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) . . . I . : '" """" "l1 V 1. : ; i . - - V . v ii i i tba i t i i i t it 9 v i i i ; i i a it, a i , i i i i it 1111 u ttm i 1 1-1.3 1111 iiifliia i in ' t iia tx ?- i One Dollar a square for the first week, apd iwenty-hve Cenw lor every week thereafter. Sixteen "lines or . km will". make a square; ' Deilnet -ions made' in fiivor of standing mat ter as followsi : ; 3 M03. $3.50 . 7.00 1(1.00 6 sios. . $5.50 .10.00 15.00 1 Tliia. . $8.00 . 14.00 20.&) When directions are not given hdr"ofie?r iu inwn au vu vvnuriin.,ni, 11 will ue puulWIl- ed until onlered out. - ' . bJ:1)RAKE I,Y W. T. DRAKE. LASS LAi lM L-l , , , - ,1 j '1 ' -'i , , ' ) . , ' : . ' , I . ' ' : - i- ! . . 1 S.K I .--r ' 1 -.-..' 1 . -jv Editors and Proprietors. &dfamit Netospjaper Ecbotetr to Jolitiris, agrtcutturer iHanufartnrcs, feommme, aids fttisreUancous kcatung. ;; TwViS i . ';" . , .-j-''-' ; . Ii -.-rl , :'1 . --: - . : " .- ' " ' f - . .', ' ' ' k jt Three panares, : ! ! $2 a-Year, in Advance -'Vol. II.' Statesyille, N. G., Friday, January 7, 1859. L ..No. 5: : r-7 r : . r--r ' : : : . r ' -r i 1 -t : . : ' ? ; 7 r ; : "T7". ' : ! f -"X AYER'S - ciiekiix Sectoral- FOR THE RAPID CURE 0' Colds, Couslis, ami I . f.: IIoaiscuss. ' Bmmfikl, Mass, 20th Dec, 1855. i Du. S. C. Air.a : I do not liettiute to mjt the Ui'rt romeJy I lnwc ever found ftr. . Conrtii Ilimrtieneoii. InHnenifii. aihl the iconpoinitaiit HymptomiiTCnlJ. Uyonr eiiHRl Pectoral, its conduit pso in . iny pnrtiw ami wy Imily for the last teo. y'ar hio Hhown It to iWHicss gii-'rior-irirt-uiMi Yor tlio tff'Hfiiintit of these coinutiautJi. .KIIKN KMUIIT.M. I. A.U.!SI0IlTIJ':Yt:8Q.,of i'TICA, N. Y,Vltt('i "Ih.ivo. . tiwd : your iVcri myw-lf and 5n riiy ftmfljt 4-r nnc , :- yon inveijtod it. and Lwlitivd it tlio bnt lUtnJii-iii fr. its liiM-jMiso. ever put fut. 1 "With if Itatt ruIU I Bhnii 8txuer : pay IwBiity-flTQ dollar for a botllu thuu do witliout it, or tie any other rtsiiiedy." -s . , j i Croup, Whooping Cough, Intlupinza. :i ' . . BpnioTir.i.D, Missi, Veb.T, isfifi. . JlnoTiirR Ateu: I wilt chA-rfully certil'y yoiiir lVcforal Is th lrst remedy we possOHfi for the euro of M'hoopiiiff cnCitCtr. croup, and the client tliseasee of cliil.lreii. W'eof. ; youi fiutei nlty in tlie South appreciate your kill, aud"' , commend your mediciue to onr people. k ' , AMftS LEE. Ks(j., Monterev, Ia., writes, 3d An., 1856: f . I had ii tedicum Intln&nza. wtilch .confinetl ml: in doora ' ix Weekjf ; tiHk iiiiiny niediciites witlioiit rfcluJf; finally tried your 7V:.fi hy the inlviee of our clergy niau. The flrtt Vw relieved the aorenes In my throat i)id limits ; i leHH than, (mo half the bottlo inadu iiih coiiipltjtely well. - .Ycnir HiedfciiieH iirtl !ie cttowwat n Widl na the hest wo rMi bay; anil wa enteein you, Uoctor, aud your jremedies, at) the jioor mini's fiieud." ; . ' Atitkma or Phthisic, and Bronchitis. " 1YK8T MANOIIESTEB, t'A., I'eb. (1, lSfnl. . Pir Ydur Glir.rr y JAtctrrrul in pel Toruiiu niarvelloua cure in thi aection. W has relieve.il Ke'ernl fi(m alann iojr lymptuiiii of consumption, mid 1m now chi bik a man who Uim' U bored uuder An, nlTection of the lunfs for the vVltwt forty years. HENltY L. PAHKS, Merchant. A A. RAMSBY M. D.l Atmox, .Moxrob &.,. low a write,, Sept. 0, 18o5 ; DitripK uiy practice of ninny yearn' I have found nothing equal to your Clit.rij ):cloral for ' firing ease and relief to"toii8uiniitive patients, ior Icuring ' ''such aa are curable." J ' j j We rniiilit hdd yolumcs pf evidence, tut tlielmost con- . wincing' proof of the Tirtuesof this remedy is found in its . effects upon trial. Consumption. !" ProbQbljr no oneJTeinedy !ms erer been Itnmrn wlilch cured do uiauy and audi thingeroua cases as tliiis. Some no human aid' can reach; but even to those tlie-Clierry ' Jictoral affords relief and comfort. " t -S , Ator IIocse, New York City, March 5, JS56. ' Doctor Ayer, Lowell: I fuel it a duty And a pleasure to. Inform you what yorfr Clierry Ptdoral has dome for my wifei. She had been five months laboring tinder the dan " Kl,rons tymptoms of Consumption, from which jno aid we Could procure cave her much relief. 'She was steadily fail ing,: uutil Dr- Strong, of this city, where we hae come fat : advico, reeomniehded Retrial of your: medicrne. J Wo bless , dm KimiBesn, as we ao yoursKin; iorane Has recoveien , from ihat day. She is not yet as strong aa she used to " be, but ia free from her cough, and calls herself well. Tours with gratitude aad regard, it ' . ' . ORLANDO SHELBY, or SnEliiTViLLE. ; j, , Cbtuumptirf!, do pot despair till you have tried Ater's ' GuitRT Pectoral. It is made by One of the best medical ;. chetiiista in the world, and its cures all around usbespeak : th high, uierit's of Its virtues. l'Jiiladeljtltia Ledger. Ayer's Cathartic Pills., TIMIK tclenceB of Chemistry mid Medicine lave been JLf taxed their utmost to produce this best, most perfect purgative which, is known to man. Iuouineritble proofs arejehown that thrso Pills have virtues which surpass In excellence the oidinaiy medicines, and that they win im , precvduutedly upon the esteem of all men. Thjey are safe . unil pleasant to take, but powerful ta-cure. Tlieir peno- ' traiing properties stimulate the vital activitiesoj the body, 'remove the obstructions of its organs, purify the blood, and expel disease. They purge out the foul humors which , lu ei'd and grow distemper, stimulate sluggistl or disor dered organs in to their natural action, and impnlrt healthy , r tone, with strength, to the wholo system. Nt only do hey cure the every-day complaints of every jbody, but ' nlso fotinldable and dangerous diseases that hiive baffled the best of human skill. While they product powerful effects, they are at the same time, in diminished doses, the . .Bafet"Miiid best physio that can bo employed for children. JPehig1 sugar-coated, tlfey are pleasant to take; land being - purely vegetable, are free from any risk of harm. Cures have lieen made which surpass belief were they not sub- , -stantiated by men of uch exalted position and character iuf to fiirldd the '-suspicion of untruth. Manjr eminent clergymen and physicians have lent their nnmcn to certify to tho public the reliability of niy remedies, while others - have sent me the assurance of their conviction that my Preparations contrDTute inimensely to the relief of my -afflicted, suffering fellow-men. J ' -'. The Agent bt-low named ia pleased to furnisll gratis my ' 'American Almanac, containing ilirections for tlMeir use and ' ' ' certiOiates of their cures, of the following complaints: '"' CoKtivenem. llilious Complaints. l!lieuniatisn, Dropsy, Ileai llmrn, Headache arising from "a foul stoftiach. Nau sea. Indigestion, Morbid Inaction of the Bowels ami Pain arisiiig'therefrom,' Flatulency, Ixirs of Appetit all Ulcer " ouh and Cutaneous Diseases which 'require att pvacuHnt :medieino, Scrofida or King1 Kvil. , They alsojby pnrify- ' iug th blood and stimulating the system, cure many complaints which it would not be supposed they could . reach, such aa Denftiem, Partial Blindness. Nenralgia and . Nervous Irritability, Derangements, of tljie Liver and K id " neya, Oont. and other kindred complaints arising froin a low statu of 'the body or obstruction of its functions. ' Do not bo put off by unprincipled dealers with some , "other pill they make . mote profit on. Ask fort Ater's .Pills, and. take nothing else. No other thej.y can give you compares with this in Its intrinsic value or curative jwwen. The sick want the best aid there ip for them, and they should have it. , ' , : , .Prepared by Dr. JVC. AYER, Practical and Analytical Chemist, Lowell, Mass. Pricb 3 Cts. per Box. Five Boxxs Fa $1. ' SOLD 3Y CtT Havilanil, Stevenson. & Co.J ton, O. A.1 Bradley, U'ilmington . M. Charles A.'SBn tog Co., Norfolk, N. F. Rives, Pi-ter6.burr Vurcell, I-add & Co., Kichmond, D. 13. & J. L Gaiiher, Newton, W; H.Michal. Lijncolriton undDruggists and dealers in MeTiciije, every, Where. Forsaletiy j . n H. XV. AYER, Statesville May 1. ISoS. , IIOWAKI) ilSSOCIAVIOIV. ' l'HIL.VDKLI'HIA. jj Benevolent Institution established by . pedal Endowment for the Relief ;." ;J v of the Sick and Distressed naf ,.-'- - ; flicled with Virulent and .J , '"' Epidemic Diseases. IN times of Epidem k s, it is the objects of this lhblitulion to establish I lospilifls, to pro-, vide Nurses, Phyiciann, Clothing, Food, Med. icine, &e , for the sick and destitute, to take . charge of the orphans of deceased parents, and la i minister in every possible way to tlie relief of ihe afflicted and the helli of the pubhc at large. " It is the duty of the Directors, nt suci limes, to . iit personally the infected districts; and to pro- : . . ide and execute means of relief, .umerous 'l' .physicians, not acting members of th(s Associa--' tion, usually enrol their names on its bobks; suh- jec to be called upon to attend its hospitals, free . -r- -. of charge. In the jabsenceTof Epidemics, the . , - Director have aulftoriied the Consu'lting Sur f geon , to give advictand medical aid to persons ." : sufferinii under xauiosic UlSEASfcs, of a ii u. : ".- . lent chaacter. arising, from abuse of the physical ' .i powers, mal treatment,;the efTects of drugs, &c. rj v- Tarioua bkjp outs and TjucT8'on j he nature j and treatment of Chronic Diseases, bv the Con - , ; suiting Surgern;havi ben published for gratui r v-ou diatribution, and'wHlhesent fret ot charge - v to Ihe afflicted. -'-.,-" . .'!'.. V - .... Address. Jot Reports or treatment, DrjGKonoE .'.' CLaihouk, consulting Surgeon, IJo.varJ As--y ociationNo. 2 South Ninth Street Iliiladels -iibia,-Pv By order of the Directors. 1 Gko.Faiicuihi, Ez,Hi D. H lARTWIll. '45 ' Secrttary. President: I i .-I I 1 m Jenkins & Ayer, Take pleasure in informing the public, that they are now ready to do any and all kinds of Work in the BOOT & SHOE line al their Shop in tlie basement of the " Sim- oiilori Housbv AH work warranted. ' Dick' is one 'of their workmen, and evervbody knows il he cannot make a " fit" 7iah.t no j use in anybody else trying. Call and leave your measure, lerms, moueaf.e. stalesville, Jan. 16. tf Dissolution. The Copartnerssliip heretofore existing un I d&r tlie firm of Stockton & Alorrisori, is this i day disft'lved bv mutual consent. All persons indebted to the late firm, will make immediate payment. Ssitlements can be made' with either oi us. JOS. W. STOCKTON, -. Wm. H. MORRISOJV, Stalf.-'vil -August 7th, '58. 8 O JV I subscribers having become lessees this'.spacious New i 1 ol HOTEL located near the public Square a-pd Court Hoiisoin Slate.-ville, lefpectfully announce that they are prepared to accommodate the traveling Public aud all who may iavorlhem with patronage, with enteitairirner.t equal to an v first class Hotel in the Union. "'' Mn. M. A. WHEN & SOJV, ' , July 3( 3 lit ' LIVE Ii Y ST A- STJlTESVWLEtJ: C. We haviriR obtained the extensive stables connected with the Simonion House, take pleasure incinforniing travellers end the public generally, that we aie prepared to hire horses and buggies, at reasonallejrates. Persons want ing conveyance can be pcommodaled at any time, and sent to any part of ihe country. We pride ourselves on keeping gentle and fast horses. Our Provender is of the best quality, anil the quantity left to the appetite f the animal. All is under ihemanagcment of the propriei tors, a ml no fp.n r nerd be entertained, &c. BRINGLE & DA VWSON. 33 tf OUSE, Statesville, n Persons passing through, or coming to, 8TATESVILLE, can 'be accommodated with JIkals at 25 cents each, and comfortable jG(tg'HBS at the same rate. i IOBSCS we" fd flnd attendeJ to on rea sonable terms. Oct 19 JOS. A. MrLEAN, D8.Y.6.DSAN,. Will attend all Calls, both in Town and Country, Oliice on College Avenue,-. two doors west of the Printing Office. States ville, N. C. HCUE WE ARE AGAIN!! 1 have just, received a fiesh utock of Juvenile Books Southern Harmony, ( 'arminu. Sacra, Ptesbyterian laltnodist, etc. ALSO ' Candies. Haisins Cigars. &c lAll ef which 1 will set' for C a s h at the lowest figures Call anil seeme. Oct ID 51tf H- W. AYT.U. Wanted, , 1000 Bushels Dried Apples, peeled 500 u " Peaches, ditto. Highest market price given. lllii 41tf J. F. ALKXANDF.R & CO Mullets. Wa have 3 bbis, sale cheap. i fiie Mullets on hand, for Also, A good Buggy and Harness, Which can be bought very low for cash or good papef.. Salt just received a large lot, cheap, for CASH. J. F. ALEXANDER & Co. Dsc. 3. 1858. Itf 10 000 Pounds . 01d: Castings and Scraps of Iron, in any size pieces, is want ing. For which I will pay a cent per pound,. in Goods. JOS. W STOCKTON. Oct 18 51 . 3.00.0 bushels Wheat ANTED. f 'iVanted, i : AT THE ROWAN MILLS, ,(UQ bushel good Wheat, for , which Salisbury cash prices will he paid. I O. G. FOARD. Nov. 5, 1858. 49tf I M O N T Ml SI. m Apr sioxr H otel SALISBURY. HK fcHitwrrt'oer lakes d easure in anr.oun- i -- cing o hit liietids, and the pubh gener. ally, that heha laken-thi lorg established aud well; known Hotel, and has matfe every po3i0le ! preparation to accommodate the bu sinessj tra.-elling and visiting po tions of ; the pubbri,'ih th! most satisfactory manner. rarticUjiiir'attenlion is paid to his TAB L J3 and every comfort is provided in hi His ARABLES' are abundanlly sppliad, and attended by a careful psller : anil to all I ' i departmftnls the piO)rietol gives hia person al allenliOn. A coniiforlable OMNIBII rutis iiegularly ; to the debot on the arrival of the carfe With these efforts to please, a libe al share of the pujblic 'patronage is coufidentlj y solici- ted. : - " WM.UOWZEE May 29ih, 1858: ! lf-26 Drt. Hv KELLY, Offers his Professional serviced to the ; public I Oliice wn ! Collepe Avenue, opposite the Ntethodtst Church, S.atesviMe. N. C- arness Making, j AT 0 I IN. ; WEAVER BRO'lS, Keep constantly on hand, at their manu factory, iit 0 L I N, a lare assorlrrient of , Harness, Bridles, Collars; and everything 3lse, usually, kiept in a arness establihment. We earnestly invite all persons wpshiij to purchase good barijains to give u$ a call be fore buying else where: By close apfnica- lion and promptitude in business, jwe trope to share a II i b e r a 1 patronage frotrt a gen- emus public. Orders aitcnded to promptly wilh neatness and dispatch We; Have tie- poshes ot rVapiess Ol Nt !J t tC 171 1 1 J 7 ih J. W 'eim8ter: Woodward; Liberty Jill, with j.' County fine, with Kcctes & co. with Tho'siT. Maxwell. ' October 1st 44 ly Jdnesville, Approved Miller. Hamilton crouch, ! Liberty Hill, N. C Kespectfullly informs Milt Owners, fthaj he is well iniiiateill in the art of managing MjlLL MA CHINERY such as steam or water Burr Mills. Hiilvjng had an experience oj'f several years in ihLi Milling business he fla ttcjf s himsel i that, he i fully conuietent to pirive entire satis faction, in th-e business of grinding. He would further say to those win might wish 4o employ snch a milliei. that tl ev will address him at I mierty Hill, IrcdelfCounty , N. C Valuable Land FOR SALE On Sou h 1 Yadkin.. seven milea North of the town of StitesviJIe, Iredell county, also otter, my lrai-t of 50 W aCl'jCS rnore or lct.8. ibrineilv known as the Jaiid jot J jines Daley, logelher witli tlie elegant Uuilcjings sucl as Dwellling Houses, Kitchen, Nogre houses. Barns, Shops. &c I would say to Lhoe who wifih to purchase Lend, that they would, do well to call and view my possessions, before purchas ing elsewhere HAMILTON CROUq H. Nov 20 52tf Liberty Hill, k. c HEWBEBII AIE: Tins popular Kamily and Lilerury Journal A . I . I . 1 . i I ir pne ol the Largest, and prono infect by the pres?, on it of the nkate-t and cheapest in North Laro.ina. ihe services ol a valu- .ble corj Contributors and Reporters have been eiiignged, many ol whom, rank Biriong the nipst able and cientin ; writers in America', j The Editor make no boast ihat it Is " the best paper in the ynrlcl ': but earnestly aud confielently cornmends it 10 the patronage ot a liberal public j with; the assurance thai nothing shall be w jhheld to merit their .waa rresl interest in its prosperity A SlOQ GOLD M FDA L has been ol- tered for the blest original Story ot about se venty-five paues foolscap paper--and wil be awarded by three disiiKerested gehitlemen, on the lust ol December. ; fow is the time to subscribe. i0 order to nd Pro'r. beyin with- the! Prize Stories; Address T. R. MURRAY, Editor a Newbern, ('., September, 1858 New ii H, C. MALCOLM, Practical Marble Cutter, Salisbury, ir. C, Respectfully informs the public thut he has : opened a lUARBLfi YARD, Opposite the Mansion Hole!, Where he is p.eparerf to fill all orders vrith diapatch, for MONUMENTS, HEAD STONES, TABLE TOPS, and all kind of . work in the ' Marble Line, of e'dter IMs . PORTED ITALIAN or . - ,' i Having made arrangements hy which he i can procure the Imported Italian Mabbls ' at reduced prices, he C3ri till all cvders for : Monuments, &o , at reasonable rates. ! He would be happy to hate all itho are desirous of dealing in his line to ball and see snecimecs of Marble, hear prices, and judge for themselves. Having had an experience ot 25 jyears in the business, he will give his personal! at- ! tent-on to putting op Monuments, file. November 5, 1858 49tf mm Yin j0tXZ- '; " .Selected tor the Express. Sentiments of the Beautiful. r -The Beautiful lives in the depth, of ure souV : The sunbeam may smile on the delicate flower, The zephyr of evening my breathe on the bower, The ,nus,c of waters may murmur along r - ' " "j " " to , '., Bui still, if the soul is not armeJ(hy that em i If zephyrs are. powerless this heart to beg u lit. i if niuaic of waters, unheeded, may roll, I The heautlul lives not in the depths of the soul. The brow of the belle may be white as the snow, Her lips like the flower of the cypress may glow, Her voice in soft cadence uiay fall on the ear, Her rye of bright azure be dim with a tear, But still, if her heart is not pure as her brow, If red iips have uttered, and .broken their vow, If tears aire but passion she cannot control, I The beautf'ul lives n it in the depths of the soul. With form like Apollo, a you A may be blestj The fire of ambition may glow in his breast ; His language be eloquent, touching and free, His station exalted and honored may be, ; But still, if revenge in his bosome abide, Companion of ignorance, vanity, pride, Should the dark wave of crime like a broad river The beautful ljvcs not in the depths of the soul. When glories of nature, and beauties of art,;' Shall find a response in the depths of the heart. wnen joeaomui lorms snail out innex mc uiidu,, And wj ortls that are spoken in kindness be kino, n iiii t When Charily, Purity riendshin and truth, Be found with us irortals in age, as in vouih, If heovrnly. love doth but quicken the whole. The beautiful lives in the depfhs of the soul.1 Newton, Nov 8, '58. itsceUane. The Salt-Mines of Craco "w. BY BAYARD TAYLOR. : After descending two hundred and ten feet we saw the first veins of rock salt, in a bed of crumbled clav and sandsone. Thirty feet more aud we wai-p in n. wnrhl nf salt. Level jrallfi- l ies branched off from the foot of the staircase ; overhead a ceiling of solid salt, under foot a floor of salt, and on either side dark gray walls of salt, sparkling here and there writh minute crystals. Lights glimmered ahead, and on turning the corner we came up on a gang of workmen, "some hacking away at the solid floor, others trund ling wheelbarrows with the precious cubes. Here was the chapel of St. Anthony, the oldest in the mines a by zartine excavation, supported by columns with altar, crucifix, and life like statues of saints, apparently in black-marble, but all as salt as Lot's wife, as I discovered on putting my tongue to the nose of John the Baptist. O i in hiiinul Mir fit T IIS linnpr ST.nrV OT the mines has damaged some of the saints. Francis, especially, is run ning away like a dip candle, and;. all of his head is gone except the chin. The arms of Joseph are dropping off as if he-had the Norwegian leprosy, and Lawrence has deeper scars than his grid-iron cyjuld have made, running up and down his back. A Bengal light turned at the altar, brought into udden life this stranre tcmnle. which presently vanished into darkness, as if it had never been seen. I cannot follow, step by step, our journey of two hours through the lab vrintlis of this wonderful mine.. It is a bewildering maze' of galleries, grand halls, stair cases, and vaulted chamb ers, where one. loses all sense of dist ance or direction, and drifts along blindly in the wake of his conductor. Everything is solid salt, except where great peers of hewn logs had been ane upper wunu. oo tuwe guia duu built up to support some threatening Jtlicr interesting fiction of our youth, roof, or vast chasms, left in quarrying, . It requires a stretch of imagination were bridged across. As we descend- j to conceive the extent of this salt bed. ed to lower regions, the air became j'As far as explored, its length is two more dry and agreeable, and the ial- ' land a half English' miles, its breadth ine walls more pure and brilliant. Jla little over half a mile, and its solid One hall, one hundred and eight feet - depth a little over six-hundred feet high, resemBled a Grecian theatre, Ibelow. the surface, and is then iuter- the traces of blocks taken out in reg- r up ted by sandstone, such as: form the - ular layers 'representing the seats for the spectators. Uut oi a single nail one million hundred weight of salt had been taken, or enough to supply the forty, million inhabitants im Austria one vear. .' - , ! Two obelisks of salt commemorated the visit of Francis J. and his Emp ress in another spacious irregular vault, through which we passed by a wooden bridge resting on piers of a crystaline rock. After we had des cended to the bottom of the chamber, a boy Van along above with a Bengal light burning throwing flashes of blue lustre on the obelisks, on the sacred walls, vast arches, the entrance of the deeper halls, and the far roof, fretted with the picks of the workmen. The effect. was magical wonderful.' Ev en the old Prussian, who had the face of an exchange broker, exclaimed, as he pointed upward, " It is like a sky full of cloud lambkins." Presently we entered another and loftier cham ber ! yawning downward , like the mouth of hell, with cavernous tunnels opening out of the further end. - In these tunnels the workmen, half nak- ed, with torches, in their hands, wild i cries, lire-Yt urns, auu mc ui ing jl guuo (which here so reverberates in the iaiprisoned: air tliat one can feel every ' AMave of. sound,) gave a rough repre- sntation of tl0 infernal regions, for ! tne benefit of tke crownC(i heads who i ysit the rnincs. The effe'ct must be ijeed diabolical. Even we, uncx- 1 cWiomcl characters as we were, look- truly uncar,thly in our ghostly gtr- , nkents, amid the livid glare of the tire . uiK!S. f ) j A little further, we struck opon a 1 Uke four fathoms deep, upon which j e embarked'in a heavy square boat j aind entered a gloomy tunnel, over the ; dntrance of which was inscribed in j salt letters, "good luck to you. in siich a place the motto seemed ironi- rial. " Abandon hope, all ye that en- ter here !" , w ould have been more ap propriate. - Midway in the tunnel, the halls at each end Averc suddenly I iluminated,and a crash, as of almnd- ! lied cannons bellowing through the hol j lpw vaults, shook the air and water in r ssuch wise that our boat had not csas ' ed trembling when we landed in the further hall. A tablet inscribed I f Heartily welcome !" salutes us on ' landing. Finally, at the depth of 450 feet, our journey ceased, although, we were but halfway to the bottom. The remainder is a wilderness of shafts, i n ooll,. 1, y , , i ' 1 m . i i j i I 1 1 1 1 1 ,T1- ' v , , scores of tortuous passages" to some vaults where a lot of gnomes, naked fo the hips, were busy with pick, mal let, and wedge, blocking out and sep arating the solid pavement. ! The process i3 quite primitive, and Scarcely differing from that of the an- eient Egyptians in quarrying granite. The blocks are first marked out on the surface by a series of grooves. Dnc side is then deepened to -the re- quired thickness, and wedges being inserted under the block, it is soon $plit off. It is then split transversely into wedges of one hundred weight each, in which form it is ready for ialc. Those intended for Russia are founded on the edges and cornersjin til they acquire the shape of large co poons, for convenience of transporta tion into the interior of the country. The number of workmen employed in jthe mines is fifteen1 hundred, all of whom belong to the "upper crust' ': Ihat is, they live on the outside of the jworld. : They are divided into gangs, itnd relieved every six hours. Each gang quar ies out, on an average, a tittle more than one thousand. hundred Hv eight of salt in that space of time, n it it it o 1 TTi-rv 1T fA,ii- mil . A , 1 1 " 1 "lit1 uuuuitu ihuu.miiu hi-hi, . fflio men we saw were fine, muscular, healthy looking fellows, and the o'mc- ier, in answer to my questions, stated (that their sanitary condition was quite iequal to that of the field laborers. jScurvey does not occur among them, bnd the equality of the temperature of the mines which stands at 54 deg. Fahrenheit all the year around has a favorable effect upon such aa are pre- disposed to -disease: of the lungs. He :was not aware ot any peculiar lorm oi disease induced by the substance in Hvhich they work, notwithstanding Iwhere the air is humid salt crystals jform upon the w ood work. The wood, X may here remark, never rots, and Hvhere untouched, retains it qualities for centuries. The officer explicitly Idenied the story of men having been born in thee mines, and having gone Sthrough life without ever mounting to . ii i . i ! peaks ot the Oaparthian mountains. Et may, no doubt, push much further im that direction. Notwithstanding jthe immense amount already tiuarried j and it will be better unders tood when I state that the aggregate length of jthe shafts and galleries amount to j440 miles--it is estimated that at the present rate of exploration, the known jsupply cannot be exhausted under 300 jyears. The Hripitate treaty, on the jpartition of Poland, limits Austria to Ithe present amount four millions five jhundred thousand hundred weight an nually of wliich she is bound to supdly thirty thousand hundred weight to Prussia, and eight hundred thousand to Russia, leaving over three millions jhundred weight to herself.- This sum lyields her a net revenue from these iminesv of two millions florins, ( 1,000. 000,) annually. " It is not known how this wonderful deposit more precious than gold? fwas originally discovered. We knor fthat it was .worked in the twelfth cen turv. and nerhaDS much earlier The popular faith has. invented several mi - itn ru7 tiho r norn in nn urn in iv iikii. . t r L . f"1-'"" i,.ix- r""" v pense me, i suppose ior my pronrji, , y,-m he 4t aganr reappcaie. xuc gexici ux- , attention and interest, and deliver jd grounded irection is east and west, dipping rap- herself of this advice : When :jr . we might ,iviir v-. . v . ..l. . , , w , Timfi comes, uocior. anu vuur irieiris m raclos toaccounftfoirit, giving the mer it to favorite saints. One, whichTf gravely published in the " History .o? Cracow," states that a Polish Ku'g4 who wooed a princess Elixabeth Hungary ( not tlie saint of Wartblii in the tenth century asked what- ulifc would choose as a bridal gift from htx Something that would most benefit bh ptrupit;. J.iie liiauiugc vcu ciiiwiij vwt performed in one of the salt mines ; Transylvania. Soon after hieing travji ferred to Cracow, Elizabeth went H to ,Wiclieaka, surveyed the grouj and after choosing a- spot, coinui:i,i cd the people to dig. In the coujrs$ of a few days they found a salt prf&& al, which tlie Queen caused td be fe$ in her wedding ring, and wore till th, j day ot her death. She must "hav'S w'lth lew taint ideas ot duty antt fvir been a wonderful geologist for thoslt tuc, and are left in their conduct days. The bed actually follows iM I through lite to the guidance ot uncjias-, : Caparthians, appearing - at interv tened desires rather than to the ffug-. in small deposits, into Transylvania gestrons of an ever-wakeful and fen- where there are exbnsive mines. , y lightened conscience. Is it at all fur is believed, also, that it stretches Tot prising that so faulty a system of trin northward into Russian Poland. Soirljj , ing should . eventuate in folly, dissjipa years ago the bank of Warsaw expeji ' tion, and frivolous pursuits, or dark-. ed large sums in boring for salt negf- en into horrid vice and revolting f the Austrian frontier. Tliere w'asi crime?' ' , ' j '; . . great deal of excitement and specul- , Over-indulgence is a potent auxili tion for a time; but although the mi- ! ary to imperfect-training. Our feoys ; eral was found, the cost of quarryinj; 1 and girls are scarcely out of their it was too great, ami the enterprise; , J was dropped. .if V , j? ' find it.Kr The Confession of a Nurse.; I'm dying, doctor I" You're sure I am dying, ain't you f interrupted sue, cnangmg ner spieiyi. tones for very shrill ones; you t? quitesure" " We are sure of not;-- ing, said I, gravely. ; " I krio.w ;' exclaimed she bitterly,relapsing iro. very wicked, wicKeu woman, inue;.- I have something I have tlje things on my mind which it wilo' mc good, I think, to get disburdened of ; they will kill me else, I feel, their own selves ; and, sir, I haveH a soul in the world to tell them; ?v' only you.'.' So this dreadful old Kir-, my warm hed for the purpose frj - i f i- i sing m me a dangerous,4 connaeup which my own good nature inviteg-- " Do you remember the very stftt gentleman, Carnabases." u pleurisy ? left convalescent ?" intji- red 1, trom memory. Ihe same, fcjr I bled him to death, doctor, at" his oJ?n house, within' a week. His ineais 1 paid me by the job, 'you see, aiuljl IIUO .IUI.VIUUO VJ liVK it over. ."iKJpsid l , , tu heavens !" cried I : " to save yourse a little trouble you committed, thoaga cruel murder !" " He went off ;.ie! a lamb," cried the wretched creatir-t, apologetically. " But there is wmije than that : I once gave a young et four doses of laudanum in one ;.jftd. you wouldn't a known when he !vis i i i i. i ,i. . I... l: you yet anything yet more on yojir mind?" "Hush !" whispered tli, pointing to the door ; "site's listcnln; they- always does it, bless yoL, knows 'em so well. Once only ifee as I'm a sinful woman I smotlurd ' a sick man with his pillow; that :jis for his money ; he would have djoVL iici uivianuuij jjnuo 6ci,iii ,j . "jvi" mc woman, pit is what all you doctors say ;'. but Vt converse among moans death. Oh. sir. I have beeiTviasLr.-inv T.nnrr ueau lrom wneii ue Mi-pi um iufi straints ot morality ana religion, -tney was murders, for all that I know.f-!6- must inevitably lapse into the worjst of '( They certainly were, miserable habits, and any apparent confor?nity man," cried I ; "indignantly ; 1 ;:to the' accepted canons of life will any way, because he had the locjkjKjrV. indulgence of a furious animal wrath, Now," added she, with a long drijii .because he. knows it to be aninfringe sigh, and after a pause, " I feel sr4j-:' mcnt' of divine and moral law, he is what better and more comfortable ve protected from crime by a panojdy a thanks to you, sir." fj ; million times more impregnable ithan The patient had sank back fronhr. any which the laws can furnish, sitting posture, as if exhausted ijrijjh ; If a young lady who indulges in this terrible narration ; but I rcaii -p gossjp, scandal, and back-biting' is her anxious eyes that she still yipd ( simply told that the practice is unbe something more to' say. Presejiy coming and vulgar, she may abandon she again broke- silence, and, 3is the habit for fear of censure; but-if time, the emphasis with which fV: she is well indoctrinated in the belief spoke was mingled with a tonopf , that slander and evil-speaking are yi- gratituae. one uesireu 10 recpyi - -Li"i send the miss, don't let th'em pay.lijr by the job." . J -. The Causes of Crime. r Noticing several frightful enmosyn - " ... -w- t? - three-of our prmc pal cities, the Um f- i iiiv vvui iiai a viu 11 ao vuu. ui t-irjvv ks that ail th(jrw sad evidencentpf deeds of horror are tne improper training ot our yo.Mg men. it migut nave auuea, " anf f our young women also. t V5 We believe that our contemporary has correctly indicated the sourcjf these terrible outrages. The trutu p, that a pernicious and radical error 'per vades the entire system of yout'ftl training in America. The two J$--inent and glaring defects of that jiys iem are, first, the lack of moral tecn ing, and next overindulgence. TeW is -scarcely one in a hundred fan iies which pays regular and . strict aljfen tion to the inculcation j of moral jimd religious precepts in the minds oil Its youthful members. Boys and girlsre alike reared with the dimmest miA , most obscure perceptions of thehtf oh- 6 ligations towards society and their Maker. They are instructed to sojmri extent in various branches of merjely human knowledge, and in the courso . of their education they obtain passing ', and evanescent giimpses of holier and inorc .important truths; but rarely, . indeed,' is a sedulous and persevering effort made to create in their undcr- ; standing and their will those funda- . men tat convictions of right and wrong -by. the rigid observance of which they ;? can alone expect peace; of mind and : j happiness here and hereafter. Teir '.', J intellects,, indeed, are enlarged, but : i' i their hearts are abandoned to all tho iciousand impure passions of 'our fall- , en and grovelling nature. Hence, Ara- crican children too frequently groTf up swaddimg - ciotnes ere tncy arc. irewea as young gentlemen and incipient; ia-. dies. While yet under the discipline of the teacher's ferrule they conceive j ttiomssnlvps rnmnetpnt. to tnlrft their' places in- society. Boys of sixben t ilk politics, frequent public amuse- ments , smoke cigars, and imbibe in toxtcating fluids Girls of fourteen ; v0r fifteen chatter "scandal, - are fabtid- eoas an(i elegant in their toiletUyl no oi majiiuge, ; auu themselves about iheir 1 cretion have arrived both saxes J$now too much. Beardless youths are Icon- . Verted into rakish men x)f, the wbrld, .arid simpering misses who ought still; t0 wear pantalettes, are thoroughly; grounded in the arts of flirtation! and coauetrv. To anticipate modesty:5' propriety, moral rectitude, and a aensQ -J materials would be about as reasonaST .... . . . . . i . ble as to expect to nnd humanity in a tiger, courage in a nare, or genius m an idiot. f V" -' Seven-eighths of the crimes which the press is constantly compellejd 1 to record proceed from these two soirees 0f 'miserv and vice. As. long af pa- rents and guardians shrink from the pcrfprmance of their duty, so long will tho evil continue unchecked. It p im possible to plant brambles and either r0ses. No one can habitually $willbw poison with impunity. , . V I Children, if surrendered to the an- archiajl' government of their ownk bad' passions, will neqessarily become vi- cious in youth, and depravecLin ,Jnan hood. If untaught the 'essential re- , . r. iV, i i. . cepted arise less from settled conviction Ithan from tho fear of the law. If 8 boy abstain from a venging a fancied Wrong hy the bowie-knife or pistol, hetjauso he dreads the prison or . the BeaffolcL, it is evident that if that terror werte re- mov6d he would rush headlong into murder : but if he refrains froni the ; oiations ot divine precepts, tier reiora ii i ii i i : assuredly , lasting, Dccause in conscience. And ituus. illustrate at any length), the I cacv oi moral training; anu tne) cer? , ', tain and miserable eonsequence ensu- ) j ing upon its total neglect. ' j 1- Until narents "take to heart these i i nrimonr MitTia ori finnltr ibmirt i 1I1I- ! l.Ur J- 4, . .u:;. Ilvri j tlilt-iy 111 tlW VUibUlO V v fU.I ! villi" I arCn mindji and hearts we an see no pro3pcct 0f marked improvement. Tho i a;, n( tU n:UntlV;ai.fl inititn. tion3 of baman weakness and wickecU.: nes3. Let men learn to amend their lives and these hideous emblems of an imperfeet civilization will disappear, m r l " i . 1 t . t .,. iiorai reiorm must proceeairoin witn in not outwardly. Make mem bet- 1 ter, and the prisons will fall toxins; from dilapidation "and ; disuse.cacli the rising generation to fear God and obey his commandment, and tirjmo ; : tfill "progressively diminish. " ' t I " . TV Perception. j ' : " " " KIt is extraordinary how many 's defect's we can-'discern in a friend aj-'- ter we have quarreled witUi Jiim. - j The " same remark applies- to atvoman up-" on rewiring the: ! mitten. r 'Y 1 ..(? ilk'- m- l
Iredell Express (Statesville, N.C.)
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