North Carolina Newspapers

Cnmranniratinns. . -v For the Clinton. Independent . TO AN OLD HORSE. What in thunder makes you nod so? Been broke of rest by hard drying I Or are yoa just meditating f Goes you're Been hard time in your day 1 -- Dream long dreams sometimes wbilewoddiugl "Waggon, log ehains. steep hills and whips, Tough roads, deep mud, and beary loads, Psss in panoramic vision. Hallo! What made you jump your bead t ;', Did you dream you heard a whip pop t Or are yon getting binder crampy I ' , You're seen better times I reckon 1 No doubt 1mt onee,your master's pride ! Could cut -capers to the fancy! Girls bred your master for your sake I Poor fellow I. what a pitty 'twas Your master's avarice would sell! A beast which had done things so well!' It's hard times with you now old horse; But your race will soon be finished. Dream on aud take your slumbers, -t Your days are few in numbers, -. And your body soon will go 1 - Sailing with the carioa crow. CROCKET JUNIOIt. CXIKTOK H. C..PEB. 2, 1858. THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR SALE. fith this number, the Clinton Indepen dent suspends -indefinitely. With a con siderable amount due upon orr books whichtthose who owe feel too indifferent to pay, we bare to suspend and await for times that will bring a greater plenty of money or a larger number of prompt pay ing subscribers., If not previously dispos al of this office will be sold at public Auc tion on the 6th day of February. AH persons indebted to us by note or account are notified to py the same be fore the 20th day of February, as after, that day they will find their notes .and ac counts in the hands of an officer or Attor ney for collection. In our. absence they will settle with A. Johnson or LC Hub barl. ' ' TI1E BREAK OF DAY. Tbe preceeding evening had been quite dull, and for the want 'of entertainment or the spirit to be entertained we went early to bed. :But scarcely'had the night passed its first two-thirds away, before we found"- that sleep had departed from our eyes. Wearcwe and opening the door found darkness brooding over the face of the earth. A dense cloud had thut out all the 6tars, and the universal stillness and impenitrable darkness combined ren dered the occasion as gloomy as thought could well depict. ' Several hours passed away with no change in the monotony of the occasion. It did not seem possible that the world was full of living noisy people, or that the light of day could ever greet the eyes of wan again. At last the crowing of the cock broke the dead silence that reigned, and it truly seemed as the voiceofthe her ald of some glad tidings, that should be joy to all flesh. Simultaneously with the heralding voice of chanticleer the clouds began to roll themselves back toward the south-west, while in the north-east corner of the heavens a faint streak of. light ap peared. Day was breaking. A few nw menU and the stars were twinkling and dancing all over the heavens, we could fancy they were singir.g a' grand chorus thashould announce a new' born day. ui mo icu sireaa, soon spreau aiong the eastern sky, and imperceptibly expand- A find lnroawt its Kvillian a m it.. until half of the heavens appeared to be kindling into a flame. H.e stars with becoming modesty seemed to withdraw to make room for the grand exhibition. Wi der and wider the sheet of light extended over the beavens while a lone star linger ed low in the west as if to witness the. final scene, and withdraw; Sxn the fiery red softened down to .a mellow light; voi ces of men, birds and beasts arose on.every hand, and ten thousand tou ages were vo cal that bad just before been as if resting ' id the. embrace of death. - JDarkness had fled, the dar bad come. and with it new life and energy among the children of creation. A' oark and gloomy world was now filled with light., A world of silence bad suddenly become a world of noise and song. A world of stillness had become a worid of life and action. A world of gloom bad become a world of glory. There is no sight so grand as the opening of the gates of day compared with this all other exhibitions sink into insignificance. Header, be not astonisbed wfceti we tell you that this grand sight ca ay be witnessed by every body, once m every twenty-four hours, vix : every morsiag. Mv Woodward Barden of this county recently killed an ox 4 years old which weighed 04 lbs. ', . Cliiifiw SiiuTjiniitfut. RAMBLING THROUG H THE WOtfp. Have you ever torn yooreelf away from all company and set out with a view of strolling through the wood alone. If jou have not, yoa have misted one of tie greatest Itrruries of a thoughtful mind. There is nothing so perfectly refreshing to "a mind wearied with numerous studies, or cares of life, as to withdraw fr m all our associates, and follow the meander ings of some little brook, that makes its ay through wood land, distant from the hum and noise of the business world. It is at such times that one feels as if walk ing in the midst of Nature's sacred tem ples, while a "divinity stir within us" fresher thoughts and purer feelings than we have ever gathered from the crowd, that throng' around us in the public thoroughfares of life. , , J If it be Spring-time, the varigated notes of the jay bird, the lark, the goldfinch and all the warbling choristers of the grove will not fail to arret our attention and elicit our admiration. If it be in Summer, the full expanded leaves, of all imrhaginable shapes, the bird's nests hanging from the bow, the chirping t of the unfledged bird I ing, the spring, brczes that are wafted along over the flowery fields, come to our senses with .so ruKicli relish i-hat we thank heaven for having our lots cast without the walls of the city. . i " If it be Autumn, the meditation will be more grave. The brown leaves will be falling ascant all around us, reminding us of old age, where the destiny has been fulfilled, and there is a returning back to mother earth.' Now and then our thoughts will meet with a pleasing interruption, by the suden springing up of the nimble squirrel, .and we watch with emotion his sprightly leaps, as he bounds from tree to tree, or darts along amid the rustling leaves. Under such circumstan ces if we have any company let it be a child, for chtTdreu are filled with wonder ing admiration at the squirrel's leap, the bird's song, or the gay colors of the flowers that every instant attract the eye. We would not give one pleasant even ing's ramble through a romantic forest, for ail the gay equipage of a dozen ball rooms or as niany bridal festivities. Not that we dislike the company of our fellow beings, hut that we dislike thoe displays, where ambition and envy play so con spicuous a part, and where the heart is schooled to deception arid treachery. t3T Q Busbee nronoses nublishW in the city of Raleigh to be called. i city of Raleigh semiannual Journal "The Norlli-Cnroliiia Statist aud Magazine off Useful In formation." Mr. Busbee says : "The pages of the STATIST will be devoted to the arranre- t f . Kii ,if - . . V 1 ment ot sucu taples relating to our 1 opu- j . . a r . i : : it i.a on. niiKU i l l akh: liiiuucRrn' - r.ni'. r , ! f! ATTON. Prni.TP Improvitv PVT, C a vi. fa ctures, Fisheries, Mines, and Social StatUtics generally, as will present their condition, and our progress in each It is also designed to contain the Re ports condensed) of the Public Treasurer, Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, Su perintendent of Common Schools, and all other State Officers and Boards; as also, Statements and Reports of the condition and progress of the various Railroad and Navigation Companies. The STATIST will be pnt to press as soon as a sufficient number of responsible names are obtained to pay the expenses of -publication. The numbers, will contain each, not less than loOrAGEs of Hose I v printed matter, tnakiug a book of 300 pages, or more, to which will be added a full and complete index. j Terms: THREE DOLLARS rKR an AyjiUM ONE DOLLAR AND FIl'Y CENTS, for six moxths; payable when the first number is ready for publication which fact will be duly announced in the j public newspapers.' PRIME BEEF. j "We bad sent to us yesterday, from our friends Johnson & Lawrence, a piece of excellent beef, from Ashtord's in Samp son Comity and they will continue to furnkh to the public raoce of the same sort, which tftey have now is pea. , Id this connexion, we; take leave to remark, thai all who can afford it, should encourage our farmers to produce g"od beef, which they can only do by getting a good price for it J,j The beef above noted sold for from 8 to 12 cents per pound. First rate! beef iJ worth 2 cents more a pound than that which is common, and is as cheap, in re ality, as that' which sells for 7 to 10 cenu." Wil. 'Cvmtnercial. Our Sampson Farmers have long since established their reputation for selling good beet in the Wilmington ! market. By the by we have heard it said ; that in Wilmington Ash ford Beef always sells high, and this fact being known causes lots of other beef to be christened Ash- ford beef after it gets to market. "Come what will, come disunions tr treason, let the Administration be snsui ed; let the Sooth do its whole duty, and the few tricksters who bolt from the sup port of the Administration and goVover to Tammany Hall leader, may, ere' lovjg, find themselves a friendless ss that man, who, wherever he went, was bailed, Arnold the traitor Giraffe. ! There used in former days to be a pa per published in thin State called the Giraffe. It was doing a good business until it boistt-d a political flag, when it re ceived a few shots, from the enemy and went down. In course of time ye Hani raaln had a resurrection and se-t out again: as a cateerer to the Jovers of fun, but it" old habits were not forgotten, and recent ly it seems to 1 be sliding -launchwi' again into the political arena, as the above extract and many other recent articles in it columns will show. What right has a paper sailing under nntral colors to be pleading the cause of any political party! Is it honest to-do so ? Come Whitaker hold ap your head and answer these questions. You have been for some time "letting the cat out of the bag," and now you had better "face the music," and "stand to the rack." Is yodr paper a political one in disguise ? ! Now we think you will do better to let politics alone, for most people liked the GirafFee best when it had least o say about politics. Our imp,said he liked". to read it as long a it "chuckled over small matter., but when it got in water too deep for its capacity" he lost coi.fidenc in i You had better get back to your a b abs i 'b ins,, wheie you can accomplit-h something in learning other poor devils how to spell and a'so improve yourself. That pole with which you thrashed down chinquepins for the pig jts not long enough to Sound the great depths of the political channels, and you had better not try it. You will find it much more with in the range of your godlike gift to say little things that stir men risables than to take polemic tilts in the field of polili- eal controversy. Your gun is not big j enough to shoot big shot and you had j better not trv it. Dr. Homeopath can fiimish you with srme sugar bullets just exactly adapted to your capacity. M& i he steamer barah bands on ner , passage fiom Portsmouth, in England to j Calcutta, with soldiers for the service in , India, took fire and only escaped entire I destruction by the indefatigable efforts f j "enerai larason, me posimawr.ai lh lhe ,nte"?r th shiP was well ' ; nigh consumed itefore the flames were j checked. I he women were put in bo-fts J and lay off on the sea about 12 hours be- . fore being taken b.ick again. ' "We-have searched our exchanges over and over for ome item of news; we hav ' ' ; tortured 'our brain almost in a consestive c .... . ...! , Pwic v,;.uKtu nun, up., .urn W,Vl..Ut success, and have quietly come td the con- j elusion, in fact, are pretty well Ratified,-;- that there is nothing new either in the pa pers or in our head." -Wil. Herald. Perhaps friend if you had have tiied the use of a fine-.tooth-comb, you might have Lad better success. 4North Carolina Bank Notks not Rkctivko MIekk." Such is the leading of a placard on board of the Steam Bat running on the I3ay from Norfolk to Bal timore. In view ol this insult to Nrth Carolina we would advise all North Caro linians to travel bv some other route. Early Blooms. Snrie of the peach tree begun to unfold their buds in this rieighborhood as. early as the 27ih of Jan. In warm situations blooms are now to be seen. TICKET, No. I. The following ticket wilt be pported. for Commissioners, fur the town of Clinton. (James Maksii, J W. Eager, Isaac Botkin, Owen Holmes, R. D. Moseletv ! MANY CITIZENS I CITIZENS TICKET, No. 2. The following ticket is also announced for Commisaioners of Clinton. ' W. Atkijcs, Warrex Johssoj, j. 3. Holmzs, J. II. Robinson, C. IL Steve N6. TICKET, No. 3. A Great wiany citizens propose. Lr. Wm. McKot, Intendentof poliee. jf M. Lee, G. W. Drutgbok, 'Isaac Botkix, A. A. McKor. ! j j The act in relation toduelling, recently jpassed by the Lgislatare of South Carolina prorides that any magistrate may issue a warrant to prevent persons going out of the State t fight a duel, and compel them to enter into bond with sureties to keep the peace, and not go beyond thfc limits of the State. GENERAL NEWS. j ' - '" t " - l ( i mmbw - . j " j Extraordinary Yitld of Corn. In presenting say the Washington Urnon. I' i following communication we desire to say only that we have received the most wuUfactfry asjuratce of the entire relia bility of the sUteme-nt made therein : i WasnisoToy, D. XX January 8, 1858. To the Editor of tke Union : Dear Sir : The crop: of corn exhibi ted for premiums thi year at our agricul tural fair in Prttis county Mis-onri, were so remarkable for their yi Id that I deem it due to my county, to my State, and to the country, to give them a reported by the judges appointed by the association to ascertain the quantity and award the premiums. The crops entered fr com pftition were those of Samuel B. Scott, and GHi. S. Pries', on HeathV creek, and Win. Gentry, on Muddy crek, in said county. The products of the several L crops, a reKrtd by the judges, and up on which the award was made, are as follows : S. B. Scott's crop, yield per acre, 241 bushels,- Cr. S. Priea crop yield percr? 185 W. Gentry's crop yield er acre 1 33 The corn was all drilled, in rows thn e feet apart and raided on upland prairie lands. This is but a specimen of thous ands of acres of land we have in the same (KtuntyL as yet unsettled and, uncultivated, to which we invitp the attention of the in telligejit and enterprising farmers of even State in the Union; assuring all such who may dera it wisest and bet to cast their lots with us that they will met with a hearty welcome a healthy and a happy bome. Very respectfully. JOUNS. JONES. Washixgton, Jan. 23. From Wanhiiifftoti. Itte Senate com mittee of foreijm relations have airreeil upon their report on Central American af fairs', tj be presented next Mnday. It ustains generally the President's views on Unt subject, believes with him' that Corn modon Paulding exceeded his instructions in arresting the filibusters, on the foreign soil of Nicaragua, and recommends an amendment of the neutrality laws, so that offenders engaged in con-urnating thtir hosiile plans against a country with which We are at peare may, when captured, lnJ broL,ht to trial instead of being releas e,f as in the recent case of Gen. Walker HH1 1 f0nower8. Such is said to be the substance of the report. .tnwbtli City. Was expmed to arrive !0 night, with the certified Leooinplon con- vitution The President is not confined to hi bed, a4 reported, but is suffering from the jffects of a cold. The Utah Army. -A correspondent who wiifrlhe VJ. b troio. writes ns . n KtlWi to the Washington ; Unim undc date F MIIe rt Scott, Decemler 1, 1857: re we are at last, and here we thai I remain until toe rniui oream or -prinir tp-animntes slumbering nature. , Green grays and budding trees will probably be the signal for our onward march into the holy cy of Mormondom, unless the re ports we hear of fortified paes should prevent. It is understood that the saints art fortify ing Echo Canon by means of a series of dnms and canal-; with these they can flood the cannon, and thus present a formidable barrier to our progress, lhe last news from Brijifham is cheering; he H enpying his absolute dominion' over the sainta unalloyed by tlte presence of a single gentile, tltey having all ben sent out of tlw Territory by way of California; nnd it i understood 'that the saints are to be sifted, and murmuring spoliates sacri ficed ujkii the altar of Mormonim. Iain told that it is a fact that Brighitm ban raid he would sacrifice in the public quare : all-apostHte?, for by the shedding f their blood alone can they alone for the sin of apostacy.,, A l)ove Dying of Broken Ifeart.k gentlemen of this city who hav a dove tot at hi residence at the We t End, relates the fol owing incident as havit g occurred last week. In the cot were a male and fe male dove and two sqabt. fcTbe male ?quab having died, the eldest dove drove from his nest his female mate, and romo ted to his bed and board the young fe male qiab. pecking at and driving from bis cot! the. female dove. Finally, upon one occasion, when the female appeared at lhe door of the cot, the male sallied out. packed at her and drove her away. ! be persecuted ssother flew down to a perch below, where, with her head under her wirnr. sho remained for a! short time and then Ml sudletdy ia the grotd. The inmates of the house, io Lad witneMed the pri)teeding, imniedatr4y wol oat and ascertained that the dove was dead, but no wound was found sufficient to cause death. Possibly she died of a broken heart, from the brutal treatment of her false and fickle mate, Boston Traveller, EUROPE. We condense the past weeks news from Europe as follows : j i The Bank of England has reduced it. rate of discount. The lanticli of the Levisthan had been resumed rnd the ship was advaocing at the rate of ten feet per! day. There re mained imlr ixty feet f overcome. Financial affatra in England and on the Continent were improving. There had hen several failures in Glasgow induling Messrs. W. & J Wallace, with liabilities amounting U 250.000,! -f Later news from lntjta brings the sad announcement of. the death of General Havehick by dysentery. The accounts from India says that Windham' division was lately cut up and retreated with the !s of all the tents of three regimetiU. Col Campbell on learning of th diwister iuirae-lutt-Iy qui:til Lucknow, and on the 7th of December totally defeat the Gahor mutineers, capturing their guns, b:jgge, etc. The woman and .sick " from Lucknow reached llihabad in safety. A hmn for the East India Companr is poken of on the meetkig of Parlia inent. , V ' A still further reduction of bank rates is anticipated. . .t The Bank of Belgium! has reduced the rte of discount to 4 1-2 per cent. A Madrid paper says; that Spain will give no satisfaction to America for the El Dorado affair. j The marri 'ge of the prince of Prussia has ben prolonged three months, owing to the King's coninued' illness. The Bnuk of Prussia has redud its rate of 'liscount to 51-2 per cent. The news from China is meagre. The attack on Canton had not taken place, but i it was expected soon. It is; sa?d that France and Spain will mke a demonstra tion agHint Cochin China. Drites from Melburne to the l7th of N..iuberand 100 000 of gold had reach ed England. An addilional sum of 700, 000 is known to be on the way. Business continued depressed, j . . e New Orleans, Jan. 25. Mexico in a, State of Anarchy The steamship Tennessee, from. Vera Cruz, ar-1 rived to-day. She brings news that the whole of Mexico is reported to be in a cotr dition of anarchy.- Nearly every Stale and town was pronouncing against Cm onfoit. The President had 2,000 troops and nrtillery under command. Santa An na was favored by various parties for the presidency- I Nearly all the mail stages between Vera Cruz and he Capital, havebeen robld. On the 11th, Gen. Zuloagan' brigade, which was the first to declare in favor of the Dictator-hip, pronounced against Cm onfurt. This brigade hojds the citadel and barracks at San Augustine and San Domings. Comonfort had 'attacked the latter, but was repulsed. All the foreign residents in the city hoiwted the fl tga of their respective nations for protection. ! The whole city was in a state of great confusion. ! ''t Nicaragua Approves of the Act. The Nicaraguan Minister, in a letter to Mr. Cass, published in the Union, returns thanks to the U. S. Government for ai T-sting Walker on Nicaraguan soil;-- Nic aragua does not feel that ler sovereignty tas been vioited in the least, and Mr. Yrisarii yf Com. Pau ding's act was perfectly justifiable for, he adds, 'as a inan-of-ar f ny nation may take up pi rates 'from a desert island, or one so thin" ly ?opl-d that they can insert their do minion over it, although that inland might Wong te another sovereign nation.- iust so can bandits oe apprf heiide!. as enemies of the human race, by. the aimed vesls of a friendly nation, on a point of a foreign coast, which may ta placed under circum- s ances like those of the island mentioned by wy of illustration." Difficulty Between Mr, idgway and Mr. Wise. On Friday UUt Mr. 0. Jcnn ing yYhe, son of the Governor enteied the office of Mr. Ridgway, of the Whig and assaulted that gentleman with a rane, on account f the ciurse of that paper to wards Gov. WUe. "Neitler party wa seriously injired. The Richmond papers contain Cards from thee gentlemen civ ing an account of the difficulty. Accord ing to Mr Itidg way' acomnt hi had the bet of it; and according to Mr. Wiso't ac count, he hal the lest of iti Mr Ridgway afterwards pnpjwl that the two should go into a room, be blindfolded, then draw f r pistols, one to b loaded and tte ether emjty, to place the muzzJei at eath other's breast's, ano at a given, word to fire. " 31 r. WUe declined the pronosiuon and tllere the matter bU. JiaU Standard, Mexico is reported to have made over tures toward the sale of Sonora and other territory to the United States.. Wasni50TOf Jan. 23. important Despatches from UlahTer ribU Suffering ef thi rmy. Hie dea licl,Vs received at the War Department from Col. Johnston, dated Nor. 30,' cod -firm tbe previous reports of eiceivo $u ferity atJ great o of draught animals by unow storms, coU and starvation. A sufficient numbvr of oXen, though pooff had been saved to supply part rat'tons ill days of the week, aad there Was on hand enough of bacon for ewsrdaj of the saroq period for seven motrths ako flour and same rations. , . The norm dealt ronghr wifS of. CookV command. lie lost half of h is fottk; J sides a number of mules. Futber advance toward Salt Lake Cxif cannot be made without a new supply of such animals, to procure which Capt. Mar- . cy had been despatched to New Mexico, for their use early in spring, when the ar inv, with a volunteer force 2,000 strong, will iesume its march as soon as supplied , with horses and mules, and when the grass on the mountains is sufficient to ausui a them.- ' ..k: y ' Two volunteer companies have been mustered into the service for nine months, and it is expected that in a few days two more will be mastered in. The troops hare borne the dangers and privations of the march with patience and . cheerfulness. They are in fine health, al though some of the regiments are still suffering-from frost bile. Another letter from an officer of the ar my says that "the Mormons are afraid of mounted men. They are a set ofcowtrds like all assassins and robbers," and ho fears that their leaders, and those who have no claim in the valley, will run away and require their deluded followers to des troy their property lean it may benefit the atmy. ; j .-. The New York Usury Laws. There is a bill before the New York Legislature, of which the following is the substance : Section 1. No grant transfer, bond, note,' bill of exchange contract or agreement, ' mr tonn or iorfwran or an v munav goods or things in action, shall be roid by reason of any paying or receiving or agree ing to pay such "rate of Interest a the par-y ties iriay agree ujon. See. 2. That in all cases where the tate of interest is not mentioned, it shall be deemed and taken at the rate of 7 per ,Sec. 3. No more than 7 pet cent, to be charged on any judgement rendered after date of rendition. Nineteen Months Without Food Death. ;V' learn .".from the Albany. Tf'ies that Mrs. Hayes of the town of Day, Saratoga county, N. Vn whose rase we detailed some time since, and who had liv-d nineteen months without food or drink, dieil a week or two ago. She re mained insensible for fifteen monihs of the period, and up to a few days of her death, when she seemed T to revive, and spoke occasional!. After her death her bidy was oened and a snake five feet long and half an inch thick was taken from the stomach ! It was alive w lien removed but died soon after. The esse U a very, remarkable one, and it is to be re gretted that it was oot subjected to Scien tific examination. The March to the Grave in 1857. What a mighty procesrion has been mo ving toward the grave during the pat year 1 At the usual estimate, since the first 4,( January, 1857, more than thirty-one mil lion five hundred thousand ' .of the world's p pulation have gone down to the grave. Tlace them in long array, and they will give a moving columnf more than thir teen hundred to every mile of the circum ference of the globe. What a spectacle,, as they move on, tramp, tramp, the "Dead March" giving its funeral note as they go to the silent shades! B uying Off a Lover. Two you ng gen (s in Clarksville; Tennessee, simultaneously fefl in love with the same young ladj, and each erroneously supposing the other to be a formidable rival, both were exceedingly jealous. In order to settle their claims without submitting them to the lady her self, one of the gentlemen said to the oth er ir, I will gitt you five hundred doj fars if you will ivtire from the field, or I will take that amount, sod back down. Th- gentleman t- whom the proposition was roade accepted, thus paying 0i00 for the chance of winning a lady's band.- This don't look like hard tiroes, especial-', ly as courting i a free thing. " An American MUlonain in England'. Col. Cross, an American, has recently ar- , riv-d In England from ImLa, where be amassed fortune of seven million five hundred thousand dollar, and is said to be in treaty (r the purchase of Urge es tates in that country. The city of Oearelaod, Ohio, begins the year out of del4, every matured obligation having been paid.