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Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-10-15

The RIfLE.-Many persons who are very
expert in the use Of the rife know nothing
ofthe principle on which it operates, and
would be at loss if asked whyAas grooved
barrel throws a ball truer than smooth bore
The reasons are these:
I'm the frstplace, no bullet is or can be
cast perfectly spherical. One side is always
heavier than the other. ana the ball there.
| fore swerves from the right line of projec.
ton. However hard it may be to prove this
theoretically, practice demonstrates it.
r twice loaded. with the same charge, of the
same powder. and with balls cast in the
same mould, will not plant them both in the
same spot al the same distance. The rife
barrel is asfemale screw, which gives the
if the bullet or rather the slug, swerves
ton corrects the error.
There are but three motions in rifle ball
the straight forward, the spiral, and the
downward, caused BY the power Of gravity.
rifle of thirty to the pound drops its ball
about foot ii bundren yards. Rifles are
sighted, therefore, to meet this deviation.
On leaving the barrel the ball moves above
the line of sight, continually falling in a
parabolical curve till it intersects it. The
point Of intersection is called the point
blank
Who invented the rife is not known. Its
principle was known to the North American
Indians before the discovery of the cont.
nent. Their arrows are feathered spirally,
and move precisely in the manner of rife
ball.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-10-15

70 A great excitement was gotten up
in Boone county, KY last week, on account
of the conduct 81 one DR.. Tunnels. He is a
man Of wealth, and hitherto of some stand.
ing. A negro boy told his master that DR..
7. Mad proposed 10 run him off to Canada
Al the suggestion Of the master, the boy
appointed meeting with T., which the
master and another witness attended, having
concealed themselves in a box They heard
the plan laid, and heard DR.. T. declare that
he had run off many others, and intended TO
run off every negro in the country. DR.. T.
told the boy that he had several other me-
groes that would meet him at the time set
to be aided in their escape, and that he had
white accomplices who would be on hand at
the meeting. The boy mentioned some old
negro who wished to go but 7. wanted only
young negroes. DR.. T. was arrested and
put in Jail, and was to have had an exami-
nation last Tuesday. He is not an Adolf
ZIONIST, but a kidnapper. When arrested,
he had handouts in his possession, and his
associations favor the suspicion that the
negroes were to go South, not North. We
have not heard the result.-LoussviAe Dem.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-10-15

SHARP SHoorING.-A rife-shooting match
came off near Troy last week between Mr.. Will
liams, of New York, and N. Lewis, of Troy.
The match was for $780, offered by Williamson,
the challenger, and won by Mr.. Lewis. The
distance 40 rods, each having 20 shots. Plain
globe sights were used. Mr.. Lewis's string,
(reckoning the distance of each ball from the
center, measured 36 inches, and Mr.. William
sons 81. Mr.. Lewis's shots averaged only l
and a half inches from the center point,
and Mr.. Williamson's inches. Mr.. Williamson
was considered the best marksman in the State
prior to shooting with Mr.. Lewis. But few bets
were made before the shooting commenced, but
after Mr.. Lewis's fourth shot, offers of five to
one were made on him, but none taken. Mr.
Lewis has won several matches within the
last three years. amounting in all to over 81 900.
Mr.. Williamson used rifle made in New Haven,
Conn, and Mr.. Lewis one of his own manufac-
ture. Altogether, the shooting was considered
the best ever done in these parts. Six hundred
and sixty feet is a long shot.-N. 7. Tribune.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-10-15

F IME!-3OO Bbls. Lime for sale cheap
- FOR CASH. Apply to t35tfl g. NJ HANNAH.
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04
VALUABLE WARREN LANDs
FOR SALE.

ETNHE Subscriber having determined TO move South.
i offers for sale his valuable lands lying in the Conn.,
ties of Warren and Halifax situate ID miles from War
renton and miles from Ltteton, the Raleigh and
CASTOR Rail Road containing 400 acres These lsnds
equal to any in the County of Warren for the pro
duction of corn, wheat and tobacco. About 700 acres
of the tract is bottom land of fine quality one half os
which is cleared and thoroughly canaled and drained
the other half is in original forest and heavily mberd
There is sufficient quantity of cleared land on tbs
tract. mostly fresh, to work fifty hands to ADVANTAGES
The tract be conveniently divided into three farms
1t is unnecessary give extended description of these
lands, persons wishing to purchase will examine and
judge for themselves. The subscriber being anxious 10
sell, will submit to sacrifice to effect sale therefore
persons wishing to invest capital in real would do
well to examine these lands,
In my absence Mr.. Evans will take pleasure in show
ing the land and making known the terms which will
be accommodating. :. A. WILLIAMS
Warren County. N. c., May 9. 1858. SO-Stw.
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04

In recent lecture in Boston, DIR. Boynton said
it was singular fact that every animal Which was
which changed the color of its robe-the hue Of
the offspring being generally different from the pa
rent. The elephant and the guinea hen, indeed,
were too seeming exceptions to this rule But upon
examination it would be found that the guinea hen
was of all animals the least capable Of donestica-
ton and that the elephant, although he could be
enslaved, never really domesticated. The animals
which preceded man were of class never chang
ed the color of their coats, and incapable Of
being useful servants of man.
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04
HARDWARE. &C.
& p. sTABBz & co.
HEAD OF THE sQUARE,
NnREf1 II 7srT


RE receiving large additions to their stock, v .,
most every arrival from the East, which having .a ~.
purchased at the cash discount prices they are e6abj
and determined to sell low as articles of sm;Io
quality be bought the Northern cities Their y.
sortment comprises
Cotton Wool Horse and Negro Cards,
Long and short handle Manure Forks,
Shoveis and Spades,
Box and screw up Coffee Mills,
Wire and Hair Sleeves and Searches,
Cotton Leading Lines, Bed Cords,
White Hemp Rope, assorted Sizes
Shoe Brushes. Backing, Hide Whips,
Broad and Narrow Axes Adzes,
Fancy Steel Blade Garden Hoes,
A full assortment of Hollow Ware Castings embrac;0o
Ovens, Pots, Spiders, Skillots Fire Dogs Grddes ~
Also general assortment of Fancy Goods, such as
Needles, Pins. Combs of every kind,
TOOTH Hair and Shaving Brushes,
Fancy Soap, Snuff and Shaving Boxes,
Bone, Fancy Gilt. Porcelain and Pearl Buttons,
Pocket Books, Porte Monnaics, Purses,
Silver. Brass, Steel and White Metal Thimbles,
Looking Glasses, &c.
April 20, 1853. 46-w3w
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04

PRoGREss OF MANKIND. The immense strides
in progress which civilized men have made within
the last two centuries, really incredible until
the subject is thoroughly considered. Yet we do
not exagerate when say that journeyman
mechanic, in the present day, lives substantially
better than nobleman did four centuries ago.
There still survives household book, kept by one
of the great Dukes of Northumberland, which
leaves no doubt on this subject. From that volume
we learn that his grace breakfasted on ale and
behring's, dined usually on boiled beef and was as
ignorant at supper of the luxury Of lea coffee as
he was in his household furniture of carpets SOFAS
or hair mattresses.
In the Poston letters, written about the middle
of the fifteenth century, we have further evidence
of the almost incredible want of physical comforts
among the upper classes. The Duke of Norfolk
of that day, one of the greatest of English noble
men, often in need of the smallest sums of
money, while persons of less exalted rank had fire.
quently to submit to the greatest privation for
land dressed poorer, were lodged more rudely, and
ate coarser food in those times, than any INDUS
trious mechanic of our own. Even as late as
Queen Elzabeth's reign, the royal floors were COW
cred with rushes instead of carpet. When Phil
lip the Second consort of Mary Elizebeths sister,
visited England, his courtiers wrote back to Spain
that the people lived in huts of nettles and mud,
and slept on logs for pillows.
For much of this progress the civilized world is
indebted to the use of machinery. Cotton cloth,
which once had to be spun aud woyeby Rand, and
which consequently cost high price, is now pro-
duced, by machinery, at six cents yard, and pays
profit. By the aid of machinery one man can
now perform what once required thirty and the
time saved is SO much clear gain, to be devoted to
increasing either the physical comforts or the in
tellectual improvement of the race or both. Twen-
ty years ago, even it would have been impossible
to have printed the edition of the Ledger in the
entire twenty-fou hours by any press then known
and the result would have been, and was, that not
one family in hundred could afford to take a
newspaper And what is true of printing, and of
the manufacture of cotton cloth, is true also of
every other necessary of our present physical or
intellectual life. .5s -ar- -
It is to the increase of machinery and It's inn
provement that we look for the real elevation of
mankind. Every hour saved in this way from un-
avoidable labor redeems man, so far forth, from
from the slavery of living to exist, and enables him
to cultivate the higher faculties of his mind and
soul; to rise, in a word, to the true dignity of
manhood. II in two centuries the journeyman
mechanic has osertaken the noble, what greater
triumphs may we not look for in the centuries to
come. The progress Of mankind indeed, has ouIy
begun PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
Y
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04

A LEGISLATIVE PICTURE. A correspondent OF
the New York Home Journal, at Indianapolis,
gives the following description of the gentlemen
comprising the Indiana Assembly. Imagine such
a scene i'll our State House!
The hall for the Assembly. or lower house, is,
like the Senate Chamber, completely spoiled by
enormous pillars running around the semicrcle OF
seats; But 1T is to the appearance of the memb-
ers, wish to call attention Of the sixty or sew
enty present, six eight looked like we'll educa-
ted Intelligent men; about twenty appeared like
honest-hearted farmers, while the rest it seemed
to me, were designed by nature for anything but
Legislators. One rural-looking young gent was
struttlng around with his coat out at both elbows;
another showed wide streak of white around the
body, where his vest failed to connect with his
pants; several wore hats, somehow, strangely re-
mndlng you OF bricks and majority of them,
am sure, will find their wash bills small part of
their expenses. They all smoke perserveringly, so
L rather think it is a rule of the house When
not smoking, their uths were Immediately filled
with tobacco, SO that no time was lost On the
faces OF all there smirk of satisfaction which
SAID as PLAIN as could be e / am an Honorable LIE
gastotor and its Very pleasant" l witnessed the
commencement of the afternoon session. A young
man, unshaven and uncombed, sauntered awkw
~ up to the Speakers chair, with the everlasting
cigar and paper, seating himself very comfortably,
Will Ills ieeG Oh Tile CaOIe before MIN, smoked ana
chatted while then, giving two or three raps, he
took his cigar from his mouth, and called the
house to order. No one taking any notice, he call
ed out for the members to come within the bar
This was really necessary, as no one could have
picked the Legislators from the crowd. About two
thirds of the members seated themselves in their
places, while the rest laughing, chatting, and
smoking in the aisle and around the great pillars
Pretty soon boots, number twelve pegged," be-
gan to make their appearance on the desks, and
heads disappeared behind newspapers. On count
ing, found in sight, forty-seven boots to forty
heads. do not know but this is the way of vot-
ing. If so it must have been party vote (be-
tween heels and heads,) but at any rate boots were
in clear majority of seven on joint ballot After
waiting three hours to see them do business, and
not being able to do any. 1 took my leave just
about the time the sergeant-at-arms started down
street after members to make quorum"
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04

A mans spirits depend good deal on the way
he moves. Rush along at the rate of mile a
minute, and your sensations will become as buoy
ant as the stock market. Substitute for this the
the inanimate crawl of a canal boat, in less than
hour your soul will feel if it were laboring under
two ffty-sixes and supper of pigs feet If you
don't wish to become melancholy, never travel be-
hind horse that takes over three minutes to 90 a
mile. A special edict with switch tail. Obey
and live.
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04

An industrious tradesman having taken new.
apprentices, awoke him the first morning at very
early hour, by calling out that the family were
sitting down to table. Thank you, said the
boy, as he turned over in the bed to adjust him
self for new nap, : thank you; bit never eat
ANYTHING during the night. =
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04

against The legal agent who had caused him ter
rible anxiety in his latter days. Would it had
been otherwise Withhis children near him, he
sank into the calmo of death, peacefully, and with
ont groan.
We have availed ourselves literally of the as
sistance of Mr. Chambers in putting together this
rapid sketch.
The mausoleum of Burns rises high above the
spires aud houses of Dumfries. The traveller from
the south, if he have but drop of Scotch blood
in his veins, can hardly view it without emotion
Thoughts will arise of the peasant-bard in his ear
| y struggles and subsequent fame, bursting out
into renown and social distinction, conquenng
many difficulties. overcome by many temptations,
aud dying when he must have felt within him con-
seriousness of strong power and aspiring after fresh
endeavOr.
The admirers and lovers of Burns, however, are
Of all countries, and Of all ages. His strains rise
to the heart when more exalted music fails to
charm-when the soothing has more power than
the sublime-the pathetic than the tragic 10
know the real power and to test the true influence
of this great genius, we must make ourselves ac
quainted with the daily life and conversation Of
the man-Robert Burns.
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04

Upon Mr.. Hawthorne's appointment consul
at Liverpool, the New Haven Register quotes the
London Athenaum as follows: g 1t is pleasant to
be able to welcome this original and profound wri-
from the country to the intellectual fellow
point to this new instance of the American prac-
tice of sending abroad the literary men of that
country to I'll the offices of the republic. The
consulship at Liverpool is one of the very best
posts in the gift Of the American President and
Gen. Pierce's choice Of Mr.. Hawthorne besides be-
ing good thing in ITSELF is welcome as apractief
REPUTATION and rebuke of the more exclusive rulers
of our owncountry.
When man goes reluctantly to his work, he
is not fit to be employed, nor is he good for any
thing unless his mental well as physical powers
are bestowed upon whatever he undertakes to do.
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04

A SKETCH OF THE SULTAN. Last Friday
three days since-I the man who is the nom
nal head of that ill-compacted and scarcely coher
ing empire, once held in rigorous obedience by
fierce and mighty monarchs, whose names were
the dread of chrstendo1n. From wooden palace
Immediately on the Bosphorus-a finer is building
for him, of marble, and of f1orid PalIadian archi-
tecture-rode forth, on handsome black horse,
pale, slender man, dressed in blue fock and pam
falcons, wearing the tarboosh or red cap, which
here, with the French, has taken place both of the
hat and the turban.
Before him rode his Pashas high officers of
State and war, the men who dispose of the money
that comes into the treasury, stout men for the
most part, with tolerably ford compilations. They
were dressed in the same garb with himself The
enormous turbans and barbaric robes which officers
of this class twenty-five or thirty years ago,
are now only to be found in the Museum of An
cient Costumes, established by the Sultans father
in the Atmeidan or Hipprodrome.
AS Sultan Abdool Medjid rode leisurely along,
women who were stsnding in groups beside the
way reached forth petitions, wrapped in green
silk, which were taken by some person belonging
to the Sultan's train, and handed to an officer on
horseback, carrying box, in which they were de-
posted. 1t is said that the Sultan is always care
full to read them. He is represented of
mild, amiable disposition, who would be glad to
govern his empire better than he does, if he only
knew how, or if those who surround him would
only let hm-W. G. BRYANT.
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04
ROBERTS'S
COPPER, TIN AND STOVE DEPOT,
ROANOKE SQUARE,

NORFOLh.3sstzAss
IN STORE, large and varied assortment of all kinds
/ of CoPPER and TIN Wares, at wholesale and RETAIL
over than any other establishment Virginia Con.
per Work for Steamers. Mills, Distlerles &c. &c., e1-
ecuted in the best manner, with due regard for steam
pressure.
STOVES AND HOF-AIR FURNACES,
OF all kinds for all pupores, Metallic Roofing. Cutters
and Pipes for Buildings, Block Tin, Tin Plate Sheet
Copper Bar and Sheet Lead Sheet Iron, &c. Ethereal
OIL and Lamps for using It. Shower Baths ana Bathing
Apparatus, of all the and most approved patterns
WIN. D. ROBERTS, JR.,
Roanoke Square, Norfolk, "a.
April 10, 1858. 44-sw6m.
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04
HARRIs,s BAK.ERY.
NIEmEYER q WHITE,

PORTSMOUTH, Va.
OFFER FOR SALE: 1000 Sacks Liverpool Salt
" 500 Casks Eastern and w. C. Lime,
$50 bbls. 8. F. Flour,
12 Hhds Sides and Shoulders,
10000 lbs. Virginia Cured Family Bacon,
SO packages Refined Sugar.
Orders for Merchandise filled with despatch.
NIEMEYER & WHITE
Portsmouth, Va. April IA, 1853. 43-Sm
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-04

ORIGIN OF MULEs INS THE UNITED STATEs.sdr.
George Washington: p. Cnstis, in his last paper
under the title Of Recollections and Private Me-
mors of the life and character Of Washington,
gives the following account of the Introduction of
mules into this country, which will be found very
interesting
Upon Washington's first retirement in 1888 he
became convinced of the defective nature of the
working animals employed in the agriculture of
the Southern States, and set about remedying the
evil by the introduction of mules instead of hors-
es, the mule being found to live longer, be less
liable to disease requires less food, and in every
respect to be more serviceabe and economical than
the horse in the agricultural labor of the Southern
States. Up to the year 1888 scarcely any mules
were to be found in the American Confederation !;
few had been imported from the West Indies,
but they of dmnutive size and of little value.
So soon as the views on this subject of the illus
trious farmer of Mount Vernon were thrown a
broad, he receiv ed a present from the King of
Spain of jack and two jennies, selected from the
royal stud at Madrid. The jack, called the Royal
Gift, sixteen hands high, of gray color, hea-
Willy made, and of a sluggish disposition.
At the same time, the Marquis de Lafayette,
sent out jack and jennies from the Island of
Malta this jack, called the Knight of Malta, was
superb animal, black color, with the form of a
stag and the ferocity of tiger. Washington a
vailed himself Of the best qualities of the two
jacks by crossing the Breeds and hence obtained a
favorite jack, called Compound, which animal uni
ted the size and strength of the Gift with the high
courage and activity of the Knight. The jacks
arrived at Mount Vernon, if we mistake not, early
in 1888. The General bred some very superior
mules from his coach mares, sending them from
Philadelphia for the purpose. In few years the
estate of Mount Vernon became stocked with mules
Of superior order, rising to the height of sixteen
hands, and of great power and usefulness, one
wagon team of four mules selling, at the sale of
the Generals effects, for eight hundred dollars.
In no portion of Washingtons various labors
and improvements in agriculture was he SO partic-
ularly entitled to be hailed public benefactor,
as in the introduction of mules in farming labor,
those animals being at this time almost exclusive
y used for farming purposes in the Southern
States.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-04-27
EDGAR VI. DAWSON,
Attorney at Law,
New Goods

Practices In the Courts Of Harrison, AID
id dining counties. sspt
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-04-27
M,ADAMHNENG.

DROPOSALS will b. received in writing, ur-
L Ill the 26th day of May, 1883, for M'Ad,m-
izirg that portion of the Weston and Fnirrnout
Turnpike Road between Clarksburg and Weston,
in sections of mile each, commencing ut
Carkshurg.
On the first five miles from Clarksburg, lime
stone is to be used exclusively, and on the r.
mtining part of the ro"d, & - miles the propo-
s;rIs mus be for imcsfo 10 exclusively, and also
for hard sandstone and limestone in equal guam
titles. The tndstone TO form the lower stratum
The general width is to be ~ feet, and the thick
ness of the coating to lie 5 inches. The road bed
is to be prop rly shaped and s!oped each way
from the entire, by the contractor, and ouc-half
the 90 metul' put on when the road is dry and
hard; and the remainder, when the first coat has
becrms properly consolidated. The quantity OF
broken stone to be applied to each part of the
road, will remain subject to the direction of the
company, and contractors will BE- paid by the
perch for the material used. The limestone is to
lie bro,len to Il size not exceeding ounces, and
the sandstone to size not exceeding IL ounces
in weights and in all cases when put on the road,
to be support Il ut the sides by earth.
Contractors will be paid for every 400 perch of
stone when applied to the road, reserving 20 per
cent. until tht. completion of the contract. The
contract is to be completed against the LIST Of Jam
uury, 1851.
Address the president and Directors of the
Weston and Fairmont Turnpike Company
CIarksbnrg, Va. ap27 st