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I . - ' ' ' " : . . -.1 - i' y' j J - - - . -" ----- fffJr, - . .... ..-. , . , .... ..,-. . i j f 1 ' I. I VOL 2. A "Y7Hrmr--V s -r-ii. 'ill THE :NE ? tfBLISIlE D E VEKY TUESDAY- ? I&X KL M H O YBEvp 3 i Weekly .Aoiurs ana rroiewoi-, : . ; FAYETTEVlLtE, N. C. u:v TEltJISi l i- - Sit months. - 2 00 , 0&o Sqaaro, 1 incli or less) first insertion, $1 00. i " ;; each subsequent insertion. A 15 00 For oae year, one square 'For six month, ' .........-y 00- , i'or three months, . .i .i . 6 00 " Fer Cjaaiftar Celninn,' 5 squares, 3 months it $25 f u . it g' ., ..... . 12 For Half Ooldmn, 10 squared 3 6 I or un i;oiamn, squares; 3 months, 75 ? : c - . 125 ' ' - 9 - ? - 150 ' : : 12 200 ti it - r t ' II l , II CO -75 40 ' 75 100, .123 41 4 Fayetteyillk, Ko v. 1 0, 1 WJ7. : .aereuuri im imui gunner notice tue Mails will clone at this ofilce as fo'lows.' v' ' CJoiaji North, Eiistaud South via Warsaw Sunday ' Tuesday and Thnrsilur, nt 9 p. m. r f North, and AVest; via W. R. 11.; Haywood PiltRboro' and ICaleigh every d!ivxpept Sumhiv's t. ferv Udv xcent Sim.l o i o - r J " F-u'- . . . ... ; r . .. Cartbnge, ITroy and Ash'uoro Monday and Fridav at 3 p. m. . . J liockinsham, Wadeoro, ad offlces on the Wil Chr. and linth'd 11:11. via WilxiiingtoiwSunday at 9 p. m. Via JiUttnberton-r Friday ;afi 30 j-m. Wiv $e?W .;!eon doeaibbt this garijeinstilflt of a:larB r,Bge of facultifaan ItiS'w he ca culat.oof probabi!Uiei;iemb'r'ac& Lllt riling nl niti,!-. ,m. ' . .,ytf I ,! ;' ' "ouoe- Aae Ueeision, the au- erelnt "'r 'Wch Pr the t of expedients. Ctihlm n,k - .i n00 i. w -erases tnem puu nn nuv inem in every ddy life? It ioS -J Preniises not ob solutelv certain thAt kJ 'i TrnTiT nirt kT : 'IT -- 1 l - ,j a-i "x: v Visa TilE WLY IIAESIED. A wore than Visual; ;nurnb'er of -weddifc ti N - - V ' L- a :. Carioaitics.of;.Soaaa. A world wiH A certain historian 'remarks JOHar.PATJL OH AET." una law I John i Pan! derntpq ?iT ie it j ? Of;c6urK-1tinot?an!a Slrvr?''hUfnan ices-th-note of mentioned, and to bbcSM? 9 b ?CYork ?t1,zen' to the Exhibition of tho ashahiedf each otheV thathey trft' b,rVtho;,c"e' ?f "Wa!s, the iWo?: in- ory; Thia "Wi, thc I&m' J f Artv-He-says theidea' that pistheir StuationT; but mpW S kvoS; Jthemultitudinou, noises of active A cne? andtheir M P? "f S l Aemy openin ctc bfng briticised and re n'" to; see the picturca isjaltoscfter a nineustrangers Tlmsnhev layV thV f Pcesnd , which,; ,Vpenod. law, they deaerve to be hnied .v.n h' n h?f S to other; to unction to thei80ulithat nsat ion of calmness and repose christian people. If thV promenade the .pacious rooms-and d in? in 'co'KnrJA Jii e! ,a'.nqt as soundless as w iman. K.,fJ rrtr L..A . 1 ineyuiorourcoun- excuses for convemtmn: - AM ithrl Ah! :there- ara Romeo arid Juliet any that arb cata- ctures are painted wnicii never find notoriety tuafc aiiracLea mv ay mention: - Life" The seizura uraw,ng conclusions from premises not nhi "SjnWBut- as we imagine; but even try. were Werallv hrn nJuT. ZTl'K "?uses Ior conversation. !0' oppressive, if endured for industry, how much 1 ?eiier representations of P rnenianot, he world, .r -. , mn the -world W'tfig fefur-'eve'to .?ouia wyst-plaDet 'without be uvbrded.; Suffered tall " ":e Sncs than' 1 nSi tne celebrated :h" or even hours T? nioonjs suppo- m , toony Instances. tU.i7coZ 3, K'H vootTc,,as ;ne.dne8t thewbrldr"' ve oen;-spnced." , They cansorn4V ZD "Ti l'rang , wouJd , be the prey ot the desiirninir. n rni4 f 1:7:- I- 1 t . "5US ever senn. When the star of .a1l,l"H "mes SetecWd bTtheTreatun, u-ur,ess ot its great mountain,; shadows, rents: and .ntln r.way into public. nis rose over the che Among thevpictures es ceased neuverin vit regions : of Restraint !n: atte?ll? ening I m oPs,and became a profeso theintest ourrtJandvand thefT tiVS" L,"A?fu froai '1 ''08iccieDrated-and;',h losbiihirl' ir..(:... ln mi,ny "Sra their. ; dress, iri nart. " J was heard. Sound is intlicta a mora! ininrVorir. .1 "" J-T ;' - """ ory.- . - . . on this g-n,c in existence is t,,at w.topropo-u- the occa.ioii S -t,on,,orwave-move,ea,. coontr while' he iilSS m". uhs; mstiNgu.stied ,1'renchirian , nh... -. h"nS neat, sjmmetncal and bran-new. In -.r,."ru V f to me delicate urPa- wrath of Ins m.kii.: if .-r-,t " I ..V. V . V. ofthi. -work, be tell,-. -.. iS"ZX vbre .tbe;-partre-. fciw -tZlV, then reachina our appreciate the resnlt-nr inrJ" of twenty. years e-,,erWnce." - . h?re no gaudiness about thdr-ttire. All hey; beeome formed' int. urely CA-i pareinV oueht not tonn r.r "Tn1' The,no3t ielebr'ated player since Desl '"er and displayj are. thrown aside,. a,,d W-'C w.lMch the. rnind takes note, devalue them. . PThey should keen tC SCenlT'T-C0W b channel !fa i K -.!,.-'. i. t . . the citv daII in wave-motion the rvirtiel nfmfn, offynrinr ri . . :l lr ocuie m a uentisi s rooms. eroYVheambS - SBlBWltT - - 1 kJ 1 - D n A ft A. . . M -" V & A L . 1 1 I'llllllf iiiiiiseii. 1 ri fniniwriArtn n . i 1.1 "uo u . t... i . 1 ' - miuim,nn: Liieir cuvn mr " " V I. I I I HUU l lITrt I I - ' - - - . . i . .......... . Sometimes. the youthful ! culprits emrafi in playing at. lovers or; effect a flirtation, but it is alvvavs .1 RlIn1on, hwjft inland, via Bennett's Vineyard, Bosticks Mills, Covington, Powclttou, Little's WliiLs. Jlangum, Mount Giloail, and Albemarle every TuRsday, at 9 p. m. lUleiivIl, via anil Lrrove. Sn turner villa fiv,iv l-e.vl every" Monday at 6:30 a. m. - GEO. LAUDER, r. Mi . i ; f: rSCAL OF DEPilECIATION. Adopted bt the leoislatcke op north Carolina. Scale of dq)rcciation of Confederate Currency, the gold dollar btUiig the unit and mt'dxure f value from Nov.lsL, l8(il,o Maylst., 186.5 Months. 1861. 1802.- 1863. 18G4. : lSti-,. $3 00 $21 00 $50 00 January, February, Mnrch, ; April, Ma.V. J une, July, Angiist. September, October, November, December, $1 10 1 15 Dec. 1 to 10 iuclusivc, Dec 10 to 20 inclusive. Dec. 21 to 31 inclusive,'1 $1 M 1 30 1 50 1 fO 1 50 1 50 1 50 1 50 2 00 2 00 2 50 2 50 panson with thesp. wu be classed at best as a thinl.r.ta Ui.. - -v. nycr. ui nasa uue nayer, rather vntn' SOme, btlt Snleudid wiilia irrmd li iueccermcii was a good player, but not bril-1 J a l00 m"Cti happiness for wit and liant. His was a cautions n.r K,ri, I repartee; there is such 11 peculiar soffnp . - -wv lOlytV Will II I 1 j 1 . . . I - Rame, It is said Iir mn), wU,,m UU1 tenderness in their confidential wl.ifin,W more than twelve or fourteen rubbers h2 an. such a Pndti the possession of each . who always" rose ?I M,?,t "f!"6 ! lhe'r? eeceivdd. !lt A man burying ralsh with 'Ether" ' Eve eating tho . - - . . . . .IT wn4Vi I HI'l'IC, - . ' . . . rtn I uiru. Limr ruaw ,... j . . 1 , . - . , to other particles: a,.d so tl, .;lfiV:: tat.on' . . r'; ?FH?V'0' tcmP' I "E-joyns the fit-Weed-A WJ.W - . " wiiii I 1 utu. v. 11 11 11 r ri m ron 1 . k 11 spreaus ami spreads; until it become, too lesson, of industrv-th. DiacK : leeoie to be discerned. A stone thrown in are constant intl, "1 .. "V"?. 56 End A parent clias-' a pond illustrates these afttinn n;,i .r fW...., .:.i m 7 -t - uicir using a emid. i ' . . r..; 5- 1 . . ; viiwc tti nu. a nc earin : also, nn TtriiTk Was unlike Tallevrand irpm the table after twelve hours' blav fr.h ?. Kerany,tnat the bridegroom makes the er and briirhter than whnn ho l,.., t.u "lscovery,&.rst,.and throws his arm c.nrrto burg has the reputation of a fin player and !y "roun he shoulders of his wile, as much (0 l w iii v . 1 1 t'l 1 :i ri r 1 Tr rfl-v-rt-bA -w..-.... itti r ,1 v ";. envious, w lio's . -.-,w ..s, mat, wu IlilVc U ter circle of ripple h formed. Wi wd we live, untried "d.wtr.rfr'S X 0n- Monumenf-Binious-wider; but shallower, until the circles are course, and the v,rv7i ..""u". . ,ts LVn3 pe 'njr on theTligh. Rock J topped-by the banks; or, if the pd be ?o of industry. Shall we T. ZW2XJ?: the! unz fnniifn. until 1 ... o, . q- mo nkci at uti iiroauwnir. irhm . 1 .:a. :..i. , 1 J Willi ir rimr nt nnriani I I ir ii " : 3 UU Hi 00 50 00 '4 00 23 00 130 our 5 00, 20 0J 100 00 5 50 19 00 ' ' ' C 50' 18 00 1 9 00 . 21 00 ' 14 00 23 00 -14 00 25 00 14 00 26 00 15 00 30 00 20 00 5 - 003,00 .' : 35 00 J -42 00 000 00 4C 00 000 00 Anil T.nrrl It1 I I trr-nm . II . I It was with the latter that the Emperor of j: liuieepiayeuagreat deal while iiiEugland. Tf:e Emperor of Russia is reported to have .-.t .in ruin t.. ...... ...1 -t . 1 1 . .i. 1 in iica ui Hnisi on nisiate visit m the I'l.ris Exposition, as Cavour won 20. KJ pounds during the sittings of the Paris Congress, where Jie played every ni;ht at the "Jockey Club." - they have lost so much depth that they can no longer ; be seen. If we have an instrument.,, capable of. commumcating stromr vibrations to tho air, such as a bell, and phice it under: the receiver of an air roadway, where an enter prising member of the Paul familv Kt r"" . r- , I HH.-CUII was exacting upon mi- """'""w u agency. - , nute points of etiquette to a degree that was ' But I have not time to mention all' the irksome to his subordinates. It was the "nous pictures, and I certainly have custom lor a lieutenant from ; neither time nor snim tf.f 1 rm win r 111 1 . x - w w UkbUilllfL Llin I Tim !.. I . I -f t - vwu 1 .... 1 . . 1 liil. iirri-1. 111 irri -in - y. m . i. . 1 t . 1 1 nniii mamea many vcars?" Not know? . , l'u",l'. ami strine it while in that position, for nr.l f Vii UB auu,,ral 8,,P ' MThe guilty slyness in the! way that arm w? ".ave a full sound, while the re- OHrU unwillinri, Cl WM ful: "! A New HoKUot.The latest borror SSd-first.-."-.i'0ft.,e.eat Vl 0 I Ckufc conje. from France. .A .boel!eV;te vijcii "rauuaiiy c oser.-vvhile- thr :,,v"j',,6 auu me same t ,P i..ntr.n,w 11 J-a vuiete. near Pan 1,1. bride riving ..i.. j , ' e :ne time pumn the nir o.ir ti, K..11 l ,e "tenants, each tryini? to show tlmr .,.:. i. . ' " , r.A r,s. ontny ces in aVervnnnlS and w.W: , "a" ' Z" t ; .until to the Crea t 1 of.a w it is she wfin ..1 ..AU ,ec : make -the ' vacuum .ffieiH " " 1 rcV01 ot th? others, a spirited youmr fellow - " 1. : i 1 . "a'azcd mind,; me wi umm 1 m oar .. ... . . "V '"'1 vo itnti.pni ti., z t " w. . 1 uu.cuurciv ewgnnnpt n mner mi. ' I Iliev Will m-k I.tnrrop l, ....-1 ll . m. . .v.u. up well Oil UOrtril Anil inrrn I l ' -'n"! ... .,IIUV gunge seats -f-.. r .. ... uu uuced himself lo th nilimmi r i r" wumau who was nnserab e Mpmh a fri, i , . . mte nsitv of a sound m n rr v..n ..i:.. i. , . . . .' lu l,,e. admiral, then iSir Jnlin r..-i. i. nnuuie i " . 4V7 "? UI.UUU. guage, and it --T : . V ' i."V,,lu."1 IJervis. who. after k:.. rr """ "wu8" 1 lu e ins wile. j?or a en- ir ah t 1 1 .-k n,. .l i. r ' ii ir? 1 1 1 1 ciri ill mM inrnrj lint ii .i.,..u . . t i - . , wuiitii ij " . 1 1 1 nni nnn i r 11 a - iu v j : i i in KH!i r r l i ir - t n.r.., -. -it l i - - v- tiv ivilu ilii iiiiii n v ii'irri.i n i . w n mumui in. t norwiii ii j . ? u vou.w rmnW.i .ri''icaimotKivc mV.oniHtft vn,. rv" ,cr vec?in ine "itot b u. mat me lady's shoulders y i.ieir .motion. Why not sUT " I don't knnw i otnerwise brutallv tnaltreatin? ti rtf fluan fix i . i "r IX rour attentmii? k.-h'q P.-.f...,..- m . - y a uou c Know who vm I ..r . . . .... - u"6 11 'aic.iie justa little to , i iwiLoaur. lyu- are.' I am .1 lUfnn . r .t J "T. u" u lul""e wretcn. Tlic man wasa drn ' rn i i y-x a a a. , i . ... i 1 1 :i i i ii nnn n ri t r i s s r . - v.mi liniii i nn ii imr i wt - funnel, niter, trave my; in this tmc L . inuyic ui air as a Round- n. A i- , . ,u,,w" am. lis nnnr.in.-i - rnrAl. e "jocKey uiub. v In Catholic countries "the - higher clergy a 3 very good, players. Ir:is said that Aii- Lr uelli is a rnatch for the best of them. WHIST. The origin of playing cards is enveloped in mystery. It is only known that they came from India, and- were brought into Europe by tlie Gyisiei,! early in tHe fourteenth cen tury. We first learn of them in Spain, from whence theWere introduced into France during the last years of thej reign of Charles j V." They Were not invented, as has been erroneously supposed, Vftirtlio aViiuseinciit of tie unfortunate Charles VI. duriughis luiKiry. are tone Whist. Ts i-:illol itir-'nioK..nn..ii.:A i; .t ionable embellish pastime, which relieves the druderv of n . h??r9 her neck H.nber WVe i,aMe-! "ver lf.; ,l "."r1 fro,n its life. It is a relaxation to the overworked asneu paper collar land her head wnnw a nuigi.t.oring particle, ir:un. In its alternate play of occupation ' gravitates to the broad shoulders of her with an accelerated inotiori, and then and amusement a , reailv: -neti' Win.i r1"" ana mere-it, nestles annocentlv V,MI "e! e lorce which fir.n , ,m nil l,in ., I.- i 1 . I finds its most, pleasant repose. In the inte anU con ,a tle repose of Jionest 11 18 opd by the elastic force of ests of the pla one Argots what othe wSe Vnd trutUM love, r At times in spite ar Vw.W.ch h "aI, tops the particle, and he would te unable to banish froThls Putions. a. tress or two of her fo recoil. At a certain point-ot brooding imagination. ' 1 A? golden Jocks will get loose and drop on her j!00' th of the particle is Hbi r!iinii rhr nt' rp.. 1 1 j ; 1 1 ' ? ' shoulder. -, But it almost seemt tli'.f tu at ,ts maximum. The intensity of the sound iu i viuui . ui id cviiiiuj w ill cvpr no ;i r - , cyiaiiu wui ever oe an- i n. ..;...ll... .l; r , . .1 1 IMU nci;iaieu uy ine experienced player: 'xou donot know whist, young man? - What a miserable old age awaits you!" ' - 1 ". AXECDOTE OF THE LTE EARL OF ClIAT imi.rA great deal has been vvritten and said about" the nrenarutious for the nn. , Several centuries elapsed without anvl mention of whist, the Ring of cames, amonir I the card-players of , Europe. Kabeliass proaching Abyssinian war, and the author- manes no mention 01. mis game in the list of those played by Glargantua in the twen ty second chapter of.his works. , Moliere er and neatness iii their very disorder I ,S ProPPno"ed to the square-'of its inaxi- and abandon. . So they go, fancying' themselves lost in the f crowdunnoticed, unknown, -with their secret locked Tup in their own palpi tating bosoms. Happy youn people! Destructive Wea pox. Says the. Sa vannah News and Herald, the first actual experiments in real warfare,! with .the new weapon oi the J? rench army, the Cliasse- A n . r ir- 1 1 - 1 . . ..1 .IT P lr un anuic I 7luV;M-in.niydress.V'.--You" have no buckle. in your shoes!' The lieutenant departed, supplied the omission, and re turning again presented himself ubon the admiral s quarter deck, prepared to tako his revenge. The first formalities having been gone through, Sir John was proceed mg to give his instructions, wheu to his great surprise, the lieutenant said he could not take his orders. -Why not?' inquired the startled Jems. I don't Icr.nw w... ities have been censured by borne for send am? into Spain for mules, while hv nfK.W for lukewarmness. Perhaps at sucli a rri- ! Pot rifle' Were m;,Jti in thefiuht with the! i i f . . . . . . . -. . . - i. .ii: . i r i uescrioes a game oi piquet in. the comedy sis it would be well to follow the example J 1 Monto ttotondo. T of i4Les Facheux'. ; What use might he not f one of the" most' enerjretie Ministers of -sults vvere terrific, and the. lie w arn War that ever refer to , Will M. ... XT -. ' . -. i--, s lpfPiif nf tli n..., l..l. i: .Ijj: i , iiatiidiij. xmo mail ever estaousiied a more j 7 ; uauuaiumns, was uouotless severe despotism over every naval and miU' caused by the French weapon. There itaryj!depar.ttneht..iof ' theVStatelthan " thisl uvn -perimentsiwithlit of another great patnoL ; The under secretaries,' .the 'I in(1 'Which are described in a letter written heads of departments, the clerks, were all If- a Frech surgeon. A mm died atStras taught to feel that they were under the or- burg of a disease of the liver. His' body dei s of one who was determined to see the v.a suspended by the neck, under the di- duties efhcieiitlv and lVromntiy carried out. I rect,on ' two surgeons, in an operating T7. '1 " l. 1 J r. . ,. nmnrnft.nnl.n 1.- .j - r r O ojiuii une occasion, wnen connued to his bed by, an attack of have made of the ''sublime game of whist had it been known in his day? Whist ori ginated in England, where it is mentioned as a common pastime, in 16S0, though no science was used Jnf pluyingyitf untili fifty years later,1 when Hoy le gave instruction to the nobility at a guinea a' lesson. , His 'cel ebrated work appeared in 1743. ,, l.f In 1S15, Pope thus addresses ' Martha Blount in oneT of his poetic 'epistles:' "Some quire, perhaps, you take delight to rack, Who e game is whist, whose to.-st is stick.'" ' . In the time of Swift it was the favorite pastime of the clergy. He says the cler gymen used to play at whistand swabbers." The Ram.bler, May 1750, introduces - in 'the letters of a young lady her complaints that "Papa made me drudgeat whist till I was tired of it; and far from wanting a head, Mr. Hoyle, when he had given me above . forty lessons, said I was one of his best scholars." '' ; - 1 ' "; '-vt ' It is given ns an autumnal .resource ag-; ainst ennui in Thompson's seasons': "To cheat the thirsty moments, whist awhile Walked hig dull rounds amid a cloud of smoke , Wreathed fracraut from the pipe. " . " " ' ... . -! , - ' . .... -.'.j- - ' 1 It was reserved to Charles Lamb to-im-i mortalize this game by making it the sub jct of one of his "Essays of Elia.V Who .does not remember the celebrated toast of SarahTJr ittlenbwl with her God.'who, next to, her devotion, loved a good game of whist?- - - - ' ' : 1 1 r " . . ' nother. modern writer savs: 'It is well known that the peers of the three king-' uoms, atter having spoken all day and a portion of the night, in Parliament, on state afi'airs," found a 'nut game' necessary to rest their wearied tongues, and ; that hence sprung whist." 1 " -,.f : VI It is related of a .King ; of : France . that vrhile playing at whist he dropped a louis 'or. When stooping to pick it .up a foreign Ambassador sitting at the same table, took a thousand franc note, nndjighting it by a taper, used it as a-torch for the King.' j I Why was the French , king, at such' a time, playing whist'Because all his prede cessors since Louis XW played it.1 Charles X. was playing 'hist during the ; battle of ' aT"8: wjiich cost. him his throne ; .iV-jr v It is -not ony among monarchs that 'whjst has been most lrivoguebut in' the'niostja greeable socictyj among-. the most eminent subtle diplomatist!. .What moral as well as a ... vfe nr.. ; t IxniAx Pr.ivT' Avn Avin.tn aii"..-' r" . ri-Jnuer. . u mi l M f l l ori'i j I . . . .. .... piams and animals which' a European sees in India, the Himalayas or Cashmere, are not different from those he . has seen at home. The song lark, which every, sum mer visits the dior.moiintains, diflers little from the constant songster of England. The house-martin is the. same. . The HritiJi bracken is plentiful. yoi I am Sir John cd, lly to sh e- thened cat- k- partner ol his home was that she refused urn the means to procure drink; . and in us endeavor to wring las 'booty from her by torture, he flung her tathe groundput his knee on her chest, essayed to strangle Jrrand then'gouged oiie of hVr eVes ouU 1 He to'.d her deliberately that he there and f ben intended to kill himself, and that sho 1 should be spectatress of his death and' J "shudder at his grimaces."; He tied her 1 1 hand and foot. gagged her and openinrr & 'j knile,- swore that if she dared to stir he 1 J would at once rut rW th,- n t.l '-.'- . tsu l. 1 1 (I 1 he primroses, how- he re-' ever, which peep up through the n.elting most energetic Ministers of , r" tc..,,, ium ine new arm may i snow, nrc not yellow, but pink and purple 3r held office in Euglarid we r be ; considered , superior to jthe Prussian tin Affghanistan, raspberries and blackber wm Pitt, afterwards t Earl of ; "dle-giin, nidced, very much so. " The Wes are common; and in some places; pine forests, field clover, aud white daisies have been found. On'the, northern frontier of the punjaub, flocks i ot: iackdaws. Cornish choughs, and rooks are seen in winter. - The ' i . . . . . . nuguove resiues in the lower Himalayas, and the: common starling is known in ' iiin- dostatt. The common iack suitre appears in Rawul Pindee, iii February and March. Chimney-swallows, sand-martins and hlarlc and Alpine swifts are I , passing visitants of tue sun-Himalaya ranges. Sparrows breed in the thatch of the verandahs in June and July, i MillardsV teals,1 ; cranes, bitteriis, chort-eared owls, rrioor buzzards, pale har riers; cormorants, "ruffs and smews, are all migrants, coming and going with the win ter , months. "'. ' ""' . full .cost urn having exp his orders wneuce lie soon emereed in th un " 'o io.iace.De- . " ne of au admiral, and ihe officer tZ heWmo kicked away V' pressed his satisfiiction eS t St1' X f .UVCU Jwi. lus victim being-compelled, as in n V i.iueuus iiigncmare,' helplessly to1 witness rout, he .sent for the Master-General- of the Ordinance, I Sir Charles Frederick. "The battering train from the Tower," said the Minister, "must be at Portsmouth by to-morrow mornin at seven o'clock." "Impossible!" faintly muttered the master general. "At your peril, sir, let it be done, and forward me an express from every stage till the traiu ar rives." By seven o'clock the train Was. at Portsmouth ": 4 ; '- i: r nilinhirlinotrn . T.',-.." . .. 1. nr -...jM.uHuauc JL iuui a point inieeo me tres, or about fifty 'feetdistant, five shots were fired into the body with the Chasse- por rule, and the wounds were carefully examined.," Each ball passed directly through the body, without deviating -from a straight line. The fori ficevh ere it enter ed was the exact size of the bull, but where it emerged, the. orifice .was from"; seven to uiirieeri times as large. Arteries, v'eius and smews were cut. -Flesh and muscles were torn and reduced to pulp. !Bones"were shattered to a degree out of Zall pronbrtion to: the size of the ball' After passin- " Y; & ' luc uuuyt aue 4jaiis pierced two uuenncu pianks, and then sunk deep in the wall. These terrible effrflt inpj.,1inf :-ft-1 tual conflict. Illegible Scrawls. -During the debate on the Reform Bill in the House of : Lord.- Lord Lyttleton proposed : an amendment. reiusing fne iranctiise to ievervhrnUr could not write legibly. The fun of the0" ofiheJChasepbtJri in ac tmng was that the clerk of the House was totally unable tOTead;his; Lordship's own i'legible writing, and Uhe: amendment1 vas withdrawn without a division. Referring to this incident,lthe; Spectator remarks: "UI the letters received at this office, which are all from educated persons, at least ten per cent, are written in that detestable Ital ian hand which was: studied twenty years ago, .and are intelligible only to composi tors.' The introduction of note paper spoil ed half the hand-writings in England. The lines are not long enough to admit of legi-1 ble letters." -. Our own experience on the point scarcely confirms that of our clever co temporary ; b u t i nth is co n n ect io n we re member hearing sorre years ago that Lord Pul m erton, wh i le home .secretary, add ressed a circular to ; the masters of the uational schools; ;t1irectrng''Tlheir! attention to the thin,' scraggy, style of .writing taught to their pupils, and ,recom mending r f hT, addp tibn of bolder, thicker, strokes in forming the letters. : Perhaps his lordship overlook 1l i 'ii 'f ' i'" i-i': "- ' ... : eqneriacE-tnatsteei - pen were gradually superseding the ill,;andHe'bad;sle)i apprehended was the natural .consequence oi uus i a Dor-saving substitute. tViLD !JtJiGEONS.--Duringi the past week large quantities ofiwild pigeons passed over our town,': in a southwesterly direction. morning last, a large number of flocks passed over in rapid 'succession--!1 one of our citizeus tells us that he counted some thirty flocks, some of whfehrextended for miles'in length. ' They were veiy hicrh, and we have not heard of any being kilfed oy our gunners. Various conjectures were given as to the cause i of their piigration at this late day.' One versibnSvas that'they were driven north ward by the .'recent ter riblehurricaries ontbelslands of St. Thomas and Porto Rico, and 'that 'they are now re- How to Make Houses Pull. A team of two horses, hitched to a wagon heavily laden with .wood,, stalled at, the hill near the Tennessee round house yesterday, and all the whipping ;and beating by the driver, could j not induce them to budire a nei? Just as tjie.Jehu was about to give up the Coutest in ' despair, an "old country1 negro came, to the horses;slipped the bridles from their heads,1 patted them a 'few times upon the neck with Jii$ hand, and then giving the word, tbe animals moved oft' with annarent ease arid cheerfulness; -and no further diffi culty occurred during the asceiit of the hill. The old darkey stated that he had driven many balky horses iu his days, and had never 'known his simple-plan of inducing them to draw faithfully to fail. -Lynchburg Sties. t ' v, ' : . : i TlIR f!ffivnpi.uv r. xt I nr,. rr ' VV'VW4 "r i'tw jekset. "?w "ui5iions or ins limbs "and' the dis- llm rreuton State Gazette, of the 27th ess of J.is features. At last the woman November says: , . t , , contrived to liberate herself from hef bonds Ihe cranberry crop on Cape Cod for the a,,d her shrieks brought in the ticiirhbors present year amounts to 10.000 harr!. f Thezinan wn rfpnrl : i 6i ' ; ' m . which a large portion arc said to.lmirp Kp. cut severely by the frost. In Ocean countv AIIE IIrvest CF 1SG7 Tiibouoiioitt tip? itwill reach 1G.000 barrels; and New Jersey oui.d. The Boston Journal, in an elabo- " 9 entire win probably produce 40,000 bar- rate article,. shows that the countries which rels. Other states, Michigan, New York, wil, be compelled to buy;breadstufrs, be-' 1 ' North Carolina, New England and other lo- tween t,,e present time and the next bar- 1 cahties, will probably produce 00,000 bar- yest arc Great Britain,: France, Belgium. rels, making as the probable crop for the A.urtugal, Spain. Switzerland, Italy; Ale- "1 present year of 100,000 barrels or 300,000 r,a.Tuili and Morocco; while tho countries i bushels,; ol which New Jersey produces w;,l,cli Ysnavo gram to sell are the U- nearly one-half, consequently, she can con- mteU states, Canada. Chili and somo of iroi me price ot the whole crop. ; The uie ou,cr oouwi American States, Russia, value of the crop cannot fall short of SI.- Turke7 anJ the-Danubian ' Piincipalities. wvu.uuo, aim mis immense sumjs harvested I fc , u; . . r ,4 - . , . - ... va from what has been considered worthless Tbe stock of old wheat in Great Britain l!lirttt I'.n.Tj 1T...L t 1 I I ilNll Tl'f-U.lf.A fisWA U t -- . " mucu oi mis iani nas been I - . nut uccu bo icw- since wrested lrom the possession of wild animals. I as-they are at the present time. 9 'a wild morasses, over which even the light Lare purchases of wheat hava been made - tooted Indian, or still lighter footed squir- turning, which, to our mind, is quite Teasbn able.1.. Others say5 tjiarit'isfa 'precursor'of coming stonrls and a severe vvinter, ,which A'OP5 wil1 "ot come to pass. York( Pa:) JPrcss, ' t y.i" r.- - 4 .5 - '.,14 M? J"Uierlti" of .SanT iTahciscoIpassed! a Jaw that all the- bar-rodmsishould ihi 5riMS at KfJxS pcR:.ati night.v,Th4 keepers compiied,Tshuc"at twelve.'amf opened at five minutes 3 afteHvafdsTor the neTpin .trii Ui.. . ." "7 -The, Kanawha Republican tells of a man in a neighboring coinitv who was elected n school: trustee, and Who could neither read nor write.. It. was incumbent on hirn to take ar-census of all tho children in his dis trict; he-donld riot writehoW should ho do it? ! THeir names he could not give but jip; could give the numbcr 'and the 'Sex by an JngeqiouslmHhoii of. his".'own.: lie filU ed )iis lreeches pockets with red and white bean8,randwhen'iie.:came.'to a boy he reg istered hini" by putting' a redi bean in- one side-pocket of his coat,and when to a girU byiputtingi 'white one in a pocket on the btherfdeso whtlu begot through he couh) "j!HffiS?0of 'gaU'and boys': inVhis ! bailiwick, -.Ingenious man. that: for some .time past on French account 'i ' rel could hardly tread without miring. And I ie. castern ports. The French govern w , these vvbrtti less swamps, uow improved in ,Dent "asjntiiuated to its citizens that largo L - purcuoses oi--oreadstus would " ba"expe dieut, 4lFpr many years past the imports ' ot wheat in Great Britain have steadily 1n--"? creased. This lias been owing to the in- 1' crease of popu lattou, ? the imnrorement fn f ill the rate of wage's, and th mnr & the cranberry culture with bearinir . vines. uao worm j,uuu per acre. One evening at the theatre. John PWnir observed n man sitting three seats in front wuom lie thought he knew; he requested . . - . . . 11 Si. !.ca.l a little. John discoxCed hh 2 '.J'f.Sli;'; deficiency caused by the partial ti- fi i "U3cuircu ins mis- failureof this years crop. The fo lo wine- 1 ? ' "dli5llj' Gre,tllriui-,iCBisi5, ukuz periodai iJ on uie pia, arid aiiectinir unconsciniiflnnaj -..en-- . WWJ piay of the whole afl'iir, he I g unconsciousness I ,.rr, .1 iiMt thfl . mm, Mtl. I : " .. inir wholly without an excuse, there wa rom 1810 to , H2,0G7, ( - ( of course7 a' ludicrous and ernbarrasshm n lSil.to lSoo : 21,415,72c - - -scene, during all of which Phomix Fro,n:iS.50 tO'lSGU. -;r? 26, 1 OO.OSo! foundly interested iu the pI.-iv. At,Jtun om,lSGl lo ISO,-' - ' -:-30,903,0lI. man with the cane asked, rather indiguant- ? - "G average price of British wheat for. V t ly, "Didutt you tell nie to poke' that man the week ending September 7th was 62s5d ;L;! with mv t trL- VM V i. a j 1. l . 1 riMr . nimrtpr; hut lor tlia i rer with mystick?" "Yes." "And what. ihn quarter; but for the corresDondini? u 1:1-:. . . . - I -rrr- . . . a iimyou want? ' "l wanted to sett whcth-l weeK in J?ar i?0 io lb JGr inclusive, . - ri liih nnccs m wi u its ikulivp v j..ivm jwm I L juu. . . los anu.ifStu per quarter. Ihe present it cr you would poke him or not.""- V L EMiatLlTlO.Y TO 3IISSOURI At irefJ by th e, St. Louis i Democrat that according w voK.i.akw ujH-u vn goou authority, not ess,thair two' hundred thousand persons 1 ,l,o ' I'VV ." -olii is. urawing largo ' ..n supplies thither, v. and for the 'first eight "5 mouths of x the v present 'year the imports"., -1, vvcio auuuk nave; settled in. Missouri during. tho past WVear ycarC The growth . of ourVcstern States r . " " 1 -1 oneoi uie wonders oLthis U The imost needful' bonds for wedlock : -roarvcllpus age,. ...... ,f2q L Five-twenties. 3 Li v i ': , . 1 . . . I r f '1
The Eagle [1866-1875] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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Dec. 17, 1867, edition 1
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