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C0MMUXIC.YTI0X8.
voa th, rrik. ( 4
- In 'rci. m hi t let features or
complex'. ',
The tiBCtare aft akin, tint admire?
Beauty oon pro CimilUrto lh lorer,
Tx&e in hi eye.fcnd pU opoft lb acnae:
' Tia Ker cultivated mind thai ci torts from
Admiration, a little abort of idolatry." J
AdJUmCi Cat.
, From the earliest period of my reflec
tion and observation, it hat been to me,
not mors a matter of astonishment, than
serious regret, that, in the U." States,
.where civilization and refinement iave
advanced within the last century, witli
a rapidity hitherto anparaTleled in the
annals of the world; where the education
of young men is not ddl y inculcated, but
' absolutely advanced bj legislative pat
1 ronage.thal f ;clt,apathy should exist in
the minds of men with regard to female
education. "Whence arises this cold
indifference? Why should they be de
barred from the feasts of the miod. ' In
excluding them from the temple, of sci
ence, do we not act rather like Turks
than Christians?, It is said to bp an ar
ticle in the Mussulman's creed, that the
women of this world are not to partici
pate with the blessed in thejflya of hea
ven. Mahomet is said to have taught
that the women will be permitted to ad
vance to the palings of paradise,- and
view, through them, the joys of the bles
sed, without sharing any part in them,
fach is the, treatment of the Heathen
Philosophers' of the present day towards
. the women, with regard to thatintellec-
; ' ' tual paradise which they permit them to
behold, without sharing. 1 "Will any
man say that there is any thing in sci
ence of literature, calculated to demor-
, alize the femal heart trt1 freeze the foun
tains of generosity and benevolence?
To prske the soul, to raise the genius,
and to mend the heart, are its objects.
It draws women, into close communica
tion with her maker; for it is the glass
by whioh she" looks through nature up
to "nature's God.'. Compare, for 'in
stance, the younglady wlwse education
lias been conducted oir the plan ordina
rily practised in the IT. States, with one
who has been graduated. in the North
Carolina Female Academy; ; .Whilst the
fomer beholds, ith cold, indifference,
thejibjectsof nature around her, incapa
ble ot contemplating any one , of them,
4 eieept within itseli, without connecting
j k with numberless others; whilst; she
- views the world os an uninteresting
blank, utterly .insensible to the good
ness, and wisdom and grandeur, display
ed in onr Creator's; works; the latter is
if. able to groupe, to combine,- and to' con
I f nect these objects, and thus to observe
and feel the harmonies, wnich every
where prevail throughout .the universe.
( She knows the I close : affinities i by
which air nature is connected;: and s
taught to believe that the twinkling star
is as essential an ingredient in the con
stitutiort of. nature as' the suft' which
glows with fervency in the Heavens; the
- . breeze which' fans the sleeping; infant,
as the storm which-rocks the sturdy
mountains. , -
An " Jircanian" would View . the
planetary world as little 'else than' a ce
rulean voidj- at" one time, bespangled
. with stars; ami 4at another illuminated
tfh a huge' ball of fire. -A recital of
. v the astronomical discoveries of Jiewton,
' IlerscheUTyciro; and Keplen w ijuld be
to her na ' t'ie sounding brass of the
. twinkling cymbol. WTitist an J?to
fhn'l would bthold the figavenly bodies
with sublime and -pidus conviction); and
could read in their relative motions ahd
Mtoations, thefr magnificience nod gran
eUr,',tlte incomprehensible" wisdom of
( uivme Providence.' She would follow
, a lSTewtonf-,rough all t!iet haunts of hts
enterprising inind,vand, 'valbjng with
. him tlirouglj ' :J'Cti ''J:.-i
. ' "."Tuc mnpe of planets, tuna and adaman
v ' tine gplierea, -is:J.;?fri;,;iv .3:t
" Wheeling' unshaken,' through. th,e void
i u5mcni,, .-. , &'. t
s, 'ffould exclaim, with rapturous erulfa
, tu4. ? an uriderout astronimer is mad?'
t) a woman who lias received such an
. education as this, ioinod to moral virtua
"nd native coodness ofljearL man of
. cnse would exclaim, in the language of
Cffsar hay iU& world, if Uarcia it
. tun :, r- ''
, lt is said that Froyidence has bestow
."1 m. tll htiman race nothing in vairr.
'- , however, are not forced upon
a; for it is tie frredo-a of the will list
aaake tLe merit of virtue or the reward
of pilt. TUey are oly teadered to as,
and it is optional wiihma whether to
accept or reject them, lias ka not be
stowed on women minds of a divine and
heavenly would? Is not thio2kieat-
Iv indiaadra Thiadnim (natinla tl,mS
Why, tSn. do wo, by th wretched sys
tern of edacation osually practised, draw
a cioaa over tn naing gtonet of lemale
tenius, and hid tbeas from the world
forever? I am awar of the opinions of
teinan ana angeaeroas asea on ibis sob
j"ct I know that tho inferiority of the
re male mind his been troqaentiy insist
ed m by them, with the most ecrupu-
loua pertinacity. .With such meq as
those, my remarks aboat female genius
wouiu neea lurtner uemonstratitMi. 1
shall, however, decline it, not because
It is unsusceptible of proof, ba for other
oovious reasons; too oare recital or tr.e
names of Madame De Stael, Miss Fur
ter. Miss Barney, Mrs. Edgeworth,
Miss Hannah Moore, &c. would prove
this fact sufficiently satisfactory, if I
felt any disposition to go into an exami
nation of tlie subject. ;
Is not our neglect of female education
injudicious, and even foolish, in relation
to our own happiness? Is it not to re
ject a boon wisely offered by Providence,
wnjcn, u accepted ana improved oy men,
would enlarge- the spheres of their en
joyment beyond the, bounds of human
calculation, as trie companion or a
man of sense and virtue, what would be
the most beautiful woman, without a
cultivated mind, capable of an animated
correspondence with his own, and of re
ciprocatin? all his thoughts and feelings?
A Venus De Medici is little calculated
to entertain a rational and sensible man
daring , his moments of relaxation from
ordinary business. Such a wife would
only subserve the purposes of fops,' and
others of that fraternity, in whose esti
mation a beautiful 'exterior is the most
powerful of all recommenda&ons. 1
By placing the cultivation of the fe
male mind beyond their reach, we de
prive them of the most angelic portion
of their character, and debase them in
to mere instruments to satisfy the con
cupiscence of man. '-
f'L - I a - f - ' . . I .
ne conuuci oi men wun regaru to
female education, is not only 'iniadi-
cions and ungenerous, but it is dastard
ly. We do virtually acknowledge our
apprehensions, that, with equal advan
tages of education, they will refute the
theory of their mental inferiority, and
wrest from men their boasted Suprema
cy of intellect. It is directly playing
olT upon them the policy of the Roman
Church, and tacitly confessing that it is
only whilst we can keep them in igno
rance; that we can hope to govern them,
on the plea of our superiority. , v
There is another light in which this sub
ject cannot be too often' viewed; for it
appeals directly to that anxiety for the
advancement of hia son, which is con
stitutionally interwoven with the best
Feelings of every Hither. The young
ladies of the present day, if they are
not' particularly unlucky, will become
the nursing mothers ot the future pa
triots of our country. ,Who is it that
directs their educations for the first ten
yeaVs of their lives? . Not the father;
for the reserve of his manners, and his
professional avocations - are such as to
prevent their frequently c6ming in con
tact.. No, it is in the lap of the Math
er, it is her gentle tutelage and salutary
coqnsel, that gives thb proper inclina
tion to the Hvrig. Their age and her
domestic employments cause them' con
stantly to .associate together, and ren
der it 'peculiarly' the business of the
Mother' i . , J V-
r f To wake the .oul by tender atrokef of
- 'art, ' , v
To nuae the geniusand to'inrnd the hevt."
'. Since, then, this important task is
committed to' females,, how extensive
ousht
to be their reading, how perfect
their educations: 'ft llow well stored
their minds with, sound orthodox pre
ceptsl ;: Ah! if o the personal graces
and virtues of our country women, they
would superadd that additional culture
6f the mind which would fit them for
this noble task, ! should not envy Rome
herAggreppina;' Atia, Aorelia, Julia,
Precillaor CprnelU-' jv-vA
la4hur earnestly; recommendig '.fe
male education, I-none that I am not
misunderstood as to the system. 1 It is
extraneous to my object to recommend
is uiu vi Mt lit sit - v aivmrvM i. mg v
United States a system radically defec
tive, and as little .calculated to effect
that intellectual regeneration w earnest
ly desired by all lovefs of ' women afld
literature,-, as was the lever of Archi
medes to overturn the: world,' 'Jxftil.
' There is but one seminary in -our
State--I had almost feaitC '.the' United
States-- here the ; taints of ,,the in
structors, the course of edacation, and
internal", adminiatration of the School,
are calculated to withdraw; th.e veil
whih ba ser lon obscured female ge
nius, and present .tlieir rising glories to
the world in a tn and impartial ltr.
I aJlatfsta the" NKtt Carolina Fe a
Academy . ! wilt aitriapt a de
scriptwaof the Institution, battiie p:r
tare woatd.be anlikethe ocig.iMl,
that 1 will ay no more thai that it can
not be recommended to tie public in
too extravagant terms.
When may North Carolina bout of
her literary Institeaoa. With a Uni
versity inferior to but two la the United
States, thoegh' not specially organized
and sapported by the boooty of the
State, yet established tu Iter bosott,
ho has cause to rejoice in the day of
her birth, and to exclaim, with the
Prophet, - . ;
I aaa triad that the da of my rodcmpUon
baaeomo."
Tliese are only a' few consideration
which might be offered on this subject,
but the necessary brevity of a oewpa
per essay prevents me from multiply
ing them further. ' ' " - V
PIIILlNTnROPlCUS.'
roa tuh STaa".
Amid all the bustle and tumnil of the
electioneer! ug campaign for President;
of canvassiog the policy of caucusing;
and the unremitting din occasioned b
the honors and salutations so feelingly
Sl bo justly paid the "National Guest'
allow me to intrude upon jour attention,
a word on a subject at present but little
thought of, but, nevertheless, of nvrnien
toja importance to the citizens of a free
Stare. '
At 'the ensuing session of the Legis
lature, among other important elections,
a selection isto be made of a Chief Masts-
trate. Who may be the candidates for
that all important office; is altogether
unknown to me. None as yet have
been named as filliug the public-eye, &
promising in all things to satisfy the
public expectations. ' And yet the office
of first Magistrate of a Sovereign and
independent Republic, at t should sup
pose, is of sufficient consequence to in
duce those most interested, the Citizens,
to enquire before tUe honor and the re
sponsibility is conferred. Who is wor
thy of jthe trust? Whom shall we have
to rule over us?
Would tho people select a man who
has been tried in the ordeal, 6f the Re
volution and through the whole course of
our subsequent prosperity. and alternate
adversity? .Who, to a most discrimi
nating mind and a clear and retentive
memory, adds the discretion and rimr
judgment of ge, together witli bodily
ami meniai vigor, to enante nun to near
the fatigues of the station and to weih
" all things and hold fast that which is
good?" Would seven years eminent
services in the Revolutionary struggle
the performance of one Lof the most J
prominent parts in the glorious drama
of Kind's Mountain, and the. bearing
thence Tour glorious wounds, have any
weight in determining the question "who
shall rule over us?" Would au unsul
lied life, spent in the service of his Coun
try from childhood to age, in a manner
even forbidding the 'tongue of calumny
to reproach it; would probity, integ
rity, temperance and fortitude, with e
veryjther virtue, that; can enoble the
manner adorn' the politician weigh, a
tiy thing in this selection? " Most un
questionably," you answer me, fall
these thinzs woukf determine , a wise
people in their choice. But who is this
man that unites these many virtues?"
He is Gem William Lbnoie, of
Wilkes. , Simply to mention . his name
is sufficient. .There is not a patriot bo
som but beats high with the recollection
of his well tried zeal, both in the coun
cil and the field. . Laying abide, then.
an pany anu secuonai prejuaices, ana
be is, he must be, the man whom, the
people would most delight to honor.
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' "fOR THB STAR. ' ' 'V
CThe Grand Jury of Greerte eoiintv
(Fall Terra,: 18S4,) after being dischar
ged by the Court, took into considera
tion the approaching" Presidential elec
tion, and unanimously adopted the fol
lowing resolutions: -'
' Beolvd, That we highly disapprove
of the practice, heretofore pursued by
members ot congress at the city of
Watliinn-fnn' nf montint in uiK, tUam
term a Caucus, for "heJ purpose, of no
minating a r resident ot the U. states
I practice directly opposed to the true
spirit of our Constitution, an j, if pefr
sisted in, fatally calculated to subvert
the principles oi our government; and
we no actually view the late Caucuses
held at the cities of Washington and
Raleigh, as tyranical and in direct op
position to the true and genuine prtnei-'
pies of republicanism, snd inimical to
the liberty of this country.; ' ' y-
fiaolvld. That we will support Get,
ANDREW JACRSON for President.
beliving,.him eminently qualified for
that Important olbce above u others.
'Jifsoivtdi That, at the approchms
jeicctmpire will support the Feopie'i
T.tket, onder a trm belief thai, hold
a prevail, it will aapport General Jack
SUB. ' -
JESSE 8PEIGHT, ,
. T bffsaoTU
A brrntaothA abort time since,
Mr. William Morrison, i digging an
dt r the seat of bis saw-miU, on West
Kiahscoquillas, in this county, came
srHHi four Urge grinders of some an
intirn 'animal; toetner with two bones
apparently that part or the apine adjoin
ing th head. Two of the rrindera are
six inches in length each, three inches
in wiutn, and six'een inche m circum
ference, and one of them wt-ighs tlu.ee
and a half pounds- Mr. Morritmn ia
fully satfled that if he hid due further
on. he would yive.ibtained the whvh of
t'te akeleton, a there apnrared a cavity
n the earih. and the" nd f a diB'trent
colour. He found the tcc'.h about f';ur
feet under the surf jce. Here is a spec
u latum for the naturalist! In this cuuV
tr;af present, there'is no animal that
hi grinder of one-tifth the aize of those
found. Tliat thy are the remains of
MHoe enrmuus uasaown animal is evi
dent. ? Howevrr, jn a Asw weeks, we
esneet tojar before our readers a more
deUil-d acetmnt, a.,.M j. Mo rison and
hN , rtitilor jnlrud continuing the
mircj-Lewistown (Ptnn.) Paper 4
Singular Iseal tyitttion.Aa inter
eitmg lawsuit is at t tis moment carry
ing on at Paris. The city had fold a
houne condition of, its being pulled
down within a certain time, retaining
me property oi me ground, me work
men employed in pulling it down, found
a treasure concealed in one of the walls.
The rity now claims this treasure, be
caue it has never ceased to be the pro
4ritftor,. of tlie grounih' while the pur
chaser averts his right, as the treasure
was not found below the surface, bn
in the wall bouglit by hi;nT ' The brick
layer, ton, pretend it is hi, because he
found it; and as if this was not enough,
the' administrators of the domains come
forward and affirm that none of these
purtie have any title whatever.' As the
coins discovered are ancient, and as the
building, before the Revolution, Oelohg"
ed to a convent, it is very likely that
the whole will be deciiired the property
ml the State. .The iuiijres will , find it
difficult to make peace between these
imr contending powers. jjonaon IM
entry Gazelle, Aug. 14. ,i
Female Herdtim.--Juana Maria Pola,
of Santa Fe de Hoota, was a woman
whose husband kbrotaer, and sous, were
deeply engaged m the Patriot cause.
When Santa Fe was talien.from the
royalists, after the ! barracks of the Sn
fantry and cavalry had been seized, the
patriots paused, to collect numbers suf
hcient to attack.the ai tillery; and then
was that interval when the boldest held
his breath for a time. Junna Mai'ia found
her sons among the troopi who were a
waiting the Test. Wnat do you do
here?" said she. " I expect each' mo
ment to fight for La Patna." . Kneel
down, then,, and take a mother's bless
ing v We women will go and receive
the first fire; and over our bodies y ou
Will march and take yonder.cannon, and
save your country." She, blessed her
sons, and rushed by the foremost, and
the day was theirs, v From that day she
held a captain's pay and rank. But
the royalists retooK Santa Fe, anclJut
ana Maria Pola was one of their fist vie-
timsi She was led to the market-place,
and shot. Mrs. Oralutm's Journal of a
residence in Chili. .,;'
77i;o7ef. ?. What.'knimal. (ex
claims aa observing wnter) is more cu n
ning than a Spaniel?'? A ulog ot this
kind was trained to carry money to his
master's friends." One day, employed
on this errand, he had a fierce quarrel
with some petulant curs,' who made an
attack upon him. The Spaniel was
brave, and not averse to the combat, but
a great difficulty embarrassed him: lie
carried in his mouth a crown piece; so
that his assailants bit him terribly when
he could notlretalliate. Ilia situation
was a trying onet so running immediate
ly to conceal his crown, in a neighbour
ing walk, be returned, . fiercefv, - and
routed them. . After this scuffle, our
champion went back, breathless, to reco
ver his money; but some officious knave
had takes it away The distressed crea
ture returned dragging hia tail between
his jegs,: and,; holding his ear to the
ground. .' tie was traversing the street,
sadly, when he beard the chinking of
nil v er: the clerk of a rich banker was
just counting out the contents of some
nags oi stiver, in a nan on me ground
floor,," The' arch creature profited by
his good fortune, to retrieve his loss.
In an instant he leaped through (tlie o
pen window, seized the crown which
was 'wanted, departed as quickly as he
came, And. succeeded, Inpite of the
mm.oa-riiis is remarkablt en uh n
a bnite. It was thoa that tho tn,t
st; ted the puaihraeat he olJ oti.r
wise have received. His tauter, ko .'
ver, being iofonned of the circumaUn,
fonrsve h.m; but he took care to mAo
him, the next day, carry to Ci backer
another cmwp, in the pce of that he :
had taken away. - "
V-SnfcXar( Cay?. The f 'owing ic '
Couat of a curious cava in locua -"'
ty, Peasicola, s rivei xent!s ' '
man who lately visited it, coascao,, '
With uiue others. ,? . . ' , .
It i itnated aboat two m'les west
Ihe Cbipola Uiver, and near the road
leadmgrnmi the B;g Spring on the C '.sc '
lawaicuic, n mw lauitnasse, i i e en
trance to the cave, is on the side eft t
small eminence at an elevation of t'lout v
... r . - . i i , .
irn irvi uuie mp irvei oi me lanu im
mediately surrounding It. The moatft
is about ten feet broad and fonr high,.. V .
After a moderate descent of about twei ". " '
Jty feet, it opens into a spacioui hall of , - - r
white . lime-stone, about 160 feer in . ' -
length, by 10Q in breadth, and from 0 -
to ay feet high. The top is a regular - '
arch, supported by two pillars, which ; ' A ,
appear to have been formed by the drip .
ping of water froin the top of the cave, : . -
a nrao ptiiara appear uae noted col-irani, - . ,
with base and capital, of curious carved ' ' " '
work. . The dripping of the water from J- '
the top of the cave, has also formed .T1
stalacitiel, which are suspended from ;
the roof like uncles from the eves of a. t.
house. On the floor of the cave arann.. .; -'' :
merous bodies, formed alsobv the drin2 '
ping of water, of a Variety t ehanes, ;f ,
some- reseinUling benches tab!rV &e.
and others the heads and bodies of ani- ifiJ-r'
mais, ana an appeanng like the inost .. :
beaatifur carved work. "lie wall of W'
this spacious rooin.sre in aome placei , ' 4
perpendic ular to a considerable height "V
mothers a little projecting. , s 4 A .
m mo c&uciuuj oi una uau is an ai . ' f ,
most perpendicular descent of a few- ' 1
feet, at the bottom of which ia a sink or ' '
bason of water, about 20 feet deep, and - V
so very pare that by the assistance of a
torch light, the minutest pebbles could .i .
be seen npon the bottom.. Aa this ba '
son exteuded entirely ncross'the cave, .
whichat this place is Hot more thaa
ten or twelve feet wide, with perpendi '
walls, we could - explore it no further. '
tlow tar we might have penetrated into ' -
tliis subterraneoui caVern, had we been
provided with the meant, I do n6t know. ; ' l
re atmosphere within the cave was re-. I
markably cold aud damp. . Although'
the morning was ouite, cool for the sea '
son and the son obscured from clouds,
yet on coming into J tb.e open air, we
were thrown into a violent perspiration,
end the effect the sudden change pro
duced on as was similar to what would ' '' f
have been produced on going odt of the ''' "
open air into a heated room.; 4Ve were " ' ,
informed by a gentleman in company 1
with us, that about five or six miles dis- '
tant from this cavern, is another out of
which issues a beautiful stream of wa .
ter. This last has been penetrated to '
the distance of about a hundred, yards
from its entrance; btft either for fear, , ""V.
or want of ,'t qriosity, no person has yet
explored it s-Ticiently to give a descrip
: . ;. ; -
i One of the most eitraordinarv fiiHa ' - .
t " a, " -mw j W W
conneeteifwih mndorn nr inrianl sr. , X
fare; is utia, in relation to the invaslot! '
a Hayfi by General Le Clerc. The ' '
fact would be altogether incredible, if
we had it not oh the very best anthorifv
that of Napoleon Botiaparte, the brothf
tr-ih-iaw of General LeCierc, - In the '
volumes recently published ; bv M. 1 '
Montholon, and dictated by Napoleon,
at St. Helena, the faflor of Le Ciere
in his expedition against Sf.1 Domingo ii j
attributed to his Hjsobctflericii of orders.
His whole Course of cohduct WaV dicta
ted by a desire to conquer the inland b '
force of arms', whereas hie orders were
to conciliate to tlife iitmost'of htf power-
by oflicei and otherwise; 'the' cofoureil
population ; of .the islahrf1 On the tie '
feat of the etpedition Arid the 'return' to
France of what remained alive itr was
found that the 'orders of Bonaparte td "
Le Clerc never had beM'bpene& f Thef
were returned lo' "NAhiileonf niiulo'
and aealed aa they1 liad beep' delivereil -td
General hi CltnDmiTrhsi'i "
t A ibrcwer,' at Paris, has V ' nAV - '
ced a snisciei' of Piirfflr' r
of which it htghfjf vauntc of the V '
i,rencnjouroais. II. ; r .. f it it ' '
beaded, " Another ''to. r:f ever Ln-tl " ' .
fondnandUifl confident: predicted."
that" this new invention wifi soon su ner T
sede all other malt Uevefr 3, through ,
out Europe p'V -jl : -'-a 4
; To become either vlrtuom cr useful. -
we must be habitually active; not break "
lustre, likfe the blaze of a cpmci, but'
regular tn its returns, like the light ef
'T
t the People's blowaef the Mrvan inpcrfwrming hiB day, v , . L . , - , H
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