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I is K f LVJV Vol XLVIL HILLSBOROUGH, N. a, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1867. No, 23601 , -: From the Ralalgh 8snlhtsl. - ....' PUNCTUAUTV. ' ' Messrs. Editor! U ia taict df General Whington that "he wai aU Ss punctual to meet n engagement, a pioute tit other for the variation of their wuches; but if those hu were to meet liiiadiC not arrive within the specified time. I t promptly mounted hi hor-e aud rode tff to attend lb other busineSSi" The aaine ia aid of Llord Nelson, withUii differ race, lioeert that he made it an mva ruble rule to be prrleui at anjr appoint mint, and to be rea l for every enterprise It least fifteen minute before the time, and to wait rather impatiently for tlie arrival i.f the moment allotted for actlum When ike hour had full come, and the dela ol others rendered it ineipedient td proceed, Ite looked upua his on obligation can cellid, wiiudrew immediately Irom tlie place of reoOetioii, aud no inducement tould ever prevail upon him to teturn." No tne ever had to wan lor General Washirg ton uf Loi d Nelson. The lesou inculcated bjr the anecdote reipecting theae treat men if, to be in time far every iut( It !9ttt be the staodard principle of vverj mail who ha any regard to those with whom lie act, to be truly punctual tu all hit engagement. To him rlf h ia a rule of incalculable importance, aHdapplieft lu every occupation and ever pursuit of life. Tin ancient represented Time under the similitude uf an old man, w nh a single luck of hair upon hi lot ehead, gravel but ateadii approaching a multi tude and wheer aetted this lock, and held him b it, wa barne onward with the tuu.l auured pledge lhat could be given ol Uiure success. Uut if an suffered him to past them, he spread out hi wing, which till then were concealed, behind bun, and Hew awe with a rapulity which tendered pursuit utter) tain. Hence the old and Mtelol adage, "Take Ume bi the fore lock." Better be five minute wiiliUene tal Wattiiuttun, or even (iftren mmote wuH Lord NeUwn, toocail, tliau ode min ute lui lat. Tlie iutportance to one' aelf of bring at tr before iU- lime, m perhap be better illustrated b an eiample or two. 1 have in mv eve a Jug mtu who w tay claa mate in Uulirge 1 ncre notn ing in the structure id m mind or in it Ue vciopment pectilisiljr triking. He eem td lo possess a miutl cast in the uidtnar tbuuld, with oo stamp U wn it either of ge nius or brilliancy. Hut 1 marked the rriu larity wnh whnh he attended upun all the duties of the institution, lie a alws at ur before the time, in the Chapel, the rcciutioti room, the Societ HaH.ur wner. ever else thrfe waa iut claim unuu hi merit ur attention: Nor did le' ever otter ataneicue, that he wat unprepared fur any etrrcue to which he wi iiruueilv call ed. He tuuk tune bv the torduck,' and had his lestoiit all thonmghlv digested long tieiure iwe nuur ol recitatiuiiarrivtu. ins coaipotitioni were all written several das i n advance of the time he wit required to read, and leiure oflerrd, be would Ire ueutl re-mudel or re. write them. He lell nothing to be dune at the eleventh h-ur ; but carried utft the principle ol punc tualit into every thing that cunceriied linn. ibe result w, he lelt nun v his cla lagging behind, wlult he pressed onward wufi increaed encrg, ami making ever day some increase tu hi stock ol knul ctigf He waa at Ut graduated a A U. with a diitinction vthicii lie had tin expec latum id attaining. - Aud without entering mitt the tniuute particular or bia aabie tiuenllife, it is enough to sa that he be tame a minister of the gospel, where he carried out this t principle in hit pre parationa for the pulpit hi hi Lintlv, in tu punctual visitation, and m the meet iitti of ecclesiastical court. vVhoever cite wai behind the time, with in there wa out undenatiug rulehe wsa never tardv, he waa never on pre par ed. And by thu meant he acquired tha vigor of thought, and energ of atvle, and pathoiof ntterancf, to eentiall ncce iry to distintuishrd uirfulneta, at a he rald of tha Ciatti thui iccuriof he tiigh r?spet and conlidence' of hi brethren, and of all who knew him. To himself, then, bia habit Of punctdalitf wat antazinglr uteful and to mart others not much lest than to himself, Tor his example hat had a powerful influence in producing a similar habit among all who were within it range f ' ( Ifow let each oneas the preacners ta improve thU subjecr, by making aome auch personal reflections ts theserVVhat ri'ht have I to cause a natriber of meoi whom I have enz-ied to meet at a parttca- lar hour, not dnl to watte their time, but become impatient and fWtfdl b m dela ? What rizht have I to rob them of that which I can never rettore'JEthe preciou hourl wurse than wasted f What right have l lo set tuch a ruirttf'J example to betray an important trust to trifle with the aensibtl itie of tiiuse whom l am bound to repecti and cut off i 'portion of their usefulness? In an indivtdeal case. Which 1 have occa sioned! the effect may be tmall, but in the Mrexilf the amourit exceed belief. A.H EARTHQUAKE ZONK. Tto lbs Maw York Jauroil f Cooimar. We are not aware that an geolvjjut hit called atteuttun to the fact ttwt the mot disastrous earthquakes ol which we have anrecoi d, to the norlhei n hemisphere; have occurred between latitude S7 degree aud I degree. I 111 n ut a theor, but a tact, and in Alia. A comparison ul data wuuld justil the supuasitiuii lut there ia a zone or bell encircling the earth, wittnn whose limit (we sprat now soiel ul the northern lic.tiispheiej the pjui-up destruc tive energies ol the molten interior burst furih wtuU the must Inghtful viuience. We could uarrow tfu bell sull further, and sa lul auiue ol the iuuit calamitous eartn quakes knuwn in lustur have occurred oetween iS degrees and 4) degree north latitude, a ue iaud ol Mvtiicue (in the Levaut), winch wa Hie scene uf wae of these ten ibte and mv slenuus v isiUlious ou the tith March lat,coiuc belweea these UUl devices. The accounts of this earth iUake, o ivcculbuivpcaa mailf, state that in1 isUud had not been siuiilail visited during itie preseut geueialtuii. li is vul canic, a i proved b the cxtttence uf nu uieiuushut spring. Ivulhing remarkable was wOservcd in the weather prcviuulo tne cail!i(Uake, though a singular haaiuess ol the aliitt sphere and a great Variableness ol Umperaluie wave witen been re:narkeit as auioii' the piclnuiuary indication ol liiee pheouiueua. The first shock came alMul 0 1'. M., and lasted Ufteeu or tvtenty second. It wat Sharp, but did lilac iais duel, as is invariably the case wit! Ui shucks. A tecond and lar more violent one followed, which shook down whole block uf aioue buildings, rent the eartn asumlrr in euorniuu gap, and buried humtrcd of human being and acre of ijua and bus streets lit uulathunuUle grates, l'he sea now cover what wat once itie most thrill and important part ol Mv li ene. O.ie-half of tht island has been laid waste, and the ls of human life i esti mated at over 1,000. This earthquake was but a small affair compared wild that long series of similar misfortunes which vmted Calabria in the samejalitude, 33-3J degree, in 1783-4. l'ne number ol. shock ul the first degiee to whicn Hat utihapp couutrv wa sub icctcd ia the former vears wa 501, and in the latter j car Hut lew houses in the citter, towns, and.villajes, from tha west eru flanks td the Apennines to Mesma,in Siicilr, were left standing, ami upwards of Hb.oou persou nerisiieo. a ne bunvuision of earth, tea, and air lor they weie allaf fewted together was fell over a gteat part oi aicti ana at iar norm as -apics. rrc viou to this, in had occurred the most destructive earthquake of modern times at Lisbon, in latitude 3330 degrees, a city winch, until that time, had never been aeriousl injured.lrom tins cause. A sound of thunder, as if under ground, was the first warning, aud in the next six min ute the ereatcr part of the city was in ruin and CD.UJO oeriotil were do more. With the ftrit sHtfc'k the sei ietSred, leav- tng the bar dry, and then roiled in witll a gigantic wattT ft.lt feet high, which swefit over the lower part of the cit,' drowning tll..l.. I. fLl LI :l I I inuuidiius ui ine miseraoie iniiaDiianis wno had fled to the streets and squares for safety. A great concourse of the people had collected on a new marble qiia,'as'a spot were the cduld atand beyond ' the reach ef fallen ruins, when It suddenl aank, with all who were upon it, and it ia said that not one" of the dead bodies ever floated to the surface. The water above ihe spot is now one hundred fathoms deep. Over 100,000 persons were destroyed bv thit earthquake. Its effects were felt on all sides to a disUnce of man hundred miles ! the agitation reaching even to Ureat Briuin, where lakes and springs were affected in the most remarkable manner. Iti Loch Lomond, Scotland, the water sud denly rose two feet and four inches, and subsided below its ftfrmer level. It was rvported that similar phenomena were ob served in Lake Champlain and in some' ponJs in Massachusetts. The vibration, or wave, of the earthquake appeared to be transmitted at the rate of about twenty miles a minute. The (stand of Sicily and the western coast of Asia Minor, in the same latitude, have been repeatedly deso lated fey earthquakesi invulving the des truction of towns and villages with the greater part of their population. Following this earthquake zone across the ocean into the United Slates, we And that the only great terrestrial convulsion to which this cout.tr has been subjected occuired upon it. The first at New Ma drid, Mo., (latitude S8-39 degrees) in 1 81 1. The ground at hew Madrid was iu a quak ing state for several months, though the number ol servere shock were few. Among we remaraaoie changes that were wrought in tli is region were the formation of lakes iweuty miles in extent in the course of an hour, and the drainage of other equally large in tht same space of time f the sink ing ol the site ol ew Madrid, and the riv- tr bank lor fifteen miles above, eight leet below their lurmer level the busiiag open of the soil, aud the ejection of vast volumes of water, sand, and pit Coal as high as the tops t.f the tree! j the splitting ol the earth into cnas:ns in a direction generally from northeast io Southwest liuring these shocks the earth rose in treat undulation. and as the waves advanced, the trees bent belure ihem as if tu a hurricane. We be lieve that no lives were lost in thit earth q ake; Still, following this line across the comment, we com to San Francisco and the surrounding country on the Pacific ly ing in 38-39(degrce. Here occorred ano ther memorable earthquake in 1863, which gave the last people ol San Francisco a new senaliou one tnat they do not want re pealed. iMubody was killed, if we recollect rightl, and but Utile damage was done tu piopeil but the confidence of the inhabi tants iu the stability of their real estate once shakeji can never be entire! restor ed. This is a peculiarity of earthquakes that the destroy our trust iu what is ap parent! the most solid and permanent of thing, the very earth beneath our feet, and introduce a new and vague source of ap prehension into the troubles of life. Cross "g tie Pacific 0ean,m the same line of latitude, we find the coat d Japan pecu liarly subject to these disturbances. Sev eral years ago a submarine earthquake oc curred about fifty miles from the coast and drove in a huge wave, wkich destroyed several villages with must of their inhab itant. The same wave lelt its mark on the eastern shore of the Pacific, to the height ol twelve Icet in tnme places, hav ing travelled the entire distance at the es timated rate of about 300 miles ait hour. We do not propose to auggeat any ex planation of the coincidence to which we have alluded. They are too remarkable to be accidental, and might, If carefully and nhilosonhicollv investigated, shed new light on the mystery of the earthquake that rude, primeval process of Nature which still throw Its stumblinz blocks, as if In mere wantonnciV, across the pain If our 'clviliiatitfQ. . , t LoYfi A GREAT LEVELER. ; '. ' From the Lou'wrilla Journal, Ap"l 18. 1 Some time ago a wealthy gentleman of ' this city (who had onte fdll 'wed the nver 1 for a profession, bnt had retired Irom ac ' tive life on his wealth and Hi laurels;) em- 1 ployed some carpenteis to repair his palatial residence. He has (or rather Had; for ahe now isn't his'n.) a beautiful arid aeom- ' plislled daughter. She saw rnie of the hands, who is a model of manly beaut; She looked upori him Slid loved him. There i is a : species of electricity b?Ueeo -tw'd young hearts'! When the attraction, be- gins it is neither centrifugal dr centripetal but both, and a good deal ol each; site : saw that he was too modest to make the . first advance, and so she broke the ice by inviting him into the dining room to par- , take of refreshments. She drew him into conversation and became satisfied he was no fdol. Indeed, he possessed graces of. Eerson, mint! and character that might well ; ave been envied by Mao a scion of.arit toe racy who would be offended if a me'4 -chamc passed between them and their no bility. She kn?w that her lover (for he acknowledged lb at he returned her passion) would not be allowed to enter the parental , residence! and so, when ahe idet him oa the : street she not only recognized him, but at- ' tually made appointments tor him to meet, her on ihe street and accompany her to t certain fashionable church, ol which she was a member and constant attendant ' Thus it went on, in stolen interviews, un til last Tuesday night, when she left 'he father's roof and eloped with her mechanic lover. They were traced to JeSertonville nelt morning, but too late to arrest the'rr , flight. They have gone to Cincinnati or some other point Eat, abd ere this hare been joined in the holy bonds of wedlock:. , Of course there wss a good deal of excite- : ment and a rood deal of mortification in the family; but we advise her parents to make the best of that which cannot be . heli.ed. We have taken tbme pains to in quire into the young man's tharacter and we assure them that they nave secured onw ol nature's noblemen for a s6u-in-law, evert ' if he is a mechanic. How to Drivk off Hats. Many of ihd buildings about the city are infested with rats, and as these animals are a public pest. it may not be improper to publish ihe fol lowing simple receipe fur getting rid of them. It i so cheap that all ma try it. A correspondent of an agricultural ex change, says: " Take a bunch bt matches and ak them . ar t I l over niirru in a teacuniui oi water ;neo take out the matches, thicken the water waft Indian meal tea stiff douh, adding a spoonful of sugar and a little lard la it about the premises, where the rats and tooth ' ing else will get it. I have tried diflerent kindl of estermr naWr, with poor success until 1 tried this Hats are now strangers about fn premise and make shmt stops whett they call, ana lo away with a terrible sqntak and a ter rible griping in tne stomach. ThnusihJ of Cattle have died in Kin sal during the past winter from exposure and lack of proper food. The mortality has been especially severe in the southern part of the State. One company has lost twelve thousand id two or three weeks. One ol Josh Billings' maxim t Riie earlv. work hard and lair, live on what' you can't tell, give n6thing away, and if' you don't die rich and go to the devilsoft may sue me lor damages. Smokin-r at nicht in the strjett is pro hibited in Salem, Ma and ayoting maA who permitted in tiding SO was last weeK fined 6.75. A cargo of 40,000 busheU of California wheat, lately arrived at Philadelphia, oetU the owners &0.OOO. . ;"t Nashville expects to make 73,000 mil lions ol brick thiayeatV Mad dogs have appeared in man of tht leading cities or the west, and several ptd . pl have beta bitten by thtta.
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