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I LONd TIME A(iO.
' On the lake where droop 'd the willow,
Long time ag..!
! Where the rock threw back the billow
I Brighter than snow
i Dwelt a maid, beloved and chertsh'd
I By high and lw;
1 But with autumn's leaf she petish'd,
Long time ago! 1
Rock, and tree, and flowing water,
1 Lang lime agn,
Bird, and bee, und blossom taught h.r
Love's spell to know
J While to my fond words she liiten'd,
I Murmuring low
I Tenderly her dove-eyes glistcu'd,
I Long time ago!
Mingled were our hearts forever!
Long time ago!
I Can I now forget her? never!
I No, lost one, ni!
. To her grave these tears are given
I Ever to flow' -
I She's tbe star I miss'd from heaven,
I Long time ago!
THE EMERALD KING,
da Anecdote of Napoleon's reign.
, "Really, my dear Arthur, I see
nothing in what you have told me
: to justify that woe-Lregone counte
nance of yours, or to afford any
;1 reasonable grounds for those Jere
' miades in which yoa have been in
j dulging for the last hour. The
Emperor has confided to you an
important mission, the due dis
charge of which will ensure to us
; honor and fortune; and yet you
I complain!'
'Alas! my dear aunt. I have not
: tolj you allj you see only -the-
; bright side of lite picture; let me
show you the other. Early this
morning the Emperor sent for me,
land thus addressed me:
1 'Colonel, I require your servi
ces. I wish to send you on a di
jplomatic mission. Hold yourself
l in readiness to depart in about a
eek hence for the United Stales.'
i '1 was proceeding to express my
gratitude for this proof of the Em
jperor's confidence, when his ma
jesty interrupted me, saying:
i 'Colonel, vou are not married:
that's rather awkward. You must
have a wife to do the honors 'of
your house.' . it-.,
'But, Sire, you say 1 am to de
Part in a week: What is to
done? the thing is impossi-
'Nothing is impossible, ir Get
Carried without delay, and hold
'urself in readiness to depart
With these words his majesty
e'1 roe; and 1 remained some mi
nules before 1 could recover from
ty astonishment at what I had
heard. Where am I to find a wife
1,1 the space of a week? I who
have just returned from a long
campaign, and have scarcely an
acquaintance in Paris?
'You stand in rather a difficult
jjos"ori, I confess replied the la-
J to whom the above particulars
Jwe related. 'There is but Utile
JJje, and we must make the most
latJ' I kt)0W a Vniinir larlu u, 1 1 1 c m
jUdl I will instantly! solicit for
i J" ,ul stay; it will, be much
j Deer-ifyou go yourself.'
Uladamef' i '
j ' 'Certainly! Why not? : Never
I far' 1, will manage the whole af
j My r-arriage is read v. I
will get my bonnet and shawl and
be with you immediately.'
While one of our interlocutors
is left alone in an elegant drawing
room of the Chausee d'Autiu, we
may take ihe opportunity of ac
quainting the reader thai the a
bove conversation took place be
tween the young and handsome
Colonel de Viilantroix and his
aunt the 'Countess de M.
This lady had supplied the place
of a mother to her nephew since
an early period of Arthur's boy
hood when he became an orphan.
The Countess soon rejoined
her nephew, and in about a quar
ter of an hour after, her carriage
slopped in Trout of a hotel in the
Rue Blanch.
' This,' said the lady addressing
Colonel Viilantroix, 4is the resi
dence of M. Br , the brother
of our celebrated naturalist. He
has a beautiful and accomplished
daughter, and I should like to see
you married to her.'
She enquired for M. Br- ,
he was at home, and the visiters
were ushered into his cabinet.
, 'I come, M. Br ,' said the
Countess, 'lo speak to you of an
affair of great importance in
short,1 lo solicit your daughter's
hand for my nephew, Colonel Vi
cotnle Arthur de Villuntroix.whom
the Emperor has jjst appointed
his Envoy Extraordinary to A
merica. 'The Colonel does me great
honor,' observed M. Br , 'and
being introduced by you, 1 can
not entertain a doubt that this
gentleman possesses every qualifi
cation calculated to secure my
daughter's happiness. But,' pur
sued Mr. Br , 'you could not
have chosen a more inopportune
time for opening such a negocia
tion; my wife and daughter are al
this moment overwhelmed with
grief. A short time ago, my bro
ther presented his tieice with a
pair of valuable emerald car-rings
the jewels were exceedingly ad
mired for their puritv. lustre and
size. Palmire went to a ball lasti
night and wore them for the first!
lime; you may imagine how great-
ly sue was distressed, when, on
her return home she discovered
that she had lost one of her splen
did ear-rings. I immediately
weut back to the house of our
friends who had given ihe enter
tainment. A most careful search
was made, buf without effect; ihe
ear-ring was no where to be found.
What adds to our embarrassment
is, that one of the horses being
laid up we engaged a fiacie, and
none of the servants thought of ta
king the number. My daughter
is in despair, and my wife is ba
thed in tears in short, I cannot
attempt to describe the distress in
to which litis affair has thrown us!'
While M. Br was thus ad
dressing his visitors, Colonel Vii
lantroix drew from his pocket a
Utile paper packet, which he open
ed, saying, 'Permit me to ask you,
sir, whether your daughter's ear
ring resembled this?'
'Heavens!' exclaimed M. Br ,
'where did you find it?'
'I was returning from the ball
in a fiacre,' replied the Colonel.
' Finding some difliculty in draw
ing up one of ihe glasses, I took
off my glove, and laid it on the
seat behind me. On taking it up
I felt something beneath it,; which,
on examination, I discovered to be
an emerald: ear-ring. My first
thought was lo' give it to the
coachman, 'but the Tear that the
man might not be honesj, induced
me to change my intention, and 1
purposed this very day lo deposit
it at the Profeciure of the Police.'
f3r - listened to this ex
planation. with the most eager sat
isfaction, and the Colonel had
scarcely uttered the- last words
when he flew to his wife's cham
ber. - - ' ' ' '
Palmire, Palmire!' he exclaim
ed, what reward would you confer
n the person who should restore
your ear-ring?'
'Oh, my dear papa, whatever
reward you may think proper to
name.'
'But I ask you what you would
give?'
'Any thing every thing that I
am mistress of, papa you know
how 1 valued my beautiful eme
ralds and besides, they were my
dear uncle's present.'
Will you authorize me to name
the reward which I deem suitable?'
Most certainly, papa.'
'Well, then, here is your ear
ring. The gentleman who found
it is now iu my cabinet, and the
first thing I request of you is, to
go and invite him to dine with us
to-day.'
Palmire thought this task a ve
ry easy one. She proceeded to
her papa's cabinet, and gave the
invitation with such captivating
grace, that the Colonel could not
have declined it, eveu had he been
disposed to do so.
During dinner, conversation
was kept up in a very animated
strain. Each of the party was
anxious to please, and they all
perfectly succeeded. Arthur, in
particular, had never been known
to make himself so agreeable; and
accordingly the Countess de M
thought she could not do better
than seize that moment for mak
ing her proposition.
That evening, before the com
pany separated, Madame Br
was heard to enquire whether the
Parisian fashions were to be pro
cured in America; and Palmire
expressed the gratification she
should experience in visiting ihe
sublime scenery so beautifully de
scribed by M. Chateaubriand.
About ten days afterwards Col
onel Viilantroix and his bride, ac
companied by Madame Br-
arrived at Havre, where they were
to embark for America.
The way they do things in Ala
bama. On Sunday, the 28th of
May, I was at Ceutreville, a coun
try town iu Alabama, the sun at
meridian, and ihe thermometer at
90. The stage from Wetumpka
for Tuscaloosa drew up to the
door of the tavern kept by Benj.
Sinclair, who is Postmaster, Jus
lice of the Peace, he. &c. and
withal a very clever fellow. Two
gentlemen alighted, and left in the
coach one lady, when a consulta
tion between ihe two gentlemen,
thejustice and the driver was held.
The driver then mounted on one
of his horses, rode off in haste and
soon , returned wiih a license,
which was put into the Justice's
hands; the coach was then driven
to ihe other side of ihe square fol
lowed by all the hangers on in the
village, my self included. One of
the gentlemen got into the carri
age and took his seat beside the
lady. The JusticeTook the front
seat and married -James Rits
wnrth to Miss Jane Ray. The
Justice afterwards alighted from
ihe carriage, received his fee, and
the happy pair went on their way
rejoicing. I have travelled. much,
and seen many amusing and in
structing scenes, both by 'flood
and field,' but never before did I
see a wedding in a stage coach.
Jl Traveller.
Yankee Courtship. Jonathan
Dunbatter saw Prudence Feastall
at meeting Jonathan sidled up
lo Prudence after meeling,and she
kind a sidled off. He went closer
and axed her' if she would accept
ihe crook o' his elbow She re
solved she would, and plumped
her arm' right round his; ' Jona
than felt all-overish, and 'said he
liked the text; 'seek and ye shall
find,' was purty good readin.
Prudence hinted thai, 'ask and ye
shall receive was better. Jona
than thought so too, but this axing
was a puzzler. A feller was apt
to get into a snarl when he axed,
and'snarlin warnt no fun Pru
dence guessed strawberries and
cream was slick. Jonathan tho't
they warnt so slick as Pro's lips.
'Now don't,' said Pru, and she
gave Jonathan's arm an involunt
ary hug. He was a leetle sort
ed, but thought his farm wanted
some female help lo look arter the
house. Pru knew how to make
rale good bread. 'Now don't,'
said Jonathan. 'If I should,' said
Jonathan. 'Now don't,' said Pru.
May be you vvould'nl' and Jo
nathan shuck all over, and Pru
dence replied, 'If you be comin
that game you better tell feyther.'
'That's jist whatT want,' said Jo
nathan, and in three weeks Jona
than aud Prudence were 'my old
tan' and 'my old woman.'
Jl Yankee's estimate of Marri
age. They said marrying was
fun pooty fun, to be sure. When
I was a single man ihe world wag
ged along well euounli. It was
jist like an omnibus. I was a
passenger, paid my levy, and
had'l nothing more to do with it,
than lo sit down, aud not care a
button for any thing. S'posing
the omnibus got upset well, 1
walks off and leaves the man to
pick up ihe pieces. But then, I
takes a wife and behanged to me.
It's all very well for a while; bul'
afterwards, it's plague like own
ing an upset omnibus. What did
I get by it? How much fun?
Whys a jawing old woman and
three squallers. Mighty different
from courting, Instead of 'Yes,
my duck,' 'No, my dear,' 'As
you please, honey,' and 'When
you like, lovely,' like what it was
iu courting times, it's rigMar row.
Sour looks aud cold potatoes,
children and table cloths badly
off for soap, always darning and
mending and nothing ever darned
or mended. If it was'nt that I am
particularly sober, I'd be inclined
to drink. My house ain't my
own my money ain't my own
1 belong to four people besides
myself, the old woman and hree
children: I'm a partnership con
cern, and so many has got their
fingers in the till, lhat I must bust
up: Til break, and sign over the
siock in trade to you. ..Sam Slick.
fX7Some of the Mississippi
banks, it is said, promise to re
deem their notes in cornJ This
accounts for; ihe editors of thai
Slate being, so mealy-mouthed on
Line subject ol their banks. . ,
Alabama Beacon.
'Bowie Knives. The Legisla-r
tore of Alabama at its recent ses
sion have passed a' law providing
if any person, with a Bowie knife,
'Arkansas tooth pick,' or any wea
pon resembling the same, shall cut
or stab another byreason of which
he dies, it shall be adjudged mur
der, and the ofi'ender shall suffer
the same as if the killing had
been by malice aforethought.
The act likewise pres. ribes a
penalty for the sale of such wea
pons. Pet. Con.
Something New. In removing
a pile of plank in the lumber yard
of Mr. John Tunis & Co: on Sat
urday morning, one of ihe labor
ers, a black man, heard a sharp
snapping noise among the logs
which formed the foundation of
the pile, and on looking down,
saw with emotions of horror, a
monster of hideous appearance,
lying within a few inches of his
feet. A yell of dismay from the
affrighted black ' (we should raih
er say'.wAife, by the by', for we
have it upon' good authority that
his visage was' actually, blanched
with terror,) brought several per
sons to the spot, who .recognised
in the cause of his alarm a young
alligator, full three feet in length!
How the 'crittur came there, no
conjecture can be formed, unless
it be lhat the egg which contain
ed it in its embryo state was taken
on board of sove craft upon one
of our Southern rivers iu a parcel
of sand ballast, and started on the
wharf at the lumber yard, where
in due time it hatched the amphi
bious reptile, who was nourished
by the vapor of the jdungeon to
whicb il hard crept, and in which it
was discovered, on lifting the
planks. Very "unnecessarily, a
gun was brought and the animal
shot. It shouJd have been taken
alive. It may be seen, however,
at Messrs. Toy &i King's druggist
store, where they have it preser
ved in spirits.
Norfolk Herald.
Sam Patch outdone. While we
were lately viewing live magnifi
cent falls of the Genessee, near
Portage, Alleghany county, where
the river pitches upwards of 300
feet within two miles, (within fifty
miles south of the ciiy of Roches
ter,) our attention was attracted
by a confused noise from the top
of a bank, about 100 feet above
the rocky table from which ihe
stream is now precipitated 110
feet at the middle falls. The hin
der wheels of a wagon made their
appeafance on the top of the high
bank above us they fell below
the edge of the steep; and ihe hor
ses, unable lo draw them back, af
ter a momentary struggle, backed
over the precipitous descent; and
the whole concern wagon, hor
ses, and driver-r-rolled oyer each
other nearly to the foot of the
sleep. The agonizing cries and
gestures of ihe women and chil
dren on ihe hill-top, (who were
drawn from their residence on see
ing the wagon backing off within
a few feet of their door,) were
such as might be expected from a
family whose protector was thus
suddenly dragged before their eyes
(as it were) to certain destruction.
But their fears and ours for his
safety were speedily allayed, by
InV springing upon his feet and
aiding us to disentangle the hor
ses, which, alter another roll or
two, (the harness and wagon hav
ing twisted Ihern inio ihe 'shape
of a cocked hat,') got upon a Grm
footing, with a quiet look which
plainly indicated their concur
rence with Mr. Samuel Patch in
the sage opinion, -that 'some things
can be done as well as others.'
Wonderful as were the cataracts
foaming -before our eyes, the falls
of litis respectable farmer (whose
name is Palmer) were not less
thrilling in their effects. A re
surrection of the dead could have
surprised cus litlle more than the a
lacrity with which teamster and
team arose unhurtiier their ap
palling gyrations.
BochesterN. Y. Adv.
The abhorrence and reward of
Oppression. The man who went
lo purchase up and monopolize
wheat at Cleveland, Etc. from the
poor, it turns out was himself rob
bed of the $62,000, thus intended
to be discreditably appropriated,
instead of only $60,000, as before
stated. His name is John Sin
clairt of Waterloo, N. Y. He of
fers a reward of $5000. The
general disgust expressed at Buf
falo, and wherever heard of, at
the object of this person's expedi
tion op the lake, will create for
him precious little sympathy, or
for the bank or banks that were
leagued with him in the 'Great
Flour-Plunder Scheme.' The
Kinderhook Sentinel says:
'Already has Mr. Sinclair, of
Waterloo, obtained facilities to
speculate upon the coming crop of
wheat, to the amounl of $95,000,
viz: $60,000 at the Albany Banks
$20,000 at the Bank of Gene
va and $15,000 at the Seneca
County Bank at Waterloo, and
has made application, with what
success we are . unable lo learn,
for $10,000 more at the batiks iu
Ithaca. Qne of these same specu
lators, who resides between the
Cayuga and Seneca' lakes, who
has never caused the earth to pro
duce one more blade of grass or a
hill of corn, than if he had never
had an existence, has realized
more than $30,000 of unholy
gain by ihe same transaction.'
Gazette.
Land Speculators. The Rev
Mr. Taylor, in a sermon at Bos
ton the other day, said the first
great land speculator was the de
vil himself.
07-The St. I .oois Bulletin saysi
that the story which has gone the
rounds of the papers, giving an
account of the marriage of 'Levi
Gilman, a Justice of the Supreme
Court of Missouri,' to an Indian
princess, is a hoax. There 'is nu
such Justice of the Supreme Court
of Missouri as Levi Gilman.
A. F. Star.
Mysterious and extraordinary
Ascension. While Mr. Z. Mitch
ell was about to enter his balloon
at Fairmount, Baltimore, on
Thursday afternoon, a lady by the
name of Warren, stepped up lo
ihe car from out of the crowd and
politely insisted on taking Air.
M.'s place. The spectators ap
pearing disposed to second the
lady's wishes, Mr. M. like a true
cavalier, consented. The balloon
was let off; but ihe lady was too
heavy, and it came down. Noih
ing daunted, she threw out the
sand bags and went up rapidly to
a great elevation. The current
of wind floated the serial voya
gress over the city, where she was
seen 'calm as a summer's morn
ing,' waving her white handker
chief to those' below, and froni
time to time throwing ont ballast.
At sunset she' had reached north
of the city, but was still up at a
great height. ib. ' ' '
?"It is with much satisfaction
we learn that Mr. Evans, of Stark
county, Ohio, who was imprisoned
on the suspicion of murdering his
son, is proved innocent. The
Ohio Repository says: it appears
that the notice given, reached the
son on Lake Erie, and that he has
returned home.
Stand from under. A meteoric
stoji.e, weighing some 600 lbs. fell
on the farm of Ezekiel Harrison,
near Orangeville, Pa. on the
night of theGthinst. and smashed
lo death a valuable ox, aftewards
penetrating the earth about 10 in
ches. Columbia Bep.
Novel Bail Boad. A patent
for ten years has been granted by
the Emperor of Russia to one of
his Aids de Camp, for the inven
tion of a new species of road;
which it is calculated will excel
all others. The plan is to place
the wheels (friction rollers) not
upon the carriages, but upon the1
rails of the road itself, and to have
il travelled over by sledges drawn
by horses. The experiment has
been tried in St. Petersburg, and it
is said that a horse can gallop at
the top of his speed, aud draw a
great load after him.
The Gals down East.i is said
that in the tnwn of Marbiehead,
the girls have made improvements
in ironing, which beats the steam
engines on common roads all ho!-'
low! They spread out all the
clothes on af smooth platform, and
fasten the hot flat irons to their
leet, and skate over them, ad libi
tum. Boston Trans.
(L7"Vill you allow me to en
quire vy you make op your bed
under that 'ere deal table?' said
Sam. 'Canse I was always used
to a four-posted afore 1 came herer
and 1 find the legs of the table an
iswer just as well replied the colw
bier. Pickwick. J
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