Whole No. 038.
Tavborongh, (Edsecomhe County, X. C.) Saturdatj, June 3, 1837
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Miscellaneous.
GOD 13 LOVE.
God is love bis mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss he makes, and wo he lightens
God is uidom God is love.
! CI) a nee and change are busy ever,
.Man decay, and ages move;
Hut his mercy waneth never
) God is wisdom God is love.
j E'er the hour that darkest seemctli.
Will hi changeless goodness prove;
From tne mist his brightness sticauicth
God is wisdom God is Jove.
He. with early cares, entwiueth
Hope and comfort from above;
Every where his glory shineth
God u wisdom God is love.
MY LAMENT.
Of wedded bliss, bards sing; am1ss-
I cannot make a sons: of it;
For I am small my wife is tall,
And that's the long and short of it.
When we debate, it is my fate,
Always to have the wrong of it,
For I am small, and she is tall,
And that's the khort and long of it.
And when I speak, my voice is weak,
But hers she makes n pong of it;
Fori am small and she is tall,
And that's the short and long of it.
She has a brief command in chief,
But 1 am aid-de-camp of it;
For I am small, and she is tall,
And that's the long and short of it.
She gives to me, the weakest tea,
And takes the whole souchonfr of it;
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I For I am small, and she is tall,
1 - And that's the short and long of it.
) I She'll sometimes grip my crmvther whip
I And make tne feel the thong of it;
I I For I am small, and she is tall,
, i And that's the short nod Ions of it.
I j Against my life, she'll take a knife,
f 1 Or fork, to dart a prong of it;
t For I am small, and she is tall,
And that s the short and long it.
I sometimes think I'll take to drink.
And hector when I'm strong of it;
For 1 am small, anil she is tall.
And that's the hort and long of it.
01), if the bell would ring ker knell,
I'd make a gay ding dong of it;
For I am small, and she is tall,
And that's the short and Ion? of it.
John Bull.
A CLEAN FIRESIDE.
The Kilmarnock Annual, a plain
Utile volume of original miscella
neous literature, which lately ap
peared at the town whose name it
bears, presents the following
sketch with the signature of Mr.
John Reich
There is nothing throws so ge
nial a glow over our mind as a
well swept fireside, and there is
nothing of household economy,
productive of so much advantage
in the reflection which follows.
When we see a clean swept hearth,
our heart not only warms towards
the mistress of the house, but also
warms towards the domestics, and
j we begin to look upon the harsh-
I) ness of the world in a more plea-
j sant spirit. What this arises from,
j we cannot tell; but of a surety we
I would go almost as far to see a
j well swept fireside as to chat with
j a Pretty girl. Some people, it is
' j lrue, treat the idea of going a long
J j way to see a pretty girl as a mere
pnantasia of the brain, and as ne
ver affording half the pleasure ne
cessary to compensate for the cost
and fatigue; but we could tell
diese folks who talk thus, that
they have yet to experience one 1
f the most delightful sensations;
l''at man can possibly experience.
We have travelled in our da
many a dozen miles to see the
pretty girls, yea many hundreds,
with the sole object of having a
chat with some of litem, and we
do not regret it. Some of the
brightest and most splendid ima
ginings that we can call forth in
our dreams, are gained from the
remembrance of come, of those
scenes; and when we met, as we
have rarely done, one worthy of
our choice, at a well swept fire
side, the charm has been daubly
enhanced, and we would not give
our dream of well swept firesides
in lite company of the ladies, for
all the wealth in the mines of Pe
ru. But the fart is, we cannot
bear a dirty hearthstone, and are
perfectly certain, that when we
were ushered into the world, there
was a glowing peat fire in the
bed-room grate, and a clean swept
hearthstone.
The man who can sit down qui
etly and contentedly before a fire,
where the hobs, i lie fender, the
tongs, the poker, the hearth, &c.
are covered with dust, must be a
savage of the most savage kind.
We can believe it possible for a
man to sit for one half of the day
under a pelting shower of rain on
the banks of a river, at the one
end of a rod with a line at the oth
er, even if he should not get a soli
tary nibble; for that is sentiment
al; and if he catch no fish, he can
at least say he had been fishing,
under a dreadful shower of rain;
yea, we can conceive it perfectly
possible that a man, after sitting
the first half of the day in w ater,
will walk home during the other
in the mud, and thereupon en
sconce himself before a glowing
peat fire; but we cannot for a mo
ment conceive that the most atro
cious vagabond could ever under
such circumstances condescend to
dry his clothes before any fire, un
less the hearlh was clean swept,
the ribs free from ashes and the
fire-irons all clean and in order.
It was said once, that a gem
man who wanted a wife, determin
ed to test the candidates by ob
serving the manner in which they
ate cheese. Rut we would put
our sweethearts to a much more
fiery ordeal would pop in upon
them and look how they kept
their fireside; if it was slovenly,
even although the coals were pi
led up in wagon loads, we would
shun them, yea, even though thev
possessed every other accomplish
ment; for no woman could possi
bly make a pood wife, who bad
not been taught to keep a clean,
nice, comfortable, and well order
ed fireside.
kju emtM iug a roum, ana ouser -
ving a well swept fireside, we in- j or the man who earns his bread by
stantly conclude that the mistress the daily sweat of his brow, you
is an affectionate, orderly crea- j hear the sound of murmuring and
ture, beloved and happy in being j voice of complaint. The other
beloved, that her mind is well re- ; day we stood by a cooper, who
gulated, her intellect good, and was playing a merry tune with his
her education liberal; besides, we adze around the cask, 'Ah, mine is
are sure that her daughters must a hard lot forever trotting a
be lovely, that her domestics must j round and around like a dog, dri-
be well trained, and she herself,
and all she possesses, the envy of
all around her. But turn to the
reverse of the picture; and we
venture to say that you never see
an ill swept fireside, without at
the same time finding the lady of
the house have a red nose, the
husband discontented and unhap
py, never at home until late, but
away engaged in some tavern
brawl or drunken spree; and the
servants with dirty faces and still
dirtier hands; and even the piano
covered with dust and the house
in a complete scene of confusion
and discomfort.
The man who chides and quar
rels with his wife upon any occa
sion, must be a savage of the most
atrocious kind; still we think
there is one thing he may be al
lowed to find fault with, if so un
fortunate as to meet with it; and
that is a dirty fireside. The wo
man who takes a pleasure in see-
"g her hearthstone well sweDt,
and the hobs and ribs free from
white ashes, is sure to make a good
wile; but the woman who has not
this feeling inherent, ought never
to marry. Her husband will lead
a miserable life, and die broken
hearted, or he will be driven from
Ins own fireside and take refuge in
a tavern; and wo to the married
man who does not love his own
fireside next best to his wife, and
his wife best of every thintr; it
were better for hiuj that had
never been married.
(
1 ne three IVives.X late min
ister of religion in Worcestershire
used to relate the following anec
dote of one of his friends, who had
been three times married. The
unfortunate speculator in matri
mony had married his first wife, a
very worldly avaricious woman,
who grasped at every thing, and
never was satisfied. The second
was a corpulent, easy, dirty, quiet
soul, always in good humor, and
satisfied w ith every thing; the last
was a most violent termagant,
who rendered his life miserable
while she lived. The good old
man, upon reviewing his past life,
used to observe, "My friends, 1
have had variety enough in the
conjugal relation, and may literal
ly say, I have married the world,
the flesh, and the devil."
Cam's reason Jor marrying.
Cato the elder being aged, buried
his wife and married a young wo
man; his son came to him and
said, "Sir, in what have I offend
ed you, that you have brought a
step-mother in your house?" The
old man answered: "In nothing,
qnile the contrary, son; thou plea
sest me so well, that I would be
glad to have more such."
Good News. An ingenious but
waggish fellow in Northampton,
Mass. has contrived a funny little
apparatus to prevent babies from
crying in church.
Origin (f Fashion. "Grand
pa, where do people get their
fashions from?" "Why, from
Boston." "Wei!, where rln Rns-
ton folks pet litem from?" "From
England." "Ah, and where do
the English get them?" "From
France." "And where do the
French gel them from?" "Why
--why, right straight from the de
vil there; now stop your noise.
Discontent. How universal it
ii. We never knew the man who
would say, 'I am contented.' Go
j where you will, among the rich
-'and poor, the man of competence
;auu poor, tne man ol competence
vmg away at a hoop.' 'Heigho,'
sighed a blacksmith, in one of the
hot days, as he wiped the drops of
perspiration from his brow, while
the red hot iron glowed on his an
vil 'this is a life with a ven
geance.' 'Oh, that I were a car
penter,' ejaculated a shoemaker,
as he bent over his lap stone,
'here am I, day after day, wearing
my soul away in making soles for
others; cooped up by a little 7 by
9 room' 'heigbo! I am sick of
this out of door work,' exclaims
the carpenter, broiling under a
sweltering sun or exposed to the
inclemencies of the weather,' if I
were only a tailor!' This is too
bad!' perpetually cries the tailor,
to be compelled to sit perched up
here, plying the needle all the
time, would that mine was a more
active life.' 'Last day of grace,
banks won't discount, customers
won't pay, what shall I do!' grum
bles the merchant. 4 had rather
.be a truelc horsp. n rlnrr anv
'Happy fellows!' groans the law"
yer, as he scratches his head ovt
some perplexing case, or pores
over some dry musty record, 'hap
py fellows I had rather hammer
stone, than cudgel my brains on
this tedious, vexatious question.'
And so through all the ramifica
tions of society, all are comolain
ing of their condition, finding fault
with their peculiar calling. If I
were only this or that, or the oth
er, I should be content, is the uni
versal cry; any thing but what I
am. bo wags the world, so it has
wagged, and so it will wag.
Anxiety, tht frequent cause or.
inaigestton A prevalent cause
of indigestion is the depressing in
fluence of anxiety. In the present
day, with men engaged in busi
ness, the mind is scarcely ever
free from care; for business is not
now as formerly, a simple matter
of buying and selling, and living
by the prohts; it is now a matter
of speculative gaming. Every
trader is almost a speculator and
his mind is constantly kept perpe-
uaily vibrating between hone and
fear, for he knows and feels that
the turning of a straw may make
hitn or mar him for ever. Never
was the maxim, "Haberem," he.
more religiously observed than in
the present day. No man is sat
isfied to live and rear his family to
tread in his own steps. Every
man is striving to be wealthy.
Metropolitan Mag.
C?Dr. Channing delivered at
his church in Boston, on Sunday
last, a discourse on the times. He
advised his hearers to look at
their own extravagance and luxu
ry, in connexion with the all per
vading insanity for getting wealth
suddenly, as the most powerful
cause of the present distress.
N. Y. Star.
C?"The State of Arkansas is
the only distinct political commu
nity known to us at this lime,
w hich is not convulsed and threat
ened with bankruptcy and ruin.
What is the reason of this? fVe
hncp. tint n hnnh- in mw.,"
So speaks the Arkansas Gazette.
Pennsylvania. Gov. Ritner,
has issued his proclamation, de
clining to convene the Legislature.
His reasons are 1st, that an act
authorising the Banks to issue
notes less than $o would inflict a
permanent evil upon the people
while it relieved a temporary em
barrassment, that it would only
substitute the lower for the higher
denominations of the circulating
medium, without withdrawing the
higher or increasing public confi
dence in the lower, while the a
mount of notes would be greatly
enlarged. 2d, the passage of an act
saving the banks from forfeiture ofl
their charters, for continued refu
sal of specie payments, would on
ly increase and render more last
ing the mischief. 3d, the passage
of a stay law could not be tole
rated. The proclamation makes a
strong appeal to the citizens who
manage the banks. We subjoin
the following paragraph:
"The main object then of this
proclamation is to address the pa
triotism; the good sense, and the
interest of the citizens who direct
the different banks of the Com
monwealth. In their hands are
placed by this strange and sud
den catastrophe, to a great extent
the present control of our prospe
rity. But fortunately for the
community, the forfeiture or con
firmation of the charters of those
institutions will depend upon the
estimates which public opinion for
the next six months, will form of
the use which shall be made of the
power that circumstances have
thus given. If a reckless pursuit
of profit and a disregard of the
velfare of society should lead to a
udden and injurious increase of
bank issues, the nest meeting 0f
ihe representatives of an injured
community will undoubtedly visit
she full penalty of the law on the
faithless agents. If on the other
hand an honest and patriotic ap
plication of the power now posses
seri by them shall prevent the ap
prehended evils, and shall at the
earliest possible period restore the
currency to its recently healthful
condition, acts, under other cir
cumstances unlawful, thus proved
to Have been compelled only by
urgent nccessily, and thus follow-
eti uy no sinister perversion ol
j power, will beyond a doubt be
confirmed. To accomplish which
desirable and just result no exer
tion will be spared by the Execu
tive at the proper time."
tt7"The great houses of Dicks,
and Yeatmau, Woods h Co. in
New Orleans are represented as
involved to a far less degree than
at first reported. The liabilities
of the former, stated at 15 mil
lions, are less than four. Those
of the latter, given at IG millions,
are not more than nine. The as
sets of each far exceed their lia
bilities. New Orleans Amer.
KT'A $100 note of the Agri
cultural Bank of Misissippi, was
sold a day or two since in Nat
chez, at public auction for $255,
on credit of twelve months! So
then, our worthy neighbors hav
ing ridden their Cotton horse to
death, are going to turn money
dealers. Success lo them in their
new trade. Speculation is their
very pabulum. ib.
C?"Extract of a letter to the
Richmond Whig, from Hinds
county, Mississippi:
"There never were so many
law suits before. The number of
suits brought to three Courts, (the
two last sessions of the Circuit
Court of Hinds, and to the next
session that will set in twenty-two
days,) exceed GOOO; aboiit3000
of them to the next session."
(Gr"SoIomon Andrews, a direc
tor of the Bank of Mobile, was ar
rested on board of the steamboat
Monarch at New Orleans, and
committed to jail, being charged j
with having obtained ,$250,000
on fraudulent pretences. Up
wards of .$'50,000 in drafts and
doubloons, were found in his pos
session. Suicide. Capt. Wm. W. Vail,
formerly commanding a packet
between New York and this port,
in which latter he has lived for
some years past with his family,
committed suicide on Saturday
afternoon, by strangling himself
with a cord tied to a bed post.
The deceased was a man of inof
fensive character, and unobtrusive
in his manners. No other cause
can be assigned for this rash act
but mental aberration, proceeding
from depression of spirits.
Norfolk Her.
Dreadful Mistake. Antoine
Rousseau ivent down West Pearl
river, Louisiana, 21st ult. to exa
mine his fish lines, accompanied
by his own daughter and a son of
Mrs. Moore. While hunting in
the thicket, mistaking the children
who were in white dresses for
beck roach, he fired, and Shocking
to relate, killed both.
Horrible. A short time since,
a Mr. Brown, of Morgan county,
Ky. accompanied by his son, lefi
home to hunt wild turkevs. By
agreement they separated to meet
at a given point. The son reach
ed it first when, not seeing his
father, he proceeded a short dis
tance onward, where he climbed
a small pine tree, and began to
imitate 'the call' of the turkey.
,The father coming up, and believ-
ing the noise to proceed from a
turkey, and indistinctly seeing the
hand'and arm, which "he mistook
fop a turkey's head and net-Lie-
yelled his piece and brought down
his own son! The boy lived ihree
days. Louisville Gaz.
dIt appears that the difficul
ties io the Alabama University at
Tuscaloosa, arose from the stu
deuis omitting one morning to
come to recitations, whereupon a
commotion ensued, in the course
of w hirh one of the professors fired
a pistol at the students, which was
promptly returned by the latter,
without however, any damage.
In consequence of facts of in
subordination, all the students
have been suspended.
G?"The identical ship in which
Capt. Cook circumnavigated the
globe is now lying at New York.
She was originally called the En
deavor; but after passing through
many scenes and changes, now
goes by the name of the Reubens.
Attempt to kill a Jua'pe.- We
learn from the Philadelphia In
quirer, that an attempt 'was made
in that city on the life ol Judge
Iving, ot the Lourt of Common
Pleas. It appears that some lime
since, in consequence of a domes
tic difficulty, a husband and wife,
residents of Southw.uk, parted,
and the wife returned to ihe resi
dence of her father. Subsequent
ly she made application to the
Court of Common Pleas for two
of her children, both of tender
age, which having been granted,
h suit was forthwith instituted a-
gainst the father for their support.
This question came up for deci
sion before Court on Wednesday
last, and among other evidence,
the wife swore that the husband
had locked her up in a room and
intimidated her with a loaded
musket. The case was heard in
all its bearings, and the Court,
through ihe President, Judge
King, gave a decision against the
fatlter. This produced the most
painful excitement in the mind of
the defendant, and while in a
state of great agitation, and labor
ing under the strongest feelings,
he visited the house of Judtre
King, in Girard street, where he
made use of viuleut language, and
remained for nearly an hour.
The Judge endeavored to appease
him by every means in his power,
but in vain. He finally drew a
loaded pistol from his bosom, and
was in the act of presenting it to
wards the Judge, when the lady
of thai distinguished judicial offi
cer, whose attention had been ar
rested by the vehement language
of the excited visiter, sprang sud
denly between the two, struck the
pistol with her hand, and the ball
with which it was charged fell up
on the floor. But for this act,
and the presence of mind of Mrs.
King, the most fatal consequence
might have ensued. The hurried
visiter then retreated from the
room and discharged his pistol in
the air. Norfolk Her
Wooden Nutmegs outdone. -A.
short time since, an animal called
a Yankee pedlar made his appear
ance in this county, offering the
people, just for comfort's sake, a
few pounds of prime northern
strained honey. This article be
ing scarce about here, almost eve
ry grocer and many families,
bought and ate. It now turns out
that this same prime honey is no
thing more or less than a com
pound mixture of chalk, soda and
molasses, manufactured some
where up in Varmount.
Norwich (Conn.) Chron.
Experimental philosophy ask
ing a man to lend you money.
Moral philosophy refusing to do
it. Chronicle.