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"CHARACTER IMPORTANT STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS; AND THE GLORY H. Li. IIOLiMES, Eilifor ami Proprictoj IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS." TERMS. 50 per annum, if paid in advance; $3 if paid at the end of six months ; or S3 50 at the expiration of the year. Advertisements inserted at the rate of sixty cents per square, for the first, and thirty cents for each subsequent insertion. dP"Letters on business connected -w ith this estab lishment, must be addressed H. L. Holmes, Edi tor of the North-Carolinian; and in all cases post paid. , FAYETTEVILLE, SATURDAY JULY 27, 1839. WW H fc Hhds. Prime Porto Rico Sugar, JLmr 5 Hhds. N. O. do. 50 Casks fresh Tbornastown Lime, t 30 Hhds. JVIoIasscs, 5 Barrels N. O. do. 20 Boxes Bar Soap, J 100 Sacks Blown Salt, 20 Boxes Fayctteville Mould Candles, 10 Boxes Smoked Herrings, For Sale by GEO. McNEILL. June 55; IGtf. mhft VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. THE plantation on the Cape Fear River, re cently owned and cultivated !y John 21: Dub bin, Dac'd. better known as t!i! 'N jrthin ifon Fei rv plantation, r.mnraeinj' in r.ii ;h).m:i. sstjj acres much of it in a- liisrh state of cultivation, and w ll fenced, the balance well timhrrod with Oak, Hicko ry and Pine. It has on it two comfortable dwel ling Houses and other convenient out buildings. - c line water, streams on wmch are now standing a mill and Grin House. The Ferry is also included and being on the best roa 1 to Chapi 1 Hill and Hillsborough, with but little attention niiht be profitable property. Distance from Favtlteville about 3"2 miles. Capital sites for Cotton Factories. The plantation is susceptible of a division into two or three parts,' which would be made to suit pur chasers. If the a!xve property cannot 1 sold at private sale before the ensuing Fall it will then on further notice be disposed of at public sale. Per sons residing in the low country an.l oilers desi rous of purchasing a healthy situation and valua ble plantation would do well to examine it. For further particulars apply JAML-'SC. DOBBIX, Exr. July 6, 1333. 19 tf. LIST OP LETTERS, 1TB EMAINING in the POST OVVirv rv... MM, ctteville, North Carolina, on the 1st of Jiilv 'I 5 3 Jm GENERAL SELECTIONS. Payetteville Female Sal SB iSd C C4atai3i am 9 MR. B ILEY" respn-tfuily irivos notice that, in order to meet the increasing pr.tronac of this School, and advance its interests,"!- bs associated with hi self in copartnership, Mr.GtrsTAVOs Kpkk cer, wJiey with his lady, w'tU courmite (heir labors at the opening of the next Academic year, Oct. 15. Mr. S. is an experienced Teacher, and has had charge, for the past year, of the Female Saaiiaary at Char lotte, in this State. Mrs. Spencer will take the special charge of the Elementary Department, in a roop.i entirely ppcarate Iro n the general School Room. Seven rooms in the commodious building hitherto occupied, M ill be devoted to the use of the School, and the classes divided according to their arjes, and separated as much as possible from each other. The conmodious arrangements far Boarding will be continued as last year7 and Mr. Beach will be prepared to take M or 12 young Ladies in the Sen i nary Buildings, where they will have the beneit of constant intercourse with all the Teachers. Messrs. Bailey and Spencer will seek to furnish able instruction in every department, and considera ble cxpence has been incurred to increase the ad vantages of the Pupils in this School. The Academic year will commence on the 15th of October and close on the lth of July following. The year is divided into two Sessions of twenty weeks each. Parents and cuardians are reminded that it is very important to Pupils that they should enter early, and begin with their respective Classes. Every week they delay, they lose in effoct tico weeks. TERM S 1 li Atlvauce: Henry Avery, Jr. . William Autery, Sarah C. Allen, Jno. Averitt, Jno. Atkins, Sarah Atkins, Jno. Anderson. B Jas. Butler, Sainl. Butts, Archibald Black, John Baker, Sen. Alexander Bute, Mary Brim, Thomas Batley, E. H. Benncrs, Jamas Blue, Ransom Bi-ift. Mary Brown, J-mncan Uaifard, C Alexander Camnbell Zeach. Cafllcld. JohnCuIbreath, Elizabeth Campbell, Arcbabald Cameron. Daniel Core. S. B. Council. James Col vi lie, -Alexander Clark. I . D Duncan DarracV, "William Daniels, Zebulen Duncan, Timothy Davis, James A. Dunn, Jane Dcbcrrv. E ' James L. Edwards, Marj' Edwards, F John K. Fort, James Foster, John Godwin, Jolm Geddie, James Geddie, William D. G rccn. John Gilchrist. H Frances J. Hales. John Hair, John llenrv. James Harris, i?amuel liussey, John B.Hines Eliza II. L. Hicks. J Levi Jones, Samuel Johnson, Malcom Jones. Jonathan Jessup, K John R. Kennedy, Barbara A. Kin L " Benjamin Lewis, G-w- Lumsden, Mary Lamont, Hardy Laton, Josiah Lewis, Mary Lancaster, Patrick Leonard. M D. G. Morrison, Jemima Manes, Charles Miller, -Robert Melton, Willis Morgan, Ezekiel Merrictt. Daniel McCormack, Alexander McArthur, Joseph McDuffie, Lovdy J. McNeill, Murdock McLoud, Alexander McLeod, Roderick McCrimmin, Win. G. McNeill, James McKeathan, Sarah McPhail, Neil McArthur, . Roberts. McKay. N James Nelson, Henry Nunnery . P Claikey Price, J. W. Prosser, S. E. Philips, Malcom Purctll, Benjamin Pile. R Mary Rev ells, Absalom Riley, Thomas Robinson, -Ransom Rcncher, P. P. Rolinirer. M Thomas Strothcr, Brisrht Surles, John Starling, Ann D. S ingleterry, Bi iant Sellers, Alexander Steel, Simon Smith, Thomas Smith, William Scott. T Needhani Tatum, Newsom Terry, W Elizabeth Weeden, Briant Wright, Lucy Williams, Anson Wade, Neil Wilkinson, Samuel West, Dr. Wm. H. Williams, ?las3, 83 per Session, 16 10 10 25 25 3 1 do do do do do do -do 20-tf Elementary Departmcut or 2d ' First Class, French Language. Drawing and Paintin, Music on Piano Forte Music on Guitar, Use of Piano, Incidentals and Stationary, July 13, 1839. Five Dollars Reward- A BSCONDED from the service of the subscriber, -T. on Ssunday the 16th instant, an indented ap prentice, named WILLIAM JAY POWELL. The said apprentice is abright mullatto boy, about 18 years of age; he has a singular black spot in the centre of his Tore head. A reward of FIVE DOL LARS will be given for his ap prehension and return to me. All persons are herehv rmi- tioned against harborine or employing the said ap prentice, as the utmost rigor of the law will be en forced. JAMES HOUSTON. Duplin County, June lDth, 1S30. 21-3f "tr' portation, and warranted. 1'IAXO FORTES. An Agency is apjoiiitcd in Fayctteville for the sale of the most approved New York Piano Fortes. They will be sold at the lowest New York prices, with expense of trans- Fn I f" . . : . . i KTT The b-TSS ski are invited to call, or on cSl'I nlZlT lS - The P . ' 0PARLOIi ORGAN ' S? been Sune's iS ffere f- -lcfcostna'y Thursday of our nelt cS Court onthe Lf September next, two likely NEGRo qirs the other 2I of ' , ajS'J Fyettcv ille, July 20th, 1S33. ' Georjje X. Kin". . John Wilfon. Nancy Kennedy, William Willis. JOHN McllAE, Post Master. 21-3t REMOVED. R. Tliomas .J. MRS. HEMANS. The powers of her memor.y were so exUa- sometimes to be made the subject of a wager, by those who were seep- u T pussiouny ot her achieving, what she would in the most undoubtirig sim- p.ny, unaenane to perform. On one of these occasions, Jo satisfy the incredulity of r . u.urs, sne learned by heart, hav ing never read it before, the whole of Heber's poem of Europe in one hour and twenty min utes, and repeated it without a single mistake or a moment's hesitation. The length f th; poem is four hundred and twenty-four lines. She had also great talents for drawing and music, and was a proficient in nearly all the modern languages; and she added to all this indomitable energy in the acquishon of information. Her eagerness for knowledge of every kind was intense; and her industry mnv h.A ntfocc,i by volumes, still exist ino- nf vtrr transcriptions, almost sufficient to form a library in themselves. The mode of hor 1 ' suiaics wasto outward appearance, singularly uvou'j) wouiu oe surroundrt !.. i t i-n .... j uuc-Kb oi uu sizes, m divers languages, and on everj variety of topic, and would seem to nc turning item one to another, liko n flying from flower to flower; yet, whatever confusion might reign without, all was rlar and well defiued within. In her mind and memory, the varied stores Mere distinctly ar ranged, ready to be called forth for the happy illustration, the poetic imagery, or the witty comparison. It w is luteresting to observe the mannw in which any new idea, accidentally sutovwimI in the course of her reading, would tnlTo hnhl of .her imagination, awaken inu. as with an electric touch, a whole train' of assorintim and developments. Most truly, in her case, was exemplified Mr. Wordsworth's observa tion respec ting poetic sensibility, in which he says that "the more exquisite it' is, the wider will be the range of a poet's nercentions. nnd .1 L 7 ine more will he be incited to observo objects, both as they exist in themselves and as re acted upon by his own mind." Ihe practice of keeping a faithful record of transient images and suggestions need not be commended, since every body knows how quickly these slight visions of fancy flit away, them, if they be not seized and shaped into words at the instant. A lew specimens of these interesting notes are highly emblematic of the tone of Mrs. Hemans's mind, and the general character of her poetry: "A traveller, sleeping on the banks of the Oronoco, has heard the mysterious sounds of the Ijaxas de JMusica. He wakens his In- one of the public schools. five hundred, arranged in rows upon both sides ot the way, received him widi great enthusi- -' uw lemaies by the waving of handker chiefs and the males by loud and continued viieers. After arriving at Harlem, the President eomis irienas trom this city at Now an s hotel. He was addressed bv th ohnlr. man .of the Democratic Youni? Men's ".iee, ana ny one ot the deputation of citi zens, to which he very feelingly replied. A committee from die inhabitants of Westchester cu upon nim at the moment of his arrival He will remain, it is nnfWstswi ?e.of Conel Hunter, of Hunter's Island, fill h njoi. ...I 1 - .... 7 .... ..uaj,, imu nis journey will be resum ed Juvemnsr Pnnf. " " FROM THE BCRLISGTOIf SENTINEL, flily 5. FROM THE FRONTIER. We regret to learn that nnnthpr disr:,,.,. fill srpnr. Iioa 1. t . a -... uo UCCII cuaciea on tne irontier, by a party of refugees from Canada. As tne ariair will most nrobablv be man-nmP,i by the-Montreal papers into "another YanVe. invasion;" AVe give the followino- extract nf a teuer we have received from Holland, Vt. the town on this side adjoining Barnston, L. C. tlie place upon which the attack was made: c'The party, which consisted of from ten to twenty men, all armed, arrived within half a mile of the line without being discovered, on Sunday nio-ht. 2d nit. Wpi-p th - - "-J -- niatned concealed in the woods till Monday Jordan has re- dian guide, who congratulates him on having heard them, and tells him they are the voices man's store. mar 9 2tf moved to Liberty Point, on the north side of of his departed friends from the regions nfthe Person street, a lew doors above Air. John M.Stcd- Head, oivino- him nssnranrp. fhnt fhn .r. Imn. , 0 0 . - -.r py, and that ihey watch over him; that he need not now fear the paw of the tiger nor the bite 9 I ot the serpant, tor he is thus protected, but lar J. & J. KYLE Tflff just received by the last arrivals from the I happier are they who so guard him. Jtj. rtonn, a large ana general assortment ot scene Gf surpassing beauty in Switzcr ID IB IT caCDID .Imong- which are D(Th PIECES CALICO, well as H. sorted, 150 pieces superior Gingham, 245 piecis Pongee Handkerchiefs, Swiss Muslin, plain, plaid, and figured, Bishop Lawns, Prussian Shawls, Irish Linen, Lawns and Diapers, Cloths, Cassameres and Sattinets, Spool Cotton and Patent Thread, Tuck and Side Combs, Muslin-de-Lanes, 3-4 and 6-4, Bolting Cloths, (Anker,) With many other articles all of which, being bought at Auction, &c. will be offered at reduced prices. July 2,-1839. 2l-tf STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Duplin County. J Court of Pleas and duarter Sessions, July Term, 1839. James Carrol, l Original Attachment levied vs: on 7 head ofcattlc and land Hampton Sullivan. ) of the Detendant. T appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the Detendant hath removed bevnnH the, limits of this State, so that the ordinary process ot law cannot be served on him, it is therefore Ordered by the Court,' that publication be made for six weeks in X tie JMortt) (Jarolinian, notifying said De fendant ol the levy of said attachment, and requir ing him to appear, replevy and plead at the next term of this Court, or judgment, by default, will be awarded against hnn,and the property levied on will be condemned to the satisfaction of Plantifl's de mand. Witness, James Dickson, Clerk of said Court, at office, the third Monday in July A. D. 1839, and of American Independence, the 64th. JAMES DICKSON, Clerk. July 20, 1839. . 21 Gt STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Duplin County. - ) Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, July Term, J 839. Archclaus Branch, vs. i, ) Original A I oa7 head i (l. ortho Dei Attachment. Levied of catllo and Land Hampton Sullivan. J o"ho Defendant. T appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the Defendant hath removed from this State, so that a personal notice of said levy cannot be served on mm, it . is therefore ordered by the Court, that publication be made in the North Carolinian for 6 wks., notifying said Defendant ofsaid levy on his pro perty, and requiring hiin to appear t the next Term ofsaid Court, and shew cause against the .same, or an order will be made by said Court for the sale of the lands levied on as aforesaid, tor the satisfaction of Plaintiff's demand. - Vvitness,James Dickson, Clerk ofsaid Court, at office, the third Monday in July, A. D. 1S39, and of American Independence the 64J. - . JAMES DICKSON, Clerk. ' J"ly 20, 1839. 21 6t Bank Checks for sale at this office. land, with a cottage, inhabited by the wife of a chamois hunter. Soliloquy of a wanderer. who imagines that no human passions can ever have disturbed the repose of the sublime solitude. 1 he chamois hunter is brought in dead." "The maid before the wizard's class her mind, wearied with the excitement of its scene, turns in joy to J green fields and the skies." "On leaving a church "full of sculpture, and coming into the open air. The blessing of those feelings which withdraw us occasion ally from thoughts too high and awful." ntgtit, when alter dark thev emenred, and came to an opening on the prenases of Mr. Mosk r, cbout fifty rods this side of the line, and were discovered by his wife near his barn. One of the party followed the woman to the house and met ihp husl hands, and stated their object to be, to take the fire arms in the possession of Mr. Bur roughs, captain of militia of Barnstown. Mosier remonstrated against their proceed ing further, and told him that if his party committed any excesses in Canada, he him self would most prob-.tbiy be the victim of retaliation; that he should be ruined, his property destroyed and buildings burnt. This had no effect on the gang, which then proceeded to Burroughs', about three utiles from Mosier's, and commenced their iittuck, . by demanding a surrender,, of. the 1 arms. 11 was ai untinignt. ine uemanu "---i fj Mr.-B.-KC, in a II a ntf boy, all the force there was in the house at the time, except the women, and not a mus ket loaded, out of the twenty or thirty stand which the valiant band had come to capture. Finding they could not obtain the arms, without at least the chance of taking ball with them, the party fled, after setting fire to the hay in the barn, leaving two dirks, and one of their party, Switzer, a prisoner. Tin's fellow, a fit companion for such patri ots, had been a tenant in our State Prison. Switzer is the only one of the party who has claimed being an American citizen, if indeed he has not forfeited tins by his resi dence in Canada. I need not add there is a strong feeling of indignation pervading in this section among all classes, against the authors of this outrap-e." Discovery of a JS'eio Medicine. A medi cal practitioner at Anddver, who attends a rnendiy Society at Chute. Wilts, for a W salary, gave one of the members a box of puis lor some illness with which he was af- mcted. By some chance or other, when ..uoui to laueone, he thought it felt rather nard, and was attempted bv curmsirv to vide it in halves, when he discovered ta hi astonishment, that his pills were peas. To ob luny convinced ol the fact, they were, af ter navmg Deen weighed and deprived of the ijiajrIIfcSia vvim Which thev were envplr.,! ij " Picmieu in eartn, and are now actually S1U"'"S- ms statement was madphv 7 , - . J "i me stewards oi the society. r, t - ... Jie art ol ndinrr is an accomnlishment j . . ... i ueemeu. hardly less essential to a lady than that of dancing; and it is surely Quite as graceiui, and lar more healthful. Sir Walter cott s opinion upon this subject is well known. Lockhart says, that upon many ex ternal accomplishments, he set litfle vahif- but, like the ancient Persians, next to a love of truth, he held love of horsemanship for the prime point' in education. As soon as his daughters could sit in the saddle, they were made companions ol his mountain rides. A hard rider was Sir Walter; but he taught them to think nothing of tumbles, and habit uated them to hi3 own reckless delicht in perilous fords and flooded streams, so that they imbibed in great perfection his nassion for horses. He considered riding the most graceful and healthful exercise they could use. Boston Traveller. The Boundary. The followino- is an ex- ract from a London letter in the Quebec Gazette, dated 12th: "I think you may take it as certain, that special convention has either left this coun try, or will speedily be sent to America, for arranging the basis of a settlement of the spute3 with the Government of the United States, relative to the boundary question Her Majesty s advocate, Sir John Dod- son, has, lor some jime, been engaged in rawing up this convention, which, I am told, is in strict conformity with the instructions sent to the American Minister at our court. The other mentioned facts I am not at liber ty, at present, to communicate. But I think he knotty point is in a fair train of arrange FIRE IN EASTPORT. A fire occurred in Eastport, Maine, on the 6th inst. which commenced at 1 o'clock in the morning, and did not cease till it had destroy ed most of the business part of the town. Ihe loss is estimated at $240,000, of which the sum of 80,000 was insured. The Eastport Sentinel soys: "Nothing remains of what was yesterday the centre, and in lcici, nearly me circumierence oi the busi ness part of the town, but a heap of ruins, above which rise the blackened chimneys of the burnt buildings, and over which the smoke rests like a pal, as if to hide the hi deous mass beneath." Eastport is a port of entry in Wa shington county, Maine, on Moose Island, in Passa maquoddy Bay, 280 miles northeast of Port land,' and 176 from Augusta. It is connect ed with the main land by an elegant bridge; the inhabitants are extensively engaged in the fisheries and the exportation of lumber. Raleigh Standard- New York, July 10. The President left this city yesterday about noon, on his way to the Northern part of the State. I Ie was escort ed as far as Harlem by the Mayor, some of the members of the Common Council, a part of the Democratic Young 'Men's Committee, and a large concourse of citizens. A friend, who was present during the whole time, repre sents lhat when the processiou started from the Washington hotel, the crowd in attendance .was immense. Ihe number was eradually augmented as they moved up Broadway by the carriages and horsemen, which fell into the line," so that before reaching Harlem the train extended more than a mile. People flocked from all sides, the farmers from their fields, and the mechanics from their shops to pay their respects to the '. President as he passed. At the corner of 24th street the scholars of CENTENARY OF METHODISM. The present year, being the first cente nary of Methodism, is celebrated as such by the followers of Wesley throughout the world. In England more than a million of dollars had been contributed as a thank-offering at the last accounts, and a much lar ger sum is anticipated during the year. In the United States, the Methodist Epis copal Church have resolved on a similar celebration, and in various parts of the coun try, the work has commenced. At the late New York Conference, it was resolved that subscriptions be opened in all the churches, and the first preparatory meeting for the city of New York, was held on Monday, in the Greene street and Forsyth street churches. The Rev. Bishop Waugh, presided, as sisted by twelve vice-presidents. Dr. Pal mer and John B. Hall were appointed sec retaries; and after very, able and spirit-stirring addresses by the Rev. Mr. Janes, Rev. Dr. Bond, of Baltimore, Rev. C. A. Davis, Rev. Dr. Bangs, and others, the centenary were solicited, and we learn that more than seven thousand dollars was received in sub scriptions and donation, in sums varying from a thousand dollars to ten cents. This amount is to be increased by similar meet ings in all the churches. The whole centenary is to be divided be tween the superannuated preachers and the widows and orphans of deceased preachers, the cause of education and Christian mis sions at home and abroad. JV. F. Coat. Jidvcrlixer. Trade of Wilmington, JV. C.One hun dred and fifty-one more vessels have entered the port of Wilmington this year than last. This shows a great advance of trade. The Richmond Wliig, in copying ihe above paragraph, remarks: "We have been surprised to hear that the tonnage of Wilmington exceeds that of Rich mond, although the town ha3 not one-fourth our population. It must be a place of great enterprise, if we judge from what has been done within the last few years. It was there tljat the scheme of the Wilmington and Ra leigh Railroad was projected,.and we believe the citizens of the town took the greater part of the stock, and pushed on the work unaid ed for some time, until at length the State stretched forth a helping hand. They have secured a daily line of mails and travel to and from Chaj-leston, and have given a new im pulse to trade. We feel admiration for such j a peopie, and take pleasure in expressing it." Trade of the United Kingdom. The offi cial returns which have just been made pub lic, relative to the trade of the United King dom in 1839, as per official valuation, was 61,268,S00i being an increase of 6,500,0001 over the imports of 18378. The increase of the exports of the produce and manufac tures of the United Kingdom has been from 72,54S,047Z to 92,450,2311 or very nearly 20,0o0,000i. According to the returns, the real or declared value of the produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom shipped off in the year ending on the 5th of January, 1S39, was 50,060,970, or about 8,0007000 more than the exports of 1838. The new vessels built last year in the United King dom amounted to 1,490, of the tonnage of 270,290 tons. . Meteoric Display.On last Tuesday even ing, about 9 o'clock, a splendid meteor passed over our town. Its direction was from the N. W. to S. E., and the light was so vivid as to render the smallest objects perceptible. It was visible but. a Few seconds, and its dis appearance was attended by a sound similar to that of distant thunder. . These luminous bodies, have attracted' the attention of the scientific world, for sometime past, but the manner in which they are produced in the upper regions of the air, has never been satis factorily explained. Indeed, they, constitute a gordian knot, at which many of the learned have tugged, but which none have been en abled to untie. Gainesville Democrat. '"None of your jaw," as the Philistinec to Sampson. oaid A public dinner was given to General Houston, yesterday, by the citizens of Nash ville, at Vauxhall. . Dr. John Shelby presid ed, assisted by Andrew Ewing, Esq. Vice President. The company were highly re spectable, both in point of character and numbers the toasts were spirited and well received the distinguished guest's speech was such as might have been expected from the hero of San Jacinto, brief but interesting and appropriate and the festivities of the occasion passed off in fine style. Nashville Banner. . Not far from two centuries ago, the Scottish Legislature enacted, that "a good and suffi cient school shall be erected and maintained in every parish." To these five little words, "a good and sufficient school," intioducdd in to an act of Parliament, not longer than a man's thumb, is Scotland indebted, at this day, for nearly every solid glory she possesses. The Secretary of War has forbidden the sale of ardent spirits to the Indians .on the frontier the sale of the same article to mem bers of Congress might be forbidden without serious evil. ' A . . " Flour was selling from the boats at Cin cinnati, Sth insf. at$4 25, dull. ' Wheat 75 cents per bushel. Wholesale wanness. it ia gtntPd ; v, tinners of medicine and surg f that chv and one hnnrfj .s . inai Cltvf papers mat mere are at this time L"r red,ai?d ty-nine legal praS and one hundred and Z'.t ' 77' takers. Delaware GazelteeT" A sale of upwards of a thousand morus tTnn m Vree,S """""k in Caroline LyrMoa ,ast t ome gentleman in xaiooi, at lortv-two c.cnta have recently been made in this town at thirty-five, Holders are keeping back for h;i er prices. ft The editor of the Easton Gazette, in aD- er to inquiries made of him u l'l' -.-. "speculators forty cents for trees delivered next fall. entrevtlle (Md.) Sentinel. J. G. Percival This mfted nn.t : mon with many others of the same class, is as eccentric in his manners and habits; as his verse is refined. His life is wholly devoid or poetry; yet among his works is found some of the richest specimens of poetic talent that ever emanated from the pens of the present day bards. We are not aware lhat he is accomplishing any thing at present worthy of his calling. We rather look upon him at this moment as a personification of ''Genius Sleeping." V. Y. S. Visiter. No circumstances can defeat lb. Am'm of mind: chains cannot fetter it, nor can any power short of prescience prescribe its limits. The inspired bard of our father-land had ru teacher on his loved banks of Avon, but na ture, and yet his works have become the precepts of all learned doctors. Who can see the career of gifted minds? Who can say to our young Republic, "thus far shalt thou go, and no farther.5" Thoughts on the Literary Prospects of America, by J. Jone. TJie Crops. The Baton Rourre Ga of the 29th June, says: "Notwithstanding the long -drought, the cotton crops look tol erably well. A ball or pod of cotton wa3 presented to us a day or two since, raised on the plantation of James Stokes, of full growth and unusual size. We had a lis-ht shmror of rain on Wednesday, but it was too late to be of material advantage to the crops of corn." . ' Swartwout has achieved an immortality. A late Alabama paper contains an advertise ment commencing: "S wart wouted from the subscriber on the 6 th instant, my neirro Jim, &c. Mexican Debt. We learn from goad au thority that the conversion of the Mexican debt, amounting to upwards of &50nnn nan effected about two years ago, by F. D. Lizar di & Co. of London, has be"en a length ratified by the Mexican Government, and forwarded to England by the lt F.nlisb packet from Vera Cruz. This, among other advantages, secures to the bondholders one sixth of the whole duties collected in the ports of Vera Cruz and Tampico in pay ment of the interest on the new bonds. JS'eio Orleans Louisianian. At Basil, one of the Swiss Cantono have a very singular custom of keeping their clocks always an hour too fast and so tenacious are they in maintaining this prejudice, that notwithstanding some of the innaDiiants have more than once attempted to set them right, the magistrates were com pelled to have the clocks set again as usual.' Jl Cornucopice. The Tnscombia Alabam- lan reports the most favorable crop prospects in that vicinity. The editor remarks: "Sev eral refreshing shower3 during the past week crops walking ahead corn in the tas sel cotton blossoms plenty wheat harvest over crops never more abundant oceans of blackberries." Society is something like a barrel of nork. The meat that is at the top. is something not so good as that a little lower down the upper and lower ends are' plaguy apt to have a little taint in 'em, but the middle is always good. eam Islick. It would be better if young ladies would encourage young men more . on account of their good characters, than their good clothes. A good reputation is a better ca pital than a fine coat, in almost any kind of business, except wooing a fashionable lady. A backwoodsman about to encounter a bear in the forest, and distrusting his own strength a fittle, made the following sensible prayer: ."On, Lord! here's going to be one of the greatest bear fights you ever did see! Oh Lord help me but if you can't me, for God's sake don't help the bear!" . It is hot poverty so much as pretence that harrasses a ruined man the struggle is be tween a proud mind and an empty purse the keepimj up a hollow show, that must soon come t& an "end. Have the courage to ap pear poor, and you1 disarm poverty ' of its sharpest sting. Washington Irving. . Ancient Simplicity. Paulding m his lite of Washington, gives the following little anecdote of the , mother of this great mam "She, was one present and occupied the seat of honor, at a ball given to Washington at Fredricksburg, while in the full measure of his well-earned glory, and when nine o'clock came, said to him with perfect simplicity, "Come George, it is time to go home."
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