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' . .' A Weekly Family Newspaper, devoted to Religion, Morality, Politics, Science, Agrienltnre and General Intelligence. VOL. III-NUMBER 40. ASIIEViLLE, N. C., APRIL 28, 1843. WHOLE NUMBER 144. . . .V.... - - ; ' . Published weekly. BY J. IL CHRISTY & C(. Dii nsner ii published al Two Dollars year, I in .dvnef-Two Dollars and Fifty Cents toil ix months or, Three Dollars ai me ena oj me year. (Se prospectus.) . Advertisements inserted at One Dollnr per iquara for the hnit, and I weniy.rive j-enw lor cacn Lr eontinuaneo. Court Orders wui be charged ' twenty-five per cent, extra.- KENTUCKY, AND TENNESSEE THE subscriber respectfully announ cot to tliopublic that he hai leaaed the KENTUCKVANO TENNESSEE In the Village of Greenville, fermerlv kent bv D. HENNING, and more re. cntly by L. 8UDDUTH. Attached to the pre. mite are (rood Stable and finely watered Lots, for the accommodation 01 urovcrs. 1 tie ouita ingi are undergoing repairs, and will toon be in lint-fate order for (he accommodation of Hoard- en and Travellers. He solicits a share of the public patronage, and pledges himself that lo pains iball be spared to . . ii . t i. i . L: render an comioriamc wno may give mm can. His charges will be made to aceord with the pressure of the times. i . ' II. LESTER. Greenville, S. C., March 3, 1843. 3 1 37 NEW & CHEAP GOODS, j. n r.vi.f f f co.' A RE uow opening at the old stand of I. T. XJjnna. dM., beautiful assortment of ' NEW AND DESIRABLE GOODS, - carefully selected by J. DuNi.r in the Charleston market, which they will sell to their friends and tbe public at VERY LOW PRICES for CASH. Their assortment comprises almost every article usually kept in a village store, and they are fully convinced Uiat a OHKArca or more mandsomc as. sostment was never offered for talc in AflimviLXK. (T Call, examine, and judge fir your selves! 9000 It. Bees-wax wanted, for which the highest market prico will be (riven. Saakt-Rnt, Feather and Tallow will also be la in in exchange for Goods. Ahcvilie, march 27, 1843. 3 139 KAOXVILLI? THE summer session of this Institution wil comim-nce on Thursday, I lie 6th day of March, under the continued superintendence of RVy. Mr. Douglass. . The prospects of the school are now very"flat. I jejinfcndillC-Trustfi:s -tad-Ahay may, with safe.- ty, recommend it to the public confidence and sup: pin. The experience of the past e ion lm Ttiown that the Trustees were not mistaken in tho high estimate they had placed on the qualifications sf Mr. and Mrs. Docolass. The Music Department will continue under the direction of Afiss bTTH, who has (riven entire alisfaclion to the parents and guardians of 'he young Ladies who have been under her instruc. lions. Lessons in Drawing and Painting will be given by Mrs. Swain ; and to those who wish to acquire (knowledge of this.branch.of polite education, e can confidently recommend her. The Trustees are advised that good Donrding any be had at $1 50 per week. The terms of tuition will eontinuo"BTherolofore, : Terms of Tuition. Common Branches, . ... $10 00 Higher " - . 15 00 Incidental Expenses, 1 00 EXTRA CHARGES. Music Pianoforte, v.--.-- $10-00 - Guitar, ...... . 90 00 Drawing and painting, - 10 00 CT The Boarding house is under tho supcrvi. ion of Mr. N. Hewit, the former Proprietor of the City Hotel. And as the Principal of the Academy boards with liim, those young ladies, whs board there, will have the constant guardian, hip and instruction of himsetf and lady. E. ALEXANDER, Secretary. February 15, 1843. 139 State of North Carolina. i countt or irow.....,. IN EQUITY. Burton Murphy, Thomas Hall and wife Elizabeth, Wm. Garrison and Kue Emi ly, George Ledbetleran wife, Elim Re iecea, by John Elems guardian of Eliza Rtbecea and John Elems. vs. Wm. Murphy administrator of Wm. Mur phy, senr., dec, John Sherrill and wife Margaret, Jason Sherrill and wife Cla fai Josejh Murphy. Lambert Murphy, Thomas Murphy, Muls Higgins and wfe , Rebecca ', John Hunter and wife Ctaha rjw,NaAan Hunter and wife Elvira, aiharine Murphy widmo and relict of ,tti'l Wm-Murphy senr.j, dec. , and mas tuuiou qnd wife Mary Maundi BILL FILED IN VACATION. It appearing from the affidavit of one of the , wplainanfs in this case, John" Elems, that l Murphy, Thos. Murphy, John Huntor and Wife Catharine. Nathan Hunter and wife Elvira. are bob residents of this State, and without the JnMiction of this CtonrtNoticeJs hereby given IniiA .-J . i c . i . I r 1. 1 . L. BuA th" Court of Equity,-4or the- county of rje' ' 'he Court house in Morganton, on the M monday after the fourth monday of March "Vand plesj, tngw)r demur to the Bill of rnptaint filed by complainants, or the same will m..frconf,tm aa to them and set for hear- . vj auiMmr nf-ifira inn nnnorauio liic vane, Thos. W. Scott, Clerk and Master of M "a'ly for Burke conntv, this 25th rnary, 1843. T w SCOTT, C. Jtf. E. - trr.adv. 8 1 6sw 136 Dr. Wood fin, RESIDING AT PLEASANT HILL Eight miles from Franklin, fcftU"y to"'en' hia services in the varioi . eo. ?f bi Profession, to the citiaens of M 0!ter "l,ioinin" eounties. He will offer no' iU r' 'Buenie'iU to the community, but 1 sil.!lkf,,"y "ce'va apd promptly and faithful, jad to any calls with which be may be fa. . - v wwy, ioj. iy..,.i MISCELLANEOUS. From the Philadclphi Saturday Courier. X If OT. CJEATEEL. Bi T. S. ARTHUR. " Good morning. Miss Carter." said the very genteel, refined, and super-exquisite Miss Mulvina Iiroy , as she entered the room of plum Mury Carter, attired Tor a prome naue down Chesnut street. " Excuse me for not wailing in the parlor until you came down. 1 wanted to say a worJ to you, and. thought this would be the best place, bo I took ho liberty of coming up stairs, though it s not exactly genteel. . " Just the liberty I hone all my young friends will take with me, Malvina. But don't, for mercy's sake, Miss Carter me, if pou please. My name is Mary, and to my ear, any thing tacked on only spoil its sweetness. You see, I have vanity enough to think my name is a sweet one.1' And Mary laughed gaily, but innocently. As to thai, replied her friend, with more dignity of manner than at first assum ed, " Mary is a very good, plain name, but Malvinu is more genteel. You have Mary s and Annas and Julius in every Mechanic's family in the city." " And suppose you have 7 Why aiwuia not mechanics' childi hQVe 08 g,,d nanr.es as thos of merchants? Particularly os the mechanic's child of this gene ration usually, becomes the merchant of the next, if' that argument will weigh any thing in your mind, as it does not confess, in mine." lor the simple reason that they do not belong to the genteel classes. For my part I think there ought to be a- much broodor line of distinction drawn between the upper and lower grades than there is, Miss Carter. 1 would huve " Don't Miss Carter me, if you please, Malvina. I protest ugaiiut anv such' for- nullities among friends." " But it is not genteel to say Mary, and Josephine, and Malvina." " It is more natural and familiar, and af. fectionate, and that is a. thousand time bel ter. ' " But you know that wc must conform to the usages of ihe cluss in which we move. " Not to its senseless and affected usages Malvina. To that doctrine I never sub. scrioex '" You cannot, certainly, call it senseless nd affected, to suy Miss Bray, instead of MiilvinuT'.' X O no, 4iot in certain imses. jfjyoung I geiitli'iiiuii, with whuro your acquaintance is of but recent dute, and with whom your nturcour&e is, necessarily, reserved and formul, addresses you as Miss Bray, it is all well enough. But for two young f riends, of the same sex, to meet, and alone too, and Miss Bray and Miss Carter it, is to me nsufierable. - "Then you agreeJ that al gentlemen slloiilif speaklil i "that way." " ISo not in ull cases. " Well, I most certuinly do. In three instances I have cut young gentlemen's ac quaintance for the unoardonable rudeness of calling me Malvina' . t ' You b' "Indeed, I have." " You and I are very different in. that as in many btherf nings, Malvina. rTmy male acquaintances, for whom I have a par. ticular regard, call me Mary. So soon as one of ihem puts on the Miss, 1 have a toei. ing of distance and reserve. For. a geiw tleman, whom I esteem as being a man of pure principles, and good sense, to call me Mary, I feel to bo a compliment." " But you are an oddity !" was Miss Mai vina Bray's response to this. " And to talk about having a particular, regard for several young gentlemen the thing is in conceivuuic or, ii uui n,uin.ciTauio thought; most impolitic in action.11 in " How impolitic, Malvina!" " Why are you so simple, as not to know that all gentlemen are exceedingly ji alous 7 If any particular one pays marked attention to you, and you seem pleased with the at tention of any other one, ho will be off In a moment." - " " How do you know 7" , ' " Whafa question to ask 7 I thought eve. ry young l.udy knew that fact, and govern. ed herself accordingly." " Certainly I am an exception," was Mary's reply. . ." So I should think: for you arc thcod. dent creature in the worldTand will die on old moid as certainly as you haveexistence." " I shall not die of grief if I do, that is iustas fcertnin. And what is more, I shall i .:..i. f-:,i.. nave JUSl IllUliy puilll.uiui muiiuo uiui'tii; the gentlemen to the day of my death, as I now have : for I shall be one of the most dmarJuiLiild&idj the grave in peace, with all the clustering honors ol single Dlesscaness iihck uuoui her." Well well as I have said before, you are an oddity, Mary! too odd, lam afraid, for your own gooa. dui i wam iu talk to you about a little matter, and so must change the suhject. ! Very well, Malvina, say on." - -K" ou know young Talbot 7" " Ot yes very well, of course," Mary replied, her eye brightening, and her cheek slightly l changing its delicate hue, but all unperceived by herTnend. " What do you think of him 7" r " Ha is a young man of firm principles. One who would not do a wrong action j de liberntelv. for his riEhLeye." " But don't you think him handsome?" " He is good Woking enough. " But isn't he a splendid ma a?" " He may be, for all I know, lou can judge belter of that, as you have an eye for splendid men. i esteem him for his noble mind." "His family is one of the best in the city.1 " In what respect?" " It is connected with some of the first families of the old stock of English gentle. men, who emigrated to this country before Ihe revoluiion. " Indeed! And does that make him any pettcr t ' How strangely you talk. Mary! Of course it does 1" Perhaps so. Though my dull appro (tension ol things prevents me from per ceiving its bearing upon his worth as a man. You don't suppose, do you, that the fact of my relationship with Admiral R f , of the British Navy adds any thing to my value?" " But you are not related to Admiral R- , surely. " I very surely m, if our old family Bi ble, which has mine down through two or hree generations, is to be depended on. That informs me that he is my mother's brother, and of consequence, my Uncle." Why, Marv ! You never told mo '.hat before!" exclatmod the astonished .Mis Bray, in whoso mind, an incipient resolu tion to cut her ungeutuej friend, was instant. ly destoryed. . d .?.x:Z.Jl ' 1 never tlunlc of it. except to love him for his kind. letters to my mother, and the ffectionate interest he ever Takes in her." .' Well, really! I never Could have. be lieved that you were connected with Admi ral R What kind of a man is he ? Have you ever seen him 7" ? , " O y es, when a child , oftcb. And he is a very plain, unpretending man, with no more notions of gentility, as you estimate that quality, than I have." " And so you dontlhink young Talbot a splendid looking man if" Mulvina resumed, after her surprise at Mary's high family connexion had measurubly subsi ed. ",.He may be," was the quiet reply. "Tie is in love with me.' " Indeed !" ejaculated Mary, at this ab rupt, and unexpected declaration. " IIus he told you so." "O dear, no! notyft. But I look for a declaration soon." " How then do you know that he loves you 7" it Jbasily-enaugh. 1 4tiw4Maw--tTmny young gentlemen in love with me, thatl can ln M min, " Enlighten me on that subject, Malvi. na. I should like above ail things to know your secret." " There is no secret about it. Anyone can tell. If a gentleman had ever been in love with you, you would have soon disco vered the fuel." By what sign 7" J .... ,. . - fOf by iiliuridred !' Por instance as in the case of'MrTalbot, whenever I meet him in compuny-, hojjlways looks at me in such a peculiar languishing kind of a way," " How do you know 7" "- "Don't I see himT" " If vou are constantly look i neat him. perhaps you may. - yi lluw can I help looking at bim, when I see him all the while jTOkiflg.met'lh "Of course that would be out of the question," was Mary's ironical reply, though her covert pleasantry was not per. ceived. '-- ' r " And then, whenever I meet him on Chesnut street, he keeps, turning around to look back at me for almost half a square, aAer we have spoken and passed, if not in love with me, why would he do that?" " I can tell you one thing, Malvina," Mary said, gravely, which is, that if I were a man, and in love with ayoung lady, nild r"T hpr tnrninpr rnnnfl in Chesnut street, and looking after me for half a square, or a quarter of a one either, I should nt love her much longer." " And why not, pray 7" " Because, I esteem such conduct both indelicate and improper." ; " I am sure that Jcamiot see anything indelicate or improper in in it either," Mal vina "rejoined, tossing her head. " And as to young gentlemen being offended by it, that's all fal-lal. They like it." "-'How do you kn w7" - ? "If they did not, why would they keep turning around at every ten 'paces and smil- ing. and sometimes kissing their banes f Kissing their hnnds! mess me ! ua young gentlemen ever do that to you?" La! yes, often. Unly lasr ween Mr. Pimloe, who has just returned from a tour through Europe, and wears such a superb moustache and imperial, kissed his hand to me in the street with the most exquisite -gracer"- iLlKLdidr: Certainly he did and ho is. not the only one by a dozen." . " Has Mr. laiDot ever kisaea nis nana to you in Chesnut street, orany where else?" Yes No. Liet me see T INo, 1 don t remember that he has; But I know he wanted to and if he had felt sure that I would have taken it kindly, would have done so long ago." Mary smiled to nerselt at this reply, nno remained silent When ready to walk, she went out with Malvina, and the two young ladies turned their steps towards Chesnut street. In passing down hleventh street Mary bowed and smiled to a female in the window of a house that presented rather a modest appenrnnre. " Who is that? 1 asked Mai vina, in a tone that expressed t kind of disapprobation. " That'; a young woman who occasion. I ally acts in our family in the capacity of a seamstress, islie is a most excellent person. Aluryi 1 am surprised at you K ejucu la led her companion, witb something of anger and mortification in her fuco. '" For what reason 7" was Mary's sim ple question. - x " Why, for speaking to that girl here.jA the public street ! Suppose any bodyTiiid seen us." " Well, suppose they had ! What then 7" , ' People would have thought that we were acquaintances of hers." " They would have thought right, as far as I am concerned ; for I am proud to num. ber myself among the acquaintances of a young girl like her, who, having once mo v. ed in a wealthy and fashionable circle, is not now, under changed circumstances, ashamed to labor diligently with her own hands, in order to live honestly and inde pendently1, and make lighter the burdens pressing upon a father and mother now fur advanced in years." But it was nt necessary to remember that you were passing her house. You could easily have been looking at something on the other Si le of the street." I did not choose to "io-that," Mary said firmly and decidedly. - " I always make it a point to speak to Ellen Granger whenever I pass her house, and she hap. igns to be Deax-thc-.wiadow.lW - " And to stop and speak to her if you meet her jn tho street V " Certainly I do. What harm is there in doing so, i wonder V ' There is no particular harm but it is not considered genteel to speak to that kind of people in the street." " Aint it, indeed t I was not aware of that before. ... But I can't help it. I'll speak to Ellen Granger wherever I meet her, and whenever I meet hury nd to uny body else 1 please,' ' You will find yourself puscd out of good society if you do. But come ! don't slop there gaping into that window. People w II take us to be country girls." The two young ludies had, by this time, entered Chesnut street, and Mary had paus ed tu look al something in a shop window that attracted her eye. ' Let them think what they please,' was Mary s reply, continuing to examine the article that hud caught her attention, ' I'm not afraid of people's thoughts.' DurxomeTTiome, mtssL-arlcr I It is not genteel to mop and look in at the win. ahwig UhesnuT srreeT: ' Genteel, or not genteel,' Mary said walking on, ' when I come into Chesnut street I expect to see all that is to be seen, in the windows or out of them. My looking at a beautilul article displayed to view, does'nt hurt any body, and, therefore, I dont see that it is any body's business.' There I did you see that elegant looking man that just went by,' Mulvina. said, in a low but excited tone. He was a most splendid fellow ! And he gazed at me stead ily iu the eye until he passed, and then turn, ed to look after me. Ira so glad you were away from that window !' ' Gazing young men out of countenance in ifasotreet, and then looking behind alter them, tsitwwaA. I aiiono ,V Mory Onrtcr UUHJl-WcjlSinJj toue. But Malvina had a Irefiiiv commenced co. queuing with another young-fcjlow, and so Mary s remark was all unb ' Liid you see how he looked at me.ftiss Carter, or Mary, as you choose to be ca edT i Who?' That gentleman who just passed us?1 'Nonsense, jlulvina! Why don't.' you. walk along like . sensible, modest and dis. creet girl 7 Certainly, I havo far more cause to be ashamed of yuur wmit uf nw.' desty, than you have of my want of gen tility. Malvina wis too deeply engaged in look ngout for. splendid young fellows, to feel the bearing ef this remark. Shortly after, some new and exquisitely beautiful prints, displayed in the window of u print seller ond picture frame maker, arrested the, eye of Mary. ' ' Just see, jualvina ! Are these not very beautiful 7' she said, instantly forgetting, in Iter admiration, the fact that it was not gen teett pause before a shop window, and look at engravings, or any other rich and, attractive work of art. Do come along, MaryV exclaime 3ul. vina in a law, pettish tone, giving fferarm a slight jerk, ' I am really ashamed of you. Just think how it looks to be seen gaping in at every shop window along Ihe street. It looks as if I was an admirer ot prct- ty pictures, as I really am, Mary said qui nly still continuing her examination ottheT beautilul -engravings. I Do come, .Mary !' urged Alalvina. As I live, thero is Talbot now, on the other side, looking right at us. I would'nt have this happen for the world ! What will he think of me 7' & 'r J.L! - 1 . as Alumna saiu tins, sue moveu mi u few steps in advance of Afary, glancing across the street, and answering , Mr. Ta. bot's bow, with a most bewitching smile, and graceful inclination of the head, her little body fluttering all over with pleased excitement. As lor .Mary, she too receiv ed and returned a bow and a smile, but with the gentle, calm, dignified ense tf a truly polished lady, as she really was. ; - Then the two maidens walked on in si lence, Malvina turning her head and look ids back at every three or four steps. ' Come, let us go up again,' she said, after they had goiiu on for about a square Why so?' asked Jlfury , very innocently. ' JJiUn t you see how he turned and look cd at me ?' ' No I did not,' iliary said gravely. ' Well, he did then, lie turned round six times while we were in sight. He is dead in love with me. that's certain ? So come, and let us walk back again.' v r or what reason, Jualviim f we are only at seventh street.' To meet him again. ' HoW do you know you will mbct him'' Why, well enough. He'll go up two or three squares, and then turn andcome down again. I have sometimes, mot the same gentleman three or four times in one morn ing, by just walking tipund down Chesnut street. I do not wish to return just now,' Jlfary said, firmly. "Cut I do." And, as Malvina suid this, she paused. " Good by, then," Mary rejoined, good humuredly. " And good, by to you," was the smiling rupty. . , . . , Both were pleased at a chance to part, and bolh proceeded, at once, and with lighter stops, on their separate ways, one up Chesnut street, and the other down. It was about on hour after, lunt Mary returned, having mude a visit to a friend during the lime. Unchecked" upd untram- melled by Mulvinn, shepxoceeded up Ches. nut street, stopping, for a moment orlwo nt a time, to look at prints or any thing else that attracted her eye. She was en. gaged in glancing cursorily at a very rich engraving, when some one paused by her side, and called her, in a pleasant voice. by ihe fumiliur name of " Mary." She did not start, as if guilty of indeco. rum, in having paused a moment at a print sellers window, but turned, with a free. innocent smile, to respond to ihe greetinc of a friend she highly esteemed Mr. Tul. hot. - " Looking at that beautiful engraving, I see, ho remarked. Yes; I am doing that very ungenteel Hung, Mary replied, Inuglnng. " But I make no pretensions to double refined gen tility." "I dont know that I -understand your usion," Tulbot suid, as they walked slowly up the Ktreet together, " Didn't you know tlmt it was unffeptnel lor a tauy io ue f r r i i .. I seen looking into sliop window?" M.irv ivpliodJuuj'liiGii " So I have been informed." " But why is -it ungonteel.7" " Because it looks, I. believe, as if you had just come from the country, and had never seen anything before in your life." " A grave matter, Irulv. Hereafter, I trust that I shall nevrir nguir, detect you, in srr serious "a breach of good breeding, Talbot said, with mock seriousness. 1 am afraid I shall prove a constant sinner on this-head. Mv propensity for looking at new und beautiful things, is too strong to be curbed by any mere cnuncia. tion of such a luw. I must have a better reason than any vet niven. for bcinr com. pelled to Wt only nt young gentlemen, while in Chesnut street, before I utterly tnose independent Kinu oi people,, wno claim the privilege of acting according to their own views of right." "And, so long as you live, Mary, re. serve ito yourself that privilege," Talbot replied. " I for one am not afraid but at, acting thus independently, you will be right nine times in ten." Thcrcvwas something warm from the heart of the,young man, in his expression of this sentimeiit, which caused the bosom f HI j. r i e , oi mury io giow wuu a leenng pi real pleasure. She was fay no means indiffeFent to his approbation, although she hud not sought, in any deviation from her own self. approvingconduct, logain U In the frank, familiar interchange ot sentiment in gcn. ral, that passed between them, as they tuullfAfi l-iaiii..l(.-.i .ha rlii.tfM.fKM -Jif Uf ..V.V walked feisurelyin the direction of Mary's residence, mnny words were dropped and many said, w'rlh peculiar emphasis, that lin gered for hours and days after, pleasingly, in the recollection of the maiden. A few weeks after, Talbot made one of a social party, where MaWina and Mary were present. The former was handsomest of the two, and had a bright, ever changing countenance. He could not help admiring her beauty, her vivacity, and her seeming joyousness of spirit. And yet, in convers ing with her, although she suid many plea. sunt things, and uttered many really fine sentiments, they seemed so much like hoi- low sounding words, that they left his heart unimpressed. But in the plainer face of wary, and in her quiet tones.'and pleasantly spoken words, he t I ways felt on interest, scarcely acknowledged by himself. On this evening, ho was much in tho company of Malvina, though with.no par. ticular design on his part. As they sat conversing together. Miss Bray nlludcd to ihe last time they had met on Chesnut Street. " I was rather mortified that day k" Mk vina said, when I saw you." "'"Ah!. For what reason?" " You know I was with Miss Carter?" "Yes." - , " And that we were standing in front of a window lull of pictures 7" " Yes, I observed it." " You mustn't think, Mr. Talbot, that I am ever guilty of the ungenteel act of stop, ping to giize into shop windows on Chesnut street, ! trust thnt I have been better bred than that. But Ms Carter, who really puts me out of patience, some times, by her utter disregard of all the little observ ances of good society, would pause before svery window in spite of all I could say. She really mortified me dreadfully." " Miss Carter is, I believe, disposed to set up her own standard of action, in most cases." " A great deal too much so. If her family was not known to be genteel, I should, really, suspect that there was com. . mon blood in some branch of It. Certainly, , Magr makes herself veTyxommoh on many occasions. , " Indeed ! How ddes she do that. Missy Bray?" , Her gazing into the windows alons? Chesnut street us nn instance. Another occurred on ihe Inst day we w re on dSge. ther. In piissinc throuirh a certain street. we went byttww-or three rather mean look- ing houses,' when what docs she do, but bow and smile to a girl sitting by one of the windows I wae really shocked. Suppose any one of our acquaintance bad been near at the time and seen it. T wouldn't have hud that happened tor the world." " But who was the girl she spoke to?" " Her mother's occasional seamstress. An j that is not all. She will stop in tho street to talk to her if they happen to meet." " There is cerlainly no crime in that, .Miss Bra) ." ,. ' ' ;" No crime ! No, of course there is no crime. But think how ungenteel it is, Mr. Tafbot."'. 7 " Kindness and good feeling exercised towards all, constitute true gentility, Miss Bray. And if by that standard we judge Mury Carter, she wijl bo found in no way deficient. Her mother's seumMress, I now remember to huve heard her say, is Ellen Granger, duughter of old Mr. Granger, who failed in business a few years ago. Was it Ellen to whom Murv spoke on the occasion you allude to 7" - V Yes, I believe so. Though I didn't see her."' " Then, Miss Bray, she spoke to as true a lady nsever breathed the breath of life; 1 udinire her for her true womanly feelinir of independence in regard to all false no. lions of gentility, in countenancing and acting towards Ellen Granger with kindness and true consideration. 1 now further re. member that she herself told me, that she calls in to see Ellen almost every week, to advise with und encuurap'n.hp.i Adrnirnhlo - ii ri .i i w i . ... girl! How truly do I honor her! ho surprised, and, indeed, confonndedr ivna Mix Mulvina Bray at such a declare. tion of opinion from Mr. Talbot, that she was unnble to utter a word in repl;'r for -some moments, and when she did attempt to speak, she hud no idea that she could , venture to put into the form orwords. Unexpectedly she found the ungenteel Mary Carter occ.upyingaheisi4iof-a foi7mde.': ble rival, and ono too, who was likely to carry off tho palm ; for where she had freely venturefl to condemn her actions, Talbot had warmly ppp roved them. During the remainder of the evening, she was compelled to endure the pain and mortification of sreing this rival made the marked and special object of Mr. Talbot's attentions, while to her it seemed that he did not extend ordinary civilities. A few IniojutjiiwiBty pasW-WforeHbts-moTtificatioil- leached its climax. Then, Mary Carter, the ungenteel Mary Carter became Mrs. Talbot. But there awaited her still a keen er rebuke and severer mortification. By her winning wiles, and smilinir advances. she had entangled another young man of genteel family, so she thought, in meshes of love. Through the kind attentions of Mrs. Tel. bot, Ellen Granger, though still poor, and still obliged tu toil, daily with her. needle, had been nartinllv n.rcA n il. n',-r'U . from which poverty had banished her. No company whs ever Invited nt the house of r.ilbot Where slu? was net i,ir:n, ut and fht: fact of her buiuu -there.. H comiuKwitl, many, who could .H ri-riv.- land npj)reeiut.the intrinsic worth of a , fitly. T"iVJ'Wt"'?i T.'iT f. ""'.IT tTl .Y. J ; " .1 mindycnused hereto be invited iti other quarters. Her presence in company, al. ways shocked the sensitivejentility of Mai vina Bray, and she never cduld be induced, io treat Ellen with even common politeness. Judge then, of her chagrin, when this un. exceptionable young gentleman, whom sho had fondly imagined completely caught, became evidently enamored of Ellon Gran, ger, and in a few months, led her to tho altar of Hymen! " Ten years hflts nassec". and nnur An mnt. tors stand nowT , eertnin young lady young by courtesy may still be seen tuk; ing her daily promenade down Chesnut street, coquetting the youhjj men with the . smiling yaiiiio.of a pretty oIwf just torned" of seventeen. Her nnrneiIrinaBray a njj, Ma I v i na f?ra jTTt will doubtless remain to the end of the chapter. The Vi.-ksburi Sentinel, the leading orpin of repudiation in Mivsimippi, nays: "The publio mind i aettling down rapidly on tho propriety, morality and necewity of boldly meeting the ;!. gantic evil of public debt, and putting it dowaby. repudiation."--The repndiator seem to rely mueh upon the principle laid down by Mr. J. fll racn " that one generation should not impose burthens upon another." fortified by such authority, tha repudiators are delcrm ined to persevere, and final, ly, perhaps, fix a fuul blot upon the horror of the State. How repudiation of State debt can be recon. cilcd with the principles of morality, ire cannot imagine. Even admitting that the bonds were issued and the debt created contrary to la w, tha money was received and applied, and hence, then remnins a moral obligation which we cannot sco how. the State can avoid, unless morality bo be a principle which does not belong to governmct NasA, Whig. ( ''I 1 n1
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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April 28, 1843, edition 1
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