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yOLUMEl.v j). j. jmjiht k j. kobebts, editors. MINTrt AND HtBtiSHf-D tVBSV Ml DAT, J, -i ' TMThe"MsKNGaa,hull5thedatTwo Poll and Fifty Ccnt per onnum, in so vancc, or m. rui... thiind of the veil. No tubacription ditcontinucd, (except at the op. tlon Of the publifiher) unttl au arrearajv. AsvgRTweuBWit will. bo inserted at One Dollar per square or the first, and Twealy-Hvs Cent for each suosequcni inscruuu. r . v a- . u, , AU communications must be post jiaid. a MISCELLANEOUS. .-. Shall I Succeed, ;'; -. ';' ;k LEAF lBOM UFE. v'v l Hope jet the better of distrust;" Wcmust part then, said Rosalie Ms it sol Oh ! Eugene, I 'confess I tremble for voo. .. Thrown out under such circum stances at this time of lite, la pusli your. woy in the world, what toils, what dis-p. nointments and sufferings may nwait you ', What chance enn there fee for tho young, ' poor anil friendless j where prosperity lauglw at misfortune, power irampies - uan ness, and temptation prcjs upon inexperi. ; -. -A'-tfadftT picture is tfinl you have drawn on the great Worjd.-my Hear Rosajic;- said Eugene smiling, ,'odpposj wo view it in another light. Let ua consider It as one ;vustand glorious amphitheatre; upon whose arena, geniusnna industry, exertion unu 'talent, are striving f,r tho rewards which await tlio rnerhwioai.' ! ;; " '.'.,' 'And how msny hearts,1 rejoined Rosalie sadlv. nro broken m tho conflict : - How many aro trodden down beneath the feet of the aspirants! It one" succeeds, yet how many;, fails ! Besides, others have friends to help them on -you Imvo none. None but one, and she can only aid you hy her prayers. Oilier have wealth you are poor. Your path is solitary before you. NeUher infiijicoce nor fortune smiles upon it.' , '. ' : " ' . - . , 'It is thdn under the most favorable cir . cumstnnces that the greatest and most sue ccsal'ul characters aro formed V replied Eu gene, proudly. 'The oak" of the mountain or tho forest Is not matured in a hst-linuse, but strikes its roots, und rears Its branches amid, the winds end storms' op4fs , potivc ekics. Look around you, Rosalia. Is it the nursling of wealth, of fortune, who hps dandled into manhood on tho lop of nfos perity, who carries away this worlds hon ors, tfr wins its mightiest indupjiccs? i Or, is it tiotratherthcman whose, corlierycurs, liko mine, were scarcdyheencd by a sin. gle proffer ol aid.orrnilo of approbation, und who has drawn from adversity the tie inents of greatness t ..." .-You take it for granted jbat I -shall bj wuakuiwucccssful, unfortunate. j have the confidence to be. 4itW I shall be neither. V You know "hot the future, my dear Eu- gene. - How many nuarortunesim titoro lor you! - A nil at ttie best, lww much toil, how many-nnxti.'ficsrhow many sor i-ows, may cluster around your destined path, ana must inevitably attend upon the duties and difficulties of the most ardutJUs of professions T 'Out upon thee, for a bird of ill omen !' saJ Eugene, laughing. 'Di you nil know that fortune ever 'flees thu faint heart? And as to difficulties, tho greater the con. quest the greater the glory - You speak uf sorrows they are1 in a drrco tho com mon lot to all V r: : - 'But most have friends or other tlcsstngs to aid in bearing them.' '' 'True.' : . .; v ""But you, if you fail if your favorcWb objects eludo ywif grasp if yAir vision t f ambition floes beore you, or vanishes away if treachery-betrays and wound you ; whalhave you then for consolation I" IIopc, Rosalie ; hopc,-aud jour-swect self.' . ' .. , ;-' ' NonsTinscrthislJTionse'nscjEngcnrr.4 'By your leave, lio ; and so says that smile, which, pa td.m me demands return. There. ! ZlVa'donc. tholteed ! and 'now suflW me to tell you,- Rosnliethat (hero is nothing which industry will not' achieve, when combined wi ih "pe rse vcre neb" and " di rcctcd with an undivided aim, tqone great object. Think youlhnt poverty is a sua rclude of failure! Do you recollect what lecideou, tho counsellor of Josephine, told her on, the eye of her marriage with Napoleon!..-J You a re about to do -a very looiisti tning, Madame you are going to marry a. man who has not a second shirt to kiVoack!' ' " ., ":" ' 'But you are not exactly a Bonaparte, I apprcliend.'said Rosalie, smiling. ": Humph! Well never mirid, I like splen did examples.' ' 'Bonaparte was a soldier, and not a law. yer. r" He was also aidid by a concurrence. of-3ddcotat cireumstaiKsrUnucd Rosalie. Well, wV'iW talk of lawyers, then. A wealthy English " gentleman once asked Lord kenyut) what he thought of the pros. . pects of bis Bon, io the legal profession. . Your boo doos not want tatems, was his reply but he must first spend bis own for. tune, marry and spend his wife's fortone; . and then there will be somo hopes of his succeeding at the law '"-Now luckily my dear, I have not the preliminary of spending two fortunes to go through, bcjForo I may succeed at the law. ; '--y : v That'a very true, but not very comforta. bis, Lord Kenyon to the contrary, ootwith. standing,' said Ilosafie. ; ''..- - t 'What think you, Rosalie! There was a ; Toung shoeroakex out here ia Connecticut; once on a lime, wha took it into his head to be n luwyer? u .frYV 4A ahoemnker?'-- - - 1 And why not,-ho was Iwn.Bnd-twenty years d nge when the idea j or fncy first struck him entiqc-ly uneducated,' except in a common school poor, and not only de. pendent, but having others dependent on hinv., Was not Uns folly I Whattlicn!'. ' - . . . Why he took Ids book and placed it be fore him tlius.nnd with his last upon his kneo nndUHs hammer in his hand, ho rend and hammered,' and hammered and read, from morning till night. . - r ' "And what was the result?' 4 ile did become n lawyer.' suspected as much,' said Rosniie. . 'And u member of Cj'ngrcss,' continued Eugene, and Chief Justice of this State ; in fine' f InneJ' :' -'ht Jrc,rKoger Shcrmnn;' r : " "-?" , 'Roger S'.ierman! exclaimed Rosalie. . ' 'Tho same.'. Shall I speak of Frank lin! ;;ii -1 ; . ' 'Oh Ja nV) said Rosalie 'his story is worn out already.; 'x...," ; 'Ipould trll you a . tale of English law. yersfbr varkjty.'A-i r - What is it ?.V;.' .': 'All inrgooJ time. Thero dwell, during the last conturv. in ihci town of Berwick upon Tweed, (whicfv, by tho way, my Lord Coko says.is no mii hi Eiisla'nd) no.Tm Vtoj&m NeWcasilbvupoB Tyne, a coal mercliafit, or corti ;mr,rC'iiatit,' just as you nleaso, bv tlic name oWScoth Owing to his embarrassed circumstances, hcvos unable to attord law ctnlureu inenuvantage ot ojuni vc'rs'ity education, nnd could only send tliem tn a grarrmar schci! In IMfcif native town, where thev accordingly brg-n and comple ted their classical education. ,Wus not this an auspicious beginning?' " 'JtfOon go on, said tvosalie. 'Nay, remember thesc jiouths were in tended for tho bar in England, too where the friendless 'and untitled a roobliijed to contend with ten times tho difficulties which opposo them here. WJiat would ijosalic have said,' suppose this Johti or about teueave Jus home for tho metropolis the great London to' commcrice the Uidyof lusprufessioQ-in lhc Inns of Court?' 'No matter go on.T " , 'Well, John and William, occupied the ame chambers together, and pursued the same studies. - Poor, friendless, and unaid ed, tweivo long tedious years, (theaoErig. lish lawyers, by the by, havo to undergo something of a quarantine,) twelve, years, they devoted themselves to their solitary pursuits. - At tho cnJ of t!nt time, tho ul. dcr was admitted to tho har.1 ; ' A nd how did ho succeed ?' f ' Why but badly at first. His awkward, ncss and limiditytood in his way fcy ex- leclcd any thing of him, nuu some even rid found a friend. , F rionds are not such bad tilings after all, my dear. His friend aided irt bringing him out, and after some years J of obscurity, he suddenly burst, upon the workJr, a star of the first magnitude. His business rapidly- increased; he ecame-n member .Vif.l'arUament ; then . a. solicitor peneral; beomtarncy general ; then Sir John Scott ; and then' Then what?' ' Lord Eldon, and Lord Chancellor of England. -, - And William!' Was mado Judge, . and became Lord Stowell.V , 'Both Lord?' - . . 'Nothing more nor less, my dear' girl. And Hip decrees of The "otio were as richt nnd irrc.'ersablo as ihsoof Mi'ioK while tho eclsjons oTthodlfieTnrB spfertdiJ mon. uments of his genius, acuteneas, and . wis. dom.1 ' '; Well, perhaps you rrry succeed. You are certainly s tuguino enough and conhV denco 4s half the .battle.' r. - - . r knowledge so tmichrdo you, my sarRcnt lit tie counsellor IT But you were sjieakiiig 6T tuils Rosalie. Now lis to this-jfiialier, 1 would ndikwc tiro opinion of L"rd Chancel, lor King; (Hike these great names) whose moHo was' - ' 'What?' . . ' Lalor ipse tolunls.' I . 'When beinff interpreted, doth sinifv. I uu iny ijoruuoKe wouiu aay 'Uauorisol Itself a pleasure,' ' 'There u no contending against 6uch au ihorilirs.' . " - "' V '" . . 'You give it up then do you ?' said Eu. .irene, laughing. 1 I'But stop,1 said Rosalie j-4 because Scott became Lord Chancellor, and Sherman Cliicf JustLcQ, it docs out follow tiiat you are to be' ; Lord Chancellor or Chief Justice! Not at all, my dear. But it does follow, 1 ap prehendthat with industry tind good for. tdnc I may, in tho 'Far West,' provide for myself and Rosalie a home and a livelihood. So good , bye ! don't cry, now God .bless you, my dear girl .- Newspapers. It is not generally known, perhaps, that wo are indebted for these universally popular mediums of intelli gence, to Italy, which Disraeli has term ed 'the principal Jand tf modern politi cians." The first newspaper, (a goverft. meat organ,- by the way,) was issued monthly at Venice. The paper was enti tled Gazette from a farthing coirr peculiar to Venice, called GazetUtt at which price they commonly sold. ' ASflEvlLLEjm ' From lh We'itcrn4Corolina Temp. Adjoeate.J. " v The Court of Dealu. i m dream, in tt tiiionof the nigkt when deep m'frn fti'Letk urmn men. in itutnbcrinsr VpOD , tht bti t Then lie ope net h the eu of men end eea'Mh thetr inetruetiQn." ibcxipture. ShulJ we av wk dreamed t-Qs it S. It was a sweet summer a--, morning, the sky beautifully clear nnd hright, andlho largo dew-drops slittenng liKe pcarrs jd me sums rays, when wo walked abroad wUh a favor-" ite author in our hand, to indulge in our contemplations ou the beauties of nature. Every thing around eemed jfcctj'iarly fa; voruble to such exerciies the gtntle rip pling of tho waters 'tho sweet csrolling of the birds, and the still sweeter smell of the many fljwers which wero willingly yield, ing their odours to-4hc tnorning brec2?s ajj indused i!io most pleasant feelings, end invited us toiook ud "llirouch nature, to nature's . God.,, Delightful ! delightful ! ! thought we, und s-j entirely were wo Ijat to every thing else, thut cro we wero a wart, we had penetrated the depth of the forest "The cheerfulness of the morning tmd now given place JO Jho sultriness of noonday tho sdu poured his vertical rays n the a! jeady pareheiTeajth tho birds had ceased to sing the leaves hifqg wijh , death-like stillness upon tho trees? and nbf a sound was to bo heardsavc whea the dde blated ... taher uwrijor the'proud cogio whirlipgin tho air screamed to his distant mate. ' j'a. tigiied, we laid us down upon a grassy tiil lock beneath the towering arid wide spread branches of a sturdy oak and sought repose. ' -The stillness of the dav was brok- cn by the distant roar of the coming storm. The most frightful clouds rolled their aw. ful columns through thcair, bearing upon their bosom terrific lightning in vivid streams while the deep bcllowing-tluinders hurled from their caverns, and awoke- the distant slumbering echoes which sent oaclt their muttering response. Suddenly ell was dark as pitchy night an' unseen hand seized us and -bore us- ateofpwe- knew- not how, we knew not where."1 We stood in a dismal hall, hung all around with the skulls of tho fallen, and on every side lay heaps upon heaps of slain. It was tho court of Death! Tho grim monster had summoned all Ihs ministers to his presence to learn tho fidSnss of jutir iiccm-iW their own lips, lie was seated upon a pyra fiid o hunran bones iu his hand was cororral, made of deadly uightliadc, and studded with instruments of slaughter, with whielt he intended to crown liis most i ut I'.digablo and 8uecessrul:?''vnnt. Ilij agents crotvded around him, nnJ'a fearfully an nallinir nmltituda ol licnds tr,ey were. ; . . . . - v Among the first, nnd near the throne, with hishollowr ves livid cheeks liectiecoJ!l anOaUcruigyoIcc, MvoiZC&miiplM pleading earnestly for tho crown! Next came Frrer, witli hisHusIied face and parch cd lips, raging wildly ii deliriunu' Ther was Plugut, with liis long bouey" finger pointing to the villages, citjes, provinces and kingdoms whlclv fio had dastroVed. Close hv.stood Famine fxtfib his giant form .and'trealning blood-shot eyes, holding in hnnia)d a Tearful cauloguc of the nations .ytgh:hjchJiQiajjm USil9 ll3 UaiT1,VI, ' KSlltt j Ttl his silvery locks, furruwed face, iralizod facul'.ics and .tottering steps, nnd War with iiis fierce sanguinary aspect wcrelhere 4 he-wtterfldWHvsaflamiocloTCtt 'andW edged sword, strod-pToudly. towards - the Throno as if eonseiouof the-tusSnesS of liis clitjmsrnrid confident that to hrri would bo awarded the palm. Death " grinrjed horribly a gliaslly 'smHe," nnd was just bedecking the head of his favorite when a distant murmurming sound w'as heard that fapidlv crew nearer and louder all eves were turned towards the door of the hal which j . "On its hing gnUnjr hawli thunder, . (lew open, nnd wuh staggering slops, into the miJTit of thcicourt pushed Iste.Mper ascb! -In sooth lie was the direst monster fancy cVcc beheld'. In ono hand he helJ a triple thonged scourge, mttty nt the deadly worm of thuistill. With he otlier he held a mask to his face, the type of hilarity and mirth; but while speaking it slipped -aside and exposed' the monster s features in all their borrid deformity. " He, seemed "the prototype of all we know infills Ascowl of malignant triumph, sat upon bis brow awful con vuWons shook his giant frame, and in bis features was clearly seen the sem, blance of a fiend who strives to spread de- struction through the earth, and blast man. kind with the breath of ruin.. A host of evils followed in ' his . train; the foremost of which were Sorrow, Repentance and .De- spairi His paths, were, watered with the tears cf the widow, and his sweetest music J sighs and groans of tho fatherless! milliohs upor on millions of immortal beings! bad been relentlessly dragged at his chari ot wlieels, ani ne'er did ho smilo but to in crease their pain. ' When he njado his np. pearar.co pn tho scene the most active agents of Death gav way abashed at tho little they had dona compared, to him,, tind ell waived iu'hls favor their pretersions lo the garland. .'-" .' War confessed that at least a moiety of his triumphs over the human race was ow. ingto the fact that stewiwrcnec had coud. ed tho reason of- mortals, and bid them run madly on to destruction. Consumption Fever, nnd Plague, owned themselves in debted! to him furthtj most of their victims, and Old JjUlttcrly complained that by his insididta and fatal arts hs vas rohbed of ureal portion of his lawful prey. Death gave a loud shout of applaiiso which was .iswcrcd and re-echoed loud and lohg by all t! infemal host Thebonors wcrceo fered upon this-faithful agent, and thdltlng ordered his lieralds forthwith to proclaim iliat beneforth 1stempr-nce should l-be-rctpccUiqnd eleyed as the Prime .Minister of Death. .;; " j Thauies Tunnel. The tijnncl has now been carried across the Thafies from bank to" bank, as np. pears bvjhc 'following Foreign Extract : THE:TifAMEi Tu.NNEL. The great diffi culties viiich hove impeded tlie completion of this extraordinary undertaking, -may with truib be said now to havo been entire ly overcine. . The work lies been wholly completed, under tho river, and the shield avanl courier of the structure is now be- low the company's wharf on tho Middle sex side. 1'he operations nt Wannin'' for I - If?.. complet fig tlio slNdVby which foot passcu- gcrs wilidcsecnd aro in full activity. 1 air ty feet of this shaft have already been com. pletecf , i) favorable for the gradual and safe descrnr of this enormous and ingenious -rrbss of brick work. '.Tho engineer, Dr. BiuiisJ.'has in some resoects varied tho 8calojij9n. which the shaft isdonsjructcd , us Compared with thafwliich was sunk soma years ago at Uothei hithe, ty .on. structiiig it larger at the botionv than it will lif at its, sumrnit.V Immedialclv the tihaft has been sunk tbsjts required dorith, tho shield will bo advarked from its proi sont position, nnd, after having traversed thirtv-nirec lect six ib,mrni. ontion inrougiiout trie entire icng'.a. ot tuc tunnel will then be thrown open. The run of water from land springs into the tunrielj at present is from 400 to 590 gallons per minute.. When, however, thecommunica lion, has been thrown open betwr-cn the wnole !mc: tins tttflox wtll-ceascv. Thecn ginc, with less than half its power throws otl tho waler arising irom land &pi uis, aim tho visitors' archway up to the shield is per- fcctly dry. It is expected that tho ccrc- mouv of opening the tunnel will take place about tho- end -of - tho-sumrrier. It - need hardly brf observed that the rnirineer. Mr Brunei, wTio has dinoteil his attention fr lourieen years, kmks lorwaru to tnc tc-i cpmpiisiimcr.t if the tunnel with the great est interest, We hear that Ht:r Majesty, fully alive Jo tho great skill end talent of tho engineer; is nbmit to confer tho honor of l.niglithod upon him. Tlio aptiug en jiieer, Mr. Page, and indeed tho whole body of workmen, most of whom' -have been employed from the commencement, oil this apparently dangerous, hut' iiow se. euro .yoi K , a rq uiso mm iious iJorilsJ enure completion, tne snielu presents q vory novel appearance as now lighted .up, viz. that of a Gothic window. Several for eigners of 'distinction have already 'visited tho works." " ' ": "" TV - ; . --r : arc no more Titty expired the 3d of March in iho ora tdry of Princeton, not by " div me v wita. tioi." ibm by iho hands of "tho "Prcshvterv of Neiv-Bninswick. "' Tly we're rcsuscita". ted by' this rresbvterry', nnd after a brief existence of five months' arc nolw" num bered among the things that were." , Aswe learn bv letter, on the 3d of March, a motion wag mnde to reconsider the res olut ion , rcnorrrrrtrrndihg ihe: "wcaji ng of gowns. VAIte.r considerable discussion, on were tho both skies, the motion to 'reconsider wwita i,i r-,K7.m- ;rf .Vi"!551'1" atirtuWtrcmens, in which mis. carnexL ft-rwny-tliem moved, that due wlmio matter- be indefinitely poslponiid. whiclf wa4.,arrR,dt by a -jttujority f two thirds". 1 wo of the professors of the S mi nary were opposed to tlie gowns, ono ad vocatcd their use, nnd the xhcr was nbs:nt. PMettm tnd Herald. I Vert true. A Nf w-York-rontmpo. rary di fines a journal of the riglifkind, as "one in which the father opd rjothcr of an interpstinff familvcatiDUtconfidense. withi ouT fit .jcrmeally. examining K,.to see whether it be freighted with the deadliest moral poison, -as it enters the domestic Eden.:. It is one, from which Is carcfullv excluded evory sentiment which might by its im?ropriety, raise upon the pure, unsu. led cheek of tnodesty and chastity, the sllgbtsst tinge of conscious sharoe." - .. 0 dear, doctor, I enjoy very bad heahh. entirely, This rhumatis isjsrerjr distressing indade. -' Whin I go to slee I lay awake all night, and my toe is swelled no as biV as a goose s hen's ejir, w whia I gland up I tail dowpdirectly.n ' Truths about FnYmlut;. ' "one hall po acai, energy and expense ing purposes were bestowed upon agricul tureif the people were half as anxious" to improvo nnd beautify thoir fields, and half us angry with their thtetlesthorns and bad fences, as they &ro with their politicaf op. poncii's, we should have' moro productive adds, less complaint' of poverty, more abil ity for charity, and abundantly mora good feeling.' From Main!s,fo Georgia,' the son ploughs jis bis father did before him, and the great mass of farmers ns stationary in theory ts tl;ey hre iii practice, nino in ten believe nt this moment that boolc fiirniingls the mere, useless, visionary dreaming of men that know nothing of practical ngri. culture. The real benefactor of mankind is ho who causes two blades of whrat tu grow where one gr,ew before; li:s fi-l iiare ............ v- . Uf& mitnmprdve; his morn nnd evenma thfoie; and fc hfrtrt. poral object. AH natural nggranizcir 1t power, and. wealth- may be traaed lu ogrl culture as Its tiltimote source commence and manufactures areonly 'suh-ordiinte ft of this maiii springi . . ' We c5osJr agricrturo as every way subsidiary jtaot 6nly to jbundancc i'n4ustry cornrt kh3 JienkhJjut la good fiiura end Urt1matey ct-rn'-W .religion.- .SVc regard ''lirt.farmc'rJrrip'ped'to hisemploymetit and cultivating his lands as bebaging to the first order of noblemen; we wish him boun tiful harvests, and invoko upon him the blessings pf God in all his undertaking-): may peace be within his walls. - ... ' ' From ths New York Standard , c 1'Iaiitiug Covu. , x We publish a .communication from a cor responde'ritj giving the result of an experi ment, in planting cjrn, by II. Masst?y, Esq. of New York. ' Mr. Massey, to.-jkof.-Vip seed corn ith which ho planted thu field, a small quantity and soaked ft ia a, solution' of sait-nitre, eoinbianly culled salt-petre, and planted fiw rows willi the seed thus prepared.. ... The remainder of tho -field, we bdievo, wao plantud by tho. same individual. - Now for thfl result. The five rows wero untouched by tho worm3, while the remainder of the field sulk-red severely fey t!ieirdcprcdat1iiS. W c shfrald iudgetiat nrt. -ono-4erne"-HaUt rated by salt-petre was touched, 'while most every hill in tho .adjoining rows suf forcd strvcrely. ' No ono whAvill examihci theAfieldcan .dotibt ttie crHcaey of the re. paratiorC&iIo wilf be astonished it the striking di.Torencc,..b.,tween the five r'ov3 and iho retnaincler of the Celd. " . Hero is a simple fact, which if scasoua.' bly and generally known, would sjjvel'ny thousands of dojlars to tfio farriiors of tlio fcountry for cqrn. It ij aftict, which should be" universally known, and is, in all proba bility ono of the greatest di.jcovcriy'a of onoderntuties, inlho neglected scji-'UiJo of agriculture. xAt all events, thej-xpct-iment sho'ulil bo t:xtcnsivoly tujAt-tl, hj tho result.1! aro deemed ecrtaiirf while tho comparatively nolliing.-.. e.i spem :e. i.! Doctor scid o certain gentleman, after ' reading Uio .proscription of the physic ian whom ill health fiadobliged'Tiun toconsuT;7 "do you think that a very little spirits now and tiieu, wouid hurt me mucli?" " Why, no. sir," answered tho doctor varydehber-" utely, " I do not knoAV that a Jittlo now and thcfy would Tiurt you muiuh ; but sir, if you don l take any, it won't hurt yotf nt idl.1' All Cruniiarus commenco bv'ilniikjnff 'a Very lillle.' UyToJ4yp. the- tlrinkirg ,o fi arderrtspiriT3cnTej"anabif77arid from drinking T li'veryTrtJleVco'mcs" a croat .tfcal inkiagTjmdejnc-(jhe- iKilo'Hnd . . it . 1 tt i--' i . . - uespcctatJiecjiizcn.iaiis ifoni Ins liigrt estate into one f.soltUhncs, disease and baler. mm. Aud yet tii iiitetrt-.ens were tlio best in the' world.-''The cares of bqamcss maik; a littbnrtificiar stimulus iH:ccsiarv. and there coj,?ld be no harm in drink Wis? a very littlti spirits now tind iIuti. IX not ullow yourselves to be led agt; ay "by "such misprabje sop.lustry. ---. -- - L i:roe or lour years ago there arrived in this country, from iEnqlund, tw uctorof" some reputation, end great intellectual lit. tainmer.t&r- lie discoursed wvll, told, ro nmuiugstoryin the riglrt place, Und sari" a good song, f lis society Avns courted bv nctljrsjljts fooT3fers,(mdfifpdi1a--.JU tins titno lie drank a 'iiltle now tuwl then. presctitJy he became a sot, arid then JuLffias crablestste hetvas removed a few weeks since., to the Lunatic Asylum at IieilevTte. lie wear .visited there but very recenily by a friend, who found him singing the 'firavc old Oak,' to an audience of 'idiots and ,lu. naiics. At tlie closo q hisjwngpKTucl! bo sungin jidmj LuUaJeJuuokigizildjLU Jil winning lonej and prQiiuscdiBUo in better voice next timo. In a few days he'was jri h;s grave, tliefe to coricoA'an apology fcfr prostitute powers - in yie, titj grtvo la ill OiU- ten Island, whither his remains were re moved by a relative. Alas poorCcorge! W lie re be jour gibes now i lourgambolsT 1 our flashes or mer riment? Not one now lo mock vour own griBnuig i viuiic cnop lanen : ChiSiwi ts TJielaat Report oV the Boston 1Iou$aof Correction, slates that of 71 1 f the whole numbrf of prisoncri com mittod during foe tcar.STl were fcen'mccd as 'common drunkards,' and that 277 of the whole number W&bcccd were aadcr 30 years of ege,' " -' - NUMBER a' 7 7 ta thttraWr'iJuseUm, 1810.Jn- -j' m TIimc wlif are plcasea with the bunjrllnf bulls . of Ynbernia wUI fmd some food fit fan a the tub. eqiientwAdwrtistmont'andnot lcs for IU being in kind of G;raiaa uttire.) . ":':: '":. .;',' . MINir ADVERTISIIMEXT. "r ' : ;' Kund avoy, or tdolcn, or adrayed, taint tary. plack Il.irca, opout vourtcen oder vifteea hands und tix inchts his ho bus been fot tout ptaek Icmi, two jichiutnftd two pcfsre, and ha Iah plack all over liis pDty, but has been fot aome viu spots pon bit pack, vrn"d9 akin rus rub off, but Igroaaai wn.siud now da vita apoti iah all plack agin fas trods, an kanlcrs, an pnoca, an sometimes ha Talks and ven lio valk, ull hk log and feet rocs on. Von after enodor he hat two year pon ait head . both alike, put von ish plackor dan tpder he has two eyes, von h put but, and todcr ish pon dtsida uf hit bead, and von you go on todr aide hs vont -i0 youven ho eat a cood deal, ho as a pijpelly nd at a long clail vat. bangs down pchind, bat I cut it short todcr day, and now u'th not to lonr rat it raahe iii thodd all round, but bis pentad thwa cniried off, and bow bo fob only got shoes pf-forr, Ite ha!tt up bit bead, and looks gaiiy, and f l hth been frfrhtcn, hj gumps apoiut bfcs eryiiiig in Uj world -lie sMl riJenjit a tattle, or- a char.-, or a kart, or vil go by himsolf rltout no fKxJy bat a pujon hit paok vid a poXon It be Iah not very 4d, and bit heyd ten he valkt or rims ''' re pf ire, an J bit daii ttaya pihind, only re a ha tarn rourtd, p.sii mat, and iltn hit dail tonietljpee . fwnn first. tVhoercr vil ric hint pack tttall $wy tellart jrevard, and if Ue prmgs'pack da licl fat ttoia cm, lie tnall toy besides dwenty tol. Ura, and a,t nojratations. J . 1. ' .-;...V "a -wr? X V ; V.risic;it coffTiBOTios.-A benevolent titta ker was latSv r))p!ifd to by a gentleman, one of the society fif Wcticynn, for the purpoeo of solicit-' ing u subscription towards enabling them to "com plete a new cbu'pd, haiidin; upon lbs lite of an old one, but Which could not bo.Cnitihcd, for wut of funds. - Obadiah heard him very attentively! at lengihbrcukmvaiicrcj withadeepgtomn.he began, thut. I toll Uiue wlvst, friend, my puree ia always open to succor the dintrostcd, and do good to all of our own" sect; but friend, my religion, thou knowest, difll-r Tram thine : wb do not think thee - right, and it isngtiinst cjir rcligioi to help Others tor ou:id up cnapeis ; liicrciorc, trjend, taou aeaat I . cannot assist thee." ' Tho Methodist was about " ' depftrting, and was nearly out of the room, when the Quaker called hhn back, ' H.irk'e, friend, how inueii hast thou laid out ?" The Metltodiat replied. 'Sixteen hundred pounds." "Andbow much moro qos: moil want, to compioi ny ' aboui fourteen hundred more." "Well, filnd," said ths Q-Jakcr, " Soro it ojie hundred pound defray., the expenses qfpullipg down the old chajkSj .. Tug tjirf.s BTtrrrcRERS. A gentleman sjtfidtio? witli tin impediment in bisepc-ecju-aatdaa-'t a crowded dinner tabic, at a public liotol,' and in;; to a servant addressed him thus : Wc--vraitcr pi-give. mo-ma B-T-tome r.r-rooat b-bee. He tUua. .tnsmi QUtitirxply-srWiKJKii a-a-ant g.g.got a-sny,., At which lilt! gentleman, highly enraged, auppot. ing the Btrrant wax-mickmjj hira, tprangfroor- hit aiot and was .proceeding to knock him down, " whnn ' third p jiKOn arrbslcd Li arm, and cried ; out t) hin tjottofytiikd, sayinj he sUst-Et-stuttcrs s-aaamo aJU -we-wc d-d.do. " .,y Amscdote o? -the late Sia AsTtiv Coowtiu A 'Wealth v city merchant, who resided near Wind. tor, and lately rotirad from bupincts, called npoa iiit Atlcy to consult wiih hint upon the ttate of bit health, 't'iic patient wat u'ot only fond of the pood" thing of this world, but indulged in high hring.to jirrat excess. This wat toon discover cd by Sit AaUoywhij thut addretwod him r 1 Yaw--are a merchant, bir, and therefore must posactt au estenrivekirawtcdjo'joTlra did. you rer know of on ius'uiico in which the importa exceed the exports that there was not a glut in the mar. Iret"? i na V tlic case, witli ou, sit; tulu: more- pnytie and cat less.' I 'm gentleman took the hint; anOia? since declared that Mr. Astley't knowledge of tlio ' first priijoipk-t Of coxaipcrce nnd the modi' ofgivingl.it advice, roiiWoring it '-clenr to the m nun est rapacity,' lint not only ena ' bled him to enjoy (rood health ever since, but has probably preionged his lift formany ytars. C:!oeik! orr a L.WvitR The-bcct and moat effectual check ever given to a verbose pettifogger occured hi a is-cll known wentcm citV, arid ia with- " ia oar knowloOffJ- pa a faut-Mach against his wiil, a shrewd, plain spoken:, straight jfor,watdAlti, ten watcidlcd from hi husjiiees end forced upon a-juiry to proiioirfico verdict oyer some trivial point of Ikti'Mition, 1 IJmUtoinclimemilinftllvmiiil K pi the rn rA oi tbe dse o:h! ia x that the matUr W4isjsrt)ftB ffirto! a of a red ccn Vnnd for worth, h-r of tcfnjf jifTdec'dcd tbu thrust Int a eoort of' juelica. ut a pcduulic looking rmall lawyer got o; taslrfj an oSSntjiiWi display of law booke.T b-jforu him, and giving every indication that he' was goine to commncA prolix fanfurronadi, a " kind f forensic, oratory far whili ha w-aitorae-what cclcbnttci! anions die dilTi-roiit iutlioft courts famtflthrr Ja wjiihc pjacirr. After acvcrul pbmn." ou kemi and haw, ho commcnccd-r- ' "vrntlnriirii of the jury " - "Look Jmre," Jid iwr jorpnan. Wring and pulL itijroii hta walch "I've just got one remark t nnkc bcftirc von go on. 'M jou (alt more than five " minutes PUgtm my temict against you! Now yon' see the leia you tay the butter." : . ' - xjg. inc. unit, contented to bechok.- ed off, uiid was rownrded by the ptiltry wished to izaiu,iPicayur:c... rcrdict he ' Desrr.R4Tg Y5tke Couit-ramr. "Abcm Ephraiui, Ihrard. oittliing. about .you." .... .- "La !xww, .'Miii Aip)-rf)nia,-jro& tlcn't ryto.H "Yet, indeed, Unit I did und a great many laid it, too. . ri "JaI now, what wat it, M;m Sophroniar J dcarl I dasn't tell you." (Turning a way 5 her h-ad.) ' .- "O, U ! jciTSo now." ' '. "O, no I can't." " " "O, jes -Mids Sophronia." -. "" ' "Iait m! Lpluaiin, yon do ptcr a body to." Wi ll do ph ase tell me, Mitt Soplironia." HVlI I heard, that' O I cotj'I tell you." .. ? "! j .T owe,- now d-." flaking hjr hgnd.) idiiTt ay ft-hut I hrardJliat" "Wl'iit ?"(Patttnfhi arm Ki:nd ber waixt) vO ! doh't r;zu,nic l timrd that that TcrnjriS hr-rWue eyct fulhupaf Kpl:rttjni,a)-Mm:at -r yWatid I wi re to be marrd, JpZiraitai1 . . which enabled b;m.writh oiedif5cuttT.tajpport bit family. To procure A present tun. thl. t!ZL b:t lamily. .- 1 procure S prefc nt ttm. Urn anioa, ir nuu fuuuru ui waiurr DOfla l toctt content t, andtapplied the "deficiency with ontak-abie hope in a few Tcan,g scTcrs Lhcbt ur-ivrrraHy iWiil ng, hopt btcaine morr scarce, and of course enor.. mftctly dar ; Uhs hoarded trure wat ripytd out j and a. rood tcra-srocorcd tW!.!.!, 7i plcotiful season WPreofnoliilue;j.ndlbu,"lbs -Doeier uwd to add,' W ftaiv larved fiom oh. acurity.' . I..: . '. - .-' 'McLecd will notbetri'-dthitHinjr.fn eonss. 'Dr. oun?ey, by wiiy of ridiridins; family prides nsed to cMifewJIhat lha Hr.-t of Li ancestor, ot tny Dote, wl baiter and dcaW in) Imn. . i evsee of an error made by ice vlcrk of "ij-ara county fa drswiijtisjary. , r '". i f 4 -1 -1 ''.!; lif' 8 it f. w. Si Is .... I. : t i : & v ,!'
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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May 21, 1841, edition 1
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