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" British, 3Periodioal. Emigrants Cominq T AMH WANTED, in Rowan, Dai, Da- I J mtAmnn IraituM fVtawha Klalilv Uecklen- burii. Fuiavtha. Me. No tii'.- to ba gtran til j 0 money is paid. FWa per eeai. onminiMi6ri charired on all aalea. S II Ut yir inrnfa ami the remainder will ba worth iluabl--, and there ihriftjr Jetaey farmem will devi i.. uur tuu- I try. B-nd us deeripiion of proj.rftr, will pi iota, Jtc luquirics ptimiptljr answered. . JOHN M.-JSNN18S, BaUabwrf, N ' Af rnt for Taa tyektli' Mew Jeraeg Land Agency (ioiU. 4I.Uicud oilier, miucral p.o narttrf aoM hv unecial contract. J 40 Years Before tin ublic. sV.MW N 5.2, 'W am ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmH TUB Old north statk. ITUI-WEEKLVJ ITII T OK HUB8CU1PTI0N- OS Tjcttas-OAUi an aovanik ' one Yaar, . bU Mhaiha .18.00 The London 'Quarterly Review, (Qui) servttnve.) Edinburi, eww, ( W li io4) y'A Westminister Review, (Rii.-al.) 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Syjeilner premniinio.-jiiuBi;iici. ."v.. m..w. nnr rAMM-S nrlcea forliaek nnmbem, can be allowed, 'unless the money is remitted- aireci to th Pnhtnbers. -h -v- -3: L W wremlnm can be giron to Clubs. 2 he Leonard Scott Pub. Co., 140 Fulton, St., N. Y. - R i V4 ... - - GUILFORD LAND A6ENCY 0 NORTH CAROLINA. Landholders woo wka to s-n Agricultural or Mineral Lands, Water Poteers, UUts, Town Lots, or Rsal Kutatt 01 any kind, will And it (o (In ir advautngi to plao- heir property in our hands for sale. We liavo great facilities lor procui tug pur chaser! fof all such prupt'i (jr. For iufbtmalion, addn s JNO. B. GRETTER, Oeneral Agent, Gthorv', N. 0. Dec. 2, 1867. ly The Uriffith Lands FOR SALE. BY virtne of a lwrt of the Probate. Court of Rowan county, will be sold atthecourt-houst' dMr iu Salisbury, on Tuesday, th 10th day of November, five hundred and ninefy-fivo acres of laud be-longing to the estato of li. W. Griffith, d. c'd. rad lauds are situated iu the Western part of the county, within two miles of the depot at Rowan Mills, utid are very valuable. A further description of them iatfaoogbt Jo be uii necessary as hey jH.j,,,, of &icmJ aI)(1 couiuuucc.l have Wen advertised before. Terms ma Je ,nkti" th.- HEPATIC VU.l. with no .oi.fi- Kiiown iratnc any 01 saw. ; ,!,.,., Z. GRIFFITH. Adinr. : lattfi-Ui' T II JUL HEPATIC PILT,S. 7no( old, long known and trill tried remedy for all Bilious dimte$, eauned hi a DISEASED LIVER. 3Br Head the following Certijietitr fioro persons of the Uufliest re-soce: lability O-l LH'ER COMPLAINT. Rtr. Da. C. F. Dnms, i 23d, 1862.) says: " I h&ve derived great benefit from iliese 1'iils. and have known many faunhes and id dtvidnal who have found Ihcni very l .n (i. ial and I have alsu known Jiyticwni in mrelUnt landing to reommet,d them to their patiei,t. For all din-ases ariinj: fron disorders of the liver, I believe they are the beat medicine of fered to the tfubac" Riv. Johk V. FoTTa'n, Snow Hill, N. O, (January 6, lrMU,) ?ayr : "For twelve yrirs I was a great sufJerer. My liver was . 1 1 - ! I lost my flesh and strength, and my skin seemed changed in its color by the- bile with which my system was overcharged. I became subjoct to frequent and violent attacks of bil ious cholic, every attack leaving mc weaker tlmi) its prt decessor. The physicians hsd been able to atch lOOvAip a little, but my health was Ui-ploiat le state. I had taken patent me- Tri.tVe.-kly M --:V: One Copy fi.e Ysar S(lu .-iv youth. i 6o A croxi- oulhepapei luU.csier tl.e expiration of the siibw-riiitlon. ' IImh,iuu Uu-U Lhm : uuvituMsaiiu,"U in iitted m entirely now. No pains will be snared to make it a weKotne visitor to every family. Inorder to do litis we have engaged the iarvk's'ol able and ccoinjiibed literarv reatribalara. Adveitfcing Fatcf: TBAXSfENT RATFS For all periods less than one month One rttsre. First insertion fl.00 Kac)tatibeuerrt insertion fio ( onlraet rateiror jstriods of one to foai montlta JJUl Pbttrrs, WHOLE NQ 415 I yr tin.. 9 - ;i . SOfilBSA 4 -oi ti i. . OVK. COI. HkM 'ol.. 3 QPA. col. ova cm.. I an. I 9 an. I lutsi 7 50 iu Hi 1300 1300 30 00 jr. mi M.00 9 so. 8b0 113.00 a i 13 00 17 tin 3I.U0 16(10 SI .00 3nutl 18 00 99 00 "Hi (i 10.it) 34 00 9H (Kl 37,00 83 on SR 00 33 00 I 40 00 45 00 49,00 1 69 00 00,00 4 MO. 6 ao tan (Hi 27 (K 3-100 3 700 3860 44 00 60 00 70.00 II haa quite a uaiinnal r putatlon as a Rllide, having been to the High IV ik over one liuodivd tinea. lie is m thorough tnounlainetr, tuidtratanda everything that ahoold be done atld the right w iy to do it can do anything lie ever saw dono by another knows everybody, their history, II Um ssawa adaoat and capressea hiut- ntirely peculiar to luin-elj , Unhets ptovMioara, ., artrf off. At a little less than a bjiIo we puss hat was form, i ..' vied The Black jf un tain Inn, vf ucre some vcaisMnct aueiceli' Ut muuti tain house was kept by Mr. J. II. Alet ander for the accoiumodation of the Law stndenls and the traveling sight-'ex-king public. But since Mr. A. moved off, ptl V. Cabin. , Io h year 186d, yotr eorfMpoudeat canaed to be built on the high peek. nice, conilortable cabin of balsam logs, floors, board, doors, &., all of balsam the cracks lined and stuffed with moea, with a go-nl chiujuey and a partition, ma kiug sepvmtc rooms for lite aexea. Van dal Uauk. liavo nearly deatroyed ike eab- in, ni ii-aei it was so iniareu m,u we were II l. r. - i l . - III lilt. Ii' In 1 1 .....fl ,,,..1.1 a I . A r . " r, " " -"'in wniirii. m ui revs on the side of the mountain. When- we re about to commit ourselves to "tired a. . a. a - i bua! i a m. m S j a TV f t ft 'I f," lf ' T I 1 1 'MUM" I W tin slant was such that we woeld slide in to the fire, but as necessity is the mother of invention, especially on the Black. We determined to lie on our side and so "crooking the pregnant binges of the 1 . m-i . it . . KiiuiB iin: utaca ireiieiuiiy stou a iceri l ,. . . . t , , t P.- " nr f a li;!...- r. i, ! kn t,t our 'sTl' 'ould form a com w -' .mi on a? v s7-iB v . as Oetj. 1st, 1363. 35":i;t mS to PURE PERUVIAN ND all other kinds of OCAXO, including V the different PHOSPHATE , PLAS TER nbd LIME, k,pt constantly on hand, a very. low p-ices. Our farmers will do well to call on us at once and get their Fertilisers, be (tjre oidjr-rin;' sml buy in (f eNe where. v Vu will lake Flour or Wheat at the tnatke pricey io el tan asst SPRINGS, HUTCHISON & Co. w No. 1, Cowans Brick Row, Salisbury, Aug. 28. 6tw Haag & Smith's Patent WATER . JPEIIEIia THE undersigned haying nccepteJ the agency for the. above named wheel, would call the attention, of the proprietors of Mills, Factories, bee.. &zc.. to the mauy advantages they would derive from usiuc it. It is well adaptedt to all purposes for which a wafer wheel is used. 1 be small space it occupies, and the velocity of its tnotiot), are attract ive features. It requires but a small amount of gearing. lee does tt affect it. Works as well on horizontal as vertical shaft. Suit able to any locality. Not affected bjr back water. It is simple, cheap and durable. 0e of the wheels can be seen in operation at Foard, Tatum & Co's, Mill on South Yadkin Biyer.. - ,." '' ... , ,,,, , I have been in the Mill wright btisiuef-s for 25yeary, rTOoVeonridertriirlry-tsTr-thebeat-whell I haVe ever yet met with. This wheel costs front 15 to f275, aceording to str." For further particulars address me at, Je rusalem, Davie Co., N. C RICHARD T. NUTT. Sep, 10, 1868. ltw-36 on lot: l recOliimenil From our Special Correspondent. A8QUCVILLK, Oct., 22, 1868. Messrs. Editors ; Ou last Friday we left Ashevillc behind us, taking Johnny along. Two miles from town we strike the Swniiiiarioa "nymph of beauty" and turning to the lift, follow its course gjHfusleily direct ion 4or several toilet. Its deiraud placid waters embowered in birch and walnut were beautiful to the eye. Twelve miles from Ashcvillo on a bttlo rise sttrmonrvted by two lomhardy jmplars, stands the hospitable mansmnrof (horge C. Alexander, Esq., one of Biincomhc's most worthy citizens. This W4.- a famous slnpping-piaco and slnge-slHiid for many years, and st ill main tains its ancient reputation. After a short jiir J . '- r, ... ,-. 1 ,,', rest and t smoke we pushed ftlraatd and Evan WMlUiiiSkr w H Mf. ,'or.vr'. we, dieinea- Until I was tired of them. Without energy or comfort, I was barely able to go n- oout a utile. At lengtti i vielued to the ear- iii litem. They acted like n chaim on me. From that hour J have improved. 1 Itaie persevered in their use, until now, by Uou s bU'Ssing, I um well and h&ttty. I had a negro man, whri; ss I believe, whs raved from death by aooM of these IMIs. My Dot-tor's bill was Hiiiiunly lioin J100 to but I have l.Md Y ARBROUGH HOUSE, nuiv A TL1 UfU W hi Mil VAWTTVVTT T h: KlUVFT i ftt a i jj uuantiit w. Taa L. B. P03. CO., lso publish the FARMER'S GUIDE, by Ha' t Stbpbkss. of Edinburgh, and the late j. p. Noavqa, of Tata College. 1 vols., Royal jiitave.. HW pagaa. mMmimMjfflSHi on for th- t wo volumes bf Mail, po i laOoT ' an9-tf RALEIGH, N. C. The Proprietor in returning his sincere thanks to tne traveling public feir the liberal patronage ex tended t.iliiin during his. connec tion with this Hotel, takes occasion to assure ; - them that no effort or expense will be spared to retain thepreBeut reputation of the Hotel as pa? of tftWff nesff MCllii . wflpv1 -'. lie is happy to a n n ounce that the fall in the price of supplies enables hiin to reduce the price; to tfhree Dollars per Day. To citizens comins; in to spend a week or will still make a greater he is prepared to furnish Board without rooms at very lowrates, He hopes to have the pleasure of Welcoming to the Yarbrouch House his old customers and many new friends. ' J. M. BLAIR, . i . Know and Believe fPHAT O. B. TOULSON, & OQ'S. DRUG X Store is the cheapest place to buy Drugs and Medicines in this section' of North Caroli: TVyTtiwn-iir ' r B. R, BfOORE, Attorney and Councilor at Law, IHII ITM IN HT,Y. WILMlNGTONi S. O. WYATT'8 OLD STAND ' May 7. f Salisbury, ft. 6. 8. D. Wai-lac. Esq., I'tesi.leat of the W II mmgto Sr. Wekioii Rail Roail. ( Aug. .'?(), 1802) says: It has been said that Dyspepsia is our iiotitMiiil tlise'ttsi'. However this insy be, it caused riie Un and severe suffering. Ptovi ilc.ritinlly a irienil luini.slied.nie with a few box es of the Hepatic Pills,' and the use of them baa pcrtected a com In my family they have been used frequently with eminent success Among my acquaintances many casts origina ting from diseased liter, hnve been relieved and cured by them. I regard them an invaluable medicine, and take pleasure in forwarding this voluntary tribute. (Jan. 12, lSoy,)says: " in inc spring oi iooo, I was attacked with Dyspepsia o euieh an ex tent that a'l my food of every dese tition dis agreed with me. I was swol'eu so I had to loosen my clothes, and night alter night 1 coaltl get no sleep. I tried one or two physicians, and toi k a good ileal ol medicine, but found no rebel. I purchased ore box of the South ern Hepatic Pills, and the first "dose I took I felt relieved, and continued until 1 took tlie whole box. I nm now entirely welt, and cut heartily, and never have been attacked since I can safely recommend these Pill to thc.Dys: pt ptio and the comui unity at huge." They can be sent to uny fiotnt tk the United Slates by Mail or Expresa PrttCE-foronehoa, 6 .- . Slt.SS-ir.lf w $10 One Gross, I8 Three Oro., 5 s'lre Gro, fJO, fhe-eiwh nn either eei i Medi cine or" It will be nt 0. 0. 1. Or leri iltculd b. ae'drew e to O. W. UF.KM8, ibbs am Cxtaotnr Svaaav; ' . Bal.r;Moaa Ma,, where they will be promptly attended lo. for in u MetiieiuM ell on all rrspeetaUe Druiti everywhere, slid on nil ihe'Di lfKit In BAi.iaoa,r. JOHN II. KNNISS, Drugg-tit, Sutcial Ageat. l:vAt1y . ., - ' LEXINGTON, N. a By the tty Week, or Mdnth, AT REASONABLE RATES. The travellitig public will always find Tny tarle etrpwHed-w-itbe-beet-the fords, mr pains spared p render tajy guests eoinfortable. 1 , Tswi Hollars per Day will be charged tran sient boarders. A deduction for longer time. ; ' J. P. MARRY W 1A e Afnm1 ' 4. ... 1 aaa. ! Dr. & P. BE8SENT. D. g B.? AT THE BOTDEir HOtTSlS, ecpt 22:tf SalisbubIt. N. C. at the snmo time bringing thu "glorious old Black" into view. Trnvcrsinir the poiuta of three ridges, we arrive at the "North Fork" of Swann.inoa, a rapid, noisy, brawling stream its waters limpid and pellucid as H mirror and sp iikling as the diamond. Language is niadi quale to describe the benuxy of this little stream, here dancing lightly against the rocks, or gliding gently by an obstruction, tumbling wildly, dash ing boldly, roaring loudly, the next mo Uictii.cuoiug gxuiilx as. a. duiui. At this. season, we see it only clothed in one gar ment, the beautiful bloom of the witch-ha zel which blooms only in the fall, but when in summer it bedecks itself in its holiday suit of the ivy and the laurel, its loveli ness is beyond comparison; then npon its umbrageous mossy banks some Tityu's could blow his oaten pipe until he was en tirely satisfied."' Crossing and re-crossing this river for some four miles, we arrive at last at Mrs. Allison's,-ihree-fonrths of a mile distant from the foot of the Black, Mis. A. occupies the house where your 'correspondent once '"livetti "Where onee the garden smiled, Atld still where many a garden flower grows and pass 7 he First Cabins. or the debris at them Some milo further we iMse Coopersiille. aoi a village or town but a Utetnauiiei. house and kitchen belonging lo the fat ten estate, and called from an old negro who occupied it for many years Short ly after passing this point we commence die abrupt ascent of the mountain . First north, then south, now following, now meeting each other r this is necessary in order u gain tbeuroper grade and is based upon the same idea as the railway across M . ('en is. We pass the Devil's Mirror, Jack's Bank and the Depot. a small house and clenring around to wiirli the late Mr. William Patten caused articles to be con veyed in bulk, intended for use at the Mountain House, .Up, upup, we aucetid until about four mites above (he Black .Mountain Inn we reuch the Mountain House. This is a two-story house buill entirely of the balsa a fir. It was built by the late Mr. Patten who took an intense iutercst in the Black and was formerly kept up in fine style for the aecomroodation of visi- Mtri. il in aitaaM mi a tatmmiuidiog. died- wild." I passed some of the happiest years of my life. Here under the shadow'1 of the frown ing Black in the beautiful valley watered by the "babbling Swaunanoa" surround el by ranges of mountains and dotted by meadows here "where health and plenty cheer the laboring swain" live one of the freeest, most polite, hospitable and generous people to bo found ou the globe. With politeness the most natural, hos pitality the most prodigal, with a kind smile and a warm grasp of the hand, they mee yj-4vite ytm to tliTHvte treat yon "to the best ht i rhe shop" as Judge Watts is reported -to have said, and very good that is. The inhabitants of "the Fork" are the freeest, moat cheerful and content! il people I have ever met. . . . a., .a. as . i A PAIR OF GOOD LARGE WELL broken MULES and HARNESS. Also, . -. A 1 ' I . VV tooe 'tjoofl tr AWW-wi-ua(iHf A i - with body and cover, also, an Ambulance FIHST.Ci.ASS MILLER wanted, to take ald a ' Caddie Horse. vt.sr.fe ol a rrnwr - tuated io lv ..-.vinir audi to diaiMMC of will pavioaon county.. pl-se apply at on e t. ' T iW Swiss-fits, then "Cheerful at morn, be wakes fron) snort rfcpose. Breasts the keen air. and carrols as he goesV V!ith patient angle trolls the finny deep.' urartves Ins venturous piougnsnare w iue .wok Or teeka the den where snow-tracks marks the way, And drags tho struggling savage into day ; At night returning, every labor sped, He sits hiin down, the monarch of a shed Smiles by his cheerful lire, and round surveys Uis cbiTdren'a looks, that brighten at the blase, yhile hlaioVtppartner. btAstfttl-flf-heareV-IMspIaya her cleanly platter on the board ; Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot pssion on his heart. Atei-a-satarad rr4Mng night's, sleep and an excellent breakfast prepared Kw UI.. M ., t-xr .-, nxiiL-i' no Our line of J I - -WKT .III . 1 1 e l wiin blue grass. Ami now comes iue tug the ascent is steep, the path rugged, slowly, carefully and watchfully with t;ght rein and attentive eye, we torn and twist, twist and turn through the Balsam Fir. This is the tree which givca the Black its name being a dark green when seen at short sight, but when viewed at the distance of a few miles, apparently as black as printer a ink or tne heart ot a cai pet-bagger. L--The mountaineers say. that - there arc two kinds the he and she, but I believe that liotouists call the "he balsam," black spruce. These trees cover the mountain and have but one competitor, viz": the ro- wtii. They average Loin ten to seventy feet, and arc as straight as arrows-their brunches grow ulinOst at right angles from the stein.s There is one circumstances pe culiar to these trees- they almost Invaria bly fall "up hill" -the next point of in terest on our way ia Elizabeth's Camp Being the rains of a log cabin situated in a ftroaJ!! prairie and called after Miss Eliz abeth Patten, the first lady who had the tomerity T5S TfpiiiTrfitglil "6H the Blark. In a short titw after : .leaving this point we reach j, 7 , First Mount Mitchell. 'I'liiu is the nenk first discovered bv Dr. Mitchell, aud for a Ion lime considered the highest peak henKthe observatory of "the martyr to scienco still remains with hundreds of names and initials carv ed upon Van logs. The Hue between fan cey and McDowell splits the observatory On a rock just by Dr. M.; eaused to be carved these figurei. " 658T, v Indicating the height in feet of his peak, above i ttde-water to "my eye this still ap neors hiieber than the "high Teak" and the Buncombe mountaineers yet insist that it is but tlie spii it -level and the barome ter the tests of science, have spoken an other deeree. From this to the High Mt. Gibbs and pass by Stepp's cabin, nor in rnuis, where We Water 6nrselfi aad horses at the trough placed 'here over ten years ago. In about a quarter of a mile of the rrolessor s grave we paea inrougn plate right angle wiUt either the upper or lower parts of our bodies, having first dri ven a stake io the ground to support oar thighs in that position. Hera we beheld tho stars in the clear mellow light, only to he seen iu the mountains, and ve could hear the moaning of the winds through tho balsam sighing their eternal requiem over the ashes of the good and brave old Professor. At last light began to straggle with the shades of departiug night, and "Postern I'kwbea lustrabat lampade terras, Humentemuiu Aurora polo dimorerat umbrsm." Sun-Rise. The eastern sky changes from gray to golden, from golden to crimson, and the fiery orb issurcs u- that another day is borne to the world. Slowly, but grand ly, Phoebus drives np his chariot and in a few minutes all nature ia illuminated with his rays. Splendid, glorious, mag ulficcut sight; to oe aeon only here and remembered always. Breakfast, But our sharpened appetites soon re called us to snch vulgar consideration! as eating and drinking, and we set down to our matutinal meal. Bill of I are. Boast baft, girth Offlikem Beef Steak, Biscuit, a little open piece ot groima covereu w.. . , . . momleei to 8end g"a Pra,rinbut. ib U,e, u . me andftey shall be exhibited to " tork people win persistently stym u.e , . .-j.. Since our far old field." Leaving this pruiridvwe . ,. . ., r, ,kil VAk Mountaib have a veiy precipitous ascent to the long sought highest lurid east of the Reeky j Mountains. ' , The High Peak, 67llleet by the level and 6707 bV bar omefrjcal measurement above the sea. Here wit were met bv a vt-rv sliarn7keti r ; t y ' . nLu-eh to the Block, Tcco.npat.ied Ad- j breeze from the north-east and . . .... V . . I .1 I am, f..r a F.ar ninmetltS WHO tne rnieadtd ssxswtJM i ww passed on te tne iuv.tluabte guide and witty amd a, Loaf Bread, Wheat Pone, Corn Pone. - Entrees. Elk Mt. Cheese, Jumbles, ' Loaf Sugar, Coffee (hot,) Water, Mt Apples, from the Spring. Breakfast over we take the back track and reach Deer Pass just in time for din ner. Ou. Monday afternoon, by speeial invi tation, I made a Seymour and Blair speech and barring some elaboration iu the inland action of historical parallels, I made the same kind of an address that I should have delivered in Fanucl Hall. I took the ground that this wait the last straggle for that constitutional liberty bequeathed to us by our fore-fathers. If Seymour should be elected, the Constitution would be restored, re-instated, and .peace, pros perity and good government would follow. If Giant, then, in my humble opinion, our government would retrograde rapidly from a Federal Constitution with due and proper checks and balances to a pure dem ocracy, and from that to a despotism and white slavery the transition was easy, rf -history proved: any thing facilis descen sus Arcnti. , After call ing to see Katy, Uncle Fad dy, Aunt Polly, Mary and Uncle Else, we again turned our faces toward this place slopped on tho way to see Alfred. We come away loaded with, courtesies and kindnesses on all sides, all express ing the hope of seeing us again whenever we could come. We spent onr last night with Uncle Else and. feel it due to tho North Fork that we should sot close oor notice of it without spinning v , A Pthnpkin Yarn. . ....A tt i- is i jj -- - eMie ic j.im swuou mc ium givn and infof me4 as that he had raised seven-ty-two pumpkins from three vines, many -e ...i.:-I. . ..l J . :u r :.. J ;- oi wiucti wuuiu wciaju, x juufc ttutu did, from 80 to 100 pounds and were over half a laMM Ba n mnr barrel. T eall them "some pnmpkins." lia reminds me af two cabbageT "ITncseTrad'a,' " ;- " . Cxvobage xarn -.-.m,wm T a V.. tl,,D k l,0da mi which I aver could not be put into a half- bushel measure. I state this the more Wf - . them to show return wa Cheese Factory of which i snail praLNysMf an pa eon t in my next ana couciuuiuj - The Mountains are awase mr oeymour .ml Durham. 1AU. Hen- the Indianapolis Oct. 24. M. Mr. drieks wU couteet the election before Iiegislature. Tl. TJi.,.i.nnli ?fntihn1 arlviset. thai a in iim.i.ii.ivi . , Democrats net to pay thelr.SBl!. Clem motisv ilte, N. C. JAattva U tfiWiiB, Resvt. i, i8f. . mim ..y i Oet, to, lit. V - compnnToa - e '. A-
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Oct. 29, 1868, edition 1
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