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POETRY. riRST LOVE, rlfst love will with the heart remain When its liopc's are all gone by j j\s frail rose-blossoins still retain Their fragrance when they !ic. And joy’s first dreams will haunt the mind >Vith the shades 'mid which 'hoy sprung'; Sumtncr leaves the stems behind On which Spring’s blossoms hung. Mary ! I dare not call thee dear, I’ve lo?l that right so long; Yet once aijain I vex thine ear With memory’s idle song: tlad linn; and change not blotted out The love of former days, Thou wcrt the last that 1 should doubt Of pleasing with my praise. '‘When honied tokens from each tongao Told with what truth we loved, tlow rapturous to thy lips 1 clung, ■While nouprht but smiles reproved! ■But now nu thiiiks, if one kind word Were whisper’d in thine ear, iThou’dst startle like an untamed bird, And blush with wilder fear! How loth to part, how fond to meet, Had we two used to be! At sunset with what eager feet I hastened on to thee ! &carce nine days passed ub ere we met In spring, nay, wintry weather; Now nine years’ suns have ris’n and set, Nor found us once together! *' Thy face vas so familiar grown. Thyself so often nigh, .“V, moment’s memory when alone Would bring thee to -mine eye ; 3ut now my very dreams forget That witching look to trace ; Thcugli there thy beauty liYigers yef, II wears a stranger’s face ! “ I felt a pride to name thy name, But now that pride hath flown; And burning olushes speak my shame That thus I love thee on ’ I felt I then thy heart did share. Nor urged a binding vow j But much I doubt if thou could spare One word of kindness now. Oh ! what is now thy name to me. Though once nought seemed so dear ^ Perhaps a jest in hours of glee, To please some idle ear. And V ». v, like counterfeits, with me inipr ssions linger on. Though all the gilded finery That passed tor truth is gone ? “ Ere the world smiled upon irjy lays A sweeter meed was mine ; Thy blushing look of ready praise Was raised at evciy line.- But now, methinks, thy fervent love Is changed to scorn severe ; And soi'.gs that other hearts approve Seemed discord to thine ear. W'hen last thy gentle cheek I prcst, And heard thee feign adieu, I little thought that seeming jcbt Would prove a word so true I A fate like this hath ofi befell Even loftitr-hopes than ours ; Spring bids full many buds to swell. That ne’er can grow to flowers !" Uartct)!!. All pleasure consists in Varitty. Ncitlicr catj 1 I'lvc you the dctaus uT tlu' oiii'y war we have account of, which the Catawba Indians had with tlie w’hitcs in the year 1715, when they entered into a confederacy with Cherokees,Creeks, Con- gur.eeb and others;, in order to destroy the wiiole population in Carolina, but before tlicy formed a junction wifh the other In dians, were defeated with great slaiijjltlcr at the head of goose creek, a!)out20 miles on this side of ('harleston, by a delach- menl of Cliarleston militia, coininuued by Capt. Chicken : nor need I attenipi to ac”:ount for their numbers beinjj so much reduced at the present day, by staling that the sniall-pox some 70 or 80 OLDEN TIME. rOH TUB CATAWUA JOUHNAl. Mr. Bingham : As you have for some time past published a paper entitled the Catawba Journal, I have discovered it -would gratify many of your readers if you give them something more than the passing events of the day, and journal ise earlier transactions. This section of country has now been so longsettlcd, that even ti udiiional accounts will soon paj away. It is true, in the course of las winter, tjave us some chronological scraps rehi'ive to the revolutionary war in ilTfi ))ai't ol the country ; but we should like Hi see stjinethiny of an earlier dale. If you ill ink proper to take up the subject, I will endeavour to assist \ou to begin, v.’bich probably may induce others of the lu st seiilers in Mecklenburg to enable Vuli tlJ go oil. 1 lu 111 not go back so far as to enquire ears past, carried off great numbers of them, by their manner oflreaiing the dis ease by sweating, Si jumping into cold wa ter—nor the no less certain, tlio’ slower cause of decrease, drinking loo much rum and whiskey. I might state, as a- nother evidence of aniiqniiy, tbat ears ago a large pine li ee was cut down on the west of Catawba Iliver, and near Is middle was a distinct chop with a tom ahawk ; on couijling the growths on the oucside of ii, it appoared it had been made 147 years before that lime, now 175 years back, viz. in 1650. Said loinhaw k might have been obtained of some of the followers of Sir Walter Raleigh, as it had to travel so far in the iiueieur. But without altempiing In explain all the vestiges of antiquity now involved in so much obscurily, I would comc to the point and inquire, when and by whom the iirst settlements of white people were- made on I'u* waters of the Catawba.^ MATriiKW Toolk, (an Indian trader and father of Sally New Kiver (a half- breed) wilV of the late General New Riv er, who commanded the Catawba Indians from the beginning of the revolutionary war until his death * ) had a trading es tablishment on the hill east of Toole’s ford, where he occasionally resided, ex cept when he went to purchase goods ur dispose of his furs and skins. In the years 1745-6, the nighesl settlement of whites was on Swearing Creek, beyonci the Yadkin River. As Toolt often pass ed through that settlement, he became aquainted with John Cathey, who resided there, whose sisfer Nelly he married and after some years settled at said ford ; but previous to that he persuaded Cathey lo move lo the Catawba and settle. Caihev set out with his family, and arrived ai the Catawba River near the mouth of Davidson’s creek and about 2 miles below Beattie’s Ford, in the month of Novem ber, 1747, where he built a cabin, the first dwelling raised by a white man on the waters of Catawba River. It is im- necessary to state, that he and his family had all the difTiruliies to enco unter and privations to endure usually attemlanton new settlements—such as beating their corn into meal or hominy in a mortar j and when they had neither one nor the o- ther, using venison or turkey as bread, and Bear meat with it; of t .esc they had at all limes plenty. Their nearest wiuu^ neighbours were upwards of 30 miles from them. In the course of iliat winter he cleared 3 or 4 acres of b.otiom, w hich was planted in corn in the spring, and produced an abutulani crop. In the month ofFebruary, 1748, his daughter Klizalx-ih was born, being the lirst while chiki born on the waters ofCatawI)a. Said Eliza beth was the wife of Richard Mason, w ho so long kept tavern in Charlotte. She died near Hopewell Chiircli, only 3 or 1 past. The oldest grants for lands on ihe waters of Catawba, are "dated 1749. In the fall of 1713. as soon as Cathey’s corn wus hard,be shelled out two bags lull, and with his riile in hand, sol out to go to a mill some where between the Yad!:iii River and where Salisbury now stands.— On passin;]^ over the ridge w hicli tli\iiles the waters of Catawba from Rocky Riv er, near where Torrcnce’s tavern stands, he came on a gang of BuiValocs, and shot down 6 of them before llie rest of the with what sa.t they hatl, w ill; as of hickory aslies, the women saved the meat. Mr. Cathey returned, too!: his bags of corn, proceeded lo the mill, and after some days came liotnc^ with his meal, llehasoiten stated, that'on his reti.rn, his caljin wasso-hutrg over wilh meat, he rould hardly get entrance. In liie winter of 1748-9, thorc were some new-comers and many explorers of the'new country ; the most ol whom call ed on Mr. Catliey, and were entertained by him with greatclieerfulnessand hospi tality. However, this was a general trait in his character all his life. Perhaps no man who has since lived on the waters of Catawba River, has given away to the traveller or visiter wilh so much good will and without charge, as muc h corn, bacon, whiskey, SiC. After salutation, the first enquiry was, if they would have break fast or dinner or their horse fed; and in him was coni[)leiely exemplified the words of the sciig, — Honpitality, ^ All in reality, W itliout l orinality. Notwithstanding his generosity', by his management ami industry he bad always )lenty, and accumulated considerable property. He w’as never known to com plain oi scarcity, until the time of the rev olutionary war. On the last day of Jan uary, 1781, he had killed his pork for that season, 20 odd hogs; next day, on the 1st of February, when the British had beaten our troojis and passed at Cowan’s ford, Gen. O’Hara marched past Cathey’s, on his way to join Lord Corn wallis, who crossed at Beattie’s lord,and took all his pork and most of his forage. A part of our cavalry, as they marched up the river, and kept hoverifig on their right flank, found Mr. Cathey on an em inence near the corner of his field, view ing the enemy carrying his hogs from his sliU-house, where they were hung up, to their wagons; and when he counted them carrying the last one, he could not •efrain from bestowing his benediction upon them so loud, that they might have Heard him. In the year 1750 or 1751, the first mill was built on the waters of Catawba River, by a Mr. Lambert, where Bvers’s mill now is in Iredell county. ^ From this time on, the settlements be tween the Yadkin and Catawba Rivers cncreased brisklv, until the time o!‘ Brad- dock’s war, in 1755 ; ljut the Indian war Ml the south dill tiol commence until year or two after at that jieriod. There were not more thais 15 or 20 families west of the Catawba River, who all fled over the river to John Cathey’s and Samuel Wilson, scnr’s. where his son William Wilson, (merchant) now^ lives. On M’- Doweil’s creck, another station was fixed, with some rCj;u!ai’ lroo[)s at the place railed I'orl Dol)I)Si abovi; Statesville.— The Forts at Cathey’s and Wilson’s, in addition to their other (lifriculties, suflVi- ed with the small pox, the only time that disease has prevailed since liie settle ment (jf the country, except in tlie year 1781, in the Revolutionary War. von THE rATAWBi JOrilNAl. .lUVENlI.E ESSAYS No. 5. vluUur the Calawba River was called afiei a poweilu4 nation of Indians, who ] gmijr ^ed. He look oil his corn and butch- resided on its waters, or whether the In- j n ed as much as he could pack home, and tiiutis derived their name from the River, brought back his wife and sister-in-law : Vestigeb'd’ iheir tovvtis, from the Island lord (iown to where they now reside, show theywKie tiumerous in the last cen tury—the dart.’, kiiives, and axes, made of a peculiar kind of rock, frequently turned up by the j)lough where their towns were, evidence they had no iron. they all butchered, and made out lo take wiili them the wiiole of the meat, and • Previous to the revolutionary war, the Ca tawba liidia-is v.Liv under the jurisdiction of a King, an old iikui natiu-d iVo;—at tiiut time ,nii.vin;,^ vlth llie whites, they became i\- I juil)lic;ui, the tittle of kin;^ became luipopn- ] lar, he was diverted of his authoritv, and tliiv . •Ill- al'tcrv.2cd3 gove,riied by Uuivr^l N( •' until ih'jir intercourse WAllithe'k.v 'v. Cre.sccntcm secjuitur cura pecuniam, .Majariunquc tanas. hohack. Care, and a thirst for more, follow Increa.'iiner v^ealth. MuUa pctcntlb'.is, l*Cbunt nmlta. ,7;. Much is war.tingto those who covct nnK;h. Man has, in all ages, elicited the ad miration of tlie pliilosopher, not only by iiis physical, but als(j I)y h.is mental pow ers. And if we examine his nature and actions, we pierceive that lie is not mere ly governed by a kind of instinctive principle, but by reason and jiidgiiient. But the revolutions through vvhicli mati has passed since the creation, have n'.a- terialiy altered hit; character. Principles which existed in our first parents, have been eradicated ; and others, whieh form ed no characteristic of them, in their in- nocency, have become as firm a;-.l esta!)- lished, as i* they had been originally in herent in their i;ature. Mankind, at the |)resent period, are governed by various evil principles, which have become fixed and estahlished,: ancl which iniluence and direct his con- duet as steadily, and as constantly, as if they were the most virtuous prii'ciph-s, und accc; w. •’r-r-. ctlilcs. -Vuit.r.r; I'.ir-e - vil which govern !ikU’) vve iuid ‘O a conspicuous p!ai c. e see it in every indiviciual, i’l gi’eater or luss degree. Its inf.uencc is leit by all; by its influence, man is forced to aic greatest extremities, to satisfy Us never- ceasing demands. If we were to ransack thewoTui, we could scarcely hnd an in dividual, v.ho could truly say, 1 want or 7iot/ti/Js. What cause can wo assign toi this disposition in man, never to be saiis- ed with his present lot r To account lor this, we must rellecj, that man was lorm- ed for immortality; ibat he was destined to fill a higher station, and to enjoy more happiness, than he now does. But man, deviating from the path vvhich his Crea tor hath ])oinled out to him, having lost all communion wilh his God, and being formed for immortality, must -have some object upon which to beslovv his affec tions. Whal object on earth issuflicient in power, in goodness, and in abiliiy» to dispense complete happiness, lo c..ncen- trale the whole ;itrectioi;s, to possess the entire confidence nf ati intelligent and im mortal being? There is none, ilence we mav account lor that disquietude ol ii.iint, that dissatisfaction with our presei't tir- cumstanccs, that eager desire lor no\elty, which so universally pervade the mind oi man. And lience we may account loi the distress a man will sullei’, the sacri fices he will make, the atrocious deeds he will perpetrate, the obstacles he will sur mount, and the caitiage he will pass through, to acquire universal do.ninion. But if an individual were to gain uni versal dominion, would he be satisfied with his pjvver, and the extent ol his empire r Far from it. He would have as great a thirst for conqucst llien as ever. As an exatnp'e, lake Alexander llie (ireat; wiio, when he had conquered nearly the whole of Asia, and had come to the Indian Ocean, is said to have wej)i, because he had no more worlds to con quer. Just so, if the avaricious nidt), whose whole inclination is bent on ac quiring and amassing wealth, could get in his grasp the whole of the riches ol the ex terior crust of the globe, his restlcsss mliui would' be ready to make a voyage with Captain Symmes to acquire tlie wealth of Its interior cavity. Avarice is a pas sion which has brought disgrace, and universal execration, upon many individ- uaN. Il has so povverful an influence over the mind of man, that some of the great est and most shining character"* have sacrificed their honor, and the honor of their country at its sh'-ine. Avarice isolates the mind of man from every other object, but itself. It con tracts all liberal, but expands all selfish principles. Il annihilates peace and con tentment of mind ; and consequently de prives its possesses of two of the great est and most essential prerequisites of happiness. It closes up every avenue of the heart from all those social blessings, which are contributory to the happiness of man ; and renders him poor and mis erable, though lolling amidst heaps of gold. It famishes its possessor, aleniales the affections of a friend, creates enemies, and elicits the scorn and derision of a neighbour. In shm-t, it impairs everv duty, whether sorTal, civil, or tnoral. The eflecls of avarice ate various on dif ferent individuals; th(;ugh finally they are all equally pernicious. We see one man, vvliile invading his neighbour’s property, st(jo|)ing to the most debasing vices, and perfietrating tlie most disgraceful deeds to accomplish his ends. W’e see another, 'in M nom avarice has a strong grasp, for getting every lie of humanity, and every duty which he owed to the laws of man, and of his Creator, imbrue his hands in *h(‘ !)lood of his fellow-man, to satisfy his ungovernable passion. Revolving these thoughts in our minds, we exclaim, Quid non moiialia pectora Auri sacra fames!» • AVhat an lnsig»iiricrLnt, and lamentable figure, does the avaricious mati make, wliose minrl is callous to everv virtuotis- principle, and wh(jse whoji* soul is vvrajit up only with the thoiii.jht of amassing- wealth. How narrow and contracteil does il demonstrate the mind of mun to be, when lie can consume li.e whole ol his life, surmount every cb:,tac!e, and front every danger, mt rely to at (iuire so uncertain a thing as wealtii. And how ridiculous is it for him, to deny himself the common necessaries oi life for the un substantial happiness of a large tbrtune. Often, when an individual is desii-ons of ac(juiriiig wealth exp( d itiouly, like Ksop’s dog, he even loses tiiat wliich he possessed. On the contrary, a li!)eral disposition in man is nol)le. 'I'his ])rin- ciple gains the admiration and applause, not only of theobjectofliheralitv.but from all niaiikinrl. I'.ven the cavils of the misan- ihropi;,must fall harmless at the feetef the lilieral man. He may censure his iVllow- nn n lor avarice, treachei'v, inconstancy •if friendship, and vires of' all kind :, but h- cannot, with a clear conscience, bring as a plea for his misanthropy, the liber’- alit/of man. ^ II the liberal man denies himsell any of-the conveniencies of life, it is not lor the low and sordid puroosi- of acquiring wealt!i,but for the alleviation ')! the misery of a fellow h.'ing. He suf f'-'-s'not,f„rhis generosity and humanitv. -IIH., and be likewise to ouri>elves a source ci misery. .\ndv'ilb what solicitude shuidj wc cultivaic that principle, whi&li teaches us to lelieve a friend in want; a principl,i pi oductive of .so much real happmesb. • Accursed thirst of gold ! What wilt th^ not force ni^rtal brea^;tb to devise. ■j-Accordii as any ont. shall deny himst].'" many things, he sliuU receive much from the God.s. UnivcrsUj of Edinburgh—The Profes. sors have coise to a deierii.ination iha- henceforth no candidate shall bey(n;,m(.^ for examination for the degiee of M. t) unless he has studied four year- in college instead of thrti, as formerly : and that during that time, he must allend lo ihrtc new branches of medical science in addi tion lo the nine hitherto taught, on all of which he must be examined, prior to graduation. I’he celebrated optician, Strayel, of Basle, has just finished an iniproved teles, cope, sixty-four feel long. It is said that with the aid of this eni)rmous instrutnent several learned persons iiave been enabled to discover animated beings, roads, niouu- lains, and temples in the moon. Quanto (juisque sihi ]-d;;ra ner.iverlt, _Ab diis j)hira terot * itii ulut assiduity should we giiari! otir heart') Irom t'le ('iitrance of avarice ; rt'-'t !,'C;irt! '- !.nivrrs':il d-trsu- EXrUACT. As the lawyer-has his compendium c: cases and jjrecedents, the legislator hii stalutCb, liie soldier Ins book oi lactics, and every other professor his mdemccum to consult in difficulties, the Christian, whichever of the professions he may bo. long, will take his morning lecture fjorr. a more infallible diioctory, r.ijmprehcml. ing not only cases and proiedeiit, al)ounding also with those seminal p:-iij. ciples vvhich contain the essence of ail ac tual duty, from which all piaciical excel, lence is deducible. I’his spirit of la^vi differs from all other lei^al institiUfs, some of which, from that imperfection inseparalde from the best human lhin;js, have been founi! uninteiligiWe, some im. practicable, and some have become obsc« iclo. 'I'he divine law is subject lo no sucli disadvantages. It is jverfi'ct iiun nature, intelligible i;i its construction,and elernal in its cljligalion. 'I'his sacred institute he will consuh, not occasionally, but daily. Unnmii;(!. ed of general duty, unfurnished vvith some leading hint for the particular demand, he will not venture to rush into the lie, trial, and temp'ition of the day Of this aid he will possess himself with more ease, and less lossoftinu , as he will not have to ransack a multiplicity of fulios for a detached case, or an individual in* tvicdcy ; for, though he may not find in the Bible sjjeciiic inslancLs, yet he will discover in every page some governing truth, some rule of universal aijpliciuion, the s|)iiitof which maybe brousjlii U bear on almost every circumstance; some principle suited to every purpose, tnd co.npeient to the solution of every moral difficulty. Scripture does not, .inditd, pretend to include technical or pr fts* sional peculiarities, but it exhibits :he temper and the conduct which ina\ b« made applicable to the special concirsi of every man, whatever lie his ocrupa- tion. He will find in it the right dire:- lion to the right pursuit, the strai;’n‘. road to the proper end ; the dii*y ol i pure intention ; and the prohil)itiori rf false measures to attain even a laudu i object. No hurry or cngagment will ev er make him lose sight of that .'acrri aphorism so pointedly addressed to iiitr. of business, “He that maketh hastPtJ be rich, shall hardly be innocent.” Tk cautionary texts he admit ed in his closet, lie will not treasi.ri* ui) as classical riot* toes lo amuse his fancy, or rm!)e!Ii'-h his discourse, but will adopt as rales ufc n- .duct, atid bring them intoi'very woriiJ;’ transaction, whether commercial, foii.'"' sic, medical, military, or whatever tl'-f be his proiessed object. He will not ad- jnsi his scale of duty by the false stand- ai'd of tl'.e woild, nor by any measure o; his own devising ; he has but or.e slati- arcl of juflging, but one i.iea-urf ol duct—the ini'allible word (,'f Cicd. • rule he will ta'ke as he finds it,'he will iiiv as he i‘;comma'. K‘d; he will not ben.i i‘.-'J I'.is own convenience, he will not atcnii.' modate it to his own views, I’.is own p-iS sions, his o\^. n emohnneiitj his own ivj taiion. . * r.:.Tii\CT.—(live me to know th.;! liortrine of Jesus is bread from Hcavf!:- and t!i:it it sustains tlu'. sjiirit, ati'- prepari.s it f,r Heaven; and f well 1):' indililrent whether that 1)1'''*'^^ descended, like the manna in lb-' f'' innighly dew, or whether, like the fou- fd’ Flijah, It was bronjrht to iny hands by the ravens, or whether i* liroken, for mj self and the hun^^fv’li''''’' ancls around me, by a hand endnetl miraculous jjovvers. So long as I 1^;'^’' tl'.at it was sent me by the Father ol spirit, and that eating it, I sha'l live‘J' ever, I know all that can j'ive it vain''' awaken my gratitude. \Vhcn "'’J'”" friendly hai’.d ()i-esses a cup of cold to my lips, >.s I am fainting with a weary land, I will not ask, lot' 5 J’"! care, whetlier that water was sh^'^f from the skies, or whetbei- il flowcil river (ir gushed from r\ r.j-riiip not whether it was brought me en urn, or wlicther it was crystal vase, or a r.oldier's iieliiT't' , ' water that bid; pi.e livCj ;ui'-l " rjoujjh fur ft;c.
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