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VOL. II. LEWISBURG, VIRGINIA, TUESDAY. MAY W, I860. NUMBER 11.
LIST OF
DRUOS, fllESlCIMBS, K.,
FOK ^.VLK It Y
&? (&s
Acid. Tcrt.vic
" Citric
" Muriatic
" Sulphuric
" Nitric J
" Oxalic
" Benzoic
Arro. Sp'ts Ammonia.
Antimoniai Wine,
Alcohol, Alkanet.
Alum. Arnica Rout,
Aloe, Arsenic.
Assafoettda, Arrow Hoof.
Ammonia, A?i- (Hartshorn.}
'? Carb.
Aaaatto, Antimony.
Blue Mass, Borax."
Buchu, Leaf an.l Tine.
Blood Root. Barbadoes Tar,
Burgundy Pitch,
Blue Stone, or Blue Yitriol, ;
Bichromate of Potash.
Colocynth.
Corrosive
Cream of Tartar,
Chloride Lime.
Chloride Zinc.
Cowhage. Cobalt.
Canary Seed.
Cinnamon. Coch
Colombo Ko^t.
Castor Oil. Copaibs.
Calomel. Chloroform.
Creosote.
Camphor, Hum :vr. I Tine
C.mth. Ointment.
Cayenne f'.<or\t.
Chalk, prepare 1.
Clore-s. Co ', f.i V'T r>:!.
Composition. Cub-'!-.-.
Crocc<i Mart:-'.
Crotna Oil. C?pa!.
Catheters, Caraw.-ty S.-? i.
Chamomile. Cor'and-r S ? ?!.
Dragon's Blood.
Dover's Powder".
Eajer*. Elm Bark.
Ether. Kit. an 1 Sul.
E-got?in vi'iK Kx" i-t-\
Fcem-groek.
Gum Arabic. Gim^o*.
Ginger. Gentian.
Gum Myrrh. Orr ?-:i5'?!n.
Gem Ammoniac.
Glycerine. Gnm Saridrai-fc,
Item Gaiac.
Hyosciam. Tr. of
Hydromlr.hate of Ar::.
Flnr. Salphcr. flir* Syrup.
Hiera Picra.
Hydro.su lphate Ammonia.
Hydrar Cum 'Jreta.
Henry's Macn>,Jia.
Harlem Oil,"
Hoffman's Anudy:!'-.
Iceland Mo<s.
Ipecsc. lod. Pot.vrb.
Iodine. lod. fr'>ri Syrup.
Jalap. Juniper Herri--".
Jttdkin'* Ointment,
Kino.
Liquoricc. Lau<Ucura,
Lobelia. Lac. Sulphur.
Lozonges.
Muriate-l Tine. Iron.
Muriate of Tin. Musk.
Muriate nf Ammonia.
Manna. Mnstard. Mace.
Magnesia.
Morphia. Sul. an'1. Carb.
Mercury. Musk. Tine.
Nutmegs. NutgaHs.
Xit. Si Ivor. (Lunar Canstic)
Ointment. Mercurial.
Ointment. Pile. Libby'n,
Ointment. Trask ?.
Opium. Opo'lcMoc.
Orris Root. Olive Oil.
Oil Anisee'l.
Oil Cloves. Oil Amber.
Oil Berganjot. Oil Lemon,
Oil Lavcmler. Oil Savine.
Oil Sassafras. Oi! Cinnamon
Oil Persermiv. Jvu.ii?r
Oil Origanum, ('il R'wnviry,
Oil Turpentine.
Oil Co tar. Oil I'rance.
0:1 or Otto R-'.-es. Oil "f Tar.
Pink Root. l'ar.\-ori.\
Peppvr. Price C Ir <:i.
Poi*?>i:. Pru^iat.-.
Potash. In J.
Potash. :i:i'l flleh.
Peruvian liark.
(Quinine, Qua-sia.
Kh;:\ir:>. Root at: i Poc.
Rf-l Precipitate it" .in.
K-: f.oal. R.? W:r -
RooJr Oil.
S.:!f. Rp. an ' R->eli
Safroa. Serpvitaria.
Soap. Carrie. S.-!a.
>?:: rgi Root.
Sait Peter. S-rna.
Snear f..-.'.
>?:?! Mis.. Sar'aparilla
Spt?. Xitr
Spt
7' -T-'
Sag- . ??* 1?. (':i! -
So ia. Sal.. Si--rrn 0-1.
Sh-'Mrc. Sa?
S*:1 l.ac.
r- -;T
Tracaeanth. fa i.
Tar io.-a. I arm*-; -.
Tr Arr> Va'-r-aa.
Tr' Khi. Ih'-tJrhtn,
?f:.V j
Tincture Rit-i'-ar'..
Tincture Mb- !-r.?.
Tin-tare Opin-j.
Tine. I'.-.rnpbor Taras
Turlington It if ? ??: ?
C:n!.-r. L'"a i
Vifriol. V"-rr-!'-i;ris.
Vervain. VarnMi
Win# of CMehiettir
Was. Whit-.
Wiitar s
Prpparrttion* nnd
Ri-uiHa Salve.
Bro-va'"< Jamaica Cringe.
Hart's J" do
Townxead'* Sarsapar i l!:i.
S?nd?' do
Carter's Spanish Mixture,
Railway's Relief, and ot!??
Reaaedie?,
Godfrey's Cordial,
fiats raaa's Drop.--.
Britisbi Oil, Nutaber 6.
ThotapMoa's Eye Water,
Oil of Spike. Seid. Powder".
Isingla*.' Planter,
Porous do
Adhesive do
Court do
Jayc?'s Alterativo.
do Expectorant,
do Carminative.
Ar.ertcan Wortti KiU"r.
Holloway'." Osntwr*.:.
BasiP.raa do
PahnestoeW V(?.-:nifri"".
Cotttjh Caady.
Fr. Rodger*' Uoruit ?vr.!p :
Liverwort. Tar aid (':s:
ehslssna.
Erats'ir'-rh"'- J'i.'l-t,
Lee's
Jutna'- J"
K.vtway's <lo
(!r?cn> d'?
Hnllowav's 4'">
W right's 1?
S:?r>?partU:t J"
Turf l>it. Mu-t:ini? Tjiniim*nt.
:iVf,svf .I
"Wistars Bb.1. WiM Cherry.
Barr'-n's l.ini-n^iit.
Mrs. Onr-t?ier*? !r>.1 f?-tI??*jit
f.jrfrwnrt X I!Tir"T'31'!.
M**'l:'Ttr:!*'ntU!T?. S.N!???!.
N-tv ? :i~ ! P">3" '
I'-il'-T. !
!.5trl<* .? Whit" (>?!.
Ki'
f?-.ft -J:?t r?r
i;.?! (J;! j
Jt'rrhavfV Hif ?" .
!'?? K\ S tr-!n.
<!o f t:t--sr. |
Ett
Citrat? nf M
Mnrfh^J * |?|;| ?
J..** L??yM ! ? I
Hair Oil*. F.xirarN. rxtu'Jirc. r^rfniii!**. Srr.
Dr. Wool's Tl.vr
Lroa's Ssthnir"!!.
Ba!ra of 1000 K'-hvt--.
Cri*:?!H. !> i_v
Bating*" Cologne.
BatrnP"'1 PnnH-- fSjan.
Hon?/ i
Mammoth J''
Family Jo
Asabrosisil
Atmoii'l <!"
I'ttRiipt? '!"
Military J."
L:\atv! rv <!?">
Ern?ivt? >k<
Br"*n xm;-.
Y-irrV'-c ?
\V,>v.:?.
Mrs A!'??:!"< !!:??> R.
Hirris-R'" Hrr R-tfW.
R.ir VV'it-r. f."f
I>"lir
H.-r Mir:"" Phi
H-.rri-v - l!:iir Pf".
t:.. -r CM??jn *.
S11 ?? l!;mia. 1. Ri'tlgi*.
Salt".
HnrrN ??."? K* f..r ????? !!-??: !
.,v i
Pre* njH i'ainl
?W5iitn TiOnr!. Btv.-k L-?s
Litbamo. R<"1 W?m!.
I?rop-B!?efc, K.'-i-fe Mr ?
Indigo. Op*.! T*?rnNh.
Clark do
T.'rra C?!n>:r?"
ChroM* VpMi'w.
?!!.' ?*?. 1" ? pi
Whitir-c F.rf
a?H EifrnrN
Of Lemon.
Of Cianvuon.
Of Peppermint.
Of (finff?r.
or n.w.
<>f Ci?chitiP:?!. 'r&Witis1
! of Sntvii'c.
f Of VaiiiHv vV '?.
For Cnlinnry jstjJ Pn<try I'nrpn-spB.
All-'t'io, r'.?pp"r?Hlsek anl C iyc:'?" ? l?:f '
Gelatin. o<xi?co Orn Pv?rrh.
MiwIbHfoiK.
Chryctftl MucUae<?. St.?r~h
Gltio. Lft?ip-li!:ick. I'V- Iji'
Charcoal. ttr'jvt Puvr>?\
Fish Berries I'utnic" ?:<?!!'
Rotten St^Ti".
?ppl?? Slu'll".
Hriti*!! IM-fkins.
Ink -!.!?!<.. '.! ( ??< :i:?! in f-li
Mo, I.:n?n> 0'!.
?!?M SHv'r Uold
Fnil.Tin F'?it.^hi'ONef?'
im-i'd Tin .lujtjf.p
&<?
For nml Pltnrmamiticnl !"?rs Only
French TSrati'ly.
Bourbon Whiskey.
-Jamaica Hum.
! port ?> ino?
f All <?r i.o*t rinnlitv.
WHOLESALE AND ItfTMI,
TOBACCO AND CXGASt STOEE.
~3r fKJ- rN K>>xrz '?" .
HA"V 1N(? constantly on hand p. largo n?!<! well se
lected assortment of Tobacco aid i??f p<?rt???l Ci
gars, respectfully invite* hi* numerous customers, and
the public generally. t?? hint a call he lore pur
chasing elsewhere. Orders from any part of th^
country will bo promptly met. and entire sntispie
tion guarantied to purchasers. He keeps constant! v
on ha ml
I3IPOKTED & DOITESTff ClfSAKS.
Including some very choice brands uf Havana Cigars; ?
Smoking Tobacco. Pipes and Stems, and a variety !
of FANCY ARTICLES ti?<? numerous to mention. |
He |)!edges himself to supply his customers atal
hirer cash prvr than can he bought for elsewhere in j
this market. You would do well to call and exam
ine for yourselves.
J. H. I). JOHNSON".
Feb l-*?. Main st.. Lewisbiirg.
J0EL iicI?hkr<().\7
AGENT for the Insurance Company of the Val
ley of Virginia.
Dec. 20,1859.
Nitric. Muriatic nnri Snl. Acid, in half spill. >n
or smaller ipi.-iHtWc.i. fc>r salo ?t tlie I'r'u "f
Nov r> T -m-hku.-on
?rlfrt |loftnj.
?7=* While the lists wore l>eing prepared, the fol
lowing poetic effusion was distributed among the del
egates. and don. Leslie C'oombs announced that the
Kentucky delegation would sing it to-night at their
quarters. No. 205 Barnum's Hotel:
" CLIXG TO THE UNION."
DEDICATED TO THE NATIONAL UNION CONVENTION.
Tt'NE?Wait for the Wagon.
There is a right and wrong in parties,
And the right is on our side;
So let us mount the wagon.
And let the Union ride.
The nation is the wagon.
And the people are its springs;
Every lover of his country,
For the ion. sings? . . .....
( *ing to the Union, cTin? to the Union?
Cling t'i the Union,and let the factions slide.
This wagon is a noble one.
I'was built in Seventy-Sis:
"fwas driven by (George Washington,
Through .stormy politics:
With Ki'stf-rn oak. and Western pine,
And Northern ash 'tis hound.
Palmetto, cypress, cotton wood.
In spokes and wheels are found.
Clinsj t" the Union. &<\, &c.
V/nori Webster shook the friendly hand
Of noble sou! Calhoun.
?Twas here, upon this w;>s?ou l-o*
They sat in sweet commune.
Henry Clay he drove the wagon then,
And Cas? was by hissi>1e.
And never did the Union take
A -af'-r Union ri !??.
C:i?K to Tnr- Union. *S:c., &c.
We tell the North fanatics
To let o'ir ?"lave* alo/i":
I :!'? >"-:'herfi .Ti'-eat'T
?:??? Mvr >?b t<. h->m".
\V|. art- a'i true '.?ort^'Tvafives,
Whatever mar betide:
bless our ?htk?}< Union.
A i 1 let it safely ride.
to "he UjOfl. iSc>-\. \c.
(rtrininin
For !'?)?? GrMaWer ladi-pf-sri-jit.
REMJ.V!WK.\{'?S O? MONROE.
NPMRKR ONE.
It may not bo unintorostirgto your readers to
relate some incidents with respect to Greenbrier
and Monroe counties.
ft will be recollected that tho organization of
r?f '.fonrcc took placc in Nfny 1JP9?
the aft of Assembly for the division of Green
brier having passed at the session of tTO^-'OO.
It may be remembered, tor*, that parry spirit was,
about that time, vry violent in Virginia, (\>1.
Jons Tavlor. of Caroline, was a very prominent
member of the House of I delegates of Virginia,
and considered to be at that time the leader of
rl>? i;epnMi<-:in party in that House, and, per
haps. in thA Legislature. Tim Federal and l!e
? tii'-tl ?:!!: - W'T'' -t ?iiglv arrayed against
each other. 1 If l itter, pp-I-ably. had Irs origin
in p-l'ri--al opposition t ? rhe administration r.f
tlm elb'r Aouis. who endeavored to conform i!<
principles mainly to those established by Gsorgs
V>*Asnis<:r<?s. his illustrious predecessor." Ru
mor. at the time f mentioned, was suggestive of
the cause of (*..!, I'aylor's rancorous opposition
to Mr. Aim v*' administration, to
(?en. Wasir!s :toy.
f'ol. T. had been in the Revolutionary army.
Jint bef're he resigned his commission, he re
ceived a /?*'"' '(?fni'-nffina from the commander
in-chief. for which he never afterwards forgave
him. An abusive pamphlet- was issued somn
short time after thi* event, which contained tho
only calumny, perhaps, which was ever published
against tho illustrions Washington. Be all this
as it may have been. Col. Taylor's party zeal
led him to declare against the formation of any
other counties in Virginia west of the Blue ridge:
because he supposed the people of that moun
tainous region, known asWest Augusta," had
a proclivity to Federalism.
Gen. Joh.v Preston, of Montgomery county,
?was then a Senator from the district embracing
the county of Greenbrier. Col. Joiis Sti"art, a
very wealthy and influential citizen, was clerk of
Greenbrier county, and was in politics a Feder
alist. John Hutchison, of that part of Green
brier. which is now Monroe, was also a Federal
ist. In consequence, perhaps, of his having been
one of the delegates from Greenbrier in the Leg
islaturo at its session of 170C??*7 : and having ad
vocated the petition for the division of Green
brier, some of his neighbors designated him to
be the bearer of a petition for the division of
Greenbrier county."' to the Legislature. Accord
ing to such request, he attended the session of
1708-'W with the petition. William II. Caven
msh and -Ions Mathews. Esqrs., were the dele
gates from Greenbrier, both Federalists, and op
posed to a division of the county. Gen. Preston
was an influential member of tho Senate, and
was in favor of the petition. The petition was
presented and referred to tho committee of pro
positions and grievances. The name of Monroe
was given to the proposed new county, and a fa
vorable report of the petition was made to the
House. Tho name of Monroe was distasteful to
the Federal members; some of whom insisted
that Mr. IIi'tcuiso.v should endeavor to procure
a change of the name to some other name more
prominent and more agreeable to himself and his
friends; but he said tha-t-the people within the
bounds of the proposed county wanted the county;
that the name given to it was not the name he de
sired ; that he intended to have suggested the
name of Wayne. lie, however, refused to make
an effort to have the name changed.
On the morning of the day on which the hill
was to be called up in the House, Mr. Hutchi
son' went to the Capitol a short time before the
House met. Ho there saw Gen. Preston and
Col. Taylor in conversation; the former beck
oned to him; he approached them; Gen. P. in
quired :
"Is not Col. John Sti/art, of Greenbrier co.,
an influential man. and. Hit"Moralist ?'?'
? V*"' '
" Is he not opposed to~you and tlie people of
your section of Greenbrier, and to its division V
" He is."
" Does not Greenbrier river form a natural di
vision between the north section of Greenbrier i
and the proposed new county V'
" It does."
Col. Taylor then inquired:
"If we pass your bill, and give you anewl
county, will the- people send us to the next Log-:
islaturc two good Republicans V'
"They will." |
At that moment Mr. II. Ihought that Jon.v
Gray and Willtah Hawks would be the dole
gates?two good FcV.rnl fippyMicnn-?. After
the answer. Col. Tayior turned away and en
tered the Capitol.
Gen. P. remarked: "That will do."
Mr. If. wont to the lobby of the House. The
bell soon rung and the House met.- In a short
time, the hill "f?r ihe division of Greenbrier
county " was called up. Col. Taylor slowly
arose from his seat?'iml I ft the JfuH. The bi
passed with the name " Monroe," and was car
ried to the .Senate. In due time it passed that
body and became a law. It is quite certain that
if this little ruse had not been played upon Col.
Taylor at the time, the county of Monroe would
not havij been organized then; and perhaps not fur
many years after.
William Hutchison, James Alexander. Isaac
Kstill, William Haynes, John Hutchison, John
(iray, John Uyrnside, "William Graham, James
Ilanly and William Vawtcr, were commissioned
as ip.qrjfn<^he nqacsyin jho npw county, and
held their fir.-c court orTtth 25th of May 1700 at
the house of George King, two miles northeast of
Gnion. and now the reshbnee of If. J. Kelly.
Esq. P'-'r greater convciience, the court ad
journed from Mr. King's huseto his barn. The
barn may bo yet standing ;s a monument of the
commencement of Monroe jounry. Isaac F-till
was commissioned and swon a; sheriff, and John
Arbuckle as his deputy. Tv'nn Hutchison was)
nr.v.-.intod clerk.
The court thus organize", set the marhir.rrv
of the government of the cointy in operation.
The members and officers if this court have ail
passed away, leaving with >tir few of their de
scendants the tradition of that period. And
thus
Wo turn t>i <hisi. and nil -iir mi<ih;io>f' wrirk?
pio t?TliO lioop -hat ".vr. ]av.
i rno p!i.v.-s f'norn up and :<"*t n traco r--rr-niTi?.
Wo buiM with what ?> <oom otornal rock,
A distant ago ask? whoro'lo' ! '
And in tl?o dust, sifted n:i searohM in vain,
i h" iindiscweraMe sewsloops " X.
NTMBER 'V>.
f have related sometiing .about the f 'r;na
ti'">n of riio county of Mori no, I will relate an in
cident with respect to Uubn. ft was known to
the people of Monroe thai Col. Stuart, of Green
brier. was the most active and untiring in his
efforts to prevent the division of Greenbrier. He-!
ing discomfited in that ma'tr. he then en-leavored i
to discourage the people c*f Monroe. and make i
them believe that thev could not maintain their j
county government: that they could not even de-!
fray the expenses of erecting the necessary pub- j
lie buildings. IIo :iccvr.i'?.ialy proposed to peti
tion the Legislature to have Monroe re-united to
Greenbrier: to merge the name of Greenbrier and
call the two counties thus united, Union. The
name l'ni-n may have occurred to him from hav
ing remembered that the place where Lewisburg
now is. was once called Cr.mp Union. Be this as
I it may, be caused to be put up in the county of
Monroe, at the junction of the road leading from
| Lewisburg and from Union towards the Sweet
Springs, a board with large letters on it: t! Union
! County. Greenbrier and Monroe united." This
j si;/n suggested the name Union for the f'-mi
j be lo.i'l f'Vt.
The people of Monroe had been assessed with
| the taxes of 1700 in Greenbrier, Uf-rc (If. nttc
j "A'nhj v-:n{ info opcraH n. John Gray and Wil
| liam Ifaynes, two FoUral Republicans, were
j elected as delegates from Monroe to the General
i Assembly. Two petitions by the people of Mon
| roe were sent with them?one for the relief of the
i people against the assessment of rases of 1700 in
Greenbrier; and the other to'establish the town
of Union on the lands of -James Alexander, Esq.
It so happened that John Hutchison was in both
cases an eScicnt lobby member. Both petitions
prevailed.
Union is now a neat, pretty little village, j
Having been laid out at a time just after the In- j
dian depredations in Monroe on a picce or ground j
which but a few years before was in wood?, from j
which the foot-prints of the Indian had but re- i
cently been effaced ; the mineral springs?foun-i
tains of health?in its yicinitv. were then either
undiscovered or were the haunts of the wild deer
| and the panther?mere mud lirks; and its loca
tion, too, was out of the line of any great tho
roughfare leading to any considerable market; it
has been of slow growth. It has, however, slowly
l and steadily improved. Situated at the base of
the romantic and picturesque mountains famil-j
iarlv called " Swope's Knobs," in a beautiful val
ley, ranging for eight or ton miles north and
south, it is proverbial for beauty and health.
The Wtritc~i?u}pKur Springs ia nartlinnst "rrfouul.
'twenty-four miles; the Sweet and -J^ed Sweet |
Springs are east 20 and 21 miles; the Salt and !
Iled Sulphur Springs about three and twenty
miles southwest; and the Uluo Sulphur Springs .
about twenty-two miles northwest.
It is here in this favorable situation rhat the)
Union High School " is located, an i whieii was
at the recent session of the L'-gis'ature iniv-rp:- j
rated as the "'Monroe C"llegi\'' with a bright
prospect of future success and n-efulnes-.
?? Here. tiv?. <l\v?-!l> simple* trutr:?}*.;:. ? : ? ??. i
(Ji:*'ii!i?'il heaufy?s-vini! ;i:jr-??-..*?
Patient of labor. with a Ii:t !*? j*.?'.!:
Health ever IiSoominir." X
0>riv-'ji<?>!' t!u> ' Ir -fi'-r fr. !??; ! ??,?
f.KTTFft FKOM KAN'S
Arrirrsoy. Kasvas. . 1/???/' i s'fV"?.
fKtrr fri/h/if n,h n!; Just tw ? years aso Ir on
tills hour, wo were on the
* f\ !
:li no-. r-rrin
steaming up the- Missouri. .??.'??ng r'i t? >r I--r- -f
Kansas. deeply anxious to r-\udi r! ? .?! ? -f -u 1* |
futiiro homo before* the cl^o T h.y. I?nt nighr j
came on?a <lark an>! drizzling nisi it ;\rs>1 at I" j
o'clock wo wero pur oft' anions -transer .-it rho J
muddy wharf i?f Atchison?bass?:.,:'\ lirrh- -n. -'
and all. ?%ow. how changed .??ir c?#vuin-tai. ??-. I
and how changed our you 1 is rity: changes in
improvements nearly as great within two y-.r.
as have taken place in your quiet t"wn sine.- ;1>
days of which your correspondent of fhdlip -lis
write.?. Here let me say, that in reading ih
interesting articles, how many a fao-, her** in
this distant land, rose up before mo that wo shall
soe no more.
Mr. A. I>. Svvvs. who lias just returned fruni
Monroe, spent yesterday with us. lie says that
vegetation is much more forward with us than in
your country.
The loveliness of our prairie-, which are now
hoi ng clothed in their garment? of spring, f-aflio
all description. Lot mo sivo y >u a s!imps<% of
the gorgemis scenery f witnessed one night ia-t
week. C>n one-third of rho entire horizon, rested
a dark and threatning cloud, fn the centre. and
on the two extremities of thi- cloud, wor- krp4
iiprontinu.il flashes of lightnins. (ur;, j
the 1 ?w muttering- of di^tan* rhun - w-r -ard. i
I'??noatli this extended cl ?ud. t. ? prair'o was ?:?. j
fro at five difiV-r -nr p drifs. a: -.it < ?
from each other. For an instant rii* pr.tiri- fires j
were obscured by the fla?h of lightning, and then j
in the darkness that follow ] riiprairie fir-*- [
would flame up. f'n su-di a s?n<\y-u might'
have gazed f>r hours an<l theoy? would nor have
become weary.
J have been in Kansas 1-ng enough fo f-rm a
pretty correct idea of the country : and the more j
i see the better am f pleased. The wind- aroi
the sreatost objection to our climax: bur r!io i
dry and bright sunny winters make up f-r this.:
Since the completion of our raiir'-ad. our -:r"'-ts |
have benn filled with stringsrs. an ! a host of |
Pike's I'oakors are outfitting in our town. A !
better class of persons are gdn j; ibis spring titan i
went last year. j
Sixty thousand bushels of c-rn have been'
shipped from our city this Hariri??. and ail raised
within about 12 miles of A^hi-.n, and many a
crih yet remains untouched. S; ?euhuors pur
chased at about o" cents and - Id in Sr. L 'lis or.
?r>0 and oi cents?a pretty fair pr ?nt. i wi-'n y -u
would push on your raiirrvl to .?>ompletion. so
that we could supply you with corn and flour. \
Yours. verv truly, j
L. A. A. j
F c :h* Or-.- r;Vr:-r
A TIIOTYJHT OR TWO OX MATRinnNV.
nv a nt'sn.'.sT'.
Marriages are contracted too frequently by im
pulse. chance or hap-hazzar J; at a risk, in many
cajes. that prudent people will not and ought not
to run in closing far less important contracts.
Young ladies, young gentlemen, recollect "Li
when you enter into a matrimonial alliance, you
enter into a bargain for Hf- : y ?? select a partner
to be your constant companion and -iiarer of your
scood or ill fortune throughout your existence;
and who, in addition to their direct effects upon
your social comforts or discomforts, must, in the
nature of the relation, do much to influence your
life favorably or unfavorably for 'f.rnnl happi
ness. Young people, for your own present and
for your own eternal hanpiness, think : carefully
think of these thinzs before you involve your-;
tCivos in a r-iatior. that "'ciDtj*-* ^ 'i?.*o'i
0. lie v." human happiness is .substantially pro
moted in this life through a union of the sexes,
well matched in intelligence, in tastes,in sympa
thies and in love : and under such conditions how
blessed, h'.ivr thrive blessed is the married state.
Hut reverse the picture, and see how happiness
is marred through this life in a pair badly as
sorted in intelligence, tastes and sympathies. I
say nothing of love in such a case; there maybe
a sort of conventional, fitful love, commonly so
called, between parties thus unhappily situated,
and this love, if you please, maybe sufficient un
der the laws of the land and the conventional de
mands of society, to make parties endure each
other; but of itself, never can produce tho larg
est amount of social and conjugal happiness. Of
itself, it never lias and never can produco the
higher decrees of pleasure incident to the "woll
*?: r: ?y ? s."ncT cc:-?y'*aT'' relation; Love
that i?" not f mnded upon genuine respect, deserves
rather ; ? !? ? called /' assign than love : and whilo
its exor.-ise may give us moments of peace, even
satisfaction and joy. it fails to fill and constantly
satiate the whole soul, as does that love which is
based upon and samtiiied by tiie appreciation of
high virtue^ and approved qualities in the objects
of v'ur murual arraeliment.
< reader, these are not the sentiments or
promulgate 1 . a disappointed and nn
happy iin-'- i'.i i. fr. shank (?od. very far other
wise. On the contrary, they are the sentiments
of i?nc wli" views tho married life from an unem
barrassed and very happy stand point, and who
has experienced in his own domestic circlo an
uninterrupted current of the happiness that flows
from ti:? harmonies of matrimony: and, 1 will
add, from one who i-; a sincere friend to prudent
and well e.~.-n<iderod marriage connections.
f will add 1 ?i*t one sentiment more. Jnarrang
i;1^ rlii- important ???ntraer. young people should
?riv"* p!av (?? their i'f l/w/,', as well as to their
f in- v and imagination : and in this, a* in all im
;? r' Mir ajTair* ?? -.b -uld give a prudent hoed
r, t ? e.--l ?!? ?'! 7<r:v-v of their parents or other
iudKi mi ? i-ld'-r friends. * *
K - ii.- VT.Vri-r !(!?!? |i.-!i'1cn1
tnjw w net mis is Moymn:.
Mk. F-i>!T"R? In that part of Oreonbricr county
which i* now Monroe, was tiio Indian's hunting
ground. Its rich mountains an<l fertile valleya
were thickly c..vorod with lofty timber and luxu
riant under-growtli?in many places overshadow
ing deep ravines, aitVird'ing fit haunts for wild
animals. The wolf, the wild-cat, the bear and
the panther, would sock those thick woods and
lonely places .is covorH from which to watch tho
?byr as th'-y n-bob-ssly sought some lint or min
eral spring! / sitheir thirst, and pounce upon
and devour thr-m to appear th<dr hunger.
Those Jiuiiior? ? 11s mineral springs, doubtless,
were tlie primary oau-c* of so in any wild animals
!? irii coilo -fe l in 11 ji - region, which induced tho
Indian- to sol-^r th-m :h their hunting grounds,
'i'h-r ? ' . i ? v. r. unmistakable evidence of In
? lit; - having had their t-mporary abode there,
: .ng i-'f.r- the white man had ev>*r penetrated
lli--.se will-*. Indian creek, in Monroe county,
to -k it-narfte fr on the f.i-'t of tin1 Indian graves
or m -un 1- on nnft -f tho head branches of it. At
or ia p!a<o wh-re the main branch of tho
crook -ink- f-r a -h -r; spa-e and then appear",
called the sink S :h'- creek,'' tln-rearc three or
f'.ur <-f th tumuli -r mound- on the border of
a pic1* of ifal rich table land, which gently
-lopes t"War i rIwest to the margin of tho
-?Tf- '.in. wh"re it appears below " the '?ink."
Many year- sir!----*, the curiosity of some per
son- in I'nion prompted them to open and cxam
ine >neor two >f those mounds, which wero found
t-< ?'' ?ntain human bones and other things, such
a- bead-, flint arrow head ?tone?, tomahawks, or
Indian war club*, pip's. : some few of which
r - |.r ?u.rhraway. and the balance covered up
Ab i)* two mil-- ?? r of this place, about
the -avoe ii-*anco - ?utl? f l:ni<>n, on the edge of
the r a i which i-ad? fr'-ta I'nion to Turkey creek,
are, r '.'.???re -'-m<? year- ago, some two mounds
similar t-. r:: ? -e at the "sink of the creek."
bar/o *5int?'-r lit'.- <jr wn near those graves. An
oak of consid-rai !e -i/e grew on the side of one
of them. The ri-nVr ha* been cut down and
the m^urid- are w rri I-.wn !>y time and tho ele
ment-, ar. 1 are now hardly perceptible above tho
surfic-. Many y.-ar- ra'is* have elapsed between
the :im- they w-re :. ?. ; ? and the time when they
wro disc1'ver^d bv iis*e men.
Many v-ars a.' - ti. r was a wagon road from
f'r.i n ro the j?o*t:-mer.r below the .Salt Sulphur
Sr-ring- which p-.s-cd ov-r " the sink of the
cr-ek." A: the e Ire of thi- road there was a
deep hole between the rock-. ir,r*. which rumor
said that the body of a man. who had been look
ing after land, h ;; Ven thrown ?> /?.??'/ time 'i</>;
that sii'h- had ' ?:???: -?.?en at or about that place,
and that t!ie yd '?? ?? a'? ut " the sink" was haunt
ed : but wheth-r frr.a the rtitnor, or from the fact
of the Ir.di.a graves in the vicinity, is mere con
jecture. If. irwever. it be true that the good
=:rit? have :., d:-no:-:*i-.-n to re-visit these nether
shades, ar. i e*?i: ones are rot permitted to, hob
"obiins and I'hosts, and =uch like, ire mere hal
iVsr.av v.- -f'f-??v.rcd mir.dv ON'DIT.

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