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Southern Civilization

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
May
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
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Read the followinjrspecimen oPslave holding barbarism. Branding, - A man who was reccntly convicted of manslaughter in Wake countv, N. C. was sentenced to be bTanded with the lei terM m the brawn of the thunib of the left hond, and be mprisoned for six months- the hot brand to remain on the liaiul till ihe pnsoner should have repeled threc times, God save the State.' The branding then took place fonhw..h at Ihe bar, i„ theVesence of the Gomt; and the pnsoner wae coiu'ucled to pflLODtffjT" The North Curolinians, are rejoicing over a ncw gold mine. An exchange paper tclls us that "The new Gold Mine in Moore cennty, N. C, cmploys 300 liande, raising 830 or g4o per week to cacli hand. The gold ia found in hirripa jjist beluw ther eurface, ond tho senrch for it is very rudely conducted. One lump wórth 1G was found. In Staïily counly a rock rnine is worked by machinery with great profit. In Georgia and fi labaina the business is actively prosearte.!. The entire middle secfion of North Carolina issaid to bealmost one gold mine- the "dross" bcing near tho surface.'' Now vo venture to affirm that tho "dross near the surface'' is mucli more raluable than the gold beneath. The thiwt after gold will prove a curse to the people, even if it abounds in the soil. What State has ever been perinnnentiy benèfilted by the gold mines within itu liinits? What country has hada soil so barren that the inhabitants could not not become cömforlacle nnd even wealthv by a patiënt cultivation of the stirface?017a Tho following items which we cut from an eastern paper, show that Michigan is not the only place whero snow has fallen in large quantities the past season. Deep Snows-ln Ossipee i;i this St;,te, u the woods, the snow is now nbout four feet deep on tlie level. It is said that there has nol been so much snow on the ground at this season of the year for about forty years, as is now spread over New England. Friduy raorning, March 24.- -The th'u tyfourlh snow fall is now coming down. Our streets present the appearance of mid winter. - Portsmouih Journal. The snow in the woodá of this vicinity, is now nearly or quite four feet deep. Severa] deer have been taken alive and brotight into the city. The teamsters up the river occasionally catch a deer, eecure him upon their

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Signal of Liberty
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