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H - : t . . - - i - . . , . "' . ' " - VOL. HI NUMBER 8. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SEPTEMBER 9, 1842. WHOLE NUMBER 112. RLtTED AJTD PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY J. 11. CllulSli tu, jjUthtrsoftht Lme f ' tfntoo' States TEttJUSt naw-r is publudied at Two Doixam year, 1KEieTw. Doll.Md Fifty Cent. In T month or, Three ltoiiars at the end of the Jrertisements inserted at One Dollar pcraqnare br the first, and Twenty-Fivo Cents for each J-fllinuance. Court Ordcra will bo charged ' . rin nroenocim.i Wenty-fie per cent, extra. LAWS i OF THE U. STATES. Fund t the secondSessim of the 87i Congress. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. Pciblic No. 37. K irT to confirm the ale 01 a certain cnooi A ' A . .1.. ...,) nf Illinois, and for other (eeuoo in uw , VZu-t,d hu the Senate mud Houn of Re. (CLtutMttmbUd, That the aalehcretoforemade Vtion number aixteeri, n towhaliip nuinber ikirtT-inc. n"b of range- fourteen, cant of the - i :.i;n in ,kj &tnli nf fltinrtia i ...i ,.AT the. authority of amid State, with the iL.h! wrincilKli iin-1 ... . - Jgnt of the inhabitant of tho Congressional township in which aatd section ia situate, be, and -- im hereby, confirmed : Provided. That ilntct nhall be construed aa only giving tho a. , iha Uniteo nuties ui aiu miut, nuu iu uio mbmU ianncd by the mtate of Illinois Jo the pur ehincn of the same, o far-aa tlic United States meoneorned in the matter. . I S.1TIU.I 1 1R12. AJVUTVU, -b ' - Pcblic No. 39. IV ACT to constitute the porta of Stonington, tin rivr.r and I'awcatuck river, a collection J: .i. n. u .nattrd hu the Senate and House o f Re. in(sir of the United Slates of America in Cfirt" essemhUd, That the town of Slonington, I J..II I- s collection diatrict, from and after u it- ....nt nf New London, state 01 tonnccu- ilu diirtieth day of Juno nrxt ; and that the port Stonington aforesaid ahaU be, and hereby is, atde a poit of entry. a A.AU it further enacted. That the dis diet of Stonington ahaU coraprohond all the wa. (tn, shores, bays, ana naroors, imm uu rimi uuc J Jtidr. river, including the Tillajfca of Porters. ji.Lwl Va.nW. in tho town of Groton, tato of Connecticut, to tlic east line of Pa wcatucK river, ludodiar tlie town of Weatcrly, State of Rhode uland. any unna n u" r iu.. Mhifi1ilnn(inflr. l 3. And be it further enacted. That from sad after the thirtieth day of July present, the iffiee of Uio aurveyor of the port of Stonington he. nnd tho lame ia hereby, abolished ; and a collector tor tne aiorosaiu imnci bush uv appointed to reside at the port of Stoningtnn, who, in addition to hi other f molumcnU, aliall he enti. tied to receive the salary now allowed by law to the survevor'aforcaaid, and no more ; and said collector shall also perform tho duties licrutolorc tnjoiaed on the surveyor. Approved, August 5, 1612. - Public No. 34. AS ACT to extend the provision of an act enti. iM "An set to rcirulate processc in the court ef the United State,' passed the nineteenth of My, one thouaand ciglit hundred and twenty , fit it enacted oy the Senate and Ifoum of Re. fraentatirei of the United Slatei of America in Cmmet ttrmbkd. That Uie provision of an act nKillcd" An act to regulate procrw in the courts of th United State," passed the nineteenth day of May, one thousand cignt hundred and twenty, eight, shall be, and they are hereby, made appli. cable to such State as hava been admitted into the Union since the date of said act. Approved, August 1, 1812. f Public No. 39. r AS ACT making appropriations for tho naval acr-"v-vjce for Die year one thousand eight hundred iniHorty twn. Be if eiucted by the Senate and Ihue of Re. frtKMalittt nf the United State of America in Cngrem wmU, That the following sums be appropriated, in iddition to tho unexpended bal wes of fCTmer SiHirniMiaiw, out of any uuapg ptopriated money in the Treaury, for the naval eerTice for the year one thousand eight Hundred " No. 1. For pay of commission, warrant, petty officer and seamen, two million three hun dred and thirty-five thousand dollars : Provided, till otherwise ordered by Congress the officers of e navy snail not be increased beyond the num ber in the respective grade that were in the ser Vice on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-two, nor shall there be any further ap pointment of midshipmen until the number in Ike service be reduced to the number that were mi iemce on the first dny of January .cjflh teen uuourca ana torty-one, bevond which th which t hev shall -net be increuscd until the 'further order of Con- No. 2. For pay of luncrintendenta. naval con structor, and all the civil establishment at tho sreral yards, seventy.eight thousand four .'hun dred and twenty dollars. i No. 3. for proyisions, seven hundred and t wen y thousand dollar. No. 4. For medicine and surgical instruments, OMpital atoms, and other expense on, account of isi p' rty thouanl dollar. no. 5. For increase, repair, armament, and eqaipment of the navy, and wear and tear of ve. " N om.niu"Kn. ' million dollar, rt. v 'or ordnsnee and ordnance stores on tno Worthem lake, fifty-nine thousand and ninety-seven dollars. f k' or '""PTO'cment and necessary repair w uw navy yard at PorUtnouth, New Hampshire, Wdtllu tbouaana four hundred And twenty. nf rt?" ' ar 'rnPruTCmenl and necessary repair ,1 . naYT yd t Charleatown, MaSBachuaetU, l'y-nine thouaand doUar, of "or improvement and neceasaryTepair hT 1Vy at Brooklyn, New York, one snared and twenty-nino thousand one hundred ZT : Prided, That no part of this or any for " , PpropnaUon to that object shall be applied COMtrnct,on of dry dock at Brooklyn, in payment for material previously eon Sr"f d fof "d yet to be delivered, until a auita YoJk j11 e'cctcd in the harbor of New a 0,8 biU to J""" obtained, and a wumato of the cost made, under the TecQon Of lh . r .i r j fte tanrnflJha Navy, and "It TTfKuou, apply the son of nam hundred thousand rf.of amount hereby appropriated, and joaianca of former appropriation for the con. "Ton of a dry dock at Brooklyn, New York, ewtttrection of a floating dork at the same i-wec, and if . -.-4 r ,.. ,c0 ' nd the Preidcnt : 71 TiTT . That the Secretary nf lb- N.. miv. in hi. bT Ae United State. shall be expended npon tho construction of a floating dock, as hereby authorixed, the construe, tion of tho dry dock ahaU bo suspended until the further order of Congress. No. 10. For improvement and necessary repairs of the navy yard at Philadelphia, Peiuwylvauia, one thousand six hundred dollar. No. 1 1 . For improvement and necessary repairs of tho navy yard at Washington, District of Co lumbia, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars. No. 12. For improvement and necessary repairs ot tne navy yard at uosnort, Virginia, fifty -six thousand eight hundred dollar. No. 13. For improvement and neccaaar ? repair or tlio navy yard near rensaeola, Honda, and for a naval constructor at said place, thirty-five thousand three hundred dollars. . No. 14. For necessary rt-pairs of the hospital building and its dejiendcncics at Charestnwn, Massachusetts, Uiroo thousand hiiro hundrcd and sixty dollars. No. 15. For finishing copperinir thernof of the hospital building at Brooklyn, New York, fifteen hundred dollars. r No. 16. For necessary repairs of the hospital Duildingand its dependencies at Norfolk Virginia, thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. No. 17. .For the buililintr an ice-house and pri. vies at tho hospital at Pcnsacoht, two thousand dollars No. 18. For noccssnry repairs of Uio Pliiladel phia naval asylumr oaa thousand jJircohunUred dollars. No. 19. For defraying the expenses that may accrue for the following purposes, vix: tor freight and transitortation of materials and store of cvo- oscriptlon-f for wlHTr&ge and dockage; storerage ana rem , travelling expenses oi umccrs una transportation of seamen ; house rent to purser, when duly authorized ; for funeral expense ; fur commissions, cleric hire, olhco rent, stationery, and fuel to navy agents; fur premium and inci dental expenses of recruiting ; for apprehending deserters ; for compensation to judge advocate ; for per diem allowance to porson attending courts marliul and court of inquiry, or other ser vices aurhorized by law :. for printing and station ery of every description, and for working tho lithographic press; for books, maps, charts, mathe. roatical and nautical Instruments, chronometers, models, and drawings; for the purcliaro and re pair of fire engines and machinery ; for the repair of (team engines in navy yards ; for the purchase and maintenance of oxen and horses, and for Carta, timber wheels, and workmen's tool of eve ry description : for postage of letters on public service ; for pilotage and towing ships of war ; for taxas and assessment on public property ; for assistance rendered to vessels in distress ; for inci dental labor at navy yards not applicable to any other appropriation ; for coal and other fuel, and for candles and oil for the use of navy yard and shore stations, and for no other object or purpose whatever, four hundred and hlty thousand dol lars,. No. 20. For contingent expense for object not hereinbefore (numerated, three thousand dollars. No. '21. 1 or the charter of steamers Splendid and Clarion, in September and October, eighteen hundred and forty-ouo, far the survey of Nantuck et Shoal, four thousand three hundred and forty, five dollars and thirty-nine cent. No. 23. For carrying into effect tho acts for the suppression of the slave trade, including the support of recaptured Africans, and thoir removal to Africa, under authority of said acts, including an unexpended balance of former appropriations carried to tho surplus fund, ten thousand five hun dred and forty. three dollars and forty-two cent. Io. -J. for tho transportation, arrangement, and preservation of articles brought and to be brought by the exploring expc dition, twenty thou sand dollars, if so much bo necessary. No. 21. For pay of officers, non-commissioned ofiicars, musicians, privates, and servants, serving on shore, and subHistcnce of officers of the marine corps, one hundred and eighty-three thousand threo hundred and eighty-one dollar. No. 2U. for provisions for the non-commission- cd officers, musicians, privates, and servants and washerwomen, serving on shore, forty-five thou, sand fifty.four dollars and ninety-nine cent. No. 2U. For clothing, forty-three thousand six hundred sixty-two dollars and fifty cents. INo. Mi. f or fuel, sixteen thousand two hundred seventy-four dollar and twelve cents. '- JP 3- Fr keeping barracks in repair, and for rent ol temporary barracks at ivcw York, six thousand dollars. no. J. for transportation ot othcere, non commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, and expenses of recruiting, eight thousand dol lars. No.3fLFor medicines, hospital supplies, Bur- gicul instruments, pay of matron and. honpital dollars. No. 31. For military stores, pay of armorers. Jtremcnts, oranance stores, Hags, drums, fifes, and other instruments. two thousand eight hundred dollars. No. 32. For contingent expense of said corrw. hxiz. For freight ferriage, toll, wharfage, and cart- ago lor per diem jllowancc tor aticnuing couru martial and court of inquiry ; compensation to judge advocate ; bouse runt, where there arc no public quarter assigned ; per diem ullowanee to enlisted men on "Constant labor j expenses of bury ing deceased marines ; printing, stationery, forage, pjiwtagejjnjiublic letters exponses in pursuit of deserters ; caiioTes and Oil. uliaw barruck fumi. -ture, bed sacks, spades, axes, shovels, picks, car- pentors' tool s, and for keeping SKhorse lor tne messenger, seventeen thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars, - JUU.l viiiic, Sneaker of the House of Representatives. WILUE P. ANGUM, President of the Senate pro tempore. JOHNTYLKR. fPuBuc No.' 36.1 AN ACT for the benefit of the county of Holt, in the folate of missouri. Be it enacted bv the Senate and House of Rt. presentatiles of the Ignited States of America in Congress assembled. That the proper authorities of the coimty of Holt, in the tale of missoun, be, and they hreby arc, authorized to inak entry, at tho projicr land office, within one year next after the date of this act, at the minimum price, of the west half of the south-west quarter of section numbered twentysix and the east half of the southeast quarter of section numbered twenty seven, in township numbered sixty,, and range numbered thirty-eight, situated in said county of Holt, making one hundred and sixty acre, upon which the scat of justice of wid county is located, in full satisfaction of the claim of said county under the provisions of the act entitled " An act granting to the counties or parishes of each State and Territory of the United tate in which the public lands are situated, the right of pre-emption to quarter sections of lands for scats of justice within the same" approved twenty-sixth of may. ona thousand eight hundred and twenty-four: lin.1.1.11 ..,.1 h .vr he n sold prior to tho date of this act. Approved, August 1, 16-Ui. A discarded lover in Philadelphia bung In III. ia,lrtf .ml ...I ? l-.A....i.l 1 uj ... incuui u, maieuu i lions oi ago and sox was thus tnus sname shooting himself. - Much bctter-sportrtliisl fuHy dLsgraced-and -vtrtwIly-eVstreyed in than drowning in a cistcrrt - the bosom of a christian country T Until SaiSS32,MT?IE DIETS, Horrible degradation ol women and children. The attention of tho humane in England has recently been called to tho practice of employing women, and ctmuren ot Dotn sexes, ia tho coal mines; and, incredible as it may appear to those who haye unbounded faith in tho English philanthropy, it seems well ascertained that ono-third of thq tens of thousands employed in tho coal mines are under eighteen, and one-third of these less than THIKTEE.V years ol age! It also appears thatut five years of age very hiafiy of these Tiildi-cn are buried in mines, and that cases have occurred where children of only thuee years of age have been taken to tho mines, and kept there during the entire working hours to hold o candle for tho parents." At this moment there arc probably fifty tiiousa: women, girls, and children under thirteen, work, ing ten, twelve, and even six'cen hours a day in coal Mines, up to their ancles in mud andwatcrand inma ny jnstoncosjoj li ng nllilnv IniiT nnd drawinsr immense weights on their hands and feer, without even get- tin an opportunity to stand creetj Otr! of eleven vcars of ago are mado to carry from 110 to 150 lbs., and women frequently 300 wei-'ht. IJusbnnds have evon been known to severely lniure themselves in nit ing tho weight of coals to bo placed on the backs of their infant children! In short, the extracts which wo find in the London Quarterly for June, and tho West minster Review for July, from tho report of the Commissioners, appointed in relation to this subject, by Parliament , exhibit a state of things in tho collieries as mnch worse than slavery has ever been depicted in the West Indies, as it is possible lor me mitiu to conceive. Wo are pieascu to learn, however, bv the last arrival from Europe, that Lord Ashley's bill, to ameliorate tho condition of tho colliers, lias passeu tne Lords, and will doubtless become a law. In some parts of tho mines, where the seams of coal are thick, the miner's life is comparatively an easy one, as horses and asses are used to draw tWcoals but of iho SCains. liut in . mOSlZPL Jiiu nimea seams vary from two to four feet in height, and of course all the labor of men, women and children, is done, in a sitting posture frequently in an almost horizontal position. We cony trom tlie uuarterty a ucscn mon of the life of a trapper of eight years of age, premising that they are lrcqucntiy sun younger. Courier. " I he trapper, a child ot cigtit years of age, awakened by his mother at half past two, a. M., puts on his clothes by tho ever blazing fire of a collier's cottage, fills his in bottlo with collec, and starts down the shaft; walking in tho' bowels of tho earth for more than a mile along tho horse-way, he reaches tho larrow-wcy, used by the young men and boys who push their trams with the tubes on tho rails to the Jlah a debatcable land, where the horso and bar- row-ways meet, and where the coals arc transferred to the ' rollery,' or horse car- nagc, to bo ultimately delivered at the shaft by ways of tho quadruped, instead of the biped who had hitherto brought them from the hewer. The child takes his place on one of tho barrow. ways, in a small hole rscttfflicdTjut for him of thtrsizc,of'rr'c!nm". ney-nook his duly is to sit sido of the 'door or trap,' which closes the way,, and to open it tho moment ho hears the putter running up his tub;. for twelve hours hp squats down with the dooi- string in his hand, without daring to move from the spot. He-rts solitary'and liasnd"orie loJairf to him, for in tho pit tho whole of people, men boy. busy lis lather may nave given mm lor the lirst week or two a candle, but the boy's daily wages of ten pence is soon not thought enough to sparo three half-pence for light. He may tako to his coftec-bottle and bread, but should he fall asbep, a smart cut with the 'yarn-wand' from adoptity ovenmn never fails to rotiso him a mild punish ment as compared to that which the nutter jwmirdttave4nflietod had he found thoduor closed r .and. his tram, stopped.: J. Jgot my mummers twice,' means, I was twice so beat en. (App. I., p. 594) Thus the young creature soon learns practically that on him depends the lives of the whole community; on tho closing of the door the ventilation of tho mine hinges. - At four o'clock a ery of ' Loose, loose !' is shouted down the shaft, and carried on by signal voices for ' many miles through roads and passages to the very extremity of tho mine. The trapper hears it, but must wail until the last putter has passed with his train, nnd then he pur sues his journey to the foot of the shaft, waits his turn for ascent, and returning to his father's cottage, finds a dinner of pota toes and bacon, a large fire, and, it is Imped, a quiet home : ho is then thoroughly wash- cd in hot water and put to bed. He avoids a game with his coevals, lest he should fall asleep the ncxOny3TtrapTlZZr "Z I The Saturday after' pay-Friday' is a holi day at tho pit, which is spent by him in sleep till nine, and then in picking up horse. ma nure on the highways for his father's gar den. Sunday is,-in many places, devoted to his school, and to his church, to walk with his playmates, and to his good din nor,' and hi bed ; and then comes Mon- day and tlie. pn,1"' Here comes a scene without a parallel', we should hopo, in the civilized world. Who could have imagined that all distinc- H . i this stain is wiped out, Englishmen should cease to cry out against American slavery: " If tlie employment of malo infants (fo r truth will allow us use no other term) in subterranoan labor, be abhorrent to every feeling of humanity, how shall we express ourselves with referenco to tho immersion of female children in tin? abyss of darknesss and toil at tho like early ago; and how de scribe the feeling of disgust with which wo read of their being engaged, in tho years vi ojiunuigtu womanhood, in the sarno oc cupations us their male companions, incir cumstances repugnant to1 the remotest idea ol decency ; nay, even in the performance of labors which the other will scarcely sub. mit nt any age to share, such as tho " coal bearing ot the east of Scotland? In many of the colleries in lhr U'mI IdinO nt lctahlMl na fn - 1.. .. .. ... thn an,u,-nrnnA x.. . .t :.. ( ... ,Uinml ua 1UI UStJCIUlUS IU . t . t v. lift. ill. liieie in u wwtnawn nj scxt but the labor is distribut ed indillerently among both sexes, except mat it is comparative v rare for the women to hew or get the conls although there are numerous instances in which they rermrrtriyTieTTorrn even this work. In rrrent numbers of the coal pits in this cjistrict, the men work in a state of perfect nakedness, .and arc in this state auistcd in their labors by females of all ages, from cir!s of six years old to women of twenty. one, these females being themselves quite nuked down to the waist They hurry with a btit and chain as well us thrust, snys Mr. Thomas IVarce ; there are as many girU as boys employed about here. ' One of the most disjrustin" sights I have ever seen,' says the sub-corn missioner, was that of young females, dressed like boys in trowsers, crawling on all fours, with belts round their waits, and chains passing between ther legs, at day pits and llunshelf Bank, and in many small pi's near Ilolmfirth anJ New Mills. It exists also in several other places. . On descending Messrs. I loop woods' pit at Darnsley, stales the same sub-commissioner, ' I found assembled around a fire a groop of men, boys and girls, the girls as well as tho boys ttark naked down to the waist; their hair bound up with a tight enp, and trowsers supported by tlieir hiw. (At Silkstono and at l'lockton they work in their shifts and trousers.) Their sex was re cognizable only by their breast, and some little dithcu.ty occasionally arose in point ing out to mo which were girls and which were boys, and which caused a great deal of laughing and joking. In the Flockton and 1 horiihui pits the system is even more indecent ; for though tho girls are clothed, at least three fourths of tho men for whom thfty liurry work are ttark naked, or with a flannel waistcoat only, and in this state tliey assist one another to fill the curves 18 or 20 times a day : I have seen this done myself frequently.' Labor. The most contemptabla creature upon the foot.stool of God, is the idle young rr.an of fashion. He is a fool for he does nothing for himself or society. There is no reason why any one should like him why the world should desire his presence or miss his absence. He is a knave he cats without labor, consumes own fraud is acccsso every man shall prodi sutnes the fashionable exquisites produces nothing the world is just as much ths ujiii'co fif f.vtvT m rmi.nl t K'mi .... -.-.-.-. J- XT jli-r .- .U- every meal lie eats. More truly honora blc in the si"! ht of ills I In Ircsh earth, blowing and sweat! tho sun or the artizen who shapes a shoe for the farmer or the seamstress who plies the needle for twelve shillings a week, than the haughtiest aristocrat in the world. What but a young bandit is he who rides about and walks in Hroadway, drawing his revenues from tho toil of a score or Iwo of Mechanics. There will come a time w hen tte-dmiws ol humanity will Do driven trom the. Invc of society. When thelaw ' except a man work, neither shall he cat.,' sliill bcenforccd when the idler will be everywhere held p oontcmpt. The lime is corni ng. - One of the most alTIcting occurrences of the season is recorded in tho U. S. (iazetle, Philadelphia.', A ladTlbe s n of MrTJohn And)', near Heading, while engaged on Saturday in gathering blackberries, drop ped his hat into a small pond. He stepped into the water to regain the hat, but finding himself detained by the mud into which he was sinking called out for help Mrs. An dy, his mother, hearing the cry, rushed to his rescue, but found herself also unable to save the lad, or to aid herself. Her cries brought to her assistance her married daughter, Mrs.. Boycr, who sprung intojhe water but -was unablo to e licet any good, and they all perished in tho iond, mother daughter and son. The pond in which tlusc persons wc.rc drowned is, perhaps, not more than twenty feet ncioss, though the water and soft mud are fifteen feet deep. Raleigh Reg. . i : Fruaicr says : " I certainly blatno no nary elegancies of life for refusing to mar ry a poor man, but must beg my sweet friends to recollect, that though a man without loneyjs poor, ,yct a man with no thing butuqouey is fctill poorerT without production, lives by his ,. -., , , ' . , or that of some one to which he . . . '. . , , . U. ., r . ciienieui. i uero are ioiiji intervals oi si- is the law of nature, that I, , , . . . ,.- ui.v iiiMi.ii us ue UUII- Woman and TOn Triage. BY WASUIKUTON IEVINO. I havo speculated a great deal upon ma. trimony, I havo seen young and beautiful women, tho prido of gay circles, married as tho world says well. Some have moved into costly houses, and tlnir friends hnvo all como nnd looked at their splendid arrangements for happiness, and they have gone away 'and committed them to their sunny hopes cheerfully and without fear, It is natural to bo sanguine for young, and at such times I am carried awtty by similar feelings. I lovo to get unabscrvod into a corner una watch tho bnilo in tier white nttirc.aud with her smilins face and her soft eyes moving before mo in their pride of life, weave a waking dream of her future i.. ir .i..:. . i ' . . i . . .7rrr"T.' - - ' ."" ,uw " 7"'" . . u'v.' 1 " KAl...n I !.:..!, I. . ..!....., II -.U ,T... ttjiie. luxurioWsoTa as the twilight falls and build gay hopes, nnd murmur in low tones the now unbidden tenderness, and how thrilling tho allowed kiss, and the beautiful endear ments of wedded life, will make even their parting joyous, and how gladly come b'ick from the crowd and the empty mirth of the gay to each other's quiet company. 1 picture to myself that young creature, who blushes even now,at his hesitating caress, listening eagerly for liis footsteps as the night steals on, and wishing thauhe would come; nnd when he enters ot last, and, with an alH-c tion as undying as his pulse, folds her to his bosom , I call fet'l the very tide that goes flowing through his heart and gaze with him on her graceful form as she moves about him foi the kind offices of affection, sooth- ing all hisNuinuiet cares, and making him forget even himself, 111 her young and un shadowed beauty. - 1 go forward for years, and sec her luxu riant hair put soberly away from her brow, and her girlish" graces ripening into dignity, and her bright loveliness chastened with tho gentle meekness ofmaternal affection. Her husband looks on her with a proud eye, and shows her the 'same furvtmt lovo and tho delicate attention which firstVon her, and fair children arc growing up about them, and they go on full of honor and u troubled years, and arc remembered when they die! . . . I say I love to dream thus when I go to give tho young bride joy. Ins tho natural tendency of feeling touched by loveliness, that fears nothing for itself, and if I ever yield to darkpr feelings, it is because the light of the picture is changed. . I am not fond of dwelling upon such changes, nttd I will not, minutely, now. I allude to it only because I trust that my simple page will be read by some of the young and beautiful beings who move daily across my path, and I would whisper to them, as they glide by, joyously nnd confidently, tho secret of an uncloudpu future. lhe picture 1 have drawn above is not peculiar. It is colored like the fancies ol the bride; and ninny, oh! many an hour will she sit, with her rich jewels lying loose in her finge.rs, and dream such dreams as these. She believes them tio and. she goes on for a while, undeceived. The eve ning is not too long while they talk of plans for happiness, and the quiet meal is still pleasant with delightful novelty of mutual reliance and attention. 1 here comes soon, however, a time when personal topics bc- und the husband, first, iu his manhood, breaks ia upon tho hours they were to spend together. 1 cannot follow it circumstun- iially, ijre me Jung Ii rest.essness,and terrible misgivings oleacn others worth and affection, till, by and by, iheif rim r-.nnr.enl llieir n.ienin..is no Ihiit. er, and go out separately to seek relief, and lean upon a hollow world for the support which one who was their lover and friend could not give them! Heed this, yc who are winning by your innocent beauty, the ulteeiioiis of high, minded and thinking beings ! Ucmembvr I give up the brother of his heart with whom he has had, even a fellowship p ,;,; ,,.. rrillj, , r ,., tmiriT .ry j ruunyrs in -tlie race lor lainev iviio have held with him a stern companionship, and frequently, in his passionate love, he will break away from the arena of his burning ambition, to come and listen to the " voice of the charmer." It will bewilder him nt first, but it will nol long; and then, think you that an idle blandishment will chain the mind that has been used, for years, to an equal communion ! Think you he will give up, for a weak dalliance, the' animating themes of men, and the search into the mysteries of knowledge? Oh! no, lady: believe me no! Trust not your influ ence to such light fetters! Credit not old fashioned ..absurdity that woman's is a se condary lot ministering to tho necessities of her lord and master! It is a higher de stiny I would award you. If your iminor ta lit v is as complete and your gift of mind as capable as ours, I would put no wisdom of mine against ( lull's allotment. I would charge you to water the undying bud, and give it a Wealthy culture, and open Us bentuy to the sun, and then you may hope, that when your life is bound with another, you will go on equally, and in a fellowship that shall pervade every earthly intCHesi! , -"t, fjawhtc'l , Duwktti; said au nitwit tho other day, " I wawnt you lo tell uc what I can get to put intaw inawy head to make it roight?" " It wsnLs nothing hul brains." said thi gentleman ofTunction. -LoirtiA. LkUvit f rti 1 luaftsiunmi. ntwl 4. I i vl it ttllrkra. . I ieiie,unu ueiee-ieu v 11111101113 ui weai mess, naternal Dccisiou. It ia not difficult to be decided, were this all; but to be decided and firm while lli feelings and voieo are as soft as tho lute, is difficult. Your child has no judgment. Many times every week, ond swinctimea every day, he must be denied, and his wish, es and will bo made to submit to yours. When he is well you must of necessity bo constantly thwarting his inclinations, for bidding him, or commanding him; and when he is sick, you must forco him, and stand further than ever'aloof from indul gence, liven when you feel that he is on the bed of death, you must control him, govern him, command him, and see that ho obeys. Your own decision, energy and firmness must never waver for a moment in his presence. Whileamothcr'shcanpleads for indulgence, you must have a resolution which will lead you to do your duly, even while the heart bleeds, and the eyes ween. That noble mother who held her child whiio his legs was amputated, und did it with u firmness which he dared not resist, and with a tenderness that madu him feel that hiheylid itforhis good, who docs iiotadnireT lhesetwo qualities decision and mild ness arc seldom found in muu. Ho Ls either too stern, or too lenient. But tho mother slio can possess thorn both, and ha vu them both iu exercise at the same moment. She must, however, huve the uid of Heaven. She must seek it in prayer, ut the foot of the Throne, and there alio will find lit. I could point you to a son who cherishes the memory of his mother as something ia cxprcssibly dear and sncrcd. She was rt rwidow, and ho her only son. When a young man, ho said or did something m tho presence of his sister and a cousin, both young ladies, highly improper.- His mo ther told him of his fault, mildly and kind ly, and requested him to mako an apology to the girls. This he declined. . She in. sistcd upou it, and even laid her commands. He refused. ,She next requested him to go with her into his chamber in the third story. He complied. She then very coolly took tho key, and told him sho should lock the door, and he would neither see her face,. rhorreceivc food, till ho submitted. Tlie next day, she called at Iho door of he prisoner. " My son, arc you ready to comply with, my request ?" " No, mother." The second day tho samo question was asked, and the same answer received. The third day sho went to tho door, and said, "James, you think by holding out thus, "your mother will yield, and come to your terms ; but you do not know her. I am in the path of duty, and 1 shall not yield, till the timbers of this houio decay ttnd fall, should 1 life so long !" That evening he would have sent a me sage to his mother, but he had no messen ger. Un lhe'4tii day, no promiseu to uo whatever sho required, cme openea tne door, and her pale, sickly.looking boy em. braced her with tears, asking her pardon, . and submitted to her requisitions. He haa since been seen to shod tears of gratitude oyer that decision and faithfulness, and to assert with tho utmost confidence, that it was this firmness in his widowed mother, that saved him from irrevocable ruin. Rev John Todd. - Arofa to- th. W4iit.-" Ilerai abrieL . . sentence, full of meaning, that a certain class of renders should ' read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest': ' Newspaper borrow. ers arc always the keenest critics, fheir n.xc.a sniifT nnlfllliiin nnd lllflir nlim VP1 water at error, w hich they steal to read, Pay for their paper, 'always have a big pocket in their hearts, filled with the milk of comment witn indulgence. It takes one of your stealing and borrowing frutcrnily to turn out the real, double-distilled bitterness of fault-find. 111". A lady made complaints to Frederick King of Prussia. " Your, majesty," said she, "my bus- King Thai is none nf my hiisinog u.mu u v. u l nil. vuuij. Lady. But bespeaks very ill of you. King. Tliat is none of "your business. Adieu. , A Solemn Thought. When we look abroad over tho great potato patch of tho ' world wo see innumerable hills filled to overflowing with the very smallest kind of " taters," and a feeing of sadness comes over us at the thought they'll never bo any .' larger. Sir Robert Peel's father was an apprcn. tice ot Crayford in Kent. A fellow op prcntice declared that Peel and himself hud frequently sold skimmed milk together at a penny a quart in the streets of Crayford. A young sprig from New York visited the Shakers at Lebanon lhe oilier day, and, as lie was wondering through lhe village, encountered La stout he arty specimen of iIki sect and thus accosted him : " WelT, brood brim, are you much of a Shaker ? " Nay," said the other, " not overmuch, but 1 can do a little tlmt way." So lie seized the as tonished (Jothamito by the collar and uear. Iv shook him out of his boots. Seven hundred suits huve been brought to the present term of the Court of Com mon Pleas in the city of St. Luurs, ' being- an increase of fifty per cent, since the"1 last term. Tlie Missouri Republican savsthis lKy4heoluLtlowji tmihe. MUSii jHHii..:. .... ..
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Sept. 9, 1842, edition 1
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