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...' . . - T.. '5i 5f"- f V ' .?:$ ... ' - ' 1 ' "' ' V- - rn J.t "CHARACTER IS AS important to states as it is to individuals; and the glory of the state is the common property ok its citizens. HOLMES & BAYNE, Proprietors. FAYETTE VILLE, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1841. Volume 3. Xumber 117. T ERMS THE NORTH CAROLINIAN. Ter annum, if paid in advance, $2 50 Do if paid at the end ot'G monttis Oft Do if paid at the end of the year, 3 50 Hates of Advertising : Sixty cents per square, for the first, and thiry cents . for each subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction will be made to advertisers by the year. Court advertisements and Sheriff's sales, -will be charged 25 per cent, higher than the usual rates. Alt advertisements sent for publication should have the number of insertions intended, marked upon them, other vvi so they will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. paper discontinued until arrearages arc paid, except at the option of the Editor. No subscription received for less than twelve months. Cr'Letters on business connected with this estab lishment, must be addressed IToi.m ks &. Bayne, Editor3 of the North-Carolinian, and in all cases post-paid. IC Subscribers wi-sliiii to make remittances by mail, will remember lhat. they c-tn do so free of postage, as Postman-is ar; authorized by law to frank, letters enclosing remittances, if written bv themselves, or the contents known to them. Iriccs of .Job Work: HAND BILLS, printed on a medium, royal, r super royal frhect, tor 30 cop es, X' or SO -copies, And for every additional 100 copies, HORSE BILLS, on a shett from 12 to IS inches square, 3' copies, "Over 13 inches, and not exceeding 30, CARDS, larije size, single pack, And for every additional pa- k, fcrnatler sizes in proportion. BLANKS, when printed to order, for I quire, 2 Of) And for every additional rjnire, under 5, 1 01) Exceeding- 5 quire-;, 75 CIRCULARS, INVITATION TICKETS, and all kinds of BOOK & JOB PRINTING, executed cheap for CASH. 82 50 3 00 1 00 3 00 5 00 3 00 1 25 THE FOLLOWING B L A N K S! Kept constantly on hand AND FOR SALE CAROLINIAN A T T 1 1 K OXTXCXI : CHECKS, on Bank of the St ire, and Cape Fear Bank. PROSECU i'lON BONDS, Supr. Ct. MARRIAGE LICENCES VEND I EXPO., constables levy COMMISK NS t tak: dr- ositiens in rqu:- IV. and Supr. court A P'i'E V It A N( E i: )N DS Wit ITS, Sup -ilor ai.d Co. Ct. CA. SA. Su:r. CT. INDICTMENTS for AfFiay, and Assault and Battery, Co, am! Sup. Ct. CERTIFICATES, Clk. Co. Cr. JURY TICKETS ORDERS to ..verse, rs of Roads BASTARDY BONDS TAX RECEIPTS WITNESS T1CKE 1"S EJEC'l MEN f S PATROL NOTICES LETTERS of A DM IN 1ST RATI ON Bonds Deeds, common, She nil's Deeds, Constables Cn. Su. Bonds, Do Delivery do Appeal Bonds, Equity Subpa? nns, Superior Court Fi. Fa. County Court Sei. I'a, to re vive judgment. County Court SubpCLnns, Superior Court Warrcnts, Bonds for Col'rd. Apprentices. Nfcw Tailoring KstaHslmiciit, w in mm m .m-j 1 -I) D. K EEL YN, & Co. respectfully inform tha ) citizens of Faycttevdie, and the surrounding r untrv, th;it they have commenced the Tailoring ii.isiness, in the store lately occupied as a Jewelry hilwsp, bv Mr Geas'y, near Libetty Point, where they aie prepared to execute ali work in their line, in the o st and most fashionable manner, and upon rca jaiMiab'c term. Feb. 25, IS4I. 10o-3 mo IMPORTED Flatterer Will make the ensuing season in Kivetteville, under the management of the subscriber. Terms. 5 the season, to commence 1st of March, and end 10th of July ld-ll. Breeders who have patronised him two seasons wi 1 be allow ed a deduction twenty per cent., and ot ten per C if. for one season. A deduction of twenty per icc-ot. will also be ma do to classes of six mares. A la res failing to Flatterer in the spring, will be per muted to attend htm in the fall (if desired) gratis 61 in the following spring for half piice. PFD1G BEE. FLATTERER was got by Mli.f.t, (sire of imp. Leviathan &.c.) his dam Clare, by Marmion jr. d. ilarpalice byGohanna g. fr. d. Amazon by Driver . . g. d. Fractious bv Mercury Woodpecker i.vue Everlasting by Eclipse Hycens. by Snap Miss B.-lsea by Rmhis Cattlett's Childeis i lonoywood's Arabian Mr Bone's Byerly Turk ii me, the dam of the two trim Blues, &c. &c. Intended Pedigree and other particulars in hand- L iV.b. Murea from a distance will have good pnstu-age cialis and be well fed for thirty cents per day. Loiy'care will be taken to avoid, but no liability w til be assumed for, accidents. JOHN BLACK. Fayetteville. Fcb'y. 2,1841. 1 32-tf. ENTERTAINMENT. TPT rP a is it' . II r . ltl. meUlfl or returning-thanks to my . fr'ends and the public for former succe-s in bu siness ; also to say, my house is stdl open for the re ception of Travellers, and is the Stage Office, where seats are secured and accommodations ready for i uaur.ia, nun connnuea exertions to sive satis faction. E. SMITH. Fayetteville, March 13, 1341. lOtf. My House is on the corner of GiHspif. and Mum ford Streets, convenient to the Market, and near the State Bank. Blank Warrants, State and Civil, with and without judgments, just printed and for sale ct the Carolinian Ollice, where all kinds of Blanks arc kept for sale. "Will our friends give us a c ill ? J. & J. KYLE HAVE just received by the last arrivals from the North, a large and splendid assortment of STAPLE &l IA.VCY GOODS. Jlniong ichicli are Cloths, Cassimcres, Sattincts, Kentucky Janes, Flannels, Blankets, French and English Merinoes4 Challeys, and Mouslins d'Lains, (some of which are very fine) Irish Linens, Lawns, and Diapers, Calicoes, Swiss and othr Muslins, Silks and Sat ins, Black and Bine Black Bombaz'nes, Anker Bolting Cloths, &c, &c, with many other articles; All of which bcinir bought at the lowest package price is offered at REDUCED PRICES, by whore sale or retail. J04-tf FRICTION MATCHES. 1 1 GROSS, HOLMES' Improved Fric tiori Matches, ius;t received, and fur sale by the Gross or Dozen, a superior article, and warranted. Apply to JAMES MART EXE. A constant 3'ipply of the above kept on hand, and will be sold low, to sell again. Fayetteville, September 5, 1840 80-tf MOUNTAIN BUTTER. Firkins (assorted.) Some very superior, at urices from 5 to Q cents per pound ! for sale by GEO. McNEILL. Nov. 24, 1840. LAMP Oil.. First quality WINTER prfssf d. For sale by GEO. McNEILL. December, lth. NOTICE. TPIE late firm of Nott & Starr being dissolved by the dcarh of Mr William Nott of said firm, Notice is hereby iven by the Subscriber, as Surviv ing Partner, to all persons having claims against said lirm, to present them for payment; and to all persons indebted to them, wliose notes and accounts are due, that immediate payment is required, as the business ot tile lirm must now be closed aceording-o Law. JOHN D.STARR, 102-lf, Surviving Partner. iiw.iiftiiiiii.ii NEW GOODS. 7 Mjf IJE Subscriber has received his Fall and Win--M- ter supply of Goods, embracing a general as s rtment of " - Shoes and Boots, Mats and Caps, Hard "Ware aim Cutlery, Crockery and Glass Ware, Wines anil Liquors, Groceries of all kinds, Patent Medicines Paints and Dye Stuffs, Hatters materials, &c. &.c. The Stock is very heavy, Merchants are invited Ii call and examine for themselves. South Carolina money trill be taken al par if paid iclien tht Goods arc bought G. B. ATKINS, Oct. 2G18?9. 35tf Foot Ilaij-Juoiint NEW GOODS. . W. McINTYRE has now received a good assoit ment of woods bought at the North, oufof the latest arrivals, avid since the recent decline in the price of LiUUUo. Superior Cloths ; Blue, Black. Green, and Invisible Green. Pantaloon Stuffs ; Summer Cloths ; Game beroon ; Erminnets; Linen Drillin ; Vest iugs ; Common, Plain and Printed ; Shilas ; Printed Lains ; Jaconets. Calicoes; Gighams; Ribbons; Fancy Handkerchiefs and Gloves, -Irish Liunens Manchester Shirtings ; and .Family Long Cloths; Linnen Diapers ; Palm Leaf Hats ; Hoods; Florence Braid and Straw Bonnets ; Umbrellas and Parrasols ; Wool and Furl Htrfe ; Boots and Shoes ; Crockery Ware and Glass Ware. Those who wish to purchase goods, are respect fully invited to call, where they .will find as many art:clee, as they can expect to find in a store. " April 24, 1841. . 113-3rno JAMES SUNUY, Trimmer and Harness' aialter. 1 EGS leave to inform the public, lhat he ia pre 3L9 pared to do all kinds of CARRIAGE TRIM MING and HARNESS MAKING, in short time; and on the most reasonable terras for those who may favor him with a call. lie has now on hand and fr sale at reduced prices; jblegant Brass and Silver mounted Carriage Harness, Gig and Sulkey ditto, ditto, Buggy ditto, ditto, Japan Gig and Carry-all ditto, Ivory-mounted Trotting Whips, Gig and Wagon Whips, Wagon Bridles and Collars, . Riding Whips and Spurs, Saddle Bags, Bridles and Martingales, Coach Lace and Morocco, Knobs and Tacks, Gig and Barouche Tops, and second hand carriages, Sec., Repaired on the most reasona ble terms, and at short notice. Orders thankfully received and promptly attended to. All work done by me repaired without charge, if it fail by lair usage in a reasonable length of time. Fayefteville, April 27, 1841. 1 14-tI NOTICE. FET1AKEN up and committed to Jfi the Jail ol Cumberland coun ty, on Sunday 25th inst., a neffro man, who says his name is BOB, and savs hebelonsrs to BRADLY PERRY, of Beaufort county, near Washington, N. C. Said negro is about 22 years of age, dark comDlected. speaks slow when n to, thick lips and flat noe, and is five feet Itbree inches high. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him away, or he will be dealt with, according to law. ; W. L. CALLIAS, Jador. Fayetteville, April 27th 1841. 114-tf Cor.espondence of the Noith Carolinian. Hudson City Hudson House Scenery--Xew Lebanon The Shakers Shakers' . Costume Dancing Reflections. w hich Mr Dear Holmes : my itch for the pen has been without means of gratification I take occasion to inflict upou you another letter. t rom Albany I passed down that n stream the North lliver a distance of th::iy miles, to Hudson, one of those thriving cities (as they are called here,) which have sprung up on its banks. A curve and expansion in the River immediately above it, gives to Hud son, as you approach it in descending, an appearance highly picturesque. It is siluatcd on a piece of table laud, to the eye perfectly level, and the town has a clean, white, spark ling appearance, as if it had just come up from washing itself in the river, and had spread itself out in the sun upon this plain to dry. I am sorry to say, however, that on entering the town, this comfortable idea of recent purification vanishes. This remark does not apply to the Hudson House, at which we put up and found every thing very comforable and neat, and, as a pleasant cir cumstance of peculiar rarity, paid a reason- m in STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Bladen Countij) . ) Superior Court of Law, Fall Teiin, 1840. Ann Simmons, vs. Wm. Simmons. Pet. for Divorce. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that Wm. Simmons, the defendant is not an inhabitant of this State, it is therefore ordered, that publication 1 be made in the Carolinian and Fayetteville Obser ver for three months, notifying said defendant to-ap-i . rxir r 17 TMrkTJTir fiRflT 1N pear at the Fail Te.m, 1841, ojthis court, to aastvgl SXAT E-O. NORI II CAKUliNA D ead or demur to said oetitton. or.h-MM.RlkKaa . Wiwe tuuc .-r 4rn.rd:ier und 3IcIetiian, CARRIAGE MAKERS. mm- 1 ji'Jfe--i.; i now on hand, and for Sale at very Rc ced Prior f, ( Carriages, 7 Barouches, 5 four-wheel Buggies, very light, 3 Buggy Gigs, do. 5 Sulkies, do. 6 Spring Wagons and 4 Chair Wagons. Also, a very large assortment of Avnrk which we are dailv finishing. Also a general assortment of Coach-3Iaker's materials kept constantly on hand and for sale. Persons wishing to by, wrcu!d do well to call and examine their work, as they feel Confident they can make their work as well, and sell it as low as it can be had from any legular "Northern Establish ment. All work made and sold by them is warranted 12 months, and will be repaired without charge, if they fad by bad workmanship or materials. Repairing neatly executed at short notice, nnd on reasonable terms. Orders thankfully received, and promntl.C attend ed to. Fayetteville, March 12, 1S41. 5G-tf. "BOARDING HOUSET Irs. AW I5ROWV OULD Respectfully inform the pib'ic, ar.d especially her friends in iho adjoin ir. coun ties of Sampson nnd Robeson, that s!;e k 1 il-o r,!pr fiv thn d;iv. week. SSl month or year, transient or pnmanoit. ltlaS2 To those who know her, s!.e hopes r ' xm she needs no recommendation, and to others she wdl otdy say, her exertions shall be to give satisfac: ion. Her residence is on Gillespie street, at the Mnni ford House. The stages an ive ar.d depart, imme diately opposite her d-or. Faycttevd'e, May S, IS 11. 113-tf Tiie Of-s-Tver will copy the above one week, and send the account to this office. FOR RENT. A TWO STORY Frame House, con taining four rooms, passage and Kitchen, situated on Hay Mount, and as a SUMMER RE SIDENCE, might be so improved, as not to be surpassed by any in the neighborhood. TERMS will be made known on application to Mrs WATTS, on the premises, or at the Seminary. A Ii Ii It I N JD or th tkt'O pro contcsso, and- heard exparte as to him Witness Alexander McDowell, Clerk of said court, at office, the 5th duv of February, 1841. ALEXANDER McDOWELL Cik. 113-3mo For Sale- -Being desirous of embarking in an other business, I now offer the establishment of the Wilmington Advertiseii for sale. I do not know of a more eligible situation for persons desirous of embarking in the printing business, than Wilmington, North Carolina. Terms accomodating. Application post paid. F. C. HILL. Wilmington, N. C. 96-tf. HOUSE AND LOT For Sale. EING ('esiious of rnovirig to another part of the town, more convenient to my ousmess, I wili sell tlr: IIOUcE & LOT whcie asK on I now reside situate on Hillsborough street above Green. There are three ,iyi!si3 rooms in the house ; Kitchen, Smoke- rJonse and rsiaoio on me l.oi tencing irood. The House is NE"Wand in god repjtir.--Als, an unimproved lot adjoining. I will sell the above property at a reasonable price, and give a liberal credit. ALSO 50 ACRES of good Piny Land, unimprov ed, within 7 miles of Town, on the Turnpike Road. For further particular?, inquire at this office. CHARLES R. JONES. Fayetteville, May 1, 1S4I. 1 14-!f SO Feb. POTATOES. BUSHELS POTATOES. GEO. McNEILL. 103-tf 12, 1841. LIME. W Feb. Casks Thomastown Lime, for sale, GEO. McNEILL. 12, 1S41. 103-tf O barrels Carnp' refined Svrnp. O barrels New Orleans TREACLE. For sale hy GEO. McNEILL. December, lStli. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ) Columbus County, S Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, JWay Term, 1S41. Richard L. Byrne, vs. Anthony Cnbb. Original Attachment. Eliiott Hinson and John Messcr, Sum- E FRANKLIN LIBRARY SS now open, and Stockholders can obtain books, on application to JNO. D.-WILLIAMS, Librarian. Fayetteville, J9ta. 23, 1841. S rrrfkilS day :, THOMAS R. MURPHY personally appeared before me, one of the Jus tices of the Pe ace, in and for said county, and made oath, that he placed a note of hand made by Joseph Small, Esq., of Chatham county, for $4U0, dated September 1833, in the hands ot Ur H. liobinson, ol the town of Fayetteville, arrd on application to him for the same, lie informed mm that be liud josl or mislaid it. Sworn to and subscribed, before me, this 13th Mav, 1S41 T. R. MURPHY. THOS. N. CAMERON, J. P. THIS day Dr H. Robinson appeared before m, and made oath, that Thomas R. Murphy, of the Town of Fayetteville, County and State aforesaid, placed in his hands, a note made by Joseph Small, of Chatham county, for $ 100, dated September 1833, and payable to eaal Murphy, and that he h;8 lost or mislaid said note. Sworn to and subscribed, befure me, this 13th My, 1841. HIRAM ROBINSON. THOS. N. CAMERON, J. P I, Thomas R. Murphy, hereby give notica to all persons, not to trade for said note, as I have not transferred th-? same for value, and as I have eiven Mr Sm.iU notice not to pav the tame, to any person hutmvsdforascnt. T, R. MURPHY. Fayetteville May 13, 1341. 1 16-3t able bill, tie m iirht have gone m stages from Albanv to New Lebanon, in as short a distance as from Hudson, and it was only as lying in our way, that we came by Hudson, but we had learned that from Hudson we could perform all but six miles of our journey on rail road. Unfortunately for us, however, a deluge had swept away sever&l of the via ducts along the rail road, increasing our stage travelling to nineteen miles'. I availed myself ot ef necessary detention at Hudson, to examine the neighboring sce nery. A very steep hill lies at the back of Hudson, which! ascended, and found myseli in the centre of a perfect amphitheatre, of boundless extent. I say boundless, but ot course, only mean that it was so extensive that I could not measure it either by guess, or in fact. I was now within two or three miles of the Katskill mountains, but they did not seem to form the boundary of my visiou. What is meant in Scripture by Satan showing our Saviour all the kingdoms'of the earth and the srloru of them 1 Surely he did not mean by their glory their mere political, power, or the eminence. I took lodgings in the most extensive establishment, which, under the circumstances before mentioned, assumed the appearance of a perfect Kremlin it was iu fact, comfortable euough, but for the difficulty of getting a seat at table, complaiued of at ali springs, but here greatly aggravated from the periodical ebbs and flood before mentioned. I was obliged to come out in open rebellion against the Doxcvracy, or I should have gone without my meals altogether About 10 o'clock on Sunday, we repaired to the Shaker village, situated about two miles from the village of Lebanon. The Shaker village consists of a number of barn-liUe houses, of immense size, built of wood, and painted yellow, in 'which the Shakers live in families, as they are call ed, consisting of from 20 to 200 individuals. Besids these, are their stores, workshops, &c. About the centre of the village is the chufrch, to which resort, as I learn, the inhabitants of several neighboring Shaker villages. The most retr.ai liable thing about the exterior' of this building is, lhat its roof is a half cylinder, which looks as it" it had been split in two hori zontally, and one side of it turned down ; ex tending from one wall of the house to the ' other; of course the gable ends terminate in a semi-circular arch. The great article of their faith, you are aware, is a total divorce of T. H. BYRNE & CO., '"S"AVE taken the Store lately occupied by JL Mr J. II. H ooper, on Sou'h side of Hay Street, near the Mai ket House, and have just re ceived an a?-sor!ment ot Hardware, Crockery, Glasware, &c. and will ke' p contmt!y on hand b"'t Oak Tanivd LEATHER, such as S.,1", Wax, Beit and Skirtings ; Kid, Calf, Sheep and DcerSkina, hand somely dressed ; all of which u i 1 be; sold low for Cash or xchanzed for Country Pro luce. HiJics! prices will be given lor good Oak Bark. ALSO W.ll krop a snpply ofsupetior 4-4 ERO'VN SHEETINGS, manufactured by the Phoenix Com pany of this plac, and will receive orders for same by the Wholesale. May 15, 1341. llS-3w. THE Magistrates of Cumberland County are re quested to atteud at the Court House in Fayetteville on Thursday of June Term next cf the Cou-'tv Court, at 12 o eioc.i ji., ;or uie purpose ot iranr.Cim, ousmoss ot importance Chairman. May 10, 1S41. to t:.e Coun'y. By order of tne JOHN Mcl.AURIX, Jr., Clerk. 1 lG-2t Isham Soul montd as Garnishees. T appearing to the satisfaction of the Court I that the Defendant in this case, Anthony Cribb, j hath absconded or so conceals himselfthat the ordi nary process of law cannot be served on hiin, where upon it is ordered by theCouit that publication be made for 6 weeks in the North Carolinian, notif'in j said Cribb of the issuing of said Attachment, an Fiend-Like Act. The Philadelphia North American says: It ha:- been ascer tained since the launch at the Navy Yard, that the Guns used on that occasion were "shotted" by soma miscreant. Fortunate ly before the firing, the bores were depressed, and the ?hot rolled out. They were evident ly thrown in by some wretch after they were loaded. Had they been discharged with the muzzles elevated, the havoc and death must requiring him to appearbeforc saidCoui t to beheld j have been frightful, as the receiving ship lav on the 2d Monday in Aurust 1S41, and then and there replevy and plead ;or Judgment by Default will be awarded against htm. " Witness, Carles Baldwin, ClTk of said Conr?, ot office, in Whitrevdle. the 2d Monday in May, 1841. CHARLES BALDWIN, Clerk. Whitesville, May 10, l84t. 116-6t EXECUTED WITH DESPATCH in front but a few yards distant crowded with ladies! We shudder at the thojght of the sceue which would have ensued, had those guns been Jischarged shotted. Norfolk Beacon. FOR EAT 1VORKA.VD CHEAP. tne sexes their intimate association, ihcy look upou as the body of sin itself and quite as fruitful of devils as men. Accordingly. .... ' visitors ot opposite sexes not only enter their church bv different doors, but the yard which encloses, it by different ;ates. On entering, they find erected for their accommodation seats arranged as at a theatre, one above ano ther, those farthest from the show being the most elevated. The seats for males and fe- males are on the same side, occupying about cue-third of the church, but at different ends. They seem to court visiters, whether from the hope of making proselytes, or from some o:her motive, I am altogether ignorant. With the seats thus provided for visiters, the society seems not to intermeddle. On entering their church, you are struck with the remarkable smoothness and neatness of t!rj floor, resem bling as indeed does the whole appearance of the room, more a ball-room than a church. In front of the spectators' seats, with their ends towards them, are arranged benches without backs, iu rows, leaving a space in uic .tiiuc, uiuiLauug a U1VI31UU IU 1I1C Seals rtc c c - i. I I I'll. .-, npinmiTC 1 r . i F . - betwee n those designed for the female, and stories. If he did. and meant nolhins more. . . . fe . w ".mui.., jlu hA"feft-;.it tw xvWH in w urZ,t ia those lor the males of the congregation. creator. ..-,,1 rrrl.i l-iIti expressed by the adjective glorious, better than all these. .1 felt it when I looked abroad upon all of this vast universe which my feeble vision was capable of traversing in, and yet it was enough to awake in me, a proud sense of immortality. I beheld the hills and vallies clothed in nature's richest livery ; there were the everlasting hills, and there the broad river flowing between them, forever and forever and beside these were the puny woiks of man, magnificent in comparison, and above them all, was that magnificent and boundloss cur tain stretched out by the hand of the Eternal, through which his tempered glory was permit ted to flow down from the sun as from a foun tain, bathing every thing in brightness, and causiug-it to rejoice as m the smiles of its My soul was lifted up to this great and felt that he was the father of spirits, and that these, his offspring are as imperL-hable as their sire. I do not know how it is with those who reside among them, but for myself, I am persuaded, that a residence upon one of the favored situations on the North River, would altogether unfit me for the tame business of life, if the severe winters did not freeze up all romance, and the winos of imagination become frost-bitten. I have told you we merely took Hudson in our way to Lebanon. But whaf, you will ask, is the attraction at Lebanon? You know it is favored with a beautiful fountain, to which some have ascribed medicinal propeities. But that is not it. Beauty, I supposed, as ap plied to a fountain, must be a figurative ex pression ; and as beauty and innocence ought always to go together, happily in this instance, they are not separated. The fountain is as innocent as it is beautiful. But it is no more than innocent, it does no harm truly, but then it does no good either. It is very clear, and of a most delightful temperature tor bathing. That is all. But then it is situated on a hill, a part of the famous Green Mountains, and is of course, in a healthy region. This is also true, and fine company resorts there, and one may find there good society. All this is true, but these things might ali be found else where, and I would not have taken a ride in a stage at night, and have to scuffle for my seat besides, in pursuit of them at Lebanon. There is at Lebanon, what is to be found no where else besides, a spring different from ali other springs, namely, the head spring of Shakerism. Here is the parent Society of the Shakers of all the United States, and I be believe of the whole world. The owners of the Lebanon Springs ought to pay an an nuity to this Society, for it puts many a good penny in their pockets. During the travelling season, every Friday the people begin to crowd into Lebanon, and cotitinue to flow in until Sunday morning, to witness the Shaker exer cises, which take place towards noon of that day. On that evening,' there is a reflux in the tide, and by Tuesday noon, uearly all are gone. I was drawn into this vortex of curi osity, and as I have said, arrived about 12 o'clock at night, at Lebanon. The approach, at night was very imposing. The few bouses composing the village were all lighted up, and had truly the appea ranee of a city set on a hill, as fancy multiplied the lights and the house?, and quadrupled at least the height of A HMiivit. ill the appointed time, the males and females enter at opposite ends of the church ; the former hanging up their broad beaveis and coats as they come in, and the latter their bon nets, which are all of the sumo material nod of one construction. They then seat them selves on the benches w ith the faces of the opposite sexes fronting each other, but even between the front ranks of each, ihorp. ; space of at least three feet, lhat being the nearest approximation, which under any cir cumstance, a man is allowed to make to a woman. After setting thus for a few moments, they rise, and removing the benches, so as to be entirely out of the way, resume their posi tion in a standing posture. It is then that you are stiuck with full force at the peculiari ty of their costume. The hair, that pn.ud ornament provided by nature, for the head of woman, is concealed beneath a cap of the plainest construction imaginable, and all those beautiful proportions of foim, in which nature manifested the height of her skill in the con struction of the !at and lovliest of her woiks, are hidden beneath a shapeless something, which I know not whether they call a frock or a gown, but whot-e model must ccitainly have been borrowed from the undertaker. In fact, no one who has ever looked upon them, I believe, hn:j failed to discover in the wo men, standing in their peculiar guib iu the position 1 have desciibcd, a strong resem blance to ranges of corpses iu their giavo clothes, placed by some extiaordiuary process in a perpendicular position. To their ghastly appearance, thft uniform handkerchiefs hang ing over the left arm of each seems rather to add, while the eyes those " ii-ht-houses of me soui as iney nave Dccn called, seem to have their fires extinguished, as if on purpr.se not to interfere wi:h the ct the picture, bucn is the appearance of the women producing a sickening shudder, and filling the soul with the most dismal fancies. But here, as in most other cases is verified, Napoleon's rematic there is but a step be tween the sublime and ridiculous." If the appearance of the females is painfully solemn, that of the men is srotesrptc and farcical. They are w ithout coats, and in addition to that, have their serge waistcoats of old fash ioned cut, unbuttoned, displaying fully, their whito cotton shiils, and the unseemly backs of their ill fitting pantcloons of sti iped homespun. While in the attitude just described one of the" males whom the spirit may happen to move for the occasion, addresses his fraternity with out moving from his place in a short sermon or exhortation. This being fini.-htd, one of the brethrcn advances on tiptoe from the ranks, and places himself in front of the spectators, on whom he enjoins propriety and gravity of demeanor during the remainder of the exer cises, adding a few denunciations against ihe errors of other forms of religion, and especi ally against the arch error of marrying and giving in marriage, together with no unintel ligible invitations to become members of the only true flock of Christ, as without much deference to others, they pronounce them selves. A scene then follows in which a les son in human nature is presented, to be found, I believe, no where else, and to pe ruse which, I would not regret much mono
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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May 22, 1841, edition 1
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