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T-HK ' WEBTEuI I CAKOlLOTAIf. -THB TOWEBS KOT DELEttlTED TO THK rxiVEl) STITKI BY T HK CONSTITUTIO, JlOg rROIIIHITKD Br IT TO THE STATM, Ale BIZCIVEO TO TBE Start EBtrECrrvtlT, OB TO THt rEOrLC -lrd'-l to ike CoaMitution, Article X. B. AUSTIN & C. F. FISilKIt, I'ditor and Proprietors. no. hi, of" Vol: xx (Whole IV. CD3.) SALISBURY, N. C, JULY 5, 1839. TERMS OF CAROUN!AN. V t i fh Western Carolinian w published every Fai nt, at Two Dollars per annum if ptd in advance, or - Two Dollars tad fifty Cent if not paid before lue ex- pintkM of three mHitlM.. . 7 Nopsper will be discontinued onuTall arrearages re paid, sinless at the discretion of tlie Editor ; and failure to notify the Extort of wish, to discontinue, it the eaJ of year, will be considered as a hew en- Aertisement will be conMMMoiwty and correctly juwrtwhst par-square ( l fir insertion,- iimI 25 cents f each cootinusnee. Court and Judicial .advertisements will be eharped 25 per eeutmore than ii above price. A deduction ot 3315 cent from ih. -,-imlar prices will be made to rearw advertiser.: Aoeitlseineau aeni in lor puwminu, num nnrti tin , number of time marked on them, or they will be inser- . .. i j -i i r -.i. i. . , .. ,. 1 B - . i r li: - i . i ted till Kroia, ana cimrg-iq in uvwuuiki,, ' Letters addressM to tho Editors on business inut be ptt jvJl or they will wot be sUeadod to,-3--,r ; - Miscellaneous. "" COUNTRY. "The following pvagraph, from a recent number v fs(heNaw V or)4. Litem ry Gazette, has been tra " selllrur the circuit of the pre -a theneit weeks : v " Arackner spnrtvnan, who had read with do . light Mr.llort.uan's new work oofth wild sport of Aroericalwik paage in a Lrtndoa packet, and ' arrived here dnrioj the present week, in search if wild gtme. He hrnujlii letterstoa highly repect- able merchant, with whin we are well acquainted, and deired, after dolivenqg them, to.be directed to the best hunting groundwiihout delay, as he ' could only remain here a fewNdays, propoinjf to return in the Ureal Westorn. lie said thai he 'a came to NewJCoit DrinciiMlIy to shoot Dears. Our niereantile friend, snlifyinjr, himself that his otw acquaintance was perfectly senous, informed him that the. sport bid be?n greatly cut' unJ here, i and lecommended him n proceed to Philadelphia. Jle departs for that city this duy .aid we call upon sjofrti thprrtci 'Mtetfif-tb the lliWftfgtrim! , ; atrsnijer their usual hospitality." v ; There is doubtless somewhat of engijeraUon n ; the sUtemeat,ad yot it k. 4i jp Xnta Unti.the 'mat ranee of our eonntryr.in RiRlanl, is oweh- nr ', " extensive and prnf uod thai would be supposed.-- f For example, some tints iin we received a letter front an English eorrespomlent, making inq-iiries ",' reanectinj sonw nnoficial person living in the neighborhood of . Natcliet-the writer evjdentjy imiwMinir thai It .muf (m a ik-iirhlmr of Mirs ! i r?7- o - ' f Evi(jhii,i iwpvi. i q jite ua lo ather n- Tlitance w.tliineur knowledge. A frien.1 bcinf on .visit to Eogland a few years since, was nsked if r fie e,new .nr. ijjuqs, irom ew iastie, opn i vne " No "sir, I do not," wit the reply.. h ny yiw 1 must know him, 1 m sure," rejoinoj the other; ... Moc be has lived in America tore year r 'JvwJBvk these are- tret the -tHnTwf rnms whirh" we "'"" 01'tea tlie Wve Hnnnh tb nnronm: of T roatinj: Our dWujn was" to relate ifiMUwlnjr , ' incident." One clear bracing morninjr but antumn, as we were stepping into the Srjtensctadv ears at . Albaor. whom ahonld we meet , but a New York friend, in his shoot inv "jacket, aeeoutred with pouch and gun, in the act of placing bis dogs in an adjoining compartment. . . . ; " Z -" So ho, fiwod I Whither are you bound P we inqnTred l am only going for ffeyAiliihflpiBfriiUhe. couniry. Uirua hundred miles lromicltoit-t-i told uiere la finfl shoot in tte're. ThiT single- inddentr wh'reh- M-litermllTtrwn Se.Vks vofurnes upon J the'extnt ofoiiir eouhtryTlhe spirit and hubita of our people, and the facilities every where enioved fw interco'nmnmeii'n. Ie troit is eight hiindrel miles frooi New York, and our friend was bound for the jirai'ir-a font way "Wiyondr "And yet to was. staftm; fonli for a shooting excursion, with ax little -care of the dis tance, as an Enelish fox hunter would exrsrknce in g'tins upon a chase m a nri-jhSonn? couetr. Our (rn-nd had Eim sport during his exenrsion. as we happen to know; as one of our firm, who"wn himself wandering the prairies ot the same time, foil in with him in the hey day of bis fmiie. The sportsman informed us that the other day, that having procured the bst " fir " thai hif ever saw, he was going down to the Kennebec for a day or two, on a 6siiinjccurtinnl-- i---- Nor is this spirit of dashing enterprise an excor aive eharacteristie of Americans. Foreienors com ing hither soon have Iheir ideas expand-! hy the broad expanse of out country, elevated by. the height of our motmtsins, and inspirited by the chase of bears aind buffalorsj."" For Instance, in the case of Sir William Stuart, who picturea of bear and buffsto Wrts amid h aupenoWs aeaka suidi ted f,r a few davs at th Anollo Gallery the Ba ronet; as we are 1o!d, having spcnl" five .years armng the scenes described, started on bis return to England, and reached New York on his way. Lingering here a few dvv his . mind reverted to the wild sports of the Wewt." It was sskingr ton m'ich to leave them so onn so b-ick he started, twenty-five hundred milrix into the tril.V mesa, for the pleasnre of one or more buflilo chase before be should finally embark for the ahnres of Albion. He went, and piimged aca'n into the wild pleasures of the Suake Iodians, and haunted buffaloes and gruly- bear ( another IwsLearsiQtlit'rKf w . once mora on bis way to hi own land. .Y. ybrlr Vow. Aw Burning Laktt of Sitxtk A"rrt'i- The follow . ing account of lb " Burning Lakes," tho moot re mark hl volcanic phenomena, in the immediate vicinity of AjriPicliapv," is from .Montgomery t Nar rative, jutt published. --- " ' , - v - Of them lakes or ponds., there are several ; and 'they.nrcunw a considerable Irnrt of land. The largest ja about hundred ysrds in circumference lo this, as in all the others, the water, which was extremely turbid, and of a light browi color, was ooiline furiooslv. and risintr in rsibliles three or four feet hiirh. rTbo steam ascended in a dense l hite cloud, and spread for a coosiderable distance rsin.l. at I iond for some time on the bank of this natural cauldron, (ruing witb awe, npoo its tro mendsis vortex. The heat was so great on the surface of ;he grnund, near the borders of the lakes, -J'?' M 'ow foet not been protrrte.1 by thick abort, itcDrldaat have been etdurcd. On thrusting a ' ' ' ' knife intW the ground, Hi blade when drawn out, slier . few second, was so htt a to burn the , fin ;'t're, . Our horse, which, according to (ho cus turn of the country were not shod, exhibited roich symptom of uneasiness, owing to the state of the ground beneath them, or in consequence of tho strung smell of the steam, that it wa found neces airy to leave them tied at some distance fromhe , scene. In tome plucei & little column of smoke V issued fiercely from hole irt tho ground, while in - orherir; thca-lfer fffa boinriftTtafd "giwIiedliuniVo a fountain. The ebullitions of these lake or spring, have formed, on lb borders of them, a . 'P'''t0. f fit"5- clay, and of every variety of comrs. r urn ii aoes not appear that the natives have profited by the facility thus afforded thorn for the manufacture of pottery. And although noth ing would bo more easy than to establish there the finest mineral baths in the world, this object has never occupied their attention. Augusta. Chron. : THE DESERT HOUSES. - It is part ef tW-hhrtoricsiTWOTntO'flcq ; douin m horses, that the mares are never sold. My Siieik would have told his soul for a price ; and aa soon aa he saw that 1 was pleased with his mare he wanted to suit herjq me; and it was singular and amusing, ineliatloiing for fliitauiuial, lu mark how ' on ot' t lie habits vf bargain making, peculiar to the horse-jockey , wall us, existed in lull . force among the Arabs ; lie said tlio.Vt'e'ilid not. want to ; sell ber ; that at Cairo he had been offered filly dollars, a new dress, aud arms complete, aud be Would not sell her but if I wauled her, there be. - ing nothing that he would not do for ine, ate., 1 inight,l)ay$ her. j;: ' r.,'"v r';, . 't he abeikVwas an extraordinary animal. T The - saddle- had uot been ol her back i'or thirty days ; and Sheik, himself a moat restless creature, would -daslt oil suddunly -Lz lBe a ddy, on a full . fun across the valley, up the sides of a mountain, round our. caravan with his long spear poised iu Thr tr,-and his-drew streaming - the wind t-and a hen he relumed and brought her to a walk at ' mv side; the beautiful auimal would suort and oaw Ttho -f rtkudartf proud f-sv 4t slie had dotie, ' and anxious for 'aiioilier courso. - I could almost imagine 1 sathe ancient war-horse ol Idumea, so finely described by Job--lIia neck clothed : with thunder.!, Caiiik ttiou make hnn afraid of a . giasehoppert 1 he glory Hif Ins nostrils is terrible. He mocketh at (ear, anil is- jiot afli ighlld, neither lurneiu ne oacs iroin ine iworg. l tie quiver rai- tlctfa aa'ainot bun. the plitleriiW snear and the ' ahibld. , tie kwalloweth the grouiiu" wrtfrfiurceno! and rage ; neither believutii he that it is. the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, wa, uaj aim nc aiiivm iu me oauie aiar inline thunder of the captains,' and the alioutings.", ' . .Noii.iug sliowyed the 4ardineesf those horses - more"than trtM'drrnRi'n'. HreraT llmM "wj came ' jo tiojjoji.ea of raid ".i'.'r li"it act tho holluw of a rock, so tool suici dirty that I Would not have given it lo a dog aud while their Sides were white with fnain the tSucik would take the bit out of their ' mouth, and sit down with the bridle io bis bands, T and let them drink their fill ; and I could not help thinking Uiat a regular-bred English groom accus tomed to insiuuate a wet sponge iu tlie mouth of a healed horse, would, have been amazed and horri- hiaXsU bactoriAuaaeThes-t ,jtw&tcLvaJuiiL4i-sfo'resiw Tand the foriuer wuf more like a coirirt pllVI'uftes 'iZAOilsWJtlUiSnilw dibefJikw k'Voiaio, of-ioiith ZMJ'$X&W& 4hat lie ootrfd -eownt- r.upKi the scrvipe of both eittii tliirty five. ; A miwig "all IhdCouiiueiiditions of the Aratian liorsev I ktiow- n greaier Uuu thi t nwvs knwwna man, "frWIorljfTiaiaT jaJe thai no one else would mount ; and one can imagine bow warm must bo the feeling, when, year alter year, the best of his race is the companion of the wandering XA tab, and tlie same animal may oei7T7ioiTro7ul1ie'11ue spear, until his aged frame can scarcely sustain itself in tlie saddle. Skvcni Incidents of Trawl. From the Southern Literary Meteengrr, fat Jum. . UNCLE PETE AND THE .HEAR., a? a bim w e tnttt ' Ixt s-mf " Ltt.n. It was a bright and calm summer's morning; the quiot pood was sleeping in tho sunshine, harm' loss and Utauliful ; and every surrounding -object Mn nature looked ,lovely aud juviting'Pnero is so:iielliing iu the etlucl of a fine undscapc, viewed under favorable circumstances, which may be com pared to music it " hath charms to sooth tho sav age breast." Even uncle Pete foil its influence, as he sat on a little -bench by the side of his cot f-tagej-7jrawmng-nd Hooking-listlessly across the still waters, and following the outlines ol tlie lorest trej fiid Jh.ll lop(i and (imountaijisJjlliaJ.hung below hoi -which were lowering above While he gaitod, be wassieccd with a desire for an aquatic excursion. He called his youngest buy, a lad of about a dozen j ears old aud told him to get the hooks and fines, and they would go round the p-iiit to the mouth of Ship-pond stream and try for trout. Theappa- rata was toou in -roadinesa, ami they jumped into the liti.o Jog catHHLiHiu paddled oif upon me lane. ".We hadn't got but a little ways roumLiho pint. said uncle IVle.'and I was setting in the ' starn paddling ahmg at a moderate ing, and little Pete stHnp m toe bnw f and by and by he-entiled out lo roe aiid eavsle, u O, tulhcr, what great black criUerislhalswiiumwgofl here tuwards u 1" , I looked round towards the shore, and there was the ta rudest overirrown bear that 1 ever sued in all my life, swimming1 toward us. It he had ' been weighed I believe be would a weighed every pound of tour hundred.---: , . I . t ' - I never examined uncle Pete's .lieadphrcnoligi eallv. and cannot aa? whether" his organ of mar- cllouness was of extra size or not. Te reader must therefore bo content with such evidence as we have with rri-ard to the weight of the bear and it rests iolclv on uncle Pel' word and judg meti l. He always sUiod lo it the bear would weigh ' four hundred poumle. ., f , , " ' V And the t truH critter," said onrle Pete, " was pulling right towards us a fast as h fould swim. I'd been- so careless! in coming away, ihnt 1 only took jne small paddle with me," and that was'nt very good one, and the nld canoe was very heavy ; so I fcotiuVda the best Lauld,-- the ksr .wfotild awi.n faster than I could paddle- C I thonght I could keep him off well en-'u-b'u be rlouJ st out to meddle with u, so 1 turned the bust and psddlt'da little towards him. Ijhmj.t that wuwld make him turn and go o Kut the old savage kept swimming riiht towar Js n and come up close to the aide of the cat.oe, and feegua lo ee his mouth, and show a great npy et of leesb a ever, you see. lie come up so orar tbst I bit lam a lick over the heid with a paddle and split it ia two. & in m ne come ngm at ifte boat ttercer tliiii 'cverf siiiTjiut "Li pas ruld up iSi tie e de of it. 1 sprung into the mid He of boat, aad bore on tother side of it for I knew if I d.Tut be would pst us ia a-fiiinutS; aoi I tbongbt.1 shoutd'nt ' like very well to have a grapp! arilk him in the water. So while I was keeping 11 balance of (he boat, the rac!'y old tarroui pal.e up tother paw and begin to crawl up. 1 conk ol go to fight him off, for then we should alt go in the water TtTjrellier. So I had la hold still and see the great bluck nigger crawl cht up into the but. lie got prfj near the staroi'nd I stood anont in Uioiiadio. At soousJie.gA fairly jivba ed round to me and then he rared right up oat to his hind Mg and walked towards m as atrai;hi as a man. , lie was aa tall as I was, ana loosed as big as a clever young ox. I s(d facing of biro, and while ! wiis thinking how it was best to give bat tle to him, he marched straicht n to me, sod put one paw on my rigftt shoulder, and lotbero any left I limits I, tins is turn ktie M too sociable for a at ranger ; and I was just agoin to tell him hands ofi, when his weight pressing agaiaiat me made me step back a little, and my beel ketched against something in the boa', and i foil flat tm toy back in the bottnm of the twal, and the oM fteor on top of me.' By this time I begun to think mai lers was getting worse and worse, and it was time for me to begin to look about myself. -1 twisted one way andUotherand we tgae to have cow-wd arable of a sipinbble; but tlie old trar had aHo- eether tho a!vantace of me, and I coul ot aeeea lo dg1wuch.j.r-iff.pvljftld o wry.yck kwff, tiuii 1 vouid'nt get it mt of n-f porket, all 1 ..could do. The old bear did'ot seem to be wil'.tn lo wait fid cive me fuir Blay at all t ihr in a mi not f felt nun try ma to si ten nu nu-'e ia- ium mv jurearawa. just as a boy diss his teeth in the aide of a great apple, . Thinks' I, this never do; swnething nswst be done pretty quick. I mads a terrible twist, and drawed my lees up under bki, ami gut so I oold give push with my feet.anl my knees and bands, and then all at onee Setched an everlasting spring, and bow I did it I don't krvt bat omrhow or other the. bear went ovtrboeH, snd plunged Jiead jbremost into the water. I u on my frft as quick as a steel trap. The t.' 1 tear cam ep to the. top. of-ihe. water and i i; -d. an ! U ed up at me a minute; hut 1 belie I had foirly LereJ him out of it. He tarred V t snl swam for lie bore, mi l..paJJJi!d.Xr. 1,.' v .M tea I ...f v S tOUse, 1 C- -T'- . Mr T fWraner, and Lt the fun go. n. . RETUR-Y.OF THE JEWS TO PAUSTL' . '. . . . .' ,Manv accounts, receady received, state that great numbers of the Jews have gnoa to their na- trvo country, lalestirte. Ilia aumber tw, at at said, amounts to about 4 J.OUU, an4 u rapi&'Tixa, creasing by annual addition of this scatlered peo ple from all ps;rtminrertuv roarkaWyr Wifiediit isthat givea.iajh emevtHet tht eepl'ShoiW bs.vsise'iMisi bfr, wvd t derhfeni a eqiiaily serified in regard W their mora to the U vr lamv-th twtte " ifxnr aactern nreavaciy ww, H'p"1aiiToiries7from manv hundred vcars driven- - lis preseot apoeor- ances seem to indicate that tba oar ia oat for dis tant when the cbosrn, though erring and sWeply pjini slied peoj1etahBllreyi8it and ceejj BStMij lion, tlie long forsaken banks of Jordan, where the Psalmist once tuned his sacred lyre, and uttered bis prophetic songs, the blighted plain of Galilee j Ipi where once the Savior wended bis way to cheer the disconsolate i the ruined city of Jerusalem, once the terror of surrounding nation ; the for gotten temple, whose wans oooe echoed back the accent of that voice, which spake as oerer mas spake." It is by no menus beyond the bounds U probability, that, era the laps of a few years, tLis once populous and fertile coaatry, so celebrated ra th saorwd bistniT, may bm ajraia ocenpisd by its owners, and agaia the song of praise aweil her solemn temples to th God of Israel and the Se- iroftkt world. Dover tTatde. ' A few days ago a -roong tnan, Leopold Desw- reiix, waa awoke. early in the aaoruMg by the irsxt of a gentleipafjophirtytrix or forty years of age, drnssedwitli xr?Cf arej'j.'idwlio ssaded. i tlie most am raw manner 00 wrtermg ( towoidaf U ae bad the honor of speaking to M . Lenrnld Heverewi. lie contimied I ate come, sir, lor the persoa ta question. V ' V ' - ' ; hat person, sir i "The widow uf New Orksn,yoa kaow,sir." M I do not understand you; there saost be aovae fiiitake ... : - - immimmmtirimmerkitvizwisi in- other entleman of tho same age, and dressed with equal care, smiling also, advanced sayiof, "I era come, air, for the widowed New Orleans." la die.iiuddU) of a porplexsd ojoiry r eo IV part f the young man, afresh um-osutU ne aatoe age, the. same toilet, and the same smiling sppearsnee, itrrived. " Have I the bom of .spaakiog to M Loopold Pevtrmix t I Come, sir, for the widow of New Orleaus."; ' f. " Will you have the goodo, gntVmen, te in form mo what may be lies meaning of this asystiS cation t". cried 1. Prverenx, rt. "f "'I patieeice.; H Not at all a mystification, sir ; read this paper, Lea Pet its Aniches,"and thu article A w of New Orleans, twenty-five years of age and pos sessing 60,000 francs a year, desires to, marry again; she preferaa man wh " .. " And what have I to d with this widow V ' For further particulars, anp'y to M. Dew reux. Rue do Buflsuxt, No. 15.' " : '. " Five other visitor arrived darin this colJoqwe, and Leopold Devereux had all the tmuUe uaaai nable to d:fcnd hi hmi-w fr-B the inr.tm it was threatened with tht day, and several succeeding lone.- The porter was oU'igM to have reeoe.r"i to the Garde jilumcipat ; srn. m spue 01 a po-i- tite ttaiZk!m nseited in tU Tetiu AtSchea, this rmt of sattdss f the wi.kw of New Ofles.w-ftf.ey cootmued for oearty a wsrlu It was simply a juke pSajcd off od M. Dvereox, V. boeer, has not btem a!vie t EoJ oat the aotW of it. Ia reoJing "A Fuir to Trxts," sre werstrack . sri'h the accocint of a adventure, frooa which dm rvf a polttsctsa Mgkt drai a' awful nral. ir The . ataxy js uf a yviuf UituZet. mltalmm hiU way4n . one of tba kwodless prairi of that rfjioo. He . anen.pl to extrkale hione't by stretching ward . u aa abri4ea stniHt course ; and, when be has 'posited bis hone. in this maimer for many hours, ho is at 14 eLeered by eomiBj on the fresh traces f soother waiurer lik biruHi ill whoso trick he ' Isasleaa to parwa with the hop of speedily fiiuKng gwdewee sad (uJ of the fettvr of which, he had ' r-y fti lite beg-na to have pressing need. .The uin v.-nuucv m.u, mum lipitu I ira iiau, Wit, rv4g eartr, penaaea it with renewed vir, smtd at bst, aer a long and severe ride, his infn tote aire-t.r'i&Mnc)""or another receu trace, which joins that ohich h was follow in;, lie Leee-t forward, thoagh much exhausted. nth oisnt.d speed, hot ia still actable to over tak thoss at'.er whooa he es totting so bard. He fersew-iea, however, hk one who last hope is bevovo hiss, hod, ear. asore, whea tho seeottd day is xrar its ie, tuds a third horse asaas trail, that has j nad Itv ro! of the tww former. lie isas torsMbed, but Wul gnea oa, till he comes wpoa some object which he thinks ho had already sera ; and lgrvWly sliscpwsthat the first, as wall as all the ' nibsmyiaot, traces were tus owo oncooscmiis wan derings in the same cobtuued circle '.ColunbU : ' EJvAwrrl inrr. Cun'oes Trmi titer mtr. Tbe aavaoEUh Geergua has fouked up he foHowT1 ing sigssficsMst parajfaph ia the LoaJoa Monthly MsgtTmeefApriLieo: '". - :-A Resvesrwr Bntwhertsrveatnarvem, has Vatefr beew cottsaeaeed i Edtabureh by sooto Ttsseg aw of e masiaing- talentsr-lw oVieT 1. J.D cmih-ltm swlurn f wsaosw, Mr. BroujHsai, Mr. Iloraerlaad Mr. JefTry, three eeaouj advocates, together with Mr. Brown, the wwtbr ofsosxve sng?moa Ousci v atsoos on IJarwm ZjocxMBia, are tSe critics who have thus underta ke to direct the taata of their ewootrymetu" - -. This is all the aotiea that was la tea ia one of the saost aVe periodicals of thai day, of Ihi1 vaht. au acq?a.tti te oar cnucai bteratura. , it m worth aotiwiut became of these five f ouiig meo. Broegtasa" career aevds no notice. Pmith is at the hesd of h-f profession as a pu!pit orltor and w riser bh. " J.f'v i) Lord Advocw of Saifiand, a:J la snt bfi'! i. it critKil writers of nswJtra t-ssis.- II b-t ruise- a very h-rS f " t"'l3 Lll - H SMS I .'.-.-m. W'lVM a-.a' uil piejene a rvpectabls plaee in the Eepub!ie of Juetrers. Thee kt k te the exertion of five young sxsta of bterarw taste, that we ewe the existence of Use first critical work of any age or coon try; and o sksabt their very awietatioa a editors of th Review first pointed out the way to what they sub erreeotly auaisstsL TLf Clohe. - -ACtoxABLr;-murvr-4A.- Betng b a crowd at the sit -office, and a fellow xvtagamg -ahjat 4hree htnsli!, tread on your toSr reStlrr t. fetter irassdw sSesBlysvl J? 01017 ahwt the first ad Jrv boat cr-vl With llipci'twxW Tu wiib ie- gftUul fus, parucaiariy ut ine -a Meg iace tora ia the satssq'iito bar, and no light to be bad: . v . " " Go to the rissitev's Hotel about half past fix. "wttaThe tasrnrr aa orstinnPe;"1toawd' follows with CvSows akimbi xooaopnlxmg the imh. S. B. ! aVxttoae mimita the crasf lefl ; wants as ti are of coarse rrajfa enooj-h x ourself. Bay a aew pair of bants for a bait, aoJ get the in eJegaatly basyutered by the smking of a ft ig atone. Ge te year reoos for a rieaa pair and find jour , too awt La giaa t the theatre with the key ia hi Backet. . . '. 'Set Wa a new sesea dollar umVeOa to trans act a axoauai hasiasss, and find anane geatlemaa . ha took at by aatstakr... As si as raiasng hard, nra bow wt-boai if, and spot! a aew bat. Stttirt at a taUe enjij tag a gHass of wuie, afol VW help himorlf in a tumbler ooi of your bottle retxork that at as foers, and he tells you he pays fr hts diaaer as wS as yourseIC . U. 1 ou wbh ie send a gissa to a trwad and find the bottle av H"lks5 va Caaal afreet and si suiJaa snual "owt wyowf'1svrrgtvtrrta" rod ; hat heats asuil fetched op ia t he gutter. N. 0. Every body faugh but yourseIC . Rse to a sieaaahnaj with aa invportant tetter for a corresyusleti ; pteaty of mod oa the levee, and 'whea abuax out of braatb ascerUia that she has left shoal tww aatssatea. N. B. It a clerk f am get blowing for aot gmwg e-iick' Stkmtyr'i tVswfttera C"swaerrcB? Ik trttix. CswfVts la one of Frederic the Great's bat. tlea, the bnrse esf his aephew was killed by a cao : aoa bait, aad ii was at first thought the rider was also afcsisfc - - Ih-!" sawf the Kiag; rMin 4 ly wiflv osrt at epprn;, ttvne's the Prince of Prus-ia killed; k u sadi and brufe he taken cttre of I? . ,1 Ft0m fa MgtjLu xifrrir. "' Sosars .ieyvdar-Tbere now hve io two sntte sf this place, a hdy verging aa her 70th year, who for thirty years and apward, baa not rusted tin fo tawiw Tlus lady is in g-iod health, aad stsihts, and has all the comforts of Ida "abmt her. Wuaio lea asilea of thi Village, there ' t another old Udy wfv ha lived m her present as-fhWhoi!, for half a ceo!4rr, and never saw tVigetei-J (AwrMiouae m ber hfe. She also is in good health, aad could svlj visit the place, if ahe WMiird to do so. . &ch a want of eunuly, ia per haps asvparafleled. These term lew certamry do not inherit that resxh-M spirit of coiiaity, which ia ceueree ay snoie to ae caaractensxic ot ine sex, posteriiy goes on fur another century, a 11 has frosa gvassdaioiher Eve. -The wood-man has foil j progressed for the last hundred years, we'll be a M the forest aroand thensaad tnwe and hamlets nation of paupers. Very little lend in America, hxve sprang ep tbr.k'y in their fsranity, but they jeveaia th best, will carry more than on crop ot "" pas '.hem by aathejiie wmdaod regird rtienv; wheat arter its cleared afore it wanta manure I not. Like a personage celebrated in classic Mary, are content to dell on their own ground, " Alotig the cool swnestered ! of litV-, . , They keep the noless tenor of Uiclr wsy.' Theory of, StomM. Professor Espy has lately j verified the corrector ss of hi ingenious theory of ' storais in a conclusive manner. The J'lul lcljhia IiKpirer says:' It is wo'thy of remark that lust ; tmmtVrtfileisQt Ejpy atafd. that a atorai .wt rati! ging in the Imiiu.lo of Charleston, S. C. Tho staiemenl was recorded in one of the Insuranco U'.fiees of this city, as the Prnsidi nt 1ms publicly declared. 'Several days afleraarJs tbe 'Southern' mail brottglit tntelligenco folly verifying the user . tion. The matter has been cireuiinstanliatlv tnib. iisoea in several o our newspapers. . ;. . SIXrPY HOLLOW IN THE OLbiCN TIME?. I Washington Irving in the last Kuickorhicker, has three or four articles all in its very bent vein, f I and amonihenj.t dejcrijitiau of iiUM'py Wfowritt-rr- Hte tttUercM era of its history. 1 lie fire or in, " v ' v dolenre is ghoed, apparent! in the following pic i tureof the ancient inhabitants of that spell bound ' , -regioni.. ; T "The hollow at Ilia liinu was inhabited by fam- : ilies which bad existed tlaro Trom tlie earliest 4 .' times, and which by frequent kitermarriage, had "y become so interwoven, as to make a kind of natu " raj commonwealth. As thu families had grown- - larger, the forms had grown smaller, every new f . . generation requinng a new subdivision, and few -, i thinking of swarming frotaihe RaUveditTe. In j this way, that happy goUro mean bad been produ- . fWifl mBCU ixioiicu uj lac pi;is, in wimvh mere- wai no fnhf iaadrtt)ryJttfft..iIfer .1 One Jhing w 4 jzJL, which doubtless contributed to keep up this anna. ' ble mean wwsa gone ml renunanco to sordid labur. - TTio sag mhiibilants of ijleepy Hollow had read in their bible which was the onlv b-iok thev studied." that tabor was originally . lnlliCtfid upon man as a - -, . pnthwiul;Hifttlicy.wrtigard't'd .it "tlifcrenMe"-'!""" :J-'7 o.r pious aiuuorreuce, auu never uumwaiea ltivnu. . : . .. stHresloit but b case of extremity. There seem ''' eoV-ia tact ts be a-ieegue indTovftiwit SjHitlivt It; through th Hollow, as agmnst a common enemy. Was any one compelled by dine oeccasity, lo" re- EVl his boose, mend his fences, barn, or get in a " arvest, h considered it a great evil, that entitled - V 1 him to call in the assistance of hia friends. " He s ".""; accordingly proclaimed a u bee," or rustic gather-' ' ing; whereupon all hia neighbors hurried to hW-, aid like faithful allies attacked the task with the desperate energy of lary men, eager to ovarcomc a job, and whea it was accomplished; foil to eating and drinking fidJIing and dancing .for fery joj- Hint ;.V.; so great an amount of htbor had been vuuquitihed """T" with so litil sweating of the brow. f . . - "'Yet-let itnol be supposed that thiVworthy com. -wwsnrT ww wrtfxwt it ' rw'n t:f aHufii!V:ii"fiilv."' it Owl 1H X Q! WiiJ v ri flj ff; ItM ley, and all Sleepy Hollo- wa wtdo awake in aa instant. Th pigeon seaaon had arrived I Every to gnn and net wa forthwith in requisition. The - . flail was thrown oa the floori the. snada ruitud in . l- ,"1 the garden; the plough stood idle iu the furrow" S every one was to the hill aids and stubble fwrd al , day break, to shoot or entrap the pigeons in their perioriirV smgtiotie. -- rrrz .JU, 1.-. . ..- JSo, likewise, let but the wMd be efJhjUilui 'lK4Tw.re 'ascen3iiig"'lhe (imlson, and the worthies of th Hollow were lo he seen launched in boat Dpoo. iha river f i ttiug. grei taks, sh4 teirh -t---. m thwf tet,'-fi"ie-tngifttttrpwcrtwbTiSTl sero.twatrMinii jSJot grew ftuitoy anctt of iulvu- gawrsTSach tnbv wisa:x-roiMoni3rfTfiir by whirh she eo-ialrxes ho man fIarrt.lf:fA laggard the fowling piece and nsUing net ; and whenever a maa ie aa indifferent farmer, he hj apt In ha a first rate sportsman. For catching shad and lid pi. gfs there were, qojiethjnughaut aba.countr-Me compare with the lads of Sleepy Hollow. .: igttuUira The following ia extracted from that amusing publication, ia Clockmakeri The bane of this country, Squire, and indeed, ot America h bavin too much land they run over snore ground than they can cultivate, and crop the ' r the. land so severely thai, ibeyuu it out . A very , Urge pert ion oCtand in America has" been run out hyT" repeated grain Crops; and when you add ihaf to " land naturally too )upr to bear grain, or too broken 1 for cultivation, you will find this great country in a fair way too bo riiinedX'Tbe State of Vermont has aothia' like the exports if used to haves ana' a plaguy sight of young folks come down. to Bos ton to hire out as helps. The two Carolina and Virginia are euvsisd with elwws tlml have htien given op as ruined, and many other States. We hav'ut tlie surplus of wheat and grain we used lo have ia the United Slates, and it never will be so -pleeiy. again. Thal'o tlie rewsee ymi trear of fol kr claarta' land, makin' a farm, and seJliu fl again, and goia further into the buh. They've oxliau-. ted it, and find It easier to clearTiew iandx than" lestorw the old. A great deal of Nova Scotia is run at f'and if it warn't for the lime, marsh-mud, sea ' weed, salt sand.and what not, they've got here ia such qusntitics.'lhere'd be no cure for it. It takes good formin to keep aa upland l-atiwi in order, I tell you and make it sustain itself. It takes more ' to fotch a farm too t hut's hsd that giiiard taken, out of it thao it's worth. If actually frightens me . when I think your agriculture in pritian is pro. gressin and the land better tilted every day, while ' thousands npoo thousand of acres with us are turned into barren. No traveller aa I've seed has noticed this, and our folks are not aware them selves of th extent of the evil. Squire, you and I won't live to tee it t but if this awful rabbin' of 4-
Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)
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