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n v ter1vis ,. watchman may hereaf'er he bad f o l,f[n h advance,a y ndf«,o flm and '.....<. v ihe end ol ibe vear ... .... .,.,,„, v be received for a less time n inless paid for in advance "" : v a '• • ' . h„i ii the option o n , p p fi , dtsconlinned fbut at ine | until all arrearages are paid terms of advertising one doi.aroo r y^u fl ir die first in r lion and c ir eaeb continuance s h n,n r cchar,cd-5perct..,i ? h ertise by the year advertisements will be continued tint i trged for accordingly unless order . , r i certain number of times ., " letters pressed tothe editor must eposl paid to e sure attention sf hummer goods the subscribers t ving removed to concord are now re l ceiving and openingin thebrick house west the courthouse their spring and summer goods mong which are dry goods hardware cutlery shoes boots hats bonnets saddlery carriage trimmings crockery paints dye stuffs medicines groceries id a variety of other aiticles in short it com jsesa generel assortment which will be sold vy low"for cash or to punctual dealers on lime l t e invite old customers and the public in gen al to call and exemine our stock before purchas i elsewhere as we think we can give such irwtns as will be great inducement lo purchas cuuntrv nrodnce taknn in exchange for goods 1 & r.winecoff concord may 14 1842 tf52 ladies fashions for the spring and summer of 18 rpiif subscriber informs ihe public thai she has just received through the northern vtiesthe latestand most approved liondon 5 parisian fashions and is prepared to execute orders in the most li and satisfactory manner work sent from a distance shall be carefully nut up and forwarded s d pendleton scp a few bonnets caps turbans and oilier articles will be kept on hand for sale v mrs s p is also prepared to execute crimping and fluting on reasunable terms salisbury april 23 1842 jyo joke ftv1e subscriber offers for sale his valuable 1 plantation il lies on both sides of the btige road leading from salisbury o charlotte s.iniles from salisbury il contains 265 1-2 a res there is good water very convenient to the ... it is an excelletr stand fur a public ... as 1 intend moving ihis fall i will pel upon rrood terms such as will suit the times irt of the money will no be expected while captain tyler is president wellington smith sept 24 18 12-110 prices cureent at salisbury nov 5 cents cents bacon 5 a 6 ooltun yarn 90 brandy ap a 40 molasses 35 a 40 peach n 50 nails g a 7 butler 12 oats 15 a 20 collon in seed none pork none dean 0.7 sugar br s a 10 coffee 10 a 12 loaf 15 a is corn 30 salttsack 3 feathers 30 tallow 8 flour si a 4 tobacco 8 a 20 flaxseed 62 a 65 tow-linen 12 a 10 iron per ih 3 a 5 wheat hush 1 linseed oil pr whiskey 45 a 50 gal 00 $\ w ool clean 25 faye i '.'' vji.i.k oci 1*0 45 molasses 25 a 28 v nails cut a 6 7 a 8 sngarbtown 6 a 10 07 a is lump 1-1 cofl 11 a 12 ! taf 15 a is cotton 7 a li salt 30 a oo ' ■x*arn 11 a 16 sack 2 1 . iu j 50 i'oh oleal 2 a 3 ".['. 17 collon bag 20 a 25 . .! 25 bale rope sa in y \\ |, li new 80 a 90 feathers 25 a 30 \ wilis kej 2s a so iron 5 a 5i wool 15 a 0 cheraw oct i i 1842 beef 3a 4 t nail cutassor 7a 8 bacor 0 a 8 wrought ida 18 butler 12 a 15 oats bushel 30 a 37 beeswax 22a 25 oil gal 75 a 1 baggmg yd 20 a 25 * lamp ftl 25 bale rope lb 10a 12 linked 1 10 a 1 25 coffee lb 12 a 15 pork looibs iy a 6 cotton lia 7f rice looibs 4a 5 corn bush 50 a 02 sugar lb 8 a 12 flour bil j5afl salt sack 2 30 a 32 busll fyloo iron looibs 5a 6 steel amen 10 a 00 7 a 8 english 14 _''' ' ' 35 a hi german 1 a it ' ' ■' '" ! teaimpe y$l37 0am)xf ma wf^tdfyw&wu printed and published bv "| „ ftrf ' q overnmen , rfflm „ o foo hh/c/t polmt a^j a ./■.__ f n'qf 15 \ oll me xi mace c pendleton j " m 0,i al1 y0u ' iiulers * th'"tku t avd,uauan is saf_."-gen'l harrison | wbole jvo 5§4 salisbury november 5 1s4sb clock and watch repairing f ilhe subscriber respectfully informs his old a friends and the public generally that he has opened a shop in salisbury in the above busi ness in a room directly opposite west's brick building in the house of dr burns formerly owned by j no i shaver and jusi below j & vv murphy in addition to the above the subscriber will carry on ihe silver smith business in al the varieties common in coun'try towns such as making spoons c and repairing silve ware he begs to assure the public that if punctual attention to business and skillful work will en title hhn lo patronage and support he will mer aaron wool worth nov 13 tflfi valuable property for sale in lexington t¥!he subscriber is desirous to sell priv.'ely a that well known business stand in lexing ton n c.,sisuated a short distance north of th cnurthouse formerly occupied by caldcleugh dusenbery & co and at present occupied by brevard and adams the house is of brick large and commodious containing an exceller store room and dwelling apartments all unde the same roof attached lo the premises are al necessary out-buildings those wishing to pur chase or to examine the above property will re ceive attention if application be made to andrew caldcleugh may 1 1841 t dr sherman's he the best medicines in the world keing the cheapest and most pleasant the medical facolty warmly approve ihem r sherman is a skilful and experienced phy ician and a member of the medical society . tjew voik sherman's cough wjozenges ire the safest surest and most effectual remedy or coughs colds consumption w r boopin asthma tightness ol the lungs o diest c shermans worm lozenges re the only infallible worm destroying medi ine ever discovered they have been used ii ver 1,400,000 cases and never known to fail sherman's camphor lozenges iive immediate relief in nervous or sick head die palpitation of the heart lownessof spir ts despondency fainiing oppression or ense of sinking ot the chesi diarrhoea las itude or a sense of faiigne sherman's fever and agu.c lozenges vre the most certain remedy for this distressing omplaint everoffrred to ihe american public — a ihe immense number of cases in which they iave been utied they have never been known to ail shermans restorative lozenges diarrhoea or looseness of the bowels so com non and troublesome during the summer months nay now be entirely prevented by a proper use if these lozenges they are prepared express y lor that purpose and can be relied on with icrfeet confidence persons subject to a derange nent of the bowels should never be without them they afford immediate relief from all the attend int gripings faintness depression sec sherman's cathartic lozenges are as pleasant and easily takpn as the common peppermints and are an active and efficient medicine they cleanse the stomach and bowels and are the best cathariic ever used fur bilious persons where an active mpdicine is required they are not only the best but the safest that can be administered sherman's strengthening plaster the best of all plasters for rheumatism lum bago pain or weakness in the back loins s'dp or breast the above medicine is for sale wholesale or retail at ihe salisbury medical drug store by c.b wheeler agent salisbury n c sept 3 1342 ly6 dr jfmoffiivs vegetable ife jfiedichies possess qualities of the most mild and be neficial nature they are composed of ar ticles the most anii-puirescenl combined with in_rpdients known as the only certain antidole lor fevers of every description when the dis ease is produced either from cold obstruction had air swampy and damp situations or putrid miasmi whether malignant or epidemic or bv other causes these medicines are ceriain in their operations or effects they are possessed ol pe culiar qualities which not ooly excel all disease but at ihe same time restore and invigorate tie system when first taken in'o ihe stomach they immediately diffuse themselves like vapoi through every pore producing effects nt once delightful salutary and permanent when the spark of life begins to row dim the circulation languid and the faculties paralized these medi nines are found to give a totfe to ihe nerves ex hilera'e ihe animal spirits invigorate ihe'budy and re animate the w*hole man the life medicines have also been used wilt the most happy success in nerv.us and dys peptic diseases consumption asthma livei complaint rheumatism chronic and inflama lory d ropsies sec • gct'call ai cress & bogeu's agents salisbury oct 2_,.1s4 — ly 13 j^totlce application wtjl be made to th __.^ next legislature of notth carolina for th passage of a bill emancipating a negro biav named sam formerly the property of mary ha ans deceased wm king october 15 l.d.-.wl.pd hidden things h dv g o foster i hidden gems are in the sea and hidden mosic in the air bj beamy which we mortals see nol thrills around us every where hidden thoughts how bright how many bj break the bobbles in the sun where the stream unseen of any bj underneath wild flowers doth run bj hidden loves and hidden dreamings bi treasures never brought to light bj live and vanish like die glearoings of bright tueieors in the oight hidden faith and hidden worship bj ob how strung bow pure how deep ! i swell and fl.nv like secret fountains bj where lhe wild birds dream and sleep bi why are these if nol lo tell os that these broken links unite in a chain for.ver sparkling i eternity's broad hght ob how desolate and dreary bj would this world of sorrow he bj god if thou bsd'sl never whispered that ii is the path to thee ! retirement h vain world away — i seek bj an interview with heaven ; bj with god i wish to speak bj and pray my sins forgiven in secrei i can tell bj mv sorrow and my grief to him who hives tr.e well — who only sends relief when pain and anguish press — when life is dark and drear — mv god will love and bless bi and by his presence cheer bi away vain world away i seok my father's throne i know he'll come to day bj and make his glory known bi glory i tis a strain on hill or strand ; a hash opon the sea ; bi the gleaming of a gor_eons brand tiiroogh charging chivalry ! tis a fl iwer of learfal leaves bj thai tells of sudden rieaih — bj while friendship o'er the fidien grieves,^b and wgstes elegiac breath tis death and life so strongly blent that mortals in the strife bi know not for whom ihe boon is sent hj till they have done wiih life ! a town of prairie dogs learning from the guide who had n tiirn d lhal there w.sa la.ge city or common vealth of prairie tlogs directly on ihe route he command would lake with two com anions i started on ahead to vi-it ihese leiohl.ors w r e were induced by -. double ibiect firstly by a desire to examine one 1 the republics aoout which prairie travel ers hive said so much ; and secondly lo tb'.ain something to cai f.ir the flesh ol hese animals was sail to be excellent wc had proceeded lu a shoit distance ifter reaching a beautif.il prairie before wc sme upon the outskiils of he comtnon vea!t!i a few scattered dogs were seen • campering in and by their shurt and sharp jrelps giving a general d.ra io lhe whole immunity upon the fits civ of danger from he rut kirls it was scon taken up in the centre of the ciiy arid now nothing was to be seen in any direction bul a dashing and a scam pering of tha mercurial and excisable deni zens of the place each so ins lodge or bur row far as the eye could reach the city extended and 11 over it die scene was the same we rode leisurely don until wo had reached the mure ibickly settled portion ol the place when we halted and alter i^ki.iii the bridles from our hoots to allow then to graze we prepared foi a regular ijilaek upon the inhabitants the burrows wer ool mote than fifreeu yatds apail with well trodden paths l.a.hng in diff.rent directions and i even ihought i coultl discover some thing like regularity in the !..} mg out of tiie streets we sat down upon a bank under the shade of a musqueel and leisoiely surveyed die scene btfore us oor approach had driven everv onf lo his home in our imme diate vicinity bot seme hundred yards fl the small mound of earth in front of each burrow was occupied by n dog sitting straii upon his hinder legs and coolly looking o bout him to ascertain ihe cause ol the re cent commotion every now and then some citizen more venturous th^n b.s neigh bor would leave his lodge on a flying vi.it to a companion apparently exchange a few words and then scamper back as iasl ai his legs would cerry him by and by as we kept perfectly slill some of our nearest neighbors wr seen poking iheir heads from out their holes and looking cunningly aud at the sime time inquisitively about them gradually a cit izen would emerge fium liietniinnc ol his domicil come out upon his ir-oktrig oui pi ice peik his head and commence yelping foi three hours we remained in this com monwealth watching the movements of the inhabitants and occasionally picking one o hem < ff no less than nine weie got by i he party and one circumstance 1 would j nt*ntion as singular in the extreme and which shows lhe relationship which exists ; mong these animals as well as lhe regard hey have for one another one of them lard perched himself dtrecdy upon lhe pile i f dirt in front o his hole silling up and j exposing a fair mark while a companion's bead was seen poking nut of tbe entrance j loo timid perhaps lo expose himself farther a well directed ball from my nfla carried iway the entire top ol die former's head knocked him some two or three feet from his post perfectly dead while reloading the other daringly came opt seized ids companion by one of his legs and before we could reach the hole had drawn him completely oul of reach altlio we tried to twist him out wiih a ramrod there was a feeling m the iittse incident a some thing hum n wh ch raised he amm da in my esti mation and ever afier i did not attempt lo kiil one of them except when driven by hunger the prairie dog is apparently about the size of a rabbit heavier perhaps more com pact and wiih much shorter legs in ap pearance it resembles the woodchuck or ground hog of the north although a trifle a_i_ller than lhal animal in their habits the prairie dogs are social never live alone like oiher animals bul are always found in villages or large settlements they are a wild frolicsome set of fellows when undis turbed restless and forever on the move and appear to take especial delight in chat tering away the lime and visiting about from hole to hole to gossip and talk over one an others affairs — al least so their actions would indicate when they find a good locution for a village and no water is h.ri.y old old hunters say they dig a well to supplj the wants of the comoumi y - oo several occasions i crepl up close to one oftheir villages without being observed to watch their movements direclly in ibe centre of one ol ihem i particularly noticed a vert largo dog siting in front of his door or enirance of his burrow and by his own actions and ihose of his neighbors it really looked as though he was ihe president may or or chief — at all events ho was lhe big dog of die place for at least an liot^r i looked at he operations of this liille cotn tnunity during ihat time the large dog i have mentioned received ; : t least a dozen visits from his fellow dogs who would stop and chat with him a few minutes and run off to their domicds ail tins while he nev er left his post for a moment and i thought i could discover a of deportment not discernable in those by whom he was surrounded iv.r is it from me lo eay lhal die visits he received were upon business ir as having any thing to do with the local overnmenl of the village ; but it certainly ooked so i any aniinai is endowed wiil tra.sdn.ng powers or has any system o aws regulating lhe body politic it is ihe irairie dog in different psrts of the same village hr neaibers ol it were seen gamboling frisk ng 8 nd tyisiling about occasionally lurn nj heels over boad into tlieir holes am ppearing to have all sorts of fun anion hetnselvca owls of a singular specie veie seen among ihem they did notap iear lojoio in ihen sports in any way bu ittil lo be on good terms an si ihey wen ten entering and coming out of the saim inies may be considered as meushers ol ih nme family or a lest retainers liatde makes ton dwell among ihem but the ide hal has obtained oi their living upon socia de terms of companionship with the dogs s without foundation the snakes 1 tool jpon as loafers not easilj shaken off by th egular inhabitants and ihey make use o lie dwellings of the do_s as more comfort dde quarters than the can find elsewhere we kdled one a shorl distance from a bur ow vh had made a meal of a half grow log and although i do not think they ca master the larger animals lhe latier ar willing enough to let ihem pass in and ou without molestalior — n evil like many i veiy society lhat cannot be gnl rid of tl.e first town we visited was seven miles in length and al ieasl a mile in widtl around and in the vicinity were smaller suburbs ol the larger town io ail appearance we kindled a fire and cooked three of thos v e bad shoi nnd found lhe meat exceeding ly sweet lender and»ioiey — resembling tin of the equine only tint here was mot fat upon ii thus ended a first visit to on of the numerous deg towns of the vves — kendall's santa fe expedition evolution of ught in the human sub ject — li was te t day's previous lu l a.'s death lhat i sir henry iatsb obeserved a very extraordinary light which seemed daiiing about lhe face and illuminating a around her head flashing very much like an aurora boreaiis she w.s in a deep de cline aiid h.d lhat day been seized with suffocation which ieised her much for er hour and arie her so nervous that she wouui not st.ller me to leavo fo a moment that i might raise her up quickly in casa of a return of thai painful sensation afier she settled lor the night i lay down beside her and it was then this luminous appear ance suddenly commenced her moid w;s silting up beside he bed and i wh.speted lo her to shade the light as it would awa ken louisa she told me bat the light was perfect shaded : i ihen said wbat can his light he which is bashing on miss lou isa's facer the maid looked very mtste ruus and informed me that sbe had seen hat light before and it was from no candle i ihen inquired when she had perceived it ; she said lhat morning and it dazzled her ayes bul she had snid noshing aboul it as iadies always considered servants supersti tious however afier watching it myself half an hour i j*ot up and saw thai the can dle was in a posilion from which this pecu liar light could not have come nor indeed was it like that sort of ligbl ; il was more silvery like the reflection cf moonlight en water i watched it more than an hour when ii disappeared it gyve the face the look of being paioted while and highly glozeo but it danced about and had a very extpor dinary eflect three nights filter the maid be ing ill i sat up ail night and ngain i saw the luminous app a-anee,when there was no can dle nor moon nor in facl any visible means of producing it her sister came into die room and saw it oi-o the evening before l a died i saw die i_ht agqtn b.il it was fainter and lasted bet bout 20 minutes the stale of the body of tha patient was ihat of extreme exhausts tion for two or three months she had never set up in bed m3ny of her symptoms varied much from those of other sulterers m pulmonary complaints whom 1 had seen but itia gen eral outline was the same her breath had a very peculiar smell which made me sup pose ihere might be some d-'c.mpor.itio-i going forward the joung lady about whose person these luminous appearances were manifested i had seen several limes before her return to die country , her lungs were extensively diseased ; she labored un der the most helpless form of pulmonarv consumption — i^ondon jsledical gaz prom lhe greensboro patriot autumn oh gloomy autumn ! new ihy moorcful looks within me all doth chill and teak's my heart shrink back in awe i.shun thv death like ouze while contemplations sad possess my mind see nature whom thou bast disrobed uf all i her green atiire now clad in mourning weep | and die on mountains high the lofty oaks that long have sioud dtspii the sweeping bias j ol tempests blown sevpre ; tiie smiling plain once clothed in " living green with here an ; here cms modest bloom by nature idled to kad be phyrs passing by with fragrance sweet he dark majesde woods lhat waving seei ine va.s and iruubled sea of green — ihese all lave lost their hue and al thy coming weep yr yellow leaves that lifeless lie o'er all he plain , to wither rot and mis with eanh ; e drooping vines ; ye fading llow'rs that seem jamenting tbat your life so sweet should rudel bus be touched in all its piime by ruihless lutumn's dreary reign ! i greet your sorrow villi a tear of sympathy fur as coming lttiuinn days of r.atan.'s death do tell this flusl t hectic oo my cheek ihes sunken eyes l'hese wasting limbs with failing strength dt lell n language plain thai life to me so dear lo full h ill soon have flulter'd in its flight lnd leave this frame uf dost in death lo sleep thai soon — ah ! soon — 1 in iheutave most bo ivith myriads who have gone before as lu i v _■> they and they as i ; — ihere ail alike o tars ; no friends or foes arc here nor nsme r birth nor rank or wealth distinction ihere shall claim ; tiie young lhe old ihe pour th rich vaughi shall be bot food for worms to feed upon vo sorrows ihere to wrinkle the biow no smile r.livei lhe face the ears in silence hosh'd i'o melting notes no more shall wake ur hear i'be voice oi i hose d-ar ones thit cow is wool i'u dry the tears ihat don and i rum loe heart ach soi row chase fo death i'll sea no more the smiling plain 1'he landscape spreading far il e verdant lawn h flow'tv fields ihe iragrant mead no mo ;. thought in.rid ! 15 gaze upon the (_ teen 3f night as bursting from she eastern worlds she noes majestic through the vaulted skies r bids the son that in ice west doth fi.ngei so flee lootbei worlds and leave lhe night with her and ail ui her attendants bright though when musing thus my ll icd grots chill and thro ns channels slogglish flows 1 could wiih a smile his coming grtst and claim hi.n for a friend drink ol nectar arid of gall i'be mingled draught if but one honied drop p r me il did c hi lain it i he pandora's ii x hope at iis bottom lay to point me i'l rhuse bright realms ol bliss beyond the ! mv the christian's home ihe happy end tl all whu lovo iheir gu8 §- his ittxutiiandmedis kee . give i.-ic to die a righteous death i d no lunger rotes within the yavvnt.-ig grave u.cum.s " i'nagioaiion's tool ' ■curious case of bigamy a '■low answer tog tu the names uf vv m i ' carr and al ctdhurn was nied ai odenjburg n ■■■-.• \ uk a lew . ays aau f r having a pluratjtj ; wives 1 :>. i ty three jears agu he « is man ed in ver muni . i er be came '■n \ i stale ar.d no marncd again at d w r ._ in hai si i e k_iir years after he shifted lb s.ene to li ia where he united himself to miss rebecca clark lie oave rebec • - - ■aboni a year ag and o>ie brig morning found himseli n <» county with a ne commodiiy in the shape of a srtoo little wife -*. i!ed islatilda this lasl expe riratnt | i i r m five yoni _ -■■.: ers whom wi i ihi r a . -, v liair ib*ndoned and sk/ppi i *■t ne imo canada h -- <=• n in ihis ch ily region his amatory tlisj - n be gan to devel -■■• ihets selves he w_s redded again ar.d again came baefe : o ibe i at s aod finally ■lo cl ise lbs event f hts -:■•■» in auburn state or n r : term ol during which lime at least lhe ladi - w free trom 1 macb nai • . — 1 hit exj there is a girl down street so sour hat tinegai tasl-es sts eel af r ii ing her from the n y evening post jobbing merchants we have often wondered that the mode which lhe jobbing merchanls of he city i dally ihe dealers in drv good^do their bos .. is su steadily upheld with its v evils u der the present system they stand between tl manufacturer and the retailer they buy lew houses and sell 10 a gieat many small in ers while therefore it is necssary for th * to meet their purchases fully and promptly d must stiffer irom lie hazirds that may hi la t:ure or less ofa large number of small d as a general tiling the jobbing merchant d -.-. > jot get ndi in lhe present mode ol doing h ir.ess indeed a generation of hems in pass nvay al she en of a year when revii be business done he often finds be has bong i md sold a great amount he has paid a dt '■f money to the producer he has received iom the retailer he has oc bis books a large imouni of poor delis much protested paper i ilhers seme law soils several compromises b i3s been harrassed by his business and tbt in fits that be has actually in his hands a'i'ici akiogopall his paper lhal is soon tu became dee ire small the case of tbe producer whether nannfactorer or importer is not generally ihu ame hoi very seldom thus 1 j bb i - irst distributor of ibe merchandise and up ■urn comes the great burden nf ll.e n>k l^ic tares and the losses it is fur ihia reason thai ye have hoped lo see some of ho more enietpri ■ing hold and resolute dealers break over the > resent mode ol doing iheir business release hemselves from their present hazards and secure o themselves what they t ci r r i v earn by bnying ind selling rigidly and only for gash by such a course ihey wotiltl tiavo no bad lebls nu dibiant journeys to make in order lo pok a f ter thpir property no protested paper of ihers no vexatious law suits no lawyers feet aodiscoutii to the batiks bpr per ceniaoe foi m king collections no arduous labors lor bo k ke p ers and at the end of ibe year their profi t would be in their pockets and not on paper and scattered in all parts uf the country there is no doubt but this is the true course lo pursue it the merchant would grew surely rich and if some ofthe mcst enterprising and esojute lead the way and thereby show iis successful results the doubtful iho timid and hesitating would ihen at o e follow i is a fact lhal at this moment goods c.n be brought and sold fi r cash with a handsome profit at a lo er prica than lhat for which lhe jobbers do now purchase ihem and everv one knows lhal ihe pfudet.t retailer rand such an one has cash — will al ways buy his good where he can get ihem the cheapest this course of doing a cash business is in roih tbe only safe oiie tbe capital f a con iern is thus never in ihe hands <>; oil ers and leyond the reach of its owner as is always tl.e ase where goods are delivered or a credit no emptatiur.s are presented luihc una dealers — ii seek compromise confess jengnon is i r make oliusrve sales on the contrary iheir business vill be rendered equally healthy and sound and he influence on ibe consumers will be exceed ngly favor ible we know it will bo said at nice by very many that only a small business vill be done by the man who adopts this course that is not the first point lo consider \\ bich lonrse will put into the pockets ol lhe mi rchanis be most profit ? whether is ii belter to do a nisir.e-ss uf fifty thousand dollar wiih cash pro fit of ii*-e thousand dollar or a business ol five r ten hundred thousand dollars with a prr.fi i fifty . thousand dollats most of which is in sus pended paper unceiiain debts and dependent on riauy contingencies ? a tragic talf tho globe a french newspaper furnishes us svidi the following neapolitan story no dates ire given bul we arc iu suppose hr.i the aff.ir is of recent occurrence : — " the countess jul tioli was left a rieh and beautiful widow al iho arly and interesting age of twenly-two in numerable suitors came but the duke de her meilo was tbe only one whose sighs were recip mealed their union was cgreed upon and de lerted mily till the term ot widowhood had expi red one day at a fete the young countess lot k ihe fancy of consulting a fortune teller who was ihere for the entertainment of die guests he is usual examined the lines of her hand and will a troubled countenance and tremul us voice - u i i : — " l.a.iv ! you are a i ihe gale ol the'l tmi pie uf happiness bul you will never pass over its ihri6hhold and will die in despair the lady was deeply affected by this prediction and all the affectionate southings of her lovei were scarcely adequate lo restore her mind to tranquil ity i ime and passion however ba i i bliieraied ibe impression when the l)':ke io hermello went un a visi lo rome and lhe countess retired to a cdtiven anxiously awaiting bis return days weeks and morn lis elapsed without the r ,:; • irance ol her betrothed at last came ■ii the i 11 ing cru i epistle : •* m in d ceived oors iv s in i . evil g that h destined f . r each i thi r tu morrow i - matried to lhe princess maria dodo lee as foigei oor < htidish fancies bol evei friends flu's was ihe stroke of faie ; for on finish !.;' the teller she sank to ihe ground and was i tken up a lifeless c i pse on evening her f aihet lell na es for rome ac ! five days nftet the dolce de !.'•;:■eived iliree po.gnard wounds as he was getting into his carriage and ex red nu i ■. t vv rs of jusi ice in i h • • i t - i t gaged in invest a : i it tliesa tragical t-vtr.t9 which hive occ t oi ed he deepest e.iu n ir many u ble families " what 15 a ci am bake i each section of he ronntry has i « pecn iar festivals the south and west have heir ilrb.coes ihe m iddle states their harvest homes 1 and ihe eastern peoplr keir"agritti toral sh tvs and clam bakes i ! e letter tllitr is new to us hui die bos on transcript thus ei lightens ibq public tl er says lie process if prepaiing a clam . . un a urge s aie we deserves * de scriplit n a irene h is dug soom f - ■r l y fee iono mil four wide snd fii ed vnh sit r dv r die«e wood is placed bod a fire kin lied when t ii e stooes are si fl heated the coals and ashes are r ■;■■.... eighty bushels f clams are ; die pile with si'fiio twenlj b - lies five hundred tailing nt allj put ir.tu clean cloth b rs , f [ a bag lo which are added a di z-o barrels f green cctn in the husk tl e w iieu covered with iresh sea i nd rock weed ind subjected to a teaming a d ; . r g pro e;s cf two hours that g ves a bavor and elish to th simple . ie reach il the most skilfu cookery ol ihe kitchen — when d.-ne lhe weed is car ful j reo a and tiie wholsome luxuries are sut • i u on ihe tab separately tn p*ns _. h lis -, and wih melted butter a 1 bi t u ad er.tcn wiih an sh i >( ;■.- 10 . - i i • .'
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1842-11-05 |
Month | 11 |
Day | 05 |
Year | 1842 |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 15 |
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Creator | Mace C. Pendleton, Printer and Publisher |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Mace C. Pendleton |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The November 5, 1842 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601468846 |
Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1842-11-05 |
Month | 11 |
Day | 05 |
Year | 1842 |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 15 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 4634308 Bytes |
FileName | sacw03_534_18421105-img00001.jp2 |
Creator | Mace C. Pendleton, Printer and Publisher |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Mace C. Pendleton |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The November 5, 1842 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
FullText | n v ter1vis ,. watchman may hereaf'er he bad f o l,f[n h advance,a y ndf«,o flm and '.....<. v ihe end ol ibe vear ... .... .,.,,„, v be received for a less time n inless paid for in advance "" : v a '• • ' . h„i ii the option o n , p p fi , dtsconlinned fbut at ine | until all arrearages are paid terms of advertising one doi.aroo r y^u fl ir die first in r lion and c ir eaeb continuance s h n,n r cchar,cd-5perct..,i ? h ertise by the year advertisements will be continued tint i trged for accordingly unless order . , r i certain number of times ., " letters pressed tothe editor must eposl paid to e sure attention sf hummer goods the subscribers t ving removed to concord are now re l ceiving and openingin thebrick house west the courthouse their spring and summer goods mong which are dry goods hardware cutlery shoes boots hats bonnets saddlery carriage trimmings crockery paints dye stuffs medicines groceries id a variety of other aiticles in short it com jsesa generel assortment which will be sold vy low"for cash or to punctual dealers on lime l t e invite old customers and the public in gen al to call and exemine our stock before purchas i elsewhere as we think we can give such irwtns as will be great inducement lo purchas cuuntrv nrodnce taknn in exchange for goods 1 & r.winecoff concord may 14 1842 tf52 ladies fashions for the spring and summer of 18 rpiif subscriber informs ihe public thai she has just received through the northern vtiesthe latestand most approved liondon 5 parisian fashions and is prepared to execute orders in the most li and satisfactory manner work sent from a distance shall be carefully nut up and forwarded s d pendleton scp a few bonnets caps turbans and oilier articles will be kept on hand for sale v mrs s p is also prepared to execute crimping and fluting on reasunable terms salisbury april 23 1842 jyo joke ftv1e subscriber offers for sale his valuable 1 plantation il lies on both sides of the btige road leading from salisbury o charlotte s.iniles from salisbury il contains 265 1-2 a res there is good water very convenient to the ... it is an excelletr stand fur a public ... as 1 intend moving ihis fall i will pel upon rrood terms such as will suit the times irt of the money will no be expected while captain tyler is president wellington smith sept 24 18 12-110 prices cureent at salisbury nov 5 cents cents bacon 5 a 6 ooltun yarn 90 brandy ap a 40 molasses 35 a 40 peach n 50 nails g a 7 butler 12 oats 15 a 20 collon in seed none pork none dean 0.7 sugar br s a 10 coffee 10 a 12 loaf 15 a is corn 30 salttsack 3 feathers 30 tallow 8 flour si a 4 tobacco 8 a 20 flaxseed 62 a 65 tow-linen 12 a 10 iron per ih 3 a 5 wheat hush 1 linseed oil pr whiskey 45 a 50 gal 00 $\ w ool clean 25 faye i '.'' vji.i.k oci 1*0 45 molasses 25 a 28 v nails cut a 6 7 a 8 sngarbtown 6 a 10 07 a is lump 1-1 cofl 11 a 12 ! taf 15 a is cotton 7 a li salt 30 a oo ' ■x*arn 11 a 16 sack 2 1 . iu j 50 i'oh oleal 2 a 3 ".['. 17 collon bag 20 a 25 . .! 25 bale rope sa in y \\ |, li new 80 a 90 feathers 25 a 30 \ wilis kej 2s a so iron 5 a 5i wool 15 a 0 cheraw oct i i 1842 beef 3a 4 t nail cutassor 7a 8 bacor 0 a 8 wrought ida 18 butler 12 a 15 oats bushel 30 a 37 beeswax 22a 25 oil gal 75 a 1 baggmg yd 20 a 25 * lamp ftl 25 bale rope lb 10a 12 linked 1 10 a 1 25 coffee lb 12 a 15 pork looibs iy a 6 cotton lia 7f rice looibs 4a 5 corn bush 50 a 02 sugar lb 8 a 12 flour bil j5afl salt sack 2 30 a 32 busll fyloo iron looibs 5a 6 steel amen 10 a 00 7 a 8 english 14 _''' ' ' 35 a hi german 1 a it ' ' ■' '" ! teaimpe y$l37 0am)xf ma wf^tdfyw&wu printed and published bv "| „ ftrf ' q overnmen , rfflm „ o foo hh/c/t polmt a^j a ./■.__ f n'qf 15 \ oll me xi mace c pendleton j " m 0,i al1 y0u ' iiulers * th'"tku t avd,uauan is saf_."-gen'l harrison | wbole jvo 5§4 salisbury november 5 1s4sb clock and watch repairing f ilhe subscriber respectfully informs his old a friends and the public generally that he has opened a shop in salisbury in the above busi ness in a room directly opposite west's brick building in the house of dr burns formerly owned by j no i shaver and jusi below j & vv murphy in addition to the above the subscriber will carry on ihe silver smith business in al the varieties common in coun'try towns such as making spoons c and repairing silve ware he begs to assure the public that if punctual attention to business and skillful work will en title hhn lo patronage and support he will mer aaron wool worth nov 13 tflfi valuable property for sale in lexington t¥!he subscriber is desirous to sell priv.'ely a that well known business stand in lexing ton n c.,sisuated a short distance north of th cnurthouse formerly occupied by caldcleugh dusenbery & co and at present occupied by brevard and adams the house is of brick large and commodious containing an exceller store room and dwelling apartments all unde the same roof attached lo the premises are al necessary out-buildings those wishing to pur chase or to examine the above property will re ceive attention if application be made to andrew caldcleugh may 1 1841 t dr sherman's he the best medicines in the world keing the cheapest and most pleasant the medical facolty warmly approve ihem r sherman is a skilful and experienced phy ician and a member of the medical society . tjew voik sherman's cough wjozenges ire the safest surest and most effectual remedy or coughs colds consumption w r boopin asthma tightness ol the lungs o diest c shermans worm lozenges re the only infallible worm destroying medi ine ever discovered they have been used ii ver 1,400,000 cases and never known to fail sherman's camphor lozenges iive immediate relief in nervous or sick head die palpitation of the heart lownessof spir ts despondency fainiing oppression or ense of sinking ot the chesi diarrhoea las itude or a sense of faiigne sherman's fever and agu.c lozenges vre the most certain remedy for this distressing omplaint everoffrred to ihe american public — a ihe immense number of cases in which they iave been utied they have never been known to ail shermans restorative lozenges diarrhoea or looseness of the bowels so com non and troublesome during the summer months nay now be entirely prevented by a proper use if these lozenges they are prepared express y lor that purpose and can be relied on with icrfeet confidence persons subject to a derange nent of the bowels should never be without them they afford immediate relief from all the attend int gripings faintness depression sec sherman's cathartic lozenges are as pleasant and easily takpn as the common peppermints and are an active and efficient medicine they cleanse the stomach and bowels and are the best cathariic ever used fur bilious persons where an active mpdicine is required they are not only the best but the safest that can be administered sherman's strengthening plaster the best of all plasters for rheumatism lum bago pain or weakness in the back loins s'dp or breast the above medicine is for sale wholesale or retail at ihe salisbury medical drug store by c.b wheeler agent salisbury n c sept 3 1342 ly6 dr jfmoffiivs vegetable ife jfiedichies possess qualities of the most mild and be neficial nature they are composed of ar ticles the most anii-puirescenl combined with in_rpdients known as the only certain antidole lor fevers of every description when the dis ease is produced either from cold obstruction had air swampy and damp situations or putrid miasmi whether malignant or epidemic or bv other causes these medicines are ceriain in their operations or effects they are possessed ol pe culiar qualities which not ooly excel all disease but at ihe same time restore and invigorate tie system when first taken in'o ihe stomach they immediately diffuse themselves like vapoi through every pore producing effects nt once delightful salutary and permanent when the spark of life begins to row dim the circulation languid and the faculties paralized these medi nines are found to give a totfe to ihe nerves ex hilera'e ihe animal spirits invigorate ihe'budy and re animate the w*hole man the life medicines have also been used wilt the most happy success in nerv.us and dys peptic diseases consumption asthma livei complaint rheumatism chronic and inflama lory d ropsies sec • gct'call ai cress & bogeu's agents salisbury oct 2_,.1s4 — ly 13 j^totlce application wtjl be made to th __.^ next legislature of notth carolina for th passage of a bill emancipating a negro biav named sam formerly the property of mary ha ans deceased wm king october 15 l.d.-.wl.pd hidden things h dv g o foster i hidden gems are in the sea and hidden mosic in the air bj beamy which we mortals see nol thrills around us every where hidden thoughts how bright how many bj break the bobbles in the sun where the stream unseen of any bj underneath wild flowers doth run bj hidden loves and hidden dreamings bi treasures never brought to light bj live and vanish like die glearoings of bright tueieors in the oight hidden faith and hidden worship bj ob how strung bow pure how deep ! i swell and fl.nv like secret fountains bj where lhe wild birds dream and sleep bi why are these if nol lo tell os that these broken links unite in a chain for.ver sparkling i eternity's broad hght ob how desolate and dreary bj would this world of sorrow he bj god if thou bsd'sl never whispered that ii is the path to thee ! retirement h vain world away — i seek bj an interview with heaven ; bj with god i wish to speak bj and pray my sins forgiven in secrei i can tell bj mv sorrow and my grief to him who hives tr.e well — who only sends relief when pain and anguish press — when life is dark and drear — mv god will love and bless bi and by his presence cheer bi away vain world away i seok my father's throne i know he'll come to day bj and make his glory known bi glory i tis a strain on hill or strand ; a hash opon the sea ; bi the gleaming of a gor_eons brand tiiroogh charging chivalry ! tis a fl iwer of learfal leaves bj thai tells of sudden rieaih — bj while friendship o'er the fidien grieves,^b and wgstes elegiac breath tis death and life so strongly blent that mortals in the strife bi know not for whom ihe boon is sent hj till they have done wiih life ! a town of prairie dogs learning from the guide who had n tiirn d lhal there w.sa la.ge city or common vealth of prairie tlogs directly on ihe route he command would lake with two com anions i started on ahead to vi-it ihese leiohl.ors w r e were induced by -. double ibiect firstly by a desire to examine one 1 the republics aoout which prairie travel ers hive said so much ; and secondly lo tb'.ain something to cai f.ir the flesh ol hese animals was sail to be excellent wc had proceeded lu a shoit distance ifter reaching a beautif.il prairie before wc sme upon the outskiils of he comtnon vea!t!i a few scattered dogs were seen • campering in and by their shurt and sharp jrelps giving a general d.ra io lhe whole immunity upon the fits civ of danger from he rut kirls it was scon taken up in the centre of the ciiy arid now nothing was to be seen in any direction bul a dashing and a scam pering of tha mercurial and excisable deni zens of the place each so ins lodge or bur row far as the eye could reach the city extended and 11 over it die scene was the same we rode leisurely don until wo had reached the mure ibickly settled portion ol the place when we halted and alter i^ki.iii the bridles from our hoots to allow then to graze we prepared foi a regular ijilaek upon the inhabitants the burrows wer ool mote than fifreeu yatds apail with well trodden paths l.a.hng in diff.rent directions and i even ihought i coultl discover some thing like regularity in the !..} mg out of tiie streets we sat down upon a bank under the shade of a musqueel and leisoiely surveyed die scene btfore us oor approach had driven everv onf lo his home in our imme diate vicinity bot seme hundred yards fl the small mound of earth in front of each burrow was occupied by n dog sitting straii upon his hinder legs and coolly looking o bout him to ascertain ihe cause ol the re cent commotion every now and then some citizen more venturous th^n b.s neigh bor would leave his lodge on a flying vi.it to a companion apparently exchange a few words and then scamper back as iasl ai his legs would cerry him by and by as we kept perfectly slill some of our nearest neighbors wr seen poking iheir heads from out their holes and looking cunningly aud at the sime time inquisitively about them gradually a cit izen would emerge fium liietniinnc ol his domicil come out upon his ir-oktrig oui pi ice peik his head and commence yelping foi three hours we remained in this com monwealth watching the movements of the inhabitants and occasionally picking one o hem < ff no less than nine weie got by i he party and one circumstance 1 would j nt*ntion as singular in the extreme and which shows lhe relationship which exists ; mong these animals as well as lhe regard hey have for one another one of them lard perched himself dtrecdy upon lhe pile i f dirt in front o his hole silling up and j exposing a fair mark while a companion's bead was seen poking nut of tbe entrance j loo timid perhaps lo expose himself farther a well directed ball from my nfla carried iway the entire top ol die former's head knocked him some two or three feet from his post perfectly dead while reloading the other daringly came opt seized ids companion by one of his legs and before we could reach the hole had drawn him completely oul of reach altlio we tried to twist him out wiih a ramrod there was a feeling m the iittse incident a some thing hum n wh ch raised he amm da in my esti mation and ever afier i did not attempt lo kiil one of them except when driven by hunger the prairie dog is apparently about the size of a rabbit heavier perhaps more com pact and wiih much shorter legs in ap pearance it resembles the woodchuck or ground hog of the north although a trifle a_i_ller than lhal animal in their habits the prairie dogs are social never live alone like oiher animals bul are always found in villages or large settlements they are a wild frolicsome set of fellows when undis turbed restless and forever on the move and appear to take especial delight in chat tering away the lime and visiting about from hole to hole to gossip and talk over one an others affairs — al least so their actions would indicate when they find a good locution for a village and no water is h.ri.y old old hunters say they dig a well to supplj the wants of the comoumi y - oo several occasions i crepl up close to one oftheir villages without being observed to watch their movements direclly in ibe centre of one ol ihem i particularly noticed a vert largo dog siting in front of his door or enirance of his burrow and by his own actions and ihose of his neighbors it really looked as though he was ihe president may or or chief — at all events ho was lhe big dog of die place for at least an liot^r i looked at he operations of this liille cotn tnunity during ihat time the large dog i have mentioned received ; : t least a dozen visits from his fellow dogs who would stop and chat with him a few minutes and run off to their domicds ail tins while he nev er left his post for a moment and i thought i could discover a of deportment not discernable in those by whom he was surrounded iv.r is it from me lo eay lhal die visits he received were upon business ir as having any thing to do with the local overnmenl of the village ; but it certainly ooked so i any aniinai is endowed wiil tra.sdn.ng powers or has any system o aws regulating lhe body politic it is ihe irairie dog in different psrts of the same village hr neaibers ol it were seen gamboling frisk ng 8 nd tyisiling about occasionally lurn nj heels over boad into tlieir holes am ppearing to have all sorts of fun anion hetnselvca owls of a singular specie veie seen among ihem they did notap iear lojoio in ihen sports in any way bu ittil lo be on good terms an si ihey wen ten entering and coming out of the saim inies may be considered as meushers ol ih nme family or a lest retainers liatde makes ton dwell among ihem but the ide hal has obtained oi their living upon socia de terms of companionship with the dogs s without foundation the snakes 1 tool jpon as loafers not easilj shaken off by th egular inhabitants and ihey make use o lie dwellings of the do_s as more comfort dde quarters than the can find elsewhere we kdled one a shorl distance from a bur ow vh had made a meal of a half grow log and although i do not think they ca master the larger animals lhe latier ar willing enough to let ihem pass in and ou without molestalior — n evil like many i veiy society lhat cannot be gnl rid of tl.e first town we visited was seven miles in length and al ieasl a mile in widtl around and in the vicinity were smaller suburbs ol the larger town io ail appearance we kindled a fire and cooked three of thos v e bad shoi nnd found lhe meat exceeding ly sweet lender and»ioiey — resembling tin of the equine only tint here was mot fat upon ii thus ended a first visit to on of the numerous deg towns of the vves — kendall's santa fe expedition evolution of ught in the human sub ject — li was te t day's previous lu l a.'s death lhat i sir henry iatsb obeserved a very extraordinary light which seemed daiiing about lhe face and illuminating a around her head flashing very much like an aurora boreaiis she w.s in a deep de cline aiid h.d lhat day been seized with suffocation which ieised her much for er hour and arie her so nervous that she wouui not st.ller me to leavo fo a moment that i might raise her up quickly in casa of a return of thai painful sensation afier she settled lor the night i lay down beside her and it was then this luminous appear ance suddenly commenced her moid w;s silting up beside he bed and i wh.speted lo her to shade the light as it would awa ken louisa she told me bat the light was perfect shaded : i ihen said wbat can his light he which is bashing on miss lou isa's facer the maid looked very mtste ruus and informed me that sbe had seen hat light before and it was from no candle i ihen inquired when she had perceived it ; she said lhat morning and it dazzled her ayes bul she had snid noshing aboul it as iadies always considered servants supersti tious however afier watching it myself half an hour i j*ot up and saw thai the can dle was in a posilion from which this pecu liar light could not have come nor indeed was it like that sort of ligbl ; il was more silvery like the reflection cf moonlight en water i watched it more than an hour when ii disappeared it gyve the face the look of being paioted while and highly glozeo but it danced about and had a very extpor dinary eflect three nights filter the maid be ing ill i sat up ail night and ngain i saw the luminous app a-anee,when there was no can dle nor moon nor in facl any visible means of producing it her sister came into die room and saw it oi-o the evening before l a died i saw die i_ht agqtn b.il it was fainter and lasted bet bout 20 minutes the stale of the body of tha patient was ihat of extreme exhausts tion for two or three months she had never set up in bed m3ny of her symptoms varied much from those of other sulterers m pulmonary complaints whom 1 had seen but itia gen eral outline was the same her breath had a very peculiar smell which made me sup pose ihere might be some d-'c.mpor.itio-i going forward the joung lady about whose person these luminous appearances were manifested i had seen several limes before her return to die country , her lungs were extensively diseased ; she labored un der the most helpless form of pulmonarv consumption — i^ondon jsledical gaz prom lhe greensboro patriot autumn oh gloomy autumn ! new ihy moorcful looks within me all doth chill and teak's my heart shrink back in awe i.shun thv death like ouze while contemplations sad possess my mind see nature whom thou bast disrobed uf all i her green atiire now clad in mourning weep | and die on mountains high the lofty oaks that long have sioud dtspii the sweeping bias j ol tempests blown sevpre ; tiie smiling plain once clothed in " living green with here an ; here cms modest bloom by nature idled to kad be phyrs passing by with fragrance sweet he dark majesde woods lhat waving seei ine va.s and iruubled sea of green — ihese all lave lost their hue and al thy coming weep yr yellow leaves that lifeless lie o'er all he plain , to wither rot and mis with eanh ; e drooping vines ; ye fading llow'rs that seem jamenting tbat your life so sweet should rudel bus be touched in all its piime by ruihless lutumn's dreary reign ! i greet your sorrow villi a tear of sympathy fur as coming lttiuinn days of r.atan.'s death do tell this flusl t hectic oo my cheek ihes sunken eyes l'hese wasting limbs with failing strength dt lell n language plain thai life to me so dear lo full h ill soon have flulter'd in its flight lnd leave this frame uf dost in death lo sleep thai soon — ah ! soon — 1 in iheutave most bo ivith myriads who have gone before as lu i v _■> they and they as i ; — ihere ail alike o tars ; no friends or foes arc here nor nsme r birth nor rank or wealth distinction ihere shall claim ; tiie young lhe old ihe pour th rich vaughi shall be bot food for worms to feed upon vo sorrows ihere to wrinkle the biow no smile r.livei lhe face the ears in silence hosh'd i'o melting notes no more shall wake ur hear i'be voice oi i hose d-ar ones thit cow is wool i'u dry the tears ihat don and i rum loe heart ach soi row chase fo death i'll sea no more the smiling plain 1'he landscape spreading far il e verdant lawn h flow'tv fields ihe iragrant mead no mo ;. thought in.rid ! 15 gaze upon the (_ teen 3f night as bursting from she eastern worlds she noes majestic through the vaulted skies r bids the son that in ice west doth fi.ngei so flee lootbei worlds and leave lhe night with her and ail ui her attendants bright though when musing thus my ll icd grots chill and thro ns channels slogglish flows 1 could wiih a smile his coming grtst and claim hi.n for a friend drink ol nectar arid of gall i'be mingled draught if but one honied drop p r me il did c hi lain it i he pandora's ii x hope at iis bottom lay to point me i'l rhuse bright realms ol bliss beyond the ! mv the christian's home ihe happy end tl all whu lovo iheir gu8 §- his ittxutiiandmedis kee . give i.-ic to die a righteous death i d no lunger rotes within the yavvnt.-ig grave u.cum.s " i'nagioaiion's tool ' ■curious case of bigamy a '■low answer tog tu the names uf vv m i ' carr and al ctdhurn was nied ai odenjburg n ■■■-.• \ uk a lew . ays aau f r having a pluratjtj ; wives 1 :>. i ty three jears agu he « is man ed in ver muni . i er be came '■n \ i stale ar.d no marncd again at d w r ._ in hai si i e k_iir years after he shifted lb s.ene to li ia where he united himself to miss rebecca clark lie oave rebec • - - ■aboni a year ag and o>ie brig morning found himseli n <» county with a ne commodiiy in the shape of a srtoo little wife -*. i!ed islatilda this lasl expe riratnt | i i r m five yoni _ -■■.: ers whom wi i ihi r a . -, v liair ib*ndoned and sk/ppi i *■t ne imo canada h -- <=• n in ihis ch ily region his amatory tlisj - n be gan to devel -■■• ihets selves he w_s redded again ar.d again came baefe : o ibe i at s aod finally ■lo cl ise lbs event f hts -:■•■» in auburn state or n r : term ol during which lime at least lhe ladi - w free trom 1 macb nai • . — 1 hit exj there is a girl down street so sour hat tinegai tasl-es sts eel af r ii ing her from the n y evening post jobbing merchants we have often wondered that the mode which lhe jobbing merchanls of he city i dally ihe dealers in drv good^do their bos .. is su steadily upheld with its v evils u der the present system they stand between tl manufacturer and the retailer they buy lew houses and sell 10 a gieat many small in ers while therefore it is necssary for th * to meet their purchases fully and promptly d must stiffer irom lie hazirds that may hi la t:ure or less ofa large number of small d as a general tiling the jobbing merchant d -.-. > jot get ndi in lhe present mode ol doing h ir.ess indeed a generation of hems in pass nvay al she en of a year when revii be business done he often finds be has bong i md sold a great amount he has paid a dt '■f money to the producer he has received iom the retailer he has oc bis books a large imouni of poor delis much protested paper i ilhers seme law soils several compromises b i3s been harrassed by his business and tbt in fits that be has actually in his hands a'i'ici akiogopall his paper lhal is soon tu became dee ire small the case of tbe producer whether nannfactorer or importer is not generally ihu ame hoi very seldom thus 1 j bb i - irst distributor of ibe merchandise and up ■urn comes the great burden nf ll.e n>k l^ic tares and the losses it is fur ihia reason thai ye have hoped lo see some of ho more enietpri ■ing hold and resolute dealers break over the > resent mode ol doing iheir business release hemselves from their present hazards and secure o themselves what they t ci r r i v earn by bnying ind selling rigidly and only for gash by such a course ihey wotiltl tiavo no bad lebls nu dibiant journeys to make in order lo pok a f ter thpir property no protested paper of ihers no vexatious law suits no lawyers feet aodiscoutii to the batiks bpr per ceniaoe foi m king collections no arduous labors lor bo k ke p ers and at the end of ibe year their profi t would be in their pockets and not on paper and scattered in all parts uf the country there is no doubt but this is the true course lo pursue it the merchant would grew surely rich and if some ofthe mcst enterprising and esojute lead the way and thereby show iis successful results the doubtful iho timid and hesitating would ihen at o e follow i is a fact lhal at this moment goods c.n be brought and sold fi r cash with a handsome profit at a lo er prica than lhat for which lhe jobbers do now purchase ihem and everv one knows lhal ihe pfudet.t retailer rand such an one has cash — will al ways buy his good where he can get ihem the cheapest this course of doing a cash business is in roih tbe only safe oiie tbe capital f a con iern is thus never in ihe hands <>; oil ers and leyond the reach of its owner as is always tl.e ase where goods are delivered or a credit no emptatiur.s are presented luihc una dealers — ii seek compromise confess jengnon is i r make oliusrve sales on the contrary iheir business vill be rendered equally healthy and sound and he influence on ibe consumers will be exceed ngly favor ible we know it will bo said at nice by very many that only a small business vill be done by the man who adopts this course that is not the first point lo consider \\ bich lonrse will put into the pockets ol lhe mi rchanis be most profit ? whether is ii belter to do a nisir.e-ss uf fifty thousand dollar wiih cash pro fit of ii*-e thousand dollar or a business ol five r ten hundred thousand dollars with a prr.fi i fifty . thousand dollats most of which is in sus pended paper unceiiain debts and dependent on riauy contingencies ? a tragic talf tho globe a french newspaper furnishes us svidi the following neapolitan story no dates ire given bul we arc iu suppose hr.i the aff.ir is of recent occurrence : — " the countess jul tioli was left a rieh and beautiful widow al iho arly and interesting age of twenly-two in numerable suitors came but the duke de her meilo was tbe only one whose sighs were recip mealed their union was cgreed upon and de lerted mily till the term ot widowhood had expi red one day at a fete the young countess lot k ihe fancy of consulting a fortune teller who was ihere for the entertainment of die guests he is usual examined the lines of her hand and will a troubled countenance and tremul us voice - u i i : — " l.a.iv ! you are a i ihe gale ol the'l tmi pie uf happiness bul you will never pass over its ihri6hhold and will die in despair the lady was deeply affected by this prediction and all the affectionate southings of her lovei were scarcely adequate lo restore her mind to tranquil ity i ime and passion however ba i i bliieraied ibe impression when the l)':ke io hermello went un a visi lo rome and lhe countess retired to a cdtiven anxiously awaiting bis return days weeks and morn lis elapsed without the r ,:; • irance ol her betrothed at last came ■ii the i 11 ing cru i epistle : •* m in d ceived oors iv s in i . evil g that h destined f . r each i thi r tu morrow i - matried to lhe princess maria dodo lee as foigei oor < htidish fancies bol evei friends flu's was ihe stroke of faie ; for on finish !.;' the teller she sank to ihe ground and was i tken up a lifeless c i pse on evening her f aihet lell na es for rome ac ! five days nftet the dolce de !.'•;:■eived iliree po.gnard wounds as he was getting into his carriage and ex red nu i ■. t vv rs of jusi ice in i h • • i t - i t gaged in invest a : i it tliesa tragical t-vtr.t9 which hive occ t oi ed he deepest e.iu n ir many u ble families " what 15 a ci am bake i each section of he ronntry has i « pecn iar festivals the south and west have heir ilrb.coes ihe m iddle states their harvest homes 1 and ihe eastern peoplr keir"agritti toral sh tvs and clam bakes i ! e letter tllitr is new to us hui die bos on transcript thus ei lightens ibq public tl er says lie process if prepaiing a clam . . un a urge s aie we deserves * de scriplit n a irene h is dug soom f - ■r l y fee iono mil four wide snd fii ed vnh sit r dv r die«e wood is placed bod a fire kin lied when t ii e stooes are si fl heated the coals and ashes are r ■;■■.... eighty bushels f clams are ; die pile with si'fiio twenlj b - lies five hundred tailing nt allj put ir.tu clean cloth b rs , f [ a bag lo which are added a di z-o barrels f green cctn in the husk tl e w iieu covered with iresh sea i nd rock weed ind subjected to a teaming a d ; . r g pro e;s cf two hours that g ves a bavor and elish to th simple . ie reach il the most skilfu cookery ol ihe kitchen — when d.-ne lhe weed is car ful j reo a and tiie wholsome luxuries are sut • i u on ihe tab separately tn p*ns _. h lis -, and wih melted butter a 1 bi t u ad er.tcn wiih an sh i >( ;■.- 10 . - i i • .' |