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"LIFE 18 ONtY tftBE VAlUEOASlTlSUSEFUt EMPlOyEO." -JOIIX IIYCIiniSTY & CO.; Publisher I i ASHEVILLE, NOBTH CAROLINA, FEDAY 3I0RMG, JUNE 25, 1811. TiTTI AT T1- lTTTlf TlTIT e.- VOLUME II. NUMBER I J TIIE ni(JIIlAND lESSNCEEf! tniiMlnlinH every Friday morning, at Two Dor, iiM A.Njii'uTY wr.vr pet snnnrn, in advance ; or Timrs DoiXars, if payment be "delayed after tlio receipt of tho 10th Number from tlio tune of sub. Ko subscription discontinued, (except at the op lion of the pobliHlicrJ uhltt sllrtuaTageiiftW paid. Advemisbmisnt Will be inserted at Ono Dollar per square for tho first, and Twenty-Five Cent for teach subsequent inscruon. . '1 All coramuuicBtioiu mint ba post paid. MISCELLANEOUS; , lllutrions example of gratitude A young man passing with his regiment through LyonsJ ia 17 where he fell sick, was obliged to remain at H Hotel. Ho was Very ill supplied with money, and his purso was speedily exhausted by the qjcpenwj his malady occasioned him :1ns hostess, un Jouched by his destitute situation, had him carried into a granary, -where all the lurni, ture she allowed him was a palliasse and a ichair, and all the sustenance, a little baney water ; refusing to call in tlw ajd of a physi cian to avoid the responsibility which she upprehenckid "such "air" additional charge teight involve herl It happened that the first floor of this furnished hotel was occu . ried by two .Gencvcso. Madame and Maik moisellb Agiee, who had visited Lyons for the benefit of change of air ; they were botl advanced in years. Ihuse ladies wre clever and well Informed f "but, according to the Gencveso-habit, they Jid injustice to lheir real merit by a pretention to something beyond it. and a pedantry completely na. tionsh I'he fate of the young soldier inter. csted all the domestics of the hotel, and the nsrticulars of his friendless condition reach ed the car tf Mademoiselle Aigco Ih rough Iter maid, who acquainted her at the same time with tho cruelty of the landlady, who threatened to send him to the hospital. The maid succeeded in awakening the sympathy of her mistress, who immediately sent for a physician, informing the hostess that she would answer all expenses, and that it was her pleasure the sick man should be removed without delay to a comfortable" chamber. The humane Abigail, meanwhile, never fining thfl p.hamhnr -of tho invalid whom -4ho had taken eo hajjpily undeT her protec tion. Weakened, by hisjljncss, which had been so aggravated by neglect, tho young soldier was in a frightful stato of delirium when the physician came ; and during the process of changing his apartment, so that, when he recovered his senses, he was greatly astonished to find himself in a well furnished chamber, and believed himself dreaming. " Near his bed was his fuithful nurse, whom he began to question, but who contented herself with replyingthat a friend, who took an interest in Kim, had givon or- ders that he should be properly attended. Days, and even weeks, escaped thus, till at 1 .1 . .1 l r A u I U ?. . icngiii mo juung ouiuit-i, itvuiuiug mo strength , insisted on being informed to whom he was indebted for so many benefits. There was in tho expression of his countenance something that commanded rcspcctwhich cvcaAKc'ited fear; tho good woman named hermistress, and, with all possiblo delica. rv ... ralatoA.in. liim lh miHRrlilrt ril'OUIIU t;tnnrfwin whlrh she had found him. He entreated to so Mademoiselle Agiee, that he might lighten his heart of some of its gratitude he was not yet able to rise, nor was he permitted to read ; but he was, ne vertheless, sufficiently re-instated to fee! tho weight and weariness of an idle life. Mademoiselle- Agiee consented to the demand of the young soldier, and' paid him her first visit ; she remained with him only ia few moments, but promised to return and bring him books, desiring him to make his choice, and offered "to read for him till he should bo i no longer forbidden to occupy himsdl'. lie accepted theproposal with joy, rjnd selected tho Life of Turcnne, and a book on geom. ttry. Every day Mademoiselle Agiee passed some hours with the convalescent soldier, who listened eagerly as she read, "often interrupting her to make observa. -,tions, which were always just and some, j easily ttJCllncd to tonfidcnceand it was not - aT-.. t I .,.T t,ni Ann Illl auiuV lllllCliau i;iui3tu, lliut vuu uajr , na if led on by a military ardour beyond, his power to restrain, he began to speak of his projects to Mademoiselle Agiee ; sho smiled as she listened to him. " In truth," said she, " I believe we shall one of these days see you a Colonel." Colonel !" replied he irnt tone of indignation I shall be a Gen. cral and perhaps" birf, .he ; interrupted himself, asiKalarmed at) what hb was about to say, perhaps even internally rebuking himself for what ho said."-" Until now"," said Mademoiselle Agiee, I have never asked you a single question, cither with re gard to yrruntry or "family. By your accent, I conceive you to be a foreigner, 1 am a Corsica; my name is Napoj Icon." - The vourie man was Bonaparte. Madcmojscllo Agiee every day became morevTflmore interested in Napoleon, and when ho was entirely recovered, she equipped him, and supplied him with mo. ney necessary to enable him to rejoin bis regiment, r On taking leave of his benefac tress, the- young man was much affected. "Believe me" said he," I shall noverfor. get what you have done for roe ! You will hear of me, said he. He departed, and Mademoiselle Agiee with her mother re turned to Geneva. Very soon the name ofn" e11' John, wmcb v ymi think was right! Napoleon became celebrated; and M. Agiee, in reading gazettes exulted in the success of her protege, who meanwhile, scereed to have Tcntirely forgotten her; Years passed thus away , - when sometime before the battle of MaTenco, JJonnporte passed througl Nyon, a little town of the Canton do Vaud twelve miles from Geneva, on his wnyjnto Italy: ho could only stop a lew hours he seut his aide-de-camp to Geneva, with orders to inquire for a lady named Agiee very flgly,-and oidrand brin her to liimj such wero his directions. In Geneva, as in all small towns, every body is known and the nide-de.camp succeeded in finding Mademoiselle Agiee : she was become near ly blind, and very seldom quitted her own house, but the narrio of her herd seemed to inspire her with new strength, and she hesi tated not to follow his messenger. Bona parte was impatient, and came to meet his f riend on horseback attended by his stafT, as far as Versois; as soon as he perceived her carnage he spurred on to receive her and tho feelings of Mademoiselle Agiee on this rencontre may better be imagined than expressed. 41 Gentlemen," said Bonaparte, turning towards his suite, "you see my benefactress, she to whom 1 am indebted for life; Twas destitute of every thing when she succoured mo. I am happy and proud to be obliged to her, and I shall never for CcfTtT Mademoiselle Agiee passed two hours at Nyon with Bonaparte, at the hotel of the Croix Blanche, where lie detailed to her all his plans, and, on taking leave of her, repeated the same words he-had utter cd at Lyons, "You will hear of me.1 From that hour to the epoch of his corona tion, she received from turn no token of his existence ; but fifteen days before his coro- nation, igren. iiuncn was announced 10 iu. Aciee. JHe desired her to prepare to ac. company him, as Bonaparte was resolved she should witness Jus glory; w.swra mshed with tho strictest anumdst ;iraoute orders. Mademoiselle Agiee waspdrrnittcd to carry nothing with her, beyond wliat was merely indispensable during the journey ; and in spite of her age and infirmities, the day after the General s arrival, she set out, On arriving at Paris, she alighted at a house in the Place du Carousel, opposite (he pal- aco of the 1 uilcries ; there she found do mestics in the livery of Bonaparte, and, in short, a completely furnished mansion ; a well stocked wardrobe had been prepared for her. Bonaparte had collected even her favonteeolours, and had omitted nothing he imagined would give her pleasure ; she hud a long audience of Napoleon ; lie assigned her. besides a house, carriage, and domes- tics, maintained at his expense, an annual income of six thousand francs. Ho contin ued to preserve towards Mademoiselle Agiee the most marked regard, often consulting her evtn on tho most important affairs. On the fall of Bonaparte, Mademoiselle Agieo lost the house and the advantages ho had conferred upon her ; but I have reason to believe, that hep pension was always regu larly paid by the agents of Napoleon, till her death, which happened on the 18th day of March, 1922. It is from herself that I received jhc details I have given ; it is ca sy to imagine with what animation she descanted on her hero ; even without par. taking her enthusiasm, it was impossible not to listen to her with interest; besides, noble and generous sentiments belong to our intellectual existence ; no matter what country we belong to, or what our opin ions, the emotions of the heart wait not to cousuit bur prejudices. Mademoiselle Ag. ice died in the Hotel dc la Rochefoucauld, Foubourga de Route, at Paris, of which she inhabited a small wing, after having quitted her house in the Place du Carousel. - A. JJ. 1. Preserve your Newspapers. We would respectfully sucrgcot. to the Commia- fionein of the town the propriety of subscribing for, and carefully filing one or more copies of the pnpeni published m the place, an the lx'st nienns of pn"iervin our local history and transmitting to posterity tho "passing tiding of the times." Had our ancestors done tln, the authenticity of the MecklenbOrc Declaration could never have been questioned at this dny ; nor would njnny of the interesting incidents connected with the revolutionary stmglc on the Cape Fear, be now entirely lost, or involved in inexplicable doubt. "Tlio best and truent history of the times, says 'Americen Sentinel,' is found in tho well-managed the diurnal." And the same paper continues, who ea imagine the amount of our historic wealth and" accuracy, ofbiir stranger inlimacywilh "the dim and distant past, could we collate and con newspapers of all ages and climes ; say Noah's file of the antediluvian journal; well "preserved dailies of ancien Thebes, of Babylon, Nineveh, Athens, Rome. An excllent and most curious gift would be such collected lore1; the best reading in the world. Deaths! marriages, murders, ab- qautulatkins, accidents, robbeVies, paragraphs of all sorts, about things before the flood, after .the flood, and later, would infinitely out weigh, in au thority and interest, all extant records of by-gone. time. A sensible article now circuiting among our exchange well observers in recommendation of the habit of preserving newspapers, that years hence, when your children become men ancf wo. men, a volume of them which was taken in the family in the days of their childhood, will be valuable and almost sacred book of the times, newimaner rives "theoassinir tidings of the times.' but the fashions of thimrs-rhanire rreatlv in the course of -years, and as a, thing of ttrrrevt hnrtory," oeiray the spirit as well as recording me evenu oi former periods a file of old newspapers is match less. We caution ail people against deeming an old newspaper of jio rise except for waste paper. It is a thing which likegoo4 wipe increases with age in valuer 11o file of one year for which you pay eight dollars, will be worth fifty times thaf sum a thousand years hence. Wilmington Advertiser. r Bad News for Distillers. 2Wny iit thoutand persons have signed the Tem perance pledge ia the City of New York in the last twelvemonths. u Why, Master. I think the bald-headed gentleman was wrong 1" 'Why do ytu think eo John ? V Because, Marter, he lost hi temper and abased t'other gtnUeman." Scof. - . . . : The pursuit of Agriculture. ; " Fair queen of arts! from Heaven itself ho came, When Eden flourished in unspotted fame; And still with her sweet Innoccnoe we find," And tender peace, and joy without a name, t That while-they ravish, trunquilize the mind, Nature and Art at once-.dcligUt and use combined." While the population of the United Slates has been rapidly increasing, the nu'nbe who aim to accumulate 'riches i wilhov hard labor, hnsjnereased at a greateratio and too many have neglected the culture of me sou to enter on business oi qusuuuauie utility. Agricultutoaffords more co'tain profits than any other business. W7i!e half who enter on mercantile pursuits Ail at tho out set, and a quarter part whei advanced in life, the failure7)f a tcmperfte farmer is al most unheard of. j- Increased attention to agriculture, and thoso manufactures which are immediately dependent upon it, wo1d retain in our country much of that wealth which is now sent out of it.. . The public documents show that in tho year 1836', (vhen tho scarcity of money paralyzed domestic industry,) no less than twenty-five mllions were sent to foreign lands to pay for-'; goods! a species of mereltandhre-whiclrcan us weH bcr pro-r duccd at home as cotton fabrics although one which scarcely receives a thought, from the American agriculturist. ' The dignity of agricultural pursuits is not sufficiently acknowledged. What is com merce what are the arts but dependants upon agriculture? - To what ..purpose is it that our canals-our railroads, and the de velopments of the great system of internal improvements, are going forward in our country 1. - Is it not that the grand system of commercial intercourse, founded on agri culture, may be carried on with the greater facility? Let every farmer, hut for one year, sus pend his toil to enjoy that ease, in the sun beams of which he sees so many basking, and what would become of every mcrcan. tile and mechanic interest? There is another reason why the dignity of this pursuit should be acknowledged as essential -to the stability of our national wealth. Wo cannot better express it than in the language of ono whoso name stands - high in the annals of our country : " God ins made the breast of those who labor in tho earth his peculiar deposite for substan tial virtues. Corruption in morals in the mass of cultivators, is a phenomenon of which no ago or country has furnished an example." "The proportion which thoag gregato of other classes of citizens bear hi any State to that of its' husbandmen, is the unsound to its healthy parts." t lio community sppr s. m awakened to a sense of their negligence in this depart ment of industry. 1 ho agricultural and geological survevs of several .States are coming at the root of the matter; and these surveys ought to go on, until the now" more than half ' hidden resources of our country arc fully developed. It is to the earth that we must look for the valuable and inexhaust- blc storehouse of nature, filled with the rude material for the productive laborer, and rich in bestowing the nutriment of life. A nation which bases its hopes of prosperity upon,; anyjesfcsubstantial resources, can never acquire unfluctuating national wealth. L ortsmoulh Journal. The State of Ohio. Within less than forty years- the popula tion of this thriving Siato has increased from fifty thousand to upwards of fifteen undrcu thousand. Uhio is now the first wheat-growing State in the Udion her wheat crop last year amounting to upwards of sixteen millions of bushel?, which isome millions of bushels lurger'than the crop of J ennsylvarna, iNcw lork or Virginia. She las constructed a canal throughout tho en. tire extent of her territory, uniting Lake Erie with the Ohio river, and comprising a ength ot three hundred and thirty-three miles. It runs through some of tho most fertile regions in the world;'. it connects he great lakes of the North with tho Gulf f Mexico; and nflords means of convey ance bwhiclrthetccmTng products of the State may be transported to New Orleans, New-York, Philadelphia, o Baltimore. o the two last-named cihcs a new-route has been recently opened by the cross-cut from Akron, on tho Ohio canal, to Heaver , near l ittsburg, so that the eastern line of communication js now the most eligible for a large portion of tho btatc. In addition toctgrciu canal, which has been cpmple tedfor some "eaTs7"Ohio ha otlie r canala: in progress -hoF whoic system tf works, including in the aggregate nine "hundred and twenty-four miles. These all run through fertile districts, and must in time become productive of a large revenue. This vounc state mav be called thn " Tn. lfaat Phenomenon." What she will be when Pk-A.U ,..1. !, ,r j her full growth is attained mrry-beTn some sort conjectured from-the prornisc of lier early days. Witiran active, industrious, enterprising, intelligent population ; a soil rich ond well fitted for tillage ; with her in ternal improvemcjits pervading all parts of her extensive territory rendering access to markets easy and cheap ; with all the 'ad vantages which; position and natural and artificial aids can supply in the way of fa. cilitating production, her increase in wealth and greatness must go on from year to year, while from her prolific resources a swelling tide of commerce wijl be poured to enrich all who mat participate in its benefits'. JSahimon American . . rs sP sssasaBBasatailalBsaasaMte IT Put off till to-morrow nothing- whirn ran or ought to b dona UmIs. (i . h: Interesting Facts. .-;-,.:--x STAtKTICS OF THE UNITED STATES. Tq Journal of Commerce has an article Upon thelruits of the soil, winch embraces somo interesting statistics. It seems that the sixteen million.of people who live in the United States, possess lumber to the value of eleven million of "dollars, which with brick and stone of nn incalculable amount, constitutes the materials for their dwellings. The income of their orchards is upwards of six million of dollars value. They had moru than twenty-six million of pounds of wool to convert into broadcloths, blankets dnd hosiery, &c more than a' thousand million pounds of cotton to manufacture into useful and necessary garments, , and more than threo hundred thousand pounds of silk for elegant and fancy dresses. .The remount of their flax and hemp united was nearly a million of tons. For food last yeari we had more than seventy-three millfVttiroi bushels of wheat, equal to more than four teen million of barrels of wheat flourJ Also, more, than seventeen million bushels of rye; Upwards of jix million bushels of buck, wheat, and tlree million bushels of barley. The value of poultry that strolled about the yards and nclosurcs was more than nine million of dollars. The number of swine was upwads of twenty million, and the number of sheep more than nineteen mil lion. These people of tho United States had the, lasv year, more than three hupdrcd and seveptcm million bushels of Indian corn ; more thai ninety-nine inilliortsbushels of potatoes and upwards of thy-tech million neat ctttle, which furnished them milk, butter, jnd cheese, &c., to the value of more thir i thirteen million of dollars- They had at tieir command the labor and servi ces of rare than three million of horses and mules, ;nd upwards of an iiundrcd and six million piishVls of oats,' and'nino million tons of lay, on which to feed these and their other catlo. To sweeten whatever seem cd bitte1 or acid to the taste, they had more than two hundred and eighty million pounds of sugai. Their land yielded to them for their intulgcnce, more than seventy-seven million jounds of tobacco, and upwards of two hunlrcd and seventy thousand gallons of wind with' which to cheer their hearts. Such is the income of the soil only, and wlies wc s think of this m connection with t our vast resources, have wo any reason to despond, though financial clouds do "lower upon our land?" America must be the most nrosncrous country unon tho face, of the Globe. Let us AViOXJSz.F!ulacleIphia Saturday Courier. (FnmKfihvPhiladcIphia Saturday Courier. "It is I, be not afraid!" There is not a passage moro emphatic, and at the same time, moro cheering and comforting to the afflicted soul than this. In the hour of trial, when tho clouds of adver sity darken our path, and there appears not one ray of light to- guido our step ; when the tcmnLjoars, and death, that grim ty. rant, flfarcs us in tho face, then it is that this sublime and soothing passago comes with all its force, and calnu the. troubled soul of man. , . What a blessing thcs$ word? of comfort have been to mankind ever since they were tittered by ourSaviour ! Tlfe child, when in t,hc dark hears a footstep approach, its littlo heart boats faster, but the mother's voice falls upon the car, " It is' I, love, be hot afi ald,5dlirI'Ts'peace in the infant's bosom. Oil! is it not beautiful to contem plate the child's reliance on its mother, but infinitely more so to see the young leaning with that same reliance mn bosom of their Saviour. ' And when sickness ccnues with its withering blight, .and thc.inuther sits beside the cradle of her idolized child, watching for the last breath, yet hoping, praying, (oh, such prayers us thnt agonized mother pours forth, none but thow.tfho have siidered, can know,) that God will hearand spare her child. Hiiddrnly itgasps, it breathesbneo more and all wuverand that .wretch! mother sits almost distracted. In her despair she cries, "My child! my child r who" has taken it from mc was it not mine own TM Hut a light brerdrs in up. on her, nnd a voi .e whispers, " thy child U not dead, but sh.r jclh ; "it is I, bo not afraid." Again, we knFFT beside the death bed rr the loved one, and ever and anon a shadoof doubt and anxiety" passes over the pale face as the shadow of death fulls upon it and like the mariner, tossed upon tho ocern wave, without compass or a guiding star, so 4s the loved we,5ttf we roirso the seat tercd senses by whispering the blessed assu rance of our Saviour, " Though you pass through the valley and llie shadow of death, yet will I not leave thee; it is I, be -not afraid." And we have the satisfaction of knowing it is, all sufficient. The eye brightens there is hope beyond thegrave. .The im mortal part has wingod its way to the epi-ri-.kn.d., Oh! may I ever, call to mind these wtirds of our blessed Saviour, 14 It is I, be not afraid," and J. think I may bear the ills of life, and the trpprech of death, with? outamjirmur. ' j E.N.G. ' Teias. The loan lately negotiated in Europe by General Hamilton, is to be paid at New Orleans by instalments, commenc ing the 1st of July. No part of the loan is to go towards the extinction of the debt of Mexico to England. . ' ' . .-. J Young men, learn wisdom. Spend jest money than you earn and yon will erery day gnm richer. Never rata in debt, and lawyers and 'constables wJl hv.to become farmers. : : - "."' "Sr.:' ' -- Antiquities of Central America, ; The New York Albion furnishes a brief account of the important discoveries of Messrs. Stephens and Cathcrwood, in Central America, or uu&ti. mala, ns it was formerly called. Our readers arc .aware, lhat the attention. of the. learned has been much directed, of late, to tlio numerous and as. toriinhinir monumental treasures that lie scattered about this vast region.' The two gentlemen above named, have recently returned from an extensive survey of these ruins,- and are. about"'presenting the result of their explorations to tho public in a printed volumu. In the mean tima, in order to satisfy in some degree, the public curiosity, they have delivered several lectures on the subject, the general conclusions of which arc presented in the Albion . -The travellers proceeded from NewYork to the bay of .Honduras, and, upon landing, their first halting pliice in the way of their task was Copan, the ruins in the vicinity of which were both ex tensive and magnificent. Mr. Catherwood, on Wednesday evening, exhibited a drawing of the temple at Copan, which seems to have been upon an extensive scale, one front of it bcinir in length boiftfi30 feet, and it side face about 18Hfeet. Lba interior or the temple is laid out wiUi all Hie skin, and regard trf convenience of the most prnc. ticcd architect, arrcHlio exterior 'presenting an elaboration of oriiamentas well as refinement in sculpture, which altogether astonished thu truvel. lent, as in fact so did the drawing astonish those before whom it was placed at tho lecture. There were runny single columns most elaborately wrought, the work was deeply cut, and all in mas. terly styi From Copan the travellers proceeded to Kuiri- gui, whero they found many monuments, chiefly ol the same character ns those at Copan, only tho latter were much longer than those which were first visited, From thence they procecdccTlo San tu Cruiz del Cuiehe, to Gucquetcnango, to Oco- Kiniro, to 1 alcnnue, and to Uxmiu. llie whole forming a circuit of nearly three thousand miles in peremcter, and the greater part of which was thicklyntodded with extensive ruins, nil of which were perfectly analogous to each other, although the variations in extent, ornament, Vo., cre tiiu j mcrou.. They were all evidently the labors of a pcpnlo of a common origin, apparently of f,ho same political, religious nnd social principles, of the same habits and association of ideas, and certainly far advanced in civilization and refinement. In numerable squaro columnx, or ohclmks of stone, were found in the course of their investigations, all of which were carved on every side with hier. oglyphics, or with figures of animals or human Ic ings; the former, in nil probability, containing legends which, if they could be deciphered, would go far to explain the history of the peopk who had tli us executed them ; and tho latter executed with such regard to the due proportions of figure as ac tually to ntttonish the travellers, who had not the most remote expectation to find anv branch of the fine arts in so forward a state. What added to their astonishment was the fact that all these mon uments were found in tlio deepest recesses of for ests of giganlie.and.cloKly.plant6.d-trc.es; a proof OI Aueir aniKlllliy Ulioguillt-'r liruiraiuii:, as u muai have required centuries to bring such trees to their maturity and enormous growth, and it must have been after those cities were ruined anu gone to ae. struction that those forests wero allowed to lake roa in their precincts ot all. These considerations, ifflaided by any olhef," must carry the mind back to a period of the world altogether startling to think of. And erroneous notion has got broad that these antiquities, in the colossal magniludcof their parts, throw those of i hebes, Luxor, and other I'jiryptinii monuments in the shade, nnd that the luttcr may now' "hide their diminished heads ;"it is believed also that in architectural elegance, as well as in oxtent, these American remains far exceed those of Balbec, Palmyra, or even ancient Babylon its elf. These surmises roceivo no countenance from the accounts given by Messrs. Stephens and Ca therwood. The extent of tho American nionu. nients has rather regard to them as one mass pro. miecuoiiftly and almost cvery.where spread within a circumference of throe thousand miles, than to tho extent or magnitude of any ono specimen or set ot ruins; ana nothing but cit'icr a complete misunderstanding of the true details or an intense love of the marvellous, could have brought about! mose misc comparisons. . But (ho moot important point to be aieertained is that of referring these monuments truly to any of those of the old world. At the first gluncc nt some of the moro colossal figures, their costumes and their grouping, there wns for the moment a similarity to those of ancient Egypt, but tho prac tised eyes of tmr travellers soon corrected the mo mcntarV error of their thought. There was not ono of those monstrous heads which so essentially belong to lgvptmn mvthology. rehvious rites, and occidt writings; tho pro;ortious of the figures were in .very respect belter in those ir fore them, and nowhere did they find lhat inherent regard for great magnitude or peculiar pwitjjon in the statu, nry and sculpture. The liieroglvphiCBtw.thotifdi lilxrally scattered nnd every where homogeneous, were altogether different from 'those upon the r.gvptian tnonnmenl From the intricacy of their designs, and from ninny grotesque subjocUof their sculpture, thre monument might be referred to a more oriental s-niree than that of Egypt ; and tjie similarity seems to inrrra.se the further they arc referred to the eastward. China and Japan pre sent many of the images and groups which nre lotma ontnew-Amcnrnn monuments: nnd altho' .1.1 L .1-. ' . 1 Ti i .V 7 with much that is grotesque in the lattr there is much that ia beautiful and symmetrically correct, while in Ch'na and Japan, particularly tlielatUr, Die monstiwM prevails in an exorbitant dcirroc. there is really milch that is common to the east of Asia, and Ia the west of America. With data like those before us, then, the editor o the Albion asks, can tlxre be much difficulty in Mjriirymg mai mosr Tceciven nypnfhrsis, lhat America was first peopled from the eastern part of Asia, the passage being made across Bchring's stjaitj f Viliere ii (he difficulty in assuming tho theorytliat maiikindrxontinunlly radiating from the primitive scats of first rreatHmrgnPofitifitl ally advancing beyond previous confines,-should gradually arrive at the shores of the Pacific, should people the island ther. should crors the nnrrow strait, narrow th4t at midway both shores may be seen from the same position should Ira. yd .southward, and gives human population to this continent?- I A celebrated toper, intending to g maked ton baUVonsuIted an-aeoiiaintancemwhat charaerer he should disguise himself. G6 sober replied his friend, and your most intimate friends will not know you. . 4 : i Alexander the Great, seeing Dfcgencs looking attentively at a large' collection of human bones piled one upon another, asked the philosopher what he was looking for. 'I am searching,' said Diogenes, 'for the bones of your father, but I can. not distinguish them from lime of his slave.' A srrwoth tea never made a skilful mariner. Neither do'tinrnteirupted prosperity and success qualify a men for vsrfuhieM or happiness. The Storms of adversity, like the storms of the ocean, s rouse the facnltiee and excite the mveatioa duee skill, and fortitude of the voyager. . . - Look Sattwj litmmoKsA contractor on the pablie works of Illiooie has paten tod a new drill tat excavating rocke. It fs worked by bone power, and wiQ drill into solid rock ia one, day, to the depti of forty-Dine feet. 1 ; r--- , s , . - .' ' c The Right of VoUiig EXEROSED TIIE SEVERAL STATE. In New Hampshire, every male1, ipliabitant SI years of age, three months in the State Stadenu; Paupers, &c. excepted. . , , xn-laassacnuscits, every main cinzcn, raupcrs, and pcrsous under guardianship, excepted, ono your in tho .Statu, and six months in tlio Town whero he offers to vote, having paid a tax within two years, unless exempted therefrom by law. In Rhode IsIand,'o Constitution- By Charter of Charles It. all freemen vote. ' In Connecticut, every white male citizen, hav. ing a legal residence of six months, 'with a free, hold of seven dollars per annum, and every whit fliale enrolled in the militia one year, or being ex empted from military duty by I4W, having paid a State lax within tlio year, and good moral char acter. In Vermont, every man of quiet arid peaceable behaviour, one yeai in tho.Stdto. In New Jersey, all inhabitant with 1? months' residence, worth a clear estate of tOl Proclama tion money. " , "' v In Pennsylvania, every freeman who has resided two years in the State, and paid a tax, and tlio sons of such, between twenty-one and twenty, two, without the payment of lax. in Marylund, all freo white males 2( years 0f age, having resided ono year in the State, and six inoiiiiis in uio county. v In North Caarolitia, all freemen" with el freehold of 50 acres, and a residence of ono year for Sena tors; and all freemen resident i months, having paid taxes, for Members of the House of Commons. In South Carolina, every free white citizen having resided two years in the State, with a free, hold of fifty acres, or town lot possessed for sit months ; or not having such freehold, or lot, a res idence of six months in the election district whero he oilers to vote, and the payment of a tax within the year of three shillings sterling towards tho 6UpportDf..tlici5!ato . Government.. . Inlieorgia, all citizens and inhabit! rrfitfi; who have paid the taxes required of them and resided six months where they vole. T ' "T In Louisiana, every free white male citizen, residing, ono year, having paid a tax or being a lrceliolqer. In Kentucky, all free white male citizens, two yc'ars in tho State, and one in the county where they vote. In Ohio, every white male inhabitant, one year then in, nnd having paid a State or county tax. In Tennessee, every freeman, or inhabitant of tho State, if a freeholder, may vote in the county .where the freehold lies, without being a resident thereof if not possessed of a freehold, ho must have resided six months whero he ofTera to vote In Mississipi, every free white malc person oni year in the State, and six months In the county, serving in the militia or paying a tax. In Illinois, white male inhabitants, six months in the State. In Missouri, nil free white male citizens ono year in the State and three months in the county. In Alabama, every white male of, lawful ago, having-resided one year in the State, and three months in tho. county. ; In Indiana, all white male citizens one yeaf in tho State. In New York, every male citizen df the age of 21 years, one year in the State, and ix months in (lie town nr rntintv n'liere he hfFrira tn vote: hav- tug paid a tax within the year, or legally scrvcH as a mihtia.man or fireman or labored upon the public high.ways, &c. Maine, cveryfrccman having his residenco established three months before tho election, Stu dents, Paupers, tec. excepted. In Virginia, fifty acres of unimproved land in tho county, or twenty-five acres of land with a house upon it, held for life, or in fee simple, quah. firs a man to vote in the county where the (and lies provided "eaid land has been orfned by hint 6 months before the election, or has decended to him. or come by marriage or gift. An improved lot in any corporate town with a dwelling house of a certain size thereon. A pcrn. owning land as above, in different Counties, may vote in each county fur delegctes, but can only vote for a Sena tor, or for Member of Congress, in the same dis. trict. " - v ,In evpry case, voters arc required to no citizen of the United States;" by birllf orby'riaturaliza tion. ' 'i - A bit of Iloiuaucc. find in the Cincinnati Tims an necoiint of a female, who has within a fo'W years crn many vicissitudes of fort.ine. She is now an applicant before the Ohio Legislature for a divorce, and re'. side in Newark, Ohio. She is a nativc." Ick. port. New York. She was married iri 1829, to 11 man by the name of ilerriek, with whom she lived n Iw ut three years, wheri by "dissipation and idle ness on his purt, tbey-wcro reduced to want, and tho husband jvns obliged to leave his home to set k employment. He-went to Cincinnati where hn rruinincd some time, and then took into his bend to go to Texas. 1 ierrick wrote to his wife at Lock port, requesting her to remove to Cincinnati, that she might lie nearer to him when be wan in Texas, and bho left Lockpnrt for Cincinnati. At Cleave, land, tmr means failed her, and sbo wu obllfci to throw herself into tho kitchen ef a hotel, to prfcurc money to continue her journey. .Whilo in in is. situation, sue acciacnuy nccamc.acnuajn.h- ed with a gentleman' from Columbus, who discov ering that her accomplishments and education wero tltose of a lady, who innst have known better days, lie pccanie imcrcsica in tier oenau. ono iuiu ntr -case-before him, and asked his assistance in pro L , - . Il l L1I L. I curing a school that she might earn the ntieessa. ry mean to follow her husbands He requested her to crmy to Ooluhibufl, she caine, and, tho geh. tirman procured Jicr a smatl school. 1 1 In was in 1 33j. V hilb teaching, school, she iHnTiic 111, and Was cofifincdTo her room for soino week.. During her indisposition, a man eallimf- jliim elf Wilson, vinitrd her, and told her hn was just from 'Trxii,' and that her husband died in that country, a lew days be lore lie leu. lie told her all the circumstances connected with her htisband. print tie left a-Wifo In Lockbort, etc.. in such a straight toward manner, she was forced lo belitvr hint; Mio partially recovered ncr nralUi, and 11 137 bcc'iine acquainted with a wortfcy gentle- man a widower residing in Newark,- .named Chaiidlrr. After the! due courtuhjrv and in nbouta yesfnftcr she heard her husband wasd(l. .Mr. Chandler otlcred her his hand and fortune she tit 'first refused, but subseq'iently taking inW Consideration ber destitute situation which Wns . really one of want she consented tn bcrome In wio. They were married incog. Mr. Chandler took her to fa's Lome at Newark, where she livrd ' with him, enjoyingas much happiness a human flesh ia heir to, Witil last November when tudw denly her fitst husband, Mr. Ilerrick. aborsrrd and claimed bcr as hi wife. This w a trying scene for a piou and virtuou woman; she flew to the paaior 01 her church for advice, and he advised her to seclude herself from both until suck a tint as the marriage contract with owe of Jhetn could be annulled, rbts the did and she imrnediatelv- applied to the Legislature for a divoroe from ber first husband. . ' Mrs. Hat rick Ss represented a a lady nt ereat 1 menuu ana personal acer,mpluiiimenU, snd undo. . . ... . . j . - "ft T J ' inmm av.w IBM ,11AU1H l'J either haahand. - AVTien yod indulge in bard thooghta. or faarsh expreamoo sgainat yoor ikeighbor, thirds '.el rout wn failings aad bemoderat. . ' - '. v . 1
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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June 25, 1841, edition 1
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