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of *:»< iratefcbu l w i d llars payable in i .. ., • m -. two dollars ■i sl for the first and 25 cts i.ttion court orders charged 11 d.duc iviid 1 1 '. ar • i • postpaid 1 journey round *!«' woj!<1 111'!'-'1 ,| ,;: t kerl ind journey round m - ih41 nd 1842 by -. pson ,. _•_ o/f icl'm c old isote many summers ago a large par niboines (\. a indians pounc - i ali bandofcrees in the neigh of tlii knoll nearly destroyed among the victors was the former ie ni the vanquished who in a - foray had been carried olf by . .,,; husband from her ancient lord ster whether it was that her i is younger than her old our is conscious of having been ntnplice in the elopement the _ into the thickest ol the fight i-r effort against the life of mmr n spite however of ihe amazon's special attentions lhe for such va ins name effect . scape from the field of carnage mnquerors were gloating over ot his brethren in arms creep along for lhe whole day un iil the vt oods he concealed him ill in a hole on the top of _ ground in question butthough in - • luded the vigilance ol his hi mies there was one who un due ..■c of personal hatred had sl sight or scent of his trail and r bad he sunk exhau ted by hun ter and fatigue into a sound sleep ihan rprving and untiring blood-hound mow into his brain with a tri yell before the morning dawn ed the virago proudly presented to her insband lhe bleeding scalp of tie rival ; and the scene of ■exploit was thenccfor wai l butte a carcajar or the noli n proof of the truth ry lhe indians assert that the lhe murderers and her victim are be seen from a considerable dis - •' : her on the verv sum ight i lo fi widow mccrec ■'.., ugh which we had just ad been t he - ie;_e of an exploit - lie of savage life < ne . v horn we saw at ( lull lake i into the valiev along wife and family by five youths 1 i p rceiving the odds ' him i he man ga e him i ■-.-; \ ng lo tbe woman k - . e bul or.ee ihey had ake iij i :■is to submit to v il houl re istance the ■vever r ml i lhat as they had • ! : : to lo n ! ! ey were the more : n to lhe last ■el (!••;.,.■e ;,:::,! ) - ial th • . vv re both younir 5 pitiful tin \ i ; i ;. a ad ■■for ;•. . _ nting their hen is ■it'll suiting the i the worth the heroine brought ri wai i ior to the earth with a i animated by a anil hope disposed of he enemy wilh his arrows id by this time come to was ready to take ■- '"- on the courageous woman lomahau !.. when he sturn ' fell ; a !. in ihe tv inkling of an tided i ictim was n his heart dismayed at the his lour companions the sole sur ing pai ;\ saved himself after \\ ounding his male oppo 1 in the arm 1 hutly i ' , __< uli r •■leaving ihese indians we had i their ingenuitj at a bar - from i female chief we had bought ne with her colt of two years of i.g ia exchange one ol our own i blanket twenty rounds of am i.anda lal bom of tobacco when • ail reads how ever forstail in_'oti wlr afternoon's march the lady who had «. come lo the conclusion that she her favorite too cheap tried to is into paying for the foal which was lo produce next spring — nnd though most seriously meant ■i as an excellent jest setting iwith in order to avoid any fur i -.* fertile a principle of inspirations e ballaholla chiefs possess great ■npelling their followers to do _, however treacherous and tosuf however cruel without any • mm than tbat such is their sav tlie thief of the ballabol be was lately very ill ordered - people to be shot : and he lorlh - tined both health and strength the opera ion of this powerful me fhej sometimes too call religion i consecrating their most hor ties by pretending to be mad i'e thev go into the woods to eat nebuchadnezzar or prowl a ling a dead man's ribs they ng their people snapping and r mouthfuls irom the arms and ■li as come in their way the aiv never resists his sharp prac g by taking to their heels as '■" ■> can one of these nobjecan itely playing off his inspira •' - i of the fort when a poor j ol whose aim he had filched a a"le lunch was impious enough ij lustily and mr ross's dog r l play seized the chief's "' l,i it right in spite of his l"l driven away by the well bruner & james > editors $ proprietors " ke a all y0ur ( new series do r.a\n lir:r.tvis s.fc ' cwi hi , is \ number 29 of volume iv z salisbury n c thursday november 18 1847 known voice of his master nero instead ox being killed according to mr ross's anticipations was thenceforward venera ted by the ballabollas as having been in fluenced by the same inspiration as their chief festivities before leaving nisqoally let me still further illustrate llie characierof the tribes of the north west coast by a summary sketch ofthe condition of their skives — these l brails are just as much the pro perty of tbeir masters as so many dogs wiih this difference against them that a man of cruelly and ferocity enjoys a more exquisite pleasure in tasking or starving or torturing or killing a fellow-creature iban in treating any one of ihe lower an imals iiiasiinil.ir way even in the most inclement weather a mat or 1 piece of deer skin is ihe slave's only clothing whe ther by a day or by night whether under cover or in the open air to eat wilhout permission in the very midst of an abund ance which bis toil has procured is as much as iiii miserable life is worth ; and the only permission which is ever vouch safed to him is to pick up the offal thrown out by his unfeeling and imperious lord \\ nether in open war or in secret assas sination this cold and hungry wretch in variably occupies the post of danger i'ui all ihis is nothing when compared wilh the purely wanton atrociiies lo which ihese most helpless and pitiable children of llie human race are subjected they are beaten lacerated and maimed the mutilating of fingers or toes he splitting of noses liie scooping out of eyes being ordinary occurrences tbey are butch ered — without the excuse of lhe excile ment of a gladiatorial combat — lo make holidays and as if to carry persecution beyond ihe point at which the wicked are said to cease from troubling their corpses are often cast inio the sea to lie washed out ami in by the tide to show how dia bolically ingenious lhe masters are in the work ol murder six slaves on llie occa sion of a late merry-making at sitka were placed in row wilh their throats over a sharp ridge of a rock while a pole loaded with a chuckling demon at eiiher ind ground away at lhe backs of their necks iiii liie was extinct what a proof of iln degrading influence of oppression that men should submit in life to treat ment from which i e black bondmen of cuba and brazil would be glad to escape by suicide ! a quet u's lunch having visited lihe liho sandwich isles along with mrs stewart the jour nalist t missionary alluded to by sir george thus proceeds — " pauahi the only out of his queens who had accom panied him from o.ihu was seated a la turc on the ground wilh a large wooden tray in her lap upon this a monslrous cut lie fish had just been placed fresh from lhe sett tin in all iis life aud vigor the queen had laken it up wilh bolh hands and brought iis body to her mouth and by a single application of her teeth tlie black juices and blood with which it was filled gushed over her lace a id neck while lhe long sucking arms of the fish in lhe convulsive paroxysm of the operation were t wis ing and writhing about her head like the snaky hairs of a nod lt was lhe first time either of us had ever seen her majesty ; and we soon took our departure leaving her as we found her in the full enjoyment of the luxurious luncheon quelletallo quaretaro — the place lo which the mex icans have transferred their seat of gov ernment ad nnii run — i.s a line town or ci ly of some thirty-five thousand inhabitants stone-built and distinguished for its man ui'actures particularly of coarse woolens and cottons li isaboutone hundred and 20 miles n v of mexico and is sealed on lhe borders ofthe uaxio — gr«-at mountain plain or valley of some two thousand feet less elevation than the valley of mexico which stretches sixty or more miles wk to the neigborhood of lhe larger city of guanos uato and is considered the richest as ir is in fact the most fertile tract of and in all mexico the whole of ihis coun try with its vicinity is densely peopled the little state of guanoxuato with a territory considerably less than that oi massachusettes has a population of up wards of half a million the state of queretaro which is twice as large con tains a population variously estimated at irom one hundred and twenty five up to live hundred thousand souls — a remarka ble example of the uncertainly that exists in mexico in regard to lhe most impor tant points of national statistics which are all guessed at quaretaro is then tbe new seat of gov ernment ; antl there the new president pena y pena once a strong friend of peace now an anient advocate of war attended by general ex-president herrera another convert from peace to war convokes a mexican congress from which there is perhaps as little to be expected of pacific inclination as from the administration of the peace president — north american the " philadelphia inquirer states that the president has determined to open di plomatic relations wiih the pope of home and that john dusolle esq editor of the '• philidelphia spirit of the times is fo be charge des affaires to the papal see great foot race on saturday the 23d october the groat f nt race for 200 between gildersleeve of new york and five indians look place at buffalo gildersleeve was lhe greatest runner known having heretofore beaten all who attempted to keep up wiih hint the spirit ol lhe times gives the following interesting sketch of the race : " i think it was the finest race i ever witness ed five indians came to the stand witb gil dersleeve al lhe sound of the bugle gilder sleeve was llie favorite at about '._ lo 1 : there were lew takers as steeprork had withdrawn being as it was said afraid of his bro ber in color john canada three of them ran wilh bare feet ami two wilh moccasins ; dre.se weie of ct,;nrt of the fancy order gilder dressed as usual at lhe word go gilder took the lead and kepi it for about 7 miles going a steady gait except occasionally being passed wiih ihe rapidity of a race horse l»v some one of the native who merely went ahead to lake a drink and when he imbibed fell back lo his place on i think lhe 7th mile geo suio..e who by lhe bye is only 16 years of age turned out and passed gilder wilh ease jump ing &_.; after leading him hu some yards he jumped a iiu aside of gilder saying lo him " hard woi i gilder gilder was not in bi iiior io converse but was going co the purse and the poor indian not being enabled lo g-.'t get him in onver.alion fell back lo bn fb.i.ier position afier they had commenced lhe sill mile geo smoke as he said became quiie cold from running so slow and wanted lo warm himself so he pulled out and went a head like a deer widening the gap every bound ; boon another followed him and john canada who was considered the favorite maintained his pn silion some four feet in the rear of gilder a he had been instructed to wail on him on lhe oth mile finding his two brethren gaining ground he thought besi to leave the white man alone in his glory so he made a brush and such a brush it would have done your heart good to have seen ; he placed himself second lhe most exciiing mile of all as many ofthe knowing ones thought lhal gilder would make a brush yet and come home a winner bul ihev gradu ally kept increasing the gap and when geo smoke came lo the stand he must have been at least a quarter ol a mile behind thiee of them beating him badly xow as lo your running men i am well sat isfied that either john canada or ceo smoke can beat any thing in this country a ten mile race and for filieen miles lis a dead sure thing gilder appeared much fatigued — geo smoke was as quiet as i-l he h:id merely walked llie course ; lie offered even then to go liie miles against any one plank roads " in company wiih geo goddes esq says the editor of lhe cultivator " we lately enjoyed a ride on the salina and central square plank road this road constructing which mr ged des was engineer was compleied during lhe past year lis lenght is 15 miles it is deci dedly lhe most agreeable road to ride over that we ever saw the carriage glides as smooth ly as on the frozen surface of a lake or river the planks ate hemlock ; eight feet long and three inches thick laid immediately on the earth which is made smooth to receive ihem they keep heir place without anv fast ening co one side of the road there is a good ground track 12 feet wide made exactly level with the plank on which carriages tuin out and which in dry wealher is a good road the cost of this road — including both the earth and plank tracks — was 1500 per mile and it is expected the plank will last eight years a learn will carry double tlie weight on his road that it will on the common road and a horse in a light carriage will readi ly go along at the rate of 60 or 70 miles a day in sections where plank can be cheaply pro cured we have no doubt that these roads wiil be found profitable " plank roads are to become important auxila ries to railroads they will become the con necting links between railroads and adjacenl villages on which people will use their own leans we shall be gratified to see ihem ex tensively introduced throughout the country leperos the following graphic description ofthe le peros of mexico is from the boston herald : " nobody can leli the lepero's occupation : god only knows how he lives he has almost as liule need ofthe tailor as adam and eve hail in eden -. his skin drink the sun at every pore an edict reou'ii'm the lepero to wear breech es would extinguish lhe race ; a lepero in a whole pair of breeches would no longer be a lepero ; for one want creates another oilier men have houses ind lands ; the world belongs to the lepero he has no masler he knows no law he eats when he is hungry drinks when he is dry and sleeps when and where he is sleepy other men resl from iheir labors : lhe lepero works when he is lired of laziness — his work however never lasts more than an hour seldom more ihan ten or fifteen minutes : just long enough to provide for the lew and small wants of the day he carries a traveller's trunk to his lodgi:igs ; does any thing lhat comes under his hand picking pockets included and holds out his hand for charity such is his work ; he is a doer of clutrcs he eats any ihing and every thing — flesh fish and espcially fruit " the cheif visible occupation ofthe leppro is lo amuse himself and ihe city of mexico in time of peace does not lack cheap amuse ments rail roads — from doggelt's rail road guide for sept we learn lhat there are 5,740 miles ol rail roads completed in the united slates at a cost of 8122.525.9.7 the first road completed rtas in 18.0 : and in eight years thereafter 1850 miles of road were completed the average cost of all the roads is 21,346 ' per mile true americanism \\ e have never happened to meet with any expression of opinion by a public as sembly more distinctly exhibiting the in telligence the spirit and the port of free men than the following resolutions unan imously adopted at the whig convention lately held in the state of new hamp shire : il sol red that as citizens of a free country we claim and shall exercise the right at all times iii a candid but fearless manner of expressing our opinions of the acts whether of tin state or national ad ministration and whether those acts re laie to peace or war : and ihal we regard the attempt of the presideni of llie uniied states in his hist message to brand a t mi - iorsall those cilizons ofthe republic wbo do not yield a blind obedience to hi will and approve his conduct in the unconsti tutional commencement ofthe present war w'nh mexico as an insult to freemen and lit only to emanate from one who rules over slaves resolced that war is to be avoided at all hitter as a great calamity especially by ihis country as not congenial lo ihe spoil o our nisi ii tit ions or the fet-lin ihat should animaie us in our intercourse with tbe nations id earth ; but that we regard lite present war w'uh mexico a doubly baleful as having been unconstitu tionally commenced by ti_e act of tbe pre sident in disregard of ihe rights oi con gress and a it is raised for the dismem berment of a dsier republic upon pre texts that are fal«e,and for a purpose ihal is abhorrent io the feelings of humanity and justice ; and that although we award to the obicers and men engaged in the war a lhe praise lhat is due to skill en ergy and courage yet we regard lhe glo ry acquired by our arms a.s an inadequate compensation for ihe blood tbat bas been shed the treasure that has been wasted and the indelible stain that bas been east upon cur national character by the pros ecution cf a war of conquest and ambition the first as we hope it may be the last in the history of the republic resolced therefore that it is the duty of ihe whigs of the country by all the exertions in their power to exlrieate the country from the condition into which it has been plunged by tbe madness of its rulers antl to proeure a peace wiih mex ico as soon as it can be done consisienliy with the true ho.ior and dignity of the american name and by he termination ofthe war set an example of justice and magnanimity that shall reflect as much honor upon the character of ihe american people for the exercise of the moral vir tue ns they have acquired by the display of those of a military and heroic kind weltdone whigs of the granite state ! aitecelote of gen taylor — galling on the ccr__ir.a..di!.g general socn after cur recovery to ascertain tjie chancesof trans portation he remarked alter some plea sant conversation that he was perfectly deluged with letters and that much of his time wits occupied in making replies — and sir said general taylor smiling as be handed us two letters ' io show you the diversity of subjects to which i am called upon to respond you may look at these one of them was from a boy ii years of age giving a sort of history of himself and family and desiring to en list in the service he had written to the general to ask his advice on tbe subject ! the other^wi'is'lrom an irish wo nan who wanted io know if her son mike was killed as she had not heard from him sine the late battles ! we feel sere that such let ters would not have received attention at wa&hinirlon but both ot tbem were an swered by the general carrying oet the maxim that nothing is beneath the atten tion o a great man ; and we left loin on passed with tiie great goodness ot his heart laughing in the pulpit said mr c a presbyterian minister of some notoriety " 1 never laughed in tbe pulpit only on one occasion and that came near procuring my dismissal from the ministry about one of the first discourses i was called to deliver subsequent to my ordina tion after reading my text and opening my subject my attention was directed to a young man with a very foppish dress and a head of exceeding red hair in a dip immediately behind this young gen tleman sat an urchin who must have been urged on in his deviltry by the evil one himself for i do not conceive lhe young ster thought of the jest he was playing oil on the spruce dandy in front of him the boy held his foreiinger in the red hair ot the voung man about as long as a black smith would a nail rod in the fire to heat and then on bis knee commenced pound ing his linger in imitation of a smith in making a nail the whole thing was so ludicrous that 1 laughed tbe only time 1 ever disgraced the pulpit with any thing like mirth indian ri-b.er saddle indian rubber is now used for saddles to which its e lasticity durability and other qualities peculiarly adapt it s wit.rti v\stk ok mow v — the lead ers of the abolitionists in this state not withstanding the diminishing paucity of their numbers persist year after vear in wasting money collected in most instan ces from their deluded followers who are poorly able to afford it from their hard earnings in printing hand-bills and tick ets for the pretended purpose of being put into tbe ballot boxes in this quarter ol lhe state the number of votes polled by ihis party i loo small to excite any other feeling than thai of ridicule and contempt for instance in this citv at lhe election jnst over charles o shrperd their can didate for lieutenant governor received 32 votes — or nor e in aery tlioiisaml cotes polled the expense of printing and distributing abolition tickets and hand bills advertising and electioneering must have been several hundred dollars s i not time lor ibis contemptible party to de i<t irom waging ihe monej of their poor followers in this w ? — v _". express nr.v vork nov 1 is47 a singular thing happened he ■■. last night a man who proved io be a resident ol water street l.aac coombs by name wa discovered aboul half pa-t leu o'clock on lhe summ<l ofthe libeity pule which stands at llie corner ot ( ' n and gouvernenr street he wa al«oul l2o feet from the earth engaged in the occiqialiou f lorn ng llie aue and apparently nut i-hrt'-ed in llie mo.-t combe ome cn.-iume he was itched flir some lime hy llie police an.l a iiii.»__«r f ciilzftu who assembled suddenly lie came dnwn i,e p0|pi i i tii.ir with a much dexlerilj as the »«_ t pr.ujti.ed sailor when he readied the ground he marled in a keen run and before he could be po^-ihl y ovevtakeii hatl gone lbedi._ni._eol three liluck when aw lie w.i found in a si:ile of mnainbi m f it w.t sopie lime be ne lie could be i_i.h<«._i |.. him-elf and when he hud folly recovered hi waking faculties he could recollect nothmtr ,,( lhe adventure and greatly sii.p.i-ed al tindintr him-elf in smh a position and such ei.ngu.mi he had on his shirt dt-._v.er and hoot only when taken lo hi home ii wa foiind .!_.._ all the door weie locked and a dormer window ol hi chaiulier wis the only pi ice where he could have made his egre from lhe hou-e — lie had crept out upon ihe i"of and lt.eri rri ale his descent by clambcrin down the neigm»or ing hnu-e and lied which however idle red very poor accommodations for such an enter prise the war the boston transcript has the following paragraph although cor x'dc'i never wrote one of these line savs lhe daily adve.ti ser lhe remark thai ihey are " not riuppropri aie " remains true these are lbe lines wilh the transcript's introduction : the fi.llovviie lines hy t_o:--.i.l whic'i we fin 1 quo : te-j iu th . uluiiiis of n corn - iiporary an not wholly inappropriate at this time a,i 1 i i thi t-ou coy mi ' _ and women thai would gro n to -•■> n c ild pull o.t t in.-ect :•■■_'. ll ..-.. d of war the !:•■-: a.nus uvui for a momi ig . the i".ir wretch who h ■■- le;.r hi only ray«"rs i ll t:ii wi|n know • - nr!y wi'it to as a i.i in-r from hi li . ■liy t-\:ther 11 conies i hu ill i!i.:m •. i:;.i : ■'. ml ' anil tt.fi tiir.il ill virion - i i t •!■: :-. and il our t li.ily t i lor li mm , i ; t tin win i w • tr ii • moodily o'<t onr to l.ikt i.i r ■i!m;,.icti'.m ni;.iy mm to we joi.i no i ■ling an t r.tlnch no lin i ! a it the idi t '!"••! without .-; wo a it ill • ti'm ol i!i il wi stored wilhonl ■: i;;ni ; ■•.■ii ■who t'-il in haute linn bl ly ih-ed passed o ." to ije.tvt'.i tnuisl.-u 1 and noi killed — a though ii • had no wife to pine for him no ( iod tn judge liiul ! the gorgon knot — lu tbe la-t number of the jottmid ihe 1 i.tor in speaking of the dif ficulties which enviion the question what shail be dote with m ■: o ! " say he goes " for uttin_r the . . irgon hum with the sword w we uppn_e the l u oi intended wa l lbe ordian knot col by alexander but ue mistake afibrds a truthful a representation ofthe fear • iul condilion of affairs mni.ected wilh this war | as could well he e-.hih.w they are in a gorgon knur the corgons so tbe myth i.i-t^iell n were three ister whose head w-cre entwined with serpents peisens attack ed tl e n ob'ii'-ii'd on cuy victory and cut >••'■lie head of 1edu-a one of the si-ter and toul it away a a trophy whd-t he wa reln.n'02 from llie conquest ihr drops of bloo-l vh ch ll lo the ground from the hrvd irrre chonsed bto serpents tch'nh hare ever stare infested ihe comilry wlie-rr they i'd our american pe.seu^es have conquered lheircoutitr . enemies and lakenoflflheir heads but let the nation beware of the brood of sir pent which are yet to sjirinj into life irom the failing drops of mood wilmington chronu a novel witness last saturday a trial came off between two persons for debt the person who brought the uit kept no books of accounts but was in the habit of marking down his accounts on the cellar door ~ lie appeared before the squire in morrisville and tbe defendant demanded the evidence of the debt the justice told him he mist hrin his book in to court and prove it he immediately procured a waeon and set out for the eel lar door and actually brought il into court established his claim and got judgment the lawyers were wonderfully puzzled in the cross examination : the witness hinged altogether upon stubborn facts — tren adct tie \ whri sermon — beloved brethren — tbe scripture tells us lhat ihe wages of rin is death now mv advice i lhal you leave off inning and strike for higher pay fiom ... baltimore patriot f the l lu*t latkr from europe im eleven days later sews £ decline in flmr ami cotton pre enure ia the vrarf market extensire failures royal bank r,r ir erpoei failed we r.e ivej thron.h o \". a york correspondent last evening ihe fallowing despatch new y .. friday nov _ — lit !' \[ the r<.y;i miil steamer caledonia armed at d _■tt.n thi afternoon she brings newa vim uwrj lan.l vs inter than ihal brought v ,|„. fren.-h ia and fonnoea day m-.r than the - ' the lu.'.ir h wever prevents my giving you extended _ 1 ar ban declined in liverpool aboai one - hand on the previous quotations braaghl by the cam bria at ihe jeparrare of tbe caledonia beat niniaan western cana floor was selling at 25 lo . . er '. arret the hjg st quotations of the cambria areic ore and philadelphia floor on the l^t "■' ■- ' ' i -. 25 5d t ••. :'-' '- i a ierican wheat are ranging firoai 36s f>,l to 54 p t quarter aa to quality and condition be iii the pxtn li linn ct 3(1 to 33 - . , a f two oi three ill rigs . meal l.'l t 1 1 the pressure in lbe money n ., ■•...•;,._ — t is more string nt than at the _ . caaahria ibe fai nres of commercial house hare b in > great nn g than 55 large _____ and hi i*luitia heretofore noted have failed tinea tlie co ihrir.'s ncconpi a ui the faitaree to he m liverpool the nun ithe '<■- . ankers vrh have failed i am un.ble a this time to sen ! you without lo too mach turn i i ' "■*- i n*9 is not ot 17,1 moment v i it by n-.'u'.r'.r . ,,,«•. provisit - were in fair request u price slightly vary in fro , tl . . r n :' ' i nring is:rk is there is ninth distress tv cotton oi • avy and priees r on '■' • i-ecline this i mvi,i to lhe great i.,es tire iii the honey vv a:-t i.-i the im tl tati_*ni afcmeam i i'tlli'u.vi-.-e.-j to j i ; r .... , i ,!,, 5 a . wed georgia 4 a i i , coaar.r.1 i a d i'i __„•-• ii — the dbastmns mone piv&.ire lecove in uni i . p vi es h i . deling lit • s lorl'ii-.lu coi'ti.itie.l to ra _ ■■1 - verity invouiiv e r.il audi mal |'..| i ;,.,.* i.t ... :, ,: rp en i.epe.i ir ue x'o...,i ii.oujiujt the uhole co cial norm unity of greet britain to ruth apt intensity has the i.uecessi y of money now arrived tli t then it bran ly . v o.te ii.'-i.v which cun be look e lllioil will o i >,...,:, ii no n her how exulted h's hi:itii w.'iil a f tlio _ t uni iti..;tetl an„iety is every h ix'n e,,ti!.l -. a.-i : th i-fre recent fnil'tve w h v ■to announce the np r-.^es t.f i'lionir , mo,i .- lefirre an old eatiih li-'h-.l brazil lu.-t .-; ivjnm jfc (',.. ,,. m l___rd . broth r »'; co f l.o.t !..-.<. _ hose bftbilit - are put tl.i i at 450 000 ; utile .'•' co also in i ion ; j it w mo,l v...e . nf m . . .-, . i chilli .,„. xi c ri.,,.„'o,l ; mo •! .., .^ son of l.iv.-,-j«kil ; of \ .',,;.. i '. m -. lyoe '. v j an.lr.-ws m.....:..-,i ,- ; whit _. co . 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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1847-11-18 |
Month | 11 |
Day | 18 |
Year | 1847 |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 29 |
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Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Bruner and James |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
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Description | The Thursday, November 18, 1847 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1847-11-18 |
Month | 11 |
Day | 18 |
Year | 1847 |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 29 |
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Creator | Bruner and James "Editors and Proprietors" |
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Description | The Thursday, November 18, 1847 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
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of *:»< iratefcbu l w i d llars payable in i .. ., • m -. two dollars ■i sl for the first and 25 cts i.ttion court orders charged 11 d.duc iviid 1 1 '. ar • i • postpaid 1 journey round *!«' woj!<1 111'!'-'1 ,| ,;: t kerl ind journey round m - ih41 nd 1842 by -. pson ,. _•_ o/f icl'm c old isote many summers ago a large par niboines (\. a indians pounc - i ali bandofcrees in the neigh of tlii knoll nearly destroyed among the victors was the former ie ni the vanquished who in a - foray had been carried olf by . .,,; husband from her ancient lord ster whether it was that her i is younger than her old our is conscious of having been ntnplice in the elopement the _ into the thickest ol the fight i-r effort against the life of mmr n spite however of ihe amazon's special attentions lhe for such va ins name effect . scape from the field of carnage mnquerors were gloating over ot his brethren in arms creep along for lhe whole day un iil the vt oods he concealed him ill in a hole on the top of _ ground in question butthough in - • luded the vigilance ol his hi mies there was one who un due ..■c of personal hatred had sl sight or scent of his trail and r bad he sunk exhau ted by hun ter and fatigue into a sound sleep ihan rprving and untiring blood-hound mow into his brain with a tri yell before the morning dawn ed the virago proudly presented to her insband lhe bleeding scalp of tie rival ; and the scene of ■exploit was thenccfor wai l butte a carcajar or the noli n proof of the truth ry lhe indians assert that the lhe murderers and her victim are be seen from a considerable dis - •' : her on the verv sum ight i lo fi widow mccrec ■'.., ugh which we had just ad been t he - ie;_e of an exploit - lie of savage life < ne . v horn we saw at ( lull lake i into the valiev along wife and family by five youths 1 i p rceiving the odds ' him i he man ga e him i ■-.-; \ ng lo tbe woman k - . e bul or.ee ihey had ake iij i :■is to submit to v il houl re istance the ■vever r ml i lhat as they had • ! : : to lo n ! ! ey were the more : n to lhe last ■el (!••;.,.■e ;,:::,! ) - ial th • . vv re both younir 5 pitiful tin \ i ; i ;. a ad ■■for ;•. . _ nting their hen is ■it'll suiting the i the worth the heroine brought ri wai i ior to the earth with a i animated by a anil hope disposed of he enemy wilh his arrows id by this time come to was ready to take ■- '"- on the courageous woman lomahau !.. when he sturn ' fell ; a !. in ihe tv inkling of an tided i ictim was n his heart dismayed at the his lour companions the sole sur ing pai ;\ saved himself after \\ ounding his male oppo 1 in the arm 1 hutly i ' , __< uli r •■leaving ihese indians we had i their ingenuitj at a bar - from i female chief we had bought ne with her colt of two years of i.g ia exchange one ol our own i blanket twenty rounds of am i.anda lal bom of tobacco when • ail reads how ever forstail in_'oti wlr afternoon's march the lady who had «. come lo the conclusion that she her favorite too cheap tried to is into paying for the foal which was lo produce next spring — nnd though most seriously meant ■i as an excellent jest setting iwith in order to avoid any fur i -.* fertile a principle of inspirations e ballaholla chiefs possess great ■npelling their followers to do _, however treacherous and tosuf however cruel without any • mm than tbat such is their sav tlie thief of the ballabol be was lately very ill ordered - people to be shot : and he lorlh - tined both health and strength the opera ion of this powerful me fhej sometimes too call religion i consecrating their most hor ties by pretending to be mad i'e thev go into the woods to eat nebuchadnezzar or prowl a ling a dead man's ribs they ng their people snapping and r mouthfuls irom the arms and ■li as come in their way the aiv never resists his sharp prac g by taking to their heels as '■" ■> can one of these nobjecan itely playing off his inspira •' - i of the fort when a poor j ol whose aim he had filched a a"le lunch was impious enough ij lustily and mr ross's dog r l play seized the chief's "' l,i it right in spite of his l"l driven away by the well bruner & james > editors $ proprietors " ke a all y0ur ( new series do r.a\n lir:r.tvis s.fc ' cwi hi , is \ number 29 of volume iv z salisbury n c thursday november 18 1847 known voice of his master nero instead ox being killed according to mr ross's anticipations was thenceforward venera ted by the ballabollas as having been in fluenced by the same inspiration as their chief festivities before leaving nisqoally let me still further illustrate llie characierof the tribes of the north west coast by a summary sketch ofthe condition of their skives — these l brails are just as much the pro perty of tbeir masters as so many dogs wiih this difference against them that a man of cruelly and ferocity enjoys a more exquisite pleasure in tasking or starving or torturing or killing a fellow-creature iban in treating any one of ihe lower an imals iiiasiinil.ir way even in the most inclement weather a mat or 1 piece of deer skin is ihe slave's only clothing whe ther by a day or by night whether under cover or in the open air to eat wilhout permission in the very midst of an abund ance which bis toil has procured is as much as iiii miserable life is worth ; and the only permission which is ever vouch safed to him is to pick up the offal thrown out by his unfeeling and imperious lord \\ nether in open war or in secret assas sination this cold and hungry wretch in variably occupies the post of danger i'ui all ihis is nothing when compared wilh the purely wanton atrociiies lo which ihese most helpless and pitiable children of llie human race are subjected they are beaten lacerated and maimed the mutilating of fingers or toes he splitting of noses liie scooping out of eyes being ordinary occurrences tbey are butch ered — without the excuse of lhe excile ment of a gladiatorial combat — lo make holidays and as if to carry persecution beyond ihe point at which the wicked are said to cease from troubling their corpses are often cast inio the sea to lie washed out ami in by the tide to show how dia bolically ingenious lhe masters are in the work ol murder six slaves on llie occa sion of a late merry-making at sitka were placed in row wilh their throats over a sharp ridge of a rock while a pole loaded with a chuckling demon at eiiher ind ground away at lhe backs of their necks iiii liie was extinct what a proof of iln degrading influence of oppression that men should submit in life to treat ment from which i e black bondmen of cuba and brazil would be glad to escape by suicide ! a quet u's lunch having visited lihe liho sandwich isles along with mrs stewart the jour nalist t missionary alluded to by sir george thus proceeds — " pauahi the only out of his queens who had accom panied him from o.ihu was seated a la turc on the ground wilh a large wooden tray in her lap upon this a monslrous cut lie fish had just been placed fresh from lhe sett tin in all iis life aud vigor the queen had laken it up wilh bolh hands and brought iis body to her mouth and by a single application of her teeth tlie black juices and blood with which it was filled gushed over her lace a id neck while lhe long sucking arms of the fish in lhe convulsive paroxysm of the operation were t wis ing and writhing about her head like the snaky hairs of a nod lt was lhe first time either of us had ever seen her majesty ; and we soon took our departure leaving her as we found her in the full enjoyment of the luxurious luncheon quelletallo quaretaro — the place lo which the mex icans have transferred their seat of gov ernment ad nnii run — i.s a line town or ci ly of some thirty-five thousand inhabitants stone-built and distinguished for its man ui'actures particularly of coarse woolens and cottons li isaboutone hundred and 20 miles n v of mexico and is sealed on lhe borders ofthe uaxio — gr«-at mountain plain or valley of some two thousand feet less elevation than the valley of mexico which stretches sixty or more miles wk to the neigborhood of lhe larger city of guanos uato and is considered the richest as ir is in fact the most fertile tract of and in all mexico the whole of ihis coun try with its vicinity is densely peopled the little state of guanoxuato with a territory considerably less than that oi massachusettes has a population of up wards of half a million the state of queretaro which is twice as large con tains a population variously estimated at irom one hundred and twenty five up to live hundred thousand souls — a remarka ble example of the uncertainly that exists in mexico in regard to lhe most impor tant points of national statistics which are all guessed at quaretaro is then tbe new seat of gov ernment ; antl there the new president pena y pena once a strong friend of peace now an anient advocate of war attended by general ex-president herrera another convert from peace to war convokes a mexican congress from which there is perhaps as little to be expected of pacific inclination as from the administration of the peace president — north american the " philadelphia inquirer states that the president has determined to open di plomatic relations wiih the pope of home and that john dusolle esq editor of the '• philidelphia spirit of the times is fo be charge des affaires to the papal see great foot race on saturday the 23d october the groat f nt race for 200 between gildersleeve of new york and five indians look place at buffalo gildersleeve was lhe greatest runner known having heretofore beaten all who attempted to keep up wiih hint the spirit ol lhe times gives the following interesting sketch of the race : " i think it was the finest race i ever witness ed five indians came to the stand witb gil dersleeve al lhe sound of the bugle gilder sleeve was llie favorite at about '._ lo 1 : there were lew takers as steeprork had withdrawn being as it was said afraid of his bro ber in color john canada three of them ran wilh bare feet ami two wilh moccasins ; dre.se weie of ct,;nrt of the fancy order gilder dressed as usual at lhe word go gilder took the lead and kepi it for about 7 miles going a steady gait except occasionally being passed wiih ihe rapidity of a race horse l»v some one of the native who merely went ahead to lake a drink and when he imbibed fell back lo his place on i think lhe 7th mile geo suio..e who by lhe bye is only 16 years of age turned out and passed gilder wilh ease jump ing &_.; after leading him hu some yards he jumped a iiu aside of gilder saying lo him " hard woi i gilder gilder was not in bi iiior io converse but was going co the purse and the poor indian not being enabled lo g-.'t get him in onver.alion fell back lo bn fb.i.ier position afier they had commenced lhe sill mile geo smoke as he said became quiie cold from running so slow and wanted lo warm himself so he pulled out and went a head like a deer widening the gap every bound ; boon another followed him and john canada who was considered the favorite maintained his pn silion some four feet in the rear of gilder a he had been instructed to wail on him on lhe oth mile finding his two brethren gaining ground he thought besi to leave the white man alone in his glory so he made a brush and such a brush it would have done your heart good to have seen ; he placed himself second lhe most exciiing mile of all as many ofthe knowing ones thought lhal gilder would make a brush yet and come home a winner bul ihev gradu ally kept increasing the gap and when geo smoke came lo the stand he must have been at least a quarter ol a mile behind thiee of them beating him badly xow as lo your running men i am well sat isfied that either john canada or ceo smoke can beat any thing in this country a ten mile race and for filieen miles lis a dead sure thing gilder appeared much fatigued — geo smoke was as quiet as i-l he h:id merely walked llie course ; lie offered even then to go liie miles against any one plank roads " in company wiih geo goddes esq says the editor of lhe cultivator " we lately enjoyed a ride on the salina and central square plank road this road constructing which mr ged des was engineer was compleied during lhe past year lis lenght is 15 miles it is deci dedly lhe most agreeable road to ride over that we ever saw the carriage glides as smooth ly as on the frozen surface of a lake or river the planks ate hemlock ; eight feet long and three inches thick laid immediately on the earth which is made smooth to receive ihem they keep heir place without anv fast ening co one side of the road there is a good ground track 12 feet wide made exactly level with the plank on which carriages tuin out and which in dry wealher is a good road the cost of this road — including both the earth and plank tracks — was 1500 per mile and it is expected the plank will last eight years a learn will carry double tlie weight on his road that it will on the common road and a horse in a light carriage will readi ly go along at the rate of 60 or 70 miles a day in sections where plank can be cheaply pro cured we have no doubt that these roads wiil be found profitable " plank roads are to become important auxila ries to railroads they will become the con necting links between railroads and adjacenl villages on which people will use their own leans we shall be gratified to see ihem ex tensively introduced throughout the country leperos the following graphic description ofthe le peros of mexico is from the boston herald : " nobody can leli the lepero's occupation : god only knows how he lives he has almost as liule need ofthe tailor as adam and eve hail in eden -. his skin drink the sun at every pore an edict reou'ii'm the lepero to wear breech es would extinguish lhe race ; a lepero in a whole pair of breeches would no longer be a lepero ; for one want creates another oilier men have houses ind lands ; the world belongs to the lepero he has no masler he knows no law he eats when he is hungry drinks when he is dry and sleeps when and where he is sleepy other men resl from iheir labors : lhe lepero works when he is lired of laziness — his work however never lasts more than an hour seldom more ihan ten or fifteen minutes : just long enough to provide for the lew and small wants of the day he carries a traveller's trunk to his lodgi:igs ; does any thing lhat comes under his hand picking pockets included and holds out his hand for charity such is his work ; he is a doer of clutrcs he eats any ihing and every thing — flesh fish and espcially fruit " the cheif visible occupation ofthe leppro is lo amuse himself and ihe city of mexico in time of peace does not lack cheap amuse ments rail roads — from doggelt's rail road guide for sept we learn lhat there are 5,740 miles ol rail roads completed in the united slates at a cost of 8122.525.9.7 the first road completed rtas in 18.0 : and in eight years thereafter 1850 miles of road were completed the average cost of all the roads is 21,346 ' per mile true americanism \\ e have never happened to meet with any expression of opinion by a public as sembly more distinctly exhibiting the in telligence the spirit and the port of free men than the following resolutions unan imously adopted at the whig convention lately held in the state of new hamp shire : il sol red that as citizens of a free country we claim and shall exercise the right at all times iii a candid but fearless manner of expressing our opinions of the acts whether of tin state or national ad ministration and whether those acts re laie to peace or war : and ihal we regard the attempt of the presideni of llie uniied states in his hist message to brand a t mi - iorsall those cilizons ofthe republic wbo do not yield a blind obedience to hi will and approve his conduct in the unconsti tutional commencement ofthe present war w'nh mexico as an insult to freemen and lit only to emanate from one who rules over slaves resolced that war is to be avoided at all hitter as a great calamity especially by ihis country as not congenial lo ihe spoil o our nisi ii tit ions or the fet-lin ihat should animaie us in our intercourse with tbe nations id earth ; but that we regard lite present war w'uh mexico a doubly baleful as having been unconstitu tionally commenced by ti_e act of tbe pre sident in disregard of ihe rights oi con gress and a it is raised for the dismem berment of a dsier republic upon pre texts that are fal«e,and for a purpose ihal is abhorrent io the feelings of humanity and justice ; and that although we award to the obicers and men engaged in the war a lhe praise lhat is due to skill en ergy and courage yet we regard lhe glo ry acquired by our arms a.s an inadequate compensation for ihe blood tbat bas been shed the treasure that has been wasted and the indelible stain that bas been east upon cur national character by the pros ecution cf a war of conquest and ambition the first as we hope it may be the last in the history of the republic resolced therefore that it is the duty of ihe whigs of the country by all the exertions in their power to exlrieate the country from the condition into which it has been plunged by tbe madness of its rulers antl to proeure a peace wiih mex ico as soon as it can be done consisienliy with the true ho.ior and dignity of the american name and by he termination ofthe war set an example of justice and magnanimity that shall reflect as much honor upon the character of ihe american people for the exercise of the moral vir tue ns they have acquired by the display of those of a military and heroic kind weltdone whigs of the granite state ! aitecelote of gen taylor — galling on the ccr__ir.a..di!.g general socn after cur recovery to ascertain tjie chancesof trans portation he remarked alter some plea sant conversation that he was perfectly deluged with letters and that much of his time wits occupied in making replies — and sir said general taylor smiling as be handed us two letters ' io show you the diversity of subjects to which i am called upon to respond you may look at these one of them was from a boy ii years of age giving a sort of history of himself and family and desiring to en list in the service he had written to the general to ask his advice on tbe subject ! the other^wi'is'lrom an irish wo nan who wanted io know if her son mike was killed as she had not heard from him sine the late battles ! we feel sere that such let ters would not have received attention at wa&hinirlon but both ot tbem were an swered by the general carrying oet the maxim that nothing is beneath the atten tion o a great man ; and we left loin on passed with tiie great goodness ot his heart laughing in the pulpit said mr c a presbyterian minister of some notoriety " 1 never laughed in tbe pulpit only on one occasion and that came near procuring my dismissal from the ministry about one of the first discourses i was called to deliver subsequent to my ordina tion after reading my text and opening my subject my attention was directed to a young man with a very foppish dress and a head of exceeding red hair in a dip immediately behind this young gen tleman sat an urchin who must have been urged on in his deviltry by the evil one himself for i do not conceive lhe young ster thought of the jest he was playing oil on the spruce dandy in front of him the boy held his foreiinger in the red hair ot the voung man about as long as a black smith would a nail rod in the fire to heat and then on bis knee commenced pound ing his linger in imitation of a smith in making a nail the whole thing was so ludicrous that 1 laughed tbe only time 1 ever disgraced the pulpit with any thing like mirth indian ri-b.er saddle indian rubber is now used for saddles to which its e lasticity durability and other qualities peculiarly adapt it s wit.rti v\stk ok mow v — the lead ers of the abolitionists in this state not withstanding the diminishing paucity of their numbers persist year after vear in wasting money collected in most instan ces from their deluded followers who are poorly able to afford it from their hard earnings in printing hand-bills and tick ets for the pretended purpose of being put into tbe ballot boxes in this quarter ol lhe state the number of votes polled by ihis party i loo small to excite any other feeling than thai of ridicule and contempt for instance in this citv at lhe election jnst over charles o shrperd their can didate for lieutenant governor received 32 votes — or nor e in aery tlioiisaml cotes polled the expense of printing and distributing abolition tickets and hand bills advertising and electioneering must have been several hundred dollars s i not time lor ibis contemptible party to de i |