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C1KCVCAK ;; Ofthe'NortX Carolina B.IU Society, addrtned to - tk Auxiliary itd Local it i bit Scitits mtkiu tht Slut of florth (tentin; i ' '"'. Tho following " Circular" was p spared end embodied in a report .. by a committee of the Hoard of Muiugers vf tlie State In stitution, consisting of Rev. Dr, MePhep. lew, Rey. B;X. Brakeband Rev: Drury Dacy ' "' ' - " "' - The -NortH Carolina Biblo -Society was originally organized as a State Institution, - designed to operate by means of Auxiliary Societies tfirougVout tlu) entire limits of the State, under ajreneraland systematic ar rangement thereby securing tlio means of mora extensive usefulness arid greater em. ciency. Hitherto, for cause which we need not now enumerate, tho Society has failed in accomplishing the object "contemplated by its friends ro Its format ion. ; its opera tions liftvc" been" confined withirrTeryTiar. row bounds; so that while it has retained the name of a Slate Society, it has had only a nominal existence. Tho present Managers of tho Society have, for some limi past, had -tha sub iect under careful consideration. They have viewed tho singular position which they themselves occupy the important in terests they are required to serve and the certain failure that must ensue, to render tho State Society available for any useful purpose under the present disjointed action of tho various auxiliary and independent Bible Societies in tho State: anJ alter coo saltation with the M aniwrs of ths Ameri can Bible Siciety at New" York, they re. rrie.l it na diii tn i!.thqI vea nnd the irene- i-.i. - - ral interest of the cause in which we are mutually -engaged, that such means be adopted, At the. earliest period, as my be most likely to secure a permanent organiza. tion of tho Bible Societies within tho State, under better regulations and more efficient management. With this view.tliey respectfully submit to your consideration tho following propo. silions, which contain tho outline of the plan upon which the managers ff the State Society ask your friendly co-operation: 1. It is proposed, as the m st imp irtnnt object to be gained, that the Auxiliary So. cieties, holding their connection immedi. ately with the Americmi Biblo Society, be. corns auxiliary to tho, State Society ; and . . f: r the fiitiirn f.arrv on their correaDonaence with the ho 'America Brbfe Society-thrgh. ate Sjok-ty; throosh wlwstr Agent vill besupptied with B.bles and festa. . r J.- . . . . 1 - . . tho Si thev will ments as they may pa rcquirou , wiu ouch course is respectfully recommended for adoption to tho local S ocie'-ics of tho State. 2. That tho State Society, jointly with the American Bible Society, employ a Gen crul Agent for tho Slate, to be under the - . . ' I . 1 L. whose duty it shall bo to exerciso a general supervision of tlte Societies already formed; to revive, old Societies and form new ones, in connection with the State Society ; and to appoint 6iio or more agents under him to 'distribute Bibtes7nnd render such other ser- vices as the General Agent may require ; and to assign them a suitable compensation, not exceeding thirty dollars per month each. 3. To establish at Raleigh a depository of Bibles, under the care of a Local Agent, to whom orJers for IWes shall Do sent. Tho Arrant to execute theso orders prompt ly, cither 1 fioni tlioUepository in Raleigh or from New York, as may be most expedi tious and least expensive to tho Auxiliary Society so ordering. 4. The funds collected by iho Auxiliary Societies to ho forwarded to tho Treasurer of the State Society at llaioigh, to be plncea to the credit of the Society so remitting; and tbo amount so credited to be returned in'Uibles, or forwarded to the Aniericm Bible Society, as the Auxiliary Society may aircci. 5. Each Auxiliary Society to forward to the Secretary of tlic'State Society an annu. al report of its operations, with n list of its ami mnmiiTcro. finil Hliell Other 111- 'in'. v i u .......--,--- , - ' formation us may be 01 general luieresi , nnd to send delegates to ttie annual meei iugs of the State Society. 6. The Managers of.tho State Society to preparo an aiihu il report of its operations throughout tho Ktnto during the yonr pre. ceding, to be puoiisnco lor uio iuwhu-hiuu of the Auxiliary Societies. Tho oropriety of some plan, such as is here prescribed, will "'bo obvious to every ono who dedire3 t!...t our Stalo sliotild fulfil lier obligations to bo cflicient in the great work of placing the B.ble in the hands of the destitute.--- Tin; Managers of the North C.irolina Biblo Society are aware" of the Uu creased responsibilities of such a plan, should it be generally adopted, They are " willing to assume these responsibilities, if - the friends of . ih -causft will nid them in their eirorts to bring the resources of the State into general and systematic operation. They can conceive of no other plan that besides that which is hero presented,., ul cuttTri AmenwtTBim State Society. They there fore respectfully nnd confidently ask your attention to the suggestions they TiaTe matlOfTeTievTiTg, as they, do, that on a proper examination of the subject, you will see the importance ol n general co-operation of tho local Socio, tics with the Slate- Society rin- order that our State miy fi raie her appropriate po. pition in this great auJ g'K)d work. ' SIKUCT'tONS FOB COBBES?OSttXCUv- - . 1. Letters desiring information roocen. ing the business of the General Au Ht nnd the affairs of Auxiliaries, reports ! 1 '. :u buting Agents and of Auxiliaries, to 1)0 'addressed to the Rev. Charles M. t. Deems, Aitetii of the American Rnd North Carolina Bible Societies, Raleigh. 2. Persons desarioginformatioQ concern. In the plan of operation of tho State Bible S-wiety and its auxiliaries,', will address Weston K. Gales, Esq., Secretary of the. North Caroliua Biblo Society, Raleigh. fi Tlia rmutaiu'B fkf-fn:i.l lo be made to William JIM, Esq , Treasurer, Raleigh, .Tbe particular application or funds should bo FpeciSed with precision. - 4. -Orders for books, to be addressed to Jtsse Urmcii, Esq., Local Agent-NO B. S., Raleigh. '. rif-ff -1' -' ;,V Tho specimen3. Ehcl price of tho Bibles and Testaments .whtctv.caa dq turnisnea, may bo found in tho Annual Report of the Amorican wbo b;ctgty. :,,.;-. : " --' . i-f; f From ths ArtrM.1 . , Extracts of a teller from a distinguished ! literary gentleman of noun . L,arounat to Vt. J- G.M, RaiHsey, of this tmdy. - Chablestox, May 29j 1842. Mt Dea Ds. Ramset t When I wbs at Mecklenburg, some years ago,' your cabi net of western curiosities and antiquities, I believe I saw .among them, some relics of shot an i armor, which, if I recollect ngntty ydu then thought had belonged to the ad. venturers commanded by Ferdinand do Soto the first European who crossed tlio Alle ghunies, and you gavo me, I recollect, at tho time, very good reasons for your opin ion. .' A few days ago, in looking over No. 15 of tho Indian Tribes of North America, (now in course of publication by Rice and Clark, of Philadelphia,) I was surprised to meet (p. 197) this sentence: ' The cele. brated expedition of Do Soto, is now, be licved lobe fabulous." Jf this were to bo considered as a fair specimen of tho accu. racy of tho Vork, .it would with all its pretensions, W worth litt'e. There is n6 event in, tho early history of our country, better authenticated than llio romantic ad. ventures of Do Soto. 1 have been induced bv mere curiosity to look a' little Into the curly authorities within my reocn, on mis subject; and, as it may interest you, 1 shall k'ivo you a brief statement of tho re suit of mv inquiry. . ....... i .i In 1553, Francesco Lopez do Gomara wrote in Snnish a history of the discovery of tho West Indic9. It was translated into Italian, and printed in Venice in .1534. That edition is now before me : anu ai page 53 reference is made to tho conquest of it by Do Solo. Las Casas, the celebrated Bishop of Chiapa, who died at Madrid, in 1530, addressed, in 1552, n momoiial to Don Philipi, Prince of the Asturias, after, wards Philio 11. on the cruelties exercised by th Spaniards on the Aborigines of America, in which lie reters io iimj cxpeoi lion ot Do Soto to Florida, and the barbari ties inflicted by him on the inhabitants. ((Eiivers do Inn Casas.-lst vol. 81r13i ) in ForiJa by Libaull nnd Luido ni(,(.o unJi,r lhu aus.Acc3 of Admiral CoW Theodore do lirv, to an appeuoix u ine ing mstor.y..oLtheL" Frcicn s::I- on pices ui, publishod in 1530-1591, gives u suc cinct and luminous accouiu oi.uo omos cxDcditiou audits results. In 1501, Gar. celasso do la Vega finished his history of Do Soto and of Florida, an-1 it appears to have been first published in Lisbon inlbOu. It has been twice translated nnd published in French, llichelel's of 171 1 , is now be fore mo. It was translated into English, and published in 1700; and it and the nur- rativo of a Portuguese wno iiau uccomp i- oied Do Soto, formed thobasn, I might ul most say, the whole materials, of the histo ry of lhuc r:nuett ot I lonOa- lately puo lished (1835) by Theodore Irving, tho rie. phew oi Washington lmng. ino narra live of the Portuuuesc was translated into French and published in Paris in 1055, and in En" ish in London in 103o 1 ncso are I believer the chief original authorities and they will, I think, satisfy tho most skeptical that thojustory ol JJooto is very far from being a romance. You are probably aware that the first i isr"iivi!rc!r nf Florida 13 not CCTtarntV T3S7T certained. It is admitted that it received it's name, " Florida," from Ponce de'Leoii. Tho Sjaniards says ho fust discovered it in 1512, and recent French writers (lliatoiie Guiorule des Voia-'es, 1754, 12 vol. p. Dl), 175) have adopted that opiiiioii, 0 Cuarlc voi.x. (17111 P. o4. JjUI wie liiiouieuu- tend (Purchas' Pilgrims, vol. 3, p. 401, kc. Ilackluyt, 3, p. 4, &c.,) that it was fust discovered in 1497, by tho Venetian, John Gn b' it ; in the cm ploy ptilieir I HryV 11 . j and this account is confirmed by Do liry, in 1591 , by a reference to other authorities in tho appendix from which I have already quoted ; arid Itiehclet.iiianototo bis trans lution of G ireelaso de la Vega, p. 5, says; " AvautuHii Ponce de L.on, la Floride avoitesto decouvorte par Si bab'iean G ibot qjcD. nri VII., Ray d'Aogleterrc, envoya do 1490, pour chercher par f Occident' un passage pour naviger dans Porient." So that wo riioy fairly conclude that tho Eng. lish have tho best claim lo the honor oftho discovery. Richelet mistakes in calling the tltscoverer Sebaaiiean Gab.)t. . I lo was the son of John, and acce-inpanied InsTalhcr off the cxpeoition. John was knighted on his return by llonry, nnd we shall not bo sur Jilsed by the mistake of Richelet when we tiiid the samo ern.ir irrbo:h Bacon and Illume, (see their histories of Henry VII.,) who were, 1 believe, misled oy luOi repuia. tion of Sebastian, who entered afterwards into the service of Spain,- and ro6o to great u,mji. Ct" it .( I- . f A which brings down tho account of events in Florida to 1549. Bui I have no doubt lie corroborates all the other early historians. You will probably remejnber tho inqui. lies which I onco made of you about the original names of tho Tennessee, French Broad, and other rivers of your State, and the information which you nave me on the subject. While last in Europe, I took pains to procure early maps of tho country and not without some success; und from them I find all your statements confirmed. i( is really surprising to see, at even a coin paiatlvcly late duy, the errors and omis sions niinle in the geography of tho country The interior is much less known and less accurately represented than tho seaboard. In a map by Bellew, Engineer .of the King of Frunce, published in 1743, tho first that I haro ever seen representing tke Tennes see which can pretend to any authority, It is called " Revieredes Cheraquis, or Cos quinambeaux." One of tho next year, 1744, by tbe tame geographer, gives it the same name unto its junction with the Clinch ; iliere called the Polisipi," and abovo the 1 junction it is called the u HogohcgeeA' . A map ot 1191,'. oi Louisiana, oy ine some geographer, gives it tho same names and another of Carolina and Georgia, ot tho samo datoi by lho. same- hand, . gives the most accurate sketch or,the river and ' tu tributaries above its junction with the Hi- wnssce, there called y Kuphasee," which had, as I ' believe, then appeared. It- is calle'd V Callamaco,,, and it receives on its southeast bide, above the junction,"the Tan- nssnc, (a.) Cunoe, (6.) and Agiqua, which I huvo no doubt is our French Broad ( and above that point where it meets the Agiqua it becomes the t loiston. v A map published in 1757, by the French Commissioners tositte with England tho boundaries of the possession of France and Enslund in America, calls it the 'Che- raxuis." A very excellent collection of maps, published in London in 1770, for the use-of tho-BritUh officers in this country, calls it noar the mouth the Iloohrgee ; abovo its junction with the rohsipi (Clinch) the Chorok'oo or Tennessee," to the Ten nesseo ; and abovo that point the ' Kalla muckee," (evidently the 6ame as the French Callamaco,) or tho " I Iolston to its source. It lays down the ' Agiqua" whero wc have now the French Broad, and then on the same bank of the river downward from the Asiqua to the Tennessee the " Oanoo Ri ver," the " VVattogee River," and two or three other streams not named. And in Mitchell's great map of 177G, which was before our commissioners when they made tho treaty of 1783, and which was repub lished in Franco with improvements on a large scale, by Lo Rouge, tho Royal Geog rapher, tho very year after it appeared in England, (1777,) your noble river is called the " River of the Ciierokces, or Ilogohe gno R." It receives the Pelisi;i or Clinch river, the Euphasre, tho Tcnn issee or Srt li;o, (c) (mark this !) tho Wutogo, (J) the Canot, tho Ajjiqua, and, from above the mouth of the -Wutogo, it is called too Ho gohegoe or Culamaco, until it seems to fork among the mountains, where it is marked " HuUton River Establishments, Cr des Roseau," which I presume means Reedy creek or some other head water of the Hul- bton. From the cxnmitrUion which I hnve given to the subject, I am persuaded that tho Ho 'pifgC5..was tho original name iof the Ten. ncvsce. nnd that the French Broad was known as iho-uljijua.:.-.:-- :-:.:-: - . NOTES. (A) The conquest or rather invasion of Florida by Ferdinan do Soto is interesting to the studnt of Tennessee history, princi pally because "that adventurer was probably thc fiia European that ever crossed the limits of our State. Tho Portugese gentle man that has recorded the adven'urcs of th'U renowned leader mentions several names of the native tribes -as well of rivers and mountains known to be within tho present boundary of Tennessee, viz: Chelukees, Choualla, (Cliilhowc I) Conas qtia, (UtjiieMaogtty-Tttlttiise,- (Tulinstj'i) So quatchec, (Sequaichyl) (a) The present (Little) Tennessee. (6) Little River. (c) Probably tho Telico, a principal tri butary of the Little Tennessee. () The habitual and knosvn accuracy of the writer leaves not the ground for suppo sition that any error lms been made in the transcript furnished from the maps before him. Yet an error evidently. exists in the location of the Watogo and one that most probably occurrcd-iualie deliiieations of the several rivers us furnished by tho hunters and explorers, or perhaps by engravers or geographers themselves. There is no slroum of uny width between the Tcnnes. sec and theC inot. On tlic other hand the Wathgo is known to a tributary of tho up- pr-J 1. ohegea-W-.r un one hundred miles above the point of junc tion as laid down in the maps of 1777. This Artnotator has now in his possession nj) account ofa.nnrchn.He made synchrono. noy with the date of Mitchell's map of 1778 and whilo the aboriginal population was Lull wiiljn our borders, in which the orii. nal orthography is accurately obscrv l v a. logo and not Wataga as now spelled. From the iniforniation contained in this letter und other .sources equally accurate it appears that tho Tennessee River was call ed by the first explorers and geographers Ileviere des Cheraquis," bid by the abo ri'iues Cosqoia'tnbcau or Kallumuckec, which I take to be tho aboriginal name of 4hc stream from its confluence with the Ohio lo the mouth of the French Broad. From 4iii ptit 44hioutlif-UieJkiilag3 jLod perhaps to its source in Virginia, the I Iol ston was called llngoh ogee. Tho French Broad throughout its whole length was the Agiqua and received onits northern bank tbeSwannnnoa and the Nonachunheh (Nol lirkluicky). The Clinch was called Polisi pi Little River Cant or Canoo. Telico Salico and tho Iliwagsce tho Euphasoe. - V I 1 ANKrE. 1 IUS Won! IS ucn inrai u - - .... . 1 T'. S-Zrr.zynz.' coward, slave, and was first bestowed upon the inhabitants of New Englaud by the 'WgIrnuiis".in'"aerTsIfn,'To.f'' not ussisling th. in irt a war against the Chcrdtces. The British soldiery at Boston, in and after 1775, used it as a term of reproach, but after the battle of Bunker Hill, tho Ameri cans gloVied in it. Yankee doodle, too, was played in derision by tho British at first ; but it was made the lover's spell, the nurse's lullaby, the nation's glory by the success of our arms, and mortified tho British. not a little to hear this tune played for the first timo by our men, w hen their army marched down to surrender their arms to ours ! A Ghost. A foolish fellow wont, to the parson of the parish with a hng fi-e, and told him Uh, he had seen a gH st as Lb wo a passing tho grave yard, moving alczg by the side of the walk ' 4 " In what shape did it appear I". "IntTiesbapeof an ass. " t - ft Go homo and hold your tongue about it," said the pastor, you have only been frightened by your own shadow. THE MESSENGER. D, R. M'ANHIY U J. ROBERTS, EDITORS. ' i i .' 1 '" " .. ' . Friday, September S3, 1I2. -' Tbe Barton Notion and IT? Clay. We liavo a notion, that the " Boston No- tion," of the 10th insL', took a noion to propagate some notions concerning Henry Clay, which ore contrary to the notions of a gr?nt majority of the American people. The editors of that paper have written a long article in order to show that Mr. Clay is not entitled to any credit for the late TatifT Bill, which passed Congress, but, od the contrary, did oil that he could, to prevent the passage of any Tariff bill at all, during the lato session of Congress, iu tending to keep the subject for agitation, during the next Presidential canvass, and for this purpose, his (Mr. C's) partisans, insisted on presenting the President with two bills which they knew lie would not sign. ' It is true the facilities for communicating ; information, between this place and Wash, inglon City, are not quite so great ns they are between that city and Boston, but never, thcless, wc profess to have learned gome, thing of the feeling of the Clay party in Congress on the subject of a Revenue, du ring tho late session, and are prepared to (icny, in direct terms, tho assertion that two Revenue bills were presented to the President, which the Whigs knew he would not sign." Those bills which were retocd by the President, were drawn and passed by the Whig party, in good faith, and though doubts were entertained as to their being signed by tho President, they ji lt that they owcdt to the country to adopt Iho lest measures for its relief, and if re. lief were not obtained, the rrsponsibiliiy should not rc?t on them. Tho provisions of the-vetoed bills, were-far wove a.wpUiUo - u the Yi'oijjr prtyju nnd out of jCfiip'CPS than nhoso of ite bill whtch-was-gngu-by the President. Tho Rcvenuo bill in its present shape was'pas3ed by the Whigs as the list resort. The President bad refused to allow them such a one ns they preferred and as ihcy believed best adapted to ihe wants -f the country Iiey wero- unviUiiig to sec the country sfltornnylongcr, as it md been doing, and as it must and would have done, without a Revenue Bill of some sort had been passed, and thev determindc to do tho best they could. roi iikc ine fcrrroc mic parly wljo will have neck or nothing," they determined to affoid all the relief in their power. T'.icy kn.:w that a Revenue bill must bo passed, and accor. dingly drew up and passed one that would have been bailed by tho Whigs, and agrcat portion of the Democratic party as that which of nil things else on this subject was best calculated to answer tho endspropos ed ; but the President interposed his veto, and dissappointed their views. VV hen the bill was drawn and while under consider, ation they had no assurance that the Pre. siiknt would, or would not sign it, nor was it their duty to enquire how ho would act in reference to it, but irrespective of what sures to meet the prcssingwauts of the country. This they did nnd when met by the veto of the President they -did not, like stubborn children, determine lo do nothing because they were prevented from doing all tlicy desned, but immediately set to work and fr;.uied and passed another remc dial measure, which though not tho best that could have been done, will, ncverthc. less do much towards relieving a distressed country and a national Bankruptcy. Now, that the new Tariff Bill has been passed, sanctioned by the President and gone into effect;, now that its beneficial effects are beginning to bo felt upon the commercial iu. tefests"6r the "country, nowthamhe mcar sure is liko to be popular with tho people, these sapient editors labor hard tb make the impression that it is an anti-whig measure that " the partisans of Mr. Clay," 6r in olher words ninety-hioe hundrcdths"of tho Whig party deserve no credit for it! If they-desrve no credit for tlie-measure-pin t ;,'Ar'.Tmmnn''unw uhn-rtivi 1 I hp m iiuiiw ui wiiiuii - 3outh, East and West, that only hcenly Ikmocruis - out of . the-entire. delegation in Can-rress VJted for the bill all the rest againit it. Conventions in Iew York. - The Whigs of the State of New York, held a Convention at Syracuse, on the 7th inst. Every county, ,m the State, except tvM, was represented. Henry Clay, of Keutuoky, was vnanimouty nominated for President, and a resolution adopted, recom mending that a Whig convention be nHd at Baltimore, at such time as shall bo desig nated by the Whig members of Congress, for tliepurposa of nominaiiug a candidate for Vice Prep lent of the United States. ' On the same day, and at the same place, the Democrats held a Convention, and no mated candidates for Governor and Lt. C.nvernor. but on the subiect of the Prcsi- 4. dency , the Convention made no nonaiiation. Constitutlonalitf ef a Protectlrc ,,vjf i.jf ,TarilfiVv.- r The ranting of bar-room politicians and the scribblipg 'of country editors against what they are pleased to call, tho'unconsti. tutionality of a protective Ja!''0', wil only excito a contemptous smileamongthosel correctly informed on this subject ; but may have a diltercnt ellect upon those Who havo but a partial acquaintance with the constltutional relatioiis existing between the States end the General Government. At this moment there is a paper before us, con ducted by an individual just let loose from the long incarceration of his own innate insignificance, and I10 seems to Imagine himself clothed with majesty and might, because his name i stuck up in one corner of a country newspaper as it9 tditor, that is loud, long, nnd unsparing in its denunci ations llie Rcvci.ue Bill, which passed Congress ot its lute session, because it is "protective"- and " unconstitutional"! ! Washington and Madifon, though two of the most active franiera i f tbe Constitution, seem to have entirely ristaken its, or ra. cx, their meaning, when tliey recommend ed the adjusting of duties and import with a view of cherishing ourowD manufactuis ! Such a course, says our modern Solon, is'. unconstitutional ! Jefferson, who has been called the Apostlef Republicanism, re. commended a "protection" of our manu. fucturesbut ho bad misunderstood the Constitution " It is unconstitutional." Gen. Jackson, in his message of December 7, 1830, says that the power to impose du. tics on irrports originally belonged to the States but these had delegntcdtheir whole authority over imports to the General Go. vernment without limitation or restriction ; and this authority having thus passed away from the States, the right to exercise it "for protection" does not exist in litem, and consequently if it bo not possessed by the General Government it must bo extinct. But Gen. Jackson like Washington, Mad ison t Jeffe rson , Mon rdo7 and both the A d - a rffscr "inttst "haver ircn mistr iken It is unconslituUonal" ! If this doctrine, taught on this subject by a portion of tho present Democratic party in our country, be true, ihe right to impose duties for protection, as well as revenue, must have become extinct. Jiothing is" cleurer than that this power has been -yielded i;p' by the States, nnd that trial section of the Constitution of the United Stutcs which snys, "Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, im ports, excises and to provide for the gene ral, teefare of. the Utited States," must have just no meaning at all. But why is it " unconstitutional," in the eyes of these modern would-be-wise men? For the samo renson that a South Carolina pnper lately gave for there being "nothing in the lute treaty between the United S'.ates and England disparaging to the honor of the former. The cditorhad not seen it, but it was all right, fur Mr, Calhoun voted for it! Precisely it is uicoiistitutional be cause Mr. Calhoun aid so ! Come at last. The First number of the " East Tennessee" Miscellany," published at Greenei;lc,Ti r.n ,by Messrs, Byirs & Cus.has.xcucljuJjia, Ajulanamcjm ports, it is devoted to miscellaneous und literary matter; and very handsomely print, cd on a superroyal sheet, at 82.0U.per annum, in advance. Music ! Music ! .Music ! ! Wc have re ceived specimens of the "Sacred Minstrel" published at Bellows Fails, Vermont, by John W. Moore. It is a masterly publica. lion each No. containing 10 p. p. of Psalm and Hymn tunes, Anthems, Senten ces, Duetts, Trios, Charts, &ic, &c. Subscription price one dollar per annum, or for 12 numbers, payable in advance. We are no great singers or performers, but we profes4oknow a good piece of music-when. we see it, and if Mr. Moor's subsequent publications aro like the specimens before ns, he will richly deserve the thanks of the lovers of good music. The samcv publish, er has also sent us specimens of the "World of Music," a semi-monthly publication each numbercontaifliflgS qarto pagr A great portion of the music of this, isT Tbe-tlFTitra ro kind. " The old Oaken Bucket," though a new song to an old tuneis one of the best things of the kind, we have seen for many: if2fay.' The subscription price of this, is also one dollar per unnum. OCT New, and rich gold mines have late, ly been discovered near Macon in Georgia. The New York papers say that the pas sage of the Tariff Bill, has had the effect already, to raise the ralue of tie .Govern ment Stock, from 07, to 101, Wlho share ol 8100. The effect it is said, has been similar 00 stock generally, as well as on the different branches of business. rSme of Ihe papers say that Col. R. M.Johnson, is about to make a tour through, Pennsylvania. The Col. doubtlessly un derstands what he iaabout, butsomeV'know. ing" editor , says that it is to " electioneer." To parents and fuardiaas. -It is known that a Female Academy hai been in successful , operation at this place for some considerable time past. The number of students the present session, if " we have been correctly informed, exceeds thatfLany. former- one The institution is still under the joint superintendence of Dr. Dickson and Miss Sxith, whose lite, rary qualifications none will pretendjto doubt. In addition to the advantages af. folded the village and surrounding country by this institution, ii will boseeo,by refer ' ence to an advertisement ia another column that the Rev. Erastus Uowlev, A. M.,l,ite of Uuion College, New York, intends to ' build up an Academy at this place for tho ; education of males, where tho young men of tho western part of the State, as well as 7 all who may choose to come from a dis. tance, may havo tho advantage of a tho. rough Academic education. Aa Mr. R. is- unknown to this commu. I nity, it may riotTie improper for us to say i that he i3 a regular graduate of Union CuJ. ' lege, in the State of New York, as the fol. lowing letter of recommendation. from the 1 President and Professors in said Collego, will show i ' v - - - ' " Mr. Erastus Rowley Is a regular era. frale of this institution, of ihe class of tl 18H. Ho 19 a gentleman of excellent morat character ; and his talents, acquire, ments, vid general qualifications are such as warrant us in commending him confi dently ana effoctionotf ly to the- notico of those who aic in search of a good teacher. " Elifh't Nott, Aloszo Potter, Jono A. Yates, Titos. C. Reed, John Nott. Union College, Oct. 15, 1&33." There are few, if indeed any , men in tho United States whose names attach greater importance to a letter of recommendation, than that of Dr. Nott, President of Union College.- , Soon niter leaving college, Mr. Rowley Jj took charge of tho Laninburg Acadwmy; iad, ; oa leoving thcre-ther Rer: P; L:. Whip. pie, of the Episcopal Church, bore the fol. lowing testimony as to his character and qualifications i To whom it may concern : This certifies that Mr. . Erastus Rowky has been engaged tn teaching ihe L;insing. burgAcndefnyjas principal, during the list .seven, quarters.'- - He is a gentlenmn of un. disputed qualifications as a classical scholar, of conciliatory manners, nnd of irrrproai h. able moral and religious character. Mr. Rowley will leave Lanaingburg with the btbt wishes of many friends. Phi.veas Lr Wmrr-t.t:, A Tiu-'frr 0C Lanyitghnrg Academy, aid lit r tor rf f the IZnitcopal Ctitrrh. Lansingburg, Dec. 8, 1937. f Immediately after this, Mr. Rowley was elected Professor of Mathematics, Natural I Philosophy, and Rhetoric, in the Kpiscuuol Institute at Troy, New York, where ho re. maincd until a want of health compelled him to seek a more southern climate. On f coming south, he taught with acceptability 4 and success in the Academy at Spartan- '. burg, S. C, as we havo been assured by letters from gentlemen of high character living in that place. Wc congratulate the patrons of classical I learning, on this favorable opportunity to I gilve fhTir sons a lull course of instruction in ail the ordinary English branches neces sary to business, nnd commercial pursuits; and in the. higher departments of learning with reference to college requin nvnts, in one of the most healthy and naturally pica, sant countries in the United Sutes. The Academy will bo opened at the lime speci fied, and as the terms are certainly very moderate and boarding car-be had in public or private houses on reasonable terms, wc would earnestly recommend our friem's in the surrounding country to lose no time in availing themselves of so good an opportu nity to give their sons an education. Death of M as" Ttler. Tho National Intelligencer, of the 12lh insi., announces tho death of Mrs. Letitu Ttler, wife of the President of Ihe United States. The people of the Union, of all political parties will sympathise with the Chief ' Magistrate, in this sore and pninful affliction. ' The Spartanburg Journal. This pa per came to our office this week," for tho first time, with " Ex" on it. Well send bim a paper boys he's little but perhaps he deceives hu looks. . At Waoaln. The Locos of Mas. cliusetts, havo again nominated Marcus Morton, for Governor. He must ccrtiioly be anxious for that office. In another column, wilt be found tbe cir cular of the North'Carolina Bible Society. We earnestly recommend the subject to tlie consideration of the public, as a matter of interest and duty. By the way, wo have seen nothing of tho Agent for this State, in these parts, according to promise. Come brother, those Bibles still lie " musty,- moul dy, and wormu atcn," and can neither b got for love or money." Yakkee Speculatiom. A steam vessel has been fitted outttfiiail from Boston to Con-stanti-nople. She is intended to to
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