I
ST.
Democratic Mcetihgr.
CUMBERLAND COUNT.
At a meeting of a portion of the democrat
of Cumberland couuty, held at the Court
House i a Fayetteville, on Monday tfte 1st of
December, on motion of J. "P. Leonard, .the
Hon". Iauchlin Belbuue wo culled to the
Chair, aud Hugh Gilmore and Wen. H. liayrfs
appointed Secretaries; -
The Chairman elated-the object of the
meeting to be, to appoint delegates to a dettj
ocjatic State Convention, to be held in the
City ot Raleigh, ad -the 8th day" of January,
1846, for the purpose of nominating a demo
cratic candidate for the office of Governor of
North Carolina. i -
, On motion of Dr Cameron, a Committee
of fiVe were appointed to draft resolutions for
the consideration of the meeting. . The fol
lowing geutlemen were named aa the Com -miiiM
: Drramernn. A McDutmid, Peter
Patterson, Robt Strange, jr, James AlcKe
han, who repotted the following preamble and
resolution i' : ' ' "
Wbereasj The democratic patty of this
State; have determined to hold a Convention
in the city of Raleigh, on the 8th day of Jan
nary nXt, for the purpose', of nominating a
candidate for ibe office of' Governor : aud
. whereas, the democracy of .Cumber laud coun
ty have never beeu behiRd thrir ;-; tn-elhrcm jn
other portions of; thtf ; Stattjj in .advancing, a
rauce- which tbey believe to be righl and un
the succesa of which they believe .the best in.-.,
ferests of the people depth d, therefore,; :
Resolved Thai w e -will cheerfully co-operate
with our political friend iu the proposed
Convention. T- .V "
ftetWVcth That the Cbah man appoint for
ty delegate to represent this county -in the
proWst'd Convention, slid thai the have
power to fill any Vacant k-a that may occUr in
taeir booV. . ' -
Keolved,-T4)at Avhtie we-deetn it iiK-ape
dieut to cxpieSS a prelerence f.Vr any paittcui
Jar individual as the candidate of ihe patty fur
the ofiire orto-Vruor, .We will ueVeithciess
plede our iealnu and united support to the
liomiueeol tne Convention. ;
Resolved, 'l hat this meeting repbsd entire
...C.I - i 1L " .. . . a
couuuence in we vniue, pan ioiim, anu null
ity of Jaihea K. Folk, PifeAUJeiit of the United
Slaltfs, fcud his Constitutional bdviscr, be
lieving-that he will admit. iter the Govern
ment tu strict accordance With the priuciple
of the paity which elected him to the high and
responsible station he now nil.
Which,. being read by Dr Cameron, weie
Unanimously icceived. ,
In accordance with the Second resolution,
the following gentlemen were appointed dele
gate to attend the Convention uu the 8lb of
- January : -
George VV. Peg ram,
John L. Bcthea,
Rev. Jno. Purifoy,
John Green,
Silas Douglass,
B. F. Atkins
Cornelius ColhVld,
Henry A vera,
Duucau J AicAlliater,
T horn as J oh osoo,
Maj Jaa McKe'.hau Maj Arch'd Cameron,
Daniel JrlcC ora tick,. . Hugh Giltnore,
William H liaynej das G Cook,
Hon Robt Strange, Col Alex Murchison,
Duncan Shaw Daniel Method,
Daniel Bethea, Malcom B Gill .3,
M McColman, Ejq, Maj J T Gilmore,
Arthur Melvin, Sherw'd Hawley, Esq,
John C Williams, Arch d JYlcDiarmid,
Capt A J Cameron,
Arch'd McKethao,
Robt Strange, J rf
Rev A McLenuau,
Wan en V inflow,
Dr Robt Munroe,
Jaa A By rue,
John McNeill, jr,
Charles Montague,
Jaa Kiikpairick,
Heury King.
Maj J P Leonard,
Mr Arch'd McDiarmid then read the follow
ing preamble and. resolutions, to which he
begged the attention of the rneetiug :
Whereas, It is desirable that uuiou atid
harmony should exist between the members of
the democratic paity, so that they may make a
united and vigorous effort in support of their
principles aud their candidates at the app oach-
ing elections : aud whereas, experience has
proveu that the most effectual way iu which
that can be accomplished, is to consult the
people in the selection of Candidates for public
"Mice, aud to let them decide on the persons
whom they wish, to support as ihe candidates
of ihe democratic party. Be it therefore,
. Resolved, That we cordially approve of the
holding of a County Convention, for the purr
pose of selecting the candidates of the demo
cratic party, to represent this county in the
uext General Assembly of the State of North
Carolina."
Resolved, That we approve of the plan
adopted in this county la?t Spring, for the ap
pointment of delegates to nomiuate a candi
date for this Congressional District ; as that
affords to every . person an opportunity of ex
pressing Ms-views? for or agaiust" whoever
my be put in nomination, aud appears to
be the surest way of ascertaining public opin
ion correctly with the least -incouveujence to
the people. '
Resolved, That we would respectfully re
rromuieiid to ihe wcitins of the comity of
Cumberland, to-hold a meeting at the Muster
Grouudvyr each Captain's District, on the
first day of parade after the first da of Janu
ary next, and appoint delegates to meet at the
Court House in Fayeiteville,ontheSEGOND
FRIDAY iu Ma'cb, to select candidates
from among theemocratic' iatty, to represent
this county in the Senate a ud Common of
the uext General Assembly.
Resolved, That in the event of a Couven
lion being held, and candidates being nomi
nated, we hereby mutually pledge to each
other our sacied honor y to support the
nominees of the Convention, aud to uae all
honorable rueaiisJo secure their electiom
The quest joflJeiug. taken the resolutions
were adopted. r . - -
Mr Warreu Wiaslow suggested that the
above resolutions be deferred. Mr McDiar
mid and Me Hybart advocated the retaining
of ihe rojtious. ; ,
Ou motion of. Mr. T L. Hybart it was or
dered that, the a bore pfpeeedings be published
in the Nor urCrfroliutau aud other democratic
paper of .the Male. -. v' - ' ".
LAUCHLIN BET1IUNE, Ch'iK
Hug a GTiLmobe ((s,,.,,..:..
WN. H. BaTff JB
Same Philadelphians bare made Mrs Hen
ry Cfsy pt ut of a pair of diamond brace
Jsta, cens-ertibU into other ersscMSrs. -
LECTURE On CHINA
Bottn Mercantile Library Jl$ocialion.
To ah European or an American, (said
the lecturer,)' just landed in China, Ayery
thing appears strange. He finds himsir
not only at the antipodes physically apeak
i'ny. but at the ahtioode in a moral sense.
He sees around him countless myriads, of
men in a strange garb, and with a general
appearauce unlike to all that to which he has
heretofore been accustomed.' He observes
ihe most studied uniformity among the vari
b us classes, and the progress of everything
which falls under his observation so slow and
so unvaried, strikes him in singular contrast
With our own changing manners and locomo
tive a'eed. A thousand things admonish
hitti that he is in a strange land. He hears
the constant sounding of gongs ; he bbserves
Innumerable boats on the rivers, the dwelling
places of millions of Chinese; carts moved
on land by sails, as well as boats on the
water. If the pilqt IocJks to the compass to
direct his course upon the deep, he looks to
the poftttmg df the south pole : if he receives
a letter, he WMl find It running in lines from
toil to bottorij 6r the sheet, readihxj from
right to left, with the date at the bottom ol
tthe-lettec 'iw lpba4et - being used, hut
idiogrjhic characters. " i he m'ourning, in
stead of being black, as wit h us, is white with
the Chinese. ""The shoe, even, is whitened
rith,-,MHne- sbstancei to correspond with"
'other portions of dress. He sees the saucer
placed, on the C up, instead of the cup on the
saucer t shuttlecocks , played with the feet,
instead uf-t4ietads-;4adie8 feet compressed
instead of teir" waists ; feaves of a book cut
open 'and trimmed on' the back ; a person
switniuinrg strikes ms hands vertically, and
not horizontally; the top of the head shaved;
and when "a friend meets you in the Street,
he .does not jt hake your hands, but shakes
hi hands at you'; the infantry armed with
matchlocks, the cavaffy with the bow and
arrow; and a" colonel at the head of his
regiment not unfrequently brandishing a pan,
instead ofasvvord. ' He will not only note
these exterior forma "of diflereneey but will
learn that nobility is not inherited from the
father by the son, but rather, if one may so
speak by the father -rom the son good
deeds reflecting "back upon a remote ances
try. Corruption of blood, for crimes -committed,
affects ancestors long since dead and
gone, though it: does not necessarily affect
posterity.-" All these tilings will strike one,
upon' si "Cfirsory view ; but it io just to treat
the subject in a different manner, or injustice
will be done to a great and polished people.
We in America receive our ianfruajre, and
unfortunately too, many of our ideas, from
Europe. We speak as if we were the de
scendants of the oldest nation of the globe
of history as complete, if that history is ourg
of otii- civilization as the unique idea of
civiliztfd society -'-of the first voyage to India
as discoveries, as if the" teeming millions of
China had-no existence till discovered by a
Portuguese 'rnavigator. He, the lecturer,
would not.epeak of Chinese civilization alone,
but also c;f its high antiquity. China had
for agea cultivated : the arts, literature, and
the sciences. The language of Confucius,
the contemporary of Herodotus, is now the
vernacular tongue of that great people. The
discovery of'gunpowder, and of the marin
er's coHipass, the. manufacture of silks and
porcelains,' lhe invention of the printing pres,
and even the circulation of bank notes, had
their day in China centuries ago. The lec
turer did not know, of anything that was not
possessed by, the Chinese anterior to the hisr
tory of Europe except the steam engine.
Our word China," as designating the
land of the Chinese, is unknown to their
language, and is of Portuguese origin. Mr
Cushing Here gave the three names by which
the Chinese designate their country, and
also the English translation of them, which,
he said, were quite faulty. Two of them
are translated one the "Central Iand," the
other the Central Fldwery Land'' the
third escaped, our ear. The Chinese empire
consists of tw" great classes of people the
Chinese, who. inhabit eighteen provinces of
China Properi and the Tartars, divided into
the Alanchou.' Mongol Tartars, &c. It has
been estimated that Chini contains a popula
tion of 350,000,000 souls; by many this esti
mate is doubted, but those who doubt con
cede a population of 230,000,000, deducting
ad libit ilm fvoxfi the cerisns taken by the
Chinese themselves. A sHo-hf analysis of
the facts in the case will put an efld tt all
speculation. V One will see in China a vast
multitude of human beings, all active and
industrious. A comparison of the territory
of China, it climate, its laWs, customs and
habits of the people, with those of other
nations, will soon convince one that the em
pire is the seat of a vast population. A
portion of China Hes" oil the tropics, where
two cVppCaVe fasily produced every season.
No beasts of burden are to be seen in South
ern Chiria. All transportation is carried oh
on tfieaniT-j ac on the backs of menr The
boats on the go ha Is are tracked, by met) j no
horses are to be seen, except what-are in
use tor the I arlar cavalry, and. but few
buffalOei, which are used for ploughing some
peculiar soils. These "facts prove that the
country is capable-frf supporting a dense
population. It is not the case - in China as
in this counUytbey ' have not to produce
in one -CrojTaufficient to support them the
yeaf round, or to sustain beasts of burden,
that consume as rmich as men of the agricul
tural protluCU of the country. The land is
one entire cultivated garden, except the
large grouflJa left for ihe burial of the dead.
These facia would leave nothing to deduct
from the estimation of the Chinese as to their
own population. But there are others.
The abstemiousness of the Chinese is one.
They also eat Cats, fats dogs, &c. There
is au impie'nse emigration constantly going
forth. Xo Southern Chiria there are more
productible articles ol' fruit than In almost
anv other section of the crlobe. f We under
stood MrdCushing to eay that tho bananaj
produces as 133 to 1 of ouf wheat, and 44 tol
1 of our potato.)
To recall to mind the population of Eu
rope, will serve to dispel any doubts one may
entertain as to the correctness of the esti
mate of the population of China. China
Ht9 m apaw at Europe; and why
not.contain as Vlrge a population? If the
nomadic reffions of the- north', art scarcVln
population, the tropical regions of the. Vqutn
make up for the deficiency- If JLurope is
capable of sustaining 25u,vOU,UOU of people
why aot China a larger population, posses
sed of superior-advantages to Europe .) To
a European, accustomed to look at Europe
divided into 65 distinct governments, with a
population of but 250,000,000, the idea of a
country utiderone'governm'eht, with a popu
lation of 350,000,000, is perfectly astounding.
When we. fconsider the facts of the im
mense population of China that its govern
ment and laws have endured for centuries,
we come to ask what is the " form of its gov
ernment, and What the priuciple of its social
organization? The exterior form is an he
reditary monarchy. The reigning sovereign
bears a particular name not his own name,
but the name of his reign, as it is deemed.
sacreligi'ous to pronounce the name of the
sovereign after he ascend3 the throne. The
prominent, and, it may be said, almost only
principle of government is the paternal rela
tion. The Emperar is called the father of
his people; and the idea of the paternal re
lation runs through all the habits, laws, and
customs of the people. It is a fiction, jiot
withstanding, but a beautiful one.
: The radical idea in the social organization
Of the Chinese, is veneration of parents. An
nual oflerin's are made at the graves of their
ancestors, and children are most relentlessly
punished by their parents for aby disrespept
shown to them.
The government consists of the sovereign ;
a cabinet council; council of the arrhy, (the
trreat freneral council :) srx s'tfreme boards
of revenue, rights, &c., (cD'tihcrl rbV ihe Tar
tare;) council for the general inspection of
officers; the high court of appeals ; council
for the examination 6f candidates for public
offices ; council of the g6 vefnors, &c, of
provinces of the af my.-
There is one curious fact ?ri thSs organiza
tion; and that is, the expedient adopted to
secure the full submission of China to the
Tartars. The Chinese were permitted to
remain just as they were previous to the
invasion, bnt a Tartar was appointed for
every Chinese ?h the government, tfndTthis
secured the i artar power.
The soverigrf power is 6'f a religious as
well as a political character. When presen
ted to the Emperor, the individual must
prostrate himself three frrries to the grbund,
rising each time.- and to'tfcnirta the srrbund
1 O ' f . c
each time he prostrates himself. This may
be seen going on every day among the com
mon peoples in the streets, who are constant
. . . I. -it m . rati
ly bowing at their altars, iciois, kc. ihe
ceremony carries w?th ft! t!h'e idea of total
submission, mingled, it may 5'e tvi't'h religious
devotion
The offices of governrherVt are bes"tovved
upon merit, intellectual an'd m6ral7 t'hey are
1 ' I'. - Tl iL.Ui !..! . . 1
nor. iiereunary. mere are um lew muiar
fa'milies.. and they are among, trre. 'Tartars;
they, however, enjoy no especial privileges.
Scholars constitute the first rana m me bm-
pire. After passing the examinations, which
are most strict, the most meritorious areap
pointed to the inferior offices of government
employ, destined through good behaviour to
tUc to the highest in the ift of the govern.
meut. Iu China an official is puni-ncd by
denrndinir him from his rank. In this coun
try in our navy, for instance the cae i
different If an officer behave badly, he i
suspended with or w ithout pay, &c; but an,
lotticer is never degraded, as lor instance-
from a captain to a midshipman. In China
this is the mode of puuUhmcnt ; it is the uni
versal tetiure of office. Aud n man has to
commence anew, eligible again to the highest
offices if he conducts w ell.
Public opiniou U as much regarded in
China as iu Great Britain or iu the United
States. Newspapers abound, and are read
as rnucn as in this country. J ne Chinese
have their red book, as we have our blue bonk.
Pamphlets, labored arinimcnt'i. are published
as with us; and in farther analogy, periodical
addresses are made by the sovereign to the
people, whi:h; however, inculcate morals, as
well as politics
Ihe stated agricultural festivals are a great
feature with the Chinese ; it is at these limes
that the Empeior drives the plough before his
hi wholecourt, as an example fo his suljcts.
J he works ot Contucius are read by ell,
and their influence ou the public mind i un
bounded. They publish as much, and as
cheaply, as in the United States ; and the
people read and write as generally as they do
iu this country. J heir language, which was
at first hieroglyphic, has become one of arbi
trary ?gn9, but not letters; therein no alpha
bet, but each separate sign Mands for a parti
cular ideav There are 80,000 characters iu
their dictionary ; and from this it may be in
ferred what an immense labor it is to- learn
their language, and what it is which couyeits
China into one great school. Oral language
differs in different provinces, but the written
language is the same throughout China.
The written language bears the same relation
jit the oral .language of the proviuces, aa the
A fame numerals do to the various langua&es
of Europe. YVhen persons-; from" different
provinces cannot comprehend each other, they
jesort to writing or making figures in the air.
This language giving only to the people laws,
Sec.,' has dono ever thing for the stability of
ihe government.-:
-The. manner of the Chise are eminently
courteous. LtAdies do not mingle in their
public aaaembl tea. The lecturer would not
pronounce their morals of a higher or lower
standard tha n those of Europe. He did -not
believe it the province of a transient visiter so
to do. The Chinese estimate the morals of
the Evropeansat a low rate; tbey have learned
them from English sailors and soldiers within
the past five years. When the missionaries
remonstrate with the Chinese upon ain they
signincantiy point io tne morals ot the for
eigners. Tee Chinese are eminently intel
lactuat. 1 he country abounds in books, pub-
c librarieii, and shops for the sain of books,
A catalogue ofpe of their libraries comprise
ten volumes. In every dweliiug-houtfe, books
are a necessary article ot furniture.
Gleat injustice has been done to tha Chi
nese and ibeir writings by bad translation.
Mr Cusbiuar had formed a high estimata of
their iiiteliectttal powara from h'i tatef eooraa
. . . - r rrn : -
exhibit Intelle.clualiiy, - aw scholars lake first
rank iu the empire. The stability of their
troverninenl is evidence, to a certain extent,
ot tneir inieuenuai aua morni cuami iet. j ne
prevalent religion is worship of Knceolors ,
though specific religions, uch as Boodhinv,
m m m A 'I 1 a
La ma ism, ianomeaaniim, ac, are loierateo.
All important events by the Chihce are cel
ebrated by prostration, burning of incense,
beating of gong, and burning of hre-works.
The staple food of the Chinese is rice. In
the decorations of their tables, and furniture
of their bouses, traces of a high civilization
may be found. The luxUhes of the table
consists of biche de mer, shaik's fins and
edible birds'- nests the latter the highest
cost astute of food in China. The food of
the Tartar is game, which is roasted-and
served urf whole, while ihe Chinese is served
in small dishes. I beir drinks are tea, and a
spirit rlistilled from rice. Many of th'S drink
ing vessels now in use in the C State are
copied frdm the Chinese.
Commercially speaking, China is complete
in herself. She ralse9 hef breadstuffs, ex
cept some little rice Which she imports. 5 lie
has. lea, silks, materials for utensils of iron,
and wood, coal, precious metals, &c. Her
commerce was changed by the Course of the
opium trade, which is very prejudicial fo
China. It would 'soon,. however, have -been
changed. by the ffrtfoductiea' of enffou, large ,
Quantities of which, of the raw kind, shs im
ports from the United States. She also im
ports the "manufactured article from the.U.
States and from Great Britian. The use of
machinery is prohibited in China. - The
trade, whether -it goes dir ect from this coun
try or fro'rn' Great Fr?tfafir, greatl"y b'hefis'
Hi; as perhaps 6-7ths of British manufactur
ed soods consist of American cotton.
We notv ccrne to consider the question' of
what whi be the u'tim'ato effects of this change
of commerce on lie Chinese themselves. Two
hundred and fifty millions of people, op to
this time, have manufactured their own arti
cles ; now ours will take the places of their
own fabrics- and, of consequence, large
numbers of them Will be thrown out of employ,
fn C&i'na. as Fu' t&e United States, they have
no. vast' West to retire to, nor immense fields
of agricultural occupations to employ them
wheu their means of livelihood fail them.
These things being so, must produce want,
misery, and pehaps political agttaaiou through
out Ave ernpiVe. M' r CuVhing was repeatedly
tohthy the imperhicornlnis'sionerj'that China
did not desire trade with' foreigner,' li'ut that
it was forced upon her. We must not only
look to the benefits accruing to the United
States through the supply to China of raw cot
ton, and a successful competition in the man
ufactured article, but also to the supply 6t
wilh feeAt." Tndeed, officislsould ot fail to
ginseng and lead. Mr Cushftig l?new 0fbeSan;10 fa,l ,and lhe, vAn,of hLer. acl
no other question connected with this subject
except the drain of specie f otn China, to pay
balances of trade against her. He said :i
fears need be euterlaiued for5 the present.
Ti.e balance is agaiust the EJnited Staler.
Besides, there are stores of metah in lhe
couiit'ry ; and the inmVediWte effect of a flow
of specie from China is to" change tHe relative
value of commodities in that land.
Mr Cushing next proceeded to' treat the
topic of the hostility of the Chinese towards
foreigners. He said it was originally si'mply
disrespect, and did not degenerate into hate
until the conduct of foreigners had become no
outrageous as to foil'eit the good e.feein of hte
people. Tb Ch iiiesrt . nw thejnKe sur
rounded by other Asi.it ic nations, vastly their
inferiors, in every .. rettpect. They ualurnIK'
looked upon thm i;h ilisiespecl ; and also
upon f,rriuers who visited ihwir laud. 'I'hv
euly liadin; voyaei of the Pttouee weie
rather piratical rXediliolis than ' :fninen ial
speruliitioux. The j.vpulsiiu of the Chiis
tiaiis fiom China is also cunei ted with the
suhjer t t lhe hostility of iho Chinese towards
foreigners. We are naturally ltd to ask, hu
moiiarfh- a wise and liheral as many of ihr
Chinese mouaichs have been, have jm.hihited
the practise of the Christian religion iu China,
when all other religions are tolerated. At
first, foreigner were will received in China
Marco Pulo ami other, hud high employment
under government ; there was no bjeetini
to their penetrating to the interior of the coun
ty. Great numbers of cou verts were made
by the eaily Christian missionaries. What
has effected a chauun iu all these thiojrs ?
I'he missionaries iudulged iu bitter coulests
among themselves, on urtii le of faith ; fu
rious controversies were carried en, and vio-
eal pamphlets were published. From the
teachers of religion the contests spread among
the converts, and excitements aud agitatiou
were the consequeuce.
To prevent domestic convulsions, the Em-.
peror interposed his authoiity; audit is the
belief ol Mr Cushing, that to prevent internal
troubles was the ouly motive operating upon
the K,mperor, to exclude Christians from
China. Mr Cushing urged the missionaiiea
to tako warning from the past ; to rease their
quarrels upou minor articles of belief; and fo
unite in the one great work of redemption of
tbe heathen. '
Mr Cushing said, althouoh this vast empire
was opeti to commeice, literature and relgion,
tod sanguiue expectation must not be enter,
tained ; the progress of the Chinese k slow,
and vast multitudes are to be affected.
If the effects of the cba ni(e of cofrimarce are
pacific, the benefits to the world will be great ;
if not so, and civil couvulsion ensue, 'the
spirit of aggrandizement will agam lake hold
of the Chinese, and foreign invasion will be
the consequence.. The Tartars rave several
times overrun Asia, aud carried their con
quests even to Europe. The present Emperor
of China ia a lineal descendant of a Tartar
Emperor, who once sat upon the throne of
Moscow. W e are second only to iber English
in point of commercial intercourse with the
Chinese, and second only to lb French in
missionary and intellectual intercourse.
Mr Cushiug, iu closing his address, spoke
of there being as yei no commerce on the Pa.
cific ocean ; aud ihat ultimately there must
ba some powerful Anglo-Saxon power eettled
on ma snores ot lae facihc. Should Ameri
ca plant it, the trade of China would ba inl
1 uable to her; and it would naturally flow to
Wtr ahtraa of tab coatiMBt
AN-'AfiStttfT IfJftl.
' "there are few that--have-pad any .atten
tion to the finances of England,but must hare
heard of Dr. RoHeri Hamilton's Esy on
tjhe National Debt, wHich fell on the "houses
bT parliament like a b'ombahell. or rather,
which rose and illuminated their darkness
like an orient un. 'I'here are other writings
of his; tdo, in which oneknnws not which
most to admire, the profound Wnd accurate
science, the beautiful arrangement, or the
clear expression; and yet this moat profound
and clear-headed philosophical thinker, and
most amiable of men, became so -completely
absorbed in his wn reflections as to lose
the perception of eternai things, and almost
that of his own identity and existence. Ia
public the man was a shadow.- He pulled
off hi3 hat to his own wife in life streets, and
apologized tor no haring the pleasure of
her acquaintance: went to his classes in the
college on the dark mb'rningS, with one of
her white stockings on the one lS anti one
of his own , black ones drr ;the"ther';:ofien
spent the whole time of the me?etihg in mov
ing from the table the hats of the students,
which they a's" constahfly returned ; some
times ihvifed.iherh io hatt bti-.him' and tiieri
fined them -for.corh'ng to ' ihsult Hiiro. He
would ro'.Ti against a 'cbVin, the, road, turn
round, beg hefpafdori, Madahi,' and hope
was not hurt. At other times he would "fun
against posts, aud chide. them? fbr not getting
out ot his way; and yet his conversation, .at
the same time, if any body" 'happened to be
with him, was perfect logi$ n4 perfect music.'
A volutpemighrJ.be filled ; with:, anecdotes of
th"t3 amiable aid excellent. manv all. fendino1
to prove how wide the distinction is between
f?rst-ra'te tbtfught,' and that ftierel.y animal
use of the organs" of aens viich prevents
ungifled mortals from walking into wells.
The fish-market, a Aberdeen, is slili where
it used to be near the Dee, and has a. stream
passing through it that falls, ijwo thai "river.
The fish-women expose their Avares in la rge
baskets. The doctor one. nay marched into
the place, where he was attracted Ly. a cu
riously figured stone in a stack of chimneys.
He advanced towards it till he was inter-
tupted. by one ofthp bencjies, from which,
however, he tumbled a basket into the stream,
and the fish which it contained were speedily
borne towards their native.' element. The
visage of the lady-was instantly in lightning
and her voice in thund'eK but the object . of
h'er wrath was deaf to thfe,; loudest' so unci 3,
and bli'n'd fo tlh'e most alarming colors. She
stamped, gesticulated, and scolded ; brought
a crowd that filled the place ; but the philos-"
ophtr turned not from his "eager g-ize, and
his inward meditations on the stone'. While
the woman's breath held good she did not
seem to heed hTs indifference, but when that
moved not ohje muscle ;o1f. the cTjject,. hef ragij
in nil vIliiiVr in an pfiirl f rtpTrv'i i'r. Sri.'-iP
to me, or I II burst ! . saulf down in a state,
of complete exhaustiop, a'ml blb: ? alie Iwd
recovered the doctor's reverie was over, and
he had4 ta ken' Ms d'epa rt u re.Eftgfisifjfi'aper.
Why didn't" SmWh iVa'krt- Pocahontas?
: Reprorieh has frequently been cast upnn tie
memory of Capt.' dumb, on account of his not
having married Pocahontas. It is irrowu in
to a sort of stereotyped fashion wih some to
indulge a romantic entiiuentalism, and who,
perhaps, hav never taken lhe trouble ti ea
amine the hisorifnl facts of the ene, l ie-
Hniiiik, Cup't. SmmtIi was a ery jre u iii in
hut w'r&t" a pharoe hvi !;'i Wot fn;'rv P.c-.iboij-'
ImsI !" I now propose to eiiii;g in lh plcas
ioj: task of e;:devo) inu io viiuii,-.iK- the fame
f ih h'alher of Iht Vi'yini, Colony from this
aspersion. The rsrue of tjntiih tv Pw-i
h-rntas io,k plare in the wr.feY of tiff. Snr
was theu only 13 ears t, age. (Stith's H'ist.
ol Va., p. 55.) He whs 28, as app" ea s lioin
an inscription on hi lik-u-s ptfrixfd his
history f Virginia. He left Viiiii.i eailv
in th? year 1609, when fhn was sitout 14 ;:
but had ehe beu older, nud hud hi; de-med to
marry her, and had she v.i "her rou-ent, if
is not easy to see hw he could have effected
it. unless ly kiduappm bee, as was done by
lhe unscrupulous Argall, ome years after -wards
a measure which, had it bi-en adopted
in 1609, when the Colony was feeble in num
bers, and paralyzed by, anarchy, would proba
bly hae excited Ihe vengeance of Powhatan,
and in rolved the Colony in tuin. In 1612,
Argall, by chance, found' Pr ahontas nn the
banks of the Potomac. Kom ihe time of
Smith's departure till ihcnshehad nev.M been
seen nt Jamestown, but Jiad lived, as hr
thought, incognito (Stiih, p. "127,) u the Po
tomac. Betrayed into Agall' hands, he was
carried captive to Jamestown.
In the Spring of 1613, it is stated that,
.long before this, Mr JohuJtolfe. a worthy
yqtrng gentleman, aud of good, behaviour, had
been in lova with Pocahriuias, and $ht with
him ; (Stilh 129). Now, long benrre ' the
Spring, of 1615, ovist have aceu at least as far
back as ihe early piit of J.6,12. when hf was
captured. Had she remained i year or two
at Jamestown Hill, "faiicv tree," the roman
tic sentimentalist might have had sortie' plausi
ble gioond bfcomplaiiHlhHl Smith did nt
come over the Arlamrcatrd' iwodosc .' Th
marcn, nowever, appears to have been speeds
IV inaue up. end the rpariiagt) liH.k place iu
April, 1613. It is true that Pocubiiia. as
she afterwards declared "fb Srniih in England,
bad bee always told that he was - dead, aud
she never knew rabefjftiaj. till she reached
Plymocnh. But Smith had no band in urac
tisiog this deceiUi.ou... .
Agam -In Knuland she called., him fa-
ther," aa appellation "which she woofd bardlv
have used terwards him, if he had meant to
upbraid him for not having married her. . Her
language wa, I tell you, then, I will rail
you father, and you shall -calL rne child, and so
I will be forever ofyourJttudrod and couutry.'"
(Stilh, 143.) So much as to Smith'e not mar
rying Pocahontas. iJieAMon Enquirer.
The hwgeat firctory buiWine, in the world is
now being coustrurted at Porlsmcmth, New
Hampshire. Tha part already op la four
hundred feet !oo. Yhe comu4rted,.the
length of the Tiout wilt bm live honrfred aud
four Teet. Number of spludles, fifty thousand;
f operatives, from twelve to frfleev buodroci.
Thw ta M33 forfta atrahrf wsaia.
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The precedin figure is iven to rrpretmt tht
Insensible Perspiration.' It is tbe jrrcat Evucua.
lion for the impurities of the body. It will be no
ticed that a thick cloudy mistissurs tiro in all points
of the srtrtaee, which indicates that this pcrpira-
lion flows uninterruptedly when we are in healiti,'
but censes when We are sick. Lite cannot be sus
tained without it.' It is thrown off horn tbe Hood,
and other juices .of the body t and dispose by this
means, ot neary all lhe impurities Within us. The
language of scripture is, in the blood is Ihe Lib;"
It it ever becomes impure, it may be traced directly
to the stoppage of the insenaibib perforation. Thud
vri see, all that is necessary when tbe blood is
sta&nant oriiifeeted, fs' to eptii lae ores, and ft
rt Uevesi! self from any-imparity instantly, Its own
tier aod vitality ars suiScicnt, without one particle,
of medicine, except, t. open the pp.rea upon, the surt
Tace. Thus We see the folly of taking So much in
ternal rerpedcs. Alt piattitipnerf , h.wever direct
th ?ir eflorts to restore ibe tnscrrsble Perspiration
Tfce Tbompsoniair lor instange steaaae,. ifcY
Hydropathist ejirouda ui in wet, blankets, the
Elomopatbiat deals out infihitisrimals, ibeAlcpa
thist bleeds and -doses us with mercury, and die
blustering Quack gorges us with pills, pills, pills.
To give sum idee of the amount of ihe insensible
Perspiration, we will slate that the learned Dr
Lewenhock, ascertained that tivecights of all we
rtceive into the tonach, -pasted off by this Brans.
In other words, if we eat arid drink tight pds per
day, we evacuate five pounds of it by ibe uisensi-
oio rcreprranon.
Thia is ncne other than the osed up particles of
the blood, and other juices giving place to the new
and frees-ones. ' To check" this; therefore, is to re
tain in the sjstem five-etgl is of all the virulent
matter tliat nature demands shoul p have the body.
By a sudden transition irbm heat "to cold, the.
pores are. stopped, the perspiration- erases, a(tf
disease begins at once to develop ilself. Hence,
a htoppagc ol this flow of the juices, originates so
many complainis.
It i by "topping ibe pores, that overwhelms
mankind with cough., colds, and coriiuniptioii.
Nine" tenths of" Ibe worfl die foriV di'sease induced
by a a.toppiige of tfie Insensible Pert-pi'rati'onl ; .
j-ict me ask, now," every candid mind, what
course seeoM the most reasonable to parsue, to un.
stop the porea, after they are closed. Would yea
ive physic to unstop the pores ? Of would you
apply something that would do this upon the sur-.
fac, where the cjogging actually ii ? "And yet t
know of no physician, who makes" any external ap- -plication
to effect it.: Under these circumstances, I.
pr'asent to pbysjciabf, and'all others, McA'lisiei's
A 1!-Healing Ointment, 'or the worlds's sulve. Itf
has power to resfor; perspiration on lhe f et, on ll.e
he.id, around old sore, upon the choi, iri fhi-rl (
on aoy part of the body, whvlhcr.-cbs'cascd slight !y
or severely. . ..
It has power to 'cause all cxt rnaf sores, frtcfu'
Ion humors, kin di.ejs-, posjunou M oiuidn, (o
dich ire rheir pmrid iiialt r, and then b-ala them.'
It is a rerne-ty thai cwei ps off the wiioli- c.iia
lnut: .f cutHMUi disorders, cud restorer the n
t.re cuticle lofts hiiltb fu ciiohk.
U is a remedy h i lorbnis the neeesiiiy i fso',
rn iny and ! oelet-riois 'drws iken ii.to the sm much.
v 1 1 is a rerni-dy ibit neither t-i kciis, fc es iricon-
v.-r.i: nce, or T danefo'iis'to the mlt filittcc.
It pr .e; v s ami d-tci d. the snrl .ii tiom al! "-riin-iuent
i f :ts iu.)ct o: s. Ti:e suityee is lhe
outlet of 5Ve-einhte ot the bile o: u?e.d cp u.lir
'iifvir. ;t is pi:rced iili n. tif'oj.t-iiio io
i.i-v.r tha int-srir;(s. Sto; up tiiest; ports, iiu-i
tenrj h krjoc k at io.k lim.r. it i rightly ii-ms'kJ
Aii-Hi a! ns, fur th r- is s-earctly a nicfufee'tx't ri; l
r iM'cviiji, tli .1 ii will noi !iwit'i;. 1 hive mshI i;
N.rthe last louiiren e rs f..r i ll lipase ,f ine
cb !t, o sun p ion. bv r, invol ii r the 6-i'm n dui -'
( r ai.diejfpoit.-.b.iitv, and I dec- a.c I. rime i'i. uw n
atitl ni:m, that not in one sin. - '- fc.s it ti.iitiT
t. l. i.. fit, mIoiiiIic patj.nt ta wi l iiill.fc itmli'
1 moil.it in- - s
I have; had Ins c aiif, hamed ri'ilie pfilrri
I hav? Imd fbiniM;i ol ti e G.s"j I; Judges n the
bV' ch, Ald Km n and Lw is, li.en tl tl.e
t rtf' ifi"ii in d Aiu.tiiiio'rr t,f the' For r. use
it in every yai iViy ay 1 1 d iti. re he tie. n i.ul
ii' e voice - one mi fed, mii'v. r: J oice n,g
AlcAi lifter, y our 6iiiiiiiii is Good."
It enn hardly be ci edited th:.t a patve ea'ri have"
any etr-i I upon the luns, seated as ihtry ar; Witb'.
in ihe system. Cot if placed upon thech st.it
prnetialea directly to tl.e Inno, sepiirnt-s the
poironous parneos inai ar- conunuii tlienr, and
cspeis them fiom tho systi m. .
I need not aay that it is curug persons of con.
sumption continually, ulihoih we are told it is
foolish n esi. I caie not wb.it is snid, so tongas 1
van cure several thousand p rson 3 early.
Headache
The silve has cured persons of the Headache
of 12 years standing, and who had it reulair
evrry week, so thai vomiting often took place.
Deafntss and Ear A the arc helped with like suc
cess. . -
In scrofula, erysipelas, salt rheom, liver cori
plaint, s6re eyes, qumcy tore thioaf, orurchili,
broken or sore bread, piles, all chet eiseases suchV
as asthma, oppiession, pains, a !so sore lips, chap
ped hands, tumors, cutancouS' eruptions, nervcaS
diseases and, of the spine there isp.ohably no aned
icine how known so good and as for burns it has
not its equal in she woild!
- Ditease of Children.
How many thousands are fvrrpt oft" by ewng
internal mOcicincs,' wheit' t'.eir yoting budiea ana
t cod r frames are iviMble Io Uar- up aiuiist 4sjrm 7 '
Whole armies are thus ent to their graves mere ' y
from pou.-in iiit, th'.ir'wi-ak stomachs pwrtul
drui and physics ! ' u.bcs .s cs croup, cholie,
choleia infantum, worms, and atl summer com- -plaints,
by which swmaoy children di--, the Oint
ment wiU reinove rso spe-d.fy and surely, that
chi sic an w i l;nevr bejieeded. Mothers tlivujh -nut
all ibis land, we now solemnly and sacredly
declare to you ibM the A it-Healing GirtiMiit will
!ave yur thildren trom a p early srave if yuu will
us it ; and we kola up our Warning voic e, and tle-c-late
i' the race ol tfc w.-rlo, child-en need net
mors than others ! But K is fioaathe want of pr
per nouiishiuont and the coosUnt drawing, they
undergo which atbwa tbem dw wn as the rank grass
falls before the scythe.
Mothers ! .we repeat aaain. and ifuVv were the
fast words i were aver to utter, and cf course r1
th rsjch of all interest, w wow d say, " use the
AU-Healing OiRfssvmt tor ckne s among ch.ldren.'
Female Complaints. ;
Inrlamaiion of the kidney, of the womb, and its
falling down, weakness and irreanlsiity ; i" short
an i bosk diiacullies Inch are f squeni ioi re.
mares, rind ready and peim:intni eli f. VVe haye
bad age ladic s tell us Ihev euld ntF live six
months wl bout it. Bert to'fraaales aboul to be
CfU
ta mothers, ifusesf forMwiii mirsjbh.
their conKnrment, very few of iboss ains awf.
to
convnlsions whUb attend mem ai inai periou win,
beftlt. This fact ought to be knwa tna world
. Medicine is for sale at tb
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