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T7i t r -I POETRY. TUTJwT HI GOD. BT EST ESI B. STKATTOIf . I" Tti Lula fellow," laid Martin Luther, of bird going to rest, "has chosen his shelter, and is quietly rock- ; inj hinself to sleep, without a care for to-morrow'a Ud-ia calmly holding to hia little twig, and leaving " tJod to think for hlra."! v'S.j: ':' Yes, the little birds find shelter, ; - And hum their evening prayer, ; .. . . . : And close their weary eyelids, V;vC5; s, They droop their glossy heads, J.lidthe feathers on their breast, And learin God to watch them, .. v - ' Thus sweetly fall to rest. '. ".'l. -V, ' Bar cherished little sleepers, ;2V'iTlieir merry song is atifl-ii N car for morrow lodging, - -1 Their gentle bosoms fill. ' ' . - ' Gaardian angels ronnd them, : '.' '..- ' .. - Watch with a silver rod, For they've left their every sorrow All in the care ef God. And if birds so trust our Father, Who giveth them a home, -;' , Why should oar hearts mormnr : When .evil shadows cornel . JJ Uc4wmfeed tberaven, ' ; And think for aU the birds, 1 ; - Will he not love his children, . - - And listen to their Words 1 : . Ay, let as trust His goodness, .'" ;f - His promise and bis lovr ; ; And, like the, birds, be happy -.fv : With his blessing from above.' Have not a thought of trouble, While future paths are trod, - h Bat keep our bearu from evil, ; ; And hav our re with God MISCELLANEOUS. . - - i'cri From the Columbia S. C. Banner. . . . D0CTT1IE2ITABY HISTORY. . " We are permitted to publish the following in- lere&uug lector, wuiuu - we ;iaieiy received trom President t Swain, nof tthe University: ) of? North Carolina.;. In a - recent interview, with this dU- linguished . gentleman, who . is engaged in the ki ndred pursuit of Documentary Ilistor y in o u r sister State he very j KndlyTniised to aid us irt our labors. . We trust bur States wiHrbe rrju tually benefited, and would be much pleased if the Legislature would follow the worthy exam ple of the North State, in appointing an agent to collect and; arrange sUolt material, iWe Are pleased to find an interestin our collectipnt and- to acknowledore the receipt of valuable iwoers from several parts of the State, the due acknowl edgement of which will be made in tbe proper place. Such of our friends as . intend to send U9 umj wo) n iu v wiigB ua uj uui Hg ou aii OllCB, US we are about going to. press.' . Documents relat ing to the period from 1764 to 1780, will be . in cluded in the'proposed volume, and it is proba ble that a third will immediately foJIowhTMr " Chaii. Hiix June 181855; ; ;Dear Sib:-I have availed myself of ?ny eair iiest leisure, eisoe my xeturn from NewlYcrk, to look into your Documentary History of the Revolution . in South Carolina, and am much pleased with it. - These letters, daguefjeotypes histary in its most ; authentic, and not nutre- quently in its most attractive form. . Some of them re important to " the historian of the Union, and many of them are as interesting to the people of North a of South Carolina. J I will be glad to hear of the early completion of your woik, and am particularly anxious to see the details of the ; Suow-Camp campaign,'' . cuuon against me neroKees iu mo. General Rutherford, at the head of 2,500 militia from .. this State, co-operated with , Williamsou in the - expedition against the Cherokees. We were. Tully represented m ;the bnow-Carap campaign, and subsequently," indeed, in all your principal . Revolutionary battle fields. . In connecuon with your book, I Jtave spent a lew nours in inrning over tne leaves oi xrov. ' Caswelis Letter Books, two folios of 640 and 350 pages, which are , at present in my posses sion, by the 'courtesy of our ; Governor; . Gov. Caswell was called to the Executive chair on the 18th' of December, 1776, and remained in office volumes contain numerous, letters from Govern or Rutledge, 'Henry Laurens, President of the : Continental Congress, : Rawlina Lowndes, Gens. Ash, Howe, and Lillington, ; which will serve - quite as effectually to illustrate your annals as ours. To one incident I beg leave : to call your at- ; tention.- On the 20th September, 1778, Corne lius Harnett, one of our delegates to Congress, writes to Gov. Caswell as follows : The South Carolina and Georgia delegates are so incensed .tgainst Gen. Robert Howe, that he is directed sire to read every book Ithey see- and immedi immediately to join . Gen Washington at head- . ately procure the lone of it.: Carried home, it quarters, ana uen. wncoin is to command m the Southern department. This gentleman is a val uable and experienced omcer he is ordered j relative of ours had received an mteristing vol to repair immediately to Charleston." i 1 ume as a : present from la friend who resided at 'i3y the resolve of Congress, enclosed to you by his Exceliency.the President, you will find it i3 the desire of South Carolina that you should take the command of the North Carolina troops, 4itii tne ranr and, pay of a Major General m elapsed, and as ' the owner neglected the pre continental service " - caution of noting down! the name !bf the hor- On the 29 th; September John Penn writes : " The high - opinion entertained of your Excel- ler;y here, -and the very great desire that the I;;ites of that - State (South Carolina) J had th-t you would accept the command, was the reason of the resolve relative to you ; but in this tcu will no doubt consider ihh interest of North C:.rclina, and the propriety of being absent from , year government." Govenior Caswell, it seems, declined tlie com ir.... I s-t tbat time, and - called John Ashe as y l :r General, Bryan, Butler, Lillington and Hz:'-: C3 Brigadiers, into . serviee. In 17S0, immediately upon the expiration of ; his gut :n:atcrial term, be went to the' head of our : troops, vtiih. thft r".?: and promised pay of a ' Continent- IJajor General, and served as such nd:r Gei.:r2.1 Gates in the disastrous defeat at To riturn to Ilowe on the 24 th November, I":r:'.t r-Ja Krit:3 to Caswell, complaining in :"..! t:.3, tbr.t Ilovre's recall had been pro : -1 1 j e-sll and nnrcrtby rnolivcs, personal f;kir.3 :triTncs, .and . that ftl- C "" "tzi Lr.l . yielded to the? 3 i 'jen- :r L;'.r : -r.:itcl, end?. . : '3 li IS.' cal sketch, recently published in tha University Magazine, intimates that the pride of the two States was touched by , the election of a North. Carolinian to the corarnahd of the Southern Department, when these States, and not his own, .were the theatre of war ; and that Howe, from the beginning to the close of. his career, was never, cordially sustained by either f put South em sUters;' r?1--mX ";.-;: It seems that' on ' tbe'l3th' !i?irust, 11 1 8, there was a hostile meeting at Cannonsburg,:in your State, between Howe and General Christo . pher Gadsden; the latter , having refused to re tract injurious reflections iupbn", the conduct of the former.; Barnard Bee was . the t seconol.' of Gadsden, and General Charles Pinckney of Hdwe.)rHowe's ball grazed Gadaden'ejear; the former was untouched, and they subsequently became warm friends.'! The celebrated Major Andre made' this duel the subject of a satirical poem of eighteen stanzas, which is; preserved in johnsdns Traditions and Reminiscences of the ;; Marnett bad the best possible reason Tor sus taining and cherishinsr the reputation of Howe. The latter was not merely a gallant soldier, but a polished gentleman of rare attainments tie is understood to have been a scion of the noble stock that bears his name, and to have enjoyed extensive intercourse with good society at home and abroad. , Thi &J h&va ;been one) reaon- for the extraordinary attention which he recoived at the hands of Sir Henry Clinton. ' The pro-, clamadon "of the latter, j issued " on board the Pal.'a in Cape Fear river, in the province of North Caroliua," on the Sth May, 1776, offered free pardon to all such as should lay down the r arms, and r submit ' to the laws, excepting only from the ben fit of such pardon, Cornelius Mar' nett and JRobert HotctP i On the followinz Sun day; between 2 and 3 o'clock in ' the morning, auo troorw,' nnaer;tne command of tiord Uorn wallis, landed in the county of Brunswick, 'and. ravaged Howe's plantation. iThese incidents, and his brilliant services in the defence of Nor f. dk, were sufiScient inducements to the Cbntin- ntal Congress to place liim at the Jiead of our forces in the Southern Department' Can you supply me with satisfactory proof of th e rval causes which. produced his recall! ' : - v . lne General Assemb y of this Stale, at the jase session, authorized the Governor to appoint, an agent to collect do3umentary information, in relation to the history; of North Carolina, with wuuiurny iu in uiscreuou to visit "ina inomer : country for this purpose.!, I have, at the request of Governor Bragg, given some attention to our domestic sources, .and have succeeded in secur-. ing some interesting papers. .; . ' . " lne original Letter Uook of Governor Tryon, containing his official correspondence from Oc tober, 1 7 6 4, to December 1771. and the minutes of the Council from April, 1765, to June, til I, presenting his views of thej commotious produced by the passage of the Stamp Acf and the de f the war with the Kegulators. A folio of 600 pages is in the hands of the copyist at Cambridge, under the generous supervision of Jared Sparks, LL D. ) - ! - ... our forthcoming volumes promise to obvi ate the necessity, of much research among your public 'archives. In the Charlestou - Library, nevertheless, and epeciatlv in the files of revo lutionary newspapers preserved there, which my friend Dr. Joseph Johnson has already examin ed for me,' with good results, : I hope tp find in- come itKin the range o' your collections. Can you direct my attention to other depositories witiim your State of like promise! . I hope in due time to bd able to examine the collections of the Historical Society of Georgia, at Savannah, -'which I suppose contain rich trea sures of . information, not merely in relati n to ueorgia, oui uie enure ooutn. tours very re SpeCltully. ; y;j D.": L. SWAIif. . tw W. Gibbes, Al. 1). . I ; -; ' fl! W?:-tom tbe Waictlman and Reflector. ''Borrowlii. Books; -! . '. ; This is. a common practice, and one to'whioh no objection can be offered when it is conduct ed in good faitu ; as most persons can profita bly read more ; books. than thev can afford to buy. But there are several abuses of the prac- uce wuica soouta oe careiuuy guarded against. Une of these a buses is; that of lending bor rowed books, and thus creating them as com mon property. This s bould, never,', be ;done without the express permission of - the owner, which would seldom be refused if the rcaucst were properly preferred.! ' Sometimes when the owner of a Joancd volume; has t waited months for its return, he either ascertains that it is in the possession of a third party who is named. or finds it lent somewAtri, bnt to whom Is not known. ,- - r ,. .1 I J & - - -. -FX; r Some years ago the writer saw a library, the books in which had each a printed label to the following purportr'1: ?'iU-tf! '-I : -' X "PJi : ', , ' This book belong to - '-' ' llmoa art Ixjrrowed by a mend, v -iRight weloorn ahalhe bei?rcfiiiSkf"l: To read, to study, not to lend, But to return to me.l ' Read carefully, return qaickly, with leaves unsoil ed and corners not turned ;down." . . . - . i ri 'Another abuse is that of retaining - books a ; y c ? : " ... long time. ' Some persons are seized with a de j is laid down ' and-forgotten, and thus books of j great interest and personal value are lost.' A j a distance of several thousand miles. A abort I time afterwards one of itbese '' book borrowers laid hands upon it, carried it home, and has never returned it. A considerable period has rower, she will probably ; agaui. ; ; r -- -' Ministers especially find to lend their books to lav never see her bookr it inconvenient thus on tne tables or be tpui away in i the closets; of others.l A . parish- ioner goes into the' study ! bf his minister, and is soon auracieu Dyi we i pue or some booS which he immediately bortows. - If it were re turned in a reasonable time, there would be no objection, but the book is; often retained more months than it should be kept weeks, and while it is thus lying unused,' the owner -needs it asain and a.ain to furnish ! some fact or statia tics, or to supply some illustration of a subject which. is. engaging his, attention. - The writer seldom lends a book which he doc3 not need, before it is returced.; !; . .; ". .J: : Some of thesa : borrowers are not satisSed with one book at a time. ; We have known as many as thrc8 selected it cz : .. - The didculties referred to, may be obviated hj borrowers only Ulk boc!i3 when they lave tins to . coaccsb rczdlrg then, tzi then natir; it a r-.ti;r cf conscienca to return them as tzzn as ..pcsdlla ; and '- book l:nd;r3 shou!i loan for a ZzZzilz jsriod, takir c:re to t: 2 t." c ; Dats without NiHTT-There is nothing that strikes a stranger, more forcibly, when he yisitsTSweden at the season of the year when the days are longest jtban the absence of the nisht. We arrived at Stockholm from Gotten- burg, 400 miles, distant, in the mornings and in the' afternoon went !to see some friendshad t noli taken note nfrtime and returned about r .midnhti.itwas a? Jight as H is here half an hour before sundown. xoa could see distmot- lyF: 'But all was ouiel In th street f It seem- ed as irtbeUnhabitaiis were; gdnef ;away, or were dead. Nq signs! f life stores closed." ' The Sun gobs down; at Stockholm a little bo fore ten o'clock. 1 There is a great; illumina tion all bight as the uu T passes round the arthtd ward ;tbe lprtJilpole, the " refraction of i its fays is such that yoq, can see to read at mid night.; . Dr. Baird read a letter in ;the forest near Stockholm at midnight ; without artificial flight ; There ii;afmountain ; at; theBothinia, whereV on the'ist: of June, the sun, does not go down at all. Travelers go there to see it. A steamboat goes up (rpm Stockholm for the -purpose of carrying - those who are! curious to witness the phenomenon. ; It occurs! only one night. The sun goes down to the horizon, yon can see the whole face of it, and in five; min ; utes it' begins to rise 'Xp y Ss'C'-X X - V, Birds and animals take their accustomed rest at their : nsual ; hours. ' The . liens take ltd the trees about 7 b'clock p miV and stay there un til the sun is well up it the mornings and the people get in the habit of rising late too. 'Truth Truth ia the foundation; of; virtue. An habitual regard for it is absolutely necessa ry. He who walks by the light of, it has the" advantage of the mid-day sun ; he .who would spurn it goes, forthamid clouds ' and! darkness. There is no way ! in which man strengthens his o wn judgment, and acquires respect j in society so surely, as by a scrupulous regard to truth. The course of such an individual is right; and straight on. " He is no jchangcling, saying one thing to-day, and another to-morrow. . Truth to him is like a mountain landmark ,to the pi lot ; he fixes his eyes npon a point that does not move,' and he enters? the harbor ! in safety. On the contrary' one who despises truth and loves falsehood,1 is a pilot who takes a piece ' of vfiwobdTorhfs with every wave. - On ,this he fixes his 'atten tion, and being insensibly led from his coursoa strikes npon some " hidden -recfTahdTslhka to riso no . mere. ' Tbtis truth brings success ; . falsehood results in ruin; and contempt.- D ; Channin gr ' - . , , ; ( , :t - ) 1 - i .:Thk streets of Portsmouth, N. H., says the Portsmouth Journal oft the16th insthave len filed with tars of the Constitution, who have been generally vert orderly, although oc- casionai excepuons r oocur. .un i . . it ' : as a -1 . i .On, Thursday :ived somethinir I lasi, me omcera ; ana - crew receivea sometnmg like a hundred thousand) dollars in gold. The way in which the land-sharks have been around the sailors indicates ;. that many of the shiners will go much cosier than they were; earned. There is, : however,' a jnobleness in the sailor which cannot but find admirers. On Thursday evening the police had a ragged, urchin in charge, and Jack ,askod JlLe privilege j of jtaking care of him. He at onqe took the strange boy into a clothing store, stripped off all his old ragged dud?, gave him an entire new! Buit, new cap and new boots. It jwas suggested that per haps shoes would do as well at this season -but Jack said no I give himia full rig from stem to stern. - The boy evidently improved in manners' in bis new, dress, and Jack was happier in the' act than he would, have been in feeding vul tures.",, . . : i . . .... k Renounced the Church of EsoLiKD. The Leicester (England) Mercury states that r Rev.' D. Edwards, curate of Kingscliffo. re cently announced from the pulpit of the parish church, that on that day his brief labors as a minister of the Church would cease, f He pro- ceeaea to maxe numerous quotations trom the Prayer Book, which he believed contained doc trines and enjoined practices at variance with the teachings of the Scripture.5 He also notic- ed the facility with which men of improper iWMC.UWV. WW.M.W. WVU.MO.VU .UVV H V M 1 11 if 14 JT , the unscriptural assumption of the. priesthood, and the 'absence of the discipline neoeasary to I the purity of a Christian - Church. . Fof these (and other reasons be could no longer continue . to ofiiciate as a ministerjof the Church bf Efag ; land or remain in her communion. He found the Prayer Book as much too high in it$ teacB lings as some of his cotemporaries have deemed tit too low, and while they have-journeyed to t Rome, be has gone to Geneva.' .'. -1 . -- . Thx Putrid Ska. By reference to a good : uittu vi tuc viiiucH, ii win uo seen ioa a long and irregular shaped gulf extends I along the j whole northern and eastern coast of that penin sular. This is called the Sivache or PuJnd Sea. It is, however, rather , i lagoon than a sea, re sembling in manyjrespecis the shallow! bayous in oouuiera xAiuiamuo. iuu sea communicates on the north with the sfca of Asof by the Strait : of Yeritchi, which is only a furlong in breadth, and it is elsewhere separated from that sea by a : narrow sandy ! tongue pf land seventy miles in length. . The breadth of this sea is from five to fifteen miles, and . it receives the Salghir, the lao-oon. while at other times it Dreseats onlv a pesiiferious expanse of mud. , It is this sea of which the allies have obtained command. Geniezi, Gentchi, Deoatchi, or Yenitski, as it is variously spelled, and I which has been destroy ed by the allies, is situated on the straits at the entrance of this sea, arid about sixty nd!es due east of Perekopv; The 1 1 possession of this place menaces the communication across thai narrow neck of land, especially! if the northern part of ine .iruina oea is nangaoie xor vessels oi a 1 o mailer class, as is not improbable. ;It must be obvious on an inspection of the map, that with the Sea of Azof in tne possession, of the allies,: the Bussian army in the Crimea can now onlyi depend upon supplies received by the long and ! diiiicult land route via.Perekop, and this com inuuication is ' liable . at any moment to be cut oflf by the occupation of this place. ' The im portance of the sea of Azof to the Russian: army in the Crimea is t made manifest by the ; fact which' is stated in. the news by the St. Lou ia, that over two hundred Russian transports (one account says two hundred and forty) Lave been c-ntured and destroyed by the allied squad ron. Tha loss will be serious! v felt bv thellus- cku3, and will undoubtedly tend to hasten the tapitui ..t;ca cf Sebastopol. Lesion Journal. 3 A man will H r hat nis ra t cherished feel- ics are. If La t.iC0urr'3 a nol!3:fcserosity, 'every f::!:-" will baesricholty it; i bitter ad - -vcncr:i tl:c: ;Uts Lis i 1, 3 nurse , osva spirit vlll tl-tbt'-ar cru-.vitacr. . J li Cl'-CilC f a burr. --i c:;. ;How Statues lalt Made. Dick. Tinto, the Florence correspondent of the New York Times, writes that the inducements for American sculp- rsoematnin Italy, Powers, Hart, Crawford' and others, are that they ; have constantly .on hand more orders than they can executet and employ numerous workmen at; cheap. wages. 'We quote; ' These? workmen, who actually perform ; the whole or nine-tenths of the chiselling, cutting in marble what their employer sets before hero in plaster, receive Italian wages a., email daily j pittance;:" If taken to New York they would; at : once triple and quadruple their Italian earnings, and would probably set up for themselves as . .carvers, in a small wayj or as decorators ; and, ornamentors in churches and public buildings,. The chisel is no longer the tool of the master ? sculptor his instrument is an vodd bit of a stick with which he scoops away at the fire m clay, or ru at the mud,", as he will jell you .him-, "Belf. When finished, as nearly as .such a mate-, rial can be, a mould i taken, and from that mould a cast in blaster. '" If necessary, this cast is still further finished and sand papered, and if j is then handed oyer to Ihe cutter, whose duty it is to make an exact foe timile in marble. ... , The sculDtor proper may never - touch this marble, and when he is told it is done, he is , ready to deliver it to Us nwnen The workmen in Ir. Power's studio have ' executed not far from 40 " Prosferines from the Plaster" originally composed by the master, and the Greek Slave 1 has in the .same : way been produced three or four times. . .The best bust maker m Italy never touches the marblen He may ; suggest-) or; order, hair strokes here .and there, f. but he does not handle the scraoer himee'X !In all this the work- man, though 'he'may execute unassisteilly the statue; tne head, oc tne group, is uo more uie author of his work than is the clerk who copies the Prime Minister's Vough draft or ' the calli graphist who engrosses a se?t of resolutions. You can see hew impossible it would be for sculptorsoccupvihff and reouTrins: in this way. J the work of many uieij, to transport their studios A.AmA;A ... '. .V . I 1 Meanness does not Pat. Tuere is no great er mistake that a i business roan makes than to be mean at his business. . Always taking the Half cent for the , dollars he has made and is making. . Such a policy js much like the farm; er'a, who sows three pecks of seed when : he ought to have sown five,, and . as a recompense for his leannessof soul, only gets ten, when he ought to have got' fifteen bushel . of grain, Every body has heard of the proverb of " pan ny wise and pound foolish." A liberal expenr diture in the way of business is always sure to be a capital; investment. There are, people ia . the world who are short-sighted enough to be-) lieve that their interest can be best promoted by graspiug and clinging to all they can get, and never letting a cent slip through their fingers. As a general thing, it will He found, other thing being equal, that he who is most liberal is most) successful in business. : - Of course we do not -mean it to be inferred that a man should be prodigal in his expenditure ; but that he should show to his customers, if he is a trader, or those whom he may be doing any. kind of business with, that iq all his tntnsactions, as well as so cial relations, he acknowledges the everlasting fact that the-s can be no petmanent prosperity or good feeling in a community where benefits ar riot recipi-ocal., t ' ' , - - - - L.rTu t)cTiKs os" A Mother. She should be firm gentle kind always ready to attend to tier child. - , . - ; She should never Lmgh at him at what he does that is cunning never allow him to think of his' looks, except to be neat and clean in all his habits., - . . , She should teach him to obey a look to res pect those older than himself ; she should never make a command, without seeing that it is per formed in-the right manner. -; L Never, speak of a child's faults, or foibles, or repeat his remarks before him. It is aur way to spoil a child. . "Nevcr reprove a child: when excited, nor let your tone of. voice be . raised ; when correcting. Strive' to inspire love, not dread respect, not fear. Hemember you are training aud educating a soul for Eternity. . - . ; Teach your child to wait upon itself, to put away a thing when doue with it ; But do not" forget that you were once a child. The griefs . bf little ones are too often neglected ; they are great for themj Bear patiently with them, and never in any way rouse their anger, if it' can be avoided: leach a chill to be' useful.' whenever. opportunity may offer. Tub Maositcob ok the Earth. Accord ing to a recent authority, the circumference of the globe is twenty-five thousand and twenty miles. - It is not so easy to comprehend so stu pendous a circle or to put its extent in figures, it becomes more palpable perhaps, by corapari son, such as this i , A railway train, traveling in cessantly night and day, at the rate of tweuty five miles an hour, would require sir weeks to go' round it.- ' ; ' . . " - The cubical bulk of the earth is two hundred and sixty thousand millions of cubic miles. Dr. Lardner says, if tne . materials wliicu . torra tne ine iorra oi a column, magnitude of England WaleVthe height of the column would be nearly four and a-half millions of miles."- A tun nel through Ihs er tii, f from England to New Zealand, would be nearly eight thousand miles Ion e " ' . ? Modem Praisss. - A writer says, 41 We are indeeda happy, elegant, mora) and transcend ant people. -. We have no masters, they are all " principals; no suopmen, they are all assistants; no shops, they are all establishments; no ser vants, they are all helps ; no goalers, they are all governors; nobody is flogged in Bridewell,: ihe merely receives the correction of the house; nobody is ever unable to pay his debts, he is nly unable to meet hisengagementsnobodyi is angry, he is only excited ; nobody is cros-i, he Is only nervous ; lastly, nobody is drunk, the ve ry utmost you can assert is, that be has taken his wine.. . y . -u. ; ,::c-X Z i A French paper has the folio wingl At Ba-. aklava, every day, the bands of the garrison s cive concerts in the square. The birds, who know very wli the hour when the musical soi-" ree in the open air "comnenccs,; assemble in in-, numerable multitudes upon the trees and roofs of houses. The first piece is heardin profound silence ; but the moment the second piece be gins, the winged socsUrs join in, and make such a hubbub, that a flute or oboe solo cati scarcely lo hecrd tweuty feet, cfLn Oneida Ab;H tons' cf J : : In 1; v. I ' M . ; Eb;w eyr p "T, n' . 1 , n. a tbort tine ern part of Campbell county, Kentucky, When the skeleton of a woman,; with ' a little dried, -shrivelled flesh adhering to the bones, was four:d ; in a cleft of the tree, about twenty feet from the groun l. The discovery caused a great sensa tion throughout the neighborhood, but no one remembered of any person having betn missed or; disappearing from there for a good many years. ? , , . ' , ' , - . : " ' ' v - A Cubiods Anecdote or the Rev. Stouet Smyth. A Decided SEuj-Lady Cubebs had a great passion for the garden and the hothouse, and when she got hold of a celebrity like the Rev. Sydney, was sure to dilate upon her. favor- ate subject. ; , Her (ieramnms; her Auriculas ber .Dallas, ber Carnations, her Acacias, her Lillia .Regia, her Ranunculus, her Marygold, her Pe onies,, her , Rhododendron- procumbens, j mossy : Pompohe and Rose, pubescens, w;ere discussed ' with all the flow of Tiot-house rhetoric. " "My, lafy,w asked the Rev. wit, "did you ever have a rsoriasis Septennis ! V " r i ' Oh yes, a most b-e-a-u-timl one.' '' I gave it to the Archbishop of Canterbury. --Dear man I and it came out so in the spring f v ' ' f Psoriasis Septennis is the medical -name for 1 the 7 years' Jtch.? ! . kt . k. : K- i .. m ..,:. .. ' ' , Nutriment or Onioss. Prof. . Johnson gives his opinion in favor of onions .'as. a rery nutritious vegetable, and for laboring men with strong digestive powers quite healthy. 1 1 is not merely as a relish that onions are used so largely by many people, but because they give strength as well as a satisfaction of appetite, Prof. Johnson ranks onions in point of nutriment ,wiiq peas. 'j ?'A DEW-1IAP..--' ; : N d R T H ' C A R O ll I N A V Tbe undersigned are preparing, and will publish as 0o?ec8ai7 .Snps,!! Aegean' be obtained, a' f nd Complete Map of Nobtb Cabomk4, five "etby three, well engraved and finished in the best style : . i Kuiuueu vo u tiucB, uuik buuu m wutk us great desideratum in mr $tate, and it is in cousequenee of th requent enquiries on this subject, that' the undersigned hare embarked in the enterprise. ' j 1 , Jhe only attempted work of this land is that of McEea , published in 1833 ; and since; then the Counties, Towns, Boads and Post-offices hare increased in number, and all our works of Internal Improvements, with small excep tions, been set on foot. ' It is intended that the New Map, now proposed to bV published, shall contain, accurately laid down, all the N tursl Features of the State Inlets, Harbors I Sounds Lakes, Hirers, Creeks, Hountaisj 4c ' . t-, ' c I Also, the public improvements and artificial divisions. The Railroads, Plank roads," Counties, County towns Post-offices, Cities, Villages, Post-roads and Canals, CoL - i i ' a -M r -si - - -l u - i j . f -. - The Map will be read sady by the' summer f 18S5. : - SAMUEL PEAUCeT I' Information from any source J and which may be of sei! rice in nuuung ne oove woric, wut De uianKiuuy receiv ea. au communicauoas snouia De aaaressea to - i - " f WiL D. COOKE. Baleiirbr March. 1855. J 4 Papers copying the above advertisement for six months and calling attention to it editorially, will be entitled to a : copy of the Map, y In all cases, a marked copy of the . raper containing the notice, most be sent to tne "South-r ern Weekly roet, Kaicigh. H.j. i . LIVER COMPLAINT, ! JAUNDICE DYSPEPSIA, CHRONIC OR NERVOUS DBI1.ITY. f -: 'V' j . Disease - -y J-.--. of the Kidneys" , ' i - .. i' snd all diseases-arising -. i ' . ! r " -A from a Disordered Liveror . 'A 1 ouiiuacu, buco as Aousupuuon, ; . n ' Inward Piles, Fullness, or Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach,' Kan- " " sea, Ueartbnrn, Disgust fbr Food. Fnll- -ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Erne- - 1 I tation. Sinking. . or Flotterinsr t the Pit of : the : Stomach, Swimmingof the Bead, Hurried1 and Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at . the Heart, and Choking or Sunocating Sensations . when j vi ' v -i I Lying Posture Dimness n of Vision, Decs or J . Webs before the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain m the Head, Denciencr of. rerspira- - tion. Yellowness of t the Skin and ! Eye Pain in the Side Back, Chest, j " ; ' Limbs, &c Sudden Flushn of j ,i ' ' Heat, Burning in the Flsh, - . -t. - ,1 Constant Imagining of , ' - if Evil, .and great le- . i r ' pression of Sprits : r . . u ' , l- ' ' . can be , Efictually ; , ; : - ' ' ' eared' by ; . . DOCTOR HOOFLAND'S i . ' CELEBRATED GERMAN BITTERS. , ' D2C C M. JACKSON. ' " GERMAN 'MEDICINE STOKE, ' Xo. 120 Arch-Street, OM door below Sixth, Philadelphia , rpHEIB POWER OVER THE ABOVE DISEASES . JL is not excelled, if equalled, by any other preparation in the United States, as the cures attest, in many eases after skilul physicians had failed," - : i; '-4 These Bitters are worthy the attention of invalids.' - Possessing great virtues in the' rectification of the liver: and lesser glands, exercising the most searching power in weakness, and affections of the digestive organs, they are withal safe, certain and pleasant. -z TESTIMONY FROM NORTH CAROLINA ertifieite of , Dr. W. SMITH, of Pine H J . X Riek$nond CotintytJVC : i T V ' I '!; ' ; P Hrrj., March 4thiil854. j "Dr. C. M.Jaekson; Philadelphia Deaj; Sir I i hav been a subject of Dyspepsia, in its worst form .. or the last five years. :Sach ts my conrltion for. Welve months that the physicians and alt who saw ; : me said I must die. While in this condition I was - carried to he watering places in Virginia, Tennes-j see and North Carolina, bu was not benefitted by any water to which I was taken. While! on my way home I stopped a week at Ratherfordtoni a' small Tillage in. North Carotinai to try the effect of ; some Chalybeate water in that place. About the -last of the week I went ; into a drug store to get . 1 some m?dicme for my "child and - -myseltJ Therei were several Of the village physicians in the store, ; and one of -them Seemed to take some interest in my case, and, after asking me some questions, said he had been, a -dyspeptic, and had beeni greatJy. benefitted byj the use of Dr Iloofland's .Oeiman Bitters," prepared by you, and he insisted that I would try the Bitters. 1 He also called the; next -day at my room and insisted so much that would ! try them that I asked jbim to .get me one bottle. ; - He did it, and I commenced taking it as directed, : .and I do say I was more benefited by it than all I 1 the. water and medicine I had ever taken. ; j - :"s "' '' . : . After reaching home, one of my neighbors came to me for a prescription and'medicme (heja dys-J peptic), and J gave him nearly all the Bitters I had i left j which effected much good in his case. ' He has often called on me for more of the same kind of medicine.; saying he was more benefitted by it than any other he had taken, but I have not been : able to get any more fbr him or myself since ; will ; you, therefore, piease snip me a aozen or more u rsoonas pdssible Respectfully yours. ' ' , trfifivrf tit. tVm'rJ Atvtnntr. . . v. . - v .... . . licsTsvuxs, X aaxm oo, - - ' . " is- - Kor.lsU185S. Ds. C. Mi 3kCaos. ilkar -Allow me toi express to you my sincere thanks for your discovery of, a medi vrhich. to sav the least of it has effected a enre, that ail other medicine, that I have taken, have entirely failed an. Tinr.fl&nd'a Rcnun Bitters' nave cured me of the lap, ever fell to ike lot of ma. t jut case is not a strange er to this community, as jm well known in this and the urroundirc counties, can wyuy say mat my recovery fc. .tnnisd all mr friends snd relatior?. as I had tried iiiin rortimmeoded. and cothitsT did me nr rood until I wai prevailed upon to try the Litters. You are at libertv to make any use of Uas communication, for tie tcLi...t of tte tctea,yonmay think proper. . ;s TtnlT yoor,: . " . , TTILLTAM "T. AT TOOD. These Bitters are Eatirelv Vegetable, tl :cy iavisrorate and strengthen tlie sjstern, never p rcstr-lo it, cad can be td for infants as trell as adults. ).-, ; ' For sale Vhole'Rle by Dru?"-:.6i. ii t'l tie principal cues. ana at retaa tv -lec-nes i:a i r era ia - i V Price 75 Cents per Eoltle. ' ' ' For eale fcT Y,"iH'ams & narrofi, and P. F Ralegh; Dr. R. Hooker, Roars' Siore, and Mr Bon, Forestrilie, ,. 1 -, AaiM son August, AIDE'S':; PIILI'S.- roa all tus pirzresrs c? a - r FAMILY PHYSIC.; Thebb has long existed a public demand tat" mm " r"' ' effective purgative pill which could ba relied oa u sure and perfectly safe in its operation. . This hu '' teen prepared to meet that demand, and an ttUsa.- sive txial of its virtues has conclusively shinra with 5 - wKat success it accomplishes the purpose 4siew " . It is easy to make a physical pill, but not ewy i make the best of all pill -one which should hart none of the objections, but all the advantages, of ' ' every other. This has been attempted hereTand " : with what success we would respectfully submit to " the public decision. -It has been unfortunate for the patient hitherto that almost every purjrnt.. s medicine is acrimonious and irritating to the bow. - els. v This is not. - Many of them produce so much ' erioine pain and revulsion in the svttem u tn . . ,j-,-than counterbalance the good to be derived from w- lutui. ynm piuuuce uo uniaaoQ or paii -? :" - unless it arise from, a previously existing obstrue. " " tion or derangement in tlie bowels. Bang pmj. - vegetable, no harm can arise from their use m any . K quantity ; but it is better that any medicine should ' ; be taken judiciously. Minute affections for their 1 use in the several diseases to which they are a 'plicable are given on the box. Among the com. : . 'I plaints which have been speedily eared by them, we -' S; may mention Liver Complaint, in its various forua v - of Jaundice, Indigestion, Languor and Loss of As. petite, Listlessness, Irritability, Bilious Headacha, '-" , Bilious Feveri Fever and Ague, Pain in the Side' . and Loins ; for, in truth, all these are but the eon sequence, of diseased action in the liver. ' As aa ' aperient they afford prompt and sure relief in Cot- ': : -, tiveness, Piles, Colic, Dysentery, Humors, Scrof .. ula and Scurvy, Colds -with; soreness of the body,' " Ulcers and impurity of tha blood; in shorty any . and every case where a purgative is required.. - .They have also produced some singularly sue. " eessful cures in Rheumatism, Gout, Dropsy, Gravel, ' -Erysipelas, Palpitation of the Heart, Pauu in th . : Back, Stomach, and Side.'- They should be freely ': taken in the spring of the year, to purify the blood -' and prepare the system for the change of seasons., 7 5 An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and bowels into healthy action, and restores tiie appe-i i- tite and vigor. - They purify the blood, and, by their iP - stimulant action on the circulatory system, reno-" ; . vate the strength of the body, and restore tht wasted or diseased enersies of the whole organism. ' Hence an occasional dose is advantagtv 48, erea -H' - . though no serious derangement exists ..but xm-V ffj " necessary dosing should never be cairie too far," ' -"j as every purgative medicine reduces the strength, - ; , when taken to excess. Tlxe thousand cases mwkh, -. a physic is required cannot be enumerated here, jut they suggest themselves to the reason of everyr : body; ana it is confidently believed this pill wjil ' answer a better purpose than any thingwhich has hitherto been available to mankind. When their " virtues are once known, the public will no longei . r doubt what remedy to employ when in need of s cathartic medicine. Being sugar-wrapped they art ' pleasant to take, and bemg purely vegetable, no barm can arise from their use in any quantity. - - .For minute directions see wrapper on the Box. ;;;. . , ' FREPAEED BY , . ' - Practical and Analytical Chemist, , Wee 85 Cents per Box. r Hts Boxes for AYElt'S CHERRY PECTORAL, J ' Fr tie rapid Can or.- ..-- ---: " COUGHS, m COLDS) HOARSEXESS, CROXCUITIS, WHOOPIXG-COUGH, r : i m croup, iSTiim, a.d ; COSSCMPTION. This remedy has won for itself S'ach notoriety ' i from its cures of every variety of pulmonary disease, -v Hhat it is entirely unnecessary to recount the eri dences of its virtues in any community where it has been employed. So wide is the field of-its use- --jt fulness, and so numerous the cases of its cures, , that almost every section of the country abounds' ' in persons publicly known, who have been restored ; ' . from alarming and even desperate diseases of the : : lungs by its use. When, once tried its superiority -over every other medicine of its kind is too sppa- rent to escape observation, and where its virtues are . " known, the public no longer hesitate what antidote .; ' to employ for the distressing and dangerous affeo. tions of the pulmonary organs which are incident - j, to bur climate. And not Only In formidable at- f ; - tacks upon the lungs, but fot the milder varieties ix, ' of Colds, Coughs, Hoa-bsesbss, ic;; and for ' Childhbw it is the pleasantest and safest median . thateanbeobtame.'v.u-!:'V '; ' , . i As it has long been in constant use throughout - rthis section, we need not do more than assure tht people its quality is xept up to iae oes U4V . has been, en, and that tne genuine arucao u kiw uj . P. F. Pescud and Williams & Haywood; Ba leigh.N. C.";.- ' - . March, 1855 : ; . f j 10- ; - NORTH CAROLINA -IIUTUALLIIE INSURANCE COMPANIi 1 1 : fjFFICE raIeigh; N. C7 THIS Company continxieg to insure the litei healthy White persons and Slaves. The greatest risk taken on a single life.lt $5,tpi laves are insured for a terni lone ;o fiTeyettriiw two. thirds tueir value.; t. FfICXRS.r iWm. D. Haywood, Vice President, ;f James F Jordan Secretary ff" Wm, II. Jones, Treasurer, X0XXpM Per r in Bu sbee .Attorney ,r . '-'' ' ; : "Dr. Wm. H . McKee , Examining Pbyiiclast XJl. V II a. iti)WUU3UU l j E. Johnson , President, U. Hersman, General Agent.. '1 AH losses are: paid within 90 days after stiiiae tor proof Is presented,;;i;ui--;6.f--',-- Bianksand Pamphlets, showingthe plan of op ration oi the Company, may be had on applies ; tions at the Office, or any of the Agenciet. etters on business should be addressed to . , "e" ? JAMES F. JORDAN Sickita , X May 2d; 1851- - " fpHE Next session will rrtmmence on mo J-Monday in Januaryy, i l 855, and close tht l Thursday m Ms y. , - RATES OF TUITION PATABU If HALrW ABTAHCI. Fer -Reading, Writing, with the first rudi- ; ments of English Grammar and Geogra- " tUY. ' - 81 English Grammar, Geography ana A"im metic, , ! 12 SO 1509 iFor the College Classes, (without any extra ' cnargeaor tu uu8uo8v; i - i Extra Expenses. to 00 3 00 Music i On Piano, Use of Instrument, The 'same on Guitar, - nna 'Drawing and Painting, ..c9 Oil Painting, . j 00 Needle Work, , , - 8 00' Board per month, . jCo Washing per month, fc - . . m Musical Soirees will b given during . Ti T.GRAWDYSec. ot the Board oil i - TERMS. - - ... isSJnt to subscribers at ;Twc Dollars per n Pzvoble in all eatet in advance c - two dollars and fifty cents will be chargeo a -lmisrer than six months, three dollar ureeaotta''. M miroiitinuances must be ordered Dew . 7, , .v. . -t 8V. -will OS -v i r. v.. nnni1 farm . 1 A w. . Klntinuanee will be allowed tilw ' - rA TiaM-ptceDtbr special reexec v T 'tn. planted to the character . jii v inorto or ihm nsual raT : For, 1 square, 1st insertion, $ l.C J, aa sun. insertions 25 cents each. A deduction r sue those; advert!-:r3 by t-eyear, tc.-nber u . Persons se -- ti s six r.ew.ns ---5 " Ci" : . ... .;' i' .r--r..? i -,r cievear eac - . . , ,i-'i w ni. ... . . .. I "r. C;: ii tlz rcrth- l-
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 12, 1855, edition 1
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