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POLK and DALLAS.
A medley ballad, showing how the nomination
of Polk and Dallas "indignified" the universal
"Coon Party," written by a "Buckeye," who
fears God, loves his country, repudiates Whi
promises, goes for Oregon, and believes in the
extension of the Democratic area a leetle beyond
the ktio Del Norte, which includes He opines, a
place called Texas.
TUNE "TEDDY THE TYLER."
just liste to a medley tale, , ( , .
'Bout black and white,, and blue and pale
Whirlings rare, who sigh and wail
At our gtunch nomination;:
They have waited now a lull three years,
Hoping each day that by the ears
We'd get and fight but gods! what tears.
Roll down their cheeks, and then their fears
Bear on their shoulder's like i yoke,
Kase we have chosen lemmy Polk
From Tennessee, Lord, "what a joke,"
Is that staunch nomination!
Chorus. For we'll Hoke em, poke 'end, whip
'em alii- , . . . '
Joke 'era, choke 'era, roll the ball,
From Maine to Texas, shout the call
'Gainst Clay and Frellrighuyaen.
The other day at Baltimore,
A place right down upon the shorej
The Demo's met, to tallc all o'er
About their nomination;
At t'othef end the, lon'jr magnet
Qge' llarcin on a chair i$se;,' .,
Ye gods and fishes! how he sweatj
To learn by Mashes that they'd met;
And what was cruel, crueler, cruelest,
They put up Polk against the duelist, ,
Old Hard, I vow, seemed, in a blue mist,
Atthif strange nomination.
Chorus. For we'll hoke 'em, poke 'em, &c.
Ini height of passion he arose ...
And, this greai jjuestton oldf 6'roposa,',.
w 1 ... jr' r.. i t u :
j I una uiuv;u9 uiups icii iiuiu mis uuso,
.j VV hat means this nomination!"
'Did they not tell us to a man,
They'd nominate their little, Van
VAod now, egadLk's all a sham,
'By G d, I'm off to take a dram!" , : ; ,
Then he came back, and heard 'bout Dallas,
O, Juno,, Vesta', Ceres, paljasf. ., .
Give Hard a bone; for, to a gallows,
He swears our nomination., .
Chorus. For we'll hoke 'em, poke em, &c.
V.YVb is his new man, Jemmy P.okv
"VVhose name is een.t by magnet stroke?
ach .Whig exclaimed, vhen he awoke
. m On. our staunch nomination;
"He's knock'd our song book into pi,
'.'He's poked our speeche.s high'and dry,
Vice's scattered every well mad.e lie
'He's doome'l' us al! yea,' all to die!" t
To sa ve thern,njjw,' wha,t can they do? ,
Down on their knees,' arid pray and sue
To leave, thi' vorl, without ado,
Or vote our. nomination'. , .
Chorus. For we'll hoke 'em, rjeke 'era, iici
Vith Polk we've sot them' in a box
Wis middle, name they say is Inox . ,
To knock and poke will raise the stocks
,0f our staunch nomination;' ;., .
Besides, we have from land.o. P.enn,"
A square-toed Demo man of men
VVho never feared to "try .again".
By strength of arm or ppwer of ken,
To skin a coon without much malice,
Be it in Clay bank or in palace. . m,
Then three loud cheeks for Polk and Dal-
, .LA8, , ,
, .( ''ur pprious nomination. .
Chorus.!1 or we'll hoke 'em, poke 'em,
'era aM, ....... . ,,
.loke.'etT, choke 'em, roll the . ball, .
tfroin, Maine tov Texas shout the call
'Gainst Clay arid Frolinghuysen!'
wn:p
From the Raleigh Star of 8l 5.
THE PILOT MOUNTAIN.
Extract of a letter from Dr. Jeremiah
Bottle, cf Rdgecombe, to Gen. Calvin
Jones, of Raleigi, dated
Surry County, N. C. (at J. Uritrlanlis'.)
August 19tb", IS 1 5.'
Dear Sir: After leaving your" city we
passed through' Salem; and being on a'tour
of health, and willing t'o'beguile a' part of
our timei we resolved oil an excursion
through this'ebuhty-, which Had been rep
resented' to' melasma sterile, and uninterest
ing pan of tliedotih'try. But I hVve'found
myself in many respects' agreeably disap
pointed. .On th'e'slightest interview with
lhe inhabitants, 1 (bund th'eni in tHe enjoy
ment of blessings which r6' money can
purchase, viz: health arid contentment
The country is peculiarly calculated to
form strong'arid robust constitutions, with
.bold and enterb'rlsing dispositions." We
flted not wonder', therefore, at the praises
acquired by our th'ntaiheer1 soldiers; in
the great and desperate enterprises
in
which they have been engaged.
When we. arrived at the top of the hill,
from whence we descended tp Uousertown,
our attention was attracted bv a view rat!
the distance of 17 miles) of the pinnacle of j
Mount Ararat, whichv is cornmoiily cal
led the PltQT MOUNTAIN. This cu
riosity of nature had xcited in my mind !
an interest greater than bus usually been I
produced , from reading (Mr. Morse's ac-1
count of it. We took the road which lead I
I A If 1J i ' . . I
uy uuru s wuere we stopped .anil
dined; here we. had a most sublime and in
teresting review of the Mountain,, . w,h!ch
exhibited a blue appearance, rearing its
head of rock many hundred feet above the
tops of the. adjacent hills and trees. Its
shape at this distance had a striking resem
blance to that cf your market, houe, the
roof of which representing the base, and
body of the mountain; the perpendicular
octagon, the maii pinnacle of rock, and the
shingled top of this, the elevation of earth
covered with rude heaps of rocks, shrubs
an on the top of the rock pinnacle, which I
shall describe in another place.
Notwithstanding the pleasure I receiv
ed from this view of its solitary and mag
nificent grandeur I felt an irresistable dc
sire to approach it. Accordingly we pro
ceeded to Mr. Shepard's, who lived ofTthe
road, in a delightful and healthy situation
about three or lour miles from the moun
tain. Next morninir having been enter-
4 err n
tamed with great civility by Mr. S. and
liis lady t we. e.naSec a 'r- John Fletcher
to conduct us thither. . About a mile from
the mountain we, called at a mineral spring.
the proprietors of which render it an object
with , valetudinarians. , Wfe then turned
our course, toot on obscure nath wav
which led alon a ridge probably. .ICQ feet
above the vallies on each side. When we
were yet a mile oil", we stopped and view
ed itagain with increased delight; the for
mer blue appearance changing into a rich
qark green, of decorating trees and shrub
beries, through which wc could perceive
its rocky surface; the pinnacle of granite
rock of white appearance, seemed a magni
ficent building, ornamented with green
briars, vines,, and shrubs, at suitable dis
tancej growing out of its wall, combining
in an eminent degree the sublime and beau
tiful. The ridge byt which we approached
it terminated in a valley that seemed to
surround the. mountains, which we now
commenced the task of ascending; but the
surface being entirely covered with rockf
of all sizes and in all postures,' we were
soon laid under, the, necessity of leaving
our. horses. Whilst we were ascending
on foot, and experiencing the fatigue of ri
sing step by step on an angle of about 45 d.
the weather bein hot I recollected that
my neighbor Mr. W. some years ago,
having laboured under chronic disea;je and
debility, and excited by .desires. .like my
own lost his life, by ah acute inflmation.
induced by precisejy the expediton I was
now performing", I took the piecat'.tion of
going a zigzag direction , which rendered
the ascent much easier. Bui being" anx
ious toexplore the grand spectacle still be
fore us, we lost no tin e until we arrived at
the. lop of4 the mountain, .which is at the
foot of the pinnacle, so called. Immedi
ate', the air became so keen that one of the
qompiiny waa near having an ague before
ne couia get on nis coat, wmch lie h.id ta
ken on in consequence of the heat. Whilst
we were viewing such obj -i ts as presented
themselves it b'igan to rain first helow us?
and afterwards vxhere we were, xvhich
compelled us to take Blieltcr in rocky
caverns. Cur pilot ascended the pinnacle,
but we had not tne enterprise lojollqiv h-m
up tli is sleep wall. of rock 200 I'eet jiigh.
It is perp'fndicularj or projecting over on
every fide for 275 feet in height,' except
one narrow steep piss way, wjth slight
footsteps: at one part of which about 30 or
40 feet high, the reck is perpendicular 4 or
4 ft. from one step to the next here it
takes an expert climber to make his way
without assistance; afterwards the ascent is
easier.. .. After the rain had ceased, and I
had become more familiarized wii jj the ac
clivity at first so awful, I resolved ..to fol
low my guide and fear no evil; which I
did with little difficulty, except at tHe place
mentioned above. ... ,
My fatigue had by this time occasioned
great thirst, which 1 soon found the mean,s
of aliaying by gathering and eating ground
whortleberries. I now began to .walk
about and view this upper region, which I
found to contain about an acre of ground,
covered witH rdcks and only enough soil
id admit of the growth pf shrubby pines,
and ah'undergtowth. I .found .that it had
been much ficrjuented, both by females as
well as males, as appeared from names and
dates cut on trees, and marked wiihjhe
pencil on such' parts of rocks as were shel
tered from the weather. 1 now turned jry
attention to such prospects as were present
ed to my view from this elevated situation,
j The Bluer idee' for the space of 40 or 50
rriiles in extent; the intervening country of
fJO miles the plantations the waves , for
ced by the tops of the trees over a hilly
toimtry, like the troubled ocan, were cap-
tivating beypnd description,. ,.tt bpgan to j
thunder and lighten;.and J beanj.a.roariug.
winch, admonished me to look out for shel
ter, among the ropks,. from the approaching
Storm. . U appeared tardy, in its approach
1 went-.tosthe brink and found tUat there
was a hard shower of rajn falling below
me,, whilst 1 remained perfectly dry. with?
out shelter, When I returned from , the
pinnacle, those at the foot of it give evi
dence cf the hard rain where they were.
I mention this circumstance, not. to con
vince you that it is a common occurrence
in nature, but because it was new to me in
fart, but old in. theory; while others (acctis
lomed.to believe nothing but what they
see, reject the idea without examining it's
principle. ... ,
On enquiry I was informed that among
those who have visited this rnountsdo, a. far
greater portion of females than males had
acted so much the hero as to ascend the
pinnacle. We were also jnforrncc) of a
(nan who hadt come. a considerable dis
tance, and , being, too timid to ascend was
carried up by force by his cruel comrades
which alarmed him. to such a deirree that
the faculties of his mind were endangered I
Were 1 to stop here, your idea ,of its ap
pea ranee from every side, excepting ,1 he
eastern would be .imperfect. A.bqut (00
lods from the main pinnacle, as already
described, is the cliff called the L.ittle Pin
nacle, which is about 200 feet perpendicu
lar on the east side and on, the, west goe
off with a gradual d"eseent,, so trjat. hunte,r
hive pursued deer to he top, from whence
they have leaped oT the precipice, and
were killed. JDogs aleo .hav.e beeri kt j led
by jumping off in .pursuit ,cf , their game.
The part of the, mountain between 1 lie. two
pinnacles forms a kind of fps.toon, which
renders its form at a distance singularly
beautiful.
You would suppose from the account 1
have just given you of this rude display ol
nature, that it is wholly destitute of the
means of benefitting either . man or animal.
But it affords good grazing. . The grass
springs up between the two rocks in such
abundance that it wus contemplated by tbe
French gentleman, on whom it had been
imposed as a tract of igood land, to form
ihis mountain into a sheep walk, and he ac
tually placed pn it j.00 head of;jshee p; : but
he had a bad shepherd, wo, suffered them
to die for .want of jWinjer feeding, which
disgusted the owner, and, he. , gaye up. his,
plan.,. Ie . also intended to , establish , a
house of entertainment a.t.the above men
tioned Mineral Spring, and .invite, valetu
dinarians to resort thither for the recovery
of health. The Spring being at the. foot of
the Pilot Mountain, would lend greatly to
attract visitors. , ... . .
With much esteem, . , .
1 am Sir, Yours, . . . , -
.....JER. BATTLE'.
Prom the Raleigh Standard.
Pilot Mountain, Surry county, N.C.
,. , , Si June, 1844.
Mr. Editor: In your paper of the 29th
of May, I S3tv a very fl ittering description
of Mount Araratt, or .Pilot Mountain, o
this county, written. by l)r. ev. Battle in
1S15, to his fiiend Gen. C, Jones, of,Kal
eigh; 2nd, t from my, knowledge .of. the
place, and situation inqe,l823, he makes a
fair statement., IJusinpe that .lima,, great
changes have. taken place. ,1. represent the
Frenchman spoken of in his ..letter, j.who
trusted hjs hundred head.of.sheep to an ui
laithul shepherd. have . made .an. imT
jirovement one .and a half .miles , sou!,h..pl
the, Pinnacle, : near t!e . Iiieral. Spring,
and 011 the main road (rorp (iermantpn to
Hock ford," in fullvievv of .the, .Mountain,
where I shall be glad. to. waif. pn. those who
wish to visit this grano) natural curjosity,
and use the mineral water.. during the sum
mer. Yours, respectfully,
WM. GILL AM.
From the Greensboro Patriot.
THE pi.LOT MOUNTAIN. .
.This wonder of nature is situated in tjie
eastern part of Surry, N. C, near the. line,
vh i c,h d i v i d ej . (hat epp n ty . f ro rrj. Sto k ea. , . It
rises an,, isolated., ,pij.e, , in the midst of a
plain; no other piouptaigs, or eyep apyJ
considerable hills, being within many miles
of it. A . .. i 1 - ':
T.be ascent . pf the Mountain ; to "the
spring",?0 agreeable .post .cf refresh,m.ent
more. tran half the distance tqi the, top, is sp
gradual that h,e .visitor rjnay, proceed, on
horseback .. From .this spot lthet.acclivity
becomes steeper, until you , reach .the pin
nacle, tvhic'K presents a. elevation of some
200 feet. The only pass to the summit u
on the nbrtfi side, ridrrow, steep, and diffi
cult, of accent; yet it is considered y no
rneans a dangerous achievement, and the
visitor is rewarded for hjs; toil by .an en
chanting prospect o,f the surrounding coun
try and mountain scenery in the distance.
The dense , and widp stretching forest ap
pears dotted with farms and hamleta The
Blue Kidge reposes in a long une.oi moun
tain htighta to the north wciit. To the
eastward., in. Stoke coiin'v:, the Saura
J'ovvn Mountains rise upon the.view, some
of whose, summit exc,eec the. Pilot in
height.. And the Yadkin, Howing.in fro.m
the hills of Wilkes, and, washing the west
ern base of the, Mountain. tq!Is its silver'
Hood" in a masy line of light through the
wilderness. . .. .
The result of measinements, taken some
years, ago by President Caldwell and Pro
fessor Andrews, are as follows: ,
Height. of the Pilo.t Mountain from
a base near Grassy Creek to the
lop of trees, .. , . , , U5lfl
Elevation of the pinnacle on the
; north, side at the place of ascent, 205
Elevation of the same 011 the south
side, ...... , ; ;. 250
Hijiest perpendicular rock on the 1
south side,, . , 1 K
Jln. the geology of tlie pinnacle there is
something quite lemaikable and. curious
U is niade up chi lly of .mafa slate and
quartz, but, each exhibits peculiar, am;! inte
resting characters, . Ijs rocky .wal) is full
of rents from top to bottom and . it ,i3 a.'so
regularly stratified, t,be strata dipping.easi
at an angle. of 01.1 ly ten degrees. .The. most
abundant rpek ij a peculiar kind of mica or
jritrpek, composed, of vjery fine, granular
q i.iriz with fl sh redsmica intimately.: dis-semina!-;
I.; ..Trie . texture U exquisitely
fine, aiul the cohesion is so Joose, that it
may b,e IV(quenM.y crumbled between the
fingers into the finest white sand." 1 . 1
At a point on.therpad between the I i t -
tie Yadkin and .Mt.i:Airy,the pasin.g trav
eller .may ..olptain the, most , singular, ;and
perhaps the. finest view oft.be Pilot, One
end oi lc Mount-un 13J here .presented to
the .beholder, in its most perfect. p rjmidal
form. 1 ,1 s vast sidi-s are seen sweeping up
from the sut 1 ounding forest, gradually ap
proaching and becoming s,t eper ; until. ,they
terminate at the perpendicular and alter
like mass of rock which forms the summit.
It here iivt s an idea of some gigantic work
of ai t so regular and so surprisingly similar
are the curves,nf,iis outlines, and so exact
ly over the centre does the lowering pin
nacle, appear to be placed. .'...,
,The name is said to be a translation of
an Indian appellation signifying Pilot, pall
ed so by the aborigines because it. served
as a beacon .to .pilot .them in.their forest
wondering through a -great extent of sur
rounding, country. ,. ,.. ..
. Itsatisiiesdheeyq and fills the soul with a
qalrn and solemn delight to.gazq.upon the
PilcU Whether touched by. the fleecy
wings. of the morning clouds, or piercing
the glittering skies . of noon, or reposing
among mellow tiqtS'of evening; whether
bathed in,.t,he light, of the calm, pale moon-.
or envelopej .he; SurKes of ihe ei?l-.U.irii.i.,.Siuel L Arrington, .Esq., ex
with lh 1 1 ,rti I ninr ft jQtmur arntinrl llahrnw . . . . 13 . n
with tho lightnjng flashing around jts"brow
it stands ey.cr, ever the same- it, loun
dations in the depth? of the earth, and its
head rising in .solitary grandeur, to the;
, V, f:
I emblem of j
heavens the tvin.of l.ime and
Eternity just as it rose under Ms Make,. rnv,nt;nn tn ua :t ,
hand on the morning of . creation, and tu?t , , ,r,Mi,n , . i r ,
, ,, , ,fo I..- : ,, ' the last. I huradaViin ,Iune, lor the purpose
as it shall stand when the last time shall.r ,: n .1 : . r
come.
From the Raleigh Star.
v 'I X
NORTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY.
We learn fi;onv a friend who .xvaa .pres
ent at t,he.. late Commencement, though the!
assernmafce w?3. not jis giwu.as on .some
lormer.occas.ons, inat.ir.e. .exercises, and
particularly, .the .examination, .Zlc. of the
,1UCIH,1; ,u UJU inusi.Miisi.ici 11 y ami
encouragmg cnaracter weu calculated to
inq cut Iiiimi; i c ju i nun ui iijc r u-
uUy.and high character of the institution
over which they preside. ., .
. On Tuesday, declamation by the follow
ing young gentlemen.frcm the Freshman
Clas,r Thomas J. Sharpe, Lionel L. .Levy,
Eli V.: Hall, William H. Manly, John A.
Benbury,, John Poof. , , .
On VVednestlay, by the following frpm
the Sophomore Cla3s: Richard Forbes,
Lucian Holmes, Jnhn N.. I)aniel, Edward
H. Hicks, Owen H. Whitfield, Richard T.
Weaver. 4 . . . .... , 1.
. On the 6th, praticna .we-re delivered by
the following gentlemen from the Senier
tdass: Georr B. Wetmore,,. Jamea S.
Johnston WiJJijvm F,. Bar bee, John H
Bryan, ..Robert Qowao, Alfred G.. Fosipr,
Pleasant H. Dalton,, John Ballr.nfant, ? Ed-J
ward B. Lewis, William jS Battle, James
Home, Ej:um L! AVhitaker, Robert T.
Fullejr, VValter L. Steele, and Stephen A.
Stanfield. 1 .' " . .
.. 7 he following are the names of the grad
uates: -John liallanlant, William if. .Bar-
bee, William S. Battle, William A. Blount,
John B. Borden, John H. Bryan, John H.
M. Clinch, Edmund D. Covington, John
Cowan, Robert Cowan, Pleasant H. Dal
ton, Charles F. De-wev, Leonidas C.t Ed
wards, Alfred G Foster,.Robert T.. Fuller.
Henry G. Graham, - Joseph M.; Graham.
Ebenezer C, Crier, Rnb- rt T. Hall, Phile
mon B. Hawkins, VVilliam Hill, William
JL Hintoni Jacob Horner, Jacob S. John
ston, Gustavus A. Jones, ftobin Ap C.
Jones, Edward B. Lewis, John W. Long,
Joseph McLaurin, Tetcr K. Rounsayillc,
Thomas RofiVi, Robert A. Sanders, Jacob
(i. Scott, Benjamin M. Smith, Stephen A.
Sianfield., Walter L. Stfele, Thomas H. 0.
Turner, George B. VVetmore, Exum L.
Whjtaker. and Jacob A. Wimbish 42.
, Bishop Ives deliveied a highly interfi
ling and vpry abla address before tho
North Carolina Historical Society, and
James B.,Shepard, Esq.. of this city, de
livered the. Annual Address before theitw
Literary Societies; of the merits of which
we have, heard but little, favorable or un
favorable. . , '
, The honorary degree of "Doctor of. l)
vinily!' was conferred upon the Kev. A.B.
Poili.af. Princeton, N. J. the Rev. William
B. Brane, President, of Shelby College,
Tennessee,'-and upon the Rev. Charles
Pittman, .Serrifitury of ib Missionary So
ciety qf the Methodist Episcopal Chuich,
New York.
Methodist Conference. The Gcneial
Conference, pf ,lhe.. Methociist Episcopal
fhqrch closed its session on the lOth.inst,
aft,er the adoption of , resolutions for a a
amicable .diviion of the Churph, erecting
1 he North and .South into., independent
Churches; . neither, of which, while their
doctiioes will remain the same, will have
any right to., interfere, with the jurisdiction,
of the piher.j. Provision is. made for aii
quitable, d,iviaion of the.Church property.
The Southern delegates . held a meeting
;nd resojvedto hold, a, Convention in Lour
isvilevKy. on the 1st of May, .1845, to
organize, a Southern General ;Conference.
All IheslavehoJdingtStates will be emhrar
ced in the Conference, and as it will be left
to the lajtyl near. the proposed line ofdivU
sion. to unite themselves .with either, it is
bought, the Illinoisnd .a part of the New
Jersey end Philadelphia Conferences will
a'tafih themselves to the(Southern division.
Bishop Sonle, in consequence , of his noble
defencp of the South, was invited to move
his residence to the South, and readily con-
! sen,ted to do po.. He will meet a cordial
welcome. ,. He is expected to preside in the
next North Carolina Conference.' i.
i The Copfpre,pce, elected, the Rev. L. L.
Hamline and the Rev. E. S. Janes, Bishops.
ib.
From the Washington Republican.
, , MEETING ?IN NASfjL r, ...
At a meeting of a portion of the Demd
crats of Nash county, held in the CourU
house, in the tDjvp of Nashville, on Satur
daythq,i5th June,;1844, v.. v
. On mojion, John.iiH Drake was
called to the chair and;Wrn. H. Smith ap
pointed. . Secretary. : By request! ;of . the
plained, in a bfief and appropriate manner.
the qbjectjOf the meeting. . Win. D. , Har
rison, Esq ,.. offered the. following resolu-
liens, which were unanimously adopted; :'
Tu ui-utl'-. r
wi iiiinuudwiiu, .jciJiun Jiii; eaiiuiuaic, lot;
Elector; of .President and . Vice President
of the United Stales, for this Electoral Dis
trict.:, r. f ' ' ......,.'
Resolved, That J.. W. Lancaster, Dr.
John H. Drake, . Samuel L. Arrington, Col,
Wm. F. Bailey, Redmond Bunn, Bennet
r3nnn, Francis M. Taylor, Dr. Joseph A'f,
irake, Dr. jQhn Arlington, Wm. B.
; Bryaut, J. B.Rice. Thos. J,; A. Copper
Uavj(j McDeans, Eyan H, Morgan, James
i Sull.ivant, A. B. Buines, Jun. ,Ur. Richard
short, Bar.tlett .Deans.. and ..Wm. Hardr
w Boy kin, aie appointed. Delegates to at-
tend saijl. Convention, to beheld in Tarborw
ough; and on motion, the Chairman and
Secretary, were added.
, Resolved, Tj;at this meeting Jiave undi
vided confidence in the firmness patriot
ism, and republican principle pf.JAS. K.
Polk, of Tennessee, ,aud that we, will , give.
him our .united .support for President of
the .United States- . , u i
, Resolved, ) hat we feel enlr .confidence
in the sound republican principles, and po
litical integrity of Gecr3e M.; Dallas, ot,
Pennsylvania; and. that we will. give;him
our, hearty, support, for Vice President. .
Resolved, That we, confiding in the em-,
inent ability, and firm, devotion to Demo-j
rrajic principles,. of Col M. Hoke, pledge
ourselves.tOido all in our power to elevate
him to the Gubernatorial Chair. : i. .
On.motion, Resolved, .That the thanks
of this, meeting be tendered to the Chair
man and (Secretary,: for the manner in
which. they have discharged 1 heir, duties,
afnd the' sign these proceedings and have
the.same; published, in the Washington
Republican" and Tarborough Press."
JOHN H. DRAKE, Ch'n.
Wm H. Smith, Sccietary.
From the Madisonian.
(JpThere is now being exhibited in
the city of Wheeling, two brothers, tefi
and twelve years of agf who hire neither
hands nor feet, but claws like the claw? of
an eagle, which they use with as mucil
dexterity as most children their hands.