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i tar int ot t&e watchman subscript on per year two djt.l&rs payable i'i v.rue but if not paii in advance two dollars i i ity cts wi be charged i nr sl for the first and 25 cts reashs-i'iol-qie-il insertion court orders charged - ,, , r ct di r ),. r :';-, 11 th se rates a . ilie ml deduc bii to thoae^who advertise by the year ters to die k.i tors must be postpaid the clairvoyant trance wc exact tiie article which follows m yjis crowe's " night side of xalure her instances of a si m 1 ir character ive occurred within our knowledge j'he seemingly unnatural parr of ibe tatemenl is tli which refers to the facl hf the sea-captain saying thai he saw the m-.-ev in london while physically the at nn t i j v ■;*- between them if i explain ed in this way the see finding the lutson sought after hy spiritual vision impressed i act <>( hi presence upon ■is mind and ihen questioned hun mental ly and obtained an answer the captain imagined he saw lhe questioner because is form was impressed on lhe mind and has through interior faculties and not hrough exterior senses daguerreofyed on lie retina — f nicerccelum " oncol the most remarkable cases of his kind is lhal recorded by jung stilling f a man who aboul the sear ] 7 10 ic-i led in th ■neighborhood of 1'ii i idelphia n lhe l'i i ed stale his habits vxeie re rcd and he s o'.e little h \\ as grave benevolent and pious and inching was known against his charaeti r excepl lhat lie had the reputation of posses in some j^ccreis that w . re not altogether lairful jil'tny e\tiaordiiiaiy s o.-ies w.-ie told of ii ii and aiti.'iil i he rest the following ; — j he wile ofa ship captain whose hus band was on a \ isil to europe and africa hud from whom she had been long with lout tidings o ei w h miri'-d with anxiety lur hi afeiy wa iuda<*i d o address her self in ihis | cimiii having h-ien d o mer story lie begged her to excuse him fur a while when in would bring her the intelligence she required 1i ihen pass ed into an inner room and she sal herself down to wail ; but his absence eontinu jug longci than she exp cted she became ijinp aiicnt ihiuking he had lorgotten her land **". sollly approaching h door she pn p d ihrough some aperture and lo her sin pi ise beheld him king on a sofa lis motionless as ii he was dead she of course did not think it advisable lo dis turb him hut w aited his leturn when he lulil in-r that her bus und had not he n rilili to write lo her foi such * n such r<-a f>-i!.s ; but lhal he w;is lien in a coffee imu-c in loudon and would verv short iv n home again accordingly he arrived land ns th •■- nl from him thai fhe causes u ; siial silence had been precisely those alleged by lie man she fell c i : uu is desirous of asc l"!*tining the truth of itie i-i - of lhe information ; arid in ihis she was gratified lor he no sooner set his ey.s on lhe magicia , than he said tlint he had seen him before on a certain day in a colli e i ouse in loudon ; and that he had t id him lhat his v , if w as , v mely unea.-y alwiui him ; and thai he \ lhe captain tiad lh r on mentioned how la had prevented writing : i.hh-d thai he was on the eve of embarking for ameri il hatl lln n lo-t s-ghl oi lhe slraug er amongst ihe ihrong and knew nothing more uf'out him old firginaj ts ssckerd ::, an illinois suck r took i gn ar dis like tc a foppish young virginian who a few weeks since was fellow passenger with him on one of our steamboats the virginian was continually combing ins hair brushing his coal or dusting his ts to all rt-hich movements the suck cr look exceptions as heing what he 1.11-1 ed tt a leeth too darned nice by half lb fnia,i drew up his chair beside lhe irginian and begati : 1 whar migh you be from stranger * lam lorn virginia sir politely an swered ih gent from old varginny i spose v said lhe i sucker ' es sir old virginia \\ as the reply y«»u air pooh high up in the p;.*.uns tli rt r 1 spose con limed i he first ' i don't know what ou mean bv that reniaik sir sa\s the virginian ' oh nuthiuv sa s < he sucker ' bul lhal vou hredesp'rale itch aud hev l.eu broughl up right ii lhe information w'a'i gratify you in any way s.-i^s ihe n nt pa:rouiziuglv smoothing down his hair ' j hclo.i tooue of the first fa m.i h s /' ' oil .' iu coin.-e answcretl ihe s icker 1 wcli stranger be in a.s ou belong lo ihe furst i'll jest give um iwo of ihe ivtest shoots in all illinois ef you'll only find me b feller that belongs lo one of lhe second » irginny families you want to quarrel with me sir bays i he virginian ' no stranger noi an atom answcretl tne sucker 4 bul i never seed one of the eiuitl family and id gin sulhiu uj git a * : i*.iit at on on em 1 know you air one (, l lhe furst cause you look jusl like j ilia ll fin iui pli '' this mollified the virginian fhe hint •**• a resemblance to fhe statesman w.is nattering to his feelings and h acknow if(li*pij relationship to the orator ' he you know con iuued ihe s icker l was a descendant of lhe login gal ihi cabon is ' * ou arc right sir answered the other * weil si ranger sa s ihe sucker lo vou know thai is smuttier queer rh n al ways puzzles me a a it's ibis i never bred a \ arginnyin lhal dida'i claim lo be her descended ram an lugin john lian i qolph or a niggt r .'' we need noi add ihai the sucker rolled i oil his chair — suddenly thev were se parated and kepi apart until the sucker ijotoffata landing near his home as ■•" stepped ashore he caught sight ofthe irginian on the upper deck and hailed iim at once with i the carolina watchman bruner & james j > " keep a ciirrk rpo all vocr editors 4 proprietors \ rojlebs do t - ) new serais lto this and liberty is safe > gen'l harrison \ volume v number 7 salisbury n c , thursday june 15 1848 i s;i old varginny retwrnher — two f'tt shouts ir iii • tirst f il.ii you ind lhal belongs to the second i irginny family !' — hit louis reveille tiie lone buffalo bv has i asm w among tin many legends which lhe trax ellep ci iqi'-nilv heai while crossing the prairies of : he far west i remember oti which hccoun'ts in a mo-f romantic manner im tin origin of thunder a sum mer storm was sweeping over the land ui'l 1 had sought a temporary shelter ill ihe lodge of n sioux indian on ih hanks of the st ivteis vividly flashed the lightning and an occasional peal of hun der echoed th»ough th firmami nt while the storm con'intieil my host and his fa in ly pi it hu little atten'ion to mv comfort lor ihey were all evidently s-riek'-n with terror 1 endeavored to quell their fear and idi thai purpose asked mti a v;iliilv o quest ions respecting their people hut the only replied hy r •••< atiog in a dismal tone the name of the lone buffalo mv curiosity ivas ol course excited and h may be readily imagined that i did not resume my journey without obtaining ari explanation of the m\si words and h-uiti him who first uttered ih<m in the sioux lodge | suhsequen'ly obtained lhe follow ing legend ; there was a chief of the sioux na'bui v hose name was the master ib-ar fl was humus a a prophet nnd hunter and was a particular favori'e with ihe master ol i'le in an evil hour he partook of the white man's fire-water and in a fighting broil unfortunately look the life id :, bro ther chief according to ancient custom h|«»od was demanded lur blood and when next the master hear went forth tu hunt he was waylaid hot through lhe he-*>rt wilh an arrow and his hodv was deposit ed in hunt of his widow's lodge bitterly did the woman bewail her misfortune now mutilating her body in the most he roir manner an i anon narrating to her only son a mere infant the prominent -■vent o her husband's hie night cam . and with her child lashed on her back t woman erected a scaffold on ihe mar gin d a neighboting stream and dressed the coipse jn her more valuable n.!.es and ns-ened ii on lhe scaffold she completed her task jusl as the day was breaking win n she returned in her lodge and shun ing herself therein spent the fol lowing days without las'iug food during her retirement fhe widow had a dream in which s',e was visited hy the master of life he endeavored fo con sole her in her sorrow and for the reason hat !,<■had loved her husband promised to make her son a ni ire famous warrior a:»d medic m n than his father had been and whal was more remarkable ihis prophec was !;> lie realized wilhill a few weeks she told her story in the vil lage and « as laughed at lor her credulity on the billowing day when ihe village hoys were throwing the hall upon the plain a noble youth suddenly in oh his appearance among i lie players nnd eclips ed them all in the hounds (,.* made and in the vvihlness of his shouts ii was a stranger to ail but when fhe widow's dreaia was remembered he was recog nized a her son an i treated w irh respect bat the youth was yet wplinul a name for his mother had told him he should win one for himself by his individual prowess only a few days had claused when il was i imnri il that a parly of p iwnees had overtaken ir destroyed a s n ix hunt r when it was immediately determined in council thai a party of one hundred war riors should start upon lhe war path and revenge the injury _ another eounci was h id lor the purpose of appointing a b ; ,,| ee when i oiuig man suddenly entered the ri ig and claimed the privilege nf leading lhe way his authority was an grily pus ioned but the stranger only re lied hy pointing to lie eagle's leathers on his heail and by shaking from his i.eh a large number of fresh pawnee scalps they remembered lhe stranger hoy and acknow ledged i he supremacy ol the stran ger man night settled upon the prairie world and lhe sioux warriors started upon lhe war-path morning dawned and a paw nee village was in ashes and itie bodies of many hundred men women and chil dren were left upon the ground as loud for ihe wolf and vulture the sioux war riors returned io iheir own emcampmetit when it was ascertained thai the name ifss leader had taken t wice as ma nv scalps as his brother warriors then ir was that a feeling of jealousy anise which was soon quieted however by the news that the crow indians had stolen a number of horses and many valuable furs from a sioux hun'er as he was returning from lhe mountains another warlike expedi tion was planned and as before the nameless warrior look the lead i he sun was near his selling and as the sioux pari looked down upon a crow village which occupied the centre ofa charming valley he sioux chief com manded ihe attention id his braves and addressed them iu the following language : *■i am about lo die my brothers and mast speak my mind to lie fortunate in w ar is your chief ambition and because i have been successful you are unhappy — ]< ihis right ? live you ne'ed like men ! 1 despi.se you fur your meanuess and i intend to prove to y«>u this nighl thai 1 am the bravest man in the nation the * sk will io ni my life but 1 am anx ious thai my nature shall be changed and i shall be satisfied i intend to enter the how village alone bui before departing i have one invar to command if i suc ceed in d.-si in mg fhal village nnd lose my life 1 want you xvhen 1 am a^nd to eu oil ili head mid pro eel it with cart you musl ihen kill one of the largest buf faloes in the country and cut off his head on must i hen bring his body and mv bend together and breath upon them when i shall be bee lo roam in ihe spirit land al nil limes and over our gtenf puirie i md whenever i phase and xxdjen your hearts ate troubled wi h wickedness re in nib r i he lone ibul'ilo lhe attack upon ilu how village was suce.e.—lul ; bol according to his prophecy to lone ibitiaio received hi-deash wound and bis bro hei sever remembered his part ing r pies the full of ihe h id's moth er is unknown but lhe indians believed lhal ii is she w ho aiiuuallx sends imm lhe spun laud ihe warm winds of spring which cover the pi air.es with gl*.-is i in lhe siisienanee of the buffalo race as in :||». loin buffalo in i ncvi-i seen ex*en h the iiiosi cunning hunter excepting when ihe moon is ai it full ai such nuns in is invariably alone cropping in luod in some ii mote part uf lhe prairies • .,,,,) ... | l ■**, v er the h avcn.s resound w ilh the moatiliigs of the thunder ihe red-man banishes from hi breasl every feeling of jealousy for be believes n to he lin warning voice of ihe lone buffalo — graham's mutrnzine irrascibility of temper — the greatest plague in life is a b«d temper 1 is a gie.ii uas-e of lime lo complain of other people's ih h f thing is to amend our own : and the next b.-si quality is to learn io bear uilil whal we meet in others a bad i e in per will alw a\si ire itself oui if it find im one iu ia sini it ; and this very knowledge is w rth a irille irrascibility is very i jm ions lo health ; r f.u so in lac is exa \ iu id i iiid.ilg«*nce of our inferior iialun lovx >,. lit mebtiicholy diffidence disiu<*litiaiioii pn ordinary du ies discon nr fr.-lluhu -■>. f-v , down fn mental lis sitllde ind i tee or despjiii — are all very inimical lo lhe enjoy mi iu ol lib ; and ev ei possible iti r should be made east lln iu all in the wind and look unbio>h iug in lhe i rufh — of the fact li is aslon ishmg what a little refiieiion x ill do — lu bui.s ar mostly imaginary . and wi h one dash of resolution may all he overcome incidental advantages of railroads — among ihe incidental advantages xvhich may lesnli from lhe opening o laihoads into lhe interior is the discovery of valua ble kinds ol stone and mini rais thus i ! cutting ihrough ih hills of canteburv .'-.. ! !.. lor lhe concord and montreal ii ttl road the workmen have discovered soap stone ol the vei best quali-y and appa rently ol consul lalde exleiu which is of ready sab al §:() a lou operations in qtiarrxing the sou have already u commenced and the di r freighi car w i\t passed over the road last week was ft eight ■d with this stone a corres|>ondenl in the uonconl congregational journal from which we derive the above facts esi i mates the quarry ai 52.00.).ooi eijbic bet or 166 166 tons ; which al 20 a ion would a mount to i he sum of 3 338.320 — sufficient io build and equip some ten or twelve rail roads like lhe road lo snuhorutnn lint oil the ilildsol lit fir ril lit)f/d vn workmen on ihe moid above antho ny s i\ose ha v e been iu a slate t disoi tier for some day on a tin uou for higher w a gi s (). i saturday •• veiling at leu o'clock ibe pow dei magazine al rockwell's about a mile above lhe no-e was blown up xvith terrible destruciiou the magazine contained aboul oh his of powder li stood mar a barn and was surrounded b s.ven oi eight shanties the explo sion icveb-d every ihiug in lhe ground killing a u american i ea uist e r a nd an 1 1 1 - 1 1 woman and wounding several uihers — several horses atul catlle weie killed — windows wen broken by ihe explosion two tiules burn the magazme li is alto gether a mosl abominable affair — n y cum ado a young man named harper left x isb villi receinly having in charge a married sister whose husband resid.d iu clinton county mo 0 i lln way both bro her and sister became deranged mr hal per dis appeared and ihe sister a laving maniac is at madison la a man who about lhe same lime gol on board a sl earner above s . louis display mg mosl singularconduct and a fl •• r wards jumped overboard i.s now supposed to have been harper self rtih — the most precious ofall po.sse.-s.oi is is poxvei o • . r ourselves ; pow er to xx its a n ! trial '•> bear so ib rings lo iron danger poxver over pleasure and p tin ; power to follow our con vie ions however resisted hs menace and scorn ; lhe power of calm reliance in scenes of darkness and s*o;ms a drunken youth who got out of his calculation was dozing in the street when the bells roused him by ih<-ir ringing for lire ** nine fen eleven twelve thirteen fourteen cried he well if this isn't la ter than ever 1 knew it mothers ant cuildrf.n should be at home in the evening in a tract recently published by the m try j land trad society lhe following jiassasje oe curs li contains truths that will be at one \ re.-ponded tn bv every one one of the goiss*-*sl neglel ufynulh pr.idui | ing iiiealciilable mi-chief and ruin i in tin j improper spending of tbe evenings daikne.-s j was created lor quiet ; hiane is the place f quift daikness i.s teio"*tation to nii**cinidiir ; j suflering ilie yming to be out when the light ot j day does not rest i a in from misconduct is train i ing ihem in it we have already an abundant ; harvest of this seeding riots molts crimes ! giving fearful forebodings are the result of i y.iuth becoming lii agents fbr imitrage by run : liliii iiii.-iil'.-d f on evenings w'l.al we see ' in l!ie-e ii-sju-.-u js di*|>l--rab enough bui wliat is this eouipared with \\ l.ai wed not see ; multitudes making themselves mi.-eial>le aurt noxious in this vv..ild — mil iliat iu the n<*xt in come 1 parents should look al the tint h thai eveninj pleasures and reerealioiis are niieii ilearlt pur ha<ed — the nice iln irown impaired eomfbrt oi.l lie i lighted r..sji.-els of lle'ir otl's'm ilig ll ini-i lie ohvjotis lhal in ihis tn-oier there can he no iiilerdicl nf all eveiiino rerreatj us and employinenis et here is an evil mil only de truetie io youth bul planting thorns hi iir-ms l>atlis ami eoveiiii many lives wilh desnhtlii'ii ilie letoim iii-.ii demanded musl pr«m*eed fr<*m judjrn tit and eoii-i ii-ni-e and for this • impose judgment and conscieiiee must be enlightened heads of famil|es musl leant that lite nlaep on earth best adapted to a bl-'s-iug is — home and b example and wholesome rest i aim ihey musl j i o-li this truth to all under ihem e-p.-ially sho-ihl home dm iug saldtath hours be cm-ei-ra ted sahbalh mornings and evenings are hies . d indeed wlj.-n they gather iln familv into the i-ii e of eotiver-e • and parents and children masters and apprentices and servants in the presence and bv lhe grace f god who has made them and pla-ed them in tlu*ir respective stations raise themselves to tin exalted level ol die truth lhal ih-w are invested with eapaei l*t aud obligation in liieir respective conditions ia s jjr m ..,| iliem ly an all-wise providence i o help eaeh other onward to honor glori and im mortality en-rani life souls perish in ever la-ting ilea'h lh"y perish hrough n*-gleci ; who won i land al lhe judgment of tin oie:ii |).,> under lhe imputation of lhat negleei j ., you ay ** not i ;" ihen ihiuii of the.-e things bin n in g nf forty seven wirwnrn at the fune ral ttf an italian prince . — the infernal iii at i lie death of an indian prince are thus d.-sciih i in an exli.let of a letter from tatupiel.ar in the e i-i indies w rillen by a danish missiouai v they dug wilh ml lhe wails ,,!' lhe city where ih il prince who died at the age of eight made his residence a large pit which ite-v tilled with wood ranged and piled up as for a lion tiie — the corpse uf ihe ik-ceas-d richly habited and adorned was brought f'-ilh in gn-al pomp and laid on the d;e ; alier which lhe lb mills heathen priests kindled ihe tire with ahum dance of mi-iris iti us ceremonies ti wives and ci ncu'iines of the deceased who according lo the fiw or custom of the country ought to die with him appeared there at the same lime and walked several line's round the funeral die they w.*ie in inimbei f.ft y seven all finely decked with jewels and adorned xvith flowers ihe lavored wile or conctiliiue carried the p..n i aid ..( the il.-fuuct prince which she delivered up lo his sucee-.sor and made a shoil speech exhorting him to u.-e il with uiod.-ratioii so as never i e ii ligdi on any bill lhe eiiilly then sh boldly lui ned hei lace inwards the pile and a er invoking he gods leaped into ih mid.-l ..| lhe flames the second was ihe si-ler ofa prince named fandamau who was present at these horrid rites she gave ti i ill t he j-wels she wore and lhe prince receiving ilu-m em i laced le-r un i te in rh . and p ti ied ail a ll i >.| tear liul ihe princess without betraying the leasl concern looked alternately wilh at steadv cunieiiaiice on lhe pile anl on the spec lan md crying with a loud voice '■chira 1 china /" w hi h i th name of one oflh.'ir g ib lie jumped as cheerfully into lhe flames as the first iii i lhe others followed her close ; some of them appeared resolute enough hut others looked wild and dejected there was one in particu lar wh being nine dismayed than her com panions ran to embrace one of lhe spectators wiii was a christian prating him to save her bill ihis il was ll t iu his power t do and the pool wretch was immediately tumbled headlong into ll e fire howerei intrepid most of those nnhappt vie t im appealed before jumping into the pit the noie was vastly altered when in the mid.-l of lhe fl lines there i hey shrieked hideously tumbling tie over another striving to reach the edge of lhe pit and eel out of it ; lint ll were kept iu hy throwing heaps of billets and faggots upon ihem as well io kno.-k ihem on the head as lii increase i lie lire when ihey were con sumed ihe bramins diew near the wl smoking pile and perf.umed abundance of ridiculous ceremonies ovr the ashes of the j r wretch es the nexl dav they gathered up ilu hones and having wrapped ihem up in line linen car lied ihem to a place neai ilu isle of ramesu ran where they easl ihem into the sea ali.-r which the pit was filled up and a temple since erected on ihe spot where saci fices are offered up iu honor of lhe prince and hi wives w ho ' from thenceforth are numbered among lhe saints or goddesses 4 good definition — a boy was asked what meekness was he thought a moment and said — •• meekness gives smooth answers to rough questions the • barnburners and old hunkers the term barnburners is known only ! as significant of a faction in the d mo • cratic party ; but tuindreds ask what does \ j it mean ; how did it originate t the origin of fhe term barnburner was i we belie xe this in the state of new i ork it is well known that politics xvere j for very many years arranged and din c i ted by a class of men called the albany \ regency they held the state offices and parcelled ihem out as their own do main of course this in time begat jeal ! onsy and opposition the young and nexv j members of lhe party could see nebhei justice nor propriety in ihi sort nf mlit , cai aristocracy ; and many of ilu old ones ! x ho had loughf long unrewarded took uides with ihem this manifested itself iu ibe legislature a radical faction was burned and the great point of dispute xvas as it has always been the offices " ah aid the radical xvhat right have j these old b-llows — these hunkers — to lie i forever sucking at the public crib while not a teat remain for us it was a sore grievance and trying time what could : b done ? nothing seemed possible the hunkers held on xvith a grip like a vice they acted most emphatically on the doe i rine that a bird in the hand xvas worth i two iu tie bush a len'gh seeing there ! xvas no chance without force a leader of ' the faction rose and said : *' mr speaker i see that the gentle men xvho ho'd the regency power have , taken iheir course and ate not to he mov ■ed by persuasion or ejectment : liny an no soomr driven out at one corner than they come in at another sir i see no way to get them mn but to serve them as some fellow did the rats he xvas troubled excessively by rats in his barn : he tried all sorts of ways to get ihem out : he set traps for th>-m ; tn got a terrier dog be sent in a weasel and he put poison in their way : but all in vain — no sooner did hey go out one side than they came in ihe other the traps they would not en ter the poison they xvould not eat he ; resolved xvhat he would ilo ; he set fi c to fhe bam anil burnt barn rats and all .' . this is what we xvill do sir in lhe mis : terly language of the immortal jefferson ' sir * lew men ilie and none resign we must try a more summary method — we will j//,*yj the b im rats and all the hunkers understood the game and resolved to anticipate a liitle : so at he mx election w hen the great chief of the barnburners silas wrigh was no minafed the hunkers quickly gave him a stab under the fnh rib and laid him low in political death '• vengeance !" ihen said all the barnburners justice tosi las wright now requires lhal we should immolate a hecatomb of rats '* the barn must be burnt t and it was xo thing but its ruins remain whilst hun dreds of hunker rais all nicely fatied ex pired in the flower of political martyr dom — cincinnati chronicle fte-ms for southerners in times long past alexander hamilton sail x euiope will n take from ns t ( • products nl our soil mi terms consistent with mir inter is (/■fortiori if she refuses some nf iln musl iuiporlani a it i gei hei ) the natural remedy i t contract as lasl as pos-ihle our units i her in times l"iig pa-i thomas jefferson aid -. where a nathm imposes high duties on our productions r prohibits them altogether ii might b proper i'u us to do the same by i heirs : tir-t burdening m excluding i in ise productions irftir/i ifrij bring here in competition irilh our oirm ofthe same kind ; selecting next such man nfactiucs a we take of i hem in gieat quanti ties and which at lhe same lime we crndd the soonest ii:iii-ii l ourselves ibr xve have both federal and democrat ic authority from liii*h source thai if foreign eontitiie i ix mir products it is mir duly and policy lo retaliate surely the democratic party xxiil mi call into question the opinion nf tie uia jefferson albeit vi r secretary walker in his reports eloquently discoursed upon free trade it is true that england has returned to her corn-laws the sli-ling sr de — an 1 grain is ailing and by consequence duties aie ri-iii besides england whilst boasting of ber ap proximaiion to lie trade km.xving ii would be tem-mry owing to the famine in bid ind did ti make any movement whatever lo reduep her daces nn nr tobacco which t h nd at three shillings per pound which is about one thou sand per ceni r aboul t-i-ili hundred duliats per hogshead hut we will nol continue he suhjpct because facts ami discussion iii he unavailing till we gel a whig president and whig congress we will close therefore by giving ihe result of our experience — i e thai lhe domestic mar i ket in point of steadiness and gertirit y is su perior to i be foreign now and alw avs has l.pen : lhat the domestic market may be increased double treble quadruple or quintuple its pre sent extent and enhance prices as it progress es ; and finally that f.r every il.liar you ivp by be depression of manufactures you lose fee in the pricp of your staples 1 mav 17 1813 a southerner ' sympathy with the masses of europe the louisville journal notices xvith | just indignation the following paragraph ; from the cincinnati enquirer the course of the whig prps s on the subject of europe n revolutions has ex : cited some surprise among the thinking , portion of the people j but in reality is the i only one xve could expect th m to adopt . tiie principles of thc whiggery are entire ly sclli-h in their nature and the glorious ; struggles of oppressed nations for fhe blcs , sing of freedom cannot possibly receive ; ibe heartfelt sympathy or support of the | leaders of that party it is evident from the resolution adopt j ed by the babiinore convention by virtue ; f which the president ol lhat body xvas i empowered lo send a copy of their reso ■luiions to he french national assembly , that the locoib cos intend in the ensuing i campaign to represent the whigs as bos | tile to the g r ,. a , movements xxhich have i fnken place on the other side of the at : untie in favor of human liberty a more unblushing pervcr-j.,,1 of l rut0 cou | u not have been attempted even bv a party . whose triumphs have all been owing fo : the most unsci upulous system of ir,iud"and , mendacity by no person no association of persons were lln glorious tidings of . european regeneration hailed xvith more enthusiasm lhan by the whig party and ; die whig conductors of the press through out the length nnd breadth of the land fhe editors of i national intelligi ticcr ii is true having before their eyes the ex esses ot the old revolution m france md not having heen able from the lights . before ihem losee what dincl ion the new i movement vxas aboul to take expressed a | desire to xvnit for firtber developements before yielding it iheir unqualified appro bation several o lur presses too as was j very natural expressed a similar desire lor our own parrs xve never had any doubts because ue believed the french bad become prepared for a republican 1 lorm ol government by sixty j'earsuof pro i bat ion hid we entertained ihe bast ; apprehension thai the scenes of 01 would " in renewed we too should have asked for time but om disposition and that ofa j vast majority ol th whig puss was more hopeful vet the hesitation of these prints io give unqualified appi msc loihat xvhicii i as yei was nut un experiment surclv can ; not be construed into any hostility to the great principles ol freedom avowed by j the regenerated masses ol europe that : it could not is evident from ihe heartiness : vxiih xvhich all of ihem haded the spirit : ol moderation andintell gence xvith which ihe affairs ol france ha v since been con i ducted ; ihe national intelligencer taking ihe very liist occasion to declare that it , was mosl agreeably satisfied upon lhat point thai prim had high authority fur ; ils doubts and hesitation the editors had i read as they supposed much to their edi fication a brochure by one i>xv1s cass whose name jusl about ihis time is rife in the mouths of all good democrats ap plauding in most unqualified terms the jgoxeriimeiil ol the late ring louis phil ; ippe and condemning in a manner nol ie<s i decided the aims .-,,,.! principles of lhe ve ry men who stand af ihe bead of lhe late movement with such au'horify what i democrat can blame tin ir disposition to vy.ii .' the editors were not aware that the general was prepared lo make one of his s ill vaubiug exhibitions and took ail he said for earnest ii he has since eaten i his words it was surely no fan i of theirs nor were ihey bound lofouoxv him ihrough i all the mazes oi h;s interminable tergiv ersations if the editor of the cincinnati enquiref j is anxious to find out a man who really - and bona fule has no sympathy with the . late revolution lei him seek him in thc nominee of me baltimore convention — lie h;is recorded his opinions in black and white and th y will stand against bim as long as his name is remembered toas ciihe a xvan of fei ling for their european brethren lo the whig party is to perpe trate a wilful and deliberate libel , fjtom the new mormon set tlbment la.e accounts received at st louis from the salt like settlement represent lhal the indians have commenced open hostili ies against the mormons they attacked ihem in their towns and encamp ments and have most cruelly and barba rous murdered a large number of men women and children an express has been sent by the mor mons to si louis asking for assistance and lor armed forcesto protect them the fearful lavages threatened by their • murderous and savage foes no ca as-iged hy lhe indians lor iheir cm they threaten vengeance a:.d declare iheir foil determination to put ii into ex cution curious relationship — recently at great harwood england mr thomas \ oii'jg farmer was married to miss ame lia king sister to mr benjamin king wheelrigbi ; and mr ilen.-y young far mer sou of mr thomas young fo miss sophia king sister lo amelia king the said mr benjamin kii g aboul louryi ago married lhe daughter of the said m thomas young m;--s amelia therefore iiv marriage becomes mother-in htw at fifteen grand mother at fifteen and mo ther-in law to her own brother a;.d her own sister gen kearney left vera cruz on the 14'h ult for the city of mexico and on the following day i 200 men under the , command of col ramsay left fur the i tame destination
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1848-06-15 |
Month | 06 |
Day | 15 |
Year | 1848 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 15 |
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Creator | Bruner and James "Editors and Proprietors" |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Bruner and James |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Thursday, June 15, 1848 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601556352 |
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1848-06-15 |
Month | 06 |
Day | 15 |
Year | 1848 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 7 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
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Creator | Bruner and James "Editors and Proprietors" |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Bruner and James |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Thursday, June 15, 1848 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
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i tar int ot t&e watchman subscript on per year two djt.l&rs payable i'i v.rue but if not paii in advance two dollars i i ity cts wi be charged i nr sl for the first and 25 cts reashs-i'iol-qie-il insertion court orders charged - ,, , r ct di r ),. r :';-, 11 th se rates a . ilie ml deduc bii to thoae^who advertise by the year ters to die k.i tors must be postpaid the clairvoyant trance wc exact tiie article which follows m yjis crowe's " night side of xalure her instances of a si m 1 ir character ive occurred within our knowledge j'he seemingly unnatural parr of ibe tatemenl is tli which refers to the facl hf the sea-captain saying thai he saw the m-.-ev in london while physically the at nn t i j v ■;*- between them if i explain ed in this way the see finding the lutson sought after hy spiritual vision impressed i act <>( hi presence upon ■is mind and ihen questioned hun mental ly and obtained an answer the captain imagined he saw lhe questioner because is form was impressed on lhe mind and has through interior faculties and not hrough exterior senses daguerreofyed on lie retina — f nicerccelum " oncol the most remarkable cases of his kind is lhal recorded by jung stilling f a man who aboul the sear ] 7 10 ic-i led in th ■neighborhood of 1'ii i idelphia n lhe l'i i ed stale his habits vxeie re rcd and he s o'.e little h \\ as grave benevolent and pious and inching was known against his charaeti r excepl lhat lie had the reputation of posses in some j^ccreis that w . re not altogether lairful jil'tny e\tiaordiiiaiy s o.-ies w.-ie told of ii ii and aiti.'iil i he rest the following ; — j he wile ofa ship captain whose hus band was on a \ isil to europe and africa hud from whom she had been long with lout tidings o ei w h miri'-d with anxiety lur hi afeiy wa iuda<*i d o address her self in ihis | cimiii having h-ien d o mer story lie begged her to excuse him fur a while when in would bring her the intelligence she required 1i ihen pass ed into an inner room and she sal herself down to wail ; but his absence eontinu jug longci than she exp cted she became ijinp aiicnt ihiuking he had lorgotten her land **". sollly approaching h door she pn p d ihrough some aperture and lo her sin pi ise beheld him king on a sofa lis motionless as ii he was dead she of course did not think it advisable lo dis turb him hut w aited his leturn when he lulil in-r that her bus und had not he n rilili to write lo her foi such * n such r<-a f>-i!.s ; but lhal he w;is lien in a coffee imu-c in loudon and would verv short iv n home again accordingly he arrived land ns th •■- nl from him thai fhe causes u ; siial silence had been precisely those alleged by lie man she fell c i : uu is desirous of asc l"!*tining the truth of itie i-i - of lhe information ; arid in ihis she was gratified lor he no sooner set his ey.s on lhe magicia , than he said tlint he had seen him before on a certain day in a colli e i ouse in loudon ; and that he had t id him lhat his v , if w as , v mely unea.-y alwiui him ; and thai he \ lhe captain tiad lh r on mentioned how la had prevented writing : i.hh-d thai he was on the eve of embarking for ameri il hatl lln n lo-t s-ghl oi lhe slraug er amongst ihe ihrong and knew nothing more uf'out him old firginaj ts ssckerd ::, an illinois suck r took i gn ar dis like tc a foppish young virginian who a few weeks since was fellow passenger with him on one of our steamboats the virginian was continually combing ins hair brushing his coal or dusting his ts to all rt-hich movements the suck cr look exceptions as heing what he 1.11-1 ed tt a leeth too darned nice by half lb fnia,i drew up his chair beside lhe irginian and begati : 1 whar migh you be from stranger * lam lorn virginia sir politely an swered ih gent from old varginny i spose v said lhe i sucker ' es sir old virginia \\ as the reply y«»u air pooh high up in the p;.*.uns tli rt r 1 spose con limed i he first ' i don't know what ou mean bv that reniaik sir sa\s the virginian ' oh nuthiuv sa s < he sucker ' bul lhal vou hredesp'rale itch aud hev l.eu broughl up right ii lhe information w'a'i gratify you in any way s.-i^s ihe n nt pa:rouiziuglv smoothing down his hair ' j hclo.i tooue of the first fa m.i h s /' ' oil .' iu coin.-e answcretl ihe s icker 1 wcli stranger be in a.s ou belong lo ihe furst i'll jest give um iwo of ihe ivtest shoots in all illinois ef you'll only find me b feller that belongs lo one of lhe second » irginny families you want to quarrel with me sir bays i he virginian ' no stranger noi an atom answcretl tne sucker 4 bul i never seed one of the eiuitl family and id gin sulhiu uj git a * : i*.iit at on on em 1 know you air one (, l lhe furst cause you look jusl like j ilia ll fin iui pli '' this mollified the virginian fhe hint •**• a resemblance to fhe statesman w.is nattering to his feelings and h acknow if(li*pij relationship to the orator ' he you know con iuued ihe s icker l was a descendant of lhe login gal ihi cabon is ' * ou arc right sir answered the other * weil si ranger sa s ihe sucker lo vou know thai is smuttier queer rh n al ways puzzles me a a it's ibis i never bred a \ arginnyin lhal dida'i claim lo be her descended ram an lugin john lian i qolph or a niggt r .'' we need noi add ihai the sucker rolled i oil his chair — suddenly thev were se parated and kepi apart until the sucker ijotoffata landing near his home as ■•" stepped ashore he caught sight ofthe irginian on the upper deck and hailed iim at once with i the carolina watchman bruner & james j > " keep a ciirrk rpo all vocr editors 4 proprietors \ rojlebs do t - ) new serais lto this and liberty is safe > gen'l harrison \ volume v number 7 salisbury n c , thursday june 15 1848 i s;i old varginny retwrnher — two f'tt shouts ir iii • tirst f il.ii you ind lhal belongs to the second i irginny family !' — hit louis reveille tiie lone buffalo bv has i asm w among tin many legends which lhe trax ellep ci iqi'-nilv heai while crossing the prairies of : he far west i remember oti which hccoun'ts in a mo-f romantic manner im tin origin of thunder a sum mer storm was sweeping over the land ui'l 1 had sought a temporary shelter ill ihe lodge of n sioux indian on ih hanks of the st ivteis vividly flashed the lightning and an occasional peal of hun der echoed th»ough th firmami nt while the storm con'intieil my host and his fa in ly pi it hu little atten'ion to mv comfort lor ihey were all evidently s-riek'-n with terror 1 endeavored to quell their fear and idi thai purpose asked mti a v;iliilv o quest ions respecting their people hut the only replied hy r •••< atiog in a dismal tone the name of the lone buffalo mv curiosity ivas ol course excited and h may be readily imagined that i did not resume my journey without obtaining ari explanation of the m\si words and h-uiti him who first uttered ih |