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Alleluia I for tiie Lord God Omnipotent reijrrieUi, and Iightcounes Judjr H-nt and Mercy arb the Habitation of His' TtiVonei VOL. II. WlLLIAMSTON, NO. 2. ! 1 f . . -J : ' ; 'txrcSITp.B.-:' - V'----'- s-r'" v -''j ..v.jr One copy prr '?.; , 7 - i i : V2.U0 ": : 11.00 i ': 25.00 . V'. , '. 11 1 ST. Li. t'AIlOR 'AJDVElCTmNGrJuAT . r . : . f ., 0ne square (12 lines) one iiK vuun If-. V.:i-h sm-ieueiit insertion. ,.. 81.00. Special' notices nrt - professional aavgrtise rmnts x&arged 'tefcjw-ctt.the'above. Payraeutaaavanee wilr be demanciCGWcaO? vcrtiseinents.- : . . . ; , , . .- Nr"mpl.jr nibaujpiff. a Religious- meeting;-a .fnarriatre on ttcatbra tWr&e ..will be made.'- XT Alt letters on Easiness "connected with the office-should be addressed to The-Proprietors '" i ... ... .t-l.-;' - : - 7 " : t i 1 1 I. Subscribers who do riot giV express notice to tue contrary, arc consiaereu as -wisuing io ri-atmuc their Mibsciiptioa, " " 2. If suJcribors order the ii4(continiian.?c;f tUeir pjiyeis, publishers may continue -to send ihvm uutilaU -as due are 'panl. ! ?: ; - 4' 3ir.VuseVjbers.neg!ec.t or-refifee ti take their" papers .from the office to' which they are directed thev'are held responsible tfntil t-fiey r.aye vM .wJiiit is dwc. atnd:-ei-der tkeir pdpe'M -.disconttnu-; ed.. - '..v-. . ,' ' . . ' 4. .If r.dbserihcrs remove'to other places with-V out inforfnitig the publisher, and the -papef (is rer.tto the fbruaer direction, th's? are held'-res-' nousihle. f.The"!aw dec-ares t-liat anv Ticrson, to vnom aperjodicanssettt, is resi.ous.Die ror paymcm a even ifheliaA never subscript,-? for it: or lias '"or dered it stopped, l'lis duty jn such ease is, liot to take the 'paper from the oitiee,' and to. noii ty 4 he pufeli-sier that hefloeS net wish it. ' : Y I LLI AM STOlf - A t) V KK T ISEMEJ TS- FQOLE BROTilEti, v ; ' . ? Dealers in !- ' ' Drugs,' Kcdiciiies, CliGiiiV'als-Spiccs. . H'ints," OIK, Varnislics, Dye " ' .Stuffs, Glass, Putty, Per- - luinery, -Fancy and - : ; ' , 'H. 'iiVctf A tides, :-. Tobacco, SnuiTV ; and Kerosene Xamns & Lanterns ' : A a c5io'c? seiectioii of Wines and Liquor--ji ' 3b for? Medici ni! purposes, and in ilitt,.every jthiH reueraily fcept in a l;rn Store,- " : ;: the pcoii-vva.!' t tmrv ami unadultcrcd me'd it:iqes. let -them buy them at tiie 1'tujt Store. i'OOL BHO. Soiiything Worth"-Kg a&mbv?ingl T.r a:iV i- Wii? v?;! 1 Cure1 ycatery, Cho.tra: Morbus.. i!j; s,-os:;i,' an 1 al h.M'cA-k .id Hoivei"oi;!! ir.s, fuidaiiv: tier sol; 'xl'i" cs fne loroia' i.ot ncn,hted there by can call. upon the dr'turii. 'ho sel-s ' he" saint tistd-. aut'hoi ized to. relu'ii ' ;ne nohev. .'' Prepare -hy LJ- OX CO.. .J.OWCtL M:if . . IIs. CART .lUFIICX, BO 1 ly ' WihLiMSTON-. N. C. " T V L n iu;i!.t usrit;.-,oi u. ents. 'c-v'. ased. ila: i .. . Tt;-i ' .: air ;-ifi i.'t'' a; i.)i-i'jli(--:; cash f . j.vh"i' I -r.ci; exits' ; -iX a r.uii of s:.'. lid s c-nr.. ua;i-. a i tnomlis; lor ap'u v t d U'jt-C J ! r:vu;y ? valuable. .Miclts. are softie u ?ls 'a!i v, u .eh X wfil sell at One toii4r i.-f r ca-u. 1?: W. B.voL, Yf - -tf 7t NOTICE. : f NPKRSUANTE'OF.kKk'CT OF TCOJIPO ' XIVATlOiV li'oai th5 Lecislature -bf the Shite of ,. . .- North Carolkiat) and, the further Appointment by j "the Commissioners appointed by Said act iiRVin r larnoro' on tne loLlv-iusttuit, 1 shall open books C ' 'for subscription for. stock to builtl -a Kail Road . ,frbni Williaiston to or near Tarbbro', on the 7th , day oi' J une next at my olfitb.. : i 4 ' i , - v . u. -I). W. IlioLEY;.. i j Willianjston, May 17th 1866. lib 12-tf i NOTICE IS hereby? gh-en to the subscribers to the stock in .the Williaitistdii and TarhmvV tj iii t?rvaVi (on the n illiamston book) to pdvme fivp dollars on each share subscribed, on or hefore the first ot :ctober next, which will secure the charter and i .forthwith eiihlc the tympany tcrelect bihcer'sranct i proceed to nusmcss. ' ' - ' - V " D- - BAGLEY, Com'r. i no, 23 tf. " : .. : - . , : STOVES ! n Stoves J 1 - . i . A first rate line of cooking p,nd other stoves on hand at reduced prices. Call and examine them, 'ixforn nnrrhasino-rlMPu hnrn i - r B -- - n . , ' - . ;. C.B. 1IASSELL.. TWO SCHOLARSHIPS i O' F the' Philadelphia. .Uniyerpitv. of Mediefne and Sunrery, are Tot -sale at rour for Seventy-five Dollars apiece, each -of which cer rv tifictes SQhtitles the owner to full instruciiun ' bnielng Anatomy, Surgery,. Phisioloj iattrrW ? edica. Chcniistry, ObstrctrieS and Diseases of r f. omen dnd Children, Principtes and practice of - f edicine and Pathology." The-advertisement oi , ie University willtfe foofwi in another, place. .'e wbttld cull the particular, attention' tT our ?aders to the enlightenett and un parcelled lib nllity Of lts'terms.( The latter it seems to us. s eed only be known,; to ensure the largest pat-" onage of any similar Institution in the world. ' .- '!' r'A- JOB WORK. BLANKS, - BALL TICKETS, ; CARDS' pTinted with neatness end dis- ; -1 J V "V " -J J or fwhat is earth so valuable, tis for a n?enta;of something better ? What uee sba.litrangm . and pilgrims. -make of i itj 4 a:volfnnerom vrliicii to get the iilpbalet ot.oclestid seiervcb; Fave as a 'v; ,'f;,:ra i51vu ney embark ; a io.wriiig oriflge, ow. which they pass fto uic iwcviei juauu r r or . ail Who Wilt se them; ttere are waymarks along the road, pointing jtoward Canaan. 1 ' I ; j The! mountains ar remembrancers. In all directions they lift their dark or hoary hads, singly, or in groups, holding many a iscrvojr .'to feed the pure perennial springs, that like living hearts send -forth the Very life-bhtod of the Jand, and em .bosoming many a Jake worthy to be called The iSmilebf the GreatM spirit." I They loolt jjke sentinels which the LorH of hoss lias set ort iuty; the, deep gorgesr aven ues to! the palee of - the f Great Kirin-.- When mornins: tVihies. whata wp1th gloryis poqred over their lofty, ridge V and-! down .their sides ! When cvcthtkV shadows ;settL"r over thorn. ' vou mnv nestle; a little this way and that, rutflintr their' wings, and carciblly adjusting;them--selves fo'rjcft 'gbt's ' repos'e. ci'-r k! ;;i5i)leniny majestic remembrancers ! ve caliJtfji mind Mount Moriahrand Sinai, Car- meraira.JLebanqn,, labor and Calvary, and tbe.iaknelsseTs amidst which Waldensses and Coveitanters sang praisest-to tlie God ot Kr salvation. Most comfortable ,are the away j from earths We "thin llow ' the veasting artn is underneath t ie tbeblest jsainofibe Most High: yak le who, in cov-, weigheth the mountains in scskfc is enaoi wnn ms people.- : iVs the mountains ! are rmuiOj aoout J erusalem, so the Lord is roundabout hispeople from bjenfcfoith, cVeia forever. ' , ' . ' - - . ' Tiid ryu! ,of man needs a stroncfelJ .vli3ae foundations are1 elsewhere thr.. v n thisfijuakjng ; planet: Wlien thesormor--ttiins ' M1 j be ' seal t ered, am) tlicso hlili jOoV.y we shall fi"id that the Jibckof-. Ages j alone e'arf serve for-a hidinst-place. wui-say ot the Lord the JiOrd my jight-fcousncss---lie ismy-rock, my fortress, rhy delitei-er; in Jiim 'will I trust." I; The. water lull has a, voice lor us. We find our way down circuitously lo-the base of Moiitmornci, By leaping and climb ing Hye approach the very edg-f dwj'rber ing khWtj and iriere; stand :eiitraiicel by; the Hood of moving beauty., and grandeur. un posmo it tie waters, and- o er i en us, plunging hnd iwuning, laughing , in wild- j est ee, j lining the ajr , with scattered drops in the. mdrning light. , The sun seems to gwi with us in - wonder at the scene. walls of J pc, and lolty banks 't ringed with evetgfeeil trees, silent sentinels, that kqen ...w. -Hwdu.wit giEflni i.ivc uiamumwj Watphroveithe bVupendbls t-msni. Ma'zie at. the streaming rainbows, wnose l!qud: colors seem'to issue from tli iouiat oi beauty itself. Cast your el liv ing ;t your eye on liie projecting bed ot earth, which tke rush j ot: waters has spared, that its grass plot of brilliant green may smiie, tiie summer long, so gladsomely, in the face of :Moiit mofenci, this qiieeh of facades, jlhere the stands, in- peerless beauty with briiial robb and I wreath, and heaven'-s own kiss. ri thai fi'.lreheaH hangeleSs and serene. jiace for the soul to dilate, to soar ost tbj what is visible in the visit n jhich.-is-unseen, brighter and more n those things which are seeti. lioiiig iar to the north, we will visit the Saguenay. Wb.at e borne "along a stream. braaa, uarK. ana aeep, in places even ratn omless. Lofty monntairiS rugged and precipitous, form its shores. No nibrtal. notj even'! trie Indian,' has probably ever set fooi -4pon thenj; . It. is midnight:; and. the mobu bas-gonedown behind -a ' dark crest of ihe,bleak, western barrier.- We move Snwa&d,. I suad the awful solitud-eJ.tiU we appfpach brie of the everlasting hills which has steonel down the stream, and ad- variced its foot into tbe -water., i jf is called j A-iuiuitv i7M"i'T -a i oca, i iuiij pcipu- aiqiuany, wiin us majesxic ironv oij uiieen huinired feet, while the line , tinIs "riO wt-J torn! tp the quiet current at its base. ; It is a mountain that .might be - touched as; we sail b v. IBut God has touched the hills. arid jtheyrffbke. ; " The Mount is alto gether on ' 'a smpke, because the Lord des cended upon it in fire, and .the asmoke thereof ascended the t. smoke of : a fur-na.ce.-iflLiifctElQ t4 , far drnTi tbo stream, Vast tracts are in a blaze. ) It is as if the whole region were instinct with yol calip forcers, and just ready to burst fb'rth in -overwhelming; terror. You observe, as your eye toolcs dbwn that gloomy vista, that) those livid' flames arebeybnd J'Etern- ity Poirit''5;: ''i- :r '. f.?!-i - lAh traveUer 1 . whither are you bound ? Ncafrfig "Eternity Point' the raging fires below in full view, what think; you of lite, A".M A-. L-j5 - ' T'WL li".,- i l.m;Ur.' irlinn Hlia Of heav kveri shalHl epart as a scroll when ; it is rolled together, and every moiintain . and island "be rdbved oat bf their 'places. And i ue. Kings ii liie earui, sniu too cai mui, anid the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, shall ' brdeltb:roseU; inj tfee deiis ami -the rocks of the rriountains,' and shall eay to the mountains and rocks, Fallon us, and hide us from, tiie r face of Him that sitteth cm the throne, arid Trom tbe wrath of the Lamb for the great Iday of bis i wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand r' . r V - ' , x 'Voyagers on the swift current .of time, 1 - . . ' .'.t. what is the prospect opening before ufe as .' -I 1 : 1r' . u TTI - , - we rouna Jjiternity romtr . nen oui bark shall have shot bv that, solemn bourn, If is a -u high, 1 i' ci.i.at -sv lovHv thi ami dense darkness 1 ave veiled oupene- n-aMv! Veilii-VnifirU mo r,.nm fte Wa of those heh!ini;rhefe' shall we be? fon- der Hye who VpeW your years al a tale that toH, wJio arelss 4 sleep jte I Who, m thinigh of i :time, float -IfelWtaJbite jdoward tliQ last beacon between thii world and tbe: nektlpqndef it. . The MhkU shall le tiinle into lfellajid all tltdniitiotis t-liat it r:?t (oT., " -r . jh - i: J-ijj ;i; . But 'while irom'tke mnlt of that fifo wo' Ifont'tije midst of that fire we seem to hfvsJr mercy on re,and" sendf Lazarus that.be may dip the tip of his finger in witerj arid cool jy tongue; for I am tormeiitf d in this' flame;? in one direction only is .thjpre light and peaee it is in the blue heavens above. The stars. asUhey look down placidlvkipori us, si&ak off t)ie .Better Iknd; JheV re jnind e-$;-f IIkjiii" who 4ied iri faitbj "riot haying receyetj 'the proniises, but having seen them a ar oC! andwere- piersriadedlof themjjand ' mlnaced Uiem, and Confessed that they were strangefs'an'd pif gri ih on the eUrth! 'For theyhat5:saystich tilings ueciare piainiy tnax vty seek "a the'v re turned. ;j. put now they desire a better cohntrv. tbat !isL an' havnnlv; :--Whrifnrn ybd is jiot ashamed to be'called thiod ; torheliath rircparedJbr them a city. 'f ; It, was on jtlieseivery stars that Enoh, Noali,- Abraham and Jabb gated i .by iiicu iiwt iuey were guioeu .in'xneir jour ney ings .and sojoarni ngs, and7 tbei r eiilent suggestions from on high awakened earnest and holy desires after another country. 4- Blessed pat at iarchs ! e are not !no'wexertiDhs oi. intelligence hnd it impossible come unto 'the mount that might be touch ed. .:ah-d5-tbfefe.bariQeA-' w'ith ;;fireV;'.n6r-' unto blackness. s; nr Markne) and tempest ; but ye arc c - mount'l sion, ; and into thet.t Jen: f r .ngGod, tiie -lieavjeniy in n ii m erab.l e co rn pan y . general -assembly and .t"-born ,' which - are w ri tten :.i ,.,,r., and JLo-Gud. the J udge of . all, at to the bitits of iiisti men niade per- . the icc.'andrtol i Jesuit he . iIediator of new o venadt ,1 and to the Iflood of spring- . ung, tnat spt aKcth : ueuer things than tliat of Abel." Ttowpion. , f i j , The most formidable ieonflict between - r the State Ivisrhts atsd Consolidation schools of politics in the United States, took piat-e during the uiiemorabl tariff controversy of m in w&ich Daniel Webster-of Mas sachusetts and "John C. Callu tin of South Carolina, thehndst remarkable antitypeis of nrthprn arm if hrn Statesmanship, the entireheld joined in delMteeillored of cohtroverf;$earchedeyery feature knd iirmcuue ot ine; government,! ana leit on ! j :Ji ii " .. .I - i-.v.t. record a. complete aud. -exhausting com- meritaronthe whole political system ol 'Mr. Calhoun was logician eno"gh6 see nrd the Kentucky rnd, Arirgiuia Hesolu r j. - - -- r- . of his own State, there was' a strong scnti-f remepv. He lived in a time whent ottkel mental attajchfoent to the ijnioh ; and he would haveilbeeii a reckless j olitician. who would then ! hi ve openly braved popular ftubjeet.") tnileed' MV. Cah , and perhaps not insincere- passion oh ibXi hoiih: profcSsje ly, an ardent love f or the j Union. Is a speech to. lii-nstituents;irj South Caijo-' liua he declarek l, that he had rnever nreatn- ei ahvoppasite reason to love ed that nearly sentiment," apd that he had he Union wherr? he rerlect- half his life had beep passed in its service, and that! ynatever putdtc .reputation he had acquired v as indissolu i biv connected witli it.i- f j. : if . y, ' ! It rwas the task of the great Sonth Caro lina politician td.find some remedy, fbi ' ex isting evils short j of .Disunion. He was unwilluj;, cithe 'ito. viqlite iiis 6wh :aflti tions pi- tiie popular idolatry of. tie Union i; and at the samo! tiine he was ' deeply sensi ble of the- oppression it devolved xibon the lsbuth.r: iTheveslion Wa4 what exi)edientr couia oe iouna to : accommoaaie ine oyer5 rulincf anxietv to nernetnate the Union I -t : .III' s. - . V' . 1 ' tT an) the -necessity! lof checking the; "Steady r ainauue in uiiuci tionai aomination u succeed m accommodating tnese SKterajtions. lie mtiupon one t)i tne most beatrtiful and ingeipous theories -in "Ameri can politics. , to preserve ai .jrleet the Union, and to hitducejntb-it that prin ciple , Of. adaptability! - to ? circuinstauces, which is the first virtue ot wise goyernr ments.i '.He1 proposed that in eases of se- era! 1 Government, tiie a matter ; shonld be referred to; a. convention of all the btates for: its final" a rid conl-lutdve determination. He thus proposed; 7 instead; of . destroying ine umonr lo. erec., oyer . au uuBi, guardianship; anil instead of bringing it to the tribunal of popular passion to arraign it . only 1 before the j mseinbled sovereign States .which; had created lit. , .. Mr. Calhoun . a Viuldantly explained his doctriner Should." said-hOi the General Goverunient arid a State come info conflict we I have a higher-, remedy r "the power Which called the General Government into existence which gar it all of its authority and can enlarge contract, or abolish . its powers at its pleasurje, may;beiinvbked. The States themselves may be appealed to. tliree-lpurtns 01 wnicu, in laci.iorma now er, whose decrees arej; the' Constitntibn it-, helh and whose voice cn' silence all tliacon- tent.;. rhe utmost extent! then ol the power i 'f.hnt a Stat aft in? - in its 'sovereicm ca- pacity, as one of the bartiw 4b (he eonki - tutional compact, may compel the govern- v9 w n ;. O raent, created by that compact, to submit a question touching its : infraction' to the f . v II I ki 11 I tTJ-f. 3 til. parties w no creaieu i e insisted with 1 plain reason that ne, so far from tibns; involved jtlie right of Secession. : Btjtj against the objection now Under consideij he was not di4bosed to: insist upon" Lation. ; What is clear in the evidence of mtn being anarchical jor revolutionary, was the oniy sona iounoaLion oi our sysiem ana oi the Union itseltf" His explanation of ih$ true nature ot trie, union was a model op positioi to a' certain vulgar; and snperfieia opinion, thatj the 3tatp institutions of Am erica .were schpolsu of. f provincialism, lu held the doctrine that, they were in eiise liostilejtb ttie TJi& their pharaqter ;1r- tKstl the true clofv of'Aik no ion, or,raangnan r i character ; that they interpreted 2. i - .- -. : the true glofy of America; and that he was the Wisest stat esman who would con stantly observe 4i the sacred-, distribution of povfer" V iweeh the Gcner&l G.overn ment and the Satef, and bind -sp the rights of thd States with the common welfare. : It is;;a"cu'rious instiGce of Northern mis- representatk n in politics aad of their cun ning in fastening a false nomenclature tipon the; South, tl .at the : ingerirous doctrine, oi Mr. Calhoun which 'was eminently con servative; and direct imdrcssed to saving the union,, should hiive been entitled ,2s ul nn; ation,"i -ana. I its .aiunor, oranaea as a Disumonist. Unfortunately, the world has? got most of ts opinions of Southern narn -minleh from ttreJshiaJIow pages ot to learn the lessons that the system of ne gro servitu'de in the South was not Siai) cry 1 that Jolin C. Calhoun was wt, a r JDispiion',sU and 'that the 'war-;'bfi8f31 brougnt'on by Nori!iTn insurgents against the antliority of the Constitution, was not a Sithemr-cbalio ame9 are appar ently slight things: but. they create the first impression they solicit the sympa thies ot ''the- vulgar : and they often create a c'ud of prejudice which the greatest wholly to dispel - Pollard's Lost Cause: The. suppoj.sed oubtfiilncss of Religioi is:alleed bjvso'me weak and short-sighted! persohs, as ah . argnn)enr against its truth1 and against ihe ; practice ' of its . Wis anc virtuous precepts. Iet dt be considered which cause ;ia saiest. ana which most tian gero uis, and let it be remembered that in lidne of the concerns of life1 :o men act upon idemot3?traiipn.! Fo.crcatu'res of oui impeilfect facnltiies' and humble condition no' moral qnesticjn. and not a single event bf the futurje are Capable jef tlembnstra lion ; matliematii of such a proof. ; cai prooicms atone a a in it Y Probability is our very guide ot Iife.v- E yeryiact ot every human leing is performed upon an uncertain prol)abiljty, and- often only possibility aoi success. Numberless accidents, besides tliat of untimely death, j self-deceit,, the falsehood otmen and false appearance o things, are liable to disappoint I the best concerted schemes. AY hether we shai succeed in ofir temporal pursuits is highly doubtful ; apd whether we shall secure happiness by succeeding, is doubtful ) in a much higher degree.; Still irrieh do not thus afford the most conclusive atgnment - .- . - .... . . . . . - .' .1 Christianity we shall -.find to be entirely HufhcientctQ i influence ouer reasonable praLv lice, ana mpuueiy valuable; ana wnat is dubious, either unnecessary to be. decidet or of very subordinate importance. ' The most celebrated metaphysical proo bf the existence -of God 'which has ever been advancedj was proposed by the grea . philosopher jliene. Descartes, who flourish ed in IIoliaMjd, during the first half of the 17th I century - j His argument i as fob lows : "I c - . -if. :- ! o not exist by myself :' for, if I were the clause of my own existeuce. i should Imve given . myself . all the perfec ch I have an idea. I exis tions of wh then by ano her, and this Being by whom 1 exist is Au-Fertect other wwe I should be able to apply to Him the same reason ing which Ijhave just applied to myself. j; But that proof of the existence of an Ajl lerlect Creator and Governor of the Uni verse, wdilclj is iribst satisfactory to all, is derived from an intelligent observation of the works of nature. H To ah uuprejudiceel inquirer1 after truth; millions of instances ot - design cannoi oul aemonstraie vne existence oti a JJesigner 1 " llow - do yon the Wtstep's of an animal by, the prints which It I leaves upon the . sandV " Soon er," says Bacon, V would I believe all the fables of-the Legend j the Tabmend, and the Alcoran ; tnan. mat ims universal Trame is without a rriind." 2 It is a most desirable i train ot thinking, .regard , ihe phenome- x .rfcyvtnrj-' with a super-inteiugeni. junior. iue wuim thencetprthj. become a temple, anajiie itself one cpritinuetKact of adof atiojpv J Ail the works of God,thr9righont the imineri Bity of the Universe, i clearly display the agency and! the perfections of the Great Creator. Frpm the magnificent lumina ries of heaved 'to tbfe'tmratively small globe on wjhich we dwell, and the smallest micrpseopu: animalcule that glides through its waters, jwe perceive the impress of om nipotence and skill, which infinitely surpass all the puny labors arid inventions ot mep. We cannot, Vmt conclude lhat the works nnatiiri? nroceed .from intellitence 'attd Llfuifrn because. ' hi the pro po it on bf adaptationitd-a ;puriFe, subservience to a use, they rescmblp w b it intelligence.', and design are :condantly; producing, and no thing else yer. produces at ail. ihe con-, structidns and jfunctions of the human ey e, earl nose, riiouth and hand, of ' the bones, j niiWcles, -glands, lacteal and lymphatic 1 tnbes, nerves and pore, veins and arteries j m?y well l i .6aid. to constitute inf:d iWe marks of Divine intelligence and" skill. And . tbe beneficial tendency of all His contrivances, aounuauuj csuuiiaucs iuc yc nevoWnt cnaractcrof the Supreme Crearr. Iceland. '-.. r Iceland, in the Xorth Atlantic, seems tA form a volcanic region by itself. From the beginningof the twelfth century, there is clear: evidence that, during the" whole 1 period, 'there has never ben an interval of moreihah forty, and very rarely one 'ot twenty years, without either an eruption or agrejii earthquake. So intense is the energy f the. volcanic action in this region thai sonic eruptions of 1 loci a have lasted six 1y earjs . without ceasing. ; KaTtH-akes Have oit0n shaken the whole islarrviatbiice ; causing great cringes in-rite intftn, V. as tle sinking doVn of hills, fin: of mouniain?, the 'desertion ifcy1 dv;Jr cT their channels, and the apjaratice o-f j ; lakes. " Hew isl inds have often been tfiew up near the coast, some of which stiil ex - ist while others hae disappeared, eithei" by subsidence or the' action of the waves. - The greatest eruption on . record pro ceeded tfom Skaptar Jokul, in. Iceland, iiv 1783; jThe lava flowed in twoi iiearJy - 'op? ' posite streams, tifty miles in one direction ' andfory in the other. The breadth " which one branch attained in' the low t-oun- Llijara'' w-aa from tlve to fifteen miles, that ' ! ot;tie bier--ateven.-i-':-a,m? ordinary r ioi Dour currents was one hundred feet.jbutj in. narrow .defiles it tcraetimes amounted to' sit uiindred; X has bW fealcnlateid that t!;e mass of lava throw u - uuiiiiij tiiu erujiuoii surpasseu- magm tude the bulk of Mont Blanc. : ;r . Thejeruplion of Skaptar Jokul did not V entirely cease till the end of two years ; and when the tract was ' visible eleven years V aherwarls, columns of smoke were found ' '.' still risirg from parts of the lava' The ' ' destructidn ot life and property was im-: ; mense. ':Tp less than twenty villages were ; r destroyed, besides those being in undated by . . water, j More than nine thousand, human beings nearly one-fifth the entire populii- ' tion perished, together with an immense nambt-r f cattle, partly by the depieda--7 tions of he lava,1 partly by . the noxious, vapors vbich impregnated' the air, and 'in ' art. by the famine caused byv. showers ot ashes th -oughoul; the island,7 and the de sertion f the coasts by the fish. . c Tie' u nn- Geyser is froiri he Icelandic geysu1x which signifies : to rage, or bunst, forth impetuously. It is applied to the - hot springs whichoccnr inr a remarkable group of fifty or more in Iceland, about thirty-six miles from Hecla. Geysei are not constantly active ; few oi themplay longer tban live or six minutes at a - time,1 althonglj sometimes half an hourr Tho grand eruptions are often after intervals of 1 a day or two. - ''-i.'-' ''.' :-'i-- - j The fJ reat Geyser has a basiri-at its sum- ! mit sixty feet in diameter, and ix or 6ev: j . eh deep. At the bottom of tiie basin there ' is a well or funnel, ten 'feet wide at" the mouth,' but gradually narrowing to seven! - or eight with a perpendicular descent of by subterranean noises like the 1 distant firing of cannon, and shakings, of the earth. The sound then increases and becomes more violent, "tiJlat length .a column of water is thrown up to the height of one or two hundred feet, A flerithe water ceases! to play, a column of steam, rushing up with amazing force and thundering sound,; . terminates tne eruption. Cotton, The Flea. As the gnat and-terrible miiennitlril will luivn na ntnlni. 1. of the cool weather, and the livelv and ner- severirig j3ea will begin to stir "about to take his! place, we will forestall his arrival by some riofes cohcerning observations we have i made of him under, the microscope : When a flea is made to appear as large a an elephant, we can see all the wonder ful parts (of its formation, and are astonish-, ed to find that it has a coat of armor much moreCqmplete than ever a warrior wore, and epmposed of 'stroag polisned plates, fitted over each other, each covered Jike a tortoise shell, where they meet, hundreds of strong quihs projecting like those on S the back oHhe porcupine or hedgehog. , There are the arched neck, the bright eyes, the transparent cases,' piercers to puncture ; the skin, a sucker'to draw away the blood, six longjlegs, four of which are folded on the breast, all ready at any moment, to be thrown 'out with tremendous f Jrce for that jump wiich bothers one when they want to catch him, and at the end oi each leg hooked jclaws, to enable him to cling to t whatever.he lights upon. . A flea can jump a nunarea uroes nis own iuugm, wimc the he: same as ifif aran jumped to the height f seven bun tfoix, ; and he can draw a of load t w'o' bjr)nf&dv times hi ywn jwight. - Aia... aiu b it, uuii uue never theless. - ' -; i J - S J L --- - ' - , . .:' KNew York Fast Hotel LiPi.---Any poor -devil that cannot pay five dollars per day, : and gojto the attic and be colonized on a cariip bedstead, Jiad better stay away from our city hotels or marry a rich Widow and pay seventy-five dollars per day for ,first class accommodations. There are not lees than .nineteen Hiarriageable misses of great 1 expectations, at tbe : hotel, and the sphynx that . gives me t of that liighfalutin - locality says the oridits says tnere aro ... i seven war-widows whose fashionable "hab iliments jot woe" combine a riailitary and graie ard . gr indeur about the grade of first lteutenin, who hold , themselves at a j qaarte lol a million each, " legal tender. OfjcorijrKe ari oppoi lunity so golden meets v' with numerous f op orterg. ratr you ; meet sorts of o .i.ditpns of po 1c. Fast ypuiig men and blase old ones, w.dws tliat pight to be wives, and wives that ought to .bq . MdqwtFlora IcFlimseyg, . petroleum,-shoddy ami highfalStin, with as many grades as there were" formerly Irish kings iri a borough, all living under ground (before the war.) Correspondence- New llavtn Register. J r r 4 1 - ! s- ' r - 1 'V t ' t i V. 7 'f: 1.V .i 7 -3 4 4 11 ,1 r f .. : j - ' ... . . . - - . -, ;-. -.- .. - . j- .-.j r - .-' - .- ; : -- - '; . - : . c: . 5- f i , - , . I ... ; I '; i '" " ' ' - ' . . . '. ' ' t '.-.. " ' ; - '. "':!'":' :.. ! I - ' - ''. ; IM . ; ; ' ' ; . i r - - ' ' " '
Williamston Expositor (Williamston, N.C.)
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Jan. 16, 1867, edition 1
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