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tain practice, indalged in, habit Iro
quentiy learned from evil companions, or 1t
school, the effects Of which are nightly felt,
even when asleep, and, If not cured, render
snd body. should spply Immediately;
bis country, the pride of his parents, should be-
sn&tched from al prospects and enjoyments OF
life by the consequence Of .doYiating from the
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FOR SALE
E$a Two-story FRAN E DWELLING, No. 8S,
north Henry street, formerly the residence Of
tho late John Dewey, with 8 rooms, lot and
stable, IS feet front and 105 feet inches deep,
running back to an alley. For further pertic-
ulsrs inquire of JOHN LEATHE
sen II 26 King street.
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WOOD AND COAH.

Now landing at SmOGt's Wharf,
: One cargo OF Baltimore Company's Coal, egg
and stove.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

pool which dissrsas repaired and sailed
10 resume her voyage on the 9th inst.
scHs LIZZIE EVANS Evans, at Savannah from New Or
san experienced gale OH rortugas and lost Of her
scan FAKIa, saer parted moorings a, Ezabe,hport
aurng ne late soim and afoul of scr Rushing carry
bowsprt and jibboom
ScHR ELIZABETH ran afou OF scr yobn aurin,
ny ne = b but neither vessel sustained
two places. 's VS. "
scHn SIGNAL Beckett at Elzabethpor aur,r thu rscc,
Storm carried away her bowspr and Adele Felicia
also lost her bowsprit. ~
scuR GARRISON OF Dennis, Boxer, bound for Eliza
bchpor went ashore Staten Island in tie late stor
and now lies high up, and will have to be dug out
sonn FRANK EMILY, Coley from Newport for Eliza
gale OF Saturday, and will have to be dug out.
psS n %s:hasE9n ss. Do for Whining
soHRs ALMA Brl and MERRILL @ HART came in contact
with each other while lying at anchor in Holmes Hole 2ist
age age a11 ~ '0'' '''' '' ~ 'A' " ''''"s 1A'
sLoor ALxKA tof ouincey, Pachard from Fall River 70,
Hole slst inst She is S..'' light.
sLoop CHARLES Sherman, went ashore Staten Island
OF her cargo to float her.
CoLLIsroNon the 18th inst schr Hawley, Capt Penny
ss9 s pE 4 IS Ss sss
ley was not seriously damaged.
Loss OF THE BnIas zrRo AND ALnIoN-rhe following
o as @ !. sea- s ss o 81
cember 2 IS lon SO 10. The St Johns
NF bound Sydney, CB and all her sails rigging spars,
S being and the hull badly damaged and nothing left
but the fore royal the 9Th of January bark passed close
by steering +; wind but she took no notice Of sup
posed her to be the bark Cherokee of st john NB On the
10th the English bt Albion from Demerara bound to Lon
don, spoke and took of the wreck On the 15th at
night, struck by heavy sea, taking away all bull
walks staneheons skylght boats galley bowspr and al.
Ing the cabin with and hove her her beam ends
but she rghted with six feet of water in the hold and
bay, of Bath, Me, Capt Jordan, from Liverpool bound
tOQ he yVrec both
crews, II In number On the Goth spoke British schooner,
from Mchacs bound to Liverpool which took the captain
Souhard Of Richmond Me- from London bound New Or
leans which took part of and both arrived safe Mt
New Orleans on the 9Th inst On the Gath arrived at New
York from that port In the steamer Gen Grant Too much
cannot be said In praise of Capt Jordan the ship Bombay
for his kind treatment and hospitality toward the suffering
JOHN B. FOWLER.
HAvRE March 7-The Cornelle, Launay, from Buenos
Ayres arrived here reports having the wreck the
schr Moses Warng (before reported abandoned) Feb A in
lat IS NJ W. with deck stove bowsprt broken and
lower masa fallen over the stern.
CAPTAIN TRAsK, of bark Savannah at st Thomas 18th
inst from Buen0s Ayres, died on the passage.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A MERCHANT.
He Is Arrested and Held TO Bail I'm the Sum
Of 6lOO.OOO.

On warrant issued by Justice Ledwth, or the
Jefferson Market Police Court James X. Place, doing
business at the Of Front and Pine Streets was
summoned to appear at the Second Police District
Court yesterday and give to the charges pre-
ferred against him by James NJ Brown. OF the firm
OF Brown Brothers, bankers No. SO Wall street. The
allegations set forth that the defendant applied to
James NJ Brown for letters OF credit and pecuniary
aid Tor the purpose OF purchasing goods In Rio
Janeiro and other foreign ports; that owing to the
representations made by the defendant as to the con-
ditlon OF MS business, which he claimed was pros
porous, the firm OF Brown Shepley, London were
drawn upon In behalf Of Place 4 Co. for the sum
OF fl5,32l 9s. Id, and with this amount
4432 bags OF coffee were shipped to this city TO be
held by Brown Brothers until they came into the
possession OF the defendant The coffee, it Is said,
was delivered to Mr. Place. and Is valued at $100 0O0
IL Is now charged that the representations made in
reference TO the prosperous condition OF defendants
business were wholly untrue and that at the time he
asserted ne was doing conservative business he in
reality was transactsng business Of rasll specula~
tive ana adventurous character Upon these allega-
tons James X. Place was brought before Justice
Dodge at the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday
afternoon and held to bail in the sum of $780, 900 to
answer The defendant had his bondsmen in court.
j. A. Livingston, Of No. $50 Fifth avenue went his
security In the above amount. 1t is said that judg-
ment mas already been obtained against the defend
ant Tor the sum of $4,000 in civil suit which has
been broughtagainst him by the compainants.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

QuOfable change. Goat-TanpCO were quoted AZ
iSs:. i. Dc; Be- SSsae. .SyTs: .ee. .5ss ea,Tsasy
DesrHonduras Vera Cruz and Central american, isc.,
gola San !aan Aoc 42lc' sisa Ec. Ansossura, a'c.
soAr.-Castic was quiet at IsHc. lie.
ate the market has ruled dm for all kinds -Four
s. .s SS s ,a
prices follows "a 10 for Ashons, per sack
ss SS for Higgins, ss Is Prdssan Sa;sc FOR
sSsiRThere prevailed good demand from reaners and
the irade and u prices were realized the market closing
price 1sT saro s 49, for English Island
IS; Relnsd wa. iolsrahy active and arm ,,i. At
a wss sG @ ye
ssss ss i. sna ssi.g @
sEsci Melado e Sac Refining s~ass.roriS ss Rico,
s'iss sss'iEis & &
s s9Ss ' Ss N. demand wa. v.rv s the
e HS ss ss ao oiie
wrsRPefi Sossa Of /. sss s'asic 0A'' were
S % Y9ser''' demand At full pr''' sales
fisPs was rather more soush. after bu, prices were
10. al s1e s5s: and asS Pig straits 4. Sac English
wa. du aSSu. S s9d rGr plates se .hsgc 5
q at Va s5 and Soo do. assorted charcoal "a
wIisKsY.~Recepts none. The market was inactive and
woo"In fleece there only moderate business doing,
the demand being light but holders in their views,
demanding prices for all grades The bulk of the stock
held by specuators Texas and California wool are In
demand restricted BY the scarcity The market
for foreign exhibits features of moment. The
sales lbs heeces at &c &c. including low
aud No Ohio 44c. 4sc., 4UU0 and Xxx do. at 52c.
bsc $1,000 Pennsylvania, part at c., 2vO0 Louisiana at
&c., 4,vJ0 Virginia aud bvOD oregon private terms
4b00 ibs Sorts part at &c., 500 bales pulled,
35c. for No. and s2 5Oc for s.per and extra Soo
s ss%sns ss @ % Sn Ssss % a. s
California at SIC. tor ia and spi ing and 1000 lbs
ff rel I'm tle n small
I4,4p Il &c. aB4 ~ o.. Mcx.a on lfyalc ri.us
The New York herald., 1868-03-25
DENTISTRY.
LAW BUSINESS.

-ANTED--A GOOD LAW LIBRARY. ADDRESS,
stating rTice and number OF Volumes Counsellor Herald
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

and ss5 bags meal 5000 bushels corn, Ss rye and
$50 malt The for the low grades of State and
Western flour fair and considerable business done
and high grades but the market steady all through
and buyers unable induce holders grant any
ruled firm under continued good
demand, and all kinds realized full prices The sales
about l3000 bbls. Rye -four continued active Mt
full prices, but sales restricted by the limited
amount on the market. The sales were about
quest at our quotations.; choice family brands bring
SIS SIS So aud In some S16 $16 25 but these
prices are too high to quote The saes were O0 bb
meal prevailed moderate demand the sales
&5 rs x6 Jersey x6 Is
The New York herald., 1868-03-25
TUESDAY, March a--s p. N.

TUESDAY, March 24-b L. M
BrrswAx quiet, but steady a, &c. l3J6c.
CoTFEE.-The market for Rio continued to rule frrn but
the moderate. Sales ESQ bags Ameri
can private terms Other descriptions were quiet Sales
$50 bags Ceyion Lord Nelson lsc god and 30 casks
1s bbis bags do, ex lone, at 2sc. do. e,Ol5 bags
Ceylon, lone, will be offered auction on Thurs.
day We quote:Ro, ordinary cargoes, sxc. 9c.;
fair lo4c losac; good, 1lc. ike prime i2c. i2c.
extreme range for lots &c. 34c all gold, In bond java
cuayra, 16c. l7c, do. Jamaica, 16c 16c., do 81. Do
The stock Rio March "a 1s6s:n New York. ss,bss bags
other descriptions in New York, 20, ,7s4 bags.
CoppPR.-The transactions IN ingot moderate but
prices without especial change The sales 3s0p
delivery and sSc 2Ssc: for Baltimore latter pce
for q small lot for future delivery.
CANpLEs.--hdamantine were In moderate jobbing de-
mand at alc 2sc for Il ounce Sperm steady At sSc.
CrMENr.-Rosenda!e steady AT 80 25 per bbI.
CorTos.-Tbere was slight Improvement demand,
but prices still weak and irregular The s6s
bales including $50 for speculation 2 for export l6s FOR
UpIands and Mo,iis and ". o. and
Florida. Memphis. Teras.
Ordinary. ................ II 81 civ
tiood ordinary ............... I'd GA ga
Low fniddling. ........'...... z5N Zsa ga
Miuding. .....,........s.....s. s5Y 20 D4
DRues AND DyEe.-The market was generally quiet, Tho
$50 soda ash al 10 81 @ gold 100 drums casc soda
rency 10 Kegs bcsrb soda a "a 81 "a S. gold II casks
strained cases white potash at ~ 10 IS 30 ac
casks bleaching powders and 2000 kegs bcarb soda,
arrive. on private terms.
fhoun ASD Recepts. 1904 nbls. four Gao 10.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25
Marine Disasters.

SrEANsrp ARrADNEThe report published yesterday that
the steamship Aradne with machinery disabled on
Carysort Reef mistake, she arrived at Key West
goth and sailed again 2st for Galveston without mention of
any accident TO her agents.
STEAMER JOSEPHINE has been safely got afoa at Brazos
Santiago, and Is now on her way TO New Orleans.
sHfp CREsr THE WAVE, Allen, from Newport, ri for
New York. before reported at st Distress resumed
her voyage 1lh inst, having repaired.
SHIP SEMINOLE, Holiness from New York for San Fran
csco which put into ST Thomas IN Distress repaired and
sailed for destination 9th inst.
BARK ANNIE ADA (Br, Csnu from Cette for New York.
which arrived nj Gibraltar 2h u had experienced very
heavy weather. shipped forward house and
casks, started vessel leaking shifted cargo and Obliged
TO throw overheard about 30 barrels of wine She Ged
~siar casks. secured cargo, and proceeded March v
The New York herald., 1868-03-25
S HIPPING NEW S

for New York---This u
The Tarboro' southerner., 1868-03-12
lFor the Southerner.l
The Starry Heavens

How stately and majestic rise,
The wonders of the starry skies,
Revealing to our mortal gaze,
Countless glittering points that blaze,
Unceasing and serenely bright,
Like jewels in the crown Of night.
Tell me ye candles of the sky,
The secrets of your homes on high;
Are ye the lights that mark the way,
To the blest land of endless davf
OR 60 ye sparkle in the zone,
Aroand the great Jehovah's thronee
Or are We suns like ours aud bring,
Life, light and heat to living things,
On planets that around the hurl,
Lords ofsystems, kings of worldsa
Do beings fill thy bright abodes,
How formed, how gifted, how endowed
With happiness and wisdom, do they bear,
The stamp of fhuman nature there,
Or are they purer realms adorned
With more angelic minds and forms.
Does Purity and Innocence still bear
Their native bloom unsullied there,
Or are they blasted by the might
Of sins all desolating blight,
And Wrath and Heat their power employ
To scatter wo where all was Joy.
+ am lost in wonder as gaze upon thee,
HoS wonderful thou art, how wondrous he,
who out of nought, didst fashion and unfurl
Snch countless mpltitudes of worlds:
Earth, Sun and Noon, oh! what are ye,
In the boundless extent of Gods infnity.
Fixed, eternal, changeless and sublime,
These sleepless eyes of midnight shine,
Time marks. the Earth with ruin and decay,
Man and hisboasted works are swept away;
Yet in the eanopy of night still shining on,
They burn as bright as when creations dawn
pldst rtSss Hfffan 1nah, nthh'nh he ie cannot dim
A single ray of the efNulgent blaze,
Thatsilent speaks, the great Creators praise.
The Tarboro' southerner., 1868-03-12
To nake q Cow Give Milk.

4 writer who says his COW gives all
the milk that is wanted in family of
eight persons, and from which was
made two hundred and sixty pounds of
butter last year, gives the following as
his treatment. 1t is cheap and worth
trial; and as many, both of our city
and country readers are interested in
the management Of cows, we give the
plan in the writer's own words. He
says:
Ify you desire to get q large yield of
rich milk, give your COW, three times
a day, water slightly warm, slightly
salted, IN which bran has been stirred
at the rate of one quart to two gallons
of water. Youwill find, if you have
not tried this daily practice, that your
COW will give twenty-five per cent.
more milk Immediately under the eff
feet of it, and she Yill become SO at
tached to the diet as to refuse to drink
clear water unless very thirsty, but
this mess she will drink almost any
time and ask for more. The amount
Of this drink necessary is an ordinary
water pail full each time, morning,
noon and night. Your animal will
then do her best at discunting the
lacteal. Four hundred pounds of but
ter are often obtained from good stock
and instances are mentioned where the
yield was even at higher figure.
The Tarboro' southerner., 1868-03-12
AGRICULTURAL.
The More Lime the Moro Manures.

The old saying that cline makes a
rich father and poor son" conveys, we
think, a serious error, though the idea
it is based upon be correct one
This is that lime; while it makes the
soil more productive in crops at first,
will finally leave it barren if its use be
continued; that it will force the ground,
so to speak, to its utmost power of pro-
duction, and finally leave it poWerless
exhausted of the elements of plant
food. This might be, in great mea-
sure, the case, if we assume that every
thing made upon the farm is carried
off from it, as is only possible under
very bad management.
But let it be remembered that In
any proper use of lime, the first effect
is a great increase of grass crops, fill
ing the ground with masses of roots,
estimated sometimes to be equal to the
whole crop above ground. This alone
makes heavy nanuring, and IS so
much added to the lime dressings, and
yielding, on decay, all the elements
which plants need to feed upon.
But then with grass comes grain,
furnishing large quantities of straw,
and corn stalks and blades, giving ma
terial for great quantities of manure,
and with these comes stock to con-
sumo them on the farm More hors-
es,more cattle, more sheep, more hogs
the manure manufacturers of the far
mer-turning all these to the best ac-
count, are, year after year, leaving
great quantities of the best manure
behind when thaH 90 t.A--%"tket: the
/ Uscause containing not one element,
as lime, but all that is needed.
Then, if the farmer be wise enough
to feed away his grain instead of SELL
ing, the manure is the richest and most
valuable, and the soil may be kept at
the maximum of fertility, if well man
aged. This accounts for the answer of
an extensive aud observant Chester
county farmer to the question whether,
after the application of lime for SO long
a period OF years, there had been any
symptoms of decline in the production
Of the land or diminution of the bene.
fit derived from it His answer was de-
cidedly in the negative, for, he said,
those who have lined the most have
been pretty sure to manure the most
Those who have the spirit to improve
freely in one direction are not apt to
stop at that, but use well all the means
at their disposal; they are the best and
most careful farmers and their land is
constantly advancing in productive
ness,-Ameriicon Farmer
The Tarboro' southerner., 1868-03-12
An Old Lady In q Bad Fix,

A very good widow, who was looked
Up to by the congregation to which she
belonged as an example of piety, con-
trived to bring her conscience to terms
for one little indulgence. She loved
porter; and one day, just as she had re-
ceived half a dozen bottles from the
man who usually brought her the COM
Portable beverage, she-oh, horror!-
discovered two Of the grave elders of
the church approaching her door. She
ran the man out Of the back door, and hid
the bottles under the bed. The wealth
er was hot, and, while conversing with
her sage friends, pop went cork.
"Dear me-" exclaimed the good lady,
"tbere goes the BEDFORD; it snapped
yesterday the same way. [ must have
another rope provided" In a few
4iuute3 of went another. followed by
the peculiar kissing Of escaping liquor
The rope would not do again, but the
good lady was not at a loss. "Dear
me" said she, "that black cat of mine
must be at some mischief under there.
scat"' Another bottle popped off, and
the porter came stealing out from un-
der the bed curtain ooh, dear mer'
said she, II had forgot; it is my Yeast!
Here, Prudence, come and take these
b)ttles Of yeast away!"
The Tarboro' southerner., 1868-03-12
Melon Culture,

Mr.. Thomas r. Center, of South
Carolina, makes the following sugges>
tions in the Southern Cultivator as to
the time and mode of planting and the
culture Of the melon:
"In February and March break up
the land close and deep, and if an ear
ly crop is desired, cross break and lay
off 10 by 10 or y feet, and dig out
from a foot to IS inches. Fill with
we'll rotted manure, composed of rich
maud, stable, cow pen of fowl~house
and leached ashes, after having we'll
mixed. Plant from three to five seed
in hill if seed are plentiful; plant as
soon as the danger of frost is over
If the ground is in good condition the
seed may be soaked for two or three
days-never soak when the ground is
dry. When the plants are a week old
thin out two and plow and hoe well.
AS soon as the plant shows signs of
running, thin to one; plow and hoe
again and do not interrupt the vines
after they commence running, but
work carefully with hand and hoe
If succession Of melons is desired.
plant the first of May and from the
10Th to the 25th Of June, and be sure
you plant no squash, pumpkin, or other
vines in the same patch if you wish
to reap good seed, etc: 1 believe, for
market, those planted in June will pay
better than the early ones, because
they are generally larger and fewer
persons have them. Many persons
prefer guano and the phosphates of
manure: I believe all the phosphate
manures / have tried are very near a
humbug, but ALLOW others to purchase
foreign mapures when we can make
''good enough" at home. 1t matters
not how poor the land be for melons
sandy, old worn out clay or broken
sedge, l believe the bsst, if one peck
of rotted manure be put to each hill
and distance be given the vines"
The Tarboro' southerner., 1868-03-12

The STORY OF Bill FULLERTON
Bill had inherited a handsome estate
from his father, but having neither in
dustry nor business, he fell into bad
habits, and by life of dissipation and
riotous living had squandered all his
property. For some time he had lived
only On eredit.-One night he was re-
turning home in a condition of intoxi-
cation, when being unable to walk, he
laid down in the gutter and went to
sleep. While in this position a robber
approached him end, prseenting a loa d.
ed pistol at his head, demanded his
money or his life, Bill, partly aroused,
thrust his hand into his pocket, and
said: "My friend, silver and gold have
I none, but I'll give you my note at
sixty days"
The Tarboro' southerner., 1868-03-12
SPEN GIANA.

"Pa, what is meant by raw recruits
''1t means soldiers who have not stoo,
fire, child"
A man who got drunk at an election
said it was owing to his efforts to pu
down ''party spirit"
"Attend your church." the parson cries
To church each fair one goes;
The old go there to close their eyes,
The young to eye their clothes.
"I know every rock on the coast,
cried an Irish pilot. At that momen
the ship struck, when he exclaimed
"and that's one of them"
One charge in lawyers bill against
client was, "for waking up in the
night and thinking ofyour business
FIVE dollars"
"I'll give thas girl piece of my
mind" exclaimed a young fellow. Il
would not" replied his uucle, you've
none to spare;'
An illiterate man wishing to enter
some animals at an agricultural exhibi-
tion, wrote as follows to the secretary:
"Also enter me for the best jackass 1
am sure of getting the prize"
"Do you understand me now?" thun-
dered an irate pedagogue to an urchin
at whose head he threw an inkstand.
"1've got au milling of what you mean, ,
replied the boy.
GA man who'll maliciously set fire to
a barn." said Mr. Slow, " and burn up
twenty cows, ought to be kicked to
death by jackass, and I'd Ike TO do
it,"
Cutting Remark.-"I say, Jim,
What mechanical work did you do frst?'
asked one darkey Of another. "Why
cut teeth, OBJ conrse," replied the other
instantly.
"Have the jury agreed ?" asked the
judge Of court attache whom he met
on the stairs with a bucket in his
hand. "Yis," replied Patrick, "they
have agreed to send for halfa gallon Of
whiskey."
Joe and Bill Benton went to New
Orleans with fatboat of corn. Joe
wrote to his father thus:
Gnu Awleens, Gune 1st.
Dear Da1-Market is dull and corn
is 10 and Bill is dead algo.,,
A drunken fellow got out of his cal
culation, and was doing in the street,
when the bells reused him by their
ringing for FIRE. "Nine, ten, eleven
twelve, thirteen, fourteen" cried he
"well, if this isn't later than I evel
knew it."
A gentleman had a board put on 6
part of his land on which was written
81 will give this field to any one who
is really contented," and, when an ap,
plicant came he said, care you conten
ted?" The general reply was, Il am
Then rejoined the gentleman, "Wha
do you want with my land ?"
The following advertisement appears
under the head of" "a wife wanted -
"Any gal what's got bed, coffe-pot
skillet, knows how to cut out breeches
can make a huntten' shirt, and knows
how to take care Of children can have
my service till death parts both on us
Some statistical genius declares tina
"more is expended in the United State
for cigars, than for all the common
schools in the country" A smoker re
plies ;'The expense of buttons on th'
backs Of coats, where they are of NJ
earthly use, is equal to the support o
all our orphan asylums."
The Tarboro' southerner., 1868-03-12
State of North Carolina.
COUNTY OF EDGEcoMBE,
Fall Term 1867.
Kindred C. Pope VS. John w. Earl,

Kindred c. Pope VS. John w. Earl,
Original Attachment levied on Land.
TN THIS CAUSE 1T IS ORDERED
L by the Court that publication be made
in the Tarboro' Southerner, a newspaper
published in the Town of Tarboro, for six
weeks, notifying the defendant John w.
Earl that an Original Attachment has been
instituted in said Court, against him by the
plaintiff Kindred c. Pope, and that il he the
to be held for said County on the Second
Monday sof March next, then the cause
will be heard ex parte and judgement pro
confesso taken against him. Witness Vii
liam Biggs, Clerk of the said Court, at Office,
this the 9th day of October A. d. 1867.
WILLIAM BIGGS, Clerk.
October 9th. 44-6w