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The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

CiCuldTS vi iuOSI DIoOuy tldStuy, WuiCu WIS GU
acted IN Courtlaud county, Arkansas, near St.
Francis river, about twenty-five miles from this
city, came to our know ledge yesterday. On
the night OF the 2lSt uit, man named Robin
son was shot through the window and instantly
killed by some person on the outside OF his
house, when diabolicaI deed was committed, as
afterwards ascertaned, nobody in the
house with him but his wife, and he was in the
act Of undressing preparatory to going to bed.
The whole matter remained buried in the deep
est mystery until several days had elapsed, when
when some of the ncighbors Of the murdered
man arrested his wife on suspicion. She confes-
sed that she knew something Of the killing, and
implicated too brothers, whose names our infor-
mant did not ascertain on Wednesday last
the too men were arrested. One of them con-
fessed that it was arranged that when Robinson
was put out Of the way he was to marry his
widow and that he had paid his brother one
hundred dollars to do the deed. A vigilence
committee was formed and Thursday the
too men were taken into the woods and hung
The comuittee also resolved to DANCE the wo
mau, aud was to have executed the sentence
yesterday Memphis Avalnche, Sd
VICE PRESIDENT BRECKENRIEGE, who has been
represented being present to asst Mr.. Ed
mundson in his assault on Mr.. Hickman, and
that, being armed, was prepared to kill the
latter if he resisted, has published a letter in
tno NdllOudl 1HLeiIlStHCCl III "ulCH uc utHlcS
the charges. He happened to be present acci-
deEtaly and witnessed the scene at distance.
He interfered only to stop any further mischief
He performed what he conside red good-natured
act, and has been extensively abused for it.
NJ Breckenridge says, for reasons satisfactory
to himself he has never carried weapon of
any kind upon his person.
ST. LOUIS. March Sth.-The bill excluding free
negroes from the State, under penay of becoming
slaves passed the Senate yesterday, having been
previously passed by the House. The same bill
pa Ssed the Legislature last session. but failed to
receive the sanction of the Governor.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 9-The Governor of
Virginia has made requisition upon the Governor
of Ohio for the arrest of Owen Brown and Francis
Merriam the alleged Harpers Ferry insurgents,
now supposed to be in Ashtabula county. Governor
Dennson declines to issue warrants for that purpose
and has communicated his reasons to Gov. Letcher
There is house in Duxbury, Mass, in which ff-
teen children, eleven girls and four boys, born
of the parents, and what's still singular
the eleven girls all married in the same room
l The Iredell Express says, If the Bank Of North
Carolina should refuse to locate branch at States
ville-Hhich believe it will not--proposal have
been made by two Banking institutions in South
Carolina to establish agencies in Statesvilie, and
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17
LOCAL.


We have already given readers general idea
of the town affairs acted upon during the week; all
of which fully endorse, espically the order for
the further aid of the School fund Our heart
warns at the mention of the Orphan Children who
generally Doomed to grow up in ignorance and
vice. They ought to be thoroughly educated
to enable them to take position. We never think of
the Orphan boys of our country but that mind
.nders back Moses the Law giver at the time of
his discovery under the banks of the Nile, and trac
ing him to the ascent of Mount Sinai where amid
the thunders of Heaven he received the Laws which
afterwards governed his people. He was bright
example of an Orphan boy. Romuus, another or
phan boy, found the banks of the Tiber and
nursed by wild beast was the founder and King
of Rome. We might single out many other bright
example of the poor neglected children. No where
in the who variety of human epithets is a name
which carries along with it so many images of Sor-
and woe. Those who have had father to fold
them to his and bless them who have smiled
under the benediction of a mothers prayer who
have felt the Tears and Kisses of parents tenderness
and solcitude know nothing of the trails of these
Orphans Through all the vast possessions of this
world magnifeence and wealth. not dwelling
opens upon them to which they go and say we
are at home. Silent, Solitary and folorn they look
to the sky for their shelter and to mankind for their
friends. In Gods name let all such be educated
eoery sohere.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

Po1rr1cAL.-Ata a Democratic meeting in Kanawha
county Va. last week rest utions were adopted IN
favor of Virginia appointi' Commissioners to the
Southern Conference and expressing sfsrer
for Henry A. Wise for th sPsssiaeocy
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

The Iredeil Express says 6 If the Bank Of North
Carolina should refuse to locate branch at States
ville-Hhch we believe it will not--proposal have
been made by two Banking institutions in South
Carolina to establish agencies in Statesvilie and
upon the say-so of cur business it would bedone
forthwith
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

Frd> I.:-.7lent wN1n,' iaf.. t27lat Washing
ton ros> the to Nay Tor his country. IL
fought at meridian. and watched for her at
midnight Every editor of newspaper, magazine
or journal, ',etWSen Mantauh Point and the State
of Oregon, LIE has three drops of American blood
in his veins, should publish the above the 22nd
of February IWashington's birth day. while woods
grow and water run.
GRANT THoRBURN, Sen.
Feb. 18th enter my S5th birth day.
Ne1c Hnren
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

love LABoR-Few seem to labor for the pure
love of it. Yet the necessities OF it are not
more apparent or positive than its DEMENT'S
Like every other divinely appointed institution,
it secures the richest of blessings to him that
,oes forth to his work and unto his labor until
evening. Every man and woman, and !n every
ea.a shn,id have regular and daily employment.
The SIMPLEST and plainest articles OF food and
rain,enr have cost labor. and what right has any
one n to partate thereof unless he labor? Is it
nota plain and positive declaration Of the Bible:
"If any man would not work neither should he
oat
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

ANECDoTE OF GENERAL WAsHINGToN-In 1906
heard the farmer referred to- narrate the following
incident; When the British army held possession Of
New York, and Washington with the American
army lay near West Point, morning at sun rise
| went forth to bring home the cows. On passing
clump O. brushwood, [ heard moaning sound
like person in distress; nearing the spot, 1
heard the word of in prayer, [ listened be-
hind d tree the man came forth; it was George
Washington, the captain Of the Lords host in North
America. This farmer was member of the Socie-
ty of Friends, who, being opposed to the war under
any pretext, luke warm and, in some cases
opposed to the cause of the country; he Tory
However, having seen the General enter the camp
he went to his house; said he to his wife,
Martha, must not oppose this any longer
this morning [ heard the man Geo. Washington
send up prayer to heaven for his country, and l
know it will be heard. This Friend dwelt between
the lines. and sent Washington many items
ing the rsloye,.lents of tl, enemy, which rendered
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

QuENcH1sG THIRsr.-Nearly ahundred years ago,
DIR. Lind suggested to Captain Kennedy that thirst
might be quenchsd at sea by dipping the clothing
Subsequently, the captain, ON being cast away had
opportunity making the experiment. With
great difficulty he succeeded in pcrsuading a part
Of the men to follow his example, and they all sur
vvcd; while the four who refused, and drank salt
water, became delirious and died In addition to
putting the Clothes while wet, night and morn
ing. they may he wetted while on two or three
''After these operations we uniformly found that
the violent draught went off, and the parched
tongue was cured in few minutes after bathing and
washing our clothes, while we found ourselves as
much refreshed as if we had received some actual
nourishment" The bare possibility of the truth of
the statement makes it Immunity for any paper to
give it wide publicity, since there are not many
readers in any hundred who may not go to sea and
be shipwrecked.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

There is house in Duxbury, Mass, in which I'll
teen children eleven girls and four boys, were Dor
of the parents, and, what's still more singular
the eleven girls were all married in the same room
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

OPPOSED TO THE SUBscR1PrIoN.-We see that
the committee to whom was referred the pro-
position of a subscription of $25, 900, by Colun'
bia, to the railroad from Charlotte to States
vile, in North Carolina. have reported against
the subscription. The committee seem to think
that Columbia should reserve her means for
the purpose of aiding the road from Augusta
to Columbia We wonder if there has ever
been any real intention Of building road from
Augusta We belive there is charter for
such a road, and it has been spoken of for sevral
years past, and we are not able to comprehend
the policy which has delayed this enterprise.
We know of no link in Southern railroads
which could be supplied with as much certainty
of profitable remuneration.
A6beoiH Bannar.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17
CIRELEWooD, March 9TH. 1850.

CIRELEwooD, March 9TH, 1860.
Mr. EE6r:|1 send you a communication which
you VII 4ase publish if you think proper and
BE MORE PARTICULAR
feeI u putty to caution the public relative to
the ca,el1fess OF all our interests a WHOLE Mr.
JAS Ncssu4ns carpenter (Peter) has lust been
caugh, vi ran away about the Sth of March 1859
and has oee since that time working and passing
just s<s7ts' Se town of Wadesboro Anson Co. n G.
about ISIS from his Masters Residence, after
havin.yaei advertised and liberal reward ofenced
in see. | 6 4ae popular papers of this State and
S. C. - ten canght, the following pass for pro-
tectH ce say he was never asked.for by a
whL isae Is ror6atim.
- -a::....... .zz.sxo,, to ...s~, from,
this State io any other his good behaver, he is
well Known in this State this March 1st 1859 Marion
bis&ric-; S,uth Carolina ROBERT kAIRNER.
DUNCAN McDoNALD.
AIRED CETHAY
'It will be seen by Telegraph, that Gov
Ellis has been nomi mated and ad ralorens de-
nouncei by the Convention. So Democracy is
openly and squarely opposed to equal taxation
to that prn iple which says that
every nan shall pay taxes upon his property ac-
cordins to the value of said property-in other
words opposed to conducting our State Gov
ernmen. The principles of justice and equal
ity.
WeIwe know where to find them now, shafts
some csmfOrt."
Wilmington Herald
Yes, Mr.. Herald, you m ight have known where to
find us. You will find opposed to taxing family
Bureau the same as we would a Billiard Table q
pocket Bible the same pack OF cards /; the poor
mans Cow the same as the rich mans Carriage and
four horses poor mans Crockery and China
Ware the as the rich mans silver plate-Thcse
and host of others, we are determined to oppose
and in SO doing act in accordance with the die
tates of honesty and sound political economy.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 9-The Governor OF
Virginia has made requisition upon the Governor
of Ohio for the arrest of Owen Brown and Francis
Merriam, the alleged Harper's Ferry insurgents,
now supposed to be in Ashtabula county. Governor
Dennson declines to issue warrants for that purpose
and has communicated his reasons to Gov. Letcher
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17
BEDSTE.ADS IND CH.AIRS

For Sale at reduced prices, at the Auction Store
of A. NJ. CAMPBELL.
A1g 81, 1858. tt
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

ST. LOUIS. March Sth.-The bill excluding free
negroes from the State, under penaly of becoming
slaves passed the Senate yesterday, having been
previously passed by the House. The same bill
passed the Legislature last session, but failed to
receive the sanction of theGovernor.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-03-14
For the Grand Haven News.
SPRING is COMING AGAIN.

a
BY the golden tint that gilds. the morn,
And brightens the evening sky - ~
BY the ba.my breath that comes from the soutl,
know the spring time is nigh. .r1
Iknow the songstcrs will soon return
To their own green native, tree
The flowers win answer the call of spring
In woodland, meadow and lea. 10 ''- .
The streamlet will break its icy chain,
And gayly dancing along,
II win sing to the blue forget-mc-nOt
Its never varying song -.-.
All nature win waken to. life again, - -
And put on her charmsanow-- 90
The thought creeps silently into my heart, =.
win my loved one wakon too?
Can wc so forth, in the warm sunshine,
With no little MAY by our side,
And watch the flowers, she called her own,
In the dawn Of baby pride, -. ...e-
While we know the lips which SO often kiss'd
The sparkling dew drops away,
And the eyes which brighten'd at sight of these
Are sadly dinmed by decay?
fAt-tt WH +ettFs
Never again, in the long years to come,
viii we hear voice SO sweet;
Never more will our hearts keep perfect time
To the petter of little feet. "7
There's amournful gloom in our hearts and home,
There's q vacancy everywhere, tf''
Everything speaks Of the loved lost one
In tones which we only hear.
Twas the cruel wind, from the field of ice,
Which nippcd this MAY bud of ours
She dropped in the carly spriug time of life
And sleeps meath the grass and flowers.
We laid her away in silence to rest
Beneath the sheltering sod,
But we know our MAY bud has bloomd, ere this,
In the garden of our God.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-03-14

Fun At HoME.--Don't be afraid OF
little fun at home, good peoplc! Don't
shut up your houses, lest the sun should
fade your carpets and your hearts, lest
hearty laugh should shake down some Of
the musty old cobwebs there! If you
want to ruin your sons, let them think that
all mirth and social enjoyment must be
left on the threshhold when they como
homo at night. When once home is
regarded ms only place to eat, drink and
sleep in, the work is begun that ends in
gambling houses and reckless degradation.
Young people must have fun and relaxa.
tion somewhere. If they do not find it
at their own hearihstones, it will be
sought in other, and perhaps, less profit
able places. Therefore, let The fire burn
brightly at night, and make the home
nest delightful with all those little arts
that parents so perfectly understand
Don't repress the buoyant spirits Of your
children; half an hour Of merriment round
the lamp and freight of home blots out
the remembrance of many a care and an
noyanco during the day, and the best safe
guard they can take with them into tho
world is the unseen influence Of bright.
little domestic sanctum.-
Milwaukee News.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-03-14
DoDGING A QUARTER.
BY DIR. J. II. ROBINSON.


1t is well known chat Ossian L. Dodge
the comic singer, is great genius
Many Of his eccentricities are irresistably
droll. s
Not long since, when on singing tour
through New Hampshire, the following
scene occurred:
Mr.. Dodge always stands at the door
and takes tho tickets, as the lovers of fun
pass iuto the exhibition room. This is
one of his queer fancies, which no person
can persuade him to abandon.
While thus engaged in the town of
Claremont, in the State we have men
toned, his attention was directed by a
respectfully dressed individual, who ap-
peared to be scanning him with The
greatest interest. After this silent scru-
tiny had continued for few minutes, he
stepped up to Mr.. Dodge, with the air of
man who wishes to say something in
tho deepest confidence.
Now it so happened that tho comic
man wears sort of grey overcoat of am
pie size (how long he has had it, himself
only kuows,) the collar of which he draws
up about his face in such a manner while
taking the tickets, that no portion of his
face is visible, but the leading feature,
that is bis nose (which, by the way, is a
good sized one,) together with a very
small part of his forehead, and the most
comic pair Of eyes ever put into mans
head. No person not acquainted with
him would imagine for moment that the
door tender and the singer are one and
the same. ,e
Laboring under this mistaken idea, the
stranger addressed Mr.. Dodge in seri-
Gus and confidential tone, as if fully I'M
der the impression that if he appealed to
the honor of the "ticket taker," he sho'd
infaIlibly arrive at the truth.
sMister"--and the tall stranger laid
his hand in friendly manner upon the
singers arm, and brought his proboscis
almost in juxtaposition with tho cores
ponding organ upon the doorkeeper's
countenanee--" Mister, is this ere per-
formance worth hearing, or is il all 'tarn-
al dumJng| 80. -. W
For q moment, Mr.. Dodge allowed his
eyes to journey up and down the tall fig
ure of the speaker, as if considering
whether he was man he could trust and
whether he should run any risk in telling
him an honest truth. This scrutiny ap-
peared satisfactory on the part of the
singer, andlin tono equally confidential
whispered in the ear of the questioner-
II Is aE a hmn5ag!p
] The lock that accompanied this com.
tnunieatioh signiiied far more than The
words.
! Humphi thought so,r replied the
stranger, with a knowing look. / can al
most always twig these-strolling scamps.'
:" Yes, Isaw that alta glance" replied
Dodge.
"Can he sing anyw added the stran-
ger, with-a patronizing air, just as tho lie
could do a little that way himself II he
should condescend TO Try.
"Sing!" reiterated Ossian, drawing the
interrogator toward him for the purpose
of giving emphasis and unction to bis
words; ''singl he cant sing any more
than I cam
",Sho! You don't say so!"
Positive fact. / can 90 through with
his jin,cracks as well rs he can"
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Mrs. PartingtOn ON the Union.

"a 81
Desolation Of the Unionw / cant
see any good to come Of such like things,
and it won't aud cant be done as long as
Windmill Philips lives, for ! heard him
sly. with my own ears, that "white peo-
Eple-were just'as good as niggers," and 1
know he wouldn't let these Black Rcsur-
Lrectionists inyirginia come hereto kill us.
No! no! / amt scared as long rs we
lave SO many great men ms Windmill
Philips, Gassius M. Clay, Lloyd Garrison,
Joshua r. Giddy, Horace Greedy and
Henry Ward something, what's his name !
Well, you know who I.mean; he says he
is n preacher only on Sunday, aud the
balance of the week shoots with Sharp's
rifles. You must know him; but wish
I could think Of his other name, Such
men would stand BY their home frc-side,
no matter what would happen.
I heard when I was youngish wo-
man, some such talk as this, and all about
a woman they called Carolina, but Gen
eral Jackson said something about the
"Eternal," and she went right homo and
attended to her own business. She may
have riled up agin (although she is old
enough now to have sense,) and got her
son to help her. If she has, ! wish old
General Jackson could see him about q
mint. There wouldn't be enough left of
him for a fly to roost on. Some people
are mighty INDECENT about a Wise man
who tried to cure a Mr.. Brown Of some
disease by tying something around his
neck, which Happened to kill him. Well
people must die sometimes. in some way.
You remember the old adage, "'Those
who are born 10 be hung won't drown"
l know it was no child's play to- kill the
man.. but | don't like this everlasting fuss
and talk; it don't do any good. | con-
clude with that great man who writ so
so much for the playactors:
Irritation serves evil to body and mind;
II is bad for the vision, and worse for the blind;
! Mildness is good and acquires for us grace
To mind onr own business and leave things la
their place. ,s,,.sl
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-03-14
A New YANKEE NortoS--..}

A New YANKEE NoTfoN---A
LANTERN CANE.--One cf the most
unique of recent inventions is cane,
which is also hntern--a stout, elegant
walking stick, and brilliant, steady light.
The lantern is set in the body Of The cane
about six inches from its top, and so rs
not to disfigure its proportions or beauty,
and can be lit,at pleasure by pulling the
cane apart, orbornealong dead, when the
cane without close observation, is undis-
tinguishable from an4ordinary, large sized
walking stick. IL is useful invention
for doctors, watchmen, editors of daily
papers, young men who situp late with
people who amt their sisters, and all 9th.
er Glasses who have to be out o'nights.
/. -~ ~ - milwaukee News.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-03-14

PEAcHEs. - The Mansfield (Ohio)
SAield saysi :" From a thorough exam
inatiop Of Che peach buds on our premises,
VIC are convinced that we shall have no
peaches in this mcridim--'all are killed,
so also the greater portion Of the finer
varieties Of cherries" s-,.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-03-14

BgsINEss AT A BuRDES.--A highly
respected friend, a retired business man,
thus comments on an article entitled,
{" Health, Happiness, and Gold:" slam
convinced that the machine is run too
closely, too intently, and under TOO high
pressure; first TO make Ieing,' then to
make position, then TO make an estate,
and alas! Chen because it is fit for moth
ing elsc The mind is distorted from n
natural channel, and confined to an nm
natural one, till both mind and body, like
unoiled machinery run to their own de-
struction. Each man looks forward to
that .restp that sin store for him, toll
ing on, toilmg ever; Ike the inebriate,
he is.thc slave Of his own passion, self
created, and when he proposed to strike
off the shacklos, the music Of their rattle
is like that Of the toy Of his childhood,
his only JOY. y ~
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-03-14

The PowER or MoNEY.--The great
est things which have been done for the
world have not been accomplished bysicll
men, or by subscription lists, but BY men
generally of small pecuniary meaus.--
Christianity was propngated over halfthc-
world by menof The poorest class; and
the greatest thinkers, discovercrs, invent
.ors, and artists have been mon OF moder-
ate wealth, many Of them little raised
above the condition Of manual laborers IN
point ,of worldly circumstance. And i
will always be 50. a Riches are oftencr an
Than a stimulus Of action, and
in many eases they arc quito as much q
misfortune rs n blessing. The youth
who inhelits wealth IS apt TO have life
made TOO easy for himy and he soon
orows 10 he sated with il because he has
nothing left to, desire. Having no espe-
.cial' object TO struggle for he finds time
hangs heavy on,his haads; she remains
morally and, spiritually asleep; and his
position in society is often no higher than
that Of a polypus over which tho lido
fioats. 4.-.-.' ..-,..s "a.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-03-14

p Tho rospectable'old lady who draised
the rising hope" has gone insoarch Of the
blacksmith Who, |" rivetted tho chain of
friendship" ~