Carolina beacon [November 11, 1836]

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VOL. 1. GREENSBOROUGH, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 183G. NO. 24.
MELODY.
lit w. i.roiiirrr.
Ir yon bright star** which »(,III the night,
lie pach n blis-!iil dwelling sphere,
Where kindred spirits reunite,
Whom death has turn assundcr hero;
■low sweet it were at once to die,
And leave thirUighted orb afar!
Mix soul and soul tu cleave the iky,
And BOAT away from .-!nr to slir!
Biii oh! how dark. In.*' drew and lone,
Would ieem the brightest world of bliss.
If wandering through rich radiant one,
Wc tailed to And the loved of thia!
If there no more the ties shall twine.
Thai death's eold lianI alone ran --ever,
Ali! then these stars :n mockery ahine,
More hateful, n* they shin" forever!
It cannot be, each h"}ic, each fear.
That lights the eye, or clouds the brow,
Prnelaiflifi ffieVe is a happier sphere
T!i.in fits bleak world t'lat bolihi as now.
There is a voice which Borrow hears.
When heaviest weighs life's galling cliain
•Tis heaven dial whisper*—'dry your tears'
The. pure in heart shall moi t again.
is atruck before ilir hump, a! the moment, tion, it is OUT in imagine that the domes-if
possible, when tli-- animal is diving, ihc tic felicity of .Mr. Buy win not easily dis-
-kin being at that moment more tight. I turned. But, as people have observed hc-
When this is dour, tin- boat is sheered nil", fun., there is a mutability in human affairs,
cleat of tin- convulsive play of the tail,'It was at the finale of lbo eleventh year of
which is thrown about with great violcnco, [their marriage that Mrs. Easy at first cmn-with
a tromcniloilS noise, and lathing the plainod that she could not enjoy her break*
sea into a perfect foam* Silo now either
lets off at full speed, or " sounds," that is,
gn--s perpendicularly down. In lha former
case the boat is towed behind at a tremend-ous
rite, the people lining perfectly still,
as the least motion would risk tile I
tho boat and all on boardi in the latter,
the line must he veered unchecked around
the loggerhead, a round piece of wood, ton
inehrs in diameter, lixed in the stern of
tin' hint—tiiis oporatiQn requiring much
skill, is not the least dangerous. If the
fast. Mrs. Easy h id her own suspiaions,
everybody else considered it post doubt, all
except Mr. Easy; he little thought good
easy man. lint his greatness was ripening.
It was tin' fourth day after Mrs. Easy's
>ss df confinement tli al Mr. Easy, who waa sit.
ting by her bedside in an easy chair, com.
menced as follows: •• I have I-..u think-ing,
my dear Mrs. Ki.., ali.eii the name I
-h ill give tliis-ehild."
• ".Name, Sir. Easy! why what name
should vou give ii but rour own?"
Ku-. :
but I
Vlil ,1
I lisli is large, a signal is made by tossing up i "Not so, my dear," replied Mr.
an oar or hoisting a Hag, when a second I*'they.call all names proper names,
is Hot. It is II
what s the matter with it, Mr.
I boat comes with more line to bend 0:1 in'think that min
ease of need. After a linn*, the animal name in lie* calend
comes again to the surface, blowing and 1 ■• Wi
spouting up the water inanv yards, which ■ Easy .'"'
fit a distance looks like smoke. A fresh | "The milter affects mc as well as the
I attack is now made, the boat already fast I boy. Nicodcmusl* a long name tn write
hauling alongside, and with a lance nine at full length, and Nick is vulgar. Besides,
Tilt' Wii \i r FISHERY i 'cc''" '''"-"''• Including pole,eommenoing as tin re will he two Nicks, tin > N,ill uatur-
1.' among the perilous an I adventurous j'?, \",,]"' |'<;r between the ribs, after each ally ball my boy young Nick, and of . oursc
oceupnionsof as',-!,!.-, there is one re- f"""1 «n.,ilr.,«,ug the instrument. She I shall be styled old Nick, which will bo
quiring ...ore en. rgv livity, skill, cour. j »"» '"-■"»;'" «P»-" ***>t
al. w.ttcr'''"", I ***** „ .. „ , . .
..,,„., :„„| patient endurance than another. ?«'■" I">. "cn '">'* '"»"• '"■»«' -y | " Well, Mr. Easy^ai all cvenU ihcn lei
it is' when man, in :. fragile skiff, compara-; "' «»■'«. »' *• »'»- rutimg or flip- me choose the name. ■
lively ..nutshell, defies and attacks i„ h,-! I"'"-'>"'"','• l" tUv *"»' ganger of He , ■■ | hat you shall my, my .', lar.arid it Was
own', lenient the lllighly monarch of III. ! IM"""' "'''"':l r,,,l"ir'- much management to- with this view that I 1111 nlioiiul die sub-
,. _~ ...... 1 , .„.,,,., i keep them clear. In the last convulsive 1 iect SO earlv. '
oc.an, one nl the flerccal aad most acme 1 1 1 • . 1 .1 • r 11 r 1 111 11 1 1
ofall tho finny tribes, the sperm whale, ■f0""*, *h? r"',s ^und °n nM ",l0. ,n.:'! "I«'»»''. Mr. Easr. 1 will call the hm
This enormous creature,
as much a fish of c"clp; "'"••M"* '"'r u'w'r I,'"- ,""1 -*«Jb | »ftcrnV l'our !■'*"'•'•-■)"- name shall bo Uo-decidc
for yourself my dear."
•• No, no," replied Mrs. Easy, who was
ill. and unable to contend any longer. M I
know how il will be, as it always is, you
L'i.c me my own way as people give pieces
of gold to children. Its there own money,
hut they mull not spend it. Pray call him
John."
" There, my dear, did not I tell you, you
would he of my opinion upon reflection 1
I knew you would. I have given you your
own way, and von tell me to call hi.11 John :
in.I IIOU w< 're both of the sum mind, and
that point is settled."
'■ I should lists 10 go to sleep, Mr. Easy :
I feel far from well.''
" You shall always do just as you like.
i.n dear," replied the husband, "and have
your own way in every thing. It i" the
greali -t pleasure I have when I yield lo
vour wishes. I will walk in the garden.
Hood-by, my dear."
Mrs. |v,sy made no reply, and the philo*
-o.'e r quitted the room. As may casili
;.. imagined on ihe following d*-y tho boy
v. as christened John. ■" (
of, eJ7clp' clilsl""K "7 ",lvi'r J!
carlv eiffhh !l'"'r ,llri1"1 op, and generally ri
ice.' in length, ami from"thirty to forty in \h?aA l?"»nU ""' ?un- ,sl'" '
circumference; the head, rtmped Hke a ,='hmgsi«h-. wurcd, and the
prey ss the shark, me: *
huge box rounded at the corners, and rising
a little towards the neck, in soui • species
firming nearly- > -half of the whole.
The till, moved with as much facility as
the vi hip of a wagoner, is horizontal, and
from eighteen to twenty-four feet in bread-th
; while a tremendous lower jaw, from
twenty.five, to thirty feet in length, lhickTy"i
Ktudded with conical, curved teeth, ten or
twelve inches long, is moved as adroitly as
the tail, and both, wh 11 ruining on his
side, with a power thai would crush a ship.
and a noise like thunder. To these irre-sistible
faculties ha possesses the agilitj
of. the salmon, I 'aping from the water, ami
— is iii the instance of the unfortunate
Seith-s •annn 111 1881 —I'lllingon the decks
of ships with a weigh) capable of shatter-ing
or sinking the largest. This redoubt-able
animal wars not only with many other
fish, hut with Mine of tho more peaceable
of its own species, pursuing, attacking, and
with ils long sharp tectb, tearing the flesh
from tho carcasses of many of tho whale-tribe.
The n'jipa pmployed in this trade to the
South se is sail ai all seaso:is ; they require
to he in good repair, 11 wly coppered, with
three years provisions of the best quality,
and a liberal supply of sails, rigging, sen-stores,
and antiscorbutics, the success of
the voyage often depending on their abili-ty
to keep at sea. This branch of trade
was originally cst iblisV 'I at Nantuckcl
and Newburyport, bill his recently spread
to several pans of l!i" L'ditod Stales; in
England also considerable trade i«dono,ea>
peeially in London, when ii is carried on
with much spirit and success.
The eoa.-t of Peru and Galapagos Is-lands
w re, untiUatoly, tho great hssori of
these fish; but,'with B singular instinct,
thev have abandoned those shores, and ta-ken
to the co 1st of Japan, the Ecejee, N.1V-igation
Islands,and the Indian Ocean. Du-ring
the passage out, the crews-, from thirty
to thirty-five, according to the number of
boats ii. each vessel, are employed in pre-paring
the latter and their gear; for, on
entering tho trade-winds, or oven off the
Western Islands, sperm whales may be
met With. The boats are usually from
twenty-three to twenty-eight feet long,
■Imp al both ends, like a canoe, with six
men, live rowers and a steersman, and ca-pable
of carrying seven or eight hundred
weigh) of whale-lino and other materials.
The instruments of attack are the harpoon
with a barbed prong, and a lanee. Look-outs
arc placed at the in isl-h-ad. and when
.1 fish is seen it is made known to the deck
by the cry of "Town oh!" "Where a-
Way I" is the demand, which is answered
by denoting the quarter il is in. The
course of the ship is directed towards it.
and the boils prepared for lowering; when
noar, they are off in an instant, and skim
the sea with the flcetness of the dolphin.
On approaching ih" fish, great precaution
is necessarv, generally pulling up in hei
wake until mar. but Fleering clear of the
Fweep of the tail until abrenal of the shoul-der
or fin. and then •' ■ nc. Mi" lnr|
with her In fl
then towed' •« Verv welL my dear, if vou wish it, ii
ereinony of -hall be Robert. Vou. shall hare your own
iway. But I think, my dear, upon a little
consideration vou will acknowledge thai
(here is 11 decided objection."
" An objection, -Mr. Easy '."
" Yes, mv dear; Rolierl mav he verj
wcll.'biit you must reflei ( itpon the rrm«e.
iitiences*; he is certain to be called Bob.'
'• Well' my dear, and . |MI '■',.- j <Io
call him Bob I"
"I cannot bear even ihcsupposilion, my
ih ar. You forget the eounlj in which we
are residing, the downscoven 1! rfitli sin • p'."
*• Whv, Mr. Easy, ultal 1 i t'ti ip Itaii
in do «ilh a Christian name'"
'■There it is; women ncvei look )o con-sequences.
My <lcar, they have a great
rVom l/i/rryi/'/'s ii'ir irorA Midthipmon H«*i
UIRTfTOPTIIE IIKKO—MltS KASYIIAS,
HER OWN WAY AS USUAL
Mr. Nicodemus Easv was a gentleman
who lived down in Hampshire: he was 11
married man, and in very easy cireumstan-.
ces. Most couples find it very easy to ,
hare a f.itnilv, but not always quite so easy I
to rn1.1l.uf 1 them. Mr. Easy was not at all 1
uneasy on the latter score, as he had no
children ; bill he was anxious to have tiicni. j
as most people covet what tiny cannot oU-tain.
After ten years, Mr. Easy gave i!
lip as a bad job. Philosophy is said lo
console a man under disappointment, al* I deal to do with the name of Bob. I will
though Shakspear asserts that il is no rem- Inppeal to any farmer in the count),il nine-edy
for the toothache ;"so Mr. Easy turned jtt-nine shepherds, dogs out of one butt,
philosopher, the very best profession a man dred are not called Bob. No« observe,
can take uji when he is lit lor nothing else;] your child is out of doors somcwhi re 111 the
he must be a verv incapable person indeed fields or plantations; you want and ton
who cannot talk nonsense: For sometime, [call him. Instead of your child, what do
Mr. Easv could not decide upon what des- you find : Why a dozen cur, al least nlio
-cription'his nous use should consist of; at come running up to you, all answering ."
list he lixed upon the rights of man, e- the name of Hob, and wagging their stump
quality, and all that: how every person ! of tails. Vou see Mrs. Easy, il:n a dilcnt-was
horn to inherit his share of the earth,' na not to be got over. You level jour on-a
right at presold only admitted to a ccr-11» son to the brute creation, bj ginii;
lain length; that is, about six feel, for we
all inherit our graves, and arc allowed to
lake possession withoul dispute. Bui no
one would listen to Mr. Easy's philosophy.
The women would not acknowledge the
•rights of men. whom they declared always
to bcitr the wrong; and, as the gentlemen
a Christian name which from its peculiar
brevity has been monopolized by all tin
dogs in the countN.
please my dear, but
yotl must allow mo
veto."
"Well,then lelmr
\uv otic r name von
ill this one instance
in lay my positive
who visited Mr. Easy were nil men of it, Mr. Easy; my head
e—bill I'll lain', of
acle-s ii ri much
property, they could nol perceive the ad-vantage
of .sharing with those Wllo bad
none. However, they allowed him to dis-cuss
tin* question, while they discussed his
port wine. Tito wine was goo 1 if Ih- ar-gunt"
ills were no', and we must take things
as we find them in this world.
While Mr. Easy talked philosophy. Mrs.
Easy played patience, and they were a ve-ty
bappv couple, riding side by side on
their hobbies, and never interfering with
each other. Mr. Easy kn w his wife eonld
not understand him, and therefore did not
expect her lo listen verv attentively! and
Mrs. Easv did not earn now much her bus.
band talked, provided she \\.\< not put out
in her game. Mutual forbearance will al-wavs
ensure domestic felicitv.
There was another cause for their agree-ing
so well. Upon any disputed question
Mr. Easy invariable give It up to Mrs. |;a.v
Whal
just now."
••I will think for pit, my
do vou say to John '"
"Ono! Mr. Hasy, aueii a common name."
A proof of the. popularity, my dear. It
is scriptural—we hue the apostle and the
babtisj :—WC have a dozen popes who wen-all
Johns. Il is royal—we have plenty of
kings who were Johns; and moreover it is
short, and sounds lioucsl and manly."
" Yes, vi-rv true, my dear; but they will
call him Jack."
" Well, w> have had several celebrated
chaarcti rs who were Jacks. There was—
let mi' see—Jack the (iaint Killer, and
Jack of the beim "talk—and Juek-rJack."
" Jack Sprit."—replied Mrs. Easy.
" And Jack (side, Mrs* Easy? the great
r („ |_ 111,1 Three-finger d Jack, Mr-. Easy
the celebrated ncgio—and above all Jock
r'nlstaff, ma'am,Jack r'alataff,—honest Jack
telling b r ili-it she should have hor own Ed-tall',—witty Jack Palstuff—"
way—and Ibis pleased bis wife; but, as
Mr. Easy always took care, when il came
to the point, lo have his way, he was pleas-ed
as well. It is true that Mrs. Easy bad
long found out lha! she did not have her
own way long: bill I
ration, and as in nine
I thought, Mr. Easy; I was lobe pi r-milled
to choose the name >."
" Well, so you shall, my dear: I give it
up to you. Do just as yor pleas,- ( but de-pend
upon il John is the right name. Is it
was an easy ilispn-' not now my dear !"
eases out often, il ! "It's the way you always treat ni". Mr.
of vi -ry little consequence how things Easy; you say thai you give it up, and thai
were done, she was quite satisfied with his
submission during the heal of the argil-ue
ut. Mr. Easv had admitted thai .-In-was
right, and if. like all men, he would
do wrong, why what could a poor woman
,-. • With 1 fail' of ojeli n quiel di-jvi.i.
I shall have tnv own way. bill I m '.IT do
have it. I am sure thai the child will be
christened John."
" Nay, mv dear, il shall be ju-l what you
please. Now I recollect it there were SCV-i
ra| Oreek . mpi rors who were Johns ; but
WHAT WII.I, THE WORLD SAY.
Win nol Miss Pueh-a-one laugh, and
Mrs. Sis li-a-iuio sin er, and Mr. Sum bod.
tun up bis IKISI . if 1 iU< this or that, or if I
linrrt tbnio-oi that' I'ool! what matter
it to tin e as i,i vhal the world may say .'
I last thou settled tin subject with thine own
conscience and convenience? Is it right'
Is il agreeabb • Then let the world talk—
let ils nils and witlings laugh—much good
may it do them! What caresl Hunt about
tin-world, if limn own conscience condemn
line not' Ait thou not a free 1n.u1' Or
.nt thou the slave of Ilu fa-hions and the
foiiii.-. the opinions and pnj ..lie- .. eftho-.,
around ilu c'
I pitv the wofld-weathot man—ihe mis-i
rabicTni nial of mniiMii* henle—the veer-ing
wcatiii 11 oek which never points except
with the popularbf e/e. Hi- is a si rvitude
more intolerable than thai of the galling
slave, lie toils ill a lread-iii.ll of his own
creation, and hugs the chain which galls
bo...
S ii j .1 man, however gn al bis intellec-ii;
il 1 ndowments, and howevi r ardent and
pure the intentions ol his heart—is he, can
lie be a great tn.ni' I answer, No. He
■kl the Chief n quisife for the conception
and execution of lofty dt signs and extend-
• il plans—the fixed and decided purpose of
a determined mind. l.ot the painter who
forsook the hippy inspiration oihis own ge.
urns, and exposed bis productions to the
c n-iires and alterations of the spectators,
he not only abandons, at 1 very suggestion,
his own projects of grcijtness, but foils lo
obtain own ilia temporary applause foi
which he si»'•-.
Whal will ihc world nay? Did Luther
.'. : .1 NUCaliou ! ll;d hi- done so, the
lib mi il si I have been groaning under
the wi lit of Pupari dominion. Had Co-
Ittinbus Ii -ii (! 'iir..I by Hie scoffs of the
weptiral and the name of a visioncry, n
new world had never opened Upon his ocean
patlrw.iv. lladTloward or Watt regarded
!;:.■ i idi•".'•■ o'f t!: v. ho call themselves
'the world' lbo deeds of Ilu one had nol
-I001I upon- the Tirst page of the record of
'H ni voienee, and the other had ni vot dis-
. Ins, d 1 new 1 injure in the career of human
• nVrprize. The man whose onh rule ofac-tion
ami standard of conduct is ihc opinion
of Ihe world, canrn verhc(l repeat) agrr-,-:l
111 in—much hss a good man. lie is gov-erned
by a mere coneoniitanl of Iheconse-qnenees
of his action, rather than by their
nature or legitimate results. And when
this fluctuating standard fail-- him—when
the restrain! of public sentiment is removed,
or Ihe hope of secrecy and concealment
comes in to aid the whispers of temptation
—be scruples not to plunge himself into the
lowest dents of debauchery and crime.
' Blush not now—i! is loo late,' said a
distinguished Italian to his young relative,
whom be met issuing from a liai.nl of vice j
vou should have blushed when you went
jn.—That heart alone is safe which shrinks
from Ihe slightest contact Or conception of
evil, and waits not to inquire, what will the
world say '—Viic Yorltrr.
Front tl»' Mi irnjiiiliiiiii,
BEST MOTIVES,
■- Tic course (.!'1 rue love never did run smooth.'1
Win u people are mystified by the deeds
of others, lltere is generally a great talk a.
hunt motives, "Whal c.u.M be his motin-for
cutting as/" " O cerlainlv! Icantsa)
I should like such conduct III my daughters;
but then, you know, mo deal Miss Back-bite,
perhaps we don'l understand your «"'-
tires." " Pray, sir," said Sir Richard Bir-nic,
"if von wire not guilty, why did you
effect vour PSI ape from Ihe officer Ihe oth-er
night*" Vy, youi vorsbip I can <;:•
j plain lliat ere," said the gentleman at tho
bar, "and you'll think belter on tne \cn
youk news my motins. You sec, vour vor-
I ship, that it raa Tu< sday a night, and I vat
brought up a Hindi pendant Vesh-ran, and
vas always particular about chapel, I rant-ed
to go lo a prayer meeting, and as I know-ed
the hotlicer vould nl go along o'me cos
he vas'nl no vays religious like given, vv I
vent alone sooner nor miss, and tin in was
j my matins, your voi.hip."—But to mv tale.
The -un had M-I IH low tho levi I of ihe
lowest chimney-top, in St. James slreet,
1 and the morning of that meridian was pret-ty
far advanced, when the honorable Berk-
I ly Fitsrubv, the haiidsniui si roi;t- in town,
1 liallinarclii (I. hall sauntered, into Ihc t'oun-
1 less of l/iekland's drawing room, and was
I graciously received by the Lady Augiistia,
. the youngest and sole unmarried of a idoom-
| ing family of dautrhter-'. The beautiful
i t'lando sat on a huge ottoman, at a maripie.
j 1 in table, busily engaged will, a lithograph
I of Tagnoni, a pile of shaved deals, anil a
bottle of transfer varnish. "How very«/•
pro/Ml you are come. Berkeley," she said;
" you arc such a clever creatun—<lo*lell
me bow to use this transfer composition."
'•1 pon my honor. Lady Augusta," an-
-wered I'itzruby. "if vou do me Ihe honor
to consul! me, I tear I shall be selfish in my
instructions."
"Selfish," said l.ady AugUBtifl,'*how is
tliit possible '. it will be a work of charity."
•• If." rejoined Berkcly, "vou will apply
tnv tuition you mav indoed oncct u work
of eh rty."
'- \\ by now, Berki ly, I dare gav vou aro
g« ttiuo up a l-'ancy Fair, for the poor Poles,
or the roliugueae patriots, and VOU are go-inL'
io ask me to supply you with workbox-es
and cigar-cases, and to take a stall.—
But now do tell tne how lo use this varnish
property.
'• \\ hv reallv. f.;ulv \egustia, unless it
is appli'--iblc to animate as wellsis inanim-ate
objects I almost doubt mil capabilities
of instruction in its \\<o • but if it can IH;
applied to the living, I would, in all hu-manity,
intreal it might be used lo transfer
lite linage of a certain silent adori r lo the
genii, bosom of Nature*.- fairest creation."
".Mil all!" said the lady, affecting to
misundi r-iand him. '• I see now it is a play,
and not a fair, you are getting up; but
w hat can I do with il I"
" Every thing J"
"Q, indeed you want me to rival Fannv
Ki inbb—would my parl be a long oner'
•- I hope SO.'
" But I have -in h a horrid memory : I
eonld never recollect n dozen lines."
" In this case," said Berkclv, "one word
hij hri'rl will only be rct'uircd.
■•<•. then" said Lady August's, " I think
I can achieve it; but do you mean to go
through ilu- whole of this long part, wilb
the exception of one word, innhlrnl' show?"'
"That ware rather tpp hard,' answered
I'itzruby, "one word only is necessary, but
as ma.iv more as 1/idy Aiiguslia pleases.
mav be supcradded."
"But indeed I can't improvise,Berkeley;
so tell me," continued the lady, "exaetlv
what you wan! me to say and do."
" Why. then, you 11111-1 supposo "bat^ou
are sitting in a drawing-room as now, by
ihc side ol "an adoring Ion r, who lias long
sighed and admired in silence. Imagine
Iii in
* I'nable Longer In conceal his pain.'
iu,folding with passionate ardor, yet with
trembling respect, the tale ol' his enduring
love : then you must receive his declara-tions
with some encouraging show of sjm-patlty
ami when in- thus take- your hand,
.ind swears, as I now- do,'by all toy hopes
of heaven, thy smile i« dearer lo me than
Ihe breath of life,'and adds,'Onpeak! say,
dare I believe I nui Tieloved, or hope I may
be'' vour ladyship musl whispi r—'Yea,'—
Tin lelv blushed, and looked down, and
said nothing, and smeiretl the table over
with vamish| and effected a lack ol eonipre.
In iision. " And now, •ugilslia," said Ber-keb
\. resuming hi- properchnraett r, "mav
t believe, ormay I hope .'—speak—bit tne."
" Not now," answered the lady turning
awav her head ; nol now. Berkeley—anoth-
(r day—!o-morrow. *
"To-morrOW be it then." he said, " I o-bej
:" and liai ing gmci fully kissed the fair
hand In slill In Id. lie withdrew.
Ladv Augustia had not recovered from
tin- perturbation which Kilzrubv's declnri-tion,
nlllinuglt beg expeelcd, had created,
when the Earl, In r falh-r cnlered, and in-
Iroduccd to her noi.ee Barneby Cirammis,
Esq., of Tokenhoiisc Yard, in Iho city of
London, bill broker. " Augustia,im dear,
nr pariicular friend, Mr, fframpus,1 said
ilu- Earl, as he hnndi •! forth tin- dessicaled
Scot, pray sit down. Mr. (irampus. Mr.
Grampus, Aitgusti-i. mv dear, is just return.
i.U rfroiii Scotland,"—iho lady Lowed L<t