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1 " ..... " 1 " ' nii.i..i, i. I ' TH03. J, 1EMAT, (Printer fur tha State,) Editob i PaarBfBToa.lv iiot eimii--U,-J'"'v ''" '' - ' - ' ' - ! ' f-5 : - J - ! f.,. '.. ' . S ' 4 .;. - ', ; - ;f ' ?T"ltTB mw ;imni(-4h Wo br 00a ! abb m irricTiT7v' : THREB D0U.AK8 AEAR-m 'Yt,V' r ' -" ; " BRAVE BOBBY't -". JL There. sxitMtLitDeAeMihipt-TllMe "Washington." bound fur China, filleiFwith jaMcn?ersi-eu board this ah in-- an S' er of the army and hi wile, with iheir only child a t IT t hS boy of five years of age, nnd a large Newfoundland dog. called "Bobby,"' "Bobby was a great' favorite with all (he people in the ship, because he was so brave, so goon icmpcreu; and so lunny any play ful. Sailors us well-at passengers allliked brave Ifctbbyv--He would romp on the dock with any body that; chose Sometime when the wind was calm, and the ship wan calm, and the ship was going Mow, he would jump overboard, and dash thf ongb ijwp ea al'ier abuiseuit.'orany thingctS8"tli'al hnqtil 1.. . :.. r. ' . ' ui.-'iniif v 11 i.ti iwr mill. ... , But his most constant playmate was the little bo the eon of his master. , This boy was a merry litdo fellow, and as fond of 5bhy as Jjobhy was find of him v rhev used to make n fine noise in their droll games of play, rolling over and over,; each other line a couple of youngi porpoises. And tlioiK'li the liltle boy was sometimes rather rough in hit frolics with Bobby, and hit him on the head and back, - yet Bobby was always gentle. as a lamb to him. - The voyage had been very sale -and plea unnt until, within Jfliree days, sail of the Cape of tioou I. Hope.. Lvetnn was coming on llie un was setting jn daik.cload.v ,so that the dusk had commenced unusually ear ly. I lie night watch 01 the ship had been TCfrawl the-wind had risun-obtrt the-ahitvi was failing vu: jrinri. nre my unu inu doj; were romping together, lugging eacJv P: dipt, when 0:1 a sudden the ship gave a hea vy roll, and the child fell oveiboard, splash into the deep sea ! -'. r . It had by this lime become so dark tlat oljccts could not be ilUiinguilieil many yard dislanl.:A general cry of -A hand ni'Af IV'iia mrtAn ht man m ,1nnlr .mIi.. gen and the Jugfage.AI those Tvhrf were 19 rca?ej!tl ..J5UD.UL lllf,J(oalsiLelitae:by wis in liia mothrr'i. lap. mJ iJuliby, whom the Mihira were holding io pat, and take a kind leave of, Was justgoingto leap into the boat after his master, when the officer stood 1ipt and told the sailors to hold him tight by tne collar unlit tue iiouts should have rowed some way towards the shorr. tVou will see what n strong swimmcir Bobby is' said ne; let us sta ( uwore mm, and lit will soon ovrrake us: when I hold up niy hand kerchief let liimgp."... "Ay! avfetied the sailors, and two of them held JJebDy tight by the collar. .Poor fellow! he thought he was to be left behind, and hre flio-firrt-iike it. He- tugged, and hauled, and yelled, and barked, to. get to his friends,' bul it was of ho use. The boat put oil without him, , .; " All the people, in the, boats s well as those on board the ship, were eyeing Bob by with delight;, and lie had just icached miihvav between the ship and the boats. when the creature set up loud shrill howl, 1 nu uirnw iiuuscii nan nut 01 n,e water.1- Every body thought he hall got the craibp'; but, O, .no! the , lla.ii of while thai irlanced like lightning close against him ihu next minute, told the, truth; and 'a shark, a shark!" sounded from, boats jto ship, and from .ship to boats, in one loud cry.- ' All 1 stood trenibling,. with :ineir,. eye .tied upon the ifnforiunate dog. The boats stayed still for an instant, the men -resting upon their oar. las if panic afruck.--.But again, in PHHhf,r ilflStrtilol tbs trvtaTnlkerPhlefs, Ac.' AnomerTmlFrno. riotis fact, in connection with .'tlii ti'riviiiir C H th be ha fu Hy- tested -a t cmdey for this troublesome disease, recommenifed saw the twy I l l T wo or ihree men -ran heaving down lines, and a stray coop that as found lyiii( near the capstan, whHe the otHcer of - the watch. sung out, "Brin the "slitp tobrTrig' tlib 'v.alnp7toror--tiie-"oy's" instant, one of the boats was to he seen put ting back, the men rowing with nil their might.' - " ' Poor Bohby'. he kept swimming away- right and left, now diving, and now doub ling, as if he knew hirdanger, while every now and then he gave a short fierce howl, and showed his grinders, never giving - the vite shark time to lurn on its bark, which it must do before it can give the deadly bile. The poor ilo2 swam andilodifcd with skill and speed, and maintained the unequal contest in Ajnanner that surprised overy bpdj-jibia trvWtlenVbtrrhis;strengiir was nearlv-ojtrnTOsled. when ilio Uool which to him h a Spanish woman, a native of the country;"" t is salt and yolk of an egg.' THE M UlTDEX OPTst Al!EN ISLAN I). The : excitement aroused y the murder by Mrs. Houseman and her crtihl. and the fir ing of iier dwelling upon Slalen Island, con- iinties-unaDateii. .1 lie bodies were found almost altogether burnt up; but medical tes timony proves that, violence was done to them previous to firing the building, and that they were placed by the murderers under the bed, where lhey were found. .The bo dy of Mrs. II. was recognized by portions ol her dtess not altogether consumed, and round her right wrist -a black silk neckhaii-i kerchief was lound tied very tight, in a sail or's knot. Suspicion-has, it is said, failen upon some persons, whoc . movements ate bein? closely watched. The murderers obtained fourteen silver tea-spoons, a gohrwateh and chain, and a number of trinkets, consisting of ear rings, finger rings, &c Captain Houieman, be fore leaving homeor Virginia, had received $1000, to obtain which it is supposed, was tne .principal cruise ol the murders. 1 1. is sum Captain II foundsecrMed in the wool house He 1 onVr-itas a reward lor' the conviction -of-lie-mwrdeWrs The "pnMic excitement in New York is very "fteiwernl and siroiigr A public meeting on the sulyect wT)s-TTa-iTtnrTorartrt-rayTngtit? : town, is, that it does notcontain any esiab. lishment for the vending of ardent spirits by retail., -v -. .... ... :7 -x ; a pun. 1 i; JX ' Some o'tie says, tliat alllioiiBn the Rev. Sidney., Smith writes himself the "Alino' Canon of St. Pauls," lie explodes very much like a great gun. 2 . ' I.OTTEIUt-S. ; T v The Philadelphia North " Americari has been informed that upwards of$30,000 have beien raised in that city for the purpose of eilecltng the passage of a law, at tho' ensuing session of. the Lgislalure to legalize lotte riesthe professed object bcingjo enable the Commonwealth to liquidate its debt. iHaltjPcallcif "ono lay- to jMrfr bitihen 1hf i,y ii mviiiTr, wiBiiuig 10 enmpnmeni nis visiter, be linjiged, I know; of no.'one? by wliom" ! would rather be" hung thai, by you.' " The visiter, acknowledging lite bow, with one of his blandest Wiles, replied: Ahd.shonld I be elected sherirU 1 know of no one I Would rather hang than yii.1 ' -' i. . ""' ; M-Le-JooJiS- eBnm0-on t1i-!irmJ,' r thauicgro boy, h 15 said to be Si milinn 4fHt-yof AVralli. feucb fa Fran. icis.vayter Martin,, Jl'resident of the Su- pTemeoart rf, Louisiana iind Historian nf iiie States That he shoold Bttrnrt ih-,n notice of a sirdnfer wlio rotild ee him paseinjf to or from the -court notamaU ter .of surprise ,4 Was ' ; -;' . : ' -' - '.- A". ' O. taper. " hv, now for the lirfct time missing tbo child, rav. a lou I bAfHi and seeming to gtiestf wnat mid the captain and boy's parent, with the other passenger, who bad come on deck to liaru the cause of the outcry and bustle, saw the do; swimming away -like a mad creature til the direction of the stern. , , ' -It-waa tw.J-jrk tolBWM,nm'dittactyf however, he was dimly percoired to dive, to 'hear himself called, and encouraged to hold out longer. In this boat were hi master had happened, cleared theiirrail like a shot;f -Jutif o.ovvwnose Jiie -iha poor Hag That Rev. F. L. Han ks has ar rived atTIolly Springs, 'Miss., where, ft has been stitedr' he intends locating himself as an instructor of youth. There is a Judee nt Carlisle. Pa., who flourishes tinder the coenomcn of Donkev! "What is in a name?" Tve stopped a friend, yesterday morning, says the editor ol the U. .S. .Gazelle, to in quire what he thought of Ole Bull's peifor roance the night pievious. "Thiuk" I ' "Yeswhat do you think of .his perfor mance on the violin? ' "" --'","-w--'t "Why, sir, I do not think anything of it. 4 I ln.venot hegu nlto Jli ingUt wilLtake4)nt!x two or three days, at least, to be able to think." ' . - . We hasten to -eomnHmicato to our ren ders the 'important intelligence, which, we observe, js announced yviiK g-reni '.f tit has been satisfactorily ascertained says some newspaper, by actual experiment, that by mixing lard with butter, sand with sugar, water with jnilk, and stones or brickbats with cotton, they will g. much farther! had saved three davs before. .They could now plainly perceive the great black fins and back of the shark, as , he rose every minute to the surface ol (he water, pursuing and trying, to. gripe the dog. The poor dog swain with all his might towaids the boat thai was coming to save him. and tlien.dunly.anpea and sn lcli at something U was, however, in dusky for any body on deck to be sure coulilusee, and hear.his,jnaster.c.a!linglViut, Here, Bob! here the 6hark turned on his iv hat il was he really saw The dog- was back, And opened his horrid jaws "Poor now out of sight, and nothing was visible J lobby; dear Bobby!'' shrieked the little but the surface of the wateN P. The mother j bo yand lad who. suiod at the head of the covered her eves with her hand, and not I boat, -hoping to save the dog, threw a hand- dariiifif to look out, fearful lest she should spike at the .monster- But the lad was in see the corpse of her darling child floating iui.li n flurry, from terror and anxiety, that on the waves; while the father, equally un- he missed the shark, and the spike feil into the water.- . At this failure the child screamed aloud with agony of fright and -sorrow,- "O! save poor Bobby ! save my dear, dear Bobby !" happy, jumped- into lhe( jolly-boat, which the men mull haste had been getting ready, that he might spare no effort to recover his beloved son. . - .; ,r , ' It was many minutes before the jo'ly-bont niid every bodv thourrtit noor Bobbv wna eonld be lowered and manned, when the j gone.1 when the father of the child, who. er men roweu wun an tneir migui in mo uirec-er since the boat had come within eun-shot i - til tney nans en mo uogianeai nrst d irkness h id. so muc sailors could hardly see, and began to give ttie child up as lost. The father, in great misery, sat at the dngjakeat first The of the stark, had.been watching for the pro !i itfreased that llio ' ppr opportunity to save the faithful dog, fired. I he gun was leveled with so true an num. that he shot (he cruel shark through the head, and splintered those horrid, jaws that he 1 1 of the boat, tryi'ig to see through the i were open ready to devour poor Bobby. Mu roiimliug gloom, and listening anxiously I Ihe-shurK sank, tne sea became tinged with m every sound.- "I hear a splash I hear bloo I, and the officer, throwing down the splash 8n the larboard quarter." cried he, j gun, stretched out his arms, and pulled the stamnprritihTbemclltrinu cli'I'l!" -4. .w.'ijA'-.V''.-- - v1'- ' TKp lif1nninih (uril()1 tho iitlpr."'iTi?wtii pallet with tedoiibled force, mid in a moment n ,B WMarvP c!'lltl lI,'ew, ' round the faithful Bobby .with' the child in hit i Poor nCck,! . ' the ship, nioiiinralosideTPu6r' creatiircs! tMe,;c milty on xh teh; anttlh ihev were near! hauled into the child into his arms, doresrhsusnrd nii fatigue andtefrorr-tn'to the boat, before the shark, who was not Ifluite dead could agin rise toihe itirface of exenange papers generallyrthat parts, never to return apain; that he loft behind him a promising infant, which, tho somcwbTaT'whitnsical-fg-i ven to alternate weeping-and laughing, cold piercing glan ces andwarmand afl'octicnale embraces is thought to be a foundling, a real prodi gy, worthy of the greatest care and atten tion thatcan be bestowed upon it; and as it nat itionrll it Kismsi0 n ivtiVtli r K vn-n every one will be alike interested in nurs ing and bringing it up with a sacred re gard to all its claims and highest improve ment. Therg VilLbo wisdom as well as goodness iri a faithful discharge of this ob ligation; for the child, which bears thq ex act likeness ef its parent, who always fa vored those most who used him best, it is hinted will have on immense estate at his disposal," enough to" make every one who may render him proper and sincere respect, free from flattery and hypocritical preten sion', wealthy and happy beyond descrip tion. Young as he is, the doctors declare that there is already a preternatural bright ness ih hiscye and a hectic flush on his cheek,-Vfhich are sure ' presages of a pre mature death; nnd most impressively ad monish those who intend- to profU by his acquaintance, that they have no time to loe! " ' " ' . ' " The Georgia Tegialatur adjourned binb oik on the 33d lilt. fW bi- in eeion io&w .. .. I he N. York Post has received a letter from. Nashville, from a gentleman who has been paying a - recent Visit to gen. Jackson. He peaks asi follows of the feeble health" of that distiguished man Gen. Jackson, I regret to say, in in. yery infirm health. He never leaves his room and is emaciated to mere skin 'and bene. He has a severe cough, and jjainJji.Jhe , rly spent' -when4 Ihey were, men l,V,1,e H.'' iet ,"R 11 -,d 8!!ouT oT boat. .'-The father took the ''" 0bby;is safe-ine ms, snd the faithful Bobby illk.'8 killed: hurra I hunra! -j. cimk down to the botiom of the boat, pant ing, and almost lifeleM"!'' -'' FATAL ACCIDENT. Tv Wc regret to-- learn that Mrs. Stevens of this county, widow of the late Mr. E. ' ": -' i 2' i ' --.r". . ... Mevens, was lnrovn trom ner gig pn ine mortiing -ofjtho 3& ius tantwiiile Aha, hone was ' running wavv-a,nd " ao severely "'IJoanohc navigation Arrival of the iron I he men thenrowed back to the ship. pjol Capt Dow Mate Sparks and Crew, am veil av 11 ai iiaXr on ftionuay. wany-t our citizens (amon them pursehTirT werit: down to' see her, and were politely invited by the Capti'Jo go on board. ; AflerTCinain ing on deck few miijutes, we were taken into the Cabin,' and treated to Champaiifiu CapWi Dow-comes ti-" our country with a Vie w"f offering greater facilities lo onrFar Ureat indeed was the mother 1 10 when she saa'"hWclHrTflialnfti!i :t, urn. jir'jii .if his father,, and good il. alsoThey all got safe oil , . ,n agaii.and.tbe father, thank- j titt t!i..jMori ' ' uiping him to recover l hi im,. went doxiii.l'.'.'lo ine cabin with the I Miothergshild. and dog.7 K very icwedyairas" used Hiat 1m xtoctor ot;tlio ilup auviseu, to makfr -th-hlAitro wnid bovv, well againV Bobby af orhlX; had -"smikcn the water (10m his thick iluVsy 'coat, could not be ...A a 1...... .1.'i-ii.i'. ;.l- ; TI..1. he stood, and licked one tlti little hands, Siithe child became lO mudl belter. as to be 10 slrnk-e nnd huff him as usual.' 'Bravc iecmeq as, happy is any boon wnen lie'fcttbcrand niollicrhnirced and prais- Jrmvtoo.SAnil when the boy could speak j 'n lheyjmady happy party in the cab-' i where belure aft -tad been so sad. - -1 After this ircumswice of savin jtliej iTiilosTiTe In so brave a mttwir, there was j ma a man on board tlut lnp Dai;, loved tne d.ig bt a la bet loves his child, aiid'Vll did B.ihbv deserve it. , -- 1' At'ihft Cape of GooiTHope some of the fusteiigers were to be landed, and, among others.' llio master of B"bhv. with his wife .. . . ft ti .1 . . . 1 ' ... 1 .1 ami cnilu. ah mose who reinaiueii m iu hip were very sorty to parHrilh good Bob ny. - . v -'-. I ha boati were piepared fur the pascn- mers and Merchants in gelling their supplies to and from a Market- He is Agent for the Pilot, and her , mate "boat, the' Iron eaStmer; Phoenix', now on her way here", and his Vessel is admirably adapted to our waters. She is quite n curiosity, all of her maehiii erv, or running wOrks .tt hich are vcrycoro. pact, arc tinder deck." She is T.bout 80 feet lonT and draws only 3 or leet wa cr." . x. ii is he in!eu(ion of litis Compatiy1 to run llieiKV Ijiihi ipgnltry everj week b .tween Halifax and Norfolk. .-'- f At the fieinhv charged by lhese boats will be so much less than tfint charged 1ilhe Uail Roads we feel no' liesitnlion in saying thitour Farmers and Merchant! .will give lliem the preference. 1 - - " We would further remark thaT these boats iireprepared to carry passengers to and from iTo'tri4"--bein? supplied Vithgood comfur table birt!i'?-n''iiaf ; " - ". - - , . f -. -. -'; " IMPORTANT JthMEDY TOR CAN CERS. Cotonct Ussery,, of the ,parisho wounded, that she died in tho evening of the same day. ' -: :r'-- -: . " . 1 . ' j' - r , 11 1 -1 1- ,i Messrs. graham and Hoke have accept- cd t Kei r horn In alio nsr : $2 ""v 'i: fTi fSSjTK little daughter of Mrv Lamar, of May sville Ky.i: was jlioked to death the bther day, ilt attempting to ;swallow a ches- - Tw of the papers liv Iowa are disputing j abouf who shall be Speaker of the Council, The Blooimington Herald says of one of the personage! "There is po more comparison between the two, ijij any admirable quality, than there is between a fancy pacing pony and jackass with a blind bridle on,!' ; NEWSPAPER LAW. : In caseor a" suitTor frmlJ. tKe Gcorgta courts have decided that' refusing to take a newspapers fromthe- officej or gomgiwiy and IcaMng It uncalled forrmtiril all arreara ges aie pa'ul.i prima ja(na""evlilenoe"rrh tentioiiol fraudLWo gain for. ,tli'n strongs j- .: tfs .. "ft'. j Tl'e Tarbor." Pi a has been transferred to Mr. Geo." Howard, Jr... sort of the? late worthy Editor-." No change in politics. - " - - biLK. ' ': . - - . There are two nlk factories in operation in Richmond, Ind., which manufacture the back and side, "put his, voice and" intellect appearTinafTected, and the lightening fire of former years yet flashes in his eye. - Bustles were - originally invented 4y a travelling . organ- grinder to accommodate her monkey with a place to ride. v - . , REMEDY FOR BEDBUGS. S Set up in he& all night with a lamp in your hand, and " when you see one of these midnight' marauders crawling up the blanket, burn his smellers for him. Reader, art thou in prosperity? be grate ful to Him from whom all ertrthly good proceeds. Are1 you in adversity? re member that He who rules the thunder is all powerful to cast from thee tho bitter CUp. "' ' ' ' '- -1 ' i ' '" '' ' -':; f Mad.Bohain," rt beautiful Avoman, and wife of the editor of the Courier of Europe a "pstpjer which occasionally is. sent to the DISTRESSING W EATIIRR .1'. . ; ' i. In a suit before the United Statea Circuit Court at Boston, lately,- bV tlie Owners of a whale ship against the Merchants' ftisurance Company.' the-' Botoir Post ov; RnniaiW Wood, of New Bedfnd.Twas aVltness fur coiilil not be the Insurance Companyi ',' and brought to admit very distinctly that the weather described. 'in the vdepositionVw-as distressing. , Judge Story finally put to Ifhn the question "W hat "do'youcall distresi ing weatner, Captain Wood' , Captain I call it . distressing weather when the sea brenks over . the vtssel and beats in the deck. 1 , "- Judgo Well, ' I should call that distress ing weather, too. This very decided "definition" of distress ing weatherrecalls to th& recollection of m a Police Court some ten years ago. lie undertook , to mako out that his friend 011 trial was not d run ! on a certain Occasion, and the Judge said '.to him "when do you considet-a man to be drunk?" ; f "i ' Witness Please" -"your' honor, I should say a man -was xlrunk . when he can Ylie on tlia floor wiihotit holding on-'.' . ? C - ITEMS iTDnM KWOLISTI'TPAPERS. It is said the Hon. Mrs. Nononi daucht- etof Uie. ceJcbra ted Rrinsley-.ler idatts is; a- bout to emigtate to American. mere ure u p warns, ol 60J jouniaU in Unna consecrated exclusively to the musi cal art, and almost all the considerable cap itals contain two or more theatres for operas, A Mr iswinbuin, of Ardeef has contri ved a table fitted whh a peculiar discribtlon of vice," whicli wiir enabTq shoe-makers to work with great facility rin a4 standing posi. lion.' ,v Th fallowing dlalogua, nuon die plan of that' In HtMlthras, betWeen'the befrr-lcaderahll eoh'n'. i. .-r welt executed:1' v.'- - -- - .-. - fJNE DAGATP.LI.E." ' i.-'-i -T From Hie M8j oftlie late Dc Hurw. -. ". ; ' KCIIO AN IV THE l.(Ul?ll : '.. Jjov'crtDf what you're made and what rouara T.-l.nl : .... a . ; --,. ' uui insKTiuua njmpii, acelartf , ; ; fwoet echo! linlnnl'nir.' ! pa,. li 'l v-''' . 'W Mwen-.Thra !ort renuwitate ia oand ' :, .' v Ifak! llOW lliv Taim icriin. mnmulJ t. . Lover. I II ouest.on thee' before I go.., ?, - . orne, answer dm more ajiropos v . Scho- m :' .'"" --. 1 : -'r-, : PoW pohi ;:" rver. I ell ms, fair nymph,, if e'er you taw - " A So Kwecta girl aa Phoebe Sliawf "a "t;'.." fjV - ,.;A;,";i,i,p.hawj-.,".v liover. Pay, what wdt tarn Ha frisking !iey Into the toil of matrimonvl , , Loer..Itaa rine not a heavenly navr ,j ,, y I , . Is it not while u iuirla snow? 'f f r. r.rno. - '1,;:;.".:" Lover.' Her eredl wai ever aticti a Dirf tarlifighlerllittBdteT urol Ai!.'ppf.j Echo,.,, . - . Tbeyarer Kover. Jicuo, jaou neat, nut can i deceive me; ? -,' ,-. Her eyes eclipse the stare, believe roe. ; t , " Echo - - ; Jy, met. Lover. Dut enmao aou uey,fiert romancer;- h ', Who if father a l'hojbe! ansnrr. - i'jf , Kcho. - S.: urv,....f:Anxcn:'r:y '" ?Mi' '' ..-' . '- -.'' .. V--';'- ' TN.; SLurJ i.''.,j''.' iS:r-: United States, has eloped from her husband with, n 'young Frenchman, her husbaqds intimate friend . -The-labor -of an editor' life, is. noUso much what he hns to write, as what he lias to read. ; - ' . . . j r t .1., -", ' v -'-'' v-"' - VBad .men are1 ne'er -.completely happy, although possessed of every thing that this complclelymiserali?iauhcuiglupmel j of every thing .thnT-the, world can ,4ake. away. s- sWiVf't jXfi 'f We was n jolly fellow who said, When eve?ybu attack your neighbor's character drit behind hi'sjiack vso isL noMA wound 4. A shocking1 occurrence lately took place at tho town of Rimini; in Italy;" -A pretty young wo man" obtained permission to, visit her husband, who was eonnned in a unatic asylum, but who was thought to be recovenug.-v He was overjoyed to see her, and they were left alone when one of his fits of fury coining orrhe'seizedametat "spoon andxforcedjiiout hoik, her eyes. J-'fhe poor young creature died noxt day. . - 1 AN EXPLQSION. - '.' . The Baltimore Sun stales that quite a tattling event "took place iii a private parly in town nti Christmas day7 that is,' if any thing can be called startling now-a-days. , A gentleman visiling.soine friends. nnd design ing to alTorfl them some amusement in the torpedo line, supplied 'himself with about a pound, and put them, into Ius coat pocket. On enteiitig his friend's house, he was nolite- L re1nc8tet) to take a chair, and so very thoiigTitless io? tHoJ" cmSeiieiuTesT forTTo sooner was he seated thati an explosion took place not unlike a) Colt's" pistol, with varia- Jl.on-8',j.rX'n,n' Jl .e- gentlemen to an erect position wuh the effect of a galvanic battery and prostMiiiiig two er4!irce ladies half fuinv ing upon t!ie floor. " Upon Inspecting dam agcrir was-; found lhaf;"the coat tail and pantaloons had both sufferedf" ' , ' HANGEFRTNEr t Prince Christophe, brother to the late King o( f lay ti, applied to the Lord - May or of London for relief, stating that himself and fafnily were in a atati of great dest itu- tioni ';"!"" ""''f- -'..; ' ";--.&-;''"' '-. - -j ," v. . . . - ' ' - - ' - "x1 ; 1 ' "hsptirTdtf Commercial liank ' of Columbia, S. C printed from -an old plate of the Comrner. Speaking of sheriffs reminds 'the Chria tian Fteeman' of a very-51iie friend who once aspired to be sheriff of county. . ' A criminal was in the county jail awaiting his trial for murder with a reasonable prospect of conviction. The candidate for the sher- iER ANCIS-X AYJ ERHl ARTIN. Passing down. Royal- street., a day or There was but little fleslr nhis bones, nnd no sight in his eyes; his hair was short and grey, . and ; his.; cheeks ;were hollow. Howore a threadbare" surtout and an old shapeless lint, which cQvered elihost Jialf his shrivell. d face tie. was led alono-bv a lazylooking, - ragged negro boj'j on whose shoulder his haiiij rested the boy inus answereu tne aouDie purpose of guide'ftnd 4a'sup'tiortf f-.-i;;4' ':"-': f-? ;' V ho' is that person, passing?" said a stranger who stood nt the entrance "to the reading Room' speaking to a resident citizen;;-' ' ; y- - v 'yif- Xavier Martin; whoia now, andhas been for more than a fjunrter of a ' century; the presiding judire f-tho Supreme- Court of craFDank bT Maeotn Georgeia-arTstimtttt'O Stato.: "Though -tottering, as heeme inCharlcstori. clogf fttt';ndttnt C0 .pi J'i iuuuu wwnrii uuwuiii uouy ne il Umm- paireu . in .. minu. isome 01 his physical functions his afght," for ' instance has failed him? but hia mental qualities are perfect arid unbroken, and his opinions are even novr looked up to, not only by his associates on the bench, but by the whole Louisiana bar, as- models of oynd legal doctrine and wiae jurisprudence; and shah- '-; From Uie Southern Cultivator. : : - CURINO SWEET POTATOES ' 0 r .in looking over, the Cultivator, I see something said of curing s weef potatoes f f; which ahiiuld interest a Georgian at matflr K - - ilofg the Irish potatoe. a Northern; for: !Ci2TSeen of opnmttih8ljinara; wen planted and cultivated in potatnet . wou'u .l'r'iHa ramiljr,.mora4hanany uIiP.-ii.. vatiou we crtuld give it, and although it ? X - : is nenearlly ; admitted, it it fiequently -V"-':--' J . negleptcil front, iheilea that they wilt nor "; t t '-, ki-ep sound and good through the winter. V''; F; " This is all a notion, and in top many; in ,- v'vvfx' ''t stances to be attrjboted to.:.tarelesspesif iP-::'-h and a dependence on servants, who tow V- i- : ' frequently-, are reckless of the interest of . mcir inaaters. i was orooght up on a' . . .'J plantation, sad of course narily raised 011 f ' 3 -1 : potatoes for my father was always tvceeasV " vi! -tul in raising and saving them, and hi O i-v -manner ol planting and rultivatinir waa V . l - somewhat similar to;, Mr.McKinlej'a, Tor ,J 1 do not recollect of ever seeing a pototner ! i tilfon his. plantation. t. now haye tha same in possession, and have endeavored1 to pursue the same course of msking and ' - - curing up to this moment, and have had r?; ? no reason to complain f rotten potatoea (-'; at an seaioo of the year.,. --i y-Hf- ;' jmj mode of putting them up is simply , y; ; this: I dig so sorm aa I find the : vines ": k i-'l have Jbeen killed of bitten by the frost (cot i ; tun or no Cotton in the field.l V I then eev -V"-'.- 1ttmytix&iir&iiiif .obti, being' i77 tareiui. in nava.no cut o broken : -Ones J..v: :'...-. ihrowili with hem,V I thenhare them car ried and put in & potatoe house, built re . , ' prely. for Jhe, purpotaw U-ia lwat-f i--. small i..ga, anil telt-rather-onHnrexcepfT"7Tr:: the enil,rbertpafjkjp ha pototoa.--'"iI;r- The house i long and narrow, and should :r ?' leJ)uilt.accerdiiig to the, quantity -p:f-fir-'r T son is in the habit of making.-; Before dig' '" ging tamartirttlar tolntTeTheliousepert- ' fecily dry, and dry sand to cover hk doV-J ' - tatoea with. rTlie groqnd is" scraped off uimi ji is naru anu smootri. 1 then ra the) potatoecilepoiiied and lheoo- " tinue to riie on the sides of - the Jhoustt 1 . place with a ahoel, the dry sand a few.- ' inches' thick between the wall and pota- tof which is two sides and one end, I '',? hen leave thenr in Ihig ailua ion yntit I - - find a change in rti weather, which git e il - " them a change for airing and drying.. If'' 7 . 1 Biiarj! itHR-a Mumid cume ainng, 1 throw . ' . -light straw prtgras 0eri lhem. . arid ,r ; ' 1 move it wherr the weather becomes warm) '- but so toon as I find it cold enough for k v " freezing, I then Jhrow my dry Sand ovef '. Ti . the naked potatoes until tliey are rnmpletfly covrredi and in this, and no oiher. war . . . , hiveTiayed them otiill laie 1ri the iprlrig."' rIt may appear to some that thla prepara- V tion may be rather troublesome, hut. they ' should recollect when it i nct ffeeieiff"T If Ji" but Ti'tttef troubfe, for the, same bousa and sand wilt last a life tlmjr .Should any doubt ny plan and aaseiwa )ion, all have tAaay is forthem tn trf , it, and should ihey have cause fur talking; of rotten potatoes, let ihem calf on ma (hr.. 2lih of My of each and every year, and they shall prove a potatoe dinner" . v -,L . , - - . - A PLANTER, ' : J ' JOII PRLNTING " - ' , V ' ' Neatly taeeuted at tais OHee; j..; v r 1 ;rv
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 10, 1844, edition 1
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