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"mmmmmm" . """" """" '"" -'" . i - I -, ;t : ' 'M-v '1 ' ''. ' 1 - : J ; .t . ; . ''.ri ' : ' 1 ' f : ; 1 ' '.: L. BADGER, Editor an! Proprietor. " ;: v ,( . f .'1. : ! .;.( ' A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES,; MINING, AND NEWS. X PRICE $2 PER. YEAR la Advance . "IF WE WOULD PRESERVE OUR GOVERNMENT, WE MUST! PREVENT INJUSTICE ; TO PREVENT , : - : r-pj INJUSTICE WE MUST IIITE ATTHE .- ' ' ' t .;.. 801' I VOL.- III. - - X On Ffdny 15th inst , LconfJas Spratt Esq. of Chnrle on S. C, deh'vercd a speech before a por lion tilhe citizens of Indian Land, in ' the neicli- boroou ot n. i. hjte Es.j-Vork S. C, fVom "j y!lch wc ?,avc becn permitted tomake'tho follow-- ai lorciblc extract : - l' . j . ' $!nvingcstal!ihed.l think to;ho satisfaction of orje ol juu that our rights and liberties may de - lui upon the iepara'.e action of, the State o South ; j Carolina,, it would seern that that were enough. ;i O ! und, that ail other possible calamities would be as- wi, uaiuuC Uw'UHJi iilkCivpt3 oi a UGII illIt) -.TiituJe. There are some one'-or wr oLjcci.'Jiis . j; l-"-cr to t.'iat course which have been often ' Urfrtri-llil ivliir1'! vltotitil li'.-o fa nncu-or ' Tim , greut argument of Mr. Ham well Is that the Union I is destined to a dissolution, that its pcr3tudl-exis-' ' -. teue between two'sections so dlssinu'. it in Tntcr- . ' tstjind opinion is impossible, arid that hence "it 'is ' . . - c. . . .It' . .; uiiijectssaryior wus ciate to act nur.e, in one part .1 cf his argument he h right, the tTjiion will be dis; Kolyet!, there is no question -ef if, and human pow- - ' ..- t . .t' - ' ' . :u.iuoi prevent n, oui w.at is nil tne question "we aro not sulicitors tj dissolve tjie Union but we "are solicitors to preserve ourseltf.s from the op prcsiiciii an'J the corruptions of; its contract, he t-ejns to think the '-South will Le safe, no mutter i u hen and how t!o di.s.soiution--comes. lAnd fwe js:iy that the South will not be saf? unless we free curscl ves pcedily and at once from its oppressive ' jmwer and its debasing influence.-! To show you i what I mean- more clearly, there were Siames ' I Twins thrcugli the country a fewk ears arro. who Vj wtrc two pc.rsons joined : together by a cartilage v across lbs Lreast. Now suppose one. 'of these should be taken with a disease which--whatever ,nngu:DC liSjjTiiect irpon nimscu, siiould nccessa i ly bu dcstntctive to the other, any honest medical aJviser lor the well orc wqu! J immcdintclv'insist lipon an aiputationr. but othr men advising about the Hiatler. would hifn ho, they say !et them a- lon! tka. urx!er the inilueno: of such a disease the 1 i:giijri':nt will rot away without the necessity of inrnpV.ution. Well" so it will be perhaps if we wait vno'.ir-h, but Uv the mean time -they may both j cVud," and the dissolution to which they so con l".d;l.t!v look, may ie nothing more than thcdjsso f!iiiin ef corruption 'and. decay ;;now that isnot uh.it' we w.ant, uexkj not want stij)Iv lo cut the !;in nt. to ' preserve tiie Hfe. " So-:t is withhis I'iiion, it is the ligament witch bin Js two separate oether, ihev arc afll-oted with the dis-i-.-;M iif lbtUirinjiisni. this is a disease which what: eTjiriay- be its rtierts upon themselves is neces-f.-tr;!y destructive to u". We propose to cut that ' ligament awav, bat tlcv sav no, lotlit afoiie, that iu -time it will b.; dissolved away without the use ;".f thokhiie, and so it will hurt not, perhaps before froth! systems may fill a common grave, and teste. . andTrc rot away in an eternal night -jof anarchy or uism. No! fellow citizens the dissolution -uesjusm "uhkj,i,'oriics to! us, this is not '.he dissolution mc-t-ssiry to our purposes, we want the dissolution ,.Vc.icMCc, not of accident,T a dissolution jof hopo not of despair, a dissolutmn which omesto us by th active "energies ot life, and amid the hopes of hri-llter and a better future, and hot the dissolu-ti-m Uhicli comes by the hand of detail and which t-ait; upon us 1 oldgr:idation tlirouirh the durkness'and thegloon and despair; fritOM TH: STATK-niGT KKriiBttOANi. - rl'ii ! Jlarlj r of Soutli cUroliim, The sui;-hght streamed tlirou!) tlie'pnsyn case i.irnf, and lit up with" a gleam of h:)pintss the IwiielyceSl. ; Its beams fell'upoii oiio! who would, i.vor agaiirXt hoId it setting, and Urotiglit. to his .-ad ik-urt thoughts of his luaie,f hisU-buniry,, his own bloomy fa.te, and dreams bt tfnj pat the I.urie3 past" It is the last ti'me thatisun ujU ever ttawtj tor him the last tinvJ lie can-gaze upon its team laiicing ovvr the bright, watisor; watch lh: -lad waves of the blue Alantic.as Ihey lave :t h ,. ,-,u ini' shores ot ms native o:aie. i i ncre i?i.ie forth that awful .sct:ence-i. Tfrou "shalt -:' . : 4 . .- ,:ie . i no . 1 1 , hai been condemued as a traiior,' and he iTiustfde a traitors uea t . . . '...Mi ' ?I mi', it'' r.nt i!.i is A be called traitor ? - lid was torn from the couch of hjs dyirVg wife,' : -3ud inarclicd to a glooniy pris j:r ' Tilers, the sol iiers V.t King George olfereijiiim; this alternative : - -Svear not to-take up aruisj. agaiijst your jfUg, ;nJ voa shall nol be. called uou to tifu against votii country. Give us this oath and voumay re- . i.lill 1, ret use, ano ine insua.iousi ue v uut a-juue. . 'J'he feelings of the man triuhiphed -over- tfiose th- patriot, and he swore to fo'main jneutra. T of ne nromie of the British Was broken : ihe was called s broken . upon to support the royal stair-lard. 'Jhis'rejeas cd hi:)i.from ft is allegiance, artd he ; gain drew his Kicori in defence of America.) This "was treason t.- his' Majesty ; for th'is he rjiust die. Nothing : " t . . J Z ; ....!..! J...n.. - r0'j;d iSSVe hlltl.' Jora rvunuwi luiui-u uxy uum the pcttion of the Governor, and witli col,d elegance Jnied the request oT 44 Carolina'! rebel daugh- - trrj.'! Then came she who; was jbound by thp : tics'of-"sisterhood," to the conderrn.ed, and with iir his son but theproud "Briton, jturning away frum that sister's glance, and the mild, imploring - look of that'nobe boy, as he p.rayed him' to spare his father's hf. answered stilfl j" lie must die !" That soltur.n edict, " Death by the gibbet's rope," 1 ' has bejn spokea, and "calmly ariij fearlessly -Caro-Iila!s patriot son awaited his doom.! ? ,i. I Aloae in the deep and massy (priion, tho stray ;s-m. beams gleaming over the idarkj, damp tloor. - and the thick, ?rey wall, tlc spider, weaving ner jo$araer wclover the names oV, those who have . !io now sulTers, the' crick j or, t!w,rfi j tic captve alcf.e.'.Sjive (ttlv.s. G(?d I or!'" m: 'r'".i ever !:::tV."' i ce:i..:c..tuj .v. r.t- m..r h-art end i:s:r.J. lie lw. .t,i . earth, wiis "1.1: God ciriotiotti r I.. knevr th3 k.-. ii orony that wrap: Iuj soi:I ,:;i gooxt lie hloAA-coul-i eer that iio'ole spirit, nhrcdei in dar-rc'a-d vc. A iiw !"t! fuvurc: fca:n i CILU1LOTTE, N. C, ' SATURDAY MORlVTiVG, i- lAUGUST ; .30i851. over Ins soul: a vision of his country; in chains and bondage: her soil, enriched by tho heart's blood of her brave sons, smiling a 'plentiful harvest-Tor the oppressor ; her children the slaves of England's monarch. -Then came & dream of all that he would have done for that bieeding coun try ; a dream of the laurels she would have wreath ed around his brow, and the blessing that woulJ have rested upon his name. , Clearly upon the still air St. Michael's 'chime tolled forth the hour of twelve. St. Michael's chime! , How many thoughts does that sound bring to my mind ! thoughts of all that has been, and can never, never be again ! My wife, I have no tears Jor thee ; they were all shed when we lata tee dawn to steep m the still, damp irrtiVc.- Ihou hast watched over me n "deep, immacu late, immortal love," from thy spirit tome. Chy smi.e nas ocame"U upon me in the soft light of tho stars thy voice, bw-toned and sweet, has whis pered Jo me in the gentle murmur of the wind. - And now, I am hastening;to join thee in that Heav en, ;wbero the tread of armies, the wild blast of the trumpet and the fierce battle-cry are ncveV 'PK i ii -i r-i .J .aiu. - xjicxc -a uuss, mere is tieaven in tne thought, and yet, Earth, thou hast, strong ties to oino me io mee i My cnilUren, 1 must leave yon IV il.i.rl... l mm j --..-'.l r.i.:. 11.HH.11VOJ auu -aiuijc. i ueep vvaiers.oi me dark aud turbid river will soon rcll. between you and me. IJien, who will care for you, myor phab ones 1 lie who has promised to be a . fath- pr tri t!i( (:fhnrl3se ' rto.i tl,, S!lmnkni.l: nfT V, I Ho will shield you from every danger.and sustain - - - i. wo, V. 1 V- ij Hit jurwiiuiu, KJl IClUCli you through all tbe stormy strife oi your existence Live so, that when he sends hi armels to call vnn from this world of death and sorrow, you niay be ready to meet him in a brighter and holier land. May the only King 1 serve look down upon you, my -children, aud grant a dying fathers," God bless you :"' - , , . ! ! 4My country 1 my country ! must I leave thee Siiu m irons .' .Ihy shores trodden by the j foot of the proud oppressor, thy houses desolated and laid waste by; Briiish tyranny ? My cup of ago ny isf-ullyet 1 bless the, my Father, that one drop of joy stern, indeed but oh, howsjblissul is mingled amid its deepest, darkest drees. I thank lhes that I may die for my country, than which a more glorious. thy sun never shone upon. Wilfingly do 1 give, back the life thou givest ; willingly do I lay it down upon the -altar of Lib erty. 1 nrnrht wish that the maimer ofmv death Vere more glorious that I could die on the bat tle field -die supporting the' banner of the stars. I but asked a soldier s death a soldier s i burial. Britain sternly denied me' But this avails noth ing with thee Thou wilt give me strength, my Father, to teach my foes how an Amercan can die. Thou knowet that I have been wronged. Thou wilt avenjre m. iJov many a head vill grasp the sword, an'1 rush to the field of Carnage, when the story ol my wrongs my death is heard From the snowy mountains of Maine to the. 'red old hills of Georgia, they will rise up andi nerve their hearts to yet sterner deeds. I - A"d thou, my State, my gallant, patriotic lit- tlo State ! I thought to see the bright star of vic- tory, shining above thy Pahnet'o tree, and the snowy dove of peace nestling amid its'i green branches. But this, blessed hope is crushed, and I must go down the to grave, leaving thi shield shrouded in a pail of darkness. Carolina,! Ciiro liiiu, with what deathless chains?;, of love art "thou twined around this" heart. Dearly have I; loved thee dearly do I love thee, even now, in this last, darkest hour of my existence. Thou wert the fore most to throw off tho dominion 3f old England ! Never submit to the yoke of hei monarch. I Ever choose death to submission a grave to chains and servitude.. Sooner -would I see every member of my State die in her defence ; aye, even as I shall die qre this day's sun shall go to; rest, than that she Should submit and remain in bondage and op pression;; South Carolina, receive my blessing the last I shall ev r give to thee. Guard thou the Palmetto Banner' with thy life, whon death-only can save t from dishonor ; let the heart's - blood crimson its snowy whiienesss, but never suffer the stain of submission to color its glorious folds. But this is not a time lo clins with such deathless af feet ion to what is of 'earth, earthly.' The thoughts of this last hour, should be of thee, my He'aveuly Father." j :! - ' ' ' ' : - - i i - ' : ; - ii. ; It was thCj hour of noon. Not a1 zephyr stirred the horair, or rufiled old Ocean's sleeping bil lows. The breeze scarcely, murmured amid the snowy llowers of the orangegroves, or wavi?d the white incense, cup of the magnolia. ' The Red Vross of St. George waved .not proudly and free r .t.. !:..ji ... . u.. .. ..... f k i:r.. - blood that crimsoned its fluttering?, drooped mourn Jully down1 ward, and, more human than its defen ders, cduld not gaze upon another scene of j mur der. The sun poured down its burning rays up on the glowing sands of Charleston ; mournfully drooped tlic hanging moss from the branches of the old oaks. How many a dark and b'.oody scene had tnat calm sky looked down upon, and over those still waters, how often had the sigh of, the lonely capjtive, the groin of the dying soldier, been wafte'd- A stillness like death -a gloom like the shadow of thegrave, hung over the city.! That i deep silence, like the calm preceding tho torna does of the Indies, foretold a convulsion, -but a mightier tar than that of wind or water, i The still small voice' that spoke in the Martyr's death, aroused the fierce whirlwind and earthquake of human passion. '1 I .- Beyond the precincts of the city, upon a worn out. common, were gathered all those who had de serted the streets of Charleston. There wa3 the cold and scarlet uniform of the British officer, j the' plain dress of trie civillian, the peaceful drab of the quaker even the coperas suit of the negro. There was not heard the shout of contending ar mies, the roar of artillery, that attends the soldier's death. No hearse with sable plumes was there, no- muffled drum, no crape-shrouded banner, to mark the"S9Wiers funeral. Instead of these were the gibber, the rudo white pine .coffin, -the carrier's cart- Beside that coffin stood Isaac Havxk1, the Martyr of South Carolina. A halo seemed. hover- iv aroimd that noble form, and on that glorious ! r j "V w M'; i !.e - :xngih of high - - t t - 'and hoi v vp-;-:vc.i 'ii:v.re .vs a sn:r;c u:jr.iisv:i .to jHeavoa. r.s. thou. turning ,to lis i:a:iv; land, h-i nrou::d liinA and Was gazing 11 4.i.) uar:c! r ieecJ the niLj;ts upon his heaven! v hoa. jFvbry bro'-y v. us pa!o ; upon every, lace was written the feeling of the heart hatred, wrath and sorrow, struggling for the mastery. But no L no tears were there ; that scene was too sublime for tears. The soldiers of ; King George looked gloomy ; evn to tltem a voice was crying Mur der V The executioner advanced to raise the fa tal drop. Suddenly the word 'Father V. was borne u'poqjhe still air, uttered in such wild agony, that even the rude soldiers started, and the hand of the executioner fell powerless by his side. A boy over whose head scarce twelve summers suns had shone, dashed through the crowd. Beautiful was that young face, with its dark, flashing eyes its raven curls, waving over a broad, high forehtad, upon, which thessal of intellect was stamped. Father, he; exclaimed, as the martyr folded him to his heart, 'America will avenue! her mur dered Hayne ! England '.shall yet weep tears of mood lor thee !' and his - pale Jjp quivered with scorn as he gazed upon his father's foes' and his own ; ' ": My noble boy,1 weep for your father; but weep not that he died: for his country. Love.that couh- try even as he loved it; with his sword; and vour own me oeiend if.- u.o lorth to the battle with a stout heart and strong arm, and if you fdjl,,Colum bia s flag will form your winding-shset.!j May the uou ot uatties, bless you, my son.' ij , . The boy turned a,way, and with a firm nroud step passed through thatiiost cf glittering blades, and Drunant unilonns. livery, .heart was full of passion for that i lone, injured child cvry heart re-echoed the words, God bless you !' Ule turn ed to gaze upoh' his father for the! last I time; A strange, wild light gleamed in his dark:eye, and he laughed a bitter, unearthly laugh. IIayne lived as South Carolina wishes her sons to live ; he died as South Carolina wishes! her sons to die. flo taught his country's enemies How an American could 'die.' His ashes sleep in a narrow grave, beneath the red soil of his native State, but the breast of every Carolinian is his se pulchre. His monument is a nation's. 'gratitude, his epitaph, a nation's tears. , Carolina' wept stern tears for him, but Britain paid them back! in drops of blood.' Seventy years have passed'', away. Dust has returned to dust ashes to asfies But to Us his memory is still holy, his name is still sa cred. South Carolinians,- have wc provod true to his dying charge? Have we guarded our Palmetto Banner front dishonor ? We are answered by the Carolina war,! closed so gloriously by bur own Fehwick, echoed 'by the heights of Chorubusco that bloody battle; froifi which sp few of our Pal metto boys leturnedJand ithose few anjorphan band. Carolina;, thyjilag jlhat day waslstained with the blood of the .lioble Butler, thy, Palmetto Banner formed his pall. Well 'did she deserve a place, in the picture, and the name she won, The Harry Hotspur of the .Union.- Nobly'j did' her gallant sons delend her;colors,' and wo. canf unfurl our standard, unstained and beautiful a'vvhen 'Marion's men bore it through the cypress sjvamps ofCharleston, or Sumter waved it on the high hills of Santee. And when a darker time shall come darker than ' Old '76, or Young '47' still, Pal metto boys, remember the words, of our jpatriot martyr'i 4 Death to submission a, grave to :chains and servitude,' and with the motto, ' God, ami our sacred rights engraven on your Palmetto ihieldj go forth to victory, or a grave. With ihel blood of the murdered Hayne upon her soil ;' the bacred dead of '47, sleeping beneath her red eart$ ; the ashes of Calhoun reposing within her borders, South Carolina, dare not submit, and become a slave. While we remember tho Words aqd ex ample of our mighty statesman, who is gorie, tho freedom for which he lived and died, must and shall Ve ours Let others sneer at our glorious, little State, and seek to defame; her, we will'cher ish her, love her and defend her to the last. When that dark day comes, and come it surely will, the words of every South Carolinian -will' bo those of our Governor, 'Though it will take stout hearts and strong arms to defend you, South Carolina, yet tliose stout hearts and strong arms are yours.' I ; Fom the Charleston Mercury. Occupation of fort Suiter Insolence 1 of Federal Minions. ; Messr.-. Editors ::, Fort Sumter has been oc- j cupied, furtively, unexpectedly, and without jwar rant of authority, save from a usurpating North ern Preiaident and .the subservient tools-of' his Cabinit. 'Tiie object of this' movement of Feder al troops, is apparent and unmistakeable. Intim idation of the wav'eriigj' encouragerrient tQ Union loving submissionists,-and preparation to meet the question of secession, and dely-its- exercise.! It, is a dudlciige to the fyatc. to come ip to . thai is uc and riiett the Gocenpnet vpo)i it. Shalt I the challenge be accepted now ? There is but one way of giving the answer through the: Legisla ture, which should be instantly assembled. 'In the meantime what should the citizens ofChar leston do ? Already . are her citizens denied ad mission to the Fort,' and allreasbn for the per emtory prohibition contemptuously refused, amid the jeers ol livened slaves, obedient to the will of official masters. The people should assemble at once' put .on their arms guard their City again st the ingress of hes my rmidons and mcerfdiaries and confine the pestilence of their presence with in the walls of the Forts. There is hut jorie fcir cuiiistance to temper the anger of a true! Souther ner it is that so few of these men are Northern ers. The soldiers of tho Government are any thing else than Yankees, and their deeds'illustrate the courage of every land save Yankeedom. Yet are the they instruments of our deadly foe the Government and as such instruments, must; Ihe placed uhderthe ban of public execration. BARNWELL Law and Widowhood. A case has been re cently .decided in the Pennsylvania courts, "of some general interest. A testator devised his es tate to his -wife, but with a prov'sion that she must remain a widow for life. In case she married, la gain, she was to forfeit the property. H The widow did marry agian, and an action enserd against her. But the case was decided i:i her favor, Jud-jje Lewis holding that the con dit:o:i ;':i tif3 yviil-was oh?-in restraint to marriage and therefore void. This decision was appealed from, and reversed in the higher court. - V ! hY THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH. ! j- i ' -.r !.-,-. . . Dont you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt f Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown ! Who wept with delight when you gave her smilej And trembled with fear tit your frown 7 In the old church yard, in the valley, Ben Bolt ' In a coruer obscwre and alone; ; ; t i They have fitted a slab of the granite so grey, Ana sweet Alice lies! under the stone. Under .the old hicko ry 4 ree, Ben Bolt, Wlrich stood at the foot of the hill, Together we've lair in the nponday shade, 4" And. listened to .ppIeton milh The mill wheel has fallen to pieces, Ben. Bolt The rafters have tumbled in, ; ;J And a quiet which crawls round the wall as yeii gaze, i '. ' ..''. ' : Has followed the olden din. ". . -' 1 ' ! '- ; ij ''.'!';'.,'' Do you mind the cabin of logs, Ben Bolt, . At the"edgef the pathless wood, And the button-ball tree with its motley limbs-. ' : Which nigh by' tlj e door-step stood 1 : ' The cabin to ruin hr s gone, Ben Bot, , i t The tree you W'ould seek in vain . And where once the lords of the forest waved, ' Grow grass and the golden 'grain. And don't you remember the school. Ben Bolt, With the master sp cruel and grim, -r And the shaded nook1 in the funning brook, Where the children went to swim ? ; -Grass grows on ihe inasterfs: grave, Ben Bolt', And the spring of the brook now is dry, j -. And of all the boys that w6rs schoolmates then There are only you and jl. , j ' There is a change in the things I loved, Ben Bolt, Theyhave chanced lrom;the old toth'e new, But I feel in the core oi my ; spirit the truth, There never was a change in you. ' Twelve months twenty have passed, ,Ben Bolt, Since first we were friends, yet I hail ; Thy presence n .blessings thy friendship' a truth . Ben Bolti of the salt-sea gale. How Jenkins Accounted for it. Jenkins had been to a Convivial ; party -a! aentleman's party, and had been so pleased with the company, or the quality of the punch, he had become obvi- ous not only of tiie ' flight of time', but to the fact that he had promised his better half to be home at ten' o'clock 1 But Jenkins was going,' not ex nctly. straight perhaps but going he was toward home, too deluding himself with the idea that he was whistling Jeanette and Jeanott,' very cred itable,, when the clock! struck twelve. By Ju-Judas !' exclaimed Jenkins ; with a hiccup, : what will Mf. Jenkins say to this?' and the thought of what s io would say; considerably sobered the ordinarily discreet Mr. Jenkins. ; r In process of lime, however, he found his house, his night key, and after a patient search the key hole -the prolonged searching for which - induced Mrs. Jenkins (wtio vvjas silting up in her night clothes, and swaying packward and forward in her rocking chair,) to believe that there - was a regiment ot cats trying to get in at! a door, and t' wondering what on eirth' hal taken her spouse. But Jenkins at Ias . stood before the battery which he had been dreading to faceJ looking like the forlorn hope of a storming party, j My dear where have you been ?' ejaculated Mrs. Jenkins' It is too "bad ! Here I have been sitting and waiting for you till I am so nervous that everything in ! the room seems to be goin around! I Jenkins - had thus far exhibited a penitential countenance ; but as the lady's words fell upon Jus ear, Jenkins' eye might have been seen to twinkle' with an idea, and a ray of hope As surriing an air of deep solicitude, hejreplied i : : " Pray don't alarm (hie) yourself, Mrs- Jenkins, about the ' thing (hfc) going round I If is just so (hie) where I have been : and'jou jmay depend upon it, is all in the (hie) atmosphere I , ; Mrs. Jenkins took a surprised but; depreciating survey of her lord, and retired to rest ; but to this day, a, slight allusion' tp the atmosphere,' is sure to bring Jenkins home jit a reasonable hour. ' i Death of. DaoX-ekuL -Our attention is called to the death of the celebrated Daguerre, the inven tor of the ait which bears his name, by a letter His decease at his resi- from Meade, Brothers, bf this city. ' occurred on the 1:2th. oi last month. dence, Brie Sir Maruein France. Daguerre was celebrated for his contributions to science and Works of art lonj before his discovery of the Daguerreotype. Some of his chemical -dioramas have been exhibited in this country ;! of these we may! mention The crtimbliny of a mountain, in the valley of Gokhm.' i r int.. rinf rC t Iv r h 1 1 it ri of St. Etienne du Mont, with the Midnight Mass in Pans, and , ' the Carnival at Venice.' These works were unfortunately destroyed by fire. 'Many who had the pleasure of witnessing their exhibi tion, will remember thejstriking and jbeairtiful ef fects produced ohjthe same canvass by the aid of different kinds of light.'! : J ;. Daguerre, like many other great inventors, and benefactors to mankind, would have ended his last days in poverty but lor the liberality of the French Government, which conferred on him a pension of 10.000 francs a year in consideration of his 'great discovery. Many have been enriched by that discovery, and the daguerreotype art, in its various branchesmow gives employmeat to thou sands in various parts of the world. The Messrs. Meade, in their communication suggest that aj! daguerreoty pists year crape on their arm for thirty days, as a tpken qf respect to ho. memory of the father of their artj and they also cxp'ress a hope that - The American Lithographic Associa tion, will change their name to ' The American s Daguerreotype Association, for! the promotion ofV the art . ' j- .-: ; ;; .' ! . Of the importance of the Daguerreotype Art in the state of perfection to wliidh it has been brought, most of our readers a're vyell informed. "By it the beauties of the Ianscape,jand the feajures; of the ihumah form, are transcribed and perserved .with (asionishing' correctness and rapidity, .By1 this de iif htful art the sweetest associations md'tli'j dearest friendslups of life are su - i wr medium of : .i' - 1 nerservatioi:. The pencjl of the painter, and the chisel of the sculpto.ary too slow and cjsiiv to be t . -; : . II-.-. atnai ii nm i u vm it ru wmc a employedi in the service of any but the weftlthy ; but the Daguerreotype Art is the servant of all classes, rphe poorest can employ it to starp the image of a loved object, or flip eountenahec of a cherished! friend. It help's the mermry,and serves tq keep the' tenderer fuehngs of our mature vivid warm anil active. It is an' art that contributes greatly to the humanizing civiliying, and binding togetlter ifj the! human amily. 'Much as is every one who .has improved; or may !-improve- tiro art, to be fioqored, the greatest praise is due ; to. him who discovered its first principles. tj It is easier to improve pun discover. The Jnarne of Daguerre will, thei'eiore, be handed doWn to the latdst ages, m connection .with -lis , art, ana his memory cherishetl as a great benefactor to his raee. v-'JV YtSun. jTHE ROYAL PORTRAITS. Among the popular French" writers of the pres ent day, herc is one ydung mari vyhose principles, in ihese revolutionary times, are strictly reaction ary and monarchical.- Like --most authors,-' ho 'is poor, but jhis nearest j-elative is a rich uncle, who, besides being somewhat of a miser, is a ihorouli going democat and communist. iThis decidedais parity of jseiitiment bejween tiie young inanj and the bid, hasjfended in no small, degree to iimpov; erish the finances of the former, vv ho Is too honest to conceaj or modify his political opinions, ;! His uncjle although not a bad sort of man, and really foncl of his iiephewj in common with many wealthy socialists, knows how to keep his gold, and has not tlreinost remote idedof puttin in practice the "theory of general 'philanthropy i which he elo: quently preaches.' , ! . 4 !! !' L One evening , lately, the old genilcmarl enter. tamed sevieral of his friends at dinner ; he gavel them a splendid banquet and abundance of the best wine: forlhet was one of' those' nersoiis who are more willihgl to bestow ostentatiously on the rich than charitably oh the poor- - His nephew was a- mong the. guests, and whenever the conversation tended towiarids the mixed question of politics, the young .write ii maintained a prudent silence. I At lengthrthe dessert was placed on the table, and- the hqst;; ,in all the frankness of convivial in tercourse, ahnounced. his democratic princ'ples boldly, and uttered a fierce tirade lagainst kings and kingcrpft. Whtle he was speaking!; he saw his nephew smile and shrug his shoulders. ' What do; you mean, sirf'.he asked, frowning annrilv. -; I s -' '. -- -- - " i I- -i ; 4 1 mean, ctear unde, that although you use un commonly strong language, in speaking against kmg8j yet Iph re wdly suspect you are not quite so much their enemy as you pretend to be. j ' .'I!' cried "the democrat.' .jl i ! ' You, dear uncle; and I could, if I chook-e, it r.. ;..t. 'n -ir c ...... l" f 'Do so ihfcn, by all means.' j! Gentlfimeii, said the young ! man,., addressing the company,: '. what do you think of a democrat who treasures up and carefully Conceals images of royalty, pdjrt raits of kings.?' j I: j Do you mean to assert that I do so ? ' Yes, uncjle, I know you dp ; and I thin.k you would act far biore consistently jn making me a present ofthoso jpbrtraits, as I truly revere their o riginals.' ! .. ."! ,s - . ;- ' ; I freely give you every one. you can find.' . Good ! ! lh4.se gentleman ' are- witnesses.. You will not break your word ?' ; : ! - A true demoerat never breaks his word But I require yod tjo go at once and search dor these imaginary portraits, in order that you may have to confess your error, and" justify mo in the pres ence of my fripnds' ' ! I; - I j ! Will yod then give me your keys, so that I may look every where ?' : -'. ! i L His uncle Hrfnded him the keys ; he left the din ning room, and was absent more thanjhalf an hour. 4 He may continue looking until to-morrow, re marked the ho t, ' without finding what hej seiks.' Well, sir "1 he said sharply, addressing jiis nephew as lioontefed. J . ! M j i ' Well, uncle, I nave not lost my time r 1 ou have found something ! j .' Yes, in yoiir dcsk.' I ' linages of royalty '?' , ' x 1 j f One hundred and sixty portraits of kings in sil ycr and thirtyrlive in gold.' I ! i ' What caii you mean 1 .j ! :'j I Seeing;' is believihfg.': Ana the young man emptied onuheUable a bag filled with old and sil ver pieces.t ! '-' ' ' ' ' - ' My money! !' cried' the miser- ' You have "taken my mon?y !' . . . . f ' Just look 4 call these gentlenen" to witness, here are profiles of Napoleon, of LoliisjXVIll., of Charles X., of Louis Piiillippe; Arj. not these images of royalty, portraits Of -kings ? I am on ly sorry they are not more numerous, as you have freely given me them all ;i and I scrupulously left all the pieces siampbd with the efligy ol the Re public. A true, democrat ought not to possess any others, and as you well' remarked, a true denio crat never breaks ins word, even when kee; ing' it costs him fifteen' hundred francs.' , ' ! Despite of his anger; the uncle could iot help I augh i ng, : and am id t he rap t u rou s eheeri rig o f t h e guests, he' like a wise man, made a virtue of ne cessity ,,; and con finned to his nephew the posses sion of royalty profiles. -. '-'.;"-- j j THE NORTH CAROLINA READFR.' . On a recent flying: visit to Philadelphia,-, we I 'were shown!, by M r! Wiley some of the -proof--J sheets of his ; forthcoming" .book,;. tiie prbspictus j of which rnav be found iiiimother coluuiui'ol this ! -ii i- - i -. , -- .. i paper. We do not hesitate to express our con- eviction of its gieat intrinsic value and of its con sequent destined usefulness,, y j :, j ' .The plan of the work' as! indicated in the pros pectus, is faithfully and ; accurately . carried ou; irso' that, as may be seen at a glance,! it .pre sents most of th(i featqres psua.'ly embraced in a s6res. To ou r No.uh Carolina Schools, J the ye lore, especially, it will be n invaluable, and should be considered' aii indispensable accvsku. Instead -ol the vague, unsatislaclory,; anJ, for the most part confuted and confusing, accouiits. of the discovery, setdement. progress and geneicd histo ry of cifr .State;! which the young .scholar Ji-rives ,frim books novy in use: which, giving ;l running, j Jfistujry of the wlfohi OouAtr; a: J frequeii;I;yif a II J the nations on the Globed cuh not. b) expected duvoie moru: ilii a pissing, notice to tint iiriiited pbrtijon whh'li Wts occupy -he -'find; 'herf all -. the load;!!'' 'knd mruiv thfc more uiiiinrK'rtant inci- I :i;r find niaiiv ot the more nil ifiirxTiaot 'it ui-iour'rat' rlistorv t;:ii!u.?v. c.:rjif Hi: rrrk 1 And youth--w hatl'al'nost said iutancv -is -r tll'S time to impfess upoii tl.'e mind the recollections l ourl ancestry, and aj k!xwvedgeTof, thos-trvemn which is 'so essential to- State J prosperity. . .Mrv Wiiley proposes furiherto contribute lot bis desir- . nbl4 result, as also to provide goodreaimS riiat-. ler jfor 'childreti ol large growth,' liy larhishiftt'v for declamation 'in odr SchooIs'clMiioo extractu from the: Speeches ol some 'of our vvisef 5Stater , mem, and the production of many of or mor! i gifted mirvdsi. Thi is a good feature, '.-Hndeod. we fay, what we knpwi vvlien wo'atlirm,r that !ivmi whee book, io all its "purtj a good book ; -and 89cl -tleTVe' to kiiive- sucfv a encourhj' L ... -LlT- . .!.... j. ... i i . . ineii: a,ria umi inuiuriuncy eeuiuiiua, ano will sjmvjJate the Aulthor to. renewed liur-ii y fortsi i behaU of dur Stommou AkKricr. Tire work .will probably bo out j iu the couTit. , . of fopr or live wefcks.. Wc are proniiced by ' . Vi!ey occusioual proof sheets,, 'and will tafw I' pleasure in hy ng them befoio thv-puUic as sart'.- , ! pies "of tlx work. ' . . . j ; ;-'-L'-i. . ; ji In tiie nieahtime, Ut the Author, (or . the pul '. lishers) bo flooded vvitl oiders for the book as j H : prompt appreciation, on our part,, of lib. taletti- and services. ' ; 1 ; l DiJvxEit to Mii. 3IcMani:s,- A --dinner w receiistly given to Air. McMauus who lately eeujp-! ed frcim New South Wales und landded safely. San Francisco. It wis a compUmcnt as hontiru blo toj the Amerifeaii citizens' who were present Ji it was certainly deservi'd by tire illustrious guest. The New York correspondent of the Plnladi- ' phia Inqujrer gives tliy foilowing anecdote of Mil1, xMcManus:" ' ;;'. . 1 have a little incident connected with McM.i;i us to give you. He.aijd Mr. I Cliaunpey .h rume, . jr., oflNew Haven, now a. member ol tho CouikV ticuf legislatureV were Very intimate Mr. Jvronio saw 'bun sooa after ho was sentenced to be -f transported for tile: On bidding hini'lareweJl McMainus looked round his room lot something to present him as ui token of remeiubraiice. '-.Tlieru was njothing leftjbut a Dottle of wine, McMainu having sreviously disposed of ull his trinkets, o., in thdsamo w 'ay.- ll' picked up the bottle, and, handijng it'to-Mrj. Jeropia, said ; Chiuncey, tuio this bottle of wine, anil you andl will huvo A Ik pleasure of drinking it! togeiher sorhctimo in New lrorki' Don't draw the cork Until 1 om prtsai t.'' Mr. Jirome took the bottle of wine, and has ruhY giously abstained roni tasting its contents to lii hour ;: but the day is near at hand when the cojk will bejdrawn, aiid the jwo frio drink the wine, if contains fncuds sit down jxad j mi 1 t . 4 i i! f , i ' iheieditor ol the vvashington aouttern.. 1'itts insists that his argumeiKs. against tho couiproiwiNp j have caused tho Noriiierii party to come out iiiIj vor afii. Nothing more likely. That editor btt a mostlbxtraordiuary tale'nt- at couveiting nieu J theloppjosite side bf u qestioii from that vvhich4i ' uauiuizs.LouhciUeiti&urnuL ''. JJ .. j ;. j;.'. v In convincing the Nprlherii! opponents i( iho1 compromise that that was an outrage on tlVSouiu. that ought, to salisfy. Northeni eiiu'iiy,- w cwir verted them to oiio opinion that wb j do ; ciitcrpiu. '" But the Northern atuJ Soutliorii friend ol JLilt . compromise eacn contend inai it is a inumpii ot, their on ectiou, Tlujy thus! prove- thuiiselvtv dupes or'hypocrites.- When a Northerii and South erii man .ihtet ta: rejiose'jon the compromise plal . form, they remind us ofho following incident : j 4Twof young: men, with a huinmiii ' in tftcii hcads retired late at nigh; to their roowi.iu a crowds ed .hoiel ; in which, as they enter, are Rwealediwo -beds ; but the xaiiui extinguished the i'ri tlic both, instead of taking, lis lltcy sitjywstd, u bed a piece, git back to buck into one,1 turtic'h U Ans to kink under thcH, aiid caJnc round ut Intervals, 111 a manner very vircuuaitbicnt,, but!quite jnssildA jj explication. I'leserrtly inu obstr v,us to tho othcra 1 sav, Jim. boineOydy'siu my bed. . i ' Is tlniro 'jfV says th(iotigr, 4 so theru is in mine ! et's kicfk em out'' -'j ! a ; ; ! The net remark vvasl .'Tom, I've! kicked mv man overboard. :v f.-t ; i' - I t Good !' iays his fellow toper: 'better lucid than 1 ; my 'man has kicked niu oul-righf on tho 'l'beir reiauvc posmous were w apparen; uiu next mofnihg. v - . : '' v . f Since j . .. Ihe last compromise i-New York, it i plain cut ugh which has been kcked out. r 'v Vatfiot, ... ; . f KENTUCKY KLIiCTlONS j . ' Additional returns received;. leave no doubt of the election 'of Powell, (deiaocrat,) as j Vjovernor J. L. r'-'i.'iron. (whig,) as-4euteiia4kt Lore w ho riTusTar ahead.' f . ) . I ' Both t il i whig- and Jen-)Qrat vote has fallen ofT very largely this years, pa-rticuUrly tl0 whi vote. . '.The- gain for powell, ihe dciimcratid candidalu fori Governor, .ia 10 cooiijies, is j.iUilj j ' . ('ritteridcit's m.ijruy iii thv stale wa ,11. Toe ioitoviij are :he authentic return of lU Congresitional'vlection : a. ' 1st- lisiriet, Linn Biyd, fdem:.) '2 do I'w njunin E.,Giey, litul hig-iv j 4th ih KVilliam T.;-V?id. '(MjJ.) !'j ' f:h -do Ji.ufi(j.s StOne, (dem.J !' 1 Gih do 'Addison. W hitewiug! V ith do J lum;i'hrev MarahidJ. ("''r,rf), V. fctlv do J. I'oecki'liridgei ' '(dcvii.) lUh, do J. C. Maim,-(d luih do Ji. ii.;7rrfTt..uJ( Maying the next .dtdegiitioii stand fiur vrliiot live democrat aiid one iiuL-pendctit whiL I LuoicKoc-i Occt nkvc.iJ ATj Triz.Nlttt-iAv G.vnDitNiTiiK.vT;iilKl Daring thtf p-clim.iiicc,-ji pnd iy uight, cf n ph oj eumU;di: fcA ISiwI at tho Military Garle.a.j' in w hie I oi u 't di tiui oeijtuin.-t liiinglingivVitli fhi? au lieiKW hiihi!. p irniuvu, M fects to rVcgi)iiie his wife pir tho s(a.g. B und jl 'iha ds her restji it H, fi verdani nytjur iin tW-bijxe.-, uisJUk.'iig. tlw ')i:rlVriikinii ir ' a j'eI;v;. loHjx.rd into flw. p.Mj'iette aiuL icu;l-i Mr'. LynV who had asiiuifiJi ina.ue of the dicriedi huib-iidl. a violent blow, fur wh.-it he : coi:ideretl an'unvvka- rantabl.t jivn-rropji-io vi tiio jx'form ino, Mi.. l!.yoi'; h ijitjW g.ihivJ .th:Vi'ige, aml.,lhLa iriHt.jb i'.a:g explmned. thf pei.orui iii(,;ci'oiitniKd,uld?i f.tl(. hearty; hughier of v'e'rjr crowiimf iiiMttv Tr.i i vas in prV-b nc-rt:d: ,irr.ng.;n:il', 1im( u;;en4iiiv hj;vi . 'wi-fi' uf t rhiwSf war, uk; J?-!;!..! I of irjsjrv 1 I I I . I .1 -I I - .i..... : i . . .! '- 1. i. i- I if ' ') ! : I. r i -f
Hornets’ Nest and True Southron. (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 30, 1851, edition 1
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