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7ioe Xo. 018. Tuvhoroagh, (Edgecombe County, wY. 6J Saturday, October 7, 1813. F0L Ai A. mXo. 40. 5 i TIC Tarboroilffh Pri'SS, jof our dog's tail, where he brushes it on bv GKOitiJK Howard, (the floor Faugh! I wouldn't touch 'em Is published weekly at Two Dollar and Fftyno more 'han CV'iAy per year, if paid in advance or. Three dollars at the expiration of the subscription year. "For any period less than a year, Twenty-fine V.Vrt. per month. Subscribers are at liberty to discontinue at any time, on giving notice thereof qnd paying arrears those residing at a distance must invariably pay in advance, or give a respon sible reference in this vicinity. Advertisements not exceeding a square will be inserted at 0 if Dollar the first insertion, and 2'i Vents for every continuance. Longer advertise ments at that rate per square. Court Orders and Judicial advertisements 2a per cent, higher. Ad vertisements must be marked the number of in sertions required, or they will he continued until -otherwise ordered and charged accordingly. Letters addressed to the I'M i tor must be post j)aid, or l.'iey may not le attended to. From the brother Jonathan. THE JOYS OF EARTH. Br ArGusns snodorass. The j ns of earth, the beautiful, The lovelv and the fair. Which glow within ih kindling heart, And, tar like, tremble there, Like eait il v fl nvers, alas! loo s6on In faded sadness perish; But them.tlv holy and the pure, We ever fondly cherish. The swelling tones of longlov'd ones, The words so sweetly spoken, The moonlight vow, th music voice. And love's last, fondest token: The kindly smile, the pitying eye, The Teir that g'i'en'd o'er us. They come and l a mt our pensive souls, And smile or weep before us. Th se faded joys the beautiful, The lovely and the fair! 0 may they ever be as now, Like stars in evening air. Their gentle memories Ixj mine, And pleasures that thfv bring; They are the fl jwers that never die, The charms that have no wing! Norwich, Y. From live Cincinnati Daily Sun. MOUSTACHES. "His tawny beard was th graC, Both of his wisdom and his face." 'What's them are things growing out of ynur upper lip, Mister,' asked a country Yankee, of a coxcomb, whom he met the oiner day. tSar'.' exclaimed the dan'dy, fiercely. raising his rattan, ami bristling up to the ' inieirogaicr. -What business is that to you, sar?' 'Oli! no business nf any conscience to fpCak on, replied the Yankee. ! jest axed lor information, not being much acquainted wilh them are things. ' Well, par!' relumed the gallant, angrily, hat if you aint acquainted wilh 'em? Must a fellow of your cloth question a gen tleman of mine?" 'Is that really your cloth, Mister, or ?s it the tailor's! asked the. countryman. 'I he tailor's!' exclaimed the coxcomb, t nereriy. What do you mean by that? Do you intend to insinuate that I . 'Sdeath,S.,r, I'll not 'Well 1 thought. as much,' returned the Yankee, carelessly sticking his hands in his breeches pockets, and standing stiff before the dandy. 'I thought you never intended to nay for then..' What is that to you, whether I pay for them or not? Hav'nt I a right to manage as I please with my own tailor to pay him or let it alone?' 'Why, Mister, that depends very much on what suit of a bargain yon make. If 3'o'ir tailor agrees to let you cheat him, why, that is his look out, not mine. Hul Jon hav'nt told me what you call them are thiols on your upper lip.' 'ar, you're a very impertinent puppy, 8a r.' 'so I heard you say. Now father, he's ROl a tarry dog but he donl tarty much. 1 can tell you he'll kill the rats in two second s but, as I was saying, fatlnr, he's ft a tarry it dog that's darned hairy and r?"gh about the mouth but, Lord, he A'nt a circumstance to you. He'd cling h's 'ail between his legs if he was to see )(u, and cry ti-i! ii-i, and run to the end of the world and never stop to look back sraciou! how like the devil you do ook wiih them are things.' 'Look! why, sir, thy are all the go now. here's no finished gentleman but what vears moustaches. ' 'Mousiycheres, du y0u call 'em! Well oy hoky, they are musty and rusty, too. ltley look very much like the latter end I ouch em, sar! It voiuffcr to nut vn,..- . :,.., n cane you within an inch of your life 1 will, sir.' ,What, with that are switch, Mis er? 1 should., t mind it no. more than an oat straw. 'Well, touch my moustaches, and see if you dont get it. ' I ouch your inoutycheres! Why, I would as lieves touch two eh iws of toh nek er that have j.,si been spit. out. Touch em indeed! Why, Mister, I would'... 'ouch em, with the tongs I cant con ceive, for my life, what should induce any human critter to wear such darned nasi lookiog things ns them.' 'Nasty looking! do you call Vm? Sar. vou have no taste. Nasty looking, indeed! fiil.ror ... I'll "y, sar iney are all the admiration of the la. In s.7 Ladies! ha, ha, ha! ladies. Thev must have a queer notion any how! but" there tte some women who are accountably fond ,,,, a-AZU UKt. am 111 lis; ant i ve seen em londle up and kiss 'em. just sir. ..s if they were human critters Hut, Lord! I don't see how any woman could ever let iter lips come in a gunshot of our?. Ad miration ot the ladies!' Do you question what I say, sar?' 'Why, mister, I don't know what kind ol ladies you have in your town but one thing. 1 can tell you; our country gals would' nt no more h t you touch'em than tuey would a toad they're very particular what comes in contact with their lips. lint, mister, how in the name of hair and biistlesdo you eat? How do you go to uork to get the vittals ino your mouth, with them are things hanging over it like;. hedge leure over the side of a Jitrh? I). you eat and sich like or do you live on spoon vitt .Is?' ll is none of your business what 1 live on, 1 board at seven dollars a week and i gel what I please, sar, and drink what 1 please.' Seven dollars a week! my gracious wc get board and washing, and all atone dollar and a half; but 1 spose they charge S5 50 extra for them moustycln res. Faugh! I would'nt have them at the table for 2510!' D nit! what a fool lam for standing here talking to a fellow of your cloth!' Thus saying the man with the moustaches flourished his dandy switch, wheeled about, and walked on. He had gone but a few steps when the Yankee hollowed out a'ter him. 'Hullo! mister. Don't you want a cur ry comb? I've got some real fine one s, wilh leeth on both sides. The 'ie bang up! 1 can tell you.' ('ure you and your curry combs, too ' 'Don't swear, mister nor sro off in a passion 1 meant no offence in what I've said. Hut I mut declare you're the darn'd est ugly looking man in the face, I ever see in all my life.' Chewing the Cad. Can it be true that the beautiful ladies of that beautiful town, Portland, are addicted to the disgusting habit mentioned below? The extract is from the Portland ljulletin. It must be a libel. Of all the loathsome habits that have ob tained votaries among respectable people, that of wax ehewing is decidedly the most disgusting. There is reason in the ox chewing the end such is the will of the (;reator it is consistent for the hog to keep his jaws always on the move Na ture so intended; but for a human being more especially a lady; to be forever Crun ching her jaws together and smacking her lips, is alike contrary to nature and every rule of politeness and good breeding. Wre were told by an apothecary, the oth er day. thai a principal item of the profits in his business arose from the sale of spruce 1 I . i gum, ourgtinuy pncn, gum masuc, arm other articles, which were formerly manufactured into plasters, but which are now bought for chewing. Perhaps he spoke hypei bolically, but in reality there seems to be a mania for "chewing the cud" among the females of late. Old and young are addicted to the vile habit. Aside from the vulgarity of this prac tice, it is very weakening to Ihe lungs and stomach; and, if persisted in, will tend to give a fetid odor tc the breath. Truth is stranger than Fiction One of those singular cases of individual history which sometimes astonishes tht mass, by their singularity and ecceniricit) , was related to us the other day by a friend of ours, in whom we have the mosi impli cit confidence. The facts are as follows: Some seven years ago a gentleman died ii Georgia, leaving a son about 14 years old, md prope rty to the amount of about $20. 000. The executor, who hail been a par iicular friend of the old man, was about to place the boy at school, with the intention of giving him opportunity of enjoying the benefitsofa liberal education, when th ib )y suddenly disappeared, leaving it ceruiu that he had gone off, but in what direction. ! why or for what purpose was unknown, j he guardi an WTOt.R in PVPrV (lirpnlinn begging his acquaintances to make enqui- . uuii nave a iuuk uut ior mm. out no trace of him whatever could be discovered Seven years passed away and his fate still remained a mystery to his friends A short time since, however, his guardian heard from some person that he was seen within some short distance of Mobile, in this Slate. Without the slightest delay In stalled in pursuit of the young man and fo unci him in the neighborhood of the place where he had been seen. He was enga ged there in cutting and hauling wood, h ul bten engaged at that business for sev era I vears, and been a steamboat hand on the river between here and Mobile for three years. His guardian found him with a face burnt and tanned with exposure to the sun and weather, and his hands hard from the effects of labor. His guardian told him he must come home and take charge of his property, for he could not continue to take charge of it any longer. He siid he could not leave the n, as the man for whom he had been wor king owed him fifty dollars. He was at lasl. however, persuaded to settle with his em ployer by taking his note. When ques tinned as to his reasons for leaving home seven years before, he did not like to go to school. So during all that time he worked hard, away from home and among stran g-rs, rather than go back, lest he should In sent to school. He knew, too, that he was worth property, yet never applied for one dollar of it. During his re.-idence in t'-e neighborhood of Mobile, he gained the reputation of a strictly sober, hard wor king prudent and economical young man Lat week he parsed through this place mi in leiuru to ueorgta, wnere a snug pro pert y, which has been accumulating under th' careful management of his honest and i . i i laithlul guardian, awaits him. Our readers may depend upon the truth of what we write. Montgomery (Jla.) Side. From the Raleigh Register. (jJDThe uses of the plants we cultivate are not yet half developed. Who would ti.iTQ rv.i r. : r. .1.. .:. in t in Lillian uu: VUUI 9 fllllf, ui ouiaiu iji r , . i ire n acre ot corn stalks? let this amount has been obtained the present year in Indiana; and a most creditable gentleman from Del aware informed me, a lew days since, that there was a strong confidence that over three thousand pounds may be obtained from an acre. Then comes the oil from lard; which creates serious apprehension thai the grand sport of hunting whales in the Pacific, is to yield place to the humble of fice ol fry ing out hog's fat over a kitchen fire. The New Haven Herald has the follow- ...g aceoumoi a revoi.ing muruer i ecenny - r . i.r i . committeu near mat place. A most horrid murder was committed at niHimetowii, eiuem oucieiy, onuecti-gy am aC,;vjiy apparently of filty bauds cut, upon the person of Mrs. Hacon, wife j now wahjn, a burn, now dressing a of Mr. Eben. Hacon, a respectable and W0Und, and anon splintering a fractored wealthy farmer of that place. Mr Hacon i jmb indee,it ,Jr citizens generally, eve went to church Sunday morning with all , ry man amj mother's son, appeared only ins lan.ily, except his wile, and did not re - turn until after the evening service was over. When he returned, he found his ife weltering in her blood. She lay up on her back in the centre of Ihe room, her skull crushed in, her face horribly mutila- ten, ner mroat cut, and seven staos in tier breast. Hy her side lay a butcher knife, some keys, and three chairs, which were broken and bloody. Two of them were covered with fragments of her flesh and hair, used in beating her flver the head. The walls and floor were covered with hood evidences of frightful, desperate fe rocity she in defending herself from the assaults of her savage murderers, and they in their diabolical exertions to overmaster this heroic but'jll-fated woman. It is supposecf they found her alone; and, in attempting to rob the house, she resist ed them; and, becoming exasperated, they committed the diabolical and most brutal murder. She was about 45 years of age. She is represented as an estimable and courageous woman, of large frame, and just the person to resist an attempt at robbery. She has three children, and was universal ly esteemed the whole family being mem bers of the Presbyterian church. 'Ihe house was robbed of S75. " Two persons, named Hell and Roberts, have been arrested at Middletown, on sus picion of being the perpetrators of the hor rid deed. From Ihe Globe. Powder Plot a la Fiiwkes.On the light of the lyth, an attempt was made to blow up the house of Mr. John Wood of Somerworth, N. II., who had become ob loxious to the moral inhabitants of that dace, in consequence of his having prose ted sundry of them for a violation of the li cense law?. il Was also a violent aboli- lionisl. About 12 o'clock an explosion took place,-which aroused the whole v i I-. lage the Millerites thinking it was 4the inch in length, made its app"arartce. W'e last trump." On examination, it was! can conceive of no contrivance better cal found that a keg of powder hul been placed related to aid the pick-pocket ih hrs pecu- unuer one wing oi me nunuing, to wnicn I . . i I I r! . ... I. ' . I, - I slow match was attached. Dreadful K.rpouon, and loss of life. The Louisiana Chronicle, extra, of 'JOthMion AlkAnv Ci ti ins ult, gives ihe following particulars of the awful destruction of the s'eamer Clipper. The number of deaths as far as ascertained, is 1-1; mising 10; wounded 9; uninju red l(i. It ha become our mournful duty to re cord one of the most dreadful cata1rophes which h:s ever happened on the Mississip pi Yesterday, at about a quarter past 12 o'clock, as the steamer Clipper No. I was backing out from her moorings at our land ing, she blew up wiih an explosion that shook earth, air, and heaven, as though the walls of the world were tumbling to pieces about our eats All the boilers bursting simultaneously machinery, vast fragments of the boilers, huge b am of timber, furni ture, and human beings in every degree of mutilation, wt re alike shot up perpendieu laily many bundled fathoms in the air On reaching the greatest height, the vari ous bodies diverged like the jets of a foun ain in all directions falling to the earth, and upon the roofs of the hou-cs in some ins ances, as much as two hundred and fil ly yaids from the scene of destruction. The haple.-s victims were scalded, crush ed, lorn, mangled, and scattered in every possible direction many into the river, some in the streets, some on the other side of the bayou, nearly 300 yards some torn asunder by coming in contact, with pickets and posts, and others shot like cannon-ball through the solid walls of houses, at. a great distance from the boat. All in front of the wheel-houses appears as though swept by a whirlwind. Hut anything like an ade quate description of the scene of Wreck and ruin is utterly out of the question. What remains of the hull has been firmly lashed to the shore; but it seems to have broken in two, and partially sunk. She had just taken on board, at the Raihoad depot, about 86 bales of cotton; nearly all of which, together w ith the money chest ami . . f .i 1 r II. most ot the cabin tur nituie, we are glad to bten n.' . - . .k . i ...u: i wu luuLiiing inu spui unuer winp ami spur, we immediately bent our steps to wards the temporary hospital hastily pre- parcd for the reception of such as might b found to retain a spark of life. The scene was such as we hope never to look upon again. The floors of the two large ware- rooms were literallv strewn with the wounded and dying, and others pouring in as fast as it was possible to convey them praying, groaning howling, and wiithing in every p ssible contortion of physical ag ony. In the midst of this confusing din. un to their arm-nits in oil. and cotton, and i ' ------ i i )amlages, we found our praiseworthy phy i sicians like good Samaritans doing good quietly and silently, but with the ener- anxious to know how they might render mosl service to the ooor sufferers white ! an( black without distinction. This awful and heart rending catastro phe was attended with circumstances that j beggar descr iption. We only mention a few facts, and leave the balance to the ima gination of the reader. Une ot the sun- rers was thrown a dis tance of about 300 yards, his bod' striking the house of our hue colleague, Dr. Jones; tearing away a portion of the roof, and passing out through the weatherboarding at the end into the yard, where it was found presenting a most shocking appearance; an other was thrown over our office, nearly an equal distance, and so mutilated as scarcely to be recognised; a third was huiled inrougn a window into one oi our public houses, and lodged on a bed, fully one hundred yards distant from the boat yet this man survived a few hours; and a fourth was cast about the same distance, and fell dead upon the levee. Heavy masses of iron were liurled in ev ery direction, tearing away portions of the roofs and penetrating the walls of houses in the vicinity. The larger portion of one of the boilers fell upon the house occupied by Mr. Thomas, completely sundering the roof from comb to eve, passing h rough to ihe lower floor, but foitunalely doing tiO other s rious injury to any of the inmates. We forbear further remarks, and hope it may never fall to our lot again to witness a like disaster. A KASCALLY CONTRIVANCE. A fellow was arresied and examined at the police of - a ffw rtav tiliipt nn a ph;irip of nock- M.nieLino- He had a beautiful rinr or. on! of his fingers, which attracted considerable attention. A nearer inspection proved it to be something more than a ring. On pressing a spring neatly "fixed" upon the inner rirri of the ring-, a snialhj keen, crescent-shaped blade nearly half A ainar vocation man mis. I i . . ii,- t t; . i L With fcommoh care and a liberal share of axJioillitSs, he can ctli pockets with great facility, "tior ex pose himst If to much danger in the opera $3 The sH history or the noble but fa ta' efforts of Sir Walter ScoH to pay tiff, by the product of his glorious brain, the mer cantile debt he had incurred a5 a partner with his publishers, though not new, is touchingly presented in a recent letter of Mr. Weed to the Albany Evening Journal. Sir Walter labored with indomitable en ergy to ex'ingnish a tleht. from the coinage of his brain, of more than UdOO.OOO for which he had become liable by his business relations with Constable & Co , and Dalian -tyne & Co. Hut the labor was too severd even for his herculean mental and physical powers. I here were admonitions ol ine fate which awaited him as early as 1826, as may be seen by a note in his private Jour nal. "March 14 What a detestable feeling this flutter ing of the heart is! I know it is nothing oi ganic, and that it is entirely nervous; but the effects of it are sickening to a degree. Is it the body brings it on th6 mind, or is it the mind that inflicts it on the body?" The result of Sir Walter's literary la bors, from January, 1N26, to January, 1.S28, was a dividend of six shillings on th6 pound to his creditors, amounting in the; aggregate to 40.000, or 200,000. What other author ever will realize such another sum from his own intellectual la bors? For this illustrious demonstration of genius, industry and integrity, the cred itors, as well they might, "unanimously vo ted him their thanks." Rook keeping turned to good account. We are credibly informed that the Mes srs. Harper have purchased Mr. Beimel's popular treatise on book-keeping for the" large sum of 840,000. New York trnetrcan. ft Business Trusaction. A party of three young men, who have not yet joined the temperance society, while on a stroll the other night, called in upon a new made landlord, and after some little interchange of courtesy, a proposition was made by the trio to buy out the establishment. A fair offer was made and accepted, and one of the party drew a note for the dmpuntj which the other two endorsed. The note was accepted, and Boniface evacuated lh(S establishment, leaving the new proprietors to conduct their orgies upon the most liber al scale. They soon proved their devoted ness in the cause, ami the daylight broke upon a room strewed with broken decan ters, tumblers, slops of wine, and thre young nreh spilled promiscuously over th6 scehtD. Whether the note is due yet w6 have not learned. Halt. Sun. Cure for Rhf.umatism The Editor of the Albany, ((ieorgia) Courier, i-ecorh-mends the following remedy, whifeh h6 says he has tried, with signal SUcc'pss: "Swallow a piece of Asafeetida about as big as a pea, three times a day j'dst before meals, and in a week or less y'Oti will be well; it don't "smell like apples,' but ne ver mind it's a sovereign cure. . Wd used to wash it down with "a drink o summat," but if you have any scruples about a dram, it is not important. (fjCurran said to Father (VLeary, Reveiend father, I whh you were St. Pe ter." Why?" said the priestj becausd then you would have the keys of heaven and Could let me in." UI had better havd Ihe keys," said Father O'Leary, of ano her place, and then 1 could let you out." (JpA person was remarking the otheir day, 'How cheap every thing is got. Not every thing,' said his friend, tvomuti is always dear. (JAt a religious meeting that was much crowded, a lady persevered in stand ing on a benchj and huS interrupting the view of others, though repeatedly asked td sit down. A reverend old clergyman at last rose and said, giavely, 1 think if the lady knew she had a large hold irt each vt her stockings, she would not exhibit them in this way.' This had the desired effect: she immediately sunk ilowh on her seat. A young minister standing by, blushed tip to the temples, and said, 'Oh, b other! how could you say what was not the fact? Not the fact?' replied the old gentleman; If she had not a large hole in each of her stockings, I should like to know how she 'got them on!' Old Paper. " Old Bachelors do not liveso longasoth CT men. I ne iistc uuuuuy w ucmi uicir stockings and mend their clothes. They catch cohl, and there is no one to make sago tea consequently they drop of rfl I I 1 . . i . I n n . I
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