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Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, X. C.J Saturday, October 21, 1837.
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Letter- addressed to the Editor most be
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THE WOULD.
Oh! this were a bright world,
Most pleasant and gay,
Did love ntver languish
'or friendship decay.
AJ Pu,'e rays f feeling
That gladden the heart
Like sunshine to natures
Did never depart.
To lair eyes do weeping,
To fond hearts no pain,
Did hope's buds all blossom,
And blooming remain,
'n sorrow to blighten,
N ) cate to destroy,
Oh! then what a bright world
Of gladness and joy?
Did time never alter.
Nor distance remove
The friend that we cherish,
The fond one we love.
A sky never clouded
Nordarken'd by wo,
Oil! then how serenely
Life's streamlet would flow!
Were pleasures less fleeting,
Nor brought in their train
Ttc mem'ry of joys fled
That come not again.
0!i! then what a bright world,
All gladness and gay,
Did love never languish,
Nor friendship decay.
WILSON CONWAY.
1n Extract.
I had hardly become acquaint
ed with Miss Clair when she sud
denly left the village for an ab
sence of three months. I cannot
describe the pain I underwent du
ring that lime. 1 could not study
or read, even novels. She prom
ised to correspond with me, and
all I did was to write letters to
I'tr. I wrote every day, and at
right threw them into the fire.
bey did not suit me. Some
times they were too warm. What
1 had written in the morning,
seemed a different thing in the af
ternoon. I was now angry, now
penitent, and in that conflicting
s'ateofmind which lovers, partic
ularly young ones, know so well;
a"d which I will venture to say
l'ley all agree is tljje most unenvi
able state of feeling in the world.
At last she returned. She
Hould not see me for a week, for
some cause or other 1 never
culd discover what. When I
dd see her, at last, she received
,ne with stately coldness. I did
nt know what to make of it. It
toade me feel very unhappy, and I
collect I did not think of blaming
lier hut supposed the fault lay in
myself. J
'This fickleness of hers did not
cool
try passion, but rathpr infla
ted it. During these formal vis
i:s there was always a look given,
a flower, or some appeal to me
"a matter of literature, from
1 iich I drew encouragement that
;le as not indifferent to me
Jhing I always carried away
, dvvell upon with pleasure; that
ePt herin my thoughts, and kept
e from giving up the pursuit of
Jc'; a charming object,
j 'e character of this high and
Petnous young lady, was the ef-
WMk8aClinS UPn a Ver
-wi I temperament. My
character was quite as impet-
a her oyi, though not so
high and disinterested. Having
been, as I thought, in love before
I had a certain familiarity of ac
quaintance with emotion, 'Twas
love I loved.' She loved me.
She acted from strong feeling, and
so did I; but 1 am ashamed to re
cord, that my movements were
tempered with a vein of calcula
tion, that detracted my enjoy
ment. Hut bow much did we enjoy!
Here for the first time did I fold a
woman in my arms, and impress
upon her lipsgiving all that lips
can j;ive burning kisses! I play
ed with the rich black hair upon
her forehead. I kissed her white
hand and encircled her waist. I
laid my head upon her bosom, and
felt the heavings of her heart.
Oh Cod! what scenes of ago
nizing bliss! 1 never can know
you again! Age, care, and want,
have come upon me, and I am dy
ing" in a foreign land, without one
tear to water my grave!
When Alice Clair first confes
sed her love to me, it was with
weeping, and an excess of emo
tion, which alarmed me. Her
whole frame was shaken, as if by
an ague, i had endeavored for a
long time, to wring the secret
from her. I wished her lo say
the words, ' do love you!1 I
wished her promise; 1 now can
easily see her hesitation. She
loved me belter than I did myself.
One night, we were walking
late on the banks of a river, in a
beautiful meadow. The town
was far above us. Every sound
of labor was bushed, and we were
alone, in the stillness of a moon
light night, with no witnesses ex
cept the stars, and the long shad
ows of our figures, as we alter
nately walked and sat by the way.
The scene was a bewitching one;
ihe river was calm, and reflected
theiieaveus; the night was balmy
with new-mown hay. We were
alive with health, and youth, and
love." 1 had been singing low,
plaintive airs lo her, expressive of
ill-requited affection, as we walk
ed along. She said but little.
Her face looked pale and thought
ful, as ever and anon she turned
her large eyes full upon me, as if
to search my very inmost soul.
She was deliberating upon my
proposal. 1 was unsuspecting,
bul free and open to ivll her all.
Suddenly she threw her arms a
bout my neck, and seemed faint
ing, by the weight pressed upon
me. 1 seated her upon the bank
of the river, and still she wept,
and spoke not a word, while her
tears flowed, and her frame trem
bled. I cried out for help, but
she stopped me; and as no one
came, 1 waited till she recovered
herself. That night we sat long
by the bank of the river, and she
gave me her heart, and the com
pact was sealed by the first kiss I
had ever given lo pure lips. She
then confessed to me all Iter
doubts, and in a dignified manner,
which confused while it charmed
me, told me the risks she incurred
in yielding lo her feelings. I had
nothing lo boast of in the con
quest, for while it displayed lo me
ihe weakness and tenderness of
woman, it told rue how weak and
inferior I was in all the essentials
of a useful man. ll certainly was
ihe most singular confession and
compact that ever trfok place be
tween man and woman, since the
lime Adam took Eve to wife, in
the garden of Paradise.
Afier this, her maimer changed
toward me entirely. There was
no reserve. She pointed out my
faults; she endeavored to excite
me to honorable exerliou.
J Y. Star.
Police in Boston. Ann Hig
gins never was thought of when
women were named the weaker
vessel. She weighed nearly a
sione when calm, and a little more
when she used her 'pickers and
steerers.' Her principal faults
were 1st, being an active mem
ber of the loafing gang; 2d, dres
sing uncommon and unclean; 3d,
taking three cent nippers whenev
er she could get ihem. The first
was positive, ihe second compara
tive, and the third was superlative.
One who well knew Ann's little
indiscretions, said she was in the
habit of keeping late hours, and
was a constant visitor to all the
black balls, conversaziones and co
lored and musical sore-eyes that
were held either in or about the
city. Whenever the spirited and
soul-stirring air of
Going down sandy hollow tothcr af
ternoon, Going down sandy hollow tothcr af
ternoon, the first person that the watchman
would meet would be not-old Zip
Coon, but Ann Higgins.
And she could vociferate with
wonderful power of lungs
Oh, Mr. Coon is a very fine fellow,
l'luys on the banjo down in cootiey
hollow.
She was seen a few evenings
since on the pinnacle of Negro
Hill, acting as Mrs. Sashay of the
evening, playing out her elbow
grease on a cracked fiddle, and
giving orders something as fol-l
lows:
'Why-don't 3'ou dance-up-to-ihat-are-man-with-lhe-turkey
buz-zard-buttons-on?'
Row do w dow row dow de
dow.
'And-why-don't-you-dance-up-to-that-dear-girl-with-ihe-hole-in-the-
hcel-of- her- stocking?'
How de dow dow.
When she got whiskey into her
she was uproarious, and generally
terminated the evening with a row.
She was sent over for one month.
Gazette.
A Female Bandit. According
lo an account in the Augsburg I
Gazette, a noble lady near Rome,
has just been discovered to have
been enlaced for some time past.
as ihe chief of a gang of banditti, j
bhe was in the habit of receiving
ami entertaining her men at her
mansion in ihe country, and the
properly taken by them on the
road was regularly exported to
Loudon and France. This wo
man is supposed lo have had a
gencies at Florence, Leghorn and
Geneva, whither the properly was
forwarded, and ihe investigations
of the police thus evaded. Seve
ral persons in respectable socielv.
have been arrested on suspicion j
of having been concerned with
this Riualdini in petticoats.
JY. Y. Star.
?There is no better antidote
for hard times and disappoint
ment in business than a cheerful
face and a hearty welcome at
home. As without them, all the
wealth of Peru cannot confer hap
piness so with them ihe deepest
poverty cannot take it away. A
man may be fretted and wearied,
crossed in business, nay ruined if
you please, and a single glance of
! kindness from the w oman that he
loves and the children that he
dotes on, will drive away care
and make him as happy at heart
as if millions were his to command
and worldly friends as pfcnty as
black berriesi
Crimes of Idolatry. The fol
lowing horrible transaction, which
took place in Ahmednugger, in
the British East Indies is recorded
in the Bombay Gazette of April G.
It is one of the appalling supersti
tions that result from idol, or
rather demon worship; and we are
glad to learn that the British
authorities have apprehended two
of the monsters who assisted in the
enormity:
It is distressing to relate that lor
these few days past several native
children have been missed from
the Peltah of this place, and
general report says that a Raj
pootnee of distinction, residing a
few days' march hence, and who
has for some days past been in a
dangerous state of health, having
been informed by her medical ad
visers that all endeavors to re
store her would prove ineffectual,
unless she consented to eat the
heart and liver of twenty young
children, at length acquiesced in
the measure. Three days since,
(says my correspondent, whose
letter is dated the 2d instant,) a
child was found in a nullah near
this place, with ihe belly tut
open, from which the heart and
liver had been extracted. There
are now two men confined in the
bazaar guard, who have been ta
ken up on suspicion of being con
nected with ihfs horrible traffic.
The inhabitants of Ahmednugger
are in such a state of trepidation,
thai their children are kept closely
confuted to their homes.
Tragical Event. Recent let
ters from Sardinia speak of a tra
gical event of which that island
has been the theatre. The des
cendant of the ancient sovereigns
of the island, a young man about
twenty years of age, ihe last scion
of the illustrious house of Villa
Hermosa, had, it appears, con
ceived a passion for a young girl
of plebian extraction. He had
for some lime continued his assi
duities lo her, and rumor began
to ascribe to him better chances
of success perhaps lhan he really
possessed, when one morning his
servants brought him ihe cloak of
a fisherman which had been found
fixed in the panel of his door by
the blade of a poinard. The
young nobleman understood the
signal; it was a vendetta, of which
fait warning was ihus given him;
and his grandfather, with whom
he resided, prevailed on him for
some days not to leave ihe house
unattended. The young Count
of Villa Hermosa, however, was
loo brave and proud long lo sub
mit to these fatiguing precautions.
He declared his determination to
go out in the same unrestrained
manner as formerly, and he did
so. At night he met the rival
who had planted the poinard and
mantle at the door of his hotel.
What passed between them is not
known, but it has been ascertain
ed that ihe body of the fisherman
was carried by the count lo the
beach, and there concealed under
a heap of stones. The count now
paid his addresses to the young
girl as freely as before, to the as
tonishment of those who knew the
history of ihe poinard, and w ho
fully expected some signal act of
vengeance. Meanwhile ihe fami
ly of the fisherman, who had dis
appeared, entertaining some sus
picion of the truth, began lo
search for the body. It was found,
and among the stones under which
it was concealed was also found a
seal-ring, on w hich were engraved
the arms of the count. The ring
had probably slipped from his fin
ger while he was engaged in his
deed of darkness. The body was
immediately conveyed lo the
house of a magistrate, and the
ring which had been found was
produced. An investigation com
menced, and the proofs against
the count were so strong, that he
was found guilty of murder and
condemned to death. The sen
tence was submitted to the king
for confirmation. Charles Al
bert was anxious, if possible, to
save the last scion of a royal race,
and accordingly caused a commu
nication to be made to ihe grand
father, that if he applied for mer
cy il would probably not be with
held. The answer of the old man
was, that having lo choose be
tween justice and his own blood,
he could not hesitate lo decide in
favor of the former. The young
Count de Villa Hermosa has
since been beheaded.
A Loud Call. The Detroit
Free Press states as a rumor, that
ladies who go west, frequently re
ceive offers of marriage from
speaking trumpets, .before they
reach the wharves.
The Indians. A Washington
correspondent of ihe Baltimore
Transcript says: 1 have just le
turned from the theatre, and be
fore 1 turn in I will give you a
sketch of one of the most interest
ing scenes 1 ever witnessed. Un
derstanding lhat the various tribes
of Indians now here were to be
present there this evening, I wend
ed thither with a double curiosity,
to see ihe fascinating Miss Nelson
and the effect of her playing on
ihe minds of the savages. lit one
of the stage boxes were seated a
party of lowas who are small fea
tured and more richly dressed
than ihe others, bul less gaudy
lhan the Sioux. In the adjoining
boxes were ihe Foxes, who appear
to me more Indian-like lhan any
other tribe I ever saw. They
wear red blankets, save one fel
low, who had a black one; proba
bly he is chaplain lo the embassy.
They wear no shirts, and their
blankets being thrown open show
their noble forms in naked majes
ty. They wear no trinkets like
the other tribes about their heads,
which they shave closely, leaving
only the scalp from which a mass
of bristles runs back to their necks,
like the crest of a horseman's hel
met. This with ihe savage sim
plicity of the other pans of their
bodies, gives them a peculiar an
tique appearance far more impo
sing than lhat of their beplumed
and bedaubed rivals. After a
while in marched the Sioux deck
ed out in new blankets, and some
of iheir chiefs rigged in blue regi
mentals with silver epaulets and
hats with tin bands around them.
They appeared delighted with
iheir military toggery, which I
think is in abominable .asle.
When the buxom form of Miss
Nelson, arrayed as a knight, in
the piece of "The Deep, Deep
Sea," sprang upo.n ihe stage, ihe
Indians seemed absolutely amazed
with ihe vision before them. She
had not been five minutes before
them when one of the lowas sud
denly rose and with an energetic
exclamation threw a headdress of
feathers upon the stage. Al first
the performer (Mrs. Slater) near
him was frightened, until ihe in
terpreter arose and translated ihe
Indian's exclamation, which was,
that he gave her that as a token of
his delight in seeing bet! Miss
Nelson bowed and took the pre
sent, which was accompanied with
an applause that was almost deaf
ening. The play went on.
Knight's long serpentine train
conk! not keep the Indians from
gloating on ihe radiant creature
before them. A beaulifnl song
from Miss Nelson brought anoth
er present from another Iowa up
on the stage, which she acknow
ledged with a bewitching smile.
In the meantime the Sioux looked
with undisguised contempt upon
their gallant rivals. In the suc
ceeding scene Miss Nelson had on
the feathery presents as wings.
This tasteful design overcame
completely ihe susceptible lowas.
One of them sprang forward and
stripping off his Splendid buffalo
robe, tossed it at her feet with an
impassioned burst of feeling.
When the uproar caused by this
was over, in which ihe Foxes yell
ed most hideously, the interpreter
translated the sentiment in the fol
lowing words "I give this to the
beauty of Washington to show my
pleasure!" 1 really thought these
generous fellows would evidently
strip themselves to show iheir gal
lantry! Miss Nelson, at this fresh proof
ot devotedness, in a graceful man
ner begged the interpreter to siaie
that she recretted her inability to
speak iheir native tongue, but that
she esteemed them as much as she
did the sons of the king of her na
tive land! She ihen took from
her helmet and gave to each of
her admirers a white ostrich
plume, which soon decked their
t sivnrtlitf lrmt .:l TIid lurliartc r-
tired to the front boxes, w hue they
remained, laughing with all iheir
might, till Miss Nelson again
charmed ihem in ihe "Mountain
Sylph." When she descended
first from ihe clouds another robe
was thrown her by an Iowa, be it
remembered. At the conclusion,
when she regains her immortality
and ascends to her native skies,
she placet! on her head the votive
Indian crown of feathers, which,
gracefully spreading out as she
arose, gave a peculiar wild charm
to her vanishing figure. If you
could have heard the din and yells
as she displayed this addition to
her dress when she rose! Sioux,
Foxes, pale faces and all arose
and gave one loud commingled
shout, while above all rose the
wild shrill cry of the savages.
No one will ever forget it who
saw it.
JHusic in Public Schools. Our
readers know that we have on se
veral occasions urged the vast im
portance of introducing ihe culti
vation of music as a branch of stu
dy in our public schools. It gives
us unfeigned satisfaction to an
nounce that the city of Boston is
about to give the experiment an
immediate trial. The subject was
submitted to ihe City Council,
and the Common Council unaui
mously agreeing upon ihe propri
ety of ihe measure, adopted a most
eloquent report in its favor.
There are said to be "at this
time, not far from 18,000 common
schools in this country, in which
are lo be found the people who in
coming years will mould the cha
racier of litis democracy. If vo
cal muses were generally adopted
as a branch of instruction in these
schools, it might reasonably be
expected that in al least iwo gene
rations we should be changed into
a musical people. The great
point to be considered in refer
ence lo the introduction of vocal
music into popular elementary in
struction, is that thereby you set
in motion a mighty power which
silently bul surely in the end will
harmonize, refine, and elevate a
whole community. Music is one
of the fine arts. Il therefore
deals with abstract beauty, from
finite to infinite, and from the
world of mailer lo the world of
spirits and to God.
great handmaid of
Whence come ihese
Music is the
civilization,
traditions of
a reverend antiquity, seditions
quelled, cures wrought, fleets and
armies governed by the force of
song? w hence lhat responding of
rocks, woods and trees to the harp
of Orpheus? whence a city's tvalls
uprising beneath the wonder
working couches of Apollo's lyre?
These, it is true, are fabks, yet
ihey shadow forth, benealh tha
veil of allegory, a profound truth,
ihey beautifully proclaim the mys
terious union betweeu music as an
instrument of man's civilization:
and the soul of man.
The Sting of the Bet. Instant
relief to the pain which this occa
sions, is anordeu by the applica
tion of potash to touch the part
with indigo will have the same ef-
lect and it can also be perfectly .
cured bv the immediate applica
tion of honey to ihe w ound.
fX"The side hill plough is so
strongly and enthusiastically re
commended by all those who have
used it, lhat we deem it bul an act
of justice to call, ihe attention of
our friends to the instrument. At
this lime many farmers are enga
ged in ploughing and need this
plough, without knowing it.