. WOMll. '
llow ftlvriOss is woman f
What lhnner can trace
The varied emotions-
That gleam on lift face
- A:ii wlut art can portray.
The feelings that lie
In the heave of her boson,
Tbe glance of her eye t
llow tends is woman i ,
The watcher t rrighf,
Who leaves not the blossom J
On account of tlie blight,
An angel ol mercy,
She soothe us in pain,
And smiles in her gladness
When health eoracs again.
llow lofty is woman f
Deep, deep is her ire,
When light words enkindle
The spark on tlie pyre 5
Majestic she towers, '
Man quails from her view,
Till her wrath like a clwid,
Soon dissolves into dew.
How loving is woman !
How fragile she clings ;
To -him she hath chosen.
Whatever he brings ; ":
Though all he can utter '"'".
Are words to deceive,
Confiding she love him,
Though false wiU believe.
How child-like is woman '-
How winning her ways !
She strives for our pleasure
Through long weary days ;
No ill can affright her,
No shade can annoy : '
She seeks but to lead ns
To sunshine and joy.
MISCELLANY.
Tbe Two Letters; A Comedy of Errors.
My slay in New York had been prolonged far
beyond my original intention when I visited that
city, and I was pining to return to my native vil
lage, and to the arms of my dearest Julia, whom I
hoped anon to make my bride. I had drank deeo
of the clip of surrow during my absence from her,
and I looked forward with glowing anticipations to
the time when we should meet to part no more.
At length my business took a favorable turn.
There was no longer anything to detain me in New
York, and I made hasty preparations for a depart
ure to my native village. It was the evening before
1 designed to set out, that I wrote two hasty letters
to prepare my friends for my reception.
The first of these epistles was to Julia. It ran
thus : . ; ' ' '
Dearest Girl : 1 shall leave New York in the
three o'clock train to-morrow afternoon. In an
hour from ihat time I shall be with yon. ; I never
knew how I loved you until my heart was tried by
the test of absence ; now I feel how devotedly, how
truly, I am your own. Oh ! what joy it will be to
meet with you once more t That will be the hap
piest moment of my life, except when I can, for the
first time, call you my bride.
Yours till death,
' Frederick.
The second letter was addressed to an old maid
nf my acquaintance, who had been like a sister to
me, and to whom I was indebted for many little acts
of kindness.
My Dear Friend r I write this in haste to in
form yon that I shall probably visit yon sometime
to-morrow evening. Yon see I don't want to find
you unprepared. And I want you to treat me well,
too, even if I don't call on you the first of any.
Don't think my affection for you has in the least
diminished, but you must know my affection for
another has increased, and strong as are your
claims upon me, hers are somewhat stronger. Now
don't tie jealous : for after I am married, I shall be
as tree a friend to you as ever.
:! Sincerely yours,
Frederick.'
Having finished both of thew letters, I sealed
them in the same haste in which they had been
written, fearing that ihey would be too late for the
mail Superscribing them in a hurried hand, I
tent tbein to the post office, where they arrived just
in time.1, '
At three o'clock on the following day, I was at
the depot, and in the cars. I was too impatient for
steam itself. I even believe tho telegraph couldn't
have transported me to the arms of my Julia soon
enough to satisfy my impatience. I thought the
cur moved slower than a mule, and thougiit too
at one time of getting out to run along ahead of
them. ":'
However, dow as I thought I was travelling, I
arrived in irood time in my native village. I did
not stop to shake hands with a single soul, but ar
rived at her father's houso. I expected to see her
f ice at tlie window looking out for me, but it was
rot visible. However, I reflected that like all wo
men, she wm coquetish, and avoided showing her
wet!? eyes at th window, just to tease me. Yet
I felt certain she would be looking out for me, and
have a distinct recollection of offering to bet fifty
dollars with myself that she was peering through
the blinds at ine, or from behind a curtain.
I ran up to tho door, and entered without knock'
ing. JcponeJ my arms expecting Julia to jump
Mo them, and supposed of course 1 he would, but I
hut them p again quick enough, when I saw the
t'd lady approaching, not her daughter.
"Where' Julia?" I cried.
"0!i, she's gone "
"Con !" . ' :'
yes."
"For heaven's sake," I gasped, "tell me where?"
"I was going to, but you interrupted me," said
the old lady crustily. , ''She has gone tu spend a
f-w days with her cousins."
I was thanderrtruck. I conscientiously beiiev
that at that moment I was as white as a piece of
jrehrncnt At any rats, I couU swear before any
court that I felt very faint and ck.
"When did she go 1" . I faltered.
About two hours ago."
'Two hours sgoJ Whit! didn't slie receive
say letter f"
I wits terribly excited. I 6ft that my eterna
kuppinesa denuded upou the woman's answer,
Julia bad guaa off te visit her cousins when she
knew I was coming that I would be there that'
night 1 felt that it would break my heart
"Yes, I believe so," drawled the old lady. "1
heard her say something about getting a note from
you that she expected yen 'to call here to-night"
It was enough. My heart was a heap of ruins!
Ob! the faitlilesoness, the fickleness, the heartlesir
neas of woman f All that has bees said of her has
bees hut flattery ; she is a serpent in an angel's
form ! 01 deception ! oh miseiy ! Judge of my
disappointment my despair my uwiiterable woe,
when I learned that Julia was gone gone when
she knew I was coming and blame me not for
giving vent to my feelings in such expressions as
as those.
I think I should be very scrupulous about swear
ing to anything that took place the next half hour
after my heart received that havy blew. Only
one thing I am sure of. I left the house, and got
into the street, but whether I ran there, staggered
there, or was carried there by my friends, I could
not conscientiously venture to affirm the first 1
heard from myself, I was approaching the door of
my friend, the old maid, and she was running out to
meet me. This probably brought me to my senses.
I w.ta past being surprised at anything that
might happen, else I should have thought it a little
strange that imy threw herself into my arms.and
offered me her lips to kiss. As it was, feeling the
need of sympathy,! embraced her warmly exclaim
ing. '.; " ' '
"Dear Lucy, vou are the only true friend I've
got-" : f
"Oh ! I hope not" she replied. "But I am glad
you think I am a true friend to you, for I am."
"And you will always be J" ;
"Always Frederick !" Oh ! and we shall be so
happy !"
"What does she mean ?" thought I.
We shall be so happy, dear Frederick !" she re
peated ; know we shall. The truth i, my dear,
I have loved you long in secret hopelessly ; but
after receiving such a dear, aflbcliouale letter from
you "
"What !" 1 cried, staring at her in wonder.
"Why, after reciving such a dear good letter."
said Lncy.'I am so happy that I must tell you all
my heart. .When we are married, I'rcclerick
"I'm dreaming," thought I.
"We will have this pleasint event to talk about,
won't we ? Why, you can't think how surprised
and delighted I was to receive' your letter. , I
laughed over it and cried over it ; and if I have
read it once, I have read it fifty times."
Here she took my letter from her bosom.
"Then it seems," she' continued, so happy that I
was provoked with her "it seems that absence
taught you how much you love me."
I was stupifled ; though I was insane ; couldn t
understand one word L. said. Meanwhile, she un
folded the letter, Then then I understood it all ;
uttered a scream which was scarcely human, it
as so wild ; and eagerly snatched the letter. It
was the letter I wrote to Julia !
Yes : then I understood it all ! I had made a
mistake in stoerscribing tho letters, and Julia had
got Lucy s wlule Lucy had got Julia s. And Lu
cy had been flattered with the hope and belief
that I loved her, while Julia poor girl ! believes
was about to marry another. This was the
cause of Lucy's tenderness; this was the cause
f Julia's Visiting her cousins !
I laughed ; I danced ; I dare say I cut tip every
manner of silly capers which a man ought to be
ashamed of. And Lucy all the time was staring
at me as I before had stared at her. This brought
me to my senses.
"A mistake," I stammered "this letter wrete
in a hurry put the wrong name on the back
sent yours to Julia sent Julia's this one to
you!" ..
I shall never forget the old maid's consterna
tion. She understood what I wished to say ; she
saw the error in its true light . I thought she
would sink through the floor, but she had hold of
the door latch, and that probably sustained her. I
was glad that the door-latch wag strong. At that
moment my conscience hit me a severe cut, and
made me smart How I cursed my carelessness,
which had been the cause nf so much mischief. I
made a hurried apology, but I didn't stop to see if
Lucy fainted, or to have the pleasure of holding a
smelling bottle to her nose in case she should sink
into that interesting state.
I thought of Julia. I flew to make an explana
tion. It was three miles to her aunt s house, but
I was there in a trifle over three minutes. Puffing
like a steam engine, I asked to see her, and was
shown into a room where she was alone. She re
garded me with so cold a look that I am sure it
wou'd have chilled me through made an icicle of
me perhaps if I hadn't been so hot with running.
I threw myself at her feet. She started back-
it might have been in disgust, and it might have
been because her hand touched tny face which
was burning like a coal.
"Dear Julia," I sighed.
I panted, I suppose, but sighed is the better
word.
"Well, sir," said she coldly.
"Don't scorn me, I'll make it all right; it's only
a mistake."
What J"
"Why, that letter"
"That letter, sir, was a very friendly one, I am
euro. Indeed ! added Julia, unteriy, "i teei quite
flattered by your confidence in me, in making
known your intentions to marry. I hope you will
get a good wife, sir ; hope you will be happy.
Julia t Julia !" I cried in agony, "I say it's all
a mistake. That letter was not meant for you:
Julia's assumed coldness and indifference had
vanished in a moment. Then she looked at me.
"It wasn't meant for you," I repeated.
"I wrote that to Lucy Mathews put the wrong
name on the back, Here's the letter I wrote to
you."
I gave her the one I had snitched from Lucy
She read U eagerly. She saw the mistake, and
burst into tears of joy. The next moment
were locked in eaoh other's arms. - I was iniensel
happy.' But in an instant tbe aright heaven of my
joy was clouded. . I tbougln of Lucy.
"What shall I do?" I cried. "She thought the
letter was addressed to her, and believed I loved
her. What a cruel mistake! What shall 1
what ought J to dot" ' .
"Go toiler at once," said Julia,"and nuke a full
explanation and a suitable apology."
I followed her advice. I met Lucy on the thres
hold. J , ' ;
"Not a word'"sai(IsIie,laughirtg. "Idont need
any apology from yon ; you hav'en't done any
particular damage to my ohr maid's heart. Yon
see, I knew there was some mistake when I re
ceived your letter; I was not so foolish as to think
yon meant all those pretty, tender things for me.
But I meant to punish you for your carelessness
by making yo think yon had done a world of
mischief. Ha ! ha ! ha ! bow silly you did act !,"
1 was willing that Lucy should laugh at me, it
made me feel more easy, for I knew that I deserved
it I pouted a little, however, and strove to look
dismal, until she repeated what she had said about
our being "so happy when we were married,"
which caused me to echo back her laugh with a
hearty ha! ha! ha!
Render, I didn't marry Lucy, but I did make a
bride of Julia as soon as I could get her parents'
consent. "
, On the very evening of my marriage, the old
maid whispered in my ear, with a saucy l.i ugh,
ard a mischievous twinkle of her eyes, "How
happy we shall bo when we are married, Freder
ick!"; . ' .
EDITORS LOOKING UP.
W e extract tho following paragraph from the
Edenton (X. C) Sentinel ;
Cr Being much indisposed ourself tin's week,
(having beeu again attacked with the gout,) and
our journey man having seen proper to a'jsent
himself from our employment prevents us from
issuing but half a sheet this week.
Editors are certainly rising in tho world. Sea
ton is Mr.yor of Washington, Brooks and Greeley
are or have been members of Congress, and the
editor of the Nashv ille Union is Clerk of the Ten
nessee House of Representatives. But who ever
heard before of an editor's having the gout ; that
.complaint hitherto monopolised entirely by the
wealthy a nd luxurious of the land I For bur part,
we' never before heard of one who w is afflicted
with nnv rnmnLiiit hImivp thp diirnitv of an old
hMon cholic, jt mU9t te a cation to our
excellent contemporary, to reflect, that since he ,t
doomed to be sick, he has been spared the hiiniil-
ation of being prostrated by any less aristocratic
complaint. We hope, lor the honor of the frater-
ty, it rtiay not, after all, turn out to be nothing
more thau a vulgar rheumatism. Rich. Whiff.
THE KEY OF DEATH.
In tho collection of curiosities preserved in the
arsenal at Venice, there is a key, of which the
Mowing singular tradition is related: About the
ear 1690 one of those dangerous men, in whom
extraordinary talent is only the fearful source of
crime and wickedness beyond that of ordinary
men, came to establish himself an a merchant or
trader in Venice. The stranger, whose name
was Tebaldo, became enamored of the daughter of
an ancient house, already affianced to another.
He demanded her in marriage, and of course was
rejected. Enraged st this, he studied how to be
revenged. Profoundly skilled in the mechanic
arts, he allowed himself no rest until he had inven
ted the most formidable weapon which could be
imagined. This was a key of large size, the han
dle of which was so constructed it could be tur
ned round with difficulty, When turned, it disclos
ed a spring, which, on pressure, launched from
the other end a needle or lancet of such subtle
fineness, that it entered into the flesh, and buried
itself there, without leaving any external trace.
Tebaldo waited in disguise, at the door of the
church in which the maiden whom he loved was
about to receive the nuptial benediction. The as
sassin sent the steel, nnperceived, into the breast of
tlie groom. The wounded man had no suspicion
of injury, but seized with a sudden snd sharp pain
in the midst of the ceremony, he fainted, and was
carried to his house amid the lamentations of the
bridal party. Vain was the skill of the physicians,
who could not divine the cause of this strange ill'
ness, anJ in a few days ho died.
Tebaldo then again demanded the hand of the
maiden of her parents and received a second refu
sal. They, too, perished miserably in a few days.
The maiden, thus cruelly orphaned, had passed
the first month of her mourning in a convent,
when Tebaldo, hoping to bend her to his will, en
treated to speak with her at the gate. This she
refused. Tebaldo beside himself with rage.de
termined to wound her through the gate, and at
last succeeded. The obscurity of the place pre
vented his movements from being observed. The
maiden soon felt a pain in her breast, and uncov
ering it, she found it spotted with a single drop of
blood. The pain gradually increased, and the
surgeons who hastened to her assistance, taught
by the past, wasted no time in conjecture, but, im
mediately cutting deep into the wounded part, ex
tracted the needle before any mortal mischief had
commencid,and thus saved the lite 01 the young
lady. The appearance of Tebaldo at the convent
caused suspicion to fall heavily upon him. Ac
cordingly bis dwelling was carefully searched, and
the invention was found in his possession. Tebal
do subsequently perished on the gibbet.
THE MOTHER.
A writer beautifully remarks that a man's moth
er is the representative of his Maker. Misfortune
and even crime, set up no barracks between her
snd her Son. While his mother lives he has oite
friend on earth wlio will not desert hiia when he
suffers; who will soothe him in his sorrows, and
speak to him of hope when he is ready to despair.
Her affections know no ebbing tide. They flow
on from a pure fountain, and speak of happiness
through this vale of tears, and cease only in the
ocean of eternity.
LONG PRAYERS.
couwin neip laugning ine otner usy it an an
ecdote of a man accustomed to make long prayers,
who had over-persuaded a guest, greatly against
his inclination, to stay to breakfast. lie prayed
and prayed, till his impatient guest began serious
ly edging sway quietly and walking off; but in
attempting, waked up the old man s son, who was
asleep in his chair. "How soon will your father
be thmgh7" whispered the gnest "His be (rot
to the Jews yet?" asked the boy in reply. "No,"
aid llie otlior. "Wal.thcn, he aim lulf throneh!"
anawsreJ the boy, and rompowd himself again to
his lp. Whereupon the guest bolted at once :
. ' "AUmme'jt, Iktty Martin,"
From the Boston Evening Post. !
FREE TASSES FOR EDITORS,
0,1 RAILROADS, etc.
T'ii community were somewhat startled, a few
weeks since, by announcement made that Editors,
were not allowed to pass over a certain Raitroad
free and still more so, when some heroic gentle
men started up at that meeting and with courage
exclaimed: "Glad of it." For our part we see
no particular cause for rejoicing, and the gentle
men who thus spoke out must look deeper into the.
subject than we have as yet. Elizur Wright at
the time wrote a short article upon the system of
free passes, and Concluded by promising not only
to ride over the rails and pay his fare, but to be
come a stockholder, if the companies would pay a
fair price for the hundreds of articles which direct
ly or indirectly tend to improve railroad stock, and
which editors insert daily and weekly, gratuitous
ly. Let us look for a moment into this subject,
and see how muck newspapers have to do with
the formation of railroads. A few men meet and
talk over a route for a railroad. Tho resources of
the country looked at, the amount of travel is reck
oned, and then the public pulse is touched through
the medium of the newspaper Tlie editor is called
upon and becomes interested in the plan, and his
pen is employed to pjrtray the advantages which
must accrue. Other editors copy the articles, the
community is awakened, and. then comes a call
for a public meeting, and the newspaiier again
lends gratuitously its services to induce the people
to be present. The work goes on ! the mwspaptr
records its progress. The annual 'meeting is hol
d'n a reporter is sent off, and the absent stock
holders, ere twenty-four hours have elapsed, are
posted up; and finally comes the opening, when
two columns in the newspaper -announce to the
world that there is such a road in exist nee, refrrs
to its prospects, a!lnd s to the beauties of Nature
whiun can be seen during a ride over the road,
and establishes in the minds of the people a confi
dence in the stock. What pecuniary reward is
received for this 7 An advertisement at a low
price is obtained, and the money rceived for this
is paid out in rccoi Jing the success of the road.
This is what the newspaper does for railroads.
What should be the reward of those who spend
time and money in improving the stock of rail
roads? W'hat does a free pass amount to? It
costs the nilroads no more to convey one hundred
and ow passengers than it does one hnndred.r
Editors are not generally migratory in their hab
its, but when an opportunity offers they sometimes
avail themselves of it. An invitation is sent per
haps to an editor to pass over a road at his own
convenience. A leisure day presents itself, and
away he flies over the road, noticing everything
he sees, and giving a sketch of his trip in his pa
per which is read by thousands and thousands.
Perhaps a few only may be induced to follow his
example. They go and see, snd these few speak
of it to others, and so the ball is set in motion.
What does the corporation lose ?
There is a policy in few pisses there is econ
omy in well directed liberality, and seme roads
have studied the system and have been gainers,
while others have pursued a narrow contracted
course and the result is seen. Look at the flour
ishing villages which have sprung up on some of
the roads, contrasting strongly with the deserted
hamlets on the ether mutes, where high fares have
not only driven people away, but kept otheTs from
settling, and where tho meanness of tlie president
and directors has become proverbial along the route.
For our partj we care little or nothing about free
passes, we arc tied to the oar, and cannot avail
ourselves of complimentary aud unsolicited invita
tions to ride on a rail, which have been kindly ex
tended to us; but we do like to see the Press treated
with seme little respect, and if any class in the
community deserve to travel without expense, in
consideration of services rendered, it is that which
belongs to the Press.
PRINTERS AND PRINTING.
J. T. Buckingham, Esq., in his series of re
miniscences in course of publication in the lioston
Courier, speaks of the importance of the printer to
tlie author as follows :
"Many who condescend to illuminate the dark
world with the fire of their genius through the col
umns of a newspaper, little think of the lot of a
printer, who, almost suffocated by the smoke of a
lamp, sits np till midnight to correct his false gram
mar, bad orthography, and worse punctuation.
have seen the argument of lawyers, in high repute
as scholars, sent to the printer in their own hand
writingmany words, and especially technical and
foreign terms, abbreviated, words misspelled, and
few or no points, and these few, if there were any,
entirely out ol place. I have seen the sermons of
eminent 'divines' sent to the press without points
or capitals to designate tlie division of the senten.
ces sermons which, if published with the imper
fections of the manuscript, would disgrace the prin-
ter's devil if he were the author. Suppose they
had been treated with scorn and contempt as an
illiterate blockhead as a fellow belter fitted to be
a woodsawyer than a printer. Nobody would have
believed that such gross and palpable faults were
owing to the ignorance or carelessness nf the au
thor. And no one but the practical printer knows
how many hours a compositor, and after him
proof-reader, is compelled to spend in reducing to
readable condition manuscripts that the writers
themselves would be puzzled to read."
CURE FOR RHEUMATISM.
We recommend the following recipe, which will
be found upon trial te be a simple, still an invalu
able remedy for rheumatism. HYuji'j Casket,
Receife. Takes piutoflhe spirilsof turpen
tine, to which add half an ounce of camphor j let it
stand till the camphor is dissolved, then rub it on
the part affected, and it will never fail of removing
tlie complaint. Flannel should be applied after
the part is well fomented with turpentine. Repeat
the application morning and evening. It is said to
be equally available for burns, scalds, bruises and
sprains, never failing of success. We can vouch
air its efficiency in rheumatic affection.
SUGAR CANE.
We have received a fine specimen of 8ug:i
Csne, fully matured, from Jos. W Lee, Eq. in
the same neighborliood, who has about a quarter
of an acre of land, with, a lr.nriant gron th of the
vane,
MOUNTAIN SCENERY.
There is something in the wildness and sublim
ity of mountain it'eiwry that tends to remind us
rather of eternity dian decay : the perishable
works of man are no where to be seen. No city
lies in gloomy ruins, to show the outlines of faded
greatness; no worship that has passed awsyr We
stand upon tlie mountain, and we scarcely know
that nun exists upon the earth. This is not the
land where arts have died, or science lias been
forgot ; those rocks never echoed the eloquence of
orators or tlie songs of poets j the waters never
bore the proud ships of the merchants ; the soil
never yielded to man the fruit of his industry. It
is not that the finger of time can be recognised.
In vain would he set his mark on snows that nev
er fail to disturb the fast bound form of adaman
tine ice. In vain he stretches out his hand where
the rushing torrent and the wavering water-fall,
blest with an eternity of youth, dash on their head.
long course, regardless of the blighting power that
w:thera strongth, or lulls to rest the creation of
the creature of mortality. Here we may pause
and say that time has lost its power. H;rc may
we view the faint efforts of time overthrown in an
instant Changes there are, but the work of an
hour has di-feAtod the slow progress of decay. The
lightning of the thunder-storm,- the blowing tern
pest, the engulphing flood, the overspreading ava
lanch, have effaced front the surface of nature the
impress of time, aud left naught in the changes to
remind us of age. Surely there are scenes in life
which seem created to awaken in mankind the
recollection that even time can lose its power.
Who will not fee) the nothingneKs of the pleasures,
the cares, nay even the sorrows of our petty span,
when for a moment he dwells with his heart and
sou! upon the thonghts of an eternity ? Yes, it
will sober the gay it will comfort the grieved.
GREAT YIELD OF CORN.
A friend in Robeson informs us, that Mr. Aaron
Oliver, of Ashpole, Robeson County, gathered and
measured, with the 'assistance of two of his neigh
be rs, forty-five bushels of shelled corn from half an
acre of land. The adjoining land was fully as
good as the part measured, and the entire day was
consumed in gathering and measuring the half
acre, so that the remainder could not be accurately
tested, but there was no doubt that the acre yield d
90 bushels. The land was cleared since the 1st of
March last, and was not manured. Obsercer
, From the London Punch.
IV FOR IT-IIOW TO GET OUT OF IT.
Once on a time, there was a gentleman who won
an elephant in a raffle.
It was a very fine elephant, and very cheap at
the price the gentleman paid for his chance.
Dut the gentleman had no place to put it in.
Nobody would take it off his hands.
He couldu't afford to feed it. .
He was afraid of the law if he turned U loose
into the streets.
He was too humane to let it starve.
He was afraid to shoot it
In short, he was in a perplexity very natural to
gentleman with moderate means, a small house
common feelings of humanity, and an elephant.
France has won her elephant at Rome.
She has brought back the Pope.
She is at ber wit's end what to do with him.
She can't abet the Pope and the Cardinals, be
cause she interfered in the case of liberty.
Nie can t abet the Republicans, because she in
terfered in the cause of the Pope and the cardinals.
She can t act with Austria, because Austria is ab
solute. She can't act against Austria, because France is
conservative and peaceful.
She can't continue her army in Rome, because
it is not treated with respect.
She can't withdraw ber army from Rome, be
cause that would be to stultify herself.
She can t go forward, because she insisted on the
Roman people going backward.
She can't go backward, because the French peo
ple insist on her going forward.
She cant choose the wrong, because publico-
pinion forces her to the right.
She can't choose the right, because her own dis
honesty has forced her to the wrong.
In one word, she is on the horns of a dilemma,
nd the mure she twists, the more sharply she feels
the points on which she is impaled, like a cockebaf-
fer in a cabinet, for the inspection of the curious
in the higher and more whirligig species of polit
ical etymology.
Poor France will nobody take her precious bar
gain off her hands ? Rome is her bottle imp. She
bought it dear enough, but can't gel rid of it "at any
price."
A YANKEE ANSWER.
A wager was laid, that it was a Yankee peculi.
arity to answer one question by asking another.
To sustain the assertion a downeaster was interro
gated.
I want you," said tlie better, "to give me a
straight forward answer to a plain question."
"I kin du it, mister," said the Yankee.
"Then, why is it New Englanders always an
swer a question by asking one in return ?
"Du they?" was Jonathan's reply.
. PRIZE WIT.
We learn from the Richmond Rcpub'ican, that
at the farewell concert of the Nightingale Serena
de, in that city, they offered prizes for the worst
and best conundrums. The tivo that won were as
follows :
Why is a rose like a nose ? Because it won't
stay blown."
Why is tho Richmond Enquirer like John
Jacob Astor ? Because both are renowned for
their riches (Ritchies),"
A third was, .
"Why is the king of Russia striving to spoils
good dinner J Because he wants to take hungry
(Hungary) men from Turkey."
A JOKE One of our imps, who had been surf.
fering with the toojj.ache for a week, screwed up
his courage to have it extracted, whereupon he per
pet rated the following:
" However agonizing the thought, yet we must
part,' earn me mouth to the tooth. .
"Good riddance and spare your feelings; in fu
ture I'll hsvenonioreofyourK!" wallhe prompt
Sedgwick Female Seminary,
RALEIGH, N. G.
rpHE ninth session of this Institutlc . .1 .,
-a. inencc on Munday, th im: day of July. Puns
tnol attendunce is desirable. Expenses of Ti nil for
iMHiru ana ML'iin 1 union, &oU per esaioii uf Lv
r 1 1 It. I nl - . I
iiiontha. For ornamental branches, an extm chame.
punicunirai uuuretn - . ,
J. J. FINCH.
Raleigh, June 15, ?49. 28 3t
FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES.
PRIME Brown, Clarified, Powdered, Crushed, and
Loaf Sugars ; l'erto Rico, Laguira aud Old Java
CoflVe; very superior fruh Imperial, Gunpowder and
Black lea; Vinegar, Lamp Uil, Ac. &.c. Sir.
JAMES M. TOWLES.
Raleigh, May 25, 1849.
To Printers and Others,
t O REAMS Pearl Foolscap, unrulod, end 10
A hi Roams Rice Flat Foolscap, expressly im print
ing, a new article In this market. Also, a few reams
of superior ruled letter paper for sale hy
- P F rESCCJU.
Raleigh, Aujriutf 5, 18 ID. ;6
"j TO LASHES. .lust received prime MOiLASSES,
li-L uew crop. For ealo by
JAMES MTCHFORD.
Next door abore Mrs. IUrdie's,
Raleigh, March 2.
CIGARS.
AFRESH supply of those celebrated Spaujh CU
gnrs, just received, to which we invite the aU
tention of our customers.
P.P. PESfl'D.:
Raleigh, August S, 18-19.
' 36
PLOIGHS AXD PLOrCU IASTIXGSU
COMPLETE assortment of Richmond's ethi
XX prated Sell-Sharpening I'lounhs and Cantinin;
also Two Horse Ploughs lor turning over ntubbls
Land in the rati.
JAMES M. TOW1.ES.
Raleigh,' August 3, 184!). - " 35
Cheltenham Salts.
A simply of the above Salts on kind, and for
sale by' P. F. l'ESCUD.
Sal. Soda.
THE sttention of Soap Makers is respectfully
invited to the above ariicle ; a large supply of
which may be found at P. F. PESCUD'S
Oct. 6. Apothecary Store.
, Congress Water.
TiKEliE may bo found a supply of Congress Wa
ter ai my Establishment, fresh from the Springs,
and I will keep it on Ice, (as heretofore.) for tho ac
commodation of my customers.
P. F. PE.SCTD.
Raeigh, June 8, 1819. . . 27
TURNIP SEEDS.
LARGE Norfolk, Ruta Baga, Fli t Dutch, and
Beuuchan's, just received and for sole by
P. F. PEsCUD.
Raleigh, August 5, 1840. 36
SOAPS.
CASE old English Soaps long since celobrated
for their purity, this day opeued and for salu by
1
Raleigh, August 5, 1849. 36
Comstock's Sarsaparilla,
A first rate preparation for all diseases arising
from an impure state of the Blood. For sale at
the tow price of 60 cents per bottle, nr 4 dollars
per dozen. - P. F. PESCUD.
Bruised and carefully selected
HONDURAS SARSAPARILJjA, just receiv
ed and for sale by P. F. PESCUD.
Trirophcroug, Cologne & Milk of Roses.
THE Subscriber would be pleased to introduce to
the notice of the Ladies a more extended araputlutaiiee
with his suiierior TRIC'OPHEKOUS. Cologne Wa
ter and Milk of Roses which he is now preparing,
and which is prououneed as good as the bent.
Sep. !i8. P. F. PESCUD.
Toast Powders.
ASUPri.Y of Westerfield's Yeast Powders on
hand. If von want tiood Bread, send and ret s
Box at PESCUD'd Drug Store. Sept. 28.
Balh Brick.
IF vou want bright Kuives and Forks, scud and
get a Bath Brick. Price 10 cents.
Sept. 28. PESCUD'S.
Polishing Ponders and Brushes,
For Silver and Dross. On hand and for sale.
ALSO, Tamarinds On Jar very nice.
Sept.J8.' AT TESCUD'S.
. Sponges.
A LARGE supply of splendid Sponges ome tat
cup and oval shaped just received at
Oct. 12, P. P. PESCUD's Drug Store.
Schcnck's Pulmonic rup, and
Bartholomew's Pink Expectorant, are first rate ar
tides for Colds, Coughs, aud Diseases of the Clint
A supply on hand at
Oct. 12. P. F. PESCUD'S Drug Store.
Head Ache.
IF you are subject to a Nervous Head Ache
send to PESCUD'S Drug Store, snd get a boltl
of Spohn's Head Ache Elixer or if you are Deal
get a bottle ol ilcair Acourtlc Uil and be re
lieved. P. F. PESCUD.
Chloride of lime,
AFRESH sunuly Just received at
PESCl D'S.
Raleigh, August 5, 18-19. SS
Congress Water.
SIX doien, "frc uud prime," just at haad, and fo
salt at PESCUD'S.
Raleigh, A?uit .r, 1849. 36
CHOCOLATE Drops and Uzenges of all kiudi
just opened, aud fur sale by
P. P. PESCUD,
Raleigh, March P, lf?49.
Lamp Chimneys and Wicka.
Also Lamp Oil and Gas; kept eoostautly on hum
and for sale by P. V. PESCUD. Oct VI
Balsam Copaiba.
One cose rt'sn Balsam Copaiba, Also, Cspsuh
of Copaiba, Cubebs, Cod Liver Oil, nd Camphor o
hand, and for saia by P- F. PKSCl'P.
Husband's Magnesia.
A very superior article, eaual to Hviiry's, sud i
uearly sue-half th priss,
Oct. li For sale by P. P. PESCUD.
Radway's Chinese Medicated Soaj
FOR removing Pimples, Toi, and other Culaucoi
diseases. Just received, sud for sale hy
Oct. 1!. P. F. PESCUD,
Neapolitan Shaving Liquid,
Rwe' Cream, and Oleophaue, Waluut Oil, ai
Old Brown Windsor Soup for WhaTisg, jti-jl to ban
sad for sals by P. F. PESCUD. " ' Oci. 18.