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w . hi •'. te-'tev f ._ m ultffilj vol v salisbury n €., june 10 1870 no 28 - coming off behind not a little dlsploasod i if wo muy judge from his disconcerted , looks und also hy thn manner in wliich • he held on to 1 m doing rid of 1 a ; s f m rode within fifty yards of the f pinnacle where hit stopped and sailed i for i a s together with i a (.'. and t m !!. i who had previously oveiltikitii ! j a is all being together we proceed - nd across the slight ravine to the liltlo ,- pinnacle which f m illtd j a 8 wire fully determined to ascond although such ' a feat for them to perforin would seem . preposterous yet lliey did ascend it ; j ■a s going in front ascended it without nny assistance f m was slightly sb ■sisled hy i a 0 inasmuch as thurs day was a very foggy drizzly day nur view from the lillli pinnacle wus very in complete tarrying on the climax of this stupen dous pile of rocks not moru than hour ; as it had commenced raining considerably we thought it best to return ho wc walk ed back to tho plnce where we ascended uut now c»mo the most arduous task for . our crippled friends ! as they had to crawl in ascending so they were com pelled to blido in descending and oh what a slide it was i think you mr editor of a man sliding down a precipice two hundred and fifty feet in height and can you imagine otherwise than that ho must ho tenilily bruised so it would ' seem to me but stiangely wonderful lo relate and still more wonderful to behold our cripples were not at all injured iu de scending this precipitous declivity all htrving gotten down the pinnacle safe we commenced our journey down lhe mountain walking very rapidly — letting about half way down we noticed for the lirst time that one of our parly 1 m was not with u nor near us hut had been left behind wo slopped to wait for him thinking we had walked too rapidly fur him in a few minutes he earae up with us when we learned from himself that wu had not walked too f.ist but that lie had walked or fallen too fust and that he had fallen he said forty-elev en feet down the steepest part of the mountain — the pinnacle excepted and caught on his chin on being asked by m 11 t whether hn saw " stars when be it id gotten up he replied no but very jooosily re marked that he saw a mighty big hole in the ground of lhe same shape of his chin tlic i-iin was new pom ing down in tor rents and the dense clouds hovering an und lhe summit of the mountain cist a luridncbs over the whole scene going a few paces farther down tlie mountain vve ctune to our horses which we moun ted nntl galloped away to the house ar riving tliere thoroughly drenched ami feeling very much like drowned rats as f m fucelioubiy expressed it all of us were in the positive degree i.f wet being completely drenched to the skin hut f m and j a s were in the comparative degree inasmuch as they hid received a drenching externally and a better drenching internally as any one might have surmised had they seen a celt lin bottle immediately before nnd nl tor its journey with them to the moun tain thursday night wo had a very lively lime indeed though we felt fa tigued yet none were wanting in conviv iality us the music dancing and curd j laying fully attested we left the pilot friday morning nnd arrived home saturday evening feeling ourselves profusely remunerated for the journey in having passed on week joy ously vstn j'crjietita j a s a missouri editor calls upon delinquent subscribers in this harrowing way : oh ! oh ! it's enough to sicken the soul the heart the gizzard of lhe stoutest and bin titty phizzed editor's devil we need money to relit we are poorer than job's unfortunate turkey whoso bones rattled a enstanet accompaniment when he gohbled if whole grocery stores were selling for a hliie postagu stump apiece we could not buy an empty mackerel kit friend ! good friend ! sweet negligent friend ! don't lay this paper down and think we mean bomo other individual i — it's only three dollars but a thousand such trifles make 83,000 and that's a big thing for a newspaper enough to put us irmly on our pegs again fay up ! — pay up the son ofa chinese emperor is a beg gar in san francisco ono of those sud den revolutions to which that kingdom is suhjeel hurried his father from the throne und caused lhe murder of all who hived and honored him through the fidelity of an old servant tho young prince was bttved from the general butchery still his name alone would have been his death warrant at uny time so he lived in pov erty and constant dread shunned by all and shunning nil when tho first cargoes of dille.-o were sel.t to i ililol'llitl he welcomed this as an opportunity lor es cupo from nu atmosphere of death to him smuggled himself on board one of the ships the jews have a i'mv.-rb lhal he who in in i his sou up lo botno employ ment tnnkes him u thief the turks uay ' ' v 1 1 idle man is the devil's play li 1 low thcro is a whole sermon in tho saying ol lhe ilil l'i r,-i.iu in till thy nunrruls leave open l'he dour oi rt conciliation i .. i u - tu i le weary in well !•::.;• , im in tint cu ti vv i lit i ■,; i i y a uk in ii,i,i:i:i n 0 i may s8th 1870 ] dnait editor i — this being a leisure evening 1 proposs complying with niy promise that you should hear again from me uud from yadkin since however i know but little of my innermost self and eat'o h'ss for comments thereon i will give lhe place and not lhe person tny lim ited lin-v even were i egotistical i could afford you nothing right now but bud newb ; for having contrived in play out generally herq of late i am nothing more to-day than he who is minus intel lect disposition appetite heart and sweet heart i uiifoitunate dog i i lleuco you boo the necessity of keeping quiot unless i speak of yadkin wliich place i first saw but a few mouths passed therefore i can speak of it only as 1 now behold it through the long lapse of yeurs and iu the dun distance of ante-bellum times with its more promising associations n rouiid it to interest uny reader it is obviously necessary to acquaint you with general events respecting it 1 will there fore cotnmencn what i design finishing in future by giving you short accounts as they have coma down to me twenty years ago i'm told tbo sito of yadkin alias the burg was an un broken forrest lint a lew puces from whore the residence of 1 ii w now stands stood the rude log cabin of an hon erahle obscure countryman just in front of the door was the fork ol the road from fulton ferry on the yadkin — the one diverging south led to lexington nnd salisbury — the one east to salem dan ville and fayetteville half u mile up the east fork stood the educational es tablishment of the corner alius fulton ferry crefecut and the outside neighbor hood lt stood as the monument of those earlier days of education until it was torn down a twelve month since by nn ameri can citizen nf african descent to be re erected ns a dwelling for him and his sa ble epouse the surrounding vicinity was sparsely settled tllo citizens were generally uneducated industrious fanners yet in those days of government purity when the yeomanry were un-opprcssed by infernal taxes there were kept in opera tion several distilleries hy which the own ers made pocket change and traded to fayette as fayetteville was called in wagoner parlance to choraw and other southern markets it was at these that the citizens assembled to drink have shooting matches play cards wrestle light and frolic many lire the amusing and stirring incidents talked of those days of but little more than scini-clvilization and refinement ami only half a mile distant from where lhe college building is now located — down lhe hollow in front of the east side was committed one of the must atrociotlb cold-blooded murders recorded in tho history of crime for which the perpetrators suffered the penally of the law in stokes counly not wishing to appear abrupt at all i beg leave to be ex cused from further detail at present as it is now getting dark and a timid boy gels nervous to think of bad stories ghosts and such things after night ! j next time i pr.iinise to commence in the morning wliich time i'll give you n lighter longer and more gladsome view of the picture and from tliat time thence keep you rcg iiltiily posted with tho items of tlie burg intelligence we are all ever glad to seize our issue of your most valuable pa per and in turn for the pleasure i\;c de rived therefrom you shall hear often from each subscriber at this place and know what he is doing for himself whether good had or indifferent my said bache lor friend ii 1 8 has come in and in sists upon the insertion of several articles for him but 1 tell him i am writing to the editor and not to the ladies and he will therefore be compelled to preptue his own communications or else go back to muddy crock and make verbal relations — wouldn't you like to bear him at it i would i tell the pretty girls up there so ; warn them to bo not found surprised at all for in such an hour ns they think not thomas will be there courting for the sake of suffering humanity i beg that they di il gently with his young heart which 1 know to be the noblest and the best besides tell them ho is a pretty man and more than all has a fine pins peel of a large crop of bacco alias barker our little orator f 8 w und our would-be inniibtaclied j l w , also beg leave lo be remembered to certain of the lair ones then , but i've pre vailed upon them to he quiet yet a while longer telling them children should he seen and not li.-.nil however when we biiiiii have finished comment upon men like thomas und myself wo will promise to give ibe utile jcllows more attention — since tiny are so very industrious and not much above the size 1 nm often tempted to call ihem my busy bees doubtless they are untiring energetic praise-worthy little hoys and vvill lit ike useful men — perhaps they'd like me to write the la dies aw much but i'm too bii opy so good night dear editor promising mure anon 1 am truly truly old dominion alius yadkin uuiiuun the hen uly of holiness like ilia sun is i en b its own light a while man in holly springs missis sippi ihe oiber daj sottld his wife l'or$82 - the v i consent ing to i liu sale if vmi wo ild eiijov your food labor for il ; il yon would enjoy your raiment 1 1 v for it before v on w ear il ; il you i iv otilil sleep nun ii v , i i i dr in ncn | . tu l ,| i ii lv as good as new the following was taken from an al uinnae published in 1838 : inn worm outvbnoms all the worniii of nile — bhakr who has not hoard of tho riitllesnnl.il or copperhead i an unexpected sight of either of these reptiles will make even tho lords of creation recoil ; but there is a species of worm found in various parts of this stato which conveys a poison of u nature no d.'ndly that when compared with it even tho venom of tho rattlesnake is harmless to guard our readers against this too to human kind is the object of tho pres ent communication this worm varies much in size it is frequently nn inch through hut as it is rarely seen except when coiled its length can hardly be con jectured it is of a dead lead color and generally lives nenr a bpring or a small stream of water and bites tho unfortunato people who nro in tho habit of going tbero to drink the brute creation it never molests ; they nvoid it with tho same in stinct thnt tenches tin animal of 1'eru to shun tho deadly coya several of these reptiles have long in fested our settlement to the misery and destruction of many good citizens i have therefore bad many opportunities of being the luilancholy spectator of tho edicts produced by the subtlo poison wliich this worm infuses the symptoms of its bite arc terrible — the eyes of the patient become red and icry his tongue swells io an immoderate size and obstructs his utleranco and deli rium ofthe most horrid charactor quickly follows sometimes in bis madness ho attempts the destruction of his dearest friends if the sufferer has a family hia weeping wife nnd helpless infants are not unfrequently the objects of his frantic fu ry ; in a word he exhibits to the life all the detestable passions that rankle in the bosom of a savage and such is the spell in which his bciiscs nre racked tbat no sooner is the unhappy patient recovered from the paroxysm of insanity occasioned by one bite than he seeks out his destroy er for the sole purpose of being bitteu again ! i have seen a good old father his locks while as snow his steps slow and irciu bling beg in vain for his only son to quit i the lm king place of the worm my heart bled as he tin ued away : for i knew tho fond hope that his fon would be to him the staff of declining years hud suppor ted him through many a sorrow youths ot virginia ! would you know the name of this reptile ? it is called tbo worm ofthe si ill a il,vi at the girls — an omaha lectures thus discussed the question tho other night : twenty years ago the indies were their own dress-makers and bow beautiful they looked to the brave men who then courted them then they wore no hoops no switches no anything but were just as god made them a lover could then tell whether bis love weighed 100 80 or 70 pounds ; could tell at a glance what sho was lint now they could not tell wheth er the girl was made by tho dross-maker or by the almighty ; they looked her over and were not sure she was not half cotton ; touched her bend and didn't know whether lliey felt nature's hair or a musty waterfall twenty years ago wo were all christians we had progressed for lhe worse and as we coutiuued so would the boys follow in a police-court nt chicago a wifo thus ingeniously explained away serious charges of harsh treatment of her poor husband : one day when she was running across lhe room with a fork iu her baud bo jumped in the way and struck his wrist against the fork wrenching it from her grip by the prongs which he ran into bis wrist then he undertook to strike her but she held up n pan of hot dish water between them and he spilt it over bis head then he got rdill more angry ut this accident and started to jump at her but his head come in contact with her hand und he fell down she u.ok hold of his hair to raise him up hud lire hair was moistened liy the hot water so that it came oil then she saw it was no use to reason with him longer and biic left the house luck anb laiuii — many people com plain of tlieir bad luck when they ought to blame their own want of wisdom and action cobdon a distinguished writer iu england thus wrote about luck and luhor : link is over waiting for something to linn up labor with keen oyos and strong w ill turns up something lank li b in bed and wi bos the post man would luiug him the news ofa leg acy labor turns out at mx o'clock and with busy pen or ringing hummer lays the foundation of a competence luck whines l.ibor whistles luck relies on chances labor on char iicter luck slips down to indigence labor sit io i upward to independence ' sydney smith in london was shown i i in i ni i ol american ice upon which ho rental red that in ul tn ei tm , i \ titer im dismounted and walked or crawled rath er till at hist wu reached the base of the largo pinnacle win ro wo sat down and wailed the arrival of tho rest of our parly wo were tun doomed to a long susponb however ; for in chh than half an hour l a 0 and his fair proteges came to hand all evincing the fact that they too were eousidi rulily fatigued lhe veracity of which t itey most explicitly ver ilied by inking a si il jwii on tho first rock they saw lhat siifliued for usotit uo ing refreshed ami i^uitis mutandis l a j m ii i k o b.'.and ii a jr ascended the piimaele but not be cause they wished to huve a innro com plete panorama of tlie inrrounding coun try but booauio liny wanted to exempli fy to the cripples that two legs are hot ter lhan one one hour on lhe acme of this h.fly ens ile of jod's creation and our party de scended fully gratified nl what they had seen and feeling themselves most worthi ly compensated for the trouble fatigue and tlanger attendant upon the ascent and de scent of the spite of this sublime temple of nature the view of scenery en tuesday was ineffably grand — far surpassing anything my eyes ever beheld some of our party are virginians and have visited tlie moun tains of virginia hut say thej never saw any mountains ol that state that can em ulate the pilot for majesty and beauty of scenery i think myself that at this season ofthe year the pilot is without a rival for grandeur aud beauty the shrub bery being fresh and in full bloom it im presses upon the mind hnw un old castle was wont to look surrounded by a beau tiful flower garden il more forcibly in culcated the fact that lliero is u supreme being it teaches us the utility of the woiks of that supreme being and stumps humility upon our hearts when contem plating the futility of thu art of man — when unaided by lhe providence of iod as contrasted with the natural works ol god those who ascended the pinnacle hav ing returned to those below wo set out to make a circuit of the pinnacle when about half way round we sut down and partook of some refreshments after which we'uns and l a c regaled ourselves with a btnoko lining refreshed and par tially rested we again started on our cir cuitous route and in a short lime cunie to tlie shor-ji house tm -\\„ ftotrtl fide ol tlie spire of this magnificent dome where we halted to admire tite wildly fanciful romantic sheep house " and also to take asocial game of sovcii-up while hero wo noticed that the western horizon was nearly totally obscured by a dark cloud and feeling sine thut a show er of rain ami perhaps a st rtn wus im minent j a 8 sought shelter by flight and hurried down the mountain at a rapid pace for on so lame j a s was fol lowed by e 0 s if a i , f m and colored frank while l a ('., and m i f crossed the ravine to the smaller pin nacle and ascended it having examined this pinnacle they carried together some logs and brush witn which tiny kindled a large lire which wo saw burning al night after laughing themselves nearly to death — ns they expressed it — at the two cripples manner of descending the steeper places ofthe mountain the whole hindus operandi of which they could see perfectly l a (.'., and m li f descen ded the smaller pinnacle and made all haste down the mount tin ; arriving at the wagon just as wo were ready to leave them so we all returned together wednesday night we enjoyed ourselves inely ; had must dancing and a game at cards which were made more amusing by the presi ee of good whiskey wine tom and jerry and brnndy peaches af ter haying a regular enteric wu retired lo our respective places of repose nnd whiled away the remainder ofthe night in sweet sleep and pleasant dreams thursday morning we rose early — we'uns went hunting ; hud no success ; returned before 1(1 o'clock a m and found i a ('., m ii f nnd l m ma king preparations to revisit the little pin nacle to make a more minute survey of it we'uns concluded to accompany thein sn procuring two pieces of saddles of mr saunders nnd the horses being huddled f m and j a s mounted the one which they thought better fitted to carry them to the foot of the pinnacle as ihey said lliey were going ull the way in horse back l a j and m is f being mount ed on the other horse we four jolly souls started towards the mountain 1 a j calling out every now antl ihen hoys don't ride u rapidly for be it known that tho hoys — alius the cripples — had in their possession tli.it cogent auxil iary — the botila which lends animation to drooping hearts and proves a most po tent incentive to renovate a timid heart and lead it on tn feats of daring and intre pidity so f m and 1 a s wanted to ride ahead of i a (' and m 11 i in order lhat they might iniliilie some of llu contents of suid i utile ml roso com ing to the place where persons invariably dismount nml go on loot l a 0 and m it f dismount hui f ai und 1 a s iiiiule not the slightest halt though earnestly importuned in t so by 1 a (!., and m li '''■wh.-u aboul a iiuarti i ofa mile up the tuountniii mm whoro pru dent persons tnko to their kill at pedes trianlsm j a 8 mado it a virtue of necessity lo get oil bollind lee ui e in could not help it undailtiti 1 and dctoi min l lu romoiin i il howcvi f and toil aboul t w " liundri 1 ,, nd l min i , vi i ii t i juv ii 1 it iii in i ' - . ■i . i . 1 pii 1 1 \ oriiciol&nartl state l'ltlir.lhiikil wkkki.y hy l k w i s ii a n e s editor and proprietor uailis of niiu<iiiil**rlun onb yhau puyibl iu a.lviince 3.00 six months " " i so 6 i pics tu mu addreu 12,60 10 copies u one addreu 80.00 iittte.1 oj adoertihinq one square lirst insertion 1,00 for eaoh additional insertion * r 0 special notices vvill lie eluir/jeil 50 per cent higher than the above rates courl and justice's orden will bo tmlilisli i'.l at tlm same rates with other advertise incuts obituary notices over six lines charged as advertisements i ». contuact hates ll o h~i h v 0 1 § | sr h s 1 s i i s ■? h st'ai't g r a 6 s 5 g 5 a r 1 13 b tfl ij n*bpiar i tja so lpl , r".*.v(kr>r%s"50 ijlluoo 2 squares i 4 50 ■0 25 8 5013 00 22.0(1 3 squares 0 00 into 12 00,20 00 30,00 4 squares s oo 1 1 00 15 00 25 00 37,50 1100 1000 20003000 45,00 i column 18(10 2100 3000 45 00 7.1.0(1 1 column 2rt oo 10 00 50 00 ho 00 130,00 fi.lt till old north statu a visit to the pilot moun tain to the editor ofthe old north state dhaii sin — please give this commu nication a place in the columns ofthe next issue of your worthy newspaper and very much oblige also excuse ineoherency of composition and pardon me for not be ing more concise 1 have been as lacon ic ns possiblo monday at noon may 22nd a party of five persons — three ladies one gentleman and a beardless youth who is a cripple — the names of whom 1 her give initially viz b (!. 8 ii a i l a 0 m.il f and j a s cripple sl.iiliil from smith grove for the 1'ilot in a two-horse wagon at lliiiitsville wo weie fortunate enough 1.1 add another cripple — v m — to mir party ; and a very worthy ono is he we then had lu the sumo wagon six white persons onr colored friend frank whose services were procured as driver hostler culinary boss errand boy c and provi sions horse food c sufficient to do un til we should return mr editor it would seem that to pack such a vast number ol human beings ill a two horse wagon to gether with numberless boxes trunks valises c containing provisions cloth ing odds and ends unmentionables c is an impossibility nevertheless this is true ; but believe me when 1 say a close pack it was although wo were decidedly too much cramped to enjoy the ride well yet as most of tint party very well understand vocal ns well us instrumental music wc sung and chatted and chatted nnd sung thereby keeping the whole crowd from be ing taken enptivo by the blues anil arriv ed nt the pilot tuesday evening about 8 o'clock ; having received on our journey thither no more serious injuries limn con tusions on the ancles shoulders head — also some of the crowd complained of no little inconvenience from corns which liad been sorely ex isperated from the unwont ed pressure received during the journey i for one received a smarting intimation from a coin which i have that said corn wiih going to declare war against my fur ther enjoyment of lhe trip lor allowing it to be imposed upon knowing as i did its morbid sensitiveness suffice it to say that lis insinuations were true for it was irritable to the last j although i became indignant ut its insubordinate complacen cy it still retained its ire slopping at the gilliam houfe wn pro ceeded o unpack our most valuable freight — the ladies then came boxes trunks valises wine bottles crutches ac and at length emerged from beneath half a wagon load of hay t.vo crippled boys onch of whom cast a furtive glance at a small keg which was being carried into the house by our colored friend frank ; ol'the contents of which they thought of imbibing pretty freely ; and they proved their actions consistent with their thoughts wednesday morning — the weather be ing fine — we again got aboard our wagon nnd hied away to the mountain tho base of wliich is one and a half miles distant from gilliam's going as far up as the spring which is us far as any one lias ever gone iu any kind of vehicle — we took tho lioiscs from the wagon und f m & i a ••>., being the cripples were prevail ed upon lo ride on horseback one half a mile further to ihu walnut cove against wliich they liitiile no very great remon strance imt rather cmbrncod tlie opportu niiy with alacrity still as wo were mi nus saddles our crippled friends did md consider themselves very highly favored nor much pdillcd by the mutual eoinle sc'iisii f lhe crowd in as much n ri ding up ti sleep mountain uu horseback without saddles is vary difficult for as a 8 suys his experionco is thut his hoi'bo willi up the sleep places ,| utile f uh . tor than ho himself could possibly go and tli.it he 1 a s camo very near ri ding off behind ; j a 8 not being nn adept in ". jii.-sliiaiii m " tin 1 ulii .. in ing ut charge of l a j loih ■, . . uuld i iih th ii beyond doubt the connecticut mutual 7.9 tiie strongest life insurance ttomp xn 1*1x33 wonzix ac ire.l <".-;.: 1 e it ilatio of expenses to total receipts ill 1800 onlv 8.80 per cent its rutin uf assets lo liabilities as mctisurcd l.y the new vurk beiriilstiindiiril is 155,0(1 per ijllki aud it runts till dcsirulilit fortits i.f i usui unce upun strictly eipiitnhle terms and tit the cheapest attainable rates i.f cost . s d ava1t lien agent aprl ly olll.'e raleigh n (' jjso.a bradshaw agent salisbury barbees hotel high point n 0 opposite railroad depot ten 2><tccs from where the curs stop lu-st of port-on in uttondanco nt all trains mall stupch lor bftlom loave lliis iioubo daily pawongora dispatohod to imy point ut short notice by private aonvoyauco iriitcfiii for tin liberal patronngo of tlie past we hope by strict attention to tlie wants uf our guests to merit a continuance of tlim same wm 0 baitbee jan 7 1h70-itf proprietor 1)aint8 vor faumk us and jl others tbo irofton miiurnl paint co arc now bianufacturlng tlio best ohoapost ami roost du rable paint in ii-i : two coats well put on mixed with pure linseed oil will last ten or fifteen years tt is of a light brown or beautiful chocolate color and can be changed to green lead atone drnb olive or civain to suit the taste nt tlie consumer it ia valuable for houses barns fences oarrtnjre and car makers pails and wooden ware agricultural implements canal boats vessels end ship bottoms canvas metal and shinglo roofs it being lire aiul water proof floor oil cloths one manufneturerftav ing usod b,o0fl bbls the past ycur and as a paint for any purpose ibunsurjinsscd fbr hoili\dnrability elasticity and adhesiveness l*rlco id per bbl of 300 lbs which will supply a fanner for years to eome warranted in all uasoj as shove bond for a circular which gives full particulars none l-cii uine unless branded in a trado innrk (! ral ton min eral paint persons can order the paint and mmnit the money on recept uf gootjs a dnress / bjdwkll ft ro jan 7 1870 6m 254 i'caii st \. y 1,000 reward debing's via fuga tires ul liver kidney nn.l bladder oisenses orgnnlo wculiiicss winnie adhlations general de bility uu.l all eomplaints uf thu urinary or gans in male and female 1,000 will alsu be paid i'm any rase of blind bleeding or itolilng piles tliat de bing's pile remedy fails t cure debing's magic liniment cures rheumatism pains bruises aud swelled joints in man and heit.it sold everywhere send fnr pamphlet laboratory — l-l 1'rnnulin st balti more md apr22-ly william valentine tiie isa it is ek 1 kti'uxs his thanks to ids 1)1.11 j fill ex us and the public for tho liberal patronage heretofore extended to him ho now informs them that ho has fitted up a new nnd coninuiili.uis shop in dr henderson's brick building boom kc 3 where lie would be pleased to see thcin lie guarantees to give satisfaction in every easo — lie bus iu his employ nf the best lluir dressers iii western north carolina ho requests a call from all salisbury x c dec 17 lt-(i9 llll if syrup de cuisinier compound syrup sarsaparilla an old standard and well rsoognlsod preparation insilo ntrlrtty necortltne to kc entitle rules tiniii the best and piirght intitei-itits kvury iiiti-liiiritut i'liy.-ii-iuu knuvvs vvduit this pre ptirtiti.ui ls andofoourso knows what he is pre scribing not so with the thoiifantl uud m now tangled blood pmlllerb altortitlves fto with all iiiiiiini-i of new uiul iitilhiiulsih nuiiies which nro i-i.ioti.iitly being thrust upon the country in bucii quantities by bucii porson and undersuoltoircuin sianii's as to glvo no retisnnalili fruaratity of any value liul in it is tl.e world must !..- uutnbuff gcii — cu n >*-,] emit ly there is nolnck of liiinil.uirgers this proparatlon jtidtolously eonibinud w ith oili er appropriate reniodle is ospsblo t doing whal it is well liii'ivvn lu tiitvedoiii tuitlie ni-l lit v years or more tor the oura of all oonstltutjonal disease such m hcroftila or king's livii evory manner and form f l-hu|,tiv.i ili.-t-.i-i : venereal either primal orsoe i,mlai-y iiin-iiin:itisiu — in sword anv and every flection of thu human lyitem in widen tlio lllooil the life uf the human syatom is hi any wisodopravod or diseased than all th.-rs preparod ami fur sale only at i sll.l.'.s firut storo junc3-3t salisbury \. ('. iit'ii ii ni i:\iii-iiiiii.iioi wrrillxn short time ninny nuvoluntary assurances have been kindly given by those who buve used it both iu town and coun try of the complete exterminating ofl'eot of this article without if dl without stuin — eusy of ap plication only instantly destroys thorn but prevail • longth oi time their ropro ilut'tion inn uu success is so iii.-it'b.'il i li.it n few who buve been iicciisloincd to use wliut may bo tormod tlm slink pot remedy can hardly realize its succour thorn is in accounting for tastes however — everybody to their liking as the old woman said when she kissed the cow the lute war bus certainly been prolific of many ills — political moral and physical oi these hitter probably one ofthe worst is iho pr.nliii lion d what may l.e called lor ibe vviuil ill i in-ii cr iiii iii li\o hard-sin it or iron-clad ued lluir which it is presumed nothing short of nib ni/li/ei mn or lightning will dostroy it's woo bu to the pool ottn who have to enjoy iheni even for me night tho exterminator may ho had for a trifle only t 13 bill's dn t storo salisbury june u-ai lllai\sio.\llo(isk charlotte n 0 this well known house having boon njswly kl'rnihiikil lllll ill-ill i li iu ei i i depal-t i now open for iho n in diition of tr \\ i.i.i.im i'iiilic i i 1 ■i • i : / new mriifuook a|-.uli mil i r nu-ilt i'rlc five ntft ivi'lurh a,l,lr.-i.h 1 stkiiiiins ll.ur pl.oi dhrl a dat i 40 new arttolei for agvnu simi'li-n jjo in ll ii shaw alfred he saiittsurn sin i for olroultr • lr|'-o'*m binlnwi mill n.lv ii|.luy>ilclil lt r ii 11 k 81 arch so i l'lill.i,l.-l|,lilli i'll mmi.vii.i k umilllllll'ai hl'iiooi unlhlrlaii i . u , l .- llm a ir lo punr tlii.lt-iili i dint aub 29 i ly t . a a mvksloltk m.n.lvlll l',i cutiiini's now strang 11 1 the married utllei pri j viii ini'iml ti i-eii'hins uie dell red inf,-riiiniiiin s ut rr.e foriump addreii mas u luetnoitt uin tiv.-r i'n wt will pat aoknt8 > imliu-.v of x dollar per week . r allow 1 1 irge onmillllllon le nett mir ui'w liii'.-ii'liuia addreu j w hum a co muraluill ml li r antkd agbnts 0 dollar walehfree,rivenitr»t y u ii nurv 1,1 vi iiiiui whu villi aol lin uur auric - fluilno.i light nnii li..i..eiil.l ; f-.v wi dollars per l«y — ■addreu it moniiok kknnki.v a co i'ltu-lum-li i'll p>ook aokmm w an rio ' latllei .'' tl.e white > ileus " niiiiiipi.hlu.ui sl i-l i-iinriiilii tlnplil nil l-'iir i-ln-iil r ailitrith u.s i'lltl.i.-lll nil t o cliiitlnniitl unit chicago sa1.ksmkn wn 1 in n pnvliik imslurm 8 kk.nne nl nv innticiiiiiii st philadelphia 1)8t0u0aian0t fascination or soltl.-cuak.m iso mo iik iiiiii rill ». uii.-riiii book tun lull initrueuoni t . enable tho reader t fnietnate either ni'x • r any animal nt will meiniortim pf.lrltuallf.in ami t uml r un iif iiilu r curium experlmi n'a li i-nn be obtain cil l.y ending addro s with ten oonti poilage to t w evans it 00 , no in suuth eighth si philadelphia stall l'anut.kii iiannkr.-a ivim 40 clunm pa per ledger ilae llluitrated n voted to bketohea vi i , wit tlunii.r genuine fun noll in of a aciallik klml uml tu lhe expoiure of swindling uumbuel ac onl 7 ee le a year and a luperb engraving uvange liiie t l-'jv feel itr.u a titl.uinl i-lri'iiliuii.n money re funded tu nil iiiiii ask it ii is wl e-iiiiii'-e u-iirl*-as irutli fill try ii nuw i i-.-iilh ii yi-ur spudim-na free ad it ea 1ian ku ' lliiimlli e n it patents invcntti who wish t<i mice cut letten patent arc ail vised to o unial wiih ml'nn t l edit rj of iho bolen liilo aiintlciin who havu praaeouted olfilmi baforo ihu patent mice for over twenty vt-u's their american ititt european palenl agency in tho most exieuilv-a in the world chnrgei leas than any ntirer reliable ag nry a pniui'hleiciiiiia iiiiiir tiill initructlnni to inven-rri if sent k<atia munn a co t 1'ii'k row new york a model ilo use being a otlppl i have mmle home plnnnlng a ap**c'nl ptiiily cm t"iilt lani neaion has proved a model of 0 n voi'l-rff beauty and i onomy ueiorlidtve circuits » of pin uti vi'ws etc , with k ne nl lufonoe.t'1 n of value t all lent free aill e-n villi stamp or ner'pt if oonretil e i geo j col bv architect waterbury vermont sllialtcank niil.-'ukiiiil/m mm-i.-.k v.diii,in riu<l horse powers embodying n 1 iba reoen improve nun's i ml taking the i ad f every ki d in market man nfaoturedb gko l.hquiku a i1ro bultalo n y k ti-.-r r ug.tr or burgo u«i.un s for 18t0 aunt fr*.e j'.-'f _____ rh3dic11va wines old and sound and warranted to be the pure juice ofthe grape old i'oitt — hi ll madeira — pali sheil ity a nil ualaoa iu boleoiiuc thoso wluos every possiblo ri'gurd iius been had to their purity ami soundness — iiuliiies indispensable to the purposes tor ivhloh tlu-y are used ; nml pecu liarly distinguishing them from the villi com pounds bo often palmed upon the unsuspeot ing purchaser to be hud at unobjentlona ble prloes at e sill's drugstore june 3 2t salisbury n c isoivt-ll ns lin a moat convenient pleasant and efdcnclous remedy for the uowl'.ll complaints nnw of very keueral prevalence among uld and yiuiiig a low pills taken at short intervals will most promptly end effectually arrest any ordinary case in a few hours prico 2*5 l-eiit.-i a box with directions may be hud at e sill's drug store salisbury june li-^t w i x x i x ( i t ueiu wa y < the music hook for tho nnsses winter's new school l-'l.k tiik piano-forte cabinet organ hfxclo dcon violin flute clari onet fife flageolet guitar and ac cordcon fn separate uoops dosipned to cnui i • any nut to obtain ti kiu.vvl odgo ni playing tho above instruments wit i ml the aid i a timelier with a largo collection nf tint riiiiiiu'st melodies of tlie duy price of onch book 70 ots sunt post-paid ou receipt ofprioo iil'i'.sox t jo il n..n und vew v.uk f't phillips <& bhoti1er8 two doom amove the court house on main street ijeturn tiikiit i'll a x k s to tiik 11 public fur lite very lilicrtil patronage cit juviil liy iliettt during tho paal year and bopo uy fair uenllne anfl strlel attention to business to merit u continuance if mu nn lucronse of tha saute we will onntinno to keep on hand n good bup lv of faaxixiv ckgcerzzis in eluding . fresh nml salt fish (>!•■kvkliv vaiuictv — whi.ilrgs ilruitdics hum gin d'c iff also boots shoes domestics l»ieoe goods yankee notions in fact almost ovorythlng usually knpi in n vn liet sliue ull nf wliich we will scll low for cash or country froduco ut tin high est market price they also oiler for sale on private terms nn i:.\t i:i.t.i:xr nu 1:1.1 t.\t nm si wiih largo comfortable dooms cook nml dining i iiiiil i willi lieee hit 11 1 llullllillgs atl.lcltcd iii ilu 1 1 iv el lie e is ii storu run in ti li-ei wide by 70 feel deep willi 1 llllll smith shop ill llu roar the lot on u hleh aid hiilldlugh are ilu uted i tu by it in i uud all id - mi u culloul uurdou spi.t pari los vi i liiii lo put'ehut n « ill pica m ii at tho l .. re where lliu prciuisci will liu shown lni!i ui l.y ono ol the linu uud i nude cu v phillips & iliiotiiioks pub i 1870 7 if lilt . iii.mi.n in i i ri ic i iii -. , -. i v i l it , r e it t i .^ u r ti t v |{, r uri.nii , \ 1 l bradley jr it iii iii f 1 1 i i ' ' ' . ul nice : '
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Title | The Old North State |
Masthead | The Old North State |
Date | 1870-06-10 |
Month | 06 |
Day | 10 |
Year | 1870 |
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Publisher | Lewis Hanes |
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United States North Carolina Rowan County Salisbury |
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Description | An archive of The Old North State a title variance of the Carolina Watchman a historic newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Title | The Old North State |
Masthead | The Old North State |
Date | 1870-06-10 |
Month | 06 |
Day | 10 |
Year | 1870 |
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Date Digital | 4/9/2009 11:10:52 AM |
Publisher | Lewis Hanes |
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United States North Carolina Rowan County Salisbury |
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Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | An archive of The Old North State a title variance of the Carolina Watchman a historic newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Language | eng |
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w . hi •'. te-'tev f ._ m ultffilj vol v salisbury n €., june 10 1870 no 28 - coming off behind not a little dlsploasod i if wo muy judge from his disconcerted , looks und also hy thn manner in wliich • he held on to 1 m doing rid of 1 a ; s f m rode within fifty yards of the f pinnacle where hit stopped and sailed i for i a s together with i a (.'. and t m !!. i who had previously oveiltikitii ! j a is all being together we proceed - nd across the slight ravine to the liltlo ,- pinnacle which f m illtd j a 8 wire fully determined to ascond although such ' a feat for them to perforin would seem . preposterous yet lliey did ascend it ; j ■a s going in front ascended it without nny assistance f m was slightly sb ■sisled hy i a 0 inasmuch as thurs day was a very foggy drizzly day nur view from the lillli pinnacle wus very in complete tarrying on the climax of this stupen dous pile of rocks not moru than hour ; as it had commenced raining considerably we thought it best to return ho wc walk ed back to tho plnce where we ascended uut now c»mo the most arduous task for . our crippled friends ! as they had to crawl in ascending so they were com pelled to blido in descending and oh what a slide it was i think you mr editor of a man sliding down a precipice two hundred and fifty feet in height and can you imagine otherwise than that ho must ho tenilily bruised so it would ' seem to me but stiangely wonderful lo relate and still more wonderful to behold our cripples were not at all injured iu de scending this precipitous declivity all htrving gotten down the pinnacle safe we commenced our journey down lhe mountain walking very rapidly — letting about half way down we noticed for the lirst time that one of our parly 1 m was not with u nor near us hut had been left behind wo slopped to wait for him thinking we had walked too rapidly fur him in a few minutes he earae up with us when we learned from himself that wu had not walked too f.ist but that lie had walked or fallen too fust and that he had fallen he said forty-elev en feet down the steepest part of the mountain — the pinnacle excepted and caught on his chin on being asked by m 11 t whether hn saw " stars when be it id gotten up he replied no but very jooosily re marked that he saw a mighty big hole in the ground of lhe same shape of his chin tlic i-iin was new pom ing down in tor rents and the dense clouds hovering an und lhe summit of the mountain cist a luridncbs over the whole scene going a few paces farther down tlie mountain vve ctune to our horses which we moun ted nntl galloped away to the house ar riving tliere thoroughly drenched ami feeling very much like drowned rats as f m fucelioubiy expressed it all of us were in the positive degree i.f wet being completely drenched to the skin hut f m and j a s were in the comparative degree inasmuch as they hid received a drenching externally and a better drenching internally as any one might have surmised had they seen a celt lin bottle immediately before nnd nl tor its journey with them to the moun tain thursday night wo had a very lively lime indeed though we felt fa tigued yet none were wanting in conviv iality us the music dancing and curd j laying fully attested we left the pilot friday morning nnd arrived home saturday evening feeling ourselves profusely remunerated for the journey in having passed on week joy ously vstn j'crjietita j a s a missouri editor calls upon delinquent subscribers in this harrowing way : oh ! oh ! it's enough to sicken the soul the heart the gizzard of lhe stoutest and bin titty phizzed editor's devil we need money to relit we are poorer than job's unfortunate turkey whoso bones rattled a enstanet accompaniment when he gohbled if whole grocery stores were selling for a hliie postagu stump apiece we could not buy an empty mackerel kit friend ! good friend ! sweet negligent friend ! don't lay this paper down and think we mean bomo other individual i — it's only three dollars but a thousand such trifles make 83,000 and that's a big thing for a newspaper enough to put us irmly on our pegs again fay up ! — pay up the son ofa chinese emperor is a beg gar in san francisco ono of those sud den revolutions to which that kingdom is suhjeel hurried his father from the throne und caused lhe murder of all who hived and honored him through the fidelity of an old servant tho young prince was bttved from the general butchery still his name alone would have been his death warrant at uny time so he lived in pov erty and constant dread shunned by all and shunning nil when tho first cargoes of dille.-o were sel.t to i ililol'llitl he welcomed this as an opportunity lor es cupo from nu atmosphere of death to him smuggled himself on board one of the ships the jews have a i'mv.-rb lhal he who in in i his sou up lo botno employ ment tnnkes him u thief the turks uay ' ' v 1 1 idle man is the devil's play li 1 low thcro is a whole sermon in tho saying ol lhe ilil l'i r,-i.iu in till thy nunrruls leave open l'he dour oi rt conciliation i .. i u - tu i le weary in well !•::.;• , im in tint cu ti vv i lit i ■,; i i y a uk in ii,i,i:i:i n 0 i may s8th 1870 ] dnait editor i — this being a leisure evening 1 proposs complying with niy promise that you should hear again from me uud from yadkin since however i know but little of my innermost self and eat'o h'ss for comments thereon i will give lhe place and not lhe person tny lim ited lin-v even were i egotistical i could afford you nothing right now but bud newb ; for having contrived in play out generally herq of late i am nothing more to-day than he who is minus intel lect disposition appetite heart and sweet heart i uiifoitunate dog i i lleuco you boo the necessity of keeping quiot unless i speak of yadkin wliich place i first saw but a few mouths passed therefore i can speak of it only as 1 now behold it through the long lapse of yeurs and iu the dun distance of ante-bellum times with its more promising associations n rouiid it to interest uny reader it is obviously necessary to acquaint you with general events respecting it 1 will there fore cotnmencn what i design finishing in future by giving you short accounts as they have coma down to me twenty years ago i'm told tbo sito of yadkin alias the burg was an un broken forrest lint a lew puces from whore the residence of 1 ii w now stands stood the rude log cabin of an hon erahle obscure countryman just in front of the door was the fork ol the road from fulton ferry on the yadkin — the one diverging south led to lexington nnd salisbury — the one east to salem dan ville and fayetteville half u mile up the east fork stood the educational es tablishment of the corner alius fulton ferry crefecut and the outside neighbor hood lt stood as the monument of those earlier days of education until it was torn down a twelve month since by nn ameri can citizen nf african descent to be re erected ns a dwelling for him and his sa ble epouse the surrounding vicinity was sparsely settled tllo citizens were generally uneducated industrious fanners yet in those days of government purity when the yeomanry were un-opprcssed by infernal taxes there were kept in opera tion several distilleries hy which the own ers made pocket change and traded to fayette as fayetteville was called in wagoner parlance to choraw and other southern markets it was at these that the citizens assembled to drink have shooting matches play cards wrestle light and frolic many lire the amusing and stirring incidents talked of those days of but little more than scini-clvilization and refinement ami only half a mile distant from where lhe college building is now located — down lhe hollow in front of the east side was committed one of the must atrociotlb cold-blooded murders recorded in tho history of crime for which the perpetrators suffered the penally of the law in stokes counly not wishing to appear abrupt at all i beg leave to be ex cused from further detail at present as it is now getting dark and a timid boy gels nervous to think of bad stories ghosts and such things after night ! j next time i pr.iinise to commence in the morning wliich time i'll give you n lighter longer and more gladsome view of the picture and from tliat time thence keep you rcg iiltiily posted with tho items of tlie burg intelligence we are all ever glad to seize our issue of your most valuable pa per and in turn for the pleasure i\;c de rived therefrom you shall hear often from each subscriber at this place and know what he is doing for himself whether good had or indifferent my said bache lor friend ii 1 8 has come in and in sists upon the insertion of several articles for him but 1 tell him i am writing to the editor and not to the ladies and he will therefore be compelled to preptue his own communications or else go back to muddy crock and make verbal relations — wouldn't you like to bear him at it i would i tell the pretty girls up there so ; warn them to bo not found surprised at all for in such an hour ns they think not thomas will be there courting for the sake of suffering humanity i beg that they di il gently with his young heart which 1 know to be the noblest and the best besides tell them ho is a pretty man and more than all has a fine pins peel of a large crop of bacco alias barker our little orator f 8 w und our would-be inniibtaclied j l w , also beg leave lo be remembered to certain of the lair ones then , but i've pre vailed upon them to he quiet yet a while longer telling them children should he seen and not li.-.nil however when we biiiiii have finished comment upon men like thomas und myself wo will promise to give ibe utile jcllows more attention — since tiny are so very industrious and not much above the size 1 nm often tempted to call ihem my busy bees doubtless they are untiring energetic praise-worthy little hoys and vvill lit ike useful men — perhaps they'd like me to write the la dies aw much but i'm too bii opy so good night dear editor promising mure anon 1 am truly truly old dominion alius yadkin uuiiuun the hen uly of holiness like ilia sun is i en b its own light a while man in holly springs missis sippi ihe oiber daj sottld his wife l'or$82 - the v i consent ing to i liu sale if vmi wo ild eiijov your food labor for il ; il yon would enjoy your raiment 1 1 v for it before v on w ear il ; il you i iv otilil sleep nun ii v , i i i dr in ncn | . tu l ,| i ii lv as good as new the following was taken from an al uinnae published in 1838 : inn worm outvbnoms all the worniii of nile — bhakr who has not hoard of tho riitllesnnl.il or copperhead i an unexpected sight of either of these reptiles will make even tho lords of creation recoil ; but there is a species of worm found in various parts of this stato which conveys a poison of u nature no d.'ndly that when compared with it even tho venom of tho rattlesnake is harmless to guard our readers against this too to human kind is the object of tho pres ent communication this worm varies much in size it is frequently nn inch through hut as it is rarely seen except when coiled its length can hardly be con jectured it is of a dead lead color and generally lives nenr a bpring or a small stream of water and bites tho unfortunato people who nro in tho habit of going tbero to drink the brute creation it never molests ; they nvoid it with tho same in stinct thnt tenches tin animal of 1'eru to shun tho deadly coya several of these reptiles have long in fested our settlement to the misery and destruction of many good citizens i have therefore bad many opportunities of being the luilancholy spectator of tho edicts produced by the subtlo poison wliich this worm infuses the symptoms of its bite arc terrible — the eyes of the patient become red and icry his tongue swells io an immoderate size and obstructs his utleranco and deli rium ofthe most horrid charactor quickly follows sometimes in bis madness ho attempts the destruction of his dearest friends if the sufferer has a family hia weeping wife nnd helpless infants are not unfrequently the objects of his frantic fu ry ; in a word he exhibits to the life all the detestable passions that rankle in the bosom of a savage and such is the spell in which his bciiscs nre racked tbat no sooner is the unhappy patient recovered from the paroxysm of insanity occasioned by one bite than he seeks out his destroy er for the sole purpose of being bitteu again ! i have seen a good old father his locks while as snow his steps slow and irciu bling beg in vain for his only son to quit i the lm king place of the worm my heart bled as he tin ued away : for i knew tho fond hope that his fon would be to him the staff of declining years hud suppor ted him through many a sorrow youths ot virginia ! would you know the name of this reptile ? it is called tbo worm ofthe si ill a il,vi at the girls — an omaha lectures thus discussed the question tho other night : twenty years ago the indies were their own dress-makers and bow beautiful they looked to the brave men who then courted them then they wore no hoops no switches no anything but were just as god made them a lover could then tell whether bis love weighed 100 80 or 70 pounds ; could tell at a glance what sho was lint now they could not tell wheth er the girl was made by tho dross-maker or by the almighty ; they looked her over and were not sure she was not half cotton ; touched her bend and didn't know whether lliey felt nature's hair or a musty waterfall twenty years ago wo were all christians we had progressed for lhe worse and as we coutiuued so would the boys follow in a police-court nt chicago a wifo thus ingeniously explained away serious charges of harsh treatment of her poor husband : one day when she was running across lhe room with a fork iu her baud bo jumped in the way and struck his wrist against the fork wrenching it from her grip by the prongs which he ran into bis wrist then he undertook to strike her but she held up n pan of hot dish water between them and he spilt it over bis head then he got rdill more angry ut this accident and started to jump at her but his head come in contact with her hand und he fell down she u.ok hold of his hair to raise him up hud lire hair was moistened liy the hot water so that it came oil then she saw it was no use to reason with him longer and biic left the house luck anb laiuii — many people com plain of tlieir bad luck when they ought to blame their own want of wisdom and action cobdon a distinguished writer iu england thus wrote about luck and luhor : link is over waiting for something to linn up labor with keen oyos and strong w ill turns up something lank li b in bed and wi bos the post man would luiug him the news ofa leg acy labor turns out at mx o'clock and with busy pen or ringing hummer lays the foundation of a competence luck whines l.ibor whistles luck relies on chances labor on char iicter luck slips down to indigence labor sit io i upward to independence ' sydney smith in london was shown i i in i ni i ol american ice upon which ho rental red that in ul tn ei tm , i \ titer im dismounted and walked or crawled rath er till at hist wu reached the base of the largo pinnacle win ro wo sat down and wailed the arrival of tho rest of our parly wo were tun doomed to a long susponb however ; for in chh than half an hour l a 0 and his fair proteges came to hand all evincing the fact that they too were eousidi rulily fatigued lhe veracity of which t itey most explicitly ver ilied by inking a si il jwii on tho first rock they saw lhat siifliued for usotit uo ing refreshed ami i^uitis mutandis l a j m ii i k o b.'.and ii a jr ascended the piimaele but not be cause they wished to huve a innro com plete panorama of tlie inrrounding coun try but booauio liny wanted to exempli fy to the cripples that two legs are hot ter lhan one one hour on lhe acme of this h.fly ens ile of jod's creation and our party de scended fully gratified nl what they had seen and feeling themselves most worthi ly compensated for the trouble fatigue and tlanger attendant upon the ascent and de scent of the spite of this sublime temple of nature the view of scenery en tuesday was ineffably grand — far surpassing anything my eyes ever beheld some of our party are virginians and have visited tlie moun tains of virginia hut say thej never saw any mountains ol that state that can em ulate the pilot for majesty and beauty of scenery i think myself that at this season ofthe year the pilot is without a rival for grandeur aud beauty the shrub bery being fresh and in full bloom it im presses upon the mind hnw un old castle was wont to look surrounded by a beau tiful flower garden il more forcibly in culcated the fact that lliero is u supreme being it teaches us the utility of the woiks of that supreme being and stumps humility upon our hearts when contem plating the futility of thu art of man — when unaided by lhe providence of iod as contrasted with the natural works ol god those who ascended the pinnacle hav ing returned to those below wo set out to make a circuit of the pinnacle when about half way round we sut down and partook of some refreshments after which we'uns and l a c regaled ourselves with a btnoko lining refreshed and par tially rested we again started on our cir cuitous route and in a short lime cunie to tlie shor-ji house tm -\\„ ftotrtl fide ol tlie spire of this magnificent dome where we halted to admire tite wildly fanciful romantic sheep house " and also to take asocial game of sovcii-up while hero wo noticed that the western horizon was nearly totally obscured by a dark cloud and feeling sine thut a show er of rain ami perhaps a st rtn wus im minent j a 8 sought shelter by flight and hurried down the mountain at a rapid pace for on so lame j a s was fol lowed by e 0 s if a i , f m and colored frank while l a ('., and m i f crossed the ravine to the smaller pin nacle and ascended it having examined this pinnacle they carried together some logs and brush witn which tiny kindled a large lire which wo saw burning al night after laughing themselves nearly to death — ns they expressed it — at the two cripples manner of descending the steeper places ofthe mountain the whole hindus operandi of which they could see perfectly l a (.'., and m li f descen ded the smaller pinnacle and made all haste down the mount tin ; arriving at the wagon just as wo were ready to leave them so we all returned together wednesday night we enjoyed ourselves inely ; had must dancing and a game at cards which were made more amusing by the presi ee of good whiskey wine tom and jerry and brnndy peaches af ter haying a regular enteric wu retired lo our respective places of repose nnd whiled away the remainder ofthe night in sweet sleep and pleasant dreams thursday morning we rose early — we'uns went hunting ; hud no success ; returned before 1(1 o'clock a m and found i a ('., m ii f nnd l m ma king preparations to revisit the little pin nacle to make a more minute survey of it we'uns concluded to accompany thein sn procuring two pieces of saddles of mr saunders nnd the horses being huddled f m and j a s mounted the one which they thought better fitted to carry them to the foot of the pinnacle as ihey said lliey were going ull the way in horse back l a j and m is f being mount ed on the other horse we four jolly souls started towards the mountain 1 a j calling out every now antl ihen hoys don't ride u rapidly for be it known that tho hoys — alius the cripples — had in their possession tli.it cogent auxil iary — the botila which lends animation to drooping hearts and proves a most po tent incentive to renovate a timid heart and lead it on tn feats of daring and intre pidity so f m and 1 a s wanted to ride ahead of i a (' and m 11 i in order lhat they might iniliilie some of llu contents of suid i utile ml roso com ing to the place where persons invariably dismount nml go on loot l a 0 and m it f dismount hui f ai und 1 a s iiiiule not the slightest halt though earnestly importuned in t so by 1 a (!., and m li '''■wh.-u aboul a iiuarti i ofa mile up the tuountniii mm whoro pru dent persons tnko to their kill at pedes trianlsm j a 8 mado it a virtue of necessity lo get oil bollind lee ui e in could not help it undailtiti 1 and dctoi min l lu romoiin i il howcvi f and toil aboul t w " liundri 1 ,, nd l min i , vi i ii t i juv ii 1 it iii in i ' - . ■i . i . 1 pii 1 1 \ oriiciol&nartl state l'ltlir.lhiikil wkkki.y hy l k w i s ii a n e s editor and proprietor uailis of niiu |