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i M l l v":. 111.. t I I 11 .11 iiK.iiiuiu; V 1.1. Or1 A. GRAHAM, ORArCGC-OTUNTT.;-'.' . .. r-.clin-j of r rharchuL'cr of ihe A V villo Cireti! r Library is requested, at tht en-;n'in --n) of Messrs. Patten & Os. cleared by p &Ing!e diihrg whiv It break .ii r.a Mo:.d iv tvcr.inj; Cnxt.1 id u4 t'.. Uvchat 13. : 'gef i. J fj cump nies L ir. g .cnt t Mta' thcia v- - forced t.i retreat, lii jo:., of the; strc. llio Wl.-ps were fired j upon jfrorn j "upper, pa it of a houc, whirl is' blown 'up at oi.ee by a no lard. Tli-j oflW of j.io pri fWi, bVing threat ened by a l:;:Ki.lj of lha rvincora, Is quick, relieve find th-j asstii! m'.-i pushed tack to a r.arro'V covered-way,' .which thry obfi. iritt v t! - I, A piece i of arli:;erv luit-Vd whh ;r-. Sit i brought un. and tiicnmvf' , ... .. i " j . I. O- T2t? Appi inch!sr Convaii. So fir as lite Gubernatorial election goes, t!i- prosp.ct IjiImI our present excellent chief I'ittrat ni l bve m 'position. This re "?;.l , though nppircfitly forced on thDom i i-rn:c party by a want of iren self 3rifK-in ir-Mt tv ru:i i:j $ a contest, rtny .y -C- id' frm ccntiJcrutlons not ahogclhit "mW Efgr..- Tho parly nrjit a:J !o L.i-iw, th l in a race for Oivcrnor no. Demo. nl c:n kucccnl VwT Mr. Crnlnm, arid that i y can gain jiothingbv that sort of c-jnict; wUlcthcrcii another iti.ke to phy for, iUi Mf them ,i of more Mippnifcncc. Wo mean . ijiv liiUr It U linso tT.-sl the Whija w rt aruusln to jlw sijcct. A littlo inac. Vv t.v n "J" ur,ncnrfi on iho pnrl of the Wligi, ir,nj -jivo.ilic Di iriocrol. a nistjoriu i rlio IjCii!utiii-ct n result" that the lack of ile rrwtit i le CvcriK)rs tlecliun vtju'd flri'lowariU pndocing. . jj ' WuhApc'hd Vii:;i wiir bcaiTr thcmtclvca crjd'prrpiri.. fir ,iTy and 'yigoroU3 action, i) t rirg thernst'lvcv to bv lulled into UUe 4 curltv by nny artifu-c their adversaries may v t'.S'TUo. You J):jve air enemy to contend Auth tKatJti'vJcvjly verse J in intrigue an cn. tiny vhRo natural eUrment li cunning. In i uncric i! !n nj;t!i l!. ; Whig have a decidid ti.IvantagL,Mn'ii- h ' remain for them to tu irshul aU thcii . - '.then thry meet their v.'vt riTiks iWtv b.-jt-lflvr and victory will : : iin rnwn, tin ir (ft rls. Will, the Whig i lUisT can pealv in the nKwonalivo for lo West."'' Never did" "b finer spirit nr!Vhil in , , . : .f " , , a . . . . . lc hemhts who Ytn uongressmai iiisirici man exists at una t:lw and thu pn'pcr tfTrts -li Ul call 'out ull ' tho Whig streivth. U:ght here wc have a ' n-mrtrk fer nspirants to office Jet 'there Lcr I ut one Candida ty furcftch office, and let iia Cons: hi open, wir.d jv an J d.mM an J aliatteri the lamps. Upihing iri, thcjioldicrs Cud l!$e in- surgcotft behind a 'barricade which they tna tain for a Ijng tinw with jgrcul lauli:crv bo! whence ilupr are at length driven, six irl num ber! oircitj by jstreet dfed bouu by house the flrnvy !gInj groUntJ nn-.l cst-bltMics its commur.iction, tind at eutha lar"c edifice being blon; up, the flimes; increase J and extended by a strfiag mrih wind, rprcad intrj a terrilfe CoDgratiotr.4 J ; : The cloc of iiy apjpjroaelies. . A sikuc as sid and a!m st jas frighltul as the preceding tumult corficsl over; the city.. . The inhabitants of lha rjuvlera cxposedj to the fire are im prisoned it their houses in doleful ignorance of what surround and wlat n waits ihcrn. Niht earn on, put it i I only a halt in the cjvil com but. r: ; ', In tiiormn.all wai for srmo hours nrci ty qiiiet, but the sliife oticc renewed soon bn- Lcoitscs .turium. S Il.il. A The inori4 occupjed all ,,B,!i"!!!!r"j ,M 2SH!HSlllll!l!,i",,' ' 4.ij.. ;ar e I'.f-n f-rvf .; .r..Irt itution was framed, it w.-is fi-arr-d bv t.iuso j;ood ar.J U:C nv;n nhi i?txmeJ it their i!-jy S3 oprse ift!;r,t tyt!:J oppnriunit whifli'it would give" to' cunr.ih: and wicked nu n to advance themselves to offices of pro fit an! trust in lha republic bv means of paitv iifiacnee, a door would bo opened for the iid. niijsioti uf corruption and vice hich must render nugatory all the1 barriers . v-atcd for the protection jf libert viand tho rhrht cd in dependent suffrage! But even tlioso whose ip-1 habit it was look ever at the gloomy &id. !n-1 of thing-, whose mouths were fille ' . Lt. fib!c predictions respecting tho failure a the proposed scheme, never could h.ive supposed that any man ,or set of men wwuVJ evef in diy of horrors! ho princijnl routes filled the1 forth and nnes of communicntiOn, fied places, covered afmo&l all tlic public squares, npd i were densejy toustcred on ali ihe bridges, .4 'thu posted tliey succcasfuUy defended tri'. It their rhuquctry and cannon tliet'r. ; proichles of, thejjquiys on bodi . th river wfiere nowircigred a funeral s ilitude, marked by lon lrines of bliod. Ttio nrtillo. a tie u ot battle, and tne rent directions, setting fire the town-.. ry sounded ids in bombflow in di(T . 1 .-. at ranJom'lo varicHH nartsud i i i i , 1 ii 111 spnci oj nn 1 ly gained ground osc ; s'oncs arc washed bv the Saone it pressed 'oh lo their sum mils ,and soon bursting, forth all it once. cnrclond rhe city. Bands of insurgents, joiaijl by some who' had lo selected strictly wid reference to qLiI'--CjiTand To unite the Whig slrer" ' 'personal considerations should. bo laid 5-1 Je-s wt; should "know no. man aftor. tha . flh, ut act w ith art eye solely 1o tho good of the Whig party, which wo hold synonomoui with tho good of tho whole country, i Where there are conflicting claims a reference toll Whig sentiment in the county or district cank easily 'settle the dilTicuhy, and Tiy that decision eve. rytr.2 Whig will abide.' This course adopt. jdnnil'actcd' OfMin throughout the State, will produce! another glorious victory for the Whigs of North Carolina.-. We repeat that t-irly and efficient action is necessary to se .? cure this grand, this noble, end. . j; Wo have received tho first number 'of the tItional ltess,,v n" new and elegant yiur :l, cstabli.-ilM d in New Yoik city by Gen. t ! r 50 P. Morris. ll. n. Morris i tdb well known as nn editor an I -a writer to need re. c- mmendalion frrm anv quarltT. I . i j--i , r," Geo. Ilendersjn b elected Ci.ivcrnor of Tt-tsis, and Gin. Djrnell Lieut. Governor. II in. Tf PilUury has b.cn "nominntcd as 11 candidal l".r U 'presentativo to the, United JJ..ites C nsrc5S Tor llw western district of house we rt. seen td be oiiciipied by the insur gents, petard. were emp to blow thcmjtip tacked and overthrown some of llic faub iurg't ith as ratn. .p.'fen were por mg along on the roots oi lis, the in siir rect ton actual- tins (Jav. Lfi-eeiin over been ,accuitomc I to . milijtajry discipline, over. ran severai quarters an Ibrokc into various fortified phic'es. I A! b'Jcli fjig was houtcd . : LlSo Church of St. Polvcarp and 'tho Lu- riaiicctloiiiiital. When Ukr windows of oyed, bv tho solJicrs in vain to escape the m The I barricades were at- by artillery. On e bombs fell, thick w retches seen fly. muses. attemnlinT tf ...,,. ., .; ,. hskets of tho troops. 1 !...; ill loaded wiih Imy, burst into, flames, f the bridges, set our freeteoun!ry, have too hnVdihood openly to avow such a" detestable pi inciplo, as ;that the spoils of office belong alone to members of the ruling party r and.l.-Jt a tnanihould teju Jgd, not Cy his honesty or abt'iiy, but ?7 v' uevottoti to a political party. Howev er, notwithstanding the fears for its success which, many entertained, the Constitution did not for many years after its adoption appear in any way to encourage that exclusive devo. lion to party spirit which it was supposed to engender; on the contrary, our' j oMic men generally; fur a length of timu, wisely fear ed and avoided. thai odium which woul have nttach'ed to any general ptjlit ioal proscrij)tion. The feeling of statesmen generally It wi H portrayed in the celebrated letter fiom Gen. Jaeksunto Mrl; Adams, then President. Ik lays: "It is my opinion" thai the i oursij which can be adopted by you is to pomote or exclude men from office on 'account pf. no political principles.1 -A; noble maxim! But unfortunately its author was the first to nog. lect il-j lha very first of all our chief magis. ira'csjio make use of the vast power entrust ed to him by he people for the good of the count jy to accomplish the ends of his poliii ,cul supporters. Ia the first yearof his ad. ni: niat ration more men were dismissed from office jthan had been by all the Presidents who preceded. him. ;,.' I : K ! "". ' 1 1 is successor, well . instructed - in all his artSj-ncU lipon the sjamc priuciple, rigidly relainmg iii office the so -called "Democrats," "ind .as rigidly dismissing njl thoc who,' no matter how honest or ah!e, dired own us tlitirs the "hated mme of "Whi Fortu. nately, for tho country, Mr. Van Bu:cn in im iiating his predecessor went a little too fur. Gen. Jackson, it is true, followed . the policy of filling all offices with adherents of his own parly. But hist successor and scholar, mil written a a Moo re, hi I tjuhich e .-..ilJca'U lIw-i'tPB'ri of r.!l the lorerijof n;v:s;e, ffjwcr3l-ja.,.:in; draw ing-, statua ry or irass'nr i::arlle,cd every thl'.'S c)se that is lenJc-, melting and soft, incl-i ii'S uiuh cn I 1 classes. . )crc we pt rmuted t Jescond from .the pinnaijlc to whL't the red. ingof this poetry has ebjvatoj. u.,-ar:d when descended lo indulge in?a frieftdly cn. c ism, wis would call pfcial attention to the nenacity of thc memory of t'.ie poet." V ;iess with what earnestness he pr.m:.sc to 'think of her then," yes, to fhinfi of her r.d that loo "when the brigh'l roys of sun light are fjJtng.nl even But, will he forget her at other limes? C!i iWj1, "When the stars one by one fainily smilq iu their glad ness' still hell remember her; and t vc:iia "the bright festive hallf fcufrounJ d by half n d.zt u other faneiftd forms and hi whcinu? face;, thre,cven there; " 'ri ihink uf her!" Ye pre fes, say riot nga . . ..hat 'man is incon stant, after the declarations jof Ego'. Sum Um,io that he'll 4tlimj of lr' even wIkC the songs of -mirth' ale ub -funding! ' vV'as ever devotion so strong . Wondertuldisplay of tho strength of meWiry! only cqinliod by the fond recollection of thc school hoy of the bread and batter in his sachel Another' charactcrisjic -of (hadowed forth in his nroduc of imagination. Witness wiiji wht facility he imagines theongs of the Nightingale on the ticcnti eighth of January! and. that too wheu the earth was covered wjih snow, and each stream and rivulet j' icc-jbound to the hore, and tho whole face of nyituic wearing the sombre gloom so beautifully described jby Thompson. -Yet so cfcativcsfand fertile: is the poet's imagination tlat he? hears the soft music of the nihtingileVsoni:! So cntrrfn- ced, enraptured and enchained are his senstcs that the north-wester that induced other V II moV to draw Justly around them their plaid, cloth' or green blanket coats was mis ken by hiro for an evening zephyr! Wonder if he went to French Broad and baihcdf When nightingales sing and evening Z'-phy -hd future g,to- riblo as nu army .vah! t ..rw.lri c. visions of the C.i rv authorize Is to look for such results? And w'hat is more, likely Id haSHn them 1 than uni, ted t florl in behalf of the Bih'o Sorict ! , XJicrc is but liufe difTerrneo of opinion in ihis section of country isU the i propriety 4 rfverv ini'iiidusl - possing n c . y 'uf the ho!y Scrip'uresjsoine prrstms houi cr, li ax doubts us to the necessity of Bible Socieths; for tbeattairmer.t t,f ihisnd U-Ij-vitig lh: bles can obtained by ml, through tlurfom-, mon channels" ofin'idtt.Va ailichs .of. mer-1 rhandiso. 1T0 unA-rstand this sul j.-ct or. POETUY. oers re- the :tu- CI.'J Tiue Whig.&aie Oinventionfof G.i,'havo n ui:nakd William B.bh as theft canAdAte. f r Cover no iv -t i, The Legislature pf Tennessee adjourned tine die on tho 2 1 instant. ', HSCERECTIOS OF 153 1 IX LYONS. tmds overrated t!i? nuinb lie jrisurqnts. 1 1 it If the latter supposition botrue, their error wasrtal ltxwed.1' beat tc red in utile crouos w i I .1- 1 II I . ... r": .... f 10, 201 rbr SO nK?n;( ed'rby temporary hiefs, without communication, plan or an ticipntion, And! armed, for the most part, with sword and strength ortW from their boldness,, and Ihis ,n carr) ,nS out in,s laybntc maxim. Ah numbers m your several valusble iMurnals . . P'V coxTiseaiv - l , . ;: ',' ' V. jj.;-' Civil war alreody raged in Lyons. ( Sta- ntwrd on, tho prineipalq'tays, and on the prin. etl iq-jare. 4he troops kept up their fire on - nTf side's V Frtm tho Place Luis lo -Grand, the artillery thundered on tho ciiy,. arid . the murderous dischirg of grspo shot strewed the bloody pnvemeHts wi:h tho bodies of. men, women and children. 1 . 1 x jj r Whit resists nce.c iald bit rov'e t- an attack j so gulden, r)Uglf'J vitdettt? Tho -commu nic uions of du: nisnrgejas' were ct t-tf by . tho soldiery, and f-ii'-lhe greater jart id. toe operatives were pent up .in hi ir respective quarters, unable to hIJ.-concert or. frrn a jmction. Asforthwse who icceived orders t advance to the pub'ic Kjuare to engage, tvc-nlhey were for the most pari without uutm. ' Tiv v had calculated pn deposits of , ',rnnj to le pruvidd for their uso when the . titne shjulJ romo. Vain hope! Tiiey had 1. ncd for a combat hand to ' I wiiUthe troop; but nvasnrcs hajl been 1 ..vert lo prp vest ny close contact; and. cannon shot were tnedlu-yic!l lip revolt.1 They hud believed there was onio organizatiorrof tlvcir forces: hut they Jound tlii'msVlvcs in" frightful confu- sioii, and few of their chiefs were to lj seen. Mosrthertt n Organ '.O wiyiuraw, uiocxtur. ned an ! ' ' imprecations on' their lips while the ...or! defPfraw resolved t6 die at ,b-ir nnsts-the defeat liatini' preceaeJ ihc combat. . -i . .k;. J.im.-!p.'- c ' iiTston, six - ' 1 ..nt, of action w. - y Ihnu-rll WltttOUl r-- , . - . the firin- of the irwp wot k . t oppofuio 1 l3e and egemc,:, look place in vr . was made and S imo of ttw.insursnti block omple4 Down the Saone came a bo which struck jby aj bainb and running against onoj' it on fire, BO.lhai three ol its areMies were de- st ro'y ed." p ' j j "The measures taken Ey as prudetit as thev were severe. ders wereo advance step the narrow arid winding, streets, keeping al wajstno leng'n ul a street which they could command jbv their 1 cannon, I between- them and the insurjirentsL and i opposing barricade to barricade, jti 11 Uiey coujd break, the force of tho resisting bDidics of tine ti. This course was chost.p, as sqmo tiink, to prolong the combat 'iii order tb make the victory more the military were Their or- by js'ep, avoiding 'our poet,, r.s on, is fortiuty kiss the cheek ofvouthand innocence is si id to be the scasr for bathing. If he did not, we would advise him to do it; the 'effects might brace his nerves, invigorale his frame, and iovereomo the dobihtv brought ou bv tiic l.dr of the production in question; oilier ad 1 ' .a . r ' I vantages wouia result trom it it soap ws ffecly used 'Transported, melted, elevated,' ,ovcrconjc, j h't us ghmce at tho t:ousumls sub 'ucd, enraptured, entranced, swallowed up, completely annihilated and exteitnin it d as .we-were by the reading of tho love iuspir- contented with this, went still farther. Ilerjed poetry in question, we have some fears for reel it wc snou:o matr uuitM wiih a series ol Iactsin the his o.y fef B.LV operations.!. Among tho i t prominent ihesc we nny consider the dto v First. Vn.e price'of B.bles I. 'ducvJ to tl'clr'p ? w rate, t American Bible S- : .V. "Ih.s tion Ins published them : on such accommodating icru.s th U r;.vpiiv:iti. ut.t.'ri .roUrnricte v.'ith it..' :Thc l );auuiMiii, j . - - t 1 , prieh flhel cheapest Bb!e UlM'yJieecculs, nd that of jits lowest 'Is;.amei.t si;; ad one fourth. Two year , ago .hoy cost - double theso amoim:s five ytnrs llwylwere considered cheap at four times ihcjsc amounts. Thus we'm'iy trace Inck thcsj of Bibles to a period when f good ccpy: cos a fortune. Tiiis delightful change," I rep at, has been eirected in iinly hy B'.Wc.S icietirs; and com mnn jusuco reqvii res ' that tlu-y shou!d have ei edit' for their share of ii.fluencd'iu bringing it nboutr j ... . v - , We ni:iy,dto the commencement of Bible Society operations rrt years back; and since that time moro Bibles have beeji published than had been during two hundred jri ceding years. The American B.blo Society .pub-. lUhes some! tioo thousand per. day, and its speed is increasing with the gtadu d increase of its patronage and yet there is a growing demand fur -the sacred Record! How can ihis growing -demand ever be inet, without tiio aid of B.ble Societis? The annual in crease of population in tho U.utid Siales a loncJ is more than ehlil hundred thousand, and yet it is believed that the whole number of Bibles and Tcilamen's published in tliis country docs not exceed some seven hundred thousand. I " i ' If we are not sufficiently impr iliis gre.it and rapidly increasing the word of Gid, in this .growing or pcrhpps, pistol on!y, was cause t!ie j military prs and power ef the author, if his jihogi nation, his devotion, phrenzy, love, or whatever other ruling pas. sion it is, is of a strength s'uflrcient to pro duce 03 the 2Sth of .January, in this region, the impressitin that it is mid.suninfQr, how, wc nsk, will he survive the dog day's? AtuW we eXDeet about the time iheV set in that his boots will be found spot-"-lhe only evidence. there! P. 3 to music? sparcc neither Whig or (Democrat neither slave holder uor abolitionist, wl ; as not pre pared explicitly and subiuissiv . to obey his supreme will lie found out his mistake when relying on the countless herd of ffi e holders scattered over tho country, w hum he fondly! believed io be his own creatures, he came 'lo give battle against "good men and true. lie, found ont his! mistake, when, dis appointed in the hope of a re-election for which ho had done so much and sinned so much ,j he retired gloomy and crestfallen to Evindcrhook, glad of any solituifojn which he could "hide his diminished head. V : . . r .... j ; . - ;: " - The infatuated Tvler ' raised to an office which! he never jdcservedj and could not but disgrace, madly following ihe course which had sent his predecessor to his merited obtiv. ion, w.as -understood and '.appreciated' fortu nately for his country, in jtimc to receive his rcwarii. ' '4 l'y tiU time, so low hat that parly sank vicinity it is not only my duty, but also rrjy that ati, last could Lo fouaJ en Jv.rln' en juh ) ardent de.aire ta present the paramount clainis to declare thai it wnsjust a..J proper and a, ssecf with lilt ma nil for Republic, f heathen, who have it" hot, and never will have it, un less it be sent to them by. those to whom G I has committed ii. as a '-sacred trust. The Bible is a rpvelaiion from G-iio"' men 1. all men and the success of Bib'U Societies in sending this inestimable treasure nations, and to scattered Jew?, translated in to their various dialects,-" is mi arunfrnt in favor (f the .Bible cause hich must liJive great weight with all reflecting minds. Tne been translati d, by the funis ot , li 'J:c iliMand ..lessen jci. " ' "' TiiaiiIifs 0:1 n hereafter. - To be or not to t-, v. l.enTabaH quit '. ? ":'f" - : TI.U mUnJn8 slicro. Is e:.;! 1'JP''n- . - ; - ; . f DcmanJs inquiry vast and d ' I'; M W " i jr -ti lo dle.ond then to b n.ro-T, . . W; , How glocnny tVe E! I 1 fhri n ' An d a ck a refuse iD my c 'ay-ballt house, -. : From dark romn'ity. ! Butiaitf"? - h , , Shall thi,PiV'jwaT that Cares IwiKMr , Bcyoad the Cable's Ci jht", and penctrata , , - - , ? Tl;c s!iicldin-r i:tcr of tlw Uuivwac, 4 . And atfdichcc J10I J wih what excites lh4 a i-h.. 4 , , 3. 5 Of ar!cnl longing fcf dclirtrance . I"i..in crear mortality, become extinct. :K Asd'j.s t: Tu; wt.oi ifa o:i hajwelf - " - Tliat gl-vr an J ives mi aucU inrin tSou-rhta. -As tn kc mclivc in otiirr scene? ''ti theso -? . . . TiiatiiMrt..lH'!itair.ud? If I utI.sialt. Into oLtiriuti's nisht, cn earthly cenrs r " , Sa'all close in death arouad4 and uo'er moro quaff" ; . The cupof fonJ particip-ition in " ', V . Mind's exercises aud alTjetton's joy Then Ha did mock rae who did litit iha lamp 1 1 , Of fair inteHisencc. and rxn tho fire "-'.:-vs That kitidln hope and lovo within niy breast . roraa the traveller aniiosl tne Bioria . Of come icmpctuous nijlit, is cheered anwn ' t. Ily the cmiticd liTlitnin's sudden glare, - -And then a jam is left in total'glooia, - ' " -. f; Topropc amidol the d-incre tbus ouhanced; ' So is frail tnan,--ii ia tlc jfraro ro:t cn J , ; Hia destiny end all tho fruits of.bope, . ; .' -ThusblcKl witdawninj light, eliciting - Ilia ardent praises and his wishes w&rui,' y, Br vlwions fjir induced, iuid jrc his day - s . , -Ifas realized U full, immrm-d ia night - v- Unlookrd for, and etcnial in Us rcijn: :. ' ; - - '-.,'.. No, I slitdl live; there conicn a whimper aoft,;.. . , As from au Anjcl'a lips, inspired by Jove,v , . Declaring .wliat asrarcamy iK-arl, tjiat I ; ,.V'S 7 Sha'I cVrurrivo the cru.xh of counl'.css wrlla. And o!in'u homu above tlic vbach of wre, . - And toll aii J p:in,xtnd wilherraj blighting wocb; And tune my lips lo ttraina that nr fcUaUVcnd, - I:i Lonor of t'ri-atioir lordly t.irc; ' Aye, third's ap-tli unveiled nuto my sSht, ' . ; On which ihelauip of .God c'.ruliiiu-tb free. And imikrih lurninoiw its who!c extent, v Ev'n totlic ciy gales of Life's domain. t. Oil! may I enlcr llicn! 1 ;Tis -veot t n.itr( Ev'n if .'lvt.r: not a truth, an3 yet did a n lis Tlal t-nmo enchanting Vit-ion, on thuaccno i , Stntched onlacrune, immcasurah'y va?, i As an illimitable mirror, giving cliarms To feast an AngeFn eye; and rob this earth . , , . -Of our alKctioiisBolcly eer ' tlierr . 'Tis so ronrrrnis:l niid iheF . oVt - . Wlicrc ll:pe ha hot a trj i;, niid Live And Friciuh-fiip linger bulU t 9 tiuir wi!lJ!, And soar In better company abovc, ' To rro :n yi rA uf what we havo not hen, And iin't r in ar the ilj -ct Wfocli 6ti.ra Has conjnrvl np uv.d lonacd in color fair - -.- By rcvc-L' ion's lih', tSd fondly ci din' " T " The briw'il i.i'i.iri'.aaco cur own Hc'.i'pr'ii " Be.it my lot to ni.?ditafe with.jy ' On thcjclyshii beaiiliea strctc!i:?J af ir 1 Te glad tiio eye of nrr!al, and to draw C v. to heathen The tribute of their gr iti'uJe and lovv ' " ' ' And bear il'itothc great Au'uor'fi t'lron'-! ' ' -EDWARD." Bblejias close "Vy'a1little "rease fJible Societies into some iieA-huwircd differ neea"Jihathc .h-iJ'bccn 1 fl languages! When would such a ei.vo! Ego-Slt:j FEjiiXA,'-' I have, been .effected in the regular course of lould'thc liues. in. qupslioU b; set j trade? What mercantile houses or prilling e--If so, we would, be pleased to see t tablisjnnents wouM everth'nk of. It ran si .ting them intro!uced' to the tune gf"0d D;n j Bibles into so many tongues - merijly for the Tucker," in all the fashionable sch-ioU w heje privilege of giving most of them awo ! j music is-taught. :i A; ' w'-:-ft Another cr.sideratio-n in thcscilses of fiets estimatmii wTiiyh must not be overlooked in the importance of B:ble 3 ctolies, is the h.m thev; derived their propel principle for a political party, ilrat 'to the victors belong the spoils, .vonscious of may the better, succeed, in this good work, I ask his wickedness, -Jhey have punished- this pat-4 on behalf of tho Bible cabstand in the nanie riolic statesman with a Secrctnrvship!!; and i of the Protestant Churched who are eroar-od nobly Jias he mssisted his jmaster, I Mr.' Polk, j in its support, the'privileso of pubhshin" a Iclv O 1 j . . A ' I . a ' lit called forth bv:lhc veirv sreatness of their perils. At Jne point only ' did they occupy a fa vorabljostion: this was in the centre of the city, wljcre-lhej had pjui .scssed themselves of the chuijeli tf the Cordeliers and made it their headj quarters. Surrounding Jt with ready! before one year of his - administration To tlioEklitor of Hie Several news nmtorsl in WVsti'r:! !f nrtli r.ili na, Wclcrsx Vii aiui-i, n.-tl i:tt I 'Jrctjsof thousands of B bles and Testanici.'ts Xnc-scc. i. ,.;'! i which are gl v. n by these hcr.cvol-. i:t icsii'u- Gentlemen: Acting as1 Agent for the A. lions to the penniless wid jv, thj dettiti te o ; turner. ii! Bible Society in Jvit Tennessee ard'plwrij the mu'nr on the high scrs, tl-.u sol dier in ihe armytnd the dreary prisonrr in s d- itary coiifincmcnt, How long would these poor immortals have to wait for God's oivn blessed word, ere they would the regular course of t who oppose or even T witbhol J their support from B;b!e Societies know not w hiit they do. THOS. STRfNG.FELD,.; 'Agent of the Amerivm BibleSoritly. to- present inc. paramount claims ofifiat nobto institution as extensively tlk means within my. reach will-admit of. Tint 1 I d o this wuh the greater pleasure,, because I khijw, from pofi-eiial acquaintance with JiaselipsedJis ,vho political guillotine at work. On all sides, through the jlengiii and breadth J most of you, ih it you are 'steadfast fricinda of of the land; have the victims fallen. , In 'the Bb!e Sjcie:i..-. . crowded city ir) the distant village, are seen vieldirig their fit and lucrative or starving of. barricades, thiy made lhj Approaches dange- ixce., lwsc unfortunate mcju who will c whiR roui. The asppci pf the'lnco still iad sacrod I w hile tho juir and honest who would scorn e becumd a pliiee .of! arms was t strange t a bribe but who iwid not refuse an cuice on tempi nau'di making carlridgeaJnot.fa'rldfT at a Ih, one of the r.&vcs workme:. verct. condition of a suitable vote, are mpidiy re- reai fire '."ceiving ihe reward of their toils and struggles utlujrs .wrrrJ rnouldinif. bil lets. One i of the ehuoels was' ronvcrlled intl the priests a'tter.dcd! lhcwo;. -. C - i ' i i and wlicrt it toung woiiisa 'drcndfjl ci . - s by her afiii j lined la their knclanchuly tKtt kindly labors. Impels was' convened inty hosphal, where ioeo uiju ojuig, wompn, leu into thesu 111 ' 'V ii- drcntifjl sci . - s by her anxiety Tor her lover, Tlie."ncv' wiro .suspension bridpv' a c rv) ss the Mo n o n ga 1 1 ela , a t ' i 1 1 s- . burg, u as thrown open to il;e pub-, ,f"f lie on Saturtiay. wcek.'Tlie Gazelle savs: I ' - . fv7l ,.::,'..;'.t..;'v " "ArInr;re iVurisbtT of wagons of all sizes crossed during the i!aj".romq of them Iicavify loaded. Mr.U.corf tractcd to makefile bridge as stiff as any of the wooden bridges across the Allegheny, and with as little vi- bration. - As two of the latter . are new and constriicted up'on the tpost ' approved principles; of -modern bridge engineering, this "con tract; j was thought by 'many 1o be rather' s" a hazardous undertaking; but it js amply, completely successful. v.v What Iffinost singular the vibra- rcceivc that gifi "in tion caused by a number of foot pas-I trade'1 -Surely those sengersy ii much greater than that produced by a heavily loaded wag- 4 . on--at the utmost it is vcrv sliht." Rh?ne I Saone.- , ' - .' tTof :" be twitlnqcd.l Tlia editor" of tWNVwj York Ciurier and Snqtjirer 'Writing frcrn "."JshingtonVsays:--- "Of MrrCjlhoun anu ."..ejnuble stand he hits tnl-n in stirnnrt oT the di Truly and peace of the country it isJuniieces4ry to sjak.- The Whig press Uvith- oho; veice-nd.llie 'Zn porHon of the Locofoco rjit:ss has already respondcd,t the grnteruHeehngsot the pco pie, and placed him io a fir muro enviable position than lie has ever ' re occtr d.' I If Alfred BCHUNN,?lq. will suCTer lis name to be used by the VVliirra of Buncon.i3 county-as. acandidate for Abe Bepjesentative Branch pf Ue neit Iel5Uture, he. will re- ceive lha cordial support cif J MAiSY VOTERS. ', j - 1 j' For. the iiigliland Messenger. - ". : Mr itfterr-H-Ilccem jdevetopments have ltd me to; the conclusion i-that the days of Chivalry on j Knight-Ei rantty are' returning;' LaiViif'old Pathe'r Miller can onrV bo induced to postpone jlhe termination of all sublunary thirgsfor a short p&nud, w of the 19ih cen tury will have the cxtieme gratificnion of seeing Knights and Squires,' booted auJ belt edr plumed and sp-irred,' ready to break a ianre with any unfortunate wights who J.ir'es t speak, or-i even thibk, of his lady Jove.-1 WwulJ not this be glorfous the days oI'Vluv," a..y-tn all their primitive purity and etognnce, .as compared, with Ihe dull,' plodding; evt: day, rfcatter-of:facti bicon and greens homi ny and sour crout sou of'cxisiencle that has licretoforC beent)ul lot! PleasingVasx tho theme ofchivalr "and knight errant ry is',;, mixed- up though it might be with a little of the Quixotic," we must pass on from its contempUtion to the colice'of a Stanza of melting, captivating, enraptarinw, soul-stsrriagj heart-subduing-, reason-dethron. ing pqetry,that made its appearance in the last number of your journal. - The poetry is of the most grand, sublime and imaginative .? r. ' ' 'Yurs respectfully, ; : - ' TII03. STRING FIELD. C!ah::of the American Bible Si S -pa rated into difTertnt ; sects, ns is li Prutestanl world each ''serving G-jd in'n good conscience,11 according tojtheir' several Rhodes and cheri.shcd views of truth "au.t duly, no scheme of benevolence can he expected do harmonize them in its suppofl, which requires, as a condition ofguch imiun-a relinquishment of those views and modes. -; It is a fortunate . - I ' :' .--,.' 'i- .. ' .. .' . trait in the chnracter of thv American Bible Society, j that It makes no stich demand. - In deed, it in effert, calls' uporij the. se "do denominations ro come up nobly to il.j sup. port of iheir.f-everalpeculiarilies-sln so far, 7rleasr, oseajli l. inestly believes it is abet ting th se peculiantiesvhen it is increasing the circulation tu the' Holy Scriptures. This glorious ijnis;iu.i, if I may inger.aouslyconcca it to be such, c; js like a charm in brlni ing the io&ulated tribes of 'Israel totlher and happily unite? hem as a bandvif brother, in pftronizirg i Afnerican'lBiblc Society. And having been hius brought logeiher, thev become more and more united in that lovb whichjhopeihall things, until their unimpor lant thT-rtnces nrn mfrtrpA In iUni-n .i senUals of our common Christianity. Is h ot .reasonable .to hope hat in this Avay Chriat's miuisters shall ere Jong be' hrouu to- 3Ce eye to eyl-;" and' UhiT.ia-purifieJ Church shall "arise and shine' ttun9' fpfl "fair as the mood, clear as the sun, and ter ; . A'ofiuixice fxuveiiuc. ' The ITnit)n has fable from the t'osl OfTicV. Department of -the - revenue irT fi iiy of the' large post llies for the fourth irpiaiVer'of 1845 compared with- that wlnYb? lacei i;; d in uif. same our:cs uuring inc lourtii ;qu-i ir roL, 1844. Ii shows a deficit in those li:" ol ?5o8,4bl, being a Irticlioa. less : ui lorl'v- and a half per cent. ; .. ',-,. A Cold Project of AiiiicVutiots. Jr- ihe emmrahls to Texas tnountainpus regions of Harts,, inV Germany, have become so numer-; ous that several viliages.are said to ' have been entirely deserted-. - - SurccM of liruudrctb' S,ills. A ladt towliom I can refer. wa . e.S i die ., her physicians .assured her frimd that nolh- contains J that city, the most at which inviting The Montreal Herald (Canada the proceedings of a meeiin-. in said to consist ot two thousand ofl respectable and influeittinl .citizens resolutions wero gravel v adoiitedL some of tho' Northern States to brelnk up the fT;.,n' -..,i -.i m-i 1 . . uuiuu uiiujuiii iiwui. i iify priijHJse o an nex all tho New England SfnicsNejv York, iMielngan, Wisconsin and Iowa, and all west ol that north of 42nd, para lick 1 Ins is probably a mere the spirit of annexation. . A Texas feather 'bed issai j to bb matl f eotrr-t-obs and" 1 4,. In Mexico I their,; beds aresomntiines ...ido of prickly 'penr;ind camipedes, with an occasional taiahtuj..,? : On the evenin - - ;'i 20.h ult.J about tvo hundred fellojvs i . St. Louis .-met and.eelf bra: ted the a nni versa iv of Tom- Pair mL hint win. LThey celebrated it very' appropriately indeed in oilier w;ords they all got drunk; ..' A Horrible Scntiiiiotif. - . Al a Jale celebration of old bachelors', at I Bldomington. . Indiana x the-fojlowing tozttit wasarans: lhelair Saints in churches angels in ball roomsdevils in the.kitchen ;'i There were 111 deaths in Phila delphia lasUveek idults 53, chil dren 58. Deaths Tm t - 1. . i . ir. lever 4, 0. Wliat was the coridition of thia n.n.nn . . t undtr our beat i-l.ysicians far cc'me loonttis ; hrrafil.ction was caneer on the -.'right brca-t and coemption Abater wd wabtdlo be "raised; one waaapphed to thc neck; it made no impress w Utever . Other part, of wcrc J with no bc-tterucces,; there wa9 .not kuCcient tiUjUy m the a, stem to raikc a blister. . She a-a at.ncrii.ff terrible agony, and sha wa determined. , ,, r " """ uu "r ner-- abo look ei-rhtccii . - i.riu,wiuuia one Mill nn h.r lr . - eh y It'-mtlAh'- joke, a a hit at TiVTj seft ihr Witt '- a as uwasto see her at- all livm j - recovered.; WiatoseS -5 htd nwcrwaVmore lhan ouU jwo, rnoauis.i f n-d ih to- ' oncer ir f'-P " tJ cured, and her ' a --quack i ledicincl :Jarf Jhia bo equalled bv anv other mecrne in the world in tho Zd U" effect? ' 1 answer no! and ten tim. tn i -T(,fpr.-i , . 11 nmts ten thousand can' be rfy 8Usin my aS8erlion. ' taSSSii V;llsyS thblood frSm'all nuen.aUvu-1"1"" hrxternallrfr . These P.Hs are -for eab state, at 23 cents per I following 'E-" ' : ' " ' . "ATlOX-OSTinTV" "i mJ kt r tion 28, dropsy 0. scarlnt iuflamniations .1 0, smallpox iQ'every county in this :id may be Iv - of the I' , July MAXWELL Utt, . ' ius q-nrters. 4
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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