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i .1 ! i v 7 at 1 i J - ' s . " , i , : ; ' J- :" . - -. i I N- -I t I w i i I 1 X : -5 ' Xaasaa Affairs- j Accounts, from Kansas, as to the oro- ipects pf the pro slavery party are conflic jDo (fenraJ Atchison sayi in .a letter . jto thejfayor of Columbia. I therefore 7 would suggest that co mirg mobey "be raw ' sed in South Carolina; Le people of that State have been liberal above all others of i the Southern States. Yet I fear thr.t the j North has an J will raise and expend in . t Kansas, to effect their unholy purposes,! wo j dollars jsvhere we can raise one Yetldo not despair. . ! - , ' .j I CbloSel Alpheus Baker.who was at this ? place sotrie time ago, in a letter t the Carolina Times, takes an entirely different j view of jhe subject. - lie regards the pros j pects odthe pro slavery party as flattering and he add Jces facts and figures in his support j - , The following are the latest arrnirtifc . Importance, - I- . - ' Sr. Locis July'6.' Kans iks dates to the 13d instant, are re- ceived. A Democratic Convention met at ! Lecompion on the 2d inst. Judge Elmore - presided. ,Ex Covernoj Ransom.If Miclii fgsn was; nominated forjCongress' fly a two thirds vcjte," bver lion. E!i Moore ' A resolution endorsing the policr "of . Governor Walker,and expressing a deteriri . 'nation support h-im. w:s adopted. ' . St. Locis, July 7. r ' An ut i s.its the published let'er in the Republican Democratic . Convention which . j met at Lecqmpfon on the 3rd was compos Jed of a fci.ijpnty of pro slavery "men;' but j j that the If .whole, Democratic party wilF support WaJkei's inargural, and thesub " inisssionjof jhe Constitution to the' people Resolutions werg passed excluding all sec tional distinctions adopting the Cinciu nali platform assuming that the natne,Xa ! tioial Democracy of Kansns.cmbraced all - Democrats, whether f cm the Xorth or .South. J Governor Walker wfs invited to ,aidress (he Convention which he did -with great efijtct Ransom's election is regain ded as certain. . ; t 1 Later (advices from Leavenworth state that Genera! Haruev discredited the re ported battle between the Indians, and the troops under -Colonel Suranei's command. Philosophy in Cbnrt We observe that a r riza is offered this iyear by Harvard College of $500 to any ; pupil w$o shall Le ilecided by tLe Corpo- ration ta have attained the greates s.m r id malhtmatic3.: ; The person who effers i .j ,.,- the pnzd,which is cuilv proDosed foriLeirl . 7jgjrnj,u-a A. ioyuen. a c.-igmeer, j t This gentleman was concerned in rrsuit i, last yeaf, brought t - him in the Supreme -Court of Massachusetts against the Atlan licCottsn Mills of Lawrence, which, was ; of a very interesting character but has ne- rer, sd far as we are aware, come before ' the puilic. Mr. Byden has agreed to rnake a turbine water wheel for the At i :i. ,i...i i - .,;!;,,' I .'Aula nuitu suuuiu j.iic vi ukiii.v its it is ermed, seventy six per cent, pf the Trater ppwer. If he succeeded in saving that. per rentage he was to have $2,000, f not h4 was to have nothing; and for ey try oae per cent, above that he was to res ceive $350. ' Mr. Boyden went to woik, and produced a wheel which saved, as he affirmed, ninety six per cent. . The labor involved in this result may be imagined i rom the fact that Mr. Boydea spent more 'r i. f .1 . ' " .1 . ?! ' 1 'l tuan o.uuu in me meie maineraaucai cal culations.. .The company had provided no suffcianl means of testing the matter prae tically, and as the per centage claimed ly Mr. Boyden was altogether unprece ( dented jhey contested the claim. The I case went into court. No jury on the globe I qould coHiprehend the question, and the J learned fbench also found itself entirely at fault. The case was accordingly referred ta three well-chosen parties :Judge Jo raxkerjof Cambridge; Professor Benj imin Pierce, thematheiinticiahj and James B. Francrsj pf Lowell, the agebt of the united cpmpauies of Dowell in the mitnageraeLt ' cfthe comtnoy water power. ProfeBsor Parker fum!hed the I nr. Mr. Franci the practical acquaintance with hydra trlics,and "Professor Pierce the mathematical knowl edge. jThat learned geometer had to dive deep aad study long before j the . problem i was settled. But settled it wis at last.and in Mr. Boyden's favor, to whon the refer CS awarded the sum of eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars. .Mr, Boyden had "previously constructed trubine wheels that utilized respectively the extraordinary a mounts of tighty-nine and ninety per cent; the last wheel utilizing.ninety six per cent exceeds any thing of the kind that was ev er nsaje. The wheel is one hundred and 1 four and threequarter inches in diameter. A . Y. Post. - A Hint to Mothers- " . As we ?Te now in themdt of the sea son when debilitating complaints are most prevalent, it will not be amiss to remHO our readers tliat a little precaution will n vert much of the suffericg which children and even adults, are liable.. The method J js Tery simple." Let every head of a fami: ly provide a small quantity of' the best gum-arabic, and have it in readiness to be administered on the first symptom of a dys ntemc attack. The gum should be dis solved! in cold water, and the liquor being sweetened, will make a pleasant and effica cious demulcent, which may be taken or 1.1 ministered freely in lieu or ordinary v . t-.;,:. . ge. ' : . Mere Rioting in New York. Wew YorS, July 13. On Saturday night 'a mob "at; Seguinejs Point attacked the metropolitanjiorce guar ding the new quarantine buildings. The engagement lasted half an hour, firearms being freely used.' Finally" thef 'mob was defeated and driven off. One policeman was wounded. - ., L . 1 A riot in the seventeenth ward last nio-ht between the Irish and GermansTesuIted iu one German being killed and a policeman fatally wounded.. ' - ' ; ' ,.' - The lioters renewed the disturbance on last tight and have been fighting: among themselves the whole afternoon, occasion ally attacking stranger who ventured a mohg them.,. Several persons were badly beaten, on the supposition that they were policemen disguised. Four or five hundred policemen are, on the ground, and the mil- ita;y are held in reserve in the arsenal. It is said that a member of the; common council and many ofhe ex police aieaes tive among the" rioters, . A quorum of the city , council did not meet to nYghf, in cosequence,-of which the police arefstill deprived of the use of the station-house. Mayor "Wood is not. Jo .o l tound. At the last accounts the . localjrv ' was comparatively quiet: " ' The riot commenced iji .consequence of the attempt of Oorcner. Perry Jo hold an inquest over the body of the man who was killed yesterday, the rioters opposing his action on account of his being an Araeri can. . -. Anothrr KallocL At a recent term of die court in Carrol Ohio, Rev. Joseph Barely, was ' found guilty of;the seduction ' aud breach o.f pibmise of marriage toEHzabeth.Sharp,3nd mulcted in damages to the value of $5,000 The Stark Couuty Democrat in uoticing the case, savs: ; The defcnJent 'was a preacher of -the Covenanter cr Seceder faith, and one of the leading. Fremont men in Carrol Ohio Tfce evidence on the trial showed that he ( had for some time been paying his aJdt es- J ses to Miss Sharp, an accomp.isbed and highly respectable joung woman of the county, that he promised to marry her and then with the heilih machinations of a fiend, but shielded wiih the livery of Ilea- ven, he set about his work of "-destruction, .,i l great professions of nguicuuiuns aumitu hhii uis promise oi : . . - , , '. i, iijti I in ire. lie suci'CM'tifui in spiitirinfr tno young gijj fr?m tLe patL of v;lfnuJ flc. complished her ruin and dseited her. Death of lldx. AY. L Mirier. This great statesman died very suddenly at the SansJSouci hotel, in Ba'Iston, X Y. on the 4 th of July. . lie cohiplained ea:ly on-the moruyig of that dayof a p:iin in his side and at noon was found dead in his bed with an opeu book Ion 1U breast, and a lettter he had just written lion. John M. Bptts of a Iing liear hmr Got. Mar cy" was emphatically, one of leading pol' ticians in this coun ry. lie posessed , in domitable f-energy. au1 perserv.ince, lli. loss is a tatioual leieavement, and 'will be Lamented alike ii all parties' . , O r . : Bank of CiiariIotte. Tle annual meeting of the "stockholders of the Bank ' j " . "' - of Charlotte was hejd on the first inst two-thirds of the entire capital stock 'was represented. We ljarn that the report of the President exhibited the iastitutien' in a ver'v healthy aud prosperous condition. A divident of 5 per ent. has been declared' for the last six mon ihs'.operationsj" : The following gtntlemen were elected directors for the ensuing year: J. II. Yil son, J. II. Whits, Jphn Walker, T. Brem, A. B. Davidson, Divid Parks and S. P. Alexander. ' At a subseqnet meeting of the Board, S. P. Alexander, was elected President. 'CAPTTRED.-EIslfirTohnsOnpUr Laseil,ills.Wondfc:r wh'll ptdFWJ arrest Gov. Brasr?. nffered a reward of three hundred dollars, wa i pursued and captured io Carter County; Tenn last week,, by Henry E. Lane,of Henderson county .where Johnson stands chaijged with rape, and was I brought back and lodged in jail at lien . dersonville. 'So w learn by the last Her ald of. Truth. Ashe Bulletin. For the Bite! of a Had Cos A subscriber ir sonal respectibility panada, bf whose per- ive ean bear most cheer ful testimonv 6endS us the fojlowing re ceipt for the. bite cjf a mad dog, the effi- cacy of which he i peak in strong terms, aiding "the paUen will find it extieraely difficult to eat.thest Cakes without fluid to take with them, lu: under no circumstan ces should food. or drink be taken at the rae.or within six hours after.howeier thirs ty pat:ent may be.' Receipt for the Rite of a Mad 2)o7.-Take gg shell.and burnt,toa lime pulveiize and sift through apiece of gauze; take two heaped table ppoonfuls the sifted lime ard mix with the eggs to the consistency f butter or . crean fry this in a pan with ' piece of fresh butter or some sweet oil.- This, cake to be eaten in the. morning, aikl nothing of food or drink to be taken for six hours afterwards. Three 6uch cakes as above to be eaten on three alternatejmoruings for an adult; to be diminished fbr a child according to Ml &r2tlk. SATURDAY JIILY 25, 1857 Although we printed several hundred extra copies of the Gazetlte last week, contain ing the "Memoir of I)Rf Mitchell," the supply fell far, short of the demand ; therefore were publish it this week on our forth page. Extra copies may be had on application at this of fi-ei ' : . i: ' THE UNIVERSITY. The exercises ol (hei Uuiversity were re- sumed on Inday 1 ?th inst. - : . e learn that.the Freshman Class consiats of 6G members. Beside them, 19 names hare been added to th Sophomore Class, and 2 tq thVJunidr. There arc about 90 new students a!L POSTMASTERS- To our -ficconiraodatiti; and obliging Post Master J., P. McTJjade, Esq we a:e"i debited fur numerousrOTd alinost dailv fa- voi j fur which be will please accept our thanks. Postmasters are able to exert consideia- ble'in(luence"i)ut-h for and against publish eisj aud we are sot rv to "find, occasionally, ouei of the latter s6rt-4-one who seems to take a p ide iu vexirig;and crossing a pub Usher in short just such a postmaster. a may be seen by the durious at Pontotoc P. O., Pontotoc County .Misissij)i. ; . ' ' i , , evil, we owe tins man several gool turns, which wo wait but! Ian oppoi tutiity ' to Gaxlant Swimming. A few months sintje, ihe steamer Alida.ascended thisOhio, near Cottonwood bar j came in collision with the Fashion, sinking the foime in a few moments? of time. Seeing the danger, a gjnileman, whose name is not given, for? rrcifii! nf llip d:in'rar liiui'splf 'ha.lpnd to " ; o - ' r- the cabin.picked up a youug lady, jumped ovej board,. and with tier swam ntjarly a mile to the shore. A i;ewlvinaiiied gen tleii.au did the same thing with his bride. N, C RAILROAD. .' The Stockholders ofj this road held their annual .neeting in Salfsbury, last week. From toe repoit of thrf President and ac companying tables, which we ti-id in the Watchman, we gather! ihe following statis- t:cs whitdi doubtless will prove inter rtad. est i n cr to tbe mnjoj-ity of our ersi : , y First Class Passenger coaches on the Road ; ' . ;: j .;L: .. ' ..13 Second Class TassengT Coaches ;4 Mail Coaches, ' 5 Box Cars t 114 ' - Flat ' .'(-.' 87 Urarel Tfimis r , 30 l'he company- have;cmployed in Trans portation, repairs of Itk-td, i5lio;s, .cCc',147 .wLite men, 19 Fieei regi'oes and 276 Slaves. The have '2' fefl -tines cbsliiig $2j0,S15. L bor fo the : past year cost o,bl3, 79 ; Mnteiial,p,7oi,07 ; Oil, Tal loiy, fco4,221,76; Waste. 400 IT; Wood, $oj540 27, making a total j)f 20,214,99 , The total earning jf the road from all sources amount to .300.449,63 ; the to tarxpense of operating the lioad amounts to $137,525,00, leaving a bjilauce account of nettprofirs of 102,924,63. '- V . Bragging. Several of our Exchanges have boeir boasting lately of presents from different quarters, such as -tfers.' subscri bers and other early -vegetables, among winch we notice the N.CJ Cbiistian' Ad vocate has received a twenty five dolhiT J Continental bill a rguUrshin-jplasteT.' We had several of the same sort 'on hand, from S 1 -4 cent billi to iiundted dollr.r nv : oPtw '-rfetninds us. tliat we are indebted to some one-1 dota t rememoet who,now,for the promise of sun dry eaily articles, and to our own garden for; the first lioastingiEai-s" of the Season, on the 0 tli aud also oq the 15th inst. Who beats that. j . ... P. S. Since writing the above we are norkin in luck, havin??; received from our "oj .' o . , ...' ( i- frieud Wi J. Hogan. Esq., the most ire menius beet ' in these naits Its : clean weight is 9 pounds and it measures iwen iv iseven inches in circumfetence ; We challenge Orange to beat this beet. Who is the jcontiibutor . signing himself Alexander G-j -n Make jour self known. ' ' r I 'jCST The lazy club!, i we are requested toW, holds itc nfeetjng daily, just any wheie, arong Frankli.Q street, ; wbeie there is good shade. The Secretary, who was charged, last week, will) . flagrant breach of duty by exhibiting unusual eprigh I li nes in getting out of the way of a falling timber, has made the ! necessary acknowl edgments and been reinstated. Correction. Dr.j Mitchell" graduated at Yale College in 1813, not in 1815 as. is seated on the fourth page. He was tutor ! ' 1 : Ii,Vour coutribuuoi js marked "in but is unavoidably crowdedout t-day. ' RESOLUTIONS OF THE TRUSTEES1! whr present brought experience to oar .vx Mlf A"iT'JUAI' ;: At arrteeting of the Executive CVm mitiee of the Trustees of th University at' the Executive" office in this City, on the 4 th. iuaiM iiiB luiiowjug-roreeaings were uad:: His iexcelh-nev Governor Brao-o- hatin communicated ofST-Jlty, intIIigence f iie! recentuadeu4 andHnelancholy death of tlip Kev'd Dr. Eusivi Mitchell, iate Pio-J fessbr "of Chemistry, . M'neiology, and Geology in the TJuVTersity, t'le 'Executtve vxjininiuee, m viewui ojs cnaiacter as a Christian gentleman; ;of Jiis aid iiousjongj continued and inesdmable- services in the Academic corps,anTh:s disiinguihed posi tion foi the last foi ly years as a. meinbe? of tlwj Fac'ultv. inth ad ministration of 1.1 ie affaiis of ihe Coliegf; in view of Jiis emi j neut attainments inuiteratureand science his ardent patrotisu and public services! consider 'the pi eseni a ;fit. occasion to ex4 press meir ttnaiiifipus sennment ot true condolence-aud syijpathy with the widow and family of.ibe deceased, with the offiv cers and memh JlW the College, and'th peopl-i of tlx w! -fttate at.tlus sad ntwp dvei whelihins: javintut which -we hv all sustained: an-liia jtlie r'amurd on !.' half of the whole lody of lhj Ti usteci of - 1 the Lluiveisii v,!his C'imjnittee will coidial y unite with other .associations i and mdiV vidiiaLs in i paying 4cduring hou.oi'-r to lii memory" ! i Resolved.' Thatjthe half yeai's ' salarjc' of !iefpi ofesor,for he residue of the.'prcseh .seal jc-ar; be paid, by . the acting bursar of the College to the widow of the deces- ed, and that her .family be i perinirdl (if she so desires it) to contige the occupy- lion ot tier ' prnsent revaen.ee j- untw t?e cloeof thisvear.' . s . Resolved, Tlpit a, copy ofj the f 41 H'fif proceeoiiiirs be p need in ihe hands of iu, , e , &- , ? lh consideration of the vacancy Ocuining by the death of Dr-litchelJ rn the Profeis Chemistty, M'uerplogy and Geo logy, and .'the BursoiV Luea, at the be gluing of a session just commetieir'g. j.r Reno I red, . ' Th a t to e n a I te . 1 1 1 e 1 ka rd of Tiustees to fill: these places permanently, with judgement 'and 'discretion,': the Presb ideiJtof jthe Univeisiiy, Gov. i Swairi, be authorize! and requested, with theconcijr enw of, the Facyft'' to 'distribute the ya lioos duties of these several .offices among such memberi of the Faculty as mayb willing to undertake them, and, if necessa ry to appoint one or more tutors. That such temporary awigemen-'s fhall te in force ;fbr and duiing the; present session onl i-; jov for Mieh shorter jet:iod as the lizard of Trustew or j bis Committee shall lipe flr Test: v - . TCII AS. MANLY, SecV. ' RESOLUTIONS TOFTHE FACULTY. irst regu'ar meeting bf the Fa ::' -.i ' i . ''. i . culty ,of the Univwsity,j after a i soletnu. prayer to . Almiglty Gol, the foiloyring L paper was unanimously adopted. 1 j - Whereas, since the last me'etirig of the. Faculty of the University, an Ail wise' G'od lias iice'ri 1 pleased,-by'a dispensation . the moie distressing, because unexpected, ! to take tintp liunself the oldest member j of our Body, the Rev. ELrsii A Mitchell, j I). DPofessor of C'je'uiistn-, Mineralogy and fralogy ; -bowing in humble su'imissi-ui to this sad lere h't-inent, We, the Facuhy of the Univerbity, desuin g to bear our tes timony to the. wcith of our departed companion-and friend, and enduringly" Jo :re cord our tribute to, his meirmiy,have utian imoiislv-'": -adopted lie -following . rfcsolu- nous . ; . . - j- i. j. Resolved lhi in the lamented deatlr of ourjate Associate we feel that the Isstitu TION to which we belong has lost one f the most , valuable officers she evei; possess ed and that m the devotion q! foilY years to hei seivice.his zeal never slack .ene'd.i liJ diligence' never relaxed, . tus faithfulness, never, slumlx id ; but durinj all ''that--long J period ripening s coh- Stantly mexpenence, lie consecrated jiiis best facultiesy and varied attainments - to Ladran&rnent ef the usefulness and hon- ofuesjuutiC'Dof which he was so distinfuUfiJ an wnaneIK. " ' V ResiflvedtZthnt we cann6Hut';Teelaiso the loss tSnt SciEXQE has sustained in th removal Qf our aepat teu ii tend. 1'urHiing it in 'variois; departments and not un suc cess fully fa; any that ho attempted,' the t 1 .1 . . : '' r i '' ' -i i. -l i icn nnu i arieu stores oi 11 is wpii cultivated mind gutSto him, deservedly, a celebr ty that, t eaching beyond the limits of this his immediate sphere of action, seiured to his name find opinions a weight of author ity that ws felt and acknowledged byj the scientific throughout om" land ; and in the midst of cur regrets it affords us a tnela'n i- I-- i ., -i i -i - . choly satisfaction to think that lie met his death in the cause of Science, and thus, iu appropriate keeping with the duties of his life ha, $ his death, added his name to the list of her honored martyr, j , Rejolosd, that ! our loss is, m oqr view, moie sorrowful still when we think of him as' the christian gentleman whose heart overflowing with the tendered sympathies of huoiajiity.made him the ever beneficent riend of the" poor and wretched j .as t, r minister pf our Holy Faith, dispensing the precious troths of eternal life to the sinfid and wayward ; as the watchful friend and faithful guafdian of the young, by whom he was surrounded, ever ready to'apeak; to' them id gentleness and Jove the wise words of learning aud counsel ; as the in- v'" - k -A- limate cciapauioo aDd associate ofourselves 1 deliberations, and the cheerful playfulness ofiiinocent mirth to our social i inter. course, j i ! .: !- I -. ' , f- Resolved, that this bur faint, tribute to the jworth pf Dr. MrrCHELX le rec.Tded on bur iM;nutis and that a copy thereof be i-oirJmunicated to the family1 by the Sec retary ; achompanied wiilr the assurance of the tleep condolence nd he beiHit-fell sympathy . i .' ; I - of eveiy memler of thejFactil- Resolved, that the Rtv. Dr. Phifl ps bej requested Itofdeh er. in the Clmpej of the, tJiiiiversity!, on Sunday liext unl appropri I - i - I " -':!.. ate Funeral discburse, and that. t ha Piesi- dent of l'eJnivfeisity himself be respect - I till v desired to i oei fo m aind -' prfllnounce. lefoie tlief University an feutosyfon our deotased bfotl.er, at"such! tiirne as niiay suit his'coriveqienv- i I ' i f: July II 7iii IboJ. r j RESOLUTIONS OF THE STUDENTS At a Meeting of tie Students of'the U nivexsitv of North Carolina helddOlG&ard Hall, the jfoirowiiig resolutions werp auop- ted in me. r, oi v of the Tate Kev ELrsiiil MirjcHELi, D. D., Professoii of Chemirtiy, Mnieialogy and Geologv. j ' , . Wheieas the Ail-wige God aa impart of hii; inscijitable- dealing wirh tpen ' lias seen fit tol call our beloved anl iionored pre-e,torDR. Mitchell itrom. a lilje of la bor! and Usefulness. 1 j V ( .- Resolved, that we do: s; ncerely! lament "hb decease,. an'd tender our sympathies to Iiisiafflicted fa mi I v. . -I - If- v i Resolved, thai in thedef th of D.a. Mrr c ii ell, the University haS KUsLained a Joss scajit-ely to be "repaired,! 'that welihe stu "IT detits miss a true friend Science! an ae- live; ablejand learned follower, alid relig ion a sincere and zealous, advocate. . . Resolved,' ha his habits "of labprijous arid patient research'rendered him a model for even- aspirant to honorable! distiniiltion : hat! his great proficiency 'j in - thf depart ments. of:.whicli:he had charge, aVjtniiably t fitted him for his oflice as' a teacher i that his intellect, naturally acute and jompre- j hensive,and by mauy years of reading ind j re fleet inii! the repository of almost evei y kind of useful or recondite knowledge,reu-j dered him eminently ari. honor to this In stitution and top the State;; that dris. high toneu priuci pies co.tnrnanaeq u a usual re spect, and the kindness of his heart made , i , , , HT. , Resolved, that in token of our, ihigh es - teem tur his -memory, we yill wear the us su?d badge, of mouruing foj- thijyidays July-22d; 1857. "' x;.j . f- " j: 'ST 'WwFcopy the i fifffoilug ielter fi om the last Standard,l beirfg a more minute icounti of the finding of the body ofD'-. Mitchell,! than Janj' we have yet seen. PROFESSOR MITCHELL. Interesting particulars- of V A7ste--Ae gearchr-the finding of his body car.-' tying it up the mountain sce. erg, k'c, '&c'"- I . 'jr ' A fiieiid .at IV.irnsville, Yancey jcduuty,has furnished us with soine interesting parttc ulais connected vith the fate of the late Dr. Mitc hell, which, though not intended v: ilVf. wiirer for Dtlblicatiiori. weftake the ibieitv of lavin"'bejoie our iidLrv.well knowing the" interest felt to learn the mi. nuliaj of the sad affair : j -.' ; '. "' : , Bcrnsvii.le, July . 12, 18 47, ' Papers and etteis will have .i . informed ynii of the d iscovery of Di .Mn.che i's body, .;., but Ja detailed account. inaVsfill be aci-epiablel He left the Pat ton house at 2 o'clock on .Satuixl ay , 27fh of fune, to cipss ; the; Black .im)untain to j lig Tom Wiloii's. ei-ht rr ten miles distttnti lie was a'.. ne,decli nj ng t he compa iiy pt h is son. tT. I... 1 l.n wti.y.ifroif 5n iiiPHSiirinr the i i i -T . i '. .i. L i . t disputed pet had taken -the gtede r.om ; , , . 1 yi til" 4 .1 thd .railroad suivev and disfauce. I to uoi kuow, his precise object in crossing over to Caney it was to obtain evidence respecting the controversv betwixt himself aud Mij.Cling- nian A week elapsed before jmucli uneasine&i v as ielt uy Ills- rriend, - or Lf4 . it w-ii.ajl I 1 generally known. hat iiewisj njiissing.--1 1 '' On Suudavj the 5tli of Jutv, a ' company started in search ; and were you acquaint ed with the Black you would ;sar a scarcn almost hopeless. The wood s on the South ern Focks of Caney,which lay more direct y jo the rQute'rom! Patton's io Mg Tom's wejeexploreoSto nofpuipose. Men mistook bear 'sign' (tracks! for iDr M'$. Prints on the elastic mo.-s are, scarcelydiscerau Ue," and it is difficultdibtinuish the kind 'of track. Two of the searchers stood up all night at one o' these ljeai signs' stood up, because there was jno roonv to lie down. . . , I j '! The search had been continued Sunday, Monday and Tuesday," when pie woods men, worn out and famished, eojllected on the Peak. Dr. M.' son offered the Caney river men $50 to buy provisions. The mountaifeers refused the! money, but con-; tiuued the search. The transaction was cre ditable to both parties VanceJwe presume Z B. Vance, Esq. Eds. ordered a , beef in the rano-e to be shot down, tor which he would be responsible. It was' done, and hunger was allayed. Big Tom aud others, including two men.; from Swannanona, leaving the Peak, set out in a more JN ortns ward direction. They discovered: 'signs' on the moss and followed until the impression of a man;? foot oq Uie black loanj wa plain. J ly ' discernible.' " Reaching a ridge, little Pine mountain, to the left side of wbcli Dr. M. should have turned,' they discovered his steps, 8idew?se,- HS if he hadpiraseqto examine. Big Tom thinks he made Ihe exact mistake I dd. Coming to this point I glanced: back and asked '.'FThose farm iithat f ' Tohi then showed me how the 'old man,' as all called him, lost his life bv the 'mistake. . It Was h (fire scald," not a '''.. r.' if '!.' ,i i.J'i :j farm. ur. iu. piuseu, lurneo io tne. ngiit found the lauiel, iiopenettable, and bk4 a huute, took down the wkterdraiolnow and dry. , . '! -, - ri 1 -A f " t fine searcners. rusiieu along, leaping down cliffs, oyer ipcksj'justjas Dr.. M. UihI done, tiil they reaohed the Middle. Fojik, (left prong, I think,) of Cauey, a' mere rill, s.pting . branch ' size. , The 'signs' on . (he right hacd sile of the Stream, having plrv viously frequeutly crossed it," the bed of the stream beirg (he path or ioad,fiow p. proached a ;ascjide, o rather dekcen of the rushing wateN. Big Tom dj covered a hat on a log below, left by ihe subsiding waters. The 27th of June was dark, and cloudy. T The -ffve searche-s gatheied r .und the dark rxKrl.-. In it layhe body. Thev left it uulrstorbed. ' ' " : , r As soon as the news jreached our village we 'mustered ic strong force.aiidtarted to the place where the body Jay.' Having" spent the night in jthe neigh borhoodwhere I listened j till . bed time to stones of the woods, adventures !mo ig the ;m?)intain. the tracking, the discovery of Dr. M s bo dy,'fec, we set out after breakfast for the fatal! spotv Bein joined by other'jthere waspow'quite acrpwdiof us. .-'We 'traveled in the bed of the creek (a fork of Caney,) .up rocksy chmbinjr, spr'.nging.with a thick growth on each si!de of Us, until we came to a Itnbutary. llere our guides - were a. faui'; but big Topn's jvoice was heard,---'Come through the woods. We struck t.he affluent exacjtly I'Th'e ,,manTlies up '7 this folk,' said Tom, d we followed him, some four miles, as jutjged by the hunteis, from 4.he cabin from where we breakfasted. Afterjclimbing" Alpine heights, jor trails, walking on fallen! timier, we turned down to the torrent,.' ascended, and came to ihe, deep, dark pool, j- 1 I . f A I wish I could describe this pjol. I have some where seen an iron lamp just its shape It is 110 or To feet; wide, and 25 or 30 feet long: running out oh tlie left as we approa- cuea rigtit ot tile stteam. A .perpen d:cujar, Or shelving utider, waif of rock ri- ses trom the water to the tiigii 1 - T . - . 1 P.f nt ot or 4U ' I ieet.1 wii nits i itjiu i icii, ui niien ght (left of stream) is a small spacjs, rock, incliiiing p the pool, wet with sprajr, slippery, aiijd dangerous to staff d up on., f From this lijttle pdalfbim rises also the wll; of rock. You cross totbje vaoanspot on tiree or Ton r flog, borne1 down -when trie ravine wasmtea wuu niKus or rain. In front is the snwy torrent, wliitened in its liish 10 the pool-r-not a fall, but :f plane inclining but. 'lit tie fi)m a "perpendicular. dowh. which the white ribbon of a rill .streams into the aik pool-belpw. I say dark, for tuoijglaby. portion of the water scooped put i asj jclear as crystal.yet .the black loam sediment at the bottom give t 1 tile pool an ink appearanife,- A long large baikle,branch!es log.coming down stream lengthwise shjOt over the top of the fall Against the inclined plane of rot-k down h the tort en tfd ashes, one end elevated above the stieam Where it verge to de scend. . Under this it w supposed one artri of the body lay, and hence some dif ficulty in extricating the body, was appre bended. J'r - ' .. 1 he jCoroner, w th '.a company who had spe it the night .on the top of the Peak, jbi-njed us. - The juiy -were invited to the plaufjirm, siipja?ry 'witli .'spray ,ori the verge of the water. The rest, at the mouth of the ooI, on drifted logs, gazed at the pro ceediugs. It was a solemn impressive scene Theioith having been ad ministered to' the jurv, a pule with a hor5fc nUaohed, was let : j' , ;, . , ' dovtn into the pool. The hook fastened the p j in t ie clothings and the Xody . iose,;fce downwaid.v - I . .' 1' 'i- . . ' '" ' . I '''" I was the only One present "who for the last fotty'vears had gone up to the hill of s-ic nee fo listeu to the teaching of him vvh)se! mortal remains were now before me 'T-i.:. . .... I i hough twelve vears had "passed since looked ou tfiosti featurea, I do not tl.irjk had I I should haye hesitated a moment been summoned, to say whose th?y How natural! - How life-like! The were. eyes were .closed, lips slightly parted more JikeJ slumber, than death. There was a light wound on the heaq.caused, l tniiiK Dy tai ling against the log I mentibnd that leans agaiusXthe torrent's channel. ; ; A gentleman drew a blank book from DrjM.'s coat pocket and handed it to me. The last entry was, "'O. 551 Saturday No doubt a rnrnute of measurement of ssr ' J 'i :u . . - i : , i V vey.1 jyn ins person were iouna a purse wfoii some silver change.a pocket-book con Uicing $17, an eye glaas,1 and cover of tel escope, h and kerch ief, k n i fe, a n ote , drc and what was of knost interest, his watch not riin down but stopped at 19 minutes after 8 o'clock. I concluded he must have fallen at that time, or a few minutes preV vious, on " the evening of the 27th of June. T' :j 1 Vhile the J ury were engaged in j.heir examination of the body, I ascended to the precipice and was shown the traoe,the last on 'ear i h whence the fatal fall. It was at thejroot (of a small spruce pine-? thence down to the dark watet, 35 or 40 feet. -Did he fall or drowning occasion death I The crowd were debiting; as to the way tbeV should carry the tody. vTho(ou(sidg lTM 0 I 3i ' e ren off. od h T?J ! IH'wm .wg O..po1e - i 1 nef mejrs are noble roetnind men of resolt i. Some had declared it wouhj take'fot ff.tUP 'started at 20 , Inute, ' re 11. AUnyai ceroid, ! up. per end, M bjld of t!,; pole.two ot ,l,ree , shouldere.1, oiheis in advance,1 haud lioked in hand. Brh od,toorthr,.PhouHt.,ftl otliern pu!iing pu.d themlvea bj ib., . f The lilij Kpirit iiiiaHted U. Ttm ' lody weighed 215 iH)Uiid, yet, a!inw i. ciedible to rLtv Utv liien diinWdAIp,n heights, a distance esiiinated at fivu two and a h.ilf to tjuce mihs.nnda Iittlnfrjr i o'clock ilejH.8ited their ourdeii on t 1--f-ties! point of land this hide of the Mi- ' t v : MPtt. : ' .' ':'!-' - ' : . " : ' 1 will not conceal the fact that one great . mot it o was th hoiie of burying the . Uty i ii the peak hey expected to! meet litin -coui!e nieii with ihecvftiu.: lJfoor ftllow lie did meet jtheni, Wl lehmVd that tie . lodv w to l-el carried ! to Ajdivl'. A murmur rovUiM,iiia'jn,,ri, Our corresotulfht Lre fcive us nc cobMt of tht cvnt Artj-Ari irrtiy ent par ii, in which (tome ill fetjling. win egenderei), but he acf J-pJ , The.-w feelings were tiansienf . Half a dozen words byj way of appeal, and hoe? ' er. ipdignant r the Yaiu:e'nien ' h tied they would have re shouldered the buiuVn and borne it ta Ashvilkj. Somu nroflViej iheirservices Jtllers hav oince bM m they would liMire gonej Willi the expl'.-. tatiou oi some iw no u.-vt tee.n utii ,fart; ing for. four or .five dav., and were wo a '. qui and" exhausted, I -believe every one, 1 ar man, would -have fojllowedr "'Tlie'i" '! , was: not rcqnireu. I lie iJncotiue - scpartated fiom imra, andbo'e ff the 'den-!.- . J Ave regre li-e state r ieeun mit it waSiligW, niointry. It it deed a.complifneni to the decreased, ' pressed in the :iuouiUjineerfc, 'rougli. op-i man ner. lligjitlyf viewed it -iai-wely cause for regrej. Thejpall llearerdwcen ded the .mountain oh (h Swatiiiaiunw , s'ide. Our coippany iom Yancy dividid One portion wnt dowh to the Caney riter settlement. . T'wenty-seven of U, including three from your soction, iz. A.J, Enerm . of Chatham, ll. II. Rhodes, of Wake.nnd-.' Moses Deut. tljieir wagoner, from Fraolliii,. remained On the motjintain top The trip wjll belong remembered If iisall.. Perhaps never never in time w 'd pi similar scene. le witnessed. Yisitori'o the mountain will hencefcrtli enquirw 'Lr the; fatal pool. We jibe pefy actor, will pass away, fotgoMenibnt never, white the everl.tsting niountnins stand, the iiaiite cf Professor Mitlrhe'.l. Let the, loftiert, !Vk bear nl,M name If may, t ' i rt;r;Af'ii wi;h hi? memlory Tbreven Studchtu-hollars' from, distiint lanlls wilf comei hitWf; laud on what aficene Mall they giiz''! ' description faile will iness, gin nd Mir, sul iimitv where 'man fceU hi Jittlonc, -tj L . ." j i " ..." i lna immortalitv-mouiitians on moiint.i'ii-, 'i rt (Yn onira I Aviintfinm 1 1 . A 1 n. ud, to Exceed them inrei est, con-ecie( now-dv .death. ' j. ' ; M The evening view was very fine, and onW. jnight lihye thought ,unurpsab, hml he not iemintl li!! xt iiiorning. W fclept thas night in a cabin on jthe peak tmp inS,-Rocknoiwe-''i-lt . Iu the moniing wei wejit )up on th ie RU- Ijhfc ihi,t. The eyej swept ihe llojion.-liiiiitilea ' except by the impei lectin f iiighlv. Fin' ally we descended, to jWilikm's. i BgTom v ws fishing for- r waget 40 tiouU Cf 75c He was iu thra village yesterday and tq.o. ted 60 caught; w. reached home at 4 ' clock, P. M. OUR TAUI.C. Hcnt's MitacuANt's Macazi.xk -r-The June minitaj is fokband with a lupe a monnitlf statistical iiiformation- vluHhlej to the Merchant aDd biUness man .1 i . ' ?5 per annum. ; P.iii Blackwood's MaIo .vziNE, a xn mit lof ixBtiio ' IlEvikw. Thee ex ?IVnt Ii i i-4i Peiiodicals are to hand for June. T i-y we're published by L Scott k Co., Nw Yoik. In tltis no.' jsMtlackVoul m eluded one of the prettiest rie we Vve ever read the' Ajhuling- I'rice of lilackwood 4 per jamiuir; BlHeii'! and the four lteviewji tl0;ie (Jazetie ind Blackwood of any of the Ileviewt fi.- rTER3oN. This u1a4' National gaziue" is to jiand aheiUy for AnguM.wi h many good t 12. lings for the Ladn-s; in e I AtLISBILt I v f I ' .. . l We have several times hea'J ofLte i' but had never setn one until the tolfo. ing was handed ut by a gentleman, afr dayg ago. We pve Uie. advertiser lo benefit ofour irculalion, gratis, be sense of tbe docimcnt is iatherobs ji- but we suppse the- writer was h' tg under a severe attack of the treii.lles when he indited it. jbronght on by reiv-l via ouu wni;iAUiv" u jivtjvh - therefore excnaable.! It is from' a i Copy from Original. '' ' U ! - 1 May 27.18JV I, BrittoD' McDonald, as ithasbe44j is understood, have, jreported, that Pm;e O.Neel, both of Jakson County, Fjti at heDanielO. Neel was concerpd if fft committed on C. UJ Blood, of vof and that I.Britton ,Dooald, J Mb certify that I have reported that 71 certify th Ml positive lies, tad do r V " k . i J tf;. Sir
The Chapel Hill Gazette (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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