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JSCcrrt iarM "CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT H TO IXniTIDUAl-S; ANB THE CLOUT OP THE STATE IS THE COMMON PROPERTV OF ITS CITIEEWS. ii BY WM II BAYNE FAYETTEVILLE, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1846. TRHMS OF THE NORTH CAROLINIAN Per anntin, if pair in advance, 82 00 if not paid in advance, 4 50 ! paid at.the end of six months 3 00 at the end of the year 3 50 Hates of Advertising: tty cent per square for he first, and thirty cent for etch suhsequunt insertion. Advertising by th-J year will be charged according to the quantity of matter inserted. tJourt advertisements, &c, 25 per cent higher. CONFECTIONARY, FRUIT, AND TOY STORE. THE Subscriber has taken the New Brick ?tort oi the north sidn of H ly street, a few doors Vivo fin 1 irket rloii3 where he is now open i'lg a fi.ie a isoriui ;ut of GOODS in the above line, fc4nifsltng in pait tf the following articles : Fruit. Aim nd. Fd'iftrts, Mideira, Rr.i7.il & Pecan Nuts, Prnn?, Currant?, Canton and Havana Preserves, Ci'r i, &e. Arrangements are made for fresh sup plies of Oraii:j;a, Lemons, Apples, Cocoa Nuts,&e. SPICES. l.i:rj, Nuf.ms. Cloves, (a"ia in mats, Ground Oisoi, Ground Pepper, Alspice, Mustard an. I Gro'ind Ginger. PICKLES AND SAUCES. Ptpp .-r S-uc", To na'o Catsup, Olives, Sardines, and assorted Pickle. CRACKERS. R ifllon, Butter and Water Crackers, Soda and Lemon Biscuit, Pilot Bread. PERFUMERY. C lon-, Lavender and and Rose Wafer, II ly tl'f n, li j.irs'. Antique a id M;ici?';ir Oil., Ver fj :tn C're.in, Rxlr.ids, Soaps f overy variety. WILLOW W A RE. "i'.i i,Cr.dl.-. Ch-tirs, and Baskets. SUNDRIES. P..v '1-i-.i, Cru'cd, Loaf I Rrown Smnrs CilTw, rei.'C'ioioli'e, .Vfacironi, Vermicelli Co c i. Si irch, I-idi-n, Camphor, L-mon Syrup. Ma drtir ail s-.v...t Maltha Wl ms, Champagne S:oh ill Maeeohoy SniifT, choice Chewfr.g To ! ii'.::-t, H"5 ilia, Principe and ' lavanaCigars, Sweet Sp-irni C i:Jlc3, Ilerrin-, Brooms, V"hisks, Flutes, Viol i -is, Accordeons, &c. &e. A r-u variety of J 32-3 iiVXJ) ASTS) H 3 0 i) 3 suitable for Pre ents, too numerous to mention. A'so, Kry varioiy of CANDIED, at Wholesale and R rtalt. :iT Call and take a I. ok. ' w. rnoK. O. tobT -2:, IS IS. 349-tf. A. M. CAMPBELL, Hiving been appointed AUCTIONEER F ir the to-v.i if F.iyettevill, is pr'-pared foaftend i'i ile of any oodj which may be eutrustd to b isiirmienfs from nhroad will be promptly at I i.l-f t'i April I '.), 18 15. 321 -y. Mew IFim. The subscribers have entered into a Copartner ship, under the firm of H. W. Beattv fit Co., For the transaction of A General Commission Business In the luicn of Wilmington, .V. C. They will give particular attention lo the. sale of Timber, Lumber, and Naval Stores; he receiv ing and forwardinz goods, and the sale and pur chase of soods for the hark country. They would respectfully solicit a portion of pub lic patronage, and pledge their best exertioos"to giva satisfaction. H W BEAT TY, JOHN C LATTA, July 19, 1845. 334-tt. MALLEABLE IRON, SUCH as Carriage Maker use. A good as sortment al ways on hand, and for sale at one cent ner pound advance on the Manufacturers prices by y v W. PRIOR. October 25, 1845. 349-tf. iriPORTAisrT HOTCHKISS' Vertical Water Wheel. THE Subscribers having witnessed the success ful operation of these wheels, were induced to pur chase the right of using tnem m me siaie oi iv.nn Carolina; and thev now offer for sale individual ri-hts at FIFTY dollars, or rights for a whole county, on reasonable terms. t?esidos bem generally aoopnu in wic i.orin;rii Slates, these wheels are" cming into general ujo in th. southern States. We have sold about 100 Rizlits, 30 of Which arc in succ s3fitl operation in Cumlcrlaftd county. These wheels are nicfre durable, an-l more eis.ly kept in order when properly put tog-thi-r than the flutter wheel. They will save one-third of the water, and ruu wHl in bavk water, when there is a head above. The speed of the' saw i" increased to more than double the stroke per mtnore. W refer, am mg otuers, to ine loirovrns geniie- men, sonn. ..- .....r lio 1-2 m nth3 pr more; ana irom many oi Win, and othe s, we have received -ertirieales expressing thHr hizh approbation otlhesiToeri.-r auyaniaares ol lnSi:over lot; miner wn-ci, their saws will cut 250", 3000,3500, afi'l even as lush us 5! 00 lect per d;iy, and save one-third of tUe water. INDEMNITY Against loss or damage fry Fire. THE WILLIAMSBURG FIRE INSU RANCE COMPANY. CAPITA lr $ 1 0 5 ,000. Office in Grand near Firgt Street, William burg, opposite the City of IS'eic York. Agency Office, Wells Building, 62 Wall ft., JS"ew York. DIRECTORS: Christian ZabrUkie. Abr'm T. Boskerck, X" Andrew C. Benedict, Francis Steinheil, Frederick W. Favre, Sam I H. Clapp, Jeremiah Johnson, Joh.i Lezzctt, Chus. O. Handy, Le.nr.cl R ichardson, John Skillman, Saml. Willets. Nicholas Wvckofl. LEMUEL RICHARDSON, Pres't. Andrew B. IIoDKEs.Sec'ry. WASHINGTON POST, Agent, New York. THE Williamsburg Firelnstirance Company, having b--en incorporated by an act of the Legisla ture of the State of New York, for the purposes of Fire Insurance, the Directors ofler to Insuretheir fellow-citizens throughout the United States Against Loss or Damage by Fire, On Buildings, Good and Merchandise, and Per sonal Property nerally, assuring ihem that the affairs of the Company, shall !e conducted with such fairness, candor and liberality as they trust will entitle it to puhlicconndence ana patronage. i he Subscriber, Agent for the above Com pany, will give any further information that may be desired by those who wish to Insure. JAMES MAR TINE, Agent, Hay Street. Feb. 8, 1845. 3 II -if. Kneouraz? Home Manufactures v.-. V J t V Gardner & lclelb.an7 HAVE lately m.tdu considerable improvement iTn thnr otyl-i of -Work .and have now oil liquid a & -X EU AL ASSORTMENT, consisting of Carriages, Barouches, Buggies, Gigs, Sulkeys, Waggons, &c. Wnich f.tr lt;ga:ic ot'shap: asut lini.-li, and dura bility, will compare ith a.y made i'i tlu L States. Phiiiis wis'iiii!" to buv. would io well lo call and examine our work, as wo have determined to sell LOW for Cash, or approved notes. II iving i :i our employ rirt rati- Smii lis, we are prepirt tl to !o any Iron work in the above line on m id rn te i ei'in Wo warrant all our work to be of ond and faith ul work hi i nship :ind materials, for one year. REPAIRING faithful'' executed at short notii-e, and on reaon tde terms. Fave-t v 11 Februarv 8, 1 B 16. y. 'BOOKS For Xew-Y car's & Christmas Gifts For sale by R. W HARDIE. Oi l Fellow's OlT:ring, for IS16, the prettiest Annual of the season. Tiic Gift for 1316. Th-following are some of t'i conri:u ors to this wor' : H. W. Longfellow, J nvph (J. Neal, N F Wi lis, G l.nore Simms, Mrs "iigrtnrney, an I others of the best writers in the con ltry. Rose of S'i iron, a religious souvenir for iSlC.by A 1 -".- .1. C. E Ijjarton. Christian's! Annual for 1846. virifiy of Juvenile A-inuah for children. A!.i. Ril'd-j.Praver 13 oks. Alliums. Miscd ane- om 1i k with ft ie bindings suitable for presents. Nov. 23, 1815. 3a4-if. NEW fiSOOIi. Wandering Jew, comp'ete; both Harpers and Winchester's editions. Secret History of the Tyler Dynasty. Fremont's Exploring Expedition. Mary Dalton, or Wealth and Worth. In-rrr-soll's History ol the War of I8I2-M4. Together with a variety of SCHOOL BOOKS. J ust received and for sale by R. W. HARDIE. ALMANACS. Turner & Hu2hes Farmers and Planters', and Presbyterian and Comic for '46. Nov. 22. 1845. 333-tf. S HOTEL. FAYGTTEVILLE, N. C. THE Subscriber, havin? taken that lare and commodious brick building, formerlyknown as the Planter's Hatel, respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he is prepared to ac commodate 1 UAVbLLibKa and other in the best manner ; the building having been thorough ly repaired and properly furnished for that pur The Northern and Southern Stages stop at this House. ... . , r?.. nrted with the Hotel, and a Few yards dis tant. are extensive Stables, which will be attended by careful and "penenceoier. BR.JGGS. FayelteviUe, Nov. I, 1845. 350-tf, Fatetteville. A Graham. Cumberland. Col Alex. Murchison, Christo her Mutiroe, Alex William-, Col A JS McNeill, F.irohard Smith, Joint McDaoic I John Evans, J W How. II. Bladen Gen. James Mclvay, Robert Me'vin, S N Richardson, Thomas C. Smith, Isaac Wrijhf, John Smith. Sampsov. G T Ilarksr'al". Patrick 1urpliy, JohnH. Spearman, Hardy Royal. New Hakovkh. James M urphy, Charles Henry. Onslow. Robert Ainan. GllEEN E. Thomas Hooker. Cealtokt. Ij Run li ven, Mr Arnold- DlTPIIS. Lewis Hering, .lami's Jarman, Daniel Moore. Bpsides many Lenoir. John William', Esq. Thomas Rouse, Jesse Lassitcr. Jon es. James McDanit I. Craven. John Elrvaot. Columbus. Lot Williamson. Robeson. W C McNeill. Richmond John C. McLaurin, J.mn L . Fairley. Anson. J R Reid, Millwright. A Raiiirhiim. Caswell. Wm. Ru sll. J T Hudson, Millwiight Chatham. Cole & Brant I v, Smith &. Pollen, N Clegsr. - W ake. S B.-aslv, Johnston. Jesse T L ach. TR7'OUJ,D respectful- V V ly inform the citizens of Fayetteville andthe public generally, that he has taken the stand recently occjpied by E.J. Clark, on Gillespie Street, 5 doors South of the Market Square, whre he will ""manufacture and ko-n onn. startly on hand an assortment of TIN Aril) SHEET IRON VV A R F. Person s wishing to purchase would o wnll tn CSII and examine hisstnek before purchasing else where, as he is determined fo sellas chean as anv ofhr manufacturer in the Slate. EfAKERS nfan enfifely new pattern. ROtlfFfNG done fnth lastest style and best manner. Also GUTTFRIflG. ' A us. if, 13 f 4. 26 1 -y. Jas. B- McOALIiIJIVI. JAILOK, ' Has rerrrovefr hrs Es tnTdishrnenf from his fate stand, to the store fteit door weft of the Cirpe Fear Bank, recently oc cupied by Mr Wm. J. Alideraofj. f(e will wanaiit his woik tn be equal ti any in the GL'ILFIir.D. Dr Fatilks. Pitt. John Joiner, Dr. Robert and Hicliaid Williams. others in difFerent parts of tie 5?t :... With such a deservedly high character, the Sub scribers feel justified inotToiiiii the Wheels to Hie public, tln-y will keep on hand a supply of heels adopled to li-ah r low heads at Fayetteville Wilmington, Newbern and Washington. And M r James T. Dodson, of Caswell, has th-m tor sale. We caution all persons through the Slate against paying any person but ourselves, or our authorized agents", for the riht of usin these wheels. NOTICE TolMILLWltlGHTS. If yon wish employment, acquaint your-elves with putting in ihese Wheels, us we now wish to employ at least HiO in this business in d fferent parts of the State. DUNCAN McNElLL. ARCFPD McLAUOHLINi A A MclvETH AN. Fayetteville, January 31 1816. 363-tf M. A.-STDARTh'KSSSr F LL and WINTER GOODS, consisting i I ry Goods, Hats, Caps, Bonnets, ' Shoes, Slc, Slc J JDupuv& A Seignelle's French Brandv, (choice bi ands,) Saddles ol all tlescnptions, from a to ii d also daily expected, Groceries, Hardware, C ulery. Drugs, Window Glass, &c, &e.. all ol w'nch lie will be "tad to exchange for LASstl or C mntrv Produce. Give me a call. Sept. 2 , 1845. 343 y. place, and moderate. Nov. 22, 1815. any t ha roes i 40-tf as Whereas. Felix Bell, late ol Sampson county, N. C'has departed this life, and Letters of Adminis tration have been granted to the subscriber, tins is therefore to give notice to the next of kin and dis tributees of said estate, that the subscriber is now ready to close the same, and pay to those entitled, thir share of said estate . JOSnAtl WAinifts, acint'o Dec. 20, '45. 353-6m. LANDS AND MljLI-S FOR SALE. THE subscriber ofiers tor sate m acres i u ininikr with his Gristatul Saw MILLS, on Bea ver Creek, in Moore county. 10 perwna - i :..i;.. . .mnll fa nit al in properly ol this kind, a more fa'vorable opportunity seldom offers, 'i-i r i . nA nu valuable as affording an IIC9C UtllUBIIC UW J ' - . , ,k..nj.n. r tu Kt i mher in ne vouniry, uui their productiveness renders them highly desirable ior purposes ol iuiMvairon. iiienni" failing, the grist Mill is the very best in the State; and the Saw Mill ia within two and a half miles nfastieam.on which Lumber may be rafted info the Cape Fear almost ev rr month in the year; besides the health of the country gives to these Lands and Mills an increased value over property of a similar kind in the lower counties. For terms aPr'yto' HUGH A. CAMERON. Moore county, Feb. 28 1846, 367-tf. NOTICE. The subscriber is authorized, a nd will se'l to the hihest bidder, on Tuesday the 12th of Ala', at the Market House in Fiyeiteville, at 12 o'clock, that tract of LAN O where Brazell Carver now resides, containing two hundred and six'y ei-ht acres. DAVID CARVER, Sen'r... Ai"'nt ior John and James Carver. April 1 1, IS46. 373-4r. in LIFE INSURANCE. C A I IT A Li $ 2, 500,000 . The Insured entitled to participation of Profits both buropean and American policies. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AS SURANCE SOCIETV, LONDON. U. S. BOARD OF LOCAL DIRECTORS. (Office 74 Wall Street.) JSTeto York. Jacob Harvey, E.eq.Ch'n. Georse Barclay, Esq. John L Palmer, Esq. SamliS Howland, Esq. Jonathan Goodhue, Esq. Gorham A. Worth, Esq. James Boorman, Esq. Samuel M. Fox, Esq. Philadelphia. Clement C Biddle, Esq. Louis A Godey, Esq. Sears C. Walki i, Esq. Geo. Rex Graham, Esq. J. LEANDER STARR. Manager and General Airent for the United States and British N. A. Colonies. 9 DC?" The Suhseribers, having been appoint ed Agents for this Company in the Town of Fay etteville, ar prepared o effect Life Insurance, and to furnish all desired information and explanations on the subject. STARK &PEARCE, Asents Fayetteville, Nov. 22, 1845. 353 if. New Spring1 and Summer B U) CO HD g. & h. McMillan ARE now receiving from New oik and Philadel phia, at their old stand next door lo Messrs J. Hnske &. Son, an entire New Stock of Staple and Fancy EST GOODS5 Viz : Sup. blue black, and Olive brown Cloths ; black and fancy Cassimeres ; sup'r satin and cas simere Vcstings ; Drap-d'Ete; Earlston and Mus lin Gingham; printed and Organdy Muslin; shad ed Balzorines and Ombra Barege ; black and i-old Silks; Bof k and Swiss Muslins; Jaconel and Cam brics; black and blue-black crape; black and blue Alpacca Lustre j Lace and cambric Edgings and Insertings; corded and muslin Skirts; ladies Cors lets; black and colored cambrics ; Italian Cravats and scarfs; Irish Linen ; Brown Holland and Sili cias; brown and ble? ched Shirtings; linen and cot Ion Diaper; linen and cotton Checks for coats and pants; Brown Linen and Drilling; silk and cotton Handkerchiefs; Linen Cambric do ; silk and cot ton Hose ; Ladies sup'r Kid Gloves and Mitts ; Gentlemen's white and colored Kid Glomes; Ftr ence Braid, Lace, and Triangle Bonnets ; Fringes nd Ribbons; children's Leghorn and Gypsey Hats ; Beaver, Leghorn, Palm-leaf and Panama Hats. Also, a great variety of Boots and Shoe, for ladif and gentlemen; with a great many other Goods, too tedious to mention. As the above stock is entirely new, it is well worthy the attention ot country merchants to call and examine before pnr chasing elsewhere, as tbe above Goods will be sold low for cash. March 21, 1846. 370-6w. INSPECTOR OF IS, AVAL STORES. DOUGALD A. LAMONT, HAVING been appointed Inspector of Turpentine, Tar, &c , &e.. for the town of Wilmington, would respect TuUy solicit a portion of the patronage of his friends and "he public All rafts or lota senl to him will le attended to promptly; and he vill chcerfu ly assist the owners n the a?c of them, in any way in his power. Wilmington, April 15, 1846. 374-3t. INSPECTOR OF LUMBER. JOHN MCLERAN, HAS been apjointcd Inspector id" Lumber for the Town of Wilmington, and solicits a portion of the patronage of his friends and otliers who send the article to market. He will promptly attend to the Lumber sent to him, and assist the owner, if required, in effettino saies. Wilmington, April 15, I84C. 374-3t. JOHN M. ROSE IS receiving Ins recent purchases, and has in store the following Goods, which are offered on the most liberal terms for cash or produce : 50 Bags Rio Coflee, Porto Rico and N O Siiirar, 40 bids. Whiskey, Baltimore & N. O. rectified, 10 do. old "Monungoh' la Rte" do. 25 do. Apple Rrandy, b ss B ilitmore Ale, 5 bbl. Cider Vinegar, New England Rum, Liverpool Salt, Cuba and other Afolasses, " Justo Sanz" Cigars, Mver's Aromatic Tobacco, Bladder SnuiT, Ginger, ealcratus, pepper, alspicc, Cheese, &c. Also, Rowland's jnill Saws; Turpentine axes, grass and grain scythes; scythes snaths; cotton cards, cotton ploush lines, socket shovels, ti ace, hajler, l2, and fifth chains; Smith's tools assorted nails, assorted; white lead, pure, extra, and No, I; chrome green; Prussian blue and other colors; tan ners oil; fur, wool and summer hats; horse collars and wagon whips; men's and women's coarse shoes; together with common crockery, suitable for the retail trade; real stone ware, consisting of covered butter and milk pans, j'ars, &c; with many other articles not mentioned. April 18, 1843 374 6 w Rarely a day passes that we do not get some testimony, either verbal orwiitten. of I be sreat efficacy of Dr. Jackson's Pile. Embrocation. Read the fol o in : New Yohk, 721 Broadway, September 2, 1815. It'. N. Jackson Dear Sir : Will von send m six bottles of your Pile Embrocation? 1 wish them P'' 'o keep myself, and part for a legal gentleman, a friend of mine, who has found great relief in using from my bottle two or three times. Yob remember, when in Philadelphia, I was suffering dreadfully from this terrible scourge. I only took one bottle from you ; I havn not used it quite all, and am per fee ly .well. As you may suppose, I proclaim the virtues of your medicine wherever I go. I tell every fri'-nd about it. ; and it is singular to perceive how many are suffering in this way 1 believe half of my ncquaintanees are more or less afflicted. Let me tell yon ilml you can eel! here as f ist as you choose lo make. When von want a ceitificafe from me you sliall have it, and you are .ii noeiiy io snow mis letrrr it you wish. Respectfully, yours, LEWIS P. ASHFORD. A great number of persnns who hate been cured, wili bi referred lo, by calling on the Agents. I nevi r fail ! Prepared only by Dr. Jackson, and sold bv SAML. J. HINSDALE. April 18, 1SI6. 374-ff. Piro IProof Koofs. THE undersigned is ready to contract for the cov ering of roofs of buildings with tin, copper, o zinc, and wi!l execute promptly any work he mat contract for, and for small piofits. or iint, .inu vvi.i caciuii; promptly any work he may coiiinici i or, a no ior sin a 1 1 pi oil ts. THE Members of the Board of Sop -rfntsndanfs c.f Com mon Schools i l Cllirdeil:ind eonn. tv, are requested to meet at the Couit House on Tuesday of next Superior Court at 1 1 a.m. WILLIAM McMILLAN, Ch'm. Apiil 14, 1346. . 374-tm. " piUTUALJ " Croton Insurance Company. Office, No. 35 Wall Slrcel, Adjoining the Mechanics' Dank, in the City of INew York. THIS Company In-ures AJarine, Inland Navi gation, Transportation, and Fire Risks. By its Charter the profits are to be paid back to the as sured, in proportion to the amount of Premiums p;iid by them respectively. The rates and term of Insurance will be moderate and liberal, and the assured subject to no responsibility. JAMES G. STAGEY, Pres't. JOSEPH B. NONES, Vice Pres't. NICHOLAS CARROLL, Sec'y. Capt. SAML. CANDLER, Marine Insp. Also, Insp. for "Lloyd" for the port of N. York DC- The undersigned, ns Agents of the above Company, w ill be pleased lo receive op plications for Insuiance. STARK & PEARCE. Fayetteville, April II, 1846 344-tf. L&f ACOUSTIC OIU tZtlK e M1' roa VjA For the cure . of DEAFNESS, pains, and the dis charges of matter from the Ears. Also, all those disagreeable noises like the buzzing of insects, falling of u ater whizuns of steam, &c. &c, which are symptoms of approathing deafness, and also generally attendant wit h the disease. Many per sons who have been deaf for ten. fifteen, and-lwenty ears, and were obliged to use ear Irorapets, have. after using one or two bottles, thrown aide tin ir trumpets, being made perfectly well. Physicians and surgeon highly r commend its use. Philadelphia, Jan. 4, 1845. I hereby certify that when I was about 12 years old, I gradually became deaf in both cars, so that in a few months I found it almo-t impossible to hear, unless in the very loudest tones of voice. I remained in that situation until last summer, a period of IS years, when I heard of Scarpa's Com pound Acoustic O.I. 1 immediately obtained a bottle, which I have used, and am happy to say it has acted likn magic, and qo te cured me. Any one wishing farther information of my case, which I think, a trmarkable one, will find me by calling at my residence. Concord street, first door above Second strret. Mrs. RFBECCA BAXTER. tO- The above Medicine is for sale by S.J.HINSDALE. , April IS. 184G. 374 tC From Chamber's Edinburg Journal. ENGLISH HISTORY. Oli rer Cromvrell r indicated by Thomas Cartyfe. There was lately iu the London newspapers much rontrmersy touching; the propriety ol permitting the statute of Cromwell to have a place among the rulers of Britain in the new Parliament hou.e?. To many, it seemed that n tegicide among kings wen Id not only pre sent an anomalous nppenr a nee, but be of bad example; others, di-posed to give up the polit ical poiut, were nevertheless among the ob jector!, on nccnunt of the doubtlul character of the individual. In the two bulky vnlumnes now before us, Mr Cuilyle ptcenta the doc umentary evidence upon which a more favor able estimate than usual ofthe haracter of Oliver Cromwell i founded. There is per haps no ihiukitig mind that has not, allowing for the cirrumstaures of the rase, often sus pected great pmli.-ility in the usual hitoiieal delineations. Stn h is iho natural horror of regicide, that it was u4 to be wondered ut if a lurid glare were ihiown over the portrait of the man and thupi-lme d the events iu which he was the principal figure; but still, it was tn be expected that there was some basis of truth in the geneiul statements; ihn! they were at worst but exaggerations, from which, when due abatements were made, w e might get at something near the exact likeness. If, how ever, we are to adopt Mr Cail)lu's account there is not a single line of the accepted his torical narratives that is deserving of the least credit; the whole of them must be negatived and repudiated, so that room may be made for one diametrically opposite iu all its details however similar iu the mere outline wholly different iu whatevei is of essential and vital importance, and as contrary, alike in bo'h minute and large particulars, thereto as a truth is to a lie. Never, therefore, were mankind (and such is the importance of the question involved, that the appeal it includes applies to the race) called upon to an inves tigation of the historical kind more sujrrres tive, more full of weight and weighty conse quences than that now demanded by Mr Carlyle. We now proceed to give such a represen tation of Oliver Cromwell's conduct and char acter as Mr Carlyle has furnished the mater ials for in his present important publication. "Oliver tCromwell, afterwards Protecter of the Commonwealth of England, was born at Huntingdon, in Si. John's Parish there, on the 25th of April, 1599. Christened on me ain oi me same nionin, as the out par ish registers ol that church still legibly tes tify. "His farther was Robert Cromwell, voun- er son of Sir Henry Cromwell, and younger brother of Sir Oli ver Cromwell, knig'it.s both; who dwelt successively, in rather sumptuous fashion, at the mansion of Hinoliiubrook, hard by. His mother was Elizabeth Stew ard, daughter of William Steward, Esquire, in Ely; an opulent man, a kind of hereditary farmer of the cathedral tithes and church lands round that city; in which capacity his son, Sir Thomas Steward, knight, in due lime succeeded him, resident also at Fly. Elizabeth was a young widow when Robert Cromwell married her: t lie first marriage, to one ' V illhrri Lyne, Esquire, of Massing bourne, in Cambridgeshire,' had lasted but a year; husband and only child are buried in Ely cathedral, where their monument still stands; the date of their deaths, which follow ed near on one another, is 1588. The exact date of the young widow's marriage to Rob ert Cromwell is nowhere given, butseem? to have been in 1591. Our Oliver was their fifth child, their second boy; but the first soon died. They had ten children in all, of whom seven came to inatuiity; and Oliver ivas men !wnt The mother of Oliver Cromwell is siid to have been descended from the royal Stuart family of Scotland. "The house whe:e Robert Cromwell dwelt, where his sou Oliver and ail his fam ily were born, is still familiar to every in habitant of Huntingdon; but it has been twice rebuilt since that date, and now hears no memorial whatever which even tradition can connect with him. ltnlandsat theupperor northern extremity of the town, beyond the market-phce, on the left or river-ward side of the street. It is at present a solid yellow brick house, wifh a walled courtyard, occu pied by some townsman of the wealthier sort. The little brook of Hinchin, making its way to the Ouse, which is not far off, still (loff.5 through the courtyard of the place otlering a convenience for malting or brew ing, a mon!j other things Some vague but confident tradition as t brewing" attaches itself to this locality; and traces of evidence J understand, exist that before Robert Crom well's time ii had been employed as a brew ery; but of thi. or even ol'Robert Cromwell' own brewing, there is, at such a distance, in such an element of distracted calumny ex aggeration and confusion, little or rp cer tainty to be had. As to the events of Oliver Cromwell's boyhood, alleged by Heath and subsequent biographers auch as his being run away with bv an wpe along the lead of Hinchin brook, his seeing prophetic spectres, robbing orchards, tyrannising over his school fellows, acting in school plays, and such -like, Mr Car lyle considers them one and al) as stupid in ventions. He was, however, educated at the public school at Huntingdon, by Dr. Beard, and lived front his infancy under re ligious influences; to which Mr Carlyle fairly enough adds those proceeding from the pub lic events of the lime, such as the Hampton i Court-Conference, the Gunpowder Plot, and Volume t Number 37 5 i he general struggle of Protestantism against? Catholicism, which, of course, was then the chief topic ol discourse, as it still is of the history of Europe during that period. The e are the things which account for the growth of private opinion and principle, tbongh this mode of putting the case is not much adop ted by biographers in general. It. however told with good effect in the 'Life of Savanor ola and his Times,' pubh3hed a year or two ago, and is adopted with similar results in Mr Carlyle introductory chapters. On the 23d April, 1616, (the very day on which Shakspeare died) young Oliver was entered of Sidney-Sussex College, Cambridge ; his tutor being one Richa'd Howlet. At the age of eighteen he was left heir to his father's property, and in charge of his father's family, and, it would seem, consequently left Cam bridge; thus early exchanging his specula tive studies for practical duties. To tliose it would appear that he specially attached himself, for the tradition that he was soon after entered of Lincoln's, or any other inn of court, turns out, upon investigation, la be unfnune'ed. He might indeed have studied law awhile at the private chambers of some practitioner; hut ol' this, and the kind cflil'e he is supposed to have lived while in town, there is no proof whatever. The supposition is mere calumny, without any foundation at all. At no period of his life, then was Crom well a wild liver;, and at this particular pe rietl he seems to have behaved himself o well, as lo have beeu admitted on visiting terms at Sir James Bouchiers s, whose daughter Elizabeth he married 22d August 1620, when he was no more than twenty-one years and four months old. Secured by an early marriage against temptation, he then re tu red to the home which was both his widowed mother's and his own at Hunting don, and there applied himself to the business of his farm, laboring for ten years assiduously ami honestly, not omitting such civic, indus trial, and social- duties as his father be fre him had undertaken. "In those vears it must be,' continues Mr Carlyle, "that Dr. Simcott, physician in Huntingdon, had to do with Oliver's hypo chondriac maladies. He told Sir Philip Warwick, unluckily specifying no date, or none that has survived, "he had often been sent for at midnight." Mr Cromwell for many years was very "splenetic" (spleen struck,) often thought he was just about to die, and also "had fancies about the Town Cross." Brief intimation; of which the re flective reader may make a great ce.il. Samuel Johnson, too, had hypochondrias ; all great souls are apt to have and to he iu thick darkness generally, till the eternal ways and the celestial guiding-stars disclose them, and the vague abyss of life knit ifseif upinio lirraaments tor them. Temptations in the wilderness, choices of Hercules, and the like, in succinct or loose form, are ap pointed for every man that will 3serl a so-ii in himself, and be a man. Let Oliver lake comfort in his dark sorrows and melancholies. This quantity of sorrow he has, does it not mean withal the quantify of sympathy he has. the quantity of faculty and victory he shall yet have? "Our sorrow is the invert ed image of our nobleness.'' The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope, liiack smoke, as of Tophet, titling allyour universe it can yet by true heart-energy become flame, and brilliancy of heaven. Ceuratre ! "It is therefore in these years, undated bv history, that we must place Oliver's clear recognition of Calvanistic Christianity; whn: he, with unspeakable ivy, would name hi- conversion; his deliverance from the joys of eternal death. . Certainly a grand epoch for a man; properly" the one epoch the turning point which guides upwards, or guides down wards, him and his activity for evefmore Wilt thou join with the dragoons; wilt thou join with the gods 1 Of thee too the question is asked whether by a man in Geneva gown, by a man iu "four surplices at All-hallow-tide,M with words very imperfect; or by no man, and no words, but only by tf,; silences, by the eternities, by the life ever lasting and the dealh everlasting. That the "sense of difference between right and wrong' had filled all time and all space for man, and bodied itself forth into a heaven and hell for him; this constitutes the grand feature of those Puritan old Christian age.-.; this is the element which stamps them s heroic, and has rendered their works grea, manlike, fruitful to all generations. It: is hv far the memora blest achievement of our species ; without that element, in some form or other, nothing of heroic had erer been among ns. For many centuries, Catholic Christianity, a fit embodiment of that divine sense, had beeu current more or Jess, maTkinz the fen erations noble; and here, in England, in the century called the seventeenth, we see the last aspect of it hifheito not the last ofa'l, it is to be hoped. Oliver was henceforth a Christian man believed in God, not on Sundays only, but on all days, in all place, and in all cases." Leaving the reader to make what he can of this statement, (involving as it dots a re ligious theory, upon which opinions difter,) it is sufficient for the general argument that the facts staled condLces to the proof that Oliver was from the first a sincerely religions man, both in thought and feeiing. In fur ther evidence of this, we find himali a con tributor to what was called "The Feoffee Fund' a scheme originated by Dr Preston, a Puritan college doctor of great celebrity, to counteract the grievances to lay impro priations, through which the country was in-
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