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Extensive preparations are being made to rem
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The various Rail Road and Steamboat lines
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Mlstellanfous.
PLOWS.

ILOl w ~
The Bladed Plow is cheap and strong,
VIII pulyerize-and last go long,
That he who by the Plow would thrive,
Must surely one of WYcHE's drive.
Poor Richard, reUised.
ENAlR experiments have shown that from 10 to
u SO per cent. more wheat and oats come up
when plowed in by the Bladed Plow, than when
turned under with the ordinary pillow that corn,
cotton, tobacco, DC, require less labor in planting,
come up better, and are much more easily tended,
and that the product is largely increased.
This light and durable pillow is easy to both
driver and team. and can be cbeaply and readily
repaired.
The Mole Plow upward splits the sod,
And scarcely leaves a single clod,
Mixes and drops the furrow-slice
just where it was before, so nice!
The subsoil or Mole PIow, with a vertical cutter
near the edge Of the middle of the shave and q
cutting plate on tie posterior part of the shave for
turning the soil in towards the pillow, operates in a
different way from any other-breaking close te-
nacious lands thoroughly, and allowing weeds roots
and grass to pass over the cutters.
Orders for any quantity of the above Flows
may be sent to Uriah Wells, Pc ersburg Va. or
Blake, Barnard & Co., Nos. p, "a & 20, Merchants
Row, Boston, Mass. Arrangements for manufac-
turing viii be made with others soon.
For further information address the Patentee.
WILL E. WYCHE.
Brookville. Granville n. C.. 37-tf
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September 22d, 1857
Valuable Town Property For Sale.

d1UdU10 AOWA A4VPo1Iy tut Ud1O'
THE Subscriber offers for sale his house and
lot, formerly known as Jones Hotel, situated in
VAUDEVILLE, Caswell. county. The buildings
are commodious and in good repair. Persons
DESTROYS of obtaining a good situation for a Hotel
or boarding house, would do well to examine this.
Terms easy and accommodating. Apply to
JAMES II. BRAME.
Yoncevvilla Son. % 1887 5-1m
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young man of eight years experience in
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uation as Statesmen or Book keeper in some good
house, or in any othe. business that will pay him
enough to live honestly. Best preferences given.
Apply or address, Editor of this paper.
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HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.

The Und ersigned offers for Sale her House and
Lot in the Western Ward of Raleigh. 1t is a very
comfortable house, in good repair, and in an eli
gible portion of the City. Apply to
Mrs. E. A. GORMAN.
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Is remlttea. orders respectfully solicited.
a liberal discount made to Dealers. Teacher.
and Seminaries.
as above.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-10-28
A DIsBANDED VOLUNTEER.

STEAM TRACTION ON COMMON RoADs.-The
London Times gives the following description Of
a successful experiment in the transport of heavy
loads of timber, on common roads, by means OF
traction engine, with the aid of the "endless
railway"
"The inhabitants of Woolwich yesterday e.
yenipg witnessed the passage of line of vans
heavily laden with timber, and drawn by one OF
Boydell's traction engines, one which has been
purchased by Government for use inIthe Royal
Arsenal at Woolwich, and made the whole
iourney from Thetford in Norfolk, drawing a
q load of timber on four trucks, the foremost OF
which contained II tons, 10 cwt., the second 10
tons 10 cwt., the third tons 10 cwt., and the
fourth Z tons 10 cwt, together with the van la
den with Goals, water, &c, the whole load, in
Guiding the engine, which weighs about 10 tons,
being fifty-seven tons. The ''pattens," or end
less railway, enabled the engine to travel over
the uneven and long line Of country roads some
of which were scarcely passable on account OF
the late heavy rains, at the average rate OF a
bout four miles an hour, and on entering
Woolwich the speed was far greater, On arri-
wing at the yard gate the control OF the en-
gine was remarkable, being with its complete
load conveyed with much facility into the inte-
rior of the dock-yard, where the timber is to be
stored for ship-building."
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POETR Y;
First Grief.

TThe following poem was written by james
Hedderwik, Scottish poet, little known in thi
country. Who that ever lost brother or siste
could read these lines without falter in the
voice and tear in the eye2] 3'
They tell me, first and earthly love f,Ir
Outlives all after dreams: -, t.a
But the memory of a first great grief 3
To me more lasting seems. ffif
!a The grief that marks our dawning youth
To memory ever clings; A
Aud DER the path of future years ,sr
A heightened shadow filings. .,,. .a.l
OH oft my mind recalls the hour g. t''a
When to my fathers home
Death came, an unlimited guest,
From his dwelling in the tomb. =.
had not seen his face before,
shuddered at the sight;
And shudder yet to think upon
The anguish of that night. -.
A youthful brow and ruddy cheek
Became all cold and wan;
An eye grew dim in which the light
Ofradiast fsRey shone.
Cold was the cheek, and colo the bfoJ,
The eye was fixed and dim;
And one thsre mourned brother dead,
Who would have died for him.
/ know not if twas summer then,
know not if twas spring;
But if the birds sang in the trees
did not hear them sing.
If flowers came forth to deck the earth,
Their bloom did not see;
looked upon oRe githered flower,
And none else bloomed for mel
A sad and silent time it was
Within that house of woe;
All eyes were dim and overcast,
And every voice was low.
And from each cheek at intervals
The blood appeared to start.
As if recalled in sudden haste
To aid the sinking heart!
Softly we trod as if afraid
To mar the seeper's sleep,
And stole last looks of his sad face
For meMSry t9 keep,
With him the agony was 0er,
2 And now the pain was ours
As thoughts of his sweet childhood rose,
Like odor from dead flowers
And when at last he was borne afar
Prom the worlds weary strife;
How Oft in thought did we again
Live Ger his little life.
His every look, his every word,
His very voices tone, E.
Came back to us like things whose worth
Is only prizsd when gone 8
That grief has passed with years awsy,
And joy has been my lot;
Gut the one is long remembered,
And the other soon forgot!
The gayest hours trip lightly by,
And leaves the iaintest trace;
But the deep, deep trace that sorrow wears
No time c'er ehace
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Book BINDING 400 YEARS AGo.-Tn the lat.
ter part of the fifteenth century and the begin
ming of the sixteenth, kings, princess and wealthy
mobiles expended much money upon the binding
of their libraries, which were, in many cases,
extensive. Carved ivory covers protected by
corners and secured by golden clasps were com.
mon, as were also those of velvet, silk, brocade,
yellum, and morocco, elaborately ornamented
after designs made by great artists, and pro-
tected with bosses, corners, and clasps of gold
The precious stones and metals upon these book
covers formed no inconsiderable part of the plum.
der of rich mansion in captured city. Mr..
Dibden tells us of one library of thirty thousand
volumes-that of Corvinus, King of Hungary
which was destroyed on this account by the
Turkish soldiers when Buda was taken in 1865.
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FINANCE AND FAsnIoN-The New York En-
press says: "In ordinary seasons the marriages
and deaths in the newspapers, numerically, a.
bout balance each other Of late, however, the
former have grown small by degrees and beanti-
fully less-but Death about holds his own, in
spite of the pressure The truth Is, wives in
these days of silks and satins, founces, humbugs
and hoops, are come to be luxury beyond the
reach of common mans MEANS and hence, like
most other luxuries, they must be dispensed
with in hard times. Fashionable weddings are
few and far between. Wait little longer
Can't afford it,
"We have heard of sundry worthy c,ergymen
lamenting the falling of fees, from the bankrupt
cy of Cupid The best thing the clergy can do,
then, is to preach down extravaganza, prodigal-
ity and pride, and preach up their opposites-
humility, charity, nodesty and the kindred vir-
tues II is Flora McFlimsey that has spoiled the
trade-and if there be any way of reforming
Flora, let it be done. If she had nothing to
wear at Saratoga, all last summer, when money
was "a drug in the Market wonder what she
will do this winter, if the crisis keeps on"
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THE ELEoTRIo TELEaRAPB.-The following
good thing is told in recent London letter:
| think the most curious fact, taken altogeth.
er, that have ever heard of the electric tele-
graph, was told me by cashier of the Bank of
England You may have heard of it, 1t may
have been in print I am sure it deserves to be.
.Once upon time" then, on certain Saturday
night, the folks at the Bank could not make the
balance come out right by just 2l00. This is q
serious matter in that little establishment. / do
not mean the cash, but the mistaken arithmetic;
for it requires a world of scrutiny. An error
in balancing has been known, am told, to keep
delegation of clerks from each office at work
sometimes the whole night A hue and cry was
| DIV in Threadneedle street would be in the GA
zette for want of it. Luckily, on the next Sum-
day morning, clerk Gin the middle of sermon,
| dare say, if the truth were known,) felt sus.
picion of the truth dart through his mind quick
er than any fash of the telegraph itself. he
told the chief cashier that perhaps the mistake
might have occurred in packing some boxes for
the West Indies, which had been sent to South
alnpton for shipment. The suggestion was inn
mediately acted upon. Here was race, light
ming against steam and steam with eight-and.
forty hours start given. Instantly the wires
asked, "Whether such vessel had left the har-
bora" 'Just weighing anchor" was the reply.
''Stop herr" frantically shouted the telegraph.
1t was so done. "Have up on deck certain box
es marked SO and SO; weigh them carefully
They were weighed, and one-the delinquent
was found heavier by just one packet of a hun.
dred sovereigns than it ought to be. LET her
60" said the mysterious telegraph. The West
India folks were debited with just 910O more,
and the error was corrected without ever look
ing into the boxes or delaying the voyage by an
hour. Now that is what may be called "doing
business"
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An Irishmen made sudden rush into drug
gist's shop at Glasgow. Drawing from his pock
ct sods-water bottle, filed TO the brim will
some pure liquor, he handed il across the coun
ter, and exclaimed,
There, docthor, snuff that, will your
The doctor did as he was directed, and pro
nounced the liquid to be genuine whskey.
Thank you, docthor,' said the Irishnan.-
Hand it back again, If you place
The doctor again did as directed, and asked
Patrick what he meant. -
Och theD,' said Pat, if you will have it, tn.
priest told me not to drink any of this unless
got it from the docthor. So here's to You
health, and the priests health, and the health
Moses!" ,.-e
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The Commission was promptly sent.

A Western editor and his wife were out walk
ing in the bright moonlight one evening. The
wife was of an exceedingly poetical nature, and
said to her mate: ''Notice that moon-how
bright, and calm, and beautful!' "Oouldnt
think about noticing it," retorted the editor,
"for anything less than the usual. rates--a dollar
and fifty cents for twelve lines"
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ANEcporE OF BURNs-Bnrns being in church
one Sunday, and having some difficulty in pro-
curing seat, young lady who perceived him,
kindly made room for him in her own pew
The sermon was the Scripture upon sinners, and
the preacher quoted several passages to enforce
this point, to which the lady seemed particular
ly attentive and somewhat agitated. Burns. on
perceving this, wrote with pencil on leaf OF
her bible, the following lines =
"Fair maid you need not take the hint,
Nor idle texts pursue
Twas only sinners that he meant,
Not angels such you"
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to believe the catastrophe one of the usual ad-
ventures then frequent in the forest OF Bondy !;
but Garrick pointed out to them that Sir George
Lewis pistols were found loaded and in his hol-
sters, and that willie his purse had been taken
from him, his gold watch, gold snuff box and
diamond riRg were found untouched, from which
he concluded, firstly, that Sir George Lewis had
not been attacked by banditti, but by somo ac-
ouaintance, who perfdiously took him Oft his
guard and secondly, that the personal property
lay untouched merely because the robber was
afraid of compromising himself. Therefore the
assassin was an acquaintance OF Sir George Lew
is, and moved in the social circle to which the
knight belonged. The society assembled at the
chateau was then secretly scanned by Garrick
and the police, and suspicion alighted upon an
Italian called the Chevalier Gaetan. This Ital-
ian was proved to have quilted the chateau
shortly after Sir George Lewis, and, despite his
explanations, he was arrested but no direct ev-
idence could be brought against him, aud the
noble proprietor of the chateau, who was natu-
rally very anxious that no such cloud as crime
should rest upon his s'frien9s,N used every exer-
ton to procure the liberation of the Italian.
At the moment Garrick interyened. He beg
ged the police to allow him to make an experi-
msat WHICH he declared was decisive Garrick,
as everybody knows, was famous for his play of
feature he could assume whatever conntenan0e
he pleased. Sir George Lewis had his portrait
taken by Latour, and Garrick went to Latour's
studio to study the portrait and make up" him
self. The police fetched the Italian from the
gaol and carried him, well escorted, to Sir
George Lewis rooms. Uneasy and perplexed at
this move Gor no had been visiter at Sir
George Lewis house, he questioned the police
agents what they were going to do with him.
No reply was made to his enquiries until they
reached the lepeased's house, when the chief of
the police said i'Sir George Lewis is not dead,
He accuses you of attempting to assassinate him.
I am going to confront you BOTH" The Italian
trembled, he could scarcely speak, his confidence
all forsook him. He was carried into the room
where Garrick stood the great actor represent
ed Sir George Lewis to the life he had his face,
features, expression, gesture, and it was in the
very tone of the deceased knight 6arriok e3-
claimed: "You wretch! you assassin Do you
dare deny your crime before me 2" The Italian
was thunderstruok, and falling upon his knees,
confessed his crime aHd prayed for mercy. He
was hung.
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EXCEEDINGLY CooI.-The editor of a firm de-
mocratic weekly paper, in the rural districts of
Michigan, recently addressed the following let
ter to Gov. Bingham:
"Sr-l did my utmost as editor of The ---
Democrat, to defeat you, but am very sorry
didn't succeed. Please send me, by return mail,
q Notary Public's Commission.
Yours, etc., -"
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Domestic PRoDUcrs An Indiana paper,
speaking of the low dresses and broad shoulders
of the Kentucky women, as seen at the recent
Fair in Louisville says that Cincinnati is cele-
brated for its cured hams, but Louisville can
beat the world for raw shoulders.
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Mrs. Sniff kins being unwell, the other day
sent for physician, and declared her belief that
she was poisoned, and that Mr.. Sniff kins done
it, Il didn't do it, shouted Sniff kins, it's al
CANNON, she is not poisoned. Prove it, doctor
Nopen her on the spot; am willing
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Gov Johnson, of Tennessee, reports the pur-
chase for the State of the Hermitage, and its
tender to the federal government In case the
tender is not accepted, the Governor recon-
mends that the property be retained as resi-
dence for the future Governors of the State.
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HIGHLY IMPORTANT MEETINe.-A congress of
dancing masters was recently held at Vienna,
which was attended by all the professors of that
city, and by deputations from Prague and Odes-
sa. After much anxious deliberaton, it was re-
solved to adopt new quadrille invented by
dancing master Of Prague, named Echler.
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UNpRETENDING.-A Yankee, who had Just
come from Florence, being asked what he had
seen and admired, and whether he was not in
raptures with the statue of Venus, replied
swell, to tell the truth, l don't care much shout
them stone gals"
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"Tilnes are improving and men are getting on
their legs again." said gentleman to his friend
"How so o2' .Why those who used to ride down
in their carriages now walk"
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Punch says that the reason why editors are so
ant to have their manners spoiled, is because
thew receive from one correspondent and anoth-
err. such q vast amount of evil communications
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81 say, friend is there nothing fellow can
shoot about here 2" asked Kentucky sports
man of little boy. .srs. ,-,.,1 - ea
Boy-"Wal nothing just about here strang-
er, but the schoolmaster is down the hill yonder
You might pop him over.'
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will you give me them pennies now p said
big news.boy to little one, after giving him a
humping.
No, l won't
Then I'll give you another pounding
Pound away me and Dr.. Franklin agrees
He says, take care of the pence and the pounds
will take care of themselves
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= HER M1rE.-As a practical commencement in
the new emancipation scheme, Mrs. Partlngton
offers to contribute ''the widows mite" toward
the purchase of Powers Greek slave.
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A contemporary of ours protests most earnest
" that he is as good as his word. No doubt ht
is, but his word is good for nothing. So say
Prentice,
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THE HANpKERoHIEF.-A theatrical company
were playing, a few years ago, in one of the in,
terror towns of the West, Shakspeare's Othelo
and when Othello demanded Of Desdemona 'the
handkerchief the handkerchief" green m
called out impatiently. "Never mind the hand
kerchief, don't wait for that; blow your nose
with your fingers, and go ahead"