Carolina Watchman

              i^t ri i-ni of the walelunaii ascription per year.twodollabs-payable in ' ,;„, if not paid in advance two dollars . cts will be charged reinserted at 1 for the fi»t.and 25 c subsequent insertion coart orders charged ct . higher than these rates a liberal deduc '' i ; , taose who advertise by ihe year r s io the editors must be post paub for th watchman etymologies hoosk.k mgssrs editors : — if you deem the follow . ujecc of sufficient interest to be inserted in paper you will please do so we do not member at this time who related to us the ' ideiit s therein contained but of one thing t are assured ll!lt every time we have thought jihem our risibility has been very much taxed eed the incidents are as lollows : q 0 ( | ie borders of lhe stream now called by . a bove name ( lloosick there formerly dwelt tradition sayeth a good old lady of rather ing disposition and who was possessed jii insaliabfe curiosity to learn and an un floquerahle desire tube ihfsjirst to communi ie all the wonderful news iu the vicinity — lmoii other things she was prodigiously fond s beariu ft of all he lamentable cases of sick ess far and near and seemed to live on the pains and aches the " gripes and grumbles of lr fellow creatures with this fondness for j e s ad and horrible she never failed to run pb t when the doctor was passing and bawl as she could — doctor who's sick this sbe repeated so often that at length the man of medicine grew tired of her importunities and . a hundred stories wilh which he amus ai one lime he told her he had q to ec a patient who had the mortal bor j igmus and that he had cured him by taking ou t his insides"and washing them in soap . and inegar is it possible doctor exclaimed the old woman " well i hope lhe m , : , will have a clean conscience afler this another lime the doctor told her he had call ! ee a child that was born without any j tonoue " o me !" cried the old woman '• how ; it i talk ? — is it a boy or a gal doe v girl he replied " ah well said i ami a bit aieured then but what it will talk well enough on a third occasion he ! her lie hail been to see a woman who was ; bitter hy a rattle snake he said the patient ' wa i greal snuff laker and she was one dav picking blackberries the snake which was cone jled among the briars being highly en j rawd at the smell of the snuff sprang from his lurking place and seized the woman by ihe end be nose " () lord !" exclaimed lhe old rotnan and giving her own nose a thorough didn't it kill the woman '/" " no by j juw returned lhe doctor " but it killed the ! snake " bul lo return lo the etymology the , doctor from being so often questioned by the j idy •• who's sick !" at last began to call j the neighborhood of her residence who's sick ; and when asked by his neighbors " which way are on inline lo day doctor .'" would reply ocularly i'm going lo who's sick this appellation nasal tirst caught from the doctor and familiarl used by all around him and af j ieiwards hy those living at a distance and thus j i the neighborhood ol lhe old lady but ; n process ol time lhe whole stream andcoun rj on n borders came by a slight alteration n the spelling io be called by the name ol i hoosi for the watchman i.i!i:maki.i n c july 15 1830 messrs editors — col david s beid be ! ing held up as the peculiar friend ofthe west let us examine his course while a member of ibe legislature iu reference to certain mea sure lin ihe success of which the western people fell a deep solicitude tbe legislature al ils session of 1940 41 established three new counties to every one of which the eas tern members were opposed they were not ! questions of parly or of politics bul they were questions between the east and the west j though i am happy io say lhat they were sup j ported by a lew eastern men now on which side is col reid found voting ? let the jour ] nal speak un motion of mr bynum the engrossed i bill entitled a bill to establish a county by the ; name of cleveland was taken up and read the wcond time and rejected mr reid voting uguinsi il senate journal p 170 on motion of mr montgomery the en grossed bill to lay off and establish a counly ' by the name of sianly was taken up and put upon ils passage the third reading ; which ques ; tion was decided in lhe affirmative — mr i reid voting iu the negative sen journal page jki " mr ward moved that the motion to recon sider the bill to lay oil and establish a counly hy lhe name of cleveland heretofore laid on lhe able he taken up which was agreed to the question was then taken on reconsidering the hill which was decided in the affirmative — mr reid not voting did he dodge /) sen journal page 21 1 on motion of mr gaither the engrossed bill lo lay oil and establish a county by the name of cleveland was taken up and read a second lime and rejected — mr reid as usu al voting against il senate journal p 232 the above acts give ample proof ot lhe kind of affection col reid has lor lhe " west justitia salisbury the prospect of lhe railroad brings a sea ton nj renewing to ihis ancient borough not only has lhe value of property improved but animation has been imparted to the citizens and new improvements iu the way of repair ing ami building are on lo a great ex tent salisbury is the natural head quarters oi business for all the north western part of ihe state and must inevitably become one of the principal inland towns iu lhe stale as soon as it realizes the full advantages of the rail road ihis line old town deserves the prosperity which we believe il is destined to enjoy for he industry and enterprise and the warm hearted hospitality of ils citizens — 01^1^0 patriot col ii j ait i the soldiers — the standard lately told a mighty affecting story about a vol unteer jumping a shore at wilmington on his feluru from mexico and making anxious in quiries about the success of col reid won der if lhat volunteer knew lhat col reid had voled against increasing the pay of himself and his companions in arms from eight to ten dollars per monlh if that same volunteer has not yet been enlightened on this subject ihe standard might serve the cause of justice hy informing bim of the fads will it be done before the election ?— greens patriot the carolina watchman bruner & james ) > " keep a check upon all your editors 4 proprietors ) rulees { new series do this axd llbertv is safe < gen i harrison ( volume vii number 11 salisbury n c thursday july 25 1850 '■ last illness and death of general taylor the following letter from a washington cor respondent of the philadelphia bulletin gives : very interesting details ofthe last illness of gen ; era taylor : washington july 10 1850 the capital is shrouded in mourning pre sident taylor is no more he breaihed his , last at 35 minutes past 10 o'clock yesterday evening and lies in state this morning at the executive mansion surrounded hy his grief stricken and afflicted family it is impossible ! io convey lo you in words ihe effect the appal ling news had upon the minds of all classes here and the same sympathy will be mani fested by all classes elsewhere few men ir respective of his exalted station as president of the u states have borne with them lo the grave higher claims lo a nation's sorrow and few whether in his day or ages past have achieved mightier triumphs to render lhal name immortal his last illness c i yesterday slated lhat his indispodtion be gan on the fourth on the morning rjrthat day he was to all appearances sound in health and in excellent spirits in company wilh his fam ily and several of the heads of departments he altended at the national monument to hear mr foole's independence oration and even up to live o'clock exhibited no symptoms of illness however while upon the ground he partook freely of the water and then after considera bie exercise in walking and exposure to the sun lie fell as he expressed himself to dr weatherspoon " very hungry and without re fleeting that he was in an unfit condition to in dulge freely in fruits etc called for some re freshments and ule heartily of cherries and wild beiries which he washed down wilh co pious draughts of iced milk and water at dinner he applied himself again to the cher lies against the remonstrance of dr weath erspoon and in an hour was seized by cramps which soon took the form of violent cholera morbus his physician prescribed the usual remedies but for a time he resisted deeming the attack only temporary and that it would yield finally to his naturally strong constitution towards midnight instead of relief the attack increased in violence and threatened despera'e results if not speedily arrested he continu ed in this condition without much change un til the evening of the 6th it was then deem ed advisable in call iu other physicians ac cordingly messrs hall and coolidge were in vile.i and promptly responded ; but they thought il further advisable lo send for the assistance of dr wood ol baltimore that gentleman altended immediately and in the same cars came colonel taylor the brother of the gen eral and his family who had likewise been telegraphed for by this time the morning of the 8lh the disease had made rapid encroachments on his frame ; bul by the united skill ot these emi nent practitioners the visible stage ofthe cho lera morbus was soon afier checked howev er fever ensued ; and from a remittent char acter it took the form of typhoid anxiety now began to manifest itself not only among the exalted patient's family bul among the phy sicians themselves his chances of life bun ! upon a hread meanwhile there were other causes besides merely eating and drinking that operated fa ' tally upon his system to his medical attend ant on the 8ih he said " i should not be sur | prised if this were to terminate in my death i did not expect lo encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency god knows that i have endeavored lo fulfil what i conceived to be an honest duty but i have been mistaken my motives have been mis construed and my feelings most grossly out raged he alluded doubtless to the slavery question and the manner in which he had been variously assailed even the sanctiny of his sick chamber was invaded by certain southern ullraists who came to warn him that unless he took some necessary steps to protect the south they would vote a resolution of censure on his conduct in the calphin business i repeat mere ly what i know to be true on the 5ih messrs stephens and toombs wailed upon him as a committee appointed by an ultra caucus to re monstrate upon the same subject and accord ing to facts since developed the interview con cluded wilh a threat similar to the above it was not until after his illness or the 4th and the conference f the 5th lhat the mind of the president seemed so sadly oppressed and which called forth the remarks just given from this forward his mental sufferings were equal to his physical but to proceed toward the evening of the sih chronic type of dysentery which had set in disappeared and vomiting ensued dr joubrnn (.') of philadelphia who is eminent in these branches ol treatment was telegraphed and a reply received from him that he would arrive last evening ; bul alas ! too late to be of service the condition of the patient was now at its critical point the sick chamber was restored to solemn silence attendants placed on the outside and none permitted to enter except the physicians the family of ihe president with col bliss and other relatives of the deceased occupied a room adjoining where they re mained overwhelmed with grief and refusing even lhe indulgence of necessary repose bul letins were hourly sent out to inform the mass es of the changes observable in the patient ; but these so slightly varied for the better that all hope of his safety was dispelled at eleven o'clock from lhat period until daylight the utmost anxiety prevailed the ninth day dawned but gloom surround ed the executive mansion thousands began to flood the avenues leading thither and throughout the day a messenger was kept at the main door to answer lhe interrogatories lhat were incessantly poured upon him at 10 a m a report circulated that the president had rallied ; at 1 p m that he was dead — the consternation created by the latter rumor was happily relieved by an official bulletin at j half past 3 that the crisis had been passed and ' that he was then beyond immediate danger — bells ran for joy and even the boys in the street lit bonfires and shouted in childish grat ulation the stream now lo the while house was greater lhan ever but about seven in tbe evening the pall of gloom again shrouded al faces for it was announced the illustrious hero was dying i will not attempt to describe the commotion lhat ensued mrs taylor thrice fainted from i excess of apprehension and col bliss who j had never shed a tear perhaps upon the battle plain wept like an infant at two hours pre , vious — the physicians refused to administer any more medicine — considering his case hopeless and iu the hands of god the heads of the department corporate authorities of the city the diplomatic body and officers of the army and navy paid their respects often during the day and seemed to entertain lively feeling of solicitude for his safety every thing lhat could contribute to the comfort of the sick thenceforward was extended ; but the sands of life had run out atid his hours were num bered at nine the vomiting partially ceased as all pain had disappeared about four in the afler 1 noon but the system had wasted under the j shock and gradually sunk beyond recovery — j green matter was thrown from his stomach at j intervals until 20 minutes past 10 — that pecu i liar coloration of bile that indicates the disso i lution of patients thus seized at thirty-five ■ minutes past ten his wife and other members ; of his family were called to his bedside to re ! ceive his last earthly adieu — a farewell a dieu — a farewell lhat the stoutest could not gaze ; upon without a tear it must be remembered j that this was a domestic life and his beloved 1 partner ignorant as himself of those fashiona bie formulas which sunder the husband from ■ the wife felt the first time the loneliness of a i bereaved heart and understood of that rigid . discipline lhat would have dictated to her go i and weep in solitude — society decrees it ! her abandonment and grief were truly heart i piercing the last moments at a few minutes past ten as i have said it '■ became apparent that the soul of the hero and i conqueror was about taking its rest the i medical yielded to the spiritual agent whose office it was to prepare for the approach ofthe king of terrors but there was nothing in the conduct of the sufferer to indicate that he feared the mortal leap in the secret com munion of his heart with heaven who can say that he died not a christian ? after prayer he seemed refreshed and called for a glass of wa ter il was given him and he drank sparing ly he then inquired of dr weatherspoon how long he thought he would live to which the latter replied " i hope general for many years but thinking this a useless deception he added i lear not many hours " i know it was the response ; then after musing a moment he asked for his family they were sent for and soon entered the interview was indescribably affecting — mrs taylor pros trating herself at the bedside and her children clinging around her with sobs and groans ex pressive of their agony the pain which had afflicted ihe patient in the side of his chest ceased ; and attended by other symptoms of ease it was thought he might endure till morn ing bul he himself knew better and so de clared in quite an audible voice he was ask ed whether he was comfortable " very he replied " rut the storm in passing has swept away the trunk finally he adverted to the subject of his previous broodings — the slavery question — and observed — " 1 am about to die i i expect the summons soon — i have endea i vored to discharge all my official duties faith j fully — i regret nothing but i am sorry that i ! am about to leave my friends these were i his last words he essayed to speak to his l wife a few moments before his demise but his , voice failed him dr weatherspoon adminis ! tered a stimulus but it was powerless in reviv ' ing the functions the soul of the hero had ! fled ; " the lightnings may flash and the thunder may rattle he heeds not he hears not he's free from all pain he sleeps his last sleep he has fought his lusi battle no sound can awake him to glory again congestion of the brain and stomach began at half past 8 o'clock so that no earthly power could stay the fatal result which has plunged the nation in mourning the unwearied at j tenlions of his medical advisers deserve credit and their skill is unquestionable it is believed however that had the mind of the president not not been laboring under embarrassment and allliction proceeding from causes named the disease could have been checked and his life saved bul now that he is gone it is vain to speculate one succeeds him whose sensi tiveness is not quite so keen because intimate , wilh all the trials of politics and therefore pos sessing fortitude sufficient to withstand them those surrounding the dying president at the moment were his own family including col bliss col taylor and family jefferson davis and family vice president fillmore several senators and members several mem bers of the diplomatic corps the cabinet ben ton hale wood coolidge and weatherspoon and a number of intimate friends without the mansion the grounds were literally cover ed with an immense multitude scarce credi ting the intelligence though officially announc ed gen taylor died without a struggle it was a kind of sinking into enternity without feeling ils pain or experiencing its horrors — - when all was over the chamber was cleared until lhe undertakers had concluded their du ties the body was encased in ice and or dered to remain where it was until this morn ing when it was finally robed for the grave and laid out in slate in the east room thus ended lhe melancholy sifge against a strong bulwark of nature incidents the chief incidents that transpired during ' his illness are those embodied in the above — he regreited in plain language and so many words lhe crusade waged against him and thought lhat parlies failed lo do him justice — the course pursued by southern ultraists irrita ted him but only because they made hiw re ' ' sponsible for conduct with which he had nolh ing to do he deplored the strife which pre i vails but did not hesitate to ascribe the cause to i sectional demagogues the dictatorial license i assumed hy messrs toombs and stephens dis j pleased him and the more so because it came from a banded organization : bul when it was j hinted lhat his own friends would move a vote ! of censure he sunk under the blow and con • ceived that to be the most fatal stab of all he [ was resolved however to pursue the line of pol icy to which he had thus long adhered though ! convinced that gentlemen ofthe south medila ' ted his ruin this while it preyed upon his ; mind only determined him the more to stand by 1 his doctrines it is notwithstanding these facts i pretty well ascertained lhat had he lived re | movals from the cabinet would have ensued be i fore the expiration ofthe month the cloud j was well nigh ready to burst and in the deluge i created messrs crawford and clayton would ■ have been swept away the conversation be l tween the president and those who waited up 1 on him officially including this ultra delegation j i am not prepared fully to repeat but his phy : sicians do not deny that it materially influenced , j his disease let conscience be their only pun j ; ishment i from the raleigh register mr editor : i desire to call the atten j tion of our western people to the insincer i i ity of the democratic party on the sub i ject of free suffrage — a question in i which we are deeply interested i charge it on the leaders of that party at least in ■ : middle and eastern counties ; notwithstan j ding all their loud professions to the con ' i trary they have a settled purpose of fi j nally defeating this great measure ; and that the sole object in agitating it has been party triumph in the convention of 1835 called to amend our constitution containing so many odious restrictions are to be found the names not only of nearly all the then leaders of the democratic party who are \ since dead or removed — such as john \ branch charles fisher r d spraight ! w p dobson l d wilson nat macon ! and j j daniel — but sir singularly j enough we there find a whole phalanx of i the present chiefs of that same party not one of whom raised his voice against the unjust and sectional provisions already contained or then inserted in our consti tution nor moved a peg towards the re ; cognition ot the great principle of free suffrage by that conventson yes sir ; . there are the names of geo bower of ashe ; calvin graves of caswell henry : cansler of lincoln asa biggs of martin , j j l gains of montgomery lewis mars j j teller of new hanover james s smith i i of orange weldon n edwards of war-j j ren w p stallings of gates john l | baily then of pasquotank besides many i • others from all sections of the state is i it possible these men could not have se cured free suffrage in that convention i had g they sincerely believed in the doctrine and desired to have done so ? but sir the strangest truth yet to be told is the j fact that every living light of them ex ! cept three voted for the amended consti \ ' tution and thereby expressed their oppo ! sition to free suffrage mr edwards vo ; ', ted against the amended constitution and i messrs biggs and smith did not vote at jail now for another scrap of history : du ring the legislature oft840 • 41 a bill to ) establish free suffrage was introduced ; read the first time and passed on its j second reading the subject was thus sum marily disposed of — journal page 434 '• the bill to sec ure to the free white i men of the state the right of voting ; for the representatives in the senate of , ; the general assembly was read and on i motion of mr g w caldwell laid on ' the table and there sir that bill has slumbered from that day to this : a period of ten long years has this question been sleeping un \ der lhe kind care of its democratic friend g w caldwell ! and now hear another wonder will the democratic party will the free suffrage men believe me when i tell them that david s reid da vid s reid the self constituted cham pion of this measure who is now arroga i ting to himself its paternity was a mem j ber of this same legislature and sat cool ! ly by and saw his bantling thus kicked in , the head by one of the leaders of his own party ? it is even so sir he was then a senator from rockingham and not one word said he about free suffrage and the poor man's rights ! but now the scene changes the party are beaten year after year on all the old issues they must hoist a new flag — they send abroad for foreign aid s a douglass of illinois and sam houston of texas are sent on from washington they take up free suffrage as a hobby and mount davy reid upon it the mandate — " hear and obey '' — goes forth whereupon not only the little david but all the goliahs of the party shout loudly and lustily for free suffrage they were warned in under tones by the shrewd ones of the east that the question once started could never be checked or controll ed in its career but that in its legitimate and necessary consequences it must lead to a total change from the present basis of representation in the legislature to that of white population the destruction ofthe federal basis in the distribution of the school fund and the abolition of all property qualifications in the members of both houses it was horrid to think of { this but no matter said the leaders ! the party must do something according ly the followers shut their eyes and go it ; blind from cherokee to currituck they j proclaim themselves for free suffrage j " in any shape or any form by the time the legislature met how : ever the spell had been broken 1 was , a witness to the proceedings of the house : and well remember how the wire-workers l tried to evade and stave off the issue — those from the east and middle were bold in their opposition and moved all the ! time to reject to postpone c the lol ; lowing instances will show on the 15th of december 4s a series of free vsuffrage resolutions were intro ; duced when " mr kelly a democrat from duplin ] moved that the resolution be rejected i on the oth of january 49 the free suffrage bill introduced by mr sheek a western democrat being under conside ration with the amendment proposed by mr rayner calling a convention mr keen a democrat from rocking | ham david s reid's own count and no i doubt his intimate friend moved that the | bill with the amendment be indefinitely postponed again on the 12th of january 49 the ' same bill being under consideration " mr t j person another democrat moved the indefinite postponement of the finally the party are whipped in in the house : the bill passes that body and goes to the senate where it is killed — immediately afterwards mr rayner a gain introduced his bill for a convention of the people on this subject the only cer tain and fair mode of ascertaining the sense of the people on its second read ing it was defeated by a vote 74 to 1g two-thirds of the whole number of mem bers of the house being necessary to pass it among the latter were 12 democrats i and 4 whigs these democratic gentle men should be remembered : — they are messrs brown davis herring r h jones kelly a j leach mosely mc neill nixon s j person sanders and c taylor 6 of whom could have passed the bill ! several of this party did not vote at all — among them mr keen such freemen of western carolina is the history and fate of this question — slighted in 35 laid on the table in 40 and 41 and killed in 48 and 49 and by democratic vottj the reasons why the party in the middle and east are opposed to this great measure and will always seek its defeat are perfectly palpable and are well understood by them 1 shall not recount them but we of the west now see that there is no truth in the demo cratic party on this subject and we are done with them the whigs are yet to be tried but the w t est will henceforth steer her own course in this issue — irre spective of party and i say to the dem ocratic members of the last legislature and to their constituents who defeated free suffrage you cannot prevent its ultimate success the west has been borne down by the unequal influence of the east what we gained in the con vention of 35 we were willing to abide by tic had no desire to wage a section al warfare against our brethren of the east but sirs when your leaders put up as their standard bearer a man who comes fro/n you to us and undertakes to preach a crusade against yourselvs and you endorse that man by your votes we are bound to submit no longer this thunder triumphed before remember 1835 and mark my prediction it will triumph again buncombe july 1st 1850 plank road contract we understand that the plank road company on wednesday conlracted with messrs jonathan and jno m worth for the construction of their road between carthage and johnsonville randolph co a distance of 11 miles at s1307 per mile the messrs worth we learn are gentle men of great energy and industry and of business habits the work under their superintendance will no doubt from the character ofthe gentlemen be vigorously prosecuted and faithfully performed the company have now in operation 2 steam mills two more have been shipped from new york : and still two more will be shipped during the present month duncan murchison's contract for six miles west of little river has been com pleted and received col alex murchi son is actively engaged on his contract of 22 miles to carthage we may say that we are glad that the messrs worth have procured this con tract it is infinitely better lhat the work should be carried on under the su perintendance of gentlemen residing in the locality where it is being constructed than by those at a distance it will give confidence in the enterprise to persons in the up country and create a better feel ing than any other arrangement could have done — carolinian free negroes w t e notice that memorials to congress are becoming frequent urging that body to take measures for removing all the free negroes in lhe v states to liberia we are glad to see this subject agitated though we don't think congress ought to have any inns to do with it tbe free negroes of this country can j live better in every sense of the word in i liberia than they can in this country be cause they can all be on an equality so lar as the laws and governments are con i cerned it would be so much to the ben efit of both the americans and the free negroes that we would cheerfully pay a tax of so per annum to effect it small as are our means it is a subject in which we feel and indeed every man and par ticularly every man of family should feel a deep interest those men who have gone to liberia who went there in the darkest days of the republic and fought their way through wilderness savages and wild beasts and have made lhe desert bloom as the rose are reaping their reward they have become rich and are growing with the growth of their happy and prosperous country rut a few days ago several of them landed in this country to purchase their stock of goods to the exertions ofthe american colo nization society is all attributable and through the same medium with the libe ral aid of the slates could all that class of persons be removed comfortably — car oluuan the term locofoco — many of the democratic prints have exhibited a re*t iveness under this appellation for which we are unable to account seeing that it originated at tammany hall and was first applied by one portion of their own party to another the union with that regard to propriety which distinguished its columns under the management of the late " bundlecund " denounced it as a blackguard epithet the delaware journal notices one occasion on which it j was used by a very famous member of ' the party we quote trom that paper : " in the democratic conventions this epithet has been avowed and mule a boast of as characterising the democrat ( ic party and especially as applicable to ■ the candidate nominated by that party for the presidency in 1844 it happened . to be in our power without losing time to turn to the record of the precedings of , that convention in the globe of june ti 1841 is to be found the report ofthe pro ceedings of the baltimore convention on the 29th day ofthe proceeding month in which mr frazier of pennsylvania reah frazier of lancaster the m war horse " of democracy when about to change his ; vote from mr buchanan to mr polk , thus expressed himself : '• who are we going for now f aid i mr f we are going for the man who ; fought so bravely and so undauntedly the whigs of tennessee — the pure whole hog ! locofoco democrat who goes against i a bank of the united states and all cor j rupting monopolies against the distribu tion of the proceeds ofthe public lands [ against the assumption of the debts of the states by the federal government ; against the tory whigs of this country and tyrannising england ; in a word a man who goes against the ring streaked and speckled whig parly and all its odi ous abominable measures whigs ! beware ! we earnestly advise our whig friends to beware of false reports circulated by our : opponents with a view to distract us and to in jure our candidate in certain sections ru mors iu any number and of every character prejudicial to gov manly's prospect in the east where it is known he cannot go before the election to contradict ihem in person have been in circulation here during the last week one of these rumors lor instance represent him as having taken very strong ground in the west iu favor of altering ibe present basis ol representation vs;c &:<•. we have ample ren sons for believing lhat many of these slanderous reports have been sent down here fr"in reid himself we warn our friends — especially our eastern friends — to be on their guard remember that one thing i already resolved upon by our opponents — lhal if lying can defeat gov manly lie is to he beaten ? ! raleigh it'^i^icr finr ami water — the pittsburg amer ican chronicles an explosion that took place at brady's bend doing some dam age to the iron works th'-r and badly burning five or six of the hands the accident was the result — and we should think the very natural result — ol a new and rather strange process for purifying the metal by directing a stream of water upon it while in the molten sta'c it would be hard to tell what effect water could have in such case even il kept on the surface of the metal except to chill the latter and be itself converted into steam ; but it is easy to conceive that any of it getting below the iron by permit ting the moulding sand would give rise to very violent and dangerous explosion — speaking on this point the pittsburg american says — " we have known a beartbful of metal from one and a half to two tons destroyed and blown away by less than a thimbleful of water " even so much water it justly adds " a will adhere to a piece of cinder no larg'-r than a hickory nut will occasion a boil as it is termed that will endanger the sur rounding buildings and cause the loss of the metal exposed to it cure for vanity — we had been during the dav running a line through a denso piece of woodland an old woman gazrd upon us for some time in silence we all saw that she wanted to enter into con versation and none with the exception of myself wished to gratify her i soon commenced a dialogue on various things and subjects and as a matter of course i put mv best leg forward struck with my language she exclaimed in a tone quite flattering to my vanity — " la how larned you are but the compliment re ceived a death blow - if was as larned a scholar as you continued she i'd quit ingineerin and go to keepin a little grocer — western paper