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UNION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS THE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY. , Vol.rXMI. HILLSBOROUGH, N. C, APRIL 10, 1861. No. 2087. Farmer's and Mill Owner's and Agricul- tural Head-Quarters. NORTH CAROLINA iaunitrs nb UJacbint UUda, 8ALI8BURYi N. C. ucciasom to m. aor ds & m, "" ' " MANUFACTURERS OF CuUlvn or, riotcn, Com Shel , , , , tern, Seed-Sotcers, , Horse-Powers, Threshers, Threshing, Separating and Cleaning -- " 'Machines, 4 ' ' CIDER AND SUGAR MILLS,' ' Shifting tnd Machinery for Grist, Circular and Vertical Saw Mills, Gold, Copper, and Silver Mines, -Agents fur r. II o. lloii'B rHlrnt !m Saw Mill and sVater.Vv lut:. Iron and Brass Castings, , Forcings, and Finished Work of every , description; ...... Tobacco Presw9 and Fixtures, . and other kind of Machinery repaired it -. ' -t snort police. - . February It. , GEORGE M. DUSKLV, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Oflle mi door Eatt of Mj. Sirowd'i Hulrl. July M. 01 .-- o a iPAEgrj, Ittornty and IhHtwu lor at Jmr, Witlprartic in Orange anil lh adjoining Counties. IT Particular attention paid to the collection of Claim. M.rrfce, I860. 32 Um Mtrcb I. 47 LIST OF GARDEN SEEDS, For Sale at lb DKIG STOKE. AnPAP.AGl. BCA.Na Earlj Ril Weeks, Red Speckled Vallentiae, Broim ditto. Red French, Lr,e Lima or Duller, Carolina, Mearlet Runners, Roytl Dwarf. " ' BEET Eitra Early Turnip, Early Blood, Lang Red, Bilesiaa o While Soger, Swiee CUrd. , BRirCol.l Purple Cape. CA BB AO E Early Vork, French Oi Heart, Early So gar Loaf. Early Batterers, Early Drumhead, llrum- i bead ivoy , Lrg Lot Drama, ad. Lata F M Dulc h, Green (Used, Krd Dutch, foe pirklemg. CARROT Long Orange, Early Horn, Large Field CAULIFLOWER. fKI.KHY While Solid, Silver Giant, Red Solid, COKN Evergreen rlugar. f'Ut:UM BE R Early I nine. Long Ureea,(hikin. EOU PLANT .Leig Purple, Erly Purple. ENDIVE Oreen Crrd. LETTUCE Early Curled, Brows Dutch, Royal Cab bage, Drumhead, Wkil Co. MEl.LONw Mulmeg.Cilroa, MouoUis Sprout. Ml STARD V. bite, Brows. , , -Ni l KHIM. ItKHA. OMUI -Milvet Skin or White. Large Yellow. PARSLEY Corledor Doable, Phis 01 Single. PAKXMP Magar. PE Landreib'a Eilra Early, Early Frsme. Royal Dwarf Mtrrswfat. Early Me. Hi.hop' Early. PEPPER Lerg HmtM. Boll Noe. PLMl'KI.'s Cuatnoa Field. RADill Lng Hrerlrl KhnrtTop. White Turnip Mooted, Red Turnip Rooted, Long Salmon. RHUBARB. or Pi Plant. H.I.BIFi. or Oyirtrf Plant. KPIM ACII Round Savoy. MQIi Anil Early Hoh, Lattg fireen. TOMATO Urg Red. TI'RMP Early Flat Ihilrh, l?edTop,'Larr Nortdk, Largetrl.ib, Dale 'a Hybrid, Ruia Bag or fweedi.h. ' Febfuery 13. t:j- To rtrtont out of Kmpioymrnt. AGENTS WAXTKI), In every County in the United States, TO eajvee in th sal of eoco of ihe beet and moot elrgvnilv iBulrled Worka publiahrd. Our puMiratem are nf lh m mtereeiins eharar ter, JiptJ to wn' of th Farmer, Merhamr d MrwwnU Ihry r paldlMied in lb beJ n.l b-teinrt in lb mt eutxlaolul manner, an.l r wnilht pv in U U' rary of very Hnut) iM in the Land. T" To Itiea of en'erpn nd ttiduvirinue habit, thia biisiooasnirersan opptuully fur profitable employment eeadiMn lo t ate! wob. L l'on drtiring M trt Agnu will receive prsmptly by miil Ml particulars, term, lit., by addre an c I. i:fiv, uKTZ Co., iUi.ifr$. No. Sit North Serood Slre4, Philadelphia. October 30 aa 4m a, 1860. II 111 HON a, Millinery and Straw Goods ARUSTB0G9 CATOR leoTso " or RIBBONS, BON.NET MLK AND SATIXS, tjelreti, KueHet, Hotter, Ffiihtrs, Sin . BflBOfU, I'Uta, it. - No. 817 sad Left of l Bvliimot Street, BALTIMORE, MD. Oder a Stork ansurpaaeed in lb United Slate la rleie and elieaoneea. fV.lere s.diriisJ and orotmit attention given. Term ti m-totha, eit pet eenl.o(I fol Cb, pt fund. Ualllmor, A line! S. tt"tm I taunt Lave Money I I II AVE thl day placed my Ntor bonk, with ell my notes snu sftoante. m me hnd ot meimea ea and k reqaired I Ule them up immediaiely, JAMES .WEBB. February liliet, , , 7- DASON's TOOTH POWDER, Prepared with tha utmost care by an eminent Pharmaceutic. For tale at tha Drug Store In Hilltborougb.and at Scott Davie', Cbtpel Hill. June o.,., . ; 46 corriNs K. B.i WAITT, CHAPEL HILL.N C, ' HAVING obtained tha eicloeive right foi Orange Itaunty, lo eell ' Fisk a Metallic Burial Cases, would reepeclfully announce that ha ia now prepared to All alt ordei lor tbeee air-'ight, indettraelibl Burial Ceeee. All deerriptiona and aiiea of Common Coi&n alao kept oa hand. IT The Metallic Burial Csse will alao ba kept lor aale in Hill.boroiigb by Mr. THOMAS SUA RLE IT, Augusts. Patent Window Blinds. 1 Great Improvement 8 opr rior to Anything In lit, ''HIS BLIND when closed ahul. perfectly tight, and keepaoot all wet, duet, inaecia, die, and entirely ex clude tha light, and auke a beautiful appearance on tha outaulr. It hi every advantage over the other kind and coal but a trifle more. Thia Blind will recommend itself. Any one can judge of ite aupcrioiily over the old at vie at firat eight.' No person that ha aeen tbi Blind will aver order any other kind. Tha sulxcriber will ba happy toehow model to any peraoa wishing to obtain Uliiiiie, and receive Ibrit or dere, which will b promptly filled. J. V. BURDICK. Kinaton.N.C. Mv t. ' 41- UEDL'CED PRICES eoa tas aaer sua or Sewing Machines, I WILLn Waell at reduced priere Barlholp'a Plain Family achin, which makee th beet and moat elevlicatilrb, and ia altogriher the moat reluble and dure!'! of any y el odered for sale; JAMES WEBB. September 13. 08 Fall Stock of Shoes. WILSON, McILWaInE k C., WHOLESALE DEALERS I.N Boots end Shoes, Trunks, &c, 66 tjrcin)r Mttel, INVITE ittenlioa ! their FALL STOCK, woich ia eery large and omplrle, and nnearpaaeed ia a raity. Tbcir own make of STICHDOWN BROQANS, are aot eirelled in etyk) and durability, Close boveia, whether fee eash er oa tiiae. will find it adeeatageoua l eiamin this etork when in market. PiMre and term will be found at least ea bverabi aa can be had elsewhere. tinier will meet with prompt attention. Mepteufcer It. hi New Stand! New Features!! NEW GOODS! CALL .1XD EX.1U1SF. TllEMU! Til E auheeritier would return hi ainrere lhanka to hie customer and friends generally, for their nheial patronage while at th old aland. He ba recently moved loth corner el ore, lormerly anowa " Kirk land's CerMr,''wbr he would bo pleased iseeebi. tnrnda and piuoas. Hi etack ibis sraMn M full od complete, ceneivting of every (rod and el vie o( (ipntlrmen's Fine Farnknin? Goods. He irtte eonldt nt that be eaa pleas all that may give him call, both ia aualnv and pric. be ia drier, mined to aril a good ternts ae ny other bone in ilillaturoaeh. He be also combined with hi Clothing a good airiincnioi try tioodu and Urortritn consisting of nearly everything that ia generally kept in a Brat-clae eoantrv te. whlrb h Inleail to eell a i'iw e iheiimei win e.imii.inr in casn. n am Clover, Lucerne, Timothy-and Hords Orti fcoods. ror,.!. i, jamf.s WErtn. Frhrasiy It, ?t- RflCtsXaaf I I WE for sale lw f,.r Ce.h. Ale iw COFFEE, Start't M'UAR, snd menyoiher seats rieblr ai tic lea. JAMES WERB. i:imiti:u r.. BO YE, fiRIGG & SW.WS0X. I ) Hfr rcl FCI I. V Inf-rm thrii lru.t and ihe l.t pir liiruila an.l ihe l'.V lb of Xwrth Cirllitia and tlralnM, that the bv removed lo their Lett W are Haaw, eppo- eiie the Bank ol Virginia, and ba opened a 'ge ud bok stock of .i.o?i:itii. Maple Dry IIimnI, Fertilizer. Sweetie Iron, t.ra rseeii. l.ime, tVc. With icre.l favtlti w e..rt lectin thttiROCE- KY and COM Vllssli IN IIUM.N E.. anld relirved of heavy rent an I other aii'.i.l,ni elHaset, wi tr s.w einMrd to tell ear tl'HMH ot small rommiwr.m on Cost. Petn-m. Willing Danville in errb of rhrp . tnd relial.Hi ti hh will and n to their interest to min oar stock before purrhs.ing. Ksrmera, Me'kel Hardener and Country D.lita. eereling Cora. Wbt, 0l, P.loe, Beta. Peas. Turkey. Chicken. Kgg and ouiier io I'enville, tor !ilesr Informed that w h opened in ronnertinn with oar regnlar meresnlil businea,a markesfnrdl krrxlaof Country Pnslure, fr whl.h w Will pay lb highest market alu la h1. COFFINS! 'ymmji:'Sm I... . , !i"l-"U" lff"p . use animator oi'yirouointwiiieiirauiiy!frujlcrowrrntve(-ounj j to their advantage j In a few day after James examined thejmsn. He had long since given up waifi i'ti.etf. He had gone away wita the persou ia payment for good. piril iet j to plow their orchards everv rear taking bill, a clerk from the house by which it had ! for mistakes to be made in In favor, !.it .ri-' who had calird. ami withoat a word. X ft A lot of eod BACON for le care not t injure the roots or trunk of the bren rendered, called for a settlement. The 'mated them in the varied and complicated j Ah, that wat a tad going a! Mr. Car- MayiT. 4J trees, and either to cultivate in beans orpo- lad, who was present, waited with consider-! transactions of a large busine in whit h he ! mm bd spent hslf the i:M its examining , ' , ' i . . i - ttes. or to keep the ground a bare fallow. 'able interest to see whether Mr. Carman was trusted impticidy, for stra"g-lv e o ah. the accounts wf James and 4icaertnr. frtul Ae A gen K for two lulW I I.HI u.i.r.Hrv. iim with a Ura upply of Peruvian, Elide, nd Reese'a pampuliled lluinoe eondnily on hind, W re pre pired to Oil ll nrders oa pplictin. ' r BOWE.ORIOU, dt 8WAXSOX. DaavUI,V,ApriM. M-tra ' May your rich aoil, Eiuberanl.natora'abetterblewing pour O'er every land." , ' RENOVATION OF OLD ORCHARDS. There are manr old tnd neelected or chards about the cauntry, which by proper pruning and cultivation might be made pro ductive and profitable. Although there lias been considerable progress made in this branch of rural improvement, yet much re mains to be done. 1 here are too many plantations of apple trees, growing in old meadows, seldom or never manured 1 and, if ever grafted, either to indifferent varieties, or leit without pruning and care until their tops are masses of at u a ted and mossy branch es so crowded as to render the production ot good Irutt impossible. J he trees them selves may not be particularly unhealthy or decayed they only show slow growth and uniraiiiuiiiea iiom neglect aim tnaueniion to all right management. Iu the many changes always going on in the ownership of farms, such orchards frequently come into new hands, or the long-time proprietors wake up to a sense oi their lorlurn condition, and a.nk " what course of treatment will best revonate and renew my orchard ?" In answer to this question, we reply, "pruning, manuring and cultivation." 11 the fruit is of worthless variety, grafting will also be necessary. In pruning, do not, as w e hae seen men do, go into the orchard w ith an axe and hand-saw and cut off all the lower limbs, careless of all large wounds or the symmetry of the top, but either use your own common senne united with some knowledge of the habits and uses of the dif ferent parts of a tree, or emplov some one who can make the most of what is of prom ise and value in the orchard. It is general ly best to thin out the thick, broken, and decaying branches, leaving the best placed and most vigorous, and to cut away as few very large limbs as need be. The outside should be opened, so as to let in the sun and air we have seen trees so thickly branched on the outside that most of the small intier branches were killed by the shading and crowding. The best time for trimming is undoubtedly in the early part of Summer ; 1 small branches, however, mav be cut off at any time in the year, and all out-of-plare sprouts should receive prompt attention. A tingle year's neglect will deprive as of a year's eVowth of the tree perhaps more never less. II the trees are to be graded, keep shape- linens in view, as well as the crowt th ol the future tree, and its necearv rutting and trimming. Some recommend grafting but one-third of the tree, beginning at the top each year, and where they are very large, this w'ou Id be the best course. Poor, exhausted soils will not produce good apples, however tine the trees may have been originally. Most orchards need fre - quent applications of manure to induce .row th and fruitfulness, and the "running ut" of some ir the best old varieties is, no doubt, partly due to the exhaustion of the soil. Karn-vard manure, with occasional applications of lime and ashes, or a muck compost in which these base a part, are in- dtspensahlv necaarr. ive the whole sur- face a good dressing ; and a mulch of straw, I by Mr. Carman, and with the meaning then ; sible position in hi store. Hut J i muck, or chips, beneath the branches of j involvi d, he felt, at we have said, shocked ;! learned something more from hi e . 'f . ' a a si. . a .. . a. a . . ')!.- .1.. 1... . 1 1 . I. I I . ! each tree, will sit in keepipgdnwn weeds i all( keen the ground moist drouth olten proving injurious to the value of our or- chard crops, ! .Ml voung rapid! v-growing orchard are nn, ., Iv manured, but cultivated. Our best A t orn or towed grain crop, or mesdnw, ex- haust the toil and lessens the growth of remark on the subject. A cheek for the a Carman that his failure to be just to the let. fruit and tree. When the trees are very j mount of the bill as rendered wat filled np, ter in dealing, mi.ht prove a nare t tin: large, frequrnt top-dressing and pasturing land a receipt taken b the cleik. yni'tig tnn. j down with sheep, have kept up the thrift Is that right f" James asked himself this James grew s'nrp, cunning and Vil'i''il, and productiveness nf the orchard. Last 'question. Hi moral sense said nn, but the ' always prompt tn meet any approaches tu eason, many manured but uncultivated or- 'fact lhat Mr. Carman had to acted, bewilder-1 wauls a discovery of hit wrong dealing to-; rhatds. came nrettv thieklv into white clo- e.l his m od. wards hi rnititnver. who held him in it. ter, in WeMern ew link. The renovation of old orchardt will be a- tisted by scrubbing and scraping the trunk and larurr limbs after a soaking rain, and washing them with weak lye or strong soap) " I wiH he had corrected the error," he sud. Thitremovet the tnosa, dislodges and taid to himetfa great man? timet when ,i. ...... , (s sn,l nrnn.nto the hesllli of .. . . .. ' . Tree nereanlv planted in meadow or lawns should be manuted and mulched at far a the roots extend. This will aid their growth and indeed, fine fruit ha been produced nn deep soil when the tree were well f areii lor, tnougn surrounaeiiuv s neaTy turf. Ihe apple is a hard tree, patient of ill treatment and neglect but it is alio a grateful one, returning largely for esery at teiilinn. There is no need of so many mis erable orchard disfiguring the face of the country, when the b-t one are to r aily se cured and return so large a profit. DRY FOOD FOR HOG. A correspondent of the Country Gentle man tatti "Matte hngt are kept rompara livelv riiHir be the high dilution of their lood. j The take to' so much water that there is not room for a good supply of nuirimeiil. Ilrncel tha restore that those Lit men wno ctruuiiy feed undiluted sour milk to their hogs, have so such liner animals than those who give them slop. The hog has not room for much water j and if food which contains much is fed to him, it makes him big-bellied, but poor." Hogs, as well as all other animals, should be allowed all the water they will drink, but it should not be mixed with their food in excessive quantity the hog Bhould not be obliged to take mors water than he wants in order to get the food he requires. Ceneuet Farmer, ' CUT POTATOES FOR SEED. ,A. G. HsaeltinegWes in the Country Gen tleman, the result of trial of cut and whole potatoes planted side by side. The whole potatoes planted were of large size; yield leu than the other of inferior quality, and knotty appearance. The yield from the cut fiotators, with one eye to the hill, was the srgest in every case, and of uniform size and fine shape. How to Keep Egos. A correspondent at Goodwinsville, IV. J., has good success in keeping eggs in the following manner : With an inch and a half auger, holes were bored in shelves, which were put in a cool cellar pro tected from frost. The eggs as fast as col lected, were set in these holes, with the lit tle end downward. Some were used in three months, some in six months, and the balance in a little over a year from the time of storing, and all were reported as perfect ly good. The cellar in which eggs ate kept so well, must, we think, been very dry and cool. It would be well for those making the experiment to try a small quantity at first; they might not Iteep as well under all cir cumstances, as in the above case. American .Igriculturiil. UN FORGOTTEN WORDS. " Have you examined that bill, James r" Yes, sir." V Anything wrung r" "I find two errors." Ah ! let me see " The lad handed his employer a long bill that had been placed on his desk for exami nation. Here is an error in the calculation of ten dollars, aliicli they have made against them selves, and another error of leu dollars in the footing." M Also against themselves?" "Yes, air." The merchant smiled in a way that struck the lad as peculiar. "Twenty dollars against themselves!" he reaomed in a kind of pleasant surpise. " Tliev muni have trusty cleiks." "Shalt 1 correct the figures" asked the lad. " No. Let them correct their own mis takes. W e don't examine bdls for other peo ple's benefit. It will be time ennegh for as to rectify these errors when they find them. All to much gain as it stands now." ihe boy t delicate moral sense was shock ed at so unexpected a remaik. He was the son of a poor widow, whu had given him good 1 instruction and taught him that to be just was ! the duty of all men. I Mr. Carmm, the merchant in whose err.- 'ploymctit he had been only a lew months. j was an old Iriend ot his lather s ami a person ' in w hom his mother reposed the highest con- ftilence. In fart James had always looked ' upon him at a kind and moral man; and when Mr. Carman agreed to lane linn into hit store, tie felt that a great good fortune ' wa in hit way. 1 " Let them correct their own mistakes." 1 he words made a strong impression nn the; mind of Jamet Lew is. When first spoken j but as he turned them over and over again in ! hi thoughts, and connected their uttetaneej with a person a ho stood high in his moth- J ei' estimation, he began to think thai perhapt 'the thing was lair enough in buaine. Mr. .Carman was hardly the man to do wrong. f would speak of the error. But he made no It may be the way in busmesa;" to he 'thought within himaell " but it don't look honest, I wouldn't have believed it of Mr. Caiman." ihmkinir. in a riteasril wav, t Mr. Carman, I..i t... ... ...A.I r. n. ,.. h..n r. icened into hit employment. lt don't look right, but ma lie it' the way in business, I tine day he went to the bank and drew the money tor a check. In counting H over he found the teller had paid him lift dollar iiihi murn. sunt went oars wine ctnicrv imiy upiiiei, :m or and told him of the ntittake. The teller; H leel that, alirr a long and piinful atroggle thanked htm, and he returned to the store wen tne pleasant consciousness in nis mmu of hiving done right. " The teller over-paid me fifty dollar," he said to Mr. Carman, as he handed him the money. 'Indeed!" replied the latter, a light break ing over hit countenance. And he hastily counted the bills. The light faded as the last bill dropped frnm hit li users. " Thrre't no mistake. Jamee." A tone of 'disappointment was in hi voice, "Oli! I gave back the fifty dollars. Wish ; thai right f " You simpleton !" exclaimed Mr. Carman. " Don't you know that bank mistakes are never corrected f If the teller had paid you fifty dollars short, he would not have made it all right. The warm blood stained the cheeks of James under this reproof. It is often the case that more shame is felt for a blunder than a crime. In this case the lad felt a sense of mortification at having done what Mr. Carman was pleased to call a silly thing; and he made up his mind that if they should ever par him a thousand dollars at lite batik, he would bring the amount to his einilnver, and let him do as he pleased with the motl ey. " Let people look after their own mistake," said Mr. Carman. James Lewis pondered these things in his heart, the impression they made was to strong ever to be forgotten. " It may be right," he said to himself, but he did not U-el altogether satisfied. , A month or two after the occurrence of that bank mistake, as James counted over his weekly wages recieved I nun Mr. Carman, he discovered that he had been paid half a dollar too much. The first impulse of his miud a as to return the amount to hie em ployer, and it was on his litis to say, "You have given me too much sir," when the uu- forgotten words, " let people look alter their owu mistakes," flashed upon his mind, ami made him hesitate. To hold a parley with evil is in most cases, to be overcome. " I must think about this," said James, as ne put me money nun nig pocket. " ii it i true in one case, it is true m another. Mr. l "ill only walk a few aqsaret." And Cfcrmsn don't correct any of hi mist-kes' James went from the parlor, and taking up that people make in his favor; and he cau'l 'his hat, passed into the street without anoth complam when the rule work against inm-ler word. "If-" " There ii something more than headache But llie boy was frr from being in a rmn- j ihe matter with him," was the thought of fortable state. He felt that to keep tli.t ImIi ; Mrs. Lewis, and (he slight fee line of lenuhla dollar would be a dishonest act. Mil he could not make up his mind to return it, at least not then. He would retain it f r the present and think the matter over more rare fully, lie could if the cse did not prove clear on further reflection, make it all rijjht w iin nimseii sou Mr. Lai man. To hold a parley with evil i, a we have jus tsaid, in most caes hard to be overcome ; and it uas unhappily so tn the present cae James tuu not return the Halt dollar, but spent it for his gratification. Alter he had dune this it came into his thoughts that Mr. larman might only be trying hnn; and he was filled with anxiety and alarm. How bit terly did he regret having spent the hall dol lar, ror two or three tlaya it was a much as he eould do to keep iroin starting when .Mr. carman spoke to him, or to look steadi ly into his face when receiving any direction. It Was nis nrst sad experience in wrong-tfu-ing. Hut as no lack ol confidence was ex hibited, Jame felt reassured in a few days. ot long afterwards Air. Canuan repeated the same mistake. This time Jainet kept it with less hesitation. " Let him correct his own mistakes." said he teaolutely ; " that's the doctrine be acts on with other people, and he can't coiiipl-iis ii he gets pid in the tame coin he puts in circulation. I just wanted a half a dollar." From tint time the fine moral ene of James lA:wii was blunted. He had taken an evil counsellor into his heart, alio Mot o! darkened hi clear precept ion of ngt, but stimulated a spirit of covetousnes I. rem in almost every mind and causvrl him m le sire the pnssessiuii ol thing beyond h I Uli itv to obtsin. James had ennd business final ti. sad dea-ed Mr. Carman by his iute!liert e, in - ilustry. and tact with catomer that He a I- vanceii mm rapiniy, and gave linn beioie lie. was eighteen year of age, the int rpH- lies l-.ad amlorer, than how to do business. He had lea neii to be dishonest that is the word. He had never forgotten the first lesson he had recriv- ed in Ihi science; and he had acted upon it not only in two instances, but humlieii, and almost always to Ihe injury of Mr. I ar ; it hd never for an instant occurred to Mr. highest rrgaid. I hu it went on until James Lcai wi in not kld bat a its aaythiSit, bit made the ex his twentieth year, when the merchant bad po e of the young ' crime complete, his tuspit iou aroused by a letter that pke t),i the trial He showeil an t'tor desire tn of Ihe voung man at not kecpniz "' have hi a caeivicted, and preaented teclt art respertalile rotiipany, and as spendiiij to ney ana at vide awe, th -t the jury castld not ton freely for a llerktfia niidirae si'arv.'gve'auy other verdict that "leut!!,' Ilch'ie this time. James had removed ln; The pmrr mmher wa in court, and suili mothrr lo a pleasant houe lor elm h he paid jble in the silence that followed, came li r a rent of four h-indred dollar. Hi salary i -' vuUiv tn! s.m the air. The ereiil w a eight huuiiir.l il illar-J lut h' d-'f. veil hi mother by telling' her he re-eived Clteen hundred. K,erv on. lor! Iht he needed : with the world, her happier day had come. Juie was at Uh de-k when the letter j'ii:(tood, a if ae diiti the tat port. refrtred t wa received by Mr. Carman. mlt is atw on the alert, and svieptciou of rin i.ure. 'lie looked a'ea'thily at liiem- j plover aa he opened tue le'ter, ami o;ierveu ', him rh.vne countenance suildenlv. II read it over twice, and Jame aaw the content, whatever tley were, produced disturbance. While he wa observing him. Mr. Caitnan lanced toward hit desk and their evtuict;ta te be in the err of alt. Jame lnoi.nl at it wa only fr a moment, but the look Jamet 1 received r.t ide hit heart stop bestng. 't There was something about the movement vf Mr. Carman lur the real ol this day, that troubled the young man. It was plain lo him that suspicion had been aroused by that letter. Oh, how bitterly did he repent, in dread of discovery and punishment, the evil of which he had been guilty. Exposure would disgrace and ruin him, and bow the head of his mother it might be even to the grave. " You are not well this evening," said Mrs. Lewis, aa she looked at her ton's changed face across the table, and noticed that he did not eat. " My head aches," he replied as he turned pattly away from his mother's direct gaze. " Perhaps the tea will make you feel bet ter, my son." " I'll lie down on the sofa in the parlor lot a short time," said the yeeng man, rising frow the tuble. A little quiet may give relief." And he went from th dining-room. Mrs. Lewis follewed him into the parlor in a little while, and sitting down by the so fa on which he was lying, placed her hand on his head. Ah ! it would take more than the pressure of a mother's hand te ease the pain from which he was suffering. The touch Ogjthat pure hand increased the paia to ago ny. "Do vou teel anv better f" asked Mrs. Lewis, alter she had remained for some time with her hand on his forehead. "Not much," he replied ; and rising, is the spoke, added, " I think a walk in the ope air will da me good." " Don't go out ts night, Jime," Said hfs mother, a troubled feeling coming into her .in-art. j she lud experienced began deepening into a j tra"e concern that involved a dread of some coming evil. . For half an hour James walked without 'any psipase iu his mind beyond escape from the presence ol hia mother. Every phase of Mr. Carman's manner toward hint after the receipt of that letter, was reviewed and dwelt on, in order, if possible, ts determine wheth er suspicion of wrong dealings wat enter tained. At last hit aimles walk brought him in the neighborhood wf Mr. Carman's store, and ia passing it he wat surprised at seeing a light in the couyiting-room. " What cad this mean T he asked himself, a new tear creeping with its shuddering im pulses into hia heart. He went near and listened by the door and windows, but without being able to hear any soaods within. " There's something wrong," let said. " What cat il be? If thin thing is discov ered, w hat will be the end wf it Ruin ! Ra in! XI y psr mother!" The wretched yoing min passes' on, and walked toe street for two brmts, when ho returned home. His mother wret him at he entered, snd inquired with aneunceated ani : ietv if he were any better. He said "vet." but with manner that only mertated the j irnuh'e she felt, and pasted ep hastily to hia own room, I u the morninz the strn?elv altered face of James, aa he met hit mother at the break- last tahle, ttrsrk alarm ufi her heart. He silent and evaded all her questions. Whi e they still tat at the table, the door beil rang loudly. Hie sound startled James, and he turned hit ear ts listen in a Hereout . hirh iliJ rial sarins th nlusroatirm jul in m ithtr. " Who i it T' asked Mrt. Lewi, at tha servant came back from the rlowr. " A gentlemao wishes ts see Mr. James." replied the jvrl. June arose instant!, and eaf naf inln the hall, shutting the dining roenw 4 nor a lie 'did so. Mr. Ix-wit tat in aliwntt breathless expectation, awaiting her two's return. Then be returnee) along the hll to the street door. jnd she heard it hst. Starling sp, she ran : out mt the but Jamet tt not to the amoint of over tit thousand dotlart. H.iii.' y indignant, he bad seat tn efijeer to ,iiie,('huu esrlv in the mirnin, and ttwat tin niJicrr liiat the anhapvtr Uy west away wi'h from the home ol hi mother, never a.'ain I" re'urn. " Tiie young villa s'lalt lie ia the bed ha ha made fur himwil I" exclaimed Mr. Car- mail, in hia birter indisnarian. And he did jtiiijji.;e then addressed the fa'urit, and a.ked it he bad anything to say why siem .ol v la thw.'J mrt be pa.'d agsast hnn All eve were tamed a n the aie, agi tated ng eaaa, who arose wall an ettorl. U'I IrMUrd aga net Ihe rail a by svauli he " ill it )lr.e ynir h "," he iid. "tf d rect Mr. Carman, me pra-etatof. to come s little arsrer, so that I ran ' hnu, nd at vonr hwtor at the time?" Mr. tVman was d'r'ei to eow forwaid tn where tbe t a"d. "I were wi a bixath lrilem m 'be ceart roorat at ihe prose- rs'or oheted the erder, and cam forward 'hi n rsddy for a few moments and theo I teroed tn the jndces. What I have t sy, your honoi. i i tint, he tpoke Calmly tod ilittiuciiy T -s ' gs. r
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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April 10, 1861, edition 1
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