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1t may be too Late

For remedy to be useful before the victim Of disc, ~
has decided to give it trial Let not this be the
with Dr. Rogers Syrup Of verwort, Tar and Canchala
qua. The evidence in its favor is cogent and will be
found in compact form in the Proprietors Phamphlet
Let the eye the signatures to the communica
tions endorsing the medicine and If eminent ave
any weight with the reader he must be satisfied II
and argument well high authority are re-
qured they will be found there and the truthful con-
fesson of those who have been raised from what
to be the Consumpve Dcathbed have any force there
also these may be If human evidence is to be Ia
ken there be doubt that the above medicine has
rival for the of those various disorders of the
Lungs which if not cured in time, evetnuate in death
CAUTION-None genuine unless there is on the bu1
wrapper note Of hand signed with PEN by A. L. SEQ
VILE & co.
FOR SALE, Wholesale and retail, by A. L. sCOyIII A.
CO.. Prcprietors, at their Principal Depot GOTHIC HALL
No 3le Broadpoy ~ ", to whom all orders for the medi
cne and letters relating agencies should be addressed
post paid
Also for sale in Westerly, R. L., by sTILLMAN POT
TER and u. w. BABCOCK
PRIcE-In large bottles, $aoO or bottles for $500.
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a0-" Old Bumblebee" was the cogno-

VIC Oll DumDleDee was 1hO OoSuo-
men of Mr.. T, of Newburyport he
gained the title from the fact of his catch
ing bumblebee one day as he was shin
Cling his barn, and in endeavoring to de-
capitate the insect with his hatchet, cut off
the ends of his thumb and fore6nger, let
ting the bee 60 unharmed. Other mishaps
happened to the old codger, upon that same
barn. In one of his distractions he shin
gled over his spare hatchet; and cutting a
small aperture in the building to let in a
little daylight, this man actually inserted
a wooden pane, as being economical and
not liable to be broken Uncle Tt in
one of lis oblivious streaks nailed his left
arm so firmly between two boards Of u
fence he was putting up, that he had to
call for help to get extricated from his
self-imprisonment. He once put button
on the gate instead of the post. But the
rarest freak of all, was when he ran
through the streets with his hands about
three feet asunder, held up before him,
begging the passers-by not to disturb him,
as he had got the measure of doorway
with him.
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2O6

A HINT TO SOME SUBscRIBERs.-IA
Cash System.-The evils Of the credi
system, in minor transactions, are the ex'
perience of almost every one. The re-
marks below apply as well to most kinds
of business as to publishing: -
With publishers of newspapers, in com
mon with business men generally, the cash
system is preferable to any other; toPuc-
fishers who rely, or nearly SO, upon their
subscription list for support, for the pros
ecution of their business, they must ne
cessarially be the loser. There are thou
sands of well meaning men, who subscribe
for newspapers and intend to pay for them;
but the idea of writing letter to an editor
enclosing two, three, five or eight dollars,
never enters their heads-though if called
upon for the amount due would probably
be prepared to meet the demand. But
the publisher of almost every newspaper
knows it would be out of the question for
him to employ collector out ofthe profits
of his subscription so many of his pat
rons continue year after year taking the
paper without advancing cent, while he
is paying cash for his printing materials,
cash for his paper and labor, and every
thing else necessary to carry on the busi-
ness. Here, then, is a loss-not attribut-
ed to any design on the part of the sub
scribers to defraud, but the fruit of worse
than worthless system. They would pay il
waited upon, but the printer cannot afford
to pay five dollars for collecting three, and
never gets his pay.-Plainfeld (N. j.
Gazette.
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Day A friend of ours, living not far
from Pontiac, was importuned one pleasant
day lately by his wife, to take her sleigh
riding. The gentleman, being man Of
business, plead his engagement, when the
wife replied that was the old story, and
that she must be tied down at home. The
husband rejoined that if any person would
furnish him with good clothes to wear, and
enough to eat and drink that he would be
tied down at home. A few days after the
gentleman came home earlier than was his
custom, and being fatigued, lay down upon
the sofa and fell into a sound sleep. His
wife took some cords and slyly tied his
hands together-served his feet in the
same way, and made him fast to the sofa.
She then set table, with all that the
house afforded, and placed an extra suit of
clothes within his reach. This done she
started to pay friend visit. Upon her
return, late in the evening, she found her
subject of domestic discipline as she left
him, except that he was wide awake, and
very mad.
" What on earth does this mean :" says
he.
" Nothing" quietly remarked his wife,
" except the consummation of your earthly
wlshes--enough to eat, and drink and wear,
and to be tied dOaon at home % That couple
were seen sleigh-riding the next day. -
Det. Ado.
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Bag We published, a few weeks since
a notice ofGleason and his Pictorial, which
has called forth very polite note from
him, explaining the matter in satisfactory
manner, and we now receive the Conn.,
pamiom as formerly. The number for this
week is by far the best we have seen.
The engravings are excellent, the paper
very superior in quality, and the execu-
ton of the Typography creditable to the
establishment. The greatest wonder We
see is how Gleason can afford them so
cheap-four dollars year. Will Mr..
Gleason please send the back numbers for
this volume We would like very much
to preserve the file.
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Bg~ " Venerable relics" are constantly
turning up," Micawber fashion-here is
one, whose sudden and unexpected re-
appearance upon the worlds stage is
chronicled by our exchanges:
A cannon grape shot, weighing about
half a pound was found in mans skull,
which was thrown up by person digging a
grave in St. Andrews churchyard, Mount
Holly, few days since. His spade came
in contact with the skull, ard hearing
something rattle, he picked it up, and
found this ball, which had entered just
below the eye, and lodged in the back part
of the head. The Mirror says, that
during the revolution, portions of the two
great armies occupied prominent positions
near that town, occasionally exchanging
shots with each other, but not coming into
general action. 1t is said, however,
that quite a battle was fought some three
miles to the east of the town, in which
contest about 800 were killed, all of whom
were buried in the graveyard above men.
toned.
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THE EDIN BURG [QUARTERLY1 REVIEW.

THE EDIN BURG [QUARrERLY] REVIEW,
for January, 1859, has been received. It
opens with an interesting article on the
" Genius and Writings of Describes" fol-
lowed by /" Bishop Phillpotts," Recent
Progress of Legislation" an article we'll
adapted to this section on "Ghurch Music"
|" A Few Words on International Copy
right" " Palgrove's Normandy and Engs
land" The Ordnal Survey of Scotland, !"
and "The Expected Reform Bill" In the
perusal of this number we can promise our
readers literary feast, not of the "yaller
covered literature order," but something
substantial. 1t is published at So 90 per
annum, L. Scott & Co., N. Y.
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gN~ BE kind to those who are in

g@- Be kind to those who are in the
autumn Of life, for thou knowest not what
suferings they have endured, or how much
it may still be their portion to bear. Are
they querulous or unreasonable Allow
not thine anger to kiudle against them ;
rebuke them not for doubtless many and
severe have been the crosses and trials of
earlier years; and perchance their dispo-
sitions, while in the spring-time of life,
were more gentle and flexible than thine
own. Do they require aid of thee T? Then
render it cheerfully, and forget not that
the time may come when thou mayest de-
sire the same assistance from others that
now thou renderest unto them. Do all
that is needful for the old, and do it with
alaerity, and think it not hard if much is
required at thine hand, lest when age has
set its seal on thy brow, and filed thy
limbs with trembling, others may wait upon
thee unwillingly, and feel relieved when
the coffin lid has covered thy face forever.
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hsy" An old negro being called to the
stand as witness, was asked by the coun-
sci to testify to the character of negro
who was charged with petty larceny. Said
he / know considerable bout that
colored individual, and l neber finds him
guilty of only one 'fence-he am a bigot-
ed nigger." Bigoted;" :" inquired the
lawyer; {" what do you mean by that ~
" Why" said Sambo, he is one of them
colorcd 'pussons who know too much for
one niger, and not enough for two mig
gers"
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BG- Gen. Lees great military abilities,
no one could doubt; but his peculiarities
weakened his influence. A specimen of
the man is thus illustrated; Congress pass
ed law, that the Commander-in-C Chief
should administer the oath to all Major
Generals. After Lee was commissioned,
he with Greene, Sullivan and Sterling,
were ordered to attend to be sworn into
Office. Washington stood up with the
Bible in his hand, extended with great
solemnity of manner. All the generals
advanced, and placed their hand upon the
book. AS Washington was about COM
mencing the oath, Lee drew back his hand,
Washington, in silence, waited, and Lee
directly replaced his hand upon the book.
Just as Washington was again ready to
commence, Lee again withdrew at this,
Washington changed color, and demanded
his meaning. Lee coolly replied " Why
as to old George the Third, lam aoilling to
reverence HIM, but hare some scruples about
the Prince Of Wales." Lee took the
oath, but after his arrest at Monmouth,
this was considered to have had deeper
meaning than first appeared on its face.
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p9- An English paper says, that cir
cumstance extremely interesting to all en-
gagged in textile manufactures, indeed to
the whole community, has this week been
communicated to us. An amateur chemist
of this town, while engaged recently, in
testing the Chevalier Claussen's chemical
process of making cotton, not having any
fax straw at hand, tried it upon oat straw.
To his astonishment, after the SILICA and
gums which enter into the composition Of
oat straw in greater proportions than in
fax, had been dissolved, he obtained a
large quantity of good cotton.
The opinion he formed from this and
subsequent experiments, is, that the COM
mon straws of this country may be profta-
bly, converted into cotton, thereby adding
to the certainty and abundance of our
future supplies. At any rate, the expert
ment is one which is worth testing to the
fullest extent, and the hint here thrown
out will no doubt induce persons most
favorably situated for pursuing an in
vestigation with advantage at once to un-
dertake the test.
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nsy- Manchester, in England, is unques-
tionably the greatest manufacturing city in
the world. The annual valae of the Cot
ton manufactures of that city, is 1896 900,
600; that of the Woolen manufacture of
the same place is 100000 900; and that
of the Linen manufacture 500 ,OOO, ,OOO-
The Silk manufacture is also quite large,
but the amount we have not seen stated
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pGy~ Most people think that the las

py" Most people think that the last
winter has been pretty severe one, but
the following extract from that quaint old
writer, Cotton Mather, speaking of snow
storm in 17l7, will show that the winters
have greatly deprecated since "y' goode
olde dayes," in which he lived -" 1t is
incredible how much damage is done to
the orchards; for the snow, freezing to a
crust as high as the boughs of y trees.
anon split y" to pieces. The cattle also
walking on y' crusted snow, dozen feet
from the ground, so fed upon the trees, as
very much to damnify ym."
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1Gy" Mr.. Olds,' of Ohio, a thorough
going politician, in late speech in the
U. 5. House of Representatives, upon
giving land to actual settlers, said that the
same Bible which declared that every man
had "title clear 10 mansions IN the shies,,
also declared his right to portion of the
soil for cultivation. Where is the society
for the diffusion OF biblical knowledge
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pI" The Spring business of our village
has been somewhat retarded by the pecul
iarly unpropitious state of the weather fol
the past month or two. But the prospects
for an active spring business is quite en-
couraging. Many of our merchants arc
selling off their old goods for the purpose
of making room for new ones. A number
of fnew firms will open in different branches,
and variety of other changes are to take
place. The number of stores will be in
creased, the amount of capital employed
augmented, and altogether the prospects
are that we shall have quite a lively season.
For particulars, we refer eur readers to the
advertising columns of the Echo.
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pay According to some Italian journals,

sar According to some italian journals
a new organized being has been discovered
in the interior of Africa, which seems to
form an intermediate link between veget-
able and animal life. This singular pro-
duction of nature has the shape of spot
ted serpent. 1t drags itself along on the
ground, and, instead of head, has flow
er, shaped like bell, which contains a
viscous liquid. Flies, and other insects,
attracted by the smell of the juice enter
into the flower, where they are caught by
the adhesive matter. The flower then
closes and remains shut until the prison.
ers are bruised and transformed into chyle.
The indigestible portions, such as the head
and wings, are thrown out by two lower
spiral openings. The vegetable SER
pent has a skin resembling leaves, a
white and soft flesh, and instead of bony
skeleton, a cartilaginous frame filled with
yellow marrow. The natives consider il
delicious food.
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SARTAIN's UNION MAGAZINE, for April

SARrAIN's UNION MAGAZINE, for April,
has been received. 1t is, as usual, a
beautiful specimen of periodical literature
containing some twenty-eight original
articles, and twelve illustrations, one Of
which-the Magic Lake-is a splendid
mezzotint, engraved by Mr.. Sartain.
Puck's portfolio is full of comicalities, and
a great addition to the before deservedly
popular magazine. The Ladies' Depart
ment is an attractive feature to our lady
friends.
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THE PICK, is the significant title of a
new, fun provoking paper, by Mr.. Joseph
A. Scovillc, or in other words, Dir. Pic,
formerly of the New York Picayune.
There appears to be much energy, spirit
and sprightiness in the first number, it
aagurs we'll and will no doubt pick up many
admirers. New York, "a Ann-st.
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ney. The Boston Courier tells the fol-

pa The Boston Courier tells the fol-
lowing good one:--
Some constables in town in Maine en-.
tering a house on a 6 liquor-law' search,
found woman rocking cradle. No,
finding any thing of the critter' they
sought for, one of them, more cunning
than the rest, made snatch at the cradle
clothes, exclaiming, sweet little baby
how much it looks like its father = and
behold the offspring turned out to be keg
of rum. What will not the woman do
that loves?
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b@- One of the candidates for the

b@- One of the candidates for the
Lieutenant Governorship Of this State,
the Hon. VIM. B. Lawrence, has been
sued by Jas. H. Howard, proprietor of
Tammany Hall, in New York, for the rent
of rooms used for the purpose of holding
political meetings. After trying to crawl
out Of two or three other very small places
he tried one which we should certainly
think would induce all temperance men to
throw their influence against him and
" that was, that it was always supposed
that the proprietor of Tammany Hall
would make no charge for rooms, fuel, and
lights, it being thought that Tie additional
sale Of liquors ON the nights Of the meetings Of
the Committee uould bsa fair equiralent 70,
the rent %
Now, we say let temperance men make
the temperance question one of paramount
importance at the coming election. We
think it of minor consequence as to wheth.
er man is Wing or Democrat if he
be sound on the Maine Law question, bu
we must confess we think Mr.. Lawrence
has placed his party in rather an unenvia
BILE light, both by the above confession al
also by his recent speech. AS to whether
liquor consumed by the committees of the
other party at their meetings is suficien
to make it an object for hotel proprietors
to solicit their sessions, we are unable tc
say but we do say that temperance mer
should vote for temperance candidates
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Gfyn The prominent characteristic Of th,

BsS~ The prominent characteristic of the
female mind is affection and that of the
male mind is thought; but disparity does
not imply inferiority. The sexes are in
tended for different spheres Of life, and arc
created in conformity to their destination
by Him who bids the oak brave the fury
OF the tempest, and the Alpine flower lean
on the bosom Of eternal snow.
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CHE Gitcrarp G1bo
lP@w9a 9aGuok Adw@pGiseTo
Westerly, March IS, 1859.

GS~ After the 1st of April, our friends will
find our office in the building nearly opposite the
Washington Bank, entrance next door west of
Thos. Perrys Jcwelry Store, where we shall be
happy to receive their subscriptions, or to at
tend to any order in the line of printing, in an
expeditions, neat, and cheap manner.
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Esy" At recent Conference of Church,
es in Grafton, Mass, the identical Bible
used by John Rogers, the martyr, and
carried by him to the stake, some of the
leaves which bear the marks of the flames.
was brought to the Conference by de-
sccndant Of the martvr.
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PhOneticS.

The science of Phonetics is fast claiming
the attention of this enlightened age, as a
medium for more ready and thorough ac-
quisition of theEnglish language and a great
saving to both teachers and scholars. Its
principles are to have character for each
sound and for one sound only. The present
barbarous /" Orthography," is the most
formidable barrier to the acquisition
of reading and spelling that could be
easily placed before the infant mind. In
fact, the acquisition of these Indispensable
branches of education, depends almost en-
tirely upon the bare exercise of the memo
ry applied to the words, than to any rules
for spelling. To be sure, there are rules laid
down by some, rather pretending to give a
correct idea of how each word should be
spelled, but there are so many exceptions
to each rule that it tends more to perplex
the student than to enlighten him, and ii
is rare accomplishment, even amongst our
most learned men, to spell correctly. By
phonetics, this would be entirely overcome
each word would be spelled as pronounced
and spelling and reading would come as
natural to the child as talking, were books
and newspapers printed according to this
system, and the time now occupied in
acquiring these branches, could be spent
in studying the arts and sciences. The
Boston Commonwealth, in an article upon
this subject, says -
GAS an engine for overcoming the diff
fculties, and very formidable difficulties
they are, of reading and spelling in our
present " orthography," the phonetic sys-
tenn is as much superior to that now in
practice in our schools as a railroad is to
a common turnpike. We sometimes feel
a sad lack of patience with our school
authorities for not seeing this at once from
the statements of the means employed.
Do we need great many experiments to
teach us that a man can make a globe or
cylinder out of a stick of wood better with
a turning lathe and chisels than with a
jack-knife ~ .
Wehope we may yet live to see this
beautiful system take the place of our
nrooout h,,po1;n,, o,,o ,,rL;.L :: Al. I..J -r
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b@- The Palladium states DR.. I. Thom-
son who was celebrated ten or twenty
years ago as the proprietor of " Thomson's S
Eye Water" and who made fortune in
that business, died in New London last
week. He was native ofStratford, CT.
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Se3y- The first Bloomer, Punch, thinks
was Joan of Arc, who wore a short tunic
with tights, and was otherwise clad in
mail attire.
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ga The Bank of England uses in her
accounts no less than 60 folio ledgcrs, fill
ed up completely every day. 200 bank
notes arc thrown off daily.
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nay Why is good daguerrean artist
the most successful ladies' man known :
Because he always succeeds in making a
rood impression.
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D~A few days since, in Cincinnati,
two men cut up l247 hogs in twelve
hours.
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We hope we may yet live to see this
beautiful system take the place of our
present bungling one which is the dread Of
every school child.
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Readable Books.

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bring enjoyment at home, befrend US out OF doors pass
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Authors of the '' Rejected Addresses" z, 8. The
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@ TO- Little PedIington and the Pedlngtonans, by
John Poole, Author Of" Paul Pry."
For sale at the North Carolina Book Store by
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