the carolina watchman 3 boats with chimneys not exceeding 60 feet in height can pass under the bridge on the highest flood recognised by tbe court j j bruner ) ? " keei a check upon all tocr editor jf proprietor ) ruler - t^tpik ( 1k0l1aa \\ a 1 u111a.v rl*jl>01 year two dolxaks-payabtfe in rjt pa.d in advance twpdom 5ubsequ,niidseruod coartordera ; ;.,„ higher th.in these rates a lib *£*__* who advertise by the year editor mast be post paid " w gold sovereign the story of the gold sovereign related lllf i*i \" a gentleman ot wealth in western new york is ' repeating not lor artificial wf w_ic lt does not contain but for f durable lesson it conveys to young oos commencing life pf^ret that 1 am unable to reproduce * and hum<.r with which the in . judge graced his simple story ; * i lill do my best to remember his but j wl ____ v_enl was only eight years old said ,..\ " my father and my mother be r'witb half a dozen children bet ldg,b«n myseh to take care of 1 wasgiv tef a farmer in the town of f who de cking a plougbboy ot me and keeping nu in hlb 5ervice unul l was ot ":- veil i ad not a ver sa ime in tocoo webb's service : lor although he ! < an honest deacon and a tolerably j-jan in ins family he believed in boys work and understood how o7»oid spoiling them by indulgence ' sol had plenty of work to do and an ,. inl lack of indulgences to enjoy . consequently a great treat tor me e enormous sum of one or two into my possession by any sort of ilt — a circumstance of such rare ice that at the age of eleven 1 \ ulearnedto regard money as a bless ( bestowed by providence only on a fa j voted lt>v • well 1 had lived with deacon webb ihree fa before 1 knew lhe color ot any coin except vile copper iiy an accident j ] learned the color of gold that is the i story 1 am going lo tell you 0oe saturday night mr webb sent r,*.:lie village store on some errand ; | , i reluming borne jusi about dusk ini ftiirtiiion was attracted by a little tow package lying on the road side 1 picked it up to examine its contents mbout ihe least suspicion ot the trea sure wiibin indeed it was so ligbt and lie volume of brown paper appeared so j iarge ibat i undoubtedly suspected thatl iv the victim ot an april i*joi although was the month of june 1 tore open ibe folds ul the paper however ; and discerning nothing 1 was on the point ol ikrowing it into the ditch when some thing dropped out of it and fell with a ringing sound upon a stone lluuki-d at it with astonishment it ro yellow round glittering loo bright uftoo small lor a penny ; 1 felt ot it squeezed it in my lingers ; 1 spelled out nptious then something whisper td die that it was a gold coin ot incalcu a value and lhat it 1 did not wish to k-cit lbad belter pocket it as soon as possible trembling with excitement i put the mj pocket 1j_.i it would not stay litre every iwo minutes 1 had to take lout and look at it bui whenever 1 j pel somebody 1 was carelul to pulit out i somehow 1 iclt a guilty dread j ng an owner iu the coin provi j w found none 1 thought it was honest j ? hy right ot discovery ; and 1 } h-forted myself wiih the sophistry that j t not my business to go about the ! wis crying ' who's lost went borne with the gold in my pock f 1 would not have had the deacon's i low what 1 had found for lhe world j ssorely troubled with the fear of los j vast and incalculable treasure — i •■*■■• was nut all it seemed to me that j betrayed my secret i could not j anybody with an honest eye li.ese troubles kept me awake halt j - ■ in and piojects lor securing my | h a siiii investment the other 5 hn the following morning 1 was fish and nervous when deacon atihe breaklast-table said william started and trembled thinking the j nwords would be . y e is lhal piece of gold you have i j wickedly concealed o keep it f't'titiul owner v koiilj said j jqq iu go to mr baldwin's this nd ask him if be can come and i * k lor ie to day and tomorrow l_l 0mensely relieved 1 left the , and got ulu 0 sjjrh as soon as pos fie l'i . tn once more 1 took lhe coin j my pocket and feasted on its beauty •«« unhappy consciousness of i -*■ troubled me and i almost wished v;:ijllound the sovereign would 1 * called a thief if discovered ! 1 ask tt ■"*' l s ll ol as wiong to con bat 1 bad found as to take the same r originally irotn lhe owner's pock '.,, *^ he nol detrauded the same tlhen i said to myself i.j*.vc *'','■ jua l know who the loser is nl give him his money ? lt is only [^ * * ini alraid deacon webb will vj.iwa l'um me lllttt ! conceal it t ''■■'- 1 would not steal gold ; and if ' r should ask me for it 1 would give it * *" j apologized thus lo myself all t»a it lr baldwin's house ; but af t ;•'; wouldn't do the gold was like !<*, j*°"e bou»d lo my heart lt was iljp,ri.un appi charm which gave an told j.^p°wer to torment me and 1 thinking that 1 was not l'leilbfcd with my immense ishlh jr beed wilh rt rusl copper foiv ', l0udd*>me weeks betore i^v,'!;.t'd uie penny i ft^eood fortune no secret ; and i had r^oriiv - as h kl"s r »« a king is ' hi s m,,,,0sed lobe r-!at(i 1 ,.'" v^s nol at home ; and 1 the deacon's house 1 saw lr wardly's horse standing at ihe gate and i was terribly frightened mr ward ly was a constable ; and 1 knew he had come to take me to jail iso 1 hid in the garden until he went away by that time reason began to prevail over cowardice and 1 made my appearance at the house the deacon looked angrily at me ' now thought i feeling faint he's go ing to accusp me of finding the gold 4 but he only scolded me for being so long about my errand i never received a reprimand so willingly his severe words sounded sweet 1 had expected something so much more terrible i worked all day with the gold in my pocket 1 wonder deacon webb did not suspect something i stopped so often to see if the gold was really ihere ; for much as the possession of it troubled me the fear of losing it troubled me scarcely less i was miserable i wished a hundred times 1 had not found the gold i felt that it would lie a relief to lay it down on the road side ; again 1 wrapped it in brown paper just as 1 had found it i wondered if ill got wealth made everybody so mis erable • at night i was sent again to mr bald win's and having found him obtained his promise to work at deacon webb's on the following day ' lt was dark when i went home and i was afraid of robbers i never felt so cowardly in my life it seemed to me lhat anybody could rob me with a clear conscience because my treasure was not mine 1 got home and went trembling to bed * mr baldwin came early to breakfast with us i should tell you something a bout him he was a honest poor man who supported a large family by hard work everybody liked him he was so industrious and faithful ; and besides ma king good wages for his lubor he ofien got presents of meal and flour irom those who employed him ' well at the breakfast table after dea con webb had asked the blessing and given baldwin a piece of pork so that he might eat and get to work as soon as pos sible,something was said about the news i suppose you heard about my misfor , tune said mr baldwin ' your misfortune v ' yes why what has happened to you asked the deacon • i thought everybody had heard of it replied baldwin you see the other night when mr woodly paid tne he gave me a gold piece • 1 started and felt the blood forsake my cheeks all eyes were fixed upon bald win however so my trouble was not ob served * a sovereign said baldwin the first one 1 ever had in my life ; and it seemed to me that if i should put it in my pocket like a cent or a half dollar i should lose it so like a goose i wrapped it in a piece of paper and stowed ii in my coat pocket where 1 thought it was safe i never did a more foolish thing 1 must have lost the coin in taking out my hand kerchief and tbe paper would prevent its making any noise as it fell 1 discov ered ny loss when i got home and went back to look for it ; but somebody must have picked it up ' 1 felt like sinking through the floor ' 1 don't know replied the poor man shaking his head sadly ' he's welcome to it whoever he is ; and i hope his con science won't trouble him more than the j money is worth ; though heaven knows j i want my honest earnings ' this was loo much for me the al lusion to my conscience brought the gold out of my pocket 1 resolved to make a clean breast ot it and be honest in spite of poverty and shame so i held the gold in my trembling hand and said is this yours mr baldwin v ♦ my voice was so faint that he did not hear me so 1 repeated my question in a j more courageous tone all eyes were turned upon me in astonishment ; and the deacon demanded where and when 1 had j found tbe gold ' 1 burst into tears and confessed every , thing 1 expected the deacon would whip me to death but he patted my head and said more kindly than was his wont : • don't cry about it william you are an honest boy if you did come near fall ing i,uo temptation always be honest my son ; and if you do not grow rich you will be happy with a clear conscience j • but 1 cried still for joy 1 laughed too the deacon had so touched my heart ol what a load was 1 relieved ! 1 telt then that honesty was the best policy ' as for baldwin he declared that i should have half the money lor finding it but 1 w.shed to keep clear ot the trouble some stuff lor a time and 1 did 1 would not touch his oiler ; and 1 never regretted it boy as 1 was mr charles mare the eminent ship builder of blackwall has challenged tbe americans to run a vessel against any one lhat they can produce lor a thousand guineas the tonnage o the ship to de irom 50 to 330 tons london times rwell he will be taken up com stevens challenged all england lor 10 000 with the yacht america but he coulu j not get one to take him up from the n carolina standard let ier from prof emmons we have been kindly permitted by gov j reid to lay before our readers lhe following in , leresling teller irom prol emmons slale ge i ologist : goldsboko march 6 1852 to his excellency david 8 reid : sir : in view of lhe improvements which are ' in piogress on the cape fear river and also iu expectation of finding deposits important to the } agriculturists upon its banks and in the upper ! country on deep river 1 deem it proper and best lo make exploiaiions on its course and banks ; while its waters were low 1 have according ' ly made numerous examination of the forma j iious on this river and am able to state facts of considerable imporlance as lo its geology but more particularly of the deposits ol marl which ! abound upon its banks aud al a distance from [ its course probably no substance has been discovered which is so important lo the interest of agri j culture of the lower counties of north caro lina as marl the lands especially those in which sand predominates have been worn out i — 1 mighi perhaps say more than once now j it is by means of marl employed as the basis j of a fertilizer that these lands may be cheaply j renovated on lhe poorest however of these lauds il is not lo be expected lhal this sub j stance can supply all lhat is wanting lo impart lo them iheir original fertility ; inasmuch as in the progress of long cultivation and the pro ductiun of a variety of crops the soil is ex hausted of those elements which marl jy itself does noi contain there are two kinds of marl upon cape fear river one is known as shell mail and be longs rather lo lhe upper parts ol the river or 1 may rather say it is in thicker beds at distant points from the ocean the other marl is known as the blue marl and is found at points nearer the ocean than the former the shell marl reaches to a poinl al least twelve miles above klizabeihtown and is usually well ex posed at different points on the banks of the river so also it is often met with in ravines al points distant from tbe liver hence il be comes more accessible to planters and requires less expense in hauling it these beds vary visible one-fourth of a mile on lhe banks ; olb ers appear to have been deposited insulated particles their thickness varies from a foot lo seven feel they are not continuous depo sils the composition of lhe shell marl is to the eye calcareous varying however from a very sandy marl lo a perfect lime deposit — con sisiing ol carbonate ol lime many analyses should be made of this marl as it is only in this way that iis real value can be determined the blue marl is a different substance from the shell marl lt is by the way lhe substance known as the green sand in new jersey and has long been in use there and lo the very great advantage of farmers it belongs to the ere taceous formation of geologists the upper bed of ihis marl i now believe extends above elizatown it is however quite sandy and 1 was unable to find at this point its characteris tic fossils farther down the river however \ al brown's bluff and robinson buff 1 found in what i now regard as the upper green marl the j characteristic fossils — the exogyne costata ; — i and at syke's landing the belemnite al black j rock however the lower green marl is in i great force and i believe at many points it , would be easy to expose it so lhat an inex | haustible supply of this substance might be ob j tained for the use of planters on the cape fear j and deep rivers from lhe foregoing it will probably be per , ceived lhal the banks ol the cape fear and the numerous runs which enter il from lhe south i are rich in these fertilizers ; at.d it only re \ quires an additional spirit of improvement on \ lhe part of the planters to double the products ; of their plantations il is proper lo observe here that lhe marl deposits are found mainly on ; the left or south bank of the river i am well j satisfied that the time is not distant when ihese rich deposits will be fully employed and lhal iheir value will be well understood il is true lhat experience will be necessary to determine some points iu its use for instance lhe most economical mode of prepariing il in order lo adapt il to the vaiieties ol soil on which il is proposed to employ it the blue marl espe i cially requires an analysis in order to deter mine its composition the jersey marl con tains potash and this substance is regarded as lhe principal fertilizers in it ; and i hope it will be found that potash and also phosphate of lime are elements of lhe marls ot this slale these wo are the expensive fertilizers and are above , all others lo be sought for for without them lhe j cereals would cease to produce perlecl seed 1 have not attempted to give a detailed ac count of our examination upon the cape fear ( ; but simply a statement of a lew facts which i i supposed might be interesting lo your excel ! len.-y or so far as to satisfy you that the work is in progress i am pleased wiih the alien tions and intelligence of lhe gentlemen whom i have met and the faciliiies which all wish i to render and especially the anxiety which is | ' manifested in regard to the work i am some times rather distracted lo know where lo go the applications for examination being so nu merous most respectfully your ob't serv't e emmons it is evident that prof emmons attaches much importance to these marl beds ; and we hope his opinion may have the effect of indue ing the farmers on the cape fear and its tri butaries where these deposits abound lo re i sort lo them at once as a means of fertilizing and improving iheir lands speaking of the agricultural interest in that region he emphati cally declares that " it only requires an addi tional spirit of improvement on ihe part ot the planters io double tbe products ol their planta ; lions this is indeed cheering vve are gratified to perceive the deep inter ; est whicli is fell in lhe labors ol prol emmons he has barely however made a beginning in bis explorations ; and the people must have pa i lience and give him lime his work is not j for a day or a year but for ages ; and it would he better to leave il undone ihao lo perform it in a hurried and impelled manner he is well filled lor his duties and is devoted to them : and the people may look forward to thecontin ! uance and completion of his labors in the con i fident assurance that ihey will rebound in a i high degree lo lhe benefit ol the agricultural mining and manufacturing interests of the state we shall keep our readers constantly posted up in relation to his progress and explorations state policy we publish three articles on this subject ' to-day — which are credited respectively to the wadesborough argus the asbville news and the concord mercury they ! are commended to the attention of our readers this decussion we suppose will go on until the meeting ofthe whig state con j vention ; when we trust such grounds will be taken by that body as will enable all the whigs of the state to vote for their ■ nominee ; but no man nor any party can | expect to prevail against david reid and j free suffrage unless open honest and i decided grounds are taken to put up a j candidate who shall go into the canvass ! at the present time declaring lhat the i governor has nothing to do with the con stitution and therefore he has no opinions to express in relation thereto is a confess j ion of defeat as well as an unworthy j course for an independent and honorable man to pursue ; and the people will re | ject such a man by a majority which will j be annihilating yet such is the course recommended by ! certain presses ofthe state who are op | posed to any amendment of the constitu j tion by legislative enactment or otherwise i when they have decisively lost the state by this course our warnings perhaps may be received with more favor we add another remark — that a settle ment of this matter in some manner is highly necessary to the success of the whig parly while it is kept banging over and dividing us in this way we shall always be beaten our course is plain however so far as the reform of the constitution by convention is concerned we are for it ; and it is our design to press it henceforth upon the people ofthe state without reference to the opinions of the whig convention or its nominee if they accord with us we shall rejoice at it — it they do not we shall labor for their suc cess all the same with our best ability as all good whigs ought and we hope will but if the course recommended by one of their presses here is pursued ; namely to nominate a candidate without reference to his opinions on state reform ;" or that of another press elsewhere to permit free suffrage lo settle itself or else go by default though we shall look wilh pain upon the disastrous slaughter which will ensue we shall have but little pity for the wisdom of a party that can follow such advice and be dear of all blame for the consequences the occasion demands frankness and freedom of exposition and boldness to set the truth clearly before the eyes of the people an energetic decision will give the whigs the advantage ground j in the coming contest timidity indecision neutrality or sectional time-serving will defeat the parti and not kill the conven tion movement at last if that is the thing desired we are told that the whigsof the east are opposed earnestly opposed to an unlimited convention and that this be i ing so it can hardly be expected that they j will support the nominee of the conven tion if that body should make the question j of an unrestricted convention a lest and ; require the candidate to canvass the state ! on that issue this then may be regar i ded as wholesale ostracism of the whigs of the west who are earnestly in favor j of an unlimited convention ll the can j didate should be a western man and : earnestly in favor of a free convention j he must muzzle his tongue on that sub j ject because it can hardly be expected ; that the whigs ofthe east will support j him if he acts independently and upright ! ly according to his earnest opinions is , this liberal is this fair ! tbe hope is expressed that the whig convention will look to the established : landmarks of the party we hope so too 1 what is the established landmark on free suffrage we are not told if prin ciple is to govern the whig convention should oppose party tinkering with the constitution and its attempted amend ; ment by party legislation and maintain the republican doctrine that the people alone have the right to amend the funda mental law acting in their sovereign ca | pacity it is idle it is utter folly to hope for any escape from this issue nay it is unwor thy a great party to attempt it instead of saying that this question has nothing to do with the canvass it would be nearer the truth lo say that no other subject ap proaches it in interest and importance the presidency the policy of the national government foreign and domestic what has the governor of north carolina to do wih any of these subjects our state policy he is more directly concerned with and it is in reference to that our people | will tbe more curiously inquire i but really the suggestion of evading ' a question of this kind is such a confess ion of weakness and defeat as we very 1 much regret to see coming from any quar l ivr.—kaleigh times i from the baltimore patriot horrible murders and suicide our city was thrown into great excite ment this morning by the perpetration of the most awful tradgeies we have ever been called upon as journalists to record the facts so far as we could ascertain are as follows : about hall past five o'clock this morn ing fire was discovered issuing from the upper story of a small brick house in mai den lane one door from east street occu pied for some time past by a man named james white bootmaker tbe firemen and police were promptly on the ground and succeeded in confining the fire to the part ol the house where it originated — no one appearing in the house at the time of lhe fire and it being known that it was occupied some uneasiness was telt as to the fate of the inmates and after the flames were subdued some of the police ascended to the upper story where a most awful and horrid spectacle met their sight the body of white was found lying upon lhe floor with his head nearly sever ed from the body his throat being cut from ear to ear ; and a few feet from him near the hearth was found the body ol his daughter about fifteen years of age tbe body of his lillle son about two years old was lying on the bed the throats of the children were also cul and their bodies blackened and burnt almost to a crisp by the fire the bodies were still warm and smoking from the effects ot the fire and as soon as circumstances wou'd admit were removed to a stable adjoining it was found upon examina tion that the little boy in addition to hav ing his throat cut had his brains blown out by a pistol the whole affair seem ed almost too dreadful for belief and had not the evidences been lying before ihem the spectators might well have doubted if any one could exist so hardened as to per petrate a deed so horrible this is a most horrible affair and is another warning against a too free indul gence in intoxicating drinks white it appears had been what is called a free drinker for many years and while under • the effects of liquor would abuse his wile and family in a bad manner to such an extent had this been carried of late that his wife being on the eve of confinement was induced to leave him about two weeks ago and went to reside with her grandmother where she now lies not ex pected to live the girl was left with him in order to take care of the house and cook his meals the mother it is said on leaving him took with her the young est child the boy and yesterday white went to see his wife and induced her to let the boy return home with him promis ing to take care of him he was proba bly at the time meditating the deed which has filled every one with horror white was about 3o or 49 years old gems of thought the inertness of the mind is often tak en for its peace he submits to be seen through a micro scrope who suffers himself lo be caught in a passion true quietness of heart is got by resist ing our passions not by obeying them man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds let him seasonably water the one and destroy the other there are men who by long consulting only their own inclinations h«ve forgot ten that others have a claim to the same deference neither the evil nor the good lhat men do is ever intered with their bones but lives after thr-m it never was a wise thing yet to make men desperate for one who hath no hope of good hath no fear of evil he who defers his charities till his death is rather liberal of another man's goods than of his own the poet who knows how to paint tbe afiecuonsand passions of the soul will al ways w'read with greater delight than the most exact observer of inanimate na ture he that never extends his view beyond the praises or rewards ol men will be dejected by neglect and envy or infatua ted by honor and applause some people think that the heart can never be affected till it has undergone a battery of exaggerated phrases and they drive nails into us by way of touching our feelings a man is thirty years old before he has any settled thought of his fortune ; it is not completed before fifty he falls a building in his old age and di»s by the time his house is in a condition to be paint ed and glazed nations in a state of war are like indi viduals in a state ot intoxication . ihey frequently contract debts when they are drunk w'hich ihey are obliged to pay when sober the wheeling bridge case the following are the leading facts in this important case — 1 the wheeling bridge is 62 feet high and has a clear span of 1,010 feet being erected without piers 2 the extreme floods in the ohio which the court allow io be considered in the i cause rise 30 feet high 3 boats with chimneys not exceeding , 60 feet in height can pass under the • bridge on lhe highest flood recognised by . tbe court 4 there are seven steamboats built recently which have raised their chim neys to heights varying from 70 to 80 feet and which claim the right to pass the bridge in any stage of the water without lowering their pipes 5 to accommodate these seven boats the supreme court has decided that this structure which cost more than two hun dred thousand dollars must be abated 6 th plans ol the bridge were publish ed two years in advance of its ereclion wnd no complaint or objection was made until the bridge company had expended their entire capital cha_lles ellett jr c e raleigh and gaston road we learn that fifteen miles of this road have been laid wiih heavy iron and that the work ot repairing and relaying is go ing forward with energy and spirit three ships laden with iron for this road have recently arrived nd the quality now being received will it is supposed be sufficient to completelhe road to hen derson we have recently observed with plea sure the improvements already made and in progress on the premises of the depot of this road in this city a considerable addition has been made to one ol the workshops one of the lots has been enclo sed and some of the buildings repaired ce . sec the prospects of this road are improv ing and brightening w hen completed it will b one ot the best roads in the country ; and the slock it is believed will yield good dividends — raleigh standard legal prohibition one of the most potent arguments that have been used against ibe passage of laws prohibiting lhe traffic in ardent spir its has been that of its unconstitutionali ty but the chief justice ol the supreme court ofthe united slates has declared — *• every state may regulate its own inter nal traffic according lo its own views of lhe interest and well being^of its citizens acting upon the clear constitutionality of its right to do so congress in 1s34 pas sed a law making it a fine of s300 for any one to introduce sell barter or give away spirituous liquors iu the then indi an territory jso thai gun is spiked ; we have law and precedent both to sustain us in the clear authority of a slate lo in terdict the horrible business spirit of the age dcr the impression seems lo prevail with certain interested opponents to the principles of the maine law that no man is allowed to keep for his own use in his family any of the good creature if it will serve to quiet iheir nerves we can slate for their satisfaction thai the law does not authorize the seizure and de struction of intoxicating drinks kept by any one for his own use or for the use of his family as a drink or otherwise no dwelling house can be searched for it un less it can be shown that it has been sold there the most precious feature of the law is thai it effectually prohibits the suit or distribution of it under the cloak of a gift when the intention is to sell — while it does not pretend to dictate what a man shall or shall not drink if he comes by it in a lawful way — spirit of the age extraordinary feuf — on monday eve ning at eight o'clock the great feat of walking sixty consecutive hours without sleep or rest was accomplished by capt tompkins at the while hall on st lou is street new orleans vast crowds as sembled to witness the conclusion of the performance the trial was instituted by the medical faculty to test the full ex tent of nature's endurance for this feat which has never before been accomplish ed capt tompkins was awarded the sum of so.ootl ! so says the new orleans dal ly times — nat int a pebble cast into the atlantic makes it elf fell on ihe opposite shore so it is wiih peb bles cast into lhe asl seu l new ik com merce ; lh*-y muke themselves frit lo the re motes extremities of ihe country soon alier kossuth landed here some halter in vented and issued - kossuth l.ais we beard in'-idenially yesterday thai kossuth hats have been sold in ihis city and seni throughout he union lothe value of half milium of dollars manufactur ers moreover were able lo work up i this new shape large quantities ot material which they could not use in any other kibbon deal ers lurthermore found a ready sale lor a great amount of ribbon wbicb had gone out ol la-hioii lor other u-es and dealers in ostrich feathers also shared substantially in the new movement given to uie water ol commerce by the inci lenial dropping ol this sm.il pebble very trifling causes sorn«*iiine make ibemselees tell to a jjieat distance in very important results — new york times death from the bile of a riurdy — two fel lows named john wood and henry hail went into the oyster saloon i john jilroy no mo second avenue on monday night last aboul hall pa-t nine o'clock aud called for oyster stew wbicb were served up to them ou leav ins the saloon the iariies it appears lefused lopaj l..r the o^-iers when a difficulty ensued between ihem and the keeper hill drew a dirk knife which waa taken from him by mr gilroy he ihen bit gil my in both arms and the latter being a man of intemperate habits died yesterday morning irom the effect ol thu injuries inflicted bv hall's teeth — v 1 cou samuel a smith wis shot dead in amelia county virginia recently by a l tucker smith opened his bosom and told him to shoot and tucker took bim at his word they were both sons ot respectable parents bui inlemper ale — rich enquirer counterfeit one h ini.e.l d..iiar bills on the uatik i of loui.ianna are in circulation at lhe souih s new series do this and llbertt is safe < gen i harrison { volume viii n i'm ber 17 salisbury n c thursday march 25 1852