The Greensborough patriot [September 16, 1848]

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VOLUME X.
Pnblisljeb lUeekhi
BY SWAIM k SHERW00J).
I'ltlCB.TIIHEB IIOI.HR, A It All,
.ljj.30,1. r.ll. WITll>M,»0«I,,ITtlI»||i,TI
Meeoeeaimew.
A failure on the part of »ny customer to order ■ OSMOa.
linmnce within tho aoheeriptiea year, will be ewunderod
Mlsaslia ofatswtaa to contlnnlhaMnr.
GREENSBQROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER STlWa
NUMBER 23
THB llff OF LOTE.
■ T ». r. WILLH.
T)h. if their M one law above the rnl
Written in wi*Ioro—if there ia a word
Thai I would trace aa with i-rn of lire
Upon the umtallird temper of a cliiltl —
If there i* anything that L^eps the mind
Open In angcl-vi.it*, and renela
TIlC mini.lry i.f ii;—'llS hit nun loV€.
God hat made nothing worthy ufcontrn.pt i
The imalleat pebble in the well of truth
H.i- ila peculiar meaning., and will aland
When raau'abt-at monument* wear font away.
The law of Heaven u lute, and though ire name
Haa been uaurped by paaaion.aml ptolWJ
To iu unholy uaea thruugl. all time,
Hill, the eleinal principle is pure;
And in theee deep alTeciijn. that we feel
Omnipotent within u«, can we tec
The lavuh meaiurc in which love it givin.
And in the yearning tender tie** of a child
For e»ery bird that -.:,.;. above hi. head,
And every creature feeding on the hilla.
And every trie and flower and running brook
ne aee how everything watt mtitle to love,
And how they err who in a world like this
Find anythinq u. MJTI but human pride.
id- girls were nerer allowed to ask question*, for
thai, when tliey gre-.v up, they would know ere-
I rytl.jng thnt \vu good for ibrm to know ; and she
had rery recently smarted so severely under the
laughter of her aunts, when she bau naked if ri»-
I fra bad teeth as well as mouths, that she resolred
j she would a&k no cjestions, but try to find out for
herself what at present she so much wished to
Buliliuimtihit*. should return (o Maria fA, t!iS!!l<*??>*^"?"*<1*l*W'MWMll
Wben ,h. b.d n,.de up he, mind ....Z*Z ! Z£**!* "* » *.«* >-W■»
ring Mr. Worldly WiMmin.
ro«d by which they CMM io th asked to (peak io .Mrs. Ad-
I'rom CliainlK-r. Edinburgh Mainat,
THE LITTLE PILGRIM
A Mm|il. Mm . .
-dvantegrs man t.
ZJ ""V! induCed ,0 "k "■••»••!•«. tb.
h«i n" '°r""u l0 ob, h. ub pleIy, hnr "°^»ibSro d.7J. l<
"* "H»y. "bicb sooner or ,.,„,„ "
my ..»ry will oo. ha., been wr,.,«0 m r^L
iered certain mounds in the churchyard to had her
1 >OIK IN CLOU V.
■T rROWL-o.^7. H ««.„„.
S And FWSCh."' "•'M'oua lay,.
And fame tnay tell their .torr:
I envy not their lading haya—
I lope toeing in gloiy.
r»Mi'i-0 glory: O glory!
..V'r"''" """" '"oush in Paradiaa
'" have a home in glory.
For heap, of gold let othera toil,
I-rom Woormny yeara to hoary:
l«W rust corrupt,, ,,„ thoif can apoil.
My treasured home in glory.
Leifb!unL"''1,■"""*• '"mortal .inf.,
vt ith broidered vestment, gory.
beared taurida buy „„|, ebbing liib-laeek
a crown in glory.
No city have I here, nor home.
Where all ... tranaitory;
let ithu- o'er earth I hooaelwe roam,
' l«ve a borne in glory.
4* MM the croa. the Sa»,our drew,
• ■eaaid, "I gobeloreyc
A nianaion to prepare, that you
The American Meaaanger baa mooted a quea.
"on of considerable importance and equal deli-cacy,
Tir: the comparatm neglect of the social
principle by religibosaocieties. Tha Messenger
says:—
" Too little ia made of tha social principle io re-ligion.
Thiawantofootnaturawillasek itagrati
fcaiionisi way. If the gospel and itsi nsu-young
aa they seemed in their pictures, which re-presented
them as two tall awkward pirls, just I
struggling into womanhood ; one with n parrot on
her hand, the other with an ominous kitten in her
arms, and both with the blorkctl „f hair, the r« d- !
dest of cheeks, the whitest of frocks, andthe pink- I
eslofssshes.
Most people would hare expected to find little !
Maria a very dull unhappy child, it seemed such ;
,... — 'yj">urh-?
J hat grace mtjrbl nlsmtv me in the floo.1
And nuke me m.et liir glory,
i.'-iy km my heart refine Iron drow
i)l graca uabout tUstory;
Than inlbal robe, that crown—thai n,.,
I will forever glory.
O glory • O glory • &c.
Power of a Poet.
My next personal recollection of James Mont-w,„
c li.dr.cenfybcenpresentedtoher.give.n they would have no ct1^ „ ,I£ °s" TTt'^. '^" """"*"
,-nt,,ly new ha, .0 her thoughts. Sor.l, p„- ac,.mb..d o-e, o, through se r.The g . ^- a. I '*|T ll" ^V T "" ""*"'
,.,dwa, she to guess how much of it might be „u, seeing any ,h,ng a, al.hke. »a,lVZ7t Tt ^ ^ T* ''" d'u8h'-" '"re
true, when, one day as they were driving out in field, , Mill she fanned she Ml T , qU"e ' '"" "h": '° Mak u( ""'" l"llr «***.
.he carriage..he H« ., . |,„le distance from the bill, nd she though, if she re.ldTp.l'ce .1 TSZm^ e°""''i '" n'UC" «"'*•<
road a very ho„df„me house. 0. MM one Hk- they would allow her to sleep ,h c „ .hour ah •' ' ' ?! ""**" "™ "*« lU ■* ■
in, the name of ,t. she did not hear the answer had no, come in by the Wi ke G. ,i„c h 7^T !*Z "^ " D° """> Ch"-
I distinctly, but was quite sure she heard the word really wished .0 no throned i, • ,„a .1 . "" n"' "" ? *' V''*' "»»■'"■'« «
t »-?*»'•-. " lh< >• ""«««-, »*g.n -0 d, herself by wondeHn ZL^h luM sTeTl ^IS"" ""^'i .^'" '"' fu"d '"^
an uncongenml atmosphere for the buoyant,p,rit. I 5ccndB '""•'h8 «■»««-««« concluded that it the same room where Christian had 1 "I"""'hey are good. ' "And have
ofa merry little g„| ; for-.he atillnes. ./death reign. ' "
ed through the house, whose ech
awakened by any sound, save t
patting against the drawing-room
ing it shut, she took that method
lance tu the fireside circle, where'her beautiful I f"™ frem »hat they ought to be doing ledagnta into tbe next"fl«M "u|,ah.'mlsaed,,,,,0 "u'a"5 l0 "l"1"" " clue •" 'be very extraordinary 10 Mr put* from the post office to
w!„tef„rcontra..ledve,v„,|, with the rich bids 0^'°«n «as n •.own where fewer change, oc- ofhershms. which had fallen off in her r«m,l
of grandmamn,.-, black .ilk. and satin, Lilly ! c,""li "'•" ■ "'•« P»PuUs and modern place,. fl,gl„-,h.i,Mm. shoe winch caused so much I.
was,l„. descendant of,he ki'ten in Aunt M»,u's; "^ "°"a scarcely recollected ever to have heard mentation ■I borne. She durst no-, co back t«
pictured embrace. „nd this „a, a circumMance.! "' ■■* °"1, » '""'''"S "• O nainly she had never look fur it, as a dog w«a Mil1 ehoine th •
which sadly perplexed the youthful mind of Ma- h""i "' ""V «■"' C"i"C on a pilgrimage, and she but she thocgbl she e
ria, who could not reconcile the idea of si. old a ' "•"■'"••I '".v much low her aunts, who had
could manage to walk with-stnte
in which l.i r mind seemed to be. •• Oh
no I" al.e said ; •• but why do you want to know!"
•■ 1 was afraid you had not," said Maria, and
then looking very serious, •• Please, ma'am, tell
me is this house v. ry r.e.r the Valley of the
.Shadow ol Death t" •• My poor child," said
our country
quarters that the poet Montgomery was there,
myself and a friend, who had never seen h to, took
a walk to Owe) th* next day, to call on .„ .
We inquired f, Ir M., but no en,- ,.,..,„.'.,' ,,
be aware of h„ trhereabuut. ; and. M a last r„.
source, we went to tbe post office, wh.re we were
,,. informed thnt h. would most likely be found at
be | Squire Cowper's school. To this placo we pr0-
Cowper had
had been nsed as
name. There
by the child-
I hymn of the
lution, do not meet it, .... pMf.Mfd belie....
"ill seek and find questionable means of satisfy-mg
the insatiable loavgi^* WlMwhip. .. F„a
M.,on.ry."..Odd-F«dle«.hip,"..8oc,.l„m,"-.A»-
.ociaiion.' &c, are bot th. nvanifeMMion, .f ,hi,
principle, and Mi menifc.wioM M th. „o,id
would «arely bav. .eei. had the church fnlr. ar-complurhed
iu m..«on, ^ pKtillt4 fo, J ^
mate COBMSMM! fellowship of it. m*mb»m.-
n c.t«s, ..peciatry. „. thett unltttmKn, ^
feet.... Membe„ of th. MM. rtoreh for yea.
are often wholly unknown to each ether, with m>
p..n.on.nyb.ndto».kaitotberwiM. Pt.y,,.
rneeung. h.v. nearly tb. .«.liM» rf Sabbath-service..
Even th. part. o!D,,i«a .oMhip, lik.
sacred praue. de.ign.dto be K*ml. | ri.ll J
:o the few. Th. member, of CbriN'.bM-TCe.M
•o be ••.■nember. one of another." One 'of th.
most powerful principk,. i„ ,b. „.,„„ of „„n
•bus f.,1. ,o be nsade anbaidiar, to the gm„d end.
of us being, and u left to the control «. CUMIMI
'nfluence."
Tbe above paragraph suggests an .rgumem i.
favor of congregational .inging-addhional to those
advanced in ibis paper a fortnight .lace,««! which
w. are glad to find referred to .pMovingly, or
quoted in full, in m.ny of our religious exchanges.
We .re not prepared to say haw far the com-*V
plainta made by the Messenger .r. justified by
facts, nor do w. appro,, of th. juxt.posmon HI
which be hat placed hi. illu.tr.tion.. The con-clusion.-
which he dr.w. aeem plausible and we
conceive Ik .1 an important sup tow.rd the refor-mat,
io which he aeem. to think ia needed would
he lake! if congregational .inging were generally
miroduced. Scarely any thing so directly pro-mote,
social intercourse aa singing, ami ,]„, wouM
beabow. in a ,.„|y ;„„„«,, nV„wttc H|
bodies to unite cordially m hymning lb, pnitt,
of the moat Moat High. The evil eompl.ined of
,s a defect in men's praclice of ChrisUniiy ,nd
not in Cbratianity ha*lf. which is. "emphatically,
social,.,,, founded in lruih.odeemented bv love."
—-V }. Commercial.
way.
sung hundreds
The very first serous difficulty Moris
o'Z^werece^i.rtr^X
Influence of the In»|ionlJoii.
The influence ol im.gin.tion upon the ph,-
■ml powers i, well knoen. |, b.s often be.o
known to cuse disease, and sometimes to furnish
Ibe most effective remedy. Th. ,,o,y 0f th, ex-psrineM
tried upon the Scotch snattltr. by th.
.ludent. of the Aberdeen University, ,s Joub.les.
familiar to our readers. By . preconcerted ar-rangement.
one met him at some distance from
tbe city, and with an appearance of anxiety
neither of them aermed for a moment to conti
plate the possibility of.trying a. home to lake caie room had ju'st reversed li*"«H-hlhWlM»M.|^M^ .In-moment,he ,,,1,,-r arrived ,o say „. mm
of he,, the,, a„„e„e, assumed the form of strict as a signal,ha,,hey did no. w„l, ihem repleni.-h- ' hope .hatthey „,, uZ71 I I T2 s" Z& ^ ** I"W,'"" '': "'' M"
injunction, to Mrs. Mar,,,, the housekeeper, on ed. when o ,f the part, r, Mod Mrs. Martha's poor £.£, , " ^on rocZ£ S£ '"" V I^T"*" *" "" '"•','
no .ccoun to let her Out of her si.ht. pern on to bestow a piece of bread, thickly but-, lend of the road, when it swe," off CI 1 , T' ''"'^"' "'8 """"•
HDW, Mrs. Martha had not the slightest mien- .red. and covered with sugar, upon M„, Maria- ah. had before seen lb .» ',,', . b "' '"* 1'"''1'>' "' •" ,he '"'"■' ''
.Kiaofbeingguiltv of. breach or trust. Hut she we .r.sume a, a token of „al,e for keeping ",e hi ofit1 SSLT^ '^>' ''M- -, and fetch
tad bought some green lea. and baked a ver, su- out o' the way. Cense,,., w.s obtained, bu, U ormuus hen, '-Maria „ J, ,,! 11 -.' ' ""'." * t""°"H'\ ""' M"'« • " ' ■»> »«n, to
prass plot opposite the lartrc WUWIH*- ii..t
«o.he' ground from he, Ln K ZZZt 5513 " "" "" Wa', '"
f laced them, with I large basket of toy., ,„ ,|,0 i*Iechild '
th.de which the spreading win^s ol a mbmjtrou. availmd seat
•agle cut in box .afforded, bej,ev...» .h., .,.„ ....,. 't,,, and a, last the b„,eS arrived at
t every one she met if they had „c.n
llour after h.ur was spent in an un
sould be
.ring ihat the child h
lonstautly within ugh,, and. if.hejtrajr-' butll
ome, wben ,1 scene i.l tonfusion ensued that
".thM.kMb.ui4..*,,twan^'aM-^ii i^S3ST*££X-"'■'■ ''b"ya" "yMmk
n lor nun,.- arrived before breakfast next
dropped a curtsvy, and said.." If you pl.ese, sir. | n.orning. they were quite surprised to find her
areyuu Watchful?" "Why. Mies, a. to that," | luokiog 10 well and happy and ration
said the man, .milmtr t'"od. I.uinon'd. "I hope 1
be; what did /on uleBse iu warn .'" "1 want
Discretion, if you pi. II.. .-ir," repb 1! Maria. "I lac
him. should I ever lilll bhieffield, which I gladl,
proinised to do.
About two yesra afterwards, I was in that busy
man, and remembering the poet's invitation, I
determined to avail myself of it. I had no diffi-culty
in finding my way to The Mount, the name
if his residence, and was fortunate enough to find
I'C had a pleasant talk together,
I accompanied rue to the litt rary
ghborhoodi and ■ it was quite
ill What milked attention
ry where received. I noticed
be must foil highly grati-course."
lie said, •• but I
long since some rascal broke
nday, while I was delivering
11 Shieflield, (Mr. Mont-dies
among his own people
Mole among Mbe'tAbingi a
silver iobalMldi which had been fivers me by Ibe'
of Shii-fli. I* tlo'v
. " •■ ■■"■■■ »* '■!.-.'.;'., , [|.
quired after h„ beolth. Jamie replied that ho
wa, never better „. hi. life. •• I ,m gUi ,0 h<ai
it. .aid the .tudent, •• I thought you looked very
pale, your eye. are sunken, as if you were quite
ill. " Well," replied the poor fellow, ■• I dot,':
know but I do feel .queer sort of a pan, about ,„y
head." Proceeding further be fell in with ,n„,|..
ef.tudent, who exclaimed, "Why, Jamie, what
is the mttte,? Have you been sick '" "No."
replied the Sc.tchman. feeling really alarmed
« but I am afraid I shall be. My head |cb« terri-bly,
and I feel a sad weight here," l.j jog nla |,ana
on his chest •• My good fellow," added the ilu.
den, •• I would n h,.e you to take care of your
•• If; you look a, as if you were not Ug for ,h„
world." The victim of th. experiment groaned
and went on hi, w.y, and by the time ho „,. ,[,,'
third student, he was really ill, „„j jn iu„vfr ,0
tbe urgent inquiries after hi. health, he .laud
that be was very ill indeed, and begged bun u>
help biin into his wagon, and assist him into tho
city, as he wished to have a doelor, and send fo»
his family, for he .'ell he was not long fo, ,nui
We have witnessed many carei, in differed,
parts of the world, of yellow fever, that brrlbit
dise..e, „„J we never knew a case where what
ever might be the violence of the .tfiek, ,D, ...
I,, n. did .,0, recover, provided hi, .plr„, JZ
buoyant; and he looked confldeollv forw.rd to
•uch a result. And on the other bind w. h...
seldom or never known a person' ,a ov.rcom. the
disease, if hi. fortitude left him ai.lh. e.rlwst.ymu
torn, of the fever, and be predicted", a, „ ,M of;t, '
.the case, that fit .hould die. Phy.ic,.,., at.
well acquainted wnh the influence nrhicll f.oy,.
and othe,'pas<ions of the m ind. efveer, . arj,
the corporeal funcimn.; .nd hope i. with 1 IOM e
r«i4h,.vj|.«eht'd«,.l !.„,,,e.-did.:^,youLea.;t. like .■■ l^rfTfe, A.J. »*^ui Jj MM ™^.
id,e. ol bhieffi, IA llovri, r." he a,;u,-d, •• the
H..liey||,.„w„5hu,f„ra |r,„d ,0 b'e ibe ocVu ' Til """"' ***•■•»■«" •
a.cuuiitofwhethedlhd h.r ligh.h.ar.ed-, ,o„ wa, eve, ra,d me. Afewd.y. afi.-rmyi'. ' ^-,0^. Many ,„.,.„„. ,„,;.'.
iidwaiitofdi.cre.iuii ■. Lboxcam*direcl.d«m. 1 ; ■"' ""-, " '■' I '■'■"I '" -bow (he uAi.n.le conaeetion beiwU
,. Adam, begged .he m'igbt he .How -J . ' 1 "'"P''"":" ' '" "* ""'• "" **»'»| :. lb ! , tb. M»/d ,U ,ne body, and ,he exercis, ! *.