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- lliliMitt UNION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS-THE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY. Vol. XL. HILLSBOROUGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1859. No. 2016. NEW WHOLESALE Shoe and Leather House. WILSON, McILWAINE k Co., 66 Sycamore Street, HAVE RECEIVED, AND OFFER FOR 8 ALE n unuenally large Clock nf flood, in Ibrlr line, comprising eveiy variety of Men'e, Women', and Chililrcn'g BOOTS, SHOES AND GAITERS, PLANTATION AND RAILROAD BROGAN8, TRUNKS, VAUHEi AND CAKPET BA08, BOLE AND UPPER LEATHERS, SHOE FINDINGS, cYc..dre. ' Bole Wholesale agenle In Ihia city for lb ah of JMI I UMei.L U METALiU TirVED BOOTS and Shoes for Boye and Uiris. Merchants no invited to etsraine their dock tad pik-es, which Ihey art deter mined hll compel sucoeasftillr with bouses bar or eliewnese. t?" Order promptly and carefully attended ! by on af Ine Iras. JOHN B WILSON. ... JOHN McILWAINE. K. W. ROBE M S. Septembers. 07 1859. FALL. 1859. DXI.Y GOODS .. . AT WHOLESALE. STEVENSON, WEDDELL k CO, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, f-ESIRE le ea'libe attention of Wholesale buyers - io tnetr large ana attractive Block or Fmifi Us Bomritie Dry Coodi, Comprising eitenaive line ef STAPLE OOODS, rANCY GOODS. DKEHa GOODS, WHITE GOODS, ACTIONS, eYecte. Especially adapted la the wants ef the North Carolina, Virginia d Tennessee trode, which will ba ancmd la protajit Cash buyer upon ouch tonne and at each pnree as cannot fail to give entire satisfaction. Una of the Inn will attend the New York auction Sale during Iba aeaean, and forward Tri-Weekly by atraawr barge addiiieaa M their alack. IMPORTER AND J0BBEH8, No. 71 and 10. Sycamore Street. ' If. . Special and prompt attention win ba be atowed as orders. Scptsabw II. 00, GRAY BROTHERS' LATEST IMPROVED Steel Rod Door & Gate Sprin r WITS TOKI ' Howl? IavenUd Graduating Bracket, Patented Jan. II, lilt. GRAY BROTHERS, in attacking ibeir Newly In. vented Graduating Bracket la their" aid and well known Dae and Gale Spring.'' era fully convinced the article now oeTeaed eontbtnea all Iba reeuitftee af a par. tact Spring, and ia iwlly enavrior to any thing now in the Market, aad cUime Ikia eepenoriiy tar the foUuw Ing assone t I. Aerereey M nperelien. B. Facility in operation. 9. AdsnukiHtf to any kind nf Doer ar Gala. 4. I.est liable to get ant f enler. a. Meet Darakle and powerful. . Cheapeel and moat simple. VW Three Itoer and Gala Springe ar kept an hand for eele by K B. WAITT, Chapel Hill, and D. D. PHILLIP'S, Hillsborough. March. II m corriNS! corriNS! IZo Si UJHSUj CHAPEL HILL, N. U . HAYING obtained lha etrlui right for Orang Coantv.to arR Fkk's Mai mills- llnrlal Cain, wnald reepecifully annonora thai be ia now prewarad to III all ardera far lhaaa aWif'. inaVsfrwct. itls Burial Caesa. AO descriptions and stars af Cam awn CafBna also kept an hand. (7 The Metallic Borlal Caeea will also be kept for eat by D. I). Phillips. Hilfeboieigh. Chsprl 11.11. March . 01 m O ROVER & RAKER'S CELEBRATED FAMILY SEWING M.ICQI.ESt 499 nrwadtray. New Twrk. A NEW STYLE Price G0. T II lit Machine saw fro two spools, ae porrheerJ trees Iba atoia, requiring ae rewinding of thread) Il If ems, Fella, Uaibete, and Stitrhee ia a saperior style, flnibing each asera by ita awe op ration, without m saurse le the kand-neadw, aa ia required by ether ma pbieee. Il will de bsttot sad cheaper sewing lhaa s seamstress aaa, even If alie works fear ac erni aa near, bead fat a Circulsr. J.C.TURRENTIXEI16OK, AgtnU, HiUeberaagh. Janaary II. 74 BUSINESS NOTICE. All notes and accounts contracted previous to lit January, 1859, with us, were due at that time. We ex ject them to be closed wiilumlfaUun at February Court . . O. TURIIKSTINE k SOX. Febraary 1 2, 1859. DRUGS, MEDICINES, ke. JC. WEBB 4 Ce. hate last laid la, at their Dreg Store, a lsr supply af Drug", Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dve StulEt, &o. hb-h that will ewlfcheap, either l wholesale retail. Pbrakiene and Peintor are partiesi.ily Invited le fell Kite them a sail, a they mei asnsnee tnat may ran en a a sccotaatodallnf tsrra si any setsbliakaeal la SAO Stave. , .: ' , ' " ' Jaaal. ' 1f- A CARD. ID. lIMDlll&TSM. xmriST. II A VINO located in Chapel Hill, respectfully oAera a hisprofessiona. service to Ihecitiseosof the town and surrounding country, Hacan produce eatiafactory loaiiiiioniais 01 disskiii in na proression. Hi office ia at Dr. Moore's. When requested, fa mi lie will he waited on at their residence. Chargterea aouablo. I J Dr. R. will ba in Hillsborough the fourth week in each month, also Superior Court weeks, and oflener (wiihout aztra charge) if requested. August 19. 03 fr-S EE ROSSET, BROWN h CO. I urn uivhtav ihf it m.- a a e 1 m a " Si u i?iuinitiwUMi vt i- 0C TTl eiTTr IISPSIMi aV nk 9 K'f U VADV -a ffi A as A Ulliti a aC 6mmsshn Uttrtjants. il 9m . 5- a i Particular attention rivrn to 2 ? o-e tlha r.t V....I c. cr. ... r-.o fM .,- oiuica, uuitona find other Produce. ' J 8 B $ AprUSO. 5. o CASH AND BARTER Exchange. The subscriber Las opened one door above " The Trmting Oflice," where he intends keeping a full stock of Groceries, Clothing, Staple Dry Goods, and many other articles, for which Cash or Barter " alone" will be ta ken. Wheat, Flour, Corn, Bacon, Lard, Butter, Chickens, Eftgs, Tal low, Beeswax, Flaxseed, Feathers, Dried Fruit, Tow and Cottons, Wool Janes, &c., bought or sold on commis sion. D. C. PUIK& April IS. 86 ROCK KFRIXG ACADEMY. 1'HE third session of this Institution will open lha fourth Monday in July. sS, and continue for twewty weeks. The Academy ia situated 10 miles eovtbweet af Hillsborough, aad IS ailee west of ChspH Hill; in a tery moral and healthy comaanity. nnd where every accessary reoiieila fur procuring an edu cation, ie fitrndVd. Wa prepare atu.b-nls for college, ar for lha ordinary bnsinese af life. Toe lerae are ae Mows : Classical or Scienhfie Coareaf $ Jo . Engluh, Higbar Braachaa, IS Eiemeatarv, 10 Based pet axatb, iwehuKag aR as praraa, T T. D. tHdliaa, J. Moore, and J. F. Maioer.will uka aMrdera. They era living vary eonvaaieaL I'm fuf laet particular, addreas. W. P. OLDH AM, Principal, Oaks, Orange auonly, N. C. Junatt. vj... Revival of Business. If A VINO roneluded to lemain in Hillsborough and a conlinaa any bneineea, ay old customer will lod M aaa doer rest af Tba brick Hoase," ai farmer shop. My work ahaU ba wall and fashionably dona. and all mr cutting Jnhe prepared ea Uist the aramstreae shall 6nd aa difficulty in making. All work aiaroted at the ehnrtesl not ire. JAMK3 8. WATSOM. Febraary 0. 77 JONES'S KEROSENE LAMPsT 4 NEW lot at lhaaa improved lempe, which da eat ga out when aipoard to a currant af air. and by a prama af ladiatioa eaa at Icaat ana third af lha oil, over lha common Ismps. Abo, lha common Kerosana lamps. Jonee'e tamp, aro ker only by a. J. C. TL'KKKN 11NK & SON. Octoberf. BACON AND LARD FOR SALE. Ill AVE a Urge lot of first aoality Family Cared bacon for sale. Anting Ihe lot there it the hel and nicest Sugar Cu-ed Hams Person wanting Ba cow either for family aaa ar laboring' hand would da wall to apply. Alee, aa eilra I ef White Wheat Flour. II. L. OWF.N. May 14. tt NEW GOODS. April, 1859. I AM now opening ene of Ihe largest and Beet Stork af floods ever nffered in this piece, which i caa aril ae very accommodating term. The stack emhraeae nearly evetf article wanted m thw aatket, and I shall keep mv assort men! reendeto by frequent addition whenever go-ids are warned. JAMES WEBB. April I. IS Clover, Lucerne, Timothy and Herds Grass Seeds, Forests by JAMES WEBB. Febraary XI. 71 NEW KTYLE MANTILLA SHAWLS, Alee While Crape Hbawla. at J. C. TURKF.NTINK & SON'S. April I. rtHOICR CALF SKINS, Shoe Thread and Shoe Ns.ls.by J. C. TUREEN TINE & S0M. December S. it- RAGS! RAGS! II RAGS!!! U AOS WANTED, by J.C.TUKRF.NTINE JtSON. November tt. 17 DRIED APPLES and Peaches wanted j tbekigheat market price paid by J. C. TURRENTINE It SON. Asguet II. M (in I SOLI t E Eaprvaely far Skirts, Easbraideted J Hklrta; else. Brass aad Waalebeae II oops, and Elsstie Belie, by J,C. TURRENTINE Jt SOt. oVptmbf II. . Tif CASKS ef LIME for l low fat Cash. Afas "V CorrEE, Sia.rt's SCOAR, aad assay ether aeaaeaabla Sic)f. AMES WEBB. Jewell. ,14- May your rich soil, Eiubcrant, nature's better biessinga pour O'er even land." FALL TOP DRESSING. Fall ilreaaing ia a matter of tit ore impor tance to farmera who relr on their land fur their principal aource of income, than moat agricultural economist, whether theuretical or experimental, am a. Should we affirm that a dressing 0f one cord of atable manure to an acre, or what ii per hapg better, ita equivalent in cost in phi, phates, guano, or (one of the concentrated fer. ttlizeia, would, if annlied the laatnf Autumn. juit before the growth aa autpended for the winter, produce a more narked effect on the crop of ha, the next leaton, than quadruple that amount would if applied in the Spring, or at any other time, we ahould be consider ed by many a moat hopeleaa book farmer and thenrizer, whose i-nagination waa more fer tile in facta than land under such treatment wuulil be incropa. The result of the beat conducted eiprriments ahow, however, that thii would be moderate ttatemeot of the beneficial effect of auch a courae. It i not pretended that the increase of grata the next aon ia owing to the nutri ment derived directly from the application ol the fertilizer, aa art amall a quantity aa not to be hardly perceptible in ita direct in fluence as a manure no a amall surface, when hepplied ta the crop in the earlr atasea of iis g-ruwth, will, if aaed over a large surface in tha Fall, o conserve and husband the vital lorcea ol the plant, and the nourishment which it derives from the atmonnhr re and the rain and snow of winter, that it will virtually amount to a Urge application of atiiuulant and f'd. The following- is the moihu me- randl The whole force at the anolicatmn ia expended on the after-growth of the grass, which being short from the recent nassase of the scythe, ran not assimilate the nutriment thua forced apon it without sending up new spires, n that the effect is a visible thicken ing of this after-growth, which aervea a a caver aad protection for the aoil through the winter, now me atmosphere contains am monia, carbon and other principles of nutri tion which are brought down bv the dnwa and rain, but the volatile parte of which are uaoie to rapm escape, unlets some mode is taken to fix them io contract with tha plants they are deaigned to nourish. This is effected by the dried and decayed aftergrowth, nartlv by chemical absorption, and partly by what may be termed more nl a mechanical effect, and which ia the most important. There i a stratum of air between the top of the after growth and the surface of the anil, which ia a ... I - I . . ... . .. . . o.. cu...M.c,r,wn,cn oeing out iiuieu.st.irtred -J " " "" " ' v...wi.c me v- latile nutriment which ia brought down Irora me great atmoapiienc auurre ahove. Aa in teresting illustration nf this, and one often met i with, may be seen in the sometimes tenfold a- j mount id grass which springs tip under apple tree biesb, which his been trimmed off to the1 Fall and allowed to remain till the next spring. No one for a moment would suppose that th brush acted as a proper manure, by furnishing ny food to the vegetation beneath, yet it has all the effect of manure by helping tne grata to save that which i brought from other sources. The effect of this kind of treatment has been the most marked after a winter, when much anow haa fallen, aa snow is knnwo to be a mot powerful absorbeot of ammonia, w men is even apparent to the sen ses, in case it has lain on the ground any length ol time. We arc reminded io this connection of a practice nf farmers ia New cngianu, whose elect is directly the opposite of this and the abandoning of. which would have precisely the same relative reaulte as the adopting of too dressing. We refer to late Fall feeding, by which the damage to; Ihe field mast always etceed man fold the advantage le the cattle. The after-growth which they would destroy, even after the frost hat robbed it of ill nutriment lr them, would often be the meant of doubling Ihe crop of the next reason, if allowed to re main. We ance heard St stated that a tingle bag of phosphatea applied on an acre it Fall top dressing, caused it to groduce I ton more hsy thin the land adjoining, anil we hive teen precisely the seen statement ia retard to the relative productiveness of an sere where a cow fed three or four week in the Fall, and when it wit allowed to remain untouched. Ettkangt. WEEVILS IN CORN REVEDT. la order to keep weevil out of corn, the irn hsuse should be so commuted that Jiere thall ba a free circulation of air above the My of crn, to that all the hot air rising Iron the corn assy past eat tnd fresh pass in. Ia order that thil assy be effected, the roof should project aver the walls, ventilating holet being lelt immediately aider tha pro jecting roof between all the joistt. A close corn-bouse, especially to a warm, tiamit en eatte, must encourage tha weevils. But the second and most important paint ia this t to thoroughly twerp tha corn house, that til the dirt from tha core, tha weevils, the cobweb, le., may ba entirely cleared out, and then I Ihourqugh white washing given to tha whule, and let every chink and crevice hive plenty of lirn pit Into it. This course mist be parsoed every fall before hsr vesting the certs Should there to any old com on hand, it must be moved out of the way until the purgation process is gone 'through. The foregoing plan I have puraoed lor more than twenty years, with the greatest success. My corn, although soft, (good aeed) is never troubled with weevils, and my plan tation is in a hut, damp part ot the seaboard. rreviously to my umg the lime I was very much disturbed by the weevils, and had re course to sassafras roots, old hides, and many other things reccoiiunendeJ, but with out any effect. In conrlusion, I would say' that the 'free use of lime makes Tour corn-House smell sweet, and gives it the appearance of neat ness and cleanlines, so admired by all, even though praticed by comparatively few. Many planters white-wash outside, but never inside : the first is a mere show, the latter a real benefit. DIGGING AND 8TORINO POTATOES. "O. K-. States Hill. N. Y." inquires. (Co. Gen., Sep. 15, 1859.) about the best time to tug ptitatoea to keep Irons rotting. Allow os to otter our view on the subject alio on storing, collected from ouf own ex perience. We used to think, belore the rot became ao prevalent among potatoes, that they were safer in the ground than in the cellar, at least ontil frost severe enough to freeze the ground came upon them. Have we any good reason to change this opinion een no f Early digging haa been advocated as a means of aaving potatoes beginning to rot, but our trials of the practice only chmged the place of rotting from the hill to wherever the dug potatoes were placed, g'uing us the trouble of digging when other work needed doing, picking up and sorting over two or three times, to save, in the end, no more potatoes than we should have done h id ther remained as grown until l-ite in the fall, and the rot had finished its ravages. If early digging would have any effect up on the rot, would not pulling the tops have the same? Some eiperiment seem to show thst this i the cite, and we think it adia- b'e to pull or mow the tops as soon as they begin to die from the disease. The potatoes may be left in the gro iml j those which are infected will rot, and thoe which are not will remain sound as fully as though placed in atore. I A cool, dry, frost proof cellar furnishes the best place for atoring potatoes, and the best substitute we have employed is a pit, large enough to contain forty to sixty bushels, dug in ury, sanuy sou rue in me puis toes wnen dry, cover, the pit with boards, then add plenty nf straw, and ad. I the dirt aa needed to protect there from the frot, giving a heavy coating before winter arts in. A chimney made f boards, with an aperture tw inches square, running op from the pit, will serve ta carry oft' any bad air it may be stopped with a wisp ol straw in the eery coldest wea ker. Pitting potatoes in heaps on the surface of the ground, if proper precautions as to ven ! tilation ami protection Irum moisture ana ,rutt tre ue ,n4Weri( , ver, .0l, porpe. ,h,t . incnoveiiient if il in desirable to sell in winter, and if rotting commences it may Drocerd to laree silent befire diaroverv. I'he danger of escesive moisture is also. great, sateon the most nonius so a. and with great care in roofing. IS. A FEW PACTS ABOUT THE WE8T. a - ... .. ... . wnere met eur eyes, sne great network ot railroad and canal ami lake lay there ready to take it to market, at'd a visit to tome of the citirt and towns til the three States ! showed vers plainlv that there wet no lack of purchasers. At Cincinnati, for instance, there are four large distilleries, consuming together ten thousand bushels of corn daily. I At Earnest, two miles from Cincinnati, are lour othert ol the same capacity. At l - ock - land, ten miles from Cincinnati, are a flour, ing mill, making two hundred barrels of flour daily, and two paper mills. At Glen dale it a flouring mill capable of producing two hundred barrels daily. At Hamilton are two large distilleries, osing about five thou sand bushels of corn per day. Hero also are lour flouring mills, with a capacity to gelher of producing one thousand barrels of Hour daily j large paper mill : an extensive agricultural implement manufactory and a saw mill manufactory. At Beesetihorg is one of the best grist twills in Ohio. At Mid- dletown there are four grist mills, capable ol producing from eight hundred to a thou sand bsrrel ol flour daily, and two large paper mill. At Carlisle, in the tame vi cinity, are two or three flouring mills, and two distilleries consuming from four thou sand to five thousand bushel ol corn daily. At Miamisbirg are ono large flooring mill and a large manufactory of agricultural im- Klementt, At Dayton there are live or six irge flouring milft and distilleries. From these fete facts, gathered in only ono locali ty, the reader can infer the amount of busi ness, of its kind, tnd tha enterprise and ac tivity of thi Western people. .V. V. CtmmenuJ Airtrtutr. It ! the opinion of a Western editor, that every man ought to hive a wife. He tayt, if a man it happily married, that one rib it worth all the bonet ia hit body. n. receni tuur iiirnngn portions ol Uilio. down below ami brinfr up mr quadrant, lie Illinois, Indiana, ami Michigan gave us en- as looking over the quarter rail, and I target! ideas ol their immense productive- knew he did not hear me, and the next time ness. For interminable distancea smiling 1 1 spoke ripped out an oath and intimated if fields of corn "waved before the eye, the 'he didn't move I'd help him. plant being of very hearty and vigorous I didn't hear ye," he said, with an inde growth. The greatet marvel was where the ; pendent tone, hands were found t- plant, and till, and reap j No words," said I. the tens of thousands of acres of grain that j I 'poe I can peak,"he retorted, moving spread out on every hand, or to supply the j slowly toward' the companion wiv. other signs of thrift and industry that every Dig looks, word, and the slow, carrlus I as. a aawa THE CABIN BOY. On my way across the Sound I fell in with two old sea captains John Streeterantl Ast Morton with whom I had snme slight ac quaintance. Capt. Streeter was about three core, and hail followed the sen during mnst of his lite. Murton was considerably youn ger, but still a seaman of much experience. The subject of the abolition of Hogging in our navy came up in course m conversation, and Cpt. Moiton etprefsed himself very decid edly in favor of time honored institutions, the cat-o'-nine-tails. "Iain not prepared to say." remarked Cant Streeter, in reply, " that the condition nf our man-o wars-men will be in every case bene fitted by the abolition of flogging, though 1 am sure that it might be so. I mean, ol course, for such offences as are usually pun ished on ship. " ror my part," returned .Morton, " I shouldn't care to take command of a ship if the power of punishing refractory aeamen as I thought proper were taken from inc." Well," said Capt. Streeter, I used to think just so. In fact, there were but few masters more passionate or severe than I was. Men used to run away from me, and on more than one occasion my life has been in danger from violence of men I have abused. I used the cat and the rone's end almost as freely as 1 used my tongue ; and 1 used to wonder huw it happeneu mat I always had the luck to get such bad men. " Ythcn I was about fortr years of age 1 took command nf the ship Petersham. She was an old craft, and had seen full as much service ss she was capable ol seeing with salety. Hut her owners were willing to trust a valuable cargo in her, ao I wouldn't refuse to go myaelt. we were Wound for Liverpool, and nothing happened until about the eighth day out, when we ran foul of a small iccburg. It was early in the morning, before sunrise, and not above five or six feet ol ice was a bove water, it having nearly all melted in the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. I did not think we had sustained much injury, for the ahock was slight, but was very angry an l gave the look-out a severe punishment, without stopping to inquire whether he rould have seen the berg in fme to escape it. My cabin boy waa named Jick Withers He was fourteen yeara of age, and this was hia first voyage. I had taken him from a widowed mother, and had promised her that I would ee him well treated that was if he behaved himself. He was a bright, quick, intelligent lad, but I soon made myself be lieve that he had an awful disposition. I fancied that he was the most stubborn piece of humanity I had ever come across. I nude up my mind he had never been properly go vtrned, and resolved to break bim in. I told him I'd curb his temper before I had done with him. In reply he told me that I might kill him if I liked ; and I flogged hnn with the end of the mir.ten-top-gatlaut halliards till he could hirdly aland. 1 aked him if he got enough, an t he told tne I might flog him more if I wished it. I felt a strong nn-Iiiu-lion to throw the boy overboard, but at the mo ment he staggered back again-t the mir.zen mist from absolute weakness, and I left him to himself. When 1 reasoned raliny aHnut the boy's ilisjiotition. I was foreed to ac knowledge that he was one of th smartest and most faithful lads I hid ever fern. When I ked him t- do anything he would he oft" ""e a roiKeii out wnen I rongm nmere.i him to il it, then came the dipjniu!i with whxh I loond fault. One day when it was very near nonn, I sniike to him and to him and told him to en ! 1 . . ... . .v manner in which he moved, nreii me in a moment, and I graped him by the c-lur. 44 Speak to me again like that, and 1 II flog '..as a eS IS yon within an men ! your nie, aaiu i Yon can flog awav," he re.ilicd, firm and undaunted as a rock. And I did fl -g htm. I caught op the end of a rnpe, and brat him until my arm laiily sched I but he never even winched. 1 How's that,' suid I There is a little ir.ore life in me you'd better flog OMt," was the reply. And I did flog him again. 1 beat htm un til he sank fro h my hand againt the rail ; and then I sent one of the oicn fur my quad rant. When it came and I had adjusted it form? observation. I found that the tun wat al- ready past the meridian, lad that I wat too late. This added fuel to the nre of my madnris, nd quickly seizing Ihe lad by Ihe rollar, I j led him to the mam hatchway, and had the hatch taken off. 1 then thrust him down it, and swore I would keep him there antil hi stubbornest ws broken. The httch wss then put on, and I went into the cabin. I suffered a gmd deal that afternoon, not with any compunctions lor whst I hid done, but with my own temper and bilternet. Hut it made ma mad to think that I rould not con quer that boy that I eould not brrak doon hi cool, Item opposition. " But 1 will do it," I said to myself, bf the heavent above me, I'll starve him into it, or he thall dia ander the operation. After topper I went to the hatchway, and railed out It him, bet he returned me no an twer. 8o I closed the hatch end ind went awty. At ten o'clock I tailed again and I g"t no intwer. 1 might have thought that tin VH h" " ? ""'f'" sot ime ot tin men assured me that they Jhitl heird him, not as hour before, talk ing to huntclf. I did not trouble him again till morning. Alter breakfast I went to the hatchway and called out to him once more. I heard nothing from him, nnr could I see him I had not seen him since I put him down there. I called out several tunes but he would make no reply and yet the same men told me that they had heard hun talking that very morning. He seemed to be calling on them for help, but he would not auk Tonne. I meant to break him into it. " He'll beg before he'll starve," I thought, and to determined to let him stay there. I supposed he had crawled forward to the bulk head, in order to make the sailors hear him. Some of the men asktd leave to go down and look for him, but I refused. I threatened to punish the first man that dared to go down. e At noon I went again, and as he did not anbwerme this time, I resolved that he should come to the hatchway and call for me ere I went any more. The day passed away, and when evening came again I began to be start led. I thought of the mmy good qualities the boy had, snd of his widowed mother. He had been in the hold thirty-aix hour, and all of forty without food or drink. He wat too weak to cry out now. It wat htrd for me to give up, but if he had died from absolute star vation, it might go hauler with me still. So at length I made up my mind to go and see inn. tt was not quite sundown when I had the hatch taken off', and 1 jumped down from the boxes alone. A little way forward I saw a snsre whee Jack might have easily gone down, and to tnat point i easily crawled on my hands and knees. I called out there but could tret no answer. A short distance farther was a space viwreiv lorgoiien, out now re inambered had been left onen on aernunt nf a break in the flooring of the hold, which would have let everything that might have been stowed there retted directly upon the iiiio planning oi ine amp. To this place I made mv wav. and looted down. I heard the inlaahin? iif wte thought I could detect a tound like the in coming of a tiny jet or stream. At first I could see nothing, but as soon as I became used to the dim light, I could distinguish the faint outline of the nor. at some distance be. low me. He seemed to be sitting on the bro xen floor, with his feet stretched out against the cask. I called out to him and thought he looked up. "Jack, are you there ?" And he answered me in a faint wetry tone t ' Yea, help me ! For heaven's take help me! Bring men, and bring a lantern, the ship has sprung a leak J" I hesitated, and he added in a more hur ried tone " Make haste I will try and hold it till you come bark." I waited to hear no more, but harried on deck as snon as possible, and returned with a lantern and three men. 1 leaped down be side the boy, and could scarcely believe the evidence of my own senses. Three of the timbers were completely worm eaten to the very heart, and one of the outer planks hid been bioken, and would burst in any moment the boy might leave it, whose (eet were bra ced against the cask, before him. Ilalf-a-do-.en little jets of water were streaming in about him, and he wat wet to the tkm. I saw that the plank must burst the moment the strain wa removed from it, to I mtJe mt men biace thenuclvet tgiinst it before I lifted him up. Other men were called down with pl.nks, sml spikes, snd adzes, and with much care and trouble, we finally succeeded In stopping the leak, and averting the dan ger. The plank which had been stove in wat sx feet long by eight inches wide, and would have let in a stream ol water of that capaci ty. It would have been beyond our reach lung ere we could hate discovered it, and would have sunk us in a very short time. I knew it must be where the iceberg struck us. Jark Withers was txken to the cabin ; there he inanagi'd to tell us Ins story. Shortly af. ter I put him in the hold he crawled forward, and when he became used to the glimmer that came through the dead-lights, looked s boot for a snug place io which to lie, for hit limb were soie. He went to sleep, and when he awoke he heard a faint tound, like water streaming through a small hole. He went to t ie open place in the cargo, and looked down, aod he wa sure that he saw a small jet of wa-tt-r springing up from the ship's bottom. Ha leaped down, tnd in a few minute found that the timbers had wholly given away, and that ihe water without wat pressing inward. He had tense enough to see that if it gained an inch more it must all go, tnd the ship be lost, and perhaps alt hands perish. Aad he saw, too, that if he could keep the broken plank in its proper place he ni ght stop the incoming flood. No he sat himself upon it, and bra ced hit leet against the cssk, and then call ed for help. Hut he was so far away, to low dow n, with tuch a dense matt of cargo about him that hia voice scarcely reached other vara than hit own. Some nf tha men hearJ him but thought he wat talking to himtrtf. And there he set, with hi fret braced fr four-and-twenty dreary hour with the wa ter spurting in tiny stream a. I over him, drenching him to the skin. He thought sev eral times of going to the hatching and cslU ing for hrlpi but be kne thst tho broken plank would be forced in if ha left il, for ha could feel it heave beneath him. Hi strength wit failing him hi limbs were racked with psin but he would not give op. I isktd bun if hi would not have gvrn op if 1 had not eomi it I did. He inswerrd that he rould not have done it while he had life in him. He uid he thought not of himself he wtt ready to die but he would tave the rest if he could and he had laved us, surely saved at all, from watery grave. That boy lay tick ilmost ante death j but a
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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