The North-Carolinian., 1852-11-06
vOI- 15&Mo. z1S.

The. Following ee,pic.s alEais isfsepeta6
in one - the Phit4deipAin:eaneses - Nse<s
ing @s ofsin that city few dsys sjasess
Iheincidsat Of the day was a. ssssS lion.
. DIST sthayaished adry-eooJs MAN - SGctod
sffeets -. Mrs Dorsthv Gwen g3sJy who, !
sslss c.sntry produce ss High Sseert r,ses.
ket.. Mrs Oxsen. with tket f0ll4sfs
to buy t6tse 1u.t1erF 60 $srd, ,of Eink
STANDING hers>kate hax fhrex~ysrdA AppdxA
quarter g the silk in@les.l Of tka1 A611tjty
reqyise1s Mrs Qwea laid :A kalf
eagle, and 16f --.<, vf coprse tlta
meet r. Ihsse yasls AND Z qn(1
a quarters j ) yssi. - ssssssa
ted that the,qaan,iry demanded was three
yards anis d quarter. Mrs Owen now
fired up, and let Mr. - know that she
always entertained suspicion that he was
rogue. but now suspicion was changed
to a certainty. Sume other hard words
passed between them; and as hard words
often lead to something harder. Mrs Owen
made punch at Mr. Then Mr.
made a masterly retreat to an elevated
perch where his desk is fixed. and there
like an ancient baron in his turreted castle
he bade defiance to his furious assaiant.
Mr. --, in his imag ginary security, forgot
that the improvements Of modern warfare
make the defence of casteIIated holds i
very pernicioos undertaking; he forgot, in
short, that the science Of proiectiles had
been added to military tactics, and that
cannon balls and shells do frcme ndous ex-
| ecuti"n at a gre at distance. lie was soon
reminded of this fact OF some thing like it.,
when Mrs Owen bethouyirt herself Of the
basket of eggs on her arm. And al,houAh
eggs are expensive ammunition at the pre-
sent time. being very scarce and costly in
proportion, Mrs Owen considered that Of
fensive war cannot be carried on without
pccuniary sacrifice. and submitting to the
necessities of the case. she began to .bom-
bard the tower or lofty fort in which Mr.
- had entrench-d himself The first
| missile aimed ut Mr. IS face was avoid
ded by Il timely dodge. but it took effect
on the face Of the clock which was placed
just behind the desk, aud fragment Of
the shattered glass cut off small slice Of
the storekeepers ear. leaving enou.,t of the
organ, however, Tor any use or armament.
Inc next two OF three discharges were
highly creditahle to Mrs Owens skill in
yunnery. One of the rockets hit Mr. -
In the middle Of the forehead, aud bursting
there poured IT'S otsavefy -sts"ssnts ,iuwn-
wards over his nose and mouth. Anotbl
|
an orange coFored line, that appeared to
be turlesque imitation Of gold guard :
chain. The clerks perceiving in what
extremity their employer was placed.
hastily endeavo1ed to erect OF the counter
breast-work or parapet, composed Of
bolts Of Osnaburgs, Russia duck, and brown
sh'rtins, to cover the beseised Ertress.
But Mrs Owen was not to be bautk ed. by
any such engineering. She mounted on u
chair, and thence attained the elevation
Of the counter. and having thus surmount-
ed the encmy's works, she poured in her
fire with such overwhelming effect that the
bcsieged party captuiated, begi a ces-
sation of hostilities. and promised 10 ':make
all right" This surrender, however, was
only a stratagem Of war; for Mr. - had
secretly despat ched one Of his young men
for a reinforcement. which came from the
p"''ce Office, and Mrs Owen. yielding to
superior numbers, was made prisoner.