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., fit,-- : K .'" lit in r 1(1 ir- il iii i-! - ASIIEVILIiErV.C,IHAY,19,:iai3. WHOLE NUMBER 147. . Pnblished weekly, -j..- BY J. H. CHRISTY & CO.; This paper i pnblished at Twe Potian year, in advance Two Dollar and Fifty. Cents lq six months or, Three Dollar at the end of the year. (Soi prospectus.) ' f fc "t, V. Advertisements marled at One Dollar per qoaM for the Brat; an Twenty-Flvo Cents for each continuance. ' Court Ordere Will be charged twenty-five per cent, extra. -rj.n-.v-.' , HIGHLAND MESSENGER. Friday Mr 10r 843. OirTlie following is one of the , mewl sensible articles which we have for a long' time seen, on that subject lately appeared in the Alexandria Gazette, published at Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. We would recommend it to the serious at. tention of every man and ask them to weigh candidly the suggestions , which it contains and reflect seriously upon the doty of informing themselves correctly j-and acting firmly, and prudently upon questions which involve interests so weighty as these No American citizen should allow himself to be ignorant of his duty in this as well as every other particular, nor inactive or in attentive to tho discharge of his duties, when learned. ' The great error of; the public on political questions . consists in cither too murh Apathy, or too much ill. tempered zeal. We are ever running to extremes too hot or too eold--too furious or too careless, and we are sorry to say that the public prpss partakes too largely of tho same spirit. . Were it more cool, dispassionate, and forbearing, the. public mind would catch the spirit and act accord. inply. Politics, in this country,, though often derided and loudly talked against, nnd nvicli condemned, are a part, necessarily, of the rmeern of every mm; because they are wide to operate upon the laws,' nod the pursuits, and the business of every citizen and, because they '.affect tho governments of the nation and the states so as to toueh ihe pecuniary condition, social happiness and general welfare of the whole commits nity. Hence, every good citizen does, ano muM feel an interest in the parties Bnd politics of the country and every republl can is more or less a party man,-tnkinir sid'-s with ono or the other of the political pnrties, and enlisting his. wishes and hopes in the success of the division whien he ungues. And it is nil right ind proper "!! this should be, for the public, good. V eiiizen is trio humbV'lo be beyond the ri 'ich of rvil measures, nnd none too high to Ik elevntrd pwvr, the fer of a bad go. vernment. Nor fs there any quarter or srrtinn of the whole Innd which Can escape from the effects of wrong measures pursued by thoso in authority. .The knowledge of this fact stimulates to zenl ; and the only requisite wonting, is, that this zeal should be tempered with prudence, and rondncted by discretion. In high 'party time, there is. always danger of imprudence and rnsh ness; of strife and bitterness. But a little reflection enables all reasonable nnd honor, able men to calm down their passions or their feelings, and, admitting their own imperfection, impels them to do justice to the motives, and excuse or forgive the errors, of their opponents. " Jt.is a part of the duty of our station rs citizens of n Re. puWie, to tolerate all differenres of opinion, whilst we, with independence, assert and maintain our own. But tho entire nbrnf. nenee from care as. to the politic of our country, ought not to bo encouraged and cannot be excused. No man can. wrat mmseir up in his sclF-sufflclency or &insh. ness, and say, " let the tf&rld wag on it fannot injure me,'' o is wanting in love for his neighbors and affections for his country, when ho eefeses to feel an rrit.-rest as to those who are to administer the Go. vernment, or what is to be the policy of the nation. So to act isto prove, in some sense, recreant to his obligations. To every.one is given in charge-' ne quid detrimenti Respublican capiat- and. we should all frithfully, to the best of our ability, keep and. fulfil lhat charge. rir ASEWP1PEI. We have received the first number of a paper to be published at Raleigh, in this State, called The Whig Clarion," devoted entirely to politicnl manors. It is to be published by II. W. Hosted, Esq., at one dollar per nnnurn. It is a small paper, not very well printed, but gives earnest that it will be conducted with ability and spirit. The following . address will explain the wherefore of its being sent to the world : T the Whlgt of North Carolina. The unrfenifrned uaTinf been appointed " A Central ' ommiltce of Vigilance, to eonault to. Fjther, from time to time, and recommend the adoption of mich meaaurea a might be thought ripcdient to promote the aiicce rf the rreat lt eauee, hare refrarded it, and do atOl regard jt mattrr of ital importance, that there ahould be eolab ished at tha r n me other central place, a Newapaper devoted entirelir to the advocacy of Vhig principlea, and h cheapnea. a. wUl enable . roweVerlimiu dhmwM aubacrib. W. w gratifiedto -l"--' .tJ learn that this plan mecta tb hearty approbation af many true. Wbigs in different aectiuaa of the State. Knowing full wall, and fooling strongly, the importance to our cause, at this time, of each paper, formed asoch a plan and edited with pirit and ability, we hivfl rjmnliidcd .taffiigage th. sarvioaa a - fentleiaaa of known , talents. gjrge l and wboae unflinching devotioo to Whig prinoi. plea none can doubt. The paper will , be at all time ready to defend th character and advance tho claima.of that (Jlualriaiia Stateamaa and Fa ' triot, Henrt Clat, of Keatncky; a man who baa done mora for hi Country than any one. living whose ardent devotion to civil liberty wboae bold and eloquent denunciation of tyranny t from Whatever qoarter iioayava come, whoeeadu nesaand ability, in eVfeading tb institution of hi country, rrgardlea of personal eonwtjuencea, have truly endeared him to th Whm Pasty and entitled hiro to th gratitude of tho Whols N. now. The Whig of North Carolina t-eonot ba onmindfutor Wwmiich tly owe to the rti ttJUt- lay, end most oredyv they f- amt the necenrity of prompt nnd. energetia action id d--. feace or the cause m which they have been so Ung engaged. We call bpotrye then, to aid n in diffusing informationin prfparing a 'medium through which tb humbles Whig in the State ma derive the means of defeodinr th M arinci- plea which are no dear to kirn as they are t the hhrheatand wealthiest. W have embarked in this enterpme under the strong tolieiutions af W big friends, in difleisnl pans or ins Butte, ana after th tnaturcst deliberation en- )ur part and under the bono that ere shall be sustained i and wa leave it to you, and te each one of you, now to eay, whether it is to' fail I '' Let every Whig arouse himself to action ! ; Let there be no lufco. warmnes ! The energies of th Whig Party in North Carolina must b a rotated ! Yea sbonld resolve firmly resolve to regain tha ground and establish the character which you loot in th Wat election, by inactivity. -'Will you wot do this T Will you not at least redeem the Wrr7 ma's through your Representative of taat Leguds turet W trust d villi .'""''-,,.."- '! ' Resneelfull our rwnisens. RioH'n Hjnbs, H. W. Millss Gbo;E!. Bamm, Chas : Manlv. Roi W.WaVWooo, S. 8tiwsioi, !K F. PATTSaSOK, E. B. Fatcsuii, W. R. Gals. ; Jas i Lrrciirosn, . . JoHM8TON Bu act, Geo, W. Hatwoob, CttA. L. UlWTOM, ' 8. W.Whitiim, f, Committ, Jmo : 11, Bar am, Jno,; I.MOV j Jo: W. Hassis, CT Tlie pap. r ill be called -THE WHIG CLARIi'N," published weekly and ediu-d by 1L W, Himo, Esq. under the right of the Central Committee to auperviae it Price ft per annum, novable in advance. Letters most be addressed (post-paid) to II. W. HuirrsB, Esq., Ralcigb N. C Tn Risoaatcnos. Twice had the son rone down on tho earth, and all as yet waa quiet at the sepulchre f Death held his sceptre o'er the Son-of God ; still and silent tha hours pa aed on ; the guards stood by their post ; th ray of the mid night moon gleamed on their helmet and on their spear nemle of Christ exulted in' their success ; the hearts of bis ft lends were funk in despondency and sorrow while the spirits of glo. rv waiud with anxioua suspense tor hvhold the event Wondtritiff at ths depttr1f the" wa of God. At length, the masting star, arising in the east announced the approach of light ; tha third day began to dawn ti llifrwurld, when oil a snd. den the rarth . trembled 'to it centre, and th Dotrera of Heaven were shaken t an angel of God descended 'i the guarda shrank back from live terror of his presence, and fell prostrate on the ground. Ilia countenance waa like lightning. and hia raiment wa white a snow ) he rolled away the stone from the door of the sepulchre, and sat on it. But who ia this that eometh from the tomb, with dyed garments from the bed of death 7 He that is glorious inVissppearanee, walking n the er'atncis of his -strength T It thy Prince, O Zion ! Christian, it is vour Lord I ' He hath trod. den the wine press alone he: hath stained his raiment With blond ; but wow, a the fir-.t born from the womb of feature, ha meet the morning of his resumption. He arises, eonqux-ror irom the grave ; he returns with blessings from the world of spirits; he bring salvation to the sons of men. Never did the returning win nbr in a day so glorious I It waa tbe jii) of th or. verse! The morning stars Mrtg together, and all l he sons of God shouted aloud fat jy! The Father of Mercies looked down front bis throne in the Heaven with complacency, h behold hi world restored he saw hi work, that it wa rood. Then did the desert reioiee t the face of nature waa gladdened,' before him, when the Meaning of the Eternal descended, as th dew of Heaven, for the refreshing of tb nations. Th ArraoAcn or Insamtv The managemamt of the early stag of insanity require on th part of the physician great delicacy, discrimina. lion and judgment under tbea eircneasfsneca, where the brain ia in aa iritable condition and (he mind is struggling between sanity and iucain. ty, th person being eousclou that his " wits" are beginins: M to turn." tha medical attendant should proceed Ciutiow!y in his sxaminsthm. If the parent ia Ud to believe, from the conduct f iue physician, or anything' which fall from hun, that derangement of mind is suspected, th most painful and disastrous consequence may ensue. In the early stage of insanity the patient's sue. picion are morbidly sxoiud. - U hns a. dread of " going mad," exprease a horror of uch a ca hunity, and often most positivsly refuse to allow himself to be questioned on th (Object of hi health. Should the patient believe that hs is sus pected to be deranged, he will sometimes exhibit great violence snd excitement, and denounce hi friend and family, charging them with conspira cy againat hi life snd.. liberty. F. WintUtfij " '4 HnUlh J Bof una MW, A Fact. A few yean since, in Chester coun ts. Pennsylvania, lived a famihv that was neh and in high standing. In th family wa a daughter oi aoiiaun ana iotoj quaiiuea, wao mameu a young man or reputed wealth and worth, and when married they moved to bis mother's beauti ful farm near the Brandvwine. J Now mark the e vtnt the fW of this daugbt er who opened the career of her married life with such bright pro pec Is, was known then and now by the name of nodertlt drikrhe kept hia bottle in the house, and took hi social glnaa with tiiose mend wao vwiied bun of tbe same temper. ament of habit. Is the course of time hia wife died, he broke up housekeeping, and went to re aide with hia son-in-law. The young man wa thus led to join occasionally in s drink, (up to this time, be waa known and observed for tempe rance, sobriety and industry, ho drank, and fell bentath the destroyer. All hi property, person al and real, wasaotd frohl bim by the sheriff be abandoned bis wife and two children. She and her father obtained a home for themselves, and tbe son.in-law wandered to Philadelphia and New York. After time be went back, sought bis wife, told her he was going weat, and that be waa resolved to reform, and requested her to write to bim. He went, opened a school in Ohio, did not abandon hia drinking, but abandoned the school and place, and brought himself up in Iowa, or near there, and the last act in the drama of his life, waa hemf kanftd for murder! Truly, I r nil V th w. v nf hm InnamHMfw la iiwl MISCELLANEOUS, The embroidered atlpper. j " How uhrtlly the storm whistles around l ilia cornafiof4he.strteUt Jiowls down the ! chimney and hark la the sleet pattering furiously against the casement! .' Oh I,ihe poor what suQeringa piuat be theirs on, such a night as thls.7;"" V ' ".. .".The speaker was one ia whom such tan guage would Imve seemed to common ears 1 strange. - lie) wus attired with great nicely, ulmiuat amounting to foppiahneaa, and his broad fun head nod handsome face betrayed none of the Turrbwa of cares' Rich, court ecj, and aa yet stranger 10 sorrow, Charles , (kreonrt bnd. still s heart open to the mise rtfa; of tits-c-ss'fnTOTe Iferhj tK-frrgs, ,md n wras be aat before the cheery fire in that luxurious parlor, bis thoughts turned Invu luutu rily to houseless outcasts who might be svaouering iu' the streets. ' His Words wt-ro par 1 ly to a . lady . who sat opposite to him un the sofa, her delicate foo buriud in the soft velvet Turkey carpet., and her, jewelled hand resting ostentatiously on tho arm or the seat beside her. ' She waa dress, ed fashionably and with, exquisite taste Her lace waa lovely surpassingly lovely, with regular features, eyre, eyebrows and forehead cf unrivalled beauty. A small chain of gold crossed her brow, tautened in front by a diamond of great price, which blntxd and: flickered like av star. It waa evident from the look with which Harcourt turned towards her, that hia heart had touchej, if .not overcome by, -' teauty. She MMurnwd ht mmI look and replied t Yet! poor Wretches t fear enough hue not been done for them this winter. Y.u dont knovr Mr Harcourt, bow my heart hns bled, during the explorations I have lately been 'making among the lanes and alleys of the suburbs." "7 V HareourtV fine eyea expressed deeper admiration at this tividenccof her sympatyh; snd had they been alone, perhaps hi feel ings would have hurried him into the declu. ration he hid long buen meditating. ' Bm there was a third person in tho room, who we nave nitnerto lorgotten, inougn 10 o thus postponed to her cousin waa the usual fate of EdithSlelvll!. And yet, when one came trflook at her. the causes of this a a s -a. I . U . . a s a oeglcctaeented doubtful." True, she was nut so splendidly beaut ifut as C3ar7but her sort,uove.IikeeycsstHiw with an oipression which seemed more angelic than earthly , and her whole countenance impressed the beholder with feelings of parity and eve. Sim was sitting at a table, a lif art, buxily plying her- needle, and av.4ted to take no port m the convrrsatioo, though when her cousin answered Harcourt, site started and looked up, first at her, then al him, and catching tlio expression on bis face, she turned deadly pale. Bending over her work to hide her k ilings, aha remained client and almost unconscious of what was going on, leave. until Harcourt rose to take his . 11 You have been quite still to-night, Edith,11 he said, "but I attribute it all to that beautiful poirof slippers you are work ing. I never knew bclore you loved cm. broidery, Edith then blushed, and without raising her eyes, very quietly teplied, ' they are not for myselt." Harcourt colored, and it was evident fmm his manner, that what he heard was from some cause, disagreeable to hioi. . He looked inquiringly at Clara, and answered, '"' " Whoever the person is, Miss lMlith, he bas great reason lobe proud, and would be even more so if he knew how devoted you have been to your work," and without wailing for a reply, he bowed to both ladies and kit the room, without noticing the flush of triumph in Clara's eye. The instant the door closed on him, Edith sprang fmm her seat, and left the parlor by an opposite en trance, while Clara Dung herself again on the sofa, and following her cousin with her htoks, burst, when she bad departed, into a rletr, ringing, exulting laugh.0 Edith, the instant she lell the pur tor, burst into tears, and hurrying up stairs, locked herself in her room. Then Hinging herself passionately on her bed, she wept at if her heart would brtait. "D! cruel, cruel," she added, ! to tell me I am working the slippers for snotlier, when only he Is in my heart. He little knows that I am embroidering them to raieu a few dollars to assist nurse in her poverty And Clara Ibeartless Cinrs ! to talk about her sympathy for the destitute, when she will do nothing for our almost second mo. IherV who lrnovrsickr and in poverty.' bduh, unlike her cousin, Was not, a d heiress, for the little pittance left her by her deceased parent barely surazed for Iter most necessary wants; and had not her uncle IpfJered her a home, her scanty annuity would have been insufficient for these. Thus, though her heart was open as day to charily, she had no mean of relieving the necessitous, unless by the manufacture and sale of "such articles as the embroidered slippers, on which she had been working that evening. These were intended, as herwords implied, to relieve tbe wants of a sick, and perhaps dying old servant, who had formerly been a nurse in her fmher s family, and who was now in tho lowest depths of poverty. Our readers have already inspected ihe state of Edith's heart. Her love for Har. court had grown up insensibly to herself. Me had long been in the habit of visiting at her uncle's, and for 1 while his attention had been equally divided between Clara and her cousin. And -bis warm heart, high intellect, and extensive acquirements, ren dered hint just the person to win tbe heart of such a Sir! as Edith. ; She would sit whole evenings listening to his eloquent conversation, never speaking unices spoken to. but busily blyintr her needla. iNor did site become nme of the nature, of her . .. r lT - ....I'll' . ' . . ' .. J leeltngitor tiarcoun, until ne increaseg particulaiity pfhla'aitentkitis. to, Clara awakened ber tu the fact that she loved bim. , Clara had long, desired to become the wife of Charles Harcourt, for his standing In society wps high, and his fortune utmost thai', of the ' millionaire.1! She, therefore, assumed feelings. she did not entertain,' In her conversation we hove just .recorded aad, at length, by such duplicity, uniieJ to her extraordinary and striking beauty, she succeeded so far as to regard her ultimate triumph certain. The consciousness of this caused the exulting . laugh ' with which she saw Edith depart from the parlor. , ;T The next day Charles Harcourt called aed invited the cousins to go with bim to a beneficial concert' bat evening. " Edith would have declined, but had not a sufficient ilea i besides her uncle, who. was present, osistqd upon it Alter the concert, there was an address for tlie poor, to be followed by a collection. " The speaker was one of the most eloqoeo mffrm this occasion be surpassed himself. The enthuslasro he awoke waa perceptible when the plates fere passed through the assembly. Many who had left their purses at home; took off htir rings and -threw them down for-alms, i Among these persons were Cln. rs, who drew a valuable diamond ring from her finger and thus gave it away. f . Htrcourt saw the- action, and mentally resolved to wait on the committee in the moraiog and redeem the ring, and with this determination glanced at Edith to auo what would be her.uflring. Ignorant of her pecuniary situation, he saw with disgust that ahe merely bowed and suffered the plate ta pass on, though a deep blush mantled her cheek.. , "How mean !" was the inward ejaculation of Harcourt, " well have I chosen between the two. But selfish as she is, she yet has Ihe fetlings or shuine " . . Ediilt caught his look, and understood it: and .when she returned home, she spent tlie niglit in tears. The next morning she entered the parlor with a note in her mind. " It i from nurse, she said, ' she has got tht poor woman who waits upon her to write 14 she is lulling lust, and wishes, dear Cara, to see you ; (or, she says, she has no; forgotten when we both were ia her arms maeincr. . I cainot go," said Clara, peevishly J lite cariflge is in use. this morning, and the snow a loot deep on the-ff round. I Wouldn't walk out in the suburbs, to tlie dirty der where sho lyes, for anything.-- Besides, tow unreasonHblo she is. , Did. 1 not sendlier five dollars 'when site wus first taken sici '. , . . But bat was a month ugo." " And vbut il it was I" said Clara, sharp ly, ' one isn't nWe of money," " But of- our old nurse." - j For ur old nurse," said she mimick. ing Edith, 4' why, 1 can't see what peculiar claims she has on one. I shun t go to see her, that'i jeertain; and as for giving her any more money, I can t afford it. J gave away a ting last night worth a hundred dollars, aid shanY give .a cent again for years, let aunt Betty go to tho poor house. 1 V Edith sighed, but said nothing. She took up from the table-the embroidered slippers, end wrnpping them in pnper, was about to cave the room, But with her hnnd.on ihe door, she turned, und said nesitatingy. ' ' Aunt Betty doesn't ask you, dear Clara, for rnoney-ishe only asks to see you; it would be iueh a comfort to her, she says, before she Irfiea Clura turned round, for ahe was looking at the fire, and with angry tone, answered : . "Do shot the door the chill air of the entry makes me shiver. If you are fool enough to sm out on such a bitter day as . i 1. n tl -u :.u inw,go -Dutussureaiy isnun 1 j'iwiuijuu, With a sad. heart Edith departed, and arraying herself in a partial disguise left the house. . She first went to the rooms of a society which purchased fancy articles from indigent ft: males and resold them to those wea'uhy persons who prefer patroniz. inn a bi-ikvolent institution to purchasing elsewhere; This society was the one whose concert sha and Ours had attended the night bef:, and when she entered the sale room, Harcourt was by chance in an inner apartment, where he had been shown while the ring which he had come to buy, had been sent to be valued by a jeweller. He was listlessly reading a newspaper, when his attention was arrested by a voice in the Hiter shop. Can you buy these a.ippers 1 isqjd, the voice to the shopwuman. A pause ensut-d, aa if ihe shopwomin was examining them, and then came the reply : " Why, Mis, they are not finished." I know that, 1 know that," quickly said the other, in emotion, " but 1 am in want of monev for purposes of charity. The comfort, perhaps tlie life, of an aged person is at stake. It you win aavance tlie money now, I will finish the slippers." This is a strange request, but ao you seem honest, and wish the money for elm ri ty, 1 will accede to your terms if you give me your name and residence." There was a pause, as if a struggle was going on it the other's breast! then, she asked for a sheet of paper to write her address. ' M Miss Edith Melville (" said the matron; 1 in some surprise, V I have otfen heard of her, though I do trot know her personally. Surely, Miss, there is aome mistake here. That lady is,' if t mistake not, the niece of Mr, TownleyV ' : - v But Harcourt had arisen' from his seat, loir now recognizing the voice of Edith, ho was about to enter the shop.- Uo checked himself, however ; but the. matron hearing him riav, fortunately left tlie shop to see if he wished her.'.' In a few hurried words ho tuld her to buy the slippers,' placing his purse In her bunds.-'- fie then waited till Edith had left the t bop, when he followed her at a sale distances tmfU she entered al narrow hoe, and passed into a dirty, rick.4 cry bouse. : tie could not resist going alter ber cautiously opening the door, saw her approach the bedside of an invalid bid woman.--' i' " ' God bless you, Miss Edith," ahe said, "your visits are the only comfort 1 now have. But where ia Miss Clara f woe t she come once to see her old nurse I ' I thought I heard a fecund step on tlw 8181." , f - No, it was only the echo of mine. Clara can't come to-day , but I have brought my little purse to buy a few comforts for you. : You know it is scanty one, but all I havw you are welcome to. - .., ' I know It, I koow it God bless you for an angel us you are. . And au Clam ia not well, else surely she would come to set me, after my dying request." ': Edith avoided aa answer, which flar. court noticed,- though the invalid did not. He had seen enough and gently with, drawing from the door, was soon in the street. - ;.;'-' . , .. .'' How t have misjudged this angel! And Clara," oh! how I loath her hjpucrisy. I cannot believe that she is sick ! I will go at once and see. . Harcourt found Clara at home ; and to an inquiry about her health, sho declared she had never been bettor in hor life Con vinccd of her duplicity, he departed, grate. ful for his escape, and resolving to give his hand and fortune to Judith, if she would accept them. What her answer was, our readers can imagine. "How I w, rouged .you. dearest," said Harcourt to his young bride, a day or two after their marriage, at that concert when you gave nothing, while Clara threw in her ring. I little thought wlmt sacrifices you were making at that very moment " Poor Clara !" said Edith, looking fondly up to her husband. Afler-Scenes of nattle-FieId of . BorodinsN Fifty days alter tho buttle of Borodino no leas thnn 20,000 of the slain were foutid lying where they had fiilN.n ; and tho whole jiluio wus strewed with half buried bodies of men und horses, intermingled with gar ments dyed in blood, and with bones gnaw ed by dogs . and vulture. " As we were marching over tho scene o untile, says Lubaume, " we heard a piteous sound at a distance; and, on reaching the spot, wo lound a r re nth soldier stretched on tbe ground, with both his legs broken. " I wn wounded," said he,; ' on the day of the great battle ; nnd finding myself in a lonely place, where 1 could gain ao assistance, dragged myself with my hands to the brink of a rivulet, and have lived nearly two months 00 grass and roots, and u few piece of bread which I lound among tho deud bodies. At night I have lain on the cur casscs of dead horses ; ami with the fl sh of these animnU, I huvedres-wKl my wounds. Hospital Scenes Art eminent surgeon, present in the hoxiiituls after the battle of Waterloo, suys 1 llw wounded French continued to be brought In for several sue ceisive days, andttra Brilish soldiers, who had in the morning been distressed by the repetition of the piteous cries of those they carried. 1 was in the evening so" hardened by tlie repetition of the scene, and by fa. ligue, as, to become indifferent to the suf. firings they occasioned P ' Il waa now the tr irteenth day after the battle It ta hnpossible o conceive the suf. fennss or men rudely carried at au:k a pe riod of their wounds. When 1 first entered tbe hospital, these Frenchmen had been roused and excited in an extraordinary de gree ; and in the glance of their eyes there was a charnctt-r ol fierceness which I never expected to witness in the human counte- nance. Un the second aay tne tenipornry excitement had suUided. and turn which war I would. I encountered every form of entreaty irom those wnose conomon ien no need of words to stir compassiou: " Sur. .. . I. K. .. geoo Major, oblltow I suffer! Dress my wounds! Uo dress my wounas ! troctor, I co. n mend myself to you Cut off my leg ! Oh ! I suffer too much ! And when these entreaties were unavailing, you might hear in a-weak inward tone of despair, 1 shall die! I am a dead man ! In the hospitals of Wilna there were left more than 17,000 dead and dying, frozen and freezing. The bodies of the former were taken up to stop the cnvities in tne windows, floors and walls ; and in one Cor ridor of tbe Great Convent, about 1500 were piled up transversely like pigs of lead or iron ! " My John ia a very good boy," said an old la dy, " but lie has ms lime laiungs, ior we ro none of na perfect ; be put the eat in the fire, flun$.hi( rraudlaUier's wig down in the CMlern, set the barn on fire, and tried to etick a fork in bis sis ter's eye ; but these are childish follies. " Evils. An aebing tooth, and a' crying child in church. Remedy lake them out. The worthiest profile are most injured by slan derer ; as we neuaJly find that to be th best fruit which tha Urea have bees pecking sU . From the JHf O. Picayune, -A bat about farm j room , " Not long ago I knew : To y. lie caught jfy, and then Flew p th chimney a ; But aoeh a sera wa tu vi-r seen, -I am quit sum of that,) ; As when with sticks all haiids essay'd Tebitthesef svosi Mexican Trickery. .Than ehevaUert d Industrie of Mexico there are perhaps bone more expert in the wide world, none ' more original ... In their tricks to raise the wind. In the course of a recent interesting lecture at Baltimore, delivered by Biantt, Mayor, Esq., lute our Secretary of Legation at Mexico, he related the following anecdote. A more ingenious chain of trickery was never devised and successfully carried out. We give it in Mr. M. own words t . ; A worthy Judge of one of te Mexican courts, one morning entering '.he edifice to taka his seat on the bench, waa about to refer to hill gold watch, when hs discover, ed that it waa not in his pocket . '! Ah! as usual," he remarked aloud to h friend. " I have left my wutch under my -pilloW," and proceeded forthwith to the dis. charge ei the duties of the day these con cluded, he returned liomoto dinner, which being also dispatched he thought of his. watch, and directed his wife to send for it .Send for ft," aaid ahe, with no little surprise, ' why, have you r.ot got it my deart" " No my dear, indeed t have not." 44 Well, that ia exceedingly atrunge, I sent it to you three hours ago." . Sent II to rocj and by whom T" " Why, about an hour after you were gone this morning, a genteel dressed mun came to the house, accompanied by a boy bearing a splendid turkey, which ho said you had bought of an Indian on your way to court, and had requested that I should have it picked and put away to cool, us you intended to invite your brother judges home with you to dinner to-murrow ; he then ad. ded that you had left your watch under your pillow, and had desired him to ob;ain U from me, for tho purpose of carrying it to you.' Of course the vexation and annoyance of the worthy judge will be easily under stood ; it w.is, however, soothed by ao hour's reflection upon the rascal's ingenui. ty, and his cogitations had also led him to improve the fellow's hint, and invite his brothers of the bench on the following day. Accordingly, the next mori:ing, he ordered ihe turkey to be cooked for dinner, and on the adjournment of the court, having related to his associate judges the costly trick of the preceding day, returned home in com pany with them to enjoy the turkey, which had been so dearly bought. But what was his surprise to find dinner prepared und no turkey to grace the board. Where is fA turkey, my dear?" he quietly inquired of his worthy lady. " The turkey," sho exclaimed ; " what, haven't you seen it at court T" " At court, my dear why what should the turkey bt doing at court 1" " Js impossible, she exclaimed, " that I have again been duied by a villain!" How, now ?" fciiiil the judge. " Whj , after you were g..no coi.plo of hours this morning, a p il -fccfd young nmr. with a ulmbby gi'iih - dn-Ms, - nic i. the doorTTrnd siaredTtiriTtu'-WTT-n-ll court, cengratuluted nn1 on iuT: ft , .v.-ry (' your gold wutch, umi dd d llmt Hie t.n t who had so vil'uinously duptui your lion-r had been arrested, and w.is now in court undergoing so exumitmiion that the chain of evidence was complete aguinst him, with the exception of the actual presence of the turkey, which ho had been despatched to bring into court and I gave it to him." " Well, my dear, you are certainly as great a gooso as that wus a turkey," po litely observed the judge, almost mud with chagrin and disappointment. Tbe admirable character or the trick, however, still sufficed to cnlm the irritated feelings of tlie judicial dignitary, and he en joyedjiis dinner, interrupted occasionally only by a hearty laugh, although tho turkey had been picked to graco another's board. Souatnr. Togo to Texas or not to go that am Ihe question whether it are batter to stay, at nonio ens bear these ills what we has got, or l? take op arms against a lot of Wxieamand In. ginee, and by figlitin' em. To fight to fin taint aotbin' more and bardie that but in that firht of ourn, what ballet way c ine wliu we have shamed off a ahot or so, must bid us consider ou'U Aye, there's where it rubs ! Katber toe . w won't go, oh ths whole. AaoEjrrSjrrrs. There cannot-be greater error than to suppose that spirits lessen the etTecfa ot coiOLujpnine ooay. On the contrary they always render Ihe body more liable to bo i ff. tried and injured by cold. The temporary wurmth they pro. duce is always succeeded'by chilliness. If n, ihino- hnaide warm cloiliinff snd cxer cise be necessary to warm the body in cold weather, a plentiful meal of wholesome food is at all times sufficient for that purpose. This, by giving a tone to the stomach, in vigorau s the whole system, while the gen ie excitation created oy Digestion auus con. sidernbly to the natural and ordinary heat of the body, and thus renders it less sensi ble to the cold. It is equally absurd to sup. pose that spirits lessen the effects of heat upon the body. So far from it, 'bey rather increase them. They add an internal heat to tbe external heal of the sun ; they dis. nose to fevers of tbe most dangerous una ; they produce preternatuul sweats wnicn a ws ken, instead of an uniform and gcnile perspiration which exhilarates ibe body. ii I! Jj I 1 i K r .r
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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May 19, 1843, edition 1
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