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BY GEORGE HOWARD.JR. . . i!
Js puhlishea weekly fet To DollXrs per, year
jfpaid iP.adyance-70t,-(vo HoLtARs and Fiftv
Cents at tHe expjratioD of the subscription year,
Advertisements not exceeding square' will be
nserted at. On 'Dollar the fit inseVtioR, and 25
CentVfor every succeeding one.' Longer ones at
that rate per square. Court Orders and Judicial
gdvertiseraents 25 per nt. higher.
FiiiEaNriniuiE.
FROM the IMMENSE INCREASE
of our business, we have been under
the necessity of taking the whole tip-story
over L. Pender's Store, at the sign of
Pender & Brother, Where may be found
AN IMMENSE
Stock of Furniture,
Consisting of the same articles which will
be seen advertised at the Old Stand. Per
sons that have not had an opportunity of
seeing a magnificent stock of Jurmturc,
ore respectfully solicited to call, as prices
and quality shall surely suit Furniture
repaired at either place at the shortest no
tice. F- BOND.
R. In order that a man may do
himself justice, let him sec articles of Fur
niture before purchasing. No body likes
to buy a cat in a bag. .
71irboro Sept. 29, 1848.
Only ceiitn per box,
TORlhecure"6f . Headache, Giddiness
Sat Rheum, RlieumaUVm, Piles, Heart
burn, Worms, Dyspepsia, Cholera Morbus,
Pains in the Back and Limbs, Liver com-!
plaint. Rising in the Throat. Fevers of all
kinds, colds, Gout, Gravel, Female Com
plaints, Nervous complaints, and all other '
diseases arising from impurities of the
blood, and morbid secretions of the liver
and Stomach ;
Every disease to which the human frame
issubjec, originates from 'impurities of the
blood or derangement of digestive organs.
Dr. Gordon's Family Pills, heing com-
pounded exclusively of such ingredients
js naturejntended shouldopcrateon the
lmpuritiesof the Human System. Strike
atthe root of thediscase, removing all im
purities from the body, opening the pores
externalh and internally, senaratinc all
foreign and obnoxious particles from the
chyle, so that the blood, of which it is the
origin, must be thoroughly pure and ne-
cessarily securing a free and vigorous
iction to the Heart Lunffs ' Liver and
Sto nach, thereby restoring health by
opening the pores, clc'ansi'n'e the veins and
arteries, unimpeding all the natural veins
and ,t,0
- "1 . - - .
other means have failed.
than
gravelled forms of Dvsnenj
cured by the medicine, where rigid diet-
ing. tne lilue Pill, and almost every other
means had been resorted to without anv
benefit, and when death stared its miscra-:
u.c viuum iupy in ine lace. 11 JJr. Uor- '
don's Pills were not adapted to the cure ot
any but this horrid malady; their iih.i j
form success, in this diseasp. .ilnnr. ,.,..i.i
be sufficient to 'waft on to fame' the name
of their in ventor, asa benefactor of his spe
cies. This medicine never fails to cure the
Worst cases of piles in one week!-
For sale in Tarhoro' bv A. II. Macnair &
" v GEO. IfOfVARD.
JHruary 8,1849. , "y, " ' ly
JYotice.
for cough ani lung, com pi aints 'use DrBar
tholomew8 Pink Expectorant syrup.
Side head achi, though constitutional or Inciden
tal, is cured by Dr. Spotin's head ache renidyV"2
,,l' Mm of China, for ihe cu re of all diseases
thal rqiire external aDDlicaUon.,: 1 ; i ?
Thf ZrW haired ' Ul'find the Indian Hair Dye
rcrct'artd effectual;
' or sale by
Geo. Howard.
Byslern not only thoroughly sound, but al- virgin siaie, anu several pounus roy,; ixoiwim?iami!iig us uimmuuve size, me j uy one licnjamiu viouu, wnicn nas,, caus
80 impervious to disease, even when all subsequently from the same ' mine; and it engine turned the light paddle-wheels of j cd considerable noise and confusion there
Within the last twelve months more -three pounds yet1 in the ore surrounding as long as the water, lasted. The rudder jet, in stock, and at this time, has, a droye . was hot done through fright, but fcr want
one hundred cases of the mot at-! tne pocket from which the first was taken, was .set to fly; the balloon in a. circle. : It; off 100 cattle on the Way East, and another of more lightr- These Were 'the ihscrip-
, ALL'S FOR THE BEST. .
All's for the .bestj be sanui and cheer
ful; .
Trouble and sorrow are friends in dis
Nothingvbiit oily goes faithless and fear
" fyj.-" "
Courage forever is happy and wise;'
All for the t best if a man would but
; ,know it5: c;1 . '!: ; , .;,
Providence wishes us all to be blest;
This is no dream of the pundit or poet;
Heaven i&gracious, and All's for the
1 . best! . ' " '
All for the best! set this on -your standard,
Soldier of sadness, or Pilgrtnof love,
Who to the shores of Despair may have
wandered, . ,
, , ,A w ay . wea r i e d s ya 1 1 o o r hca rt st r i c-
ken dove;
; . . . ' .
All for the best be a man, but confiding,
Providence tenderly governs the rest.
And the frail barque of His creature is
guiding.
Wisely and warily, all's for the bebt.
All;for the best! then fling away terrors,
.. Meet all yor fears and your foes In the
van, ' . ' '?
And in the midst of your dangers or cr-j evolutions he ascended about .a mile, and
rors ' on reaching the current of air he was con-
. Trust like a child, while you strive like veyc(1 n 3 Northern direction. On arriv
a man. ? ing over the Ponchartrain Railroad, third
, , ,. , . ' Municipality, 'horrible to relate Ihe bal-
All s for the best unbiassed, unbounded, , , . . . . t . . .
. loon exploded and precipitated nim to
Providence reigns lrom the L.ast to the r ,. ; e-nnn r .i i
the earth troin a distance of iOOO ieel! and
AVcst -' . . ;
. ; - ' . ' , ' what is more astonishing he was not the
And by both wisdom and mercy surroun- , . . . , . . .
J j J least injured. He owes his miraculous es-
, Mt . , - . cape of death from a rose bush in the gar-
Hope aml .be happy tl.MAll' for the dcn of p r Leri.ion E V, Md.cau
Knot f
CHARACTERISTIC.
Noisy goese destroy all peace.
When cackling loud and often;
And so girls do, when more than two,
About their beaux are talking.
From the N Y. Journal of Coimncrce.
Gold Mines of Narth Carolina.- A
wri,er in the Washington Union, who
(Iatc8 from Char,otteville N. C, where
.
inert; iu mijiicii ji mi, say a.
Yourself and the editors of the National
Intelligencer, in cop ing an article about
g(J,d l,om a PaPe purporting. Horn the
credit, to be published at Charlotte. ( Quere
Charlottesville?) Albemarle, Virginia,
have laboied under a mistake. The art!
c,e was originally put lished in the Lhar-
lotte Journal, of this place; and old Meek-
lenburg, North Carolina, is the county in
which the gold was found nearly ten
nounds one afternoon most of it in the
. - . ' - i .
is supposed that there are some two or
separating, commonly called "washing,"
,)elore the amount can be ascertained oi
:lhe remainder.
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There is no doubt, sir, that there is a
cai u 1 Ult 6 - yei? in inis- region
muc ! ofi' a superipr quality. , Last year(
lr9m a tolerably careful calculation, there !
was some.inuig ukc. nan a .minion ot dot-
al: i : i i ip f ,
Jars worth of gold raised in the surround
ing counties; about 370,000 was coined
in the mint at this place,. and , about $ 30,
00Q found itsway north and elsewherein
bullion. , , .
Lirge amounts of gold have at various '
iime-oeen lound in the mine now in
questipnjarid JL :w0Uld; lay yMt.liable to
the charge of gross exageration, if I were
to tell the whole truth in regard!to it. The
gold invthis mine; is found) generally iri
pockets,?i in silicious or Ain't vCi)f ;oef
and'6nderlard with a blue slate forrnatiorl.
The o id does not, as in many instance,
pervade the. vein in minute tparticles, , bit
'occulraioiichureposifes, above, )design4red
"pockets." This mine belongs to Messrs.
lii hive hpen It has to undergo burning, vgrinqing, and was started irpm tne easiern aoor oi mej drove on the way fcouin,; ne nas laiciy lions wun wnicn lvir. itusuishob tfeco
Wmi Elens arid John Irvingi 6f this place,
and probably some one or two others.' riot?
known to the writer. 'Major G. 'WGald-
well andCaptain'J.-Harrison, lately 6l the
armyy arerpriucipal holders of a lease up- road and ballpon is warranted ; to" convey
on itJ"i Several mines in the;ji icinily oalllne passengers - .offering' jthrotjgh anil
this one are yielding verytfair returns for from two to five days when lhftiti j)5
the labor and capital invested;, 1. - fair. No bagga g,calljUyed
The most productive mine . in this sec-
tion is the Dunn M ine,- in--; this county,
owned and worked by Messrs. Wm. Elens
ana Jotin lrvmg. Jo jar ipey uaic iounu
no. end lb the ore, which continues! to be
worth from g5 to $0 a bushel. ?Thc ore
19 principally decomposea . sueijoi a ricnf
orownJoamy ;ppearance.-rIn' fine,. , sir,
iur ui A-jirunna prooacwy noius, ouu inurej. prupuriiuu ui uiaius in me lerriiury is uyc
inducements to emigrants and seekers ofi to one of the females, and the labor offe
gold than, California,; for we have good! males is as much needed in cooking, &c.
wholesome, laws, a peaceable population,!
.i ii l ! , r :.. p...: I
ami an .uie necessaries ui -uiu 111 prolusion;
so that $1 wilt, purchase; as much here as
5 or $0 will in the vicinity of Feather
river or the Sacramento, and the result of
the purchase be fur more pleasurably en
jt)yed under the protection of our good
government. SPECTATOR, Jr.
Charlotte, N. C-. March 13, 18-19.
Great, seen si on and Extraordinary
Dc&censionttf Monsieur Victor Vvrdalle.
The citizens of New Orleans, yesterday
witnessed one of the most "wonderful acri?
ul foils" ever performed in the world.
Monsieur V. according to announcement,
made a beautiful ascension from the cor
ner of Poydrus and St. Charles streets.
After going through numerous slack, ropo"
sireei, wnerc ne lanueo. ine winu ueing
very strong the balloon was in a, measure
kept up in such a manner as to bicak the
fall. .
, Mr. V., was very composed and ex-
i claimed on rising from the bush and pick
ing up a rose that he knocked off in the
! fall: "Ay, ay , Saner, this is a very sweet
spot. "Monsieur V. was conveyed home
by General Dixon in a carriage, amidst
the deafening shouts of the populace, who
congratulated him on his fortunate escape
from death. Ar O. Ihe, 2thinst.
The Acria I Locomotive Started. The
New York 7Vibune gives the following
he following
with tins ma j
'!
lccount of the experiments
chine, on Yocs.lay:
AnexhiO Hon ot the model oi roricr
and Robinson's aerial locomotive .-waj
madeyesterday afternoon in the luxchange,
and was perfectly successful. The float,
or spindle-shaped lialloon, made oi gojd-
beater's skin, was about ten feet long, to
which .was suspended a steam-engine in
miniature, weighing fire, water and all j
complete about three or four pounds,
v.i...:.i... i : : 4 : . t.
the machine with ease, and keptJn.motion
rotunda and went up steadily, propelled j
ny tne .engine, in a: regular gyraupn lOjiiie ;
u l u nillj lliv lull bv.iv . i ,ut. t tmj j
Heie a weight having been attached, it de-j
ccnutu iu jjuui, luiiuwiiig nf . ci u ic
rudder, and landed ;safely. This exper-jParis
mcnt;vyas lepeated a second . time, .vith a
. i i i ..- . j a . j
UKC resuii, ana o iar as uyuig 111 a quiei .
atmosphere goes, the locomotive may be
considered fully successful. It remains ,tp .
be seen, whether a large, machine, si n ilar
lyr constructed, .vyould .safely resist the. yi- i
olent qommotionsf the open 4air, There
was a large ; number. of persons? present
yesterday j vy ho testified, by a A hearty, ap
plause, -their ppinipn.qf.the exhibition.
Ballooning, to. CalifpfniaA, private j
j VJ t
expedition of an f'Aenat steamer .vyaato
take place
:Fhe Sufi says
"Ahr.1. nation has
irigtonjbra patent or,;thr.AeriaJ ail-!
wayror4BallopiWireay,ich4
proposed to build to California. The ex -
Jin .ISJewt Jwk! Qri.jTbuMay.iasVi.; bfen P& to our f nop ,n
heenjnade. at Washipectap e tamiiy, a. cuui vyip iwuv
pense for building Ihe roadway -ifoil'itoail
passenger balloons, fromv Neiv- Yoriotp
San Franciscoj is estimated: atone ! miUiPoJ
.three hundred thousand dollars. Thr
. .V Woyiin at a Premium! 'Aj&&ywit ft
from San Francisco to her friend in 'ilas-i
oavuiiati9..: . . f . j
Thedemand for marriageable womeH
seeme tbe as great as for aoods. This
is ineoniy-cHiniry in me . vvoriq wnere
women. are , t properly appreciated. The
at the gold region, .s the males. There,
I i 1 li' 'i':? liLl rl JJ
mavu ueen more marriages uie , ,iasi leyv
j months than in tejiverspjeglpiust in this
j country, j "The smvsVBefore" they" will
igoToTliel gold region, nike efforts to get
white husbands, which they soon obtain in
the present state of affairs." Father Mana-
que, the Catholic priest has .informed me
that he married the last few, months 110
white men to squaws. TThe consequence
is, that the poor Indians will soon be left
without any class of females from which
they can choose, -as certainly no white
woman of wliatever'condition in' society
will marry an Indian, when she can readi
ly iharry a white man of some wealth and
prominence. r Some of the most ugly and
slovenly servants here, marry traders who
have accumulated fortunes in a Week.
v? Novel Suit: A resnectible German
lawyer was before the Mayor yesterday, Dykes at West Baton Rouge and Donalds
atthe instance ofa female client It seems vllleThe watervhas made a con.pletel.
the lady called upon her counsel; to repri- breach over many, valuable sugar and coU
mand him for not transacting some busi:'ton plantations, causmg-lan, immense, i
ness she had entrusted to1 him' according; mount of damage to property. . The full:
to her wish and being a liitle inclined to extent of the disasters has not .been;ascer4) ,
-scold," the lawyer ordered her from his tained -Great kars are enteitained . for
office. At this "she let him have" it the tne safely of other -plantations at other
harder, and ieftised "to bud'g"-' Counsel P9nts. The river ; has ' noti been so high:
took hold of the client a little roughly, as ; before al 80 earlr in the seaSon withItl
she thought; and she was obliged to make memory of ihe oldest inhabitants. Evch
herself scarce She brought .suit, and the!
.-.' -I .i Ll-t el i !
.iayor nem counsel 10 oau lor ins appear
ance at Court, in the sum of 150. ! 1
Cin. Gaz.
HinThc Louisville Journal ,savs thai
R. II. Vecd,a shbemaker,' formerly li v-;
ing in Knoxville, in Nashville ori the
27th December last, on business, and had '
placed in his care, by the .cashier .of Mhe;
Union- Dank, about nine thousand dollars;
in the bills of that bank,to be delivered
the'eashier of the bank alKnoxville. , In-,
at. i vrtV:n c
011ght. h pocketedthe money, took the -
sle aiul raijroad for Chirleslon, pttrchas-jj
cd nod.i with the money, and shipped fori
Ca!irorllia A whole month -elapsed bCl
forohis viliainvi, was discovered, , anil it
VMiwn n rcpy l0 inquiries from the,
Hank at Knoxville.
i Extrusive Forgery a nd Swindling
Vc have a letter from respectable gen-
tleman of.Dourbon county, detailing some!
recent swindlina operations in.that region,:
1 1 it , 1 , 1
abouts. : Cloud. has been an.extensive deal-
traded off several forged -.notes,, among oth -
crs one on lyiri upu a,. . rtcnT ;iafmer oi
Ui IkW, ,VV V""Jllt: V4 - V'J . v "J j
abouts , jOOOf-and one on Ir.'Sitn. for
jUjiar ge.suni. ?? iie, paiiKs ui Auig.iuii uu
are said to be sufferers, by hisjinan-t
cicring. On. ursday.ightj.laaU .about
i i. n . . i i . . .1
midiugnine weni to raris,anu mui igau
his property -to a friend, and immediately,
absquatulated to, regions "that we .know
not of.' ? J lis swindlin g operation were
made public the following day. ( i
r jLouisvUlc Coitriety 1 Bth. ,
. Marvelous pmncidenees-p.nG ,of
Ji ft
those, remarkable cases of.preentiment, or
second-sight," that have , occurred at inr
jtervals to llie; confusion of all hupiari sp?c-
uiation w .every, geTm yj-v
9 WP$P & $ kle!VLBwf
parentMnaarpnju))
elirum on Monday evening, that her
: h. . . l - i i z
othpr, wril Vas onboara4he packet
then withih twentyiniles ofhomeja&l
had with him sunloTypresents for them,
specifying, among othertntngs, five books
withered5 covers c gilt. edgesrcfr.t:0,hW
vessel arrived ihe flextCjesterayj.mprnr
'flgi?ndtheeurqnof(th broker ;jy
the, specified presents, venfieq.the truth oT
her marvellous;, i riipressibn? Wlien
brother entered lier chamber, sKe5rec
II1U
recogrtt-
zed him at once, and on the instant; inter
rogated him co"ncernrtTf the presents which
she said she had dreamcd'of, when he ebn-
- From the National Intelligence q1
' '"i -'- ' ' .-..ri"--'i- ...!-; Ii ittiyr.i,
. A Fifteen million PotTars JLqnd Suit
decided, -The New Orleans Picayune, of
the 13ih. instant, says: 4i.The great, land
suit of the! heirs of Dubreuil j jVillers vs.
Joseph M. Kennedy and others, being fof
the block of ground on which the United
States BrailchMint of- this city is situated,
was yesterday decidedjjtrfavor of the: de?
fendants. . The United : States "j.Gpyernjf
ment is the real party .defendant-in . ttijLj
action; - The suit involved .the , title ,to a
portion of the Fhird and. First Municipal
ties property. worth perhaps ,ovei 1.5,
OOOjOOO.TbiSjWasmade a test suit, ( tVi
v, t . ' New, Orleans, March 9th: ; .
InundationofJtheMissistippi River
Great, Destruction of Property The
Mississippi river has broken over its
banks, having carried away the Leveesor
i;ewr'wfiHW 19 l,ucaic,,cu wnu unu"-'
tion. . - ' ivc-C
From the New York Tribune. A
j Curious Epidemic. Vox several weeksu
a singular epidemic has been prevailing in
rayelle countyj ra-iaoout; wn.cn physm
cla d,ffer' SQ)e pronouncing it cholera!
and olhers a malignant -utfueza, There
have been about sixtycases-of'the disease,
Iwenty.two of which proved fatal.. It wasl
generally preceded by heavy nolds, and
such. Was its. violence that in-rma rCasesi
(ieath ensueddn a few hours. It is always'
accompanied by Cramp; n , i ;
" ' - n 1 ' (:' r 4r I
M Sickness "tnMissisiippi.ThGUm
pliis (Tenn.; Enquirer of theil7thUilt:no-
jjiiio i cun. j iiiluii ui uie i in Mil-, iiu
tices the ravages of an' epidettiic which natf
iirp.ViiilpH for 'siirrn! " wppk in,? D Snfiri'
ti(
( .
county,' m ississippi. 3 Upwards of fifty
persons had died within rfivemiles square.
The disease is very violent and fataltfnd
seems to be a compound of Erysipelas
Scarlet Fever and Black Toncue. v ' j1
- . -
ftpt am art apostate angel whom meNv
cy never reached, and never can.' This
; rated - a board in his barn, -Where ho !hung
. nimseii on ine itrr. ne was 70 years
j wivj hiiu ujyi afl,k 1 1 II, UUI VICC JJU I . CVA
of the life hereafter Boston Post.
Ji Yankee Trick: During the exhibit
tion of a menagerie in a country village irf
Maine,a1Tahketr WdS on the? 1 ground, withr
a terrible itching to "see ihe elephant
but had not the desiderated quarter.
Having madetihis-m.ndto go in "any
how;' he stationed himself neartlieljen
tranoednd waited Until the rush was over.
Theft assuming a, patient almost exhausted
tone, and with the ibrerfincer of his right
hand, placed on the .right corner , of -his
mouth,Jie exciaipied; forqPs .sake.
Mistert;aint ye 1 goin' to give met my
Miange'",
keeper. "Ya-eesJ my
change!' I gin e.
-- 'f i i . j.- i i j
a;dollar as much as a fiatian nour; tf
haint got inV change, yetQTfo Jop
keeiier handed' over . three, quarters. ,m
thanandnidm
funds.""
br
fShe then 1 mtiVetfi ateljf elapsed 1 fnti deUil:
rrum. Newark Jldvs " rr ? r ; i- i' , w ivil
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