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I .vo lords of the iuiiL'. ir.ooaiv Uct w.nc.i - I flit a-out J'.roadway, belong la persons titer to be president of the Uuilud States, 4 r to make such fortunes a that of Ator. Jfb wonder, then, that there 1 some gloom and long faces U U met with ijx-thc walksf.tlie Metropolis, t., vi.;i"r " 41 '. JLS R1M?i aii Gawfai BailrttlT Ti'O New Yi k T.i.,-s t!.;i.t. l!. r A hiwSh UMuntor 11m ivm L . . ,.: "m'u held iu this Cat im twcfUj W-;'A V If I present, Dr. W. J. llkw I'wiMj Mlj" I A1 V and Mr. Aitresi Wooes, . atuc-j decai, ,i- II- Willr, ' J.am . 'King, " Thomas Miller, and AIlvii C. IVrry. , W learu that dividend i4 mx it-rV sU vm' dedared Cir the j-al er, amounting t atytSS,OUO,'ut which the . Slate wilt rpcoie ! R,(Wv um O! fo,WU w vrr-vi iu mc, iukinz luud of tlio li"l, liicli u intw ' boti2!,MW. lUi.fa.id U .cc...Ut IlijJ for tlia roM8 ii diwliariiig U-i l"g a lie was able. 1 leUt of the Cuuil-aoy "( $1'',W-1. Tta;both lit-M I ws ilevLMi yt-i debt vf the CMiiiuiy af TOW lfiriei,ltiore-" fore, really otdy fI2.Ut0 , We learu tliat lite current cxpemte of 9 Uuad for tlie paU year acre $M,m", ! lite Itad for tl put jeaf ere tD$.. ' and the extraordinary vxpcuura, -hi ac-; , I umlntifully refuted ever to ff' ifuef I eiiioeeS true real unmerited received her kindljand she seemed pleas- jiuing a picture, when a child ran into tlie jit may be that thi intermixture, (or de ciutrttTirlee tatwiaiJ Wrl, near bet aHin. 'Imiu.iiiesft wrthoat eare'oranxiety or fear ed and happy when she sat down to Su- i room. It was o like little'Kitty. that I gemjracy 1) is not .general, Hut every lutl auI me uMn urw . ','. 1 .1 , . - . ' . a... ...... The income of the lwdtbpat var a)tudhu.'rhie'f.iuy board and elotiics : oetiiir an nicreaw o. tfUHWoW tin, prwediMg year. Hut for the extraordinary expenses r fcrrvd W, a di idtnd of ait; per cent. tnU, and was eve mounted i would uoUumU have lu dec.ared f 1 ( M. ti p of the In-ailing stae, ahei, wh.. the fiscal year preceding the one which r UnU come into the uvuru yard but thei basjurf expired. :Urjm-r . ' Tbe Road is how in excellent orJer- j Wre are y..u g.n, U.y ? he called llie freight, and trayd are mrnJ.; ;,-u m a haid and severe tune. , audit marked pr..eiy fan.he the; II- lm. t. j best evideuce ol the ahle ami energetic i manner iu which it affairs ha e beeu cou- ducted. ; he Wid his; but it woke up ail tlie mu- We learn that the -!on bridge L ; ul' dogging al.icl. iel't seals et, been solar completed that ibe-ean. are I hae l.-t taoe to t.il y..u i...w, any more passing over it, meeting the IVier.t.uri; t''i tu .11111. tu! rus!n ha 1. lie was car. The uiiderslanuiug was loal tlie a c-;ur, prutAiie man, ami he lauucbed old Greenville lUad was to be rej aireo "t " stra.n ..f abu,- ahich would and bud wilu heavy iiuu a u a ll. " made mv 'i,--i clnil if 1 luel U-vM Uastou bridge was finish, d, or as .ii al'iaid ol buu. anl bade luc et .low 11 iu-theronfu-r as oracticabh: : but tbeiv are !mlr nl l"' li-me. 110 iltdieatiiai ret, e learn, of the cm templated anf uiih-Ii needled improve liienl in the Oreeiiville li.d. lle toinw al.ve referred to the State's I1wrti4.11 of the Itaieii-h and iast.di dividend, will be the first item f ine-.ote ol the Silikilllf Fund authorized bv the lost Lermluturc. II t!.e .ortli-(. aroiina road auoiild declare a d.videud. duriag Ine euaUjrtig winter or spring, f six -r r.'til. oU the State uiilboii yf pritt-rrii T.n to that lioad aml 'the general impteM.-u. seems to be that it w'i4i-du this, i.i.d pioo aWy more tbeisiiikitig Fuhd w ill mia i:'. by tlie meeting of the next Ia 'iulure. to bt-lwecn oi.e hundred slid lculv uii.i 01 u) bundled and tit'iv tii'.u-.M.l jaUtyk .V.fii.. Keferring to the commercial UMre-i prevailing at the .V'-ith, the Ne ors. Ltay llmX has t lie tiiduwinjr ati.4., which N'lheiri men nil -pi-n:s an i tlu-e, should r fleet uj'i. : Yankee eiiterj.ric and .0 lee r n ciples in the V,-t cut tlie New -i -rk jiiiWr llieir life's l-bsttl. and th.- ml-., have pn-fel:red the Western l Nuitl.i iii trade Iw-cause it ("ss'-j-scd this V a ; ii.ee enlerjri-c, must take the U netlt "I !)..: r choice and Ibe reward of tlw-ir prvfeivin-e The South bus no anlee eiitrrprs-.-, but it ha that wbicti a iimj tV, oi ...rt!.i. liiea dtpie alHe all limits ei-, ami which they s-eiid lkfMii;i' mi.1 m..e t 1 di-stroy. but which pais 1 lie o:r:.ii i er's dubU it has negro ia'or, and ucgio lalxr and its prinltit! i!l save Nen ork thi.yvai troiu li..p-ii t. naokriiptcv ." l'orson Dromulow de line (tret lev's proposition lor a discusaiot'i Ik t-n-vi. sell and Fred. lAiugiass,. 1:1. tl.e loiioa .ng term : tireelry accep! my challenge fir a di CUMioa mith lieecher, i'aikei, vt .mie ouo f yeur fnus lieedom shriekers but ha the uubluhni impudeiK-v to name Fred. Douglas Oik ,u Utr, a tlie -..m-paniou ol tlie North, ll loiigta- a a 1 attempt to reply to ma m pubric, I'mouid serve him as Kuk, of Aikaiisa, "d (nee ley in Wacbingioii, lr his modeiiee- 1 mould near luiu out on the paemi.l with a big ulick ! lam millmgj., mu! Greeley in debate, because .4 his p.Mt.. n and the color of ins akin, aliif.uu I leel confident that he sse les ol honor, and of manly feeling, tl.aii the big IhieL Aegro Ikragla, whom you all iionixe! A VALl'AliLE TABLE 1C07, Virginia settled bv the Eiii?!is!i 1614, New York settled by the lintel. ; me mith everything needful for the vj lo:W, Massachuaelt settled' bv the Tun age, hugged me to Ler capacious heart, tan; ltia(. New Jersey -tt'.ed bv the and ba-ie mc Gitl speed. Jones, who was Dutch; !, Delaware sett led by Swede angry because 1 stayed there, was still and Fins; 16.1&,Maryldnd' aettletl.l.v more so when I went away; ami in his Irish Catholics; 1 6:W, Khi.de Island "sei mile's absence, taunted me mith my new tied by Roger Williams; North cloth, s. which. Jie more than suspected Carolina settled by the English ; KI70. eame ironi I.er although they passed as South Carolina Settled by llugue...,: ; the stagt- (rier gift. 1CS2, IVimHylvania settled bv William Tie servams all assembled to see me lWi: 17;i2. GiH,n'i ta ttled l",v Ceii.-ral co awav. an 1 their hearty, Mtood-bye, Oglelhorpfl. i no , inner atat.Nl a'.re A.ImilT.v.1 inlo the I jflillll a full.iwa ! Ill 1 Till Vrrmlilil 1793 Kentucky, 17!M Temiessee, ImiJ Ohi7i,lsirtmiiahtt3tu Indiana. 117 Miasisaippi, lSlt Alabama, li? Maim, 1S21 Missouri. 1H.'W Mirhigan.' l;t Ar kansas, IS:, Florida, lSCi IVxaN W iowa, 1 SIS Wisconsin, ISJo California. ANECDOTE OF THE LATE DI KE OF WELLINGTON. 01110 year ago it was propsod to him Io purchase a farm in the neighbourhood of Strathticldsayc, which lay coiitig.ous to hi estate, and Was, there tore, a valu.i me acquisition, to which he assented. When the purchaso was completed, bis "toward congratulated him uon having; I could not go back to my kitchen You will find us in rather 'close quar liad snch a bargain, as the teller mas in Work again aller my voyage, so I looked ters," I said, 'but yon shall come and be difficulties am! forced to part with it. out diligently for some el.iph'yiiieiit. An wofeouie.' What do vou mean bv a barvain f said advt rti-eiuent iu the laler tor a I'riuter's . . Wo aureod that oho should he- there the1; Dnkc. Tlie other replied, " It wa valued St fcj.VNI. and we have iot it for 1000." - In that cane," said ibe I hike. VOIl Will l.liliu I.. rrr It, a f -..V. to the lute ow ner, and never t.ilk n tn:- f j -..si ,.- ,.. ss.fl.v.w oi cuvap laud again. A n!v Jmrnd. , , v ptjttVlylitify:l .; - .... iilebbgranhy of a Lawyer. v tuua a. nrni. I believe that I started in lift) under liu auspicv f mil I'aUici's mint Deborah umiuiii iv 01 nur, ' Ucu of fathet antl iiwitlx r win. 111 ..1 in, ai.enute'y ami -.,ld ; et:aiHt in.ui uis uid o run-; "n;r wy; at attiiotitr lte-w?ttt mi ittuui,iierl.Ie iu, vilicii !ie die.iv; uaineraoie mae, wneu u! vrvl my uWniUiui. t. rt'turn to lier, i and I -tit to wIhioI an.l fitted f..r col - - wi I I . I . 1 : 1 . ... :.i it t jww, nnw mi a ttiuau larmer j lutu - i.i.i .mi wan asiuail larmer: n vu.vy jwi, ...o c..u . j uhici. Hun. u.y rov,,,g pro.!i,.,t.e mov-; ed ue turaaotffroifttiint. 1 had made iliy j i" i1"""- i I canm describe the manner in which llunk v- u, ir,'. l said, ' I am eij ''- rl to s.mieli.jv else. At t!.i iu'i... ui the s?a'u ;.uti'd. lie idered the driver to slop and let nc i-.n 11 ; I, ut he dp.ve 00, and lam alliioel -i..d to record ih.it I made a simti eai,t uie. .th ui ti, 11.nl. and bner u mv Vvrv Ueeeiil 1. hi 111 nose, and - ilou bIiuII hear .ill .a tiic eul- t-a.i: i.iit, t tisl-1. v, ir- 1 'alit ti :i;n,;i ol fivedotti. j 1 li, t gi.'iil mith tiieliue prospect au.vii 1 li-j 'ji.il ui n.y eii lateil si-at. Ine diner velv kind to u.e, retUMIi; ' .ii.f lr n.-ilirv t.-r the hole jotiineV , ai.l ' ller.ng to htid ti.e a , ,u place .;. I..-, ' i At :at tuie there maa veiy old Iioiim S!i II .-try.!, I.- w deUioi.l.il. ill L.u a Mr. j !.e ki pi bun ters lor a uii:nW-r ot Jears. llele he slopped the !,e to fit me . u. A Lai j:t!i 1 U-, imef !" said 1. . J u-l 1 ,iif: '..at he o. ni t lad," auu-wau--a;.! -u- ui. i .it l u i.i. 1 -. d ut L.M. t '1' i ti.e o'M.r. 1 .i .0 I ee a;.v ...., sir,' nuii 1 t;m ..!!y. 'Ibe iui b'ir-t into a loud !:t i'!i. ' 1'i.ii U.at knot., gievuy i' be said, at )..-!; xn.i rraif.!if a v 1 pulled it ar'niu and aitn;, niitil Mr. J.. m , aipieer i.s.k i.g oi l leo-m, with one leg, and a ililap iiiwiteti ee, l ame to the li sir, and iiM.ked la.'vers out "t thw reMiiiin.iii' rl ot us roll, iijs.ri he liuk!e wttil alio had broken his bell a ire. Let (hat vounjfuter stay it!i you and Ma'am Jouc Hit 1 coino up to upier, xaid the still laughing driver and 1 ! j 1 J. Nia'am J..i:i"s was a lady that would have in-ide a tine c .inpaniou tor l.uiiel l4intet. Sheltered t.cucatii her e.ipa cioiism ii;. 1 eoiild lud defiance to liltlc Mr. Jones, ulio dared not atLitkiinv tl. nj anieh his uife iiiiht take a t.uicv tor jietliiio. The "hi lady liked me very mueU ; and thi'k'no iede, together mitu Hie tladv sight of my friend, Hie driver, kept me coiitKUte! and happy through .1. . 1' . 1 1 ........ 1 ....... w liner. i eeome'i mo.i-s, mm i-.- i , i i i i find HTTP a ser.e l similar tliguitleU -is i ut v tii'.ruing ; but when boys nrowii age were round, 1 sOmrt.iues i.'u'. while hk ng at their go,.. ami tin. i-pvel.ihle elotiojig. that it would not h.ne been a very bad plan forme to have accepted aunt iKrborah offer of sending me to the cohege. An I'pjsii tuuily offering to go to sea, I 'prepared to go. despite the entreaties, and el ill tears of the tilt hind ludv. When sue louml me ,le:eriunie.une prow.icu . , , . 1 'I am! a sate, return to you, old lellow I wa prolally (iiore sincere man uiuy- , j. 1 w .1,1 .1 . tenth of the good m ishcs thut have been Ss.ken P,i me since that lime. j 1 shall say but very little about my sea life, ll did uot answer my expectations at ail. 1 never passed a day vv ithoiit in- loicrnhle sea sickness, ami lining a sugui, debeate boy. the captain advised mo as a Ineiiil to stay in future upon the land, Goiligoiiishore, the mate stepped forward ami s)io..k my nan.i, saving : 1 ' Weii. Sam. vou hav e kil .1 a sailor 1 alter ail.' I. did. not then know the meaning of this phrase; but when I got back to t,lio. old house in Howard street, my friend, the driver, repeated it, and tiviu hnn 1 tot the explanation of the term. ' ly caught , my eye, and I applied and was nevived. Here I was unite hai'tiv. I ma.re -mysellfa .favorite in the office, ; I l l l.Vi r n,w 1 1,,, i l. I-". irli .,i,.l,-"il.i ,M ."..,... .,. ,s.n...,,,, ,,j .,,ii,i . in... v.j'l li" ui'inst wt that my wrrvjee would ill wi y t c tmiun I a fair icmuncratiou. 1 t - 'At tcnty-iie I mnrriud Suui Uns veil, the iliinj;liler of my t iiiploycr. 1 tmi tlms tiritf in recfti'dinff thin, bedanse hy 110 alcliutiiy wlmtever couM I corivortolil faaliiouiHt miirtcr-offucts litfn f.r t-ath j IIMIILT, ItllU biiiim;iumii. ii.ik.ii, 1.11" nil,- "ever i.,.i ...;i., i. , .... ..... .......U, ihlo tt u, , li - & . . ' , ' ; 1. "Ill Ul CTBAVl II. IU U Hlltlllli Dl. 11 IIIIU. r l . , . r , i r...,,..I ,i ... . i .1 . t:i.. -i . I mm fciitj hi' ii ivvii inv. Mv Jeni pUr.ii oT.ViVr fiewTion . . . i.. 7-. , f ,Jj tliem cin.f..rtnlile and n-tan , , ..:: ,,. .,i' ,.ur rftllll( iVo took tWO rooms, Leot U.em ahiiuuir the whole year round. , J. , :-J :. - ., um., , , .. ,1 .. " 'v( W(J eij.yel 1 Our twotldeRt chil- . llL , , , , f,(i .1...,. ...,r lin.iu , S; . , . ,.',.,., .1,., !.. ,,lt,i 1 w iu of mnnv 1p.aeeful hours jr-Vfinoved to a cottage in the sub- rU .f li,Um ; not th.N'iniiiutiire cit-, , VCIiertl. Tri smu ol)liClirt. vj u to t,e sire aud iui- ,7,.,.,, :, About the time Unit we lemovcd. and were i.,ietly settled, a very important law ce was on the docket, ami when it came on, we were very bu-y printing ti..- reports of the triul as it progressed. . 1 becauio intensolv absorbed in it : not so much from sympathy with the parties (M.cerned, as from a feeling that, mere I acquainted m ith the technicalities ot the law, 1 could seize upon very many points of importance which I believed the pri soner's counsel had overloiVked altogeth er. This idea grew stronger and strong er upon my mind. I hail access to law hooks which were 111 my employer s sanc tum, and pored over them sometimes all night long. Mr. liussell hiul been bred t the law, but hud relinquished his pr. '.-ioii f.,r that of :ui editor sonic years before the birth of mv wife. I frankly stated to him my wishes in regard to lilting myself for the bar. lie id tirst laughed, then seriously trid to dissuade me from attempting it. I p jM.sitioia only strengthened my purpose, and I entered the ofiiee of an em 111'iit iaw.ver, mho overlooked mv deficiencies was idea-.! to tern. it. of the talent and acumen which my replies to his qucs- lions display e.l. 1 now wrote for the journal which I had Usmi accustomed to print, and with such secrecy that Mr. Iiiissell did not find out who hi., new contributor wns. lie would often wonder 111 my presence, who it could be, and a enln-.l to him a degree of talent a brilliancy of expression such as I had hardly Imped to deserve. He often, too imputed my articles to ami then tl.e two leading writer of tl.e day, and expressed his opinion tii.it ti.ey would not remain incog, r great while. This (lattery pleased me, but I did n it allow my vuiititv to lead me into oetriiying invsell. Through a third par ty, 1 received a larger compensation f..r labor, certainly, than I should have done had n.y w ise faiiu r-lu law mistrusted who w as ins eoi respoii.lenr. I stmiieil li.ii. I. ami at length Had t ie inexpressible satislaetioii of Lcing admit ted t the Sull'olk bar. 1 took an otliee mith another young lawyer in order to reduce our expense.!, ami waited anxious ly for the first brief that should be offer Jd. 1W Susan! Mv heart aclies at the rememhrauce of Certain privations to! which, with a.igel sweetncss she submit-1 , , . , led ut this period, ' .. order that 1 mi-iit ,.nr .-..so. ...... , I.. Me ...mlri .nil..... l.i various literary journal's barelv gave i .. J . i . . the means siisteiiaiice ; ami I had neiir- iv offended Mr. Iliissell by slighting his advice, that I dared not apply to him for 1 .... .. 1 1 11 ,k' ; r.., ... ..i..... ! . M,.,,. ,.U.-S.I.S II, Ml. ,.111 SUIJIII- ban residence to the city, 1 met mv old landlady, Mrs. Jone. She looked at tne hard, and 1 returned it.. There mas no o. ..... .1.... :. 1 !....,., iiiieitiniu. 111111 ii rv 11-oiv.rjv v.vriiiiivil(lllLU .and cxprc , ,..,'.,. , , ..l.., ,ir,.JCl.,i ! ne iorm even much urcsscn , in deepest iliournin widow's ample ' veil bung on the hack of her head and 1 1 . : nearly sw ept the street. Thc'recognition U-'.S tflliril'il ,1,1.1 th. ..hi l.iilv ..hhtriid .. ,1 i, ul r,..t I o.'r,ii.i,,p,i tt.,.1 ' looiiiiiii ui loose who nvic ,iuu i, ine ui t. ... , , . . . - , , ad the old And the darker!'!" fenzied eyes and ;writlng li.iibs. .11, auu nit oiii i.iuy s rapiures ..... ........ , , .... ., I iuul 11 asnrv to to ,.u- hurt in t ho .;it finding me were almost too strong for 1 the prospect, the more I shrunk liom al dut duor exhibition. She told me of poor! low,,"S Mr- Jo"cs J" loel thlit '' wa a Jones's death, and of her removing to the 1""do" "I",'" , No come what might country when the old house in Howard V;e , "!d sl"J".1 u,,t bu ,u,""lvod street was torn down : 'r"m '',e circle in' which she seemed to And now,' she said plaintively,'' I nnV juive placed all'lier' happiness. She should alone in the world.' , live ;ltu 118 1W '""J-' s sl,u l,vou lit a''' 'Come ami-live with" me.' were mv first .woi'.s. ion ii, u.e a .ionic w neu 1; i,, ;.,;i.i' 1 avc me a home when 1 ! ' I stopped, for the thought pressed back j upon me that I was poor, and unable to' support my ow n family. A. strange smile flitted over the' taee ot my friend, while she inquired my situation. I told her, and described my wife and children, She said: - I will gi to you. I can help your wife enough to pay mv Iwiard.' I mas almost dismayed at what I had done, when I considered the immense ap K'l'te which I had inconsiderately offer- ec, to supply, and which T well rciiieiu- liereil ot ohl. lint 1 clung to my bargai ami Ticggvd her Io cmo Immediiitelv. bereilol' old. I "lit I clung to my bargain, the following Monday, and I went home to Susan whom 1 met with rather an cm-! barrassed air. She looked-at the matter .....r.. l,i I.,...,, ,1, 1..., 1 1 r 1 1 I .... 1 ....a..I. ed, ami prei'iireil her best chamber for Mrs, Jones' reception, heroically carrying j SALISBURY, N. C OCTOBER 20, 13.". in many littto convenience of u-liicU- we Lfld no ilii)licte.' " x M v relation of Mrs. Jonca' former kind- nc to me, and my dutscriptioii of lier .re"utit Unoly and Moiret state, inade1 Susan" filled tear. SI10 .roniiHftt to do ,..,J evervtbiri!' in her uower tor tlie forlurul 1. a... tl.......l. 1.1 11. .iv I... woman J iiirsiii; ii.,.i.i;iifc .... .... , thrown nuoii wia for liiunitLimiiee and no-1 on luT'it for comDHillonhlnn. I. i m t "'R crj.;i-lag in . p,iri,el-iar in hand, and f.i owed l.v la hand-cart, bearing berold-fasliKiiied anil somewhat dilapidated hair trunk. We ! iewiiai o ia.iuaieu iiuir wui.k ...'. mn u and exte ent dinner. 1 he ! I . . chiUlreu were attentive, aul kept passing the toon near 1 lie new guest. (..A. t'or.t..ight passed away, and we be stmt to feel that we could scarcely do with ullt Mrs. Jones. he was invalnal.le as u,i assistant to husiin, and in marketing for us, her services were In-yond all praise, We gave lier our slender purw every im.ming, as she thought she could do bel- ter with it than wecou d ; and it i per- 'ttg the h-ads of pn.v,- aton, and tlie superior quality ot the same, which .he obtained, , Su Ml I n to !lllnk ln greviouJv cheated m our ..ru.er purchase. So, when our wardrobe un " wouiu go out win. me money lor a nx penny print, and return with something handsome and valuable, for mv wile 11ml a 1 ice rciiinaiU for Kitty, and then she mo i! 1 it domii and make them luith iqi mith all the skill of uu experienced inan-'.itii-ii'uker. Susan handed me some bills, one dav. ! tha: she said had been left there by a col lector, including one for our rent, aud one t..r the last suit of clothes which 1 hud been unwillingly forced to buy in order to keep up a rcscctable appearance. My coiiiitcnince tell some degrees I fan cy, for I had no money to pay them. Mrs. .lone mas bustling .around the dinner table, and she said, rather sadly, that she felt that she ought not to lc liv ing upon us, and perhaps she had better go away. " Xe i er, my good friend,' said I, a.'i l 'Never," echoed Susy. I assured her that 1 w ould not listen to her leaving us that I trusted very soon ?, and that come what would hoiild share our last loaf. Tin good mo si. ui iiu-,-o iis ouo. .MiLt, ...... ....... i i i i i .. . i ...i. ... i .1 setting her cap and wiping her eyes, she . . , .,: ,!.. i l- . . I .. ,L m .r went ui. e.ly hack to hei o,k Alte dinner !.c went out, but we reiterated our iiijiinctmns that she should not seek mother homo as longis she could put up i with ours. 1 called round in the evening at the vari, .us places from m hence 1 received the bills, lo mv utter surpn-e, the an 111. T 1 .. .1... swer was that they had ull boTm 'TT ftlVij. I impaired by whom, but u.i one could recollect. They were all cancelled oil the various books;. I was thoroughly amaz ed, for I knew no one but Mr. Itussell who could do it for iuu, and hardly thought it of him. Susy -was as surprised as myself, but she rather inclined to the belief that it was her father, so I quietlv let her iu- , Iduige in her pleasant belie!'. We got through the summer, but win ter was coming on, and 'I actually trem bled at "its approach. Industrious us I was prudent as Susy had ever, been we could not hope to get through the cold season, without both sutlcring and toil, H,,u Wlt" dent iiwraddeil. I had been at the office all day, on one .''"" t""" November, anxiously de- hating wiietner l siiouni not go duck io ""S US""' ""n""' ...v n .. o and wherefores, counte l the cost again ......I., mi. I I.i- ll... i,i... I o n.O.il urilii- "o'"" J - i metRV 1 could not hud that change would ; Ue"vht "! ft Kl,1lu "' , 1 a ''"'J-'; iiiirtniittinrlv tutu- uih! I a imiM travel done so ifffetumid to printing, and wltl' scllrct;1' even so much success as HOW. I became heartily discouragei will,! ft no prospect uctore me. llail 1 been 11. nt 1 . alouo 111 the world 1 1 aid have her . . .. ... . . , ,., put'ently. MiUeringand privation orouglil , no terrors to 1110 individually, but the, jm" ' ........ oiounn .1.......1 ..,-.1... 1... i" ..,.011 a bed. is a poor, bloated dvinir man. al,J 11 wuro to Ueggary, way we would heir for her too . , " , . , . , 1 started up and iiaced the olhcc with an impatient step. It may seem .strange that a strong healthy man", should be so. powerless as 1 was tj procure a living for my family ; but so it w as. It was growing dusk, and I felt it was near my time to go home. 1 had intended send ing some fuel to my Ironse, .but I was dis appointed in some money that a certain publisher of a daily paper was owing me, and 1 now dreaded that there was dark ness on' the hearth .at home. 1 was just locked up, when a boy came up to ine with a I. 'hied paper,--! read it under the lamp post It 1 ai in thus ; 'Come to No.---, Tremont Jioad at six o'clock. 1 saw no alternative but to do as I was asked. The boy was gone," so" X could make no excuse ; and T -walked over the damp leaves that lav crushed upon the .sidewalk, which the November blast had shaken that very hour from th. trees. 1 ! vvunt. over the ground Vapidlv, for l-want- L.,1 I., I....... ll I .....if. 1 rang at the number designated. vv vv IV i.i I llllj lllilllU, ail Ol' 11 H 11 , It ' was a good brick house', with 1 granite stepr well-liglrted vwtilinlc witll jlass door, and I could see tlint tlie whol front ; wa etLiir,'',-''l wit" " 'ie"' little feet camperiiitf tjifongli tlie liall. but OS thif lior were or grooved gians 1 jconld nce noililn. ..II J",!.. . , A servaut eame to the door, ana wait- Vjf tliat there are niantg ar' uig amoi !.! n inn tri ti l.tiitiuiinl ilruuAlir-rtHilll. v. ... v w .... --, ..... I---. . , ... with p.aiii but new ami K"011 "rl"'1"'!- I waited incurious gpecuhuion for whim? tmuiuea alicre.na'J been 110 plate upon I lie Uoor so icouni noi even leu me name of the person wishing to eee me. I w as standing before the chimney -piece, exam- would Have called her so, nnn noi ine . -. . I.i I ,11 pretty embroidered rbbe and silk apron looked so ditl'ereiit from our children s plain clothes. But another htlle headed, Xhe counterfeit may readily be was peeping in at the open door, and that I buowu by tasting the sap of the green was little Charley, only for the scarlet i gtalk. Even without this surest test, one frock and neat gaiters; and then the two WUOr lias well compared the two plants, made a long run across the floor, and ran ! ,,jay distinguish tueiu by the age. The into my arms; while slowly and niajes-1 weet or true plant baa its seeds covered tically, sweeping along in her ample 1 hy a close-fitting sheath or envelope, craj.es and bombazinifs, came portly Mrs. w,ieh, when ripe, perfectly black and 1 . j 1.,. L v., ..ml Uoes, .oe ,..u. . u., , musmng i.e t.ie oawm. m,a i . mu a w omauly leeling cum . upo me just the. I fel a sort o. lain.ne and 1 passed . ,y baud across mv eyes to be u e dha wa, wide awake. Susy laid her band upon my shoulder ouowe.tto this kind rend here w hispered .he. 'She has been try ing y uu T - rr.il u!o I in ,ng me ? I said aloud . J-",,,;",J', , , , herself Wa, rich, and had nooneieho.it mc but seltish and interested people, wlio w anted nil . .. ll. i , ., . . ... , , , - oi ine siioiuu ui.u ouseuriir auu uuuiau in V motlev. 1 liavu lull.' I ,,. hemls ot iIim woilhless n laut are UsU-i , . . . r i,j- i J . ,- , , i i ow ned this house, and lived , it'mhe . met you hr,t ; but a thought suggested hy your invitation to go to you induced me to try w hether you would keep ine it I had happened to be poor, and I was( abundantly satistied w itli the result. U e , made money at the old house in Howard s..ee.,o. ,,,e.. ..oo.,DoUioU sei.ese.e. knew, and I always intended to hud yon aiyl make you my heir. I had, how- ever, rather that you would enjoy my property, while' I can have flic pleasure of seeing you,; sol invite yi.u to return my visit. on will tiiid a handsome of- rice, well fitted up for you in Court street, when you go down to-uiorrow morning. The boy who will wait on you has the Lev of tli door but hern in thn knva of ..I'.. 1.1..1 ........ the desk ami library.' um ueoK uini .io.aij . 1 declare to you leader, the generosity r .i " i .i , f tls woman nnmi ntied me more than ,,u ,,sConsolate thoughts which had haunted me the whole afternoon. It seemed too good to believe, and when I we walked out to the dining-roomj and 'set down to supper at which no expenses Uras snared. I could only look from one ' .1 .. 1 ... .. re, ... to The other, and wonder if I was in a dream. . I took possession of my grand office the next day. Briefs poured in upon ine; for who will not reqiur.e the services of a rich lawyer, and who wants the services the opinion on which it is founded, the been brought out fresh and sweet front of a poor one s I rose rapidly, ami am counterfeit Chinese Sugar Millet may be the press lor us. In this, as in all othef still standing in high places. I speak it the result of successive plantings of well- household arrangements, the people are with reverence. I owe it to a woman.. ripened seeds. Either this plant is a new very tidy and cleanly, though a little dei We bought the cottage, wilh its little production, (degenerated as to sugar, but ' ticient as regards their own persons, garden, and we go there in summer and improved as to grain.) owing to some Tneir clothing, however, is of a. healthy play poverty n-rain for a few of the hot-;cailtle, otherw ise there must have been substantial character, ami the women con test weeks. We have four children now, gome few seeds of this a different noiymitt, suit comfort rather than ornament. Many and Mrs. Jones pets them all. She i not distinguishable among some of the , of them wear cloth pantaloons under their now trying to have me seek out my old 'true seeds of the Su'iir Millet distributed . petticoats, which, therefore, they are able . aunt Deborah, and perhaps 1 will. Ine; old farmer. Mo, I intend now that lie shall 'hear from me. ENTER NOT INTO TEMPTATION. young man stood gazing listlessly in I at the windows of a pleasantly lighted j saloon one evening, when he felt a gen- ! llu.1."!' V" t.1"; .s!",ul,llcr i 'ie tl"',u-''1' H":1 11 tiiend ot his, taking his arm. said, Conic. I ni going in here a few mo- '"'"!s ! .V'iU -Vo" "ot ' He I.esi- tated; hi mother rose helore him as on her dying bed, he promised her that he would never, never, never sit at a gum-1 oig-iaoie, 01 io,.n iij.on 111 Rut the-tempter still ui" wine-cup. d; the first .1. ,.,, .,i t,.. .A ,i. r, .,,.... , "r " ,,.;"'. ,'''V downward course of sin and misery, lie hail lost nearly ail. aud he drank that he might still the nccusings of conscience ; he drank until be w as struck with f, liri um tYiiuin. lie would point his attenu ated linger towards the door, and ex claim. ' There they arc; donT you sec them? Oh, keep them off; keep them off. There, they have got me. "Yes, yes, 1 m ill play one game more withyou. for yon have my soul, I know you haw. I mill win it back." Thus he would rave, ever thinking he was plaving with do- which he said they had got, until death u an interesting but painful narrative palsied Ins arm and chilled his blood ; (lf the burning "t the steamer St- l.aw wheu the strife was ended, and the gam- ri'hee, near Montreal, is this beautiful in bler and drunkard was Tfi niore.- - cider. t : Close hv the goiJ clergyman Am, jit'iin J. .wty,'rc:,fSB(Ja little g'rl named Catharine Mc 'ArtHti'r." She c nild not ti..ve be-en over l'.VYMFNT U N. ClUOI INA C Ai'VAMK. We are requested n im' bv s is the Public Treasurer, Mr. Courts, to say that he Will take up now, or at any lime here alter, at pur, the coupons on the bonds of the . Stale thai fall due the 1st of Janu ary next. , He requests those who cam lot present thorn in person, to endorse them to C. 11. Ilroo.lcn, l-.sii., I ouuilruUiov an 1 tor- ward them To Mr. 11., and he, tlie Ticas - .... 1 1 ....... 1 1. l'.., ,1 .... ll,. urer. w.ill irive. checks for them on the 1 Rank of the S; ito, vr the Rank of Cape ''' - . .'. .Unl?rJ. ', ' ' -' ; .J.fi ' irrs NUMBER 21 CADTION nEQUIUEDI.N' SELECT- LN'G SSKEUS OfcVrilli CHINESE SU- OAU MILLET. . 1 .. , . r 1 t . - r AY Uhm the last few .day. I learned, from a more careful observer tlmu 'l.u t 'l.'ma... Wn. Cn.i.. ..r Mill. .If u-lii.U . V . . . v.nmv m..w v. ...u.. ... . hae uonacarine mice, ami vet are bo nu ! iar tflut they would not be inspected to differctit, withont tasting tlie j.ap. Alt the eroi obsefVea to be tlins niter- j mixed, are of the second year' growth, froul gupplied from the 1'uteut Office. cn tivator wUl do well to examine his ' , . ... plants saved for seed, and to be sure that al such nou-sacliaruie plants are exclud . i .1 . ... i i .1 . gi.j oi.u.e ouia.ue ,. o. u.cse saflis, ut generally,) have a Hue and j mlr, less than a nuarier of an inch , long, extending from each f ll.e oti.er , , nkuts have most of the seed -.overs of i; towuwit, black color, not gl-ssv, except , ,,, a few ot the seeds, aud with a ha.r alwul haf ttn- 1Ilch lg stand mg out .., every seed cover, l ie pith ,s while, . ' ""Hvt,y P,C and Wl,';",t .iw.1; ' lle.s. ll.ese plants are generally the tall-; CSt a"d lr"."ot-1tt"ld u"d ereV.1 m "ia- ny Cae. alter all the surrounding t. ue ; canes have been prostrated by wind. ' . , ,, . i i , uly larger fuller and ...ore beaul.tul.anfl hang a .lightly aud gracetully dr-piug to vll, b,je- biecimeusot both plant have been placed in the otliee o! the State Ag - ricultural society. There is a rule for selecting seeds of tl.e true cane, whether African or Chi- I - r . . .' I.. If. ! ..ese, wiiic.i ll may ue. men 10 oosene, or ut least to test, but which I report upon iiifctruiatiuii, without any personal or ex-. ,erimental knowledge of the facts. From Mr. Ix-onard Wray, the introducer of the atal Sugar Millet, (or " iniphee,") in,tO Krance and this country. 1 lately lieard , that the practice of the Kaffirs, (directed ,v long experience,) is to cut oil the heads desined for seed when they are l.arelv -;....'"o.....,,.l. f... ,h. co.la t,'. r.riit.at. ItL nroner limn is when the seed is still i i ne proper lime is wuen ine seen is siui i partly in the milky state, and when Uie .-i i, i i i wld and harder par of each seed may lie mashed between the linger and thumb. , The theory is. that mirine seeds produce a growth that goes most to sugar, and (as I infer,) the most perfect or fully ripe1 seeds arc more productive of seeds than siioar. Jjitu as it now is. this notice mav still enable manV persons to test theopiti ' .T. . jon, by saving and next year trying their ' latest "seeds, Which otherwise would be rejected as unripe and of no value, i if this African practice is correct, and from the latent Office. EDMUND RUFFIN. September 2Sth, 157. DESTRl CTION OF A CA'. A VAN. : Private letter from Aleppo of 11th August announce tli"6 toss of almost an entire caravan of loOO camels, and 500 irregular .ttxiops, traders, and conductors , - , . , 1 1 t 1, "mc" l"'vc" "ll . ". i masciis on me -yui oi dtmu mr uaguau, ! involving the nun of several liuudred j merchants at the last two named places. h wouj a!,1eur that the caravan had ! strayed from the direct road, where, find-1 ing no water, it had come to a halt; ami to a ; cl'iidi dispatched some of the clmdiictors in search of gome wandering tribe to assist it out of itsditttculty-uahy lives Laving been already lost from thirst and unpre cedented beat At length a purchase of the necessary element was concluded at the price of .200 piastres the camel load; but 011 a supply reaching the place of halt, not more than from fifteen to twen ty human beings were found alive to par take of it. The Aab had attacked those dying from thirst, and pillaged ail the most valuable of the goods. ! READY FOR THE SI MMONS. thirteen years ! age. Mie bore up im- der lu'avy s sibje. She rr. .w .as con rage i aid slie was look isly s p, ig for her ,v .th her iu juwatrrrui father. ,1.1 his arms. e jumped overboard lie had been a re. a Sunday -schoo laud, aud amid it ilciitTiis fai.h and desert him. He 1 teacher iu 1ns native i' terrors of the acc:- blessed hope did n.T rouoht strong t stitii i u.ial of his -worth with '.him. ' hen in the water he spoke to his daughter and those around him" Do not fear M die. li tist in, God. Don t be atrim Final ly he sank, ll j found. ' '- ' bodj h.u not yet LiOn hoi,'sty.' Passionate men and melan--1 choly nieneldw'jattain gruat age." I C'r' ,'. ..' ...,' V 1".. .: I ;t r ; aio: ourf'l.i,;iry cwki;' 4. "1 !.i t,e ; injf a j'ujfr. ul' wiiii.;!i ti; ci.rt-loal nra to be maiieil d;i;!v at tiia fef 1 i 01 k lrorol!ice, we werweuriou to open , i aud examine iu eo.nteuts, to discover, if -t"ln what wt ildth ti.i our CV"ur fced, '."Th!i he i gfuwiii Mt gruot " - We ltvvknJ o'er the 'first page raiiy Fiere wre ilcscriptions of the Dt 'Nicbofu 1 Hotel defalcation titer recent, fatal rao-1 over occurrence tlie alleged counterfeit-k cr Miicioo of drowning & cliild 1-, lecd iite murder death by violence of" a Custom houoeofficer iiidre ticket swind ling arrest of a uppoetl murderef ' charge of bigamy tampering with-' wix-1 tiu8te utiotherHtinpliftvi supposed foal 1 pluy row at Weebauken two or three . iMjiitcmf'n uanti'il. Ttti.sA fiMed onlr. the prominent pieces. In the background 1 were several' column -devoted to Mr. ' t i......:.j..i 1 - r' i . 11 ., , --j , ivuiiiiiiiiiHiii, m.u euiim w n. vraruunr.' We lufu gix - iiit quarto newspaper being tatikfied. i . with what we had seen and well asdor- , . iroor three policemen' would cnntifnTc to be wanted while such eed; were scattered broadcast. If 'evil com mit n icat ion cormpt good mannerVihe, iiiHuence of such portrayal of crimes mast, be to pollute the masses. We find in .an' exchange a paragraidi from the New York Mirror on this sn'.ject. It says: "So depravvd has pnblic morals become tbat: foot and beastly narratives are permitted to go into the parlor of our most fash ionable families, and to soil the bands and hearts of their fairest danghters. ,"TL youthful mind becomes corrupted, the Iurr agination diseased, and purity of tbooght and life departs at once and forever front the sanctuary of the heart and home. A : newspaper that will not minister to this' tainted taste becomes insipid and 'unpopo lar.' It is Hko a glass of plain prinsr wa- . , the Vnm-tluckererJ month : nd. , , , , f h ' j ,,e )e nllsoph58ticate(j .J8tem,Tt to the prerient palate,' X,(t w,tItariJin g this, a heavy reiponsP biK,v olf the oT 7ctkUstQ W d .partes, and aidinf to , in ' ,vrate to ailnge,r wanmh Tq 0r lC0Hrtg AwU ed the salacious deseriptiflus which it be- coUR.8 BeceMa to w-btaagh ia retting out crime. Within the walls.of , violators of the decencies , .., , , , u , ' ment, lntteail ot heiiig made quite a BO-' , wio UJvorealitMmmia. ( . fa , bm4fl ; agljon ' ' ! " ". ' Book-Binding 400 Years k: , ,n tll8.jaU((r t of fifteenth ,tlle leaning Jf the sixus-ntb, kings, Pnnc, ,,, hi ;,,,v Mv expend. d mwh money upon I t,e hinrting ot their hljotriea, which wra, .i ; niaiiy ias, exteusiie. Carved ivory cover ptce, Ucu'd hy eoriiers, and secured by golden clasp, . were cuiniuou. as were also those of vjvet, silk, ; hrocade, vellum, and morocrsj, elaborately era-1 ! meutwl after designs made by great rtitv and lrteeu.'d with Uxe, corners, aud clasps of gold. ! Ik tnecious stones aud metals upon ttesebook ' the loss of many 4 more pwcioos' , . , , , , t . , ; . . ' ' . .- V' , 3 ' rr ; erable psrt of the plunder of a nrn mansion la a ; , ; Mr; 1)lb!j,u us of 0M librv .', tlllrlv ho1MUli tuumes,h,tofCorvin, v. rif i.:..i, . j, 1 ,lu : a.ToUt'b.v the Turkish solJier whea ltada wafl taki-u in 1 350. Swedish Women. The bedding every whero along. the -mad is of home-made linen, aud do X recollect an instance where it has not to gather under their arms in wadiug through snow-drifts. I have not. seen a low-necked dress or thin shoe north of Stockholm. V 'The ihimf.-l who trips t (Uybreak, It tin like a uKiuuuiineer. ' Yff 'a-fensiblo man wonld sooner take such a duuWl 40 wii'e than any .delicate Cinderella of the ball-room-: I protest, I lose all patience when 1 think of the hab its t our American women, especially our country girls. If ever the Saxon race docs deteriorate ou tlie American side of the Atlantic, as some ethnologists antici pate, it will be wholly tiieir fault. -ffoy- , "tl T.njloe ,' XvrtUrn Europe. Ferocity of (he Pike. ! In tlie extensive lake of water in the : park at Wynyanl, .the seat of the Marchr loness of Londonderry, there are souie very large pike, supposed Ui weigh fifty or sixty pounds each. A few days ago. t say a London paper) a large retriever dog was sent into the lake, and when at a. Hist.-tncv from lm.--'rre,- he- wa attacked by one of these fresh-mater sharks, which pulled him under water several times, and tiimi.led. bitn over and over on bis back, to the -astonishment of tha keeper. A brood of cygnet Hiave been devonred by ti.eiii, and tiicy make no bone of a duck, ; many of which have shared the same fate f of-ttie-eVjfuet.- , Tat; poison Rioii i Yikw. To an indignant who was perpeyii!ly boasting of .. ,.., .....t. ...,r. - ancestry. -a succe on i.noeqii.iiii vi , "You, my friend, iii; 1 am proud it ie oi igni obse rve ,.aii oi v our ii. my uMuf, i? Ui.MAUii vui.t: CiivNoi.. Near Heart Grove, Illinois, a poison can stand upon an eiiiiiiein'e, and ut one view, 800 &p w anls of oi.i,ii"i acres of 'growinir corn. i our years ag. iirokcii prairie toe same ground wa nn- There are many rules for preserving loiilth aml insnring long life, br.t tiiebest is, to ciiltivate a spirit of cheerfulness and
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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