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The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1859-01-29
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THE CHENALIER DE BAYARD

Nearly four centuries ago the fine Chateau
dc Bayard in Danphiny was the noble and
beautiful residence of one who was allied by
birth to the best families in that province. OF
his ancestors, the fields Of Poicticrs and Ar.
gincourt where they "madc their mark" in
blood-rcd letters, attested to their yalor; and
the father Of the occupant Of the chateau fell
with six mortal wounds Such an ancestry
could not give birth to towards; and well
Aymon Terral proved that he was worthy OF
his "lorbears.o Connected as he was with the
noblest and best blood--with those who styled
themselves the Scarlet nobility'-and with q
reputation for courage and bravery that none
disputed, it was matter Of sincere grief and sor-
row when Aymon Terrail returned from the
first battle OF Spurs Chat Of GuineZaste) with
such fearful wounds as to confnc him for life to
the chateau.
Already more than fifty years old, Aymon
Terra could not but regret that in his early
years he had not allied himself to some one
who could now have cheercd the evident desc
lation to which he was doomed. But the
grand old chateau was not to remain dull or
gloomy because its master wUs disabled: and
as soon as he had recovered from the fever Of
his wounds, his halls were thronged with the
choicest of his nobility, who brought their sons
and daughters with them to greet the old SOL
der in his home.
Among the last was a meek eyed gentle girl,
who had almost passed the period of her young
madenhood. In her youth, it was said, she
had refused several splendid offers for the sake
OF nursing her father, who had long been q
prey to disease, from a violent fall which par
TALLY obscured naturally fine and cheerful
mind. She was still in mourning for him, he
having died some months before, and her friends
earnestly desired her to go into society to dis
spatc the effect of her loss.
What Aymon Tcrrail naturally supposed
would make him repulsivc, only served to ava
ken the deep pity of Jeanne d Argentin; and
needed but a word to forego all the charms of
society which, after giving them up until after
she was past thirty, she could easily resign
again. Jeanne became the faithful wife and
the tender nurse Of a man whom she honored
and loved through years that brought happy
and pleasant memories after the Scared form
was laid in the earth; and surely man never
felt such deep love and gratitude to woman for
tightening and cheering an existence otherwise
hard to be borne.
-Four sons, bright and beautiful, were born
to Them and in their youth and happiness,
Aymon Terrail lived his own life over again as
happy careless boy. Kind and indulgent,
yet ever SET ting before them the path of right,
he made their childhood happy; while they in
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1859-01-29
Gbe ,frlitiana Democrat.
81 AM NOT OLD"

am not old-though years have cast
Their shadows on my days;
am not old though youth has passed
On rapid wings away:
For in nv heart fountain flows
And round Il pleasant thoughts rcposc,
And sympathes and feelings high
Spring like stars on evenings sky.
/ am not old---Timc may have set
Ills signct on my brow,
And some faint burrows there have met,
Which Care may deepen now ::
Yet Love. fond love n choplct wcaves
or fresh young buds and vcrdunt leaves,
And still in fancy. can twinc
Thoughts sweet rs flowers that once were mine
/ am not old-the snowy tingc
That's fallen on my hair,
What is II but silver fringe
That makes the head more fair?
Sad contrast, may be, to the brown
Which used to deck my carly crown;
But, let the senilc tokens stay,
No impulse Of my soul l. gray.
am not old-though must leave
This earth, and be ut rest
Soon, very soon ! will but grieve
For those whom Love loves best.
What though this fragile frame shall fade
In Ages cold and gloomy shade?
| shall regain the light, aud be
Youthful in Immortality.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1859-01-29
THEFIRELIGIIT on TIE WALL.

WHEN the shadows Of night have mantled
The breast of the dark brown earth,
And only the CLEAN of the freight
Shines from my lonely hearth,
cross my hands on my bosom.
And watch. on my chamber wall,
How, backward and forward dancing,
The lights and shadows fall
All day on my weary pillow,
Tossing with fever and pain.
have hated the glaring sunshine,
And longed for the dusk again;
Longed for the sweet full calmncss
That comes like mothers hand,
And leads me tcudcrly. gently,
Into the twilight land.
IT'S then that watch for the shadows,
And call them fantastic names
Now-troops Of merry dancers,
Now-children playing games;
Anon weird procession
Winds up the darkened wall.
Priest-Knight-a lovely lady,
With their banners over all.
Soon on tho ceiling glowing,
feathered Palm-trce stands.
And pictured the well in the desert,
In fnr-oT Eastern lands
With the long necks Of the cnmels,
And their tuiband riders by,
Their biyouac fires, their flashing arms,
And the tranquil, starry sky.
Anon the old Crusaders
Ride proudly DER the plain:
see their crosses cleaning bright,
hear their martial strains;
And wrapped in delightful visions,
people the freight deep,
Till the pain, and the fever. and watching,
Are lost in a soothing sleep!
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1859-01-29

q blow, which he knew instantly to be mortal.
Holding up his sword. he kissed the cross upon
its handle and pronounced these words, audi
bly,: "Misercre mel, Deus, sccundum magnam
misericordian tuamw
Ills servant took him from his horse and
placed him under n tree. The Spaniards dis
covering who he was that was wounded cxhib-
tied the greatest kindness towards him. A
tent and campbell were prepared for him, and
every attention paid to him that n generous
enemy could bcsow The Marquis Of Pcscarn
addressed him in terms of strong commcnda.
ton of his knghtly powers, and of commiscra-
ton for his present strait Aud here, surronn-
dcd by both friends and foes, with u fcrvcnt
prayer for God to forgive his offences, the
Good Knight" closed those beautiful eyes for
the last time, and sunk down in the quiet slum-
bers of the dead.
BY the direction of the Spanish general the
body was placed in church, and solemn SER
vices performed there for three days; il was
then taken home. As the funeral coriegc passed
through Savoy, orders were given by the duke
that as much respect should be paid to it as if
it were that of his own brother Bayard was
buried in a convent that had been founded by
the Bishop of Grcnoble
The French are a demonstrativc people, and
delight in expressing their emotions by external
forms; yet years swept by and no visible type
Of their remembrance of the good old knight
appeared. The king whom he had died to
serve, the nation Of which he was the pride,
reared no memorial to his virtues or his fame
1t remained for private individual connected
with him by no tie, except that of being ma.
tive of the same province, to erect his monu.
ment. Let his name be carried down to the
future, long after the monumental marble has
sunkcn into the earth, as Scipio dc Poulloud,
Scigneur de Saint Agnin
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1859-01-29
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The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1859-01-29
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Price, 81 per Bottle, or Six for So, delivered
TO any Address
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The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1859-01-29

TIENIUNTS ITO ATENTS GETTING SUBSCRIBERS
Those getting up club of five subscribers, at 81
n m ana renting SO, will be entitled to Gold
Pen and silver holder worth SO and each snbscri
Der will receive any one of the above articles he may
select. "'
Those romtting $50 for ten subscribers will be en-
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Those getting up club Of ID subscribers and re-
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gold vest chain worth : TO- "
Those RENTING $40 for 90 subscribers will be en-
ltied TO gold chain or silver hunting cased watch
worth SIS. '"'s'
nose remltng $50, for 30 subscribers, will be en-
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Those RENTING $50 for 40 subscribers will be en-
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THOSE renting 500 for so subscribers will be en-
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- 1886 Broadway, New York.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1859-01-29

Nor A DROP MORE 'rIiour IRIS SwEErENED!-
We meet this tale on its rounds We are not
sure we have not seen it before But it will
bear repetition if it is old.
Twenty years ago, it was the custom in
northwestern Georgia as indeed it was through
out the Southwest, for dry goods dealers to
keep 0 barrel of "spcrrits" in the back room,
and to treat liberal customers to a glass when
ever desired.
Fillcns and Dcwbcrry were such dealers, in
one of the small towns indicated; and they had
for customer clever, rollicking old fellow,
named Joe Denny, who drank whskcy in pref
crcnce TO water always, and whose wife was
'llcsh Of his flesh" in that particular. The old
couple would come in town, trade quite freely,
and as freely imbibc the spirits in the back
room of the dealers we have named.
On one occasion both the old man and old
woman continued their rotations Unfortunately:
and rs FlIens observed that his goods went
better the drunken the old woman became, he
pressed her to drink.
AT last she refused, unless he wonld swcetcn
it with little store Sugar Fillens INDUCED
her, and when the old people started home in
the evening late, the old man could scarcely
mount his horse, and the good wife had actu-
ally to be lifted and placed on the plion be-
hind him. Happily, she leaned one way and
her husband the other so that the grayitatng
point was between them; rs she cluug to him
ms'inctycly, they passed out of the village
safely.
Before reaching their home however, they
had TO cross "A small creek and when their horse
stepped in to drink, the old lady having reached
unconciousness, released her hold, and quietly
lapscd into the stream below.
Occupied with his thoughts the old man did
not perceive his loss, but logged slowly home.
ward Arrived there, the children inquired
anXiously for "mammy," but the old man could
only say that she had been on the "critter,"
and "the critter hadn't kicked up nary time;
so he couldn't say where she mout be-" and
threw himself stupid on the bed
Girls and boys flew along the road the old
man had come, yelling many! nance! but of
course no many responded.
When they arrived at the creek, the oldest
girl shouted.
londcr she is sitting down in the creek! I"
And there she was, seated comfortably in
the water which came nearly up to her mouth
AS she swayed back and forth, now yielding
to the impetnosity Of the stream, and now re.
sistlng il with some success, the muddy fluid
would occasionally wet her lips, and each time
it did so, she would family exclaim, with a
grim effort to smile:
Not drop more, Mr.. Fillens, 'thout it's
swectencd"
And it is to this romantic little incident in
the life OF the venerable Mrs. Joe Denny, that
we are indebted for one of our most popular
colIoquial phrases
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1859-01-29
SOUTHERN GARDEN SEED

IusT RECEIVED, at the ''Clnton Drug Store"
y supply of the above seed, raised and put up by
the Society of Shakers Pleasant Ill., Mercer County
Kentucky, in the year 1858.
These seeds are superior to any other kind sold in
This section. THEY are the only Seed aised and pa in
the SonM. The Propretors take back all their old
seed at the close OF each season. and supply their
Agents with fresh seed. BY this means you can al
ways get fresh seed If you buy from the regularly APP
pointed Agent.
Il, WALKER. Commercial Row,
Jan Sole Agent for the Parish of Fast Felciana
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1859-01-29

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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-06-24
THE WORLD ANIAZED!
ALL NATIONS THANKFUL.

The shallow proyerb, Familiarity breeds contempt has
very limited application Familiarity with that which is
admirable, useful and benecen breeds respect gratitude
and enthusiasm 1t has been thus with HoLLowAYs inest
mabe Pills. The thoroughly we become acquainted
with their wonderful properties the of their
sibe do we become of the value of humanity medical
discoverer like Professor HOLLOWAY In this country
where quick to perceive and prompt to admit the
claims of greatness in every department of or science
his popularity boundss and the demand for his remedies
might be called ore if it founded on the solid
basis of experience In the when dysenary and
dlarrha prevail the population of whole districts in the
South and West refuse to take any other preparation than
the Pills. The resident physicians demonstrate with them
In van is useless to tell the SICK who are daily
ing strength appetite. health and cheeruness by the use
OF this omnpotent dicne that it an empirical inyen
ton Their every organ, muscle, nerve and fibre unite in
giving the lie to the assertion Tt is the same with dyspen
sa liver complaint and in fact all internal maladies with
out exception.
Under such circumstances, be surprising that the
name of Holloway is endeared to the American people
Many maiadies deemed ncurabe before the introduction
OF the Pills. now create neither fear anxiety 1t gene
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course OF the medicine easy task that the sufferer
who relies upon any other preparation patent or prescrb
ed, literally scrambng for life the dark and that he
or she who pershes under the false treatment Of the faculty.
" dies as the fool dieth'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-06-24

We do not stand alone in appreciation of the
and restorative qualities of the Pills. Almost every
paper we open contains anecdote of their tri
over disease or OF the uplifting Of debitated @
hopeless nVaha irom the lowest depths of physical veal
vertised medicines have ever commanded such au-
from the medical religious, political and Independent
as Holloways remedies Papers and periodicals ton
y aristocratic even to publish the advertisements of
binary nostrums of the day, have earnestly
Pills to the confidence of the afflicted. Nothing INT ue
facts. too widely known to be disputed could have
the accredited organs of the faculty to bow to this
nnovato the Caesar OF the world of medicine his peer
less curatives. But these have succumbed TIL
no more be arrested in its course than the pbp
ven.-N. r Sunday 90 Mercguy'' u Hea'
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For the journal .
L VI
Town Meeting.


meeting of citizens the town of Wilmington was held
in the Court House on Thursday evening" the 10th inst
pursuance of call from his Honor, the Mayor.
On motion, John Dawson Esq, Mayor, called pre-
side, and James Fulton appointed Secretary.
The Mayor explained the object of the meeting to be the
appointment of delegates to proposed Mass Convention
to be held on the 4h of July at Reedy Patch Gap, in Hen
dersOn county, with the view of promoting the extension
the Wilmington, Charlotte Rutherford Railroad to the Ten
| nessee line, through the Reedy Path Gap.
John G. MCRae, Esq. being called upon made some
statements in reference to the line of the proposed extern
sion.
In response to a CALL Judge Person gave sketch of the
qrements in the way public improvements and the feel
ing there entertained that subject Judge Persons
marks were listened to with much attention.
Rev. Mr. Robbins spoke Of the country above Rutherford
great advantage of the proposed extension to the State
ledge of the country about which he talked.
On motion OF N. N. Nixon, Esq., the chair appointed
committee of five to draft resolutions the action of the
meeting The chair appointed Hon S. j. Person, Rev.
Robbins, Robert Strange n n. Nixon, and Alfred Martin
| Esqs., that committee.
The committee, through their chairman Hon. S. j. Per
SON. reported the following which were unanimously adop
ted.
ResolUed, That feel anxious to be united with our fe
oWclzens OF the counties west OF the Blue Ridge by Rail
road communication through the most feasible route.
ReSOt0e That from surveys and other official reports
led to believe that the line from the present western
terminus of the Wilmington Charlotte g. rutherford Rail
road through the Reedy Patch Cop to the Tennessee line
affords the most feasible route.
Resotred That the Chairman be authorized to appoint,
bis LEISURE twenty delegates to attend proposed COnv
on to be held at Reedy Patch Gap the 4h july there
to meet and consult with fellow citizens of the
counties as to the best mode of accomplishing the object
vlcWat is the crossing of the Blue Ridge at the most fa
vorabe point, either at the Reedy Patch Gap elsewhere
| On motion
ResoUed That the Secretary furnish COPY of these pro
ceedmgs to the papers of town. with request that they be
published.
| On further motion
Res0F0e"' That this meeting a 4Tn u,,o,,
JAMES FULTON, sec'y
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BURLINGTON, June l6.-The democratic State Con
vention assembled here to-day and quite largely at
tended. The following State nominations were made
OF Burlington Lieutenant Governor Stephen Thomas
OF Montpelier. MIR. SAKE made speech accepting the
nomination Douglas delegates were appointed to the
national convention.
Resolutions were adopted in favor of .non-irterven-
ton with slavery in the States Territories OF districts
strict adherence to the doctrine of popular sovereignty
endorsing the administration of James Buchanan ia
voring the acquisition of Cuba and hoping that the
complication of European politics will aid the acquisi-
ton of that island without the sacrifice of the ma
onal honor The resolutions further favor foreign en-
graton and express abiding confidence in the prin-
ciples Of the democratic party.
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Melancholy Accident.

This morning about 8 o'clock, Mr.. James Ii. Downs,
second mate of Schr. D. 3. Warner lying in front OF
the Custom House. fell from the stress OF the main
mast (where he performing duty) to the wharf,
distance Of about 70 feet Medical assistance was i'm
medatey called but he died in about half hour from
the effect of the injuries received which appeared to be
internal. The deceased was aged about % years, a
native of Greenport, L. l., where his mother, with
brothers and sisters now live. He had been member
of the NJ E. Church for some or years. and is re-
presented to have been steady and industrious young
man.
Coroner Hartsfeld held an inquest over the remains
and verdict in accordance with above facts
Daity Journal, 18th inst.
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Special Terms of the Superior Courts.

Welearn from Mr.. Dawes, the Private Secretary to
the Governor that special terms of the Superior Court
have been ordered, and will be held as follows
Wilkes county, Sd Monday in June, and Ashe coun-
ty, 4th Monday in June, by Judge Heath.
Wayne county, Sd Monday in June, by Judge Saun-
ders.
Montgomery county, 4th Monday in June, by Judge
Shepard.
Buncombe county, Sd Monday in July, to continue
two weeks by Judge Bailey
Pitt county, 4th Monday in July, by Judge Manly
Mecklenburg county, I'd Monday in July by Judge
Caldwell.
Duplin county, Sd Monday in September, by Judge
Saunders