand for the year, at all the fete her mother, and father and daughter entered it, j dances and rejoicings whioh take place, and these each taking an oar. ; What makes it more re- are not few. It is generally an understood thing markable it, thab Grace Darling never had occa- fiat it ia akin to a declaration, but still it is not sion to assist in the boat previous to thia time, I in any way binding. Of course there arestrug others of the family being always st hand. ; gles and competition, for the prettiest, but she In ettimatiog the dangers whioh the heroio falls to the richest. The cash goes to psy musi adventurert encountered, there ia but one circum- j cians and a spread or two, and if anything is over, ataaca that ought not to be forgotten. ' Had i. been abb tide the boat could never have passed between th ialanda, and Darling and hi daugh ter knew that the tide would be lowing on their ra tal, wba their aniwdttrength would bav beea Btterlv iafuJfioiBt to foil th boat back to the lighthouse Islsnd r ao that, bad they aot obtained tb assistance of th survivors ia rowing back, they themselves would have been compelled to remain on tbe rock beside the wreck till the tide again ebbed.. It could only have been by great moaoulsr power, a well aa determined courage, that the father and daughter carried the boat up to tbe rock, knd when there a danger greater even than they had encouatered ia .approaching It arose from the difficulty of steadying the boat, aad preventing its being destroyed on those lharp edges, by the ever restless heaving of the billows. The nine sufferers, were, however, safely rescued. One of the poor fellows, ia apeak- inc of it afterward, with tears, aaid tb thrill of delight which he experienced ia seeing Ihe boat approach the rook, changed to a feeling of amsie meut, which no language could express, when he saw that one of their -deliverer wu a female 1 They were all taken at once to the 'ligbtboase, which wu their onlv dace of refutre at tbe time. Qrace gave up her bea to poor Mrs. Dawson, and f oontcnted herself with lying down oa a table; V ho sooner wu to circumstance Known inrougo tha paper, that a young girl bad thus risked her lire, than that lonely lighthouse became the cen ter of attraction to curious and aympathixing thousands, including many of tbe wealthy and be great, who in moat instances testified, by sub stantial tokens, the feelings with which they re garded the young heroine. Ibe Duke and Ducn ess of Northumberland invited her and ber father to Alnwick Castle, and presented ber with a gold watch. The Humane Hociety sent her a most flattering vote of thanks, and the President gave ber a handsome silver tea pot, 'A public sub senntion wss also raised, which amounted to abuunt seven hundred pounds. To such a pitch did enthusiasm arise, that a large nightly sum was offered her by the proprietors of the metro politan theaters, on condition hat she would merely sit in s boat during the performance of a piece in which her character bore a prominent part, but she declined all such offers. Amidst all this applause, 0 race" never forgot ihe modest dignity of conduct which became her ... ti... ...... i,.i;m..!.t..nH .iuuuu. im u.ii; uwuioumu uuij seemed to prodiieo in her mind feelings of ..won der and grateful pleasure, and though hercircum stances were very much improved," she pre ferred to reside with her parents at tbe light house. In 1341, her health failing, she wss removed to ftamborongh, and placed under the care of Dr. Fender. Finding no relief, she was taken to Wouler. and from thence to Newcastle- for fur- ! tinr medical advice.- The Dutchess of North- j Once tvote she was removed back to her sister's home at Kaaborouirh, where she arrived only ten days before decease. - On the" day of her re moval from Alnwick, the Duchcfs of Northum berland, without any attendant, and attired in a very simple manner, called to take her last farewell of Grace, which she did with the roost unaffected kindness. " Shortly before her death she expressed a strong desire to see as many of her relations aa could come, and with surprising fortitude and self- command gave each some token of remembrance. The thought of death gave her no uneasiness, and throughout her whole illness no-complaint es caped her lip. On the 20th of October, 1842, she quietly sank into that sleep that knows no awakening on this side of eternity; and on the Monday following", ber remains were carried fo the grave, attended by -a large concourse of -peo ple. cucb was tbe brier career ot this" truly, noble and heroio maiden. Life llluttraled.' " Queen Mary'i Time. Martial law was proclaimed through Cornwall and Devonshire, and the gibbet did its business freely,, although in the latter county care wu taken to distinguish the really guilty. In Corn wall, if we may believe tbe legends of the next generation, Sir Anthony Kingston, who went as provost-marshal, was not so scrupulous. A story Was told of a miller who bad been out with A run del, and expecting inquiry r-had persuaded a servant to take his place and name. "Are' you the miller t" said Kingston, riding one day to his door. " If you please, yes," was the unsus-. pecting answer. " Up with him," said the pro- vost-marsbal. " tie is a busy knave ; hang bim up." , In vain the poor man called out then that he was no miller, but an innocent servant... "Thou art a false knave, then," said Sir Anthony, " to bo in two tales, therefore hang him." And he wu hanged incontinently. The Mayor of Bod win had been among the first to move ; his name wu joined to Arundel's in the rebels' articles, but bis friends had interceded for him, and he had hoped for pardon. Kingston Visited Bodwin in his progress, and sent the Mayor notice that he would dine with him. He bad a mad to hang, too he said, and a stout gallows must be ready. . The dinner was duly eaten, and the gallows prepared. 'Think you," said'Kinston, as they stood .look ing at it; "'think you it ia strong enough?" "Ves, air," quoth the Mayor; "it is." " Well then," taid Sir Anthony, "get you up, for it is for you." The Mayor, greatly abashed, exclaimed and protested. " bir," said Kingston, " there is no remedy ; ye have been a busy rebel, and this is appointed for your reward." And so without respite or stay, the Mayor wu hanged. Girl Dancers Sold at Auction. A foreign correspondent writes from a German town : " The auction of dancers at a village is a cu rious affair the girls are all assembled oo an it is giveo to the church. A heraldic review givee the following as the J arme of tbe principal eitle of Italy: VAaple bat a ayrca; Rome, a ahe-woi; Florence, lltlesr Modes and Placenta, a creea; Veaioe, a lioa, aad Turin, a bull. Tb arme cf 8icil j ar a head with three lege," - "SB1LL IB UIW I1CS IT1IB TIHBr When w hear the maal ringing Through the bright celestial dome, Wbea sweet aagel voice singing, ' Gladly bid as welcome home To the lead f aaeUnt story , Where th Spirit kaew ao tare; In that bum! f Bght sad glery, r VShaU w knew each ether there ?" When th holy angels meet a, " . A w go to Join their bead, Shall we kaew the Mend that greet as, In th gloricwe spirit land f . Shall w see their dark eye shining " Oa asree-Ia'aeye f yorct ' . ' Shall w ftel hVefap dear arme twining ' ' Foadly aceusl aa before T - 1 " , Yea, my Sarah worn wl rejoices, Aad mj weary keartgrow light, For th thrilling aagel voieea Aad th angel bee bright,' That aball welcome a la Hiavea, ' . Arc the loved of long ago, ' '. And to them 'tis kindly given Thus their mortal friends to know. 01 y weary ones snd lost ones, ' t Drop not, faint not by the way: Yt iball join the loved and lost ones Iu that land of perfect day, Harp strings, touched by aogal fingers, Murmur In my raptured ear; . Evermore their sweet tone iiogers, Wl shall know each other there. ' -- T n. Died Poor. " It wu a sad funeral to me," ssid the speaker; " the saddest I have tttended fur years." "That of Edmondson?" "Yes." - -"Wwdidhedie?" " Poor poor as poverty; his life was one long struggle with the world, and at every disan vantage. Fortune niarked all the while with gilded promis es that were destined never to know fulfillment." " Yet he wu patient and enduring," remarked one of the company. . - " ratient as a Christian ; enduring as a mar tyr, -was the answer. "Poor man I He was worthy of a better fate. He ought to have suc ceeded, for he deserved success." " Did he not succeed V questioned the one who had spoken of his perseverance and endurance " No, sir, he died poor, as I have just said. Nothing that he put his hands to ever succeeded. A strange fatality seemed to atteDd every enter prise. - " I was with him in his last moments," said another, " and thought he died rich." " Nu, he has left nothing behind," wss replied, " The heir will have no concern as to tho ad ministration of the estate." " He left a good name," said one, " and that is something. -t- " And a legacy of noble deeds that were done in the frame of humanity," remarked another. " Lessons of pstience in suffering, of hope in adversity, of heavenly confidence when no sun beams fell upon his bewildering path," was the testimony vf snother. " And high trust, manly courage, heroic forti tude." " Then he died rich !" was the emphatic de claration; "richer than the millionaire who went to his long home the same day, a miserable pau per in all but gold. " A ead funeral, did jou say ? No, my friend, it was rather a triumphal procession 1 No! the burial of a human clod, but tbe ceremonial attendant of the translation of an angel. Did not succeed! Why' his whole life was a aeries of successes. In every conflict he came off the victor, snd now the victor's crown is on his brow. Any grasping, soulless, selfish man, with a share of brains, may gather in money, and learn the art of keeping it; but not one in a hun dred can bravely conquer in the battle of life as Edmondson has conquered, and step forth from the ranks of men, a Christian hero." 1 From tbe Ntw York Ledger. , Iodine t Care for (he Bite of I Rattlesnake. Judge W. F. M. Amy, who, in connection with his son, has been engaged for several years in gathering reptiles for the Smithsonian Institute, writes us the following letter, recommending Iodine as a certain cure for the bite of a rattle-soake., v ln regard to the use of whisky, we njay men tion that, a Tew years Bince, a physician in this city, who, with u singular taste, kept- a rattle snake in a glass box, as t pet, took tbo reptile out in a bar-room to show -him, and, when' dying to cage him again, was bitten ia the hand. He drank immediately and enormously of whisky, but it did not save him ; he died in a few hours in great agony. ' ' ANTIDOTE FOR THE BITE OF A RATTLESXAKS. Atchison, October 8th, 1860. To the Editor of the Xtto York Ledger; In your last paper I find an article headed, " Bitten by a Rattlesnake," in reeard to a man named Gar ton in which it is stated that " whisky had no power to save him," I have known a number of instances' where persons bitten by rattlesnakes have lost their lives io consequence oi their de pending upon whisky at an antidote. - But in my experience I have known a number of cue of persons who have been bitten by rat tlesnakes and other poisonous reptiles, to be effectually cured by the use of " tho Tincture of Iodine." - I have usually used a'dose of four or five drops upon a lump of loaf sugar, to be taken inwardly by the person bitten then give a slight cut with a knife or lancet1 at the place bitten, and saturate it thoroughly with the Iodine -and haver never known it to fail; The only uso. for alcobolio liquors in my estimation, is to preserve the reptiles. I have rattlesnake now in alcohol which is about four feet in length. ' He was placed In a -bottle alive, and alcohol poured-over him ; the result was, that the snake and his poison both be came harmless whilst it cured' it killed.. , To your readers I tay, use as an antidote Tincture oi Iodine, and let whisky alone. Yours, W. F. M. ARNY. in I'nwtlcome Visitor They think they have a ghost in L Louis. It frequents insurance offices !. A book keeper, writing at bit desk one evening, recently, was interrupted by" the entrance of a tall, dark fea tured and well dressed man, who inquired, after a. man unknown on the premise, and then gazed fixedly at the clerk: The latter shot at him with a revolver, and though withia tea feet of hiai and good shot, bia fire made no impression on th ghost. After looking contemptuously at the clerk, it thragged its shoulders and vanished. The clerk panned, bat ia vain, and there ia a great mystery about tha whole affair, which ia pronounced tuptrnatural,' . :- , ' f iBfd Wtbtter on Seeeition. , As the Constitutional views of Mr. Webster cannot tail to command the attention of hit coun trymen, to long at we bay a Constitution to de fend tnd a Union to preserve, ws cite from hit celebrated speech, delivered in tha Senate of tha United State on the 7th of Maroh, 1850, the subjoined weighty reflections tnd patriotic tdmo-nitioj)v-v . . , , ; Mr. President. I should much prefer to hare heard, from every member on this floor, declara tions of opinion that this Union cdhld never be dissolved, than tha declarations of opinion by any body, that iu any cue, nnder tire pressure of any oircuuistaoces, such a dissolution was possi ble. I bear with distress and auguish the word " secesssion," especially when it falls from tbe . lips of those who are patriotic and known to the . country, and known all over tha world for their political services. ' Secession !' Peaceable seces sion 1 Sir. your eyes and mine are never des- tinea -o tee mat njiracio. iue aismembcrment - of thit vast country without oonvuUion,., The breaking up of tbe fountains of the gtest deep without rumiog the surface. W no it so Icolisu I beg everybody's pardon m to expect to see any such thing? s;r, he who sees these States now revolving in harmony round a common center, tnd expects to see them quit their places and fly off without con vulsion, may look tho next hour to ace tbe bea-. venly bodies rush, from their spheres and jostlo against each other in the realms of space, without , causing tbe wreck of tbe universe. There can benosuch thing as peaceable secession. Peace-. able secession is an utter impossibility. Is tho great Constitution under which we live cover. ng this whole country is :t to be thawed aad melted away by secession, as .the mows on tha mountain melt under the influence of a vernal uii, disappear almost unobserved and, run. off No, eir! No, sir! I will not state what mi"lit produce the disruption of tho Union"; but. jiit. I see as plainly as I see the sum n Heafen, . what tp,at' dirupnon itself .uiust produce; I tee tKat it must produoo war, and such a war as I will not describe in its twofold character. ' Peaceable secession ! Peaceable secession ! The concurrent agreement of all the members of great the Republic to siparto. A voluntary separa- lion, with alimony on the one side and on the other ! Why, what would be the result 1 Where is the line tu be drawn What States are to s-j- . cede? What is to remain Amorican What in I. to be? An American no longer? Am I to become a. sectional man, a local man, a sepa ratist, with no country in common with the gen tlemen who sit around me here, or who fill the other House of Congress? Heaven forbid! Where is the flag of tho Republic to romaia? Where is the eagle still to tower? Oris ho to cower and shrink and fall. to the ground ? Why, sir, our ancestors, our fathers, and our grandfa thers, those of them that are yet living amongst us with prolonged lives, would rebuke and ie proach us; and our children and our grandchil- .. drcti would cry"out shame upon us, if we of this generation should dishonor these ensigns of "the " power of the Government and the harmony of e that Union which is felt every day among us with so much joy and gratitude. ijuice frora Madison!- Tomb for Ihe Ptrptluatisn of the. Union. The following was among the last productions that c.iianafcd from Mr. Madison's pep. It was penned not long beforo his death : " Advice to my Cuuntiy.jLs this advice, if it ever sec the. light, will not do so till I am no more, it may be considered as issuing from the tomb, whose truth alone can be respected and the happiness of men alone consulted. It will be entitled, therefore, to whatever weight can be de rived from good intentions and from the experi ence of one who has served his country in various stations through a period of forty years; who espoused in his youth, and adhered through hit life, to the cause of liberty; and who has borne a part in most of the transactions which will consti tute epochs of its destiny. " The advice nearest my heart and deepest in my conviction is, that the" Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated. Let the open ' enemy to it be regarded as a Pandora with her box opened, and the disguised one U thesflrpent-- creeping with his deadly wiles into paiadise.": faf The latest advices from Australia report . an increasing excitement on account of new gold discoveries. In the iuines,of Kiandra a nugget has been found weighing tweuty-teven pounds, ten inches long, five in breadth, from two to three inches, thick, and supposed to be the largest yet found. The excited people were 'crowding into the gold-fields, despite the jeep snow which covered tho ground, and tho scarcity of provis- ions, which must have ltd to thejoss of ionumer- able lives through famine, but for the energetio resolution of a considerable body of Chinese im migrants, who had. undertaken the difficult task! of bringing up provisions on their backs, across tracks of snowy desert, impassable by ponies or anything "bnt Chinamen. Another nugget, weighing 834 oncces, had been found at Ballarat, ' ; the golden monster being shaped like a leg of -mutton. .. ' - v A Yorkshire R at. A man named Joseph Holmes, at Hunslet, near Leeds, laid some poi son in the cellar of the house in which he lived, for the purposo of destroying a rat.. The bread and butter upon which the poison was laid vanished three times iu succession, but the rat still re- . niuined. At length the rat was caught and killed ' by a veryjraluable terrier dog, tlie property of Mr. Holmes, and in three hours after the dog died, as , if from the effects of strychnine. It is supposed that the rat instinctively detected the poison, and had recourse to the expedient of wiping the but ter and poison from the tread upon its fur.' Bo? John B. Gongh, th great temperance apostle, is safd to receive $250 for each lecture he has given since his return from-Europe.. He has already .acquirea a property valued at upwards of 6300,000, which he is likely to double in ... few years. Fighting- old " tangle-leg" isn't to bad a business, after all. " c - - ' &. Th Stockton California Republican makes the following curious statement, which if troe, or nearly so, conuin matter for investigation at the hands of the naturalist "Some lingular phenomena are presented to our fruit raiser in thia viointy. But little celculatiom can be made hi the quality of fruit ralaed. On yea a peach tree will prod-e diugsteaesj.- another year freeatonee. One year a viae will produce on kind af grape, and a different kind the' next. One aeasoa, . the fruit upon a tree ia fine, large r abwadeat, tb -Beat it auy be poor, tasteless, small, tad the Cjrof . . caaty,'
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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