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y ''.':i.f;."lFor the Meaaenger.) ' ,' I. thee. Yes. I lore thee! thy fir "oft AUurw) me by ito witehinjf apeUl V .t f Awofa a deep impeasion'd chord, '. WUae aotca o earth have ebaiin'd too weD ! Ye "I lore theehow bM; beams The maiden glance of thy Woe eye ' Lovely as when oa tranquil streams , Ipktoi,dbeCT'eiMebinjky!, f 1 "' " '-V : ' -? -. Yen, I love thee with secret wiU -Thy look my every thought insprir ; " -Tie thine to bid them peaeo, be stm,?"" J Or fen them with conaiuning fine. . I YeeCl lore tbee-Und oftat aright, J v Sweet d reams will bring the near I j Nor aught Ira lair in visions light- rvu ' , In phantom beam yet null aa dear,, ' ., . . , i a, XKLOTIS AAUts. Franklin, 1849.' t t ... -, - ;- ... v' "(From the Boston Courant 1Se still aud know that I mm Gd. , - , rafoM6,Krr JU. When anguish chiDs the wildcred heart, v And seals the eye that lone foe teara; , When words no comfort can import; When through the form of doubts and lean. Comes a stiU voice ' a voice from Heavea,'5v ' 11iat bids as humbly brar the rod.:. And to the trusting anal is given , " . r; To feel in silence it is God ; .;. ... .. ,( ' Be still and know that I aw jSfo--..1; L- Thus camo the word in days of old, " . ' ' y. Jto men who paths of suffering trod; r' And now though m Triad days hare rolled. Like a warm sun of blessed power,' - To melt the iciness'of woe,-- ' - To us H comes -nd sorrow's boar -Is tight end prayerful team o'ernow. ': .. . YAHIETY. -If rem Southern literal Moanfer, REFLECTIONS OF Ai REFORMED V t v DRUNKARD It was a pleasant world,, with its green fields, and sunny skies, and broad majestic mountains, before tlie advent of this iron aire. But. alas ! ten years have done the work of a century7 The world is changed, and we are changed with it. No more are our sorrows lightened by that etherial sprite doing his f-pirijing gently" as Ariel Alcohol. - Tins very name sounds, huge ani monster-like now, but a child may re member the day when the weak, and tim id, and the fuinting were not afraid of his presence. Let me not indulge in remini scences 1. "The but is out ."and we must drink water. Public opinion is a god. . Let us submit fts we may. , ..,v i Think not, reader, that I was a drunk ard. No unbecoming levity no want of y self-respect did 1 betray,' in the brightest dnys of the golden age. '; A quiet gentle man and a comely, of an uncertain age, I was to be seen daily prcambulating the sha ' dy,strecta of W- - , my countenace, per. chance, a trifle flushed a shade more I fear than the gentle exercise I had taken would, wnrrant-7nd my step, at times, lof. tier Utan beseemed me. ,' I was a drearncr then. . ' ''.,,' w'J'',':.. : -'- - .", , But I was injuring my constitution. Not at all! I but drank for amusement I saw. plainly the absurdity of purchasing present pleasure at the price, of future pain. , Therefore did I practice the most rigid seludcnial. . 1 natter myself my judg ment is a sulncient guide, . ; tnodut tn with one .excep tion the temperance society. Like space U has no limits. Its advocates will never be satisfied, till they bring the world to sign a pledge of entire abstinence from eve. ry thing eatable and drinkable oven bread and water. I pxpect to see the day when to eat an apple will bean in Icuble disgrace and milk and water will be sold by the druggist as a medicine. . Cliampaigne will soon rank in point of. acridity with, nitric .acid. . " . I count myself a martyr. I have joined the society I I had lived a year in solitude though in the midst ; of my friends, and could bear it no longer... For twelve long months, rov neighbors shunned me like vipcri merely because listen posterity ! I occasionally indulged to excess in mv fa vorite beverage Whiskey punch t-- But it ia all over now. I have signed the pledge and sincoi it is done, I will make a virtue of necessity. For the good cf my country, is it, ye persecutors ! that ye hare required metoi? join CLJFJkrcmise myjicighbor is i: drunkard, I must taste ho more wine ! Ad. mirablc logic f Suppose he were a glutton ' must I forego my dinner T Yes , I am a martyr the prince of martyrs. , The Decii should not be named in the same breath, lThey died for their country J hvel i i ; Too true alas! it is, : ' . "SicciM omnia nam dura Dcoa pToposniL" r' , Do you dMibt it? Vhy.then, when upon earth, did our baviour turn your boasted water, into wine I : I thank Heaven for that miracle. '".' '.'s '"'.. i" 'V.4': To what will not the world "come t kuow men who really believe wine to be deadly poison. Let me tell them that Toper's stomach stronger than they nna gine. We are not killed so easily, . . "Ferter Promrtheue ... . inanni Ironia . Vino rfoiui;Ae ajipoauiasa nostro ' 4 and we can yet endure another draught" " ' Nobody thinks, now a days, of drinking brandy: a very tew aspire to rum but most "of the veterans of my acquaintance Iiavn taken retuge in wine. "rortjtCTfJccu- pa t ortum, is their motto. But even here , they are .not secure L .Quaffwhile ye may, my masters ) f foresee the1 time when yo will be glad-to drink muter, What auiet, delightful, dream.infcsted illagewas W rjforejlhenMching of this new doctrine. - There, of a summer afternoon, beneath that huge elm, might yoscc the patriarchs of the' town; with l ''y -i--- :," their sons and graivJsons, and. great grand, tons forsooth, stretched on th green grass, srrwkir perchance, or discussing gingerly and calmly some piece ofxvillage gossip whilst ever and anon the antique punch, bo I, long since departed, rssed cheerfully around the circle. And were ot those good men and true! . Let rne mansult their memory by the question. I have a fondness for antiquity. These old customs, mellowed a they are by time their sharp corners worn offby its silent and invisible flow how it goes to my heart to see them vanishing like a ghost by can. dlelight ! The fashions'of the day , like wine, want age.. j Ugh J this dry cough t rBoy bring the pitcher and the bottle f Lackaday my pledge ! Hold we will not .drink. . Nine, alas! is a thirst that many voter cannot quench. I will chew a little cam- momikL" . Three weeks ! It seems an age. 1 did not brueve when 1 signed, that 1 should be abk to abstain solonir. -'What would! not. and mv word is my bond. Such has ai. ways oeeB my fortune !eince 1 stopped drinking, 1 have not seen a sick moment It m intolerable. I would not have joined the society so readily, had I not thought J could be most conveniently ill, at least (six times a day. Let me be patient. !, To-mor-row, I may have a glorious cholic. Ah ! I have if. I wjll watch with my friend L to-nicht.'- Losing nly sleep will give me a superb headache in the morn. p e . . . . ing,nd gin has always been my B)edl cine. "" ' -.'. " The deuce take it ! rtiave watched with mv frierul broad awake all hipht drank a glass of cold water at midnight hoping to induce the cholic another at sunrise and fce! this morning as if I had slept in Paradise. It is too insufferable. The fates are against me. I fear I shall never see another sick day. , If I had coptinucd to drink, I warrant ine J should have had the headache daily1, as usual. But now that I want an excuse Tor taking the least drop in the World, I foel as light as a swallow. Well, some people are born to fortune. ' I was always a lucky dog ! " Ifl detest any thing, it is water. ' Hor. ace speaks of a fountain whose waters were better than the ghua. . ' . "Fona Bundusia sjilendior vitrt." f We have no such springs here though it is true a slight dash of water in your wine, of a hot day, is not out of place a mere trifle ; it gives it a dewy freshness, which but why should I dwell on this ! I am without hope, -" My pulse beats like an eight-day clock." I despair of tht head ache, and will bethink j me of some other excuse, t if I coma out nna an apology lor one glass, I would lay up a' stock of "bodily infirmity" for a year. j After all, can I deny that they are in the right I . Think of the wives lonely and des olatethe children starving the wretch ed Irktims of r drunkenness t themselves, bound ia these woven and- strong-linked chains which it is so hard for me to break. Think of these II do not regret struggle as thou wilt thou almost invincible habit, that I have disappointed thee !. I remcm. ber now that men wagged their heads as I passed them, and saida vhal thqf haU not say egain.' No! I am no drunkard ! My . T . v. 11 . . f hand is firmer. It trembles not as before. My Step is lighter my sleep is sweeter arid that thirst burning like a fire within mc." is less agonizing. My tortures, are dying a .j rt ii 11 away With the fomend MW, O God ! as I look back, I see I feel I know that 1 Was Sjmost Iwat I net, quue) A DRCHKABO ! Yet one (class 1 It jvould still my heart 's throbbine mhf one I sliall desire no more. M It thatl be the last the farewell glass. It is at my lips the liquor has a celestial frajrr nee. I can imagine no deeper bliss than such a draught inspires and it it at nvf Vptf I taste its sparkling loam, t Once once only ! ,v Shall I drink ? One moment to decide ! No I Asain I am a man. Dpo'd bv dron. I pour it out upon the ground, like water. UOD, I THANK THEK, I AM SAFE. -a) a : ElfEaGY OF CttalACTBt. Energy of philosopber atone of this character is the philosophei life, and should be engraved upon every heart; it is that which has peopled the tem ple of fame; that which has filled the his toric pn"ea with greatTiames, and the civil and military worldj that which has brought a race from barbarism, drawn the veil from scieneOj and developed the wondrous pow. era ofjnature it makes men great, and makes men rich. First or last , it brings ittcCcDS. Vithout it websler would have been a New Hampshire lawyer. - Thomas Ewing a. buck-eye salt boiler. Benjamin Franklin a journeyman printer. : .Without it penwsthenes would have stammered ori to his grave, and Cincinnatus died a com. mon soldier, bhakespeare would been shot for poaching. Pope died selling tape; Koscoe lived selling beer 'by the' small;' and Napoleon gone out of the world a corsican bully. With it each one has not only done much good for himself, much for his day and generation, but much for b . , ... I the world in the past, the present and the I future. . " : Energy of character will do the same thing for any man in a small way. that it has aVne for those, t: Give the lawyer energy of character, and he will succeed at the bar without talent. Jt is the secret by which the merchant, the artist, the scholar, and the mechanic, arrive at distinction and wealth, v jf they fall once, they try again i no contrary Winds beat' them down; or, ifl down, tney will not stay down. Ine man who has energy of character, will rise in spite of fortune and in spite of opposition. Give a man energy, and he is a made man, put him where you will, and surround him by what you will. It is this fact that gives us eonhdenoc Uiai me American people wiU riae from their present depressions as soon as the blast has blown over that threw j them down. In defiance of bank suspen sion, bad currency, and every other oil , . . .-i 1 give wr a ouna - if h-is a rich simpleton, mity." Then-could I drinkith a clear hamX M J - J. a.ia.L V.F4iLJutJti infis I conscience but 1 nave signea tno pieage, tliat rnalic and ignorance- can fix upon them.the neople of this country have ener gy enough to rise and to prosper. He who crives no in despair, and cuts away, the in kanair. ana .euia iwtT.mein.Mm asnamei to exectne. u. we nwa i n iheeU of his canvass; because he finds con. trary winds in bis passage, is but a poor navigator. ' ' .. - , "Miss Soohia. will you tavor me with a sonfff " .' . ' ' - "Oh! no, Mr. Senior, I never sing." (1) " I think I have heard you!" vBut I have such a cold." (2) ? 'Singing is good for a cold. "And then my wrist is lame," (3) ?MItwiitcureiL" "I have forgot all my music" (4) tCan younol recollect one piece!" "It is sometime, since I practised." (5) " Were you not playing as I entoredi. "Only drumming." X, . "Well, drum me a tune then." After telling about twenty more Set, the lady plays. Now, this is altogether wrong, if the young gentleman is poor, and the la dy don't want to play, let her say so. But let her just get. up, and go it That's j. Bachelor Button. Seed Wheat. 100' Busheb choice SEED WHEAT, of the bearded kind; for sale by the eobscri. ber. livinf three milea east of AshevUle a sanv i nle of which can be see at thie office. - THO. T. PATTOX. Jane 9.1840. J ; Ct- , ' Rclisioas Not let. rWIHE Baptisf Church at little Hirer, in tl i jl oenon county, x. v, a iniui - 1 protracted neHinr to be held at that rface, to I commence on Wednesday 22d day of July nexf, and respectfully invite the upspet amustry to at. he meetinp. By order of theCnnreh in Conference. E. HIGHTOWER, Clerk. Lt-9 Jane 13,1810. State of JVorth Carolina. , EJJXCOMBE COUNTY. Ii Eqnitj Spring Term, 1810. Joss Ossoa.0, ) Sakl'H. 8HTrn, and others. ) THIS was, originally, a Bill of Injunction. - Upon the eominv ia of the, answers, the Injunction was dissolved, and the Bill continued over aa an original hilt At a eubsrquent term, k-ave was riven .to amend -the bill by making James Allen a party. It appearing to the satis. taction of the Court, that the said James Allen is I nor an inhabitant of thai State, it was ordered that publication be made for six weeks in the - Highland Messenger,'' for the defendant James Allen to appear at the ne it Court of Equity to be held Jot the county of Buncombe, at the Court House in Asbevile,oa the third Monday after the fourth Monday in September next, then and there to plead, answer or demur to said mil, or toe same wiu be taken pro eonfeaao and act for hearing ex perts. A true copy front the annates. Test, E. H. McCLUIKE, C. M. E. fIVsiee.S5 25.1 U-3 " Csx. Sa's. Mel Bonds, OF s correct form, for sale at this office, good terms. . v - , -TtONSTABLES' DELITEET BOXHS, 'for sale. Apply at the M Messenger" Office. AabeviDe, June 5, 1840. , 1 Cutiptit FimilT Jlewipaptrli tke r.StittiU ALEXANDER'S WEEKLY MESSENGER, r saw u ..a.i;a. - M uruiui. - ;..iu I I J.iA Mn- It ts. k.r' ..j J. I beautiful texture, at Two Dollars per annum,- ten sobacriptkma for Ten DoUara, Its eontenU "f?7 rfb,f-"d fford f earliest and most authentic articles of news, with nd ackcted matter, calculated to render it extensively sought and in. I variably mtereating. Within the abort space of iti .eai.to over 30,000 subscribers i and . still mereasing rapidirwith Farmerit Mechanic Tradeamer!: Artisans, Agriculturists, Merchants, Manufactu, rera, and Men of Leiaure, m every dtstnetof the United States among whom its character is fully appreciated. It m decieediy and emphatically the cheapest Family Newspaper in the world ! afford. ing to clubs of ten the means of receiving every week throne-bout the rear. a valuable eompendiBm . of Literature and Uaefid Intelligence for the small sum of one dollar I Ine Olograph lea of diatin- guisbed statesmen and ratnota, which nave giv. en so much safisfoction to the readers of tbe Mes-l songer, wiD be continued, together with Original Tales, Essays and Poetry, the most piqoaut en tertaining selections from the British periodicals, translations from the worka of the leading writers of Romance and roetry on the continent of . Cu. rope, and notices, of the popular American and Foreign Literature of the day and every effort to maintainthe present nattering 'popularity Kw' hrL eopiea of the Messenger for one year ! A five doUr bill will pay for four copies for one year : - - -,' V : Two dollars m advance is the price of aa indi. vidua! subscription for one year I ' One dollar will pay for a single subscription for six months only. - A LiMrai oner. Poatmasterajir other gentlemen acting aa agents by fcrwardinr a current twenty dollar note (free of postage) will be furnished for one year with ten copies ofr' Alexander's Veckry Miaatngvi, and teal copies of the bilk Grower ex. rarmerr , Winnalt edited by Ward, Cheney or. Brothers, the eater. prising suk cultunata of Uujlington, It. - also a premium copy of AlexandrfB huge and splendid quarto edition ,of the Holy Bible, with Apocrapha, Psalms, Concordance, Index, Slc complete beautifully bound and lettered, and printed on fine white paper -containing upwards of eleven nun. dred pares, accompanied - with an. appropriate engraved Frontispiece, and a family record for births, marriages and oeatha. Retail book-store price of the Bible, fifteen dollars ! the publisher free of postage, he wul forward forty I for forty dollars in current bank bula, sent to copies of Alexanders Weekly Messenger, tor one .A w,n .U furnkdi the Arent nrocurina tha laanie, tbe remium Copy of the Holy Bible, com-1 plete, as ateted above. . - m J ' AJMI HEK ! ! I , I For a ten dollar current buL sent free of post- are, the pubbaber will furnish five cones of the Silk Grower and Farmera Manual, and a premt. am cony of the Popular Magazine, or one thou fiv.olumes! Lnr?rm' sand Aight s r.ntertam menta, each containing 439 pares, and embelliabed with spirnea wvoa eogravmgs, nanaaomoiy oonna. , I hc ttf bsowts and rauica s JHamvai. js pubbshed monthly by C Alexander, at one dollar per annum,, and affords all necessary information for the cultnreof the silk worm and the growing of tne Moras Mulfjeauus ai tne only periodica! ex clusively devoted to thai subject wmca printed m Uus country. - . j At the expiration of the term subscribed for, and paid by clubs, the paper is invariably discontinu ed, unlesa the advance money is forwarded pvevi ous to that time and the subscriptioai renewed. AH ietteia must be post paid, or they wul not be taken out of tbe Post Offiee-ddress J ' " CHARLES ALEXANDER, Athenian Duildinga, Franklin Place, .'. Philadelphia. PRINTING! PRINTING!! nninS Office having now on band eompfcta JL -. assortmeater Hook and l ype, we pro. UMJooaiodeiitoiers ef 7 LEiUMUU rauiutt, Rrh as PurrohleU. Show Billa. Way Bills, SUre a am a aa aa wa aa as ajaa yajfJi ayja mt M and Home 004 Borineaa, Profcariooa and Viatting Cards j every kind of Blanks jtJecttoa i icaets. Ait Atl MJ. CT Tht assortment M lype m m "mea aMintaaanM' and being entirely new, we can oafi ly promise. u in may vuiwu"ni-ii that Printing of every description wul oe naaav aomelyeseutedr-,r'.- T- "--JJ!aa" All orders for Printine. addressed to the Publish ers, will be thankfully received and promply at. Asheyi0e,Je5,184O. ' ' 1 - - - - : -- ' TO PIHTEES 159 FCBLISilEIS. n T IIE trndersi gned, agents for Lothian & Ha. ' gar's Typs Foundry, New York, wiD eon. tract to supply any quantity or variety of Printing Typs to the Printers of Worth and South lerouaa. and Georgia, oa as advantageous terms as tney can be furniahed from the manufaetorers. The Type made at this establishment Is all cast by hand the metal equal, if not superior to any bj the coon. "Ve are also scents for K. Hoe It Coa Machine and Hand PRESSES, and all other articles mano. lactured by them for Printers' and Binders nee. Ws also keepon band, aad contract far the reg ular supply of Printing Paper, of any 'quantity or sixe,' r . . ;' . .. . ,i,:;i Johnson Ml Dnrant's Printing Ink, always 'on Far sals by ' - ' Stationer's Hall, 84 Eaat Bay, ChariestoBSXX March 3, 1840. . V , . " ; w 1 Ilolston College. - - NEW-MARKET, EAST TENNESSEE. flMHE Semi-Annual Examination of Holatoa I JL College, closed its Winter nasi on on Thurs day the 36th ult-, and the 8ummeaaan win commence on Friday the 34th instonder . more favorable auspices than at any former session. The Rev. Aixfc Mxtbcs, who for several sea. sions baa presided over the Iostitntioa with the utmost ability, ant to the entire satisfaction of the students, the Trustees take great pleasure in in forming the friends of the College and the public at large, will continue aa President of the same. ' The steward's bouse, under the management and control of the Rev. R. M. Stevens, affords board and accommodation for a large number of students, at one dollar and fifty cents per week, lodging not included. In addition to which, beard can be had ia private families al about isn dollar and seventy -five cents, including lodging. etc. , , -- , The Trusters have contracted for building, and expect shortly after the commencement of this next session, to bare several uonnitones ready lor the use of students. - - , A Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus has' been purchased, and is now on its way from New York, for the us: students naxt session. The Trustees hope that by continued exertion oa their part, the unwearied efforts of the Agent of the College, together with, the substantial aid -from its mend and patrons m aupans or me country, to have it in their power to prace HoUtoa CoIWe oa s footing second to none in the Western country. New.Mark.et, Apnl 7,lB4U. - . State of Nortb Carolina, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, - Superior Court f Lam, Spring Term, 1840. SuSAHHAa McCaISOM, - . .1 . I PrrrnoM i WiLLtaajG.McCABMKfind others, f Dowsa. hein at law of David McCanon. J IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,that William P. Poor and Mira Elizabeth, hie wife, two of the defendants, are awe inhabitants of this State It ia ordered that publieatioa be saade, for six weeks, tn the " Highland Messenger " published at AahevilK fot the said William P. Poor and his wife Mira Elizabeth, to be and appear bafore the Judgeof the next Superior Court at Law, to be held for the county of Buncombe, at the Court House in AaheviUo, third llamy after the fourth Monday in September next ; then and there to plead, answerer demur to the petition fikd by petitioner, or the same will be taken pnt confcaao, and set for bearing ex parte.- . . A truecofv from the mmtrtea. ' , , Witnesa, J. ROBERTS, CZt. June, 1840. Prs foe, f 4 SO. U-l WE have now on hand, and ahaB continue to keep, a large and general assortment of printed on good paper, and m tbe bleat style, which will be sold on the usual terms. We sow have Constables' Warrants, - , " Ca-Sa'a. and Bonds, . '' " Superior Court Ca- Sa'a, - -County Court Road Orders, '.' - Executiorat, Guardians Bonds, " - . Apprentices Indentures, r. Appearance Bonds, e, Constabtes Deb very Bonds. Superior Court WitoeasTicketB. County Court do. do. County Court Ca. Sa'a, dec- Ac- And are now prepared to print to order, ia the neatest manner, every dieuiption of Blanks. ffj All orders for Printing of any kind wiu be promptly attended to. ., , " . Messenger- Utbce, , 4 . I ' I Asliwillemie4,1840. ( ' V TT BOOKS I BOOKS! A HANDSOME lot ofswReligfoos BOOKS, ZBV eonsuung, m part, of Clarke's Commentary en the Old and New Teste, menta, a vols, royal octavo. ---- Wesley's Sermona, 3 vola. royal octavo, ary. Coral's BjbUcal Dictionary for Sabbath Schools, mirk l :'. V Travels in different parte of Europe fat 1836-7. by Wilbur Fiak, 8. T. D. . Parents' Friend, or Letters oa the Edncation f Cbildrra, by Rev. KSnvthv-- Child's Magazine, 16 vols.' v. " Voyages arid Travels, compiled from the thentie sources, 14 vola. Evangelical Rambler, 13 vols. - :." ' A great variety of Sabbath School Spelling, Read- intr Oneafina and Hnm Bmika. X a... ' Single Sermons, by dirferent autiwra, oa a variety If01 suojecra. I A Urre supply of Relirieas Traeta, All of which will be aold low ieab. Eriouire a uie omce cn tne messenger. . , Asnevuie, June a, tew. . . - , I Carolina Beacon, AND METROPOLITAN OMNIBUS." Phtd eteru Saturday in Ealrigk, N. C. w.i ' ' CHEAP CASH STSTEX. TERMS. Two dollars per annum for single copies. : Five dollars for three eopwe. Tea doUais for six eopiea. Twenty-dollara for twelve eopiea. Invariably easa m advance. t ' -.: Aonrrsv All persons exerting thenwelves to procore ubscribera, and forwardmr the easb nriee per single eopiea, will be allowed one fifth of the amount (twenty per cent.) for their paina. . . Une dollar for six months: bat three dollars re mitted will ry foe foot aocaraaix VVAfl rs.il, severaf men aoaaeawngthe feqaante enaiineaiRMis, as trareuing agenta & Umnibua.o bus, on the above Raleigh, April 27, 184a AO the papers in the State will Dlram nwrr tK. wnrvnnx tm iwir, SOU IOO IS TOT Wul DC Hnst gladlv reriprorated. PXtOSPECIT HIGnLAND MESSENGER, . hA wtU9 fftruUMedt AtmU$, If. C. Dsroted to Befigioa, MoraJity, Science, Politics ana General Intelhgeaea, - ' EDITED BY D.1L McANALLT k)! ROBERTS. Tlf oropoarnf to publish anew Journal, aad there. 4- by to swell the number of periodicals already (Winr oor country, it wiD naturally beexpected US to ft SB outline Of wepnociiKa or wiuwi we expect to be governed. This ws wUl drss eoneiselyas possible t And, -5 1st, While we cautiously exclude all sectarian controversies oa abstruse and disputed paints in CThristian Theology, ws will carefully and constant, ly hold up the Bible sad the Christian religion as indamensahls to the moral, social and political in terests of say community. - , , - 3d. Ws shall mdiartriously labor to set forth and maintain sound principles of morality, eorreet taste and good manners. Vice ia sU its varied forms ar meet ito mcritsl trboka, aiul a decided stand will be token s gainst all impurity of sxpression or representation, as all downiahness and vulgarity. In abort, no pains will be spared to make our paper s anissu Mrcngtr to the virtuous and good of every age and of every sect. . - 3d. A liberal share of o&r attention shall be de voted to thoae branches Of natural seienee so ne cessary to bs at least partially understood by every farmer and sTevyaaechai of the country. ----- Aik. The Political Department will be under the immediate and sole control of J. Rosixtb, wjio believes himself to be a frav Xejmhliemu, and as such tamest, and mill net, support the leading mea ures of the present Administration. On this sub. jeet, hai course will becalm, though decided. He wul, at ail tunee, ute tne UDerty of promptly ami plainly expressing his opinions on all subjects bear, sir on the political interests of the coram unity, withoat,at any time, prostituting his paper to the nhaOowed purposes of detraction sad abuse. His course will be decioediy independent. lie pledg ed to no party, and will always , write and publish what he believee will tend to the public weal and auupreas what ia hip jugdmeat would be mjuriooa. And finally, aa we ahall ask 'the favor of ex changing srith the beat papers of the . country, we hope to be always ready to keep our readers inform ed of the important transactions paaaing at home and abroad.- .... .;' y . , ... . - Terns. :..Th'rHMBijuroMtBEiioBKn will be published with a new press aad types, and oa a huge sheet at 93 50 per annum, if paid in advance, or 93 00 at the end of tne subscription year. - No subscription wiU be received for a leas period than twelve months, nor will anv paper be discon tinued except at the option of the publisher, -nn til all arrearages are settled. C7Aav reason noccxrso six scsacaixxaa, wnx e ivmuiTd a corv eatrai roa onx veas. Aaheville, June 5, 1840. ; - . -1 , - - PBOPOSALS- FOR issuing a periodical in the eity of Raleigh, which will be exclusively devoted to polite Literature and Science, entitled. . K - THE EMERALD, and to be edited by Huoh McQitkcn It has been remarked by aa eminent man, whose enlightened and spirited labors for the welfare and glory of Hortb vsrolina will lorm an mteroaung portion of ber future history, "that the character of the country was principally indebted for ita elevation aad lustre to the elevation of her publie awn." Andpereapsthe voice of calm and impartial tea. son may aak-ly pronounce the deciaaon that rt would be a vain and impracticable attempt to aim at siaking knowa the characters of the irieritarious citizens of any community,, without having first an parted to the world a perspicuous and tangible revelation of its resources of literature and Sci ence. It is a mournful fact,' in connection with the history of thir State, that she has suffered ssmenan privations of character and fan me want of a taitarai and accessible organ, through which her devoted sons might eemmtaxt eate to tbe world those biogpaphical incidentaand historical and literary fragments which have been garnered up n tne archives of private affection, aad which are so closely associated with the glory of tbe people. In this respect, we are far jn the rear mt other States in the Confederacy, which m prtcv mjin ciaim to a superior rarut North Carolina on-.ancount of the vaster of their moral. inteUbciual and BhvaicaJreaoi And we cannot sarreoder-tne endearing convict uon uiai uiMMate presents an atninapbere uffi. eiently genial and a soil sufficiently grateful to sBBteia, ia vigorous prosperity,, a joornal purely derated to literature and Science, antil the ex periment ahall have proved unaucceaafuL The most prominent features by which the Emerald wiU be diatingniahed, wul be a perseve. nnm tnon m reseoe rrom oNrrioa the numen facta which would be so peculiarly qualified to I give solidity and extension to the web of our hie-1 7 r woico nave seen raptmy paa-1 "X "cyonu our roecn ; owing to tne wasting in. fluenea which is exerted by time over both the written and traditonal mcmoriaki of men to re fresh the reeollectiou of the talents, virtues aad sat ices of these patriotic men who acquainted tliemaelvessafaiuulguardUrisofthe most pre, eioos rights and interests of the State, ia the pe. riodof ber infant weakness ; to deliver to the world aa accurate knowledge of thoae who have heigh, tened and adorned ber character in more recent times ; to elicit snd circulate the fruits of vigor. ns and cultivated intellect, through the medium of articles which will be nrrnarei for tKa aid oa tbe subject of primary interest, both ia the circle of the more severe sciences, and hi the "Ider walks of polite literature ; and to advance themtefestsof popular education, by uniformly persevering in the view of those facta, subjects and CXampata WHICll WUllarbeaTeaJcnlateJ to exert i T sal.rt.rv mflurnr m ,K- ,Ki;- -.; J " " " For the sarnose of okcinr the hterar nawr. i. ' . , . eea of the Fjnerald npoa a secure and permanent mwoi mieretanduaefulnese.iheaidnf inteniMni I j - a - j .. , , r. , : : i and gifted gentlemen has been solicited m ad I ce of its publication : and theaaBnvaiiMl.ieh have beea received upon Uiia point are such as to justify theanticipatioB that the enterpriae will be staxaiaed by aome of the most luminoua andpopo, bw pens of which the State may boast. It sj also expected that each number of the Emerald will re. eeiyaaooraaderaMe aeceaaion to its mterest in pwsmtmga sketch of some eminent eitixea of worm Carohaa. And these aketehes will be ia. damminately applied to the characters of both tbe bring and tbe dead. " "- - HwiU be one of the chief object of thd Editor Is legalato tha selections which may he made for the paper, by-which approved maxima aa to render its vehicle af aseful mstraetion, and to secure some degree iof frntifkation toevery claatof rea. drTs. ' - raa . v- . A eonstont effort wiU be saade to guard against that lengthened species of gravity, which may ap. proaeh the hmita of monotony whikt at the same time the aprietitliness of iU matter should in such culpable profusion aa to acquire the stamp of levt ty. The hope is cherished, too. thai this HrinlL cal will prove equally acceptable to both of the wmca T Tid , Potior. KrU, mtosadistmgua uaia warmly devoted to each of these claaaes of men Save promised as contributions from their pens; aad as every topic which may be even nuatiy bnctnred with the parry polities of tbe tunes, shall be rigidly and inflexibly excluded from the columns of the Emerald. r - .. 1 KKMS Tbe Emerald wul be published mpenal shortof fine r-per and handsome type, at (our dollars per annonw Paina wiU be taken to Hue ii equai in potni OI mecbanical exeeution. to any aimilar publication of the Union ; and it is eoirteimAted,tas abort time to issue R weekly, ahoald it be found practicable to do so with safety to oor own interests and the entertainment affor- oed to our readers m whica event, the eubecip. tfon wiD be mereaaed to five dollars. Raleigh, N. C Feb. 15, 1840. ' f- Tht undertigned proposes to pullisk, m ft, city of Baltimore, a newspaper to be calUi BORN and edocated in the West,' h knowa Ges, HarrUon personally, sndbea. peraooally.and been familiar wit biapuhha sines the eommeneement of the late war. ft, has knowa Mr. Van Burea, and closely observni his career since lo in. The chief inducement to resume the arduon' and responsible duties of an editor, ia the bopa Ova. be mav now eon tri bate something towards th ' election of General Harrison. The fidelity, abi ' ty, firmness, and moderation with which that em. inent eitixea has discharged the most difficult aiw responaible public trusta his unexamplod aonnlaj. ity aa the chief magiatrate of the territoriea Nora ' west of the Ohio the unimpeaehed bitrgrity hia public life his amiable, courteous, and digail fied respect for the laws and public opinion, M ; roaranteea that, if elected, he will bring koto thtt administration faithful, competent, and hancai! men ', who will devote all their energies and til too constitutional means of tne Uovemrnent i restore confluence, and thus to revive the industry, I enterprise, credit, ahd prosperity of lbs eountrt, now paralyses by unfaithful and Incompetent put. lie agents, . ' '"" Tas Piurr will levTew the course of the present administration, and discuss freely the fraudokai ' rsofationaia the public lands, and disease frceli ' fraudulent specula tioos in the public landa, and their eonnexioa with the subsequent warfare at the banking institutions of the country. ' In dVng taw tn sresenx aau paat aummsmauoa win identified, and their meaaurea examined' and trasted the present unexamIed cond tioa of tht country, the causes ia which it originated, and tht inevitable eoneequences of continuing power the same bands, will be boldly and faithfully treat The undersigned believes that the Federal Go. vemment is a compact between the States, intend. edf by a more perfect union, to bannonise,'"as as poeaible, what would otherwise have been conflict between focal interests and that thia no leas a duty than the protection of our foreiga. commerce. ine aenehis to now from a well di gested system of Internal Improvements, whether it be considered aa a means of defence in ease of in. vaaion or insurrection, of conveying the products of the interior to market, sr for trmwtftrtikg tKi wtmiln to palpable that the only objections here tofore urged ajrainat annropiations to. that oliccL hrve been tnuUe by those who denied the power af ins reaeraj uovernmcnt ; or by outers wbo, ad. mitting the power, denied the expediency, under ineexaning state of tne treasury, lue under, signed believes that the Federal Government mav. by permanent contracts With Railroad companies, lor uie transportation or tna mail and troops and munitions of war, on the leading- router of travel aoeompbah a general system of Internal Improvs- ment ; and will enlorcc toe propriety of doing so, I snd endoavor to show how this may be done by aa I eniignienea ase of the public credit j and alao I develope the ici dental adyaatagea to flow front such a measure, by sustaining the credit of, 'lbs states, and thus restoring public and private coe ndeneev . Baltimore is central, and in some respects, tbr beatnoit,at which to concentrate political in tel. b'genee.1 Should the expectations of the Editer be realized, the Pilot will become the medium af dittusuig the. mtelligence thus concentrated ; aad whatever an earnest seaL some experience, and unceasing industry can do, will be done to render a acceptable, a a fomincrcial, Sctentine, Litera ry, and Miscellaneous, aa well as a Political paper. It will treat political opponents with dor and fairness, but will be firm aad decided support of the men, the meamtrea, and the plea wboae snpoort may be identined with the wrL fare of the country ; and if in doing this, it shall be necessary to retaliate, or to carry the "war into. Africa,'' it will be "done the Editor will not falter in the discharge of his duty, to please a subscriber or. to gain an advertisement his press will be free, and he wul fearlessly discharge his duty. - . - It is proposed to issue a daily paper at six dollars per annum, a' semi-weekly at five dolbvrs per an. Bum, ana an extra m pamphlet, double mval one, and devoted exclusively to the Presidential election for one dollar, the Erst number to be issued oa the firsroTvMay. The first number of the daily will be i sufficient subscription to iuetifv the mv ig shall have been obtained. ic Editor ia adnfotiisbed bv the oast, and wiu suDject btmsclf to neaw fosses. It in tbs power of those wbo desire the election of General Harrison, to remunerate his srrvices; and this Btopoaiiionajaubmittcd under the expectation that aa enort wul be nde,and especially by tbe yotmg men of the party, to aid him in weathering the DUFF GREEN. Baltiamre, March 13, 1S40. I "iCT Editors friendly to tbe election of Gen. liar. neon, are requested to insert this prospectus, and tus friends renerallr. and the -Wkw mnmillm are solicited, to obtain subscribers, and especially aavenaung uosenbers and advertiae menta. " TERMS Mvasts a svruum : ' ' . ' Daily Pilot, per annum. , , Six DoUara. Single Daily Paper, " ' Two Cents. , Semi-weekiv. Five DoUara. Extra, from" May Istto I5th Nov, in pamphlet ano oouoie royal size, ' - UnslMlar. f '- PROSPECTUS OF THE '1 ';. ! e: Western Star ef IJberty . THE smdersigned having assumed the entire control of tbe Western Star of Liberty, (for. merry known by the title of Carolina Gaaette) deems it necessary, in issuing a Prospectus to the publie to state the rules and principles by which he shall be governed and gniiied, in aa abort and pre- Will. . 71 .1 ; . murar aajmssiDje " " POWCT m rny wrc uiai uier are UOSS wno cannot nnr will naf- administer the Government arreeable to the ral welfare of the country. For an ill antra tion of tki. ti. L . , . . ... i "hj manner m wmco our oovemmen has been adimnirte f tK. in n ws were a happy people, enjoying all the comforts aau pnvueges waiea a tree and m dependent people could boast of. ' But now fraud and corruption stalks ia open day-light, spreading a deadly blight overtbe virtue and interest of our tteople. Oof pecuniary resources and agricultural interest def '"'f! i cnppieu in ine moat tender poinl. our forefathers, as we are perfectly convinced of the troth of Kepublicaniarn as understood by tbs founders of our Government, Hpretised-by Waab mgtonsnd Madisea f with heart and hand ever ready, we will exert our mnuenee to ita farthest un limited extent, to prevent tbe union of the pores sad the Sword, to preserve the integrity of the laws and tbe righto of tbe States. To diminish the pa tronage of the Executive, which now has become so powerful and disastrous as to bear irresistibly spon the freedom of the press and of the elective franchise. Also for a strict accountability of pub lie officers, and a diminution of tbe extravagant and unprogtable expenditures of the Government. Consequently, we are bitterly opposed to the rs eleetion of the present incumbent -,; ' We wfll give cor friendly support to tlx; cause of agriculture, which has been too moch overlooked by the public Journal of the day. We will aka gives prominent place to the cause of Literature, and our best efforts for the prosperity of Christiaa-ny.--, .. : . -i . fc , ' . . We expect shortly to issue our Jonrrialin a new form and dress as soon aa we can procure a new "" TKulfi. w vnrrwn ' THOMAS W, YOUNG. - ' Editor and diupiietoT. TERMS. ' Weatera Star of Liberty will be ouWiabed every Tuesday at Two DoUara and Fiftv Cents ra advance, or three dollars if payment ia delayed till the expiration of three montha. ! No paper will be disoontjnaed nrrt fl the aires sges sre paid, unless at the discretioa of fjiesdrtor. A) 9