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. ' i '. V-' fv1 f-'f-f fAeckly Family Nevspapen Devoted to Pdificy Litcrainre; Tempernce; EteatioaAgricuitorc and (General Intelligence ;r VOL. IV- NO. 18. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1S43. WHOLE NO. 14 by mcKEE&atkin;; -::S'Lummm.m&i-' y. Two Doixam and Ftjtt Cintji per annum in nr Tn Doixam within to Var. . Ma will be discontinued.' except at the optkm of th Publishers, until all arrearage! are Advertiiomonta inncrtcd at One Dollas per I square of twelve line or leap, for the Bret, and Twt.vrr.nVt Curr for each continuance, i ne "awnbo of Inacriiona.dcaircd muit be marked on h. marrin nr tha advertisement will be conlinu. mA till forbid, and charged accordingly. Court i OrderawUl be ehargod twentyve per cent extra. ' A .Truo fiketcur ' . BT J. c; raBOBtLS, Au lov'u h!m,;and many. wept hla downfall Ai summer flower he bloom's awhile, And penaned.'- ; : ; . V I knew a ybuth-- noble, generous youth -. rrom out wnoso.ncari mere nowen a uv. ins fount of pure and holy feelings, which unread around and fertilized the soil of friendship, and warm' and generous hearts crowded ubout and enclosed him in a cir. cla of oure and eodlike happiness.- The eyes of womaol brightene'd at his approach, - and wealth and honor smiled to woo him to their circle; Y"?""; . .' s , His days sped onward, and us a summer brook sparkles, all joyous on us giaasome way,' so sped he on, blithesome amid (be light of woman's love and manhood's $ulo "gy. The earth, the sea, theair, and every , bright and bubbling stream and fount sent forth their: murmuring, melody; and his pure heart, unstained by worldly guile, -drank in their glowing happiness.. He wooed and won a maid ofjieorless charms', a being fair, and delicate, and pure, bestowed htf harvest flf her heart's young love, and earth became a heaven. .The car of. time rolled on, and clouds arose to dim the horizon of his worldly bliss. ' Tho serpent of inebriaiion entered into the Eden of his heart. The pure and holy feelings the God of nalure hod implant ed in Ms soul became polluted by tho influ. ence'of the miscalled socia'i cup.' The ' Wam and generous aspirations of his soul became frozen and calloused within him. " -'Tbe 'leara of the wretched the agony of the sfflicted, found no respnse within his j. bosom. The pure and holy fount of uui vernal love within his heart, that once gush, cd forth ct tho moanings of misery, and prompted the hand to' administer unto the rcquirementJ of the wretched, sent forth no more its pure and benevolept offerings. Its waters had becomo intermingled with the poisoned ingredionts of tho wine cup, and the rank weeds of intemperance had sprung up and chouked the fount; from whence the waters flowed. The dork spirit of poverty had flapped its wings over his habitation, and the burning hand of disease had seared the brightness of his eye and palsied the elasticity of his frame. .. The friends who basked in tho sunshine of his prosperity, fled when the wintry windsof adversity blew harshly around his dwelling. -- 1 ',...' nnnlln render. - ' , Go to yon lowly burial place, and ask of t.t Wmtm mat anreaas irom m p"'"" foil, who rests beneath its lonely surfnee, iKa .irrhintr winds will answer- '.'-The "-outdeYlng-Tnralnof -Tr-drantan-d."-- iKam Mam ihA rpmains OI UUU WHU v- ed a heart overflowing with the milk ot human kindness the days 01 wrok ooy. tood were hollowed by high and noble as. pirstions the hours of whose early man - I ' ..-:J Km mm una crime t,v1 were unstained by care and crime the setting orb of. whose destiny was en. .,it in mist of misery find degrada. tion. He saw the smile of joy snarklinH onhe brim of the wtne-cup. - He noted not the demott of destruction lurking ot .L k,.if.on nf the .roblet. With eager hand he raised the poisoned chahco to his hps, and he was not. , a . . From the New World., ' . . v.toraitini Kcllectlons. " W "Oneof the greatest consolations at r i. m mind bv the success of the UIUN IV - . . . .L, ,.. hi the reflection that my child will not be a djunkard.,, - . , . V remark, made by a distinguish cd lady, now no more, the heart of every parent assents. That the progress of the - temperance cause .wilUw so great at the Jx .Un jha child which is now an in- -.u.11 nniir unoh tRe areaMheatre iuii " -rr -r- ,vu r nft. la secure that child from intemt)eranctS,mU8t certainW carry consolation to the mind of every parent who is acepiy o.i.i he future welfare of his children. If any father or mothet could M &stMk that son. now so loved, per- 'haps idolized, a bloated and polluted crea. :.L o-iinir under the influence of intoxu bating poisons, the remainder of life would t To" such a parent this would ' hm . al of tearsrnd the silencer nd the olilude of the tomb would ta we comed as .1.- ..,k.hi tha w eked would cease av uiuyw r . from troubling, and where nru . .nM reform docs indeed lift h veil of fonre years, anddiscover to the parenu of the present generaUon their chil. 5 4 .f.kiMran'a chiwren, freed V.'.n iK wma and the curses of intern perance, the smile ot grauwog Uliv and lha lannuBco of bene- umtinniM. BUQ inQ ianuuoK TlicliorruDontTietnipsTr Itflharday-DO poor outcast shall stagger long our streets rfrnnkard'a broken-hearted wife sha mourn in solitude and want a husband lost no drunkard's child shall cry for food, or DIU8H tor tha deep degradation or a drunk, en father; the prolific parent of disease. and poverty, and crime, and premature death shall be driven from tho abodes of men, and this earth, which has so long oeen a ntia ol . blood, shall assume tin peoco and beauty of Eden. " Mu chili will not be a drunkard!" Ctieeri nethouclu ! What an auipiating prospect dues it open io ine mina.v- Aims nouses, ana.jans, ana penitentiaries will then only stand as mon. umcnts of the vices of an oge cone by : and the evils consequent upon. the use of intoxicating poisons, shall exist only upon the historic pogo as so many records of the deffoneracr or the errors of mankind. child will never be a drunkard " Where is the parent, his soul animated with this reflection, Who will not resolve to enter upon a more vigorous, eflcrt, and to make a more determined struggle against the common foe? What parent is there who will not give this great reform the full benefit of his example, his efforts and his prayers T Generations unborn are to reap the' advantages of present 'efforts. And how it will smooth .the pillow of death, Una cheer the pathway to the grave, u tne dying futher or the. dying mother, in the last moments or mortality, when tne eye swims and the voice falters in death, shall be able to say: "I have done all that I could to advance the temperanco enter- priso. and I have a strong confidence that my child will not be a drunkard!" i Tb Origin of Brandy. A writer in the Augusta Washingtonian, treating on this subject, says : The use of brandy is now very common, and many that now use jt as a common beverage, are ignorant of the history of Its ongin, or the uses to which it was first applied. : .t The art of distillation, es tar as we know ' any thing ef the invention, is believed to have been discovered by tho Arabians, as far back as 1571, Raymond Lullyspeaks of the production of, brandy and alcohol, as if they were familiar to his cotemporn. ries. But the art does not oppcar to nave been practised in France till about 1313. upon us nrsi introduction u wun usm wu antiseptic chiefly,' and. ns a resiorauvo medicine, and the most extravagant pane gyrics were bestowed' on its . virtues. It was called by the rrencn " xuau ae via tho Elixir of hfb !" It was descriuta as soveroicn antidote to all the ills that flesh is heir to '. it was extolled as a comforting agent to the memory, and strengthening to the. reasoning powers', and in fine, on in fallible preserver or yoidn ana oeawy i : n was carefully put up in vials, andLthis now common beverage of "the toper, was once sold as such a medicine as described with all the eulogium of some of our modern quack medicines! - ' ' , : n Time has nassed since this," Eau de vie wit first discovered, and France alone ex- ported as late s 1828, near ten millions and ahoJf eiiO. v. . v : Thus has the invention ot what was con sidered at first only osa medicone, become m nrtirlftenterinu larirelv into commerce, and has.from this cause been the means of destroying more victims qt oespomiig more " youth and beauty?', than any thing .else except the kindred of.the same lamuy of Alcohol. Now let the toper .see to it hhaTho abuses hot KhTpriVilege. bufuse this f-aleo hol as the rest ot tne samtrt r.m o urn in np nqpn. as a iiieuiuuio ""- nr.rihid and onlv then when necessary t then may prove one oi mo uicoaiu6 t life unto life" to mm wno is ww- otherwise, of " death unto death,- i. x. Organ and Washingtonian. , . Alcohol and Crims on the Wane. j'. ki iko (ii-pat Nationa lianouet wnicii f. 1 1 ivy . . " alely took place in Dublin, Lord fliorpein, .. .1 aftpr pivine particulars ot tne roiurn rii.i rit rrpfl renortod in the constabulary office re. .r, . . ,floft ,),. bv wnich u oppe-'8 luat uw . "'V. have diminished one-lhird,. remarked tnai of the heaviest oflencessuch as homicide, outrage upon llie.person, assuun. tempt to murder, aggravated assaults, cut tins ana maiming, iui o -j. io nnrt In loo 1838 ' 11,058 1 1839 - 1,077 1840 . . .173 r?n.t. libs thpa renuire no comments . . 1 . r the mere absUnence trom. one w . beverage" has done more in two or tnree ft'tn diminish crimerthan would ever L .nmnlishcd bv all the powers of jegis. thn Bfltivitv.or.bb1lco.aid- the hor rors of miutary torce.. uui u -diminution bf crime alone, that we see the -i.-,inW and hanDviffruits of the tempe- ... m -r,- 11 O-.a .a. Tj. nf t IhA ranee reformation wjreianu. It .u o.in. Rank Drove that imSfovidece Ul 1 IC LWIIMI, . - - hn d m nisliea, wmio uui--..w vr... .. intelligencer "d wealth have rapidly in creased. Worcesttr Waterfall ATTjJMra"ctLfiitt.--Arrespond m Xr th Boston Transcript says. short time since, I received a five dollar bill . n . i n -1. Uulnn thn follow on tne raimpuin Dana, u"'b Ine endorsement on the back of it : ' ; - 'AprlU9th,,43. Curaed ta this world and that to eotoe Is he who paste me for rum.'1 The bill was issued 23, years ago, and h. doubtless filled many a throat with the rjtlrJerhops my own has been jired , u hut it will be so no more". I passed this said note in payment for my winter stock of wood.' . . From the Guardian. On the Talue of ha Bible, rs' ' Book of Facts. , I IT TUI UONUMUND DlUkUUKTt, It is to the Bible, alone, we must look for the truejtrigionreary history, and final destiny of man. The most enlightened nations of antiquity were wholly ignorant on these subjects. The pale I'ght , of rea. son and the dim glimmerings of tradition led them to the conclusion that "There was a time when man was not, , - And caw reigned supreme below ;" still in attempting to account for the various phenomena by which they were surrounded, the deductions of reason were supplanted by the widest vagaries of .the imagination, and the grossest fables commanded a ere. dence whiclfltie best authenticated tcstimo. ny could not -have secured.' The warlike Persians adored fire and eyen the winds ; end the learned Egyptians worshiped do. mestic animals. . . . ' ' HRcligioua nations sure, and blessed abodes. Where every garden was o'errun with gods." The polished Greeks and Romans, who were so superior in all the arts that adorn human nature, and in all virtues that con stitute the elements of national strength and greatness, reckoned umongst their goJs, not only beasts and useless things, but they deified the worst of men and the vilest , passions of human nature. They were so easy of belief, and had such a strong love of complacency that the most disgraceful freaks and capricious whims of their deities did not shake their esteem, or arouso their resentment. If a strange god visited them he hod, forthwith, the freedom of flieir cities voted to him; andrpRiis way they multiplied, their deities untuthey had no longer any space to contain them, when, from necessity, they colonised them as they did their citizens. These dark clouds of ignorance and superstition . that so long overshadowed the human mind were dispelled by tho effulgent lights of the Bi ble.- . " . . Indeed, without the aid of revelatrqny human philosophy would have exerted it self in vain in endeavoring to account for the beginning of llie existence of a class of beings so curiously, so fearfully, and sq wonderfully made as is tho Human race. Without adverting to any-o&ho astonish ing anatomical phenomena which appertain to man, where is tne sage, assisiea ny an tho learning of every age, that has been able to give a satisfactory detail of the source of thought, the connexion, depend. ence and reciprocal influence ot passion nd intellect, or the union ol a spiritual existence! Who can describe: the union of mind and matter and explain thejnflu ence which each exerts on the other To the various plrysiological functions performed " . -i . . All I UT IIIW VUIIM'IV vw.-q , 1 Mil tllllL I. I know is tnai sucn a udiou uoea uuiuany c- ist; but to comprencna us nature, isrwnui tho most enlarged human copacity is inca. pable of doing. From whence theii has a being so. complex in his nature derived his existence! Common-experience is sufh. cient to teach us that there must have been a beginning to his race; otherwise ins ex. istence is voluntary and uncreated ; and w-hntever bein has the power of voluntari- ly assuming existence canronly be deprived Ol luai cAiaicuiiu ujr ma r where now are the myriadsiharTived be yoridthe flood? .Where are tho polished Greeks and conquering Romans f Where nnfeven the fathers of those who are now 1- t I acting their little parts on me siogo oi u. man life! They havo all gone down to the dust from which thoy were taken, and none have yet 'returned to mingle again in the scenesof life, or to tell the sad and solemn secrets of the tomb ! , tn uhnt -donartmcnt of science should i search for tho mcansfbf unfolding the mvPrv of man-Voriein? -Mathematics is confined to numbers, geometry to space, thn laws of sointual action, and natural philosophy toTacU and appea- ranees in the material worm. iio luu eye of sense, wnat a view wuumww In nrnfnne histoTV. We discover that treats nlavad. Tho DeHod of dissolution brings of man asa creature already exhibiting, on thetheatreoftheeartn otnismouvea ins acts his schemes his success nnd disap. poinlmenls, without attempting to account, because unable to do so v wnen or now i,oim to he: No reeard is had, in this connection, to the my tholdgy of the heathen to gain credit, except by a people grossly superstitious, and wholly.ignorant of the .-ih ' I hnt Bvaipm was iuu hiwuohwiw dionitv1 of their nature, but still conscious, o ' . . .1 ,ir.;iinr however, that tncy were. urn human learning and the inabilijy of human reason, to ar. nnsiwiivw-". . - ,. onnr inmna- on tu ) iniercsi ng subject, we iind a strong argument ior he necessity of revelation. " ; , - Iri.the Bible, we have an account vwi is sliertit is true, but still comprenensive j r.i. w there find that man owes his existenceio ihe same au-wiseandlnjong deprivedof hcaTrthoriryrlong benevolent Being who tasnionea me worms around us. - He whose spirit moved on the fecTof the watere when darkness covered VI aaw .... ... . a t M J thedeep, wwiw - -p -- . . . 1 i-j 1 i At tnra m iiltiil niiu .. u .-.1. .. nr;ih ihpr was J "ht, aiso tooa ewii inere wo , , , himseit anu w- , . . ,mKS, . i fon went no Mher " .. .liiitm. jfrl. lilrAnilM ' - thanman s creation, wcmipinw ed to enQieFv..rv..v. - --- - a ji anen nt rv wm n siiii'iia hikuv .h.i a Renff oofcsesseaoi eoouuw,.. Tj would, aot frame anoth , hAinff with' such an eniargeu . .7 ii.j - :i " 0 . 1. U;U iaonli. for imr KAunmBnr. Willi bui;ii int Dn'vtl" 1 . J nnit with fiiuh bilities on longings for a perpetuation of his existence, without some design in harmony with the magnitude of his work. We might op. peal to external nature for evidences of his f;o jdncss and power. The trees of the brest, the shrubs and flowers that spread their fragrance in tho lonely valley, or ! along the solitary path1,' the change of J seasons, the1 succession of sunshine and rain, the golden harvest and .tho sweet feceoted spring, the stars that gild the firnia. mcnt at night .and tho "glorious king ol day,11 all, all proclaim that He that mado them is both wise and good. :. And on con. templatiiig the beauty, order, regularity, and harmony that reign, in tho natural world, man, if he hod remained innocent and upright of heart,' might have conjectur ed that the great end of his "oxistenco was Happiness., But it is not the fortune of our race, whether desired by any or not to be left to conjecture. For, to the beautiful picture in the material World, what a con. trast is exhibited in all that pertains o man ! Tne Heavens, still declare the glory of their Maker, and. the firmament " showcth. forth his handy work , but man has changed. We no longer se that image of purity and ex cellence that marked bis first estate. If we trace bis history,' there is scarce a page but is blotted by some vice or crime, somo dark ingratitude or treachery, some deed of Jow, grovelling avance, or of lawless, unbridled ambition. -' ;, . .Whence this tearful chango, or how this marring of the last and noblest work of creation? . Humin reason cannot tell. To the Bible, then, ye must again look for tho solution of this'diuTcuItyT" - We therend not only that man was created, but that ho was made ,J)urel and upright of spirit. Around him, too, was placed every thing which could delight the eye or" charm tho fancy-. He sowed not, but still, reaped at pleasure; for him he eo,r.th orought forth the mojt delicious '.fruits in variety and abundance. "'The'. wind that shfkttffi spangled ; tree;" the active sports "of nu merous animals, joyous with new life ; the opening flowers and ripening fruits ; were all intended to add freshness and variety to the round of his enjoyments. Thestf .ore facts unfolded by the BibleV In the-fuH fruU tion of all theso blessings and prohibition alono was added," "of every tree of tho earden thou mav'st freely eat," but of the kWwledee of good and evil thou shall not eat ; tor in the day that tnou eaiesi meruoi thou shall stirelv die." What this tree of the knowledge of good and "evil was, T is o mvsterv that human investigation may not solve ; but be that what It may, one . thing is certain man did rebel against tho au. thbrity of his Makef,' transgressed the com mand .that had been given for his govern ment, and by this crimo lost his first and blessed estate, anu became suojeci to uwp polntments and sorrows, misery and death. rrl .v.nn...nNina nf bin tinvA hppn" full in I H LllllHraiUCUl.UI 11 DIU . wwa. - - 1 1 I .1 uii ugw. d ""' irauucr i wmui i.uui . . Man was not, however, leftunoided and unheeded to drink to the full the bitter cup 0f misery which his guilt had provided for him. Vengeance was denounced, but not jn jt3 ful terror. Our first parents were driven from the bowers ot paradise, ror man's sake the earth was cursed ; and he was doomed to sow and toil when before kf only, renpei'i JliU afor distsntiucexill iuiii uicssiii a..jivuww- -t . j times and in divers manners," this promise was renewed, and its advantages unfolded, untn the fulness of time, life, and immor. tajty were brought4o light by a new dis- I I . ! - . . .U 4 Lln Anil pcnsation, in wmcn man is laugmma "i accountability to mora! government, and -ft, eternal destiny for good or for evil, as he accepts or rejects the conditidns that are offered. . ; . ' " r7 The UtIub Jiour. Tf the experience of tho dying hour could hST fniihrullv writteliT Ihe thoughts that then fin ,ie brajn. like..tho lust inhabitants of a .,,irnhi;nTifrnnle. and thefeelincs that then occupy the chilled heart, be revealed to the ljj jt tmotions of a pecular choractcTrp There are at that time operauoua uiruuBn which the soul never before passed. No. thing appears jn its old aspect. Like a spiendid ball which has oeen nung in new Hranerv. each obicct wears a different dress. Opinions, that the strongest force of argu. i moni rniim not reuci ur wituuiun ! m.nd, then hastily dePart! prejudices that looted; themselves more and more deeply at every attack, then oeni oeiore me uik , . . iU. ik-linanm hnn nvnr cnensnca leeimga, ui --- .!. thnn are hated, and desires that ever found a home beside aflection s . thpn are eanisneu. " u --. . ., . ..'n..i..i..S.5.v change is this, tnai men oewiimu i- Are the faculties then so Weakened-as to prevent it irom mining um'""6 No r nowsees tningsas iney or. i kwi v,. .rnand to obscure its vision- jorcea to croucn 110 i 8tation, and shows that the pretend. ed6nMure -of the world is very unlike its I . . r art hmis to thl ' re-i vW..; - , i -.1 ahM nr. 1 1 w iiub a 11; I .... .i t iaamionit in tha true relo when tne sum w - r-, v ip,.when mistakes ore seen 1 . ..... fcr mrWction-whec a... oiaci IIMI 111 LU IVI . ww.- " hportce and enter into . j..:. ;uho9 and feehnes of the - me oecisiuus, , . , m""- t . , .... -r. hia brief space i bm nn i i inenouroi .-..; .,. - ,ilff-nMi is luiicwcq. opwftnitiuH. - t .. it.ui Iipcu on aiirousuim DOSl w . 1 .. . - ou8 memor) - t, ,P .,.,, i nrfOHiuiis. . - . t. I . ohn noW OCOUIIB " j. 1. i:. Omit COrdLfthicb. her hands hadso oflch clasped ? Is she like, the trumpet that blowcth an "uncertain sound?" Life's history the tongue now- repeats scenes, forgotten scenes are recalled, nnd buried events nro brought.up before tho oye. Over tho long path which wo httvo mdeJ'bo lends us; hero, she stops to meditate on-some dark dedd; here sho shows Another way jnto which passion hurried us.' Ilavo we injured friends? Ilavo tho true and fond bosoms on which we rested been pierced by tho darts of unkindnees? ' Memory presents it. Have we performed actions of generosity ? Huva the desolation of the widow been cheorcdand thd loneliness of the orphan been relieved by usl IJas lno ful'' of one individual lost a thorn by durjimtrumenta. lity, or the wreath gf loVb. baj V rose added by our hands ? ijjDuligjilpd wall the occurrence, memory repeats it iu strains of exultation. Crowded into this narrow po. riod, the moments rcscmblo the waves that now danco in thesunfighttothoniusicof tho breeze, ond fibw flow on in solemn silence beneath tho shado of overhanging boughs. But docs tho past nlond cmploythe ftigitive hour? That hour; rmasiu)tin uls0 makes her own. r Whatever may have Hindered its operation is now removoaX " Loftier and freer than eyer 'soars its wing Over-tho highest summit it easily rises, borrowing lif'o from death itselL t Tho dying hour ! . It is then that lime and we nro parted.. Though he may have led us over a diversified way, wo then lorsnke him; he continues to travel on in his own coursebut we are ushered into a new con dition. Cures cense to distress.. ' The last tear falls from fl)6 eye, the last sigh esenpes from the bosom." Darkness gathers upon the earth; relieved only by that pure light which, proceeding from Heaven, hath power to gild the closing scene". "Mortality, shrink not from this hour! Pursue virtue let religion bo thy; study, O man, nnd when, ever the event' occurs, it shall find theo happily 'prepared. Whether death meet thee nt the door when midnight reigneth, or midday pour it's"" tao' of glory on the world whether it meet thcosamid the consola. tions of home, or the privations ol a strarj gcr's country whether it meet theo on the up-Tising billoWi or in the fruitful, plain, its stern brow shall bear a soft and holy cxpres. sion, and its angry voice shu4l speak no tones but those of peace nnd love. Deatli AVarrant ol Jesus-CIirit. Of the many interesting relics and frag, mrntsof nntiauitv which have been brought t'r liuht iv the DcrseverioK researches of modern niulosophv none CouliLJmve more interest for the philanthropist and the be linver. than one whieh wo-copy below. 1 Chance,' says the Courier des EfktrVnis, has mist put into our hands the most j$titoprcvatr'hs well as prayers. If I lOsinTand interesting judicial doc"urrrent,,to all christians, that ever IjuaJioeii recoratn in human annals : that is i tho identicul denth warrant of our Lord Jesus Qjihist.' Tho document was faithfully transcribed by tho. editor, and is in lute verba : n - . m - m v . i Sentence rendered hyTonlius ViMe, acting Governor of Lower Galilee, mating tluii Jjj'slh vf Nazarethhall suffer death on .- tmross. In tho year' seventeen of.the-empe4checks of chil.lhood I are as abundant as ilwrius Ccesar and the 25th duy of March. ihfl-ciivJoI-tho holfcJjQtusaleinvAuiiaand Caiphas-being priests, saerificotors of the peopltf ot uoa,.ronuus rnuie, uuytnwrui Lowcer Galilee! sitting on tho presidential chair of tho.ft-ajtory. condemns Jesus of Nazareth to die on tho cross between 10 thieve8--the great and notprious eviocncc of the people saying . . " t 1. Jesus iff a seaucer. ; 2. Ho is seditious. 3. He is nn enemy of tho law. 4 Ho -calls himself falsely the Son of 5. Ho calls hmiself fblstly Jhe King of sraei. - - - - , h Ho entered- into tho temple, followed by a multitude bearing jialm branches in their hands.' ' "'' - Order thofst-ccnUirionytioiitus uornu. lius, to lend him to the-lace of execution. Forbid to anv person whomsoever, cither poor or rich, to oppose' tho death of Jesus. The witnesses who signed the condem nation -of Josus ore, viz:-r-l. Duuiel Ro. bam', 0 Pharisee; 2. Joannas. Rorabnble; 3 Ralphael Robani ; 4. Copet, a citizen. - Je8US8hallgo ouioi mo-ejiyoi i by-tlie gate of Strucnus. k The above sentence is engraved on a copper plate ; on one side.arc wriucn iiiese words: a simnur pmiu tribo.r. It was found in on antique vase of ,,; mnrhln. while excavntinp: in tho nn- TTJIit.'V s... j cicht city of Aquilla, in the kingdom of Naples, in tho year icu, anu was vercd by the Commissaries of Arts attach ed to the French armies. At the expedi- tion of Naples, it was tpimd encioseu m box of ebony, in the sacristy oi SVriic-hn IDC rriin. ' . . , . n. T ir. unan in I C cnu ci ui vyun.nu. mtv,rs of the Commission of A i ts. 'I'hc original is in the Hebrew language. Ihe Chartrcm requested that .tlie plate should The Ka mken away 4m them. The quest was- graWCjfr '-Arew8FL fr 1IU WW . , the M. rihee iney nuu muuowi -...v- Denonone of the savins, rnuscu u 1 w .,l nf tho sume modet, on Whicti ho had engraved tne above sentence. At the solo of his collection of ntinuies, &c it was bought by- Lord Howard for 2,890 1;. unlni nnd i oLarcsLilXC. it was Dougm r'- : f. lis intrinsic. vniue aim.u . f .. arB na ,ro was nieliUI iii New ork, a .kc kel of Israel," of the time of our baviour. n mi 111 miii!i . 1 - - . ' On one sido was iho.eprcsenlatjpn of m palm leaf,' on the other, a, picture of tho temple, with tho words underneath, " Holy Jerusalem,", in the Hebrew tongue; Relics like these, juopeiry authenticated, have about them an inexpressible sacredness and moment They seem to blend two worlds, and to carry humnn curiosity from the finitw lo'the infinite. Philadelphia Gazelle. r Short Patent Sermon. B.V DOW, JK. A stanza from Me'tastosio will serve as a text for my prcscn discourse : 1 In tears the heart o'crpressed with grief Gives language to itn woes : In tears its iulncss finds relief . When rapture's tido o'crflows ! ; f Who then unclouded bliss mould seek. On this turruBtiul sphere, Where e'en delight can only speak, r Like Borrow, in a tear! My hearers when a person weeps ho' naturally feels inclined Jo cover his face wilhjhia hands, or to retire towecpunno- ticud or unseen ; but instead of being ashamed of his tears, he ought to feel proud , of them for it isn't every one whose bo. sum is sudieienlly saturated with the pure . and ever-.to-bc-prized juice of feeling to .giv.o forth a. single drop of tho liquid with the tightest of squeezing. What are tears 1 They ore the pledge of sorrow the seal of pluusure the balm of'pily beauty 's shield nnd n pledge of fuith : wfien lovers part. It is us easy to extract tho essence of sym- V pathy from somo as it is tu draw dilapidated promises troni a doubtful debtor, wiiuo with others r. were us useless to- attempt forcing the fluid of feeling into their eyes ajj it would bo to work at a broken-winded suction pump. ... T .11 -1; MV Irienus somo mortals nave leciings thnt seem to bo born of hen veil, while others appear to havo only those that are gene rated ol earth; but it there bo a numan tear, refined, clarified, ond clear frotn- sordid passion s dross, it is that which a pious father lets full upon n duteous daught er's head. He knows that the lovely flow er, when bereft of his cure and protection, will not only bo favored by sunshine but exposed to storms and tempests ; ond when . ho gives her away 1o the adoring object of her affections, tho tears ho sheds on tho occasion, nro loo limpid and pure to slain even the cheek of an angel. - My hearers tsars ore as powerful as prayers; and it is Vell-known that prayers have power to pierce the heavens, and let down 11 strenin of glory upon tho Read of tho devout ChristianA Prayer, us the poet sys, is but the burden of a sigh tho full- ing of a tear tjig upward turning of an cje',"whcn pone but God is near and when we feel that we nro not worth our weight in old iron. Tho tears of the penitent ore behold, iii mv merriest moments, the tears trickling down the chocks of u suffering, injured, follow mortal, it Js impossible foV me to withhold tho southing syrupf sym patlryopd, when lovely womau weeps, I cannot but feel as though my inwards were composed of salt and sugiir, to be melted nnd dissolved by the least dampness of feminine distress. ' Mv dear friends tho tears that wet tho HllUWUrU 111 llllll. M lir. .1. llll 1, HAH WTWw drops uponaho rose, tob brwdied away by tho next summer brctio 5 but thoao that flow from, sorrowful, care stricken age, gush from deeper fountains, and iki t band, kerchief qf hiippiness perhaps c w vW found to wi;o ihem away, llepcnt, ) siniiers. ond ween for your own tranngrr-aaiona ! Though hideous and deformed by iniquity, if you only behold yourself in the looking, gloss of repejitance, ) bu will bo equally as ompzod as'o monkey ol a mirror. Ts.rs arc tell-tales of the heart. When it is over laden wiih grief, through them its woes are witnessed : nnd when it overflows with tho tide of rapture, tho poorly rce will start unbidden", and wet the windows of the soul in spite of every human exertion. Tho tears of pity or of gratitude oreiridecd beau tiful. . They look Jke" heavenly dew-drops , upon thelillics of "the valley, which hang 'their heads in humility, the same beneath ihe warm smiles and tho cold frowns of Providence. ,V My friends shed no fulse tears'-on any occasion:' Let them be brought forth with, outlaid of on onion, or not at all. Neither cryfor-4hat which is irrecoverably'losl ; for remember that mil& onco spilt upon the grouiid can no more bo. 'gathered up thnn moonjshlne can bo caught in-a mouse-trop. Let your tears bo thoso of compassion, pily, and penitence, end the oftener thfey show themselves, the more you will be es teemed by the .wise and the good aye "by nil whose estimation is worth the trouble of obtaining.' So mote it be ! Moderate HrinVer reflect ! IC you ore not satisfied that you oro in danger, look 1"? TUl& I i vmi hut ,mm p.rale drink. upon thn noor inebriate as lie staggers ,i .imnirllUn vou but 'moderate drink in has made him what he is! If you do Mn in vour mad career, but a few years may roll around ere you rrrey degraded as that man whom you be as now despise. - - - AtCumbcrland Lodge, in. Windsor Porkj England , there is n celebrated vine, which is forty years old. It is supposed to be tho laxgejLt in the world. It now - contains ; '2 :.m bunches of grapes, each averaging one pound weight, its length is 139 feet, wi,lil 10, and it extends over a spa.ee of i,vi00 foot. - - 'I Hs -
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Dec. 8, 1843, edition 1
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