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F :": THE NOlCTfl-CAEOmi STAIi I ..TWIU J. LElt Mil X wg MU3A"rawtrfBl ! titelltrtml, moral m. pardril mimitt, Ut hj f wr iliti w fcat f wr tfftttloi. ;; V ' 7 " ' VOL. XLII. TEH MS. If ' 3 v"' " a.-, ti U t '""-"? " ,.J.. L- 'IH I . ADVKRTI8ISO. I Sqoare (1 ")'"' """". 1 d J eeof fcr -eli -ber uwertio.. ' - iHICDlTDRlL. We ropy the Mowing article from the -Soil of the South." a new agricultural work oublished Columbus. (5a. We do it Fat. Because the article themselves are liia- beandPIPril tliia, tion; iii. t nai nodrra who ha not met Willi the wor ojB NATIVE PLANTS. Tliei i no country ricl'er in naiur.it Ireatt- ties than th Southern portion of thee I nited 8ta'e.nd etpectally is Georgia, rionua and Alabama. lb lnu 01 iron ami nowers , anu vet. what t amounta of money do we annu ally wnd abroad for the purchase of flower ina plants. ndfmil-bcaring vines. -when ttr in if,n and valley elen are clad in uh wild liinU'it bemie. the Persian or Chinese nevfraaw. We have recently read i under a btiriiing mm, as any other. The n account of an exhibition of American plants i W'W ones n to-.tk from the high niai in the in England, at th 'American garden near I,on- j woods, and lliey ruuiilnm sund the full rays iton, which attracted thofsnnds and tens ofif the un. When the ptantnlion is once thousands f visitors, and was the wouder and j made, they may be cultirnted on the same diniralion of aU beholders. Vhy shall not iproimds f,.r twenly year!. l'e the hoe free- Americaii establisn an wiuiericoii garden: nd especially, why shall not we of the flowe - elolhed the naked earth ? Surely American should henhle to look upon Ihe vegetable pro - jk...,:.i ..t Ihcir land without travel line (' IUltllo ... T Eiimp for it. Wltclher it be in the maos-ei p (fw, or the ihoiisand blooms of rainbow hus,or Ihe thonsandi of life-prcserviny herbs. ' j trailing vlies, or cereal grains, or wild Pomona's fruiuC Our mouiiains abound in rhododendron, azalias, laurels, and thousand of other frees and planla, which nnlv need to he seen to be adiuin'd. Our valleys teem , with the maenolia, the bay, the tulip Iree. and ! .. tiindreds pfolliers, with thousands, upon ihoii .: " ads ofirav. beautiful and usefid plants, which i bow only '" "Bloom to blush unspen. Ad wsste their sweetneis on Uie desert sir. Are there not ciliiens of wealth and p-vtri- ottsitt nmonf Tit sufficient w eollnct: these treasure ot nature, and propctc from t'lein by the establishment nf a suitable g-irden. where Ihe whole botany of the oul!l might he assembled ! But, perhaps, it may be too T it an ttndiiriikiiig f ir an imlividn vl ; are ihere none of.these Southern Slaj' that .will, d nlerek it f or if States are fearful lo h-?i. lale 'the people's money to btivfil jms'e '!. will not the Smilhurn Centra! Agricultural So ciety take the mailer in hand, and build up a motnim. lit lo ItlB ' Hottth, -alike . -MtditaUlnJJi her love of l.cllfy- anil patriotism! SlmulJ litis lie done.'lwenifr ears will not hate ua?:. c ,u .... mnii nniiiniraiH in n;ifriiu, , iiii. m, mtivii rum ,:iiiii,ri utr rrounds, set oparl and appropriated lor the '""'1 injaking the plants up, to get all the fib- Rroaninjf about the DnoiTH of the past letnn. nurpose! all llu Srtre. beautifid and tjsrful 1 ,0U' .wojj of. the plants, and plant them just Wb tike ii, that tliia' is no answer at all ; .' .i.j,i,. K,,tu, , "nlii, Taa thev came fjouu 'aJta-MSHm4' wttti thwrhnm- Theiasr Will a 'lln'e 'Wheat season'. Those titailis, tret.:, fiii,"o Jv,v..7x..-w ,fc,. j - ; Lkii. - iY.ij Father's love has so bratitilullv ! aiid roots sweadinz iu all direction. Should who sowed that grain in this, au l all the sur ert wa',.)ef nqsillis iroio every Ciime waamattTitej-rrt -Tts -mnfsr " i . .i n I (.: I i. i I I ' r . r one to worship al litis floral shrine, and I Southern lloruv.ulturi.1 Botaiiical t.irr n would be eagerly soughl for by every lover n( nature, from the highest lo the lowest walks of life. "Oome, tillers of the soilAe the plow has destroyed ell the Qalive beauiiei of our land, collect and pr( serve those gems planted 4lief-by tlf---(lrtgrVf ftrwh - But of w hat use tan all tJiU be '. says t'le plodding "n of Mammon, It would be of no use to men wilhonl souls, w ho ce.n only esti iii tte happiness and nroperity bv 'dollar and dimes, lint lo those who can see God in the W'iW-woWf itwtil)la ' retine. It would teach our children "to wok throach nature up to nature' God;" it would inspire a lore of Iwnne and country, and leach us to bless God that the rugged earth we have to till for bread, halh blessed dowers thai re fleet his smiles, upon our sweating palbway. Nor is 'hi all. The thousand fruits connect ed with flowers, could not trseape cultivation ; new varieties would be discovered and dis criminated, and this garden would be the meamrtjf permanent-and lasting good, ns well as a living beauty, to each and .every ciiizen of lhis suuuy South. TV'e have often heard foriignoetrs express astonishment at the neg lected beauties ofonr vegetable kingilomrand we are not aware that any larjiT! collection of Amartesn plant can be found except in Eng land. ' . Wt have -en our native plants purchased in France under soma high sounding name, and brought tack again to Ill's land of their nativity, let it have ground and gardens where all can be brought to their highest per fection, where science can unite with skill in davfinptng all ihJir usefulness and beauty-- and where I so fitting a place as the laud of their creation and birth f We have no definite idea of what kind of arrangements should he adopted to carry out so desirable a plan as the one proposed", bnt hope to stir op the people to the importance of the . matter, and then it will be lime to go more into detail, itttowjd aovetuch measure meet with the politic favorM Jiicmrvto yuurscn, amu reauer, ufie or two madred acres, set in all die forest trees, the frutl. and the flower pf llic Son :ty what ? plcndid apeelavlc!.; Here flower anAfnrtts from the mountain and the valley meet to jreiher, and perfume from the hill lop arid the glen kiss each other. Ah!. but the cos!, ihe cost, we hear echoed all around tis. What rnst'er il what it cost, o we have the mejns. We owe it to ourselves, our country, and our posterity, to preserve the first plants of our virgin soil, and w may do It if we have lite wtil.- Who ever heard of a man refusing his mite ut the monument of the Father of hi Country! We here propose to build a great er monument one to the g real Father, of ih lioi vsrae, inscribed in living, glowing letter Peace, Love, and Good Will lo men. -ie a..- LL- . ftraiwar.RitiF.. Those who would have Ihia delieioo fruit for next season's eating. 15?1''jiT,liSiji'f.f Iransplanling ; lhroagU all this laottttr and th next, is the okwI fa vorable season for planting out strawberry viMs-io th . South, although- they mar jto planted out with safety, a lata aa March Where a new bed ia to bs made, select, if Pible, a piece ol new land, frerfh from ihe wood. It depend much upon what varie ''Oars Dlanted. about disUnces: the Urm fruiting aiasj rsoahiflf Miitv'Tuoiii ''ilulr the) bout two (est apart, and about one foot apart " the tew r. the ground ahouU bs ploursd Of paded deep and enriched with aiiy decompos- j 'g vegetable substance, such i I-"rVT . "! mar.to Tor t.nFir.inH iiiiiuir,iiiii wr fjwiB mow ii . , . t win inn nm. ,r' "c 'wurrry love a cool.mniat I locality, and deep, pornu. soil. In plant- ' ig lira berry bed, select such .arieii... .. , are known m near our burning aims. W have found ilie re llnvey s seedling a . nerfoct Salamander $ the Ross Pltonii is anoiher vari. past season has given m i hirh omninn .u ' of Hurr't New Piiiaj it ,., ,linj Uip j urougni equal lo iiovet a' and in a prolific bearer, and or exquisite flavor. In hunting around to find impregnation for (lie piatillaie varieties, we lnunil some nroniiainir nlanu in tliB woods around m, and flallsred ourselves! Lrnai we nad now a native tliat would aland ; dmuglrt, hut we were doomed to disappoint- meiil, for the hot weather in June literally Killed lite plsnls, while the llovey. and Burr's New Pine, did lot even wilt. " There it much, in the way that a plant has been Jtovrys seedling highly manured, and forced ' jiiumt-u in us wiiiisimiinng urouetits ; were ' j fo a rinR grnwth, they would wilt as soon mining me ines runine nut me plants ' when loo thick, leaving them to decay where' I weather prove veiy during the traus. 1 pi.'min v, iter neeiy. ('kapks .N ative a.vd Foxkion. We ha netiied a box of grapes from our friend, S. jwdl insist on con rerti nj JJ'ioHjjrHin ants into "SvrtjT.-.-of -MarOT,-tiii;-aTIiTJnTii7tr! pWeo!tinTa'mlW-y' 'their' grain ere blue liiirgundy.lVvereux, and a na'ive vanciy, which we ilutll call hour .Sre:!lu. ' i -iif grapes nil came in l'otoi onier, anil all ( ilU; ciuntry on Rhortal'nwance. 1 Ins is iihs were delieiou ; but the in live trap-nltoireih-! erahie policy; and in the long run the farmer er surpassed lite foreign, in richness and deli- j is injured by it. Tim little cotton for which ca;-y. 'J'he native or Kosn's Si'dloig as ; nil the adva'nlaires of raisin? abundant supplies w e now hall call il, is a good sized very 1 ar.- sacrifice!1, does not compensate in a se dark grape; hunches set thick upon the ine!t;CJ 0f years. And strange as it jnay tfsnr, and very eoinjiacf. " We have never sen its, although every farmer you talk to adiuil as superior. it e -rccnmmrnu ineiiii nose to : propagate liiuii it extensively, and should it prove a !oni; lived plant, it will lake the place of tlic Catawba and ihe U alx lia, anil our Ma bile friends uevd uot go to lvuropu for Tin va rieties. n.(HAi Hri'Ait'rMR.vr. Tills is tioi murli of a ntoiiih for flowers, but our fair readers may prolect, and keep in bloom ihe Dahlia nn'.il front. Dahlias that .luive ia;n aimiw bnriH bp by late ihctughts will now pjt on their mb-a of beauty again. Jut out all the old bloom'. If you would keep ihem always iu full bloom never allow hem lo go lo seed. There an f;-v flower mnrd,,dMt.l..ttWj . Aili.iiivi m,i ,i tiio-ii. . allure llonrish, . m al-: de.r vnrte ies. thousand iiinsl auv Auuiau- o.L noes. , ex ,vs,ie lortn, entitle n to a ron' j ,.,.!,,,,(!, fat herds, and the pleasure of pro sp.eous place m every flower garden. Il ,s j (upj ,,,,, whnl j, ncelM a, homc, than a mislaken no;in l m mare the Dahlia high-, tnr .u!,an Vwte, ,0 for ,ie blessing of liber ly. Sliniu'atmtr nrmure will make vigorous ! ... : ,, im , ., ..,,,. .,! K.-erv mm weed and few Howe s. A aandv so, I suns ihem besl, produeinj ihe greatest number and ihe most lijrfeel , lilijojns, lytxtcaiit-Ui niiriwiug from the ll.iltimnre 1'iirmtr: l . l. : l I... 1 : l... 1 Jicsr.f may ue nil ii:hoitu iiv iuviuuk, "nil- . ,. 1 a i . ' "i . .i ing early, shonlfl in 'fepotteil ibis mouth, lo l,Jtn' 'hem vvijl est:iMb-he(l. t'c!t!;t)itlii:a, -.N'Vionln lias. Mignonette, www - A'rrtl!iww 4c:rmF'Woir for winter blooming t also the different stock Gillyflowers. Chinrn'rimrises. Shift now into pots for flowering, and sow seed for a fresh stock. Pilurgon'.uiM may lie headed down to wiihin two or three eyes of the old wood. Do no: give loo much water till they liegin to grow again, or ihey are apt torol nil". Seed may bs sown in pots or boxes in suitable soil. I.rmoni and Oranget may be budded this mouth. Gloxinias, .iehiminrt, and such like, keep in a shady pi cc, and re-pot in suitable sized pot fot blooming, those that are likely to blo rni this season. All greeahnuse plants w'll require repot ting, and sacli as require it. should be headed down, n give litem a proper shape. Give lhe:n plenty of room, and occasionally water with liquid manure will be a great benefit lo their growth and also add much lo the appearance of the foliage. As planiing is all done nut of doors, it is only rniuis. re to keep ths bordur iir g."d or der. - Sow t!ie"seeds of herbaceous, perennial and biennial plants for flowering nexi year in the open ground, as Lychnis, Drneooepoalum, Dnithle Waljflriwerr, Carnations, IVnslemnhs. Statiees, Phloxes, Ac. They make strong plants by the fill, and will be able lo stand the winter. In the sprint lliey ran bo trans i . i -.i i. 1 . j:c!....i... plated without the least difficulty. ALABAMA. " We take tho fuilowitij humirotn "advice'' from th Chambers (Ala.) Tribune, publish by J. J. II loper, formerly of North Carolina. Soinoofit, perhaps, miy not l3 inapplicable y lo his native State. A I) VICE GRATIS: It will b? seen by th rap'ion thitw charge nothing for this advice.' This reason why, is that it pertaiwHo :iHjeci agricultural, whereof it is prtsttrncl thai we are pro foundly ijnuranu ' our advice msy be worthiest and o wa pri it. Wa think we can say sftmc llitrig that will hear a irl kiiig reseinhlanec, at least, to the troth; and if we do, our farming aViends may ma e a dear profit out of this number of tho Tribune. And if so, that will he more than the m.nrt of them will do out f thtir ernp tb present fMVafhaill'j3h&jm)t, lhougbttl)a;t oite.. gricuStural friend may wake more out of one number of our bill paper tirau oulof hi whole erojv, tliTil!; clt'cirtfle Hf; wh!iutrjht"lia us try. Our appeal is Id the "farmfrs of Chamber. We are mad enotiire with tliu whole brood, al most to wish that the gripe of hnnger may get hidd of and intertwist their small bowels, lo fa? ilegtrt."' Ai WIW ,1 I" II , w a.v.v ' - " - - " - but the on or two w have are invincibly po leut. f-Fintly, wa ea't get any iiiiug to eat. Secondly, ttoaopt buz,. about Ihia town, can WEDNESBAT 3IOIIXTNG, OCTOBER -8, 1851 4 There are two good WO sufficient reasons why we should Tw Vteers -ft J th Tadv, were ehgaVrd in nrepirlns tiiMur- .j -.:.i. r "urawn U iffsrera with the larnier. Whose biiniHcs is it to see that peuiie (who huve the inuner to pay for prot tsioiw, which by the way we have mil, but we'll make a (food note at all -rt lime, for meal, meat, chicken potatoes, butter, and so forth.) (fet provision a pl)iit ? The farmer's, indubitahility. And "whose fault is it, then, that butter has become "novel and difficult," and chicken-pie an "ob solete idea!" The lanners can't dodeCLilie. responsibility' How comes il, that this bles-j seddav, we. our editorial self, are upon a short allorance of Montngomcry ground meal, Let the farlners take shame for it. Whois responsible for ihsr'Tacfk that Montornmery Grocers are selling 'iniadling" bacon, to fat mers in this coutitryt13 cents! Why these same indentieal, leather-headed, low-fenced, poor-horsed, half niggered improvident farmers, theiiiselves! Wc record it against, tliem, that here in Chambers, one of the best grain coun ties in hat Alabama, meal is worth front 80 to lOOoems a bnshtl, bacon 1.1 cents, hotter 3 cents, clucking oi me tenneresl age I a cents, and rf about S3 cents, if you count out the rotten ones! Ye god! Can human nal'.tre be expected to survive amid such a suito of things! Is it to be expected that we as an impartial journal ist are to allow sueh things to be. without words of plainest reprehension! Wo Irow not lint the answer to all these grievanci roumh'J country, received a most abundant return. What is the reason, llien, that Hour I is not, at once, plentiful and cheap, herea i..,i.t t i.:A.. r..M. I iruuin. ,1'iijiiv i-i-rtiiifj vui iiiiiiiiiii, . inn, in ', crop ftir a moderate supply, if should be a good one; ami every drouill .puts murh, not one in Tilly nut lollows tlietiiTvif Hon policy. 'I his county will buy, tne com- . ' .. ' I tl .L ' 11. C . inzwinier, nearly an me pots. lor m-xi year s eonsiiniption, at enormous prices Irom I enne-f-Hrovw df' indeed any hos Tortfinalely should be drii en here for sale. What a shame? We hope that every man that planted a small erop.nf corn -and a big one of cotton, this vear. may snfl'eT in the park niaikel. Al, sueh richly deserve tl A.g1inevejryolherrniU in ihU nnigli-1 borhooii is fixintf to move to Texas or l.ou isiana this winter. They are going to settle fresh land and wear Ihem out and then move again. I Hat is me policy oi our peo ple. They scorn ihe idea of inijtroviitir laud; wJ,re..lp.hnW:kSt.S'.etilUy. .. Th fl,r ,,U.a,a .10 a..-muea..ul uie.uiurJt)r. -ones We rimei j asant pomes, line , , ., ,i.,. ;, . -, self a great cotton planter, and would be iiisul- III.S a irii Tff ITwalf mj; jj'jjjj' iKatKs"'"rawcdir'wn t. Ho is a cotton plainer and unys.rign ugioii in uie service oi lion v arios, are - J ennesseo pork As for proilueinj smaller . I mailers in the provision line, for sale, he d knock you down, tf you hinted at such a tning All our people are "better raised" than thatvl of Chambers just as sorry horse mid mines, n yvi sheep and hogs, and are as giiililcss of selling beef, poultry, butter and Ihfl like, as Ihey are ill L"w'ndc, Dallas. Greene and Marengo. We aro entirely respectable in our way. We are cotton-planters. We have an agricultural Iriend in the low er part of this county who knows all about these things; and he has promised us to give his lirethcri n a rasping ou the mailers we have hinted al, and we hope he will go lo work immediately. Pitch it into 'hem with out mercy, and be sure not lo do it in an ag riculiuraf neriodieal, for our "Planters" are loo respectable to patroitire publications which might possibly enlighteu Ihem oajthe economy of larmiug; JiUCElUSEOCS. A THRILLING SKETCH. Itnt cch strikes singly, silently, and home. And sinks ontwesrieil, rstber tluvn o'eroorai-i His laet fsiut niiittance remlerina: with his breath, Till lbs btailo g'iinmers ia the grasp of der ! Utbov. LEOXARlHi (iAXHAUA ; oa THE SCOl'IifiE OK ORKNADA. V U. S. ItTXOND. Il was near lire close of a bright and beau tiful day in September. lS:li), ihat a t'oop of some thirty horsemen, in the showy uniform of the third reimt,nt of lancers, and com m in led by a gallant looking odicer, who might have numbered' thirty summers, einVrge.1 fioin a wild mountain ivsj, so deep and narr.iw, llisjt the dayarf pin. and iimbrageoiis cork trees which grew on cither hand lo the verv edge of the ovcrh mging eliir. locked their branehei over the black gorge, and shut out every ray of soidight from it gloomy depths, aloi.g the ho'tom of which ran a moui.uon ".ream, al Ibis season of the year nearly dry. Perhaps tvveiuy of the horsemen had dis mounted near a huge cork Iree winch grew in the centre of a liule open glade omc two htin- dreu yarus trnm inn rnirance oi me uenir, whenomehidl'-dozen nlTiccrs, the golden trap ping! nf whose liorsrs, and their own gor gcous uniforms pr.ici aim ,'d them of high rank in the imperial army of Spain, came tbrih at a qniek pace Irom be briiel gofgWi'illii! by tile side of lite larcaial turk amu-s nun ei bl, commanding presence, rode a magnificent erealure, u exquisitely beautiful thai the seemed rather a creation of some majic charm than a being of mortal mould. The girl rode a jnwe.-ful charger of pur Andihisian blood, black as midnight, and fieri as ie wild mustang of the prairie. ' And yet o perfect! v trained was the tioble 'animal, that tfeseefljved aj-wwilevsiiswt'iev-sjs'wvtlsL fttnj-evca tire MighUtsI liioliou ol her hand.. : , The lady and her gallant escort draw rein: under the orlb Iree . wbera . tli ...Uooper had just dismounted, and within fire minute the dwhole party, atteerifftd" thV with the etteepiion of the of!!- .1. - . their evening mesl. " I his has been a tedious iiy's,msrcli, Don Santiago," aaid the young officer who com manded the advance guard, addressing the one who had ridden by tliu side of the young la dy, and w ho wore the rich uniform of lieu-lenant-t-eneral, heavy with gold. " It has indeed, Senor Colonel," replied ihe general, "but if I lona Mmetta shrinks' not Irom ihe hardshins of this nimred ionrnev. little need is here for us to cnnml.in. .km. ;lio'ast is that half our lives have been passed j in the saddle," , "I meant not to complain, Senor General," quickly rejoined ihe Colonel: "it was only on ihe lady's account that I spoke." " We all know thai you are ever consider ate of the ladies," said' the general in a good humored tone, "but we. and Dona Minetts. too, hare more to fear fintn a sudden attack from the fipree bandit chieftain- Loonanto Gandara, aurnamed the" Scourge of Grena da whose hejitlqrtsrfeni is somewhere in lhi neigliborhood, than cause to be discouraged at the hardships and privation which we mul necessarily encounter on our ji.ur.iey. They say this Leonardo bear a charmed lilW, prool a?uinst steel or lead, and that he i generally accompanied by a hundred ruffian as fear less as himself. But come, Antonio, our din ner j 'lis growing laic, and we have four long leagues before us ere we r.Meh, a plac: of shel ter for the night." icarely bad the jrfieral ceased to speak, when the sharp report of a carbine was heard near "by. and the Kissing ball scattered the rich bullion from hi shoulder in every lirec lion ; mid before Ihe as!ouihed officer and their troop eould .gain iheir feet, a band of more. than a hundred ferocious looking villians xh.it'i (llftlied iip tliem-fci-tle dense thieket which skineil the I armeu in trie loom, anil leil on bv a einnt eo"er- ai little glnde the aason'and eriiumiuced the work of indiscriminate slaughter. One half of the little escort fell under the murderous discharge of their deadiy rarhines, and the remainder were fast being cut d jwn by the reeking sabres of ihe ferocious robbers. The noble looking general and his five companions drew their swords with tho de termination of defending their eharee at all hazards troiu the furious assault of the fierce brigands. All thoughts of escape were vain, for lliey were hemmed in on every side by a hedtre of men and horses, and flashing ateeL The last man of the little troop was down, and fifty gleaming blade menaced Ihe half dozen brave ollieera who surrounded the beau tiful girl, fighting With -the energy wt drspatr. The handsome' cabinet nagger backward. and sinks lo Ihe earth, wHh lit bram dashed tint .bjtahc.haUtlot..-lwMty. sarliino, -wieliled- by a sturdy robber. Another full beneath a tremcn loiis blow from the sabre (if a br'ginil chief, and but four of all that gallant band re main to defend the lovely maid n against a hundred strong armed ruffians, who never knew lucrcYt and whose horrible trade is At t)t rcry moment Wttert all seemeno6l,' and maun despair nnej Ilie hearts ol the brave general and his gallant companions, a wild, thrill yell rings out from the adjoining thicket. and tho next instant there i heard a tramp of I horses, a crash as or a thunder gust, and be ) fire Ihe astonished robbers recover from their ! sudden surprise, a hundred horsemen in the dart' green nnTforin 'iriit Jiaifngu'ihheir a for- upon them. Ihe eommanter of Ihe legion, so young and handsome that he seems almost a boy in years, dasues forward upon a milk wiltite slee.l, and, hand to baud, engage lite It is a strange, exciting scene j that boy warrior, delicate and fair, almost ns-vMan, nrniiy iHsiridiiig mat beautiful white war horse, and doing battle wilh the giant nndaw, who guides hi coil black charger like a mod ern centaur, while he plie hi sweeping blow with a lavage lury that each moment uVeat- ens destruction to his slender antagonist. Five minutes has the fierce coiubat contin ued, and full seventy of the mountain bri gands have gone down under the resistless blow of the Csrlm s sabre, and stilt the deadly combat betweeu the young command er of the legion and the robber chief contin ue. Twice ha the lithe aleel nf the gallant stranger in ihe dark green uniform drawn "Thlood-froin hi stalwart er.etny, and twice ha the trenchant blade of the foaming robber passed almost within a hair breadth of hi adversary throat. Al length, taking instant adrantane of an unguarded moment on the part of tho young Carlist leader, the enraged chief drive his reeking spur rowel deep into lbs quivering flank of hi nohle (teed, and at the same mo ment aim i deadly Wow at the unprotected head nl In oaring assailant. God Iwlp the generous stranger now! that sweeping blow will certainly hurl him to de struction. No quick a thought he rein bis trained horse back upon hi haunches, add the nig inj sabra of the robber chief smote only the iron shod hoot of his own noble war horse, In an instant, before the giant can recover from ihe impetus of his mighty blow even as hi bl ck plnmn mingle wilh the (lowing nYnna of his sable courser 'he glittering blade of l ie young tjaxlul chief quiver in the (iiulight like the lightning' flash, and ihep its ke?n edge descends upon the bared neck of ihe doomed wretch, erasing through bone and muscle, a though Ihe Ivright steel had en countered but lbs frail web of a spider. For a moment th needle trunk sways lo and fro in the saddle, while a Crimson foun tain poui 1 op from 'ilia, severed neck, and dream down lite side of the noble animal, a shower bath of human giite. 'Ti but a mo ment, tor Ihe next the body topple over and fall heavily to the ground an inanimate corpse. ' . Thti perished Ihe terrible freebooter, Le onarilii Ganilara the .Vroar( t firtftaJa. who had for more Ihaa ten year infested the mm ills i n -abwnT-Thiatctf nf th Gaar d dquiver, setting at defiance all law, human or ,divine.t. and jutceMuilly maiuiaining .Jb!a position against whaisvar fores ilie govermeiu bad been ablu to s-nd (gainst him. Put what of ths brave champion In the green Uniform ; he who ha but this moment (lain the powerful robber, for who head the Spaoiah. government ha offered a reward of he Iv-apt from bis borne, and approaches the astonished general and bis companions, the miihi'tid'homai -formuAitii grajpiog both hi hands, vtbik ait look up inio his handsoms face wijj her whole aoul beaming from her dark, lustrous eves as aha mumn " I' ear Victor, this is the second time with in a year thai your bravo heart and ready hand has aved me from destruction. I ran only repay yoa with a life's devotion. Come! my father will be proud lo grasp the hand of Ihe brave man who has twice saved his daugh ter's life, and once his own." " Father,'" continue th lovely girl, aa ah lead the handsoms young hero towards the wondering group, father, you behold ia our bravo defender the gallant ' American, Don Victor Lincoln h who, a lew month einee, al the risk of hi own life, snatched me from the flame and the hand of aa infuriated rab ble al Cardova." In a moment tlie nobis Spanish General hold the young American lo hi heart. Af ter a pause of a few Moment the yooni man speak I need not inform you. cVoor Uaearal, Lat I and any brkvo fellow her belong to the Carliat (Tart v. or rather did so beloc the can wa Anally crashed, and auto that tints we nave been wanderers in these mountain, eeking an opportunity to leave the country. ' A few day sinec, when the new reach ed us that the government would freely psfilon all who stioolil be instrumental in rapturing or destroying the notorious miscreant, lton srilo, we determined to win ths favor of the Spanish Government, and set out in search of the common enemy, whom we had nearly overtaken when he o suddenly atlackcil your troop." . ' L " Higb! t:t.a'!yJi3ve you won theawx ol t'tir young sovereign, my noble preserver, exclaims the General, again embracing the young American, "Don Santiago T banes, Duke of .Murcla, is not altogether powerless at the court of Madrid. You need not fear lo accompany in', with your bra re fellows, -IKitrVirtnrr 1 HW TirMMf"WyViy'i6tiie capttol. rhree months' have gone by since that ter rible encounter there in the little mountain glen, and o:i bright morning, early in the month of recetnber, Victor Lincoln catno forth from the cathedral of Madrid, dressed in the gorgeous uuil arm of a olone) m the imperial guariU, and leaning oil hi arm was the magnijieitn Mmetta, daughter of the no ble Duke .of Mil re! a, who limked smilingly up into his free, and called him " HrBAn." 1 1 1 "l H A I 1 1 U 0 1 K I K I T J'lank Ho ul Meeting: MEETING AT BANKS', WAKK COUNTY. Pursuant to nrcvbxis notio', a Plank Bond meeting wa hsld at Mnj. A. O. Dank', on Sat urday ths 13th ultima. tn mottunriilnt. A, xt. nank was eatwn; to A thTftirrnd N. JiWyattand TUomasO. W-bit- aker aDnointsd Heeretarie, The object uf tli moating was briefly explain. "(I by ths ttimrinan, wncn Jumos tsanta, r.q. i f Faretteviila. was called on to addraa th maetinc, which he did at eoma lenilh, and In a manner well onluulated to refloot credit on him self and the meeting, , . - - "-fasjvfc" Ppeinr. rtTomrjertandj-ww tbeS iaTtel fltt to HiTiTfoSli Uin nieeting, and was followed by tut. hucles, huginer irum rayettevills. Tba call wua Uien made for Col. Thomas 0. VVbitaker, who rasnonded briefly ana forcibly; Mr. Hanks then inado some additional remarks, as did some other also. On motion th moetin then adjourned, tu meet azain at Adams' It C'favt.m' Mills, ou Sat urday th 27th or tvptemtier, -mst. T. O. n niTAKia, 1 N. J. MrATT, r fitKreiarie. MiETIKO AT MRS. BARCLAT'fk Pursuant lo Publie nolics, a large and respeo. tablo number of tli citiaeas i wf ths Counties of ;CitBtshuMiV Wk4 Mtm iswr'-raaaVitt Mra. Harolay's, (Barvlaysvills.) on Saturday ths SUtfa uliiino, whon, on mutiou of Mai. Anih'dMuLean, of Fayettevlile, Col. Areb'd McNeill, of Cumber, laad, wa aoaaimoasly called to lbs Cbair, sad N. J, Myatt, f Wax, and Stewart Pipkin, of Cumberland, raqunted to not a Noeretarios. The object of th meeting a"aa then fully er- plained by th Chairman, lo b to assist th bl soterprij alraady in proitross. of sonntruot- ing a Plank Road from Fayntteville to Ralelgb, in the moat direct and practioubla rente, by Ih "Joint tit wk t3timBnv." ' " -. ' V After the Chairman had rasa mod hi tsf, al Call was mads for Col. Thomas U. WhitakeT, of Wake, who mpondod briefly yet forcible, and. then Introduosd to ths anesting William II. Hsigb, m at Fayettaville, who antsrlained th moetingfor amn lim, with a moat xeellent spo? h, proving by arguiuent and faet th praetieability and advantag 'of oeb Road as the one proposed. John A. Hpears, Esq. of Cumberland, wa thsn loudly called for, who- promptly responded in manner well calculated to promote tlx in. teres! of th Knnd. Col. T. U. Whitaksr.of Wake, thsn introduced the following Preamble and Knsolntions, which aflat b jinz road and duly eotwidored, weroaoau iamoaly a4"jU t : Wnxsst', Th eonstruetton of th Plank Road from Kaysttsvills, to Italoih, already located from PayeUovill to Kinsbury, is d'eoed of in estimable sontideratioa ; and whereas, in 111 opinion of till meeting. It is of groat impor. taneo thai Ih said Road shall be located In ths most diraot and practicable routs between ths town of Fayetteville and th City nf Raleigh. Il'totreil, That this meeting hnrshy approves of the formntlun of the FayetUvill and Usl eiich Joint Btaek Plank Road Company, and will cordially eo.op-rst with them iu scouring ths speedy construction of iid Rond. On motion of MsJ. McLsurt, book were thsn opened lo roesiva sulMrrintioo fir til Road, wb mi about tcu tii .umn l dollar wa promptly suscib'l. C nl. Whltakor, of Taks oferod another Ra. In'.ion a follow, which wa onanuuoosly ado- led: v I ltri!imt. That Uii meeting reeiiwetrt'Ti. the President and IHrector of th "Joint timet piaak Koad Company," from Fayntteville torUl eijh, th importino of mtkinp Mrs. Barclay's, (or lian-laynult",) a sol tied point on said Road, and dirsot the Engineer to praceed immedtatoly to locate the Itovl rmm BreiaysvHl to sniwe point oa Caps Fr Rivsr, at or near McXoiir rerry. On motion. Rtnieti, That tli Chairman an point a Committee to solicit ubeription to lbs llofl'l. , . WkortirpoOK b. tMMi Mmr,Wi Ormn. C V, Barbtw, and. JisaielslcLeodj Ijw.TcHrior miUt-it trtrar Br(lYv(n M the"Kiv, and Dr. XT. lyoaeh. OI. T. Whitaker, and bimoa Kwiib, Esq. fntro this to RnJeigb. . ? f The thanks f the nieeting were"unrilmbus!y tn )ered to Mrs. Barclay, fur her hospitality and uirn on the occasion. - -A ke solution of tiianks wa voted fenanimona 1v lo the Chairman, for th able, dignified, and impartial manner 10 wnico n uau prcaiuoa yvvr , I , ' ,. L L , " - J this meeting, trei,''loWb''io-i'wvB4sm :ialeigktodixjjiaMrfj I'Ttfllr"': rolaeatoa to punusn ui procneoingv. , ARCU'I) MeNEILU CKatnmin, N.XMrsTr,. ttrcwaaT Pirafw, I - Chiiwi PiNTraicim-IntelligrnV eiuV in of all aaotion and all parties in the Stale, ara becoming united in a stronger and firmer band tor lb regeneration of th Stale. Reel and Party Whig and Democrat-tail and West will soon be term unknown in great, invincible nhalans. combined to push forward the improvement of North Car olina. Th jndiciiHi combination and e- liv employment of th capital, enerrv. skill and labor which has so long lain dormant or been frittered away within our border, will soon effect wonder astonishing to ourselvra. e only as "pull aU loawther" W make our native State what every pntriorie son of me fto oia mother wonlrt rave her. We take the rcpon1bility of nobrlshmg an ctlract W letter from distinguished ci liaen of h eastern part of th Stat to a gendeman of this place, -"Ik-ited by the erl cbralion of breaking gronnd on tho.-.N.G. HaiHsssd, the t rrh July last. - Though n-ra-trn man, and itUntiOad with the Democraiie party, -ha known no Cast or West, and no poliiiral disiinctiona, in hia olIe aspiratirm and effort for tho good of his Slat. And w are happy in the belief, that, there are ihouasnd like bim. Written In all th free dom of private'and friendly correspondence, it is a "gem of purest ray serene." Though w may differ from him In onr notion nf th policy of changing the ConstiUilioO oflhe State, we may all admit th honcdy, pttrl ntiim, Slate pride, And generous social epirit nreameu in every una. Il will mak ever North Csroliman who read il n little better cttiirn IIuul h wabeftre t Crrentbora' Pal. "It wns trnty gratifying to Isarn thsl jfir festi val nf th 11th- (July) went ff so well, snd esbs eisl'jr that so nuak hannnny aa4 such aa imtornt tabl spirit prevailed In th meeting af stnok hol Urr. I aced not Uill von how rlad I shonld have bssiy bj my preasnesv-ta- v vtrilsd"vlrrTid or evstulatioa to von aul other friend of th no- lil work. A visit to your towa ea aeh aa seea- sioa woum ear neea run nr pimsnr it would not siily bar niUilrd ate, In tk laagarf St I'sul, rj io villi thsm that do rsjole,1 hwi to hvs omI uwnv ol! my old and valaad (rrtads, t to kav furnisd tlia acaasluUnee af mssr oth- rs. An I, la this regard, i should aot bav u,uir sd of whtt political oaileXia they wcrs for, ri7 ( U U. jjJ opiniun, tint publle Hf wsulil os a cars, ana to Bs H)urJ, u it Uttsmmd witk tlis plvasurss vliluh flow from pur sad uamlxsd frienihlllps. ftist friendship wl.kh eoald tka b intorninted la not Mated in th heart, but th b'l i Its pnifession are of tli lip onl, and iu eurt nr lasts nn'y a long a tli oocaalon r intorsst that produced It '-" All praise Is dnsto'ths vsrtsra pVi pWfor fiiotr liberal eontrimilinns and personal effort la th ansa of th gnat North Carolina Road. It Is bat too foreshadowinc of what thev will b ah! to a oliisvs whra full aoop skill b alvsn to tlwtr bold spirit of MiCsrpriM vv th fKMsnslan af th ra sill ties anil inoonUrsa which hv bvea much to long wiinnem iron Tnwm. do rsoua nessrv mors, sad, tram my tnv, I wish tlisia-tn spsvili'-rrat' tiou of all uj desarv. TksHsnraoe that tills work will now b aomaplisksd assist (laddea Ih heart of vry true Uortk Carotiuwo. Jsrsoissly such a worx has tons bout nesiled ia North Caroti ns; and had w only been a tru. and a kind to oarsrlve at Providence hss been lo ns, wt skovld aois rallis sU th ntueftt of vldili It IsdosiMIvs -ttis tWMng. I bow look Is It a th gnat al aswi4iiOMas,f intiDsf iiaprnTsment; h wttt taks from th dsrasRoftus th mean of agitatioa maks nwav ashamsd of thtir to prthilter. aad awsksa a spirit that will earry aa forward aaid np- wura to tint bigu destiny wbos adsantaars alrea dy begla to nufobl thjenuntve to view. Mo Flat is mors snsmptibl of thos ties, social aad polltl al, whisk should band a popl together aad mak them oa la destiny aad Interest, thaa onr good old mother. With rrujier chsnuol of trs4uinitr rarytlHn5ui "'" grow up a homogansonasss of intorott and a spirit of fraternity that will maks oak and all look s a sornmoa food and determine lo abide a esmmoa deeUny. w shall thsn fcesr ao mors of Kaai aad Wast, a mar b ditrtd witk rivslslilp for power, a mora have ear ear assailed bv the harsh sounds at anrraeions tinker- iif af fsvtd-cewstitiirlThitb' vry bent, 1 verily believe, th wit of man ever devised, or nr ens sr au7 dvis t 1 wnald prasorv It forever a an oaaci., to whioh oar sittar Htatc might awh a pilgrimsgs fur sobium! and ioitroctlna ia th gen eral wreck wito wntca th universal rsiswtion (now la nragress) of ail th earb open the evil moral principles of sw asfurr mnst sooner or later overwhelm riiem. Bnt I am llldln Into aa Hast aad West questioa IV big aa yea ars, I kaoBsoo woWalergiW u bat I kav a treaty with myself waick I uontu not nreaa." Fr.nu th MouaUIa MILK SICK. "The greatest dincoveric ar th iniplesl,'' ; Philin Sins Miutick It i seen in the trnLs ol Jauhirin ih wig - wain ol Ilia Iniliaii: 11 nsually makes lis a pearanc when 111 sun is in thai sign of Ih Zodiac called Taurus, (the liull.J Every suhiuiH U prevails contiguous lo III Apila chian mountain. I hv seen it in Vir ginia, Norlli Carolina, and Ucorgut, U is found in Nor ill Alabama. Tennessee, and in all ths North Western Hulca. Thi dislenipoi eniaiiirnce willi lb eowj at lengih - Ih - dir nlagiou spread t man nisidiOB loci lie in imoush ou nur table, in our milk, butler, beef crawl into' palace of the rich, is foil keener than ser pent' toolh in ihe rsnehern of the cow-herd. W hersver lh butter snd beef from a milk- sick region ar eaten and used, there it is found. It commences its stcalihj march in sequestered eovesi remote places, inradrt the connlry, spread its mortality in onr popul ous cities, it origin is remote from seal of scmnes, from large masse of people, where professional men are rarely J,iund possessing ih requisite quaiilinitions lo give lhspublio s useful history of this dreadful sickue. I. very drove or eatile or firkin of butter Mil tart from an inlected loealitr, ar many arrow of death asnt lo a distant people generaling the most deadly disease I over saw, where patient and physician ar boih in ihe dark. . -1 -. . ,. I dava :ent ttiiiteen conseculir yeats eeing a d iodj iug thi distemper whk;h I am eonviiwed hasacnt, ia (coding, mora peo ple to -wit bourns iroin wiienc no travciior return, than any on y estil me that ever prevailed on Ihe American coiilnient. I be Igislaturs of Kentucky followed bv sever si oihors, hay oflVred liberal comeiifhtiiHi to f wwtild discover fvt publii ublish (udieienllv lekled. In thi laconic notice I can only throw out a km bints,-'l it- is wiwtey wymp-f torn so peruliai and rharacleriaiio they never can b mietiken. t have written a tilde book ready, for publication, w hich ahull anon be distributed over the milk-sick area, containing r tiontili of catlss, symptoms, and modus o- ... i'. . - ...I- e ii.f. - ' Thebulujf by time and tr importation h. come anor rancid" and virulent poison, kill mor in New Urlran (ban on Ih American KO. 41 bottom in Illinois. Th caul driven frorrl Ohio kill more in th Eastern cities than oA her own shore and lakes, beeaura il ia of th distentper that muscular action, excr- uoo, uevrK.pes and incresse th force of th -powon. Tlier is oaething consoling, a cur has been provided accessible to all. Lhl, b, ibi rtmniiHnt V by i. so lilde said of iheeomnt-imf tl can lull or nothing ha been known. It is oaiume Called an ananwlons caw, a bUlioul typhoid, a eongestirs fevsr men will adopt' any nod lo disguis ignorance. ' i Mna a Lynch. I tt t Rir.,.' Ui'KO I Th 1 Dorado News. ... r tS 9ih ivf Aagwst, eon tain the following f ', a cwirruay, at about z o'clock P. U two miners, Jim Graham and Alexander Lesltct were retummg to Greenwood V alios-, and waj Within a mile of that topping to rest, Graham asked Lesile lo lend ' him a needle and thread to mead his pattlM' . loon. AIW h had not thrrnirh iihk h returned it In 11 is and while It Was put ling It no Graham ahot him with a ahoi ' gun, five buck shot lodging; in lb back parti of Ih head and neck. Graham than robbed hun (sven hundred dollar In gold dust, and started for Macramento. In aboat half an hour Leslie, recovered (uffioient lo arawj t to a caban about a nil distant and cava thi alarm, when a party immediately set mil la ' pursuit oi uranaas, ana sueeeeded IH Captnr- . mg him about three mile below th plac, ' and reeoraring the 'goltk - - . tte wa liken back lo .GreenwnnJ V.H.v. hen a Vmirt of th neoDle waa called, a jury mf iwelv men chosen, and Ihe Irisl com menceu. Everything waa conducted irt ' tool and deliherat manner. After a patient hearing, which lasted trom 10 n'clock stniuhl titt ito-tofrm'iii4'A oou iv ' turireu wttn verdict of fuilty, and sentenced him to b hung. He waa allowed a fow " hoar lo prspars for death, and at 7 o'clock " ihia evening, wa taken lo a tree in the mac of the American Hotel, wlior be wa hung.' Urahant wa a tailor from Baltimore, Md. 1 Leslie is vol alive, but verv liitla hone nf hHtrecovwry art eoMiruiined. He ha-foib. . r and mother residing , in Rondleville, N. O, K Nf w Plant called th Vlcloria Regin- ' ia, l now a ft raeung a great many persons lo .' th garden of the eoun try .eal of Caleb Cone. " i Burlington eounly, .'h flowers of . un singular plant wren present most grotesque " eonfigurations, lomeiime likened to bead and bodie of animate, and ih stem tome- ' Urns presenting th form of tall jnie," and, at others, contracted into the moatrlum- ' Agurv). It is a nalivs of British (iuiajvs. - land waa recently inu-edticed wtw England," in Bust having flowered In Ih garden ml the Duke of ltvonhire in 1840. Mr. Cop procured Hi seed front England, planted it on ihe 10th of March lat, and on the 34th ' ol May it wa traniplatcd. when th leaf v JjMaatce. foair and a Uif im-hes. llp tn ihti tnd inst' it had produced thirty leave, th tnTjvcst measuring six feet six inched u dism ter t th stem of the leaf ia front ten to twelve feet long, thickly set wilh lmng (pine. i Mr. Cope has erected a building purposely for this plant, twenty-fly feet high and thirty-four feel each way, forming a quare, with " a doubl roof. In th centra i an octagon lank, iwemy.fiijij fcftt jn .dfrmrtat, thn tsnd. die conuining a bakin foul arid half feci - deep, in which 1 deposited Ih lily for it growth. " ;'.' - " '' Atwurk (.V. J.) .Iiii'trliter. T TaaaiaL RaiLaoa AccinrwT. W tnav,: 'th'H'sJuiayr flti"'n terrible rai Irt a I , accident had occurred near Everett' Tsnr.el, on th Baliimor and Ohio Railroad, oa Thurs day last, at Ih point lo which the recent i. U cunion extended, ; i whr the road wind -v round th d f t deep precipica, nl th 1 bottom of which mm th Havag river. 'J'h Cumberland Civilian give Ih following- ad- dilional particular I ,j i ' hott. Sum '. " At tb iron train wa passing arorinfl SaVng , MnOntaln, about 60 yard front Kverett'a Tun- ' , at tbaaWogatof abwhiwl of tlie foremost car ' broke, and tb oar, with t ton of railroad Iron was im mediately precipitated over th embanln ment, making several eotnplete somerset and . fulline a distaLnea of AO feet, L'iifortiuietlv e.- lbout bout ttfiaan p raon wero on the ear at the lime, ' mostly all natives f Ireland, nrneeding lo dif-. ferent point of tb road west Three au-a war killed outright, another bad bis skull badly fra. ; Inrsd and is mil sxpeeted to snrvivs, anothar had a kg broken, another bad , hi collar bens broken, a woman bad bar Anger cut off, while j flrs or six others were mors or less Injured. On I f ths three men killed was a German named llenrv Mesntan, well known at thi pine. 1 hat ' name af the rest eould not b sawertained, a tliey wer trngera.? Th Altegianlan add: ' :-'- ' " A woman, with an Infant In Warms, wa on th car when it wool over th pr!pis and, strange to tell. Ilia infant escaped without the slightest bruise, and ths only injury snetained by ths Mother was th loss of perl f so l hoc fingres, . j . What NkxtI Thi is surely an age" of new iuveuli" nu k ilwm plough has been invenled in England, and succesfully tlsej f rtome lime, though not economically. In I'nghnd it ia cstimaied that the cost of steam power 1 Ires by one hall than that for horse ; but in die United Rials it I thought the ex pense would be greater. In Ihe level portions of the Southern States, where fuel is'very ehea p, it is hilieved it eould b used wilh thegreaUst advintngw, ' . A steam mtctiin for sowing seed comes netl, w suppose. ; ' Mountain fanner Ma. Lawskxcs, ihe American Minister, had not hfl Inndon al last ad vires mi hi pro posed visit to Ireland. A entertained at din ner, n the 3d instant, Kir Henry L. Bulwer, British Minister lo Ihe United Sine, and Lady Bulwer, Mr. Hues, American Minister in FrajR't, Mr.. Rt res, and ilia Misses Riveiy the JVepotian and ' Till k ish, ,M inisssr. I r. ' Wi'rren, 'Mr, F. Ilacit, and other gentle men. . y- There ara now four Biiiiir elect. av ih I - iNW York r,x press, awaiting conseeralion: Creiglilon.nf New York; Rutledge, of fouih Carolina William, of Connecticut; and Whitrhouse, of Illinois, fhey msv, erel"-. be conMCraUHl al one and the same lime, v. In. a will be an iui.iib irtof nVep intcn-st tit tfifctnit'-h of which Ihey are minieteisj. T M", Attorney fienerai Crittenden has (in the absence of Mr. .Webeter) been appointed Act ing Secretary of Stjte. V..
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