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Miscellaneous. To Rosa If I nossess'd the radiant bow That circles round the azure sky, I'd wreath it, Rosa, round thy brow, For but one glance of thy bright eye. If Ipossess'd the morning's smile, As o cr the east it rises meet, I'd give it all to gaze awhile Upon the beauty of thy check. If I possess'd the red, red rose, As in the morning dew it weeps, I'd give it thee to taste tne glows That mantles o'er thy rosy lips, But I possess a heart as warm As ever throb'd by cowslip vale, ynd, Rosa, thou hast every charm The rest l leei, dui uare noi ten. A. MATRIMONY: Ol treacherous devilish state! I love'to kiss the pretty maids, And often with them tarry; But when they're old their beauty fades, So hang me if I marry. Some girls arc handsome, some are not, Some are proud and some arc merry; -And some are good, (tis few I wot,) But hang me if I marry. Some girls are as the lily white, With lip$ as red as cherry ; And eyes that beam with pleasure bright, Yet hang me if I marry. Some girls are full of coquetry, But old as the Old Harry; Such girls will never do for me So hang me if I marry. Some girls for money marry fools! And hiffh their heads thev rnn-v: I ney ma tool make their husbands silly nrv I .. i So hang me if I marry. Some girls with whom you're deep in love, Will always be contrary; They say you're serpents, they are doves, So han;;; me if I marry. If once they get you in their toil, (Let you e'er be so wary,) They will your resolution foil That you will never marry. Then let me caution you beware, And don't be in a hurry; But while you have your senses, swear That you will never marry. Tor when your children round you With 'Pa, I must be carried,' You must leave your work and fret, I wish I'd ne'er been married ! ' From the Pittsburg Mercury. The Bachelor at a Party. I was sitting the other even- j ing in my arm chair, with my feet resting on the fire place en gaged in drawing figures in the ashes with the poker, when I heard a loud rapping at my door. To be disturbed when I wisli to be alone is at all times unpleas ant to me; but it was peculiarly so at that particular moment; for, comfortably fixed in the at titude I have described, my fan cy was busily engaged in con juring up evils which might pos sibly happen to me, or to some of my friends, and in allotting to all a full share of the numer ous 'ills that flesh is heir to:' In short, I was in a fair way of get ting the blues, and was begin ing to think that in a few minutes more I might claim the privi lige of venting my ill humor on every thing that presented itself. It was, therefore, with a feel ing of nervous irritability, that I walked to the door and hastily opened it, when who of ail men should enter, but Dick Volatile! I could have slammed the door in his face to be 'galled and nestered with a noniniay at j such a moment was intolerable. ! However, I invited him in, and pointing to a chair coldly asked, one, though I had many ar-'ness too; she thinks I am fresh him to sit down, whilst I fixed quaintanccs near me; I bowed , from the plough, and she wish mvself in my old position, and j involuntarily, however, to ailjes me to speed my way out of resumed my old employment, around me, and trembling with her sight. I was a little nettled, Monstrous polite to be surejaitation, approached Mrs. K. Mr. Oldstile. You have been studvinir Chesterfield lately perceive, and really you prog ress charmingly. Pray do you think the essence of good bree ding consists in telling a gentle man who visits you, that there is a chair, and that he may sil down in it if he chooses? 'Pshaw said I. There it is now more polite ness. Why in a little time you will be at the head of the bon ion. But let me see vour face. Bless mc what a lack a daisical look you have! If I had such a phiz, I would be a candidate to blow the bellows i church organ and would hope in a little time to be made Vestryman., Ah, you have a fine flow of spirits, Richard, and. well you might; you have nothing to de press you. six and thirty years have 'Six and thirty fiddlesticks!' said Dick. 'Cheer nn. AW- i ' ? what's the matter, man! Why nn't you dressed for the party?' 'Dressed for the party!' I turned my eyes slowly towards nm, and discovered lor the first time, that lie was in full dress. A blue coat, with shin ing gilt buttons, seemed as it were hung upon his shoulders; Ins shirt collar, of dazzling whiteness and well starched. towered high above his cravat on each side, and seemed emu- ous of meeting at tiie crown of liis head; a profusion of ru flies graced his bosom: and when the eye rested on his silk stock- . ' .... ings and snining pnmps, it was impossible to deny that Dick, for that evening at least, was an exquisite of the first water. 'Why what in the name of all that's wonderful is the mat ter? where are you going?' said I, as roused from my stupor by the singularity of his appearance a smile of contempt, 1 fear play ing upon my countenance. 'Going! why with you to Mrs. K s party.' Wrapped in my meditations, I had forgotten that the charm ing Mrs. K. had sent me a let ter in a crow-quill kind of a hand importing 'that she would be very happy to have the pleas ure of Mr. Oldstile's company to tea this evening;' and it was not without a feeling of alarm, I recollected that the evening was far advanced, & that I had; neither despatched an apology nor made arrangements lor complying with, the invitation. I was on the point of relapsing into the horrors,vvhen my friend Dick obliged me to make an effort and save my credit with the ladies; in a short time I was ready and we sat off together. 'Now comes the tug of war,' said Dick as he deposited his hat under a table in the hall. 'Keep an eye on your hat, Oldstile, yours is a pretty good one, and and as the first rates are always dealt out first, you will loose your's if you should be late leav ing the ladies. Come on; we must act boldly; bow to our fair hostess; chat with the ladies; drink a cup of coffee, and then hey for the fiddle and dance.' In a moment we were in the midst of an assembly of all the wealth and beauty and fashion of the city. Dick bowed with a negligee air to the ladies, ad vanced to Mrs. K. paid her a compliment, and pairred off with a young lady to a snug cor ncr ol the room. Isut 1 was oi the room. But confound!: n sort nf rMdinp.s5 oppressed me. and dazzled my eyes; I could recognize no . smiling with satisfaction at the apparant pleasures of every one she kindly welcomed me, and introducingme to two beauties who sat next to her, she glided out of the room. Behold me, reader, in a pitiable situation! I had not a word to say; all my powers of conversation had cle serted me in my utmost neeu, and for the soul of me I did not know what to do. To retreat would be disgraceful, to remain without saying a word would be ridiculous. In short I would have given the world to have been in the entry where my hat was, but how to get off honor ably was impossible. I deter mined to say something. Bow ing to one of the ladies 'Pvthagoras,' said I, holds that' 'Sir!' I was saying Humph, I was saying, miss, that a that,that this is a very pleasant party.' 'Very pleasant, sir.' 'Every body seems to be gra tified.' 'Yes, sir.' Anxious to continue the con versation, I blundered on. 'The company too is very agreeable.' To this there was no answer, and determined not to hazard another remark, I bowed to miss Angelica Serephina Cheru bina Short, and left her. But where to go next, what to do with myself, was the next ques tion. Ah, Edward Oldstile thought I, if you were once cle verly out of this scrape, all the ladies in the world would not get you into such another. How ever, why should you care for I be forward 1 : t lo chits, whis pered Pride; dash in amongst them; Ilcm there was danger in that; I recollected the fooiish situation I had been placed in a moment before & a cold shiver ing came over me, as I thought id' the possibility of being pla ced in such a situation again. So I sneaked into a corner, and sit down till the dancing would commence. Then I hoped the music would enliven me; and I could n.usler sullicient resolu tion to get along creditably. At last the dancing did com mence, and every body seemed pleased; but so was not 1 I set still; and it was impossible for me to doubt that every smile was intended for a sneer at mv awkwardness and want of gal lantry; anil for some minutes I suffered a sort of martyrdom; I was like Falstaff and they were like the fairies dancing a round me. Every glance was torment; every word was des pair! Ah, how often did I sigh for that comfortable position and amusing employment in which Dick had surprised me. In stead of sitting in my study, with the poker in my hand, sketching figures in the ashes, I was at a large party, sitting like a ninny in the corner, and twist ing my pocket handkerchief in to every form and shape. The first dance was finished; and a new set was forming. With a sort of dogged resolu tion I rushed into the middle of the room. My eve chanced to fall upon a young lady to whom i nau once noweu in me street. With a faltering voice, I ven tured to ask if I might have the pleasure of dancing with her. 'Certainly.' This was encouraging. 'Which is your favorite figure, miss.' 'Speed the plough.' 'Speed the plough,' thought I; she is quizzinc mv awkward and I did not speak .again for nearly a minute. At length I thought it necessary to say something; but what could 1 say? (A long pause.) 'Pray, miss, have 'ou.read Scott's last novel?' 'Yes, sir.' (Another long pause) I deter mined to assume impudence, if I had it not. I thrust my hands into my pantaloons' pocket, threw my eyes up to the ceiling, and patted with my foot on the floor. 'Cdnfound the fiddler, when will he begin,' I exclaim ed mentally. A smile from my partner, and a general titter through the room attracted mv attention. I involuntarily cast down my e)'es towards my hands, when I discovered that, in thrusting my hands into my pocket a treacherous button . This was too much. I bowed to my partner, & without handing her to her seat, rushed out of the house. I have never been at a party since. My timidity seems to be unconquerable, & I fear tl&t I am doomed to drag out the re mainder of a cheerless existence unblessed by the smiles of those whose favor I would give the world to gain. E. Close P reaching... Tkz fol lowing anecdote of a Scotch Preacher in England, (which we do not recollect to have seen in print before,) was lately han ded us by an old friend: Having one day lectured his audience severely for their drowsy habits at church, one of his congregation met him a day or two after, and complained of severity of his censures, remind ing him that he ought first to look at home, for his own wife was observed to be sound a sleep almost every Sunday. 'What!' said he, 'does my Jen ny sleep .in. Sermon time? I will keep my eye upon her in future.' He did so indeed, and the next Sunday, soon after the introduction of his discourse, his wife was seen to continue nodding till she fell into a deep sleep. Stopping suddenly in the midst of his discourse, and turning his eyes directly upon his slumbering companion, he vociferated thiee times, in a louder and louder tone: 'Jenny! Jenny!! Jenny!!! She started from her drowse, while with a voice which must have awaken ed attention, he expostulated thus: My dear,' said he, 'I dinna marry ye for riches, for ye had none.... I dinna marry ye for beauty, as a' the congrega tion may witness.. ..an' if ye hae no grace, I made but a poor bargain on't! Selling a lllfe.--A most dis graceful occurrence took place lately at Arundel. A man took his wife a mile out of town, and then conducted her back with a halter round her neck, he hav ing been told that he must put the halter on at that distance, or the sale would be illegal; he brought her into the market, both appeared on very good terms, and put her up at 31. when a sailor bid 2l. and the bargain being soon struck, he paid the money and conducted her away. London pa. " Food and Physic If you hav.e a severe cold and are very hoarse, have some water, gruel prepared in the ordinary way (if yu are ignorant how to make it, ask any old woman) when nearly ready slice in two or three onions; simmer it again for twenty minutes; pour it out; put in a lump of butter, with pepper .and salt, and eat it (with bread if you are hungrvV bed soon after; the .ng, ,fyou are not qui,e " ' you will be much imnr ' and willing to try a seuW winch will certainly 1 curc.--(Eco?w?nist.) a Novel Superscription... following superscription anDcT ed on a letter which ml through the Post Office i land a few days since: Swift as the clove your course sue, i'-r-. Let nought your speed rcsttS, Until you reach Miss Lucv n 1 1 A'evjicld, State f Be not inconsistent in Vc, expectations; and havin-d n sen your walk thro' lifeJUrs'a; it with patience, industry w contentment. J) Cotton Machines. THE subscriber respectfully jr. forms the citizens of HaW and the adjoining counties, that he has removed from Curlin's rcad, to the late residence of n Judge, jr. deceased; on the read leading from Enfield to Warrenton 3 miles from Enfield, l from Farm well Grove Academy, about 20 from Warrenton; 13 from NaU Court-house, and 25 from Moore's Ferry. Haying on hand a stock of materials of the best kind he is now prepared to make and repair COTTON MACHINES iu the best manner and at the shortest notice. Keference can be had to several respectable persons in the vicinity, who have made tri al of his machines, which have given general satisfaction. A. B. Cullum. . Feb. 24, 1825. 49-3t The celebrated Puce Hone BYRON, A MOST beauti ful Bay, with Hack legs, mane and tail, four vears old this snrinir. five feet 5 "inrh. es high, will stand the present; season, at the residence of Mr. Thomas Eaton, in the County of Halifax, on the road leading from Halifax to Mr. William Eaton's Ferry, about 4 miles above Mr. William W. Wilkins' Ferrv, and 18 miles from the town of Halifax; he will stand at Mr. Eaton's on each Monday and Tuesday in eve ry week, and at Mr. James Haile's on each Wednesday and Thursday, in every week, and will be let to mares at the verv reduced price of TEN DOLLAR'S the Season, Five Dollars the Single leap, and TWENTY DOLLARS to ensure a mare to be in foal, with Fifty Cents to the groom in every in stance. Mares furnished with irood pas- turaee eratis. and fed if reauired at the neighborhood price, but will not be responsible for accidents or escapes. PERFORMANCES. BYRON when two vears old was entered on a stake to be run the fall after he was three years old, for Two Hundred Dollars entrance, two mile heats, five Subscribers, it being the only time he was trained; he won the race in great stile, beating Mr. Johnston's colt by Ti moleon and Col. Wynn's sorrel filly by Archie, at three heats; Mr. Har rison and Mr. Wychc paid forfeit. PEDIGREE. BYRON was gotten by the cele brated Sir Archie, his daml ythe imported horse Bedford, his gran dam by Federalist, which mare was half sister to the celebrated old Jolly Friar, his great grandam by Fearnaught, which mare was the property of Archibald Hamil ton, and at the sale of his blooded stock, was purchased by Mr. Ben nihan of Orange, and supposed to be the best mare in North Carolina of her day, his great great grandam by Janus, and his great great great grandam bv Jolly Roger, out ot a Double Janus mare, so it is obyiou to all those who read the peaigrw of Byron, that he partakes of twoox the best stocks in America: i wit: Sir Archie and Janus. a-Tlie Season will commence the 1st of March, and expire tu. 1st of July. Tho's TV. Jenkins. Woodlawn, Feb. 24. 5"4t
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