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TMlB;;:'W01ttTlBl:i;.DAK0LJINlA;K':::; I. 1 f e n 1! -r r 5 1 ir f ! THE NEW SCHEME. The IL ."Whig has grace enough to deny the scheme, Which we denounced in our last, about making Mr. Rives Gwernor.aud Mr. Leigh Senator. It denies that its conducT tors ever heard of any such 'proposition speaks of our gullibility aud asserts that "the whole is a ridiculous coinage of the brain, and utterly unworthy of serious notice." If we have succeeded in. blowing the plot sky-high, we are content. At all events, from this time forth the R. Whig will have sense enough to disclaim and frown it down. But the scheme was no coinaee ol our hrain. We could mention several respecta ble Whiga, who heard and repeated it, if we were at liberty to mention names. We could name a leading Whig in this city who made the proposition and we had it from the gen tlemen to. whom tho proposition was made. We could name the Anti-Rives Whig, who made the suggestion to another ' Anti-Rives Wig, as stated in our last and we could name for our informant, one of the most re spectable citizens of the State. .Strange that neither of the three conductors of the Rich mond Whig ever heard of any such proposi tion. , Will they please to refresh their memo ries about it? Did they never hear of it be fore? We know it was afloat upon our streets We knew it was a subject of conversation in the Coffee house. But if the Richmond Whig will engage never to lend to it the right of its countenance, we will heuceforth drop it content with having done our duty in blow ing up one of the "foulest schemes of intrigue" which has ever been engaged in Virginia. But what is this we see in the Boston At las of the 3d instant?- The Richmond Whig says, its Editor left. Richmond on Friday evening, (the 24th,) Very well, but the Bos ton Atlas nas contrived to beat up as its re cruit, some shrewd, cute, well-informed Cor . respondent in this city, who seems to be pret ty deep in the secrets of the Whigs We call upon this gentleman, who is behind the cur taiu, to come forth and give us another of his revelations. What does he say, about the impracticability of makinr Mr. Rives Sena tor, and the conjoint arrangement for Gover nor and Senator? Hear him! ; "The following letter from our attentive and accurate correspondent at Richmond, is later by 24 hours than other information which has yet reached us. Correspondence of the Atlas. Richmond, Thursday Evening, May 30, 1839. ) "Although the polls have been closed four days, both parties are still 'in the woods.' Returns in, give 61 Whigs; 5 Conservatives; and 52 Sub-Treasurymen," &c, &c. "This would give the Whigs and Conservatives four majority" (that is to say, seizing upon the .S'. W. Delegates, $-c.) "in joint ballot over the spoilsmen. In other words, the Conservatives would again hold the balance of power be tween the two larger parties. But it should be noted that among the Whigs are ten 'ini practicables' who will not vote for Mr. Rives, which fact must preclude the possibility of his return to the Senate. 1 am inclined to the opinion, however, that the Opposition will ulcimatelv act together in the election of Sena tor and Governor, and fill these two places with men richly worthy of them." Very well what have we here? Why, the whole plot confessed. Rives cannot be made Senator; there are ten impracticable Whigs (the very number we enumerated in our last) who will preclude the possibility of his return to the Senate (Exactly so!) How then? Why the Opposition (that is to say, Payne, Anderson, Good, Crutchfield among them, as this "attentive and accurate Correspondent" is pleased to count) the Opposition, are so to arrange as to act together in the election of Governor and Senator, and fill THESE TWO PLACES with men richly worthy "of them" Rives, of course, to be one of them and a3 he cannot be Senator, why HE is to be the Governor; and by way of equiva lent, the quid pro quo, we presume we are to have a Whig Senator. This is our plain version of the arrangemeut aridyetthe Whig talks of our gullibility of its own ignorance, &c, &c. (Pshaw! Fudge!) Richmond Enquirer. Federal Leaders. Bryant gives these gentlemen a portrait of their character as fol lows: "They have no mare v irtue now than they had in former years, and it is well known, that from the earliest days of Federalism to the present tima, uVy have changed their name a3 often almost as the American climate changes its weather. One might a3 well at tempt to follow the ball and dice of an expert juggler, as to keep pace with these rapid tran sitions. With what astonishment the more unsophisticated of the sect must wake up of a morning and find themselves addressed in a name totally different from that which they went to sleep. To-night they go to bed as Federalists, and to-morrow get up, rub their eyes, and come down stairs National Repub licans, or American System men, or Conser vatives, or Whigs, or Democratic Whigs. Yet this frequent shifting has not met with very signal success. Perhaps it has never occurred to these men that they were acting under a great mistake." allow it for that of legislation. The whole turn ot losses is sman unaer mm. nwi nnhinnt should itmrniurhlv investigated. I number and amount ot merchants nouns for . . . 0 j is important that the country should know to what extent losses nave oeen lncurreM uuuci all Administrations from- the want of those financial regulations, and penal enactments proposed in Mr. Van Buren's first message, to the defeat of whichj by the joint Opposition in Congresses to be attributed the principal part of Swartwout's defalcation. The earlier nrtA ri-intor dpfnlmtinns of merchants and banks, under previous administrations, is cei tainly ascribable to the introduction of the credit and banking systems into the"business of Government; while the losses by Govern ment officers must be attributed to Congress, which failed to provide the securities of which Mr. Wright's bill furnishes an exemplar. t FROM THE GLOBE. - .LOSS IN THE REVENUE. Comparative statement of losses in the Re venue under all Administrations, from Wash ington's to the present. The frequent appli cation, from various sections of the Union, for information on the subject of the relative losses in the revenue under different Admin istrations, induces us to give, from the docu ment used by Dr. Duncan, taken from the records and reports of the Treasury Depart ment," the following synopsis. We hope the Democartic journals in every part of the Uni on; will consider this information, derived from authentic official statements, of sufficient importance to give it i use it ion and general circulation through their columns. It will be found useful in correcting the misrepresenta tions of the Opposition, who, seizing upon the late defalcation of their friend . Swartwout, for the want of some well founded ground of attack on the Administration, have given the subject of defalcations ajDrominence for elec tfroneering pnrpos.33, which they never would Thomas Jefferson's Total losses to the Government under each different Administration, by Banks, Col lectors, Receivers, Merchants' Bonds for duties, and disbursing officers. Washington's Administration 1789 to 1797. Banks None: few banks in existence. Collectors of duties, including Attorneys, Marshals, etc. $13,000. Collectors, 10 or 12 defaulters, but all failed or secured, except 3 on very small sums. Receivers of Public Lands None in ex istence or established. John Adam's Administration 1797 to 1801. Banks None. Collectors of duties, including Attorneys, Marshals, etc. $220,000-. Collectors not set tled 7, and 3 or 4 more paid, or very small. Receivers of Public Lands None. Administration 1801 to 1S09. Banks None. " . Collectors of duties, including Attorneys Marshals, etc. $200,000. Collectors, 19 failed, besides small sums from others due; some paid or secured. Receivers of Public Lands few in existence. James Madison's Administration 1S09 to 1817. Banks Five millions of dollars in depre ciated paper taken. JNo bank defaults, ex- cent bv a suspension of spjcie payments in 1814-'15, and '16. Collectors of duties, including Marshals, Attorneys, etc. $210,000. Collectors, 14 failed, and part secured. Receivers of Public Lands One in fault; only a few in existence. James Monroe's Administration 1817 1S25. Banks $800,000. About 30 of the banks in debt in 1838; but over 100 failed in 1817, and after. Collectors of duties, including Attorneys, Marshals, etc. $230,000. Collectors 14, some in default, part secured. Receivers of Public Lauds Ten default ers, amounting to $110,000. J. Q. Adams's Administration 1825 to 1829. Banks Five failed; amount $270,000. Collectors of Duties, including Attorneys, Marshals, etc. three defaulters, amounting to $95,000. Receivers of Public ands; Eight defaul ters; amount, $60,000. Andrew Jackson's Administration 1829 to 1837. Banks Five failed; amount, $42,000. Collectors of Duties, including Attorneys, Marshals, etc. 14; amount, 200,000 dollars. Receivers of Public Lands Seventeen, but many secured; amount, 60,000 dollars. Merchants' Bonds for duties 5u0,000 dollars falling due. Disbursing officers,! including Paymas ters, Pursers, etc. 100,000 dollars. duties, unpaid when due, and probably' lost, is eight thousand m number, ana near six. mil lion nve"hundred thousand dollars in amount; and of these, six million dollars were not un der General J's. administration, excep those falling due about the time of the 'Suspension of specie payments. So of the number of dis bursing officers in default; at least 2,300 were before 1529, and only' about 40 between that and 1837; and of the whole amount, 4,250,- 000 dollars, all was earlier except about 100,000 dollars. The aggregate of the los ses since 1789,'. is supposed to be, after every fair allowance, over 18,000,000 dollars. Yet, under Gen. Jackson's administration, though lasting eight years instead of four, and attend ed with great collections of revenue, and es pecially much greater from lands, than any others, the whole losses were only 900,000 dollars, instead of three millions, the average proportion to each eight years. They were less than one-third of the losses under other Administrations, on ah average. Many of these immense losses since 17S9, as well as several others in 1S20, in the sale of the public lands on credit, are to be attri buted to the ill regula'ted credit system for du ties and lands, aud to the facilities and temp tations to speculation and losses by indiscreet bank credits. All happened under the Uni ted States Bank and pet bank systems! de- io Merchants' Bonds for duties. Of these, 5 to 6,000,000 are dated before General Jack son's administration, and nearly 7,000 de faults in number on bonds unpaid before. ""Disbursing Officers, including Paymas ters, Parsers, &c. In the previous Adminis trations to 182S, there yet remains reported on the books, besides all settled and remitted in various ways, by private acts of Congress, &c. $1,250,000 in amount, aud near 2,330 defaults in number, of disbursing officers. Of these kinds, not over 40 under General Jack son's Administration, and 100,000 dollars in amount. Aggregate losses. By banks, 6,112,000 dollars. Collectors of duties, including Attor neys, Marshals, etc. 1,028,000 dollars. Re ceivers of Public Lands, 4C3,000 dollars. Merchants Bonds for duties, 6,700,000 dol lars. Disbursing Officers, including Paymas ters, Pursers, etc. 4,250,000 dollars. Actual loss from all of the above sources, 13,493,000 dollars. Notes. The bank nominal losses were much greater than the above sums under Monroe's and J. Q. Adams's administrations by deposite banks that failed, and by others that failed, whose bills the officers of Govern ment had on hand depreciated. But all have been since paid, except the above balances. All the losses by banks under Mr. Madi son's administration, were by taking deprecia ted paper, and they are estimated low from that cause, at 5,000,000 dollars. Most, if not all these bank failures happen ed while the United States Bauk was in ope ration. The above does not include losses by the United States Bank itself, by not pay ing full dividends several years, and by seiz ing ou others for damages. Out of one hun dred and fourteen collectors, only eighty are indebted to any considerable amount, aud the other thirty have paid, or secured, or the sums are very small. But as a balance stood un settled, it must be reported by the public offi cers. - Of sixty to seventy receivers, against whom balances exist, near half of the officers have been established in the" last ten years, and" twenty to thirty of these defaults are small debts, or secured, or paid. Of the two hun dred thousand dollars, estimated as a loss from 1S29 to 1837, it is, after deducting all but one or two cases of any magnitude. The rest will probably be in the end collected, and not leave over that sum, if so, ' much lost. More money actually has been collected in one of the years under Gen. Jackson, from sales of lands, than in any eight or ten years of any of his predecessors. Hence the ratio or propor- FROM THE SAVANNAH GEORGIAN. VIRGINIA ELECTION MR. RIVES. The "Old Dominion" has fought nobly. She has been "true as the needle to the pole." Her bold and unflinching adherence to the principles of '76, at this peculiar crisis, has given new life and vigour to hopes of repub licans. Let her then be honored let the first seat at the national banquet be reserved for time-honored and constant Virginia. Al ready we can see "that we have obtained a greater victory than we had reason to expect, with such a formidable phalanx against and even with treachery in our own camp. Who would have thought that William C. Rives, the favored scion of democracy the ardent sup porter of And red Jackson the eloquent de nouncer of the U. S. Bank that he, of all men, would have played us false. But it is even so and bitterly will he repent the false step he has taken. Mr. Rives, on one occasion, showed his respect for the principle of instruction, by re signing his seat in the Senate of the United States. He has seen the opinion of the peo ple of his State, as expressed in the late elec tion; and, unless Conservatism or IVhigge ry! has worked a change in him, he must now, as a matter of course, feel that he is in structed not to offer himself as a candidate for re-election to the U. S. Senate. Mr. Rives is peculiarly situated we might say, he is in a predicament, such as no man was ever before placed in. The "Spartan band of Conservatives" have dwindled away to nothing. The Whigs arc shorn of their strength; while his old compatriots tho De mocrats, have determined to cast him off. The tempter is at work. Benjamin Watkins Leigh, the Father of tho AVhips of Virginia, says "I have seen much in Mr. Rives's recent conduct to respect and approve- I am most desirous to see every man sustained against that despotism of party wielded by the patron age of the executive, which allows no inde pendence of thought or action, and which af ter having destroyed so many public men, is now levelled against Mr. Rives in his turn, with its usual ruthlessness of vengeance." This must be most flattering to Mr. Hives. It is iudeed very consoling. Further he, (Mr. Leigh) says "Such conduct ought to redeem him from the blame of many former errors and faults. I am even disposed to admit it as a paitial atone ment for his concurrence in the Expunging Resolution." Here is the very quinteseence of charity. AY hat? To forgive him the odious expung ing vote? Oh, you are a lucky man, Mr. Rives here you have full absolution for all your manifold offences while you were a sin ning Democrat and you have it too from the very High Priest of Whiggery -Benjamin Watkins Leigh. So far this is vcrvijood: but now for the quid pro quo. We thought, after all this solt talk, something was coming. Hear Mr. Leigh again: "But so long as Mr. Rives holds himself wholly uncommitted on the subject of the Presidential election, I cannot, in honor and conscience, commit myself to the support of Mr. Rives." The devil! See the "cloven foot." Ha, Mr. Leigh, is. that what you want? He even says more. He would rank Mr. Rives the once spotless Virginian by the side of the thrice-sold Tallmadge. See: "In fine, I must insist, that Mr. Rives, and very honest man thinking as he thinks of the measures of this Administration, ought to stand forth with Mr. Tallmadge, and proclaim 'uncompromising hostility to the election of Martin Van Buren.'" Will Mr. Rives bebrought up to the rack "fodder, or no fodder?" Is he, then reduced to such an emergency? We shall see. But, the Whigs are disposed to patronize (can we write the word?, Mr. Rives! They know his abilities, and they need them. Consistency to them, is but a name and he is as welcome to them as if he never belonged to the republiccn party. The Richmond Whig of the 30th, comes also to the point. It plainly tells Mr. Rives, what its party expects of him. Hear it: "We hold it (says the Whig) to he very improbable that Mr. Rives should not have made up a definite opinion as to his future course. We have never doubted for a mo mentwe do not now doubt what that course must and will be. But there are those who feel or feign doubt, and whose cavilling is colorably sustained by his omis sion to vote at the Albemarle election A statesman of Mr. Rives's abilities and saga city cannot expect to organize a third party in the present circumstances of the country. The position of neutrality must be abandon ed at' necessity, as indefensible. The Whig is right. "The position of neutrality must be abandoned." Mr. Rives has played that game long enough; and, as the Whig says, the "slaughter of the Con servatives" has settled the question. The Richmond Enquirer of the 31st, in commenting on the above, uses these forci ble words: - . ; "Mr. ' Rlve&Imust then come out, or the Whigs will abandon him. But here is the difficulty of fthe position. he assumed. If he comes out against Mr. V B. and goes for a Whigy from that moment will the calm and discreet Conservatives, J who will never go for Ciay, quit Mr. Rivea,.'-Such is "the po sition he has . now assuined. It is. full of thorns, embarrassments and perils." Truly it is sorrowful to contemplate the height from which Mr. Rive3 has fallen and fallen low too, that he never can be able to ascend so high again. "Consistency, thou art indeed a jewel!" A Royal Proclamation. To all our liege subjects throughout the regions ol the ltth Congressional District Creeling: . Be if known to all our liege subjects, that on Saturday next, the first day of June we in tend to hold our Royal Caucus in our beloved City of Ashboro', for the especial purpose of appointing a member to the next Congress of the United States. We have long ago satisfi ed our Royal mind by deep cog'uatio.ns, that the people are not fit to think for themselves, and that they should have. nothing further to do with elections than to go to the polls and execute our decrees. When, therefore, we shall have appointed one of our beloved cou sins to the next Congress, we do hereby command all our liege subjects every where io the ICth Congressional District, to go to the polls, and give due obedience t5 oili" Roy al choice. Given at our Royal Palace iii Ashboro,' on the 28th day of May, 1839. KING CAUCUS. Witness, 7 Sam. Blue-Light, Private Sec. Western Carolinian. DOMESTIC. THE VALLEY OF THE OHIO. We publish this morning some interesting remarks upon the country drained by the Ohio aud its tributaries, from the Baltimore American. The editor computes it about one hundred and forty thousand square miles, the area of Great Britain and Ireland, and is but little less than that of France. The pre sent population of Great Britain and Ireland is twenty-four million that of France say thirty-two million. In the valley of the Ohio there is less unproductive land than in either of the others, and with the proper cultivation it is capable of supporting in comfort and plenty, more than twenty millions of a popu lation. Rival citie3 are contending for the com merce of this great valley a commerce alrea dy immensely valuable, although only in its infancy. There is, however, no need of jeal ousy in the matter; there will soon be abun dance for all, and there need be no hesitation about opening every practicable avenue be tween the Atlantic cities and the noble river that flows for a thousand miles through this great valley. But the valley of the Ohio forms but a com parative small part of the great central basin which would not be half populated were all the crowded millions of Great Britain and France added to its present inhabitants. All that is required of art is to reach Pittsburgh Nature has done the rest. Come here and read our steamboat bills "For Peoria" "For Gale na" "For Red River" "For New Orleans" "For the Missouri River" aud remember wheu you are here that you are scarcely be yond the Atlantic scope just on. the verge of that ultramontane world that makes a man dizzy to think about. Yet here you are met by magnificent vessels ready to bear you not across the ocean, nor along the coast but to the deepest interior of-a great continent, or almost across it if you choose. There need not, then, there ought not to be, any hesitation or delay on the part of the states, in which the mountain barrier exist between the Atlautic coast and this central valley, in opening every possible avenue of internal communication aud commerce. They need only do the work; the vast resources of the West will soon pay for it. Pittsburgh Advocate. Mastodon Bones. The bones now exhi bited at Concert Hall are undoubtedly well worth the attention of the public. They, were found in Crawford county, Ohio, in August last, about rive to seven feet from the surface of the ground. The animal of which these bones are the only remains, is usually called the Mammoth, but the name Mastodon was given it, we be lieve by Guvier, the distinguished French Na turalist, because of the teeth, which have their surface covered with conical teat or pap crests. The etymology, mastos, a Greek word, mean ing pap, and odon tooth. It is an extinct species of the elephant, much larger than the Indian cr African elephants. The following are the dimensions of some of the bones; Horizontal length of skull and upper jaw, 39 inches, Length, following curvature skull, 42 Lower jaw, 31 1-2 Length of thigh bone, 37 Circumference, 30 Pittsburg Gazette. THE COINAGE AT THE MINT DURING MONTH OF MAY. 1839. In Eagles $147,780 In Half Eagles 321,560 In Quarter Eagles 37,592 Total, $509,932 Michigan for Flour. This article, in the greatest perfection, having a celebrity already in our city by its snow-white bread, is goiutr to be the great staple of the Lake Peniusula This year, after reserving all she wants, she sends to us aud others 200,000, bbls., equal to two millions of dollars. ; She may, after this, indulge a trifle in "wild cats." " Another new steamboat, of beautiful model, has been launched at Charleston, to be put on the favorite route between that city and Wil mington, N. C. COMMUNICATIONS. FOE. THE NORTH CAROLINIAN. : II A L E versus C U I-1 E P E JR. '. Mr. Holmes'. The editor of theObservery writhing under the pain inflicted on him. by the publication of Justice, has lashed himself into perfect fury, and not only denounces the writer of Justice as a "slanderer" and a "Tory,1 but stigmatises the grey hairs of the Rev. John Culpeper, and brands him, as hay ing given utterance to a 'Foul Falsehood." He also asks "his readers to mark well the vile efforts making by the Tories to elect their candidate," aud almost in the next breath, con tradicts himself by saying, "no, they have no hope of that, but want to break down the Ob server, a free press;1 ' True, it i3, and that with a "vengeance too," its freedom (humbug gery) is remarkable, but not commendable, as . every man knows who exercises ordinary care in examining the various', electioneering ar ticles weekly.promulgated under its editorial head. That it was not my desire to "break down the Observer," ought to be apparent to Mr. Hale, as I understand he has my name, arid knows that I have been a subset iber to his paper for some years. The only motive I had in .communicating what I did, was simply an act of justice, which I considered due to "Fair PUy" and a desire to let the truth be known, cut whom it may, regardless of consequences. I could not, unmoved, witness the "vile efforts" making by the" Observer to crush William A. Morris. The Republicans of this . district have an abiding confidence in his integrity; he has never deceived them, and the shafts of the Observer will fall harmless at his feet. William A. Morris, the candidate of Tories, and consequently a Tory. Shame on the tongue that could so far forget itself as to ut ter such an expression. It avails not that his father fought long and gallantly in the revolu tion, in defence of American freedom. It avails not, that his friends who have known him longest and best, declare him to be a staunch Republican, and he responds to the call; yet this "Observer," this free press, de nounces him with the degrading epithet of TORY. Let the result of this controversy terminate as it may, I cannot be a "slanderer," for I have only testified to the truth only wrilt3n what the Parson has freely and publicly de clared. My great sin consists in the declara tion of a belief in what was stated by the Rev. John Culpeper. I think I know him well, and believe that the utterance of a falsehood is inconsistent with the character he bears, aud that he at least will not be guilty of "Foul Falsehoods" to promote the election 'of either of the rival candidates. I also believe with a distinguished Whig of this county, "that whatever opinion prominent men of different political parties may entertain in regard to the talents of the Rev. John Culpeper, yet those who know him best must agree that he is re markable for the strength of his memory and his love of truth." 1 will now say that, which I trust will put an end to this controversy so far as I am con cerned, that the language which I have attri buted to Mr. Culpeper, can be proved, word for word, as I have used it, by Messrs. West, W. Willkings, and John Stacy, of Wadesbo rough, very respectable genllemeu, and friends of Mr. Deberry; and I am iuformed !,that the identical language can be proved to have been used on another occasion by Mr. Culpeper, to another gentleman, and a resident of this county. If Mr. Hale did not support the election of the Rev. Mr. Culpeper for Con gress, it is easy to show it. He can make it manifest by the publication of his files,, which we trust for the sake of truth, were not burnt up iu the great fire in Fayetteville. If Mr. Culpeper can in answer to Mr. Hale's letter, make this sentence, "Mr. Hale does not give Morris as fair a chance in his election as he did me in mine, for he support ed my election through thick and thin, and stood by the ballot box," mean that Mr. Hale did not support his election, then I am bound in all frankness to take his denial; but how this can be done, is to me a mystery. Now what must we think of the editor of the Observer, even admitting that he proves himself clear of supporting Mr. Culpeper, whom he now dubs a Federalist, of the "ri'e eff'ortn that induced him to make him believe that he was his fast friend, that he "supported his election," that he "stood by the ballot box,'' that he assured Mr. Culpeper that he would get more votes at a certain muster ground, than Mr. Culpeper in his most-sanguine feelings expected, and now forsooth when he has no further use for him, when he has fought his last battle in the ranks of "Federalism," when his grey hairs are fast descending to the grave, denounces him as having been guilty of a "FOVl. FALSEHOOD." "Oh judgment! thou art fled to brutish hearts, And men h-ive lost their reason." JUSTICE. FOR THE WORTH CAROLINIAN. Mr. Editor: Many persons in the refor mation of their errors, can attribute the same to some circumstance alone, and that frequent ly too, of a very trifling nature. When at the age of sixteen, I was a boy of a forward and presuming disposition. I entertained- an idea that no one had a better " ' I 1 K S knowledge ot thincs than mvaelf: that I .... " certainly one of those who . Hneto" that Bo L I one's opinion with regard to a matter was worth I more than mine, and what added to my smart. ' ness was, that-1 was particularly anxious to"' impart my extraordinary talents to those " y wanted them & '4 wanted them; and whether th of hot, my sentiments of philanthropy with niy f liberality towards them, was such that I too( up an idea that they could not do too l ivithom ' Ihem. I was present at the meeting of a schqt,! committee who were discussing the merits 0f! a teacher to take charge of a country schoni. J they were about coming to a conclusion Ml i niiKii uy uie uy us u veiy judicious one) to ' f give him employment. My advice had , had not been asked, nor had I yet given it 1 True I was not personally interested in the matter, but I now saw that the welfare of the ' neighborhood was at stake, and that my adciu ' . actually- was indispensable, - Accordingly 1 1. rose: "Gentlemen," said I, "the teacher you are abjttit to employ i3 ' entirely destitute of.. 5 qualifica " Just at this moment some one be- hind me touched my elbow, and on turning io look, I saw an .old friend of my father's, who ' in a low voice said to me, "my young man you had better stand back a little." : it These words threw me all "aback." Pru dence by the help of this irresistible advice for - once in my life, predominated; and no sooner s " were the words spoken, than accordingly down I sat. In ajfter life; on attempting to do a sim- f , ilar act, I would invariably be deterred by a V' recollection of this circumstance, and often ' have I . seen persons to whom this advice, J. -J which was of so much service to me would also be applicable, and who, if they would on-1 I ly . reflect a moment, could not do otherwise ' -than stand back a' little. . . Whenever I see a farmer for instance, who - endeavors to make a large aud ostentatious . ' shoic in the world, who wishes to be consider ed wiser than his neighbors, to be looked up to by them for advice,, who visits all kinds of " public gatherings, when at the same time his t : farm is left neglected his family unprovided for his children uneducafed his stock starv ing for want of attention; I say when I see a farmer of this kind, I can't for my life help , thinking, that he would do better if he would ' -stand back a little. Whenever I see a merchant who is partic- ' ularly anxious to have his customer believe that - he is more honest than his neighbor; that he sells his goods lower to him than he would to any one else; who will, notwithstanding he has been very particular in telling his neighbor of his uncompromising adherance to established prices, on the first opportunity presenting f--itself, deviate from the same; and then to ren- dei the thing more aggravated, "make up lost t., time" by charging too high for another article; r and when I see a merchant of this kind, I can't help wishing that some one would step up to f -him, and tell him to stand back a little. Whenever I see a mechanic, or man of any 5 occupation, speaking disrespectfully of his pro- ,: fessional brethren; or even if he knows a real t fault of his, busying himself to let it be known, I should say that he entertained no other feel ing than self-love:' that he did it to gratify his f own personal interest by defrauding his neigh- . bor of his custom; that he would not do justice f to customers, even after having obtained them f thus dishonestly; that he would incur less of the disrespect of his neighbor and be more free from remorse of conscience if he would stand back a little. mi. . . I5ut, on, wnencver i see mat promising young man in the capacity of a clerk, one who is blessed with faculties tor action and busi ness, nay, even for eminence; but who instead of persevering and aspiring to the elevated station designed for him, is seen to deterioate from that in which even his parents have placed him, for whose injunction, and the dic tates ofhis own reason, he pays a total disre gard; who frequents gamiug aud drinking houses, whose countenance daily indicates the drinking of ardent spirits, for which, he is ex pending his daily salary I say, whenever I see a young man of this kind, I am led to think that he is pursuing this course without any thing like reflection, or he would see that his employer was displeased with his habits, that they were disagreeable to respectable so ciety, that he did not contemplate the miser able wretches daily presenting themselves-to his v iew, in the shape of human beings forever ruined by the drinking of ardent spirits, and that the same degradation was staring him full in the face, or the policy it would present itself so irresistibly to his mind, that he could not do otherwise than stand back a Utile. Whenever I see a fellow loitering about reading rooms, who never subscribes for a newspaper, who troubles his neighbor for the loan of one, who not unfrequently takes one without permission, which you will never get, unless you go after it, and then it is doubtful. When 1 see a fellow of this kind, I should say that he could find business which he might better attend to, than reading other persons, papers; that the editors were very well rid of him; for if he were to subscribe, he would ia all probability run away and never pay, a nd that upon the whole, I should say the rascal ought to be made to stand back a little. If I ever should see a young lady (the pre ceding characters I have seen, the following I would not by any means have you think I ever did,) but I say if ever I should see a young lady who did not pay tho most profound re spect to her parents; who instead of spending her time in attending to household concerns should be found decorating her person" in tho most gaudy tapestry; ho could not be con tented uuless she were constantly making an alarming gingle on the piano; engrossed her reading hours in heroic souls, paid an utter disregard to every modest and unassuming youth; was pleased with the company of cox combs who improved themselves in nothing but impudence and nonsense I say if ever I should see a young lady of this kind, I should almost be tempted to "think to myself " at least that she would appear more in the station for which she was assigned, if she would stand back a little. Such, Mr. Editor, are my sentiments un- 5 adorned, and should any one presume to at- tack them; you will do me a favor if you will tell him that I have authorised you to tell him to stand back a little. Yours, &c- D. C. W. . i i 1 I 'ii I v tt e a I ti n VP m V-is' m -VitV
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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June 15, 1839, edition 1
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