A PORTRAIT.
She's beautiful ! Her raven curls
Have broken hearts in envious girls
And then they sleep in contrast so,
Like raven features upon snow;
And bathe her neck...and shade the bright
Dark eye from which they catch the
light.
As if their graceful loops were made
To keep that glorious eye in shade,
And holier make its tranquil spell,
Like waters in a shaded well.
I cannot rhyme about that eye
I've match'd it, with a midnight sky
I've said 'twas deep, and dark, and wild,
Expressive, liquid, witching, mild
But the jewell'd star, and the living air
Have nothing in them half so fair.
She's noble noble one to keep
Embulm'd for dreams of fever'd sleep
An eye for nature taste refin'd,
Perception swift, and balanc'd mind,
And more than all, a gift of thought
To such a spirit-fineness wrought,
That on my ear her language fell,
As if each word dissolv'd a spell.
Yet I half hate her. She has all
That would insure an angel's fall
But there's a cool, collected look
As if her pulses beat by brook
A nieasur'd tone, a cold reply,
A management of voice and eye,
A calm possess'd, authentic air
That leaves a doubt of softness there
Till look and worship as I may
My fever'd thoughts will pass away.
And when she lifts her fringing lashes,
And her dark eye like star-light flashes
And when she pays her quiet wile
Of that calm look, and mtasur'd smile,
I gc away like one who's heard
In some fine scene, the prompter's word,
And make a vow to break her chain,
And keep it till we meet again.
ANOTHER PORTRAIT.
Says Tom, "I'll never wed but for a prize,
Young, rich, and beautiful, and good, and
wise;
Not fond of dress, yet always trim and
neat;
Never perfum'd, yet like a rose-bud
sweet;
Well bred, as she in town had pass'd her
life,
Yet modest, frugal as a country wife."
"You'll die a bachelor my friend," I said,
''Or must bespeak her there's none rea
dy made."
From a St. Louis paper.
Extract of a letter from Na
thaniel Macoii, Esq. of North
Carolina, dated
Buck Springf AT. C.
March 1th, 1831.
"Your Speech on the United
States' Bank, proves that you
understand the subject too well
to need opinions from uny one.
Perhaps in one point, a little
more explanation might have
been necessary for some read
ers, to wit: the importation mer
chant adds the amount of dis
counts, with the duties, to the
first price of goods, and, in fact,
the port charges; so that the
Bank discount, like duties and
other charges, are increased
every sale. -The owners of
Banks, and public funds, have
written much in the last thirty-
five years, to convince, satisfy,
or gull the people of the Uni
ted States and of Great Britain,
that paper is money, in fact
better than money. For those
who issue the bank notes, it is
so, because they live only by is
suing them, and so it is to those
who hold the funds: they lend
the paper notes of the Bank,
which carry no interest, and re
ceive the obligations of the Go
vernment, (ond of individuals,)
which do carry interest; hence
they constantly play into each
other's hand. The people who
pay the taxes to these paper
jobbers, have not been convin
ced, satisfied, or gulled; because
every day's experience convin
ced them, that they, instead of
gaming, were losing by it.
David Hume's Essays upon the
subject are valuable indeed.
"Every loan the Bank can
wake, especially to a State,
for a longer time than the limi
tation of the charter, adds to the
chance of renewing the charter.
me present charter may
not be renewed, because the
shares are owned, and many ot
them by foreigners; and a new
bank will give to all who want
shares, an equal chance to scuf
fle for them, some to hold
them, others to speculate on
them. If no member of the
whole Government could be
benefitted by it, there might be
a probability of the system dy
ing. Privileges once granted
are hard to be put down.
"A person cannot bind the
labor of his children after they
are of lawful age, to pay debts
contracted by such person; yet
governments bind people fore
ver to pay their debts. Every
law that grants j)rivileges to
certain persons, is against the
principle of equality And free
dom. Laws which catinot be
repealed, acknowledge that
one generation may bind their
descendants forever. The time
for which sucii laws may be
limited, does not alter the case.
The people of the United States
have the right to alter the Con
stitution, (though it be now
dead,) but cannot alter the
bank laws, as some sav, with
out iis consent.
"The Salt Tax has in all
countries been very oppressive
to those not rich, for the reason
you state, that the poor use,
by the head, more than the rich,
and salt is as important to stock
as it is to people. In the lime
of the Maccabees, a part of the
Jews would not join them, be
cause the Great King permit
ted them to take salt from tin;
pits free of duty; and when
Gustavus, (I believe he was
name Gusto ens,) freed the
fewedes from the Danish yoke,
a part of the nation would not
illinium, uuuu?u me xvihij oi
Denmark let them take salt for
their fish free of duty.
"You deserve the thanks of
every man, who lives by the
sweat of his face, for your spee
ches on the U. Stales' Bank
and Salt Tax. I observe some
bad grammar, you must par
don my freedom and remem
ber me to, &c. &c.
Your friend,
NATII. MACON."
'To Thomas iLBeiston, Esq.
St. Louis, Missouri.
Peace among the Indians.-
An Arkansas paper states that,
on the 5th ultimo, a meeting ot
the Chiefs and principal men of
three Indian tribes, viz. Cher-
olvpes, Creeks and Usages, took
place at Cantonment Gibson,
Arkansas, where they remain
ed in Council 14 days. During
that period there were two trea
ties of peace and amity entered
into; one between the Creeks
and Osages, and the other be
tween the Cherokees and Osa
ges. The controversy between
the two first named nations
grew out of a robbery commit
ted by one of the parties, and
was easily settled. The dis
pute between the latter origina
ted in the murders which had
been committed by both tribes,
and was more difficult of ad
justment. After the treaty was
signed, however, they shook
each other cordially by the
hand, and parted in apparent
friendship. Ral. Star.
Escapel Jonathan Lewis,
who at the last November Term
of the Federal Court for the
District of North-Carolina, was
convicted of counterfeiting U. S.
Checks, and sentenced to five
years imprisonment in the Jail
of this city, made his escape
therefrom on Friday evening,
and has not yet been re-taken.
He effected his purpose by saw-
ing asunder the iron bars which
secured his window, and lower
ing himself down through the
aperture thus made. There
wore several other individuals
in the room with him, who
would, probably, have followed
his example, but for the alarm
given by a prisoner in another
part of the jail, who saw Lewis
as he cleared himself of the pri
son enclosure. Lewis is a
Gunsmith by trade, an ingen
ious, shrewd, intelligent fellow,
and formerly worked in North's
Factory, at Middletown. Conn,
lie is a middle sized man, well
termed and about thirty-five
years of age. It will be recol
lected that he escaped in a sim
ilar manner last winter, but
was apprehended again in a
few days. It seems that no
care, however great, is any
guard against his dexterity and
cunning. Ral. Reg.
Duelling. The Georgia
Courier contains a long corres
pondence between the Hon.
James Wayne, a Represntative
in Congress from that Slate,
and Dr. William C. Daniel,
growing out of a misunderstan
ding in some political matters.
The Doctor having sent a chal
lenge it was accepted, and Mr.
Wayne, as the challenged par
ty, was entitled to the privilege
of selecting the weapons. 11
fixedupon broad swords to be
used till either party should be
so injured as to be unable to
continue the fight and then,
resort to be had to rifles. The
prudent friend of Dr. D. alarm
ed fit the idea of sneh an expo
sure of the life of his principal
without consultation with him
refused to accede to the ternu
aim mus enueu me moouiess
tragedy.
Had they met ho we
vcr, we are puzzled to know
what use they could have made
ot Rifles, alter beincr so injured
-3 J
with broad swords, "as to be
unable to continue the fight. "ib.
A man of Rochester, by
name John E. Brooks, leapt
the tails of Gennessce, notori
ous from having been the scene
of Sam Patch's glory, and was
immediately killed. The act is
attributed to distress of mind.
A most melancholy accident
occurred recently, at Penrose's
ferry, near the mouth of the
LJ-t It ii rn
v?cutiyiKiu. i wo iiiiis were
crossing in the scow; a lady sit
ting in that which was behind,
while her husband stood by
his horse's head. The horse
in front became uneasy and be
gan to back; in consequence of
winch the gentleman ran for
ward to seize his bridle. The
animal which he had left then
backed also, and carried the
vehicle, in which the lady sat,
into the river. She was drown
ed, and her body had not been
discovered when our informant
left the place. The horse and
gig were found afterwards, a
bove the ferry; the horse being
dead.
A Sad Catastrophe. One
day last week, David, son of
Jordan Carhart, of Chatham,
N. Y. aged 12 years and 2
months hung himself. A few
days previous he had obtained
and read the pamphlet contain
ing the confession and execu
tion of Gibbs,one of the pirates
who was executed in New
York, last month, and it is sup
posed, that after reading it he
had an itching to know
thing -about the sensation pro
duced by hanging, thinking that
he could relieve himself at any
moment he pleased, from its
j..:rr r,.tnl pftect. . Tills is
the only conjecture which can be
r l ...i,., ho hniild commit
ionneu wujr
the rash act.
Palm Leaf Hats... .This de
scription of Hats is manufactu
red extensively in New Eng
land, but principally in Massa
chusetts. The New York Dai
ly Advertiser, on the authority
of a gentleman who deals large
ly in them, states that the man
ufacture of them commenced
in 1826, in consequence of the
encouragement afforded by the
duty laid on imported Leghorn
straw and grass hats, it is oe-
ieved that in this year alone
upwards of two millions of hats
will be made, the average value
of which is about three dollars
i dozen, amounting to half a
million of dol!ars....In or-
cester county it is supposed half
the quantity above stated will
be made. The leaf is import
ed from the Island of Cuba; last
i i i . i.
year six nunureu ions, worm
ifty thousand dollars, were re
ceived. The hats are all made
at the dwellings of the inhabit
ants, by girls from four years
old and upwards; they are then
sold to the country merchants,
who collect them together and
send them to the Boston, New
York and other markets. They
are made of every quality, va
rying from 25 cents to S2 00
each, and suited to the man of
fashion or the laborer. This
is another instance of the en-
terprize and industry of the
New England people, who are
enabled to commence the man
ufacture of u new article, from
which they are greatly enrich
ing themselves and furnishing
the public with a cheaper and
better commodity than they
had before received."
Support your Mechanics,
and they will support you. ...It
is to be regretted that many of
the merchants in countrv villa
ges arc in the habit of supply
ing their stores from the cities
with various articles of manu
facture, which ought to be en
couraged in the country. The
articles of hats, boots, shoes,
ready made clothing, &,c. can
sometimes be obtained from
the cities and sold at a lower
rate than our mechanics can af
ford them; for they are mostly
. I. . 1 r- o . J
mo prooucis oi oiate prison
labor, and of an inferior quali
ty, although they may have a
fine exterior appearance. The
effect of this policy of our mcr
chants is to throw many worthy
and industrious mechanics out
of employment, and drive them
out ot our villages, and out of
the
neighborhood of those mer
chants who interfere with their
business.
If the merchant wonld take a
right view of this subject, we
ininK tic would see it much
more to his interest to encour
age the mechanic; for the latter
is, in a great measure, depend
ant on the former, for his living.
T I ! ,i .. . C
n is uuvious men mat the mer
chant would find it greatly to
ma auvantage to patronize eve-
r t t , A . i
swuu aiecnanic, separate
i oui every other consideration
than his own pecuniary interest.
Merchants, it is hoped, will con
sider this subject, and no long
er interpose the uncharitable
and unchristian motto, 'there's
no friendship in trade,' to justi
fy their policy.Scnfca Adv.
Consiimntion...rThp I n tl n 1 1 n rr
ot nitric acid gas, for cure of
-unsumption, has been found to
be much lauded. It lias the ef
fect only to lessen and en.3n tlirx
cough temporarily. The gas!
1 hath this extent nn,i
the healing of consumption V11
saw at the natnlit;!. ' u W&
saw at the estnldi!,. '
vvime, in new-York ..i 4,r.
I- L...1 .1... .. -"VWI10
lished the paragraph vhicllP'
been so widelv rnnin.i - "&s
man who iuformed us ttni!e'
renei uuoroeu by the case m
tioned, was transient and n
tisfactory. Conn. Mirror
Shi? building. It jlasi ,
computed that fifty acres of.i
most heavily umbered land i
not furnish a sufficient nw
of wood to build a sih.,uci"
of the line; and yet such shi
on an average, it is said
not last longer than
Wi!!
fourteen
years.
Rctiracy. The National I
iigencer Having
decU.
t 1 1 i 111 2 r t 'tl J lirii
vmuiov-io iJillUIUIII. in ...
mon, we presume, with m,.
w ' " torn.
others of the orioin .
Wnrd ttio trnhnr..;il ,.
n - VI I I 111.)
Gazette thus enlightens nleil
auu us:
"Its origin, we believe, wp np
Ohio, may boast: an orator in
our Legislature is said to have
said, 'ivir. vliairnian it reall-
doth appearem unto me, tl
the gentleman up last is some
what chagrinated at mv re
marks about the aborgoyues..
now rather than take the course
that gentleman has taken, I
would rather pull up stakes and
go into a state of retiracij a
mong those same uborgoynes,
Anecdote. ...One day last
week the crier of our Circuit
vouri, not nnuing sumr.ient in
terest in the proceedings to
keep himself awake, and as a
general silence prevailed
throughout the room, thought
it a favnrnhln nnrwirfunitir tn
J I VJHilJ
take a nap. He composed
himself as comfortably as h
could; he had not been long
nodding when suddenly a clap
of thunder roused him from Ins
reverie; starting up on his feet,
he cried out lustily "silence!"'
This set the court in a roar of
laughter, for they instantly
perceived what was the matter.
One of the Judges remarked to
the Crier, "Mr. ,lo yon
miciiu io snence ine inunuur.
In reply he said he thought
some one had knocked a bench
over; be that as it may, whene
ver he hears a clap of thunder
hereafter, the scene in the court
room will be brought to mind.
Columbia Ga:.
A man the other day speak
ing of the backwardness of the
spring, said, "We shall never
have warm weather as long as
the snow continues on tlje
mountains. ...and Fm certain
the snow will never get offtle
mountains until it is warm
weather.".. .Quite a dilemma.
PICTURE OF MAN.
A worm, a God Young.
Dust and shade Horace.
A liar St. Paul.
The image of a flower Job.
A wolf to man Plautus.
Rottenness at his birth, a beast ia
life, and food for worms after death
Solon.
The wisest and most foolish thing
Diogenes.
A two footed featherless anima-
Socrates.
The spoil of time and sport of for
lune rfristotle.
A snake a palm rfnacharsis.
A little God Socrates.
A little Devil Erasmus.
A little world, (microcosm) r"
istotle.
All that is good Plotinus.
All that is bad Heinsius.
An idol Sappho.
A celestial animal Ovid.
A falling leaf Homer.
Calamity itself Hesiod.
A shadow of dreams Pindar.
The study of mankind