North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. III. NUMBER. 20. "ASHE VILLE, N. G, DECEMBER 2. 1842. WHOLE NUMBER 124. rRIXTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY J. H. CHRISTY & CO, V PMuherfftk Lam $of tU United State. . TJEMlMSt, This paper is puounco n, a wo waih a year, in advance Two Dollars and f itly Cent in ' six month or, Three Dollars at the end of the year. ( prospectus;) - 1 Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per square fur (he first, and Twenty. Fife CenU for each eontinoanoe. Court Order will be charged twenty-five pet cent extra, . W W W ahBSxSM.BBM.w.aavy . j -r n i Mnm n pnrn rivntTVI i 'ILL attend personally to the receiving and forwardm? of Goods, and to the sale of all nmdiweof all kinds from the country ice of all kinds from the country. "' in ovemoor t . i nc 1Q.IO : t 125 NOTICE. HATING been detained by circumstances over which I had no control, beyond (he time proposed for commencing an Aesdcny in Ashe, ville, notice is hereby given that I slaQ begin on Monday next, in a large and commodious room in the brick building opposite the court-house. It is earnestly requested that all intending to vail themselves of th advantage of said School, will commence early in the Seaoiom - . ERASTUS BOWLEY, jr. Ashcville, Nov, 24, 1842. 123 State of North Carolina, ' ... BUBKE COUNTY. COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER, SESS., October Tera 1841. ; 0. p. mills; ,. j v ' r Attachment levied . J. P. BRADSIIAW. - on land. T appearing to tho satisfaction of the Court that the defendant John D. Bradshaw is an inhabi tant of another Statq, it was therefore ordered and adjudged that publication be made for six weeks in the Highland Messcagcr, for said defendant to he and appear before the Justices of our next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the county of Burke at the Court house in Morganton, on the third Monday in January next, then and there to replevy, plead, answer or demur eke judgment pro confcaso will be taken against him and the lands levied on be condemned and sold to i satisfy the same and casta, , Witness, . J. Eswim Clerk of our said court at office in Morganton, on the third Monday after the fourth Mouday4n September, 1842. Test J.J.ERWIN, Cleric. November 95, 1843. 6ws 123 FRANKLIN ACADEMY. ; THE undersigned, having taken charge of this Institution, now offers his services to the chi tons of Macon and the adjoining counties. He ha been regularly engaged in teaching for the last thirteen years, three of which have been in Raleigh. The school goes into operation this day at the rate of the following charges, to wit : Latin, Greek, French or Mathematics $15,' Geography ,or English Grammar 59, and all other $6 per session of five months. For qaulifications, refer to the following gentlemen, vis : Hons. G. E. ltadgir, J. H. Bryan, J as. Iredell, W. II. Battle and Chas. Manly, Esq., of Raleigh ; Hon. J. R. J. Daniel of Hallifax, Jas.'S. Battle of Edgecombe, and the editor of the three Raleigh papers. Board eaa be' had low in private houses in and about Franklin. JOHN Y. HICKS. Franklin, Oct 31, 1842. 3t - , 120 PROSPECTUS OF TOE North Carolina Literary Record. THE subscriber proposes to publish in the city of Raleigh, a magazine with the above title. lUwill be printed in monthly numbers, on forty octavo pages ofgood paper, wiih new and elegant Type and neat cover, fur Two dollars a year in advance. It is designed to be a publication of general into, rert, containing biographical sketches of the il lustrious natives of North Carolina; historical pipers, embracing parftcnlarlyaBMiNisCKNCH by the present aged public men ; and scientific arti cles. This magazine will cherish the purely lite, rary, and its pages will be graced with poetio contribution. A prominent place wilt bo given to the interests of the 'Common School system of education in our State. A Revikw department will be added, which will preseni notice of new publications ; and it is designed that the work hall have a monthly chronics of literary intel ligence. The subscriber feels safe in making the above statements, because he has the promise of assit. snce from several distinguished gentlemen in the Slate, in whose acquirements the public has all :onndenc. He desire lo make it a periodical which shall compare with any Southern maga. aw, ornament the table of the literary man, and be a welcome visiter to any family in the State, it will be seen that the subscription is unusually w - - ' Four Hundred and Eighty Octavo rages for Two Dollar ! - - Th wwk is Trot It this BriceiharTUcrrcuTs- W the, g rtaUT ; but it will be- at once 1 " 1 c ,bi mc puuusner cannot ma. a com-'ne(-ncni untj , sufficient number of subscrib s shU U oKuicd to cover expense. tr d boum a firs hundred responsible sub. . han secured, the firs number will bo d, m whch time thu payment, for Ibe first wJime wilt be considered In advance." When iWribrrs receive that number, they will forward "" moMmsi their subacrtption immediately, and ill Uke the publication of that number as a parantee that the magazine will be issued for at out fear. This arrangement will secure wit parties. n ho; can doubt that North Carolina needs such Btapuioe T Who can doubt whether there be " more than sufficient talent in our State at lei. ""to fill its prge with profitable and entertain. t "natter T Who will not risk two dollm on rxpjriment so well worth making f W shall pe for a reply, and expect a hearty response. t no one wait to see bow it will appear ; for wen a coarse may prevent the publication entire. 75 but let every one friendly to the work try it r and then, if it be not worth taking, let tan abandon it. We want tho names of all who will subscribe, T 'be first of January next or earlier, if nracti. fMe. Postmasters every where, will no doubt pleasure in forwarding them, as they are au- -"-wwllWBI SMg1h , , Postmasters and others, who will become ttt-niblc forr subscription shall receive a Ty for one year. - u communications to be addrcaaed, post paid, Wh, N.CNoy. 14,1842, ... SELECTED MISCELLANY. What do-ei that -fonntf man do for L" '4, a living? , - .-:. fiT Di C. COLBSWOBTHT. ": s ! VWhat doc)t. that young maa do Tor n living?'' is the i common inquiry; as some foppish; well-dresaed individual passes by. M Nothing nothinj at al!,Mi the frequent reply.1," But whatbupports him in his ex travogance 1" " Noe can tell-but wc, be. ing a Yankee, havd the privilege of guess. Ing. Tliat young nW who dresses 10 fine broadcloth, carries cane, and is so ex tremely polite to bis acquaintances espo cially the ladles is khe son of a man in moderate circumstanpej, who finds it difTi cult to sustain himsaf Jwith ft moderate in. come., His son wisics to bo a gentleman, and to live without labor. 1 The father, in his folly, refuse 'J put him to a trade, or send him to work oiv a farm, hoping that srxnething moy turn up,by and by, when business will be better, for his son to obtain a good living without work. . He is now obliged to dispense with the luxuries of life perhaps with some of its comforts for his son to keep up appearances, and go into good society, as that kind of company is termed, where young men have nothing to do but dress according to tho latest fashions. He is quite independent, and uses language to his seniors that might be considered un courteous in a king. He faces oil classes and conditions without a blush, and dares to look with contempt on the honest appren tice, whose generous soul would outweigh a thousand as light as his own. The com. panions he choose, are liko himself, puffed up with vanity, swelling with importance, and who make a pretence of doing some, thing, by occasionally visiting a' lawyer's office, to read a page or two in Blackstone. The end of such a youth it needs no pro. phctic vision to see. " It is as plain as the way to market,' ns Dr. Franklin would sayf that he will turn out a low, despised, and miserable tool. Perhaps' the peniten. tiary will bring him up perhaps the gal. lows. But if he escapes these, it will be to bang like an incubus on those of Ms friends who tor pity's sake have' not the heart to send him where he deserves. The above is a true picture of many of the young men who may be seen daily in our streets. You meet them at every cor. ner, in all public resorts, at all parties of pleasure riding, sailing, talking, laughing, joking eternally apparently with money enough, more impudence, and less brains. But how they contrive to keep body and soul together, without work, always spend, ing, and never carpiug, we confess is some times a mystery to us.v VVhen a project of pleasure is talked of, the expenses are last thought of and" the least considered. Of one thing we aro certain, that we are fast verging to a nation of paupers. It is im. possible tor a people to live long in idleness, enjoying the luxuries and tho blessings of life, without greitly diminishing the re. sources of comfort and wealth. To be prosperous is a people, ench must do his part at least do sufficient labor to gain his own support Parents are verily guilty in this matter. They should not permit their gru'.t lubberly boys to hang on them for support, when they aro well oblo to labor, and when to work would promoto their health, and make them cheerful and happy. You do them a might) wrong, while you dandle them in folly nnd nurture them in extravagance, and toll them how manly they appear, when you i know-you must know the deleterious conscqucncesTiryour great boys will not work, you should not support them ; drive them away, if they are lazy, and it will be for their good and your glory, in the end. Let them see that they must depend upon themselves, as you have done before. It is a burning shame for aged parents to be burthened with tho support of stout, rug ged boys men in size, but pigmies in knowledge, sense, and manners at that time of life when their children should take them under their protection and-care, and provide for their health, comfort; and hap. pincss. Death and the Grave. I am hungry;' said the grave' give mo some food,' 'M r' . 1 ' I will send fortfr a mfoistef pf,dotruc. fion, replied Death, ' and you shall be sa. lisfflf; ' And what minister will you send forth T' 4 1 will send forth Intemperance, and he shall carry alcohol for a weapon.' if It is well,' said the grave; ' but how know you the people will fal into the snare?1 ' I will demand the assistance of the tempter,' replied Death,' and he shall dis guise the snare under various seducing forms, such as food, and medicine, and pleasure and hospitality and benevolence. The people will then drink and did. 1 am content,' said the Grave; ' so, I perceive that your scheme is skilful, and will suctieed.' The church bells began to, toll, and the mourners to walk through the streets, and the sexton to ply his mattock and his spade, for the minister of destruction had gone forth, and once more Death and the Grave met together to exult over the success of their schemes. ' And who is this they are bringing!' asked the Grave. 4 This U an old man, who fancied that wine was necessary to recruit his wasted strength. He began with but a little at first, but gradually increased the quantity, and finally drank to excess and died. ? 'And who id thu V. -v ' This is a young man who was fond of company, and thought liquor was necessa ry to convivial meetings. He contracted the habit of drinking, and is now a corpse.' 1 And who are they now bringing, fol. towed by a train of weeping children T I his ts a broken hearted woman whose husband become a confirmed drunkard and who left her children to pine in want, whilst he spent his time and money in the tavern. And now they are bringing the corpse of the hut band himself, who . has lost his life in a drunken brawl.' iX ' . - .gx.:. ' Hush,' said the Grave, 'I hear a loud wail, and the sobs of grief that will not be silenced. What is the meaning of this?' . Ah V said Death, ' ihey are bringing ho body of a little Infant, whoso drunken father, aiming the blow,, at his wifo, de. stroyed it at the breast ; and the mother, like Uachel, refuseth to bo comforted, be- cause her child is not.' - i : j ' ' '.And who are these t' These are the bodies of a female pro. fligate and her still-born offspring. She was once fair and innocent ; but liquor in. flamed her seducer, and deprived her of caution. She was soon, however, deserted, and after pursuing a short career of crime, died.' - : .,, . . . .' And these T' . , - 'Those are the bodies, of a murderer and his victim; they were once, bosom friends; but wine-snapped the bonds of fnondDbip they quarreled over their caps, and one having died by the hand of his companion, the other suflered the felon's death. But here is the crowning incident of our scheme. Behold the corpse of a suicido ! ' This man drank until his proper ty was dissipated and his mind deranged ; and so in his distractionhe laid violent hands upon his own wife.' - ' ' Long did these dark associates thus con. verse, and loud was the cry that ascended to heaven from inj jred parents and children, and brethren and friends, until at last Mercy was sent down to sco what could be done to check the mischief. And Mercy instantly sent her healing minister, and so called it Total Abstinence; ..for,' said she, 4 they cannot touch the evil without contamina. tion. Liko the poison of the' Upas tree, its very smell is deadly and no one is safe that comes within the reach of its influ once. . The church bells were but seliom heard and but few mourners, were seen in the streets. The waitings of the widow and the orphan were succeeded by hymns ef praise ana thanksgiving ; tor death and the grave were despoiled of all their prey. Tribune. - A set-down. That species ofibuke familiarly torood act-down, when k haa been merited by the offending party, and is inflicted without an undue severity, is generally very acceptable to every one but its object. An empty coxcomb, after having engrossed the attention of the company for some time with himself and his petty ail ments, observed to Dr. Parr, that he could never go out without catching cold in his head. ..." No wonder," cried the doctor, pet tishly, "you always go out without any thing in it." Another of the samo stamp, who imagined himself to bo a poet, once snid to Nat Lee, ' Is it not easy to write like a madman, as you do?" " No; but it is very easy to write like a fool, as you do." Divine authority of Serlptnre. For the benefit of our plain and youthful readersy willfresentflofne brief-reasons which will establish the divine authority of scripture. - 1. For tho facts recorded in the holy Scriptures are of such a nature, that the interposition of Providence, and the immc diate band of God is shown in almost every circumstance. .The facts rnust either be false, and the writings spurious, or the wri ters immediately, commissioned by God. but the facts are true, and the writings genuine ; therefore, they ore cf divine au-thoKty.-"--'"- . - v '. Let it be noticed also thafthe writers of them laid claim to, and proved themselves really to possess, a divine commission, not only working the most stupendous miracles, but by delivering prophecies, and preaching doctrines too sublime for hnman invemiotrj "X converting Tiation9rand by-giving up their live in attestation of the- truth they tsoght. r 2. Miracles in themselves are a proof of a divine commission from God : for we can not doubt the authority of him who came preaching in the name of God ; o"nd in proof thereof should jraosethe dead, give sight to the blind, health to the sick, &C, and this not only once, but repeatedly, in the most public manner, before all persons, in all places, and at all times. No man could doubt that such a messenger was really from God, who enabled him to perform such mighty, works ; and whose goodness, truth, power, and every attribute must be called in question, If we could suppose him to allow an imposter thus to deceive us. The very notion is absurd. 3. But the prophecies of Scripture also prove their divine authority. It is a certain troth, that God only can tell future events. It is indisputable, that future events, and tlioeo many in number, extraordinary in their circumstances, and very Improbable in their nature were announced many ages before in the Old Testament, and many years before in the new. Nay, the argu ments from prophecy are rather of an in creasing nature; and we livo to see them, daily, more and more verified. An excel. 1 lent author hath so well handled Ibid point ? that the truth of Christianity, on a view of bis dissertations, annears to be verv little of demonstration. .Indeed, the single pro. phecy of our Savior respecting the uestruc. lion of Jerusalem is sufficient to prove the truth of the sacred records.1 How much more then when we find that from the be. ginning of" Genesis to the end of Malachi, there Is one uniform scries of prophecies continued from generation to goneration, which, like so many rajs, centre in Jesus Christ; and which the wit of the world can never accommodate to any other per. son. What can bo a stronger proor of di vine interposition ! , v, t t p Objections, however, have been raised (and 10 what will not men object?) both against the miracles and the prophecies. It is sufficient for a reasonable man to be as Bured.ihat miracles were wrought, which ftd&xKhe enemies of Judaism and Lhrisli- a nity neither could nor did deny, both by Moses and the prophets, both by Uhrist and his apostles, such as no human power could perform, apd a good and supreme Deity could never suffer an inferior and wicked agent to perform t it is sufficient that we have numberless plain prophecies, among some more obscure prophecies which could have been the effect of no human foresight'and which nothing less than om niscience could have delivered. . 4. Moreover, if these doctrines, taught in the word of God y, were found not onlj reasonable, but excellent ; calculated ; in every respect Tor the present and future happiness of mankind if tho, lifo of such a messenger of God . Were wholly irre. firoachable if wo saw him illustrious for lis virtues, single in his views, and un daunted at the greatest difficulties if we saw him treated with the greatest severity oa accountof the doctrines he taught ; nay, and at length yielding up his lifo with pa tience and cheerfulness, amidst the most horrid tortures, in attestation of his doc trincs, a recantation of which would bo sufficient to save him iu such a case, who would refuse assent to the doctrines thus ofTered to us by a man evidently commis sioned by God ? 5. Had the first preachers of Christianity been impostors, unassisted and uncommis. sioned by God, their attempt to convert na. tion would.be chimerical and unsuccessful. Let the character of the apostles, as well as the circumstances both of the Jewish nation and tho Gentile world, be considered and this argument will appear in its proper force. Their ignorance of all languages but tboir own was of itself a sullicient im pediment : as by the wuy, the miraculous gift of tongues is a sufficient proof of the divine authority of their mission.. Such a religion as they preached could not have been the wwrk of any man or set Of "men, much less of the illiterate, obscure, vet honest men who discovered and published it. It was at a time when the human mind was at the highest state of improvement, and when all the facts were recent Tho means employed in the propagation of it was not the sword, intrigue or superior skill ; and in this it is distinguished from the religion of Mahnmmcd : and it was propagated in opposition to the ambition, interests, preju dices, and pleasures of men ; in opposition to the power of magistrates, the force of established customs, blindness of zeal, in. fluence of priests ; in opposition to tho ar guments of orators and the wisdom of phi losophy. , Ilence, we see the hand of God in nil these things, therefore the religion of the Bible must be of God; nnd the Bible itself must be of divino authority. uVelghrTrotichogrccmenrobT scrvablo in all tho parts of the sacred wri tings; that unity, as well as that elevation of design which must strike every attentive reader. We conclude, therefore, that the sacred Scriptures were written under the divine authority, and by men commissioned tind inspired by God. West. Chris. Adv. Idle daughters. " It is;" says Mr. Ellis, " a most painful spectacle in families where tho mother is the drudge, to seo the daugh ters elegantly dressed, reclining at their ease, with their drawings, their music, their fancy work, and their reading, beguiling themselves or the lapse of hours, jiays and weeks: and never dreaming of their resnon. sibilities i but as a necessary consequence of the neglect of duty, growing weary of their- useless-lives,- lay ing - hold of every newly invented stimulant to rouse their d reopihgnergTe when they dare not blamo their God, for having placed them where they are. 1 " These individuals will often tell you with an oir of affected compassion for who can believe-it real?- tliat poor dear mamma is working herself to death.1 " Yet no sooner do you propose that they should assist her, than they declare she is quite hv her element in short, that she would never be happy if she bad only half fts much to do. ' An amiable bebtjie. " My dear bus. band," said an amiable and witty wife to her truant lord, the morning after return mg home at a late hour, somewhat the worse. ibr an evenlng't dissipation, "do you think, really, that man and wife are both one, as is sometimes said i " Certainly, mv dear. How shall it be otherwise? But why ask that question?' " Because," Bhe replied, " if that be the facti I am bound to express my regret and ask vour forciveness for being" imprudent last night. Pardon me this offence, and I promise you that I will never get drunk again, j ' ' ' - The rebuke was effectual. . . The ITIysterious Gncsts. A TALI Ot AKDBJIKACH. About sixty years ago tw English mcn'one day arrived at Andernach. They went to an obscure inn kept by a man by the name of Du Long. They desired to have his best apartment, spent a great deal of money, relished the produce f his wretched kitchen, and thought bis wiue perfectly Senuine. From day to day Du Long supposed iey would continue their journey, and proceed to the capital ; for that they had come merely to see Andernach was an idea too absurd to enter any body's head. But so far from continuing their journey, and pioceeding to the capital, they did not even Inspect what was worth seeing at Ander. nach J for except going out now and then to shoot snipes, they kept close at home, eating, drinking, and doing nothing. " They may be spies," thought the host, " runaways, or fool. No matter, what is that to me T They pay honestly." 5 : When he was sitting on an evening over a pint of ale, with his neighbor and and relation the gro cer, they used to rack their brains about the mys terious cueata. 5 -..-.v ' " .-.. - Tney are spies," said the grocer ( "ons et Uem squint with his left ey. " A man may squint without being a spy," re joined the host : M I should take them fur runs, ways, for they read all my newspaper for tho sake of the advertisements." , , His Kinsman then assured him that all Enelish. men spent at least a twelfth part of their lives in reading newspapers. T The conclusion to which tney generally came was, that as the said foreign ers were, apparently, neither spies nor runaways,' uiey couia not possibly be anything else than fouls. Here the matter rested. In this opinion Du Long was still more confirmed when, at the end of a few weeks, one of his guests, an elderly man, thus ad dressed him :. i Landlord," said he, " we like vour house : and if vou will acquiesce in a certain whim, it is pro. bable we might continue for a long time to spend our money with yon " ".- "Your honors have only to rive vour commands. an innholder is, by profession, tho slave of aU the whims that throng to huu from all the four quar. tcra of the globe." ' " You Iiave, to be sure," continued the elder Englishman, "had a prodigiously large beast painted on your sign, but your house is only a fly among inns ; it scarcely contains three tolcrablo rooms, and unfortunately thev all look into the street. We aro fond of rest we want to sloe p. Your watchman has a very loud voice, and the coaches roll tuo whole night along tho street, so as to make tho window rattle. We wake up eve. ry quarter or an hour to curse them, and then fall asleep airain to be waked in another quarter of an hour. . You must admit, my dear follow, this is enough to destroy our health and exhaust our pa. . . . .- . tience. Tho host shrugged his shoulders "How can it be helped V " Very easily," replied the stranger, "if you aro not afraid of a little expense, in which we will go halves, without requiring at our depaittlre tho smallest compensation. Va Long whose barren field had, since the ar. rival of the Linglishmen, been daily fertilised with a shower of guineas, promised to do all that lay in his power to satisfy bi worthy guests ; but he could not help the rattling of the coaches, and loud bellowing of the watchmen.- 'JNoituer is it necessary, answered the stranger. Rehind vour house vou have a little pardon, thouvh ydh are no lover of eardeninc for except a little parsley for your souiw, 1 observe nothing in W but nettles. I be old garden wall, too, m spite of its thickness, hs just ready to tumble. Suppose you wcro 10 make use 01 this space to run up a little building, a sort of pleasure house, even if it were to contain no more than couple of rooms It might bo supported by tho old wall, by which means a considerable part of the expense would be spared and the wall itself propped up. As I just now mentioned, lor the sake of a quiet lodging, we would willingly dviray one Half or tho costs, and When we are trone the buildin? will be vours. Yon Will then have an additionafeonplo of con venient room to let. 11, on the otber hand, you obiect to the nronosal. wa must leave von." The host, however, who had not the least ob. jeetion, thought within himself " My kinsman and myself were right enough in concluding that these people were fools." lie Inimediatelyscnt for a brick-layer ; tho place wa examined, and the Englishmen described what they should like to have done. Joists and brick were quickly brought ; three light walls were run up, tho old garden wall formed the fourth, from which sloped a half roof t so that the whole looked more like a wood-house than a habitation ; but tho strangers were satisfied, and Du Ixn; laughed in his sleeve. TWmonlhs passcdTn mutual content ; the golden spring flowed abundantly, though the wine grew worse and worse every day. .The two English men very seldom quitted their lodging, where they cat, drank, and read the newspapers. The only thing that surprised the landlord of the Golden elephant was, that lor the sake of nocturnal re pose they had built a house for themsclvcv, and that now he very often perceived a light the whole night through their apartments. He opce conjec tured tbey might be coiner ; but as all tho money they spent passed through his hand, and their guineas, after a most careful examination, were always found to be good ; his kinsman and he had no other alternative than to set them down for fools. One day in autumn he saw them go out with their guns slung over their shoulder. They told Inm they were going to take a diversion of stupe shooting, and look (cave of him for three days. The three day's passed and so the fourth, but tho strangers did not make tlvcif appearance. On the fifth DuXong r shookbfs head, on' the" Ixtir his kinsman began -to-chakeiiis atwrj ; on the seventh this suspicious circumstance was communicated to the police ; and on the eighth the deserted ham taiiun was broken opcqz with alt thff furntali'yxif law. Un the table was fonnd a billet, the con tents of which are as follows : Dear Landlord : Not long since we were so for. tunate as to discover, in a chest of old parchment deeds, one that proved that one of our ancestors formerly possessed - at Andernach a large house. on the site of which three house stand at pressnt yours one of the three. When onr ancestor was obliged to nee, he burned his gold and silver at the foot of a thick wall, which is still in exis tence. Among hi papers wc found one which af forded satisfactory information respecting the situation of the building. We immediately came to Andernach, and luckily found a public house on the spot so interesting to us : we took lodginzs in it, eximined everything, and concerted measure to take possession of our lawful inheritance with out suspicion. In what manner w removed all obstacles i well known to you. The great hole, and the empty iron chest, which you will nnd on. der the wall in our chamber, are proof that we have been successful. We make you a present of the chest, and advisa you to fill up the bole, and to give yourself no further concern about us all inquiries will be in vain, a the nainca we went by are only assumed Farewell. The landlord of the Golden Efc-pbant stood totk still, and with open mouth. His kinsman came; both looked at the hole and then at the empty chest, and then at one another, and both agreed that the strangers were not such- fools a they bad taken them to be. True eloquence consists in saying all that ia pro per, and BOtmcig more. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Gentlemen of th Senate, mud of (lie House tf Commote t , The periodical assemblage of a portion of tho people, selected Tor. their .eminent qualifications, for the impgrtaDtlriista coru fided to them to enacf to ws by which they r . as well as their constituents, are to be go verned is an occasion interesting to the philanthropist, cheering to the friends of national liberty, and an able commentary upon the excellence of our pojitical instiiu-. lions. . . ', i ' . v to -v.r- - To that Department of tho G overnment, assigned to superintend the due execution of the Laws, this assemblage shuld a I way n be acceptable, as affording an opportunity to show how the duties of that Department have been discharged to point out tho de. fccU of tlw laws, which experience has proven toexist and to suggest such amend ments and enactments as. tho good of tho community may require. - . buch is tho interesting occasion, fellow. citizens, which trings us together; and, in tho name of our common constituents, I cordially greet you, and tender you my hearty co-operation in the adoption "and ex ecution of all measures that may redound totlic wellaro oLiha community. oinco the last meeting of your honorable body, although portions of our Slate have been visited with uflhcUon, and with physi. cal causes, destructive to tho hopes and la bors ot the husbandman yet tho general health of the land, and the bounteous pro ductions- of the soil, have been such as to elicit tho most profound gratitude towards that author, from whom all blessings flow, and t whose superintending Providence Wo are indebted for all we arc, and for all wo hope to he. And it is our especial duty, as it is that of every Department of every American Uovernment, earnestly to solicit a continuance of thorn peculiar favors, which have rendered tho American people the blessed of tho earth. Within tho same period, an event has taken place, in the death of our late lament ed Chief Magistrate, which, while a grate ful people have mourned their bereavement, and a suffering country felt the affliction, yet has it proven the foresight of our Revo lutionary sages, in the adoption of our Con- stitution, and has tested its , wisdom and btlyjA.simirar event, iajnostother countries, would have been followed by a resort to force, or, at least, to extraordina. ry legislation, to establish the succession. Wjtu us, the successor, already indicated by the peoplo themselves, glides into tho Chief Magistracy, with an easo and nuict u . r - - -j on his part, end an acquiescence on ours, mat proves, bow fortunate at is for the hu man family, when, in the establishment of their forms of Government, they select uf i - -. . , - . ... . . v isuom, insteau -oi Ambition,- tor their counsellor. And, it is to be fondly hoped, . that every future test, like this, will assure tho friends of our form of Government, of its strength, and its enemies, how delusive the hope of its destruction. I ho result of tho late Treaty with Great Britain, gives Us blcosing prospects of con. tinucd peace and, however widely eomo of . us may differ from the President, as to the manner in which he has discharged a paniunjof- his duties , yet the meed of praiso is uuo to nun, ior ins earnest and success. ful efforts, sustained and carried through by the eminent abilities of his distinguished Secretary, to adjust our difficulties with that rower upon principles of honor and of justice. Nor is it to bo believed, that the gowTarisihg from this adjustment , wilT be confined to. the parties immediately con cerned. ' The noble example, set by two of tho most powerful, intelligent and honora. blc nations of the earth, in adjusting their . difficulties, by a resort to argument, in. stead of arms, will bo worthy the imitation of every member constituting the grcut family of nations. The history- of nations ought to have taught, and it is hoped has taught the pre. sent generation, that that good which arises Iromthe guidance of reason, nnd the die tatcs of justice, is more beneficial and per. mancnt, than that which results from tho most brilliant triumph of arms, victorious over right, and justice. Jo-inviting your ntlchlion to such mot.- tcrsT as ought ta engage your deliberation, uunu your present session, i reiur you lu -Ln(i r?LJi.riMolLjurConsli r t. amendcdwhgreby-U-becomCT ymrnAjf at this session, to lay off the Stato into ' Senatorial Districts, and to apportion tho representatives in the House of Commons among the several counties of the State. The Tules bywhlctryou Irc fobe guTdcd in tho discharge of your duties, are so cxph. citly laid down in the Constitution itself, as to preclude all suggestions on the subject . At me last session ot Congress, an Act was passed, to apportion the Represents. lives among the several States, according to inc sixin census. iy mis aci, ine num. bcr of Representatives, to which North Carolina is entitled, is reduced from thir teen, to nine. It therefore becomes your duty, to lay off the State into nine Con- grcssionai, and eleven Electoral districts. In tho discharge of this duty, justice to tho citizens of every part of the State, demands, ' that tho districts shall be laid off, as nearly equal in federal population as it is practica. bio to make them, and that they shall as. sumo such shape, as shall be most conve nient for the voters and candidates of every district' Iodecd, the principle, that in alt popular elections, every citizen should havo the full political weight to which he if enti tled by tho Constitutions oml Laws'of Ida country fjs so obviously juet and undeniable, 1 .