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THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT. VOLUME II. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1841. NUMBER 51. PUBUBilBU WLKKLY, ■T liWDO.N swAi.n * M. «. iiunwooo, T E K M K: Two Dollars ami Filly Cents a year, in advance —or Three Dollar*, after the expira-tion of three months from the date of the first nambei received.—No paper will be discon-tinued until all arrearages are paid, oxccptul the option of the publishers; anil a failure In order a disr-ontiiriance within the year will be consitleied a new engnircmcnt. IdsHfJMasitfltl ■? ThlT lfc>llarpcr»piaro, for the first insertion, and Twenty-five Cents for each u' m^' publication. A liberal deduction will be made in tavor ofthose who advertise by thoquarter.orfom longer period. 0*7" letters to the publishers must come free of postage, or thev cannot be attended to. MISCELLANY. k DEAR STORY. [The MoviH is a most humorous speci-men of a sailor's yarn. It is one of the most wonderful and egregious bear stories you ev-er did bear—" I expect."] "That atory puts mo in mind," laid Venus R.i\ nor, "about what I've heerd tell on Ebcnezer Smith at the time he went down to the north pole on a walen' voyage." " Now look out for a screamer," laugh-ed out Raynor Rock, refilling his pipe. "Stand by, Mr. Cypress, to let the iheel go." "la there any thing uncommon about that ynrn, Venus?" "Oncommon ! well, I expect it's putty smart and oncommon for a man to go 10 sea with a bear, all alone on a bare cake nficc. Captain Smith's woman used to say she could'nl bear to think on't." "Tell us the whole of that, Venus," said Nod,—"thai is, if its true. Mine was, the whole cf it, although I'eter has his doubts." " I can't tell it as well as Zoph can ; but I've no jeetions to tell it my way, iiu how. So here goes—(hat'sgreat brandy, Mr. Cypress." There was a gurgling sound of "something.10-take, running, " Well, they was down inlo Baffin's Bay, or some other n' them cold NoWO* giau bays at the North, where the rain Ircczcs as it conies down, and siands up in the air, on winter morui'iis, like great mountains o' icr, all in streaks.' Well, the schooner oral lyen at anchor, and nil the hands was out in IhQ small boats, lookin for whales—nil except thecaptiug, who s.iid In- wa'nt very well lli.it da)— Well, he WM walken up and down oil nkiu' I expect, he reckon' deck, linnkon and tin • ••to his two hind legs, jist by the j)iil, one into (act, and broke the thigh bouts -mack oir, so lhat he went right down all, on Hie ice, Ihuuip, on hind quarter* mill million ataiidcu. but his forelegs and hi^ bead riz up, a growltu at Ihecup-tm. When the eld man see him down, and tryen lo slide along ihe ice to get his revenge, likely, thinks he lo himself, thinks he, I might as well gel up and go and eul thai ere crelci's throat. So he tuk out Ins knife and opined it. But when he alarted to get up, he found, to his astonishment, lhat he was fruxtasi to ihe ice. Don't laugh : it's a fact; ihere aii'l no doubt. Tim water, you see, had been round him a smart ami long while, whilst he was wallen for the bear, and it's wonderful cold in them regions, as I was -aveii, and you'll freeze in a uiinii if you don't keep moven about smartly. So the captain lie airaincd first one leg, and then he strained tother, but he couldn't move Van none. They was both fruz fasl into the ice, about an inch and a half deep, from knee lo toe, light as a Jersey oyster perryauger on a mud flat al low water. So he laid down his gun and looked al the bear and doubletTup his lists. "Come on, you bloodv var-mint," says ihe old man, as Ihe besr swsllnppcd along on his hinder eend, rumen at him. He kept gctlcn weaker though, and comen dower and slower nil the tune, so thai al last, he didn't acem lo move none; and diiecily, when hcjdj got so near lhat the capttn cnuld jtslgive him a dig in Ihe now bv reachin forrad putty smart and far, the captain see lhal the hcasl was fruz fasl too, nor he cou.'d'nt' move a slep further forward no ways.— Then the captin bust out a larfen, and slapped his hands down on lo his thighs, and roared. The hear seemed lo be most onmighty mad at the old man's fun, and set up such a grnwlcn thai what should come to pass, but the ice cracks and breaks all around the captin and the hear, down to the water's edge, and Ihe wind j:st then a shiften, end comen off shore, away Inn* floated on a cake of ice about ten by six ofl to sea, without the darned a biscuit, or a quart o' liquor in stand Vm on the cruize ! There they s»l ihe br>l! and ihccaplatn. jist so nearlh-f, when tin y both reached fnrrards, lliey cotilil j si about touch noses, and nothei one not able lo move any part on him. only exeppten his upper part and fort uaws." " Hy jolly ! lhat was rather a critical predicament, Venus,''' cried Ned, but toning Ins coal. •' I should have thought that ihe captain's nose and ears, ami hands s/ou I h.ivc'becn frozen loo. mostly, when all ol a sudden be reckoned | « rhat's quite naytial to suppose, sir. he see one o' tin in leg wlllla bears—po- , |lu| you Sen t'le bear kept hint Warin in lar, you know—big as Ihnndi r—With i i|h- oppct parts, bv twin so cloasi lo him long teeth.. He reckoned ho Me one on ; ami lire ithen bard and hot on Ihe old man 'em skulking along on n grant cake o', whcfll vei lit growled at Inni. Them po-ice,. lhat lay on the leeward side ol Ihe |ar bears is wonderful hardy animals, and bay", up agini the bank. The old dp. has » monstrous deal o' heal in'em, by wauled In kill one o' ihem varmints most wonderful, but lie never lucked lo get a chance. Now tho', be thought, the tune had come lor him to walk into one o' Ihem at l<"0st and fix his mutton for him right. So he run forrad anrflay hold onto a small skiff, thai was layui near the fnrc'atal, and run her out and launched her. Then he Ink a drink, and—here's luck—and put in a stiff load of powder, a couple n' bills, and jumped in, an. pulled away for Hie ice. "Il Wa'llt long 'fore he got 'cross the bay, for it was ri narrer piece o' walet— nol more than half a mile, wide—and then he got out onto the ice. It was a smart and large cake and the bear was 'way down lo tho tother end on it, by the edge o' the water. So, be walked first ■•rot along, and then when be go! putty close ho walked 'round ealccomered like —like's if he n-ss drivin for a plain plo-ver— so lhat Ihe bear would'ut think he was cotnin arlcr him, anil he dragged himself along on his hands and knees, low down, mostly. Well, Ihe hear ilul'm seem to mind him none, and he gol up within 'limit fifty yards on him, and then he looked so savage anil big—the bear did—lhat the captain stopped, and rested on his knees, and put up his gun, and wasagoin to •hoot- But jiml then Ihe bear turned round and sntilletl up ihe Capling—just as one ol Lif's hounds -m oil-up an old buck, Mr. Cypress,—and begun to walk towards bun, slowly like. He rune along, the captin said, clump, clump, very slow, and in.itle the ice bend and crack again under hint, so that the Water com-j up and putty much kiveretl il all over. Well, Ihere the captin was,! all the lime, squat on his knees, with ] Ins goo pirileil, waitin fur the variniul lo come up, ami his knees and legs were ! mighty cold by means of the wan r lhal Ihe bear riz on the ice, a* I wdi men-tioneu. Al last the hear scorned to tiiak means Of iheir hem able In stand such cold climates, I expect. And so the captin k nowed I his. and whenever he felt chilly, be jisl tuk bis ramrod, and stirred up Ihe old rascal, and made him roar anil squeal and then the hoi breath would come pouren out all ovr the caplin, and made the air quite moderate and pleas-ant." " Well go on, Venus. Take another horn first." " Well, there a'nt much more. on'l.— Off lliey went to sea, and sometimes the wind druv 'em north, and then agin il drur 'cm- south, but they went smith mostly ; and so it went on, until they were out about three weeks. So at last, one afternoon" " But, Venus, stop : tell us, in Ihe name of wonder | how did Ihe captain contrive to support life all this time !" " Why, sir, lo be sure, it was a hard kind n' life to support, but a hardy man will get used lo almost" " No, no ; what did he cat T what did he feed on ?" "()—O—Til liked to've skipped lhal ere. W'hy, sii, I've lieertl ilillerenl uc counts as to lhat. Uncle Ohe Verily told me he reckoned ihe caplin cui off on,? of ihe bear's paws, when he lav stretched out asleep, one day with his jack-knife, and sucked that for fodder, anil they say there's a vast deal o' nour-ishment in a white bear's fool. But if I may be allowed la spend my 'pinion, I should say my old man's account V the rightist, and that's—what's as follows.— You see after they'll been out three days ■bouts, lliey begun to grow kind o' hun-gry, and ihl-n they gol I'riemllv, for mis-ery loves company, vou know: and the CSjpfin said the hi ar looked at him scve. ral tirin s, u-iy sorrowful, as much as In say, * caplin wltal ihe devil shall Id.,'' Well, one day they was silten, looking at knife into the tender loin. The seal soon gol his In in rs, and the captin cut a big hunk uff Ihe tail eend, and put it be-hind bun out of Ihe bear's reach, and then he felt smart and comfortable, for he had stores enough lor a long cruise, i hough the bear couldn't say so much for himself. " Well, the bear, by course, soon run out ol provisions, and had lo put him-self on abort allowance; and then he be-gun lo ahow his uaytral temper. He til si stretched hum. if out aa far as be could go, and tried to hook ihe capiin'a piece o' seal, but when he found he couldn't reach lhal, he begun to blow and yell. Then he'd rare up and roar, and try to get huuslf clear from the ice. But mostly he rareri up and roared, and poun-ded bin big paws snd head upon the ice, ■ill bye-and bye, (jisl aa the captin said he expected,) ibe ice Cracked in Iwo a gin, and split through between ihe near and caplin, and there they was on two different pieces of ice, the caplin and Ihe hear! The old man aaid he raaly felt Sorry at parleu company, and when the cake split and separated, he cut off about a-haaf o'pound o' seal and chucked il lo Ihe bear. Bui either because il wan'te-nough for him, or else on account o' bis feelen bad at the captin'a goen, Ihe bcaal wouldn't touch il lo cat, and be laid il down, and growled nnd moaned over n quite pitiful. Well, off they went, one one way, and 'loiher 'tother way, both foel'n pretty bad, I expect. After a while the captin gol smart and cold, and fell mighty lonesome, and he said he raa ly thought he'd a gi'n in and died, if ibey hadn't picked him up that arternooo. " Who picked him up, Venus?" "Who! a codfish croft off o' New Foiiiidland, I expect. They did'nl know what to make o' h:m when they firsl see him slingen up his hat for 'em. Bui Ihey gol all iheir boats and look a small swivel and a couple o' muskets aboard and started off—elpeclen it was thevca-aarpenii or an old maremaid. They wouldn't believe it was a man, until he'd ■old them all about it, and Ihey didn't hardly believe il nulhrr; and Ihey cut him out ■>' the ice. and tuk him aboard iheir vessel, and rubbed his legs with ileo'vitrol, but was a long tune afore lite) come lo." " Duln'l they hurl him badly in nut-ting him out, Venus?" " No sir, I believe not, not so bad a* one might spose: for you see he'd been "luck in so /ong lhat ihe circulalen on his blood had kind n' rotted the ice lhal was light next lo him, and when Ihey begun lo cut it, it cracked off pully smart and easy, and he come out whole like a biled egg." " What became of the bear ?" "Can't say as In lhal, what become o' lliill. He went off to sea somewhere, I expect, | should like lo know, myself, how tho varment gol along, right well, for il was kind in him lo let the caplin have Ihe biggest haaf o' Ihe seal, am how. That's all, boys. How many'* a. sleep ?" AS unrsura SPECIMEN OF UIMAMTY. Whoever travels through any of Ihe New Kngland States, snd twigs as he journeys, the eccentricities of some of ihe natitts, cannot fail to he amused; and may if he choose, derive many new ideas in respect to etymology and the di-versity of character. Some years since an acquaintance nf ouis set out on horseback, from the east-ern part of Massachusetts for the Green .Mountains of Vermont. While travers-ing through the town of New Salem, hi« road led into a piece of woods, of some five miles in length and long before In-got out of which, he began to entertain douhts whether he should ever bo hlesl with Ihe sighl of a human habitation; hul as all things must have an end, so at last hail the woods, and the nut brown house of a farmer greeted his vision. Near the roatl was a tall raw.honed, overgrown, lanthcru-jawi d boy, probably seventeen vests of age, digging potatoes, lie was a curinus figure lo behold. What was lacking in the length of his low breeches, was amply made up for, behind; bis BUS-pemlers appeared lo be r.oinpnsed ol lurch bark, grape vine and sheepskin ; ami as for bis hat, which was of a dingy while fell—poor thing ! il hail once seen belief days; hul now, alas! il was only the shadow of Its glory. Whether Ihe tem-pest of lime bad beaten the lop in, or the fail's expanding genius had hur-i it out. Was difficult lo lell; al any isle it was missing—ami through ihe aperture red hairs in abundance stood six ways lor Sunday. In short, he was one of the roughest specimen*ofdomestic manufao-miles, but now the sun shrivels up Ihe road, and il don't make morjoytetr. The lirsi bouse you comeitaartthough, IS s barn, and the tieumi hay-slack ; but old Hoskin's hoarse is on beysnt. You'll be sure lo^rreel his gals long afore you git there; larnal roinpin critters, they plague our folka mor'n a little. His sheep gtl in our pastor every day, and his gals in our orchard. Dad sets ihe dog artor the sheep, and me arter Ihe gals, and ■he way he makes the wool and I the petticosts fly, is s sis lo snakes." •'I see you sre inclined lo be facetious, young msn, pray tell me how it happens ■ hat one of your legs is shorter than the other?" " I never 'loWs any body lo meddle wiihinv grass (anglers,mister; bulseein ItV you I'll ten ye. -I was born so si mr tickler request, so ihat when I bold Ihe plough, I can go with one fool in the furrer, and tother on the land, and nol lop over: besides its very convenient when I mow round a hill side." " Very good, indeed—how do your po-tslors come out tins yesi?" " They don't come out at sll; I digs 'em out; and there's an everlaslin snarl on 'em in each hill." " But ihey are amall I perceive." "Yees, I know il—you see we planted some whappin blue nones over in that e*rc patch there, and they flourished so all flredly thai these ere stopped grow-in'jist oul of spile; cause they know'd they couldn't begin to keep up." "You appear to be pretty smart, and I should think you could afford a better hat ihan the one you wear." 'The looks ai u I notion'; its all in Ihe behaviour. This ere hat was mv Sun tin-go to meelin hat. I've got a belter one to hum, bill I don't dig later- in H no how." " You have been in these parts some time I should gi'erts?" "I guess so lew. I was boin'd and gol my broi'in up in thai ere bouse, but my native place is iliWn in Pordunk." "Then yon sav it is about three and a half miles to the next bousi ?" "Yes sir, 'twas a spell ago, and I don't believe ils grow'd much shorter since. "Much obliged. Good bye." "Goad bye lo yc, that's a darn'd slick mare of yourn." There reader; there is a Jonathan for you of the first water. You don't find Ins equal every where. EYENTFIL LIFE (IF LOUS J'HILIPPE. me neat si-i-imw in in.i«*-^ Ie-a.IIc-hII ooiil'iieerr,, wwiItthtl i"hIIeI- lliiaarrss rreeaadtl,v- ilno nbuurrsslt II *lu■*r■e«,, t"heant e("veitr Hmnonrtiasil obeehiio'"ltdi.. Qurtrav-up his mind to ee how tin-caplin would! oul o' their ens, when all of a bum, I riling friend, feeling an ilchin lasle, so he lei uffwolkcri slow, and star-ted off on a smart and swift Irol, righl towards the old man, with bis month wide oil-it. roaren, ami his lail stiekeii out Stiff. Tin; caplin kepi still, lookin out all iiu- tune putty sharp. I should sav, till the boast got within about leu yards on him, ami Ihen he lei bun lim-it, lie simetl righl at the fleshv part ol his heart, but lha ben dodged at ihe ■nuiclhcn come noppen out o' the water o i lo the ice. The captio looked ami see K was a seal. The bear's eves kin-dled up as he looked al it, then, ihe cap. tin said, he give bun a wink to keep sttll Sit there thev sot, still as starch, nil ihe seal not ihiuknn nothvn o them no more nor if thev was dead, walked rijlil up between Vm. Tht tt slump ! went down old whitnv's nails into the g to scrape acquaintance with the crntiir, drew up the n ins ol his horse, anil began ; "Hallo, my good friend, can vou in form me bow far il is lo ihe next boost P" Jonathan started up—leaned on Ins hot-handle, rest) d one foot on the gauibrel of his sister leg, and replied: " llullo yourself! how'd dew? well, I joss can. Taint near so fur now- as 11 use lo he afore ilit-v cut ihe woods a way flash, and rar?d up, and tho balls went, fish's fleau, and Ills captin run his jack- —then 'twas generally rcckon'd fuurfs! Btntotr.jr.s with much gr A very interesting lecture was deliv-ered in Boston, by Rev. Mr. Atiholl, tm the personal history of Louis Philinpt, King of the French. The lecturer cum-menct- d with the observation lhat of all loin.-inee Ihe romance ol reality was the inosi wonderful. The truth of the re-mark must have been acknowledged by all whu tollowt d h.in in Ibe detail of the chequered life of the French King.— Louis Philippe is now sixty-four years old. His lather, the piofligate Duke ol Orleans, was as much distinguished foi his vices, as his mother was for her tir-lluc and peity. L'uder the cure of ihe latter, and the tuition of Mad. tie tienlis, ihe youth of the young pnncr was passed. In the luxurious and vicious court of the Bourbons, he was a pattern of sobriety and virtue. He was early taught lo res-train his passions, and to cultivate ins mind, and In endure fatigue. He walk-ed len or fifteen miles a day antl laid on a bed of boartl coveretl only wilh a mat. He kept a daily journal of Ins life, in which he regularly kept an account ol the manner in which he spent his lime, and performed Ihe dunes he owed to Ins parents, lo society, anil lo God. lie was ili unit, sober, chaste, and intelligent. His life is unstained with vices, and be has been repaid for his temperance with a sound body, and a healthy mind. When very young he entered ihe army, and there won early the reputation of a good soldier. Al the tune when Ihe reign of terror was "keeping high carnival in blood stained Paris," he was looked upon by many as a fil person to fill ihe throne vacated by the Mtltder of Loins XVI, as his roval lineage would conciliate mon. archisis, while Ins liberal principles WOUlU satisfv Ihe republicans. As soon as s report to this pflVcl was hinted to Ihe leaders of .the rabble, his father was execuletl his relations imprisoned, and he saved Ins own life bv a sudden Righl. Foi fifteen months he lived III great seclu-sion in Switzerland and supported him-self bv leaching the rudiments of learn-ing lo young persona, lie went lo Ham-burg for the purpose of embarking (or A-merica, but when he am veil there he bad not sufficient funds to carry out Ins in. tention. He ihen journeyed in Ihe ex-treme north of Europe, suffering great privations, and with ibe bloodhounds of Ins enemies Continually having in Ins track, lie approached mans miles near-er Ihe .North Pole than a»v other French traveller. II- eventually escaped 10 A-inenca, iii 1 ■still. Here be supported him-self al limes bv teaching French. While in Boston he is said to have resided in Ihe Provi-.ee House tiearlv (.pposito the old South Church, and he now speaks of lie kindness he experienced from sevei then went lo England, was invited Iheiic, lo Sicily, and Ihere warned a daughter of its king. Upon Ihe overthrow of Na poleou he went to France, and N se-questered estates were returned lo him Until the breaking out of the Revolution of IS.'.'U, he lived in esse and retirement with the exception ol the exile he under-went during Napoleon's short reign in France previous to the battle of Water-loo.— Though immensely rich he fell nol into Ihe vices of the affluent, but in all hia grandeur and opulence, remembered Ihe lessons of his youth. His fortune has been estimated by a French writer al 8100,000,000. Mr. Abbott gave an animated account of Ihe revolution of July, and the causes which drew Louis Philippe from retire-ment. He accepleu tue mum, <,mce wttn reluctance. He argued with Lafayette. the American constitution was the best in the world, but lhat the govcrnmenl which France needed was a monarchy surrounded by republican institutions. Since his instalment in the chair of stale his quiet has been continually harrasscd by attempts upon his life,—which have gained him Ihe name of the target king, —and tiomestic insurrection. Mr. Ah. boll lliinks thai considering ihe difficul-ties (if Ins station he has acted with mod-eration and wisdom. He has strength-ened himself by alliances with foreign states, and if he ran cscspo assassination, there is gootl reason to suppose lhat he will keep bis crown until his death. When that event occurs, Frarfre is mor-ally certain lo he convulsed anew with revolutijn.— Jiotlan Tiinrt. the whole person, in fact, seemed lo in-tlicsle a recent inhumation. The bodv remained exposed to the sir for only ai most, Ihe minutes necessary for the. sur-ueon lo lake the measures prescribed by his instructions, in order lo preserve it from all further alteration. I— John Kuiiiloliili. Those who never saw this remarkable accident in nature—who never beared ui in in Congress, have much cause t.l re. grel. His manner in debate was pecu-liarly bis own—original and forcible,— Though occasionally txcursive under-relic, In- mattered around him flowers so beautiful that very few were offended at Ins deviuus wanderings, and followed bun with pleasure win lever he chose In lead ibt in He never lost a gootl thought or a fine linage- thai occurred to Inni ei- Iht I In Conversation or solitude, bul trea-sured it in the book and volume of bis rain, till it was wanted, and he never failed to let II out when he bad an nppnr- ,uy His invective, like the deadly siroc, withered every thing it sw-pi it-cross, ami Ins opponi nl was sure to quail and shiver beneath Ins touch His sar-casms were barbed With the most corro-ding aciunony, and the excessive bitter-ness of his feelings iudicntf-d a feioctons and misanthropic character. He indiil getl more ih silire than logic, more in invective than in reasoning; but there was a fascination ahoul bun, as an orator, lhal few could or were willing lo nsist. His very silence was soineliini s eloquent, and Ibe bare motion of Ins lingerer his head, often conveyed as much meaning a-ill - most finished or elaborate sentence. Bul between bis delivered nnd published speeches ihere is no comparison. In th.-- latlcr, you lo.-e lhat charm by which you were hound when you listened lo wh.il he uttered—the altitude, gi sticula lion, emphasis, Action, ore gone. The skeleton is lell, but the spirit has fled ; ihe body is there, bul the sound is no more. ' To judge of John Randolph as an ora-tor, be must have been heard when Ins mind was in the plenitude nf power, and his imagination still luxuriating in the delicious images of youlh anil poetry.— Burke seemed lo be his model, antl Shakcspcir Ins Boostant companion.— From both he drew largely ; and with the taller he was as familiar as Alexau* tl.-r was with the works of the immortal lluim r. Ills tniiitl and habits were wholly averse to tho necessary routine antl de-tails of business. The nt**re labors of legislation were not suited 10 bis temper or intellect, and hmh as a member of a a committee and of the House he was al. no«t inefficient, Randolph was tall, mengre and badly formed. His epes were black and pier-cing; his complexion sallow and cadav. i-rous ; his hair smoothed down over bis head, and lied in n cue; anil bis voice, though cf no gn .it compass, was iincorn-iiionlv clear and distinct* The Forests of Brazil. The infinite vsriely of tints which these woods display give them sn sspec*. wholly different from those of Europe.— Each of the lofty sons of the forest bsssn effect distinct from ihsl of ihe rest.— The brilliant while of ibe ailver tree, Ihe brown bead of ihe mangos, the purple flowers of the Brazil wood, ihe yellow laburnums, the deep red fungus, and the carmlne-culoietl lichens, whieh invest ihe trunks and Ihe bark, all mingle in brilliant confusion, forming groups fine-ly contrasted and diversified. The gigantic height of the palms, wilh Iheir varying crowns, give lo these for* csts an incomparable majesty. All these arc interwoven wilh a network of creep-ing and climbing plants, so close ss lo form around the large trees a verdant wall, which Ihe eye is unable to pene-trate; and many of Ihe flowering spe-cies lhat climb up the trunks spread forth, and present tho appearance of par. tcrres hanging in (he air. These woods arc not a silent scene, unless durtng tho deepest heal of noon! but are crowded and rendered vocal by the greatest variety of the animal tribes. Birds of Ibe most singular forms and most supeib plumage flutter through the bushes. The toucan rattles his large hollow ' bill, ihe busy orioles creep oul of Iheir long pendant nests, Ihe amorous thrush, the chattering msnaken, ihe full loncsof ihe nightingale, amuse the hunter, while, Ihe humming birds, rivalling in lustrr-diamonds, emcialds, and sapphires, bar-er round the brightest flowers, myriads of ibe mosl brilliant beetles buj-z in tho air, and the gaycsr-bultcrflies, rivalling in splendor the colors of tho rainbow, flutter from flower to flower. Meantime the beautiful but sometimes dangerous race of lizards and serpents, exceeding in splendor the enamel of tho flowers, glide oul of the leaves sod hol-lows of the trees. Troops of squirrels ami monkeys leap from bough to bough, and large bodies of ants, issuing from their nests, creep along Ihe ground. It concerns- ns here to remark, lhat llicso iiiuni use fort-sis are rich in timber of ev-ery description for use and ornament soiled either for carpentry, shipbuilding, dying, or furniture. Thai kind especial-ly called Brazil wood is particularly eel. ehralcd for ihe beautiful ictl tlye which il produces—Murray* Geography. He. The hotly of Xirpiileon —The upper pan of tin- It adeii Coffin was linn cut and raist d with ibe greatest precaution— Within it Was found a Coffin ol wood, in a vt-rv food state, and Corresponding lo the dcscr:p'ii>iis nnd recoUcclions of the persons present who hid assisted at ihe burial. The lul of tile third coffin hav-ing been raised, there was found a lining of tin slightly oxydiscd winch having a I so been cut through and raised, allow, d us lo see a shoe! of white satin ; this sheet was rTtst ,1 with life grealesl pre- Caution by the hand- of the doctor only, ami the entire body of Napoleon appear-ed. The features bat! suffered so little as to be unim tli.it, Iv recognized. The tliflerent objects deposited in Ihe coffin were remarked in ihe exact positions where they hul been placed ; iiu- iuntls werenthgularlv preserved; the uniform, the i>rdi r*. tHo hat, hut Ititl- chai ; ' Errors in lie mod, of Edoration. The practice of beginning to leachchil- •Ircn irA.n loo ponng. It is a common o-pinion lhat ibe sooner a child is put to his books Hie greater Ibe amount of knowledge which he may obtain in a given number of years. 'A child lhal In gins lo learn Ihe letters of Ihe alpha-bet at/tnir years obi will be as far ad-vanced atjfre, as one that begins al three. A child lhat begins at three, will be two or three years learning le read well ; bul one lhat begins atjfot may be taugbl lo read well in six ar eight icreki. Expc-riinent has pruved tin: fact. 2. The like mistake is made in put. ting children lo difficult studies al too early an age. A child of five or six years of age is put to ihe study of geog-raphy, arilhinciicor history; his progress is slow ; he learns a little and thai im-perfectly ; and thus he spends a wintc* or two, lo very little purpose. The same child in nine or ten years of age will learn as much in two months, as he will ntjlte or six yeari of age in tiro winters -and understand and retain what ho learns much better, 8. Another mistake is in attempting to instruct young people in too many things at once. The most important point per-haps in a system of instruction, aa in c-vi iv kind of business is, to do one thing at a time. Mr. Locke mentions this aa a primary rule In be observed in teach-ing. When the greatest merchant in Holland was asked hew he could trans-aci such an immense business, ho rcpli-ed— lly doing one thing at a t.mc. This rule is rim observed in our schools. The reverse is the fact, to the great de-triment of education. Children are put In several studies the same day; they learn a little of one thing, and then a lit. tie of another; they barn nothing per-fectly ;—and a gre.l part of what tiny tlo learn is soon forgotten. Past him Alan?.—\ man "down t ast" atlvi riisisnni Harvey W. Turner, who married ■ daughter of Ihe advertiser and shorllv absconded, "since which cir-cumslances have come to light which prove him to be a raseal." Juvenile Depravity.—An infant, una< i- to walk, dragging about arid torturing a I; 'tor
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Title | The Greensborough patriot [February 2, 1841] |
Date | 1841-02-02 |
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Swaim, Lyndon Sherwood, M.S. |
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Full text | THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT. VOLUME II. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1841. NUMBER 51. PUBUBilBU WLKKLY, ■T liWDO.N swAi.n * M. «. iiunwooo, T E K M K: Two Dollars ami Filly Cents a year, in advance —or Three Dollar*, after the expira-tion of three months from the date of the first nambei received.—No paper will be discon-tinued until all arrearages are paid, oxccptul the option of the publishers; anil a failure In order a disr-ontiiriance within the year will be consitleied a new engnircmcnt. IdsHfJMasitfltl ■? ThlT lfc>llarpcr»piaro, for the first insertion, and Twenty-five Cents for each u' m^' publication. A liberal deduction will be made in tavor ofthose who advertise by thoquarter.orfom longer period. 0*7" letters to the publishers must come free of postage, or thev cannot be attended to. MISCELLANY. k DEAR STORY. [The MoviH is a most humorous speci-men of a sailor's yarn. It is one of the most wonderful and egregious bear stories you ev-er did bear—" I expect."] "That atory puts mo in mind," laid Venus R.i\ nor, "about what I've heerd tell on Ebcnezer Smith at the time he went down to the north pole on a walen' voyage." " Now look out for a screamer," laugh-ed out Raynor Rock, refilling his pipe. "Stand by, Mr. Cypress, to let the iheel go." "la there any thing uncommon about that ynrn, Venus?" "Oncommon ! well, I expect it's putty smart and oncommon for a man to go 10 sea with a bear, all alone on a bare cake nficc. Captain Smith's woman used to say she could'nl bear to think on't." "Tell us the whole of that, Venus," said Nod,—"thai is, if its true. Mine was, the whole cf it, although I'eter has his doubts." " I can't tell it as well as Zoph can ; but I've no jeetions to tell it my way, iiu how. So here goes—(hat'sgreat brandy, Mr. Cypress." There was a gurgling sound of "something.10-take, running, " Well, they was down inlo Baffin's Bay, or some other n' them cold NoWO* giau bays at the North, where the rain Ircczcs as it conies down, and siands up in the air, on winter morui'iis, like great mountains o' icr, all in streaks.' Well, the schooner oral lyen at anchor, and nil the hands was out in IhQ small boats, lookin for whales—nil except thecaptiug, who s.iid In- wa'nt very well lli.it da)— Well, he WM walken up and down oil nkiu' I expect, he reckon' deck, linnkon and tin • ••to his two hind legs, jist by the j)iil, one into (act, and broke the thigh bouts -mack oir, so lhat he went right down all, on Hie ice, Ihuuip, on hind quarter* mill million ataiidcu. but his forelegs and hi^ bead riz up, a growltu at Ihecup-tm. When the eld man see him down, and tryen lo slide along ihe ice to get his revenge, likely, thinks he lo himself, thinks he, I might as well gel up and go and eul thai ere crelci's throat. So he tuk out Ins knife and opined it. But when he alarted to get up, he found, to his astonishment, lhat he was fruxtasi to ihe ice. Don't laugh : it's a fact; ihere aii'l no doubt. Tim water, you see, had been round him a smart ami long while, whilst he was wallen for the bear, and it's wonderful cold in them regions, as I was -aveii, and you'll freeze in a uiinii if you don't keep moven about smartly. So the captain lie airaincd first one leg, and then he strained tother, but he couldn't move Van none. They was both fruz fasl into the ice, about an inch and a half deep, from knee lo toe, light as a Jersey oyster perryauger on a mud flat al low water. So he laid down his gun and looked al the bear and doubletTup his lists. "Come on, you bloodv var-mint," says ihe old man, as Ihe besr swsllnppcd along on his hinder eend, rumen at him. He kept gctlcn weaker though, and comen dower and slower nil the tune, so thai al last, he didn't acem lo move none; and diiecily, when hcjdj got so near lhat the capttn cnuld jtslgive him a dig in Ihe now bv reachin forrad putty smart and far, the captain see lhal the hcasl was fruz fasl too, nor he cou.'d'nt' move a slep further forward no ways.— Then the captin bust out a larfen, and slapped his hands down on lo his thighs, and roared. The hear seemed lo be most onmighty mad at the old man's fun, and set up such a grnwlcn thai what should come to pass, but the ice cracks and breaks all around the captin and the hear, down to the water's edge, and Ihe wind j:st then a shiften, end comen off shore, away Inn* floated on a cake of ice about ten by six ofl to sea, without the darned a biscuit, or a quart o' liquor in stand Vm on the cruize ! There they s»l ihe br>l! and ihccaplatn. jist so nearlh-f, when tin y both reached fnrrards, lliey cotilil j si about touch noses, and nothei one not able lo move any part on him. only exeppten his upper part and fort uaws." " Hy jolly ! lhat was rather a critical predicament, Venus,''' cried Ned, but toning Ins coal. •' I should have thought that ihe captain's nose and ears, ami hands s/ou I h.ivc'becn frozen loo. mostly, when all ol a sudden be reckoned | « rhat's quite naytial to suppose, sir. he see one o' tin in leg wlllla bears—po- , |lu| you Sen t'le bear kept hint Warin in lar, you know—big as Ihnndi r—With i i|h- oppct parts, bv twin so cloasi lo him long teeth.. He reckoned ho Me one on ; ami lire ithen bard and hot on Ihe old man 'em skulking along on n grant cake o', whcfll vei lit growled at Inni. Them po-ice,. lhat lay on the leeward side ol Ihe |ar bears is wonderful hardy animals, and bay", up agini the bank. The old dp. has » monstrous deal o' heal in'em, by wauled In kill one o' ihem varmints most wonderful, but lie never lucked lo get a chance. Now tho', be thought, the tune had come lor him to walk into one o' Ihem at l<"0st and fix his mutton for him right. So he run forrad anrflay hold onto a small skiff, thai was layui near the fnrc'atal, and run her out and launched her. Then he Ink a drink, and—here's luck—and put in a stiff load of powder, a couple n' bills, and jumped in, an. pulled away for Hie ice. "Il Wa'llt long 'fore he got 'cross the bay, for it was ri narrer piece o' walet— nol more than half a mile, wide—and then he got out onto the ice. It was a smart and large cake and the bear was 'way down lo tho tother end on it, by the edge o' the water. So, be walked first ■•rot along, and then when be go! putty close ho walked 'round ealccomered like —like's if he n-ss drivin for a plain plo-ver— so lhat Ihe bear would'ut think he was cotnin arlcr him, anil he dragged himself along on his hands and knees, low down, mostly. Well, Ihe hear ilul'm seem to mind him none, and he gol up within 'limit fifty yards on him, and then he looked so savage anil big—the bear did—lhat the captain stopped, and rested on his knees, and put up his gun, and wasagoin to •hoot- But jiml then Ihe bear turned round and sntilletl up ihe Capling—just as one ol Lif's hounds -m oil-up an old buck, Mr. Cypress,—and begun to walk towards bun, slowly like. He rune along, the captin said, clump, clump, very slow, and in.itle the ice bend and crack again under hint, so that the Water com-j up and putty much kiveretl il all over. Well, Ihere the captin was,! all the lime, squat on his knees, with ] Ins goo pirileil, waitin fur the variniul lo come up, ami his knees and legs were ! mighty cold by means of the wan r lhal Ihe bear riz on the ice, a* I wdi men-tioneu. Al last the hear scorned to tiiak means Of iheir hem able In stand such cold climates, I expect. And so the captin k nowed I his. and whenever he felt chilly, be jisl tuk bis ramrod, and stirred up Ihe old rascal, and made him roar anil squeal and then the hoi breath would come pouren out all ovr the caplin, and made the air quite moderate and pleas-ant." " Well go on, Venus. Take another horn first." " Well, there a'nt much more. on'l.— Off lliey went to sea, and sometimes the wind druv 'em north, and then agin il drur 'cm- south, but they went smith mostly ; and so it went on, until they were out about three weeks. So at last, one afternoon" " But, Venus, stop : tell us, in Ihe name of wonder | how did Ihe captain contrive to support life all this time !" " Why, sir, lo be sure, it was a hard kind n' life to support, but a hardy man will get used lo almost" " No, no ; what did he cat T what did he feed on ?" "()—O—Til liked to've skipped lhal ere. W'hy, sii, I've lieertl ilillerenl uc counts as to lhat. Uncle Ohe Verily told me he reckoned ihe caplin cui off on,? of ihe bear's paws, when he lav stretched out asleep, one day with his jack-knife, and sucked that for fodder, anil they say there's a vast deal o' nour-ishment in a white bear's fool. But if I may be allowed la spend my 'pinion, I should say my old man's account V the rightist, and that's—what's as follows.— You see after they'll been out three days ■bouts, lliey begun to grow kind o' hun-gry, and ihl-n they gol I'riemllv, for mis-ery loves company, vou know: and the CSjpfin said the hi ar looked at him scve. ral tirin s, u-iy sorrowful, as much as In say, * caplin wltal ihe devil shall Id.,'' Well, one day they was silten, looking at knife into the tender loin. The seal soon gol his In in rs, and the captin cut a big hunk uff Ihe tail eend, and put it be-hind bun out of Ihe bear's reach, and then he felt smart and comfortable, for he had stores enough lor a long cruise, i hough the bear couldn't say so much for himself. " Well, the bear, by course, soon run out ol provisions, and had lo put him-self on abort allowance; and then he be-gun lo ahow his uaytral temper. He til si stretched hum. if out aa far as be could go, and tried to hook ihe capiin'a piece o' seal, but when he found he couldn't reach lhal, he begun to blow and yell. Then he'd rare up and roar, and try to get huuslf clear from the ice. But mostly he rareri up and roared, and poun-ded bin big paws snd head upon the ice, ■ill bye-and bye, (jisl aa the captin said he expected,) ibe ice Cracked in Iwo a gin, and split through between ihe near and caplin, and there they was on two different pieces of ice, the caplin and Ihe hear! The old man aaid he raaly felt Sorry at parleu company, and when the cake split and separated, he cut off about a-haaf o'pound o' seal and chucked il lo Ihe bear. Bui either because il wan'te-nough for him, or else on account o' bis feelen bad at the captin'a goen, Ihe bcaal wouldn't touch il lo cat, and be laid il down, and growled nnd moaned over n quite pitiful. Well, off they went, one one way, and 'loiher 'tother way, both foel'n pretty bad, I expect. After a while the captin gol smart and cold, and fell mighty lonesome, and he said he raa ly thought he'd a gi'n in and died, if ibey hadn't picked him up that arternooo. " Who picked him up, Venus?" "Who! a codfish croft off o' New Foiiiidland, I expect. They did'nl know what to make o' h:m when they firsl see him slingen up his hat for 'em. Bui Ihey gol all iheir boats and look a small swivel and a couple o' muskets aboard and started off—elpeclen it was thevca-aarpenii or an old maremaid. They wouldn't believe it was a man, until he'd ■old them all about it, and Ihey didn't hardly believe il nulhrr; and Ihey cut him out ■>' the ice. and tuk him aboard iheir vessel, and rubbed his legs with ileo'vitrol, but was a long tune afore lite) come lo." " Duln'l they hurl him badly in nut-ting him out, Venus?" " No sir, I believe not, not so bad a* one might spose: for you see he'd been "luck in so /ong lhat ihe circulalen on his blood had kind n' rotted the ice lhal was light next lo him, and when Ihey begun lo cut it, it cracked off pully smart and easy, and he come out whole like a biled egg." " What became of the bear ?" "Can't say as In lhal, what become o' lliill. He went off to sea somewhere, I expect, | should like lo know, myself, how tho varment gol along, right well, for il was kind in him lo let the caplin have Ihe biggest haaf o' Ihe seal, am how. That's all, boys. How many'* a. sleep ?" AS unrsura SPECIMEN OF UIMAMTY. Whoever travels through any of Ihe New Kngland States, snd twigs as he journeys, the eccentricities of some of ihe natitts, cannot fail to he amused; and may if he choose, derive many new ideas in respect to etymology and the di-versity of character. Some years since an acquaintance nf ouis set out on horseback, from the east-ern part of Massachusetts for the Green .Mountains of Vermont. While travers-ing through the town of New Salem, hi« road led into a piece of woods, of some five miles in length and long before In-got out of which, he began to entertain douhts whether he should ever bo hlesl with Ihe sighl of a human habitation; hul as all things must have an end, so at last hail the woods, and the nut brown house of a farmer greeted his vision. Near the roatl was a tall raw.honed, overgrown, lanthcru-jawi d boy, probably seventeen vests of age, digging potatoes, lie was a curinus figure lo behold. What was lacking in the length of his low breeches, was amply made up for, behind; bis BUS-pemlers appeared lo be r.oinpnsed ol lurch bark, grape vine and sheepskin ; ami as for bis hat, which was of a dingy while fell—poor thing ! il hail once seen belief days; hul now, alas! il was only the shadow of Its glory. Whether Ihe tem-pest of lime bad beaten the lop in, or the fail's expanding genius had hur-i it out. Was difficult lo lell; al any isle it was missing—ami through ihe aperture red hairs in abundance stood six ways lor Sunday. In short, he was one of the roughest specimen*ofdomestic manufao-miles, but now the sun shrivels up Ihe road, and il don't make morjoytetr. The lirsi bouse you comeitaartthough, IS s barn, and the tieumi hay-slack ; but old Hoskin's hoarse is on beysnt. You'll be sure lo^rreel his gals long afore you git there; larnal roinpin critters, they plague our folka mor'n a little. His sheep gtl in our pastor every day, and his gals in our orchard. Dad sets ihe dog artor the sheep, and me arter Ihe gals, and ■he way he makes the wool and I the petticosts fly, is s sis lo snakes." •'I see you sre inclined lo be facetious, young msn, pray tell me how it happens ■ hat one of your legs is shorter than the other?" " I never 'loWs any body lo meddle wiihinv grass (anglers,mister; bulseein ItV you I'll ten ye. -I was born so si mr tickler request, so ihat when I bold Ihe plough, I can go with one fool in the furrer, and tother on the land, and nol lop over: besides its very convenient when I mow round a hill side." " Very good, indeed—how do your po-tslors come out tins yesi?" " They don't come out at sll; I digs 'em out; and there's an everlaslin snarl on 'em in each hill." " But ihey are amall I perceive." "Yees, I know il—you see we planted some whappin blue nones over in that e*rc patch there, and they flourished so all flredly thai these ere stopped grow-in'jist oul of spile; cause they know'd they couldn't begin to keep up." "You appear to be pretty smart, and I should think you could afford a better hat ihan the one you wear." 'The looks ai u I notion'; its all in Ihe behaviour. This ere hat was mv Sun tin-go to meelin hat. I've got a belter one to hum, bill I don't dig later- in H no how." " You have been in these parts some time I should gi'erts?" "I guess so lew. I was boin'd and gol my broi'in up in thai ere bouse, but my native place is iliWn in Pordunk." "Then yon sav it is about three and a half miles to the next bousi ?" "Yes sir, 'twas a spell ago, and I don't believe ils grow'd much shorter since. "Much obliged. Good bye." "Goad bye lo yc, that's a darn'd slick mare of yourn." There reader; there is a Jonathan for you of the first water. You don't find Ins equal every where. EYENTFIL LIFE (IF LOUS J'HILIPPE. me neat si-i-imw in in.i«*-^ Ie-a.IIc-hII ooiil'iieerr,, wwiItthtl i"hIIeI- lliiaarrss rreeaadtl,v- ilno nbuurrsslt II *lu■*r■e«,, t"heant e("veitr Hmnonrtiasil obeehiio'"ltdi.. Qurtrav-up his mind to ee how tin-caplin would! oul o' their ens, when all of a bum, I riling friend, feeling an ilchin lasle, so he lei uffwolkcri slow, and star-ted off on a smart and swift Irol, righl towards the old man, with bis month wide oil-it. roaren, ami his lail stiekeii out Stiff. Tin; caplin kepi still, lookin out all iiu- tune putty sharp. I should sav, till the boast got within about leu yards on him, ami Ihen he lei bun lim-it, lie simetl righl at the fleshv part ol his heart, but lha ben dodged at ihe ■nuiclhcn come noppen out o' the water o i lo the ice. The captio looked ami see K was a seal. The bear's eves kin-dled up as he looked al it, then, ihe cap. tin said, he give bun a wink to keep sttll Sit there thev sot, still as starch, nil ihe seal not ihiuknn nothvn o them no more nor if thev was dead, walked rijlil up between Vm. Tht tt slump ! went down old whitnv's nails into the g to scrape acquaintance with the crntiir, drew up the n ins ol his horse, anil began ; "Hallo, my good friend, can vou in form me bow far il is lo ihe next boost P" Jonathan started up—leaned on Ins hot-handle, rest) d one foot on the gauibrel of his sister leg, and replied: " llullo yourself! how'd dew? well, I joss can. Taint near so fur now- as 11 use lo he afore ilit-v cut ihe woods a way flash, and rar?d up, and tho balls went, fish's fleau, and Ills captin run his jack- —then 'twas generally rcckon'd fuurfs! Btntotr.jr.s with much gr A very interesting lecture was deliv-ered in Boston, by Rev. Mr. Atiholl, tm the personal history of Louis Philinpt, King of the French. The lecturer cum-menct- d with the observation lhat of all loin.-inee Ihe romance ol reality was the inosi wonderful. The truth of the re-mark must have been acknowledged by all whu tollowt d h.in in Ibe detail of the chequered life of the French King.— Louis Philippe is now sixty-four years old. His lather, the piofligate Duke ol Orleans, was as much distinguished foi his vices, as his mother was for her tir-lluc and peity. L'uder the cure of ihe latter, and the tuition of Mad. tie tienlis, ihe youth of the young pnncr was passed. In the luxurious and vicious court of the Bourbons, he was a pattern of sobriety and virtue. He was early taught lo res-train his passions, and to cultivate ins mind, and In endure fatigue. He walk-ed len or fifteen miles a day antl laid on a bed of boartl coveretl only wilh a mat. He kept a daily journal of Ins life, in which he regularly kept an account ol the manner in which he spent his lime, and performed Ihe dunes he owed to Ins parents, lo society, anil lo God. lie was ili unit, sober, chaste, and intelligent. His life is unstained with vices, and be has been repaid for his temperance with a sound body, and a healthy mind. When very young he entered ihe army, and there won early the reputation of a good soldier. Al the tune when Ihe reign of terror was "keeping high carnival in blood stained Paris," he was looked upon by many as a fil person to fill ihe throne vacated by the Mtltder of Loins XVI, as his roval lineage would conciliate mon. archisis, while Ins liberal principles WOUlU satisfv Ihe republicans. As soon as s report to this pflVcl was hinted to Ihe leaders of .the rabble, his father was execuletl his relations imprisoned, and he saved Ins own life bv a sudden Righl. Foi fifteen months he lived III great seclu-sion in Switzerland and supported him-self bv leaching the rudiments of learn-ing lo young persona, lie went lo Ham-burg for the purpose of embarking (or A-merica, but when he am veil there he bad not sufficient funds to carry out Ins in. tention. He ihen journeyed in Ihe ex-treme north of Europe, suffering great privations, and with ibe bloodhounds of Ins enemies Continually having in Ins track, lie approached mans miles near-er Ihe .North Pole than a»v other French traveller. II- eventually escaped 10 A-inenca, iii 1 ■still. Here be supported him-self al limes bv teaching French. While in Boston he is said to have resided in Ihe Provi-.ee House tiearlv (.pposito the old South Church, and he now speaks of lie kindness he experienced from sevei then went lo England, was invited Iheiic, lo Sicily, and Ihere warned a daughter of its king. Upon Ihe overthrow of Na poleou he went to France, and N se-questered estates were returned lo him Until the breaking out of the Revolution of IS.'.'U, he lived in esse and retirement with the exception ol the exile he under-went during Napoleon's short reign in France previous to the battle of Water-loo.— Though immensely rich he fell nol into Ihe vices of the affluent, but in all hia grandeur and opulence, remembered Ihe lessons of his youth. His fortune has been estimated by a French writer al 8100,000,000. Mr. Abbott gave an animated account of Ihe revolution of July, and the causes which drew Louis Philippe from retire-ment. He accepleu tue mum, <,mce wttn reluctance. He argued with Lafayette. the American constitution was the best in the world, but lhat the govcrnmenl which France needed was a monarchy surrounded by republican institutions. Since his instalment in the chair of stale his quiet has been continually harrasscd by attempts upon his life,—which have gained him Ihe name of the target king, —and tiomestic insurrection. Mr. Ah. boll lliinks thai considering ihe difficul-ties (if Ins station he has acted with mod-eration and wisdom. He has strength-ened himself by alliances with foreign states, and if he ran cscspo assassination, there is gootl reason to suppose lhat he will keep bis crown until his death. When that event occurs, Frarfre is mor-ally certain lo he convulsed anew with revolutijn.— Jiotlan Tiinrt. the whole person, in fact, seemed lo in-tlicsle a recent inhumation. The bodv remained exposed to the sir for only ai most, Ihe minutes necessary for the. sur-ueon lo lake the measures prescribed by his instructions, in order lo preserve it from all further alteration. I— John Kuiiiloliili. Those who never saw this remarkable accident in nature—who never beared ui in in Congress, have much cause t.l re. grel. His manner in debate was pecu-liarly bis own—original and forcible,— Though occasionally txcursive under-relic, In- mattered around him flowers so beautiful that very few were offended at Ins deviuus wanderings, and followed bun with pleasure win lever he chose In lead ibt in He never lost a gootl thought or a fine linage- thai occurred to Inni ei- Iht I In Conversation or solitude, bul trea-sured it in the book and volume of bis rain, till it was wanted, and he never failed to let II out when he bad an nppnr- ,uy His invective, like the deadly siroc, withered every thing it sw-pi it-cross, ami Ins opponi nl was sure to quail and shiver beneath Ins touch His sar-casms were barbed With the most corro-ding aciunony, and the excessive bitter-ness of his feelings iudicntf-d a feioctons and misanthropic character. He indiil getl more ih silire than logic, more in invective than in reasoning; but there was a fascination ahoul bun, as an orator, lhal few could or were willing lo nsist. His very silence was soineliini s eloquent, and Ibe bare motion of Ins lingerer his head, often conveyed as much meaning a-ill - most finished or elaborate sentence. Bul between bis delivered nnd published speeches ihere is no comparison. In th.-- latlcr, you lo.-e lhat charm by which you were hound when you listened lo wh.il he uttered—the altitude, gi sticula lion, emphasis, Action, ore gone. The skeleton is lell, but the spirit has fled ; ihe body is there, bul the sound is no more. ' To judge of John Randolph as an ora-tor, be must have been heard when Ins mind was in the plenitude nf power, and his imagination still luxuriating in the delicious images of youlh anil poetry.— Burke seemed lo be his model, antl Shakcspcir Ins Boostant companion.— From both he drew largely ; and with the taller he was as familiar as Alexau* tl.-r was with the works of the immortal lluim r. Ills tniiitl and habits were wholly averse to tho necessary routine antl de-tails of business. The nt**re labors of legislation were not suited 10 bis temper or intellect, and hmh as a member of a a committee and of the House he was al. no«t inefficient, Randolph was tall, mengre and badly formed. His epes were black and pier-cing; his complexion sallow and cadav. i-rous ; his hair smoothed down over bis head, and lied in n cue; anil bis voice, though cf no gn .it compass, was iincorn-iiionlv clear and distinct* The Forests of Brazil. The infinite vsriely of tints which these woods display give them sn sspec*. wholly different from those of Europe.— Each of the lofty sons of the forest bsssn effect distinct from ihsl of ihe rest.— The brilliant while of ibe ailver tree, Ihe brown bead of ihe mangos, the purple flowers of the Brazil wood, ihe yellow laburnums, the deep red fungus, and the carmlne-culoietl lichens, whieh invest ihe trunks and Ihe bark, all mingle in brilliant confusion, forming groups fine-ly contrasted and diversified. The gigantic height of the palms, wilh Iheir varying crowns, give lo these for* csts an incomparable majesty. All these arc interwoven wilh a network of creep-ing and climbing plants, so close ss lo form around the large trees a verdant wall, which Ihe eye is unable to pene-trate; and many of Ihe flowering spe-cies lhat climb up the trunks spread forth, and present tho appearance of par. tcrres hanging in (he air. These woods arc not a silent scene, unless durtng tho deepest heal of noon! but are crowded and rendered vocal by the greatest variety of the animal tribes. Birds of Ibe most singular forms and most supeib plumage flutter through the bushes. The toucan rattles his large hollow ' bill, ihe busy orioles creep oul of Iheir long pendant nests, Ihe amorous thrush, the chattering msnaken, ihe full loncsof ihe nightingale, amuse the hunter, while, Ihe humming birds, rivalling in lustrr-diamonds, emcialds, and sapphires, bar-er round the brightest flowers, myriads of ibe mosl brilliant beetles buj-z in tho air, and the gaycsr-bultcrflies, rivalling in splendor the colors of tho rainbow, flutter from flower to flower. Meantime the beautiful but sometimes dangerous race of lizards and serpents, exceeding in splendor the enamel of tho flowers, glide oul of the leaves sod hol-lows of the trees. Troops of squirrels ami monkeys leap from bough to bough, and large bodies of ants, issuing from their nests, creep along Ihe ground. It concerns- ns here to remark, lhat llicso iiiuni use fort-sis are rich in timber of ev-ery description for use and ornament soiled either for carpentry, shipbuilding, dying, or furniture. Thai kind especial-ly called Brazil wood is particularly eel. ehralcd for ihe beautiful ictl tlye which il produces—Murray* Geography. He. The hotly of Xirpiileon —The upper pan of tin- It adeii Coffin was linn cut and raist d with ibe greatest precaution— Within it Was found a Coffin ol wood, in a vt-rv food state, and Corresponding lo the dcscr:p'ii>iis nnd recoUcclions of the persons present who hid assisted at ihe burial. The lul of tile third coffin hav-ing been raised, there was found a lining of tin slightly oxydiscd winch having a I so been cut through and raised, allow, d us lo see a shoe! of white satin ; this sheet was rTtst ,1 with life grealesl pre- Caution by the hand- of the doctor only, ami the entire body of Napoleon appear-ed. The features bat! suffered so little as to be unim tli.it, Iv recognized. The tliflerent objects deposited in Ihe coffin were remarked in ihe exact positions where they hul been placed ; iiu- iuntls werenthgularlv preserved; the uniform, the i>rdi r*. tHo hat, hut Ititl- chai ; ' Errors in lie mod, of Edoration. The practice of beginning to leachchil- •Ircn irA.n loo ponng. It is a common o-pinion lhat ibe sooner a child is put to his books Hie greater Ibe amount of knowledge which he may obtain in a given number of years. 'A child lhal In gins lo learn Ihe letters of Ihe alpha-bet at/tnir years obi will be as far ad-vanced atjfre, as one that begins al three. A child lhat begins at three, will be two or three years learning le read well ; bul one lhat begins atjfot may be taugbl lo read well in six ar eight icreki. Expc-riinent has pruved tin: fact. 2. The like mistake is made in put. ting children lo difficult studies al too early an age. A child of five or six years of age is put to ihe study of geog-raphy, arilhinciicor history; his progress is slow ; he learns a little and thai im-perfectly ; and thus he spends a wintc* or two, lo very little purpose. The same child in nine or ten years of age will learn as much in two months, as he will ntjlte or six yeari of age in tiro winters -and understand and retain what ho learns much better, 8. Another mistake is in attempting to instruct young people in too many things at once. The most important point per-haps in a system of instruction, aa in c-vi iv kind of business is, to do one thing at a time. Mr. Locke mentions this aa a primary rule In be observed in teach-ing. When the greatest merchant in Holland was asked hew he could trans-aci such an immense business, ho rcpli-ed— lly doing one thing at a t.mc. This rule is rim observed in our schools. The reverse is the fact, to the great de-triment of education. Children are put In several studies the same day; they learn a little of one thing, and then a lit. tie of another; they barn nothing per-fectly ;—and a gre.l part of what tiny tlo learn is soon forgotten. Past him Alan?.—\ man "down t ast" atlvi riisisnni Harvey W. Turner, who married ■ daughter of Ihe advertiser and shorllv absconded, "since which cir-cumslances have come to light which prove him to be a raseal." Juvenile Depravity.—An infant, una< i- to walk, dragging about arid torturing a I; 'tor |