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Volume 5.
Llncolnton, North Carolina, Saturday Working, June 9, 1849.
Number 13.
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'JSc Quiet, do ! I'll Call my
MOTHER
As I was sitting in a wood.
Under an oak tree's leafy cover.
Musing in pleasant solitude.
Who should come up but John, my lover ;
He pressed my hand and kiss'd my cheek J
1 Then, warmer growing, kiss'd the other.
While I exclaim'd and strove to shriek,
Be quiet, do! I'll call my mother!'
He saw my anger was sincere,
And lovingly began to cbide me ;
Then wiping from my cheek the tear,
He sat him on the grass beside me.
He feign'dsuch pretty amorous wo,
Breathed such sweet vows one after
other,
I could, but smile, while whispering- low,
'Be quiet, do! Ml call my mother!'0
i talked so long, and talked so well,
Ana swore he meant not to deceive me !
I felt more grief than f can tell,
When, with a sigh, he rose to leave me
'Oh! John said I, and must thou go?
I love thee bettet than all other
Their is no need lo hurry so;
I never meant to call my mother!'
THE FOREST FUNERAL.
She was a lair child, with tresses of
long black hair lying over her pillow.
Her eye was dark and piercing, and as
it met mine sin- started slightly, but
looked up and smiled. I spoke to her
father, and turning to her, asked her if
he knew her condition.
I know that my Redeemer liveth,"
said she, in a voice whose melody was
like the sweetest strain of the Alohau.
You may imagine that the answer start
led me, and with a very few words of
the like import, J fornrJ 'turn tin. A
half hour passed, and she spoke to that
same deep, rich and melodious voice.
Father. I am cold lie down beside
me," and the old nan lay down ly his
dying child, and she twined her arms a
round his neck, and murmured in a
dreamy voice, "dear father, dear la
ther!" "My child," said the man, "doth the
flood seem deep to thee ?"
"Nay, father, my soul is strong."
"Seest thou the farther shore?"
I see it, father, and i is banks are
green wiih immortal verdure."
"Hearest thou the voice of its inhab
itants ?"
" I har them,, father, the voice ol
angels, falling from afar in the still and
solemn night time and they call me.
Her voice, too, father. Oh ! I heard it
then."
"Doth she speak to ihee?"
"Shespeaketh in tones most heaven
ly." ' "Doth she smile?
"An angel smile! but a cold, calm
smile. But 1 am cold cold! Father,
there is a mist in the room. You'll be
lonely. Is ihis deaih, father?"
"It is death, mv Mary."
"Thank God!''
Sabbath evening came, and a slow,
sad procession wound through the fores'
to the little school house. Thre, with
simple rites, the clergyman performed
his duty and went to ih grave. The
procession was short. There, were
hardy men and rough, in shooting jack
ets, and some with rifles on their shoul
ders. But their waim hearts gave beau
ty to their unshaven faces, as ihey stood
id reverent silence by the grave. The
river murmured, and the birds sang, and
so we buried her.
I saw the sun go down from the same
spot and the stars were bright before
1 left for I always had an idea that a
grave yard was the nearest place to hea
ven on earth and with old Sir Thomas
Brown, 1 love to see a church in a grave
yard, for even as we pass through the
place of graves to the temple o! God on
.earth, so we must through the grave to
-the temple of God on high.
To prevent Horses rubbing the Hair
' ff thtir Tails. Grease the rectum,
or fundament, with hog's lard or bacon;
repeat it until the hair grows out again.
The habit is caused, it is thought, by
an itching of the fundament, occa
sioned perhaps by the discharge of a
species of worm. At any rate, we
have been well assuied that this is a
V certain cure.
IHajor-Cciieral Worth.
When we entered the following some
months since in our scrap book, we had
but little thought so soon to bring it into
requisition. Gen. Worth died at San
Antonio de Bexar, Texa9, on the 7th of
May last, at 1 o'clock, p.m. of cholera.
His gallan deeds through a service of
thirty. six years, are a portion of the
common glories of the republic ; while
the nobility of his character will long
cause him to be lamented by a large
nnmberof personal friends- for
None knew him but to love him.
None named him but to praise."
En. Courier.
Gen. William J. Worth was said to
be the handsomest and most soldierly
looking officer in the army, ilis height
was over six feet, and his person com
manding. On horseback he presented
a figure of unequalled grace. His na
ture was somewhat impetuous, like many
brave and rash men. He was excee d
inglv popular among his soldiers. As
one of the heroes of Monterey, as the
victor at Molino de Key, his name will
go down to posterity second only to that
of Scott and Taylor.
Worth, like many other able men in
the army, rose from the ranks. He be
gan life as a clerk in a mercantile house
in Albany, New York, the latter being
his rmive commonwealth. On the biea
king out of the war ol 1612, however,
fired witli that patriotic ardor which is a
leading trait in his character, he enlisted
as a common soldier. Another clerk
was his companion. Fortunately lor
Worth, his friend soon committed some
indiscretion, lor which he was placed
under arrest, in this emergency he
applied to Wort h,who undertook to write
a petition for him to the Colonel. The
officer happened to be Scott,who,truck
with the elegant style of the memorial,
enquiicd the neme of the writer, and
sending for him, made him his private
secretary. He procured for Worth the
commission at a lieutenant in the 3d
regiment of 1; fantry. From that hour
up to their unhappy difference in Mexi
c:o, the closest intimacy existed between
Worth and Scou
lo the baule of Chippewa, Worth pro
ved the correctness of Scott's estimate
of chiiracter, by signalising hunsell es
pecially; ana was consequently rewarded
with the rank of Captain. In the battle
of Luudy's Lane, Worth, alter several
hours of severe fighting, received a dau
ger us wound. In consideration ol this
he was raised to the rank of Major.
Afier the peace, be was tor a considera
ble period Superintcndanl of the West
Pomi Military Academy, a post which
is always a guarantee of high ability on
the part of the occupant. In 182'i, he
was appointed a Litu. Colonel; in 18.'i2
a Major of ordnance; and in 1833 Colo
nel ol the 8th regiment of infantry.w hich
was the rank he still held in the line.
I Sub.tequen'ly he was raised successively
i to ihe. brevet rank of Briiradier. and af
terward, of Major General, the first for
his gallantry in the Florid war, the last
for his brilliant conduct at Monterey.
When Taylor, Twiggs and Worth
met at Corpus Cnnsti, be to re the Mexi
can war br.'ke ou, a difficulty arose as 1
lu who should command in Taylor's ab- j
se;ce. Twiggs chimed it, though only
a colonel, because an older coionel than
Worth. The latter chimed it as a bre
veted brigadier. But Tw igga asserted
that a bvevti conferred no nght.to out
rank a full commission. The matter
was referred to Taylor, who, adopung
the rule laid down by J.ickson, decided
against Worth. On this Worth, fol-
j towing a precedent set by Scott, resign
ed his commission, and hurried on to
Washington. During his absence the
battles oT Palo Alio and Resaca de la
Palma were fougbt, on hearing the in
telligence of which, Worth recalled his
resignation and rejoined the army. E
very one knows how gallantly he fought
at Monterey! He was rewarded for that
bloody day with the brevet rank of Maj.
General,
W hen it was determined to besiege
Vera Cruz, W orth, wiih most of the o
ther generals, was detached from Tay
lor's at my, ami placed under command
of Scott. At the landing at Vera Cruz,
Worth commanded the first dtvision,aud
took the lead, consequently, in leaving
the ships, Havirg effected his disem.
barkation in the face of the enemy, he
drew up his troops in gallant style, and
awaited the arrival of other divisions.
Or. the capitulation at Veia Cruz, W orth
was at the convention that dictated the
articles, and when the city was taken
possession ot by the Americans, rode m
advance, at the head ot a brilliant cor
tege, into the public square. He was
now appointed Governor ol Vera Cruz.
When the army began its march for the
interior, the van for a while was under
me command o l wiggs, out suuse-
quently it fell to Worth again, who was
thp first to enter Puebla in consequence.
It was at this city that the unfortunate
series of misunderstandings between him
and Scott aiose, which interrupted a
friendship ol 35 year-" continuance.
Tins is not the place to canvass trie a
mount ut b'ame rightly belonging to each
party. Both, perhaps, have been seme
what in the wrong.
At the battle ofContreras, Worth was
not present; but at Churubusco his divi
sion was engaged ai the tett du point,
and fought, under his own eye, with as
tonishing intrepidity. It was the Cha
racteristic of Worth, that he coulJ in
spire his soldiers with a portion of1 his
own headlong valor, and thus secure
victory . The march around ihe south
ern sioV of Lake Chalco was suggested
by Worth, to whom the practicabil ty of
the road was communicated by Colonel
Duncan, of Worth's division. The
change in the route ol the army thus
induced, placed Worth again in thevan.
When Scott determined to storm Mjlino
del Rey he committed the almost des
perate attempt te Worth. Owing to an
insufficient reconnoisance, the loss cf the
assaulting columns was immense ; they
were even repuLsed at first, and vouM
havp been defeated, but for the a.rival
of Cadwa'lader with the reserve. At
Chapultepec, the storming party wt-s
principally selected from Worth! and
Pillow's regulars.
Throughout the whole war, Worth
carried himself in the field with a splen
did gallantry 'hat fascinated the popular
imagination. As an ofTicet, he has been
said partly to resemble Murat.and partly
to resemble Ney; for he has the dashing
air ol one, with the indomitable courage
of the other.
Such is a hnef history of the man.
By the afflicting dispensation General
Worth's family hae been thus deprived
of their protector almost as soon as they
had arrived at the point of destination,
where they anticipated a residence for
some time to come; and the count rv de
prived of the services of a man whose
brilliant aci-ievemt ins are deservedly the
pride. f the people, and will adorn the
pages of our history to a remote "fene
ration. The death of such a man is
truly a national bereavement, and will
undoubtedly be followed with demon
strations of mourning throughout the
whole Union. General Worth's family
consists of hs wife and two daughters.
From the Charlotte Journal.
Small Pox in Greensboro iV. C.
It 19 now ascertained beyond a doubt,
that the Small 1'ox has made its ap
pearance at Gieensborough. 'Ihe Pa
triot of the 26th uit. says that "the de
velopments of the last tour or five day s
have been such as to convince (he most
incredulous that this loathsome disease
exists in our community." Five cases
in town and four iti the country is all
that 19 reported, of these 3 only repor
ted to be critical. The Patriot says
"sufficient precaution was not taken du
ring some two weeks alter the appear
ance of the disease, owing to the incre
dulity of a respectable portiou ol the in
habitants, including a number of the
physicians and town authorities." It
also staies that "the panic in the sur
rounding community exceeds any thing
of kind we ever witnessed. The
trade ot the town is almost entirely
stopped. Our stores and thops stand
open without customers, and a strange
quiet reigns in our hitherto busy streets.
Ibis is May court-week, but suttor6,
witnesses, and many of the jurors have
f-tilud to appear; no causes have been
tritd, and none will be tred, unless
some scamp who is indicted and bound
to appear on thisState's day) shall take it
in his head to come. On l uesda) a
day when our streets are usually ciow
ded with citizens who come up from all
pans of the county to transact business
and to interchange saluta'tons there
were not a hundred persons present.
"Fair Ground" where tobacco, cakes,
beer, pies and other noions, to say
no'hing of ond liquor, are dealt out on
1 uesday ot coor! to a dtnse and jolly
throng of customers was debited
ioi a soul was seen ti.e;e. it was
desolate as the streets of Tadmor of
the desert."
As an "ounce of prevention u better
ilun a pound ot cure," we advise our
mends to adopt measures 10 prevent
this disease spreading in tin coiumnm
ty should it reach here and that it will
visit us we think it highiy probably, tor
it is at the South and also at the North
In view of its reaching us, we pubn
the lull wing mode tor preventing its
progress, whicr is copied from a South
Carolina paper:
Vaccination is so far from being un
t iversally adopted, that it is, at all times,
a matter of fear when it ia a
announced
that the small pox has made its appear
ance in the neighborhood. In this
country, the contagious character of the
disease is universally believed; and the
violent measures which have been la
ken with patients, have been iu many
instances, disgraceful. It is not many
years since a poor wagoner on the high
way, in Georgia, was known to have
the small pox. Some courageous fellow
ihrew down a fence through which he
drove to a barn into which he entered,
where he lay neglected and died with
out, so far as 1 have heard, the presence
of a human foul. His burial was as
savage as his treatment ; a torch was
applied to the barn and it was burned
down. But little less savage has been
the practice in other places. 'I he suf
ferer with small pox, has been with us,
too frequently a doomed man. Those
whose humanity have induced them tovi6
it him, have been forbidden their own
houses. Even the phj sician has been
made an outlaw and avoided; as if his in
tercourse with the sick constituted him an
embodiment ct pestilence. That a
great part of this fear is groundless,
ought to be known to the world ; and
that the common calls of humanity
should never be denied to the victim of
this disease, ought to be a fixed princi
ple. When the small pox makes its ap
pearance the individual in whom it has
appeared, if he is a traveller, should by
no means be allowed 'o proceed. ' His
wants should be provided for at the near
est convenient point. He should be
placed in some location where he can
be separated iron: others to a distance of
thirty feet or more ; and no cruel at
tempts to send 6uch individuals into re
mote and lonely places, should be made.
It will seldom be necessary to remove
the individual be)ond the precincts of
any town or village in wmCh the disease
may appear, lie should be placed in
the custody of individuals who have
had the small pox, if such can be found:
if rot, those who have been vacc.nated,
may perform this duty, with pericct
safety to themselves, and but iittle dan
ger to the -community. Great care
should he taken in bringing an- thing
from the sick. The matter ot the in
lection may produca the disease, either
by being applied lo the suriace pf an
individual, or placed too near for breath
mg its odor with safety. 'Ihe articles
that must needs be brought away, re
quire no further cleansing than the or
dinary use of soap and water ; and
nothing is intected except by tbe actual
application of the matter of small pox.
Ihe hanging of clothing in the same
room with the sick does not convert that
clothing into a means of transmitting
tne disease, ihe caie necessary to a-
void the transmission of the disease will
hardly be observed by nurses or atten
dants. These should remain at home
neaj the pattern. Nor is it necessary
to destroy the clothing of patients or at-
tendants. All are rendered .clean by
the ordinary operation of soap and
water.
The physician whose duty calls him
to attend to patients under these circum-
s:ances, shoulu be exceedingly careful
in the mode of proceeding. Many
have in the performance ot this duty, in
tected their children and all should be
informed of the safest means of entering
into, and safely leiving the abodes of
the sick with small pox. The sugges.
lion most commonly relied on, is an ex
change ol clothing on entering, and pur
ting them oft on leaving. Such clo
filing is generally mnde loose and flow
ing and more apt, th3n ordinary raiment
to come in contact with the matter of
small pox. I am decidedly of the opin
ion that such arrangements increase
rather than diminish the danger. The
physician should carefully avoid com
ing in contact with anything in the
room. He can perform his duty with
out any contact except the hand ; and
this he should always take tie greatest
care to cleanse before leaving the room
At the door, a charge of shoes for a
pan that should never leave the place,
will be prudent ; and these are all the
precautions I have found it necessary to
use. 1 have in this way, made many
v8its to the sick with small pox, and
have never had reason to believe, that I
brought from these visas any portion of
the infection. We weed ot add much
on the subject of avoiding the propoga-
tion of small pox. Those who have
been exposed to its contagion, in a way
loo aianilesl to admit of -caee, should
be instantly vaccinated it that be posi
ble. 1 w.ll not surest a resort to in
noculauon, because vaccination is, or
ouirht to he, possible under almost any
circumstances which may arise; ou
should the time occur in which vaccina
non shall not be possible, a resort to in
noculation would unquestionably be
proper.
A Singular Transaction We find
the following notice of a very singular
cise in the last number of the Indiana
State Sentinel:
The marriage of Mr Henry Apple and
Mrs. Sarah AppJe was solemnized at
the clerk's office in this city, (Indiana
polis,) on the 7th inst., by Judge Smith,
one ot the Associate Judges of this
county. Mr. and Mrs. Apple have
been living together some twenty years,
and have raised a large family of chil
dren. Tlieir re-marriage was made
necessary by the following mysterious
train of circumst uices, as we learn by a
friend who was present at the examina
tion ot the case in the Circuit Court now
in session in thi city. Mr John Apple,
many years ago, left this county as a
volunteer to the Black Hawk war. Du
ring his absence, a traveller passed
through the county, who informed Mrs
A. that her husband had been killed ;
that he, the traveller, had aided in bury
ing him, and had marked with an axe,
the tree under which he was interred.
Apple did hot return, and no doubt was
entertained by hie wife or her friend of
his decease. Time pasesd on, ind
nothing was heard to discredit be navel
ler's story, and Mrs. A., after having
continued for a proper length of ttmo
in a state of supposed widowhood, was
formally married to Mr Henry Apple,
a farmer of this county. A few months
since, it whs authentically ascertained
that John Apple was actually living !
A divorce was obtained by Mrs. Apple,
and he wos re-raarricd, on Mouthy
last as above stated to Henry Apple, the
man with whom she had beer, innocent
ly livii-g for many y-ars past, as her
supposed hushand. We have heard of
no cause assigned for the singular man
nerin which the first husband acted.
The Pine tree Insect. Some weeks
since, we mentioned that the insect
which was so destructive last year to
the pine trees in this, as well as other
parts of ihe country, has re-commenced
operation with the warm weather. We
htjve recently, to our very great grati
fication, been informed that the tuow
of the noddle of last month had the- ef
feet, as is supposed, ot checking the -vit
in a grcai degree, and, in cotj-mction
with another caue, will, it is generally
supposed, arrest it altogether. This
other cause is the appearance in im
mense swarms of a large fly, which
attacks and kills the insect. 1 his may
seen, a strange statement, but it is as wo
are assured by men of veracity, strictly
true. Wilmington Chronicle.
The last of the Rtd Coats. -The
London papern briefly announce tho
death of the oldest commissioned offi
cer in the English army, Field Marshal
General Sir George Nugent, K. C. B.
at his seat at Great Mario- His nge
wns ninety two. lie entered the army
as ensign in the 21st regiment in May,
1773, when he was only seventeen
years old. lie came with his regiment
to our shores, in tbe early part oftho
revolution, and served in the expedition
under Sir Henry Clinton and General
Vaughn up the Hudson in 1777, when
forts Montgomery and Clinton were ta
ken, and lisopus, or as it is now called.
ivuigsion, was burnt, lie participated
in other batis during the war,and at tho
peace in laa had risen to rmk of
lieutenant-colonel. He terved under
the Duke of York in Holland, and wan
a short time in the peninsula. He w.-as
one ol tl'-j lourteeu field-Marshal s ot
England at the time of his death, and
the last British officer who fought a
gainst us in the revolution.
'So old Dr. Quill is dead, said Mrs
Partington, as 6he pot an extra piece
of butter to her bread; 'they do say that
he died of information on the brain
but they musn't try to make me believe
sich an unprouable tory as that in
formation on the brain, truly ! whv he
was ihe greatest fool 1 know on 1 can't
help laughing at his presumptuous ig
norance ; whv. dicn't he. at ono of h:n
lectures one co'd n'ght last winter, try
to make me believe, together with the
rest of a large and spectable ordinance,
that the sun was then nearer the earth
than it would he in the hottest day in
summer ? and didi.'l he try to suppress
on my mind, when he cMed on me, thai
time was money? Oh, the dolt! Why
there's cousin Slow he ha3 h:s who!e
time he never was known to do any
thing but lodf and the L..rd knows
how poor he is. Oh, y u can't make
me believe sich sinff. 1 wonder what
will carry me off, if he oied of informa
tion !' and she aroe from the table
flushed wiih excitement. Boston Post.
03"The Siamese Twins are exhibit
ing in New York, to Urge crowds.
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