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The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12
A STRANGE STORY.

young .aan, named Pesty, a farmer Of Beaunc-
la-Iollande, in the Loret, was tried recently, for
robbery and attempted murder The following
story told in evidence A shepherd, named
Masson was in the evening of the LIST of September
last, driving flock OF two hundred and fifty sheep
from Branses to place beyond NemOurs At some
distance from the latter town he was overtaken by
man in light cart who, putting his horse into a
walk expressed admiration of his flock and got into
conversation with him. Having ascertained the di-
rcctlon IN which he was going, the stranger drove
Oh to Nems urs, and after The shepherd had passed
that town, again overlook him. and descending froa
the cart, began chatting with him. After while
on passing through q wood, he suddenly drew a
double barrel pistol from his pocket. and DISCHARGED
it at the shepherd, wounding him IN the head with
the ball of barrel and in the neck with that OF
the other after which, he beat him about the heda
with the butt end of the pistol The shepherd fell
and his -assa,lant thinking he has dead, dragged
-hisn into the wood. He then examaed the siiep-
herd, us if to make that.he va dead, fired his
pistol again at him. wounded him again, and left
him. Mason remained senseless for some time ;
when he recovered, he found that his flock had dis
appeared but that his dog was by his side licking
his wounds. He managed to crawl to neghbor-
ing farmhouse, and had his wounds dressed. The
gendarmcs were out the sce.it, and soon learned
shat a man whose appearance corresponded with
the description which the shepherd gave of his
sallant, a few hours alter the attempted murder
rived at place called Chateau London with flock
Of two hundred and fifty sh ep, and had there placed
them under the care of one Lcjune, shenherd to
PeSty, Jr. of Beaunea-R Rolande, who was driving
flock of one hundred sheep from Bransles for his
master This Lejeune found at Beaunc-la Rol-
lande with the two hundred and fifty sheep, and he
Stated that it his master himself young Pesty,
who had confIed them to him. He added that
Pesty: arriving at the village, had joined him,
and remarked-I shall get into trouble about those
two hundred and fifty sheep; they stolen, and
the shepherd who was driving them has been MUIR
dcredr' Lcjeune further stated that Pesty made
similar statement to his Pesty's] father, which
the latter with great emotion, cried out, 'If it De
you who have committed the crime, the best thing
Pesty took to flight and no more heard of un
til arrested Calais The shepherd recovered from
his wounds, and believes his recovery mainly owing
to the dog having licked them. Pesty, after some
vain denials, admitted his guilt. The shepherd was
the principal witness against him. and created some
sensation. The jury declared Pe>ty guilty, with
extenuating crcun~, ances III. and the Court con-
dcmned him to harI labor for lfe also to pay 6o00f
damages TO the shepherd.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

IMPROVEMENT IN PARIs-Mnch has been said Of
the improvements which have bees, effected in Paris
but it appars that what has been done will he
oassed by what is about to be accomplished. By the
ieyeling of the Rue Basse due Rempart and the
construction of the opera house, the boulevard
des Capucnes will become the most brilliant quar-
Ter in Paris But this is not all. There is to b-
yrand hotel erected the opera house, to be call
ed the Hotel of the Opera which will be the largest
establishment of the kind in Europe. The Champs
Several large mansions in tn !,nano Eysres have
been purchased by wellknovn company, and are
to betaken down to make way for gigantic phalan-
~tero On the site of another is be erected vast
riding school, which will be monument If art and
the largest building of the kind constructed
The trees in the Park Monceau are being feled to
the ground Its grassplats and flower gardens are
being covered with charming villas and romantic
looking cottages and small hotels, handsomely de-
corated.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

1HE JEws.-The Sandman constitution promu-
gated oy Garibald. in the kingdom of the Two
olcnes, throws it open 20 the Jews. The old Bour-
ooh Id" decreed that the exercise of other relig-
On W save the Roman Catholic could be tolerated. To
'e oest OF our knowledge there exist now no Jewish
congregation in the whole of that kingdom The
amen OF the Rothschild family that establish
(" at Naples was doubt restricted to domestic
"orshp.-Jeuish Chronicle.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

CoST FHESCH WAR RSTEAMsHIPs.-Acco to
letter from Cheruourg, steamship of the line of
the first class carrying one hundred and twenty
guns, costs three niiiion two hundred thousand
francs; steam fri gate of fifty sixty guns about
one million eight hundred thousand francs;
co:vett OF twenty six or thirty guns one million four
hundred Thousand francs steam cutter Of ten
guns, seven HUNDRED thousand francs. SO that q
fleet composed OF eighty steamships of the line, fifty
frgatc>, thirty corvettes, and sixty cutters, would
be worth four hundred and ten millions of francs
But this. (remarks Paris correspopdent) is tri-
fling expense compared with the cost of similar
navy composed of steel cased vessels. steam shin
carrying one hundred guns, and cased steel would
seven millions of francs.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

TRAVELLING ErGHrY-THREE YEARS AGo.-In the
Pennsylvania Ecening Post, published in Philadel-
phia, for Sept. l. l777, is the following advertise
ment:
person wants to go to Boston, and w"oIt ,.o -
olad of a place in a chaise wagon gong 'r
or if only half the way that road ana n n
price Will be given. Any one this VIII . sur IA ="
waited on by leaving Hncwith the Rrn''o''
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

NAruRE.-N.turc is spendthrft, but takes tho
shortest way t., her ends. As the General says
his soldiers if you want fort build IA fort,
ture max every creature do its work, and get
its living. Is 1t. plane, ANIMAL or tree !? The plan
ct makes itself The. animal cell makes ITSELF then
what it wants. Every creature, wren dragon,
II. -asrec.io s>,sA raoi,g u-ing
r - f,cers1n tste q efs. cot ratio o.
Asmount. You may b. sure .,hc'"s is. ..oa
hirft. Life works both voluntarily and Supernatu
rally in its neighborhooL DO you suppose he can
be estimated by his weight i'll pounds, orrllat he is
contained in his skin, tins ching radatne, jacu
lating fellow The smallest candle fills mile with
rays, and the papillae of run out to every
star. When there is something to be done the worli
knows how to get it done. The vegetable eye makes
leaf, pcrc,p, root, bark, or thorn, us the need
the first cell converts itself into stomacn
mouth, nose, na according to the want the
world throws its life into hero a shephered and
puts him where he is wanted. Dante and Columbus
were Italians in their time they would be Russians
or -s:nericans to-day. Things ipen, now men come.
The adoption is not capriciou>. The ulterio1 aim,
tc purpose beyond itself. correlation by which plan
cts >upside and crystaze then animate beasts and
men, will stop, but will work into finer particu
lars. and from finer to inest.-Emerson.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

NARROW ESCAPE OF NAroLEoN.-In his visit to
the field of battle at Montcbeo, the Emperor Ma
poleon narrowly escaped being made prisoner. He
had pushed as far as Castaggo, and was observ-
between Barbiauello and the Portico del Stella,
upon the Po, when suddenly detachment Of Aus
TRANS presented themselves before him, only two
hundred PAGES distant whether they had lost their
mere hardhood cannot be told bnt il is probable
that the latter superstition is correct nasmuch as
the advanced posts of the AuStrians much more
energetic and daring than those Of the Franco-Sa T.
dinians. Directly, however the Emperor them
he changed color, threw away his cigar, drove the
spurs into the horses hanks, and galloped back to
Vog,cra at pace which would have done honor to
the winner of the Derby. Louis Napoleon has
faults. it must be admitted but that of wantnnly
exposing his person to the enemy cannot certainly
be numbered among them.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12
ANECD0TEN. sc.

IRISH WIr.-In the time of Cromwell poor fcl-
low named Riley, from Droheda Ireland. was tried
for rebellion, and of course found guilty. An
English ju lge, named Branford perhaps the ugliest
human being that lived Ibis face seemed to be
made up of compound of equal parts Of mustard,
brave Droheda man. if he had any thing to say before
sentence of death should be passed. Riley replied
" Yes have one request to make, which is that
your l'rdship will be buried within four statute
miles, OF me, in order that when the trumpet of ST
M'claels calls all the dead 10 judgment the day
of the general resurrection, will have time to put
my own head before you come to my
grave as am you will never go through eter.
up any decent head in place of it-Dr CashM
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

The VALUE OF AccUKAcY.-Accuracy is an inva-
riablc mark of good training in a man Accuracy
in observation accuracy in speech, accuracy the
tranSac;ion> Of affairs What is done in business
must be well done; for it is better accom- plish
perfectly small amount Of work than half do ten
times as much. wise used to say, Stay a
little, may make an end the sooner Too
little attention, however, is paid this highly i'm
portant quality of accuracy AS a emlnenr in
practical science lately observed to u.s. 1t is
ishng how few people | have met in the Of
my experience who define fact accurately.'
Yet in business affairs it is the manner in which
small matters transacted that often decide
men for or ag inst YOU With virtue, Capacity and
good conduct in other respects, the person who is
habtualy inaccurate cannot be trusted his n..lh
has to be done again and he thus a.usts et.j
less annoyance veXation and trouble.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

BRITISH SNoB REBUKED BY BALrIxoRE IRA pY
"a good anecdote is told of Mrs. Patterson Of Bal
tmore, lady connected with the Bonaparte family
by marriage Being in Italy ant an evening party
1t to lot to be handed into the sup er table by
young Engish nobleman, who bad good share of
the puppy in his composition. Thinking to quiz
the lady, he said You acquainted with the
Americans, | believer every we'll" "A mon
strousJ vulgar people aren't they 2" what could you
expect when you consider that they descend
ed from the English. Had their progenitors been
Italians or Spaniards, We might look for good
breeding ansAg them. The nobleman did not
venture to address Mrs. Patterson ain that even
ing.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

AMsrERDAM.-Amsterdam is good Venice
with a superadded humor and grote>qnrncsS, which
gives the sight-seer most singular zest and plea
sure. run through Pekn could hardly fancy
to be more odd, strange, and yet familiar. This
rush and crowd and prodisi'us vitality-ths
ing barges swinging drawbridges, piled ancient
gaoles, spacious markets coomng with peo?lc-tha,
ever wonderful Jews quarter-that dear old world
of painting and past. yet alive and throbb1ng and
papable-actual and yet passing before you swiftly
and strangely as dream? Of the many journeys
of this roundabout life, that drive through Amster
dam is to be specially and gratefully r.-m"m "mbered
CornhM Magazine.
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The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12
A ToUGn SroRY-The village Of B.

A TouGH SToRY.-The village Of B. Of
ten visited by tocks of wild geese, which occasion
ally stopped over night and continued their journey
next morning They intensy colo
winter night and settled down farmer Ill.,
h'id. He was in want of came and anxious 20 Sc
cure some, but not having ammunition he did moi
not know what to do. After delibcrating a long
time, and when about to give up the idea Of taking
some OF the geese, plan struck him, which he con
GUIDED to adopt forthwith. He went to his pond
opened the flood gate, and let the water run SLOWLY
on his held till it covered the depth of
inch and a half In the morning, when the geese
attempted to fly away, they found to their grea
astonlshmcnt that they were frozen in
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12
A NOVEL CASE AT LAw-Mr Church, of i

A NOVEL CASE LAw.-Mr Church, of Io:..
vile, Connecticut, owned a hen. The H.. to"l (.
notion to set. MIR Church encouraged i.4I q.
the extent of giving her sixteen eggs TO .'.li.
on. With commendablc industry. IL. ryt--
work setting. For She ,.s-t it
self to 1T without inter- upton. H.. e.d - I.
week Mr. Iinker's turkey came aions t'At a., i,.--
crowding the hen off her nes', too. '''. bl-.t
ncubation rnder her own win. - H-- H.sf' FL.
her muscle than te hen, she LnaIntai!ic4 hex POI
ton uutil a brood of chickens stepped out OF the
shell and pceped The turkey then took the chick
ems i'm tow and returned to her own and Mr. link
er's residence Mr. Church brought an action Of
t1oyer for the chickens, claiming them the
ground tina: his hen laid the eggs and did the best
= rt of the setting. The case was tr'el o. Sa-ur
dav: and Judgment given for piainti!f ,y r.. ~
er eis It cents apiece for the caIcirus.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12
HERMIT OF TIE MOUNTAINS

Wilburn Waters of tie hermit of Pond Mountain,
in the White Top region of Virginia lately killed
four bears within three weeks, one of them exceed
in5ly large.
For more than twenty years he has lived alone
IL the solitude of tn t mountain region devo-
ting his time to hunting and stock raising. He
claims, believe, to be halfbrecd Of the Catawba
tribe, and is man Of great physical power. He
owns about one thousand acres of land and raises
.,t # as;stt.e and hogs, and takes
..5 5., S.s s:was
Lettings than the dispensaton of his hospitaties.
But poor man he now has no latch-string cabin.
.3uling few days absence four weeks ago, he re-
tarncd to find his home bank Of ashes and all
that his hous. contained consumed. When we were
there last week he hnl built fire upon the spot
where his donic STOOD and partook Of his hos
pitalities upon log in the open air. Since his resi-
dence upon the Pond Mountain he has captured
eighty->ix bears, thirtysx wolves, and upwards of
three hundred deer, and countless number of
wild turkeys, and the varmints of hills He is forty
six years DID, has lived about half that time at his
present locality and has never been at Abingdon
but twice, though only thirty miles from it.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

They who pine in their youth can never look
''spruco' in old age
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

A PKIScELY PREsENr-The following ancclote
is going the round of the journalS:"W hen the late
Madame Bosi", the eminent cantarioe, who died not
long since at St. Petersburg singing night
private party .at the residence of Prince,
passionate lover of music, she noticed beautiful
Havana lapdog, as wife snow, lying on the sofa.
Nv hat a pretty creaturep she exclaimed and going
towards the sofa she added How intelligent he
looks !! She then took the animal in her arms, and
after caressng it, returned it 10 its silken couch.
Madame BosiO soon afterwards, at the request Of
Prince sang tavorte, air by Glinka, the
Mozart OF Russia, and author of the fine opera Mort
pour te Gear. This pieceaw.s received with enthu-
sasuc applause and the Prince, addressing the fair
artist, said, w hat can do, madame, in acknowledge
ment OF the pleasure YOU have given by singing
that beautiful production of our national composer
Give me your little dog, Prince she immediately
replied. You shall have him tomorrow, madame'
Ihe next day servant brought the ANIMAL the fuT
artist 50 much desired to possess. AS it very
Lcol9 that siay the had wrapped the little tel
begged Madame Bosio to accept the dog with his
wrapper. This was certainly most ingenious mode
OF making Il princely present.
The NAE .srkoM.-The far famed Maestrom S found
between two of the southern islands of the Loioden
group and from of these islands it
Mosken- stream" Its violence greatly depends on
direction and strength ef the wind well as on the
tides, and the moons influence thcrcupon 1t is
said to DO violent with ga les of westerly winds
and on the full and change of the moon. Sometimes
4 small boat can pass light across it without danger
at other times it would be dangerous for large
steamer to approach it. Not that she would
swallowed up and worrie eddown to the merinads but
that she would probably be turned round, lose hcl
steering and be dashed against the surrounding
rocks.
MsCEosCoPIc PnENoMENA.-Granso of sand appear
of the form to the naked. eye but,
through IL microscope exhibit different shape 3ld
size, gloou,ar, square aid conf tial, and mo tlt
ire gular: and is more surprising, 4 ihrir
Cavities have been found, by the miscroscope
sects Of various kinds The mouldy substan.e
damp bodies exhibits Il region of minute pi..I,>-.
Sometimes it appears forest of trees, nesu br,..c
es, leaves flowers and fruits, clearly dis sui~
ed. Some of the flowers have long, White, tt...s-
parents stalks. and tie buds, before they open,
little green balls winch become white, Inc I,ti-
i.clts OF dust the wings of butterflies, prove nt
microscope to be beautiful and well arranged lItttt
feathers. BY the instrument the surface ol
ska has s:aes resembling those OF fish out
minute tnat single grain would cover two hrn.-
red and fifty, and single scale covers five Lunret
pores w..eu issues the irsensinle per>pIat,on
necessary to health; consequently, single Z. am
OF sand one hundred and twenty ihou
sand pores of the human body.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

The ''BorroM OF LOUIS N>roLEoN's He \RT."-At
a recent meeting of the Liverpool Social Science
Association, Baron Guiir, the celebrated French
marine painter, who present, delivered speech
in English. deprecating any idea of war between
France and England, and urging that the Emperor
was most anxious to keep up the entente corditie.
He also mentioned that he (Baron Guln) ha iEven-
ted an apparatus. in connection with gas and Water
which would, he hoped, be of great benefit to the
public. ''Ihe Emperor" he said, 'is friend and
know the very bottom of his heart" At these
words, Lord Brougham, who was in the chair smiled
and shook his head, and, at the conclusion of the
Baron's remarks, he highly culogized his talents as
an artist, and added, ''But with reference t" this
g eat discovery-I don't mean that Of the bottom OF
the Empcror's heart, but of the gas and wat.r ap-
paratus-I hope we shall soon hear more" These
words clivcred in the noble Lords drieSt manner,
excited of laughter, which seemed to puzzle
Baron Gudinimmense,y.
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\ NoIs.- EARTHoUAKE.-Fre Ban-or 4 5" e.s
that in Retdfieid Ne. tne noise of an esrti... en-,
Sumo ay last loud that il drowned + he il,.
ters voice. and started seYara la lies to tuelr ice,
and to the windows.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

THERE FouR SWORDS BELONGING TO THE CRY
OF LONDON The 'Pearl' sword presented by
Queen Elizabeth when she opened the Royal cx-
change in 1871 and named such from being richly ;
set with pearls-this is carried before the lord may
.'Sword Of state" born before th> lord mayor
emblem of his authority the ''Black' sword, used
fast days. in lent and at the death of any Of the
royal family and the fourth is that placed above
lord ma yor's chair at the Central Criminal couet.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

MR THAcKERAY.-The North American Review
| univer sally acknowledged high authority in the
philosophy of literature passes the following pretty
severe sentence upon one Of Engl nd ncst ,opu =
writer:
Mr.. Thackeray takes the satrical, the merely
worldly view ,.. hi. and society he ear takesn0s
other. His characters are compounded OF mar
vices and few if any virtues if the virtues pre-
dominate, the result is fooL He has never drawn
true and dignified woman, nor a gentlemt OF the
highest type. He has no conce. ton Of that SIM
plictv in which noblencss of nature most largely
consists.
THE DUKE Jew CASTLE AND HIS DAUGurFR-
The London correspondent of the New Orleans Delta
says there has been attempt since the return of
the Duke of New Castle to England to reconcile him
to his daughter who did marry beneath her
station. but against his wish, Lord E. Vane the
Of Marchioness of Londonderry whose makes ti0O
900 out of GOALS and therefore can back her
boy. But it did not suit the naughty duke, the
antecedents Of the young gent was too we'll known
and, in fact, he proved the prophetic views of his
ather-in-law to be true, week brought about
with the bride, which nearly terminating,
he honeymoon by separation.
DEATH AND A MARROW EscApE-Two IN en- in |
France lately took shelter in barn for the night
In the morning of them was found dead, with
severe injury to the head. The co.nrade at
once arrested and told 'cock and bulr' story
about the terrible storm the ght in question and
attrblted his companion death to the effect of thn
derbolt He credited and was q fair
way to be executed for the supposed crime. A
scientific gentleman, hearing of the circumstances
examined the place, and found hole IN the rof OF
the barn. erolite close to the spot where the de
ceased had slept tho night in question. The
occncc of TIE accused was at once considered as
Established and he released.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

CoFFEE--We beg,t remind sportsmen and others
that coffee will keep fresh al for several
days. Clean your game, that is. wipe off the blood
cover the wounded parts with absorbent paper.
wrap up the heads and then sprinkle the ground
coffee among the feathers fur, the
may be; pack up carefully, and the game will be pre-
served fresh and sweet in the most unavorabe wca-
ther. Game sent open and loose cannot, of course
be treated in this manner but all game packed in
boxes hampers may be d.o! 'rizrJ describe
BIRDS and this proportion r7l.,.s OF larger game.
Fresh ground coffee may be
,,sss &c af..ls 30.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-12

-.eeIsnt Ianii iigatOr.-Butttier.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-06
A PERFECT CHARM.

MRS wINSLow'S SOOTHING SYRUP certainly does ["
the nso ,np, soohe the little sufferer into quiet psu-
raj Sleep from which awakes inygoned and refe'hed And
for the diseases incident to the period oil sechg uch
s Dsentery Dsrhos Wind Collie Ge we have never seen Us
equal
We have always been and still opposed to the practice OF
drugsnE infants This article has dseeriou' effects what
ever and from our own experience 1--WE speak adv'edy We
have avery confidence In IT, and can heartily recommend 1t to ell
nothers Take our adyce-use i,and you will " strongly
recommend It TO others we have 10 you