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VOLUME XII. GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, AUGUST 24, 1850. , . PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 8WAIM AND SHERWOOD. Price *i.r,o a year: *S THSXC DOLLARS, IV MOT PAID WITHIN ONE MONTH Alien THE DATE OF THE -i I - .illTIO.N. A failure on the part uf any customer to order a dis-continuance wiikiu die Hiibnrription year will be con-sidered indicative of his wish to continue the paper. THE STEP-DAUGHTER "She is not mine, and to my heart . Perhaps she is less dear Than those who of my life are part— This is the sin I feir: kind ever ih the dread to err, By loving those the best, More gentle have I been to her, Perhaps, than all the rnst. lias any little fault occurred, That may rebuke demand. Ere I can speak a hasty word, Or lift a chiding hand, An angel's face comes dining by. With look so sad and mild— A voice floats sofUy from the sfcv— '• Wouldat harm my orphan child f" No—witness thou and all above, I'll cherish her ar mine. Or may I lose her father's love, A love that once was thine! NUMBER 18 From Chamlvers' Edinburgh Journal A Skelelou in every lleuoe. When buffering under the pressure ol our own loss, if not altogether sink under it. It was his most anxious wish that some means should be used to prevent her being overpowered by grief; and an expedient for that purpose at length sug-gested itself to him. He wrote a letter to his mother, informing her of his illness, but not ofits threatening character, and requesting that she would send him a shirt made by the happiest la-dy in aM Naples, or she who appeared most freo of the cares and sorrows of this world, for he had taken a fauey for such auarticle, and had a no-tion that by wearing it he would be speedily cur-ed. The countess thought her son's request ra-ther odd; but being loth to refuse any thing that would give him even a visionary satisfaction, she instantly set about her enquiry after the happiest lady in Naples, with the view of requesting her kind offices after the mannci described. Her en-quiry was tedious and difficult; every body she could think of, or who was pointed out to her, was found, on searching nearer, to have her own share of troubles. For some lime, she almost despaired ; hut having nevertheless persevered, she at length was introduced to one—a middle-aged married lady—who not only appeared to have all the imaginable materials of worldly bliss, but bore every external mark of being cheerful and contented in her situation. To this fortu-nate dame, the Countess preferred her request, making the circumstances ol the case her only ex-cuse for so strange an application. " My dear countess," said the lady, " spare all apology, for, if I hail really been qualified for the task, I would most gladly have undertaken it. Hut if you will ! just follow mo to another room, 1 will prove to I I you thai I am the most miserable woman in Na-plrs." So saying, she led the mother to very I'lrcaliiing ones, besides a great number of lesser magnitude, and then, although the direct distance does, as staled, not exceed sixty miles, the course of the river is made at least two hun-dred miles by the exceedingly tortuous course of its stream. This reduces the fall to not more than six feet in the mile, for which the numer-ous rapids in the river sufficiently account Dealt, of l.turral Franer. The house in which the British General Kra-ser [killed at the battle of Saratogra, in the rev-olutionary war,]] died, stood until 1840, upon the right bank ol tho Hudson, about three miles above Bemis's Heights, near Ensign's store, and exhibited the marks ol the conflict there in mint •The descent by the river occupied no less I cro"* hullct-holes. It was used by liurgnvne than a week. So great wore the dilliculties cau-1 for '(""'Ms when he first pitched his camp there, scd by tho rapids that in two daj s not more than I an" " ."** a 'heller "> several Indies attached to twelve miles were accomplished; and on the | "le British army, among whom was the Baron-third day, the woollen boat brought down from rf" Reidcsel and Lady Harriett Acklani!. lien, the Sea of Galilee was abandoned, on account of i *'""" was laid upon a camp-bed near the first her shattered condition. None but metal boats ' wi",lnw on the right of the duor, where hcexpir-could have stood the severe work of this passage, j ™ ' ca"not narrate this event and its attendant It was, nevertheless, made at the lime of flood—! 'ircumslances belter than by quoting the simple at the season that the Israelites passed the river.' language of'lie Baroness Ueidcsel. —and which, although the most unfavourable •• tin " .h» . , ...„„„„ .1 , sasn9i*j£r £?$ ^ *^%^^™mffi£?&z •UlieX ,he „,I I ' ? ft'W ,VCt'k8 , Wa8 a' break,a8' wi,h "'>■ ■"•»««• *»* bSS earlier or later, the passage down the river in that something was intended. On the same dav oats would, as ,„ theease of Lieut. Molyncux. | I expected Generals Burgoy „e, Vhi lips I|p£ have been hMMHt, from the want of sum- ser 'to dine wi.li us. 1 saw a grea P,no e,nen they seemed to reflect the radiance of the fumro, and exhibit a glimpse ol the time to which a liopefnl faith directs our vision, when •• nation shall not war against nation." when one law shall bind all people, kindreds, and tongues, and that law shall be the law ol i MVKKSAL BKUTIII:R-HOOD."— J'ictoriul Field /loo/,. Political. Drlmtc In the Hmiite, August I. FUOIE Ul'OS THE '■ VHIVALHY." The wide and deeply depressed plain or val-ley (Ghor) through which the river flows is gen-erally barren, treeless ; and verdurelcss; and the mountains, or rather cliffs and slopes, of the riv-er uplands, present, for the most pan, a wild and chccilcss aspect." The Power «f Hlnduerw. boy. .. „e„ ,u„er,„g unuer , ,c pressure- oiour own mote chamber, where there was nothing but a *..reMc, whether ihcy be of regular continu- nirlain wnich h„ f lhu ceiling to he floor nnce, or have come upon us of a sudden, wc are I Tl.i. h,,;,,, ,. , h ., , ? , , apt to imagine that ^individual in the surround- 22MZZ*1^4EZ* £* ing world is so unfortunate as we, or, perhaps, that we stand altogether by ourselves in calamity, or, at the most, belong to a small body of unfortu-haies, forming an exception from all the rest of ' _ mankind. We look to a neighbor, and, seeing ffi?^ ^""'"f "P1"""''0!' that heI ii sno. afflicted by any "open or palpablf > "*.^fflLT^SL horror of her visitor, a skeleton banning from beam ! •' Oh, dreadful !" exclaimed the count-ess ; ■' what means this '" The lady looked mournfully at her, and, after a minute's silence, ••This," she me before my '• Tom ! Here !" said a father to his speaking in a tone of authority. The lad was at play. He looked towards his father, but did not leave his companions. •■ Do you hear, sir I" spoke the lather, more sternly than at first. With an unhappy face and a reluctant step the hoy left his play and approached his parent. •• Why do you creep along at a snail's space •" said the latter angrily. •• Come quicklv, I want you, when 1 speak I look lobe obeyed instantly any open or palpable I nujfo- a„d'whom I was obliged"to part'\vi,h, I B«™ ■*• 'his note to \I "iniih, ny which vhcnmyrel: arc hidden from our eyes, wc conclude that he is I .«.., i....i.. i w <•.- - • a man entirely fortune and thoroughly happy.. SSI!"!. ?• ^"'"vard. renewed our ac w'• hni'lvet wwee rairiuc nneuvverrr firrcece ifrrooimn tirroonubnlice ouf oonnee kKin11d(1 . I,.,.v.-- I . • ,- ■ . , .. ll i i _ •*_ ,_., • , . ., , husband was so much in iirialcd at tm in: htm ■O r another, and, in fact, appear as the verv step- „.,„ j... : , , • * ! ..-. - i „.,., ■ C .» •i™ one day in my presence, as to draw his IVTOld thililren at Providence, ror every itarltcu alrr' ... l -. t ■ .i , > , ». . . . . and run linn through the heart. Not satisfied with lliis, he caused him lo be hung up here, and ery r evil which besets us, we find a contrast in the exactly opposite circumstances of'some other Mr* i „ .„_ -_.i if. a c . '""•'I" i . every night and ninrmng since lien, has conine.- aon, and, by the nan s ol envy, perhaps, add ma-11, i . i 6 • ... , tie-Inta.1llly. ,to„ ,t1h,e. „reiatl „ex.,t„e„n,t „orf or ur s resses. Arc '..", '.."t IC11 '", routie and suLrveye ,his remains,, lothe we condemned lo a severe toil for our da ly | ST* ' '"'''> 1 b?'" . " ^Vi^ ST '" bread, the,: we look to him who gams it by some ' b° P°"f""C'! .«" "" ."'C c0.'!'f"«»°' !'fc I b«l >°» means which appear to us less laborious. Have we little of worldly wealth, ihcn do wc compare ourselves with the affluent man, who not only note. There was a cloud lie moved away, but at a alow | may judge ill can be really entitled to the re- j m" and see that run a s you can go." The boy took the npotl his brow space. '• You Tom. Is that doing as I ordered I" called the angry father, when he saw the boy creeping away. •• If you arc not hack in halfin hour I will punish you." But the word had little effect. The bov's i chugs were hurl by the iinkindncss ol hia pa-expet ienced a sense of injustice ; a ■rrievaitce and makes tin eomnlalt f •,„'„ ,1 l.i-h ' ,",a"",B°' al,u ""«"< ' »« ounged to pan witn, I ••'■• •»»•= '"" ""•» "• «r. cmiiii, anil that; ■- ",":"' ■ --•■ "»•-'» surgi-on, • ten me ,J , ideal and moral power of South Carolina aga '• • '"' lint of any «Inch when my relations obliged me to marry my pre-I .V'"1'lo»'«"'» «hv|, l.y the way. Now run as I •"H.,'™,""' ,S mortal >Jo noljlullct me.- The j the Inion. merely a reconuoissance, which gave me no con cern, as it often happened. I walked out of tho house, ami met several Indians in their war dres-ses, with guns in their hands. When I asked them where they were going thev cried out, • war ! war !' meaning that they were going to battle This tilled me with apprehension, and I had scarcely got homo before I heard reports ol cannon and musketry, which grew louder by degrees, till at last the noise became excessive. •• Ahuiit four o'clock in the afternoon instead of the guests whom I expected. General r'rascr was brought on a litter, mortally wounded. The table, which was already set. was instantly removed, and a bed placed in us stead for the wounded general. I sat trembling in a corner ; the noise grew louder, and the alarm increased , the thought that my husband might, perhaps, be brought in, wounded in the same manner, was lerrrible to inc. and distressed me exceedingly. General Eraser said to> the surtrcon. •Irllmeif, Yes, sir this gentleman propose that if Califor-nia should be admitted, South Carolina should secede and take it bv lorce. ("Laoa-hler., He then says— ~ T •II nothing is done at the present Congress, we ought to pursue the same course.'' And if nothing at all is done, ho tells them they ought to pcrsuc the same course. [Lau-'h-ter. J I his is the braggart menace of one ol the "chivalry ' of South Carolina. I have real-ly wished, since I saw this out break of heroism 'hat the author of •• Don Quixote" could be re-vived from the tomb, fur the purpose ofgiving us another delicious romance on Knight Erraniri or rather American chivalry, or if the gentleman will a.low me, •• South Carolina chivalry." I do not know whether or not the speaker from whom I have quoted actually belongs lo the "chivalry himself; but he seems to use oravc words, ami woulii doubtless make them good up-on any equal field. Colonel Gregg goes on lo and udopitHl; but m die event of their uieme/.ncv, oiuer ana more decisive steps would be taken." How very valorous ! How alarmingly mcti- • • * Mr. Foole. Well, sir, those who have at all observed the proceedings of public meetings in South Carolina could nut have failed to notice that, amidst the bold, high spirited peo-ple who therein abide, (a portion of whom seem to imagine that there is no intellect, no patriot-ism, no eloquence, no anything of a nature to im-part dignity to man, as a moral and social being, beyond the territorial boundaries of the sacred Palmetto State,) there are comparatively but few persons who content themselves with taking the ground that a sovereign State may secede from I "ci"8 '■ the Union in event ofthe Wilmut Proviso being ' Mr- Buller. If the honorable Senator wishes adopted, or other kindred measures. Nearly the : l0 kno,v wl>o Colonel Gregg is, I will tell him whole population go much further—I might al-1 Mr- ''oote. I think I know him very well most say infinitely further. They contend that '""" lh'« speech. [Laughter.] a single Stale may, whenever she chooses to do II Mr- Butler. Colonel Gregg is a man ol hi ill so, put an end lo the union, concord.and happi- c>">racler. He would make -rue his word on anv neaauf twenty millions of people, whether they ficl<l- He was an officer in Mexico. I know have aggressions lo complain of or not. This is [ "r no nlan "' more rcmarkble purity ofetlaraoter undeniably a new phase of the disunion doctrine thnn Colonel Gran, Ho may have these worm which the exciting circumstances of the present, "entfmenls; but there is no man that has ,iuri, times have served lo devclopc and which inllani- ""haracter. ed sensibilities and weak heads can alone account' Mr. r'oole. Undoubtedly. I would DOlhavi for. Mr. Barnwell Khett, well known here at noticed him if 1 had not supposed that he was i one time as a sclf-sullicitnl, but very uiiinflucnt-1 distinguished man—[Laughter.] 1 am produc-ed member of the House of Keprcsentatives, a-; '"I? '''""'""ny : li is cxcccdingK- generous. In vows himself a disiiiiioulsl per se, and seems to "u''"1 "I endeavoring to call in question or weak imagine himself capable of wielding all the phv- en the testimony brought forward against hint he comes fnrwad voluntarily fi ball had passed ihrUBgll his body, and unhappily for the General, hehaiLeaten ■ verv hearty break-fast, by which the s i.iel, was distended, and lie potation which you have attributed to me, or he ''onseiousness that wrong had been done to linn qualified lo execute your son's commission." | "Y nature ho was like Ills father, proud anil siub .- ... ... .. ■ . -T.T" ""V Tinhcei.CoouunntctessssCCoor'srsiinnii rreeaaddiillyy aacckknnoowlleeddggeedd ii UuoUrInn •: aari.'-ud tmheessee qquuaalliittiieess oolf hhiiss miinndd were a-blTZ ubtan a sXienc I ,, Li I ™ I ** hcr 8i,ua,ion »M """" ***** "»» re.ir- I ™«IOd and he indulged in ihein, fearless of eoth be de. which « „, lv t'aow I y ""V18 ^ ed '° hcr ow» housc- '" «»l»i'ofobtainiug what »eque„ees we u,Xle«cd with gfr-gg-fr-.^gf1 k" , '^ »as '" 'lues, of, seeing 'that, .fan apparently " 1 "ever saw such a boy," said the father. pZineZloTsetZtheiZsup^era&bund^anfcejwPhic^h Zchahraci™cr- ' *M9 »oma„ had such a%ccret sorrow' a, this*, I N-'king »•Jtoi who had observed ihe ,, ■ mi m M.C mi- vi.iiT.iiiiiilu.llli'rUFlH-li i':i;ir;n",i'r- «■! . i „. ,,„ .1 111. i_ i i. iie. ano.her family, where they are far less ear-! " t "" '""C "^T,1* ,\"£l W,'° lC !? nesily desired. Are we bcrell of a succession of '< ." '' "Pl^1""^- " Aha. «l» sai.l to hersell, t.e.n,dke.rlEy.ib:.eil.o..ve-dr .f.rie.n•ds .or relatives,. we WOnd,e 1ro~ws"ofr llifie—2t2hrRm*aufStkleflctlon m"8r"v'trrSiiTlions"t".''■'' at the felicity of certain persons under our oh-1 art. i . . . , e i/, , n„e,r^v„at„io„n, w^Hho neverLk.n..o1w wuha..t i.,t i^s. t"o .w.ea.r When she reached home, she lound a Idler mourning. In short, no evil falls to our lot but wc arc apt to think ourselves its almost sole vic-tims, anil we either overlook a great deal of the corresponding^vexattons of our fellow-creatures, or think, in our anguish, liny arc far less than ours. Wc remember a alory in the course of our reeding, which illustrates this fallacy in a very affecting manner. A widow of Naples, named. if we recollect rightfully, the Countess Corsini, had but one son remaining lo give her an inter-est in the tvorld ; and he was a youth so remark-able for the elegance of his person, and every, graceful and amiable quality, that, eieti if he had not stood in that situation of unusual tenderness towards his mother, she might well ha\c been ex-cused lor beholding hint with an extravagant de-11'u"ey may I gree of attachment. When this young gentle-1 -..?. ! -L. conveying intelligence ofher son's death, which iu other circumstances would have ovenurned her reason, or broken her heart, but, prepared as she was by the foresight uf her son, produced on-ly a rational degree of grief. When the first acute sensations were past, she said resignedly lo herself, that, great as the calamity was, it was probably no greater than what her fellow-crea-tures were enduring every day, and she would therefore submit will, tranquility. The application of ibis tale, tinged as it is with ' Ihe peculiar hue of continental manners and idea, must be easy lo every one of our readers. They must see how great a fallacy it is lo suppose that others are, more generally than otiiselves, spared any of the common mishaps of life, or dial we, in particular, tire under the doom of a severe fate ' ll"1 ""■ad eurrencc. •• My words scarcely make pressiouon him." " Kind words arc often most powerful," said the friend. The lather looked surprised. •' Kind words," continued the friend, ■• arc like the gentle rain and refreshing dews; but harsh words bend and break like the angry tempest. The first develop and strengthen good ■Aeclions / steal --inn ul fiotilli against "e eomes torwid for the puriio-the Union. bolstering no testimony which is strong enough Let me read to you a few extracts from the «>_ accomplish its purpose without his aid. leer-newspaper! Of thai Blake, which I fear express !aml>' do not doubt in the least that Colonel Grcc- _ ihe public scnlimeni there at this unhappy period. Is '"' eminent man. an accomplished nnlleman the ball a, he surgeon said had passed through . First, I will read an article from the Charleston ' »'"' possessed of all the high qualities of lie- d i. I heard him Often exclaim with ■ sigh, ■<) ' Mercury , Ihe leading organ of a certain faction in ' al"1 <>™" »' "'» i and I prove it by his speech tatat amotllon I oor General Ittirgoyne I Oh, | South Carolina, ol which I leal authorized lo • *■ ' sa>' l'»«her, that such high testimony as this my poor wile . He was asked i| he had any , say, thai in my judgment ■ more ikgihoiis, un-! "I'l'ears to be is well entitled lo regard, when we request to make, to which he replied thai, if principled and treasonable paper has never been .;,r0 inquiring into the actual condition ol public i.ener..l liurginne would permit it. he would : primed anywhere in Christendom. ■enliment in the Stale of South Carolina Can like lobe buried at six o'clock in the cveiiin" inn ' .. ■. • ..... the honorable oentleman from \ ;..,;_:.'i r ' i btil there. I did not know which way to turn; Uluaoproouroyoa lo the truth, ll ihe ,n-,it,„ion ' a,l>, "la""' "l0 OU Domioiou use or justify all itie oiuer rooms were lull ol sick. Toward ol slavery i- to be maintained and strengthened, in- ,B* treasonable language I But Colonel GrOfi evening I saw my huaband coming ; then I for- s"''1'1 nl being gradually weakened and finally aim-; then went on to say-— got all my sorrows, and thanked God that he was ,''-he.1. the Lnion between the slaveholding and spared tome. He ale in great haste, with me """-•i;'vl'lioldin- Stale- imM k .ii.-solml." and-his aid-de-c imp. behind the house. We ! And yet I was denounced some time ago be. hid been told that we had the advantage over ' cause 1 said some southerners demanded certain the enemy, but Ihe sorrowlul faces I beheld told amendments to the constitution : and if they a dillerenl talc ; and before my husband went could not obtain them, ihcv were in favor ol dts-away he look nic aside, and said every thing , union. But subsequent eicnls have proved that was going very badly, and that I mual keep my-1 what 1 said was true. "vST1'.' "''!' "'!""'" ™""'> " must tormiuaio - -. U. I The arlicle then goes on ,o sav : !^ft^V^'-'-K^8 irthn, cannot b,. o^med,,.,,he Southern' ;:pou':;;;:::!,!:;,^^v!dl,u,crx:r'lri : Maie-^ive notice to Ihe Northern, that they - re- ' Were an agricultural people, while our I sume the jKiu.'t. grained under the constitution, were engaged mraanufactur. self mention 1 would it to any one. I made the pretence that move the next morning into my new house, and had every thing packed up ready ■ could not go to sleep, as I had Gcnertt | Ue had no need lo fear a war sprint;,,,,.. ou, 0f the formation ol a new gotrammont: that we had I the nght to secede; and if if were neoaeeaar. md advisable, it did not become men to be dutuncJ Iroin exercising H. Vol. Gregg goes on to say ; t " Besides, it war should , j lavorably lo the South. eyond Ins lime, I laid out, and his corpse wrap man grew up, he was tent lo pursue his studies at the University of Bologna, where he so well improved his tii*tc, that he soon became one of the must distinguished scholars, at the same lime that he gained the affection ofall who knew hi lie assured, that beneath many of the j '"-' looked lor punishment and was prepared lo I'"1 "I' '" " "'"'el. we came again into the room. ' gorgeous shows of this woild. there lurk terrible i reeeivc it in a spirit of angry defiance. To his ",no hau '!'" s"™w.ul light belore us the whole ! I'oole. Butler. sores, which are not the less painful Ihstt lhay I •»rprla«, after deliveringihe message he had a»y I and, to add to the melancholy ecene. almoel ere unsctn. The itry happiest-looking men and ' ''roiighl, his father instead of angry reproof and mt,f '"o»»"' some officer of my acquaintance women, Ihe moot pros;.erous mercantile concerns, ! I'uiiishmcm, said kindly, •• very well, my son. '. "" brought in wounded. The cam made com-i OU can now go lo your play again." , meneed again ; a retreat was spoken of, bui not "he hoy went out, hut was not happy. He [,nB ■"""cat motion was made loward il. About had disobeyed and disobliged bis father, and the : '"!lr °''lo<* '" lllc "ftarooon I saw the house • Auti-Com)iroinise." Ah '. 1 thought Ihe Senator was speaking of ihe anonymous writer •■ South Car-olina." ippl river, (!) and by iIn the « hole north-western Smt means can blocked Yes, gciilleincn of the .Noithwest, you arc m imminent danger of an armed blockade) lo be set have all their inkers drawbacks Mr. Foote. The honorable genllem.tn is mis- "" ,"01 }'>' ' N"J,h 1°»ro1"" ""j*' or colonel, (I taken. I did not ny any such thing. I did not:"° "ol *B0W •»»c»y "hieh.) and you ought at say that the Charleston Mercury was South Car- U"CL' '° ft"? yomseiicsior the process ofhav olina. I said il was l!ie leading organ of a Irca- "'8 >'"'"' ""-';'"8 ,ul ''8rc'"s ''ei metrically obstruct-ed by Ihe chivalry ol South Carotin .,.„ ,i.„ I... . „„••«„, \ T , lloi iraicd, and all iiie higher orders atipcar so sii-Mi- '"ere waeno healtaMon in the boy's mannei S^ooTHta^^32!JS ' ' taH» WC" '"aS"J "3 f«»d Md attetuh d to. we can. | "• looked pleased a, the tin,', of doing his lath, ^V,"I.";:.Ji" ITZJSTH1"8 "W not help looking to Ihe other side, and imagining ' « ■ervtco. and reached out his hand lor the pack The Kapidt of lite Jotdau. hut fill miles. This would give a fall of about 20 feel per mile—greater, it was the,, thought, than any river in the world exhibited. The in [ Mohawk river in America was held lo be one of greatest fall, and that it averages not more than lour or live Irel lo the mile; hut it is now known , _..„ hears (he fool-fall of the animal, while it is as yet lar beyond the ken of ordinary cars : if he be walk-lp «, she knows the sound of his foot upon the threshold, though confounded, to all oilier listen-ers, amidst the throng of his companions. Lei nim come into her room on ordinary occasions never so softly, she distinguishes him by his ve-ry breathing—his lightest respiration-•and knows it is her son. Her entire being is hound up his, and the sole gorgon thought at which she dare not look, is the idea of his following th goodly and pleasant company with whom she that the Sacramento in California has has s*M0> parted for thegrare. Such exaeiry J.OOII feet in SO miles, or an average of luu feet wercthefrclingaofihc Neapolitan mother re- to a mile. It was then, however, thought ilia specting her noble and heloved-hcr only son. such a fall as il seemed necessary to sum,,,,- ,',, It chancel, however, that, jut when he . was the ease of the Jordan, from .he difference of about lo return to (Naples, perfected in all ,[,c in- level between the two lakes which il connected "tractions which could be bestowed upon him, he was without example ; ami as its course was pre-wa. seized suddenly by a dangerous sickness, sinned to be tolerably straight, and as it was not wmcii, notwithstanding the efforts ol ihe best know lo contain anv ranrdi, am rmr in tl I physicians in Bologna ' <W the brink of the «ra couhl not raivive, hit cenied ihe livinc worhl; «... for hit aroth he feared, would lufTei .. rj icierelj h face said— '•Can 1 do any thing else for you, father.'" lea, there is a power in kindness. The loin. no e l,a, Tun,,,0 iT, ':\' "': ' "" ?*.W," r' "'l'3""'" '■■'" only tubdoe, constrain, t aroiethan 1.000AM below the level of the lake break: but in love and gentleness there is Hit I r,bcr,as-a, .he distance between the two Was | power of the summer n\'Z dew aiid flte »,,„' shine. brought hiul in three days p. Being assured that be nly eare, so lar is con-r his Readier, who, im her Brav, eulalion <u Ino difference oflevel hi'twcen the two bikes was more ihan suspected. This prob-li m il was 1..-11 for Lieut, t yn»l '" *( Hi .i ice, the river is full ol ripids, The i ntj ojjen ON WALTZING. What! the girl I adore by another embraced ! w hat! ihe balm ol bet hpai ball nnothor man laato! "hat! lonched in the twirl by another man's knee! ™ hat '■ pant and reclin mother ihan me ' sir, -in- - yours. Krom the irrane rouhare breeaed the soft blue I ' Prom die m-e you have -hake,, the tremulous dew ' When you touch you may take1 Prelij waluei I now propose lo read one or two toasts drunk tit public meetings in South Carolina, which may be looked upon as more or icss indicative of pub-lic scnlimeni here. Hen is one of die toasts I was lo read : bill 1 hail my eves direclcd towards Ihe moun-tain where my huaband was standing amid the the tiro of ihe enemy, and of course I could not think of my own danger. It was just at sunset on thai calm October evening, that the corpse of General Fraser was earned up the hill to the place of burial within the •• great redoubt." li WM attcnd.d only by members ol his military family, and Mr. 'llru-doaeU, the chaplain: yet the eyea of hundreds ol both armies followed the solemn procession, while the Americans ignorant of Its truo charac icr kept up a constant cannonade upon the re-doubt. The chaplain, iinawed bv the danger lo which he was exposed, ns the eamtofl balls struck the I.ill and threw th,. loot s soil over him, , pronounced the impressive funeral service of ihe ' ", " ""' • :""' '''"'''V n""vl' '■;:;„''":'"'-": "".■"" r,:!-' "::'"• r,,°' ^SSX^ffSni »£ "tig as a practical proposition. I he Iruih is, il is chiefly insisted on with a view lo disunion, and that il,.- whole country will shortly understand, >i i whi - ihe disunion plot, which I have known lo be on foot lorsvyiral mouth"s «p' "s•»i, -s-h"a"•ll' wbe once plainly Rv eant (remember ho is a sergeant!) I!, ""'open to the people of the South, both pio- P Beyce. The I nron: The tim la't a- out asunderuieaeeuned knot lo northern lanatioism and oppress ihcir fragments, •' Sidney," in ihc M Telegraph, hails Mr. Hhett's speech with delight, and exclaims," •• Let us dissolve the Union and he done with it." Who daresay tlmt here. The same writer continues : and plotters will l< iiio'us aiftl on- "is have striven to involve stalesman who has ••'•• « ••■ r" " ii.mi. and has called upon ... iM-lela.vv-eili/Hlisol hi- Sate, and of ill- whole gro« ing ■. rkm -.. added solemnity to the scene. South, tojoin bim in ring only remedy lor suddenly theirregelnr finngecased, and theeol- all our crushing wrou si .w within out reach—a enm voice of a single ean i, al measured in-tervals, boomedaloig the valley, and awakened the responses of the bills. It was a minute gun fired by Ihe Americana in honor of the gallant •••ad. The in em information was given thai the grlhering al the redoubt was atuueraj com-pany, fulfilling amid imminent peril, the last-/ I eiflvi Emigration.—*Of the .'n.iiii -mi breathed wishes of lire noble FYasi r, orders were gran" who arrived at New York from foroigl pints during July. 82,480 were from Qreal Iti,- tain and Ireland. :|?U0 11.mi the ll.m-■■ town-.. l.llU from Norway Slid •iwrr'eri, 3040 I , France, I58« from Bolgiunr, 8?8 I Holland, "i"11 human a) '' • '"' fp>l« OllVl JHl ,'"„iii. I ....... ■-• - .'.■'•'' ". '•."• • issued to withhnltl the cannonade with ball, and «i render mil, ar. homage in file (alien bi tve, How inch things smooth , . features 1 '■ ■'-' wiih fi ,„... ami pio tors will t c consigned to undying in'ainv which bind us or 1 nave n ad the pages of republican history in '"> "d ■P™1 »»"»i "'"' ""! ihtooed iivc.ueii or America j will prove themselves wholly Incapable of that on (South Carolina) "ell-government upon which they have hereto-lore so much -/ruled themselves. May (;„d ,„ his mercy, savi oui beloved ntry from'iho rum and degraihitHin hi whfeh ambitii principled demngoi us! Mr. Butier. The senator Aom Mississippi has endorsed ihe doctrines contained in the Jack-son proclamation. Mr. Foole. Not the whole. Mr. Butler. Ue says hi approves them with verj slight quslifir Hoii. I do not know when „, .._• ' „ , . . , , h"*aoged hisopiui .-. He says ho has be- Sir, let me next allude fo« speech of a gentle-1 longed lobnlh parties'. ?!•• may at that lime man whose eloquence i- muchroinmended, The have b en a federalist, • reryp meular, mknlion he made sf me seems lo Mr, Kou •• Will tho h irnble senator boat render it necessary, that I ahould saS si thing | with mo f | do not know wbatJiis obicci is. Doe- he nvejn In in 'all .' Mi BIIUI r, No, ii 'I' I ooli. I in I to but oil' ' " t-nalor isrr.t ' ■ i ! IU) 1:1 win u I ;,,-. i p lin questiot in of die Union—1 say, "Advance! Mi hand isfceble, bul whatever of strength i ' of the speech nl 'CoHMU I (I) Ml ve Columbia, South CsroKna.' After talking fot sonii u'mi about the Nashvillt Convention, he lo say f , ." . ' -• . '; ■ ■ •■ . ... 1 * > <■■■... . • ' fl'l I I
Object Description
Title | The Greensborough patriot [August 24, 1850] |
Date | 1850-08-24 |
Editor(s) |
Swaim, Lyndon Sherwood, M.S. |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The August 24, 1850, issue of The Greensborough Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C., by Swaim and Sherwood. |
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VOLUME XII. GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, AUGUST 24, 1850.
, . PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY 8WAIM AND SHERWOOD.
Price *i.r,o a year:
*S THSXC DOLLARS, IV MOT PAID WITHIN ONE MONTH
Alien THE DATE OF THE -i I - .illTIO.N.
A failure on the part uf any customer to order a dis-continuance
wiikiu die Hiibnrription year will be con-sidered
indicative of his wish to continue the paper.
THE STEP-DAUGHTER
"She is not mine, and to my heart
. Perhaps she is less dear
Than those who of my life are part—
This is the sin I feir:
kind ever ih the dread to err,
By loving those the best,
More gentle have I been to her,
Perhaps, than all the rnst.
lias any little fault occurred,
That may rebuke demand.
Ere I can speak a hasty word,
Or lift a chiding hand,
An angel's face comes dining by.
With look so sad and mild—
A voice floats sofUy from the sfcv—
'• Wouldat harm my orphan child f"
No—witness thou and all above,
I'll cherish her ar mine.
Or may I lose her father's love,
A love that once was thine!
NUMBER 18
From Chamlvers' Edinburgh Journal
A Skelelou in every lleuoe.
When buffering under the pressure ol our own
loss, if not altogether sink under it. It was his
most anxious wish that some means should be
used to prevent her being overpowered by grief;
and an expedient for that purpose at length sug-gested
itself to him. He wrote a letter to his
mother, informing her of his illness, but not ofits
threatening character, and requesting that she
would send him a shirt made by the happiest la-dy
in aM Naples, or she who appeared most freo
of the cares and sorrows of this world, for he had
taken a fauey for such auarticle, and had a no-tion
that by wearing it he would be speedily cur-ed.
The countess thought her son's request ra-ther
odd; but being loth to refuse any thing that
would give him even a visionary satisfaction, she
instantly set about her enquiry after the happiest
lady in Naples, with the view of requesting her
kind offices after the mannci described. Her en-quiry
was tedious and difficult; every body she
could think of, or who was pointed out to her,
was found, on searching nearer, to have her own
share of troubles. For some lime, she almost
despaired ; hut having nevertheless persevered,
she at length was introduced to one—a middle-aged
married lady—who not only appeared to
have all the imaginable materials of worldly bliss,
but bore every external mark of being cheerful
and contented in her situation. To this fortu-nate
dame, the Countess preferred her request,
making the circumstances ol the case her only ex-cuse
for so strange an application. " My dear
countess," said the lady, " spare all apology, for,
if I hail really been qualified for the task, I would
most gladly have undertaken it. Hut if you will
! just follow mo to another room, 1 will prove to I
I you thai I am the most miserable woman in Na-plrs."
So saying, she led the mother to
very I'lrcaliiing ones, besides a great number of
lesser magnitude, and then, although the direct
distance does, as staled, not exceed sixty miles,
the course of the river is made at least two hun-dred
miles by the exceedingly tortuous course of
its stream. This reduces the fall to not more
than six feet in the mile, for which the numer-ous
rapids in the river sufficiently account
Dealt, of l.turral Franer.
The house in which the British General Kra-ser
[killed at the battle of Saratogra, in the rev-olutionary
war,]] died, stood until 1840, upon
the right bank ol tho Hudson, about three miles
above Bemis's Heights, near Ensign's store, and
exhibited the marks ol the conflict there in mint
•The descent by the river occupied no less I cro"* hullct-holes. It was used by liurgnvne
than a week. So great wore the dilliculties cau-1 for '(""'Ms when he first pitched his camp there,
scd by tho rapids that in two daj s not more than I an" " ."** a 'heller "> several Indies attached to
twelve miles were accomplished; and on the | "le British army, among whom was the Baron-third
day, the woollen boat brought down from rf" Reidcsel and Lady Harriett Acklani!. lien,
the Sea of Galilee was abandoned, on account of i *'""" was laid upon a camp-bed near the first
her shattered condition. None but metal boats ' wi",lnw on the right of the duor, where hcexpir-could
have stood the severe work of this passage, j ™ ' ca"not narrate this event and its attendant
It was, nevertheless, made at the lime of flood—! 'ircumslances belter than by quoting the simple
at the season that the Israelites passed the river.' language of'lie Baroness Ueidcsel.
—and which, although the most unfavourable •• tin " .h» . , ...„„„„ .1 , sasn9i*j£r £?$ ^ *^%^^™mffi£?&z •UlieX ,he „,I I ' ? ft'W ,VCt'k8 , Wa8 a' break,a8' wi,h "'>■ ■"•»««• *»* bSS earlier or later, the passage down the river in that something was intended. On the same dav
oats would, as ,„ theease of Lieut. Molyncux. | I expected Generals Burgoy „e, Vhi lips I|p£
have been hMMHt, from the want of sum- ser 'to dine wi.li us. 1 saw a grea P,no e,nen
they seemed to reflect the radiance of the fumro,
and exhibit a glimpse ol the time to which a
liopefnl faith directs our vision, when •• nation
shall not war against nation." when one law shall
bind all people, kindreds, and tongues, and that
law shall be the law ol i MVKKSAL BKUTIII:R-HOOD."—
J'ictoriul Field /loo/,.
Political.
Drlmtc In the Hmiite, August I.
FUOIE Ul'OS THE '■ VHIVALHY."
The wide and deeply depressed plain or val-ley
(Ghor) through which the river flows is gen-erally
barren, treeless ; and verdurelcss; and the
mountains, or rather cliffs and slopes, of the riv-er
uplands, present, for the most pan, a wild and
chccilcss aspect."
The Power «f Hlnduerw.
boy.
.. „e„ ,u„er,„g unuer , ,c pressure- oiour own mote chamber, where there was nothing but a
*..reMc, whether ihcy be of regular continu- nirlain wnich h„ f lhu ceiling to he floor
nnce, or have come upon us of a sudden, wc are I Tl.i. h,,;,,, ,. , h ., , ? , ,
apt to imagine that ^individual in the surround- 22MZZ*1^4EZ* £*
ing world is so unfortunate as we, or, perhaps,
that we stand altogether by ourselves in calamity,
or, at the most, belong to a small body of unfortu-haies,
forming an exception from all the rest of ' _
mankind. We look to a neighbor, and, seeing ffi?^ ^""'"f "P1"""''0!'
that heI ii sno. afflicted by any "open or palpablf > "*.^fflLT^SL
horror of her visitor, a skeleton banning from
beam ! •' Oh, dreadful !" exclaimed the count-ess
; ■' what means this '" The lady looked
mournfully at her, and, after a minute's silence,
••This," she
me before my
'• Tom ! Here !" said a father to his
speaking in a tone of authority.
The lad was at play. He looked towards
his father, but did not leave his companions.
•■ Do you hear, sir I" spoke the lather, more
sternly than at first.
With an unhappy face and a reluctant step
the hoy left his play and approached his parent.
•• Why do you creep along at a snail's space •"
said the latter angrily. •• Come quicklv, I want
you, when 1 speak I look lobe obeyed instantly
any open or palpable I nujfo- a„d'whom I was obliged"to part'\vi,h, I B«™ ■*• 'his note to \I "iniih,
ny which vhcnmyrel:
arc hidden from our eyes, wc conclude that he is I .«.., i....i.. i w <•.- - •
a man entirely fortune and thoroughly happy.. SSI!"!. ?• ^"'"vard. renewed our ac
w'• hni'lvet wwee rairiuc nneuvverrr firrcece ifrrooimn tirroonubnlice ouf oonnee kKin11d(1 . I,.,.v.-- I . • ,- ■ . , .. ll i i
_ •*_ ,_., • , . ., , husband was so much in iirialcd at tm in: htm
■O r another, and, in fact, appear as the verv step- „.,„ j... : , , • * ! ..-. - i „.,., ■ C .» •i™ one day in my presence, as to draw his IVTOld
thililren at Providence, ror every itarltcu alrr' ... l -. t ■ .i , > , ». . . . . and run linn through the heart. Not satisfied
with lliis, he caused him lo be hung up here, and
ery r
evil which besets us, we find a contrast in the
exactly opposite circumstances of'some other Mr* i „
.„_ -_.i if. a c . '""•'I" i . every night and ninrmng since lien, has conine.-
aon, and, by the nan s ol envy, perhaps, add ma-11, i . i 6 • ... ,
tie-Inta.1llly. ,to„ ,t1h,e. „reiatl „ex.,t„e„n,t „orf or ur s resses. Arc '..", '.."t IC11 '", routie and suLrveye ,his remains,, lothe
we condemned lo a severe toil for our da ly | ST* ' '"'''>
1
b?'" . " ^Vi^ ST '"
bread, the,: we look to him who gams it by some ' b° P°"f""C'! .«" "" ."'C c0.'!'f"«»°' !'fc I b«l >°»
means which appear to us less laborious. Have
we little of worldly wealth, ihcn do wc compare
ourselves with the affluent man, who not only
note. There was a cloud
lie moved away, but at a alow
| may judge ill can be really entitled to the re- j m"
and see that
run a
s you can go."
The boy took the
npotl his brow
space.
'• You Tom. Is that doing as I ordered I"
called the angry father, when he saw the boy
creeping away. •• If you arc not hack in halfin
hour I will punish you."
But the word had little effect. The bov's
i chugs were hurl by the iinkindncss ol hia pa-expet
ienced a sense of injustice ; a
■rrievaitce and makes tin eomnlalt f •,„'„ ,1 l.i-h ' ,",a"",B°' al,u ""«"< ' »« ounged to pan witn, I ••'■• •»»•= '"" ""•» "• «r. cmiiii, anil that; ■- ",":"' ■ --•■ "»•-'» surgi-on, • ten me ,J , ideal and moral power of South Carolina aga
'• • '"' lint of any «Inch when my relations obliged me to marry my pre-I .V'"1'lo»'«"'» «hv|, l.y the way. Now run as I •"H.,'™,""' ,S mortal >Jo noljlullct me.- The j the Inion.
merely a reconuoissance, which gave me no con
cern, as it often happened. I walked out of tho
house, ami met several Indians in their war dres-ses,
with guns in their hands. When I asked
them where they were going thev cried out,
• war ! war !' meaning that they were going to
battle This tilled me with apprehension, and
I had scarcely got homo before I heard reports
ol cannon and musketry, which grew louder by
degrees, till at last the noise became excessive.
•• Ahuiit four o'clock in the afternoon instead
of the guests whom I expected. General r'rascr
was brought on a litter, mortally wounded.
The table, which was already set. was instantly
removed, and a bed placed in us stead for the
wounded general. I sat trembling in a corner ;
the noise grew louder, and the alarm increased ,
the thought that my husband might, perhaps, be
brought in, wounded in the same manner, was
lerrrible to inc. and distressed me exceedingly.
General Eraser said to> the surtrcon. •Irllmeif,
Yes, sir this gentleman propose that if Califor-nia
should be admitted, South Carolina should
secede and take it bv lorce. ("Laoa-hler., He
then says— ~ T
•II nothing is done at the present Congress, we
ought to pursue the same course.''
And if nothing at all is done, ho tells them
they ought to pcrsuc the same course. [Lau-'h-ter.
J I his is the braggart menace of one ol
the "chivalry ' of South Carolina. I have real-ly
wished, since I saw this out break of heroism
'hat the author of •• Don Quixote" could be re-vived
from the tomb, fur the purpose ofgiving us
another delicious romance on Knight Erraniri
or rather American chivalry, or if the gentleman
will a.low me, •• South Carolina chivalry." I
do not know whether or not the speaker from
whom I have quoted actually belongs lo the
"chivalry himself; but he seems to use oravc
words, ami woulii doubtless make them good up-on
any equal field. Colonel Gregg goes on lo
and udopitHl; but m die event of their uieme/.ncv,
oiuer ana more decisive steps would be taken."
How very valorous ! How alarmingly mcti-
• • * Mr. Foole. Well, sir, those who
have at all observed the proceedings of public
meetings in South Carolina could nut have failed
to notice that, amidst the bold, high spirited peo-ple
who therein abide, (a portion of whom seem
to imagine that there is no intellect, no patriot-ism,
no eloquence, no anything of a nature to im-part
dignity to man, as a moral and social being,
beyond the territorial boundaries of the sacred
Palmetto State,) there are comparatively but few
persons who content themselves with taking the
ground that a sovereign State may secede from I "ci"8 '■
the Union in event ofthe Wilmut Proviso being ' Mr- Buller. If the honorable Senator wishes
adopted, or other kindred measures. Nearly the : l0 kno,v wl>o Colonel Gregg is, I will tell him
whole population go much further—I might al-1 Mr- ''oote. I think I know him very well
most say infinitely further. They contend that '""" lh'« speech. [Laughter.]
a single Stale may, whenever she chooses to do II Mr- Butler. Colonel Gregg is a man ol hi ill
so, put an end lo the union, concord.and happi- c>">racler. He would make -rue his word on anv
neaauf twenty millions of people, whether they ficl |