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y y - s - r ' . - . - . . , "THrJ PUBLIC GOOD SHOULD EVER BE PREFERRED TO PRIVATE ADVAMAGE." . iOLUME 5. LlNCOLNTON, JVoR'lH CaKOI.INA, SaUKDAY ft 'ORMNC. SEPTEMBER 29, 1849. Number 28. ; I ! I PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY TllCMAS J. LCCLES. Terms. Two dollars pel annum, payable in advance ; $2 50 if payment be delayed 3 months. A discount to clubs of 3 or more. Advertisements will be conspicuously insert ed, at $1 pei square (14 lines) for the first, and 35 cents lor each subsequent insertion. Ilit Love Lorn. There is a strain of natural pathos runnug through the following beautiful verses, that renders them irresistably "tractive. We commend them to all rue lovers of genuine poetry : My een are dim wt' tear, Jhn, My heirt is sair i' wae, , 1 lie an' waich the stars, John, A wearying for the day ; Yet itwinna bring me rest, John, An it carina bring me peace, Till the cl .y is on ny breast, Jhn, An' :hocht and feeling cease ! I ha loofd ye weel end lang, John, An' snail while I hue lite : Bui y e've caused me tin ny a pang. John. vha should hate been your wi.e. Though ye never said a word, Jorrn, My trusting heart to win, Ye hae leed belore the Lord, John, An' that is deeper sin ! Ye're hand leed seeking mine, John, .- When naebody could see ; An ye kissed it mony a tinie, John, An' wasna thai a le- ? An your een leed locking luve, Ji.hn. W hene'er they turned on me ; An' your gitis.wiat did th y pruv ,John, But love or lieachery J An your step leed coining herp, John, Sae alt in can Id an' ram, For mony h happy year, John, Whose memory is pain ! For I ihocht the time would come,John, v W hen we uae mair would pa it ; Yet ye gaed without a word. John, To ease my breatitng heuit ! Ye cam o you ain will, John, Ye saw thai I was poor ; Ye ktnn'd 1 was nae light o Ir.ve; Ye should hae passed our door. Bu 1 loo ye after a', John, An pray io God in heaven, That I iimy be ta'en hame, John, An your deceit forgiven ! 'Leeu means 'lied.' Jenks and California. I'll tell you what it is, my dear," said our friend Jenks, to his wife ne evening after they h d retired to bed, 1 am positively in favor of ttnsCalifor cia business." There you go agam,' she repiied, ! never saw any one like you. 'Well now don't get excited. We can talk over the mailer dispassionately, and Now, Mr. Jenks, I can tell you once for all Oh, pshaw, exclaimed our friend. Where's the use of one's working one's soul out here, for a hare livn, when by going to Ca'ilom a, he may cleai a fortune in a year or two, and come back to his fr.euds and family to enjov it. Now stop, said the wife, I won't .permit you to talk in this way. You are a married man, and as such you've no business to lake it into your head to go to California or any where else,with- out your wife.' 'Come, come, now Mrs. Jenks. You know well enough Yes,l do know well enough that any woman is a fool who will ,Ah, my love !' ' Oh, go siong, don't talk to me of love ! . A man who is so whimsical ! You're all the time speculating. The oiher day you wanted an office on another occasion you were going to get up a Lite Insurance Company, because you thought they made a great deal ot money with very little trouble, then you got the ridiculous notion into your bead to start a newspaper, just as 1 1 more than two-thirds of the papers don'i brpak don after the first year or two then you were goiig to set up a town in Jer sey ; wnen you snow now many poor men have beggRred ihenist-lv iid ihHr lamiSies in trying to build up this state of Jersey All fools, my dear a set of jacks. Any man, 1 don't caio wto he is, with a thimble full of brains can f tart a town and make a to; tune by the enterprise.' Then,' resumed Mrs. Jenks, who paid no attention to this ou. burst from ' her husband, 'then, you w anted to buy a steamboat and run her against a regular ; line '" - Yes, and 1 could have cleared a for tune by if in a few years but you would hear to- ' Just as if, continued Mrs Jenk:, 4you could hold up againt a regularly or ganized company they rich and you poor. Couldn't I have interested others? And would not the whole public have run with u 1 we would hxve put the fare down, and thrown in a dinner, or luwh, or g-ven a gold pencil case as a premium to the largest number of pas sengers or something t that sort, and mind, 1 II tell you we, would have brought that odious monopoly tj its knees. We'd make the monopoly howl, to use the strong language of Dr. Bird. Kut suppose they had made you howl how then ? Now where'g the use of talking in that wuy ? You'ie enough to make a man nervous.' Yes, and j ou're enough to drive one crazy with vour visionary schemes. cw my near expostulated our amiable friend, 'that's agoing a little too far." 'Not half so for as yon would wish to go. hat am 1 to do if you go to Lai iiornia V hy you could go home, could'm you 7' Yes, Icculd, butl won't,' she sharp ly replied. lou will not?' No, 1 will not ; (hat's a .settled case. The world shall not laugh at me, and say she had io go home befoie she was married a 3 t ar.' What will you do then V Do? Mr j'r.ks, she exclaimed, Mr. Jenk?' What my dear V replied our friend, sitting bolt upright m 'lie bed. L-' k ai ti e,' said he, raising herself up n her elbow and shaking her finger at him. u snail stay whereyou are, or if jou go I'll go with you. Nonsense, Mrs. JenUs!' Common spnse, Mr. Jenks !' Pooh, Mrs. Jei k !' Pooh for you Mi. Jei ks.' At this juncture our Inf nd began to whistle 'Hut Colon. bia,' while his wife vigorouslv hummed an appropriate air Alter a lapse of rive or ten minutes, Jenks said But, mv dear, really now, wouldn't you advise me to go to California ?' No, she replied, witn a sob, you know I wouldn't aid you are a bad man, so you are, 10 tornseni me in my present critical state ol health. You know how weak 1 am, and if mother should Oh-' Now stop, don't go on in that wav. I thought I could eas ly make a fortune in California Of coute 1 won : go il you don't wuh it. Come now,don't rrry.' ' I ou re a hrd lieaiud man No, my drai. ' ' Faiher. ' V ell, there say no more 1 And you won't indulge 111 any more speculations V ISo, ! will not. Now, i will like you (or that. If you were single, I would not object to your going to California, oingie men may do as they please, but it is the duty of husbands, if possible, to remain u home. And i-esiue this passion for we."Uh ia iutiiiritable for mankind. A3 kind old uncle Torn says 4Coi.ter.uneni, i.ot nches, uiakts one truly happy." Here the whispering became indis tinct and it is believed that Jenks, not withstanding his promise to the contra ry, did actu illy s'eat off and go to Cali fornia mat night in a dream. On some luture occasion we may re late all Jenks heard ana saw m ihegold country. From the Am. Annals of theDeaf &. Dumb. A DAI IN THE ASYLUM. f We print the following, (which is the uncorrecied composition of one ot thrt present pupils ol the Asylum, j lor a aoubie purpose: in the first place, to give the ttader some insight into 1 he daily routine of study, labor and amusement 1 11 our Ins'.uuJion; ana se- condiy, to show Willi whhi clearness and eorrecine.-B, s me ol our pupils aie abe 10 use the common language ol narra- nve. W e sa . some our pjoits, lot it would be wrong to leave th- impres ion that ali ot them, or ind--to. the greater number, have ir.e abuti) to ex- mess theuistlvt 0 eo wtll as me wraer ot the article below has done. Editor of the Annalsq In me morning, the pupils are awa keneo by one ot their number, ho is ap pointed for that purpose, and atier dres sing, they go to their respec ivt; wu&h uig rooms, to wash their hanus and ia ces. '1 he washmg-rootn of the boya is in the basement ; that ot the girls, another part ot the bunding. Alter wailung, they go and comb their hair and when the bell rings, proceed to the dining-rall.' (When I eaj the bell ring's, the render ol this may thii k it absurd to ring a bell in a community ol persons whose ears are shut lorever; but the (act is, a tew of h pupils have a Utile hearing, and they, when they hear the bell,tell the rest.) After grace has been said by the Steward, they are allowed half an hour to finish their break fast. After breakfast, tho boy go to their sitting -room, get their caps and repair to the c bmet, shoe and tailoring shops, borne of the giris are employ ed in the tailoring shop, and others in ma king and mending clothes or articles lor the use or the A -v lorn, fhv remain at work until a Quarter before nil e in summer, and a quarter past hine in win ter. At that time, a boy appointed (or the purpose, goes to the shops and tells tin masters that it is time tor the work to be discontinued, M hereupon thr masters give the signal and tne pupils leavp their work, and go to wash 'Jieir hands and laces, and piepare for morn ing prayers; lor doing which ihty re allowed a quarter ol an hour. 1 hen thev proceed to the chapel, where a text of eritfuie is explained to them hy the Principal, or in case ot his absence, by one ol the Teachers, and a prr.j tr is of fered ; alter which ihty repair to the echool-rooms, and 'emaiii' there, occu pied in vauous exercises, till twelve in summer, and hail past twelve in winter. Ore of the Teachers then goes to the door of each school-room, and gives the signaijupcii which the ptpi's leave their siud'es, and in summer they have an hour 10 themselves before dinner, but in w inter they go directly liom the school. rooms to the dining-hall, and have an hour to pia una amuse themselves al- leiward?. At two o clock ihey are agmii called 10 school, wherethty re main till lour, then they go to the chapei, where prayers are olieied by one ot the Teachers. They then repair (o the shops, where they remain till six in sum met, and till half past rive in winier. One of the boys then goes and gives the Mgnal lor them 10 leave their uoik, which they do, and afier washing ihern-. seives, the procttd to the dining hall where grace is sdid as before, and itity are allowed the same space of I nue to sup as to aregKiasi. uer iea, iney have the time to themselves till eight in summer, ana tin teven in winter. I hty are then called into their respect ive sitiing-rooms to study their lessons lor tne nt xi day. Ai nu e the presiding 1 eacher ieaves them, and at hail past nine tne ugnis are uxiirguisneu ana iney retire to bed. 1 he above is a faithful drM-ripii n ol adu) intheAmer icau Ayium, ai iiarttoro. Conn., and whether it is weit-ieguiaied or not, the writer leaves Ins itaUcrs to judge for themselves. As the foregoing relates only to week days, theteailei ol this may be curious to know something ol the way in wh-.ch we spend the Sabbath, and 1 will give a bnel account of it. After breakfast w hich is set ved at seven o'clock, the Pupils go 10 tneir sitting-rooms, and study their bible lessons or Catechisms nil half past ten o clock. They then repair to the i-.tnpel, and & iec.ur is dc liveied, Uy ihj Principal, which contin ues about an hour and a half. They agaio fO to tncir siiting-iooms 10 wait jt tne umner bcli. Alter dmner thev ccupy themselves as belore, until half past two in winter and thieem summer, when they again proceed to the chapel and a lecture ol au hour's iengiii is ueli- vtrea by oneot theieachers. Aftei this, they spend the time till tea in rending or couvfcitaiioh. Aher tea their time is spent in reading or learning their les sons in -he fiiuie or Cateciusm till nine o'ciucK, when iney rente. W. M. C. Curious Amalgamation Interesting to llvt utbUvrtsti.'kj. Li. bishop, e?q. ot out city . ha just shown us the leaves and he flowers ol a vine, partaking ct she cypiess ana the morning glory. A year ago, the seed of the morning glory aid cypress were plained together so as to entwine each other. I hisy ear, three vines came up, and produced, each a d tie rent leal and flower ; the morning glory has a natural shaped leal, with a deep, oiange colored flower, small and touud shaped ; the cypress producing leaves and n- wers pei.etily natural dud the aiiirtlg&maiiou produces leaves as large as the morning glory, wan nun tneir fcize, divided out in small 'P-ngies like ihe cypress, producing Uiiwei t f veimiilioii rid, and ha,t awav between ihe uiher two in size. T his cutious atnaigomattou will doubtless b in u teftii g 1 i rticuituiiaia Vun Bu rcn ( At k.J Int. ; : .. Miss Dix, the Philanthropist, was in Novacoiia laieiy ,anu was wen received by the Government. inanure-TIukins:. Th present deficiency 111 our crop sti me dniicipateu cennrivcv in our grain and pota'o crops, ought certainly to set the farmer to thinking how he may best prevent such defk-iencs in fu lure years.) Al practical and scienufic farmers know lull well that plenty of menu re in agricultural pursuits produ ces the same beni h- rt sniis, as plen ly 01 money in mercantile business, and that without the application of somefer lilizicg ii'greoien: totkur .'arms, we are, evtry Jtar, n.akmg them poorer, in Kieau 01 increasing me tenuity ot our fields, or the qua ity of our crons. . There are many ways of increasing the quantity ot manure on most of tairns by carting into the -barn-yard, end bog yards, vanous materials, ot he; wise, ai most worthless, suh as muck, turt,Ioam wteds, &c, all which should be occa sionally mixed up with the other ma nure in tlie yard, by ploughing ai d har rowing, anu by the yaidnig o cows, and oihtr sf ck, w hen it can be consistent!) done. In this way you may probably double the quantity of manure, and by thus furnishing tunable ingredients to absotb the urine of the cattle, n ill pro duce a large mass ot manure, but Ii 1 tie interior to that actually voided by the animals. Some farmers, perhaps, wiil think ihey have no time to do such small business as gathering mmk tnd sods, and ploughing barn yard, &r., but there are many leisure hours when a few lofd may be put into, the hog-yard, and it you are fond ot a good piece ot pork, it mus4 he gratifying to see how diligently the animals, wiil labor in mix- ikg the new mess with (he old. Thus by a little labor and attention, two swine will manufacture twenty cart loads of good manure in otie season, if properly supplied wnii materials. Dull weather, during hay time, cannot be spent to bet ter advantage than in replenishing your yirds wufi ingredients lor manure, and mixing ihem by lrqutnt plouhmu. JSodp uds is a great lerniizet, and it wouid well pay ttie labor ol saving it on washing days, and putting it into your mauuie, or ou plants in the gaiuen. It would be a good rconomv tu have lar&e hogshead or tub set in the giound in the garden lo receive all the suds made hy wushiim and use it in watering :he vegetables growing in the garden. Although this may seem small business to some, yet let such lemem- ber that the world is made up of small atoms, when viewed separately. The industrious larn.er by paying proper at tention to the making of manure, may hae some to spare for top dressing hi? mowing grounds, whieh wiil prove ol grea: unlay in renovating his grass field, which doubtless will suffer much from drought the present year, and in this way he may Co much to increase the quantity and quality of his huy lor ihe ensuing year. We should think the merchant wa very improvident and careless in his business, who neglec ted to sell fcmall articles, and lo collect small debts; but the farmer who neglects such snidli means to improve the fertil ity of his farm, is, in fact, just as im provident and careless. Sew Virginia Code. At the late extra session ol the Vir. ginia Legislatuie some important man ges were made 111 existing laws, the ef fect ot which is 10 t ut tail the credit ystein. They are thus noted in the Charlottesville Advocate: 1. The 5th section ol chapter 167 provides (111 substance) that any person entitled 10 recover money by action on any contract may alter silt; days' no tice, obtain juugemeut fjr the same by motion in any court ol the cvuniv in which be debtor ttmdts. The provision dispenses with the writ (if the piaintifl preier to proceed by mo tion rather than by an ordinary suit,; and ol course navs the cost of the writ tax and tee to the feherill for executing the writ, it no delenci- be made judge ment will be obtained on the cay to which the notice is given, but it their be a deltnce it tuay be heard aud deci ded upon in a summary way by the court, or, it either prty desire n, a ju ry mav be luipanneied lo try the issue joined. 2. The new code disperses with bail in civil casts, lithe plaintiff, enter upon the iumMuiiou 01 his sun, or at any time belore judgmt n:, witi make affida vit that he nas good cause 10 beiieve that his debtor will remove his e fleets beyond the jurisdiction 01 the court be fine judgement can be obtained, he may ItllC uu(iiicui au w uutaimvi v tuny J 0 ' sue out au a.tacnineiit bgamst me ocor 7, rnlliL , - - , w rimanothe entire ocioain. A or's orooerU , commandtxk ine bnentt lo seize and secure the same until need ed to riuiihly the jurtgemen', or until re plevied by bond wtin secutity , to have it forthcoming to answer that end. The aboutton ot the bail baa ot course rpndpxed necessary a change of form of the w nt. It is no longer a capias, cum manding the officer to take the body, bat a sirapfe summons to answer the the plaintiffs cause oi action. 3. Imprisonment tor debt is abolished by the new c -de; and in Lieu of the ca. sa various provision have been adop ted, designed to obtain from -the debtor a discovery of nil hie pioperty' and the delivery and ronveyoiire thereof to the shridf. lo litis end, the debtor may be summoned o appear hefoic a Com misstontr in i haucery, r quired to an swer, 00 oaih, 'he inte ro.i.ories of the rredi or. Il he fails to appear, or refu se to answer, ihe commissioner is to re poi t him to court; and if he still fads to appearand answer, he may be proceeded against as lor as contempt. And having made .known his estate, if he refuses o convey or to ri liver it up, he may be committed to jail by oruer of court. 4. A judgement lein under the new law will extend to the tcAoe of a debt or's land, instead of half only, as at piesent. 'I he creditor may effendthe land upon a writ of elegit or he may tile hi bill in a court of equity, and have ihe land sold, tf the rents and prcfiis will not pay the deb; in five years. 1 he new code will not go into effezt until the 1st of July next. It will be published about the 1st of J anuary. Negro Mechanics.'-K. meeting of ihe Jnurnevimn Mechanics of tle town of Petersburg Va., was held ou iheOth inst., the object of which was lo oppose the competition brought about by the employment ol Negri Mechanics. W e copy from the Republican, the follow ing Preamble and Kt solutions which were adopted at the meeting and ur dered to the published: W bile we regard the right of proper ly, and the priviledge ot the owner lo to employ his slave in honest labor, our sense of self-respect demands trial we put, place, esteem and maintain our tlvet? a distinct society, and not the as soctatioti of the Negro: 1 herelore. be it resolved, l.-t. That we regard the the teaching , of any Negro any branch of the me. . chanic ails, as prejudicial o ihe inter est, and injurious 10 the morals of the laboring V hue man. 2i. 1 hat we, whose names are here unto annexed, will not work for any employer who shall take a Negro into his employ, lor the purpose ol teaching said Negro any branch of the mechanic arts. 3d. That each member is at librrry to engage with any employer Ding his own slaves at the business, provided they be not purchased or provided in any way subsequent to this tune. 4th. 1 hat we lorrn ourselves into a society, tor rights as sUted in the pteatn ble. Signed by the committee. Chopping Zot;tc. We commend the following tradition of liartmouthCollege, to such youihtui logicians as are loud of abusing human patience by put:mg non sense into a llogisius. In the ciass 01 which Daniel Web ster was a member, there was an indi vidual noted tor his waggery. One day, the protestor o' !.:c,wlo by the wav. was net the most u;c9 enu discrimina ting in hi distinctions, was endeavoring 10 substantiate 'that a thing remuineJ the same notwithstanding a substitute in some of its parts.' Uur wag, who had b ru (xrrrigii.g the Yankee art ol whittiu at let.gwi ht Id up a jack-knife, inquri; g: 'feup pnse 1 shouid lose ihe bude 01 my knife, and get another made and inserted in its place, wouid it be the same kiiik it was before V To be sure I' replied the professor. Well, then, the wag continued, 'sup pose 1 should then lose the hai dle, and get another, wouid it be the same knife Still?' Of course!' ihe professor again replied but, if somebody should find the old blade and the old handle, aud should put them together, what knife wouid that be ?' W e never learned the professoi's reply Corners have always been very pop ular. The chimney corner for instance, is endeared to the heart (rorn the earliest to the latest hours of existence. '1 ho cent-1 cupboard! What stores of sweet things has it contained lor us in youth! win what iuxuiies have its sueivea groaned in manhood ! A snug corner in a will ! - Nv ho ever objected io such a thing? A comer in a woman's heart! i . , , . Once gei there, ud TOD ot soou com. corner in the temple of famr! Arrive at that, and you become immortal. Il is said that J. Fernimore Cooper it about publishing a new novel.
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