JOSEPH W. I1A3IPTOX,
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-Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME I, \
CHARLOTTE, N. C., JANUARY 18, 1842.
\ NUMBER 45.
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POETRY
VVoeklv Almanac lor January, 1842.
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VORKVILLE
Female Sciiaiiiary,
rr^HK Trii^^foos of the \ OIvK\ ILLE t EMALE
_1- SEMINARY, having engaged the services of
Instructors in whom they place entire confidence,
their School will be opened ou ^londay^ the xii
.slant.
The Tnisteos think they have jnst cause to re-
c 'mnio.nd this institution as an eligible place for the
‘ducation of chiluren. The Village is noted lor its
Jiculthliilne.ss, and lor the high moral and religious
tone that pervades the conmiunity. The course of
studies to be pursued is as extensive as is taught in
anv suniiar institution. The discipline will be firm,
vet tempered with kindness, anil the ami ot the In
structors to make thorough and accomplished scho
lar.^, and to instil into tlic minds ot the pupils, moral
und religious principle.
TIULM^ OF TUITION^ Per Session:
1,1 Spelling-, Reading, and Jfriting, ^ 8 00
7Vie above, with I-:nglish Oramniar, Oco-
and A/ithmetfc,
The same, irith any of the folloidng: Na
tural Philoso}>h>j. Chemistry, Aslrono-
in>f, (holoLnj, Hotuny, Xalural History
Mental and Moral PhUosophy, fjogic,,
Uhctvric, the F.ridtnces of Chrlstiandyy
[by request.]
Communicated for the Yorkville Compiler.
To the Editors of the Compiler:
Gentlemen : On my first and only visit to Char
lotte. N, C., a friend pointed otit to me the spot where
a lew patriots, on the 20th ol May, 1775, met and
signed the first Declaration of American Indepen
dence. Soon after, with feelings aroused by the as
sociations around me, I composed the following
SONG.
Air—“ Scots vrha hae wi* IVallace bled.^^
Hail Patriot Land! Oppression’s hand
Could not a terror bring to thee;
In times of old, that tried men’s soul,
Your sons dared to be free.
Land of the brave, no coward’s grave
Within thy halloweil soil doth he.
Forever praised the clime were raised
The patriot’s arm on high.
When Brutus bled, the Goddess fled,
And lift oppression’s chains below ;
And first again, on Charlotte’s plane,
Her angel sniile did show.
Let then her praise, her daughters raise,
Descended from a noble race,
Smile only on that worthy son
His laud would ne’er disgrace.
A STRANGER.
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Fashionable Public.
ACROSTIC.
I nsatiatc fiend! man’s direst foe?
N e’er ceasing cause of mental woe !
T he heart enshrin’d ui misery’s gloom,
E nfeebled powers—an early tomb;
M eek virtue, wandering in despair;
P urc, blest Rehgion’s holy prayer ;
E ncouraging Youth’s uplifted eyes ;
R evered affliction’s heartfelt cries;
A parent’s groan—the orphan’s grief—
N or all the woes which dare belief;
C an cause the fearful voice to flee!
E ternal God ! wo call on thee!
A G R I C U T U R E
The December IVo. of the Farmers' Register, con
tains an Address delived before the Agricultural
Society of Fredricksburg, at their Annual Meet
ing, Cattle Show, and Fair, on the 12th of No
vember, 1341, by James, M. Garnet, President.
The article being too lengthy for insertion, the
following Extracts from it, we hope, ■will be read
with satisfaction :
“ Another reason wdiy many of our Virginia
brethren undervalue their rofession and take so lit
tle interest in improving
tion ol us are too much
short comings ot their
ment of our lands, alth
The following soft and descriptiv'e Song is from
the pea of Cunningham, the pastoral poet, and a
more beautiful description cannot be found in the
w’orks ol Theocritus or Virgil.
O'er moorlands and mountains, rude, barren and bare,
As wilder’d and wearied I roam,
A gentle young Shepherdess sees my despair,
And leads me o’er lawns to her home.
Yellow sheaves from rich Ceres her cottage had crown’d.
Green rushes were strew’d on the floor;
Her casement sweet woodbines crept wantonly round
And deck’d the sod scats at her door.
We sat ourselves down to a cooling repast,
Fresh fruits, and she cull’d me the best;
Till thrown from my guard by some glances she cast,
Love slily stole into ray breast.
I told my soft wishe.s; she sweetly replied:
Ye virgins, her voice was divine!
I’ve rich ones neglected and great ones denied.
But take me, fond Shepherd, I’m thino.
Her air was so modest, her aspect so meek,
So simple, yet sweet were her charms ;
I kiss’d the ripe rose'? that glowed on her cheek.
And lock’d the lov’d maid in iny arms.
Now jocund together we tend a few sheep,
And if on the banks of yon stream,
Reclin’d on her bosom, I sink into sleep,
Her hnagc still softens iny dream.
Together vre range on the slow rising hills,
Delighted with pnptoral views,
Or rest on tho rock where the streamlt t distils,
And point out new themes to my Muse.
To pomp or proud titles she ne’er did aspire,
The damsel of humble descent;
The cottnger, Peace, is well known as her sire,
And the Shepherds have named her Content.
NOTICE TO
0o»vwvton
ommtttcei’.
;HE Board of Superintendents of Common
-is, that a vast propor-
-he liabit of charging the
omc to the impoverish-
h I am inclined to believe
that the whole revenue of the people of Virginia,
from agricultura) produc's, is g^reater in proportion
to our population than it over has been. But the
truth is, that the disproportion beuveen our expen
ditures and incomes has l-een increasing for many
years most enormously the wrong way. If the fact
could certainly be ascertained, I am perfectly confi
dent that there is scarcely now a man, w’oman or
child, especially in the old states, whose expenses
have not quadrupled in the last oO or 60 years.
Cut we clap tne saddle on tho wTong liorse. In
other words, w’e blame our lands for not yielding
more, when we should blame ourselves for not spen
ding less of their products in selfish and sensual in
dulgences. But this kind of arithmetic suits neith
er our appetites nor our prido, and the poor dumb
lands must bear all the reproach, as they cannot
speak in their own defence. In former times, with
in my own memory, 2 or 3 plain family carriages
sufficed for a wdiole county, now there are at least
20 or 30 for one, at 3 or 4 times their former cost.—
Our household furniture and house-keeping expen
ses have augmented at the same sxtravagant ratio,
and have nearly extinguished that true, sincere, cor
dial hospitality for w’hich Virginia was once so ji;'t-
ly celebrated, whilst the adornment of our precious
persons, not only makes constant and most exhaust
ing drains from the farmers’ purses, but oc^'upirr,
much of that invaluable time which w’as .onn«^riy
devoted to domestic and rural occtipations. No
wonder, then, that our farmers themaeives, tugether
with their wives, sons and daughters, are constant
ly studying the ways and means of always showing
themselves off in a style to surpass that of their
neighbors, thereby verifying Dr. Franklin’s excel
lent adage, that “ other peoples eyes cost us more
than our ownthe wonder is that so large a por
tion of Virginia farms can bear such ceaseless and
most exorbitant taxation witlioiif utter ruin.
“Now, the truth is, that there is no f\ict in relation
to this matter more indisputably established by a
long course of accurate experiments, than that
icheat is more exhausting than either barley, rye, or
oats. For these experiments the agricultural com
munity is indebted to Dr. \ on Thae.", whose repu-
tion, both as a scientitlc and practical agriculturist,
is equal to that of any man in Europe. He has
gone so far as to form minute tables on this subject,
by which it appears, that whilst wheat exhausts ler-
tility of land in the proportion of 4 per cent, per
bushel of product, rye exhausts in that of bar
ley of 2\—and oats of only 10-10.
I have reserved lor the last—the notice ot an
obstacle to our improvement in husbandry, which
1 might, PC!haps, as well have refrained »rom men-
tio^ning, since there seems to be hardly the most dis
tant hope lelt, either of removing it altogether, or
of diminishing its power. The cause is the tor
rent like conversion of that large portion of our fe
male population, chiefly the wives and daughters ot
our farmers and planters, who once might justly be
called, stay-at-homativcs, into a sort of nomadic tribe,
or w’anderers. Before their conversion, they consti
tuted the very life and soul ol every domestic esta
blishment which had any reputation for the abun
dance of its “creature cotiiforts,’ for the cordial
hospitality with w’hich they were administered, and
for everv thing which made home delightful, not on
ly to themselves, but to all the male portion of the
family. But since their lamentable change, go
will—north, south, east, or w'est, j ou
safety, or because they themselves have become in
curably infected with the wandering fev'er. What
follows ? wdiy the females abandon all domestic du
ties, and the men give up their farms during the bu
siest seasons of the year, to those who have no other
interest whatever in them than to use them exclu
sively for their ow^n special benefit. When the en
tire exhaustion of the wandering fund compels the
proprietors to a reluctant return, they find, general
ly, that every thing has gone wrong; all their orders
have been either totally neglected or executed in
such a way as to do more harm than good. This
state of things, inevitably creates great disappoint
ment, a few renewals of which sutFices to beget
much lukewarmness, if not absolute aversion in re
gard to agricultural occupations. Under such cir
cumstances, improvements in husdandry are things
nearly as impracticable as the “extraction of blood
from turnips, or sun-beams from cucumbers,” and it
is almost folly to hope for any impovements, at least
from our wandering tlirmers, unless they and their
families can learn once more to resume the thrifty
domestic habits of their ancestors. But this resump
tion, I fear, will prove infinitely harder on their part
than the resumption of specie payments will prove
on the part of oztr 6a/iAs; although the former is still
more essential, if that be possible, than the latter, to
the permanent prosperity ol agriculture.”
31 I S C K L. Li A N Y
From die IS. O. Picavunc
Well, sir, 1 entered on it; attended ward meetings,
went to barbacues—made stump-speeches—told my
friends and follow citizens ” that a crisis had ar*
rived in the affairs of the country; that the Con
stitution w^as in danger; that the ship of state was
sinking; and that unless I was elected, the whole
country, including the disputed territory, would in
evitably 2fo to Davy Tone’s locker some fine mori>
ing. Here agam, my evil genius interfered ; for
when the election came on, my short-sighted con
stituents gave me but three votes f My luck—mu
luck again. Sir, they talk of mounting the ladder
of fame, and ascending its topmost round. Sir, the
simile is an incorrect one; there is no ladder to
fame, nor any round to the ladder; if there w’cre,
I w'ould hav'e reached it. No, sir, fame is iilke a
shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after
it has slipped through the hand of some thousands,
that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it.”
Recorder—If fame and notoriety be synonomous*
you have now gained what you have been so long
in pursuit of. You will see your name in the col
umns of the Picayune to-morrow—glory enough,
for one day !
“ Take him dowm,” said the Recorder to tlie offi
cer, and the clerk was ordered to draw out a com
mitment for Richard Wright for 30 davs.
THE VICTIM OF AMBITION.
The fourth man on whom the Recorder, in hi
own polite yet dignified way, called yesterday to
show cause why he had been arrested, w'as Rich
ard Wright. Richard did not respond with the
usual *■ Here, sir,” but stood up in the dock.—He
looked like a monument erected to misery—like a
flag staff'divested of its ensign, still Standing over
the ruins of a Tippecanoe log-cabin—like a man
turned out of oflice, weeping over the danger which
threatrnod his country and inveighing against the
profligacy of men in power—like any thing and
every thing which told of hopes blasted, anticipa
tions never realized, and the mind’s greeny fresh
ness prematurely withered by the storms of adver
sity. Could he be pliced as a beacon-lightiM|llie
shoal of misfortune, the mo.st unskilful mSllRer
vvouid r.ot lull to perceive mere were “breakers
atiead.’’ But 11 to his (. .i iniination.
“ Mr. Wright,’' said tho Recorder, *‘you were
fjund drunk last night by the w’atchman. What
A victim, sir—a victim!” s.ild p'tor Richard,
niphatii-ally, pu-.=^ing up hi:^ , vv, foldin g up his
arms, and c-xtt nding his legs in a latitudinal defec
tion, f vincing by his aUitude and eye that he w'as
pie})'\red to met t with fortitude whatever further
h'f. i ioides Fortun^ was about to let fly at him.
Rfconiyr—" Of whom have you been the victim?”
R>rh rd — 1 riave been the vicrim of mankind, of
the vvoil'd, of my own ambition, that feeling which
beckons us onward but to deceive, that lures us
forth but to disappoint—that feeling which
Mak-:s th;^ m^din' n who have made men mad,”
Here Richard buiied his face in his hands, as if
the thought of what he had been, overcome him a
moment,
* Recorder—“ What has all this to do w^ith your be
ing drunk?”
Richard—Short sighted mortal—superficial ob
server of human nature—knowest thou not that
there are secret impulses and unseen machinery op
erated on by outward causes or external agents, that
set in motion and control all our actions? Ambi
tion has been the locomotive by which 1 ever have
been propelled along the railway of life, and ne-
er did 1 start my steam to perform a journey, that
I had not a blow-up before 1 got to the end of it.”
Re'-ordcr—But the charge agaiost you is that
y(ju were drunk.”
Richard—“ Yes, and I have been so for the last
ten years—drunk with disappointment and affliction;
a species of inebriation for w’hich the tee-total soci
ety bave yet ofTered no antidote.”
That’s vot he always says,” remarked the
watchman who had the honor of arresting Rich
ard, “ he’s ever a goin’ on with that ’ere gammon,
swi’ngm’ his arms like a horator on the Fourth of
July.\nd talkin’ such big vords that I’m blowed
The Knout—The Ciovernor ofMoscOvV kindly
directed one of his aides-de-camp to conduct me over
the prison. Having inspected the establishment in
all its details, I was about to depart, when my cicc-
rone pointed to two men. who had just entered the
vestibule of the prison. ‘*Do you see those men? ’
said he, “they are our executioners. It is they
who inflict the punishment of the knout, which you
have doutlcss often heard of.” 1 looked at the two
men: they were tall and robust, and altogether their
appearance resembled the common class of the Rus
sian peasantry ; the one had a black and the othet
a red beard. They wore loose cloth pantaloons,
with boots drawn over them. The other portions
of their dress consisted of a colored striped blousr,
and a sort of cloth cassock, open in front, and cover
ing their backs and shoulders. That which displea
sed me most in them was a certain air of gaity and
self-satisfaction, which I could not reconcile -with
their barbarous vocation. When they had advanced
close to where we were standing, the aid-de-camp di -
rected my attention to a packet w'hich cach of them
carried under his left arm. “That is tho knout, '
said he; “ would you like to examine it?'" I replied
in the infimativ’e.
The aide-de-camp having addressed to the execu
tioners some words in Russian, they saiuted mo
w’ith respect; and, advancing to a table in the ve.'-
tibule, unrolled their packets. 'The knout consists-
ot a short, strong, leather handle, terminated by a
buckle, ill which are afixed successively a certaiu
/luintJv* ut Icatiior thong.% of rvhick only one is us
ed for each stroke the criminal receives. I re
quested the exocucloners to give the wall a low
strokes of the knout, with the same degree of force
as that employed at an execution. I’hey took off
their caps and cassock; and, having carefully ad
justed the leather thong in the buckle above men
tioned, and gathering up all their strength, they
struck the wall with such force, that tho hard plas
ter with which it was covcred fell down in frag
ments.
I shudered with horror at the recollection that
such strokes w’ere infiictrd on tiie living flesh of a
human being. “Enough !” I exclamed. “ It is
indeed a horrible punishment,” said my obliging-
cicerone, “ but it is inflicted only for capital ofiisn-
ces; and, after all, it is a doubful question whether
the punishment of death is preferable ” Twenty
strokes of the knoiU are the maximum amount of
punishment, and it is, probable, nearly the utmost
that tho human frame is capable of enduring.—KuS‘
sia in 18-11.— 'Sew Monthh/ Magazine.
THE Subscribers respect
fully tender their thanks to the
citizens of Charlotte, and the
public generally, for the libe
ral patronage they have recei
ved since they commenced the
Ttillonng Business
in this place. From past ex
perience, they now have no
hesitation in saying tliat they
are prepared to give general
satisfaction to all who may I'avor them w^ith their
patronage. All work done in their establishment
w'ill be WARRANTED, SO far as making and cutting is
concerned. They have just received their
FALL & WINTER FASHIONS
and will continue to receive regular reports of En
glish and French Fashions.
Their Shop will be found in the south-east wdng
of Mr. Leroy Springs’ brick building.
BETHUNE & JOHNSON.
Charlotte, April 20, 1840. 7....V
T Schools for Mecklenburg County, hereby no
tify the School Committees in the several Districts, I where you
that a meeting of the Board will be held at Char- j meet them in countless numbers, many, even
lotte, on Tuesday of the ensuing January Court,— infants in their arms, fleeing to and fro, with
at said } tl.e veloeily of .ky-rockets, an.l apparently with lit
mak _ ,
respective 13isiricts. In those L)istrict.s where no
election has been held for Committee-men. the va-
tle more consciousness of the propelling power
which is thus incessantly driving them over the
cancy will be filled by the Boartl at the meeting as j qJ" earth and the great waters thereof,
above appointed. Returns should be addressed to , ^ ^omethinrr they often know not w'hat, un
the “Chairman of the Board of Common School | searcnot someimng, iney ^ ^
Commissioners,” and may be left, previous to the j less it be to kill their great enemy Time, an(
Court, either with the undersigned, or with Charles see sights. The mighty agent ol this feartul revo-
T Alexander Esq., Clerk of the County Court, in '
Charlotte. ' WM. WILSON, Chairman
hidiatb Notion of a Future Statr.—Our people
all believe that the spirit lives in a future state, that
it has a great distance to travel after death tow’ards
the West, that it has to cross a dreadful deep and
rapid stream, which is hemmed on both sides by
high and rugged hills, over the stream, from hill to
hill, there lies a long, slippery pine log, with the
bark peeled otT, over which the dead have to pass
to the delightful hunting grounds. On the other
side of the stream there are six persons of the good
hunting grounds, w”ith rocks in their hands, w’hieh
they throw at them all when they are on the middle
of the log. The good walk on safely to the good
but I venders he don’t geF the lock javv ! Vy, yer 1 hunting grounds, where there is one continual day,
honor, he is a valkin dictionary, that feller is; "but where the trees are always green, ^yhe^o the sky
a reg’lar hard von on liquor.” has no clouds, where there are continual fine and
“Base scavenger in the by ways of justice, hist coohng breezes, where there is one continual scene
thee!” said Richard, scornfully to the watchman : of feasting, dancing, and rejoicing, where there is
and then addressing the Recorder, he continued— no pain or trouble, and people never grow old, bui
“My bark of hope, your honor, was long since for ever live young and enjoy the youthful pleasures,
split on the rock of ambition, and you now see be-1 The wicked see^,the stones coming, and try to dodge,
fore you but the wreck of my original self. Sir, 1 by which they fall from the log, and go down thou-
when I set out on my first voyage in life, my sails sands of feet to the water, which is dashing over the
were w’ell trimmed, the horizon was bright, the j rocks, and is stinking w’ith dead fish and animals,
wind fair, and the sea such as a mariner could wish ; where they are carried around and brought contin-
but sir, I’made for the port of love, and got wreck- ually back to the same place in whirlpools, where
deere'l had made half the voyage.” Here he the trees are all dead, and the waters are full oi
turned up his eyes, and in an apostrophizing tone toads and lizards and snakes, \vhere the dead arc al-
exclaimed Ever adorable Eliza” and then des- ways hungry, and have nothing to eat, are always
sick and never die, w’here the sun never shines, and
where the wicked are continually climbing up by
thousands on the sides of a high rock from wiiich
December 7, 1S41.
iri" Charlotte Journal, copy.
39...tc
Fine Marc and Bug^y
FOR SALE.
NQUIRE of Ilenry B. Williams, or of the
Subscriber, for the terms.
B. P. BOYD.
December 23, 1341. 12,..3t
lution is that gigantic power—a power which,
among numerous other marvellous feats, nearly ac
complished that modest wish ot two lovers in one
of mad Nat. Lee’s plays, who besought the gods to
“ annihilate both time and space.” The instruments
used for accomplishing this revolution are steam-
persons indebted to me by Book Account j boats and rail-road locomotives ; and so constantly
the past years, are requested to close them are they engaged m the service of the new con
immediately by cash or note ; as all not settled om j yerts from the stay-at-hornative class, that should
Notice. =|:i|
way or the other by the 1st ol March next, will be
put in the hands of an officer jor collection.^
December 28, 1841.
LEROY SPRINGS.
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Almanacks!
SUPPLY of Blum’s FARMERS’ & PLAN-
you wish to find any of them, the particular spot
which they honor with the name of home, is one of
the very last places on the face of the earth in
which yofi should look for them, unless in the depth
of winter, when the snow and the ice preclude al
travelling either by land or by water.
“ The almost inevitable «onsequence of the preva
A TERS^ ALMANACK for 1842, just received I absenteeism is, that when the females of
and for sale at this Office. This Almanack is cal- homestead scamper oflf from i^ their fathers and
culated for the meridian of Salem, N O., and brothers also must run with
tains a large mnd of valuable niformation. them, either h-om an aflTectionate regard for their
November lon.
3ondingly added—
“ She w’as not made
Throueh years or moons the inner weight to bear
Which colder hearts endure!
But she sleeps well,
By the sea shore whereon she loved to dwell.”
Recorder—“ I do not sit here to listen to a memoir
of your life, nor a monody to your Eliza.”
they can overlook the beautiful country of tho good
hunting grounds, the place of the happy, but never
can reach, it.
An eye Painter.-
.At the Westminister Sessions,
three
charo-ed with being drunk : i aamu me cimigc, auu i momns laoor lor sitjcixing a ^.uat. ahu prosecutor,
clairn the Vio-ht of being heard in justification. J. Dingby, said, in his examination, “ I am a hair
Now sir, I°shall drop metaphor and proceed. I dresser, residing at Wind mill street ; the prisoner
Thinivino-to bury my reminiscence of love in Le-1 came into my shop to bave his eye painted ! I paint
the’s stream I turn my thoughts to war, and was I bruised flesh color. My own eye is painted now.
near getting buried in the swamps of Florida. 11 A board knocked against my eye and blackened it.
W3iS ambitious to have my name inscribed on the! 1 have had the pleasure of painting some of your
same roll with the heroes of my country ; but I too I fraternity,” [A laugh.] Mr. Pendergast (one of
often found it was not even enrolled on the mess I the barristers: “Don’t look at my bretheren here,
roll. Instead of a wreath of laurels on my brow, I there’s a good fellow; perhaps you may recognise
I came home with a gash on it, made by an Indi- some of them.” [Loud laughter.] Examination
an’s tomahawk; and instead of the acclamations of 1 continued: The prisoner had a black eye; as a
my countrymen for my bravery, the only thing I I barrister gets a good fee. I charge him lialf a
rot was the ague. Stiil (continued Richard) I was crown for painting his eye; a barrister’s clerk or a
not satisfied. Ambition still beckoned me on, and^ poor man 1 only charge 6d.” fUproarous laughter
she pointed to politics as the certain road to success, in which the Coupt joined ]