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oUW1X M. V. GILBERT. JNO. X, PALMER
TrrTTTi T Y H OT E L .
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
WIN BEKRY, Proprietor. '
4 SUBSCRIBER. WOULD RE-
bctfi'Hy inform uis -"ua nu
! and tie public generally, that
leaed for a term of years the
bnnerlr kept by George A J
ns, K.-, d s now. prepared to ac
il Lte all whd may favor hini With their
'aide will always be furnislied with the
ste-djJjk'S afforded by our mfxket, and
vants will be found polite and attentive
travftfinr public are requested to give
Vail. ETery possible exertion will b!
(o eive t-ntire satidfjtctron t those why
op at the "CITy JJOyGL."
II 28, 1857 ly i
LEIGH HOUSE,
IZADETIl CITY, if. C. .
tup: subscribers, having leas-
ed for a term of years Ihis enacious and
Iromfortable hotel, would announce their'
jess to. accommodate the traveling public,
ju a jii.iuutj, lucj uvjiCj iva 10 meex wiiu
ro Rat ion. ... . . . .;, .
louse ii known to be one of the larcpat
in the Stateita ROOMS well luraished.
tad fomfcrtabie, and to the Cleanliness of
esppciar attention will be paid;i Add to
TABLE Well slironHeA with all the mar.
fords atter tire servants ; and landlord-s
nil do all in their . rower to nlpasi n nrl
iomfortable their puests ; . and the public
'in tear of having their wants and! comfort
and attcntivily admipiatered to. .
1 - IILVTOlV & LEE, Proprietor.
IS"' . - . JV'-f-
rin 1
For r.Learj;qUat.yourplay;(f.P
And Ihe questjpn that perjrlfxgd ,ne
:; jiavu faoifiitq quite away
.f . :i'i',e. Cnl' cbulcl cootroue' her studies. anH ner; - "-. .TTM V R a wiri :t v -" . . l!. . TT- 77 r, ;
Laps, through. Lis1 'inflgence 4 lead k fl? V Uv "V Almt en he war. wideawake, which a. J -
ie on the eastern windows
r l hn look toward th'fl
" here tfiotiffhts are eingirg -a wallows."
Aa tue oroolcs ormormosr ru.
5
.
la your Hearts are the birds and ; the Bun
.' . shine,
: IV your oughts the brooklets flow ; V
Bat in minq is the wind of Autumn
- And the first fall of the snow.
' ,'.
Ah! what, would the "world be to us
If the children were no more?
We should dread the desert behind us
; Worse han the dark before. .
What the leaves are -.to. the forest,
, With li.rlif onrl ol- i "
Ere their sweet and tend
Hate been hardened into wood
That to the world are children; v !
1 brouffh these it feels the clow
Of a bright and sunnier climate
Than reaches the trunks below.
Come to me. 0 ye children i ,
And whisper sin my ear - .
What the birds and the winds are
In your sunny atmosphere.
finding
A. OA 11 D.
rrnnn xtst rrnrtfr: .
j OATESVILLE,N. C. . i
pccom mcJda Ie,- from 3 to 400 persons in
ji-st style; also I have one of the j largest
n the State, .and mule lots attached,' for
iri.'iiodntion' i of the public generally;
f arid goe mt. ' " 1
&J838. - T. G.TAUGnN.
DFESSrONAL
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piiAULEs j:. LOWTII KtlJ '
UNE Y AND CO UtfSELL GK A TL'A W
I ' CtATKS-YlLLK, N. CT : '-.-
pi atttrtd al;the Courts of Gates!; Hert
faril, t'howan, d'erquinmns and Pasqup-
ess in either of the above counties punc
ttondfil to, ' . v - ian 24 -
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p-r 4-; co unchll o n a t law,
.MUKFKKKSBOUOJJOII, N. C. ; , A
Aj pmctice in ' tlie County Courts of
Uertlbrd., :. Iiartio. Ndrthamotoni. Wnd
tminties. Particular attention paid lo
ws. and flll twiress entrusted tot ray
ii n.eet with ready attention and scru-
ITie best -of retTcrences can be. given
n. A H..7 - lv. - . s
IV:. GOD WIN
I IIFA'T A T. SiTnnrnv '
VUACTICE oVflls lpnO-
Qr tii. " rooms, over the store of C.
5 April 23. 187.
For what are all our contrivings,
And tbe wisdom. of our books,
When compared with your caresses,
And the gladness of your looks?
Ye are better tian ali the billads
That ever were sung or said:
For ye are Hying poems,
And all the rest are dead.
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J Ii. fflAlMpXS. & 11 HO.,
MA h COMMISSION f 'OiJ.
K hAMlJlNG MEIW HANTS,
I 3. 1 1 . VVIIITKH II RSTT'S
t; T. Ii U ;Ji A (JU..E RRE O T V P ES
' - A , I, E : II IKS . '
I tBra'orc Street, Baltimore,
f MaitvStrwt, Rrclimond, Va."
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iiore Strctt, Petersburg, Ya.
itore Street. Lvnchbur-r. Va
.iK't nesse s : taken equally well ih all
auar 6
pEOKiXJ W. BEliL, I
iLKS, PISTOLS, SPOUTINQ ArrARATCS
I A?J EIXB CUTLKRV, i . f
fwt, Mizoleth City', X. C.
ICIERS.IIIP -Itie UPdersiffned
r ui s day , forined, a Co-partnership,.
Mtyle and firm bf PELK' & LINDSEY
prose f conducting a Gknerae Com
PKESS' Ff .W8t respectfHUy Bollctt
pnagej pledging ourselves to prompt
f aten!v?atQ;ftU V"EiD confided to
i businks
pareu to grant the usual fkcilitW
I Va a , Currituck C. N. C.
U S Aus. lath. - i
atch
"NBERsiONED INTENDING
W EHabeth City his permaL
s oj any idescnptjofi; and will do ever
i iw , tire eaiumtuon. Work
1 the creates Au.'.t j .
VnaniiLi " v""i'a'M1 uu warramea;
Cner iHtliU, durable mid
o Sp h; ad,P a,nd Kemen -are rej
6treet oue door South
.V4 GEORGE. 5? XrirnmrTo
I
THE CALICO CLOAK.
MTave vcu seen the new Bfthnlar V .dr
ed Mary La;rk,a girl of twelve or fourteen
years, as . soe ran to meet a group of schoo
mates who were comm? towards" Kp
school house : 'she cuts the most rnml!
looking flgbre you ever saw. Her cloak Is
made out or calico, rand her shoes are bro
gansv suchls flien and bovs wear, i:i
' Oh yes, IVe secn"her,;. replied Lucy
Brooks ;' &le .5s the' new washerwoman's
dauffhter. V I shonlJn't hnvn thrlnhf
Isrown would have taken lmr intA fbo
acajlcniy ; but I suppose he likes the money
uiai comesjiarouga. puas as well as anv
It Is cleaner of course.' ;
! And' the air rang with the loud lauh
of the girls.
'.Cf)me; let; us gcrio and examine her''
continued iMiry, as thev ascendnd fh
stops of the school house : 'T am thi'r.Trino-
she will make'some fun for us.' - ?:
Tlie cirls went into the dressing mom
where they,, round the new scholar: She
was fca mild, intelligent looking vhild. but
very pooriy; rncuirt) nqiiy clad,., The girls
went' around her, whispering and laughing'
with each other, while she stood trembling
ann blushing in one corner of the room,
witltmit yenfuring to raise her eyes from
the floor. ' .- : .:'-: : :
"When, they entered" school, thev found
the little ipirl far' inadvance of those of
her. age in her studies and was placed in
elissv?s with those two or three years rer"
snirtr. This seemed, on '.the whole, to
make those who were disposed to treat her
uhfcindlj she;
beings of a retinnghrdif position ; ; thro'igb
their influence ; had no friends, but ' went
and returned from sch qoI alone. 7. '
'Arid so you' really think said Iart
Lark, as she went up to the little girl . a
few weeks after she entered school; nhat
you aref going, to get the medal f It will
correspond nicely with your, cloak I ' :
And she caught hold of the" cape and
held it .out from ; her.' : while the girls
arnun joined in lier Joud laush J
Calico-cloak ret the' .'medal ? I guoss
she. will ! ;4 shmild liki'tcseeiMr Brown
gi v i nfy i t toh er V saidtKVther girl 'as slie
caught hold of her arm, . .and peeped undtir
the child's bonnet. : ". " ; ; - ; '
The little' girl struggled to releaselier
self, and when she was free, ran home as'
fast as she could go. -.v;-? rP ' ''. " '
Oh;(mother,' she savd, as she entered
her mother's humble kitchen; 'do answer
uncle William letter, and; tell hini we
wiir come to Now York. to live I don't
like to live in Bridgevliie The !. girls 'call
mo ''Calico Cloak.V an'd' 'BroganS,' and
you don t know, mother, how unkindly they
ireai me. . ,: :-.,fii- .; ... . '.:
Lizzie, : tny dear.f , said ber " mother,
'you must expect to meet with some ' wbo
will treat you 1 unkindly 0'n ' account of your
poverty :' but vou miit not n A i
Do right, mv child, and you : will 'eventu-
Although Mrs , ' Lee' tried, to encourage
ner cniia, yet sue knw that she , had to
. r r.'. Jfi-'P f " "wcuuc,5 iea'i a nap
lS.lj, ".?f "tho end" of he'lerm sbe)eft
IJndgeville' and removed1 to ' New York;
Aiwougu lizzie bad been a- member of
Hie scnopt Dut one term, yet she gained
the medal', and ii was worn ' from the
Acadcmy.beneatb. the despised varment
..."Iee '1monts, an'4 years glided-away
from" ih cfii;l.nn .e TJ:.i i' ' ' mi ?
".''y ";jfiMis,uv uriygevme Academy
uu iub nine -uanco uioak" was forffoi-
ten. Those who were a schdolwitb Jler
hadJ t".ft tn nfo''i,ik!',Jui" 1' , m
---!- v vi"" uuvu nie uusiuess
life, . . vf f .-. v';;
- v.c juaia ucruiurs. . jjce and her
daughter Jefttown, J Mr : . Maynard; a
yvuug,ciergyman; -came lnto.Uridgeville,
and was settled as "the pastor of the village
i wa repuriea ac toe eowinsr
A?l ti '.J.ll r if.
;iut) nccB, iuuuwiug oraination, that
it was . expected; that he would. briftg his
bride . into town in ,a few .weeks. There
was a great curiosity tp see her, and es
pecially atter it , was , rpnnrtiH oka noo' .
talented young authoress
? xx lew. weens aner, ,iur., Maynard grati
fied their curiosity, by walking into church
"with, big youns wife leaning nn hts arm
She was; a lady of i?reat intrllppfnol noon
y ml CI UVUU
ty,. and everybody (as they always' are at
nrst; was deeply interested in the young
minister and his wife. , " ,
i The ' followinzx week, the UA
tp see her, and she promised-to-meek rhr
at the" jneit gathering of the sewin cir
cle. - ,
The dai arrived, and. althnntrh ik woe
quite( stormy, Mrs. Deaoon;Brown's parlor
was 'filled with smiling faces. The dea
con si carnase was sent in tho
after Mrs. Mavriarirl arid ; iino'iim. :
arrived,! brimriacr the ladv wither' - Tho
shaking of hands that followed her arrival
can i only be imagined by those who have
been present on such ari occasion. ' "
MIow, are you pleased with
Iage? ' jisked V Mrs. Britton, ,4 after: the
opening exercises were over rs'iiKa ikcAr o
sea beside Mrs. Maynard. V
' fs appearance very much; it
certainly has improved wdnderfnllv within
tt;o last twelve years.' : '
j' TVere Vou ever in Bridgevi He before?'
asked another lady, as those around look
ed eomt;wht surprised.. ,
'I was Jiere a few months, when a
diild,: replied " Jtff- .'Maynard. v :
Their curiosity wa? excited:
- Hate you friends? bere ?' asked a third
after a moment's silence. '- '
gen-
I. bav'e hot .1 ' I resided with.'vmTmo'tb-
er,Cthe Widow; Lee;: AVe i j ved in a! little
cottsgi which 6t6bd upon the Knot now oc
cupied : by ' a 1 a rge s tore Ion t he corn er of
Pine "street.; ' 'Ms: ,
'.'Tti Iwido'w ;. Lee ?'fepeated f : jfe.; Brit
ton : 'I wgll femember th'ecoltaW. but T
uu uui reconect nejiame, -.
VI think: I attended school ; with :you at
the , acaemy,' ' " replied BlrsJ Mavnafd j
'jon F,e' Ms Mary! 'Lark were' yo
' -'That was mV name.', renlied the fade':
as a smile passed' over her features at pe-
mg recognized ; but I am really quite
asuaraea; mac my memory has proved so
recreaniJ
L ; was known , in the. academy as the
uailCO UWaK ''J'firhs.n von an
remember me by that name.' :: '
The. smile faded from. Mrs. "Rritton's
iace. L ana a deep blush iOversnread hoi-
. . ." . ',uio.j,(u . c v. -muiHcu. a ;jiiier,
was seen; deepening upon the; faces of oth
ers present
.There was a silence for'.some ;rninnf
when Mrs. Maynard looked nnj she"- found
she had I caused considerable disturbance
among the ladies of;her own -agej by mak-
mg, nerseit.Knowo .xu v --i .v.-ii
O I remember very ' well i when the
little 'Calico Cloak went to fhe aendpmv
Vaid an old lady, as she looked over her
and l tbinKi'if my memory serves
, some or the ladies1 present- will
Maynard an apology.'1 - Mc,"-!
I hadl fio intention whatever. ladies;'
replied' Mrs: -MayUafd, h'to 'reprove 'any
one present bv' makinsr.raVself known "but
as it may seem to some that such was my
intentionj I;- will add a; few- wl)rds.r Most
bf thd vounfref' ladies Wesent will rern'fm
ber the little 'Calico Cloak r'mik no on p
but the" Wearer knows -howri deep! r each
unkind word nierced th HttleV hpArt that
beat- beneath . it: i4nd! s Torn Kpi
the old ' aeadem'Sf1 bell finrt-' if, brinrrs WarrW
fresli to my mind the sorrows of childhood..
But let no lady misthk "rne, by'sup'tiosinff
T !.'. 1.1. ' .' ),-. -t : ,. rV.:-. .
cuensu an unKind leering towards any
one.' ii I know thah' whatever the ' rnstfmnv
lave been youare now my friendsi .BiiV.
'adifsj I let me; add, Sf youliare childrerr
learn a- lesson ffAm-s n npr? nry y tmT
teach -them to treat kirtdlf 71hel poor and
d. i .- i ' t i' - r
glasse
me right
owe Mrs
meet with, severe trials forgone myonns.' ''"
Bul6ther;! they 'are all unkind K
mtt replied Lizzie i there f isVt one '."Un
Iovps m '
Attdrthetci 'face in her
bands, and sobbed aTbti-';-."''--''1
' In Bridgeville Academy v; there were; a
few selfish.unprinGipled girls j and the
others joined them in teasing the" littfe
"Calico Cloak' as they called her from
thoughttessnesB. and frbni a lovg sport .
But tbey "kn'iir pnt itioxt deeply each - spofi
tives 'word pierced the; beartPbf theMittl?
stranger, and how many bitter" tears she
ahed iri secret over their unkindnessf -'i5 5
i:Mrs.t learmbgyt
still continued; their urjnstftreafmen W
wards JrTiildUeso!ve
poo man , . in3 becbm4fVember'otsi)i
family ubpirr;
despised. A
.: . . - . . , . 1
heart asarm tWimetiorj 5abd as l?eni.
nvd to iBotrbw as Onethat beats behe'atb
i . ; '' . . . .
a velvet ?verinffiJSWnenevef -tou meet
despise
ico
earry its bwn moral with
'.That, is th shcrtesfr biit th .JSfest -;(f.
mon I jeve Iieardj sajd.fhe o ladj in
,as she putrneV hanercnief underfier
a vei yet (joveritig c Whenever you rae
a child that shows a disposition to despis
tbevfJo3rJ telV it Ihatory f the Cali(
Cloak ; it will earry jtg bwn mOraF wit
it.f. .-i . 'r :-,vto vc:-:
; I he meteonc shower that ' fell on "the
night, of the 13th of NoVeinber,1 1833, ex
hibited r scene long to. be- remembered by
all" who witnessed itj . To the' enlightened
ana weu-intormea it was gra,nd; awful,
sublime: but to the ignorant and Isupersti-
nouj, oyerwneiming and .terrine. 1 '
. Such a cduntless number of meteor nov.
er fell from, the empyrean in so short a
space of time before - or' since, the1 itheories
pi um;Dpidtand Captain Twining to the
contrary notwithstanding. ; '
A few weeks after this grand display of
fire-works.1 .Tim PranHIn' m. TTnnin t:
89. he .was most cenerall v- nallprf
hobbling on crutches, hia lower extremities
covered with a superabundance of red flan
nel Jims early educational., adyaatafes
had been very limited. His learning from
DOORS and. SChOOl Was Contracted tn a four
months, by a mind not at all incliued to
Study. But he had nrosnered in thrt wnrU
and by raising cotton in the flatwbods of
Ainerc, where he lived, had accumulated a
snug fortune. ' He was a general favorite
in his rieighborhood, and bur for a! slight
habit; of indulging sometimes too much in
the 4ardent,' might be termed an unlearn
ed, snrewd, exemplary man.
Jim was ' sittin? with
0 v
nemen in the Jetersbnrc Tnn bfa faa
nicely adiasted in another chair w?fh b;a
" m - - I II IH ft. i J
qrutches across his lan ' when om Ano
quired why he was working himself in
snaiDsr ;
' Whereupon he exelaimpdr Vnn Wn,.
had at our house,' the other night, a small
sprinkle of. what we took to be the 'day of
juugment: it turned out we were islicrht-
Iy mistaken: but I assure von f Hm
judge of small matters, it was a right good
counterreit ot that great day, when they
say there is to be a-ffeneral Bmnshnn
Many a one of us, for a while, fhouht it
was the genewine coin, and as the masons
would say, 'conducted ourselves accord
ingly.' I tuck the wronjr shute at the
start. Now they say, 'man purposes, and
God exposes;' this may or may not be rood
scriptur; at the latter end of my spdrience
I would call it good sense.
I was suddenly awakened Ollt rf n isnnnfl
sleep; not by Gabriel's horn, but aj noise
mighty high as loud, if not hearn si fur;
Wife, children:: and infers wr a
in nod hollerin, 'the day of judgment was
come, ana stars. were '.all falhn. tha world
was burning up!' - I sprung un; looid t
the heavens; never seed sich precedencies
Ur f . rnu l r
mai uciuru: mere j Deing no mountains
and rocks convenient to call on to hido mo
I tuck a beoiline with ajerage ingine speed
for the well, which'! would sa
two feet deep in the clear. It s the deep
est hole in the ground I know anything
about. When I got thar I found Boo and
Sam , two of 'my nigger boys, on a quan
d ary , which of the two elements to ch u se .
Bob; a brig at mblatter, was for water;
Sam, an onmixed African, was for tjurn
ing Sallymandy, nd facin the music.
Says T, boys clear the track, and take hold
of that winlass, and let me down into the
bowels of the yeth as soon as the nature of
the case will admit of; the outside is get
ting unwholesome, sure!'. IVieh, without
hat, coat,; pants vest; stocking's, or shoes,
I got in fhe bucket and started; they hadn't
turned 4he windlass twice round when I
hollered to 'em to slip the britchin and! let
me slide, Ar No sooner said than done, wten
I- whirled curslosh nigh unto .three freefc in
the water. uNo roan could have made the
NUMBER! 6.
man should be when 'ha bandit ttf
cle sjiut wake j'him Hp at midnight outen
a deep sleep, make the racket aronnd hm
which were turned loose about meahd let
nim see all them stars a-falling - If.be will
$et ; tq cyphering out;causes. 'and forget
consequences, he is Jno kin to mel Now
mere is franklin, and vBoIomon, and the
other apostles the scriptures speak of 'war
emart in tneir day, but they would be no
W.har with our people and thar. fixens! I
was at Augusta t'other day, and seed - a
railroad encine and train come rlaohini in
Suppose old Solomon had seen the like of
that Am ft nA.!n'n j 1 . 1 ' .
.v wmc ouuimg, tearing, luunaermg Dy
him, what do yob think would be his per
formances? " The way. he'd mri into his
temple, and slam the door. 1av: low nrA
say nothing, would be a cautlatf to.bis bie
taiiiuj., ixuw, irrauKiin .mout snve, it
thunder, as he delt in the article; but Sol
omon not haying .the whar with, would
make himself scace. The old gentleman
never thought of sich things Now John
on Patterson Island, dreamed of sich'. or
something like into them. If -Solomons
dreams had tuck that direction, it would
have turned bislprorcrfa into revelations,
and might have confused the scrintnres '
, Some gentleman here asked Jim where
r-atterson s Island .'was? 'It's'none of my
look out, I kalkilate it's a " fine place for
uruamiug, wnetner good tor cotton I don t
know, but I would advise its "".owners to
keep it hid out, lest the Angtd-Sfaxon spe
cie mout take a !i Ifintr tn t ' and nl7fn
. " O . " - vlllj 1U,
in working up to; their clear and manifest
destiny.'
Here a voice from without infnrmpd 'Tim
his buoforv was r'pnrlw . Wkftn !t Wa".-:
of his shafts, he worked himself out bf the
room, amidst the heart v bhp prs and frr-
well of his friends. .
The Apmiral;
ate, bad shaped
Vincent, and
s Dream. Admiral Sir
Henry Digby, in the command of a frig-
jhis course for Cape St.
was running to the south
ward in the latitude of Cape Finisterre.
He rang his bell kit 11 o'clock for the offi
cer of the watch and asked. him
' How are we standing ?'
South-south-west, sir.'
What sort of weather ?'
' The same, sir, as when vbu left ths
deck ; fine strong breeze ; starlight niht,'
i ne same sail r
' Yes, the same : double reefed tonanils
ana roresau."
' Has there ben anybody in my cab
ic?y
try.
I believe not,
EXTRAVAGANCE OF TH d'AV
?y some surewd things. wbich
go.directly to the heart of thepopulart fol
lies of the day.. Ha has nqxdltettadea
of the presnt system of domestic, education
as.tending .to frugality or reomy. : He
says in one of ,his Mrmonst . . - a
"In the town of Soriiewherives 'iMr.
Manygirls. ..He .is a joilsomPV; merchant
bis ,wife a hardworking housekeeper
Yur. "i P? now tlttr. are ruin-
sir; I shall ask the sen-
' Sentry,', asked the officer of the watch .
'has there been anybody in the captain's
cabin !' . i : .
' No, sir said 'the sentry ; 'nobody.
' Very odd !' reioined the. cantain : T
- . j
was perfectly convinced I had been spoken
to.v . . J : :,. 1
At two o'clock the bell was again run?.
the same questions repeated and the same
answers given, j
Most extraordmarv thin? !.' fsairl Van.
. -j 0 f
tain Digfey; every time I dronned asleen
I heard somebody shotting in my ear.
Digby ! SDisrby ! so to the northward f
Digby ADigby ! go .to the northward !
Dibv f Ttlornv ! i rrn tn tha nni-tlmoi.il f
c J !fe uui ( u (i ai u
T lt . . t t m .
i snari certainly do so Talce another
reef in your topsails,' he continued to the
haul your wind and
1 daylight, and then call
e middle watch did ac
ously rich. Thev harn sr?
whom they train. up in? . utter iidleueai.
They are all doing, nothing tv speH
ranch mnnnv Lit nAf '
- vuv;, nut iu. nui a! ill UUfliaril"
ty. not even in elegant accoiVpisbmei.ts,
in painting, dancing, music kU,. the lilrA
so paying in spiritual beauty w iauhoy'lhike
sing; tbey arc know nothings, rjd, only in
bhvt, aa U3C1CS3 as a PI )Sf, . jtriM aa
.. ...... '(-j' r
Kignorant as the block on wbih their ion
nets are made. Vf ; i
Now, these seven "hdilk." nlK,
newspapers call the poor thioi L so Ttoo-
rhnt nnA l.Tl . ... . ? 1 '...' . r ' -
uu ucijiiesM, are nni 01 4t idle. can
earn nothing, but they coqse much.
hat a load of finery is on thfr shoul je'rs
and heads and necks. Mr Manygirls
r; t .7 "au olMJ ' wumetv jiiq waifo on
...a uu-utters mieness, and titoe- servants
are drawn from tlurproductivrk ofthe
suopor rarra, and set to the i)Rprodnetive
work of-nursing these sever ' grown1 up
uauius. f !
"On tlie other aide of tllP TCartlia TT
bit. iuanysons has sevensons,' wbo ard the
exact rnatdhr for the merchantl'dauirhter.s:
rich, idle, some of thpm. UooAL.
I, i ' I. . . .'",'. '.,."- J
uaucoery coming before their beard; all
uiu, earniQg nptlung, STAuJmij ,nmb
ahd wasting more. Their bn'Vlabor'is to
.... wiuc, auu iu uTIer tu;y e derate
from pond to pond:- from lair tn Urn
having a fishing line, with a.,jybrm atone
end, and a fool at the other. jV These arq
fast families in Somewhere; theVidlenes is
counted pleasure. Six bf the sons will
marry, . and five, nerhlns. Mvrld
daushters. i anl wh fmrK& -th .:n
-"' ' " " Vrf! "rJ ' Will
found, to live on. the of their grandfather's
bones, until a commercial crGfs,. and the
wear and tear of time. dissinaUl th pir-fnr.
t,une, and they, are foreed reluctantly to
toil! . -it J
"Besides, there is an ennrna-ii nf
food, fuel, clothinfir. of
arc the least economical civilized "people on
earth. Of course, the noor jp .
everywhere, they do not kn )w how to
ecoQomise,.and they have , not t.hVs means.
mey must live trom hand to jwouth. and
viuju va tut vt uttu .
taok every hour ti
me.
The officer of th
. . ' f , 1 -m. yj 1 buc ujiuuiu vvdlUU UIU au
trip sooner, ceptin, he had fallen ia . and A'.nrr . wno a i,
neM.had to tucka. far start at that. Heved t four elock, his successor was
About' the time the water settled rnnnd -tn;asA Li l. u
me, and I was ktvered all but niy head j I wind, and asked the meaning of it.
ieit nre-proor, ana calculated they'd have 'Meaning, indeed,' said the other; 'the
tc bnru low to crit me! Now thev caw i 1 n u
man in a deep well, in, the day time, cin told his story, at which thev laughed
sstars. . I allow them is fixed stars heartily. . , ,
Tie ones I saw from that well that niffht TU bnwltrpn 'nntMnif tn An w
. . - - - - " .
.r.T . Tl .' - , " "'cX
was travelers, ; certain. , ; Besides, if there
was fixed stars- that night, I never seed
em. Some said they watched the mornin'
stars, and as long as that stuck they had
hope. ' -;. j : . .;,
I made - the boys draw me up se
times. to: see how things were cominsr on:
obey the orders, and the ship was tacked
at four, at six. at seven. She had rust
come round .for the last time, as the day
was' breaking, when the look-out- man
cried out, Large ship on the ' weather
bow !' A musket was fired to brinff her
to, and she proved a Spanish vessel laden
jrlasfipW i anrl "T -drt ftrtt Kp1?pW-fk6'nAiiot
effect will he lost urjonUnt of uVr' vAuU
?The j pld jlady 4a)ihMi Thtrjatoryr
iia jf iu ,u Luu ulUsracauBiuy. as iiiai
yerv fi time. &'f little bov Was ntfendin tr
school there, whose mother' was struggling7
with hejr needlg to giro, him v an education i
The; boys often pado.sportvrqf hisj patched:
c wi y j- vi ' tuu vaiitu . v uau j UUCU tf lit;
scholars , the. Ii ttle: t)oy (fop Ire ; wat n atuT-
ally ,a nobleTheatj&OLi cuiiobecame. yefy,
popular , in . the,s school. ; and he.cJiildren,'
from that time,' were 'ery.Tcind tq Xittle
Pa-fdheyranclhi'alwyi tAUV
Tiri ' if! . .rti ji'1'i.rt. .
s ". ueorijjirsj iu.eynra tteara-tnetorv'ttr
tyiitff Pt&eyJb i4tabea3fwe)t
tf P; on jaitjlf hsad;flredi'ri
cbjldJiptH" IjC'--Ui
V . " o ! r - -"""ct I tu, auu wuc pruvcu o oauisu vessel laucu
but when. one of them big blazio roeturs with dollars and a rfch carsro.' which eave
wnnld dart towards trip- T nnnl1 nlilrl i.U fi i J J l-- c
down to me lengtn or. my canie. I soon the great fortune which he amassed m the
round! had gone beyond what was com- naval service. The story was told to my
fnrtnVlp; T rint. irar nfi rvl Tn r Knl .fmrr t-i J '? tL. !. C: TU1. Tt f
left the water,, and felt like taking the. firej, by him repeated to me ; the high character
no matter in what form! . I'll just say. rite of both him and! Sir Henry Digby for
nere,v:,tapy man auouia nave nydratony bidding the possibility of fabrication
agui urc, auu win pui iiimBuu turousu my Seta I in tt.
performances m that well- and aint cured. "' .
his disease w too deep-for hydropathy. I' ' Who thr Docb Was It? Brown tells
put on dry clothes, tuck a stew of whiskey us a Vermcn t story which, he says, ' is as
.Ait nAxwAOT l-v,,t tiu l.t. . .t tz" ' ii i j. irfnLi T.i" '-'aV-",'
w 'su j. p u iw, ia ic me ruuiiiiics auineniiCTis ioe uesi 01 me irost anecaores.
ha3 ne,;, So.in eing agin fire .I-" got and certainly rjothing more can be required.
I waxnt,the only man excited on that ocr ty, many years ago had an ambition tofep
asion by a long' jump. . My ueiffbbor., resent his town in the State Leeislature.'
- y V m n f mvr
axed.; nia bow we- stood :the-(racket , H4 way able enoughj forhe, office' he sOughtt
in Lad never been a house of prayer be h
, in fact; the most
town; Going to
man who happen
heIaid his case
uence, saying
ithout rjaviner
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argument ainijitjui up, auu usual an- tor ic, ana uecianug iuav 11 ue tuuiu gei
other .word to.say.jif the ? day. of 'judgment; X.'s influence he Was sure t& far elieeted.
UA a.-i ii4.n tj .i pi. : to...! : u: I 4 :-..'. t'
luu-uuiuc. Miiauu i.uiu&iu? 1 u cuntuui xuv 'ouuire - uui 111 ui iwsi juiiius lur
better if J'd relied on faith and nra'ver in- 1 his man. but when the baHot-bor was turn
stead of sich work as 1 did"
In:tbj9 eniQiotY tlie comnanr concurred.
and Ian rlipd-' Inner and Irmil "afr hia nimliaa
sWhen J,he noise oftheir? mirtb bad ceased,
; ' . "jl t? . :e i . i. s 1. . .
Buiue uue reiuarteu' 10 cJiio u ue uao-Deen
half of what i3 put into the hii id 'perishes
.before it reaches. the mouth. 'H'lJtkeA isp
are tha rioh wtcfvil -n4 : J
money, almost never such as -hfive .earned
it. ihe great mass of t-he pLVnlsi are not
economical, but wasteful. It iHhe habit
of the whole country.'' ' ' -1
IfoQcocics.A Correspond int of. tlv?
Knickerbocker perpetrates the flowing j
I was recojerjng from sickt,es. latidy,
and needed something to tenipiiy ppptit.
I thought woodcock, well cookbnd serv
ed would move my dormant Vj4fg, fMv
Irish servant was told to go dow and pur
chase a pair. Mrs. B- said to him: 'I
suppose you know what they ar tboe
birds with very looff bills.' 4Yiu iiim. T
do.' Then, turning to the cook bbe gave
uiicvhuus iuf. lueir preparanon ir ine s ia
blev After the lapse of an hourthe man
returned with the change; Wll, Jim,
did' you get the woodcock?' 'I YiL men. '
'But how is this? how muoh change have
you brought -what did they cOsf !'. 'Six
teen cents, mem 'Wbai! siiten cents,
for the jpairl 'Yes, mem.' 'Vfey, that is
extremely cheap o He stood la hesita
ting way for a moment, and (neb asked
Mrs B if she would notfyp down
arid see them. She walked do ?n to the
kitchen, and Jim stepped up to the table,
took a small package, which he'. unfolded,
and handed out a couple of thelfnget kind
of wooden fauretsf 'Why, ble'you. man.
these are not woodcocks! Didrrt you hear
me give directions about cooking tlicinV
'I did, mem. 'But doa't voiced 'that I
could not coofc on&of 'th&xpl T Waht bml-
them in the pot for a whole botir nd tbey
would not . bo cooked.' I see;,fniem: I
made a mistake. Shall I take ""em back.
. , HUNISTS-ARE TIIKi
J FANATICSQRKNAVES?"
Sometime - we Itre " beep i;9poaW
bellve that jhe miss 0f abolition isKgit
be sincore-thatey Wftre .f$n f 8
,Un knaves - Bat if fheir hrt9,ilitvM,
why do they object to th. diffusion and !
di uimn of slavery over new territory bf
which the condition of that race woUld
ion to their number? Ayairi', jf'tbef
ore the si ive. ,d apek trfft faj:
they .ohct to the acqpisiti of Cuba u
one of the United 9 V
the slave tr-de- 'H
hanging, thos partioipatfo in tvV.S?
a. pirate wuuld u.P!A i1".11- ral?C
'.Ii... i .V 11 rnfT .low
wuy a v i-iey OD?
V
rpnnish
"-MI iftherloy. th.,W
, "l"ane aria meroiful
teep- him in nhWrt! A'
, . - '! urmff mm
ier the patriarchal control of Angler J.
ons, prot,s.,t,g rhe'protestant relion .ni
practhinor its hol -prpeept. 1 Th?v!!i
that th. s,ave !X UVJJ?S&
on ,n heir own vessels, comm.idTad
Wed by their own penpU, in"S
tioj with r-e.dlySp,nUU:
and the gr.yd de t of
raude and outlaws.-is the Island of Cu
ba, fhpy know that the Cuban .uthnri
ie. .w.,.k at the unholy trafSc, an4 paWaSi
of its profits-and that this brribrtrade
h .beeu earned nn for years p.8t, ,J
with tmpiinirv. and will t'.-,.
, -... Vuw ir.rrims ot Ararice die
during their transportation. p w
when landed ,0 Cuba'. ; they ar'e pu't 6
plantations, boin r'tauf ht nothing bit bow
to bbor. treated Hke hn.fn. , -.t i.- f7.
condition but little ahn '.uil. . W
know that our slaves are kindly.j,sed an5
taught almost everrknin- .
i-li V . , J"'"p. "mWH we Know
oursel ves; and as a general rule are treated
.v. w.m, rnan our chtiareD,iarVd are
much bet er cared for tU the ehildrV J
poor people, or poor people themselves, in
many sections of the free States. They
know all iht. ftnd ,.. . . . J
Ye ,?eIf.ri2htou. Pharisees
ove the Uvph inorfl ) tk.n ll
ould'VR rwiNPi- ho.V a
ipni rrom ri'iiiuii .1 . .
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then, and hru,s them bndpr n.
eif.il yoke ,,t iKindage.. p0 von, nni
at tlie boi rm-s of flip Affi'no -i. . . 'a
AV Ka a. J
own ..n.-wiu, nr'acVffiffi
your countrymen who embark now lo
safely.m this nefiriou trade. Prove' thus
thayo..f iopP(Witibii;fo 8UTerT is, pbilaq.
throp.c -a love for ttfe stave ; add not pb-
htiCil a lust for dominion. .
Whether ffiP acquisition of Cuba is 0
rs nM. an obj,?Pt to be deair'ed, surely the
Black Rcp.ihlicans ought to desire it, it
they arc not as a party the most arrant
hypocrites and knaves 00 the faoe ofthe
earth. Wo bolieve in' our -onla theV
coiiYe TfndP,- this oategory-and no other.
nVUmr hostility tri Cuban .acqte'
with the ream agsigned 'by thpn? , for this
hostility, places them without th' .fjale of
honest and truth-loving mexi.-RaJetrk
Do : ye'
others?
Snatch
mem
I , O - , - " - f , ; P . " "
forej jut it they .didn't; make .uprjlos folks hate hiui.Rd-was
time, h .wast nojudgepf Uigwus exercises tfnfjbpular: -maa -in jthe j
He said he and bisWwd prayed nigh pnta Squire X., an influential
dur'Upursi iihey. Jjearn toe s clock strike ed to pe friendly to him,.
threej times fwhiieibey were or their koeesij before him,- anrjccf bis infl
lie said, the fact was. thev -exhausted the that, he didrf exnect help' wi
1 ed another man was declared elected. . The
disappointed candidate called out to know
how, the, votes stood, and learned that he
had got just three votes ! But 1 dou't
understand it." said he.' turning 'SiSuTre.
aa-smarf ana-hne3oph5aI as one of bis with a chop fallen countenance -"Nor. I
would not have been at - til eimer, - sam iue oqujre ; .-; 1. put iu my
- . 1 : . i.u.-i t... !.-. .1.- j 1
litit vr (jy tin? 1-
snnaotnra 'Via
UliAnkir . r..' .n).mi ; tt f vote . von nut in another-.
havehearn of him before; said Jim; . 'be Puf in the -ttlird is m?re ta, I,,cflQ imag
ws the fellow-who' .'oouldr era rout, when jyouvn.t osi. t
dart(Rrflomn Alnnr?"wppp snrcnntf'' h 'ti'tiII
i:u.: j., -r...i.t I ,t n,T iK. njr L.kt.'
nt:iiuuig:puh ut4fsaiupio - ntf uieHS. yoa; ; i u.i pvt mi? iMor nuu .; n$i r . vwm
and carry tba,keetfes& borne. arM.grierinieTit ways,' exclaimed sJthe , boy t ibrawing' the
. THINGS LOST FOBKVRJl.
;.' Lo3t weahh m'a'j' b'e reslp'reofjy in'duS
try; the wreck of health regained j by temV
perance; forgotten knowledge ,-sstored by
etudy. ; alienated friendship smoothed Into
forgetf ulness ; even ; forfeited f putation
won by patience and virtue y bUwboeyer
looked upon his vanished hour iiecaTled
his slighted yearsf stamped them-with. wis
dom, effaced -from IIeav.e'Q's rejordj the
tearful blot of wasted ; time. f be foot
print on the sand is, washed m'tiy 'the
ocean wave; aod; easier roightl ei;wben
years are fled, find that foot print? ibanre-
. II 1 .1 " 'i ' '. , ,
can iosi nouTS.! .a
"Good mornrdg, , bovdtyotTfeel?
asked J enkins bf obe "pf bur bacr defeated
democratic candidates,' as be mebJjim near
tlio.liead i of State street, just ait n break
fast, yesterday morning. ,.Feelf replied
rery 4 feelinerl v: 'feel ! W a vl I feel
---j,-. o j '. - - 7- .".
just as I suppose LazafuS did wfyjo lie was
nekea Dy tne aog.'ZJOifon I'au?
3?" A centleman. sneakinsrof)lhe' mar-
nage of Lord D. and Miss K. fxatiated
on tbe lady's beauty and elegant hnrt, and
praised as liberally, the qood na ri of bis
jordshipr. .'Then,' saidlButler i Dan vers
the w,ori tmug the couW do wsro rtar-
ry. it will tpou tbe shapt. ol tb qney and
tire temper 01 rue otoer. . t
rebresentatiTe tbe: Hon. Burtoi : Orifire.
having just returned from Tenf ess'ee is
w uumo ivuaiug remarhauij, well.
While Mr. Craice p.niova thp pr.ti1?dnp nf
- . O J J - v.
his political friends in tbe KighQsff 'degree.
Sai-ary or Judges Tho Wilmington4
Journal, very properly suggests that lb'
salary; bf the Judges of the Suneriof
Corfrts be s raised to- $i,M)0 cr 83.000.-i
The Journal say's : ." ' s I"
A thej salary now is, no lawver in '
good practice, with a family to support,
cau afford to be a judge long. The sacr'
fice'is too jgreat ; tbe compensatiou is too"
inadequate. This is not rirrht im-tna :
nor is it good eoonomv. We am . fm4
of economy as most folks, but not fuch
ecouomy as terras out the charge of our
lives,' our fortunes, or our oharrAr. tri
the lowest bidder. '
The .Superior Court Jodm hnl.'t 'th
receive no leni ebrt twenty tfve haodred:
uuiiar' -we wouur preter three , thoofand
dollars a year. Tbe services of anV geri-7
tlciuau fit for the position are worth tha?;
and the State ought neither to cheat tbe
projier niaiii out the proper compensation.
nor accept the Improper one on any terms
- We think the salary should be raisea
by I ho next legislature, even at the risk?
of affording omo capital for derasgogues
to tio again Ht the democratic party at
suceeefitelcctiodS Char. Democrat:
y 4:k- ' j-. ' ';
s The Si5dstdne or NoRTH-CiRpLiK A.-i
The old North jSlato. has long been known
to be rich in her niirwrils; bat the develop
roent; of thowi natural resources is due, in a
grbat' oieaaure, to jhe exemplary efforrs of
Prbfesof Ktumonii, thb talented Stata geoK
ogist aud jiiineialmt. At the late Fair 10,
Haleigh, the utility of the NorlhJarolW
8aud8toufr far ; arcbjtfcctutaL purposes w'aaj
fiighfy recomujendtd, and tbueffict of its
us in bnild'ing' we are pleased to see, haV
been well illustrate by WiHiain PercivaVj.
Esq., a Kicbmoud architect of - talent and
education; who i becoming welUlrnowa'
and appreciated in our Southern States.
We have long 'since adveeated the taking
advantage of the fact that tb'e?e' 'more in ,
Virginia and North Carolina Vartb; thao
is drearnpt of ttr our! 'fogy') worbTi pbi-T
losopby. ywiTnonrf Enquirer ,
h doctoT full of nrofcssional nomrvMtiVr
says a latefIInglisb paper, was called trpmi
Dy.s saiior patient tq nara a 'raging tooth'
extrictd;pWell jnariner. said tbe docf
tbrilookracr verr learned', and epeakinff virvr
'lv
slowly, which tooth do yon wish' to bav
extracted? Is it the molar or tbe inciaor?" i
Jack replied sbbri and sbart:v. Ifa'thiJ'
upper tier, jfTbpard side: , bear hand, 56'
swab. fof It nSMng niy jawIilte1 a bipod
admirioivan esteern .of all.iso The doctor grinned', and clSppeddH't
Banner. ?rwr1 : i'-,' I, forceps: ' - " - - -
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