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I'll vi ' . O. iicr : Wo vcre acti-a,,') nsu n sf cJ, and vit IV 'i''10 p1'' V fccii.g in the JVitcu-i Fn iV.iO.-T, a statement of i . .o pn-jM m r rcVQh n in Texas. The iiic.iid.fcUsl' nt i..o :fi r :.f country twcn?y Micielies, awl ihre hundred & rvtrrj frcrc!.crN iiicM-ns; six cider r-nJ three cil ncrr. I WW il.Ptr tnw. rli.i.Toiff ra.o Rev. It Alexander,) has r:iu;.e4 t!lls year, in the course of his "lM" eniy-iwo hundred miles n 1 oiwhack. Through sw aur.p awl prairie, Hilfi3 riven,, and "sleeping put ex f w to every privation aud ipclemen. Tl Tree-Trader after giving llie a--vc mentioned particular?, bestows l $f .":?. Methodist clergy omo neat r-4 t icMy . met itcd encomiums, which ;. (;f"py Mow. . -' - ". 'iho Itinerant nfllu wrealuoopluslicled followers of ,V?,T "nueneid-are the roost ".nJnaryyy cf men that ever , vf j hey are ti e -f .,. ---vr;tnevlieed not dan i,... u.eyiav not for luxuries j they ' - r;; ,a l. ihe carpeted hall; nor truing - or pleasure in cloister ' - " l,w t n, on they go, to the re- .inotos; Terms -f the irlotv ... ri,g :i.tn ha wandered; wherever. there "" v vvwuiivu, mere iney . , '' v res?ja wjih'the world. . aJv vs K :;: 5;k ns, to enlighten its moral A part from the holy character of "li" TjS!lcn:.ihcre is nora' grttuicur in the Methodist iiWrn u i. i- . , W W VIHiS uis way mrougn the pathless forest, with out associates, without ;es!imulus of praise. II? leaves . ww, hioarea, me tie of early love prthaps. and goes finh to strpggfe on knjwn ar.d nJoneto doom hunself to poverty, to the bei and jeers of the gay, to broken beafth, to trrematare old age, An(Hhat is his impulse? It is cot mLitionit is not pride-it Is not any one of the selfish nujiviht ihw human fcreasf. What is it, reader ? ti n loprtac ihe tcfirdqf lift to the -vivntMox UiMJJilNLJS Ur.Iilli National Intelligencer." , ane suo i rcaury is not in actual operation, the GloLo to the cohtrarv nr-rfwithaiandmj. The Collector af this port -j bank tilhy and depositee .thern in back vaults, net in "the afronir k 7L CY-.. 1 7urus'auc oaiances; but back bills, made of paper, deposited wnh g laroto,, under their supervision nd their custody, he PoiTmaster. tf tales small bills one's two!s and three s-and the officers of the Govern, inent now do not have a hard money currency, divorced from the, paper currency c(the people, but -rapk- Jjw of the bani, and now from M nn.isut the kankiimiriltTinUi;;, TV ashinton nnwhnk'e H - V T ne erairag8 has re ;"c . ,here M? P'2 ub-irta-SV Goreranpnt bc intent Axuh the currency (he peoplcbusi- 2Srt7?W,.J looLJbetterj , a cans rente in the streeu; we liear the heave. to! of the W uo jiavea. chccriflir nrnn.A j Jo- t.icre is n- no-7 era a S.-Se Cir- otjr only a routed admin l si rat run i!h fhvM-Aj i i. iic; to snaP mm:: fiirJ for naV --.il-JcTii. :dv.th.t,!?l.., rfl e, U HiULMXYQ. '.r.COLDM 3PECTSL 1 wt.jna (em-days i.--, . Til. persons . 1 v ' " " 3 miles bc- - v county, ' ...e tTJuicr-. ' '. r- harvest at Jhat der(.M:e. A nw place has recent Ir. been . (Jisrovcred hicji is yielding r rftSfKctnrs 3f Jnc prerioiw metal There arc cow ISO f,r 1CD ljand at oniOtf ground, and all doing prof ralile homi. , The new d'piite is tnaiodiOiMr'.ParUT4a cornfield near tV h.-iw; and :he gold is found in the F'irf3(-e o; thiMrih, ;vluch is amoved , t , ictcfcl-ave been '' ' ' 31b. another 2lh. 1 f- p no the ie of mo the fire o - 'We work is still go. We also under Harrinicr Mine . It is on the "old vein trtiiiru TCti(r(j has viek'cci such - I wt.i r.:i:s. Ir.o j .J in tn i ui.i is a -as found in what ri'tiieixo. ii iv .'..-." wc hope this i.ew iitc;:rv n-u to bo n rich t;c&t of golJvn cjr;;e. It'iiu' Mii,f. Luir. tl.o vholo ft tlie pnit ii)nin.cr the miiicrs have l otn rJoin profi'uhlo buvincsa nt the uU lieia Mine, Thty have found n " tuenty eijhtjound" pieces l;itcl, hut, they have tbutid some considerable "lumps," and no small quantity in fine gold. -This mine has been the nwst rrtiductivc of any vet discovered in North Carolina, and w hat is rarjarUllo, th . .precious metal continues to be as fthtmdanl as it was years asro. . We .have" no doubt, but that it will continue to ha worked with profit for years to come.-i wV. SINGULAR LOVE AFFAIR. The Delaware Gazette tells a good storv of two ' t-crsons saved from the w reck of the I'oldski, w hich .we will endeavor to repeat in a few words Truth is stranger than f.ction. Amena the rassencers ,M-as Mr. RIdr. a vounir man of w ealth and stan din, from New Orleans, vho, hcinsr a fitranper'to all on board, and fcelin? quite as much interest in his own safety as in4hatof any other person, was, in . e .i f..!, ...i.:u r .t me miusi oi uc cuiuusjuu vui.u tut lowed the dreadful catastrophe, about helping himself to a placa in ono of the tun .lin a iuMinfrl.iHvu hfili.nd frt. quently elicited his admiration during the vovaije, out wun wnom net was io tally unacquainted, attracted nisattcn tinn. and he ifnmediatclv stepped for ward and offered his 'services, and to askt heron board the boat: but in this generous attempt not only If st ; sight of the tadv, but also lost ins piace in uio bot. Afterwards, when he discovered that the part of the wreck on which he floated would soon go down, he cast a bout for the means of preservation, and lashing together a coupla-of settees and an empty cask, he tprang to it and launched" himself upon the wide ocean His vessel proved better than he ex pected, and amidst the shrieks, groans und death nimerTlcs which were everv where uttered around him, he began to feel that his lot was fortunate, andN was consoling himself upon his escape, such as it was, when a )erson very near him struggling in the waves caught his eye. It was a woman-rand without taking the second thought, he plunged into the ,. nnrl brouffht her safely to, his lit tle raft tvhicb was barely sufficient , to keep their heads and snouwers anoye water. She was tnc samr jvuii3 wu, for whom he had lost his chance m the nf.iriinhile he felt pleased at having eflectcd her rescue; but a mo ment's reflection convinced him that her rescue was no rescue, and that un less he could find some more substantial vessel, both must perish. Under - thess circamstanccs he pro nsMfxt miilinf an effort to cet liis com panion in one of ihe boats which wa still hovering near, me wrccs, juui ure nwnActtlon nfTured so ' little chance of succesl UiatfUie 'declinedr expressing . . - A her wilungncss at the same time toiaxe her chance with hlrn cither for life or death. Fortunately they drilled upon a part of the wreck which furnished thci with materials for strengthening icir vessel, ana wnicu uincu . ..l J ..'.Mini tknt' ihpv rmn snl upon a" float sufficiently bouyant to keep ihcnj Boove waiui mum morning dawned, they found themselves .. .k urr.aH enrfafft nf the M vastv UpUU-IIIBJ'lV"" ,v .- . .... deep" without land or sail or human JCUlg in SlgUl v iinuum " or drinkalmost without eIothcs,.and ;tbosedtd the turning heat of a tropic al Suny-' . - --- - f In thfl ennrsfi ofTthe n"5xT JayTlheV came in sight of land, and for a? time had strong hopes or reaching it, but du ring the proceeding night tha-wind drove them back upon the ocean. , On the third day a sail,wss seen in the' dis tance; but they M no wajr of making themselves ictvciw. ijjr cic, however, at leng'h"pif.kod up by, a ves sel, after several days of, intense, suffer in, starved and exhausted, hot still in possession of all their faculties, which it seems taa own w pu their solitary and dangerous voyage. ; -Wc bave heard of love in a , cottage, love in the deep green i woods nay of love on tfie vild unfurrowed prairie ; but lov tipon a plank: in the midst of old ocean, with a dozen frightful deaths in l iew, is something still moro uncom mon, And yet it would seem thut love thus bom uxn tl bosom of the'rfp, cradled by the ocean wave nnd con fined under the fiercs beamsofanalmxst vertical sun is, after all, the very thing; 'There is .about it the true specie of romance the doubts, , tlw hopes, ihe difficulties aye and deaths loo, to say nkhing of fte sighs and tears. Air. u;n v ; ,ite ! tl Fns . 1 .itho! HTii.ii.ti-; t,!" ' ,f ;t!,c: ;l.e" "i-j divp f.-h" i m Lcas'ic i i.i8 j !' citji s J .'isMoil, I'll '. !i d fiyl ? i!i bn aih ofoltl occ-ui, r.r.d vow ctl terr:V.l a' ccti n. Won en are the lCai K?.;t;rts in tin: world, ai d it is not to Ic txptvred "hat Aliss lhislow.(-ucli was ti c ladvs name) could resist the substantialevidrnccs cf affection which her companion t.cd given, ttnd accoid mglythcy entered Into nn alliancc of fensive and defensive" as the statesmen say, which has since been rennwed up- on 4,terra tirmn, . ana is ere long to be signed and scalaL . , " On reaching the shore and recover in somewhat from the cllacts of the ova ce. Mr. Il'dirc thinkinsr thai his la- dv love had entered into the engage- . i " . i mem witnoui proper consiaerauovi 'ana that the sii'ht " of - land and old friends might have cau?ed her to change her views, waited on her and informed her that if sucli was (he rase he would not hesitate to release her from tho engage- ment, nnd added turtner, tnat ne had lost his all bv the w reck of the Pulaski and would iieuceforth bo entirely de pendant on his own exertion for subsis tence. The ltdy was much affected and bursting . into tears assured him that her 'affections were .unchangeable and as to fortune, lie wad happy to say she had enough for both. She is said to he worth two hundred thuusaud doi lars froA7o idr. - - The Exploring7 Expedition x went to sea on Saturday last about 3 o'clock P. M. The entire fleet, consists of the Sloop of War, Vincennes, Lieutenant Wilks, commanding the squadron ; ship Rslief, Lieut. Long ; sloop of war. Pea cock Lieut. Hudson; brig Porpoise, Lieut. Iungold schr. r lying Jbuh, passed' Midshipmen Knox; and schr. oca Gull, passed Midshipman Kcid. - The w ind being high, the Relief and Peacock were unable to stem , the tide, and were drifted back under Fortress Monro,' where they " lav during the night Next' morning at sunrise, the wnoie ncci passed out oi signt round Cape Henry. . ... , , . " e hope for health and a prosperous voyage to all on. board, and success to to the enterprise in w luch they are em barked! , But failure in this lastwill not surprise us for the .whole affair has been so badly managed of late, that we have ni confidence in it,-. Richmond Whir........ AbouLl o'c!o:ir on Wednesday morn ing last," our citizens were aroused from their beds bvr tho crV of Firel Th- lm -was found to proceed from a two story woodcnbuilditig, in the rear of Mr. Sylvester Smith, Mcrcnaw ""r nn ravi!flvlildtree1. and occupied oy him a work short and dorm rtory for his apprcntrcrs. . It was communicated Iromashcd nttacneti 10 ine uuuvimg, whirh rrmtaincd a stove for the U.W of the shop. It w as with some 'difficulty, ihat the boys effected their escape from the building, so rapid was the progress of the flames. It was entirely destroy ed, together with"-quantity of work in the process of making up, and a con sidcrnrilA stock of bacon in the base ment siorv. Fortunately, however, the. night . was calm, and the progress of the flames was arrested witout turtner R. Register. i Home. Trulh-rtfn6 "Philadelphia l.ed?Ter in announciris ihe arrival of a carco of - wheat at ia;umore irora o. . . . e. ii ! Btuth America, manes mo jouowmz rl t wSo. we. cot : With $cvcn or cighrhunared"ba"nks with no specie; we have trebled 'the nominal price of every commodity and foreign ers all over the world can produce ee ry thing cheaper than ourselves, Wheat from South America Indian corn from the Western coast of Africa, hay from France, otaloes from England I Huzzah for the w isdom of the agricul tural interest, that sends representatives to legislatures, who grant whole litters of bank charters at every scssionl We are the-wtm people in llie world; that is certain."" (. t .. , ..- ,- ' If the farmers of tMs country would select their public servants in reference to their practical ability as leislafrt rather than their ingenuity, or unscru pulousness as party ' politicians; and if legislatures ... of the . country bestowed half the attention to its agricultural re sources they throw away upon party measures, the. people would bo spared exhibiting the drnded, disgraceful spectacle of eatinfl; bread from abroad; and instead; could half the civil ized earth witlihcr' surplus product Frankiin Farmer. r ft J 1 , J " i ' er I i is, 1:1 IU1 - .1 i .J a m: iAir: Aiili: fact." i , ," V.'e I.. . c .r'CKtV-' ti tlr: I f..t, that if r ..ti is prt. t-tl for ciotiov. 8t;:l find it nx'.iiy to curtail his rxprnscs he infallibly diiconliniK'S his newspaper. Ins tnhurco In must have; and it will nevtr do to have hU family inure i . a a I t toarsiv uresseu than his neiKnuors and vto .eatable! thtrearo deli cious things, that must be had. And then he nun lay up 'some thing fur m rhildnu. fl he con clusion tslhat it is far more impor tant to furnish i rtfie body witlt fine apparel, and the appetite fed with tiie dainties it i raves, than to fur nish the mind with wisdom. In dcd it is a jrtneral feature in men's economizing, th.tt the mind i is first deprived of its Uuou. xti God has said, "Happy U tho man that findtthjwisdom, and the man that gettttlr understanding." For the mrrrhnniliseof it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than line gild. She i more precious than rubies; anJ the things thou canst desire are int to be compared' nnlo her. Length of days in her right hand, and In her left hand riches and honor. Her ways are wa) s or plea aantnrss,.. and alFher paths" are peace, ' She is a tree of Itre to them that lay hold on her." It men appreciated those trtitlur, they would be slow to deprive the mind rif any source of use! ul infor mation;. Ihey arc not aware of the irreparable injiiry they tlotbeirj cuildreu by depriving them- ir the kind reading most likely to he both jntrresting and profitable to them. The man inusi be poor indeed Who cannot afford to payTfor one or two newspapers, and nccasional ly purchase an Jutercslintj book for his family - - ' " ' ' The.Cherokees west of the Mis sissippi have proposed a general council of all the IrlUs, except the Osages and Kansas, residing -uar the frontier north of Red river, to be held about the fourth inst. -No doubt is entertained that their 'ob ject is to make a simnltanenus at tack on the white teltlemenU of Arkansas and Misouri. iCcueml Gaines has sent a dtspatch to the War Department for leave to at ttu(' the council with an armed force. Look out for trouble on the frontier!' ' r-X- r P. K. Gen. Gaines hat applied to the Htcretary of war for per mission to r.iisc ten tlibusaud vol untce!l, and has also reqnsted Gov. Cannon to be prepared to furnish part of them from Tennessee. Governor C.hai replied,' promis ing to furnish promptly any num ber that may be required from that State. rr:: y '- -'t:1: '-r rTheruUnjf passion tfmng in death. The Columbus Slate Journal relates the following affecting incident, as hav ing occurred at .the recant anniversary in Piqtia, Ohfo r A revolutionary soldier John Campbell, lying dangerously ill. expressed a desire io linger unur anoui cf Anniversary Sun should shino upon the land, fori whose liberty he expended tlicprlmeofian of the fourth found him yet alive. He remicstod that the procession of the cit izens should halt in front of his dwcling, as ho wished once more to sec tho A tnerican Flag - IIis roqucst was com- puca wim anu a nauonaiau puyea. During (he day ho expired. , .l . 77ie Queen 8 marriage The constant attendance of IVmce Georceof Cambridge tin the Queen when- she is engaged in a party of pleasure, lias Riven mucn uneast ness to a certain cliqnc ofveonfed erates at court. The Queen is one wlio. though votinc: in years, well knows power; and she is one who mm m ' J S will not allow, ncr leeungs to, re controlled by impertinent interfer ence. Jord Melbourne encoura ges the intimacy between tho roy al cousins, and there is every pros pect of seeing the prince thr con sort bfQiieen Victoria, Should this event omc ylf, there will be wcrpii: r I f.."...;:; r,r I:.; (!i t oi " t!if (' t!i rU'' '.. . i'ci. I'vure is :i: , in l . vuiliit'i cur, and a suited th'it 1. will t. main attiihi alter, visit Malta, and others r.f our posscssir.s,so as to L j absent two yeais, whui fie will re ceive her Alapstj's hand" The marriages ol cousin have, not all been ftlicilous; but we irjiigifso that the prince, who is particular- , ly generous nd good tfinpeied, will make a Very coKifortahlo c-ohi-) piinlon'for the little lady, Lon Per8evrrance, The re , was no. feature more remarkable in flics character of Tiniour than his ex. traordiuary perseverance. No dtf ncullie evtr led him to rcredti from what he had miee undertflkeiif and he ofttn peritcd in hUrlTorU under circumstintes which led nil arouiid him to" despair. (n fupIi occasions he used to relate hi Irienus an anecdote of Ins,' early life.: I once," said he, Has foe. red to take shelter from my cue ' tints, in a i ruined building, where ' I sat alone for "many hours. ; Dcslr ing to divert 'my mind from mv hopeless condition, J fixed my eyes' on an aunt, that was carrying a grain of corn larger than itself up a iiigiiwaii. i uumnered t lie efforts-; it made to accomplish this ohinct. The grin fell! siity-nine times to in ground? but the insect, perse vered, and the seventieth time it reached the top. This right gaye : me courage at the- moment, and I ; never forgot the lesson colm't Ptnial ;; CIIEUOKEES. V Tlielatc accounts fr.m this conn try state that the contract - have been entered into with Host ' for emisralms the remainiler of the nation, has not bccii conclud- " ed. Gen. Scott offcied Koss 8fi5- per head tot remove, and f nhust them ono year iti Arkansas, but h?j u.m.m, , 696. Many of tho Indians, and "I'ially those In fa vor of tha treaty. 'are onposeel to Ross's havinsr thd man- sgement of their removal. 1 I ' V lfat.lCar. Strikinsr Facts. In 1S2J C.nr Jackson received every vole for Prcsi- ,: dent in tho county or Haywood. In 1838, the Whig candidate for the lJe "V gislaturo received a majority of tho votes. Io 1821. Mr. Crawford received If -votes in the county of Btincomh, against Gen. Jackson.' In 1838 the Van Bn renites 'dared hot to "bring out a can- -didate. - : In the same ycdr, Mr Crawford re ceived about 80 votes in Burke county: In )838, no administration candidato presented himself to the people. The cost of issuinor the S20.000.onrl Treasury notes by governmcnf," was iw,wv. ione ot these notes wero hss than $50, and yet for the engraving" " registering and signing of them the ex lcnse amounted to almost as much as tho President's salarvl Oh i .! f. . . - . . -jpdwAjce.Arofsiorisr scribe,5(a Persian) being applied to by- fijino ono io wrne a letter, he repliwl that he had something the. matter with his foot --0( w hat consequence is that? said the applicant; 1 do not Want you toarry;the letter' "No,H returned tho other, Hut if I write a letter I arr sure tq be sent for to read it lor. no on3 else can." . : J A gentleman travelling in one of ur back town nfew weeks since, observed a red headed urchin hoe-r ing com-near the road side, when the follow ing dialogue took place: Gent. My boy, your corn look rather yellow; ,. Boy. Yes dad wtnt ajl the way; down to uncle Nat's to get yellow corn to plant iliH year. Gent. But i s very small; I think you will not have more than half a crop. ; , ; . , Boy. We dont expect to haVo for we planted on the kharts. -1 -V-"f--
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