The Greensborough patriot [January 21, 1840]

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VOLUME L GREBNSBOROUGH, N. C, JANUARY 21, 1840. NUMBER 49.
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43REEKSB0R0UG1I PATRIOT.
JANUARY 31, 1840.
The lollowing Letter, designed for last
•cek'aipirprr, caroe to hand too In(e for
insertion—delayed no doubt by the re-wont
derangements on the nor'.hcrn mail
routes. Although it of courae contains
but little that is new, as to fact, it fur-bishes
a synopsis of congressional pro-cjcodings,
&c., which will very agreeably
rsfrosh the reader's recollections.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WiaarmOTOM, Jut, A-Notwithstanding
your very liberal ar-
Qngment for a Washington Correspond-ence,
I regret very much that I have been
compelled to delay writing until this pe-riod.
Vaakjavd >■ was my intention to have
commenced my regular letters iinnirdi-otely
after the opening of the doors of
the House, but a vsr'iety of unexpected
duties, imperatively demanding my at-tention,
has, up to this moment preven-ted
me from taking the " Reporter'*
Desk." Here 1 aaa now, however, the
assembled representatives of the people
before mc—the excellent and talented
Whig Speaker, Hunter, before them, and
the most beautiful girls of the great Me-tropolis
before all of us. Well, these
•re incentives sufficient to make n man
patriotic, ami as 1 have been unable in
correspond regularly with you from tin
(he commencement of the Session, I will
jive you a* brief a sketch aa possible of
tbe whole proceedings up to this time.
First, I will observe, in liminc, that in
calling the roll of the House—the first
step towards organiaation—the Clerk
thought proper to omit tho namea of the
members from Mew Jersey, holdi-ig the
regular certificates of return and of elec-tion
from the Governor, that this omission
ma objected to, and (hat thence arose
•he great controversy of the enn'rsttri c-leciion
case. This debate developed nil
Iho eloquence', wit, anger, vehemence,
strength, power and pugnacious quslitil s
•f tho House, and resulted in havingitie uc >• •• p*nmpt, energetic, and usvful as
sunic gicatcr responsibility with regard
to the rights of the Stales, than any sim-ilar
document of the kind ever before at-tempted.
The " thrice rejected measure" forms
I tire loajor part of the Message, and that
ia urged with the most insupportable
soph,sir? and political shuffling. It bol
not come up to the expectation of III
friends and has disgusted all who win
prepared to receive from the Chief Ma.
gistrate a plain, republican communica-tion,
adapted to the present wants of she
nation and the spirit of our form ef gov-ernment.
The truth is, the annual Mes-sages,
instead of being the unstudied,
brief histories of the matters claiming the
utlcntion and action of Congress, are now
becoming political signa!-guns for a cer-tain
party, after which each man flics to
his post snd stands in readiness to com-mence
the attack upon the constitution
and the laws of the country. The Mes-sage
has not yet been referred to the
committees, nor will it, perhaps, for some
weeks yet to come.
We have had a row between Messrs.
Bynum, and Jenifer, and Still]*, Tin
first named gentleman cnlh d the two last
i* bullies, and they retorted by denoun-cing
him as an unworthy blackguard.
whom no gentleman ee.uld condescend In
notice. Mr. St.inly w-.s brave and u-liold
as a lion during the affray. Hi
told him that he could have nothing to
do wifh a in;»n who ov.ee begged his life,
and, in the whole, made the little wrang-ler
quail beneath his manly |nu Inde-pendent
Grain* as, Mr. Sully baa taken
quite .1 stand this session, and is now
looked upon as one of the most activi
men belonging to the Whig party. (l|
Mr. Hill, I can only say that ha lias u«
yet, attracted no manner of notice from
the House ; in the Voting part of the bu-siness,
however, he pulls in the harness
II bravely as ihe bravest I,ocofoeo a-mongst
them nil... He possesses hut lit-tle
moral coin-age, and is, no doubt, pre-pared
lo go with the party through thick
and thin, tit, Rainer has deliver. .1 and
published one of the best Speech) s I have
heard this session. It is eloquent, and
is sought after wiih great eagerness.—
During iis delivery he commanded lie
attention of the whole House and Ibc
most fashionable and crowded galleries
that have attended Ibis session. He is
truly a member such as North Carolina
ought to have in the Congress of Ihe U-niled
Slates. Wiih such men as Btinly,
Rayner, and a lew others. North Caroli-na
will Contribllto her lull portion to Ihe
party that nre pledged In rescue ihe coun-try
from Executive thraldom.
Mr. Wise has fallen off a little from
his wonted fire and animation. Although
veteran stalerman, John Q. Adams, cal-led
to (he chair as president of the con-vention.
After Ibis preparatory and ne.
ccsssry step, the angry feeling of Ihe bcl-ligcranla
on both sides having cooled off
he was last year, from some cause or o-thcr
it is too apparent that he lost much
of tli.it ririda ris which characterised
him during the put few sessions. After
much ib>baling on subjects of little or no
armed fortification of Florida, is now un-der
debate in the Seuate, and to-day Mr.
Preston mado au eloquent and powerful
speech against il. He repudiated,in the
most touching language I ever listened
to, the idea of employing blood, hounds
lo hunt the Indian, and charged (bo cru-elty
of such a' scheme home upon lh<
administration. The bill will probably
pass a third reading to-morrow. Amongst
other provisions il grants a bounty*of 300
or 350 acres of land 10 every volunteer
who enters ihe Florida service. This
Florida question is every dsy assuming a
more si rious aspect, and God only knows
when or how we are to get rid of the
trcacheroua enemy wc have there to con-tend
agninsl.
The President's .Message will draw
forth several speeches, so thai between
thai subject and the one now before Ihe
House, I expect to have little new to
communicate for aomo time yel. The
city is quite lively, and yesterday, being
the 8th, the battle of New Orleans was
duly commemorated with fife and ilr.ua.
Last ni^'ht ihe city was alive with galas,
parties, and sprees of every kind. The
Secretary of War Healed the whole Cab-inet
and ninny of Ins friends lo plum
pudding mid egg-nog—and tho. usual re-joicings
were kept up until day-light.—
Old Hickory had a glorious day in New
Orleans, having been publics) invited to
mile with Ihe citizens of thai place in
-• h hrating the glorious day thai gave so
ptuch renown to our arms.
Yours truly, .
o little, there wss less confusion, though i public importance, the House has III
but little more progress. Successive fife* Jersey contested case again before
voles were then taken on Ihe subject,
which aa you ire aware, resulted in re.
jeeting the legally returned members
from New Jersey, and thereby DISFRAN-OHISIXO
A sovtcmtinx STATS. The elec-tion
of R. If, T. Hunter, an independent
and eloquent Whig member from Virgin-ia,
to the Spcakcrship followed, so il we
lost Ibe first game wo won the second,
and from present appcaruncee, I think
we shall give them a pretly hard run lor
the rubber. Out of the thirty three stand-ing
committees of the House he has giv-on
twenty-two Whig chairmen, and for
the to nmittecs which have Administra-tion
chairmen, Ihe party in power may
thank Iho suggestions of Ihe Whigs
themselves, who wished lo throw the res.
ponsibility of the duties devolving upon
Ibo " Committee on Ways nnd Means"
and l few others on the proper shoulders.
It. Yesterday Dr. Duncan of Ohio made
a flaming speech on Ihe rights of the
claimants and to-day Mr. Hulls of Vu.
replied lo him in an eloquent and happy
style. Mr. Dotts will bo amongst our
first debati is, and trill, no doubt, bo a
most useful member. The contested
case may be before Ihe House yel for munv
weeks, in consequence ol the opportunity
it a (lords young members of making their
maiden speech. This evening the ad-ministration
tried to press the question,
hul were prevented by Ihe frequent calls
Which were made for adjournment, each
call beingdecidedhy the "yeas am! noes."
Their object was thwartid by the motion
for adjournment prevailing the third tune,
so that tomorrow wc shall have it up a-gain.
In the Senate the only thing of inter-est
we have bad so fur, was a tremendous
Tho election of Garland as Cli rk. Dor- blow tip between Mr. Clay and Mr. C||.
sey Sergeant at Arms, and ihe other old boun. The latter gentleman baa recenl-officers
lo tin ir respective stations then l\ gone over lo Ihe President—forgotten
placed the House in a complete slate of all about the loree hill, gag-law, and proc-erganization—
New Jersey, all the lime tarnation, and degraded himself irrotriev-remaining
unrepresented. The Presi- ably. Mr. Clay charged hun with ibis
dent's Message next made its appearance , abandonment of principle, upbraided him
and fijlfd the House, nnd every avenue lor Ihe unholy alliance he hnd foruu d . '" 'hi* valh-v of the Miami,
leading thereto with Sub-Treasury spec with the party by whom he was, but a
ulation. Tho whole document was in ! short lime since, so bitterly denounced.
had, tn-sv and mado fair pr"rni»e«i to IS-j Mr. Beaton's Hill for providing for the
For The Grctmborovgk Patriot,
SKETCHES OF WESTERN CITIES.
''txins.ni.—" Tho Queen of the
West,—ihe great •• Poik Emporium" of
the country, is handsomely located on a
gentle bend on the Ohio river, i mined i-tely
op|Hisitc the momli of Licking riv-er.
There are two abrupt ascensions bos
tweentbc river and the bills at Ihe back
ait of Ihe city; the street! however have
bei n so graded as to uriko ihe aseem
gradual. It may be proper lo remark
thai the City of Cincinnati, and ihe the
oqiositc lowns of Newport and Coving-loo
arc completely surrounded by lulls
closing iti to Ihe river batiks boUl atiovc
mil below on either stde, forming a val-ley
of about ID or 1- miles in circuinfer-
ICC, and presenting '6 the eye an am-phitheatre
of lulls of pleasing effect.
The City is supplied with water by
wo strain engines of iremi ndout, power,
winch pump water out of Ibe Ohio, and
lorcc H up a hill to Ihe reservoir. The
amount of water raised by these engines
s about 180,000 gallons per hour! The
city is improving very considerably, nnd
any line buildings both public an pri-vate
nre lobe seen here. .Manufactures
d mills of all descriptions arc exlen-sively
conduct, d both by steam and wa-r
power, for which latter Ihe Miami
canal is very useful. The Poik ware-houses
are numerous, and sonic of them
very large. The country in the vicinity
is finely improved. Population, (in
round nuinbcis,) 50,11011.
Two canals lermmtite here—Ihe one,
towards Like Erie, called the " Miami
Canal," is cnuipleled about £0 or 00
miles, and ihe remainder of ibe distance
low.uds > tudusky on the lake, rapidly
progressing. The other runs into Indi.
ana, and will be open for uso Ibis spring
about 85 miles, which brings it into Ihai
Stale. A railroad from this towards Co-lumbus,
the capital, (to be continued to
the Lake) is graded to the City, mid
rapidly Completing! besides whi< li there
arc also sever..I fine turnpike roads
branching out into the interior. All this,
wh- but fifty years ago was heard the
sat igc ycii, and about which period the
land upon which Cincinnati now stands
was purchased for the trifling sum of
$130!—(not $40, as has been errone-ously
published.)
The only remnant of ancient fortifica-tions
or signs of the workings of some
extinct race of beings, now remaining,is
one mound m hillock of earth in the
western par! ol the City, about 30 feel
high and perhaps ISO pet in circuinf. r-i
nee at its base. Even this is much do-faced.
Cosingtem nnd Newport, two conside-rable
towns immediately opposite, arc
places of some business, particularly in
the maiiufacliiiing way. Their interests
and prosperity arc of course identified
with Cincinnati.
of almost every kind, arc in auccessful
opeiatioi. In Ibo manufacturing way
l)a> io.i promises much, snd wi.l doubt-less
rank about the thud city in th
Stale. Il already contains 0,000 or 7,000
inhabitants,—numerous buildings are
rapidly spnnging up,—and new-comers
commencing business.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The location of ibis
place is somewhat advantageous, and Us
usiur.il advantages arc doubtless the
chief cause of ils prosperity thus far. li
is situated immediately above the falls
of Ihe Ohio, and boata passing up or
down must of necessity stop, if even on-ly
to enter through tbe canal round the
falls—(about two milea in length.)
There is also a railroad from the heart
of the cily lo a little village called Ship-piugapori,
on the same side of the river
just below Ihe falls, about the same
length.—A railroad from Louisville to
connect wiih the one now in operation be
tween Lexington and Frankfort baa been
long talked of, bui is nol yel commenced.
The biii making provisions for this road
was dcfesled recently in Ibc Kentucky
legislature.
The site of the Cily adds nothing lo
ils general appearance, being built upon
a level open plain of many miles in or-ient.
The public buildings in general
are not so costly as those of Cincinnati,
(with the exception perhaps of a new
eonrt-house now building,) nor is there
so much taste displayed in private resi-dences.
With respect to public struct
ligthsT-LouisvUlc is about on a par w.lh
Cincinnati—rather in the dark,—though
in Ihe latter city active measures arc now
being laken lo carry out the design al-ready
commenced, of lighting the city
with g.is. I pon the whole, Louisville
is n very pleasant place—" very clever,"
aa a V-inkee would say. Population
from 10,000 lo80)000, slates and all.
AVir-Albany, oppositr ir. Indiana,jusl
below the falls, is a thriving town ol
perhaps 0,000 inhabitants, and possesses
some advantages for trade. Numerous
boata are b lilt here—more pi rhaps than
at any one |Miint upon the Ohio river.
Jeffertonrille is the name of a small
place nearly opposite l^xiisviile above
ihe falls. Not much. Population aboui
."IOO.- .
(To lie eenlinoed.)
DVVTON—This place deserves notice,
because here a very considerable portion
ol all kinds of manufactures which find
i market in Cnninnali, and thence sent
abroad, are made. The pi ice is located
minc.li.il.-Iv
Ion the canal, about III) miles north of
Cncinnali. The water power fir manu-facturing
purposes is almost Unlimited,
and largo iiMnufirluring establishments
For the Orientoorougk Patriot.
PREPIDENTS MESSAGE.
I congratulate the country on its bap
py and prosperous condition—except thai
some distresses by fire, and pecuniary
embarrassments may exist in some of our
great cities.
I congratulate you on our happy rela-tions
with all foreign nation--. The fo-reign
debt, of the United Slates lo Eu-rope,
is not more than ftro bum/red mil-miona.'
and Ihe balance of trade ngaiusl
us not more than/orf^ milliom.' I con-gratulate
you th it this foreign debt may
be demanded at any lime from our fel
low citizens, in gold and silver, or in
least the interest of it, not less than one
million of specie annually ! I have good
reason lo rejoice with you on Ihe pros-perous
condition of our country—fortlns
money may be demanded from our vil-lainous
stale banks! *
I have further reason lo rejoice, and
congratulate Congress on Ihe happy in-troduction
of Mr. Say's system of politi
ca,' economy. He was a Frenchman,and
animated with the cunning ol the great
.Napoleon; for ho has taught the South
that when individual merchants get rich
by importations ol foreign goods, that
this individual wealth of merchants is a
olcssing lo the people and nation, though
every dollar of money be Ihus taken from
our country ; thai Ihe different prices of
things made by a scarcity ofmoney makes
no difference lo Ihe nation, for Ike mo-ney
will always get an equal quantity of
property . and though loieign nations
have their prices of things raised by their
villainous hanks,—thpse nations now can
gel our goods It half price, without any
injury to the industry of ihe nation !—for
nn i eh a nts arc made rich, and our money
all drngged Irom the hanks—which should
any how be put down.
I congratulate ihe Congress that I be-lieve
myself and officers under me quite
competent and trilling In assume tho di-rection
of the national treamrn, ""•■ w';h
that Ihe whole monetary affairs ol the
nation I I am willing to make defaulters
who use the public money felons. I am
becoming quite on honest man. And
though John may have had some lilllc
hare in land speculations,sanctioned by
my authority, I mean and do order that
severe economy be used in the appropri-ations
of Ihe public money in all tune lo
come, with the view of getting out of
debl—and of the ensiling elections.
And ylth Ihe same view, to innke good
sab- of the public lands, and the lands
purchased by speculators, I think it would
not be amiss to reduce ihe price of pub-lic
lands according to qualityj—for in
these limes oi retrenchment of expenses,
we must find some expedient to make
money.
I hope we slull all have money enough,
i;' I can only gel mv sttb.treistjp.- *M !■- ..
•=**
well,—for I assure you it is a deep laid
scheme and one worthy of myself. On
such a glorious prospect (I must confesv)
I set my lace like a flint, and am hard (o
put out of countenance in a good Hung.
As to a national bank, it ia out of tbe
queatioa. On this subject I would rath-er
follow Ihe grval Jefferson and Jack-son,
than Washington,Madison and Mon-roe.
This Washington was a mere gran-ny—
be w in uo acute attorney—bis rea-soning
about a national bank is folly in
the extreme. Why should he think mo-ney
in the handa of individual capitalists
more dangerous than when put in bank
under tbe supervision of Ihe legislature?
There is no need of lending and bor-rowing
money in the country. He who
borrows money to trade on should break,
in all nations. The rich men should he
made richer, and Ibe poor men poorer.—
Wc are a sound democratic order of men,
and freedom must be sustained.—With
these glorious doctrines ol ou i worthy de-mocracy,
wo stand with our feel fixed on
ibc temple of truth, with our eyes fixed
on the tun of ruin, firm in our purposes,
and will go on in our work of reform un-til
all our enemies full down in submis-sive
murmurs at our feel—Until the reign
of unrighteousness snd jacobinism shall
triumph, and pride, villanj and specula-tion
fill the land. On all these topics I
hope committees will be appointed to in-quire
as to the slnte of the country.
Ona op TIIF. PEOPLE.
THE CORPORAL.
During the Ameiican revolution, an
officer, not habited in his military cos-tume,
was passing by where a small
company of soldiers were at work, mak-ingsomc
repairs upon a small redoubt.
The command, r of a small squad W43
giving orders to those who were under
him, relative lo a slick of limber, which
they were endeavoring lo raise to the
•op of the works. The timber went up
hard, and on this account ihe voice of
ibc lift lo great man was often heard in
Iti9 regular vociferations of '• Heave a-wav!
Then she goes! Hi-avc ho!" cct.
—The officer before spoken of stopped
his horse when he arrived al the place,
and seeing the limber sometimes scarce-ly
move, asked the commander wbv be
did not take bold and render a little aid.
—The latter appeared to be somewhat
astonished, luring to the officer with the
nninp of an Emperor, said, "Sir I am a
Corporate ** You oro not though, are
von!" said (he officer; H I was not aware
of it." And taking off his hit and bow-ing,
" I ask your pirdon, Mr.Corpor.il."
I'pon this be dismounted bis elegant
sieed, flung the bridle over tbe post, nnd
'tfled till the sweat stood in drops on his
forehead. When the limber was elcvat-d
to its proper station, turning lo ihe
nan clothed in Brief authority, " Mr.
Corporal," said he, " when you have an.
Ihi r such a job, and have not men e-nnugh,
send lo your Commander in Chief,
and I will come and help you a second
lime." Tho Corporal was thunder-truck!
li was Washington,
ciale much, and certainly Could be moul-ded
to virtue and trutb.
Tins morning he sits upoi his falhcrV
knee, while two gentlemen arc Uonvcr-sing
with both, f catch tbe conversa-tion,
ss it runs along.
"Do you know, my son, why Ibe gen-llerasn
is offended with you» Because
you curst him (!!)" "ecaosa
The boy look, up („,„ rKe of the gen-llcrnan
alluded lo, like . Ii»|0 6end.
grinding hi,, loath, .„d striking at .(,;
face,i scratching, pounding, biting and
Pinching .he knee, of .he man. who f.
evidently annoyed and offended, though
the father laugh, it I,,. «,„•. iSSE
*
And ilii. morning early, at I p.s. *«
oibew«b..i.„d I .« the -oTfither
" 3*** « "» •»»'. »nd hi. child
standing on a chair it hi. aide. | un-consciously
pamwd, M l ,Ktrd ,he , , rf
exclaim: .
J'Falherl I cant drink this-it chokes
"Can't you my Son t we'll rcmedv thsf.
Bar-keeper p„, „,„,,, ,„„,„ ^
this glass." "
The brandy, well seasoned wiih siigsf
•Uj nutmeg -. made tolerable, and swal-lowed
lo the dreg,,- .hongl, lho „.„.,
stark, from .he child's eye.,., he turned
from the bar.
Every succeeding morning while I
remained c. board I saw the stmo don>
repeated.
Ah lather! liule dosl Ihou dreim of
the pain ihou art preparing for ihy decli-ning
years. I be «,,.,],, 0| rui„ ,„'„, j
deep root ,n the bo«om of Ihy bright one;
and when years shall have matured thos<>
bold, but misdirected energies, lawless
desperation and shameless ciimo shall
furnish thine eye a bitter tear, for every
!e», 7* ,rhy ?* """•■••■pingIhi
seal of thy offering's character for inf..
Sleamtr Clarknillt, Not. 1888.
F
From the -Vu/e/ic: Courier.
A CABIN SCENE.
Ttain up a child in the way he should go.'
• • s t , • -
Rather crowded wiih passengers of
every rank and size. A score of little
children, singing as many connubial
tunes, upon the highest key, made lied-lam-
diseord through the cabin. Ah I
here is a happy exception in our sett—
Judge '» children. All cheerful and
sportive, they arc running hither and
thither to find amusement. Shriek and
squeak! ill the ladies' cabin, mingled
with a dozen voices ol scolding and
soothing mothers and nurscSo Whack,
smack!—squall and bawl! I give it up!
reading is impossible here.
S-uiiiii ritig towards the social-hall, my
attention was attracted by a passenger of
some 40 years, at a vi ry earnest game of
cards wiih his little sou. I had several
times observrd the lad, who cannot be
more thuu four or five years of age, very
constantly nt his father's side or upon bis
knee. His skill wss truly remarkable
in cards and his enthusiasm thai of tbe
veriest gambler. Sec him snatch up
Ihe cards, he has won, wiih glad, bul
smileless triumph, and dash down the
succeeding one with compressed lip, and
the eye of a young eagle! Behold the
father's ib light; and here comes In- mo-ther
with her smiles, and cheering, of
approbation. She sits down al the el-bow
of hei onIv one, and winks, and
psompls him. He catches her meaning,
and thrashes down |ho approved card
with new fierceness, cheating al the ma-ternal
nod, and maintaining a lie stoutly
for its laimess.
Yesterday was Sabbalh, ami I saw thai I honor, and I gave you a I
.amofinstructing falher, with the same you will long r. mri„ber-a,,d ao far from
hopeful child, at ■ game ol Hick-gam. [regretting whal I have dime I »hm.|rl
man; ami in this, also, ho manifested I douhtlm repeal the OsTrnce If i
kill indicative of montal precocity, "I {provneotinn'w
HOW TO TREAT A CHALLENGE.
Wc bavo always admired the moral
courage exhibited by an old American
shipmaster once in New Orleans. Cap-tain
Norton was passing along the street,
■owards evening, when he saw a young
• honorable" of Ihe place offering insult
lo a -beautiful and well-dressed female,
who was trying lo escape from him in
vain. With all the gallantry of an Ame-rican
sailor, Cap!, Norlon hastened l»
her rescue, regardless of the consequeo-
CM to himself. The youth wa, indig-nant
that any ono should interfere in
his amusements, and did not confine his
demonstrations to words. He made a
blow at Capi. Norton, who caught il ou
his left arm, and relumed it by a facer
which laid hiui proslrato on iho pave,
meni. '
The young man was connected With
some rich and resper.lnblc families in Ibo
place, ami as Was lo be expected from
a man of honor and spirit; he resented
such unceremonious Iioatment snd after
ascertaining the namo and address of
the champion of Ihe insulted fair one, hn
sneakod off, declaring with a disgusting
MID thai he would hare satisfaction.
Accordrngly the worthy shipma.lcr
was wailidon Ihe next day by „ frcnllc-man
who brought a hostile message,
couched in Ibe most ludy-liko and af-fectionate
terms, requesting .„ early
meeting. Captain Notion ascertained
whore the young gentleman, who was so
eager lo lake Ins life, wa, at lhat lima
waiting an answer to his message, when
he expressed an intention lo have an in-terview
wufa him immediately, With
him lo execute and lo resolve 'were sv-nonymous
terms—and be forthwith pro-ceeded
to a noted coffee house, where
he found the man whom he had felled to
He ground the evening eelbre, pacing
ihe coffee room wiih hasty slcps. I|0
immediately addressed bun-—
"you have sent me s challenge lo
fight a duel-winch I peremptory ,c-fused
to accept. I havo no idea of ex-posing
my own life lo attacks from any
rash and hair-brained youth, who may
be willing lo expose hi, own lo an c-qualr„
k. In Ihe first place I am not so
disgusted with Ihe world, as lo wish lo
quit it at the present lime. In Ihe next
place, I live more for others Ihsn for
myself—and my death would carry sor-row
and dosolslion inloa large ,nd hap-py
family. Belldcs thi., I wishyou d',.
Iinclly to understand that lo lift my hand
against my fellow man in a duel would
bo contrary to the m„ra| ,n,| „,
principles,by winch I pr(1f(.„ ,n *„,,,„
Ihe actions of my life. You „rl<.(| |,.„t
evening in * manner unworthy a man of
ie same
said I. '•Pcrhnp. nut fight a duel—but"? ajnTlwsva ore*
pared lo d-frnd myself »g»i,„tj,he at!
lacks of hulln land assassins."
The sturdy seaman went Ins way in
peace. He was a man ,,f t,„e eon
—a quality v. h :h
:. dn«H'r>%
this fond f-ilher has been equally proinp
in the instruction of Ins son in manner-. \*
morals : and perhaps this devoted moth-er
has even taught him his prayers, and
that he has an infant itiunort.il in his
hrce*f~' H*' tn I'lifesls genius to opnre.
rrngw
never tntnciM rr,
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