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v ,T 4 j s v Nod groaned. ' -'" v . " The second thing I require of you is, ? to go to fumpkinvioe Creek moeting-houso and hear mb preach to-morrow," v Nod, attempted to stammer out Bomo ex , cuse " 1 I that " " -. Whou the divino resumsd his devotional hymn, and kept timo with tho music, stri , jting him over the face with, the ficshj part , of hia hand - k : ,4tMy ton! mounted liicbcr, tm a chariot of fire, ., Nor did envy ElijahbiSwat.' . Ned's promise of punctuality Caused the . parson's exercise to cense, and the words', ' 'redolent of gorgcou3 imagery, died away in echoes from iho adjacent crags. ,. - Now tho third and laat demand .make of vou is peremptory." Ned was all attcn. ' lion to know what was to como next. " YouHre to promise to seek religion, day nnit nirrhf nnd nnver TOdt Until VOU obtain ""It tit Iho handr of a merciful -Redeemer" Tho Mian man looked at tho declining sun, f and then at the parson, and knew not what ' ttq say, when the latter Individual begin to rajso his Voice in song once more, ami i-hcu Irnnu uihnl W.I 11 111 C(tmo IlOXt. ' " Til do my best,"he said in an humblod Z " Well , that's a man ," Mr. Stubblcworth said. Now get up and po down to the crccK fano. nnd dust vour clothes, and tear up Mr, Paino's testament, and turn your thoughts on high. . - Nd arosa with fellincrs ho had never ex. perienced before, and went to obey the la. vatory injunction of tno preacner, wucn tbatjgentloman mounted his horse, took Ned by the hand and said: ' Keep your pro. . mises and I'll keep your counsel. Good Mr. Forsroron I'll, look for you to-morrow," and off ho rode with the samo impertubable countenance, singing so loud Ts urscaralheeaglca TrdnTthclf eyref in tho overhanging rocks. - Well, thought Ned, this is a nice busi ncss! 'What would people say if they knew Edward Forgeron was- whip't before 5 his own door io tho gap, and by a Methodist preacher, tool But his musings were v more in sorrow than in anger." ; . CHAPTER III. The disfigured countenanco of Forgoron .was of course the subject of numerous questions that night, among his friends, to "which ho replied with a stern look they well understood', and tho vague remark that he had met with an accident Of course, they never dreamed of the truo cause. Forge ; ron looked in tho glass, and perhaps com 1 pared the changing hues of hisl " bluck eye frorri'a recent scuffle," to' tho rainbow ship, wreck scone blending every color into one." Or perhaps ho had never read that story, and only muttered to himself, Ned Forgeron whipped by a Methodist preacher !' J His dreams that night wero of a con. .fused and disagreeable nature, and waking in the morning, he had an indistinct memo ry of something unpleasant havingoccurred. ' At first he could not recollect tho causo of ' his feelings, but tho bruisos on his fuco and body soon called them to mind as well as the promise. Ho mounted nis norso in si Jerice, and went to redeem it. "P'rrtin thnt time, his wholo conduct mani fested a change of feeling. The gossips of fhR nnJ(rbhorhood observed it, and whisper ed that Ned was silent and serious, and had irnno to mecliiur everv Sunday since the ac cident.' They wondered at his burning the fcnnkn Jm usfid to read so much. Strange stories wore circulated as to this mctamor ' bhoso of the jovial, daredevil blacksmith In Volnnmv and taciturn man. Some sup posed, very sngely, that a " spirit" had nntiopd him into the mountains, and afte giving him a glimpso into the future, had misled him to a crag, wncrc ne nau lancn nnd hrnispd" his face. Others cave the princo of darkness the credit to the change hiif nunii aiisnrctcd the M eitlOllisl Pi eiichcT and as the latter gentleman had no vanity n m-nfifu :ho Bff rrt remained-with' Ned. This gloomy stato of mind continued untiL.Forgerpn Visited a camp-meeting. Tho Rev. Mr. Btubolewortii preaencu a ser mon that Seemed to enter his soul and rp- ncTolhTonaWaelTTTndT How liapnv are they, who their Saviour obey, ' was only half through, when he fell like a new man. Forgeron was from that timo a "shbuliiig Moihudist.1' At u luvo-funa, a 6hort timo subsequent, he gave in his ezpc rienr- nnd revealod the miislcruot his Con - viclion and comversion to his astonished neighbors. . Tho Rev. Simon Slubbleworth, Who had faithfully kept tho secret until that timft. rould contuin no longer, but cave yent to hi? 'flings in convulsive penis of lniirrlitir. na the burninsr tears of heartfelt joy coursed their way down his cheeks. " ye, my brethren; ne saw, u s au u fact I did maul the grace into nis unoelicv Aw smil. there's no doull." ThQ blucksmith of the mountain pass Became -a happy man, and a . Methodist PRKACHER. cmvCtSL. . War. Voltairo thus expresses himself . .... , t-. i :l-r on war: A liunurou uiousann mau am. heads aro covered with hats. advance to kill or to bo killed by a like - number of their felluw mortals covered, with turbans. By this procedure they want, at best, to decide whether a tract oi tana io which none of them have any claim, shall belong to a certain man whom they call Sultan or to another whom they can vzar, neither of them ever 6aw or ever will see the spot bo furiously contended for: and very few of those creatures who are thus mutually butchering each other ever beheld tho animal for whom they cut each other's throats ! From timo immemorial thii has been tho way of mankind almost over all the earth. What an excess of madness is this, and how deservedly might a Supreme Being crush to atoms thin earthly ball, tho bloody nest of such ridiculousjnurdercrs!" Beat this vho cah. A journeyman harness maker of this "city made eigh teen horse collars on Friday last,and finish, cd them before sun down. If ho is nota " collar man," wo don't know who has a rHit to be. Wheeling Gazette. t A SHOST BEPMOU TttOM A tAT PfiEACHER. Texlr0wa no man any thing.1 Keep out of debt. ' Avoid it as you would war, pestilence and famine. "Shuu it , as ' you would tho deviL f tiaie 11 wuu a poruxi hatred. Abhor it with an entire arid abso. 1 "Hirr tmtntnpn' 1V fitone UIU q yilUl I vllwvt -- j walls, peddle tin ware, do any thing that is honest ana useiui, ruiner tuau ruu iu wu As you value comfort, quiet, independence, keep out of debt. ' As you value good di gestion; a hca'.thyTippctito, a placid temper, n cn,,,tl, nillnw. dwect alccn.'. pleasant dreams, and happy wakings,, keep out of debt. Debt is the naraesi oi an lasti-mus. tors, the crudest of all oppressors. 't It is a mili-stono. about the neck: It is an incubus (in thn honrt. : It snreads a cloud over tho wholo firmament of , a man's being. It eclipses jho sun It blots out the sturs, it j.. . i jr... v.,i:r..i v.ino. it tlm sky. it breaks Up the harmony of nature, and turns to dissonance all tho.voices oi 3 mplnd vl It furrows tho forehead with pro- malum wrinkles, it" plucks Ithe cve of its litfht. t tlfwr nil nOblenesa and kindness nnt nf th nort and bcarih.? of a man. It tfil-jsa thn antil out of his louffh. and all stateline8S nnd freedom from' his walk. Como not under its accursed dominion. Pass by it as you would a viper, or one smitten by the plague. . Touch" it uot Ti! not of its fruit, for it Bhall turn to bitterness and ashes on your lips. ' Finally' we say, to oach, and to all, but we speak especially!, to you, young men, keep out of debt! . ' . . , , The opinion of Henry and George. Henry,' exclaimed George, as he came runnini? to tho Sabbath-school, did you see those two boys como into school this morning T Henry. Yes; but why do you ask that Tjuestion? CTeorse. Didn't your class laugh as they walked down the aisloi II. I can't say what others did. I did not laugh. I rather felt sad to see them so noorlv clothed. : Gf. Well, they have no business to como to school looking so; if they have no better clothes, let them stay at homo till they get them. Do you think they should come llenrv? II. Yes, I do. They are as good as we are. if their" dresses are not good." They have souls to save ; and father was speaking about such childron last night, when wo were talkinir about tho Sabbath-school. 11$ says it makes sncli children better to go to Sabbath-school and meeting, and that I may give my jacket and trowcrs to any poor boy who wants them to go to school. And I am sure I would give them to these boys if I knew whero they lived. ' G. My father don't say sO. He snys I shall not sit on the scat with them. If they had come into my class, as they did into Joseph Fay s, I should have left. H. I feet differently, George. My tno ther said tho other Sabbath, that tho Savior went about doin good to the poor. II' lived among them. Aro we not henrin about him every Sabbath ? Are we bottci thnn he wiis? Are we not to do as ho did? I am certainly willing they should eomo to school to cet all tho eood they can. The children are not to blame for mean dresses. Perhaps they havo intemperato parents, who take no caro of them.- No, George, don't let us find fault with them, but give litem some better clothes, and encourage them to come every Subbath. (?. They may como for all me, if they dont Come into my class. But I shall not give thctn any thing. II. I am sorry vou feel so. I think it is not a richt feeling. Reader, what do yowlhink? nnd how do you act under similar circumstances 7 wedish mtlforwas -reeentljtsever(4y fined and imprisoned by tho tribunal of Termclad, Bwcucn, uiwer tno louowing circumstances: Tho lolly miller was re turning home, when ho observed that the gallows prectedr as-the-custom-is,, on the highway, was newly freighted with a male tits-crtfi having been left by the executionars of jus tico. Perceiving signs that the man was not dead, the miller compassionately cut him down, and carried him to us mi where ho brought hirii to life again , but no sooner was the incorrigiblo rascal fully re stored than tho first use he made of his renewed release of life was to rob his bene factor. Ho was caught in the act by tho miller, who was so incensed at his villiiny, that he hanged him up again on the gnilows cr was punished bv the court, first for in terrupting tho course of law,nnd then for taking it into his own hands. Jbiiglish pa per. , ' ' Hcman fueling. A man was recently detected in tho Philadelphia market, 1ft the act of. stealing a picco of.pccf. Ueing arrested, ha sntdite could procure no wotS and tad" iiotTiTug TcTfecd his ",'wifeaQd chjl dren. A gentleman present offered to p:iy the butcher for the meat, but ho refused the pay, and gave tho "man tho meat ; thoothcr gave him tho money with which he had offered to payHfor it Tliero are probabjy mora coses of suffering by honest poverty in Philadelphia, than in any other city in the Union. .'- . . ' A orand sight.' The country on tho Missouri, above L'Eau-Oui-court, is nearly bare of timber. .The river bottoms are narrow, and the ground, generally, high bluff prairies. This open, baro country, is at limes . as far as tho eve extends in every direction, blackened with buffalo. Tt has' ibecn estimated that fifteen or twecty thousand may sometimes be seen at a glance ! . - v- It will bo seen, thht the friends of Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Van Buren.are beginning on paper, to measure their relative strength. The V hig reverses in tho btatc i-lcctions ill emtwldcn the contending tactions to show their hands." Itis-aaw. wa sun- pose" the lion and the unicorn fighting for the crown. I oe conclusion oi me amy may bo realized yet. Alexandria Gax. Gen. James Hamilton's Letter V ' .TO j.a CALHOUN,. On tAe Fitumcial Condition of the, U. Stalest Xf'- V; . ""London, Sept, 0th, 1842.;" ' To the Hon. John C. QIhoun j ; 5 ' y - M v dear air. If I . Iiave addressed this letter to you, it is not alone in the justifica, tion which I find in tho recollections of an old and cherished friendship, but from the fact that I desire to attruet the' public atten tion to its object, through tbainatrumcntulity of a name far more iolluential than my own. Bo not surprised, if you seo it first jn tho ncw&papera. I wish , not only "to think aloud," but to speak aloud. My purpose in writing to you. is to. put you in possession of a knowledge of tho condition of tho American credilio Europe, with a suggestion at the indispensable ne. cessityf our doing something at home, to meet the truly alarming crisis, which this state of things presents."" I am far from defending the profuse con- fidence, with which European capitalists lent their money during a period ol six years from 1834 to 1840, to.our country. men. even on the faith of a variety of schemes exceeding visionary and unsound. They did this, however, out of tho excess of a virtue, which may have been pushed to the extent of rather an amiable than cri. minal weakness ; for they generally made thoso loans at a less rate of interest than could bo effected, if at all, at homo, and apparently for objects of great public utility. But tho loans to the States stand on a dillc. rent footing. At least, in reference to tho public sanctions, with which they are in vested. They wero mado according to your reading and mine, of the Constitution, to sovereigns under the high obligations oi a hi?h nubhc faith : manv of them wero eontraetedort tertns greatly ad van tagcousJf insylvewyr bankruptcy -ia-its-rfjMitex under the acency of houses of the first re spectability, whose liberality and confidence Unew no bounds V1 This confidence was given to our young country, because our resources (in no de gree exaggerated) wero considered nn mense, and because it waS thought, as wei are of the Saxon 'family, we wero essen. tially a debt-paying people.- Indeed, from an observation, which a larger residence for the last five years in Europo than in America, enables mo to' make, it is quite obvious, if we had paid the interest on our foreign debt, that tho rate of that interest would have fuljcn gradually to tho level of that paid by 6ome of the oiuiist and best established States in Europe, and that for objects of well-founded public utility, and even for private cntciprize, our ..industry at homo might have been indefinitely invigo rated out of the large surplus capital of this country. You will say, I am sure, that this facility of borrowing has been a great curse to our own. This I admit is true to a cer tain extent; but it was converted into a curso by the action of our government on the currency of tho United States. Under judicious regulations and prudential guards, a state of things more propitious to the de velojmifMit xf the resources of a young country liko ours, borrowing of an old one hko this, its capital to invigorato its labor, at a low, rate of interest, cannot well 'be conceived. If the profits of labor trans cended'the rate of interest, it was to create capital at homo. From what other source have sprung thoso miracles of enterprise and wealth, that are to be found in our country1 in 'the midst of a population of eighteen millions, but this conjoint action of our labor on tho capital of others? The Pilgrims found no Bank of England planted on tho rock of Plymouth, or the Huguenots of South Carolina, tho gems of bamarcand on its thirsty plains. - But if you consider this faculty of bor rowing abroad, my dear sir, as an evil, you frmyinlyomoleyoarsclf wtththe44a conviction that it no longer exists, although I am equally convinced that you will regret the causo which has produced this want of all confidence in the good faith of tho peo quences which have followed in fixing so suvuru t stigma on tho character ci but country1. , It is ahsurd for us to talk in America that wo do not wrtnt the capital of Eifropij ; at the very moment when the General Gdvern. mcnt of the States has sent on agent abroad to borrow for its daily bread. Wc do want their money, nnd tho results of our labor. And greatly then is it to bo deplored that this beneficial interchange has-been sus. pended under circumstances so disastrous lo both countries. .... ... Let fnc of tho present condition of American ere dit in Europe, and without presuming to suggest a remedy, to inquire of you whe. thcr tho force of public opinion, (if Con. gross has not iho constitutional competency to do any thing) ncting through the legis latures of the defaulting States("car!not be jnado sufncicrith potent to-coftvince-thenv of the-truth . wid-Iurce-of-lbe-old-- adage that, after all, in tho long run, " honesty is- the best policy." Tho first branch of my subject I can .dis. cuss in- a very few words. 'As our old friend Randolph used lo say Amcricao credit is killod " stone doad.Tl John Jacob Astor might obtain an uncovered credit for a reasonable amount (where he was known) and .Mr- Bates, of tho houso of Barings, by wearing out a pair of shoes in walking from the Mansion house to the Minories, might sell fifteen hundred pounds worth of Massachusetts stock, with large concessions to tho buyer. Tho fact is not the loss to be concealed that we begin to be regarded as a nation of sharpers and swindlers, with whom, if tho day of judgment should hap. pen to bo Monday, our pay -day will not be until Ihe Tuesday following. This revul. sion of confidence does not arise so much from a discredit, which attaches-to our ro. sources: or, in otner woras, our aoiiity to pay, as our seeming indisposition to pay. The former is still considered in most cases as undoubted, whilst a sickening, distrust has f illcn upon the latter. Hence it is, that whilst the rate of interest has fallen this day to two and a half per cent in th Loo. V don market, it is not probabtoi that if the Commissioner of the United States' six per cent, loan, were to eflcr a price which would secure an interest of ten per cent., ten pounds of tho stock could be sold, without, from considerations of policy, under tho advice of Lord Ashburton, on his return to England, tho Barings should be induced to take tho loan".; 'V ' ' ' . When wq contrast this discredit of our own country, teeming with such gigantic resourcM. with the palmy credit oi other States that have little- else but good faith and high expectation to offer; it is impossi ble to rofcr it to any other cause but a deep moral distrust in us the most ignominous curse that can full on a people who aspire to bo civilized and frco. Of the truth of this fact I cannot give you a better proof than that, whilst no one will look to, and capitalists turn with aversion from, the UciU ted States loon, the comparatively insigni. ficant town of Hamburg, -with its popula. tion of 200,000" inhabitants icrenabfo it to rise out of its ashes, has borrowed at 8 1.2 percent, precisely double tho amount of proposed loan, ono tanning ol winch tno United States Commissioner will probably not bo able to negotiate. Denmark and Belgium", neither of which would bo. scarce. iy a breakfast for tho hungrj stomach of Brother Jonathan on a frosty morning, can borrow at four per cent, what they want, and England and Holland, with tho princi pal of a public debt, the payment of which is likely to be contemporaneous with the discovery of perpetual motion, can borrow just what they want at and under 3 per cent., because they pay their interest, and tax themselves topay their interest; As a statesman and patriot, I am sure, my dear sir, you will say that this state of things must not be permitted to fast, rio country can continue in tho worst species without losing that eelf-rcspcct which is the salient spring of all that gives vigor and renowned national character. It may be said that as a nation wo are in no degree responsible for this decadence in tho credit of the btates. 1 his may he truo to a cer tain extent. Our national and political ag gregation, however, it 1 may so speak, is made up of this family of States, and you may depend upon it that other nations and posterity will hold the government of tho Union morally responsible for the character of its members, alihough the formof our federative system nwy discharge it from a legal liability for their engagements, Admitting tho potency, and the extent of the evil, you will ask what is the remedy 7 L his, my good sir, is precisely tho question I am about to ask you, and I ask you in the form of a specific inquiry, whether public opinion, through tho Union, may not re ceivesuch an organization by tho action of Congress, popular meetings, and Iho press, as to induct the defaulting States to hold conventions thiswinter, comprehending those who have negotiated foreign loans, who nevertheless have met punctually their divi dends that by united action they may induce the legislatures of lha several indubtnd Stales to impose, and the people to bear such taxefc as shall provide the means of paying the interest, and establishing a sink, ing fund for the gradual extinguishment of the principal of their public debt? I can. not believe that these appeals to Stato pride and national honor will bo unavailing. You see that 1 lay out of account the assumption of the State debts by the Federal Govern, mcnt, because I often fear, if this expeclu. tion is held out, tho defaulting States would do nothing of themselves, and the exigency has not yet arisen when such an onerous responsibility ought to he assumed by the National Government, so unjust to those States who are faithfully paying their debts, and to others who havo perhaps been far wiser to forbear contracting any, although assumption as a measure of finance and national policy might bo eminently expo dient. 1 nm rt-rnlifiprl tn inform vnn nmirlst thig - leaver, up." She Is-ncver in arrears one dny, and very ofti'n, as nt this moment, (in reference to the loan! contracted for her,) has her interest six months iq advance in her banker's hands. This is not surprising. You know it has been one of our familiar and household lessons at home to submit cheerfully to tho imposition of direct taxes, to support the security and honor of our country ,.and thenco by a habit which we derived from the buried " warlike, and tho wise" who ha.vc made us what we arc, wc nay our State taxes with almost as much alacrity as we give money to our wives nnd children. If the defaulting States would only practice on this doctrine, tho smallest imposition would produce an amount abun dantly sufficient to resuscitato llieir credit. Occupy ing the position you do, I sincerely hop., my dear sir, thct your influence throughout the UnionJvilLbe bronght.tobrar on t his great national nucstion We all know that our countrymen aro essentially h'dnestrbecausethey ""arexsscntially 'sa. ganiuuH, as well as in the main, right principled, and require merely a proper uircction,to be given to their exertions to make even an heroic effort to recover and sustain the character of tho country. Hut, auxiliary to these efforts, something more remains to be done by yourself. It is to lend yijj. orouely the powers of your own genius, and the impulses of your own patriotism, in yqtirappropri. ate sphere, the Senate of the Jnited States, to cre ate and establish a sound circulating medium throughout the Union, convertible into speci1;, but in sufficient abundance to elevata the standard of value from the dreadful depression to which it bas fallen, and in fact to bo adequate to perform the exchanges of trade and value in our country, Whether this be a Dank ol the United States, or an issue of a redeemable currency by the Federal Treasury, is not of so much comparative impor tance, aa that wc should have an abundant and uniform circulation from some source or'other, which, making allowance for the variations in the. balance of trade, shall be of eqnal value in New Orleans and Boston. This circulation in the recesses) of that financial wisdom which is past finding out, was destroyed by our friend Gen. Jackson when be slew the Dank of the United States, with the arm of Samson, nd almost with the self same weapon, too," wben we recollect all the twaddle of the old gen tleman on this subject. lie, as Burke said, was certainly consnmate architect of Ruin," iri his time and tT3o7and had the happy faculty of im. personating a corporation 44 in bis mind's eye," for toe purpose of hating it as cordially as b ones a ana . Mr BiiWlc entered into a conteat with tbu hero of twq jwars,he forgot tlio wisdom of th Spanish promt, That he who acta down to dine with tbeduvil snouiiieai wiin a lonff uponn. , vrnai baibucn the result of tliia.nt, in broken meat and empty latc, you well kitow. It baa left our country palmed indeed hungry in flush poor in spirit. I doubt, since the creation of the world, whether such an example can be exhibited aa we bate presented for the taut sixteen years of folly-J and ninftovernment. fto bouthera planter would pormit bis plantation lur one hour to be governed with such a lack of all sense .and providence. The Carina and I lotion tola, in reference to their condition, I doubt Dot, liave.ibeen governed , with policy far more Vigiluut and enlightened. A country of Immense rcnuurcofl, in a period of pro found peace, on the vcrjo of bankruptcy. Any man who' wilt read Hume's essaya on "Public Credit" and on Money ," can be at no loss la trace our prcaent condition to its truo cause. ., We have boen suncring ever since Urn. Jackson rte. etroyod the Bank of the United -States 'with the the exception ol a, short period ot uittlempered in1 inllumulion ctcatcd by hia own measurca).'.under m steadily diminishing circulation, which the enii. acnt philosopher to whom 1 havo referred has do. clurcd la ba one. of the worst calamities that can befall civilized cotintry-far moro disastrous " than the .continued Might of unfavorable hair. vesta and seasons." , litis result has been Ural in the constant action of the Federal Government, or their supposed incdilulcd action on Iho Itaiika of the States, which created a universal panic, that bus compelled t lie Uanksto withdraw uicir circulation, and next the , General Government permitting to remain in criminul abcyanco their sovereign function to supply a currency equal to tho wants of the country, aud " to ruguinto.iis Value." ' ... Tho consequence Is, that tho States have no thing in the shape of credit or money at homo to pay with uuroad. bvcry species of property lias fallen from fifty to one Hundred per cent, and the standard of value so seriously disturbed that a man in 1839 might have had property to three times the value of his debts, yet he ia now ipso facto ruined by the silent transit of our country from a redundant circulation to what sumo are pleased most fclioitoinly to call a hard money cur. rency when the fact is that we can procure nel. thcr that which is hard or soft. . liy this alteration in the standard ol value, a revolution w in portentous progress in mircouiitry as wide-spread and desolating, hi far as property is concerned, as that which distinguisliod and il lustrated tho masterpieces of human poliey of the Rolicfpierrcs, Dan tons and'Marats of another ill fated country, which in its time was governed hv its demagogues too, who made paper money bo thick that it snowed B3signates in the streets of Paris, and then turned round and burnt in their pbrenzy their own lionrly work. Look, my dear kir, at tho thousands, and tens of thousands of families that have been ruined that Imvohud un- uttcmblo woe carried into the very bosoms of their housos, by the nostrums of our political 'quacks, who, in their senseless war on the very banks they created, gave no tirno" by the preparatory rcvoln. tion of tiiq interyxininjr discords" for the country to pass from a period af expansion to one of severe unu arid restriction, io thoso who have been ruined in these unhappy times, whove cMittcs have passed under the tender pripe of the sheriff, t!iu moral justice of Liza. Jucss;n s meinnr.ilao npo. tbegm will bo but a dry crust, " that tlio.se who borrow money ought to break," a doctrine out of wlneli tucir creditors are likely to derive as little conilort as themselves, although it must be admit ted that the General tried all he could to secure this blessing to the country. But, my good sir, the day of reckoning must came. The account will bo adjusted now or by posterity hereafter . One of il first sums will be to settle what the vic tory of New Orleans ha .cost us. These Hre go. nerully t xpensive pageants-any how. Bonaparte probably never achieved one for Labcllo France, except to the tunc of twenty millions of francs to suy nothing of t.'ie lui of "cracked crowns and blcxulv luwek" "lit it-it ou lli. field of bntfle. But his victories, in cost, wern mi mora to be com. pared to tho victory of New Urlcunn, than a pen. ny whistle ia to Baron .Munchausen's celebrated clarion under an April thaw. I calculate that the victory of the 8h of. January cost us five hundred minions of dollars, besides the small expense of enlailing upon the country, "a set of drivcllera whoso folly has taken away all dignity from dis. tress, and mado even calamity ridiculous." You will say hold. You. and I aro greatly rexponiiblo for this hero's getting into power. Yes it is true ; wUlingly would I expiate this sin, sir,' with my blitod, if it could recall the futal past. But chis is impossible. Let ns look with courage, and reso. lution to the future. I earc not what your ah slract theories on banking, wto, whether they ngico wuij or oilier rrom my own. I believe you havo, oh you la(j at . c0se of tho lato war, the resources of mind, u'vl spirit to lift the country outol its present deep rlecadencc. Yes, my dear ir, i oeneve your nmiiiiion rtnn your genius are on a level with all that ia great and glorious jn humari action and cntcrnrize. Tho field is before von tuke the lead in some great public measure, whe. merit bo a llunk of tho United States or an Ex chequer agent, it is immaterial, so that it shall rcsforc confidence, invigorate industry, givo to us I an abundant, sound, circulating medium, and drair Tjuo tuiR. and if the firnt lionor rif (tin nnntrv HrkpR not await vou, its last blessing's will rest unon your lame. : lemnin,my DcarSir, with sincere esteem, Very respectfully and faitbfulv yours, J. HAMILTON. P. S. I shall be out in the next Halifax steam er, Bnd hope to confer with you on the subject of this letter on my arrival in Carolina. FKANKLIX ACADEMY. TUG undersigned, having taken charge of this Institution, now offers his services to tho citi. zens of Macon and the adjoining counties. He has been regularly rningcd in teaching for tho. last thirteen year, three of which havfc heen in Italeigh. The school jrot's into operation this day at the rate of the following charges, to wit : Latin, Creek, 'French or Mathematics 15, Geography or English Grammar $9, and all others $6 per session of five months. For qauliflcatinns, refer i uadffer,- J. II. rBryn, Ja.- Iredell,' W. II.'- Battle to tho following ccntlcmcn, viz: lions. G. r and ('has. Manly. Esq., of Raleigh ; Hon. J. R. J Daniel of Hullifax, Jas. S. Battle ' Of Edgecombe, and iho editohnf the thrss Raioigh papers. Kiianl ran be bad low in pnvalo houses in and I about Fratikllmr JOHN Y. HICKS. 3t . 120 Franklin, Oct. 31, 1812. To nil whom It may onrrn. lJOTICE ia hereby given that the undersigned Jl intends presentinga petition to the next Le gislature of North Carolina, praying for a divorce from her husband, William 11. Roberts, i J'OLLY ROBERTS. . October 29, 1842. . 120 State of Xorth Carolina. HAYWOOD CQPJCTTT Mary E. Slate, ) . t. PETITION FOR DIVORCE. -John Slate, j IN thisl case it appearing that the defendant, John Slate, is not a citizen of this -State, but reside or bai removed without the limits of the f-same," so that the ordinary, process of law cannot bo served -on him : It is there tore ordered that pub. lication be made in the Messenger, according to law, that he be and appear at the next term of the Superior Court of Law to be held for Haywood county; at the court houso in Waynesville, on the third Monday in March next, to plead, answer, or demur to the petition of Mary E. Slate, or .the same will be taken pro confesso and set for bear ing rrpnrle. Wm. JOHNSTON, CFk. Waynesvil)e,Oct.2l, 18-12. 6sw 1110 BLANK Deeds of Conveyance, printed in the best style, on good paper for sale at this office, way ci,o4. AA nti and Mr. Poindeitpr. When, therefore. Two Ilnndred Dollar Reward, ' ; PB0CI1IATI0X Bh Hit ExcAltney JOILX M. MOREHEAD Chief of tAs .Stare of North Carolina. Whbrbas, it has been made appear to tltc F, ecutive I c partment, that, at the last Term of tfo aupenor Aun w, uio county oi abumin Grand Jury found a truo Bill against MARK Kls. OR, for the murder of JamrsS. Russel ; andtlu aid Kisor has fled from justice; -aoip, 1 hertprt, to the end 'that said Mark Kisor may bo arrested and brought to trial for tlw said offence, I do hereby i'hhuo this my Pntclam,. tion oitenug a reward of Two Hundred Dollars for the apprehension and delivery of the nu Mark Kisor, to the Sheriff of Cabarrus : And 1 do moreover, hereby enjoin and require all Ofcn of this State, Civil and Military, to use their best exertions to apprehend, and to causo to be appre. ucnacu, ino suiu iugiuve aiorcsaid. . Uivcn under my hand as Governor, 4c, -and to iwhich 1 nave caused tho Ureal seal. .- ral of State to be affixed. Done at our City of Kalcigh, this 2oth . October 18 W. --r---r -JOHN M. MOREIIEAD. By his Excellency's command, ravoa 1Uv.ulij8, I'ri. Sav. , - DESCRIPTION. Said Kisor is about 30 years of age, five feet ten inches high, dark hair, square shoulders, dark skin, large mouth, somo apearance of scald-head, speaks quick, is a blacksmith by trade, has a bad countenance, and fond of carrying I is Rifle, and Liquor. He has a brother in Georgia, and two sisters in Mississippi, ono married to Parrot Evans, the other to Colling. 8w 121 I State of North Carolina, ' - MACON COUNTY. IN EQUITY SEI'T. TERM, 1812. John B. Allison and Joseph Keener r The heirs at law of Jeremiah R. gace, dee'd, viz : Stephen Jj. Puce, John Davidson and wife Minceroa, William Ingram and wife Dillila.WiL lium McOurday and wife Comfort Anne, Miwd i Slarrett . aiidjjvife .MarthaNancy Vice, Larkia t Itendrix.ind wife Susannah, Evelina Pace, li. n. jumin F. Pace, Catliarino, Puce, Jerimiah (;. i'uco and widow Kiziah, legnleo and devisee. I INJUNCTION AND RELIEF. I IT appealing to tho satisfaction of the Court that the said defendant except William In. gram and wife Dililu, do not reside within tlv limits of this State. Ordered that P'ublicatiot be made for six successive weeks in the Highlan Messenger, that the said defendants appear at lli. next court of Equity to beheld for "said countr at tbo court house in Franklin, on tho scoria Monday in March next, -then and tliero to answi: complainants said bill.othcrwiso Judgment prorpn. feo will be rendered aguinst them and tiie est set r liL-uring exporter W.itnes!, Saix Smith Clerk and Master of our said court of Eqiiily at office, tltc 2nd Mundar in Septcmbtr A. D. 18-13. ' SAUL SMITH, C. M. E. Nov. II, 1812. Gw k'l totes lost on viSEtta. TTTHILE in Mor;antoii, at Burke Supers Court, I lost or nii:daid two notes of hand, wgned by, and in the hand-writinfj of John Hali, of M.vcon county, X. C; oue due to myself fur SjSll!, dated August, 183 ; the other pavahle to Col. I. T. Avery, for $110, dated August, ltili Tho above notice is to forwarn all persons from trading; fo.- said notes, ns they have been hist or mixpluecd in the-Supcrior Court Clerk's oII'im, at Aorganton. - ELI McKKK, Former Slieriff of Macon county. November .11, l4i. 3t " h'l EDUCATION. TIIE undersigned, being induced from the healtllfulncsi) of the situation, lias "conelmlril lo establish an Academy at Ashcviile, which will be commenced on Monday, the Mill of Novem ber next. This inxtitution is intended to meet lb village and surroimdinir country, where will be taught the Common English branches, a well as the, classics and the higher mathematics. The scholastic year will consist of twot siQm of twenty-two weeks each.' The rates of tuition as follows: For Orthography, reading, writing, aivl Arithmetic, per session, ..... jkUM Tho above, with Geography and Grammar, 6 i) The ahovtf, with the higher branches of Lnglisdi literatTTfoexccpting mathema tics, . . . . 8 IKI Tlio above, with Latin, Jrcek, nnd French lanciiuires, and higher nmlhematics, l'2 (HI d can oe had w-wivwic- families. ttm- rate rates. EUASTUS KDWLE V, Jr. Anhetilte, Sept. 120, lflS. tf 111 TYTEXTY DOLLARS RG WAKA LOST, on the 20th insl., on the nad leading from Aslievillc to tho Warm Springs. l-twi-n Col. Alexander's and Ashoville, one l'OChi;T- UUUli, eontmiiiiiu u.M1: lll'Milll U Mi I'U t l.u. lieu1 1,R8, in hills on the Dahlt of Cu)e I'ear andt'oi. mercial Dunk of Columbia. The above reward will he piven f;r the l -livery of said pocket-book, or any infnrmaiinn tint !! enable nin to get it R. C. M'KIMiS. Ashcviile, Sept. 23, 18-12. Ill State of rVorth 4 ;iro!iJi:i, UENUKIISO.N COU.NTV. Court of Please and Sessions, July Scmnn, If 12- John Blytho ) Original Attachment I'tirdm Rieh'd-1 lowardr Ul liC IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant, Richard Howard, in n it an inhabitant of this State : Jt is therefore wrdend, that publication be mado in the Highland Me-aca-ger for six weeks successively that the deHn!ant appear a.t the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the counlroHfrrideron, at the court-house in Hendersonville, on t!ir Idi Monday in iS'eptiimbcrncxU-tkcnand therefore plevy nnd plead tQ iwuc, csc judgment ofcon demnation will be entered ugnirmt debts levied oa . in tho bands of Garnishee for an amount sufficient to satisfy plaintiff's demand. Witness, Ensiw Kino, Clerk of our said court, at office, the 2d Monday in July, A. D. ttt, nd 67th year of American Independence. ELISIIA KI.VGr C. C. C. August 8. 1842;- 6sw HO APPOINTMENTS FOR PREACHING. Rev. Joii.t S. Wejivea, preacher in charge of A'lie vUlo circuit, requests Us to say Hint he mat be expected by Divino permission to preach at .Ne Hope meeting-house, on Sand y-musb, Wcdiiiwi'J Nov. 1 6th. Bethel m. h. on Turkey creek. Nor. 17th. Jarrett'f, Fridnv, Nov. 1. Sulphur Spra Saturday, Nov. 19. Ashcviile, Sunday. Nv- West's m. h., roonday, Nov. 21. Powers', rue day, Nov. 22. Buaverdain, Wednesday.- Nov- Duel-hill m. h., Saturday, Nov. 20. Ncls1' Sunday, November 27. . APPOINTMENTS FOR QUARTERLY MEETINGS O-X THE ASHEV1LLB DISTRICT. Ashcviile ct, Sandy-mush m. h., Dec. 3d and llh Echota Mission, Love's m. h., Dec. 7th and ? Franklin ct., Union iri. h December lOand Jl WaynHvillo ct Bufhcl m. h., Dee. ! lib ''J . Hendersonville ct., little River m- h., 1 " , ' Pickens ct.. Rocky Spring m. h.. Dee. 2 1 and if Greenville ct., Hopewell in. h., Hec.31 and hn-j-Bumsvills ct., Caney Kivcr in. h, Ja'i- 6 "d ''. Not. 4. ' " E.F. SEVltK. r. -t 1 1 "T 'iT----i . . "? . r rr: iit.tt IT
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