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THE PRAYER OF THE EXGLI.'SH PEOPLE. Th're ia a cry upon the eartli, A cry cA' want and wo,— It ns from uur cif s From himl' ts ionc and l()w; Whi^rc roil our cuiiim* r -e-ltd-.n wqv ■?, Wh'T' fi Ms of Verdure spn ri is, rf\s(‘fnd3 the still unir.swcr*-(} pray^ r— Give us oui d^ulv br>-ad. 7’hf voic- of wast' y mtli is thore— Of ciiiidh.'tod arly cliiiiod ; Of fiirnini', ruined horn' =5, »nd iiop-^“ VVh’if*h tiim c‘hi nu’ .r r'-budd ; Of afe, U'‘on wh.»sj duvvnw.iTtl way No gr-nial lights are sfu I All—all art! blt-ndf d in the prayer— Give us our d.iil y brt*ad. O! fair and fn sli the early Spring Her bu ldinij wr^ 'ith di.-rplayt., To nil thn wide earth prohi;::lng Thf joy :jf harv“^t d'jy« ; Yet many :i waste of wavy Hath above ihe H ;au; Tli.'n l.-t tlie living fehare it too— Give us our daily bread. Of old a nation's cry shook down The sv/i>rd-di*ryinf.' waJl, .And ours may reaf-h th; mercy seat, ^Thou2[h not the lorJly hall; , of the C'jrn ! shall m' n restraia blessing freely shed ? . upottiMiiliS at last- ent Treasury, EEF.” all the cry’, ould lie,— yelied; — te for Ty, high, the harm ’d away, r day smile, ihit ye say ?” vith grief— ^'‘ ttco a day." beef: ” honest whig to read 's course in ow t— •done as th^’y aiireed riu^ with ihe poor? he, “ they’ve soiie astray, n u3 on a reef, ankers s;et the “ two n flay," hankers pet th '. bccj'" :v Y An Elephcin! bred '(o war, stands firm against a volley of musket;,y. anJ thirty bullets in the flesh will not kill '.jjin Fish {ire drawn towards a lisfht—they assemble to fed by the sound of a bell, and are lend of music. A chesnut tree on M:>unt Etna is one hundred and ninety-six feet round close to tht* trunk. The seeds oi plants are their esfis. - A sunflow er produces 4000 a poppy 30 000 u tobiicco plant 3 or 400.000 and ipb t^nwo>i I.OOO 000. Potdtoes ^)liuted bt low ihrnf'feK do not vegetate; at OM*' foot they grow thick' ;l. an4 at two feet are retard*id two or thn-e months. A fi I i of wh‘ il burit'd un i^^r an avjil inche for 25 years, w^nt on in its growth, &c. as soon as the snow had rn( it» d. Th(! mahogifiy tree is full ^rrown in 200 years Cyprus trees are known to be 8 or 900 years old. An oak tree in thren y*rirs grows 2 feet 10 1-2 inches, a larch 2 fnct 7 1-2 inch es, an e!;n 8 feet 3 inches, a be*"ch 1 fool 8 inches, a poplar 6 feet, a willow 9 feet 3 inches. Iron is fibroas. gold is crystalinc. 7'here are no solid rocks in the Arctic regions owinff to the severe frosts. Fossil bones of the lizard, 24 feet in L*ngth, equal to the dragoons of antiquity, have been found in Ba varia. The surface of the sea is es^ijjiited at 150.000.000 square mib’S. taking th** who?^ surface of ihe globe at 107,000,000 I's greatest d»^pth is supposed to be equal to the h^ ight of the highest mountain, or 4 miles. Fresh water begins to freeze at thirty-two de grees. called the freezing point, but salt water not till thirty-eight and a half degrees. River water contains about 28 grains of solid mat ter to the cubic foot. Hence such a river as the Rhine carries to the sea every day 145,980 cubic feet of sand or stone. Fish are common in the seas of Serinam with four eyes, two of them in hoins which grow on the crown of their head. The^ North Polar seas have been explored as far as latitude 80^ 48’. The south polar seas have not been penetrated higher than 72 ® . Of 100 parts into which the suifaceof the earth may be divided. Europe contains 7, Africa 21, Con- tinf'ntal Asia 33, New Holland &c., 8, South Amer ica 16. A cylinder of water may bo converted into ice by placing it in 5 lbs. of sulphate of soda, and 4 lbs. sulphuric ac^, at 36 degrees, well mixod. The ice is extracted for use by putting the cylinder in hot water. Extreme cold produces the same perception on the skin as great heat. When mercury is frozen at forty degrees below zero, the sensatio|i of the skin is the same as that of touching a hot iron. Quicksilver tn- Its at 39 degr Either freezes at 47 below zero.- grees. The sound of tliunder may be lizard for 20 or 25 miles, or, with the ear to the groimd, muchjmore. Lightning is reflected 150 or 200 miles.—Sat. Ckronicle. may pels. . ... thaffeon in quest d 's below zero.— -Wine at 20 de- COLv. . XTS. A bo3y whii h nt th-'' ' q -v 100 noimds. nt Paris (l.itiMid 4 ') w i i n 3 ?'->S At fjon- !on. (lat. 51 31) lOOrtS - ; *nJ at !•» 70. 100 4812. 1 Rf) I'lS nt th- en>ntor wo']! 1 I)*' 1^1 at tii^ poles. "^I'he l*'rit:-!i.-:h stand «rd of weights is the cubic i:i !i (listillt d water, weiirhinar 252.458 trains in the air; aul 2'>2 722 in vacuum. H*-nrv II I ilirect-’! that an ounce should be 640 dry gr[»ins of wht'^if: ]2oimces a pound; 8 pounds Uj^Bllpn. an ] 8 frallors a bushel. ” A bsral slor.e is 11 lbs. or the eighth of an cwt. *>, an 1 1 > lbs. in flollin l. )m. 6 ffet derived from the height of n i^^^Pnwn m.iu. A hand in liorse measure is 4 An Iri.'h niiin in 2210 var ls; a Scotch mMe is 1?>3[ yards, an Ktii^lish, or statute mile, 1760 yards: (jrii.-nan, 1 s60; '^Furkish 2826. An ac'! is 4^40 squ ire yards, or 69 vards, 1 feot, I-'-*, iiu’h s e:ii li wa\*. A square mile, 1760 y?ri|^arh way. contriins 640 acTes. Mi -5 p'^r c. nt inrer: st. money doubles in 14 7 1-2 in 1) 1-2 years; and at 10 per 7 years. Christ! i!i Era was first nsf'd. in counting It.iin*- in 527; adopted in France, in 750; i^ain, in 1310, Portugal. 1410. 'I'he early .Vistians dalod Irom the acccs?iun of Dioclesian, in 2' 4. The pi-rsians give names to every day in the minth, just as v/e jrive th-m to days of the week A man with an au^^ur exerts a force of 100 lbs : xviih a scr(‘w slriver, of 84 lbs; with a windlass 60 lbs; a h.'iil itlain 50: a hand saw 36 ll>s. ainhofitit s rute one horse as equal to 5 men, so!n»‘ at 6, an I tli. l’i= nch at 7. L-•’ks h ivr bern made with 21 moveable words, so a. to s,)t 11 any vv('d. find no key will open iht m buf the adjusted to that word. A nun is taller in th ' morning than at nifrht, to the extent of h ilt an inch or more, owing to the re’ laxatirin o| the rartilages The Esquimaux attain the height of but 4 feet 3 incht s, and the Moug^d Tartars but 4 feet 9 inch es. The human bovly consists of 240 bones. 9 kinds i;.f artii’ul iti )tiii or jnuii)^:s. 100 cariilagfrs. or liga ments, 4 )0 muscles, or tendons, and 100 nerves, be- sid^\s blood. ait; i i> s. vrins. &c. Animals aie veg: tabb s with a case for soil, and till ir roots turn d in vard to the soil. Bv rep.len- ishin ^ the s m1 in the stomach and expelling that which has b>!.i its powrr of su:^len.lnc’e, the animal is inh pendint loraiity and loi*omotive. Rdey asseiis that Arabs in the d^-seit live 200 years. .1. ifrey Ha l.'on, the dwarf, was but 18 inches high until he was 30 years of age. and then h rose to 39 inches B be, the f»ob*, was only thirty two ineho at his dc’ath ag»d 23. The foot of a Chinesf* female, from the hetl to great toe, is on! ,- four incht s 1 aicr. Total abstin; lice from food above sev n days is fatal to a man, but there are instanc* s of survivin;,^ after a longer per*od. A religious fan itic. in 1789, dete rmined to fast 40 days, but died on the 16th. In marching, soldiers take 75 steps per minute, quick marching 108; and in charging, 150 steps The Hindoos have the an of personating death, as to deceive able surgeons. A Pilgrim.—In the ship Ontario, at N. York, from England, came passeng(?r IMiss Harriet Liver more, returning from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. This, if we mistake not, is the second visitation w'hich that extraordinary woman has made with out any attendant, to JerusaU;m—wandering in the valley of Jehosajphat, bathii^^ in the stream of Jor dan, washing her (cet in Kedron, straying to the manger at BetM 'liera, and back to the summit ot Olivet, gathering poinegranates in C*i thst-mane. kneeling on Calvary, and stretchuig herscll in the* sepulciire ‘*.|^Wn in sioae.” Armies of mailed men, thal wen: to redeem the tem|)le and the tomb, whiten the , ains of Syria Vvit.i their bleached bones; guarded (.ai'ijvans lall a prey to robbers li'om the Diseit, us thGy journey towards Jerusalem. And yci a itndy woman, with uo kindred on the soil, no knowledge of tiieir language and no money to bribe proieciion, goes up irom the shores of the Levant, and ttie plague touches her not. Civil wai, that devastatesv^pares her. The robber who seims to havu the prescrip tion of ages, ussuila her not m her progress. And m the city, where poveiU’ and suspicion bar the door, and the zeal of the lUoalem makes a merit of prftcurmg misu*-y or death to the Christian pilgrim, there the wicker gale of the convent opuiii lur her reception, and the wasting meal, and ttie decaying ciijtsu ot the mendicant, Sctined Lo be blessed to in crease for her comfort. li is delightful to sit and listen to the tales of the waylarer towaids Jerusalem, and the sojouiiier with in Its gales. Olij^s go tieclgeU about with iirmans and decre.s, def^H^d '.\ith spear, suppoited with siuii, and provided w’Uh sciij). Tney tnier nut in the lnnerllla^t rcccsses ul the tiouses and iiearls ot the people, and yet attempt to dt'scnbc their mau- iurs ana their morals, by whul they see at the wells;, and hear at their caravansaries, it is not stian^e tiiai such aiiould hud all bairen and waste, uioial and pnysical, Irom Dan to Becishebu. Bui the tiaveller whose w'ants require, and whose Slx wan ants, that she siiouid be of the mmosi cnambeis, that she shoulJ sitaown with mother ana childien, she can leain the secret ol tueir living, whicii IS not revealed to the W'andering worlil oi tuivellers. She can tell whal is devotion and what IS sutlering. Slie can see and judge, and she will Know tliat biiieatn tne exieiioi ot strange customs, and binding laws, liie ieelin^s ol woiii'-ii are the same in Syua as m America. And tiiough the ty- lanny ol custom may tjind or crush there these tecl- ings, yet they w ill, liiie ine heallhkil nerbage, lorce a giowtn, ana perliaps sweeten and oinament tile veiy object taut Has pressed tneui down. We shall learn something of this trom the re turned pilgrim.—PhUadeL^iud i. ^States Gazette. What is love I—On! mysteries! what is love? it IS •• poison in neciar;’’ suiiligiii lo iicaveii; per- luaie to the rose; the music ol sound; the poetry ol leeiiiig; the ‘'madness ol many;'’ thtj “gain'' ol '• but lew.” it IS more than all ihtse : it is an espeCiul i^rovulLiiCe. Uiily lei us teei convinced ol US existence, and we caie not how improbable the cii.inces iiuy be ol our nappmess, still ue are hap py. it IS uie opium ol ualuie, that conjuiies up uieams so mioxicaimg tnai iney distance, and make us independent ul ail realities; it is a cieatur, wtiu malves eveiyuiiiij^ out ol nolUmg. and out oi vvhose cnaos is lo.uKd :uc univcjse oi lue Heart; 11 is a cnameieuii, inai iivcs un air, and wnose ever-chan^^^- iiig nues me deuved tiom lue almospnerc ol tne one being m wnose pieseiicc 11 cxisis; il is a giant lu uaic aii'i a ciiild 10 teai ; il la a spciidtniili to give, yet a muei lo iiuaid; u is an aoject slave, yvl, like all aucn, m its lUiu a leli lyiaiu; it is a magician, ft ho lu a desciican raise u^an Eden, biigut, Deau* iilul, and puie as lac puincval one; bui 11 is a sei pLiu 10 Uujpi, aud wo lo inose wno uve to Had llial It has iUied IDem to •* Pluck the one blossom that gr^w on earth’s tree I” —Lact^ Lytton What an infectious mystery is love ! I maintain that it is born a twin, and never can exist, at least for any length of ti^e, singly. The *‘ be- soiu d’anaii£ri^;ider which all labor, more or less. _rt of impetus that sometimes im- ards an object that feels no recipro* ut all such are mistaken missions inate. Just as we often enter the room me particular person, and, not finding him there to meet tis, quit it inst^tlj^ so it is with ttie afTecUptos^ No heart ever lin^r? on another that has ao corjpMponding sympathy to greet it. A freemason wdufa hardly repeat th^ sign of his order where he found it was not understood^ and the free masonry of love requires an equal return, for which reason no lov'e thal is not mutual can either be deep or lasting. That great theologian of the heart, poor Mauturin, who had genius enough to have founded a dozen reputations^as beautifully remark ed, ‘ How much more delicfbus is the first inart^u- late murmujt,t)f love, \vithail its feebleness of expres sion, its poverty of words, and eloquence of blushes; as feeiingslhat disdain the medium of language, and trust their rich secret to the respiration of the eyes ; how much more powerful is its silent expression than all that words can utter or volumes contain.” And how is this silent language to be understood, unless through the electric medium of mutual feel ing? The great difierence between the dawn of love and its meridian is, that in the former w'ords seem a sort of sacrilege that would dispel the hal lowed mysteries of its faith ; while, after its revela tions have oncg. taken place, vows and protestations are necessary fo the assurance of its worship ; for there is a prodigality in the wealth of love that needs exaggeration to satisfy it.—Ibd. MANAGING A HUSBAND. This is a branch of female education too much neglected; it ought to be taught with “French, Italian, and the use of the globes.” To be sure, as Mrs. Glass (in her cookery book,) inost sensible ob serves, “ first catch the fish, and you must also first catch your husband. But we will suppose him caught—and therefore to be roasted, boiled, stewed or jugged. All these methods of cooking have their matri monial prototypes. The roasted husband is done to death by the fiery temper, the boiled husband dissolves in the w’arm w'ater of conjugal tears, the stewed husband becomes ductile b}'^ the application of worry, and the jugged husband is fairly subdued* by sauce and spice. VVomen have all a natural ge nius for having their ow*n w'ay. Still the finest ta lents, like “the finest peasantry in the world,” re quire cultivation. We recommend beginning soon. When Sir William L was selling off on hi^ wedding excursion, while the bride w'as subsiding j from the pellucid lightness of white satin and blonde, into the delicate darkness of the lilack silk travel ling dress, the lady’s maid rushed into his presence with a torrent, not of teais, but- cf w^ords. His fa vorite French valet had put out all ihe^band boxes that had been previously stored in the carriage. Of course, on the happiest day of his life, Sir "W'illiam could not hint a fault or hesitate dislike, and he therefore ordt;red the interesting exiles to be replac ed. “ Ver veil, Sare,” said the gi^ttlleman’s pro phetic gentleman, “ you let yourself bo banboxed all your life.” The prediction of the masculinc. Cassandra of the= curling irons was amply fulfilled. Poor Sir Wil liam ! One of his guests, a gentleman u’hose wits might have belonged to a Leeds clothier, for tht'y were always wool-gathering, cotifouuded tlie bridal with one of those festivals when people cruelly give you joy of having .Hiade one step more to your grave—this said gnestat his wrdding literally wish ed many happy returns of the day!—The polite admirer of the bandboxes found, however, one an niversary quite sUillcient without any returns. Now’, we do consider it somewhat hard to ’drag at each remove’ such a very percejHible chain ; it might as well have been wreathed, or gilded, or even pinclibecked. A friend of mine, Mrs. S . does the thing much better. VV^e shall give a do mestic dialogue, by way of example to the rising generation : “ I have been at Doubiggin’s tliis morning, my love,” said Mrs. S. while lielpmg the soup, “ he had two such lovely Sevre tables, portrait of Louis the Fourteenth’s beauties: you must let me have them for the dra'ving room, they are such loves.” 1 really do w'onder,” exclai:i^d Mr. in his most decided tone, “what can you want with any thing more in the drawing room. I am sure that it is as rnucl^-as any one can do to get across the room as it is. I will have no more money spent on such trash.” “ The fish is capital, the saucc is chef d’ oMjvrc,” exclaimed the lady, hastening to change the dis course; “do let me recommended it.” Dinner proceeds, enlivened by a little series of delicate attentions on the part of the wife. One thing is advised; another, which she is well aware is her husband’s aversion, playfully forbidden. Dinner declines into dessert, and Mr. S. eats his wallnuis, peeled By no Imnd as you nny guess, I>ut that oT Fairy Tair.” alias. Mrs. S’s pretty fingers. Towards the middle of his second glass of poit. he perceives that there are tears in his vvifo's soft blue eyes—which become actual sobs as he progresses to the third o-jass. “ I see hovv it is, Laura: you shall have the ta bles.” “ The tables!” cried tlie lady with an air, as the school boy said of ancient ( hiul, quartered into three- halves of disdain, w’ounded feelings and tenderness; “ I have really lost all wish for them. It vvas of you. Francis, that I was thinking. Good heavens! can you weigh^ a few' paltry pounds against the pleasure of gratifying your wife? I see 1 have lost my hold on your affection. What have I done? I, whose whole life haS been but one happiness, that of pleasing you?” We will not pursue the subject to its last conju gal close of tears and kisses; suflice it to say that the next day the tables were sent home, not given but only accepted as a favor! A SLOJifT ofPffERfeiVCS. *‘Mithuth Y. I come to athk you if you kin lend me your pig pen*for a few dayth ?” “My pig pen! w’hy, Mr. Fisher, what can you want with my pig pen ?’* “I have juth been purchathing ihome twine—two thowth and pigth, at a conthable thale, and want to put them in your pen.” “ Why, Mr. Fisher, my pen wonH hold so many pigs •as you have. What on airlh did you buy them tor “ I bought them for ray family uthe, marm, and I’m thertain your pen will be thufficiently large for them.” “My pen will only hold twenty-five common siz ed ones.” . “Well, if it will hold twenty-five hogth, it will thurely hold two thowth and pigth.” “ Two thousand figs—why it won t hold the twentieth part of them.” “ Underthand me, marm, I dont thay two thoiisciJid pigth, but two thowth and pigth?^ r t “I hear j’ou. Two thousand pigs for a family of six! I think the man’s demented—two thousand pigs in that pen! he’s certainly crazy.” JMithulh Y. I I tell you again, I mean not two thousand pigth, but twD thowth and two pigth.” “Oh—oh—Mr. Fisher, is what you mean? my pig pen is at your service, sir,” “Thank you thintherely. marm,” lisped the re lieved Fisher, as he started from the pig pen, in wdiich he soon depositee^ two twowth and pigth !” Pittsburg Chronicle. Nodc^. IForwarn all persons from tradingfor a note giv en by me to George Crernop^ for about one hun dred and twelve dollars, and dated the 16th July, 1842. In a word, it is the only note I have out pay able to a man of that name. He resides near Beat ty’s Ford, Lincoln County, N. C. Cremor is reques ted to come and take the properity and bring ray note, as the property I bought was unsound, and I do not i ntend to pay the same unless compelled to do so by law. THOMAS K. CURETON. Cureton's Store. S. C., Aug. 15, 1842. /6...tlstJ It is common to say, that a liar w’ill not be believ ed, although ho should speak the truth ; but the con verse of this proposition is equally true, but more un fortunate, that a man who has gained a reputation for veracity, will not be descredited although he should utter that w’hich is false; but he that would make u6e of a reputation for veracity to establish a lie, would set fire ti^the temple of truth, with a faggot stolen from her mtar. As the Whiggery have contracted„a wonderful fondness for military heroes of late years, they had better take up General Apathy run him as their next candidate for the Presidency ; he seems to be much the strongest General in their ranks at present, and would no doubt beat either Gen. Scott or Mr. Clay all hollow*.— Wi^sterii CarQlinian. Toasts.—We clip the following, says tlie Balti more Republican, from among the toasts drank at different parts, on the 4th of July : “John Bull—Before he invites Brother Jonathan , to another tea part^ he had better mend his broken ! China.” T “ Universal SulTerage—The nec^par}’ appendage * of a democratic gov’ernfnent; annltiilate th*>«onc and , you rob the other of its strongest support." DEMOCRACY, The last, best revelation to human thought God’s govefnment is a D^^nocracy! Heaven itself is a Democracy! ’Tis a part of man’s nature to be free: the same constitution w’hich makes him a moral, makes him a free being. He has a right to pursue his own true and - substantial happiness, in that manner wiiich contravenes not tlie same rights of his neighbor. Man gives up no right to govern ment. Gov'ernrnnnt is but the guarantee to every man the free exercise of his legitimate rigiils. Go vernment founded in nature can gi^ no privile^ts; confer no exclusive powers and thrfFis the best go vernment W'hich governs the least, and where the rights of all are, the rights of each.—Baltimore 1 NEW STEAM-BOAT LINE. A Steam Boat Line has been formed in connec tion with the new Steam Boat “Utility,” and a set of new Boats at present three in number, others w’lll be added as the business may require. The Utility wag built in Wilmington in 1841, and draws w’hen empty but 19 inches w’ater. She carries 500 Bales of Cotton and draws tiien but little over three teet. ^Country merchants w*ho may wish to get their Goods up in the Summer and early in the B'ail when the River is generally low, will find it to their advantage 40 patronize this. Several lorwarding Merchants and other residents of Cheraw and oth er places are interested, and Ibel confident that they can hold out such inducements to |he back country as will He beneficial to all concerned. The busi ness will be done principally by towing^’'lighters which W’ill insure a passage while there is two feet water in the channel. B. BRYAN &- BRO., Agents. From the Transcript, (Charleston) of Marcli 3d. Charleston, S. C., Feb. 28, 1842. This is to all whom it may concern—w'C, tli> un- d^rsi£jned, William Bird, Joseph Addison, and James Marsli, junior, shipwrights ot the abov^ jparneti ci ty, by the rw^uest of John Kirkpatrick, |||^aired on hoard of the Steamer Utility, comrnaruled and own ed by the said Kirkpatrick, and after a fall exami nation of the hull and construction of the said Steam Boat Utility, are of unanimous.opinio'nHhat the said Sieam I^at Utility is in every respect sui table anti strongenough to‘navigate any llivBror River.s and capablc of carrying five iiundred or more bales of cotton. To which we have fixed our names and seals this :?Stii Fcbruarv. 1S42. V*'. BIRD, [Seal.] .TOS. ADDISOX, [Seal.] JAS. MAR^ff, Jr. [Seal.] Charles^, Feb. 2S, 1S42. I do iiorehy certify that I was Pilot on board the Steam Boat Utility, and that the ^id boat was ex- posed*to a heavy sea during the passage between ^V'ihninglon and Ciiarleston without receiving any damage?^ I do also certiiy tiiai she^di.l not work or show any signs of weakness, and that she was noi pumped out during the time I was on board of her. wii.LiAM cle:\lmoxs. June G, IS 12. CO IwlJiu The “ Chariotto Journal ’’ and JciTersonian. Sah.=;- bury Watahman and Fayetteville Observer, will each insert the above once a montii for three inonth.'^, ami forward their accounts to the oflicc ol ti;o l^ar- mers Gu^etl^, Cheraw, lor payment. T/i£ Ciajj u'hig.^i and the President — The Nev York Tribune complains th^t from twenly-hve to forty Clay men have been tuft>«d out of ihe Cus tom House ia thal city. At Albany, the government advertising has been taken from the Advertiser and given to iho- Argus. —4 . —- - Ind.etendence.—“Ache aw^ay,” sail ihf^ man to the tooth, “you hurt yourself a great deal more than you do me. X(JW ill Press, and will shortly be publi.\hai, a Dictionary of ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND MINKS. BY AKrnSW UKi:. M. D., F. U. S., &C. Illustrated with 1,241 Fngravings! IIIS is, unquestionably, the most popular work of th(5 kind ever published, and a book most admirably adapted to the wants of all classes of the community. The following are the important objects -which the learned author endeavors to ac complish— 1st. To instruct the iSIanufacturer, Metallurgist and Tradesman, in the principles of “Jane.w^hat does snooze mean? don't blush my dear! hold up your head, and tell me what snooze means.” “Please, Miss Splitzfiddle, I don't know.” “Don’t know, child—very strange very. Can’t you guess ? “No. ma’am, I can’t.” “Well, what do you like to do after supper 1 La! what does the chi'd hold down her head for? —here, Jane, look up and teil me wdiat you love af ter supper. You are a great girl, almost eighteen now, and your education has been roost shockincrjy Beglected. \\ hat is it you love aH;er supper, my dear.” tr j j “Oh! Miss Splitzfiddle, I don’t like lo tell.” “Don’t like to teil! nonsense—out with it.” “ Well, ma’am, if I must tell, 1 loves Joe snob,tlhe miller, to kiss me.” “0-o-cK)-o ! my gracious !” • ^he old bachelor said when lie found a fine fat babv two ni^rhts in succession tied to his door knockeT. ° proccsser5, so as to render them, in re tcr.s of their business ; and to emancipate ;:i state of bondage to such as are too commonly gov erned by blind prejudice and viscious routine. 2d!y. To aflbrd Merchants, Brokers, Drysalters, Druggists, and Officers of the Revenue character istic descriptions of the commodities which pass through their hands. 3dly. By exhibiting some of the finest develop ments of Chemistry and Physics, to lay open an ex cellent practical school for students ol these kin dred sciences. 4thl5-. teach Capitalists, who may be dcsirou?.- of placing their fundi^n some productive branch of industry, to select judiciously, among plausible claimants. 5thly. To enable gentlemen of the Lav.^ to be come well acquainted with the nature of those pa tent schemes which are no ant to "ive liiio to litiiia- tion. Gthiy. To present 10 Legislators such a clear ex position of the staple manufactures, as may dissuade them from enacting laws, which obstru«'t industry, or cherish one branch of it, to the injury of many others. And, lastly, to give the general reader, intent, chiefly, on Intellectual Cultivation, views of many of the noblest achievements of science, in efieciing those gran(l transformations of matter to which Great Britain and the United States owe their pa ramount w”ealth, rank and power among the nsEtions of the earth. The latest Statistics of ev*ery important object of \Ianufactures are given from the best, and usually Irom the Otficial authority, at the end of each arti cle. The Work wMll be printed from the second Lon don Edition, which sells for S12 a copy. It will be put on good paper, in new brevier type, and will make about 1400 pages. It will be issued in twen ty-one semi-monthly numbers, (in covers) at tw'cn- ty-five cents each, on delivery. To any person sending us fiv^e dollars, at one time in advance, we w’ill tbrw'ard the numbers by maiL 2?ost paidj as soon as they come from the press. 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In politics and reli gion, the Chicora will occupy strictly neutral ground ; yet suiticient atientipn Vv'ill iV. paid to both, to ena ble the reader to learn how ])rospers the religious • and political condition ol the country. A paper devoted to the purpose.^ above stated, hna long been a d^,>^idf'r(if>im at the South ; and it is to nicut tlii.-. tliat Tne Chir-j/u is r.ow ])rf>]>osed to Lo i.s.sr.ed. The Subscrihcrb are aware tiu’ir promises may appear too eontident, alter the ropejited failure ut' periodicals; but they beg leave to say. tiiai so com{)leto are the arrangement.s they h.ive. made—so extensive the correspondence tliey have secured—so v'alnahle the aid, t)oth of Nortiiern and SixUiieru tal(4iit th;\y iuive enlisted—that vrith t!ie kindly feelings and lii^eral patronage of the South, hey have no fears Ibr the result. Tni: Literary D^niri>ncnJ. of tiic Cnicna.v v;iil f) 5 ‘their respective j supplied witli articles of rare and eubstaniial merit, •eality, the m;is- 'vith reviews and critiques of all the new works of dpate them trom ! original (ale^’, skctrhe.v, works of hctirta, i)U^gra2>iiies and p.oetry fro::i ihe pens of se- v^^Tjf^'the giiied authors, ’aoth of the Norlii and South. The Srlentijic and M:chrniical.f^)rparlincnt wiil be enriched v^it’ii essays and iliu«irations from indi viduals high in public estimation, as thoroughly practical men, v;hic;i, together with the Agricultu ral conmumications already secured ‘o the paper from various portions of tne country, will form a compendium of useliil instruction invaluable to the artisan and tiie planter. In this Depa.rtn'.cnt of General Intdligencc, the subscribers believe the CiircoK.\ will take a stand which will not be surpassed by any Journal of the Union. As one ol the subscribers will make it his constant business to visit every section cf our t oun- try ; and through means cf an extensive acquaint ance already possessed in the cities of our sea-board and the V/est, a v/eekly correspondence W’ill be es- tab!i.^hed with Boston, New’-York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati and Nevv-Oi'- leans, through which wiil be obtained, not only the earliest information in regard to all loreign and do mestic matters oi* importance. Prices ciirrent of Southern products aiul monetary atiairs’^t moment in the different ^States, but also the opinions ol judi cious men in regaril to Commercial prospects, aiul iiKitters of an economical, civil, an4 political char acter. Nor, thice Alittle folly now and then, Is relished by the wisest men, so they intend to exclude those lighter articles of informanon, familiarly designated the chit chat of the day, which, while they may serve to amuse a weary or listless hour, have at the same time the higher effect of acquainting us w’ith the character and customs of our Northern and Western neighbors, and connecting more closely the bonds of unity be- ween us. Feeling assured then, of their ability to meet the wishes of the Southern community, and to estabhsh a paper on the most approved, useful and popular plan, and hereby pledging themselves that no exer tion shall be wanting on their part, not only rnost fully to redeem, but even to exceed the promises^ they make, they respectfully solicit the patronage ot the good people of South ^&&rolina and her sister States. ™ The Chicora will b^rinted on an imperial sheet, of the very best papw and type, and eiiall be em bellished with portraits of our distinguished men, and views illiistrative ot our scenery. The prire will be ^5 per annum, payable upon the delivery oi the first number. N. S. DODGE, 15. R, CARROLL. March 31, 1§4Q.
Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 30, 1842, edition 1
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