The State guard., 1848-04-25
NO. IT.

she proved to be) with marked attention, was in the habit of drinking too much at courts and musters, etc.. and whenever he went home drunk would beat his wife with COW skin or any other whip he could get. His wife had borne this treatment without murmur (for she is good soul) for some two years. Finally, however, an idea occurred to her which she reduced to practical operation, not in the form of curtain lecture, but which We will style a sheet lecture.
 The plan was all fixed during the ab- sence of her husband at court, and on his return, as usual, he commenced ill-treat- :, ing his amiable and conlding wife. He gave her beating. and as soon as the ex- citement' passed oil, Gas was his custom) he immediately threw himself on the bed and fell asleep. His lady had spread the sheet on the top of the bed clothes, upon which he was soundly sleeping. She then very deliberately, and no doubt with great care. sewed him up, (he had no doubt been sew ed up before, but not with needle and thread, ) and then taking the cowhide she commenced operations. not la Caudle, : with the tongue, but with an article that wounded his feelings quite as much as would lecture by that unruy member In short time he begged and entreated her to desist operations, and writhed and twisted like worm before the fire :, scream ing at most terrible rate, but his wife continued to lay it on to the tune of fifty, (ll too much,) assuring him that hers was a war of conquest, and that nothing short of indemnity for the past and security for the future, would be acceptable. Alter punshng him for several hours, and her. self dictatng the the terms of peace, which was a line around the citadel of his affections, equalization was signed, and the treaty at once duly ratified. lie is now most loving and obedient husband crittcr since.
 If Mrs. Caudle had been as shrewd as the mountain lady, she might have saved nearly wind enough to have waited ship across the atlantic ocean.
 But must hasten to my description of lne OldIllcSc WilSs IOuc HUH w IhcS county to their new residence in Surry, some 40 miles, and arrived at their house the evening of the second day after lea wing Trap Hill. On riding up to the yard observed the Twins busily enga- ged in shingling house and on seeing me they promptly approached me and re- quested me to walk in, adding that they would attend to my horse, and in the meantime l walked into the house and introduced myself to Mrs. Chang, [pro- nounced Chun, and found her to be quite a handsom young woman, just 9. tier maiden name was Adelaide Lates, [sister ot Sarah ) and her dress and general ap- pearance all indicated degree of tdiness
 Mrs. Eng lacks, indeed the people about here all say she is mighty townifed. Mrs. Chang was married on the same night of her sister, and now has three children, yix: Joseph in Virginia, 9 days younger than Mrs. Eng's first, Christopher Wren, days younger than Mrs. Els second, and Nancy, aged only six months. These f are all very healthy and forward children, but have their tarther's features clearly stamped upon them. You could readily single them out of crowd often thousand children.
 After having passed some time with Mrs. Chang, the Twins came in and gathering up their pipes commenced put ling away at great rate. found them exceedingly sociable and soon had them fairly engaged in conversation.
 My first question was, how do you like farming They both replied "we like him much; good business for us." Do you raise much corn and potatoes, hay, ect "We make nough to eat and feed two horses, cattle and sheep, and hogs" This is new place, and what did you pay for it? "We pay three thousand SC zen hundred and fifty dollars, and have no good house to live in." How many acres of land do you plant We plant last year 200 acres." Have you many sheep, hogs, COWS, turkeys, geese ! We got 200 sheep, great many COWS and hogs, have 55 turkeys, 50 geese. some ducks" How many blows do you run !! "Four Plow." Does your land produce { well !! "Some place make tirty bushels corn on one acre." How many negroes have youl "We got tireen (l3) big and little." How long have you lived in North Carolina? "We lib here year" What made you settle at Trap Hill :? , "Mighty purty place, high mountain, , big rocks, nough deer, squirrels, foxes, and all kind of game" You love to 1 hunt? "Mighty well, love shoot mark too." Do you vote at elections 2 "Oh yes, never miss many time." Who did ,, you vote for President in ls4O? "We vote for Gen. Harrison, and in lS46 we vote for Clay, and now we ready to vote for MT. Clay again if he's willing" Then you both Wings? "Well, we ant nothing else." How do you like our re- publican form of government "We like him much, very much, much better than !, where we come from" Do you ever cx- pect to return to your own country? "We never going back, have wife and children here, all Mericans, and we Mericans now