THE MECHANISM OF MAN.
1 am fearfully and zvo?iderfully made."
jrcnd atheist! could a giddy dance
Of atoms blindly hurl'd,
Produce so. regular, so fair,
So harmonized a world?
Why do not Lybias driving sands
The sport of every storm,
A palace here, the child of chance,
Or there a temple form?
Presumptuous wretch! thyself survey
That leaser fabric scan;
Tell me, frdm whence the immortal dust,
The god, the reptile", man!
Where wast thou,whenthe embryo earth
From chaos burst its way,
When stars exulting sank the morn,
And hail'd the new-born day?
What fingers brace the tender nerves,
The twisting fibres spin?
Who clothes in flesh the harden'd bone,
And weaves the silken skin?
How came the brain and beating heart,
Life's more immediate throne,
(Where fatal every touch,) to dwell
Immail'd in solid bone?
Who taught the wandering tides of blood
To leave the vital urn,
Visit each limb in purple streams,
And faithfully return?
How know the nerves to bear the will,
The happy limbs to wield?
The tongue ten thousand tastes discern,
Ten thousand accents yield?
How know the lungs to heave and pant?
Or how the fringed lid
To guard the fearful eye, or brush
The sullied ball unbid?
The delicate, the winding ear
To image every sound,
The eye to catch the pleasing view,
And tell the scenes around?
Who bids the babe, now launched in life,
The milky draught arrest,
And with its easy fingers press
The nectar-sti earning breast?
Who with a "love too big for words
The mother's bosom warms,
Along the rugged path of life
To bear it in her arms?
A GQD! A GOD! creation shouts,
A GOD! each insect cries;
He moulded in His palm the earth,
And hung it in the skies.
EPIGRAM.
From the Arabk.
Two parts hath Life, and well the theme
May moirnful thoughts inspire;
For ah! the past is but a dream
The future, a desire!
TTTfgZl rm-r
From the Roanoke (Halifax) Advo
cate. To the Public The Sub
scriber having become the sole
proprietor of the Roanoke Ad
vocate, after offering his grate
ful acknowledgments to a gen
erous public, for past favors, so
licits a continuance of that pat
ronage, which it shall be his un
ceasing aim to deserve, by ren
dering his paper more and more
interesting.
In his own political views, he
has, from the commencement
of his editorial labors, been uni
formly and decidedly the advo
cate and supporter of the
present administration. And
should Gen. Jackson adhere to
those principles by which lie
lias been heretofore governed.
this paper will continue to give
jum us support. Having con
fidence in his talents, his inte.
tity and his patriotism, the Edi
tor has been active in advoca
ting his re-election to the Presi
dency, and was called upon to
presiue over trie nrst meeting
.jieiu in mis tate to nominate
Jnm tor that purpose. On the
question of the Tariff and the
wild and prodigal expenditure
kji me puouc money lor interna
improvements by the Genera
Government, he has, by his sc
lections and by his own re
inarks, advocated the opposi
nuii maue 10 mese oppressive
muusures, oy so large a majori
jy of the South. Indeed in al
bis views and feeling ho 5
proud to call himself a South.
ernman. His whole life, from
Srlf' youlh' has been
leanest ties and associations
have been formed and fostered
in her bosom.
The dangerous doctrine of
consolidation will continue to
meet his disapprobation, and
he will zealously eudeavor to
preserve the Constitution with
in its original limits and its pri
mitive purity and simplicity.
The schemes of Wright and
Owen, subversive alike of mo
rality, religion and our free in
stitutions, and the mob mania
which is now spreading with
fearful strides throughout New
York, Pennsylvania and Massa
chusetts, whether under the
name of Agrarianism or Anti
masonry, it will be. a leading
object with the Editor to dis
courage and restrain.
Believing that a people, to
appreciate and properly enjoy
the blessings of freedom, must
be enlightened, he will advo
cate a system of general educa
tion, bv which the native talent
of the State may be elicited,
and North-Carolina exalt her
self among her sisters. Like
the precious minerals embedded
in her soil, she has mental re
sources not yet developed,
which a general system of edu
cation alone can call forth.
In advocating the re-election
of Gen. Jackson, and in sup
porting the policy and interest
of the South, the Roanoke Ad
vocate will continue lo be, as it
ever has been, a faithful and
honest herald of passing events,
and the ready organ of com
municating the strictures and
opinions of the patriotic and in
telligent. Its columns will at
all limes be opened to well
written and temperate commu
nications, political, literary, mo
ral and miscellaneous. To
make his paper a depository of
matter, useful, interesting and
amusing, as well as a faithful
history of the events of the day;
of domestic and foreign news;
improvements in agriculture,
science and the arts, and of the
apid march of our widely ex
tended Republic in population,
wealth and refinement, will be
e aim of the Editor. To a
generous and enlightened com
munity, he confidently looks for
patronage and support.
In the various selections and
original essays of a Newspaper
with its details of domestic and
foreign news, and the improve
ments and occurrences of thn
hues, how larjrc a Volume of
useful matter is furnished at the
lowest possible price, for the in-
ormation and amusement of
the old, and the improvement
and instruction of thn vmmrr
JW...
Is it an extravagant calculation
to say that each member of a
family reading a newsoaoer
would be benefitted to an am
ount to which the annual sub
scription would bear no propor-
uuui iiiu suen may ue tne
case, no efforts will be wanting
on the part of the Editor of the
Roanoke Advocate.
Edm. B. Freeman.
Blooded Horses. Pilot, by
Archie, dam by Gallatin, 4 years
old, and a colt 2 years old, full
brother of Henry, were sold
near this place, last week, for
$2000 each. ib.
Washington, N.C. July 30...
Wednesday last being. the day
appointed by the citizens of the
town, for paying a tribute of re
spect to the" memory of James
Monroe, the order of ceremo
nies published by the Commit
tee of A rrangements for the oc
casion, was studiously observed.
A civic procession, composed
of the nrincioal nart nf th
(habitants of Washington, and a
large number of the most res
pectable persons from the coun
iry, was formed near the Court
house at half past 10 o'clock,
the bells of the several churches
were tolled, and a salute of 24
minute guns was fired. The
ceremonies in the church were
commenced with prayer by the
Rev, Mr. Weatherby; which
was followed by an appropriate
hymn. An Eulogium was then
pronounced by Dr. William A.
Shaw, and the service closed
with prayer.
A large number of persons
attended on the occasion; and
scarcely a seat, in the church
was unoccupied.
Of the Eulogy, we have heard
but one general opinion expres
sed, in which we heartily con
cur, viz: That it is a production
highly creditable to the talents
of Dr. Shaw, and one of which
he may be justly proud. To
him the community at large are
deeply indebted, for the master
ly manner in which he has per
formed the arduous duty as
signed him. Union.
Ex-Presiden t A dams. We
learn from Boston, that the
Hon. John Quincy Adams has
been requested uy the common
council of that city, to deliver
an eulogium on the late Presi
dent Monroe, and that he has
accepted the appointment.
Closuw scene of Life. The
last words of Thomas J(Jfcrson
were, "1 resign my soul to my
God, and my daughter to? my
country." John Adams, near
his end, roused by the firing of
cannon, and being told the peo
ple were rejoicing for the 4th of
July, said, "It is a great and
glorious day" and expired with
the words "Independence for
ever!" on his lips. The Com
mercial Advertiser states that
when the noise of the firing be
gan at night, the dying Monroe
"opened his eyes inquiringly;
and when the cause was com
municated to him, a look of in
telligence indicated that he un
derstood what the occasion
was." We know not if there
be upon record more striking
instances than these, of the "ru
ling passion strong in death."
Pet. Times.
President of the U. States.
There have been, including the
present, seven Presidents. The
names of four of them, ended
in the letters on. The names
of three of them ended in the
letters son, but neither of these
three had a son. All of them
were married; but three of them
were childless. The son of the
only one that had a son. tv
one of the seven. Four nf i ho
seven are dead; and three of
them died on the 4ih of July.
Boston Daily Adv.
Hydrophobia.. .Departed this
life, on Friday, the 22d ult. in
the 5th year of his age, Thomas
Waxerley Branch, eldest son
of Mr. Thomas Branch, of Pe
tersburg, Va. He died of hy
drophobia. He was bitten by a
puppy on the 4th of June last.
Some thirty or forty wounds
were inflicted on different parts
of the head, the interior of the
ear, the hand and the wrist.
Medicnl aid was had in half an
hour, and the wounds carefully
washed and freelv 1 Of 1 ' l t I.
caustic pot-ash. The caustic
was repeated several different
times and the wounds made to
slough. No unpleasant symp
tom appeared till the 46th day
when on a sudden at. school!
there was a visible alteration of
countenance. In the evening
of the same day, he complained
of a pain in the wound of the
ear, "and uneasiness in the ab
domen, was drowsy and appa
rently uncomfortable, but drank
water as usual. At sunrise on
the 47th day, the hydrophobic
symptoms were distinctly mark
ed, and from that time, to the
moment of his dissolution, there
was great difficulty, and appa
rently, great aversion to the
swallowing of fluids.' The dis
ease steadily continued, not on
ly without abatement, but with
an increased violence and fre
quency of the spasms, till the
evening of the 48th day, when
nature, as if tired of her strug
gle, without one agonizing ef
fort, yielded up the spirit, and
sunk to rest.
Hydrophobia. Referring to
a distressing case of hydropho
bia in New-York, the Courier
and Enquirersays, that it should
always be borne in mind, that
healing a wound made by a ra
bid animal, will in time produce
hydrophobia and death. It is
recommended, when bitten, to
wash the wound welfwhh warm
salt and water, to scarify or
cauterise it, to keep it open by
the Spanish fly powder, and
thus to let it suppurate for near
ly three months. Proper regi
men and an easy state of mind,
in addition to the foregoing, are
said to be a s;:fe preventive.
Olden Time. A correspon
dent of the Boston Centiuel
says: In looking over Martin's
London Magazine, for the year
1755-6, 1 was struck with the
comparative view of the popula
tion of the British Provinces in
North America at that time,
with that of the United States in
1830. It may, perhaps, be a
musing to your readers, and the
curious in such matters, to
know what the population of
this continent was in those
days; 1 have, therefore made a
copy of it, which I hand to vou
r. .. .. i i : .
ior puuncaiion.
In Nova Scotia, besides the
military, the English inhabit
ants were found to be 5,000
In New-Hampshire, 30,000
Massachusetts, 200,000
Rhode-Island, 35,000
Connecticut, 80,000
New-York, 90,000
New-Jersey, 50,000
Pennsylvania, 250,000
Maryland, 85,000
Virginia, 90,000
North-Carolina, 35,000
South-Carolina, 30,000
Georgia, 6,000
Total, 986,000
The Mormonitcs.Uhxs in
fatuated people are again in
motion. In their own cant
phrase, "they are going to in
herit the promise of God to A
braham and his seed." Their
destination is some indefinite
spot on the Missouri river, they
say about 1500 miles distant
About 30 of them have recent
ly been ordained and some
hve gone, others are about go
ing, two and two, part by the
western rivers and part by land
to their distant retreat, faraway
from the cheering voice t)f civi
lized man. Those who 'have
disposed of their property m
now, and such as have property
are makino- marlr f-il
gerly as often to disregard oe-
v ...tciusiB, ana all arc to
follow wnh all convenient dis
patch. They B,iH persist in
their power -.to work miracles.
I hey eay they have often seen
them done-the sick are healed
the lame walk devils' are
cast out; and these assertions
are made by men her
considered rational nm (
men of truth n
Man is a strange ani
and the lesson before Us
to teach us humility forU
selves, and forbearance to
the opinrons of others- (l3
we are still of opinion ,hatl f
leaders of this fnr,
gross impostors as was W 5
Wilkinson, yef we
doubt the1 great body 0f .,
followers are sincere and h
est. Ohio paper. Q
Intemperance. The AIL
(N.Y.) Journal says: VP
indebted to a gentleman ntl
tl. , Uil"l3
tuG I'aiucuiars of
suockiujt muruer comm mj
Sunday of last week, in
1 Infnrm nnitnlir P..l i IL t
w V ' AUl JO,
rey, a merchant of Naples,
fit of intoxication, on Sunda
the 17th inst. after cruelly bcJ'
ing his own son (10 years 0l(h
with a large whip, took him d
the legs and dashed hjs Jei
against the side of the houe
with such violence as to break
the wall, and then beat the p0ot
child's head literally to a jelly
with the boot jack! The dead
body was discovered on Moq.
day afternoon. The murderer
is in jail at Canandaigua. Tor.
rey was addicted to intemn.
ranee. His wife, in conse
quence of bad treatment, was
driven from his house some
time since. He was a mer
chant, and, as we learn from a
house in this city with whom he
dealt, in good standing, fo
was very intemperate.
Suicide. In noticing the sui
cide of John T. Robinson, which
occurred in Boston a few days
since, the Portland Courier ob
serves: The young man whose
fatal and criminal catastrophe is
recorded below has been in bu
siness in this town for soma
years past as a book-binder and
book-seller. It will be recol
lected that his former partneria
business shot himself in a pub
lic house in this town about a
year and a half ago. Wc un
derstand they learned their
trade together in the same shop,
and that a third who was also
their fellow apprentice,commit
ted suicide previous to either of
these. There must have been
something radically wron ia
the principles which they imbi
bed, and which have led to such
awful results.
Bene Plant A New-York
paper says: We have been in
formed that the bene plant,
which is to be found in some of
our gardens, is an infallible cure
for the summer complaint the
lives of many thousand children
have been saved by this valua
ble remedy. A single leaf of
this plant put into a half tumb
ler of pure water and stirred
round, the water immediately
becomes ropy, but not discolor
ed; it is perfectly innocent, the
taste not disagreeable, it has
been administered with perfect
safety to children, and, in some
instances, to infants only a few
days old.
A Windfall. The New
York Gazette says: We under
stand that a respectable mecha
nic, now residing in this city,
received a letter from London,
by the packet ship Corinthian,
on . Saturday last, announcing
the fact, that he had fallen heix
to a title and estate nvorih
80,000 per annum. The sub
ject of this paragraph is, as W(J
learn, a very respectable avu
pious man, of the Method
persuasion.