The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1858-02-27

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the present year, and yet it was marvellous to
f@aear the amount of good done. Our other re-
lief Associations are conducted in the same
Isnanher as the one We have noticed incidentally,
and, we repeat, the deserving poor will find
| them ready to respond to eyerE=xxa faad which
they may make,.-E
- Aneedotc Of GeneraI Jackson.
In one of the Indian campangs, which is not
reeolected or material to our storyy whilst the
army was on its march, still in Tennessee, on
| its Way to the scene Of war in Alabama, d draf-
tea company was expected daily to overtake
| the main body Of troops. This eompaney at
Iieng I'll reached the rear of the train. Inforz
lmaflon OF their apRkoach Nas telKenaa
sE's nssss! !. l[ ol|| : n 3 sfvSs
Tue fact tt at this c, m. any were wie.out arms
having left their guns at home, wae made
| knownHalong the whole line. 1t was known
totthSentire army before it reached Jacksoh's
! ears. Curiosity was on tiptoc. to know how
the irascibe commander would act under suci,
circumstances. Soon the General was observed
n''Ai.S ms way rapidly to the rear, and to the
surpl'ze OF all parties, seemingly in a smiling
MOOD moou. flnaliy, he met the company He
!
curses and an Immediate dismissio,, homc1the
very th!ng they desired. Not SO however
Old Hickory pulled off his hat and with the
poiitest and lowest bow expressed his grat;fI
cation at their arrival and especially at tile
fact that they had no guns. They were the
very men he wanted just he desired them
ao1Aout armes. Forming them for rapid motion
at double quick step under his own lead, they
marched on till a baggage wagon was reached
then halted, and each man was furnished with
an AK. Forward march again was the word.
AS they passed along the line Of marched the
Generals object was seen and laughter loud
and uproarous, saluted saluted them as they
made their rapid way to the front. There these
axmen were at once initiated into their cam.
paign duties. They cleared the roads, they
bridged the brooks or carried the wagons piece
by piece the baggage, ammunition, etc, over
on their backs, when bridges were impossible.
They were ever iii post of danger, bearing
the burdens Of the campaign. Sharing none
of its honors, they the laughing stock oi
the whole y.-Mo6ilDMerenry.
Ducks OF WoMAN-Dickeus' Household
Words relates the following:
The Siamese spend three-foartls of their ex-
istence in the water. Their first act on wax
ing is to battle; they battle at eleven o'clock
they battle again at three and again at sunset ;
there is scarcely an hour in the day when
bathers may not be seen in all the creeks even
ff4f~ ire srreers. I once saw Siamese woman
sitting Oh the low step Of a landing place. while
by girdle she held in the water her infant of
few months old spIashlng and kicking about
with evident enjoyment Were not these
people expert swimmers MANY lives would be
lost for the tide flows swiftly that it needs
great skill and care to prevent boats runing.
foul Of one another, aud of course they are
frequently upset. On one occasion our boat
Gan English built gig )ran down small native
canoe containing woman and two little chill
dren In an instant they were all capszcd
and disappeared We were greatly alarmed
and c. the point of jumping in to their
rescue, when they bobbed mp, and the lady
with the first breath she recovered, she poured
forth ronnd volley of abuse Thus relieved
in her mind she coolIy righted her canoe-which
had been floating bottom upwarl-ladled out
some of the water and bundled in her two
children who had been meanwhile composedly
swimming around her. reg lrdiny with mingled
fear and curiosity the barbarans who had occa-
stoned the mishap.
A RAINY NIGHT IN THE CARs-The editor
of the New York Courier thus disceurses upon
one of the advantages of civilization
We have tested the comforts of a night ride
of rain, gloom, wild wind, and all that the cause
could devise to impress upon traveller what
an INVENTION what charnrt,f civilization, thrice
refined, it was to roll securely through all this
iOOill, anu III tue race, III TIE ScOWI OK tne storm;
and while the rain dashed over road aud river,
to be borne rapidly and safely ili lighted room
and where the thoughts couidr glide into indo-
lent perplexity, the very threshold to sleep
! A rainy night in the cars That it is
which lifts this century high, if not dry, above
all others. Where else but in our times, and
where else but in lands of the civilized, could
| the traveller smile at the storm, and find rath-
er more pleasure from its contrasts than him
drance from its power The wanderer over
the earth century or half century since,
would 'on such night this, have been the
personlicaton of dull despair. He would
have been saturated at the first mile, begrimmed
at the second, and been Introduced with every
prospect Of a close acquaintance to consumption
and rheumatism at the close of his doleful jour
ney."
DUTIES OF DAILY LIFE.-Life is not en-
tirely made Of great evils, of heavy trials;
but the perpetual recurrence of petty evils
and small .rials is the ordinary and appoint
ed exercise of the Christian graces. Tc
bear with the failings of those about us
with their infirmites, their bad Judgment
their Ill breeding, their perverse tempers-
TO endure neplect when we feel we deservt