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-r, : a. .!,.Wi."-f.-.',-: V w 1 ' ( For lbs 'Messenger.) .- " The taut Indian. - Freniied and wild, he pained On tlw high ditT, beneath whose rugged brow, Heav'd the wide ocean. Bold and majestic Wu hi rigid form like some broad statue Un the naked mclVT Silently he gazed. -On the deep blue,ns playfully it bright Ripplve followed one another, a if . Unmindful of iU auditor, from whom 1L':I.I fl ..,l. wii-wt fire Vt'lMfOHTIFr. uu jv . ....... ...... .... - . . . . - Kenrn eiirl'd uoon hii bitter lip. and rdUi' Foil froiu hi porchcdTon guar " Vengeance Vengeance upon the desolating pale faee! And high in tlte air the glittering tomahawk A nJ -i.lr.inir knife he raised, and on the ere be If rushing forth, he paused. What boots H now? Thoughtfully he said, and by his wdethe - : Glittering weapon hung hi arm grew nerveless, Ilia brain pew dizzy -tne trees wiun a rounu A misty film bedinini'd hi brilliant eVis I liwl Knirit V he cried. 14 and shall niT sense Thu resign their pow'r and my once danntlcai heart ' . : - - , Grow aick and fuinty at the thought of death v I who have braved it, where Uie nma oaiuo , Rimi'it where hwalnv arrowa ent back the tide Of death, fin aprcad by leaden ahower from whites T ' y, ' ' '- . No I nerved be my anil nyr heart be bold ! 1'rr nniKrht to loir for naught bare I to lire ! My parents where are they T where the long line In kindred f wncre yie circic ui wuiuii. Who in other day nestled around my heart, , ; And Iwui'd with devoted leal their corda of I .ore 'where are they t aak pf tlie pale horde, A.k nt oblivion! the V will telllhee Death hnth scaled their doom, and to. the Great Knirit - ' ' V Which rave it, tlielr soul have fled ! Yea! alone. 1 of the whole race am b-ftdniievenge Their death T-and what ran ml door arm, amid Thousands do? Like the faintrstug by bloody hounds . -Pursued, halU at length, on the. hat brink, to Conquer there, or die t Blood from the ground Seems rism to mv stent, and loudly calls for Yemreance! tlien. death, come on. no longer will 1 flee or seek to ahun tlie face of the , .;. r Aecurs'd destroyer of my native home! - -But glorious death shall wipe awjy each stain -And wing my spirit to tlie brighter worldi r 1 . . Jlko, . And with bound be left the crag on lirhL :' And aoon was lost amid the gloomy fontU - . For tlio Mi-ssengrr Parted Feet. - - O. KLOTES DSS. In vain I listen, 'mom and night, v To hear their once familiar sound-," . Whose very echoes spread delight, ' ; And bade hfe's iiiiitnet-puiacs bound! : . - :.. ; - . I miss tliem bv the murnfring rtresm, Where ofthcartitimng worda were lilrnt . -And sweet the crescent moon's pale gleam v. . I " Daned to the ripplv'a mcrrunent. ':V I mis them mid tlie ivied rTOre, At twilight's deep, subduing huah, ' When mem'ries of youth's plighted tore, lika angel vauonso'er nte man I , , . -Anil HI.KIJ in lUVIIir;u w iii " llallow'd by mingled smile and tear, Haw faded ia their brightest green, ' While parted leet no longer cheer ti:.' But shall not life's bereavements end ' In Ueaven's tmbmken links at last ? ' -Shall we not press tlie lover friend -la. J u - i ; a. e. J IS i Ait The stifled prayer--theaob aappress'd-- . Toe fading ot the anxious eye Ne'er cloud those regions of th blent, ' For parted fcet shall there be nigh S Then blrssinvsoa those sand d feet, - Through lilc's vicissitudes of care , Though here, alas! we seldom ( meet, "'. A long reunion waits as them i Anhevdle, 1840. -. -V'-:, ? - Advice to Yovm Hex in Debt. jAs- 1- certain tlie -whole state of vour. affairs. ', ' Learn exactly howl much you owe. , Be hoi . -"f" guilry -ot Ueceiving . youxself.iou- may "-. thus j awaken, suspicions of; dishonesty, ' '7' T when your intentions were otherwise. ' J Ueliberately and nilly make up your mind, that come what w-iujrouwiU prac. tTcq'no" concea)ineni:.or .trick. . which knight Iiave the apcanuK'e of fraud. . 0iciin(s , and candor commnnqL respect all good men. - r " Romembor that no man is completely , '-('. ruined anung meuvuutil lus character 4s , , . Never consentito rjold as your own one fartliing wbich rightly belongs to another. '.j ( As you are at present in circumstances .,.;i of great trial, and as many eyes are t upon v you, do-nothing rashly. If you, need; act vice, consult only a tew. .Let them be dis ": T interested jK-rsous, of the most estublislied .rcputaUoib . Vi., m f::, ; - ','"' Beware --of feelings of doSAoiidency. ' ' Give not place for an hour to useless mel. c anclloly. . Uca man. . .: ' , , ' Reduce your expenditures to the lowest . lunonnt. - Care not to , figure as others around you. . '-r, Industriously pursue such lawful and ' honest arts of indurtry as are left to you. . -j.' An hour s industryj.will do nore to beget ,. cheerfulness, suppress evil rumors, and ( retrieve your affairs than a month's moan. - ' ing. . - . ' ; ' ' -. If you mast stop business, do it soon -enough toaviod thejustfie4wrge of an aU 1 . A- tempt to involve your uninispecting friends, -t Rocet Mountain Flax. A species of " flax has been found growing spontaneously " s 1 Monntain8, similar in manj respects to the : . ordinary flax, bufc the perennial in ' its ' growth. It may be mowed like grass, and J ; iiot pulled up every season. :;. Mr. Oakley, ' I who ira veiled through the countryj on the ,head waters of tlie, Platte, last, year, do. bribes a vast prairie,, tliirty miles king, 2 ..' and "three miles broad, coyored with a thick growth of this flax ' It is said to be ; of a strong, tenacious fibre, and it is used by : ' - ; r ' the Indians to make fisliihg mt$. If this ::' ;'' flat should be found to be qual to the flax , wliich is now cultivated in the country in . : respect to firrnhess and strength, its peren . ntal nature will give decided 'superiority, "Nand render the culture of itfhr more easy and prluctivJ?fltoflw"r Amfrican. - MISCELLANEOUS. MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL EFFICACY V OF TUB HACKED SCRIrTlKEa. s ' i 5 BV WAllk -, . , As to the jiowrful, 1-had almotit said miraculous jeffcet of the Sacred Scripture, there can -no longer be a doubt m the mind of any one oh whom fact can make an inv Eression. .'That 1h(f truths of the Bible ave the power! of awakenine an intense moral feeung in man under every variety of character," learned or ignorant, civilized or savage ; that they make bad merrgood, and send a pulse ol iK-althful facing -through all the domestic: civil, and social relations ; that they teach men to-Werrgbty-torlwie wrong, and to seek each other s Welfare, as the children of one common .parent; thai they control thelideM pnksions of the hu man heart, and thus make men proficients in the science of self-goveniment : and, fi nally", that they teach him to aspire after a conformity to a Being of infinite holiness, and fill him" with Impe infinitely more puri fying, more exalting, more suited to his nature, than any other, which this world has ever known, are facts incontroverti ble as tlie laws of philosophy, or tlie de moiwt rations of matlK-matics. Evidence in support of all this can be biwightTrom eve. ry age, in tlie history of man, since there lias been a revelation from God on "Carth. We see. the proof of it every where ajround us. Tliere is scarcely a neighborhood in our .country , where the Bible is circulated, in which we cannot point you to a very con. 8iuerable portion of its population, whom its truths have reclaimed from the practice of vice, and taught-ute practice ot whatsoev er things are pure and honest, and just. and of good report. . ' That this distinctive and peculiar cf. ft is produced upon every man to whom the Gospel is announced, we pretend not to aihrm. ttut we do Attinn, Hint,- besides producing this fmccial renovation, toi w hich we have alluded, upon a part, it, in a most remarkable degree, elevates the tortft of I r i- 4i i . .1 I i 1 . nKirui ieeung uirouguoui lire wuuie com munity. . V hcrever the Bible is freely ctr. dilated, and fU"3octrincs carried hoine t thetimlerstandingof men, the aspect of so ciety isulteni ;" tJiefrnjiieiicy-ibf crime; w diminislied ; men: begin to love justice, and to adinini.ster it by law ; and a virtuous pub. lie ojiinion, . that 'strongest safeguard of right, spreads over a nation die shield of invisible protection. Wherever it has faith ftiWy been brought to bear uptta the hiuiwn heart, cveA-undcr the most unpromising etr. cumstances, i htw, witliiu asiftgk' genera, tion, revolutionised tlie whole 'StnKwrc -Vof sodcty t-ao4 thuspwthia.Ab moretpr man than aUMliur means have lor ages accomplished WijJtout it. For flwuf of all this, I nejidonly refrr you; to the ef fects f the Gospel in tjFTntWBDff, or lii South Africa, in 0 Soeiety Istuj., or ev eh anwng'thebprigines of ,.tar tmnr-rcim- try. tr,.r-'.:-''- tsut, betore we leave this part ot thti y&u ject,itmay lie well to pauJor a moim?, and inquire whether, m addition i its nmr. al eflicacy, tlie Bible may riot e rt a pow. erful influence upon the intellectual chnrv acterof man. .V t'f.-'.,- .- '"And here it is scarrefy' liecessBH- thiW I j jshouid remark, thut, of all the Uioka with! which, since the uivention if writing., th'w world has been deluged, the numUer- i those is very small which have produced any perceptible enect on the mass of humna character. J3vfaf tlie grefftcf' part' hae been, even by their temporaries,, uiaxoti. Jed and unknow n , Not many a , one . has tade its little niark upon the generation Stat produced it, though it sunk with that generation to utter lorgcuuincss. nut, at ter the eeaseless toil of six thousand years, how few have peen the works, the adaman. tine basis of whose reputation has stood un hurt amid the fluctuations of time, and whose impression can be traceuth rough success. i ve centuries on lie 4(istory of our spe VhenThowcyerT such- a work appears, it8enectsare absolutely Incalculable ; and such a work, you arc aware, is the Iluo or Homer. r Wlio can estimate the results produced by the incomparable eflorts of a singlfi niiridf Who can tell what Greece owes to this first-born of song ? Her brctu thing marbles,-her solemn temples, her un. rivalled K-loquenoeyi and : her ; matchless verse, all point us to that transcendent gc nius, who,' by i tlie very splendor of his own efjiilgence.woke tlie human intellect from (he slumber ofages. It was Homer who gave laws to jhe artist ; it was Homer who inspired the poet ; it was Homer who thun. dcred in the schnte ; nnd, more than all, it was Homer who was sung by the people; and hence a nation was cast into-the mould of pne-migbty mind, and tiie land of the Hi ad became tlie region of taste , and the bith. place of the arts. 1 . ' . . Nor was this influence confined within the limits of Greece. Long after the seep. of empire had passed westward. Genius : . ncld her court on the banks of the Ily. .... a . . us, ana from tne country 01 itomer Jgave laws to the world. Tlie light, whiclt the blind old mnn of Seio had kindled in C? recce, shed its radiance over Italy ; and- thus did ho awaken a second nation into intellectual existence. And ye may 4brm some idea of the power which this one 'work has "to the present day exerted over the mind of maiiTtyTiFmarkHig, tliut ;ualion after nov tion, and century after century, has baen able to do little 'more than trans pone his in cidents, hew -name his characters, and par anhrazehis sentiments." - : . . But, considered simply as an intellectual production, who will compare the poems of Homer with tlie Holy Scriptures otthe Old and New Testament 1 Where in the Iliad shall we find simplicity ftn(T pathos which shall vie with the narrative of Moses,: or maxims of conduct to equal in wisdom" tlie Proverbs of Solomon, or sublimity which does not Tade away before tne conceptions of Job or David, of Isniah- or St Xohnl But I cannot pursutj this comparison;' I feel that it i doing wrong to the miqd which dictated the I Iliad, and to (hose other nugh ty intellects on whom the light of the holy oracles never shined. Who that has read his poems has not observed how he strove, in train to give dignity to uie mywoiogy ji jus timet Who has not seen how the religion of his country ,'jlinable to support the flight of his imagination sunk powerless Deneaui hiriit It is the unseen world where tlie master spirts of our race breathe freely, and are at rest $ and it is mournful to behold the intellect of Homer striving to free itself from the conceptions of materialism, and then sinking down in hopeless despair, to-weave idle tales about Jupiter and Juno, Apollo and Diana. But the difficulties under which he labored are abundantly "fllutratdd by the fact, thai the light, which, he poured upon the human intellect. toughtther ages how !wprthy was tlie religion of his day of the man who, was compelled to use it. "Itseems to me," says Longinus, that Homer.: when " he, descibea dissensions, jealousies, tears, imprisonments, and other afflictions, to his deities, hath as much as was in his power.-made the men of the Hi ad eods, and the cods men. To man, when afflicted, death is the termination of evils but he ha roaal"iiot only . the na ture, but the nnsenes of the Uods eternaL If.- then, so ereat results have flowed from this one effort of a single -mind, what may we .not expect from the combined efforts qf several, at least his equals in power over the human heart I ' If that one genius, though groping in the thick dark, neas of absurd idolatry, wrought m glorious a transformation' in tlie character of his countrymen -what may we not lotjk for from, the universal dissemination of those writings, on whose authors was poured tlie .full splendor of eternal trutliT If unassist ed human natures spell-bound byja childish mythology , have done so much, what may we not. hope for from the supernatural ef. fects of pre-eminent genius, which spake as it was moved by the Holy Ohost T . - - , - - ' ' The following anecdote is none tlie worse for being old.f We are inducel trj publish it, Uiinking that many of our readers .may not nave seen it, ana mat 11 win oe accept- able to all : - - . .Vasr"""v ANEcnoTB or Archbishop Shahpe: It was his lordship's .custom to have a sadlli horse to his carriaee, iit.i ii a. of .. tiguq Xrom sitting, he illicit ake thp re. frKmirTnfa rid.- As )u wfla'flklut rmin.r tnltia enisrnnnrBiA.nrP . 'hJ hnX' yt mile or two before 'the' cAairhiceiit him, aml with JstMiw iv-? ' Sk'igT" T rv few, ami those are hut little ships breast, and roaiiitowij Thrt Archbishop, vrfrtv tiwlti? A fife youbut BnW rifCd-iil- frrY .., - i i - , w . i yw whim ww,:nfcn destnietjve alkiiaesisujyyu are na H. 1 "WSir ! "rt-plied the iu;t!, OA'teM tin; business as much a,s yot. I am but -bubut at home thenf ire citKl. itors who tyU not stay ; fifty pounds, my lordf indeed Vfould do what no tongue be. side my owii can tell. " WelL sir, I take it on your word 5 and, upon ' my honor, if you will in a day or two call on me at -,what I have now given, shall be made up to that sum.1 The highwayman lodkcd at him, was si lent, and went off; at the time appointed, actually waited on tlie Archbishop, and as. surcd him, that his words had left imp res. sion which nothing could ever-effaee.--. - Nothing msre of him transpired for a year and a half, or mor when one morn. ing m person knocked at his grace s eate. and with a peculiar earpestnesa desired to see hnn. Ine bishop ordered the stranger to be brought in. lie entered the; room where his lordship was, but had scarce ad vanccd a. few steps before his. countenance changed, His knees tottered, and he sunk almost breathless on the floor. On recov ering,'he requested an audience in private. The apartimntbeingarcdti'Iy lord," said he, you cannot have lorgbttf;n tlie cir cumstance at such a time and place s crati- tude will never suffer them to be obliterated from my nundVIn me, my Irdv you now behold that once most wretched of man kind ; bid now, by youi inexpressible " huV manity , rendered equal , perhaps superior, in happiness, to millions. Ot my Jord, (tears fora while prevented, his utterance) TTtis you that have saved a much-loved wife, and a little band.of children,; ' whom I valued dearer than my life. Here is that fifty pounds ; but never shall I find language to testify what I feel. Your God is your witness your deed it-elf is your glory ; and may heaven and all its' blessings," be your present and everlasting reward. l ,4I was the younger son of a wealthy . t 'L.l t." I man , your loniMiip anew mm 1 am sure. His name was. " My marriage al ienated his aflections. and my brother ti'lftwliif titil W.& ftr..t t..A M ... and enury. A month slace, my brothet died a bachelor, and intestate. WJiat .waf his, is bcome nana, and, by your astonish, ing goodness, I nm now t once .the nnist penitent, the most grateful, and happiest of, myia;iv........"t . SnGia. They cultivate six thousand acres of land in France, in beet root; at a cast of twenty-eight millions of dollars ; and tho product annually is ne hundred millions of pounds of sugar. In the French West India colonies tliey plant fifteen thou sand acres of cane", at an expense of forty, five millions of dollars, and theyield per (annum is sipty millions of pounds of sugar. O. American. .rv ' ' - -7 1 ... sired ho would l;tiwve that ilargerus wtunon! and hill hi n fniiAr iis cfil'diL: -oir; w. -ojjv pi?i ;ijnKOi3 v, k 'i'.ZJ -"fm .riW.H-aM M impracticable attempt to aim at the yowl!, 'iw mwhy ---'fo:Vl ri5 m Ifefn" f the character, of the inerrloriotM - wmAm-v inasfth." -'jhwriiii oTmift!' ny wnunuaity, wiUiout havins; first reii-nd, XivtjSi.tf -w:.''Vwt..Sfi sht haaanffcred 'mmw vour s sorwjr t;r isffsctH ' l rinv cj.-irrtg biu wrj,jni".1 ijr-duj ;"7 yrririfi . '"" ' rift T.-.-t& i-pM-ea. and whwa'-wrvi '4tiid I11-.i.-it: tKh .ak-. tliW mmjr, Kthax Aujex.m ExgUnd-CoL Ethan AUenwasa man destined to slruce uifr; world as soiiietiiing iincommon, and in a high degree irteresting. t He was partially educated and ouscurciyurougni up , yu man was ever more at easein tne pousneu ranks than he. Not that heiat all conform ed to their artificial rules awl"" titled eti quette ;, but he had observed the dictates of . I I L. .. 1 1 !a Laa-ihi, nraaJA naiurui goou uuiiior. aw uwumg total defiance of fashion, and he looked and acted as if he thought it would be a conde- sceiision thus to trammel himself. It is wefrknown that in early life, in his own country he acquired an influence over his fellow-men, and led them on to some ot tne inert daring achievemciits. He aeemed to have possessed all the elements of a hero a devoted naiiotism. a resolute and dariiii? mind and an excellent judgment" His conduct as a partisan officer is well known in this country, and was of great service to the cause of liberty, during our revolutionary struggle. He was taken prisoner and carried to England, where his excellent sense, his' shrewdness and wit, introduced into the court region. friend of our early life, who was well ac quainted with this part of the history of this singular man, used to take great delight in telling some anecdotes of Colonel "Allen, while a prisoner in London. have before mentioned the firmness with which be resisted the attempts to bribe him from the cause of his country; and the caustic satire with which he replied to a nobleman, who was coniniisioncd by the ministry I to make him formal offers to join the British cause in America. Tlie incident is a stn. king one, and it will bear a repetition. , The commissioner, among the.temiiting largesses, proposed that if he would es pouse the king's cause, he might have a fee simple in the state of Vermont "l am a plain" man," said CoL Allen in reply, "and I have read but few books, but 1 have seen in print somewhere, a cir- jimutnriun thnt fainihW'rominrla nrw nf thp I nem.-tTAM. if i Tr isavj-voawa VI J vrvsa iyiutMUr sa avs a cer tain character that took a certain other character into an exceeding : high moun tain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the earth and the gbry thereof, and told him that if he would fall down and worship him, tl.is would all be his : and the rascal" add ed he, "didn't jnrn a foot of them : . I His interview with the King at Windsor is frienrkned bm highly interesting. -His nnftjhf asked the stouJlJiearted mountain. i wiWiej, had Bny new-spapers in Ameri-, 7iMte Kg.' "tto 'tf pSnces jv4y c i-iiySairttB--'wlfefeg. fa 'tV- Wnfe .-" s: I "f ' -;'. -.1. : ' t: -a ' llj? of .ij8tfj:. .1 ..j.....m ..UK,.. . ii.-., jf ,.. ,.t.;L. m . w i - zwm&imzin otj if, .,vm'K.-vL,j-'M : 1 tmiuu liars. etaa--wpuf. u,- Tin; Kihi $j&Mvt im'lSSe''?r,tl an:.iphcre Pre8sd w tpirih Vlinnmivcy' AHen u he knew LJr. Franklm f aiid Bri'rur answei in tlw affimwtive,; iuouired'ron cerning his experiments w itb: clectricityj ana expressed a curiosity to experience an electric shock. The British Sovereign seemed to take pleasure in tlie conversa tion, which he kept up for more than an hour , and at length made CoL Allen prom ise to visit him w ith' his countryman Dr. Franklin, at his plaee itt-Londoh. Some weeks after that 7he-was reminded ! of his promise by the nobleman above mention, ed, and an hour fixed for the homemade philosopher of ; America to explain the mysteries of a new discovery in the royal family. 'They attended accordingly, and with an apparatus chiefly of his own inven tion, Dr. Franklin exhibited many of those simple and amusing experiments, for which he was so noted, and at which the royjdhkwneyen of a larger grow were much delighted. - In this playful way, Dr. Franklin took occasion to. convey instructions as Tito the properties of this astonishing $uid. AVhile the royal habitation was thus in a hxwt on kingly nproar, tlie Premicr'was announced as in waiting. .Tlie King seemed for a moment disturbed. ' I forgot my appoint mcnt with the minister," said he, ''but no matter, I will eschew business for once, and let North see how we are emoloved. Accordingly the minister was " ushered in with'ecremony, and it was aoon concluded that he riiould have a shock.- - Allen whis. pered tothe Difctor to reniember how . he hnd shncled us across ihe waters, and to give him a double charge ; whether it was designed oa the hint of his friend or not, was not ascertained, but the charge was so powertm, on the nerves of his lordship , as to make him give way in hiskriees, at which all,-cspecially the Princesses, were almost ::.'T7tmnlidKiT& - ;tk 7 T. Some of Colonel Allen s hanpx retorts at theiclubs and fashionable parties are still remembered and often repeated. On one occasion, he was challenged to a glass of wine by tle beautiful Lhrtehess of Rutland; iWiieemHo have beenprtieularly pleas sed withjhis independeht manner. - ; "You must qualify your glass with a. toasrf obsened the lady. ''-. -, ." .The 'Varmounter1 veiTnafExjteoJvobl served thathewasnot used to that sort of ceremony, and was afraid he. might give offence.- If.however, the lady would be so good as to suggest a subject, he would endeavor to give a sentiment v ."0, said she, "never blind the snhjed-any thing will do, so that it has no treason tn itw ;X .r . -i.i"wi 'gwum pnwperny, a Murnal pnrelv well, says lie, ' mis uj - truth if not lor a toast, ana nxing i" j adt;ingly on the far-famed court beauty, he proceeded : -'Ifanv thing could make a double trai tor out of a patriot, it would be tlie witch- Craft of such eves as your laaywups. - , I he niumuiceniy " " snoken. toceaier' with its fitness to the -1 CJ, , . , occasion and th perw)ncaua,iiio uc ipng hailedinthetbeaumonde, as an ex. cellent thins : ana aiinouini naa ci- feet ofheiEhtemne for a moment that oean- ty to' which it was oflered as a tribute, it is said tlie fair" Duches" "often afterwards boasted of the compliment.; a for before J! tle emntv homage she had ever receiv ed from the glittering coxcohibry of the city.';:''.': ';.ir; : ';- " ; ' J A lady once snecringly asked Allen, in a larse assembly, at what time fashion able ladies in America preferred taking the air. . He perceived her driftj, and bluntly answered,,., J. "Whenever it was necessary to feed the eeese and turkies." s' " ; MWhat,r inquired the lady, udo the, fine womep in your country descend to so men ial etriploymcnts 1''. 1 Allen was always aroused at any at. tempt todepreciate the fair ones of his country, and with a great deal of warmth he replied,- ' . . ' V""'. ; . ' - "American ladies have the art of turning even amusements to account. Many of these could take- up the subject of your Grace's family history, ahd tell you of the feats of valor and bursts of eloquence "to which your ladyship is probably indebted for vourdistincuwhed name, and most of which it is likely, would be as new to you as the art of raising poultry, The sarcasm produced a deep blush in the face of the fair scoffer ; but it produced for the captive and his countrymen an demnity against court ridicule for. tlie fu ture. . , Mait should Not bu bono roa Fashion. ?-Ibrd Mansfield being willinstto ' save man who stole a watch, desired the jury to value' it at tenpenee ; upon which the prose. cutor cries out, " Tenpenee, my lord, why the very Jashion of it cost me five pound. "Uh, says his lordship, "we must . not hang a man tar fashion' ake.n - - -r IOR issuinjr a periodical in the city of Raleigh, which will be tirclusivcly devoted to polite Literature and Science, entitled . THE EMERALD, and toj be edited bj Huoh MqQubm. It has been remaHwd by an eminent man, whose enliphtrned and siiirited labors for the welfare and rlorr of North Cafoliha will form an interesting portioa of net hjwto nntory, -mat tne character of the eoumry was principally-indebted for Its elevafirm j urnl liutre to tlie elevation of her public men." And pereape the voice of ealro.and impartial rea. iwy aatrlv pronounce the decision that it would tta r:r!rj m tiwacier ana lame irom t -f-.-jum! man accessiDie orjran, 'Tot;d soniJniight eommuni. wSit chase bioOTephicatiincidenU and Mfcury fragment which have been (''-Wr-'if archives of brivaie aflnlan. wajely aaM wh tteaory,1 vm- uarj iin inH rMnnsi ta l wm r mw n account of the. vaster aitent fvii stmaaiivai, aariJetaal and phmieal ica 1 F!"noni ""w bYe proved unsucccssfuL' 'JThe most ammtnnnt AqthirMi lt t.- .un:raiu wm oe oiaunguisiieo; will be a perseve. 1J M. V .. . . T iu icKuo irom oouvion tne numerous facts which would be so Deculiarlv nrlilW give solidity and extension to the web of our his tory as a btatc, and which have been rapidly pas sing beyond our reach ; owing to the wastinir in fluence which is tn rted bv time over both tk written and traditonal memorials of men: to re- iresn ine recoliccuon of the talents, virtun ami 1-scTOxaMiaoae-patnotio men who wxniainted 1 r . f .. ... '"uiuiui jruaraiaiii 0 tne most pre. iiuu ana mieresis oi uie state, in the pe riod of her infant weakness ; toidiver to the worid an accurate knowledge of those who have lunga tened and adorned her character in more n-ccnt , kcui:ii. aim circulate Uie fraits of vigor, ooa and eulUvated intellect, tlireWh the medium o arucu-a winch wul be prepaid for the Emer ald on the subject of primarv Interest, both in the circle of the more severe, scitaif (M in the mUderwalka of polite literature ran in iHrn Uiemtercstoof pooulaTed'ucatim. .i eraevering in the view of thorn tacU, subjreta od suliiUry influence over the nuhTieJ A.- - . i w ohe mind. r For the poniose of niacinir tb li eeaof die Emerald opon a secure and permanent basis of interest and usefulness, the aid of intelligent and gifted gentlemen .has been solicited in ad vance of its publication ; and Uie assurances which .VT1 wTed nPn f Point an such aa to justify Uie anticipation that the enterprise will be sustained by some of the most luminous and popu lar pens of which the State may boast It is also ciprciea mat each number of the Emerald will l eeivea considerable P..,,,ettilofioiM eminent rithea of Worth Carolina, - And these sketches will be in. djscnmmately applied to the characters of both the living and the dead, i - 11 wil he 6he of the chief objects of the Editor to regulate the selections which may be made for Uie paper, by which approved maxims as to render it a vehicle of useful instruction, and to secure some'degrec of gratification to every class ef rea ders. ; . . v.. . A ewwtant effort will be made to guard against that lengthened species of gravity, which may ap. preach the hmito of monotony whilst at the same time the sprighdiness of its mktter shoald In such culpable, profusion as to acquire the stamp of levL ty. The Iwpe is cherished, too, that this periodi cal will prove equally acceptable to both of the political parties which now divide the population of the Union, ia as much aa distinguished individ. uju warmiy aevoted to each of these classes of men nave promised ua contributions from their pens, ana as every lopie which may be even' faintly tinctured with the. party politic of the times, shall be rigidly and inflexibly excluded from the columns of the 'Emerald. , TERMS. The Emerald wiU be published so. mi-roontlily, in etiarto form or eight pages, on an imperial sheet of fine paper and handsome tvpe, at four dollars per annum. Pains will be taken to make it equal in point of mechanical execution, to any similar publication of the Union ; and it is contemplated, in a short time to issue it weekly should it be found practicable to do ao with safety to our own interests and the entertainment affor. ded to our roadcni in which, event, th sobacip. tion will be mereaspd to five dollars. . . '?'t;a, - C!rcb. 1. 1S10, - ; The kndtrsigned propose to publish, in 1L f iTjr of Baltimore, a newspaper to be taUii I , " THE FIjLOT. '. I ORN' and educated in the West, be U' J knwws Geo. Harmon personally, and kf-. pi reonally, and been familiar with his public Uy fuct the commencement of .the late War. J has known. Ir. Van Iluren, and closely observed hisesicersance Jtwo. i The chief inducement to rvsnnte. the arduoa,; and rmponmible duties of an editor, is tiushnpe UUs he may now contribute something toward ft,! electioo of General Itarrison. The fidolity.abitl ty, finnnesaH and moderation with which that eaLi ment citiaen has dischaijrrd the moat difficult and ' responsible puLlie trusts his unexampled populu ity as the cbirt magisiraie oi ine Kmioncs iartt west of th Uhk the; nnunpeacbed integrity of his public life (lis amiable, courteous, and digsi. i fied respect for the laws and public opinion, an ! guarantees that, if elected, he will bring into It, administration faithful, Competent, and borK men; who will devote alt UK fr energies and the constitatiooaj iheans of the Government k restore eonfidence, and thus to revive the ihdustrt. eiilerprise, credit, ahd proeperfty of the- coontrt, now paralyzee by uiitaithful and ucDaactsat poi be ageniav : Thi Pnov will review the fcoarsa of the Hjmh f dniinistimtjon, and disouss freely the fraudiaVn' speculauona in the public lands, and discaas free), the' fraudulent speculations in tie public lands, au,. their connexion with the subsequent warfare ni the baakine institutions of the country. - In doinr Uua the tm-sent ana past aaimnistration wilt kt klentified,aind Uieir meiwures exaniined and con trasted tha present unexampled condition of tkt coontry, the cause in which it originated, and the inevitable eonarauencee of continuing power it. the same hauMkVwiil be boldly and fuithfully treat ed. . v.h The unikTaiVned believes that the Federal Go. i vernnient la a compact between the States, mteai edf by a more perfect no km, to harmonise, as hi as powble, what would otlicnriae have been 4 conflict between local internets nd that this' a1 no lest a duty than the protection of our ioreirn commerce. .. The benefits to flow from a wall ii grsted syatem of Internal Impttpvrmenta, whethrri it be eonsjdersd aa means of deience in cass of a. vasioo or inaurrection, oi" eoovevinir the prodiieU of the interior to market, sr for tnuuptrtikr tin assu, are ao palpable Uiat the only ohjectwiuv hen. tofore nrged against appropiationa to that object,1 nrve seen maae ny tnose who aemrd UK power i .1. T . . ' . . . .1 . ui jcwtbi uvtvniaicni; or bj outers vno, ad. milting the power, denied Uie expediency, under the existing state of the Treasury. The fender, signed believe that the Federal Government hut by permanent contracts with lUilroad eompanio, for the transportation of the mail and troops an,: munitions of war. on the leading routes of travel accomplish a general system of Internal Improve. mem; ana wmeniorce tne propriety or doing ax and endoavor to show how this may be done by u enlightened use of the public credit ; and also k develops the icidental advantagea to flow frok such a measure, by sustaining the credit of uV States, and thu restoring public and private eoa- noence. . Bultimore iseontraLand in some resneeta. ik. oesi poini. ai winch to concentrate political hU. ligence. Should tlie expectations of the Editer be realixcd, thej'ilot will become the medium ' diffusing the intelliircnce tlius concentrated i and whatever an earnest xeal," bohkt experience, and anceasing industry can do, will be done to render it acceptable, as a Commercial. Scientific, titen. ry,nd Mtaeellaneoap, as.wetl as w- Political paper, it will treat political opponente with cuv dor and fairness, but will be firm and decided a support of the men. the measures, and the nriiui pic whose aupport may be identified with tlie wet; tare me country; and 11 in doing this, it siMlj be necrasarv U) retaliate. or to citv tlie "wsrrnl Africa," it will be done tlie Editor will not faltof m Uie discharge of his duty, to please a snbscribrrl or m gam an advertisement 4iu press will be frer. and be will fearlessly discharge his dutv. It is proposed to issue a diulypapir at sis doDan per annum, semi-weekly -at five dollara perar. nam, and an extra in mmohlet. .double mvul tds and devoted exclusively to the Presidential electm Hrone aollmr, the first number to be iswied on th firstof Maw. ' -! I The firs number of the daily will be awned .M eaasi as a smnctent subscription to justiry the at dertukinr shall have been obtained. y : : - I The Ixlitor is admonished by the pout, and ai notsuojecxnimsrii iobeavy ioBses. It is in 0) power of those JSi desirt! ilteeleelinn kRmim,' ILirrison, ta remunerate his services; and.Hhv1 pi opoaition is submit ted under Uifterpeeiaiion Ua'' an eftort will be made, and especially by the yooW men of the party, to aid him in weathering to - "'. DUFF (GREEX. - Baltimore, March 12, 1840. , 1 13 Editors friendly to the election of Hen. Kf nson, are requested to insert taw pfm ine his friends renerallv; and the W his' eoinuuf are solicited tont'tain subsoribers, and asprcnltj aorerijsmir anosenbers and advertisements. - TERMS tat tui ui anvAincB : " " l r Daily Pilot, per annum, Ki Dnllars. - hingle Daily Paper. Two Cents. 'r-emi-wecwy, , : Five Dollar -xtia,froni MavJst to 15th Nov- ia Mrnnhb and double royal aixe. One Dollar.: PROSPECTUS OF THE Weatero Star f Liberty. THE mdenigned having assumed the rntirf control of the Western Star of Liberty, (fa j merly known by the title of. Carolina Gasettt j deems It necessary, in Issuing a Proeprctu to V public to state the rules and princi4e by which m sliall be goverm d and guided. In a short and f- cne s manner as possible, I iw respect to those in power, we are perfreU? -J .ware that thevara lhnae wlu. .j -;n administer the Government agreeable to the gear, ral welfare of the country. For an illustration this, look at the manner in which our Govemmca: baa besa adjiiiiartcred for the past lOyeanb -One we were a happy people, enjoying all tlie comfort) and mvilrge which a free and independent peoi could boast of. But now fraud and cotTupti sxaias in open day-light, spreading a deadly-blip! over the virtue and interest of our people, w ixuniarv resources ana agnenltoral interest rangeo, and enppled in the most tender point We shall be roverned br the wfcefotc taiifrht b' our forefathers, as we are perfeetlr convinced i the truth of Republicanism aa understood by tW founders of oar Government, "practised bv Wash ington and Madison f with a heart and hand etrr ready, we will exert our inQucnc to Its furthest nr. limited extent, to prevent the union of the paw and the sword, to preserve the integrity of the law and the riirhU of the States. To diminish sh tronage of the Executive, which now has beoon o powerful and disastrous aa to hea irresistiblr npon the freedom of the press and of Uie eieetiw franchise. Aho for a strict accountability of pa lie officers, nnd f diminution of the itravars' and improgtable expenditures of the GovernmeBt Conseqnently, we are bitterly opposed to the I ejection of Uie present incumbent, ,,. ; We wiQ give our friendly support to the causes' agricultOTe4 which has been too much overlook by th public Journals of theday.- We will aN 4nv a prominent place to the cause of Lfteraiam -nd our beat efforts for Uie prosperity of Christ ity. ... -We expect shortly to issue our Journal in a H torm and dress ss soon aa we can procure a ff aapplyof type The terms of the Star will bs here mentioned. i . . THOMAS W.YOUNG, ' Jryitorsjidlwprietof. ' - TERMS. . . The Weatera Star of Libertv win he mbllsbrf every Tuesday at Two Dollaia and Fifty Cent advance, or three dollars if payment is delayed t the expiration of three months. - -. - NopaperwulbediacontmnedmtilantliasVre: f s paid, unless at thi discretion ef the adit ' V" 4'
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 5, 1840, edition 1
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