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THE AMERICAN, runu&ur.D weekly. EUGENE D. DRAKE 4 SDK, ' Editor and Proprietor. 53 a Tear, fa Advance. fjfcSr Xo fivltrripttf receip t vnJsr f fl. Light, Uore Light OIJ earth bl one it tUli dl", ; ifim& pttmoavenrnt of Ue; . Its trth like grctn childhood rote Amid dark rhao aod the chutie -Of momin-ita liofe rq.c ruf Where oamins darkne wilJlr iunj, Light, -more HgJn !' Ati3 then iU trawnjr manlioo-i came - - lU 'art the might; Miminn frit, JU-houTilnjr with iU hlood of flame. An. girWWj with an ocean Inll ; a Aroand iU mountain rib of rock Wa hoard the aul ihtirhr )ock, " Light, iii' rc Ji-lil I A ml un w there, I randati nil Tlie rojuic psatmod; of rate, Imw j hicrij phic on the wall, KnihlarMied o'er creation 'a pile -. l'irt riher which ihc If v-liri; night MJe twiceful in a cry for lilit. "ffdit, more liht I" wn.t lhehmit lhro?;h ee-y ne A voice in the hi1 of wan I,'i-.ur-liof oVr a eaf rn iiirT" I if ht rtM, Miarlrr. .in 1 (ifl t'rfnt. Who Ko.rii the lilil of hi-! an.l Imie, L'tAtl, more lihtl" i Bill Arp' Last. ii is li:tti:u to a mv.:n w'aiiiv. 'Mr. Artvhtu Wind, SJit'iriii.in Sur: Tlie rec.-;un I write to" you in pertikh r, are htkaus you nro about the only m m I know- in .all. "(Jod's country" so culled : For sum several weeks 1 have been wantin tu say sum thin. For sum several years we reus, no-called, but now late of aid county deceased, have been tryiri-tnjty hr.nl to do sumthin.. We didn't quite do it, and now iU very paipfiiLXa,iii'P.VftH. thermometer. onnratlv SO as to feel I etter. .JLO" I'm t in sec I m tryin to en to soften down 7 .y to the deavoring to subjugate so level of surroundincircut.j j am called. .But 1 can fn. I want to allowed to pny Siy "anil then make quarrel with suij0 gint-killer"; I aint friends. X ar. I aint no boar- , no Korvrcg'tuit I'll be horn?waggled Ta5 got' to be all done, on 8laniJ any longer. Some of your OR$y.fnayf-? frt-to d'.v un or turn our .Vks Jon;c. It's a blamed outrage, hcfiil J. Aint your editors got nuth in cc to do but to peck at u?, and squib at usw and crow over'us? Is every man what kan write a paragraf to consider us as bars in a cage, and be always a jobbin at us to hear us v growl? Now you see, my friend, that's what's disharmonious, and do you jest tell em, one and all, e pluri bus unum, 50-crtt'iVthat if they don t . stop it af once or urn us loose to say what wc j)lease, why we robs, so '-coifed, have unanimously iaHlJui4ly aiid rcvn crally rtsoVvcd to to .to think vc .ry liard of it if not haerdcr. That's the way to talk 1t. I aint a gwinc to commit myself. I know when to put on the brakes. I aint a gwinc to say all I think like Mr. Etheridge, or Mr. Addering, so-called. Nary tinic. No, sur. "But I'll jest tell you Arte inus, and you may tell it to your show : If wc aint allowed to express our sen timents, wc can take it out in Jiatin ; and hatih runs heavy in jny family, -shure. I hated a man so once that all the hair cum. out of my head, and the man drowned himself in a hog-waller that night. I kould do it agin, but you sec I'm tryin to harmonize, to ac uiescc, to bekum calm an,d screen. Now I suppose that poetikally ..ppea kin. : -' :: " ': V'"' -'. 'ln Dixie's fall; We s:nneJ all." ; . vrtalkin the way I see it, a big fel Aer and a little feller, so'calIed1 got in t a fite, and they fout and fout- and fout a long time, and every body all jound kept hoilering hands off, but kep - helpin the big feller until finally the tittle feller caved In and hollered enuf. lie made a bully fite I tell you, Selah. Well what did the big feller do? Take' him by the hand and. help him up, an i brush the dirt off his clothes? Nary time. No, sur I But he kicked iiim arter ho was down and throwd mud on him, jand drug him about and rubbed sand in his eyes,. and nowhes gjvine about huntin up his poor little property. Wants to kinfiskate it, so called. Blame my jakefc if it aint , cnuff to make your head- swim. . But a good Union man so called, I 'ain't to fite no more. I shant vote for the next war. T ain't no guerilla. I've jioae tuk the oath, Volume VIII- STATlvSVILLT-: T. C. and I'm gwync to keep it; but as for bcin ialjoogitr-1 and hwsityaicd, a Mr. Chac say, it am t so- nary tir? te nlayin priest around ph I aint trot no twenty thousand dollars. Wish I had ; I'd tvc it to those o.r wider and orfins. I'd fasten ray own nuiner ous and interests olfsprin in about two minute3Tinl a half. They hould cnt eat root and drink branch water, no longer. Jor, unfortunate things! to cum into 'hii t ubloonarv w'rld at sich a -time. . There four or five of 'em that never s.iw ahirku3 nor a men- I aint ashamed of nuthm, neither, aant ikc your people nad tu toe rc&enaoy i repefitin. ain t axin for no one home, I fur gooJ, and wat never gwine to gU key fehw never had a pocket knife, j fejerik money. 7r aid it would be inr a piece of cheese, nor a reesin. j gool aia. Iff ys that Jim Fun Thcre's Hull Itun Arp, ami Harper's , derbuck told him" tht Warren's Jack r err v Arn. and Lhickahominv Arn, that never seed the piktcrs .n aspeliin bo?k. I tell you, my friend, wo are the poorest people on the f::CC of the earth but we ar-e poor and proud. We made a bully fi'htrfcfeljli! and the whole American nation ought to feel proud of it. It shows what Amgrikins can do when they tlrnk they are im posed on "M-rull,-!.'' Didn't our four fatocrs file, bleed and die about a little tax on- tea, when not one in a thousand drank it X Bekausc they m - - r ' texnus, and to my mind, if the wliole thing was stewcu uown it would make about half a pint of humbuf;. We had liLOid men. :ountry, and have got n. naxdon. Wrhcn I die. I' to risk myself under the shatro$bf tlici r wi n g , w 1 u-1 1 . er th e climate be h jt or col I. ' So mote it be. Selah! Well, maybe Ie said enuf! .Bu 1 1 don't feel easy yit. I'm a good Un ion man,"sertin ahd shure. I've had my breeches die blue, and I've hot a blue jacket, and I very often feel blue, and about twice in a while, I go to a doggery and git blue, and then I look up at thD blue serulean heavens an 1 sing tlie mclanclioly choryas of the i?we-tailcd Fly. I'm doing my durn- succeed il it wasenl for sum thinrrs. When I sec a blackguard goinn- round me sw eets witu a gun on his shoulder, why right then, for a -few min ntes, I hate the whole Yankee nation. Jeru salem, how my blood hile3. The in stitution what was handed down to us by the heavenly kingdom of Massachu setts now put over us with powder and ball ! Harmonize the devil ! Ain't we human beings ? A i n ' t we got eyes and ears apd feelin and tb.ink.in ? Why the whole Afriky has come to town, women and children and babied and baboons' and all. A man can tell how far it is to the city by the pzObet than'the mile post. TheyV tOMl5,"nHn tie--nwHirwvfi I0r tlicfii'- sclves, and they'll perish to death this winter. as shore as the. devil is a hog, so-called. They are now baskin in the summer's sun, livin on roastin ears and freedom, with nary idee that the w inter 'will cum agin, or that caster oil and salts costs money. Some of 'em a hundred years old, are whinin around about goin to knowledge. The truth is, my friend, sumbody's badly fooled about this bizness. Somebody lias drawed the elefar.t in this lottery, and don't know what to do with him. He's jest thrown his snout about loose, and by-and-by he'll hurt somebody. These niggers will have 1 0 go back to the plantations and work. I ain't agoin to support nary one of cm, and when you. hear anybody say so, you tell 'cm, "its a lie," so-called. I golly, I ain't got nuthin to support myself on. We fout ourselves out of oyery thing except children and land, and I suppose the land are to be turned over to the ne groes for grave yards. V Well, my friend,! don't want much. I ain't ambitious as I used to was. You all have got your shows and mon keys and sirkusses and brass bands and . organs, and can play on the pe troleum and the harp of a thousand strings, and so on, but I've got one favor to ax of you. I want enuf pow der to kill a big yaller stump-tail dog that prowls round my premises at night. -. Pon honor, I won't shoot any thing blue or black or mullatter. Will you send it? Are you and your foaks 80 skeered of me nd raj- fcaks, that you wont let us have any amy nishun ? Are the squirls and crows and black raccoons to eat up our little corn patch es? Are the wild turkeys to -gobble all round us with impunity ? If a mad- 4JH I'iirtnJ.il ic 'iCrrit it tiaww ll-if if K X 11 V incy naueni l suppose it woui.il nave , rnuuv, uw iiiu iuhowiu, . I no K rK Xiii been trce&on, and they would have j One day last week a friend of bur?, mcW been ; bo win and scfapin round King residing in our neighboring town of tatit's Geoige for pardou. So it rocs. AijiVcenville, was asked by an elderly ,i(V arV nf"K. .n i ' IT do take the hiderfoby, the whole coaiumriUv to run itieJf to death to get out of th Il-oIItI it looki I - a , i . a ticket to your how, and you will LarVt momze scrtin. "With these few remark I think I feel be tie r, a nd hope I ha i ti t ra adc no body Ctin mad, fur Tin not on that lin at this time. I am trooly your frienJ all present or accounted for. Ill LL A Itl o-CAi.!.ci. V. S. Ohl man Harris wanted to buy my fiddle the other day with Con 4 hai seed a man who liaa just cum I . . f'. lr,Hn';f anf f m If 3fJ told hirccu3m Mandvia whipped in Old Harm y .a cr by the namC of Mnck t Million is commin over with a million or men. Uut nevertheless, notwith standing, somehow or somehow else, I'm dubous about the money. If 3Tou was me, Artemu3, would you make the iiiue trader li. A. A Solitary Horseman. Staunton I 'in t icator of ' gentleman on horseback, to be so kind acK, to be so kind the hotel of the j as to direct him to town, which our. ami aii turned to pursue his busi- Httle thinking that the occur- frencc would again be brought to his mind. An old negro man, coming down the street, passed the solitary horseman, and politely lifted his hat to him, and upon approaching our friend asked him if h? knew that gen tleman. Upon receiving a negative reply, said, "why that's our great old General. That's Massa Robert E. Lee" If a thousand mortars had suddenly let loose upon the town, a greater excitement could scarcely have been created. The news spread like wild-fire; crowds ffom town and tsmxntrx ruaiiOd lh to Cet ft Riht off of the great and cood man, -whom 1 not I only the Southern people, but those throughout the world, who appreciate true greatness, love to admire. lie was on his way to assume the duties of President of Washington College, to which position, without solicitation, he had been lately elected, and in his unostentatious way, would have passed by unknown bnt'for being recognized by the old negro, who had followed him in his campaigns. As it was, his advent into Greenville was an era in her history, and long will she remember the day. ow the Western Indians Fight. - Ct 1 " ltr.rv i! i c war ' WW w w . v v a mi P paper, descriDing a recent attack onT: a Government train on the Western plains, has the following as to the In dian method of fighting: They farely, if ever attack except on horseback ; and each man keeps his horse on the run, riding gencraly in a circle, so as to avoid shots, dis charging in the meantime showers of bullets and arrows, and snouting to stampede the animals. When a weap on is pointed at one of them, he shel ters himself almost en ti rely by hang ing over one side of his horse, and from this position continues firing. Dashing suddenly upon a' train in this manner, they can often discharge a great number of shots before the teamsters, taken by surprise, and en cumbered by the care of their teams, can make any organized or effective resistance, and if unsuccessful in their attempts, to shoot the drivers or stam pede the animals, they are often able to make good their retreat, without serious lqss. The principal defence against an attack of a formidable nature is to form a corral, which fur nishes a considerable protection, and cases have occurred where corrals have been besieged for several days, by large bodies of Indians too numer ous to be encountered on the open plain. Although arrows are still much used, many of the Indians are well armed with rifles and revolvers, though some of them at least do not under stand the use of ; the breech-loading guns, and they have been known to leave captured weapons of 'that de scription, after breaking so as to ren der them useless -A (fa A .XOVnJKU 1-1, Eis&itY cf Lbr : ; A CvuUrmt;., fr , B if labo r, I re f cr "l o t . r&ef cly' 'to' toil wikh M - - . - abrt fererely taed tLan tier. Iaboreri tte rret rsotto if life, it t& the primal Uw cf the nnma ee-.my, and t$o mtimstely connect cd with the very ejiiitence cf man; aa?J so dependent i Xfi upen it for ha p pinrrs and progrci sknf that he who accotopliiliCi the .oait by his indiittrj end labor, is truly the gn-at est man, Thf reat; orator, the poet, the artist, the scholar all working menV It U labor that has tilled our field, clothed our bodies, raided our churches, print cu ttr books, cultivated oar tain Is. f furrounded us with comfortf, rHueJ characters upon the a?cs In which .... . v. thev lived, and you will find that ther . . . .... were those who obeved the laws of nature, who toiled and became strong w no, among tne liiustnoui persons j that '-h'ayfL i benefactors of their fl.'rUn or drs- cover 4; 'arrt.!lV-..r fu?--r nnrenc '0f hCri ancJ C: ias never been warmed by -i, visions 01 tuture attainment and ot high achievements, will never by his intellectual powers, add to his own fame or benefit mankind. Having selected our object for which to live and labor, we should proceed with the . determination to overcome every circumstance- that of fers an impediment to our progress ; our motto should be tiJJxcehior ct Uxcelsior." We should acquire such a-control over ourselves, that our hab its will urge us onward; and never permit one of the thousand obstacles that obstruct our pathway to divert . C , ... U --. , - .1 Kxrtj the accomplishment of 1 r. . 1 evet 3hould be ontvara1. And noth ing'ut death should deter us from our purpose, and that will be but a webome messenger to open the door thnugh which wc may pass i n 1 0 t h at higier and holier, and happier state of existence, where we will be put in the possession of facilities for perfect ing that self-structure, the foundation of which is laid in the present life. My young friends, I would have you distinc'tly understand that every hu mor, being is mainly the architect of his own d es 4iT: T 7 " if Or ' t AT TTl so ord rsllshall ma or unmak a man s wcrst enemies arc ey of his own house hold;" he has 'nothing to fear but him self -the elements of exaltation or degradation are within. Air the in structions in the world will amount to nothing until proper efforts are made by the individual. Tho mere act of associating with superior minds, will not improve our intellects until we open our minds to receive, and men tally digest and assimulate the intel lectual food according to our own or ganization, purposes and wants. As every individual must eat, drink and alcep for himself, so, also, must every individual improve his own mind and character, or they will remain unim proved. We should exert ourselves, and if we fail we should "try again. The traveller shortens his journey, neither in time nor distance, by lamen ting the number of miles he must pass over, or. the number of hoursit will take him to accomplish it. The hands of a watch would never perform their hourly journey around the time-telling face, were it not for the unfailing strength and elasticity of its main spring, so, also, man carl never attain that which is worth living for, without a constant, lahorous exercise of his will, and a determination never to abandon his great leading purpose in life. ;-V: '..;.-; J.- Where is the tiian that ever did any thin worth doing, who is deservedly honored either in church or state who did not years ago in the strength of determination, energy, and the light fortunfe should f Jp LIIUUIV vet. in vv ... ml 9 1 W. M aitv crJ-G av "in rV1 3 i tV h w ! Jb f if, ad l Mlat 1 j' ttist?i;diicri i. ! tut ? VLt !e 1 WVl f" fr i?tUt3 . , . lr What raad a M .t:r. Howell, a Trtrlt! Wht ra le a Criwfcrd, IUtim:, a IV? V 1 answer srlr an. I :Xr xo i trulr, chootic aooethLn rel a:.d vtti!, and firHn; ffi if ; ar. ! if vara eijet, or wbh, er intend accrjrUihir fey thirj, xci cuj t instate their eiatr pie; then cnoe rcur object which will be to yon a a. central and $tick te . Armed with thit principle ani inspiration, you may rie teu&drtam cd of height ; wanting it yea may tmi 10 unuiournt 01 uepint. ie all idea, of rrt ; fate in th face; by an cncr that wouil .ccn- - , , , . - I ucmn i;cp orm, every man open I llie arcna !rillc,i pi w t xapactty, arm cl with a weapon, the heit that can be secured by study and applica tion, and fiht in the ?crrice of truth, his country and hi 7 Jjrohns. I'lUtv zy the then broa.rb that SirAK ytcva the ocean. -id'eh's ihips cnter- cd, "and on fe nokc I si: island, famous. too, in the tiistory of the lat civil victim 1. .t - y-. 1. . . many of the exploits of Teache, the .-.. o iii, fi nally, the naval engagement in which he Vas defeated and kHIed. It "was this and the adjacent districts that in spired the quaint but graphic pen of Lawson, and that form the thtme of I his spicy narrative. Ilia bock, indeed TTnvcsta that entire coun of even the modern reader, with great charms and fascinations, and prove that there, must have existed a won drous intrin&ic interest and attraction ' to have excited such: extravagant and enthusiastic expressions of admiration. Perhaps there-is no equal space of territory in all the States of the Amer ican Union that ha3 been so little vis ited or seen by other than its residents, and of wl urcea have. ecia- fheir iv tt i m J V . i I VXJofrx rl of even as uimv. rence can rarely be perceived for miles." There is in mm cases litcrally noth ing to obstruct: he view, except the standing crops and fer ccs on the farms and the trees on swamp or other for est lands. In all the immense area, there is hardly, native to the locality, a stone,' or even a small pebble. This nature of the country, added to the narrowness of the beds cf the rivers for the great quantity of water flow ing in them, which ordinary supply is enormously increased by the transient ram-floods coming from the upper country, in former times was the cause of great and frequent injury to the crops growing on the extensive bottom-lands. Recent improvements have to a great extent remedied th'u evil, however, while the abundant deposit of rich allovium heretofore left by the subsidence of the waters after a fresh et has been of great improving benefit to the fertility of the lands theT over flowed. The improvements, of which we speak, are mainly the construction of long and high dykc3 to keep off high floods. The water-courses in these sections of the State are Very numerous and many of them are deep, enough to bt navicrated by sea-jroine vessels. A glance at the map will show the great I number and close neighborhood of these rivers, flowing nearly parallel to J each other into the northern side of - mT V mJ iViDcmane couuu. xuo vuumu a . the only one, east of the Roanoke, - mm mm which receives any considerable sup- evrugcic, iiiat vno iirsi r.n-nau colony the crop, ir all that it refow or waa was planted. Amid the land-locked ted were employed and broorht into waters of the same region occurred requiiition, ai an article of commit " - 1 try -K .r a It vf Uf frvaa k-'i ' ital :, tr u tr.r! !y i-sy etVtt iVv. tie r".r t.i kitrt if AI'awU aL ia iLc (hf 5 AI3e,ay tai'caU..i.K -.! tiey nak trtias t;?ei, ettw at lL ih cf t-r T- jftt i er?r f tL Vjwtf ftx L.V Ccrx., tt. 1 ih tit!l It ril t that cf asy ewitff tut tttt ta the wc:M. t. tt.ifi frctac tweiit tf tL excs.tr, frrt- r'f1 rxkix. th bck try cf orf&U, which rrvi,arT.J, ao-cordis- to lh ceuiui rclcrat cf 1 V, within a fractica i ( is ni7'i cf buileli! Nfit to tUi U Wheat Ht cef t thete two, thermit M-ire!y a cecp of UrC ultare r4itrlr n iriti. Cotton, which it fe ut.irf 1W ar. 1 ,Tly in MimVUrp. tie, u not raHy atut,;tel at a crop fcr tie nmirt. The e;HaJ tod h. a i.Coml caute lor the ai ter.ee 01 12.11 tri p. OaU, and efj'ecially Hay, would -b gKd cr ji fcr th;i tcrai ! clioate an! oil, and therr it no better contry for gran eat of the taoun taint. The fnheriri taake a very icj-ortatX ilera of the prolelicDf tf eaatern North Carolina, and we wpali be lad to have it in our pwer to iiw tho Itatistici and annual return cf thie yarvh cf induitry. . BciiJcf the taain d direct profit of thcie CihcriVe, mh are itumeme, there 11 another, 1 not arailrd of to on a-tenth th Viirht be. Tlu 11 the tite. of the great amount of ar c f in tl.e trlramny tr ;ar IcViiVAJpT- and al of o'ther StL'or wtici. mere u no UcmaniL Of tho cffal that ie uied, the? practice il to depoeit a fih,- or a handful of the eirbf ! ' ercrv itation of mm n,l ! cither before or aftr t) '.iln. . t ' - the matter 10 lated would U caua' irl qu antity, quality and value as manure, all the supply of Peruvian Guano to now imported and used, at the'eoat to agriculture of millions, of dollars. In the extreraeit Eattem roan ilea the killing of wild water.fowl ia a i bock, indeed. I branch of mduitry of coaaularaUa im- try, ID the eytS"TTOTtBrror.' fwnnttli..w, m,T . I ...a r i r. persons oui 01 inc immetuaie region Tho returns, in game killed and te cared, through, any certain time, to a skillful hand, are as sure as the profits of any ordinary branch of agriculture or trade, and far larger for the capital and labor employed. . The peninsula included between Al bemarle and Pamlico Sounds, a com pact area of fifty by sixty mile or more, is nearly all one great anJ con nected body of peaty swamps. The exceptions are in narrow strips of in- i! tersccting low but firm land. All of rso peaty lands, when reclaimed rfs rrrat end dnrableffrtijitj. rT TroaTitrncf ox them are already gained and under tillage, and haro l r in tN..i.i i .- i i : i i uvvu juuku i uc oiaoriing prouuc . v ajv SVII im Ul VII IJi4 im f .... . J to lie on a bottom of sand. On theie reclaimed lands, Indirn com ir almost the only crop made, and an intelligent overseer has recorded that he had never ccn such magnificent growths of corn upon such larre snaces." Hyde county is deemed the nchewt and 'most productive in North Carolina, and yet nearly all its productions are within the cleared beru turrotroAiof' the Mattamuskect Lake. -It is said that the annual export of ccrn from the lake lands is considerably upwards of fire hundred thousand XcsLeU, -When these lands art deemed worth less for cultivation, the immense bodies of cypress, iuniper, and other woods, are profitably employed in matin; shingles and timber.- HaLAdvtrtucr, Augnsta Belnont c A good story is told of his promi nent New Tort tanker and politician, lie U a somewhat passionate man, and considerably profane. Once he had a confidential clerk at whom he blsxed away one morning at a fearful rate. The man listened quietly till Belmont got through, and then said, he would not stay and be swort) at though he was a poor man. Belmont asked the clerk what he would remain for, r-nd let him talk as he pleased. AfUx thinking f the matter ar short time, - m the man said that u the salary were increased from twenty-five hundred to four thoasand dollars, br could stand it. Yoo shall hare ij, I-fc you,V said Belmont, and the tradition uvea now uujj um,h uo w the money, but never cursed bjm a gain at alt " . r , .
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