FOR TJIE FREE PRESS.
straggling thought on the close of
THE EXAMINATION.
My eyes are he reft of the classic parade now,
Music's soft murmuring all have become mute,
Nor more do I see the smile of the maid now,
Bestoiv'd on the courtier inviting his suit.
The scene is now closed and the witchery U o'er,
For the belles and the beaux have bid "us adieu;
Barouches and coaches have now ceas'd to roar,
The splendor of pageantry has flit from my view.
Like mist of the morning gay scenes disappear,
Like the track of the travMer upon the sea shore;
Old I ime s mighty tide, in its dreadful career,
Sweeps all things along to appear nevermore.
HARP OF THE VILLAGE.
INDIAN HYMN.
On the joarney of ihe Flat Head Indians in 1S32,
to inquire of ihe white men for the Bible.
From o'er the Rocky Mountains,
Where praries wide are spread,
"Where streams from forest fountains
Flow west to ocean's bed,
See savage men descending
To Mississippi's vale,
Their eager eyes still bending,
An eastern light to hail.
For they have heard a story
Of God's most holy book,
AH full of light and glory,
On which their eyes may look;
And they like Eastern Sages,
Who journey'd from afar,
Have IravePd weary stages,
To find the Saviour's star.
"Have you that book from heaven?"
, These western Wise Men say:
To us shall it be given,
To guide us on the way?
We're wanderers, all our nation,
Deep lost in gloomy night;
Oh, let us know salvation!
Oh, give us heaven-born light!"
Yes, Red Men, here, out beaming,
God's book shines strong and free,
And soon its radiance gleaming
Your children's eyes shall see:
Soon beauteous on your mountains
Shall Gospel Heralds stand,
And snon shall Zion's fountains
Stream gladness through the land.
ON THE HOT WEATHER.
Said Tom to Ned, let's give a call
On all our friend?, for truly,
This is the lime, what might befall,
Thev carCt receive us coolly!
The Jews.Tlu; restoration of iho
Jews to the cty of Jiirtisalnm nruJ
to th eir long lost and lovely country that
'flowed with milk and honey,' it is said,
is about becoming a serious point of con
sideration among the cabinets of Europe.
The complicated state of Turkish affairs
and the dread that Russia may acquire
a fooling on the Bosphorus and Asii Mi
nor, have led the cabinets of Europe to
inquire into the propriety of establishing
an independent sovereignty in Palestine,
as they have already done in Greene.
A new power raised up in Palestine,
a Jewish kingdom erected in Jerusalem,
might prove n check to the designs of the
Pacha of Egypt, as well as to the north
ern Nicholas. It is said in private let
ters, that the celebrated capitalists lloths
chdd,.nnd all the leading Israelites in
Europe have been consulted on the sub
ject, and that the project has been favor
bly received by many. The plan is to
send an army and a fleet to Palestine,
under the combined ausnices of Enlnnrl
and France, and to take possession of
xa euneto negotiate with Egypt, or
light that power, but at all events to lay
the foundations of a new empire in the
-Last, in which the Jews of K
occupy the first rank, on condition of
ineir emigrating to that country, and
lurni.hinfT a part ofti,u funfis necessary
to defray the expends. Of course the
utmost liberty of opinion in religion
Would be extended to all claSS03-in the
new juaea, or .t is a singular fact that
he Jews in the present age are the most
i.uera. tuinners in all matters of political
unci reiig.ous beliet. The exclusiveness
which prevailed in the 'high and palmy
state of Jerusalem, is completely changed
n this age of the world. ,
What a singular spectacle it would be
to sue that curious, original and ancient
peo pie again restored to their country by
the Christian cabinets of Europe! to
seethe banks of the brook of Kedron,
the vale of Jehosaphat, the river Jordan,
the mounts of Carmel and of Lebanon
again peopled with the descendants of
their ancient possessors. iv. I. (xaz.
OA gentleman just from Alabama,
says the Franklin Review, states that the
little 'girl. Caroline Hawkins Mullock,
who was recently advertised in many of
the public prints as "lost, has been dis
covered and restored to her distressed
and almost heartbroken parents, -.folio
had been stolen by some abandoned
miscreant, who, after blacking and dis
guising her features so effectually as to
prevent detection, had taken her about
25 miles from home and sold her as a
negro slave. Can such a tale be true!
Then ought the human fiend, the God
forsaken recreant to be held up to the
scorn, ihe contempt, and the execration
of the whole community! The world is
bad enough God knows, but this is a deed
of surpassing villany. The being who
ould thus vilely trample down the best,
the kindest feelings of humanity that
for the pitiful compensation of dollars
md cents would thus carry sorrow and
affliction of the darkest kind into the ve
ry sanctuary of sincere affection and do
mestic peace destroying with the burn
ing breath of despair, the pure and hal
lowed feeling of parental love is utterly
unworthy the title man, he deserves only
lo mate with fiends, and to be destroyed
and blasted from the earth, without ei
ther pity or remorse.
Gun $ Locksmith Business,
ffladismitiim
4 NY orders in my line wiil.be thankfully re
Aceived and faithfully executed at Mr. .Wil
son's sin shop in Tarborough.
RADFORD GASKINS.
17th April, 1S33. 34
The Statesman,
Will he published twice a week in the City of
- Raleigh, in common newspaper form, on a
Super Royal Sheet, with good type, at four
. dollars per year to all who pay within six
months from the time of receiving the first
number, or five dollars to all who pay af
terwards. The publication to commence on
the 2d September next. i
fTlHE Subscriber, in fixing his fiermanent residence
1 -At the Seat of the State Government, and assum
ing the Editorial duties of the Statesman, (in which
y v MERCHANT TAILOR, '
flAKES this method of informing his numerous
customers and' the public generally, that K
has just returned from New York, where he
Purchased a splendid assortment of
IN HIS LINE OF BUSINESS, viz:
Superfine Cloths, of all the most fashionable colors
Superfine blue, black, and fancy striped Cashmeres
Fine black Bombazeens, for thin coats & pantaloons'
Black and fancy Camblets, for summer wear,
Brown and white Drills, white Linen,
Plain black and fancy Silks, for vestings,
Plain white and fancy Marseilles,
Plain and fancy Valencia, vestings,
Plain and fancy stocks, linen bosoms and collars,
India rubber suspenders, silk do. .
White and black cravats, gloves, silk handk'fs, &c.
Those goods wf re bought at reduced prices
and will be sold low for cash, or on a short credit
IU punctual tusiumcia. vrimcuicii isilM" (
ni niv. - f i 1 1 I i J
he will be assisted by several gentlemen of. talent and purchase are particularly invited to call and 1x3,
G7A little girl, daughter of Mr. Sny
der, of Pendleton, Va. in 1828, was kid
napped from home, and every effort on
the part of her relatives and friends prov
ed unavailing, until within a few days
past. JSho was then found in the family
of Col. John Hove, of Fairfax county,
Va. at whoso house she had been resi
ding since 1829. About a year after her
absence from home, the little girl was
found by Col. Hove in the custody of a
woman insane, who was going about the
country soliciting alms. The woman
could give no account of the girl's nnren-
i.igu. i ne mango produced in the child
during fnur years, was so great that the
father did not, at first, identify her as
his, but certain marks on her body soon
proved the relation between them.
Watering Horses. A writer in a
Cincinnati paper censures the practice of
watering horses. Many horses, he says,
are killed every yar, by the absurd cus
tom adopted by stage drivers & others of
giving tliem water every five or six miles,
when travelling. Farmers; who work
horses at the plough or cart all day. nev
er break oflfto water their horses, except
ai uinner time. 1 he practice of water
ing horses frequently, on a journey, pre
vails in England; but the writer informs
that "they manage these things better in
France." There, he says, they never
water their horses except when they are
fed. He states that travelling in a stage
coach, over the hills of Normandy, on a
warm and dusty day, the horses foaming
with sweat and covered with dust, the
driver stopped at an inn, and when he ex
pected to sec him with his bucke:, giv
ing water to each horse, he saw him
bring from the house a bottle, some of
the contents of which he poured into hts
hand, and with it washed each horse's
nose, throwing a little up into the nos
trils. The liquid was found, on inquiry,
to be vinegar; and altho' the horses had
already travelled a long stage, they went
off again as fresh as at first startiug.
Singular notion. Mr. Woodard near
New Haven, Connecticut, apparently in
good health, has for about two years shut
himself up in his house, under a notion
of which he cannot be divested, that 'his
body is a Tea pot and his Nose the han
dle, and will not suffer any one to come
near him for fear of being broken.
Maxim. The mind is best regulated
by the predominancy of some powerful
affection.
leisure,) yields himself to the wishes of many of his
friends, who think there is room even hi Haleigh for
a paper of this description. We shall see.
The Statesman will vigorously support the rights
of the States, and at the same time the rights of the
United States, (as embodied in the Federal Govern
ment by the Constitution,) as the best and surest
guarantee of the Union itself, and of the continuance
of that protection to lite, liberty and property, which
it has afforded to the States for the last half century,
in their career of greatness and prosperity altogether
without a parallel in the history of the world. As it
will have come in only at the death of those distract
ing topics which lately agitated the country, it will
claim no share of the spoils. Peace to their ashes!
But the Statesman's firinciial care shall be North
Carolina our own lov ed our natite land. 1 he im
provement of her institutions, the prosperity and hap
piness of her people, the assertion of her just rights
and the due and proper honor of the talents and vir
tue of her sons shall be its firincijial concern.
Although she was the first of her sisters to snuff
tyranny in the breeze and dared tq be free and ever
since her Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence,
and on every emergency, whether threatened by for
eign or domestic dangers, she has met every crisis as
became a patriotic and brave people; and even hesi
tated not to give her own daughter, Tennessee, to add
another star to the proud banner of the . Republic,
and another arm to the national defence. And al
though possessing a territory, soil, climate, popula
tion and wealth, and with intelligence and moral
worth, which entitle her. to rank among the first of
her sisters, yet strange it is, she is almost unnoted by
them, and by the Federal Government also, except
to make her pay taxes in peace and fight tor them in
war; her citizens scarcely participating at all in the
honors and emoluments of their own Government!
But who says North Carolina sleeps? They will find
her wide awake to her rights, and resolved to main
tain them; they shall find the Statesman claiming for
her- her rateable portion of the public wealth and
for her sons, a fair participation. in the public honors
of the country and refusing to take a denial.
The Statesman will search for the hidden mischief
and ferret it out of. our institutions which has produ
ced the present state of things. Something must be
wrong, else, beside all the rest, why is it tnat with all
! our resources, the public expenditure exceed the in
come about seventeen thousand dollars a year? The
people should know these things and the certain
bankruptcy which is staring their State Government
in the face. If; as is probable, the radical fault is in
the present basis of representation, the Statesman
will contend that it should be changed and made
equal and satisfactory to all; if in our Legislation, we
say diminish the number of Representatives and have
only biennial meetings, and by a change of policy, im
molate our unwise feuds on the altar of State good,
and present to the Union and the world, one united
and affectionate people. The Statesman, too, will ad
vocate general Education, and a judicious system of
Banking, commensurate with the wants of our peo
ple; nor will it forget to urge the speedy approxima
tion of the mountains with the sea board, by means of
a Central Rail Road, via Raleigh to Beaufort; and al
so the complete opening of those great arteries of the
State, viz: the Cape Fear, the Pamlico and the Albe
marle. Raleigh, too, shall have her full share of the
benefit of our labors. In 1830 she had them, in our
exertions to procure at the expense of the State, for
the better security of the public property, a Fire En
gine of capacity and power sufficient to throw a hea
vy column of watrr on the dome of the late Capitol,
with Hose and one hundred fire buckets; she had
them by our vote and exertions to secure the continu
ance of the Seat of Government tvhe re it noiv is; and
she shall again have evidences of our good will.
In conclusion, the Statesman will support the Ad
ministration of President Jackson, but at the same
time contend for low taxes and a cieai government;
it will always be very good natured to its friends, but
plaguy cross and saucy to its enemies, for whom, a
rod will always be kept in pickle: early and regular
reports win be given ot the proceedings of the State
Legislature and of Congress; and the best speeches
which may be made in both these bodies: interesting
tavj cases in our courts will be collected and spread
oeiore us readers; and in a word, its columns will ev
er contain something useful and amusing to the Far
mer, Merchant, Mechanic and the Scholar, and gra
tifying to the Christian. There will be pretty things
for the ladies, butter nuts for the .rentlemen and even
sugar plumbs for the children; so-that all may be
suucu iui meir money. , iike a good ship, the paper
will be well found, and with plenty of sea room, that
is, plenty of good subscribers, it will weather many a
storm, and safely enter the desired haven. Should
this happen, look out'for a merry making at 4every
new year; when we invite all our punctual subscri
bers and patrons to call on us and receive our best
wishes with a hearty pumphandle shake, and a glass
cf the very best Scuppernong, or old Nash Teach,
that our cellar affords.
(jyrhe Editor respectfully requests the
North Carolina editorial corps, to give this Pros
pectus an insertion or two in their respective
papers, and Ihe favor shall be reciprocated as op
portunity serves. And he also requests Edi
tors, Postmasters and his friends generally, but
especially those members with whom he hasser
ved in the General Assembly, to interest them
selves in their respective towns and counties in
behalf of Ihe tatesman,and procure and forward
(by the first day of August next,) as many eood
subscribers as they can conveniently procure
n I p JOSEPH B. IIINTok
Raleigh, N. C. May 6, 1833.
mine for themselves, as he is confident that he
can please such. All orders from a distance will
be thankfully received and punctually attended
to. Persons furnishing their own cloths, can
have them made and trimmed in the most fash
ionable manner and at the shortest notice.
Tarborough, April 10, 1833.
COFFIELD KIJ
v MERCHANT TAILOR,
"REGS leave lo return his grateful thanks lo
his friends and customers, for the Ion en
couragement he has heretofore received in his
endeavors to give general satisfaction; and also
hopes that they will still favor and sustain him
with the same. He also begs leave to inform
them that he has just received from New York,
Jl Supply of Spring Goods,
In his line of business, in addition lo his former
Stock, such as
Superfine blue and black CLOTHS,
Brown and steel 'mixed do Polish green do.
Drab Cassimeres buff and white do.
Black and brown Camblet, for summer wear,
Striped Drillings and fancy stripes, for pantaloons,
Plain and figured velvet Vestings,
Plain and fancy silk Vestings dark & light Valencia.
Plain white and figured Quiltings -Bang-up cord,
Black stocks, linen collars and boscms,
Suspenders, cravat stiffeners, &c.
TOGETHER WITH AN ASSORTMENT OP
catipmatie Cfotfjfoff,
All oi which he will dispose of low for Cash,
or on a short credit to punctual customers.
Those wishing to purchase will do well to call
and examine lor themselves. Gentlemen's clo
thing made and trimmed in the most fashionable
style and at the shortest notice. All orders will
be thankfully received & punctually attended to.
Tarboro April 24, 1S33.
THE Subscribers are now receiving, in addi
linn fj-k llinln rnrmlii ctnil U l 1 1 ! .. I ?
nun iu incii iwi iiici ciuin, MIC lUUUtvatg ttlU
cles, which they offer on good terms
For Cash or Produce.
6 hhds St. Croix SUGAR 10 casks CHEESE,
50 sacks Liverpool SALT 10 hhds RUM.
0 barrels WHISKEY 40 bags COFFEE,
50 pieces BAGGING 10 tons IRON, assorted,
20 kegs NAILS 50 coils bale ROPE,
1000 bushels alum SALT 1000 do. ground do.
The above articles were purchased in New
York and Boston, and are now offered at a small
advance on the first cost.
D. RICHARDS CO.
Tarborough, 15th Dec. 1832.
Jffrs. Jl. C. Howard,
RESPECTFULLY informs her customers and
friends, that she has just received her Spring
Supply of Goods in her line of business.
Thankful for past favors, she hopes to merit a
continuance oi the patronage so liberally bestow
ed upon her. The following articles comprise
part of her assortment:
Patera Silk Bonnets, latest Northern fashions,
Leghorn, Dunstable and Navarino bonnets,
Straw braid, gimp, cord, flowers and wreath?,
Splendid fancy Gauzes, for dresses,
Superior white and black Satins, for do.
Plain, watered and figured Silks,
Green Silk, for calashes splits for do.
Fancy Shawls and neck handkerchiefs,
Elegant white Veils Bobbinett Caps and Capes,
Head dresses and head ornaments,
Puffs and Curls Tuck and side Combs,
A great variety of Ribbons, Flowers, Dolls, &c.
The Millinery and Mantua making business
carried on as usual.
Tarborough, May 14, 1833.,
FOR SJ1LE.
HPHE Subscriber offers for sale the whole of his
JL PRINTING MATERIALS now in Washington.
They consist of upwards of twenty different founts of
type, from Brevier to eight line Pica; an excellent
Press; .flowers, rules, leads, cases, chases, &c. &c
with appurtenances complete for carrying on the bu
siness. , They are all in good order, and some of the
type, is but little worn.
The paper at present issued from the office has as
good a patronage as any ever published in this place.
To a person of industrious habits,, acquainted with
the business, and desirous of locating in this section of
country, a desirable opportunity is now offered. A
wish to engage in other nursuits. elsewhere, alone in
duces the present proprietor to dispose of the estab
lishment. The whole, if speedily applied fox, may
be had a bargain.
GEO. HOUSTON, Jr.
Editor of the Union -Washington,
N. C. March 29, 1832..