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r.-x! :..r - -;'! :. ' J-. - v :... . ;i H' , --ty-' i h ' -.. J - - mi l" ' ' - " . . 5T H E IIE i s e mo U R m i "IVy were mndt to exalt ut, to teach , roi ineincibl brother; the Pen and tht JV.'f i T. B. KINQSBUEY, Editor I F. X. .STBOTIIER, Pr -rietor. OXFORD, THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 1858 K. It. IIcosall t our authorised Agent to re- ft subscriptions from those, who may desire Uk rk Ltiiurt Hour. CLTJBS . w r rerj nxioa to mak r paper frmr tolumiu larger at tli expiration jot tht first -tx ftin(A, we hare concluded to offer the follow la j InducemenU to Clubs : I . I cepici of The Leisure Hour for on jef, f 9 is ! it - j . u : : it rj4. The onj te W paid InTariablj In ad Vance. 1-.il r airanjtmenl if i go into effect after thU datr Death df Dr. Wa. M. ohnsoif. . W regret fo fcarn from the 1'asJ Spirit o f the Age, thatthn excellent gontiemaa U no tnor. lie departed tliU life on the 15th inst at his rcsi denc In Alamance countj, leafing a wife and two -children. His disease was consumption, from which he sufTered long. He was the asso ciate Editor tf the Ag at the time of his death. frnd Grand Treasurer of the Grand Division of tthe Sons of Temperance. a revtvai oi iiehgion is now jroing on in this place under the preaching of the' Presiding Elder for this Circuit, Rer. U. 0. Burton, assis ted t.r evcral miniiters. Rer. Mr. Burtoo has poached svreraf sermons characterized b'j great powr, practicalness and earnestness, io s larjre eotigiegatk)n m we bar erer ieen in this place. '.I . - I 4 . , J Obr JIiacnisTs. We hare hegtected to caff ' (he attention of our country readers to the verj larjre and admiralljr selected Stock pf Goods, embracing every rarietr and style, which'oijr enterprising friends Mesar. Cooper &, Williamt, hare itiiportcd this season. We hare taken pleasure in examining their assortment, and we can truthfully pay them the ctmpliment tf . . .1 . . a ! ""jmo ,, a uu n rcmmuer to naTeseen in this place, at any timt a more 'extensir varied and judiciously selected st'ck. Nor this an unmeaning puff. (Reader, entrt ti ju(f$ don't exactly pay in thete parts) have served an npprenticeship of some eigljt years In the mercantile Ytot, and hiace speak by the book." But rewlly,. this estaWichmeqff can exhibit for your inspection a stotk tftat call Rot Veil fail ti ttaA vnn' tUm. I j -v- w iui,iu m kaih' and no doubt you will be pleaeexi with the prrcel, I siyies, etc. . j Mesrs. Herndon fc tandia ano' lluot Brothers of whom we have had occassfyn to Pa4 formerly, have also large and bnndsom'e assortmeMs, and are doing a "driving" busi ness. Their suceess is a guarantee of their , ability to plenaev. Thwy keep time to the einete to "-uable sixpence. tU Surrey. ' ' rJkjryOOTy Iritiid Joho D. Paschali; hss-Jdsl tfnUned" making a survey" of the county.- He has divided the county into regular Common School District-. Thia was all yery proper. We take occassion to aay that Mr. P. is a yery uccessful surveyor, as may be gathered from the fact that the Committee to award the job, gv it to him. He has the latest and most improved instrument now iu use the only one in fact (unless it be the transits used by Engl neers) by which a truly accurate survey can U made and having selected through choice, the profession of a laud surveyor, we have no douty persons requiring his service can have he work performed in a aatwfactory and correct aoannir. lry him. ' ! Choice Jewelry. This ffoodlv town has been our Knm lino we were a tiny loyf tud we take a pride io ev ery thing that adT to iu looks or conduces to its prostptrity. It tfceiefore pleased us much when upon stepping iuto the establishment of our friend Ltxch, we beheld with enraptured eyes a display of brilliant, beautiful and cosily Jewelry. T. L. has really ecUpneM himself that is, his splendid and large eteila of Jewelry has. Let every o visit bis establishment. U has a wonderful show-case five feet long aA ootn posed of one pane of glass, which 5 so tiiick thai three men may sit upon it without dfcmajing it a wonderfut show-case',, that I He has a very extrwves assortment of Specta- ie, and he says he tcertain to suit every orfo that applies for glasses whether yooing,.Diidd!e 2J or old. So cal. upon hrm. all- y who auua la need of" helps to rcajjV Fine Tobacto. The Tobacco on exhibition at our late Coua ty Fair was the subject of general commeuL Every judge of the " weed " in iu natural state, ronounced these specimens incomparably su taua to any they had ever seen. The fact is Uauwaiile is a long distance ahead of any coun ty ii lb cuJufe of this stiple. II our farmes wcietoMfottl cnrew their crops there is no tilling how. h'n;U.tbe prices would range. They fteiuentty get any way as high as J50, by cur iog it in the usual way. Tfce fashion of " cool -oriog ia ruinous I the taste of the 44 wecdr" The Virgiuia papers have been eecently agitat g thi auect foe it i impossible to get a uiuble-article for chewing, ifntbene jarts, al though th light colored tobacco j beinga the most enormous sums. Granville tfivti, eao beat the world,in the "natural tceccL ' I , " ' vrwmjj uj circumstances, WlllCQ lC 1S-WCW necessary to roontion, we have been prevented from concluding our remark on. Wordsworth. We may return the thread'of ouroomments at aome future day-.p0sihly in our next number In the mean time w present the reader on oar CLpage with anoUicrheaiitUuaimple baltad and a fWw Sounata. wbiuh.ara iodw very fine. The lirst otia.- has Ion- ajirarod. to ua,. a among the most successful efforts in that kind of difficult writing. Bat Wordsworth loved the Sonnet, and wedoubt if he has been surpassed by any one in that particular field. j Baleigh & Cfaston Railroad, j There is very great complaint against this road. On all sles you can hear loud Mur murs of disapprobation- From being a popu lar road it has in the last year become the opposite- very unpopular. Why is this so 7 With out endeavoring to give a satisfactory answer to; this question, we will only make one! or two refflurksr.Tlte complaints al?u?ed to eoBe froltf not only th tryeller,- bnt we hear or farmers and' our ifcerchants inveighing agtrnst it. High tariff is the cry exct-ssivff " eharge for freight is the bnrden eff tlneir1 sopg--too much per mile Icy farf fforn place tp place jyoo may hear wherever you turn. Yoaan gd from Ka- letgh to Franklinton for $1,35 and from Frank- linton to Henderson for 7 centi thus making ... vn.igw aau jei yon must pay,. 12,15 if you get a through ticket from RaTgK to iieiKK-rson-, tere turf ft&ison for this? Is it not nnjiist 7 Is it the case With any other roaid-rn the United States save ortc? A similar state ot things exist in respect to the road from Philadelphia to New York, but the reason there assigned is, that the State" of Kew Jfirsy taxes each through passenger one dfyar. But no uch Ux is imposed-over the RatfWgh & Gaston Road. Thnv ngrfftf, if we re erectly inform a, tne freight on tobacco and other artkles1 from Clarksville, Virginia, to 5ast6Hr ot Wei -. . - .1' oon is tne 6ame as lroin Heidrsoa to those places, and yeMhedistance?in; the' former in stance is greater. How ia- tjaisjj Is there any satisfactory reason for iti Bxit lVe ,have said what purposed. - That refocif iffecessary, is very certain.. ' Our farmers' are availing themselves of every mefcr tltev fanj to rilieve" tnemseivea of the oppression New: advocates for the Danville connection are isprinino' nn. nu muuitr wxs ise mormura oi tne people. Large Sales. I Ry' . e .i "- f . . ,c va.i micnuun oi me. reader to tne ex tensive sales advertisfi'd" 2W oW eofmnM.- See- particularly those of Col. S.r S. 'oyster,- (who is the l-.xecutor of the late lltimaA Miller,) Jno, II.! Webb and Peterson Thorj souires. SSf We nse to hear somf tf o6r citizens apeaking of erecting another Harket Houses hat h is become of the ideAf (s it defunct 7 The old one that was buTEfcd" vrs alnuance.and we can not say we she4 verytafty ieafs when it disappeared. But we vpgA fcy hve' tt one, with a Hall above.' Whdnof the Coni ieeioners agitate the matter j The magifitrates wilfsre1y give their pari, fqr te' country people are more interested' in liavin it, than we aft wh4 live in town. Let ns hHVfe tiien an-appro- priation large enough td build ai hous vr a hoase." Editor's Tatte. Tub Meiicai. Joubnal or Nprth- CiiroMifA, for October, ably edited by Dr. iwad barren, has been received. We should think from the table of contents, that it is a publication that must prove highly acceptable Jto the Medical iraternity or Our good old State. We are picas- d to see from the payments, that it ia meeting with that support which its really harjdiome appearance (if that alone were to be considered) would justify. The present number is divided into toe-following departments, to wit : Original communications, of which there are five, Bibli ographical Notices; Practice, Surgery, Midwife ry, Therapeutics, Physiology, Therapeutical Becord,- bditonal and Miscellaneous Matter, t'ublished Ui-Monthly at Edenton, N. C, at $3 per Annum in advance. . j . -j FSOHA Longfellow's new poem is having an extensive sain. m Some of Mr. Spurgeon'i sermons nave! oeen trsnsiated into Swedish; iff. Thomas AlTsoD fias art-ferl in England, and is now livincr with his : son at ri.r.. ' ; niiwiam. The latest Odessa journals an nounce me arrival of L,A.tn Fbanklix : in that pi ice. . Felix Forcsti, LL, 0.. exDired' &t hm nosi or united ntates Uonsul at (ienoa. on the fourteent of September. Btewart, the proprietor' of the w marble hall.,n in Broadway, employs, in that stanliihment, two hundred and aixty three clerks 1 ; 'M r. Layard has another good en rerrixe on hand. He has left England for I raly where he is to explore for lost treasures of At !. . i jUTsff FTorerice Nightingale will aHortly vii..S Liverpool, and take part in. the pioeeedfrga of tho Nstinnl Association for the Prooiotrorhof Social Science. j . 'frirsffld!? Ras been tetlsirig anri re-eaumg ana aaaing ire n notes Io bis fath er'a works the 'Curtotkic of fiiterutnre," the CalatRitiesof Anthor9,,rtc which are to be issued ia nmntbly volnmes.- Uenty Tnomtw IntlclV,- wnofee History of CivizatDsJngland is at tracting so much attention;, a young road' onl tiirty-six year of age. Ife was born in Kent, England, in Novemberrl825it. j - American CrorawelVs:TEd Crb well family of North Carolina and Georgia, are Mid to bi descended frorc two brothers' of Oliver Crom weil, who fled from. EngTiinti after the restoration,' having dropped t'mm from tMr name to avoid ihe persecution ofthe Stewarts, N. O. Bulletin. - - , , . ! Tlic marriage contract between the Duke of Malukoff ai.d the Bride elect Is w.iJ by Paris lettcr-wrUerR, to be. a master-" piece of tho calligraphic art. It ia engrosed on vellum; tho arms of His Grace and the fu ture Duehces figure on the landing, and the penman lies Mjrivin the whole of his mind to if," A Urge jointure ia settled Ysn . the bride: The-1 ceremony will tke place in the chapel of ihe Senate, or, rjbibly, in the chapel of the Tuilleries thr Marshal being" the Emperor's pet, and tba bride the Empress's. - :-! f .Mr.-Hume ine lSassra;Xate Enro pean! journals represent that Mr. flame, the medium,, recently gave- a exhibition of the pirlt phenomena that occur In his prtseoeo Wore tho. Czar at Si.- Petersburg and that -! the Czarina waa so 'delighted tlnit slie' gny6 him a diamond ring worth t HifMred dollars. It.wag also said that tie' was oflered six hun dred doilara a nijrht ot St. Petersburg to give Kittings, but that he refused, having promised the friends of his Russian wife that he would cease to sit any longer as a medium for spirit uiantieauiUODKv- i i , 1 From Hew MeiiccV Louis, Oct. 2l. Letters from New Mex ice furnish additional itema, of news. Col, Mils waa.orgainzing two columns to take the field against the Navajos, and severe fighting warantidpated. The Indians in the Northern district were quiet. ! Jude Boone had arrived at Snta 1 e. Captain Pope and party would probably winter at Ga!estof twenty niflea south of Snnta Fe , . i ik6 Fever at New Ofleanis. New Ohleaks, Oct. 20.-iThe fever in ;the city? again shows an increase, but in the Chari ty Hospital : the death$ are leas numcrotfs-- the number tor the twftnty-fourlshours ending at 6 o clock lust evening being only five. i j ANoTuwt : North Pole ExrEDiTios. At lat meeting of the j Boston Natural History Society letter was read from Dr. Isaac I. HaJres'tcV li President, anuounceing hiaf iti lentiurY or making another utiempt to rercH tneortn 1'ole of the Knrth, and asking for theiinffluence of the Society in behalf nf tho obpee , Tne Ifeftef was accompanied by the re .Sfi jr .... .. .' -,i " port t, the Academy of: Natural Scieuce oC FiiVaelphia on the same s'ubjec. The matter, onftiotiop of rrof. Parsons, was referred to cowmfttee. ' 'y ' f U ',, : Female Heroism I ,5 -Trom the DanfUle (Va.iRegiater. i iut -exchanges frequently contain sketches ofrytng and courageous feats performed by tna gefntler sex, but for intrepid, daring and" woJWejrftii a'ccomphVhdieiif,- th folIrw rrj a ehioveineit recounted io us by a friend of ths: viciti ty, surpasses anything' we have heard of Th occurrence took place in Caswell county, N.jCUat a j-Aort distance from Danvi?le. A citen of that county, named Butler, 'was abseil from home on one oension, leaving ion- ly pis wife, her little child and a negro woman on ihe; premises. During the day, the child fellnlo a well some sixty feet deep. The heo iwoman took fright and ran off, and the mouie was left alone to rescue he child as he she cmild. She seized told o the rope" altaew tc tfie water btrtkft, went to ftie hot tom?of the well, toot; the; cliild in her aj-nis ano then ascended . the rope, bringing ;the chili! ilong with helr-Htn unparalleled feat Maiyn one of the sterno r sex even, Would denpair of carryins his own weight i alonfe up a rope,- surty feet.- Weican votlth for the accur- paJ tf Ihis sfetemtenf however incrdib le it may appear. , , " j ' DipA?RTRfr 01 AN ElPElrtTIOW Agaixst Mexico The following is translated from a .v.ki uoicu i.u.auiiu, oept, si. , n connrms the reports that the Spanish cabinet are de termined to &t energetically, against MexicbJ "Inj the early part of October, four ships pf war, belonging to the squadron of Gallicia. will depart for the waters of Cuba, two of them be ing the Petronilla and the Isabel-la-Catolica. The, and the transports accompanyrag them will carry'3,000 soldiers fall arms, with con siderable war material, destined for the Antilles "It is designed to have at Havana a consider: able force of 12,000 men, destined to compel satisfaction fromC the j Mexican republic The trip of the Minis: er of Marine to Cadiz ;wa8 pnncipally with a view to prepare maritime re- lybtftanetodfihed fof "t!re Smlf of Mexico.1 The Ni'earaguan- line is to be opened thrbugli on the 6th of Notemberby the proprietors of the 'Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company The company propones to send two aflaaAfers a month; leavrnfy the 5th and 2Qth from either IU1UU3. 1 - Madame Morrow, a famous female astroloMst, recently residing at 46 Norfolk street. New-' Torir, was arrested Thursday otf ffiTchfiVge"1 of obtafning mbfifef bf false pretences. Madame a Morrow a customers are said to have been lad ies Who were in quest of husbands, ladies who were about to leave' tfieV.ikrsbSttds' for" other men, ladies who wanted information as to where thsre hus&mds spent their evenings, and so n- Several respectable ladies were found; in her house, taking lessons; when the politfe" entered.-; . ' -: . A long telked of pedestrian matcfi betwe'eti' two females, Mrs, Lambert alias Flora Temrjle. of Boston, and Mrs. -Martha Buckley alias Pri oress, of Lynn, commenced Wednesday at Montgomery Hall, Hew York. The match is for $100, on a'thirtyjfeet planky the one hold ing oat the longest to win. ; 1 A curious incident is related ot a lady who bad taken passage in the Austria, but did riot sati in her, because she was' so crowded that she could not get the accommodations desired, ror wbicn reason she secured a pass sage in another steamer; but before either of the ves sels started)- she had an impression, one of those vagurfeelings which often so unaccountably influence our conduct, thai tlWeieamer she was going w vfould meet with some mishap, and that sherherelf wtould be lost; when she came toHhe siBgulardetarratniftion of sendins "all hef valnn blgyawd welry bjp tHfe" Attsfria.-dulv in brmin ner menay or wnat eli bVooXne, so they might receive theririf bjet- featvr raHsed. ; As i tafned eotshe lost her jewels,4 but?. eHVed -berj self, It was the Anfctrhj and not thr std&nver bn which he took passigej-rtntt tie ietfMtiig caiamitV was fated to occur. r 1 ' r ? ; c Fight with, the Camuiches. . .-e . Al extra of the Fort 8mhh: (Arkr.) Times! of the 8th, gives the particulars of the conflict between the United States troops and the Ca manches," which occurred near the Wichita Vil lage oq the 1st inst. ..A correspondent -writes: Atajpr Van Dorn-attacked th Camanches yesterday rooming, wear the ! IWichita Village; his express" arrived here ibout 2 or 3 hours a gd. ,; The action was sharp. Lieut Tan Camp is killed, Major Van Dorn is severely' wounded, foujr men dead, one man missing, , (Hospital Steward, ten men wounded, f About forty Ca manches killed. ! i: tr'-uC- ''ir; r-.i.. : -: - 1 Scqckss of the Steam PLOtrGt?. r?D State Hoard of Agriculture of Illinois offered a pre mium of $5,000 for steam ploughs. It was ex pected that three different inventions would be exhibited and tested at tlie'State Fair, but only one, was ton the 1 ground. ; That was Fawke's locomotive steam plough, Lancaster, Pa., which, excited gTeatinterestamong the prairie farmers, and performed well. The machine and appa ratus, with 'fuel and water, , weighs only about sev;en tons, aud by the use of a drum or barrel shaped driver for propelling the locomotive the difficulty of miring in soft soil and lliu'i OD hard,,smooth ground is overcome. The steam pjough is easiiy managed, and is described as aj cpss between!, & locomotive and a tender combining the essential elements of both, trio- I unfed on two guiding1 ivheels and a huge roller x ne pranp grouna otf whicli It ; was : baked as harf neatly tf a bVIck, ut tie eh'gme tutned sixfurrows side by side fn the' most woVkm'an like manner.; The excifemen of, tie crowd wa beyond control, and their shouts' and wild lrtrzzatf echoed far' over tire1 prairie'. 1; 'j'" i. " t. "' " ' " - ' yicTba. HoGOMir Exile. This cfistrngufsned poet and politician has; now completely recov ered from-his recent indispositions, and will iii a few days complete his new poetical produc tion, "Les Petites Epopees" (Little Epics) which is expected to appeaat the opening of the new year. T- - -1 ; ; '--i ' ,M. Victor Hugo's sare both journalists, of good reput, but prejer to share their father's exle rather than return to France, whjch they are' at liherty to do if ihej would only recog nize the existing reyi ; ;but of this- how6v6r, there S not the remotest probability. The el deT BXrt. -fyf rifecentI heen costributingl under a feigned' name to the etttf&fon of one of the Pa ris papers,! and he is now in treaty with one Nof t he proprietors of La Presse for a romance to be published in the1 pages of that paper. The younger son is engaged in translating the com plete works of Shakspeare, ; whose poems he has already presented- to his 'countrymen- hr their native tongue. ; . M Mdlle.; Hugo, the jrcref sycTiftge3t' child, is said to have exhibited indication of abilitj of a very high order in musical composition, which promises for her a brilliant futdre, should she follow out hetijastes in that direction, r I "'; '- I "H ; ! "f . ' Eev. Caswell Drake, "of Worth Carolina. ; This venerable minister of the Gospel sailed for- England in-the Arabia on her last voyage for Liverpool, Mr. Dj. visits' England fo eststb. lish Mr ilafftf aa-'st descendant and' heir" of life fartbtlS SVFrancis Drake, the great Admiral and Navigator1, who was appointed and Knigh teby Queen Elizabeth. 1 We hope bur Mr. Drake will1 succeed in making good ! his claim to the lnimensT property, riow, like the 'Jenn- ing's' estatb," ii want a tm heir ft is true that it wns at one time doubted whether Drake was a Buccaneer or a law-abiding Englishman, but 'a the Virgin Qmeen solved that doubt by making him au AdmirWarid aKnfgTit.-we'kbpe our Mr. Dnflte will have no 'conscientious sc rnples about taking the fortune founded by Sir Francrs.--iZaZgr, Blister, ' . , . v . .r Ealeigh- and Gaston Soad.- W"e are indebted tO" th wlknp rf rrt' Treasurer of the lioad; M&J. Vass, for" tne fol lowing statement of the income of the Poad for the year lending October, 1853. The receipts of tbe.Road for the fiscal year, ending Oct, 1st, 1858, have b4en from, Freight 149,551 65 ,628 6? 9,900 00 $232,080 32 Passehgersy Mail, f 'i . 'i . ! ; i I ! Total,"' Being aa increase on freights of 21,132 07, snd oik passengers of $4,031 66, making a to la increase for the year of $25, 163 73; leading- a balance on handi .over the total expendi tdres ofthe year; of $76,573 59. Raleigh Sta ndard. ( - I "";!:' ExpExslfo frifi" Florida- fee dn derstatid' that between $800,OOb, and' $b0,00r0 will be required for the volunteers engaged in service against the Florida Indians, until the removal of Billy Bowlegs and hir band ifo sotoroVrriation for thia nunrtso K vot Kaon m.J. j.i 4 - ' -j.uv ..uw j v k,tl UtaUD by Congress. Wank. 1 State. ' 5 A1 N"ew G r a rjsW-Mr WHlmm H Mish.' of Beauforf Co., $t. C", has' Seiit' us Some bunches of Grapes from a vine, the like of which is not known in this country, j It is a large black grape, and resainbfes" tfrr stfadlhg in itk flavor. It is quite isweer, aiid'h'as a"tonn skin.: A.; ft' a native o!f Beaufort county, and is called the JU7 sh grape. We nhuerstand that Mr. Longworth. of Ohio, has examined and tasted' this grape, abd speaks of it in the highest termst ifialeigh Standard j- , '; . . ' .. - . . . - - : JJ Americas fcroiiftfERs xf& Mexica Rob bebs. lAmong the passengers in the steamship Isabel, at Charleston, re Lt. Catesby Ap. R.. JbdeS, U. S. N late flf the ordinance enlpPly niouth; bearerfcf dispatcnes, front the United States Minister at Mexico fb the government at Washington; also Col.Talcottj E. Myers, A. B, Gray, with corps of engineers front' Mfextco; bound to Washington. The Mercurvsaysi - ' Col Talcott and his party'of engineeramtet with' an adventure on. their passage from the itv of MexicQjto Vera Cruz.JtTlre diligencein jrhich' they were passengers was attacked by robbers.' the American partyj however. 1 succeeded ia sfewting three of the rascals, when the rest took f :None1of Cohj TalcoU'si parly wre-hirrTiB?the least One of the killed lad- rftnearvrnS tW rmgteader at the Baranca de Para. - TJirletKems to have been well ta ken, fat no attack:" wfeMBade nnou the dilisriDc br a week succedangvtl!herv'ailicran. mv. raed a party of Amerlcan ehBeers. the robbers would soon, be driven frora thei?Terr iwontahlfl proiessioar .. ! ? . .! --..." ;Xist of Pjremiumi rded at ihe Fair, held in Uenderton. N. CJ : October 13th; 14tbt 15th, 1858 fiki: BRANCH FIRST. J X Class FtjrsL-Live Stock:pioAugh Bred, j The best Stalion over" 4 years WaVn?!? BrownJ it - areiora ana rt rterj : $6, 00 u u lje&! Colt Jm CrQP 2, 00 Brood Mare, Df: Ge iW. - . 1 . Blacknall, i ; ; ? " 4, 00 . Class Second Not Thtfrougjf Bred: Best 1 year old Colt; &&don Knott, ; $2, 00 u "FndlyearoIdColt'RB-Aen, 1,00 2 year Fillies, S. S. Royt ter & R. - Henderson, j 2 00 0", , B Me, James' Crs; j , j ;00 uu W5Sl rooa Mare, James Turner, : 1, 00 wss Mird Harness and Saddle Horses. Best pair llorses, Thos. H. Raney j $5: 00 2nd best pair Horses, Df. W.hf . dtanf, 3,' 00 Best single Horse, James DaV s; f oo ix efin&,e Hor w- H. Hughes 2, 00 Best Saddle Horse, R. H. Hur t, f ' 4 00 nd best Saddle Horse, Sl-Sj Soper,i 2, 00 Fastest trotting Horse, T C.inJhe 4,00 ( pacing ' GVKPtrhlnt,; 3, 00 Ni Class Fouri7t-Jach ad Jfnnes. Best Jkck bnder 4 years old, (en. M.T. ' ! s Hawkins, h $2 00 " JAckunder3yearsold,Il6.Kiltrell, 1, 00 Class FiJlh.MlesA Best w yorkr Mules; S. S, oioifL . yuns " B.wa nicks, ' single; wofk " S. S. Cooper, - young J. M-Jarnes, $3, 0D 2, 00 2, 00 1, 00 ; j octjijiT DlVr$f05F. ; ' . "l Clssx Fir'st-Cdtfe. '"'' Bet Bull,' Arch. Davis, If ( 2nd best Bull,-Dr.-J. R.HickL 00 Best Milch, w,JL H. Alley, f- ? 00 Heifer, Archv Davis, 2 no 2nd beHiffirVJvR. SrnltaV ic ' ? Z' i . " Plass Second Won t Oxen. ' ' Best pair work Oxen, Thad. Rbwljind: S3, 00 -2nd best pair work Oxen, Arch. -Davis, 2y 00 ij- : Class Third Sheep. : xest Back, S. S. CoorF- $3, W yj-oo j! tidss1 fmtkkXgs. Best Boar, W. B. Wortham. i o. o. vjooDer." - Sou, W. B. Wortham, ; Largest Killing Hog, J. S. Jones.1 $2, 00 i " 3. y-i I . .- .A tl J I . . ' r 2. 00 -.uugcsi- r H lL Rowland, 1, 00.. ji ; Class Fifth Pouitrv '. J u urram? 1lra- lilover, S, 00 anapgbais, C B. Champion, lf 00 Cochins, i E. D.lMarable; hOQ f?ame. B. Daniel i . if.Mv! It U lot: Game, MfsrL CheathamL ' 1. 00 H Jjuina Fowls, Mrs. I. Cheatham, 1, 00: Ppland Geese,. Mrs. DKGIover 1,00 It tr Ducks, J. M. Barnes r -00 BRANCH SECONd floss First AyricitltuA:. Best sample Wheat JjM. RaJn; .1. o nn. 2nd best samnle What W a I wl, i' nk xjcamainp e Uoru, VV. 1. tiirl am.? T. i V m 7. 1.7: x, vw je Corn, W. H. GiHiam, 2nd best sanrDle Com.1 J, f Tlot . i . t?l . ' "rtr"lun I U Ha 100 2nd best simple Tobacco; G If Rowland, l! ItesTttWptfOSits; J.M.krfak j i'? 2,-00". 00 00 i f reas. rr. it- iAMinf- 3 v nn a to ft 'w Mia-'m F. Jont5s,-2y 00 i Beets; B. F.-IJenfriia.-- I inv i . o, . ... xjurnJ, &, uu i Greatest ypnety Peas, E. Gr&n, 2, 00 1 i s , J T?niiP8! $! it 1,00 s avenge yield Wheat, J Weaver,-4y-00 Best H.imj J M Barnes $2 1 1 1 2 1. I 1 1 t 1 r r l , i . I i "2- tr n a ir tt- u tc if a a IT u u it u a . jar cutter, Mrs W B WiHiams, i Stfrfile Honey, Mrs H H fiowlani- I Soap, J M Bkrnesl ' Barrel FlourW F Colling Wheat Bread-,-Mrs W.B-Williainvl Cratflrtrs;- I j. , Sponge Catof, Mrs g Qr Wilson- I Jar pickles, Mrs S S Rovs'tery i Jellies,-Mrs B- Jenlrinl,-i 1 11 JamVMrs H H lfcw14naV 1 " Catsup? Mrs' JM Buries ; . CorrJia1s!T '&Roygter,-; i " 7. i V lue Jurs u peed,i Dried Preaches, j d6 ! I M Apples, Mrs S S Roylter, I Pears, " do 4 i ' : It It Cherries: fr J TTiLi' Largest Variety, Mrs"S S RoVsteK nes, Class Third BorticuUife largest variety Apples, J C Lemr,- $2 l -i :. Quinces MrrJ e&lun.! 2 Class Fourth-f-FrOU oest sample feaclt Trees; J W W.vr u u $2 1 1 . btrawberry Vines, 4j Wyche, . BRANCH THIRD. , . Class- First Phtcs " : Best Dbub e Mouldboard' Plow. tf":fli . n. - 1 .. I v. " two Horse Plow. Willikma i-'aiU,'I 1 $3 3 2nd best 2 Horse Plow, J. H. Gooch, ' ,f iarLnlD.? Subsoil Plow, Smith Utley, Submit Plow, Williams JbAlstOhv . 2nd best Subsoil Plow. J. H 2 3 3 3 3" 3 3 3 Best Corn1 Cultivator, Williams db Alston! . Junrnrm? CoulM : . S n " Gaddes Harrow, 'r -" ; . Cotion Plow. M 'rt U K : a ' Wrbujrhf. ' Largest variety, - Class Second Wagons. Carria.rifiji. Best 4 Horse Wagon, Stephen Floyd, i- f . ", . VZSy,'iyt. W:BfacknaJF, ' 3 Class ( Third Birness, Saddlery, &c V Best set double Buggy Harness; H. HarVisI $3 " single - " . v- u u ' 41 lot Leather, J. D.sIawkin4 , ' 2 'Jil&6W-ir.:;:.-if " i Best parlor ehkirs- Miss 1 E. iter; 4r t4 tr Window Blind, Wm. HunterT Best pair Ladies Shoes?- W Br Weavers - . $1 - t ' 1 -50c 50c :. t .mm rj I llllHV . s BbnneV Mrs. E R Ifarton. ' " j Fan, - JM Barnes, ' uoys Oap, ':WateF :.C5 W1' Q Weaver, -'.p? : 1- ; ! BRANCH' FOtJRTll.- Class FirstrHouatliAtAte. xr:A n.x .... . t rfTtr;i orcr.' Best Knett :-.c v Miss C Goswick, 2 , 'i ,? caver. 5BdbestKntr ;r . Best White 2nd'be4t White T .- airs M y VV lggins, MisettwWi.ginvl r Be4 Qll Mar, -fc 2 q mwed (lMitj MhuM A l?0'wler, 4St Tift 1 f MlMnn tl.x r s. 2- Best pair Mmncr Host, Mr R p Taylor o0C u -i iS0tt0 A ' -- S G WihW 50c . ' TMfifla: P7r f TIT TT T BIT . ' V vt 1 w weaver,--"-.. 2 xr -VT iisoni - i Greatest variety, i I ' . - Class Sernnd. ' - ' s v j-m . . . . . . nV xt- t T i - - I " just received and for Sale t .Best piece Woolen Jeanes, Mrs-T Carrol,; $1 V - COOPER & WILLIAMS. " , Cotton ! 'V v , - M F Hester, I Oct. 26, 1858. r'- - u Ieu C i::0 Gregorys " double width Woolen Carpet, Mrs E Green, 2 " Vestingj j" CI)i,:.l- - 1 I Worsted Serge it- Timityl Mrs S G Wil son, J xiaper ior Aabie Ulotb. 1 " is 1 S Gi Wilson. I piece Liiisey,;Mrs M F Hester, Largest vafiefy; i f S O Wilson 1 4 s(ass Third. Cest Embro. Pillow Cases, j' " $1 1 - ; I Peace.-Z w Uolster " i ! Valence. ' I"! u (I U ' Cdlto mb. thilds DressI Miss L dbest;' ;. . " - .;. MtsJ VCa 2. Cawthorn 1 Kat Sift 2d best". '7 Best worsted li j 2d best " " 5 Best Braided", .'i ' " " Cotton "I":" MCawthorn2 tt U M i" "MissMKRoyster,,! Mrs J V Cawthorn 2 U I 8 G Wilson, J " Mrs J V Cawthorn 1 " I " J V Cawthorn 1 Emb. Ladies skirt, Miss Jane Jones, -2dbestEmb. i Mary Joiies? . Best V -! Dress " Bettie Hicks, T2dbest . j ! Sallie Hicks, Rest Table Cover " !M -E Fowler! vuuiuan - Jj ili l'eace. "Chairs VIE Fos One Family Hair Wreath. Misk M E Tifl, t 2 Best " Collar Mrs" J WJofdan: -T2dbest" j j SG WilsW; , Best V Silk Apron, Miss.L E Foster, Greatest variety; ,... Mrs; J V CawtfibrnV 1 2 I 2 4 ' : lastltourti Faintin'g. B st On Paint: n? Miss BroWn. $4 2 IA host fill Best Pastel w- Oriental 2d best u j Greatest arietrt runioy, Mrs T Carfo Miss Brown, ;2l 2 :i 4 MissBracey, Miss Brown. THUiiAS' J. blacsnaxl; cm. ofEzecjdite Committee. JlelmboliTs Genuine Pi epdrdtio'n: HelmbohTs Genuine Preparation: ! Helmbold's Genuine Preparation: - ' i . ife?6bW; j Genuine Prepyct&tiott. - -.Is prepared according to Pharmacy and Chemistry, with jthe greatest accuracy and Chemical knowledge devoted to their combina tion. '-J ;; ;-; 1 j . "j- xIMmbolfs Genuine Preparation Tot diseases of the Bladder, Kidneys, Gravel and Dropsey. . READ I READ f READ id." Ye ; affficted'" read the fdloif?ng! c6itiftcal 'of cure 6f 6it 20" years' standing r . i i 1 - iTT' tt LfeSTo Jf, Pa. JaVt 28 1S58 ;H. T.' nELMBotb Bear Sir: 1 Rave been troubled with an affliction of the Bladder and Kidneys for ever twenty years'. I have-tried physicians rn vatn an at last concluded to give your Genuine Preparation a trial, as I had heard it highly spoken of. It: afforded me im mediate relief. I hare used three bottles, and I .have obtained more relief trora its effects and feel much better than I have for twenty years previous. I hffvethe greatest faith in iu vir tues and curative power's,- find shall do all in my power lo make it known to thi afflicted. Hoping this may prpve advantageous to you in assisting you-o introduce the medicine. -: !. I am-truly yours, j - - - v: :. " ; L M. McCORMICKi Should any. doutt Mr. McCorrnick'si sUfe-" jiein., ne rgiers to tne following ... J , . ' fHonV Win. Blgler, ex-Governor, Pennsylvania' J. C. Knox, Judge, Tioga county Pl J.S. Black, Judge, Philadelphia. D."R. Porter, ex-Gov. Pennsylvania. ' It ff A "M a -tt xuis uwraauuge, rtiiladelphia. R. & Grieiy Judge U. S. Court .'' G. W. Woodward, Judge, Philadelphia. W.A.Porte, City Solicitpr.Philadel phia. John Bigler, ex Governor of California. F. Banks. Auditor Gnr1 1 Wct,;n ton D.- Cy and many others; jf necessary . See advertisemjent ; nehdi'd: ' 1. f- Jlelmbold's Genuine Preparation ;in another column. i " Ijl! 32-6m. 1 To ConsnmTit.firoel ''. ,V ' The advertiser having been restored io health In a few aeTfs; by a very simple remedy, after r"-" KVBiai je;irs wun a severe Lung Affectum, sfud thai dread disease. Consump tion. is anxious" to make known ir ),;. fin' Sufferers the wans of cure i Toll who di, Sthe will send a copy of the prescriptTbn used tree of charge), with directions for Iprepafm fcnd using the same which they will prd"n sure fcH'.PV"'. AstJimai Bronefiitis, &e. The only object of the"advertisefin sendino- the brescriptiort is to benefit the" afflicted, and U hopes every: Bufferef-will try m remedy, ffs'ift Will cost them nothrngVand may prove a .bles sing. Parues wishing the prescription will ple ase address . ::M s j . ! rr REV. EDWARD Al WILSON. ! ! s k a W - o-o W"liamsbugh, Long Island. ...Octoberyl8.. , j ; ;t . 3 3m; !l!-:.-:fv--r- . i DIED, j . I .. , 1- li fefef the County of , Grkn ville, , if st after an illness of hearlv five weeks, Miss Kate, daughter df G. W. Kittrey Esq. in-her 18th year. ; V j ;j f . (.;:.; She professed religion about a year previous tober death, and up to that time, so far as we know ot can asceruin, lived the life of a consis tant Cntjstiab. ..DoubUess to . the hearts of Ml her numerous acquaintances and friends, the an k.or hd- death will carry a pang.2 Endove naW ith a rteerfut disposition she passe through this vale of tekrs, with a Kght heart and elastic step, winning the hearts of all she met with, by a liTcly .word or a pleasant smiley FareweB,- 8'0W, hrht j et&$lT Will ever nfjHa Ht.H i .'. OV THE' ' 4'- HAMPDEN' SIDNEY 3TAOAtwt? ; rilV- " "ft ?imie Pf Himpden Sidney College, Va.be? leavfi tn ii,nnU. tx.i I PMc,tliat they-vfilVoh rhe;is1rday of Jantik- i TTfJ (o ! agea, wHl be Edited' bj thV undersigned; assisted by the regular and hcnoTary members iSft "? So,eUea nn?' "bse ccmtroY it is published. ; ' . . . .-l -v ;i In Polities and Religion it4 wilf b sfr1btT neutral: denouncing wjbrateveftehds lo degrade t?,1 Pf people, while it will Vofnmend wateer pertains to their " interest rr.T-faI$ R-HbtheainroTthrSiS tive Matter, whtchhall m some degree aid in 'JVV terary of Soth : . pf ve sftr abcffptable companIdn'i tif the fireside, Vwi" ?,KtOT!'tr1st lhat periodical ' anfch tPil'.edal'ntinstitution; S b?Hrl7 fat P"r bd ihtSi u be a firm and consistent t e-.ui port of tne people of the South! ; I - -- xermsj-irie pnee of the Magazine will " be Abvanee&n f moIth8 Invariabl 2a M Tredwav. Jr Rla.lf tTs.vT 71.' )l' SURVEHNG. . The subscriber would -respectfully Inform the citizens of Granville and adioinlng counties thu't he is prepared to Qd Surveying in the most ac curate manner, baring the latest and most ani proved instrument for that purpose. Re hal just completed laying off Granville county inW school dUtrcts by actual Aurrejs, and he flatters' himself that he CAn give enUre satisfacaon 14 those who may engage his services. '- "'n r a v JOWi D.PASCHALL. Oxford, X. Oct. 28,J853. . 38 6m. " &T11AY iNOTICE, - - Taen tfp and entered on the Stray Books 0 Oranville county, a small Tin.n it.,. :.u - blaze face, three white feet, about five feet high. fii7 8lX years o!d- e to the hcW t f r. H T Ltof Ox 1 urner a weex ago, who lives six miles xtord, on the. Henderson JJ;.v - saddle on. Valued at eig'uty-eeven dolUrs. , biftftd, Oct. ti, 1858. K- 4. MITCHELL, Ranger. . v 38 3t i HEKNDOK & LANDIS - .Have received their entire stock of Fall and Winter goods, which they offer it moderate price ' t don't say that we sell cheaper than any one else, but it you wish to try it call and see. ni, ,I HmDON LANDIS. October 26, 1848. . ' , . The . subscribers offer at reduced prices, the' justly celebrated Dunbar Dicksons k Co 'a Irish4 Linens, Nos. 7, 9, 11 tfaad 16, Fiench Worked dollars on Swiss, Scotcfi and Nainsook iluslins. plain L. C. and Hemstitched Handkerchiefs real Thread and Imitation Laces. Lace and wArVt- S.ets. October 26, 1858, ces, Lace and Work HERNDON k LAXDIS. BY ADAIS & CO.'S EXPRESS- Just received a second supply of 60 pair High Qr. Goat Buskin Walking Shoes. , Heeled . . . do . " Freench Lasting do ' Kid, a , OctT26. HKRNDON Jt LANDIS. , T .e nndersined would repectrully call the" attention oTthe public to ihehr large and altrac- tne supply of Fall and Winter Gods. Their etock was selected wWf c-re, and they fla&r themselves thrft they can sell at such prices as will insure" salfsficiion to ihnu. vV.n Uend to them their patronage. . rwm. t Vi-K WILLIAMS. Oifbrd, N. a, Oct. 19 1853. 37 6m The subscribers have for wle Dress Goods: Shawls, Bonnexs, R&bons; f lower t, RucXr, Em. AZfo le Trimming.; Alet!t9et, Kut Gl6vei, Silk MUu, Kid and Bick Gauntlet,, Ltnen, Caabric, Hem-ticked and Worked Handkerchiefs in great variety and ofmuu d .raUe .tyl 'CUOPliR WILLIAMS. OetoUfr ry . A choice selection of the. favorite brands of Lain oes American, Engl Hi and French col or warranted fast. ' .' . . . "Oct.' 19. COOPER $ WILLIAMS." pOOPER $ WlLUAMSh..veinstoreofva y nous styles and excellent fjialfty, Cloths. LasMineres and Vt?. gs.- I k5ttajt Koods theiV Ksortim-nt l.Si.everbrrn surpa ed i th'sniarket. ; Th-y bave t,K.a fine art-rn-nt of Ready Made Clo hing. Boois, Shot," H.ts Cap;, Linen and Sdk Ha.KikVr'vhiefa. A-U Uoollen, Oatton, Silk and Liuen bhiru and Drawers. October 19, 1858-fr 5 , , ' . ' ' A. FLE LMT OP Kerseys, Linsey. Ul.uk . el, Option OonaburgN Ble-ch nd Brown fittings, at uch prices are U..UimI to pl.se. tori-ale by COOPER f UILUAAIS. i October 19,1838.- rpilB SUBSCIJIBERS have . Sf.lendi4 .up- Htri' s?a Uvd-r,'Tr VatV Short Horse Slide Nails, Iron, S.eel. Us. XcTtr Buckets andn Kope. 'T leUopSw atleiiuoii in the beleciUMi f U.irdWiTc alwava endeavoring to iet trticlw madetj the uiot upjroved monufaetUTer. v Uci: 19- COOPER WILLIAMS. " POOPER " WILUAMS have an elegant a J .ortment of Combs Brnshes, PertuuK-ry, Hair O.U Sos H.Sr Pins, Steel Pens, pen Handles 4-c.; ge, ; ' . - . 7 O. tober 19. iV;" --:; t! School Books, Inks, STate; ap, Kote aad1 x.rci.icx x. ajicr aua d'lveiopes tor rale by - ' WOPER & WILLIAMS. BLACK? Alpas, well assortedsome o( superb quality, also Black Bombazine, and all wo-I black Del .inesfftf b1? had of 1 v . COOPER? 4 WILLI AAlsl' Oct. 19 1838 ' . - ' - -. -. ; A new style of black mourning Calico, differ- ent from any thing heretofore exhibited in this' market, for sale by - . ; ;oc,iV85 WIks- 'ft U9,P Srts f Hoop SkirUl-Bras,,-Ste,UDd J. J. VV halebone Hoops, alsb. E: F. Wood ward V Columbian patent Hoop.- For' by HxviiAKLiauA b Irish Linens assoried eradea importers and warranted genuine, for sale by F-"' -m . oi i m Doners t COOPER & W1LLIAM& OcL.19, 185a v CHEESE ANL. BtTTTES : Y0Clbsi. Cheese ; ? 7 - .ICO Goshen Butter, just received br Uertderson, a-tobr 20,1858.- , TOO S,Cv,'?a,t JO.OOOIU. fn Swede. ItT It,1'rh American, assorted i.i2e. V. X Jwrd Snaiw. St. Croix C. k Extra 6: V 1.0 Bat- Xffeli- - -r. . v , . r : 40 KegyjfaiUforiwle by '-" 5 -;-ct,7f8j8L ; PV W. f CL-IL WYCIIX.- ' j BACOIT ANLV. UUJD.' -I 8 HHDS Western Hams, S.1le. and SbonMer. S " Ta cured . t . a i S BarrelrsT prime qnli'tyjut received an1 for aale b ;J P. W - i d TT ivvrtir 7 : T? ! Me C'o'Wnp Hata, Boot, ed anT ft. w-i . --...-4i- - vet. ii -coa. . - . P, W.4 C. H.- WYCHE:;. ; VfPt?3-1 bo8nea Porto R'co belie'vid - ?i -lh-e Coffered in hii inarl&U-; 0in fiirSOELS sif-slacked fofuiiSfrJi? Alf &ls per bushel, by, i -. . - i ; :p-w. & 6n.-wTCHKr H 'v'7;"..:f' -!-
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