The Greensborough patriot [May 8, 1852]

              VOL. XIY. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, MAY 8, 1852. NO. 677,
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A Legend of the Mohawk.
BY GEORGE ». MORRIS.
In ihe days that are gone, by this sweet (lowing
water,
Two lovers reclined in the shade of a tree;
She was the mountain king's rosy-lii.ped daughter,
The brave warrior cheif of the valley was he.
Then all things around them, below and above,
Were basking as now in the sunshiDe of love,
In the days that are gone, by this sweet Mowing
stream.
In the days that are gone they were laid 'neath the
willow,
The maid in her beauty, Ihe youth in his pride ;
Both slain by the foeman who crossed the dark bil-low
And stole the broad lands where their children
reside, ■•
Whose lamers, wnen dying, in fear looked above.
And trembled to think of that chief and his love,
In the days that are gone, by this sweet Bowing
stream.
" I am ready," "id the core, and having al-lowed
his eyes to be covered, he took the arm
of the Duke de . and left the awful room,
prating meanwhile with secret fervor.
Arrived at the foot of the staircase, Ihe old
man succeeded, without his guide's knowledge,
in slightly displacing the thick bandage so as lo
admit a partial ray of lamp light. Finding him-self
in the carriage gateway, he managed to
stumble and fall, with both hands forward, to-wards
a dark corner. The Duke hastened to
raise him. both resumed their placet in the car-riage,
and after repassing through the fame tor-tuous
route, tho cure was set down in safety at
his own door.
Without one moment's delay, he called
The Propheoy of Napoleon.
Anecdote of the Parisian Police.
servani. .... • ,
" Pierre," he said, "arm yourself with a suck,
and give me your support; I must instantly go
to the minister of police."
Soon afterwards the official gate was opened
to admit the well-known venerable pastor.
" Monseigneur." he said, addressing the mm-isler.
•• a terrible deed will speedily be accom-plished,
if you are not in time to prevent it. Let
your agents visit, before day-break, every carn-age
gateway in Paris; in the inner angle ol one
of them will be found a blood-stained handker-chief.
The blood is that of a young female,
whose murder, already begun, has been miracu-lously
suspended. Her family have condemned
their viclim to have her veins opened one by
The following is a supprested passage in Ihe
works of Las Casas, to which reference has of-ten
been made. The present slate of the affairs
of France renders it interesting:
" Before the sun shall have revolved many pe-riods
round its orbit," said the Emperor lo me
one day as we stood viewing the sea from a rock
which overhung the road, "the whole European
system will be changed. Revolution will suc-ceed
revolution, until every nation becomes ac-quainted
with its individual rights. Depend up-on
it, the people of England will not long sub-mit
lo be governed by these bands of petty sove-
' ' reigns—these aristocratic cabineu. I was wrong
in re-establishing the order of nobles in France ;
but 1 did it to give splendor to the throne, and
refinement to the manners of the people, who
were fast sinking into barbarism since the revo-lution.
The remains of the feudal system will
vanish before the sun of knowledge. The peo-ple
have only to know that all power emanates
from themselves, in onler lo assert their rights to
a share in their respective Governments. This
will be the case even with ihe boors of Russia—
ves, Las Casas, you may live to see ihe lime,
but I shall be cold in my grave, when that colos-sal,
but ill-cemented empire will be splii into as
many sovereignilies— perhaps republics—as there
arc hordes or tribes which compose it.
[After a few more reflections on the future
one, and thus lo perish slowly in expiration of a ] „t„rfteia „f Europe, his Majesty thus conlinu
fault, already more than punished by her mnrlal , jj .-j
Previous lo the year 1789, but at what pre
cite date 1 cannot say, the city of Paris possessed I power „f ner cruel relations,
as guardian of its safety, and cheif minister of I pear Abbe, that vou want
agony. Courage, my friend, you have already
some hours. May God assisl you—I can only
pray." ....
The same morning, al eight n clock, ihe min-ister
of police entered ihe cure's room.
» My friend." said he. " I confess my inferior-ity,
you are able to instruct me in expedients."
••'.Saved I" criedihenld man, bursting imo tears.
Saved," said ihe minister," rescued from ihe
But the nexl time.
say assistance in a
Never was a web more artfully woven over a
nation than that horrible debt which envelopes
ihe people of Eugland. It has been the means
of enriching the aristocracy beyond all former
example in any country ; whilst il has, at the
same time, ensured as many fasl and powerful
friends to the Government, as there are individ-uals
who receive iiilrresl for that money so ex-
Iravaganlly squandered to rush liberty in olher
countries. Bui even that must have an end—
some accidental spark will ignile ihe combusti-polire,
a man of rare talent and integrity. At I benevolent enterprise, I wish vou would give me ; i,,,, m|1„_ anl| |,|(1W Ihe w|]0|e system lo atoms,
the same period, the parish of St. Geimais, in j a |j„|e Inorc ilme i„ accomplish it." I |f ,nj, mighly debt were due to foreigners, these
the quarter of ihe Hue Si. Anloine, had for its | Within the nexl iwenly-four hours, hy an ex- | cunning islanders would not bear the burden an
cure, a kind, venerable old man, whose life w»s ; nre,g or,|er of the king, ihe Duke de ,n,'jhour; bul would, on some pretext or other. Break
•pent in doing good to bold the souls and bodies j (li, accomplices were secrcily removed from wiln lnclr erediton and laugh al their credulity—
ol his fellow creatures, am! whose holy consis- I !>„,;,, uJ copveyed out of the kingdom. but the* owe ihe money to individuals among
tency and dignified courage Caused hirti In he i -J-|,^ young woman received all Ihe care which ^n,,,!,,*, and are therefore likely to enjoy the
loved by Ihe good, and respccled by even ll.e j hp( preCjrious slale required; and when sufli- „|fasure „f paving the inlcrest for generations to
most sbandoned characters. One cold dark , clciulv recovered, retired lo a quiet country vil- come. France loo. has got a debt—these Hour-winter's
night, Ihe bell at ihe old cure's door luge where ihe rojal proieeiion assured her bons think to mainlain themselves on my throne,
was rung loudly, and he, although in bed, imme- ; 8.,|V,tv. || j, scarcely needful lo say, that nexl hv borrowing largely of ihe present generation
diately arose and opened ihe door, anticipating , |(J ||pr (gReW, the cure of St. Germais was ihe jn nr,|er ,,, |,IV heavy laxes on ihe nexl and al
From Ihe Spirit of the Times.
Who did Billy Patterson Strike.
Dear " Spirit."—Several months ago, ihe
newspapers of this •• great and glorious country"
re-echoed from one end of Ihe continent to the
olher the momentous question, by whom was a
certain assault and haiiery committed upon the
sacred person of William Patterson, Esquire,
Gentlemen t I do not know if the evidence
necessary to Ihe conviction of any individual of
this atrocity has yet come in, bul at the last term
of II— County Court, Norlh Carolina, an-other
question, of almost equal magnitude, was
satisfactorily and finally disposed of. The re-sult
deserves to be transmitled to posterity. I
congratulate you. that from the calumns of your
paper future generations may know who Billy
Patlerion did itrike. No olher paper has the
News.
The case of the Stale vs. W'.Hiam Pallerson,
came up for hearing al ihe end of the term, and,
although the jury was about lo be discharged, a
large crowd remained to gralily a curiusily very
naturally exciled by the name of the defendant,
and lo hear ihe particulars. The Solicitor, after
explaining to the Court and Jury Ihe nature of
the offence to be proved, and reading the indict-ment,
charging the defendant in ihe usual form,
with the commission of an assault and baltery in
and upon the body of one E. P . in ihe
peace of the Slate then and there being, and
other wrongs and enormities, then and there, lo
the said E. 1' . did contrary to the peace
and dignity of the Slate, commit, ic , proceeded
to call ihe first and only witness, Mrs. P., the
wife of the defendant. Thai lady accordingly
advanced lo the stand, and being sworn the fol-lowing
dialogue ensued :—
Solicitor—"Take off your bonnet Mrs. P..
and lei Ihe Court and Jury hear all aboul this
assault committed upon you by Mr. Win. Pat-terson:
stale how il was, when and where it
was, and all aboul il."
The witness ihus addressed removed her
bonnet, and exhibited a rather handsome and pi-quant
face, with an intelligent and not unpleas-
Too Late to Dinner.
There is some fervency in ihe following, and
ihe theme is one thai demands it. The man
who can keep a dinner-table wailing, must at an
early period of his life, have committed some
murder or other, which he " thought very little
of al Ihe lime," hut which gradually led him
down through prolane swearing, dislurbiag a
Methodist meeting, procrastination, dec, lo the
awful vice of coming " 7"oo Late to Dinner."
Lives there a man with soul so small,
Who, summoned to the banquet hall,
Accepts, then does not cornel
Or coming, is so very late
The guests are all compelled to wait,
Wrapped in the darkest gloom !
If such there be, go! mark him well,
And never be your dinner-bell
To him a well known sound;
Never invite him to your board,
For if you do, mark well my word,
He'll always late be found.
Aid me, ye gods! to curso the man,
If such there be, although I can
Scarcely believe 'tis true;
Oh! may his soup be ever cold,
His fish a little bit too old,
His meat burned through and through!
And when he dies, for die he must,
And mingles with his kindred dust,
Alas! poor helpless sinner!
Slop, stranger, as you tread the path,
And read this simple epitaph:
M Always too late to dinner!"
J. HOWARO WAIKWRIGHT.
single dollar by female subscribers. They seem
In make H a point of conscientious duly to pay
the preacher and the printer—two classes of tho
community who suffer more by bad pay. and no
pay al all, than all Ihe rest put together. W hen-evcr
we have a woman's name on our bonk, we
know il is just as good for two dollars and a half
as a picayune is for a ginger rake." Moreover,
he asserts thai ladies rend the newspapers to
which Ihey subscribe, and concludes hy (Velar-ing
thai he " would rather have a dozen ladles
on his books lhan one man."
Good Natured hut Passionate.
Addisnn has made ihe following observations
clats of persons with whom we occtsional-good
sa-ly
come in contact. Though just, ihey are by
the vanily of "good na-
Aurora Borealis on the Northern
Lakes.
The Cleaveland (Ohin) Herald publishes the
following from a correspondent hailing '• from
back in the woods, about midway between tun-ng
expression, and in rathsr a low voice, aus- j j„wn ,n(] the Norlh Pole, Lake Superior,
wered— I March 10 "
Witness,—'I hope you won't charge him j ' ....
anything, gentlemen : it's all over wiih now." * • • •• Contrary to the general rule, night
Solicitor.—"Speak louder, if you please, Mrs. ; here is more beautiful lhan the day. Indeed.
P.; we ran'i hear a word yon say." I compared wilh this cloudless clime and starry
no means flattering to vanity
lured f" though passionate people
It is a very common expression, lint such a
one is very good-natured, bul verv passionate.—
The expression, indeed, is very good-natured, to
allow passionale people so much quarter. Bnt
I think a passionate man deserves the least indul-gence
of any. It is said il is soon over; iliat is,
all the mischief he does is quickly dispatched,
which I think is no recommendation to favor. I
have known one of these good-naiurad passion-ate
men say, in a mixed company, even lo bis
own wife or child, such things as the most in*
vererate enemies of his family would not have
spoken, even in imagination. Il is certain that
quick sensibility is insepaiable from a ready un-derstanding
; hut why should nol thai good un-derstanding
call lo itself all its force on such 6CM
casions, to master lhat sudden inclination lo an-ger
I To restrain the spirit of anger is tbe wor-thiest
discipline we can put ourselves to. When
a man siauds combustible and ready to flame
upon everyihing that he Inuches. life is as unea-sy
to himself us all about him. This is the moat
scandalous disuse of reason imsginable i all the
harmless part of him is no more lhan a bull-dog
—ihey are lame no longer lhan ihey are uot of-fended.
A Beautiful Aotion.
We know not whether the ilory annexed will
be as new to our readers as it was the olher day
. In ourselves, when we clipped il from ihe Ihs-
Defendant's Attorney .—•• Vou must slale all \ sky. you never had in Cleveland -a night as wasi ,„„ Xianteripl; but nfihis we are certain, jt
you A-IIOW, Madame; nothing that you hsrs ft nifjli.' Toe twesr s»t» the bssotlfol bine of | «rfn betio lttn phasing, whether new o*<Hit It
"is related by Sidney Smith :—•
a summons lo some sick or dying bed. object of her deepesl graiiludeand filial love.— future ones. Bul I know the French people loo
A personage, richly dressed, wilh his features , i,llnng fifteen years, ihe holy man received from : w(.|| ,„ ,Uppnsl. thai 9Urh a system can be long
partly concealed by a large false beard, stood out- ,;„,„ l() ume ma expression of her grateful a flee- ,„|eraicd. 1 know dial ihey have loo much nal-side.
Addressing the cure in a courteous and ||m| . ,„,( _,, |c„gih when himself, from extreme un( arrect„m for their offspring lo email upon
graceful manner, he apologized for his un-ea- 0|j ,__ on ,|1P brink of ihe grave, he received . ln(.m . na,jlinil| debt, like liial of England, how-snnablc
visit, which, he raid, ihe high reputation i lne intelligence that she had departed in peace. | eyef arl|u||y incurred.
of Monsieur had induced him lo make. Never until then, had a word of ihis mysleri- , j^0_ no >ur,jfi:is are too sharp sighted lo allow
"A great and terrible, hut unnecessary and in- ■ m|, ajvcn|Ure passed the good cure's lips. On ; |he pmgfljr accumulated lor iheir children lo
evilable deed." he continued. •■ it to be done.— |HS ,|eaib bed, however, he confided ihe recital j ^ nlnrieageJ m pay Ihe Russians and England
Time presses ; a anul aboul In pass inlo eternity, ,0 a bishop, one ol his paniculai friends ; and < f)ir jllvajjng ihem. and fur Ihe restoration of the
implores your ministry. If you come, you must rrom a relation of the latter, 1 myself heaid it. virile eaur de imbeciles, who now insult them.
' heard." I *• ■»». '" »a»l'ing meteors, or wildly dancing
Witness (a little puzzled.)—I don't know j Northern Lights.
what you mean, gentlemen ; 1 hope you will lei
him oif light—lie did'ul mean anything bul ordi-nary."
Solicitor.—'• We want to know about the
fight. Mrs. P."
Witness.—-There wasn't any fight; Mr. Pal-
I shall never forget Ihe night of the lOlh Feb-ruary
last. We wore on ihe Norlh Tiap Hock
Range, sevenleen miles in ihe woods. There
was HO moon nor a speck of cloud, hut over ihe
whole wide termament the beautiful stars were
scattered broadcast wilh a splendid liberality. A-allow
your eyes to be bandaged, ask no ques
lions, and consent to act simply as spiritual con-soler
of a dying woman. If you refuse to ac-company
me, no olher priesl can be admitted.
After a moment of sccrel prayer, ihe cure ar-swered,
" I will go wilh you."
any further explanation, he allo
be bandaged, and lean on the
cious visitor. They bolh gol
whose windows were iinniediatel) covered by
wooden shutters, and then ihey drove olf rapi
This is Ihe exacl truth.
Boys out after Nightfall.
en an observer, as I am a sympalhi-
They will, after a lime, make comparison b-.-
iwecn them and me—they will recoiled lhat the
expenses of my Government were defrayed by
imports during the year—lhal my wars soft
Erases nothing—that I left her not .mo Nipo*
Without asking I have been an observer, a. I am a synipaihi- t,ubt_,,ll, ,„., | enriched every corner of
owed his eye. lo . zing lover of boys. I like to see hem hsppj . ™n » comparison, will not be fa-arm
of hi.-uspi-| cheerful gleesome. J-^gW*^ ZlSSTL Bourbonsiihe French will eu.
,, „„o a coach, ) should be chea ed out of **+***»** "' ,hcm aMUMdel.., from .heir shoulders, a, my
youih.
high-Mncil useful man can he the ripene
They seemed to go a long way. J"1'* make many I a boy who hal not enjoyed a full share of I
Indeed. I can hardly understand how . J-J-^^§^^^^^
1 to inounl him. Then, il my son be in existence,
j(ll., «,..,.« ...^ .^ -..,,..- -.—~j . ~j --.--■ j , „._,»h i llC Will lbiee sseeaalleedd oonn tmhee ith'lrroonnee., aanmniod*st, nihsesmacmcla*-
doublings and turning! ere the coach drove under : glad prll liege, due lo youili. HOI wlnl. 1 « sum . . . Iieo„|e_jf he be not, Prance will
a wide archway and slopped. wilh a very jealous eye all nght. and epstoms ! I I ^ fof ^^^,,.„ „,„
During ibis lime, nol a single word had been j which enireuch upon ihe proper rrghla Of Boys, i ^ .^ ^ ^ ^.^ (| ^^ ^^ ^
peror p:
'.' i llieu, waving hi. hand, he exclaimed in an ani-mated
lone, his dark eye beaming wilh the en-thusiasm
of inspiration :J
France once more a republic, olher countries
second .lory. A great door opened, as ifof itself, have observed as lending
and several thickly carpclcd rooms wcrelravers- know of none more prominent lhan lhal or pa
ed in s-lcnce. Al length, anoihir door wa. rents permil ting llieir SODS lo be m Ihe strut*
opened bv the guide, and the cure lell his band- a/lrr nighljall.
age removed. They were in a solemn looking It is ruinous lo llieir morals in all uislaticea. j
bed-chamber; near a bed, half veiled by thick They acquire, under the cover of night, an on-damask
curlain.. waa a small table supporting hcalihlnl slale ol mind; bad. vulgar, immoral. . '■• «• ' "»"
,wo wa, lights, which feebly Illuminated .be and profane l,„Bunt.-.ol.^.ne I»ra.-..-H.rrii....,al | J ■■£■ ■■ ^^^nJvin be ghil 10
a-r niehlfall lhat the ' make concession of some of iheir rights, in order
the education of ihe I "' preserve a minor authority, over them as sub-ler-
on. mv old man. was playing wilh me, that's bout eighl o'clock the Northern* horizon began
all (laughter.) He pulled nie towards a table. In glow wilh an unusual lighi. and in a lew nun-and
put his band so (laving her hand upon her tiles the whole magnificent phenomena, or Ihe
breasl. near ihe lliroal.) He never did lhal way j Aurora Borealis bursl upon our view. A thou-alrrc.
oi I would have made him no re»isr«;ice\ ; sand columns of light, like Ihing. of life, moved
and 1 though! lie meant to choke me ; bul he gaily up and down ihe sky, keeping lime In ihe
has joined Ihe Temperance S.n-ir-.v since then eelecinc music of the frigid zone, as ihey merri-
(greal laughter.) and there is ne'er t Smarter man ly danced ihe donees of ihe upper world, li
ill the country, or does more for his family. I was almost alarming lo see wilh whai rapidity
only want him to join Ihe church now; if he Ihey increased in number and brilliancy, flash-did!
I should be happy. I hope you won't ing wilder and grander, up towards ami across
charge him much ; he is a poor man, and has the zenith, and far down lne southern sky. Al
five children " (shoul. of laughter.) ' nine o'clock, as if by preconcerted arrangement.
Judge—•• Mr. Solicitor, is ibis your case for all ihe dancers suddenly gathered i.nmediaiely
ihe Slale '" over "ur l'ea>'s. and. spreading nut in a »ea ol
Solicitor (excited)—"Witness, is this all vou flame, radiaied al every point of the compass,
have to .ay f" unlil •*•"• P«"'"" "f ,,1P "k.v *•■ intensely illu-
Witness—" Yes. gentlemen. I hope you'll minaied by the eclcctric light from ihis common
let him olf light; he is a powerful good man." cenire. And so il continued for two hours—ihe
Solicilor (laughing)— •• Mav il please your wildest, grandest exhihiiinn lhal I evergazed up-
||„noI this case comes up under on application on. Innumerable columns of light would flash
from .he witness to bind Mr. Patterson over lo wildly from one horizon lo the olher, making the
Court to keep the peace towards her. The par- lords around u. as brilliant as the mounliiin-lop
lies seem now reconciled : and. ibis being all the al noonday. Bul 1 will nol aiiempl to describe
evidence. I shall enler a no/, pro:" ■ it. I »as dazzled and overwhelmed by Us inag-
Courl—"We dismiss ihe defendant. Go nificence. The sky wa. on lire hlazing in my
home Mr- Pallerson." : very face. The snow was red like blood, and
The parties here left the Court together, amidsl the refleclion of the wild corruscalions of lhal
ihe applause of tbe citizens, and Mrs. P. had burning firmament rolled and tumbled like the
Ihe satisfaction of being able to take her lord waves of an angry sea adown the winier-c'-1
•• A London merchant, who, I believe, il still
alive, while he wa. slaying in the couniry with
a friend, happened lo mention lhat he intended,
the next year, to hoy a ticket in the lottery ; his
friend desired lhat he would buy one for him at
the same lime, which, of course, was very wil-lingly
agreed to. The conversation dropped,
the ticket never arrived, and the whole affair was
entirely fnrgol.en. when the country gentleman
leceived information lhal the ticket purchased for
him hy his friend had come up s prize of $100.-
000. I! por. I.is arrival in London, he inquired
of his friend where he had put the tickel, and
why he had nol informed him lhat it was pur-chased.
• I bought ihem both the same day,
mine and your ticket, and 1 flung them both into
a drawer of mv bureau, and I never thought of
ihem afterwards.' ' But how do you diaiingdish
one ticket from the other ? and why am I ihe
holder of ihe fortunate tickel more man you V
' Why. at the lime I put them inlo the drawer, t
pul a lilile mark in ink upon the ticket which I
resolved ehould be yours ; and upon opening ihe
drawer. I found thai the one so marked Was the
fortunate ticket.'
* Now,' adds the narrator, ' ihi. action ap-pears
lo me pealectly beautiful; il is le btaU'ideal
in moral., and gives thai calm yet deep emotion
of pleasure which every one so easily receives
from the beaulv of the exterior World.' "
follow her example-German,^ Prussians., ^home^, aft^er—payingj ,a,:,nominal fine. We hope way, be„„ ; „,„,„„.
They will
cold, deaih-likc apartment. Tho stranger (he sentimenl
was the Duke di .) then bowing to Ihe cure decd.il is in lhc street
led him towaids ihe bed, drew back the curtains,
and said in a .olrmn tone:—
vs principally acquire
I. and capacity for becoming rowdy, dissolute, ;J, -, 1 '-. .,.•-!■ .:_.. i- moil
They gram them reprcseniaiive
themselves constitutional
Cure ; 1 leave you lo fulfil It, and will return lo rule of ibis kind, invariably adhered lo. Will soon
seek you in half an hour." I deaden ihe desire lor such dangerous praclice..
So saying he departed, and lhc agitated priesl | Boys should be taught lo have pleasures a-saw
bathed lo lie anu mc agi.aicci priest uoys soonm m ("»S"' >" '—■. i'"-—■-■- -
lying on the bed, a young and beaulilul girl, roung .he Jamil'y rentre table, in reading, in .
led in tears, balding
wilh despair, and calling : conversation, and in quiet amusements. Hoys,
US will be increased ill a ten field ratio, and lhc
motion will be accelerated in proportion.
When a people recover a part of their rights
as men, they become elaied wilh the victory
Ihey have achieved; and having tasted the
More 1 cannot le I forgive mv encmie.. as I Destruction, lei them not become, while forming .
" iraeter. for life, so accustomed lo disre- xplosion wilt take pises. The lavaof England's
trus. God will lorgive me. Pray for me !" ; their eharacler, accuslomeu .o o, re- J ^ „„ ld lhe European world.
The minister of religion invoked Ihe sublime gord ihe moral sense or shame as to openiy no .JTZj kin„9 ,„d aristocracies, bat SOS
promise, of the gospel to soothe her .rouble,! |„e .he Sabbath day in lM«JMklS> , »rl^. m,.nl, hu d
K
t.mocfalll. in,erc,, as il llows.
,uul. and he succeeded. Her countenance alter ,t, day or evening hours.—1 J rue menu a/ j^m,t Las CsSSS lhal as Irom ihe vines
j time became composed, she clasped her hands the Hoys.
in fervent prayer, and then extended them lo
wards ner consoler.
A. she did so. lbs cure perceived lhal the sice
of her robe was stained with blood.
" My child," said he, wilh a trembling voice, mainly p
••what is this?"
••Father, il is the vein which they have al-ready
opened, and the bandage, no doubl, was
carcloly pul on."
Al these words, a sudden thought slruch the
planted ihe soil which encrusts die sides of Etna
•• I iru.t everything, under God. ssaaiiud iL.oorrod | aanndu Vvce.suuvviuu„s,. twhe. um—osi -deljic-io-us™wine i s."ob'iIain'- The journey of life to ihem is a walk ol peacelul
ve! Brougham. " lo hah,,, upon winch. **Y\+ ~^££Z£2&*E!SJSZ& meditation, no. a racecourse of exci.ed con.cn-
I the lawgiver, a. well a. the school-master, has he ihe ool)-soil u. which,he tree o^temsbsU , ei.t.er Suffer nor enjoy intensely.
•e ! mainly placed Ins reliance ; h.bil. which ifakes lake firm and permanent root. May itllou r .I. ] » composed demeanour always. I.
You now know. Mr. Editor, who Jlilly I'ut-lerson
struck I NORF.
r»r"The above is a veritable account of what
did really occur al the lasl term of the Coiuiiy
Court in this town. '• II county " should
be -New Hanover County." and then all will
be correct ill ihe above.—// iliniiigton Commer-cial,
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Worth reflecting upon.
Quakerism is favorable lo longevity;, il seems.
According lo lale English census returns, the av-erage
age attained by members of the peaceful
seel in Greal Britain, fifty-one years, Iwo months
and twenty-one days. Hall of ihe population of
ihe couniry. as is seen by ihe same returns, die
before reaching the age of twenty-one ; and the
average duration of human life, the world over,
is bin ihiriy-threo years ; Quakers, therefore, live
a third longer than ihe rest of us. The reasons
are obvious enough. Quakers are temperate and
prudent, are seldom in a hurry, and never in a
passion. Quakers, in the very midsl of ihe
week's business, (on Wednesday morning.) re-tire
from the world, and spend an hour or iwo
in silent medilalion al ihe mecling-housc. Qua-kers
are diligent; they help one another, and
ihe fear of want doe. not corrode iheir minds.—
of bluffs and mountains around mc. And when, lale
ai night, 1 sought the land of dreams, my soul
was ihrdled wilh visions of hlazing districts and
burning worlds—ihe magnificent exhibition, ol
the Norlh."
Dying Words of Wilberforoe.
Preoocity of Intellect.
Chalterloo wrote all his heauiiful things, et>
hnus.ed all hopes of life, and saw nothing belter
than death, at the age ol eighteen. Burns anil
Byron died in iheir ihirly-sevenlh year," and,
doubtless, the strength of their genius was over.
Ruffaelle, after filling ihe world wilh divine beau-lv,
perished also It thirty-seven : Mozart earlier.
These miglil have produced .till greater works.
On the olher hand, Handel was forty-eighl before
he gave Ihe worltl "assurance of a man." Dry-den
came tip In London from the provinces,
dressed in rvnrwich droggel, somewhat above
the age of thirty, and did not even then know
that he could write a single line of poelry ; yet
whal lowering vigour and swinging ea«e appear-ed
all al once in •• Glorious John." Milton
had. indeed, wrilten " Comus " al Iwentv-e.gbt.
his
" Come, and sit near me ; lei mc lean on you,"
said Wilherforce lo a friend a few minutes be-fore
his death. Afterward, pulling hi. arms a-|
round lhal friend, he said: •• God bless you. my '
dear." He became agitated somewhat, and then
rested sneaking. Presently, however, he said,
•• I inu.l leave you, my fiind friend ; we .hall I bul ,,e wa» "P*"* "' "V ****» "'fT"1 . ,
walk no further through Ibis world loge.ber ; gf* **«-• (-"-per knew not h,s own might
bul I hope we shall meel in heaven. Let ut
priest. lie unrolled ihe dressing, allowing the
blood lo flow, sleeped his handkerchief in It, then
everything easy, and caals all difficulties upon for ages I You, perhaps, consider these semi
I e ue "fion from a wonted course. Make so- menu ..range, unusual: .hey are mine, however
bricy a habit, and mlempeiance will be hateful ; 1 was a republican, bul fate and .he opposiliot, o.
■she prudence a habit and reckless profligacy Europe, made me an emperor.
will be as contrary lo Ihe child, grown or adult, at talor of Ihe lulure.
ihe most atrocious crime's are lo any one of your . ■ — -
lordships, Give lchild the habit of sacredly re-lam
now atpec-llisrovrry
oj Guano.—The London Shipping
. preserve a enmpi
il surprising lhat their days should be long in the
land I •
Something worth Knowing.— h is a lact per-haps
nol generally known lo farmer., lhal ihere
are Iwo parts in ihe polatoe. which, if separated,
and planted a: ihe same lime, one will produce
lalk of heaven. Do not weep for me dear
F , do not weep ; for I am very hippy j but
think of Tie. and let the thought make you pre.,
forward" I never knew happines. till I found
Christ a. a Saviour. Read Ihe Bible—read ihe
Bible! Let no religious book lake in place.
Through all my perplexities and distresses, 1
never read any "olher bnnk, and I never felt the
wsnt of any olher. It has been my hourly stud-y
; and all my knowledge of ihe doclrines and
all my acquaintance with the experience and re-alities
of religion have been tlerived from lhc
Bible only. I think religious people do nol read
ihe Bible enough. Bookt aboul religion may
be useful enough, but ihey will nol do instead of
ihe simple truih of the Bible." He afterwards
spoke id the regret ol parting with his friends.
" Nothing," said he " convinces me more of Ihe
reality ol the change wilbin me, than ihe leelingl
wilh which I can contemplate a separation from
my family. I now led so weaned Irom earth,
mv affections so much in heaven, that I can
leave you all without a regret; yel I do not love
you less, bul God more."—.\ew York Observer.
lill he was far beyond lliirlv, and hi. "Task '
was not written lill about his filiieih year. Sir
Walter Scoit was also upwards of thirty before
he published his •• Ministrelsy," and all his
greatness was yet lo come.
Women and Newspapers.
7"iro Dromios in the J/hode Island legisla-ture.—
There are Iwo brothers in Ihe Rhode It-land
Legislature, named Christopher Columbus
Puller and Ainerieus Vespucius Polter, who are
so much alike lhal il is doubted whether either
knows himself from his brother. The Provi-dence
Journal says :
•• UiiKisToPiiv.n is a Whig, ami Axtaici-a a
Democrat: and there will he a preiiy muss when
ihey gel lo Newport. Not a soul in ihe House
can tell one from ihe olher; and ihe Democrats
will be running lo Christopher, and ihe Whigs
lo Americn., with all ihe secrets of of Iheir re-speclive
parlies. We have ourselves sometimes
commenced a political conversation wilh Ihe
Democratic brother, who always had the gener-osity
lo interrupt us before we gol upon danger-ous
ground. Now when we meel either, we
say. as we lake his hand, "is this you or your
brother ?' II il be Christopher, he tay. • il is I,'
■nd we lalk aboul poll.ics; il il he Ainerieus, he
ii |, II is my brother," and we talk
them lo
ihs> railroad
ture to
ne."