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- : - - :.T:r7;7.T7:;T: ;:V; :'v:--:, - -V ::. ..--. '--- 'vc .fe- , : - I- - .' . " , - , V.-. .' ' .'..-:. . . , ... . ,. - . y t - v - - - -LlIe li only to le-ralncd u it Is nscfdliy mploycd.r Volume iiNupERii ASIIEVILLE, NORTH CAROLIKA; FKIDAY. 3I0RNING, OCTOBER 1, , 1841. WUOLE NUMBER M 0. R. M'ANALLY & J. ROBERTS, EDITORS, 'r - , . , ' PUBLISHED EVF.HY FRIDA Y MORN INO , BY J.II.CIIBISTY CO., , f PulUher$of Iht Lawi, Treaties, c, of th V. S, TERMS. Thw paper Published weekiy.-ftV- i w f.ns and Fifty Ceirrg perjnnumjn advance; or TiiRER Dollars, if payment be delayed alter tne receipt of the 10th Number from the time ofaiib. tcribing. BT Thett term will, in all cateip he Btrirlly adhered to. " " " No subscription discontinued (exeept at itio op tion of the publisher) until all arrearages are paid. 13 Advbrtisemkxts will be. Inserted for One Dollar per aqimre, for the first, and Twenty.fi ve XScn'tajor each subgequent" insertion. A liberal deduction will be made from the regular prices for 'advertiser by the year. ; . BY AUTHORITY. - Z.dtcaorthe Vnlttd Slatcm, hsscd at (he first Session of t lie 27th Congress. ... . Pcbuc No. 11. AN ACT making appropriations for various forti. fications, for ordnance, and for preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities. ' tie it-enacted bythe.Semte and Houmt iif Hit premmtativel of the United State of America, in Congresi antemhled. That the following wains be, an J tfie mmo an hrby, propriated, to be paid out of any money in tho Treasury nut otherwise apropriuted, nami'ly : For repairs of West-head battery, Governor's ..Ji island, Boston harloriim thmiTOnd doHars-P''',,:" For repairs of Southoast battery, Governor's Inland, Boston harbor, five thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Independence and sea-wall of Caslle island, Boston harbor, sixty-five thou sand dollars. ' For Fort Warren, Boston harbor, ono hundred uml five thousand dollars. IVir repairs of old fort at New Bedford harbor, five thonaand dollars. For Fort Adani5, .Newport harbor, forty-five I limit and dollars. For fortifications in New London harbor, re building of Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, thirty, live thousand dollars. - For repairs of old Fort Griswold, New London harbor, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars. For completing repairs of Fort Niugara, and erecting and repairing necessary buildings therein, Nov York, twenty thousand dollars. For completing repairs "of Fort Ontario, Os vvego, New Yorl, and erecting 'necessary build ing therein, fifteen thousand dollars. For Fort Schuyler, New York harbor, seventy thnusanl dollars. ,rL' 1 W rnpaim-ftf Firt-:Wfvdf4-sca.wUf Bed.- low's inland, New York harbor, fifty thousand dollars,, For permanent walla for Fort TColumbus, Cas. lie William, and South baltery, Governor's island, Now York harbor, twelve thousand dollars. For repairs of tea-wall of '.Cattle William and olher parts of Governor' island, seven thousand dollarst ' . - ' For Fort Delaware, Delaware river, provided tho title to the Foa Tatch island shall bo decided tobc in thCvUniled States, including twenty-two .Tl!ioU!jand seven hundred and seventy dollars car. Tied to tho surplus fund, January one, eighteen hundred and forty one, fifty thousand dollar. l'V "epah-'ng forts at Annapolis harbor, Mary. -land, hve thousand dollars. ... For repairs of Fort Washington, Potomac river, thirty. five thousand dollar!!. . . For Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, ono hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. - For repairs of Forts Caswell andJobttson, and pronorvatkm of llie ito of the formrr, aMhe mouth, of Cape Fear river North Carolina, five thousand dollars. For Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor, South ..Carlina, fifteen thousand dollars. . -'. -For coniiiMMMungdykfl to Drunken Dick shoal, for prcM.rvation of Sullivan's inland, and site of Fort Moultrie, Charleston harbor; South Carolina, thirty thousand dollars. For Fort Pulask Savannah- river, Georgia, thirtytfivQlhousand djllurs. For repairs of Fort Marion, St. Augustine, i lorula, twenty thousand dollars For continuing sea-wall at St. Angustincr FlorL da, five thousand dollars. , ' . For Fort Pickens, Pensacola harbor, Florida, twenty thousand dollars. For Fort Barrancas, . Pvnsacola,-Florida, forty, five thousand dollars. For Fort Morgan, Mobile Point,Alabama, forty thousand dollars. iLz For Fort Livingston, Barratarla bay, Louisiana, thirty thousand dollars -.-- For repairs of other forts on tho approaches to New Orleans, Louisiana, fifty thousand dollars - ' tor defensive works, and barracks, and pur- rliase of site at or near Detroit, Michigan, fifty thousand dollars. . . - For purchase of site, and for barracks and de fensive works at or near Buffalo,' "Newjf orkiiftj thousand dollar. " " i-;, " ' -i or fortifications at lhe outlet of I.ake Cham- plain, and . purchase of site, acventy-five thousand uonars. For defensive works,, barracks, and other nc- eiwsnty htiildi"g, "d purchase of a, libi for a de pot at or near the junction or uio itiauwanKcag and Penobscot rivers, Maine, twenty -five th jusand jooihrs. .: For contingencies of fortifications, fifteen thou- sand dollars.- . - For incidental expenses attending repairs of for- iii. cations, tirty-fave thousand five hundred dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the fol lowing sums be, and wo hereby, appropriated in like manner i . For cm-rent expanses of ordnance service, twen-1i-.fivo thousand dollars. - For the purchase of ordnance and ordnance stores, seventy-five thousand dollars. For armament of fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars. For purchase of saltpetre and brims tone.twenty thousand dollar. Sec. 3. And he it further enacted, That tbe fol lowing sum be in like manner appropriated : y For preventing and suppressing Indian hosUhV ties, vii: For balance required, in addition to the" sum ap plicable out of the amount appropriated at the last se sion of Congress, for arrearages of pay duo Florida militia called into service by the Governor of tho Territory in eighteen hundred and forty, nineteen thousand three hundred and eighty-eight dollars and two cents. For arrearages of pay due Florida militia, com manded by Brigadier General Read, for six months m the service of the1 United Slates, commencing -iNorembcr, eighteen hundred and forty, and ter. minating April, eighteen hundred and fort -one, two hundryi-and nmety-sevfnthousand two hun dred and thirteen dollars and ninety-two centsV1 For arrearage of pay due to a battalion of t'eorgia militia for servico on Uie frontiers of Oeor. gi and Florida, in eighteaa bondred and fort ad eighteen hundred andTbrty.orfe, sevcatyiight thouiuod four hundred and ninety-five dollar and ninety -tw eenta. , For tbe Quartermater Department, thenm ef four hundred and forty thousand and forty dol. tar ; that being the amount required in addition to the amount appropriated at the luttt session of Congress; which last sums of money for prevent in? and tlppresmnir Indian hostilities are to be ex. I i i .. .) J:.ni; - 4U. q... r War, conformably 16 the acta of Conercsa of the nineteenth- of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and tho acta therein relerred to. For surveys in rcfcrcnco to thtr mllitary deferKLjtaarlon of Minister at varioua foreign Coirts, ccs of the frontier, inland and Atlantic, thirty Uiousand dollars.. t or arrearage due tor roads, harbor and rivers, where public works and improvement have hith erto been made, and for the protection of public property now on. band at these pluccs, and for ar rearages for surveys and comolotihir maDs author. ixed by the act of March third, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, forty thousand dollars. tor tho delravmir tile expenses of selecting a suitable site on Western waters for the establish ment of a national armory, a sum not exceeding five, thousand dollars-; and th President of the United States is hereby authorized to causa such selection to be made, and to communicate all the proceedings which may bo had therein to the Con gress of the United States, to be subject to its approval.-- :- , ' For the construction or armnmcnt of such arm ed steamers or other vessels for defence on the Northwestern lakes as the President may think most proper, and as may be authorized by the -ex. istiog stipulations between - this and, the British Government, ono hundred tb.ou?nnd dollars. JOHN WHITE. Soeakerof th Houe of Hrmeientative. SAM'L. StfOTIIARD, President of tA Senate pro tempore. Approved, September 9, 1841. r JOHN -TYLER. Curiosities. The Boston Transcript publishes a list of curiosities, any ono of which we think, would afford capital enough to 'sct-up-a museum upon. Tho following Is the 'In. ventory : . , It is a curiosity to seo a stump orator who will hot-praidiS himself, and will not abuse his opponent. " It is a curiosity to see a politician who will hold an argument with an opponent for half an hour without getting angry. It is a curiosity to find a politician who will be convinced by his opponent's argu. nicnts. -"-It isa curiosity to seo a person who does not think his own children possessed of moro talents and accomplishments than those of his neighbors. It 13 a curiosity to find an artist who dues not think himself perfect in his pro. fession. It-is a curiosity to find a candidate for an office who docs not think himself entitled to tho sulFruges of his fellow.citizcns. It is a curiosity to fitid a man who . plu. ccs to j low an estimation on his own abil. itles. It is a curiosity to find a Miss of fifteen who has not begun to think of getting a hus. band. It is a curiosity to find an old maid who does not wonder that sho has not long ago boon married. It is a curiosity to find a fop who docs not think he fs the admiration of every body he meets in the streets. - It is a curiosity to meet with a woman who stummers in conversation. . It is a curiosity to find a lawyer" pleads a cause successfully fur you, who and then dock oft a portion of his fees. It is a curiosity to find n physician who having restored you to health t does not want you to think ho has performed a won, derfulcure. It is a curiosity to find a dentist who will not tell you he can extract a tooth and causo less pain than Dny one else. - It is a curiosity to find a schoolmaster who does not wish it to be understood that he knows more than any body clsd It is a curiosity to find an editor who does not know every thing, and moro too ; nnd it is a curiosity to meet a man who thinks less of himself than other people think of him. It is a curiosity to find a miser transform eJ into a generous man and a benefactor t society so long as ho can retain his rich cs in Ins. own possession It is a curiosity to receive a letter from a lady that has not a P. b. attached to it. We never saw an editor who was not more sinned against than sinning; in other wordsy to whom there war not more money duo than he- himself, owed. A husky voice. An exchange paper says there is a man in the city whose voice is so huxky that he is often suspected of being corned. He was thrashed the other day for not theUing out. Circumstances alter cases: DurirrjH the Administration of Gen. Jackson and Mr. Van Biiren, their adherents thought the turning out. Whigs from office, and turning in "Democrats," was tho very thing. Now, they demur exceedingly to the prac tice. The following epigram is to the point : -l "Whatever is, is rignt," saia ropej So said a Politician ; But when his ftto required a rope, Ho varied hi position. ' , I asked if (.till he held it good 1 1 . "Wlkyi no," he sternly cried, "Good texts are only understood, , By being wi ll applied." ' ' . ... -v,,-. Somethixo to BBAQABorjr:4-Marion, in Perry County, Alabama, with a population of 1000 irjltubitants, 1 boasts of three churches, two female colleges, one male lyceum, one male brcparatory school; and three twwspnpcrs. There were - received at the post office in that place in one quar. ter, 6829 newspapers, magazines, &c Withal, it has a climate pure and healthy as that of the mountains. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1841. 9 John luincy Adanis. Qno ot the most extraordinary characters now on earth hi he whoscname heads thirticleT- He wa bred th the-bar, but in early Jifa quitted this career for diplomacy, and successively filled the with honor to himself and usefulness twins roun. try. The rest of his time has been actively devo ted to literary studies and general politics, llis studies have been as multifarious as his avocilions he bos probably read and written more thtp any man in the United States, if not moro than any man on earth. It is said that besides his published essays, speeches and addresses, that ho hasmanu. script enough to make nearly one hundreJ large quarto volume ! He affects to know, ani really doc know, almost every thing. Every attentive reader will at once observe that hi spcedic are profusely interspersed with literary and classical allusions, and .that no description of subject is re jected as foreign to his purpose he finds ase and place for every thing. If a Philosophical Society, Mechanics! Institute, or Learned Institution, re. quires an address, he is always ready with ono that is learned, chaste and appropriate. When an eulogy was to be pronounced orl Lafayette 'he was selected by Congress for the "work, and his anni. ycrsary orations arc almost without nOmbcr. Amonir these latter, one delivered at Plymouth. at the anniversary celebration of tho landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, stands pre-emi. ncnt. One of his leading objects on that occasion appears to have been to vindicato tho purity of North American descent; " The founders of your raco" savs i Lcrarb riot Landed down to voulika the father of the Roman people, as the sucklings of a wolf. You aro not descended from a nause ous compound of fanaticism and sensuality, whose only argument was the sword and whose only pa. radiso was a brothel. TSo Gothic scourge ofGod ; no Vandal pest of nations ; no fabled fugitive from the plains of Troy ; no bastard Norman tyrant, appears among tho list of worthies who first land. ed on the rock which your veneration has preserved as a lasting monument of their achievement. The great actors of the day wc now Bolemnizc were illustrious by their intrepid valor no less than by their Christian graces ; but the clarion of conquest has not blazoned forth their names to all the winds orTicaven. Their gloryTias not beeri wafted over oceans of blood to tho remotest regions of the earthy They havo not erected to themselves col lossal statues upon pedestals of human bones to provoke and insult tho tardyTiand of heavenly re. .:t....: " 1... .1 ...... - ... . inuuuuii. uui uicir s was mo oeuer fortitude of paticnco and her jie-martyrdoni.' Thcir's was tbe gentle temper of Christian kindnon i tho rigor: ous observance of reciprocal justice; the uncon querable soul of conscious integrity. Wordly fumo has been parsimonious of her favor to tho memory of these irencrous champions. Their num bers were small ; their stations in life obscure ; the object of their enterprise unostentatious; the the. atre of their exploits remote ; how could they pos sibly be favorites of wordly fumo. ? That common crier whoso existence is only known by the asscm. hlago of multitudes that pander f walth-andl greatness, so eager to haunt the palaces of for. tune and so fastidious to tho houseless dignity of virtue"; that parasite of pride, ever scornful to meekness and .ever obsequious to insolent power that heedless trumpeter, whose cars are deaf to modest merit and whoso eyes arc bind to blood less distant excellence." MrAPAsw' political views are almost nniftmn ly broad and enlightened. True, ho has been much censured in the South for his seeming favors towards abolitionism ; but after patiently hearing all that has been said, we most sincerely believe that bis course in Congress on this subject grew out of his high and solemn regard for the right of petition, and not out of onjr disposition io forward tho views of abolitionists. As evidence of this, we will merely mention the fact that he once pre- nentcd a petition from sundry citizensof Wheeling, Va., praying that the free negroes of that county might bc'sold a s'avest-and carrieout pf the United States. The petition itself was. no doubt. intended as a burlesque, and Mr. Aimxs declared t the time, Lthtt ho prcscntedjtJbccause .oiho solciiufttgordtienad to the abstract right of pe tition. At another time, ho formally presented a petition from sundry ill-natured individuals, pray. mg Congress-to ex; him (Adams) from the House I tir. j . i . w jTcuOTjusiiiyiiisTOnrse, i but we honestly belicvo that his motives have been "misconstrued At his present advanced age, Mr. Adams teems as eager to learn as ever no one is more attentive to what is said on the flow of Congress than he ; if a lecturer or scttcr-forth of new doctrine on almost any subject whatever, give lecture within hi rroch, hejsthcrt,,liiitcning and watching catching every word and analysing every thought 3-and what is remarkable, he seems never to tot gef any thing he has ortce learned. When any question of diplomacy is before Congress, he sits with all imaginable patience until all i said then gets slowly up and addresses the chair, When there is a general rush among the member to get near enough to hear every wor9 he ha to say. IT o man in the House is listened to on questions of this cha racter with more attention or gwieral interest than Mr. Adams; and no wonder, for he has nrgotia ted more important treaties and been more closely engaged in the diplomatic affair of be United State than any man living. " Be wi to-day, 'tis madness to defer : Next. day the fatal precedent wilt pleatl f Thus'on, till wisdom is pushed out of hfc Youso. Often as have these words of one of the great est and best of all tbe English poet been quoted ilemn and impressive a the truth they coir vey .they are still little understood and less prac ticed. One half of the ills, diaappoinUn ents, and vexations men experience, IS atlrihntaVa in the very fact of tieir not doinj their toj," attending to their business at tho proper time. To-iuorrow, to-morrow, is the everlasting cryt still, as Cowper has h - "On he goes io seek his prize to-morrowj' " " Till to-night he dies," . leaving Lis prize unsought his work undone his business 'unfinished and he hurried into eternity eqnallyiniprerd tol the future world. This fatal madness pervades all classes, and few, very few individuals are free from it. The farmer's crops aro often not planted or gathered at the proper time When in the ground they are often not more than half tilled in conse quence of all this, ho has a poor yield curses the country and threatens to. "move away." The mechanic's work is not done when It should have been, and his custom Is lost. Debts are not paid or collected at the proper time, and heavy losses are sustained, and thousands lose their peace here and salvation hereafter in no other way than by putting it oft" for to-mlrrow. 0"It was our privilego a few days since-, to attend the anniversary meeting of the Tnrliy-Gretk -Temperance Society in-tliU county. A society was formed in tins part of the county fit a very early period in the history of temperance societies, and 'for a few years ft prospered Well but after a time, the members became negligent about holdliHT their meetings, in consequence of which, tho tiocicty declined, and was sudor. cd ultimately to become extinct. Three years ago it Was revived, and has been pros porously carried on ever since. As an evi dence of its present prosperity, o.ns hcn- DSLD IS'D TtLX NEV7 NAWB3 WCrO Blljed Ot the last meeting which wc attended, though the congregation was not remarkably largo. Tho whole number of its members at pre sen: is, we believe, nnar four hundred, (0 A Methodist church ut Springfield Ohio, was lately forcibly entered and rob bed of a largo Bible, and three valuabl lampsi Tho Bible was found in a creel some distance off a fev days afterwards the lamps were no doubt considered by tho thief, as tho most valuable to him. -CHme4'iul mrtlih A merchant originally from Liverpool having acquired a large fortune in one of the West India islandsi concluded that he could not be happy in the enjoyment of it unless he shared it with a woman of merit and knowing of none tol his fancy ho wrote to a worthy correspondent of his in Liver. pool to procure a nciptnuto tor rum. 11c was not acquainted with any Style except in business ; therclore treating ol afuirs o lovo as matters of merchandize after civ ing I)i3 friend several commisions and reserving this for the last, he went on thus "Item Seeing that I have taken a resolu tion to mirry, ana that I do not find a suit able match lor mo here, do not fail to scik Dytne next snip nounu miner, ot lorm ant jttalificutions folluwtngr AtIu pi)rtiorrTt demand nunc ; let her be of an honest fum lly, between twenty and t wcnty.fi vc years ol age, ol a middle stature, and we proportioned ; Jier Jaec agrecablr her tern. per mild, her character blameless, hcrhealth good and her constitution strong enough to boar the changes of climate, that there may tio.iiaoccasioft.to took out for - a- second through the loss of the first soon after eRe comes to hand which must be "".provided aijainst as much a3 may he, consnleruv' ihedungcrs of tho sea. If sho arrives here conditioned as ubovc said, with the present letter endorsed by you, or at lenst a true copy thereof, that there may bo no mistake or imposition, I hereby cnrnire and bind myself to honor said letter by marryingthe bearer at fifteen days sight. In witness whereof, I subscribe, ccc i he correspondent dread over and over his odd article whicfi put the future spouse on the same, footing with the bale of goods ho was to send to his friend j and after ad- miring thcr prudent :esaeinc3s of" tho IV'est Indian (whose ingenuousness - hb well knew) and his laconic stylo in enumerating the qualifications he insisted on, ho endca. vored to serve him to his' mindr nnd nftnr Lj - zzr . ------ maKinttmany lnnuines. he ud-'ed ho had found a lady fit for his purpose of rcptita. big funrilyj but slender fortune, of good temper' and polife education, well slmpod and more than commonly- beautiful. IIo made the proposal to her, and tho young wonan, whose,depcndence was chiefly up. on a cross old aunt, with whom she lived Un-a-state-cTjiei petual uiieasHH.'ss j-accrpt- d it A ship bound for the West Indies was that week fitting up at Liverpool; the young woman together with the" bale of goods was put on board ; being vcll pro. vided with necessaries, and particularly wiih a certificate in due form end endorsed by the correspondent. She was aba in. eluded in the invoice, the lasL articlo of which runs thus : "Item. A young grntlnhwotran of 24 years of age, quality shape, condition, as per ordert as appears from tlie certificate and affidavit she has produced." - Tiie writings which were thought neces. sary for so cr.ct a man as her future bus. band, were an extract from the parish re gister, a certificate of her character attest: ed by the clergyman ji an attestation of her neighbors, setting forth that she had patient, ly lived three years with an old aunt, who was intolerably peevish and had not durintr all that time given the said aunt, the least occasion for complaint : and lastly good. 'ncsj'of constitution, was attested by fcur physicians. Before the Gentlewoman's departure tho correspondent sent letters of advice by other ships to.hu friend, inform jng him tliat by such a ship ho should send a woman of such an age, character, condi '.ion-, &c in a word such as ho himself had requested to be sent. TheTettcrs of advice j tho bale, and the youngwoman got safe ly Into port;und the West Indian, who was first pn iho pier at the lady's landings was charmed to sob so handsomo and interesting a femalej rnoro especially when she aproachcd and in the mosi jruceiui unu. nioocsi manner;, saiu "Sir, I have a bill of exchnge, upon you will you be pleased to honor it?" At the same time she delivered f tho correspon dent's letter', on reading which t ho exel urn cd, "Ah ! madam, I never yet suite red my bills to bo protested, and 1 assure you this shall not bo tho first. This interview was in a few days follow ed by the nuptials, which were very mag nificent, nnd thu new married couple. were well satisfied .with the happy union nego tiated by tho bill ol exchange. Family Government. -i, "No command, either by word, look, of pestute should be given to children, wliicli is not in landed to U'jentorccd and obeyed." Dicic. u A gentleman, a few years sinccysitring by h:s nie-sido end evening, with his family uround him, took tho spelling book; and called upon one of his littlo sons to com and read. John was about four years old lie knew nil tho letters of Jhe alphabet per fuctly, but happened at that moment to bo ratheHn a sullen humor, and was not at all disponed fcr gratify his father. Veryrclac tantly ho came as, ho won bid ; but when his father priinted ttf the first letter of the alphabet, and said, ' what k4ter is that John? lie could get no answer. John looked upon tho book sulkp und silent. My sont said the father pleasantly, 'you know tho letter A.' 1 1 cannot say A said John. 'You must,' said tho father, in a serious and de cided tone ; ' what letter is that ?' John re itiseu to answer:' i no contest was now fairly commenced. John was wilful, and determined that ho would not read. His father knew that it would bo ruinous to his son to ajlow him to conquer ; ho felt that ho JuiitjaLallJiazajds-uidua.-hii. ILi-took him jnto another room, and punished him lie then returned, and again showed John me letter; uut Joiin stilt retused to name it. The father again retired with his son and punished him more severely. But was unavailing. Tho stubborn child still refused to name the letter; and when told thnt it was A.declured that lie 'could not say A. Again tho father inflicted punish. merit as severely as he dared to do itj and still tho child, with Ins whole frame in u"i luuoii, reiuscu to yieiu. uio latner was suffering with most intense solicitude, IIo regretted exceedingly that ho had been drawn into tho contest. IIo had already punished his dhild with a severity which ho tearcd to exceed; and yet the wilful suffer- cr stood beforu him sobbing and IreTnlilin", but apparently as unyielding as a rock. 1 have often heard that parent rricntioii tho acuteness of his feelings at that momen ; his Heart was bleeding ut the pain which he had been compelled to itifticl.upon his son. IL knew that tho question was now to be set tied, who should bo master ;. and. after his son had withstood so long and sj muchrhe greatly feared tho result.. The mothe'r sat by, sutforing of course: most acutely, but perfectly satisfied that it was their duty, to sutiuuo tne cnildj and that in such a tryin hour, n mother's feelings must not interfere. H ilh a heavy heart, tho father nriin took tho hand of his son to lead him out of. flic room for further punishment ; but to his in conceivable joy, tho child shrunk from rn. during anyjrnore sufleringj nnd cried, Fa. thcr, TH tell the letter.' The fathef, with feelings ndt easily conceived, took tho book; and pointdd to the letter. - A. said John. distinctly nd fijlly. 1 And -what is thatT said the fr.tltor7'painting to tho next letter IV said John. "'And wTmtTi'thatr '0? he Qontmued. --And what is that? point. ing again to the first lettel. 1 A said the now humble child, Now ca rrr tfic book lyour mot her, and tell. hcrv hat the letter is.' What letter is that;. rav-Bon?'--said lis mother. ' A said John. He wns ev. idently perfectly subdued. 1 ho rest of the children were sitting by, and they sa w ""trie contest, aiid they 6aw where was tho vir-tn. ry : and John learned a lesson which he never forgot : he learned never again to woffi such an unequal warfare helearned that it-waihe sa feat a ml happiest coiirsc for inn to obey. 1 he conduct of the parent, in this case, so far from being branded with harshness or cruelty, was the dictate of mercy and ovc. Had the son Uccn permitted to ob. tain the mastery it might not only have prov. cd his ruin through life, but have introduced a spirit of insubordination arhonjr the oth er breaches of the family. The only fault which, perjiaps, may be attributed to the father in the present instance, wa Lis in- sis! ing on his son pointing out the letters when !k: happened to be in a sullen humor. But, after the contest was commenced, it wa3 indTspeiiKnblc to tle. happiness and or. der of the familv, that victory should be obtained on the part of the parent . And us circumstance suggests the following rule that, .When children happen to be in fretful or sulky humor, any disagreeable command or injunction that U not indispen. sable, ought to be avoided ; for it is best to prevent collisions of this kind, nt a time when children are disposed to 'summon up ' Complete list of Acts. Pasted ut th let Section of th 2?lA Congrevf. . An act. making appropriation for tho present session of Congress. , An act authorizing a loan not exceeding tho sum of twelve millions of dollars'. .. a An act fojrj,hereief of M rsIIarnson; widow of the late President of tho United SlatcsT" T -- An act making appropriation for f tho pay , subsistence, &d of a home squadron. An act making further provision for tho maintenance of pauper lunatics in the Dis trict of Columbia. T -: - An act to revive and continue Jn .forcoi for ten years an aftt C nlftleti V fin attto ini. corporato the Mechanic Relief Society of Alexandria. An act to repeal the act entitled "An act to provide for the collection, safekeeping, and disbursement of the public revenue," and to provide for the punishment of em. bezzlera of public money, and for ,other purposes. . Ari act to provide. for.the paymcntof Navy pensions, ' . e An act to establtshrS uhlfdrm systcni bf bankruptcy throughout tho United States. - An net further to extend the time for lo. eating Virginia military land warrants, anil returning surveys thereon to tho General " Land Oiiee. 'v A n act to authorize the recovery of fines' and forfeitures incurred under the charter laws, and ordinances of Georgetown; bei fore justices of the peace. An act to revive and extend the charters of certain banks in thc District of .Colum. bia. . .. A n act in addition to an act entitled ''An act to carry into effect a convention L, be tween the United States and the Mexican Republic." An act to amend an act entitled "An act te provide for taking tho sixth census or enumeration of the inhahitatnts of tho Uni. ted States," approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and tho acts amending tho same. An act making an appropriation for tho funeral expenses of William Henry IlarrU son, deceased, lato President of the United States. . ' . An act to appropriate the proceeds of theuki-efW pubHe lands -aadr -to - grant -prc-cmptJon rights. An act making appropriations for vari; ous fortifications, for ordnance, and for" preventing and suppressing Indian hostili ties. , An act lo provide for placing Grcnnough's statue of Washington in the ltotundo of tho Capitol, and for expenses therein men, tioned. "' An act authorizing tho transmission ot letters and packets to and from Mrs. ilari rison free of. postage. An net to make appropriations for thb Post Office Department. An act making nn approbation .for the purchase of naval ordnance and orduancb , stores, and for other purposes. An act making appropriations for outfits and salaries' of diplomatic cgents, and for other purposes. An act to provide for repairing tho Po tomac jbridgcr" " An act relating to duties and drawbacks An act to repeal a part of tho sixth sec tion of the act entitled "An act to provide for the support bf the MilitaryAcademy of " the United States for tho year 1838, and for otherpurposes," passed, July 7, 1838. JOINT RESOLCTrOJtS. . 'A resolution relating to the ligbt-boaH now stationed at Sandy Hook and IJartlctt Reef. - A resolution for alio distribution of seven hundred copies of the Digest bf Patents. .. . A -resolution to providu for tho distnbu: tion of tho printed returns of fliasixih celi: susr " A resolution Jrt relation to the purchase of domestic w-ater-rotted hemp for Jho usa of tho United States-Navy.'- . Jornt resolution liialiing it tho duty of tho Attorney General to cxaninc into the titles of tho lands or sites for the purpose of erect,- ing thereon armories and other public, works and buildings, and for OthfeL ''dt- . poses. 1 -i Pliny's Wife.- What a good wifo PIu ny mut lmve had. She was of tho right stamp tliough she lived long before any of our modern improvements in female educa tion. She cared ! not fo parties', picnics; and ice creams, her thoughts ran on other and betier -themes. - She knew whero her happiness lay in whom, and converted icr willing dependence into aMurco of lappincss. Let our ladies catch tltc lesson which her love, so truly conjugal aiid be. coinin" tcacuctn. Ui tus wue, l iioy bays : 'Sho Lqvc science, because sho loves me. She carries with her my - writings, she reads them, she commits therh to memory. She sings my verges, she ' composes her own melodies to them, and needs no other teaching than that of love." A good wife that of Pliny ! Po-svj:b,op Iagisatio. An honest J Hibernian being observed with a piece of bread in eccn nana, one ol which vai smaller than the other j and from which ho. alternately cut a hit, was asked the mean' ing of such an unnecessary proceeding,' "Faith," said he, "I've beard w much'eT the power of imagination, that I am tryin to believe this little bit to be mat;, whilq the large piece remains as bread, but for the soul of me, 1 cannot bring my mind to distinguish the differencer" . 4 I it i v f " 1 . 0 0
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Oct. 1, 1841, edition 1
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