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VOLUME II.-XL1IBER18.
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA," FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29,' 1811. . ,
WHOLE NUMBER ?a;
D. R. M' ANALLY St J.ROBERTS, EDITORS.
PUBLISHED EVERT FBIDAT MORNING, BY
II. CHillSTir & co.
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Turks Dollam. if imvment be delayed after the
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scribing. IX These terms vol, tm all cases, oe
strictly adhered U. - it.; ,
No subscription discontinued (except at the op.
tion of the publishers) an til afl arrearages are paid.
D AorsaTiBcvcNTs will be inserted for One
Dollar per equate, for the first, and Twenty-five
CcnU for each subsequent insertion! A liberal
deduction will be made from thejcgular pricca for
advertiser by the year. -,
-1 '. " ' ; ' IMIIII IJB
Factorage and Commission
v' ....... Hamburg, B. C.
AS I liavo declined scllinjr goods, I beg. leave
to return my grateful acknowledgement to
my friend, and the pnblio generally,, for their Lb-
eraJ paironagc wmic uius engaged. ,
, ITT I now offer my services to the public as an
Agent, to RECEFVi? and FORWARD
.. ALL KINDS OF MERCHANDIZE AND PRODUCE.
And, I will not be enraead in anv othrr bust.
nesa, I will pay strict attention to rite Interest of
ail those consigning their Traduce or Merchandize
to me, and while in my bouse the best pare will be
taken and forwarded, with' despatch or .orders
promptly obeyed. 1
From experience and observation, I have long
inougiu uiai a laiuuul agent could render consid
efbje servite to the Planters, in selling (heir rot
Ion; and flour, and bnying their groceries ; and, as
I have been engaged in this market for the last ten
years, and acquainted with the general routine of
Tmsmcss, 1 incrc lore otter my services to my friends
and the planter-generally and trill .faithfully
T" devote 'thy undivided attention to the interest of
.ill those who may commit to my charge the sell
ing of their produce and buying such articles as
they may ordsr.' '"' .
I'v all cash, iir coturusioNi shai.i, be .mode.
tb. . U.L. JEFFERS.
Sept. 23, 1841. , : . 2m66 t
P. S. I am not interested in any Warehouse in
the place; therefor all cotton sent to my care
will be stored as directed, and if no directions, my
best judgment will be used for the planters' inle.
'. . ILL. J.
The Greenville Mounlainrer, Edgefield AdVer
liner, Tendlctonr Mcsscnger.IIighlan d Sontinel and
Highland Messenger will inseet the above two
- JP'inths, and forwrd-bills.oiioit:
IIAH1H AUIi AND CUTLERY.
THE Subscribers have jast received from the
manufactories in England and the Northern
States, a handsome and wcll-assorted stock of
Hardware and uiW yr
whirh thev offer for sale on very reasonable terms,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL, at the corner
(brick building) of Centre and Mercer Streets,
' aSono which se :
Englishwedrsand American Iron, assorted sizes,
Sanderson's cast Steel, x
iemian, English and American Steel, N.,
Band and Hoop Iron, assorted sizes, v
Lend ; cut and wrought Nails, all sizes,
"olIins Axes, chisels and Gouges,
Mill Irons, full assortment,
Anvils, Vices, Smith's Bellows, Horse shoes and
Horse-shoe nails, .
"Pots, Bake Pans and Frying Pans,
Table Knives and Forks, Pen and Pocket Knives,
Mill; cross-cut, hand and tenant Saws,
Locks and Hinges, carpenter's rianes and Ham
mers, - Codue Mills, Gridirons and Augers,
Oindknes,ManilIa and cotton Rope J to 9 inches
Ana otnrr articles, such as ore usually kept in
Hardware, stores. .
IIENKELL St ROBIXSON.
' Hamburg, Sept. 3(1, 1811. , - lm67
The Greenville Mountaineer, Edgefield Adver
tiser and Highland Messenger will please give 1
insi-rtionseach; and forward their accounts to this
Ufiice. JvwmL , -
1IOLSE IAD LOT
' FOR SALE-.
THE sitbscriber wishes to sell the House and
Lot in the town of Ashcville. now oemniivl
by himself, situate on the main street, south of the
' win 1 louse. ' :
On the lot is a large and comfortable house,
suitable for a dwelling, store, or public house, with
large and convenient stables an4-othet out 4uiW
mgs. There is twentv-eiirht acres of land imme.
aiiiely joining (he lot, and a tract of fifty Acres of
s -wNjiiu nne mue irom town, a lurthcrdescnp
tion is deemed unnecessary, as K Is presumed any
person fishing to purchase, will examine for them
wives. Terms made to suit tho convenience of
the purchaser. 1 JOHN OSBORN.
... .Ashcville, September 10, 1841. 63
ICT NEW IRON WpRKS.
THE undersigned take this method to inform
l,ie. P"tlic at large tliot they have their new
cii t- in full operation, and are prepared
to fill bills for any amount of
Their Works are situated in Cherokee county, N. C
four miles north-west of the town of Murphy.
?,'TI!ouor P wishing to purchase as much
as 224lbs.can have it delivered at any point with,
in the bounds of tbt counties of Haywood, Ma
con, and Cherokee, North Carolina, or Union, Ha
bersham or Gilwore, Georgia, at 7 cents per pound,
or U cents delivered at the forge. We warrant
our Iron to be as good as any mads in the State.
e flatter ourselves that tho quality of our Iron,
together with Hie Terr low price at which we pro.
pose to sen, will entitle as to a good portion of the
public patronage. Bills forwarded to the propria.
tors wiU be atrtcthr attended to. Address .
EARPS 6l WARD, Murphr.
September 3, 1841 1
THE UNDERSIGNED. h inr finals CimI
i,?"lltrlr of the estate oi WILLIAM
v.. v a ao, i jui, Term, 1641, of Burke coun
ty Court, wpectfully request h persoas owing
Mid cute to come forw.rd Ad make payment
TTw ? chums s,., Uw estate, will pre.
d uly autlienUcated, wtthin the Una
prwcribed by law, or this Mtie. will be plead ia
bar oJ their recover. , - ' - . '
cIiarles Mcdowell,
thus. butler, -
Aaj. 20,1841
tda
""It L
O. Walker,
WARE HOUSE ANO COMMISSION MERCHANT,
ind Rcfriiiag k Forwarding Agent,
Oct. 17. HAMBURG, S.C. 6m 68
SADDLES, BRIDLES,
; - Ac, Ac.
THE undersigned (late Sunn
& WaHJirr,) beg leave to in.
form tftoir customers, and the pub.
lie at large, that they are receiving
invoices of a '
Splendid stock of floods,
from their manufactory, and from European mar.
kels, and can accommodate buyers on as fair
terms as they can find any wlicrc else. -
JjP They will have constantly on hand, a gene,
ral assortment of
SADDLES, BRIDLES, MARTINGALES, t WHIPS,
Trunks, Talicm, Ilolstm Jc HawrssM,
Sole, Upper, and 1 far nets leather. Shoe Finding,
Calf and Hog Skin, Saddlery Ware and
Furniture, of every description.
They request those in need of articles in their
line, to call at the old Brick Stand, (sign of the
. Black Horse,') corner of Centre and Mercer
streets, where favors will be thankfully received
and orders punctually attended to.
WRIGHT, BULL & CO.
Hamburg, Sept. 9, 1841. lmf6 ,
DThe Greenville Mountaineer and Highland
Messenger will copy four times, and forward ac
counts. Journal,
NEW STORE.
THE SUBSCRIBER
RESPECTFULLY announces that lie has
leased tho STORE
Corner of Market and Centre Streets
lately occupied by Mr. G. II. Taylor, and
keep en hand an assortment of
will
COTTON BAGGING, ROPE, IR0N,&C, &C.
B3 Orders from the country will meet with
prompt and strict attention.
-CTmc. iL-JRQUHAET
Hamburg, Nov. 9, 1810.
State of North Carolina,
3UXCOMBE COUNTY.
COURT OF EQUITY FALL TERM, 1841.
Nbhemiaii Blackstock,
vs.
Petition for Sale
Jacob MincALr . wife, and
and Distribution of
others, heirs at law of Ed
Real Estate.
ward Bucxnkr, dee'd,
IN this case, it appearing to the satisfaction of
the Court that Reuben 5, Billingslcy and
wife Holly, and Daniel Buckner, two of the de
fendants in this case, are not inhabitants of this
tate,anil resldtr Trithrjutlhe tnrisdiction of this
Court, so that the ordinary process of this Court
cannot be served on tliem It was, therefore, or-1
dcred by Court, that pnblication be made for six
weeks in the " Highland Messenger," a wockly
newsnaner nulilisherf in thn town nf.- A.liovilln N
Carolina. .fyin th- .n; A RiiKn aii.. -r
and wife Holly, aZ 1 fanicl liuckner, to appear at
the court house in Ashcville on the 1st Monday
after the 4th Monday in March next, then and
there before said Court to plead, answer or de
mur, otherwise judgment pro eonfesso will be en
tered against them, and decree passed accordingly.
Test, E. It. MclLL'IKU, c. M. E.
(Pr. adv. 85 50. 6 68
ffaiiJlntj to employ.
A GOOD -MILLER, who can come wclLrc.
commanded as an honest , industrious wan,
can find employment with the subscriber, to take
charge of his saw and grist mills. One with a
small family K;relTeirAnflynmeBratrflTr-
JAMES M. SMITH.
Ashcville, Sept. 29th, !l 841. G6
State of IVorth Carolina,
BURKE COUNTY,
Court cf fleas k llnnrter Sms July Ttrrn, 1811.
William M. Carson and Jonathan L. Car.
son, administrators, icilh the trill an.
nrxed, of John Carson, deceased, and
George M. Carson,
vs.
Joseph McD. Carson, Charles Carson,
Rebecca Carson, Sidney $ Erwin and
vrife Caroline, James Smith and wife
Emily , James Carson, Samuel Carton,
Sftrah JiohinsonJyirah Smilh, Rebec.
r' ea McEntirc, James 'Wilson, Ruth
Wilson, Mary Wilson and Matilda
Wilson. "
Carson,
AN APlfljICATION TO PEOVE THE LAST WILL
AJfD TESTAMENT OF JOHN CARSON IN Dl'E
ANlTSOLEMN FORM. '
IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court in
this case, that the defendants, Sidney 8. Er.
win, and wife Caroline,' James Smith and wife
Emily, James Carson, Samuel Carson, Sarah Hub.
inson, Sarah Smith, James Wilson, Ruth Wilson,
Mary Wilson and Matilda Wilson, arc non-resi-dents,'
aneTTive r"wiffi6ulTbejur1edIetion' of this
Court It is therefore ordered, adjudged nnd de
creed, that publication be made for six weeks in
the weekly Raleigh Register, published at Raleigh,
North Carolina, and in the Highland Messenger,
published at Ashcville, North Carolina, summoning
the said defendant toapfiear at the next Court of
Picas aniWJuartcr sessions to be hold for the coun.
ty of Bnrkc, at the court house in Morganton, on
tlic 3d Monday after the 4th Monday in Septem
ber next, to see proceedings touching the probate
of the last will and testament of John Carson,
dee'd., in solemn form:
Witness, J. J. Ewu(, Clerk of our said Court,
at office, on the 3d Monday in July, 184 1, and in
the ubth year of American Independence.
Teste, J. J. ERWIN, Ciert:"
Pr. adv. $9 00. 6sw 8
State of'iVorth Carolina,
CALDWELL COrNTY.
COURT OF PLEAS ASD QUARTER SES.
SIONSJULY TEXM,mi.
Wilii Gatuer,
Solomom IMTnEaviif
Attachment levied on
' -Land.-
g RDERED by Court, that publication be made
vf kx six weeks in the "Highland Messenger"
for the defendant to appear at our next Court to
be held for tbe county of Caldwell, at the place
appointed by law for holding said Court, oa tbe
fourth Monday In October next, to plead or reple
vy, otherwise judgment pro confess will be enter.
4 up against him, and tbe lands levied on eon.
fomned tosatisfy plaintiff's debt.
Witness, Eumu P. Miixta, Clerk of onr said
Court, mt office, the 4th Monday ia Julr, 1841.
-. - - e. P. MHitR, ar
lYa fee, $5 50.J I law - 61
Tlie duty to lAbor. V;
" The world owes roe a good living, and
I'll have it," says some blackleg, as he fin.
ishes ft luxurious repast. " Here, landlord,
another bottle of your prime Madeira."-
Halt a. doaerj empty headed Tops, who sit
gazing a: him, by stealth, in silent admira
tion, hail the sentiment with applause.-
That's it T the world owes ur ergood H w
ing, and we'll have it ! Jandlord, more
wino here !:.' we won't go home till mom.
ing.' Let's go it while we're young. Who
cares for the expenses t" The consequence
of this is tho pilfering of money drawers,
tho ignominious loss of employment, gen
teel ioaferism, and so on, uutil one of these
enterprising gentlemen, in eager pursuit of
the good living' the world owes him, puts
the wrong man's name to a check, or in
some i indrcd way gets a ticket for the mar.
Lie palace at Sing-Sipg where Jhe State
droviJes a ' living for such as it thinks do.
serving, but not just such a one as consists
with their own estimate of their exalted
merits. "-.
Tho groat error in this case is the origi
nal maxim. It is false and detestable. 'The
world owes you a living? How owes?
(Have you earned it by good service ? - If
I I ...i..i . .1... :
plilpit, as a toiler or tt teactjer, " you hvo
acquired a lust risht to livelihood. But if
you have eaten as much as you have earned;
or worse still, have done little or no good,
the world owes vou nothing. You may be
worth millions, and able to enjoy every im
aginary luxury without care or effort, but
if you havedone"nothing"to increase the
sum of human comforts, instead of the world
owing- you any thing as fools have babbled,
you arc morally bankrupt and a beggar.
Mankind are just, awaking to a conscious
ness of the duty resting on every man to be
active and useful in his sphere. AH are not
called to dig or hew to plough or plane
but every man has a sphere of usefulness
allotted him by Providence, and is unftuth
ful to his trust if he deserts it for idle pomp
or heedless luxury. One man may be fit
ted by nature and inclination for onartizan,
another for a sailor, and a third for a mer-
chant ; hut no man was ever born fitted only
to be an idler and drone. . Those who be.
come so are the victims of perverse cir-
cumstances.and & (teplorablo education.
V Hut has not a rich man a right to enjoy
his wealth?' Most certainly. We would
be thclast to deny him of it. lie has a na.
tural and legal right .to possess and enjoy it
in nnp mvriup nr)t i njti rirt) i l&y,lhpr ' Km
he has no moral right to be useless because
he has superior means of being useful. Let
him surround himself with nil the comtorts
and true luxuries of life ; let the master,
pieces of artjsmile upon him in his galleries,
and the mighty minds of all ages speak to
him from his library. Let plenty deck his
board, and tho faces of those ho loves ga.
thcr joyously around it. Let him possess
iu abundance the means of satisfying every
pure and just desire of hfs nature, and be.
come wiser, 'nobler, larger in foul, than his
less fortunate neighbor. But never let him
lorget as, if properly trained, ho, never
can that it is his solemn duty to be useful
to his fellow creatures, especially to the de.
pressed and suffering to labor for their
benefit; and sufforTlf need be, for their ele
vation.
The servile idolatry withvhich
and vulgarity have looked up to power and
wealth ihc hosannas which the trampled
millions have sung before the conquerors
land other scourges of the earth are fading
and Hitting lorevcr. In the twilight which
succeeds this gross darkness, there comes
n season of moral anarchy, when men hav
ing lost faith in juggler who once blinded
and bound them, resolve to believe nothing
. to decry and prostrate all that rises above
the lowest level. INow tho laborer with his
sinews returns hatred for the contempt once
attempted to be cast upon him, and says,
whatgood is there in any thing but manual
labor ? away with all else Utliose whose la
bor Js neiUier mental .or. physical are but
moths. Ihe wofrld soon learns to respect
its benefactors in whatever sphere," and to
realize that he who truly and honestly ex.
liFtsTiTmscIf in some department of useful
effort, may justly claim the highest reward
of merit.
All tears wiped away.
They fall fast in this world. They arc
seen every where. There ore so many
causes for them, and in such constant ope
ration, that there is not a moment not mark,
ed by a tear. -t
We try to wipe them away. We strug.
glchard to prevent the eye from telling the
sadness of the heart. Sometimes we do,
for a while, seal up the fountain. - But it is
soon open again. Our strongest purpose
will not prevent it.
Our friends try to wipe awny our tears..
Their words fall kindly on par ears. But
sorrow is tod" deep for them. We thank
them, but still weep. Time tries to Wipe
our tears away. Many of them do disap
pear under his efforts. But he only poOrly
and partially accomplishes-his work- Some
new wavo of trouble makes us mourn afresh
So it has ever been. All before , us hare
known more or Jess of tears, till the eve
was dim in death. Alt coming after us will
also pay the tribute of their tears ia testi
mony of the sosrows of human life. .
Buthat a kingdom that, where there
are no tears. V " All tears shall be iped
away !" It would be a glorious kingdom,
even if tho work was not quite so completer
How happy would men count themselves, j
- ' "
it they were made to ' weep only once or
twice ia a life time f . What a kingdom of
this world that would be-, enly al few of
whose inhabitants ever haf sorrow enough
to cause tears. But in the kingdom above
the work is perfect. There shall not even
be one weeper. There shall rot be one
tear. .
7 It "will not be the power that we may have
over ourselves that shall cause our Icars to
cease nor that of-otrr-friends orer us-
nor the laws of time that shall do it. These
agencies of relief have been tried and have
failed. God shall wipe away all tears.
This agency cannot fail. He can reach
the deepest fountain of grief. The suffused
eve is the Sign of the soul in trouble. God
will penetrate the soul itself with such in
fluences asshall make tears impossible.
He will drive all tho causes of sorrow out
of it. As the last trace of sin is removed,
then will bo removed the grand agent of
human wo. The fountain is then lorevcr
sealedT "
What a sensation would bo felt if it
should be announced that in this world there
should bo no more tears. Men would lift
themselves up, as if a heavy burden had
been thrown off They would shout to each
other in exultation, and call on the floods
to clap their hands. .WIiy.jshould lbey not
rejoice that it shall be so in the kingdom
above ? And wilh far greater joy ; as this
world fde$ as a leaf, but tlwt to coiuo-is
everlasting, 1 .
All tears shall cease. The tears of pain
the tears of bereavement the tears of
disappointnenl the tears of remorse tho
tears of despair ; they are all wiped away.
Go through" all tho - heaverrly realms pand
there shall not be found a tear. You find
millions that have wept; but the former
things have passed away. Moses wept, and
David.'and l3aiah-Htnd Paul.- Nora ran
somcd one of all the myriads but once did
weep. But the last tear has fallen !
Right views of that blessed world, and
deep meditation upon it,aresuited to soothe
our earthly sorrows, and chase away some
at least of the tears that fall so fust now.
God has revealed a tearless heaven to light,
en, by hope of it, the trials of mortality.
Blessed is he who knows how to use aright
so powerful and happy an agency. .Boston
Recorder.
Rural Embellishment
TlicTdisriosition to improve and adorn the
grounds immediately around houses in the
country, is rapidly extending itsclt in Amcr
lea. But it is very much chccKeu oy me
wn nt nf pr.ictic.fl) ipiideK. l?V mejfns of which
there shall Co some security afforded to in.
dividuals with moderato resources, against
the misapplication of their money and labor.
The English works, which are to be found
in great variety, and some of them very
splendid, are worso than useless in many
respects upon this sjdeof the Atlantic ; for
they are predicated upon a Rate of society
and manners, a climate, an extent of pri
vate fortunes, ind a scale of prices of labor
and materials so wholly different from what,
is known here, that any luckless wight who
ever cornmenced operations tij5b"n the faith
of what ho read In them, must have had
occasion before he ended, to repent in more
ways than one of Ins misplaced confidence.
Almost every citizen of the United States,
when he begins to improvcrtand7 hasto
deal with nature in some" of her primitive
fgnoTancc-fI ficvcry thing before him to
be done, nnd the cost of labor with which
to do it very great. Hence, it often hap.
pens, that he has expended a considerable
sum realizing nothing further from it. as
yet, than an opportunity to expend more to
advantage. He finds this no whero set
down in tho estimates of the old world,
whero no such work is necessary ; -and he
becomes discouraged from doing wore.
What he sees put down within the compass
of a moderate fortune in England, turns
out to require a large one in America. He
loses confidence tn all estimates whatever,
and in order to save himself from" ruin,
stnns where? hn is. Tlir cciftorptrr rrnn'
crallv is. that he loses the aefvantage of
much of his preceding outlay ; that he gets
disgusted With country life ; finally sells
what he has done for a quarter part of the
amount it has cast him, and returns to aey4W,olisaM
detcrmincdncver to leave it ; or, if ho does,
only for a jaunt to some watering place du
ring the hot weeks of the season.
Yet, ofter all, it is very easy toadorn the
lowliest country dwelling without incurring
much cost, provided only the disposition be
found to exist in the mind of its tenant.
There is no country, where thcopportuni
ty and the inducement unite together in a
greater degree, than among us. Our lands
arc generally io tlic hands of independent
citizens; who own them free from incum
brance, but who own not much else. A
trifling amount of annual labor, is all that
is necessary to make the difference at home,
between a bare and desolate hovel, and a
pretty farm-house. A few overgrown cur
rant bushes in a tormal row before the house
which have been left tq take care of them
selves ever since they were set ; half a do.
zen wild apple trees, constitute all the hor.
licultujal improvement of many of our most
ancient interior towns. A few hours but
too often spent at the tavern fire-place in
political wrangljng, would suffice to put a
new face upon the scene. The apple-trees
might be made, to return money into the
pocket of their owner, and bis neglected
curra of bushes might afford space for a
few additional plants, the cultivation of
which would soften and expand his own
mind, inthermrotbthat it imnrored the
appearance of bis home.' His wife and
hischildren taking the benefit of his exnm.
pie, could daily t contribute without effort
their mite to the general effect, and thus
would grow but of ft 'neglected and repel,
ling spot, a cheerful and inviting scene
To do all this, little is necessary beyond the
wilLof the individual concerned. Vet how
many arc there all over the United' States,
men and women, who have never realized
the possibility of such a conception, and
twhothintmlrThe-usc-of"lhcnearttlto ixjrl mctntcllrrJttidTaTnnnrKrnttrttr-tigeft
I .... . . f.i . r c t i ' '-.. i
that it yields corn nnd wheat and potatoes
all the beauty of a house, that it is a slicker
from the weather.
We wish that there was in America, a
more decided taste for country life among
the younger portion of those classes, favor
ed by fortune with tho possession of pro.
pcrly. Itiwould have a tendency, . in some
degree, to counteract tle restlessness and
disposition to change, which is chancteris
tic of our people, and to check the passion
for luxuries of all kinds., which is rapidly
extending itselfw
The" increase or or
public hotels, and the facilities of transpor
tation from place to place. One of the
greatest supports to the fabric of society,
as it is erected in England, is tho landed in
terest; by which wc mean, that class of
proprietors who live upon their estates, and
sympathize with all their neighbors, poor
or rich, and to whom the idea of removal
from the place which they nail home, is in
the nature of 4i- heavy -Calamity. In the
United States there is no such class. The
wealthy have mado their property for them
selves in cities, and to most of them a coun
try house is necessary, . because it is com.
monly regarded as an appendago to the
condition of a man of fortune, ft od f r no
other reason. It is seldom considered in
the light of a permanent possession, or
more than a place to spentT three or four
months of summerr Nrr rural tastes are
formed, no sympathies with neighbors arc
created. The citizen all his life, and his
country residence at his death is sold, and
passes into other hands, without the perpet
uation of a single memorial that such a man
had ever dwelt in it. The great majority of
persons who make country seats, duso be.
rnuse. thev have tf 'romantic idea in theitH
mind of the delight of a beautiful retreat
from the bustle of the world. Neither mo
live will answer for any length of time, to
keep them living there. The desire for dis
play, rapidly palk witb the possession of all
that is necessary to indulge it, and the fancy
for retirement gives way before thedrean
ncss of solitude. Let no one of properly
seek a country place unless he is inclined to
nttaoh liimaclf to tbe soil, to make his chil
dren feel that it is their's as well ns bis, to
cultivate a common interest with all his
neighbors. North American Review.
Bells.
In China , where hells were invented and
first introduced, they were used for the pur
pose of clearing tho aijr of evil spirits, and
were made of an enormous size, b wn
after the conquest, they were brought into
England, on account of their supposed pow.
.oerjnferna
say, that. the lolling of bells kept spirits of
darkness from assaulting believers. Tltey
were thought to be peculiarly efficacious
in subduing the power of the devil during
storms, and were, lhcrefore jilwavs-rung
with ardour while the war of elements pre
vailed. The Dutch arc particularly fond
of bells. In Amsterdam, it is said, that not
lessthan a thousand hells arc Kept con
stantly ringing, to the no small edification
of tlwnative inhabitants, and .tho annoy,
ancc of foreigners, some of whom, with
delicate nerves, are glad to escape ns speed
ily as possible. " Every church and public
building is hung around with them in end
less variety; uud they arc kr-pt chiming
and striking every quarter of un hour the
day through. On the State house, a p r
former is stationed, to play to the market
people a superiorsort of bell-music upon the
c'rtrArThis is done by a contrivance
similar to the keys "of a pfano.fortc', which
thecarilloneuf strifeaa with all his might,
and 4botg4v--1 tireukja ttikTAeft- w lib
science and dexterity. The Russians adopt
ed bells in the tenth century. Their ia.
mousbcll at Moscow, weighing forty-three
agitate the surrounding country for forty
miles around. These facts will indicate to
us, how little we know of bells in this coun
try. Wc arc not a musical people after
this Cushion, and long may wc remain in,
respect, to bells, behind the "good people, of
Amsterdam.
Candles. Every industrious and eco
nomical wife in the country, moulds, (or
dips) a large portion of the candles used by
he?nouschold every year. At any rate,
she ought to do it, especially if her husband
kills any beeves and if Ac does not, she is
certainly bound to deliver him a full course
of curtain lectures during the fall and win
tor nights. Withthis preface we will now
tell our fair readers how to make candles
far superior to those usually made iu the
country. Trepareyour wicks about half
the usual size, and wet them thoroughly in
Spirits afr Turpentine, put them in the sun
until dry, and then mould or dip.,yourcan. 1
dies. Candles thus made, last longer, and
give a much clearer light. In fact they are
nearly or Suite equal to Sperm, in clearness
of JighLj We have used candles of this
kind, and therefore recommend them with
confidence.' S.C. Ten. Adv..
A head properly constituted, caBMemmodate
aacff to whatever pOlowihe vicisftudcabf feril
tone aiay place under it.
From the Weekly Messenger. ' - ;
War Peace Tbe ace of redton
aud ChlfitlitiiUy. ;
. Our relations with England are critical,
We believe no war will, however, arise
from existing difficulties. We ere certain
that none ought to. We are certain that
there cannot bo a full justification for any
war
Among tho improvements suggested By
the infreouency of barbarous wars,' when
contrasted with ancient and by-gone times J
and if no other improvement could bo point.. '
cd to, this atone would prove how superior
w& have become to our ancestors ; who,
witoncver a difference arose between lw
countries, resorted immediately to war ;
which they generally withdrew from with
out having settled, or adjusted the very
points that originally brought them into)
collision.
The present agitation of a rupture wilfr
fcnglandTrccallsattCDtirjintoThtr'nbsurdity
and impolicy of wars in gcnercl; and tho
wickedness especially of a war betweeTr
England and the United States, which no
thing can even warrant or justify.
War never settles a disputed question?
however it may sometimes induce arrognnco
to beconocniorc reasonable in it demands. -After
hundreds of thousands of people hava .
bwn kjlledaftcr countries have been rav.'
aged ; cities sacked t and towns - burned f
crops destroyed ; and millions of money
wasted still, all the questions originally
controverted, have to bo referred ta ncgo.
ciaiion, and decided amicably, by conccs-.
sion and compromise; as they could have
Lboen-done-wigioaUy, without Iresorting to
war. I his wan our ease in tlie war of 1&,
with Great Britain!
A resort to war always implies a violent
and head-trog indiilerence to reason and -justice.
All tlic principles and interests in.
volvedin any quest ion. of national dispute
are as well known before as after the de.
vastations of war; and no circumstance
can possibly t xist in on ago of intctlect, rea
son and civilization, to justify two nations
in proceedklg to violence, to adjust any dif.
ferenco that can arise between them. Even
supposing the sultject of contention to bo
beyond the reach of reason to settle it
still it will be tlw8aiT)C, after all the expens
of blood and treasure, incident tq warfare,
baalx:ea-waateAupmjtiunle84.wesup
pose, whattho modern improvements of art
deny, that one people ore so stipertor to an
6t hoTTas to deinotl5h7TranqTjish7 "of cxier-"
minato one of tlic parties to theconflicL
But this supposition U fallacious; for thf
inventions of modern ingenuity hare all
conduced to equallizo nations in the means
of destruction. And even where one coun.
try is unequal to another, in point of physi.
cal magnitude or resourcesmpdern policy
brings in friendly allies to the weaker party;
and more frequently the inferior, by. ihis
accession of strength, becomes tho superi.,
or party, as in the caso of Great Brita'a
against Napoleon and France.
The dictates of humanity and reason wilt
always lie found consistent with enlightened
interest an(Touhd"fcyyimdTh6lattcr"
will never be lound to sanction the violation
of the first. War nmong nations Is enalo.
gotw to lynching and duelling among iudi
Yiiualaand. tlul.oiieT4feucourarfed,4)r-- -
practised, will always lead to the other -The
laws of nations nrc, therefore, imper.
feet, when t!ey ordain certain regulations
by which war a to Ik: waged; when lhev
ought tqcontain and prescribe tho mode and;
principles by which wxf eould always ho
averted; as an -event which disturbs tho
laws of nations as much as individual vio.
leticc commits, an infractfontf the-Iawrof
society. 1 he history of Europe, and th.U
country, since the dethronement of Napo
leon, demonstrates, with scarcely un excep
tion, that the laws of nation.? only requiro
this improvement, to render them a perfect .
system for the presurvalion of peace among
nations. "
Hence the folly and-wickedness of those
speculators, who can encourage, for a mo..
tneut, tlio y-of--waf- between-Jreat:---
Britain and this country : two nations that-
occupy tho very pinnacle of intellect, rea.
son , and cj ivilization t ajrvjiiel
mostTn tho eye of tho "whole world, as tho At
champions of Ch ristian 'd set ri tie proclaim.
ing peace and good will among men. Wo.
tave always observed, that after two coun.
tries h ive waged war for some time, liko
two unruly boys, toshowttieircouragc, they
generally step forward, with a great air of
lrarjKnes and gcnerosiryl to ulier the hand
of peace to one onother, and in the gencr.
,osity of their feelings, to waive even, thd "
very points that brought them, originally
into collision. At the end of a war. both
wrties are loud in protesting that fhey want
nothing but what is j'ustand reasonable, and
will listen to any overTurea fur tho ako of
restoring tranquility to their suflering coun
tries, thus proving that there never can bo
a reason or justification for an. appeal Va
arms. f ' ,
It is unfortunate, however-, that within a
few year. -the power of tho press. well
as the foree of mechanical ingenuity, have
been exerted to produce a disposition to.
ward - j war,
This is exemplified in tlia in.
genious inventions of improved itower nf
destruction to human life, in arms and wea.
pons, and in the direction given to genius
in its literary productions, to. produce a
feeling and kindle a thirt for military glory
that worst form of-hutnin vanity, which ex
q!t over the "most ;.liaWIcal aefiievcmetiu
of death, misery, and famine. That fkteK-
mtioaiKlitca' always aurrmndatba efiUsioiM
-of geniusj has given a dabgsrou aad pow.
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