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__- I — — r Z>\ VOL. XVII. GEEENSBOROTJGH, N. C, MAY 19, 1855. NO. 832 Sut Lovegood'a Daddy " acting Horse." BY .S 1.. OF TKXNKSSKE PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY M. S. SI IKK WOOD. " Hold that era htm down to the yeath."— Terms: 93 a year, in advance ; j « |[c-s „ Kpreadiu'* tail to fij now. •• Keep him go 51) <//7rr<*/"" months, and 13.00ayrer twelve *here he is" " Wo." " Wo." These, ami i'ke months,from date of'subscription. expression*, were addressed ton queer looking, long legged, short bodied, small beaded, white- Rates ol Advertising, haned, hog eyed, fmwy sort of a genius, fresh fhedollar per s luare (fifteen lines) for .he h>« !V"i" >"u* **™» ."SB* J*"'* .«•■»■ ">»!'-•' •«. ,;.,. [X^nty-U cent, for everyweek :here a'"! ™««*d •»« " T«.rpJka» « awfc tailed bow ... Inclions made in favor oi standing adver, necked, long, poor horse, half dandy, half devil, ■. ;.- follows: •>"'} enveloped all over with a perfect net work of cum home and I'll food you. I sorter thank yon wont need any eurrvin' fur a week or so. ' 1 . w.s), I,nay nearer see to morrow, (dip) of I tat, ,>,„..„, rf fc ,,..,, ^ dip) when 1 got out sezdad Bat . tweg,. ^ R High Price of Bread stuff J' In an article under tills caption, the Baltimore t brings together some iu-ruinate you (d s that: broadMoffa have tor say you wish you may never see another bald n(W ^.^ ^ unnsui„ y. • ,„ Mareh hornet oTyou ever play hoss agin sez 1,-i.nd : j-9r ^ M fa ^^J ^. ... . ^ ' ' ' ' " ''unas ruled, with oecasioo.1 fluctuations, upTto hen sales wi re un:de in the month ol $11.25. Prom this period until 1805, the ranee was from 18.50 to 87-50- In March of Eitowin (tails unniolliiitu natur J tiroite iroui , , , . • ures rule them parts and sorter cum to the. copper mines, jggj ^y I staid hid out till next arternoon, when 1 wed i yrarcl. . o feller a travelin', and sez I, ' What was going j '., ' ' 3 MONTHS. fi MONTHS. 1 Tr.Aii bridle, rein:, crupper martingales, straps, cir-nare, $3.50 £5.50 $8.00 j cingle8, and rod rcretin, who had reined up in 7-,!l1 «0"° 140° I front or Pat N\ish\i grocery, among a crowd of 15.00 20.00 wM 1!,:,;n!;,:i;,.,,>i (l,,| „,',„,,. al,d mean whkkv. Hall column, 35.00 MISCELLANY. Last Journey c* Ji snry Clay. liV Mlts, BIOOL'KXKY. I [.. passes on hi- Way. i ic man to senates near, 'Jin; silver voiced, whom gi tliercd throngs: Still in 11 their breath to bear, lie liath no warrior's crown; No laurel on his I ;•• ■;.-!, l!nl Peace her droopim: olive binds Amid I i.- stiinli ■ - i ;■ t-j !|c *hr nk n ' •' IIH |"'-t Till the sp il< r ,i.-|- hi.- hand. \n 1 sternly chained the i-ilver tongue Whose mu-ic i harmed the laud. Mhl stimuli .' - gin i°ii ■ pride With the initup of an iron -t- ed, He -weep -ih ...I.I . i the n aim i..- loy'd, liui Lin !■!• .-e ! i-ve taker no heed. (lur cities vi ileil their head* A- through their gates he passed. \nd the mournlul vou-e of tolliiitl.i IIS. Wailed out upon the blast; \nd forth mi'- in hie ! came To guard their sacred trust, \inl weeping woman ea-l her wrealn I'puii the honored ilu i. lie passoth on his way In mole pimp than kiugly state And silent children press : i gaao I 'pun the lidleii great; While fnun the ran parts pr ltd, Where liis country's banners fly. The booming ciiiiiion speaks his prais ; itul be dcigncth no reply. There's soriow on the wave As the coffined dead they bring— The passiug ships their penuioiis furl, Like au eagle's broken wing; \ml as the rippling streams Their precious burden bore. The murmuring rivers tell their grief To every shore. lie passeth on his way, 'In liia own cultured lawn— The shadow efhis planted trees That bloom when he is gone; And ngoti zing lo. <■, lichold" with stilled moan, \ nation's tear unon the bier, Tliat mingles with In r own. How down in reverent n .. his s-iblo pall. The frit n ! of man, who fearlc-s souuht I i !' nli! Strong in a Sai iour's ■ tr■■:•.:,;!: s trail web w - riven. I • n he |i vedoii i urth ill Hi Yen. " I say, you durncd ash cats, jnst keep your I shirts oil will ye? Vou have never seed a real boss till i rid up: Tearpokeis dust next to the beat IKJOS that ever shelled nubbins an' hu'j dead i as a still worm, poor old Ticky-tail. '• What killed him, Sut V says an anxious in- I iiuirer. '• \\ hy nuthiu', you 'tarnol iool he iu"t i ilied so, dh d a ntandin' up at that.—Warn't that good pluck ' Prune .-liti; no, not exactly, bat starved fuat. aud then froze afterwards, -so stiff! that when dad and me pushed him over he just stuck out so, (spreading his arms and legs,) like a carpenter's bench, and wo waited seventeen days for iiiiu to thaw before we could skin him. Well thai-we was—Dad an' me (counting on bis1 lingers —Dad an' me, an Sal, an' Jake, ( Pool ■lake we call biui for short,,) Jonas, an' Puineas, in'me. an' ('aline Jane, an' Sharlottcan, :.V Sinn HI .-::iii. an' •'::-"■: -. ileury Clay, an' S.f'ti Dan Webster, an' me, an' the twin gals, and , !('atiiiiuc .'-e.-i.inl. MII' t'leiu. the baby, an' the ! jui..j.'l. an' mum herself, all left without aiv , horse to crap with.— t'hal was a ui'-c mess tor u' I '.-jieela'ulc lauiili lo he .-li-lii-i' about iii. warn! it: ; I be uurued ii i didn't feel like sorter steal'in' a h- sometimes. Well. w« waited, au' rested nii'l wishe<), an 1: pin some stray boss m ait come ;:'■ MI.:. LUI J ig iu\ cats, et eny sii-h luck as thai evel eiimes wliar dad is, he's so darned mean i i ... • .. i i i had lit the lust sign o» au eye—all smooth. ,, '. ..l ,hat, man was v/ tiiuilI,I sez *Ji . v.Keen muchi, •,uerl-r-i'- r.eb„ru,,a,rgv£, and M,.a.,r,ch, sal,e,s w,e-rei made at .f.iti.n..in..th.is nei-gh.bioirhoodI, Ila.tIely says .tuhe .tr.iv> . "'-•« to 910.50 : and $11 was the highest ffiiggiu-, , ..,■ v" .1. ,* , ■ r..e.7s .o..b-tmaiilnlaIbUlICe iinn 1i'8-1i.8i.. iJnII 1■ -8-117, .. $■ 1 i 4i .25 w.. a.i s- t, hi..e kr,' r,ather "inJv ..'.->u,n wu,tn sn\e.a.kin O>V. puar*tv":igni oit prieeob..ta■i n e d, ,and>•in 1IO8I1O85(i1n0.-.o:. iF>rom s .ha v or neriieiilarly, sez I. ' .>mv, poys, 1 ' ,i - S \ i.--.i. : t i .• , .' I , - . •" , 11 i V ii . tli'it period up to l-?olj, pi-ii-es ruhvl eo'iiii-trative- I'l-n' i s.een. da,a since, and would i be. r!•oaired • to ■r_tr •lo,w:, .n.o,t.:ri:sing abi ove *A'.J, , andi liiinlu-ng as liow, in meet him la the next ten years. Lets Iicser. j ^jari.i, lg"(: .,'s «• .-() Por a short poriod, during the years of 1846 : and 1847, while the great famine prevailed in Ire- ■ land, prices reached as high as 89.87i. One sale Waa inadc at $10 to the Government, but on such Voting Machine. Th° National Inte'ligencer mentions the issue of a patent to Than. C. Connolly of Washington j terms that it was subsequent!; settled for at 8'J.- Citv for t!ie invention of a voting machine,'.iliich ; s' *• having been subject to transactions at that makes known to all as the vote proceeds the num-' P™* bJ other parties. ,lmr o,f. votes given and, t.,he si•d,e on w,hi■ ch, cad.i 1. In January, February, and March of ls:i.",, s,e „.,., • . . ,,-, , -,,,-- , ,' _. ... . saieawre-uiakiiigatSli to 911.i5 per barrel. member votes. The intelligencer gives toe tub I in ] s:;,< ,,,.;..,., ,(j| u, gg .„,.( Kj5> Wlj lVjln lowing description : We .-h.il not attempt to fully i J„ lazy, a: n ugly, and was: •. I •• \\ ell, one uite, tiiiti he lay awake all itite. • slim-in ' an' rolliu', an' a blowin' an' scratehin' jt11' a whi-pe; in' .;; liiiini, and nest lliornill says he 'Sut, Iii till you v. Ii.it we'll do; 1 11 be boss . in.selt, and pull the plow wiii.'e Vou drive me, au' we'll break up corn ground and the old (pi'lt (that's mam I an' the brats kin plant or let it aluue ji-t -is they d ;i please. .So out we goes to the imwimw thicket, and pealed a right peart cliance of hark, and mam and me made gears for dad. and mey bocum him uiitilv then he would hav • a bridle, so 1 p'U an old iiinbrcll-er what 1 found it's a little forked piece of iron, sorter like unto a pitchfork, ye know, an' we bent and twisted i! sorter into a bridle bit, .-:;..Iii shape (dad wauled it crub, as mite sorter fell his 1 oats and go to cavort in"). Well, when we got the bridle all Oxed on dad, he chomped the bit like buss, i he allers was a must koraplicatcJ. diira'd old foul, cny how, and main allers sed so when he warii't about,j then ! pit on geers, and out del and nie goes to the held, 1 a leadin' dud, by l the bridle: and a totin the gopher plow ou my, back. When we come to the fence 1 let down a gap, an' it made dad mad ; be wanted to jump the fence on all fours boss way. 1 hitched him into the gopher, and away we went, dad leaniu fuiward lu hi* pilllin' right peart, and we made sharp plowiu' dad gohi' right over the sprouts and bushes same as a rale ho<s, the only diflerence • wus he went on two legs. Pn sciitly we emu to 1 a sassafat bush, and dad. t i keen u;i his caracter :;-. .1 hoss, bulged square into i:. and thru it. and lure down a hornet's ncsl nigh onto as "big as a 1 boss's head, and ; II the fril-c kivere-i him rite • ?tr.',;.--. lie rarcd and ki Led once or twice, rnd fotched a si|iie..i wus n, r aiy h-.-s. in the district, and sot i:ii" ruuntu' iiT.iiy jist as natural as ever I ycr s»-ed. 1 i ' uo the line ami hollered, 'Won, I i.i I, won '' but ynu in i" as wi II a -iii ■ woa, hi a liH-«.u<iti\e.—tiewiiiiikius! how he did n plain i!.s miH ■ /■ rumii, but will simply state that the names of all the members of the body are arranged in a column, so that they can be distinctly read by every member and spectator present. When tbo signal to vi te is given each member, moves a lit-tle lever at hi» J- sk, and in an instant the names in view are thrown into Ihree columns, each hav-iuic is appropriate beading, the centre column comprising the nanies ol those who arc absent or not voting, the left column comprising the yeas, and the right column the nays. Two, three,four, or fi\0 minutes being aeivcd upon as the time fol voting, that time may be consumed in an exam-ination of the whole vote, and in a change of votes by those who may have erred, as some very ol'ii u do, in their understanding of the nature of the question, and of which change no record will be made. During the allotted time members may c.out- :n from couimittee-room? and obewherc and vote. Free conversation may also be indul-ged without detriment to the business or the or-that on to I8-V5, they again ruled low, with gen-erally an utuiid.ilit supply. The lowest figures in March 1840, were $4.25, and in March 1843, :■'.!■> Fmin this on for several years, prices were not much above §0.12}, nor below ■-'<. In ISi4. or since the war in hiurope, there has been generally a good demand, with occasional fluctua-tions. In the spring of 1855, including January, February, M irch, sales were making at ' 8.50 to $9 •" iin e then, up to the presi lit. there iias been a general advance andnctiv« demand, caused mere fit in the evidence of a short supply than from any other cause. To-day we quote at $10.87, which is the highest price obtained since i*-I7. It will be seen that wheat has also risen to high figures; the highest for mans years. Our com-mercial report to-day exhibits wiles of White at 82.C5 lo$2.70, and Hed do. 92.55 per bushel. 1 here is also a decided advance in corn and all kinds ofgrain. '1 here is some controversy with reference to l!:c shortness of the present breadstuff* supply, in-deed, it is reduced to a certainty that the stock is der of the lb At the■ expiration of this "S"^ »>'d most continue so until replenished bya wy, ,,, new crop. lime the presiding officer presses a spring, which arrests all further movement of the names, and the result is then before the gaze of all. And ! n.-w why need the clerk read cut iiie wmies ? I Infidels have objected t2 V.;* size of the ark, ihey have been thorouglily inspected, and each ! .^j i,,.,ve asserted'that it is quite absurd to sup- Size of the Ark-voter is satisfied. Uttt how shall the clerk record page that ever there could be a vessel constructed them by an unerring means, since the names in view are all soon to be changed in their position The Rooster's Lotter " .Tern-, have the hens been attended to f" in-j quired Mrs. Preston, as the boys were about ; starting from home', '• I dou't ku.-.v—I haven't fed them," replied •Jerry. '• Ton ought to know whether tlicy are seen to or not; it's ycur business to tai:a care of them," ' said his mother. '• Don't you go off this morning (ill ytu have fed them. \ ,.u ought to have done it an hour ago." i The care of the fowl* had been committed to ! Jerry, but be; did not feel much interest iu them, i :uiJ needed to be reminded of his duty pretty of-ten. More than once the hens had been without food and water nearly a whole day. bcoanse tie forgot to attend to them. Jerry now went back, in obedience to his mother, ami gave the lowls their usual allowance of corn, an 1 a vessel of [freshwater. Bo also looked into the nests to see if there were any newJaid eggs; and he was not « i;:t!e surprised to find i.i one of them a small billet, neatly folded up, and addressed "7% matter Jury " lie looked at it a moment and tried to imagine what it could be; then he open- | el it and read the following, which was neatly written with a 'pencil : ** Tat HENROOST, June 12th. ! " Master Jerry—1 have determined to write you a few words in behalf of my dear suffering I family. The sun is scorching hot, and yet we have not got a drop of water to save as from parching up. My poor biddies Lave been walking : bach and lorth all day, pantin: lor wal T, and | calling for ii as pi..in as they eon!.I speak : but id! in vain. We have r. ci:-.. d our food at very ir-regular times too. and sometimes W0 ha-- !•»•! is keep a fast nearly all .!-•.-. if I were the only sufferer, I would say nothing about it Rut I cannot bear to see my poor 'lock dying by im lies in this way I'o take pity on 0s, and se< that we have plenty of corn and water hereafter. Poine of my funiily. who pride themselves on bi ing good layers, complain that since yon have kept us in such narrow quarters they cannot find any thing to make their -g- shells of. Now, if yon would give us some old burnt bones, pounded up fine, or a little lime, once iu a while, I do not think you will lose any thing by it. And as you v ill ■ in it let us go out to scratch for ourselves, what is the reason that you cannot dig us a few worms occasional!] '. It would be a great treat to us. 1 hope you will heed my suggestions If you do - not, 1 can assure you of two things : yon won't have many eggs this slimmer, and fat chickens will l-s scree iu this neighbourhood next thanksging time. But Mrs. i'euowneck has just laid an egg, and I must help her cackle over it ; so I Wil: V.-'-l wriioany thing more at present, but sign myself, '• l our faithful, but afflicted '• SUANGIIAE llOOSTJSB." The Indian Grave. In the K.uth-wcstern part of Hnrnett County is a circular mound, some twenty feet in diame-ter, full of d«ad men's bouex. La«t Sabbath evening we stood upon it and gazed oo the moul-i aering relicts of mortality at our feet—for the cu-riosity ofsous passer-by bad eshmod quantities of the bones, which lav there crumbling into dost 1 In our boyhood we recollect to have Veen skull and thigh bones bleaching and falling to pieces ai [thisapot. Tradition; bath it that largo twol hos-tile tribe*of Indians— hunting parties we sup- , poae—met aUAia place and had a bloody battle, and that the slaTn were hurried beneath themonnd. , Close by tiie spot b S pond tboat three hundred yards long and seventy-five yards wide, thickly ! covered with whortle-berry" bushes and other growth ; and i» this pond ii iasaid one of tbepar- • ties lav concealed until the other ciuie up, when ; those in ambush rushed OBt and the f::ht ensued. j The country around is intersperse 1 with a great j many small streams of the purest nod best water ; and when this battle took place it mu..t have been one of the most delightful hunting grounds in the world Bojthe sturdy Warriors who escaped the carnage of that dreadful day have passed from earth, their descendsots have tdl disappeared, and no one is loft to te'l the story. •• They died not of hunger nor wasting decay: The stool of tl.o white man bath swept then away." /'.-. .tr-jts. and thrown into the centre column airmn ' \\ e reply, an infallible permanent record is made by the machine itself. Ju.-t as the namesarearrong-ed on the large table already described, so by the same means are they arranged on a printing appi- . ratus in its rear, which,immediately alter the vote ; is completed, i.-striking off exact copies of the vote at the rate of twenty per minute. These copies | are banded to the recording clerks, to the repor-ters, and to the members. And thus in three n.iunt-s mnj be eoiii-ummated in an entirely satis-factory manner that which now occupies the l.'ni-ted S:ates |lon-e of Representatives from twenty. three to thirty minutes, and which is ever, upon large enough to hold all the creatures which must have been placed in it, together with sufficient food—it may be, for six or twelve mouths—water for the fishes, corn for the four-footed animals, seed tor the birds, .and so on. Now we will take the dimensions of the ark from the record of .Mo-ses, and calculate them on the lowe-t possible scale. '1 here are two defillitons given ofs cubit: one, that it is eighteen inches, or a foot and a halt; the other, that it is one foot eight iiiches- We will take it only at the lowest. Moses states that the ark was three hundred oubits long; this would make it four hundred and fijty fool king, or nbout the length of ft Paul's Cathedral, Lon-don. Thebreadthof it he states to be fifty cubits ; we then have it si vi nlv-live foot in breadth, lie There is said to be honor even among thieves that even such men as these v. :il 1 ,cp a Bacrrd obligation among themselves; sml yet there are men in our midst, who would inculcate ■ iole of mn a' ty that thieves c\c i v ou! I. eo-n io:.dopt,'and heathens and pagan idolaters would not observe, for fear of the visitations of vengeance by their wooden gods and images. Vos ; we arc told that an nhligntion, deriving additional sacredqssa and binding force, by the solemnity of an oath, it not morally binning. That is, a man can break' such an obligation and bo none the less a pontleman am! still be entitled to the oonfidonee and esteem of his fellow-oitizens! According to this, a man's word is worth nothing, plighted faith and sacred vows and promises are mere empty sounds, and sili.ng iisa man docs not render himself obnoxi-ous to th« law, let bi'ii be guilty morally of the most hellish perfidity and inAuny, he* is still a clever fellow, and does not compromise his stand-ing in society ! Good liord deliver us from such a state of society, is would obtain from such teachings as thtse ! Pandemonium itself would he preferable to such a slate of things .' Wc un-hesitatingly say.-that any man who would violate au oath, extra judicially administered, and volun-tarily taken, to do ornol to do< m thing, not wron" jur«<-, would n«ji 'ec'ili.to to swear a falsehood iu n court ofjustice, ifhe thought it would be to his advantage,—. !■•/■■ ;■■/■ the present plan, a wearisome and an unpleasant ^atea it to lie thirty cubits high ; so that it was task. ' There Are alread a number of " voting ma-in Congress, whose levers nr :w. "* forty five feet in height. In other words as long as ,St. Paul's Cathedral, nearly as the White llo that this new! bunch." Us 111 ; but we are inclined to think rented one is '• the best of the .......... LLil. The toiina to I lie calculate n ofiuoui m >_ ,. .._. -. ,. -,; ip, \, in II In ■ u :.. i 'i.i.-u. ii. I el.-.-■!- :!-e t»| ol it, ,; .',;,.. . ,., .Mlili'f sopher an' all; p rhaps be Iholighl there must n i.iugaii e»«ri-t, wluoe be a nest oi Uud horn. W, in it. and thai it war ■ he prixaU! CM-iii the piblic taicr t.. go ov.r lUn thru, and quicker done j i a lair . Ii.r rebuke •'^": '>.•»• and I cu he ■; I | iw loc sides ol . ., , ,,. ..,.•;,.., , ,v. ,!,,!! his l.eui «ithfir.noii-j :■ :■- . . ..u i the together, I .Mr \.. il .!.;-;..,., sldn't bngii,-' then he d gm m:i ly a r,|«ii handed snip, thai ., ;-, H iy„:,11.,...ld,l„v.Ili.M.und.-uhkea waggin whip. >■,,„„,„ all llu-l,m., tili . ::,!.... ,., :..,.._. ;,, ,:,.. and a kemii';thi.t gopioti- ji.-t about as last an as .,.,:_i withl....re dire.1 h^hfroi..theye!,rthaS.-ve.ag..1.ncrwasc!irrK, I him, I', or ofs Hi-thing ■!.-■ »«•»«■ M«n he .inn to the Icnce ho busted .loth great au.iov.inci .flh, ;-r.<. lite th.-u il.tairin down nigh unto seven piinneLs. Id ,I.IN piiisuin I.U lavorite theme, pattern an alwua lb. rm.s init.ly; and bere ■ :',-: -T.m.ig gcmlomen, be left gopher, gteiv. sintl I ee and khvis. i.ll I ■ - . tl .1 ; have my little niixe-J up n I woit.i a ivm. Mo.-t ov his shirt I..I ■ I am a e.r// peculiar man— stucs on the sphntct it end ofabroken rail, and .,., particular. Now my , nigh onto a p...t oM.-.r.iet« staid with the shir l>.l|...H..cul,ar.— „y p uliai .,'- • Mingin it n^*. «-J whiw w em. oboul n I- me ,- you anin- gallon and a hall kepi en wtth «U,d. HeRt-umd ...... i: , w'idebed-ar<rV to run jist ad«.et y as last a« s h-.ree. ioul.1 fly, .... . ;t burning Uj the side fonlwurtu tightest iree I ever did sec. Jluwn -(.hi r.isit* bin'tiuitV niv vi,v.- Now thru »he sedge grass they all went the hornets lor. i«.it n - i. all this making it haik-orler a smoke all reuii dads • nil,, wifeofMr. A, wasno- Uld head, and he wUh nuthtu on vearth nv Inn ., . 1K,M ;„ |UW1, .. „ |, ,he bridle, and n:gh onto a yard ol p.ow-lli.e a . . ;: resiK-i :.' mi . one ol the saihn behim snrpiisingly It was broad, f the ark. according [.rpentem, mti-t tiave been thirty-two thousand iunes- The largi -t Kng-lish shin-of-war, the St. Vincent, lor inslai , which is ofa sice altogether unimaginable lotho*e who have never seen it, i- two thousand live hun-dred tons burden : so that the ark mnsl have bet n equal lo seventeen first-rate ships-of-war, and if armed as such ships arc, 't would have contained The Bible in School. P'Aubigne tells an affecting history of perse-cution lor reading the Bible :—"There lived at Coventry a little band of Serious Christians—four shoc-ibakcrs, s glover, a hoiser, and a widow named Smith—who gave their children a pious education. The Franciscans were annoyed, that laymen, ami even a woman should dive meddle with religious instruction. On Ash-Wednesday, 1519, Simon Morton, the Bishop's gunner, ap-prehended them all. men, women, and children. On I lie following Friday, the parents were taken to the Abbey of Maekstoek. about six miles from Coventry, and the children t-> the Greyfriar's Convent. ' Bet us sec what heresies you have been taught ?'said Friar Stafford to the intimi-dated little ones. The pair children confessed they had been taught in English the Lord's Pray-er the Apostles' Creed, and the Ten Connnand-nionts. On hearing this, Stafford told them an- A i.ti:.\r i'vi!Mi:!t—Tun " I-*,M:PTI.VXT " A-iir. vT 1—Probably the largest firmer in America is a large elephant which i-< engaged at plowing up the farm of I'. T. Barnnm, near Bridgeport, Conn. Passengers who came by the New York and New Haven Railroad yesterday state that they bad a fine view of bis " Kk phantine lligh-noaa" as they pissed the farm in question. Ho is said to be very docile, walks three times ns fist as a pdr of borsos, and drags a bu"gp sulisoil plow, driving it ftoni lb to Jl inches d. en This ■aim animal was used in India to work on the roads, pile timber, Ac., and il is said that ho don't stick up his nose at any reasonable work that his Yankee owner places before hi:u.—.V. 1". £n>rr«. gniy, 1 forbid v unless you wish to be burnt The Doctor and bis Korse. Studious persons are somelinn ignorant hou toael on ordinarj occasions. A Scot-tish papi r savs that I !r. Chalmers came home one evening on horseback, mid, as neither the man ' much beyond eighteen thousand men, and provi-v oo had the charge of his horse nor the key of sions for them for eighteen months. Boffon has the stable could bo found, he was for some time ' staled that all the four-footed animals may be re-i. .1 a little puzzled where to find a temporary resi- j duced to two hundred and fifty pairs, and the dence for the animal. At last he fixed on the •rarden as the fittest place he could think of for llio purjiose; and, having led the horse thither, he placed it on the garden walk. When his sister, .who had also been from borne, returned, and i was told that the key of the stable could not he .'oan I. she inquired what had been done with il.e birds to a still smaller number. On calculation, therefore, wc shall find thai the ark would have held mi re I hi n five times the nee ssary nuiubi r of creatures, and more than five limes the requir-ed <|uantii« of food to maintain liie:n for twelve uioi.ths. — Dr. ('ummiwi. : I in one respect it isn't. I can «... 'IS1 CseCeUd nnooww ttnhrn.it nheewwaisLrsirmiie^nn.fuurr ™tlie sswwiimi.i-- :;;. .... ...-,/ /.,./. ii. h.i:c on Lie k..-.-k.« ■■- to- ke'l is, vcrtce.,- , ;..,,. ,i.e i,. in tyJJvc Ihet pwpondickcl* tu the water and KS , ; | .- _j, , „ighonto tenfeel deep. A\cll. o keep up h - karat-tcr as a, lu>ss, wnen he get to the Hurt l-c ! off, nr rather he jist kept runnin' ; he weni ; I seed the ^>i-h' i -e "I ti«'k it to the giirdon." said the doctor. '•To the garden!"' she exclaimed; "then all our Sower and vegetable beds will be destroyed." "Don't be afraid of that," said the doctor. "forl took particular care to place the horse, on the garden walk." "And did you redly imagine," rejoined the sister, "that be would remain there:-" ••I have no doubt of il," said the. doctor; "for so sagacious an animal as the horse could not tail :n !•. answer of the propriety of refraining from injuring tin products of the jpirden." '••I sin afraid," said 5*i>s Chalmers, "tti.-t v-.u will think less favourably of the discretion of the horse when you have seen Harden •• ;'o decide ti. Ths House of God in the organ, divine Its! lea] ■ Ki • -lug into the ere the controversy by an appeal !• The glory ofa? sacred edifice lies not vaulted roof, and lofty spire, and pealing but in im- glory that tills the house—the presue-e ; nol in the fabrics of goodly stones, but in it- living stones, polished by I he hand of the Spirit: not in the pointed windows in the gospel fiaht: not is. the choir "l singingmenand ofsing-ir. g women, but in the music ofwell tuned hearts, not in the sacred priesthood but in the great High !'iii-.-t if every stone were a diamond; and every beam a cedar; every window a crystal, and .•very d<a r a p arl: if the roof werestudded with sapphire, and the floor tcssclated wiTfrrd! manner ofprecious stones; and yet if Chirst^nd the Spirit 1 e ii.t there 'ho building has nojglory. 'i he ;-s your parents will be. to have any thing to do with the I'iiter. the Credo, or the Ten Coi-mand-ments in English.' Five weeks after this, the men were condemned lo be burnt alive ; but the judges had compassion ou the widow, because ol her young family, for she was their only support, and "they let her go. It w..s night; Morton of-fered to see I'an.e Smith home. She took his arm. and they threaded the dark and narrow streets of Coventry. ' lih, eh !' said the app-.ri-tor. on a sudden, 'what have wc here!" llu heard, iii fact, the n.'isc of paper rubbing against s imcthing. ' What have you gotjlii re V be con-tinued, dropping her arm, and putting his hand up her sleeve, from which he d.cw cut a parch-ment Approaching a window, whence issued the faint rays ofa lamp, be examined the mysteri-ous scroll, and found it t" contain the l.ord'fl 1'raver, the Apostles' Creed, and the Ten Cum-niaudmeots iu Kugli-h. ' O, O, sirrah." said he, ■ come along. As good now as another time.' Then seising the j• --i- widow by the arm, he dragged her before the Bishop. Sentence of death was immediately piotiouneed on her; and on the 4th of Ap. I'a i uiith, llobcrt Uol-chetta Archer and Hawkins, Thomas Bond Wry-sham and Langsdale; were burnt alive hi Coven-try, iu th" littii' park, fur the crime of teaching their children the Lord's Pray r, t!:- ApostW .Creed, and the Ten Commandments ofUod.'' :•.. they went to the garden, and found, from house oi Cod must hive a glory beyond wbatSol-n- tsoflJfamMert.—flic Bal- lor fly plum above the bluff from wlar 1 was. nsavs: We me informcJ Now rite thar boys he over d.u the thing, it thai - - V, ;.,•.:.: th.e,•f•ol■l•owing cir- w....a.^s w, n'■. ■,w: i'■.< ■ -.■• • - a■-rt' ■■•■- 'l•u•r there - narv. nus" ever -,, -i . • . i . I'oaldeJ darned fool enoiign to tope over cn\ siell :. |y transpired on bntnnluj ' • J ,. ^^ ;„„.. ■ lm! dll(1 ■;■ ,,. . , w .-n't aetin'.:..,:■•. I. re? up to the edge and ■eil for various Stakes, ;,,;„•, Vl.r: thar was dad's bald head for all the the futhless devastion which the trampling and i-ooiliiig of the animal bad spread over every |«rt of it, that th i natural philosophy of the horse was I a subject with which the lady was far more ac-i curatelv aoqnaimtcd than her learned brother. "I nevi r could have imagined," said the doctor, . "that burses were sash senseless animals." onion's cunning workmen can give it even Lord God, who i- "the glory thereof." A'.,,..-/,,.-..'' li'c Wm. Jarkto*. the ■. ;• i ■ : . .- inoReti over; i.iai- »•■- ■■ . - •■••■ ■ ■ • em, a woman, becoming, in .,, .-. ., „„.,;..; ,,:;.... a \.::.]:, m.: ... .1 II t • _A«- I ... ........ • ... . • ':..'.. and down. In North Carolina, it is frequent, among her forests of fnt pine, fora lover in distress to send the lair object of his affections a bit of its staple vegetable production, with an eye printed upon it. It signifies " I pine." if favorable to him. the voung lady selects from the wjid pile the best and smoothest specimen of a knot—this signifies But if, on the other hand, sh Camphor V3 Pea-Bugs- Having observed in the Horticulturist, an i.i-nuiry relative to seed-peas damaged by bug«, ■ will offer a remedy, perhaps not new, b it n -w to me. Four years":..."., last spring, my sced-pcas were more than half-de-tr.iyed by bugs, the larg-est and best varieties being n.o«t injured. The summer following, 1 had boSTS made, one f.r each variety, with a cover : and when the peas were gathered, I put into each box, with «tw■> juarts of peas, from si I to eight bits of "ritUoutamurmurto the ^mnor.'{^v^'p't]^'V^ renlly tbard ov -jTarTyeT~' Boss' flU b ■• r so, dad ; The in,r.vi.fe,] who was eo.,ty„l ih:., bis life i they're rale (dip) ^""'^Jj^^J?; * M- lin] ! with iime,ha found a stromr'infernal ews! 'Well, da.;youh have to st,, • ..:. U,:,,-till mte and alter ihei , I.. r-H , •.. "inne not. -•-. ■-, - -- - test him. (lucre is no mid iio ground between de- camphor, the size ol a large pea, ana mixed men testatum and adoration with young women') she together, and closed the box. The next aprinc hums one end of his ilinni'»| n . and UILJ generally t'uerc was not a [<a injured. I have pun throws the yoong wan in despair, for it means san." eoursa every year since, an •• I make l.-ht of vour r.inui2. —S'.'•/■" (Ala ■ one pea affected by bugs.—/'< .l«i-r/. 1 :i it ./•- /:,. A GliOft Iii .'."'■-—A firmer who hi 1 latrlt bee imo ii wi lowi t was aroused at midnight by the h..vA barking of his dog. On going to i' the ani-mal displayed extreme terror, whereupon the far-mer tool; his gun and proceeded loan inspection. All at once he saw a phantom, clothed in a white I sheet, rise behind the hedge. The farmer tui ned deadly pale, and his limbs shook with dismay. He howevi r, contrived t (ejaculate, "Ify. u pome from God, speak; ii from tlie devil, vacishl"" ■•Wnt I.!'' exclaimed the phanton, "I am your i1.. en.- 1 wife.comc from the grave to warn you i not to marry Marai A •'" wh an you arc mak-ing love. The only woman to suoceed me i» '■ I Henrietta 15 .Marry her, or persecution and eternal torment shall, be your doom''' This stra- ■ nge address from the goblin, instead of dismaying . the fanner, restored his counge. lie according-, I ly rushed on the ghostly visitor, and. stripping i ilrV its sheet, di- -ove:"- : '-'"•■ fair Henrietta 1! herself, looking extremely foolish, it is said that I I the larxcr. admiring the girl's trfel has had the Innns published for his marriageVwith her—; Untnha.l, i:».j "' I \i. ignorant fellow, who wa'- about to get mar-ried, resolved to make himself perfect ill the responses of the marriage service but, by mis-lake, he committed, the office c;f baptism for :' •■!' i*jicr years; so, when th" clergymen Naked him, in the church, 'Wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife' the bridegroom answerd in a very solem tone. 'I renounce them ail." The astonished minister said. •! think you are a fool:" to which Iu replied, "All this I stead, lastly klehe." .1 I (i-«- without an E.—The following verse contains every letter in the rCnglisb alpeabet ex-cept '•K/'dt is a tiueirtiou wbetliir any other Eng-li.- li I'.vine mii In- produced tin print) without the I. r.i r K, which is a letter employed more than any other; A jovial -wain may rack his brain Ami lax his limey's might, 'fo quiz in vrin, fbr'tis most jilain '1 hat what 1 s-i\ is right. A ehnp!Vilcu vietiai of unre«|uitted love sings i:i this lamentable strain : I'll throw myself into— The deep briny ocean —\\ here mud eels and cat-fish— On my body shall ii >t,—And fiunnder- and flat-fish—Select mo lor diet;—There soundly I'll slumber—Beneath the rough billow,—And crabs without number —Shall cranrl o'er my pillow,— Kill my -pirit -hall wander through gsv eoral bowers,—And frisk with the mermaid—it shall by tic powers! Arln'am W'-U /;.-/,.,«.•/.,/.—•(In the 1 111. inst., il.. Vrtesian well in >•!:...-., Alabama, whieh had reached a depfl of 440 feet, and waa delivered nearly 500 ipillons of water per minute, suddenly sunk some lo or 20 feet b low the suif.ee, f..r an extent of aboul 300 yard- in length, and of a varying width. Tlie most extraordinary rouse-ouence of this phenomenon is, tliat all the wells in the vicinity base become dry. Marriage —The more married monwe have the fewer crimes there will lie. Examine the fright-ful columns ofyour criminal calenders—you will lind one hundreJ youths executed to on; father ofa family. Marriage renders man more virtuous and more wise. The lather of a family is not willing to blush before his own children. lie Ls afraid to make shame their inheritance, Tin- -.Tam" in maliionable life is to pin. !n •aiiist ■'.iv.noii'i-art* V ■
Object Description
Title | The Greensborough patriot [May 19, 1855] |
Date | 1855-05-19 |
Editor(s) | M.S. Sherwood |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The May 19, 1855, issue of The Greensborough Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C., by M.S. Sherwood. |
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VOL. XVII. GEEENSBOROTJGH, N. C, MAY 19, 1855. NO. 832
Sut Lovegood'a Daddy " acting Horse."
BY .S 1.. OF TKXNKSSKE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY M. S. SI IKK WOOD.
" Hold that era htm down to the yeath."—
Terms: 93 a year, in advance ; j « |[c-s „ Kpreadiu'* tail to fij now. •• Keep him
go 51) /7rr<*/"" months, and 13.00ayrer twelve *here he is" " Wo." " Wo." These, ami i'ke
months,from date of'subscription. expression*, were addressed ton queer looking,
long legged, short bodied, small beaded, white-
Rates ol Advertising, haned, hog eyed, fmwy sort of a genius, fresh
fhedollar per s luare (fifteen lines) for .he h>« !V"i" >"u* **™» ."SB* J*"'* .«•■»■ ">»!'-•' •«.
,;.,. [X^nty-U cent, for everyweek :here a'"! ™««*d •»« " T«.rpJka» « awfc tailed bow
... Inclions made in favor oi standing adver, necked, long, poor horse, half dandy, half devil,
■. ;.- follows: •>"'} enveloped all over with a perfect net work of
cum home and I'll food you. I sorter thank yon
wont need any eurrvin' fur a week or so. ' 1
. w.s), I,nay nearer see to morrow, (dip) of I tat, ,>,„..„, rf fc ,,..,, ^
dip) when 1 got out sezdad Bat . tweg,. ^ R
High Price of Bread stuff J'
In an article under tills caption, the Baltimore
t brings together some iu-ruinate
you (d s that: broadMoffa have
tor say you wish you may never see another bald n(W ^.^ ^ unnsui„ y. • ,„ Mareh
hornet oTyou ever play hoss agin sez 1,-i.nd : j-9r ^ M fa ^^J ^. ... . ^
' ' ' ' " ''unas ruled, with oecasioo.1 fluctuations, upTto
hen sales wi re un:de in the month ol
$11.25. Prom this period until 1805,
the ranee was from 18.50 to 87-50- In March of
Eitowin (tails unniolliiitu natur J tiroite iroui , , , . • ures rule
them parts and sorter cum to the. copper mines, jggj ^y
I staid hid out till next arternoon, when 1 wed i yrarcl. .
o feller a travelin', and sez I, ' What was going j '., ' '
3 MONTHS. fi MONTHS. 1 Tr.Aii bridle, rein:, crupper martingales, straps, cir-nare,
$3.50 £5.50 $8.00 j cingle8, and rod rcretin, who had reined up in
7-,!l1 «0"° 140° I front or Pat N\ish\i grocery, among a crowd of
15.00 20.00 wM 1!,:,;n!;,:i;,.,,>i (l,,| „,',„,,. al,d mean whkkv.
Hall column, 35.00
MISCELLANY.
Last Journey c* Ji snry Clay.
liV Mlts, BIOOL'KXKY.
I [.. passes on hi- Way.
i ic man to senates near,
'Jin; silver voiced, whom gi tliercd throngs:
Still in 11 their breath to bear,
lie liath no warrior's crown;
No laurel on his I ;•• ■;.-!,
l!nl Peace her droopim: olive binds
Amid I i.- stiinli ■ - i ;■ t-j
!|c *hr nk n ' •' IIH |"'-t
Till the sp il< r ,i.-|- hi.- hand.
\n 1 sternly chained the i-ilver tongue
Whose mu-ic i harmed the laud.
Mhl stimuli .' - gin i°ii ■ pride
With the initup of an iron -t- ed,
He -weep -ih ...I.I . i the n aim i..- loy'd,
liui Lin !■!• .-e ! i-ve taker no heed.
(lur cities vi ileil their head*
A- through their gates he passed.
\nd the mournlul vou-e of tolliiitl.i IIS.
Wailed out upon the blast;
\nd forth mi'- in hie ! came
To guard their sacred trust,
\inl weeping woman ea-l her wrealn
I'puii the honored ilu i.
lie passoth on his way
In mole pimp than kiugly state
And silent children press : i gaao
I 'pun the lidleii great;
While fnun the ran parts pr ltd,
Where liis country's banners fly.
The booming ciiiiiion speaks his prais ;
itul be dcigncth no reply.
There's soriow on the wave
As the coffined dead they bring—
The passiug ships their penuioiis furl,
Like au eagle's broken wing;
\ml as the rippling streams
Their precious burden bore.
The murmuring rivers tell their grief
To every shore.
lie passeth on his way,
'In liia own cultured lawn—
The shadow efhis planted trees
That bloom when he is gone;
And ngoti zing lo. <■,
lichold" with stilled moan,
\ nation's tear unon the bier,
Tliat mingles with In r own.
How down in reverent n
.. his s-iblo pall.
The frit n ! of man, who fearlc-s souuht
I i !' nli!
Strong in a Sai iour's ■ tr■■:•.:,;!:
s trail web w - riven.
I • n he |i vedoii i urth
ill Hi Yen.
" I say, you durncd ash cats, jnst keep your
I shirts oil will ye? Vou have never seed a real
boss till i rid up: Tearpokeis dust next to the
beat IKJOS that ever shelled nubbins an' hu'j dead
i as a still worm, poor old Ticky-tail.
'• What killed him, Sut V says an anxious in-
I iiuirer. '• \\ hy nuthiu', you 'tarnol iool he iu"t i
ilied so, dh d a ntandin' up at that.—Warn't that
good pluck ' Prune .-liti; no, not exactly, bat
starved fuat. aud then froze afterwards, -so stiff!
that when dad and me pushed him over he just
stuck out so, (spreading his arms and legs,) like
a carpenter's bench, and wo waited seventeen
days for iiiiu to thaw before we could skin him.
Well thai-we was—Dad an' me (counting on bis1
lingers —Dad an' me, an Sal, an' Jake, ( Pool
■lake we call biui for short,,) Jonas, an' Puineas,
in'me. an' ('aline Jane, an' Sharlottcan, :.V
Sinn HI .-::iii. an' •'::-"■: -. ileury Clay, an' S.f'ti
Dan Webster, an' me, an' the twin gals, and ,
!('atiiiiuc .'-e.-i.inl. MII' t'leiu. the baby, an' the
! jui..j.'l. an' mum herself, all left without aiv
, horse to crap with.— t'hal was a ui'-c mess tor u'
I '.-jieela'ulc lauiili lo he .-li-lii-i' about iii. warn! it:
; I be uurued ii i didn't feel like sorter steal'in' a
h- sometimes. Well. w« waited, au' rested
nii'l wishe<), an 1: pin some stray boss m ait
come ;:'■ MI.:. LUI J ig iu\ cats, et eny sii-h luck as
thai evel eiimes wliar dad is, he's so darned mean
i i ... • .. i i i
had lit the lust sign o» au eye—all smooth. ,,
'. ..l ,hat, man was v/ tiiuilI,I sez *Ji . v.Keen muchi, •,uerl-r-i'- r.eb„ru,,a,rgv£, and M,.a.,r,ch, sal,e,s w,e-rei made at
.f.iti.n..in..th.is nei-gh.bioirhoodI, Ila.tIely says .tuhe .tr.iv> . "'-•« to 910.50 : and $11 was the highest ffiiggiu-,
, ..,■ v" .1. ,* , ■ r..e.7s .o..b-tmaiilnlaIbUlICe iinn 1i'8-1i.8i.. iJnII 1■ -8-117, .. $■ 1 i 4i .25 w.. a.i s- t, hi..e kr,' r,ather "inJv ..'.->u,n wu,tn sn\e.a.kin O>V. puar*tv":igni oit prieeob..ta■i n e d, ,and>•in 1IO8I1O85(i1n0.-.o:. iF>rom
s .ha v or neriieiilarly, sez I. ' .>mv, poys, 1 ' ,i - S \ i.--.i. : t i .• , .' I , - . •" , 11 i V ii . tli'it period up to l-?olj, pi-ii-es ruhvl eo'iiii-trative- I'l-n' i s.een. da,a since, and would i be. r!•oaired • to ■r_tr •lo,w:, .n.o,t.:ri:sing abi ove *A'.J, , andi liiinlu-ng as liow, in
meet him la the next ten years. Lets Iicser. j ^jari.i, lg"(: .,'s «• .-()
Por a short poriod, during the years of 1846
: and 1847, while the great famine prevailed in Ire-
■ land, prices reached as high as 89.87i. One sale
Waa inadc at $10 to the Government, but on such
Voting Machine.
Th° National Inte'ligencer mentions the issue
of a patent to Than. C. Connolly of Washington j terms that it was subsequent!; settled for at 8'J.-
Citv for t!ie invention of a voting machine,'.iliich ;
s' *• having been subject to transactions at that
makes known to all as the vote proceeds the num-' P™* bJ other parties.
,lmr o,f. votes given and, t.,he si•d,e on w,hi■ ch, cad.i 1. In January, February, and March of ls:i.",, s,e „.,., • . . ,,-, , -,,,-- , ,'
_. ... . saieawre-uiakiiigatSli to 911.i5 per barrel.
member votes. The intelligencer gives toe tub I in ] s:;,< ,,,.;..,., ,(j| u, gg .„,.( Kj5> Wlj lVjln
lowing description :
We .-h.il not attempt to fully i J„
lazy, a: n ugly, and was: •. I
•• \\ ell, one uite, tiiiti he lay awake all itite.
• slim-in ' an' rolliu', an' a blowin' an' scratehin'
jt11' a whi-pe; in' .;; liiiini, and nest lliornill says
he 'Sut, Iii till you v. Ii.it we'll do; 1 11 be boss
. in.selt, and pull the plow wiii.'e Vou drive me,
au' we'll break up corn ground and the old (pi'lt
(that's mam I an' the brats kin plant or let it
aluue ji-t -is they d ;i please. .So out we
goes to the imwimw thicket, and pealed a right
peart cliance of hark, and mam and me made
gears for dad. and mey bocum him uiitilv then
he would hav • a bridle, so 1 p'U an old iiinbrcll-er
what 1 found it's a little forked piece of iron,
sorter like unto a pitchfork, ye know, an' we
bent and twisted i! sorter into a bridle bit, .-:;..Iii
shape (dad wauled it crub, as mite sorter fell his
1 oats and go to cavort in"). Well, when we got
the bridle all Oxed on dad, he chomped the bit
like buss, i he allers was a must koraplicatcJ.
diira'd old foul, cny how, and main allers sed so
when he warii't about,j then ! pit on geers, and
out del and nie goes to the held, 1 a leadin' dud, by
l the bridle: and a totin the gopher plow ou my,
back. When we come to the fence 1 let down a
gap, an' it made dad mad ; be wanted to jump
the fence on all fours boss way. 1 hitched him
into the gopher, and away we went, dad leaniu
fuiward lu hi* pilllin' right peart, and we made
sharp plowiu' dad gohi' right over the sprouts
and bushes same as a rale ho |