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11 It T.f SHED EVERT SATTJTtDAY" In advance, per ye:ir,-2 00 Not paid in advance, 2 bO Not paid until six TERMS 9F ADVimTISINO : One square of twenty-one xttx lines or less, for one inser tion, CO cents ; every sub sequent insertion, 30 cents except it remain in for sev eral months!, when it will be charged 3 for two months, 1 for three, &c. $10 for twelve months.' fjC?- Liberal deductions for large advertisements by the year or six months; months have expir ed, Not paid till the year lias expired, " CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS J AND THE GLC11V OF THE STATE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS." No subscription received for a less time than a year, unless the price be paid in advance. FA YET TEVILLE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1847. I VOL. 8 -WO. rf ' 00 i So BY SolEfiimg wt sit (Ds4 FfTIIE -Subscriber offers his remaining: stock of DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES at New York prices. Call soon if you want good bargains, as I expect to close in a lew days. All persons indebted to me, either by note or account, are requested to make immediate pay ment. JOHN C. DYE. Aug.. 21,1 M 7. 4U-3t. ALSO, A second-hand Pedlar's Wagon and IJuggy good as new. J. C. D. t- o in ,s .s s. 3 cs - ' j M tl 1 -3 o 1 to "3 3, PS 3 ct o u 0 & C3 3 3 r ej 3 C 1-1 .t; O 12 - s-3 .3 -fl fl C C Cj 5 3 oW? rv. s 'J 3 Edr At ;i Meeting of the 15oard of Superintendents of Common School.-;, for Cum berland County, held at the Court House rn the Town of Fayetteville, on Mond.iy the ir,th day of August, l-- 17, the following geutlemei were ap pointed a, Committee toex.uiiine into tiie qualifi cations, both ment 1 and mor 1, ofsut'li peroiis as may apply for employment as U' u'hrrs in any of the Common Schools in Cumberland County, to wit : Kev. John .1. llraiitly, Dr J. T. Gilli.tm, Dr. Thorn. is N. Cameron, John AVinlow, and. I. (J. Shepherd, Ksquires ; and lh.it s dd Committee meet at the Court House in Fayetteville ou Tues day of September Court next WILLIAM McMlLLAN, Chairman. August 15, 1M7. lll-.Uv. State of Xorth Ch lollna illarfcii county. Court of rcas and Quarter Scissions &ug Term, 18-ir. Ronald McMillan vs. James Cooper and wife. Petition for partition of Land. IT appearing to the s itisf.irtion of the Court that the defendants, James Cooper and Mary Kli.a, his wife, reside beyond the limits of this State: it is therefore ordcied by the Court, that publication be made in the North Carolinian, a i.tper published at Fatt'ff eville, for six weeks, Toti'vin'- the said James Cooner and wife, to be and appear at the next Court of Pleas and (Quarter Sessions, to be held for the county of Bladen, at the Court House in Eli'.abethtown, on t lie fust Moml.iv in November next, then and there to idead. answer, or demur to the petition, other wise that the allegations contained therein will be taken pro conlesso, and the petition will be heard ex parte as to them. Witness. H. H. Robinson. Clerk of our said Court at Office, the 1st Miidav in 'August, IS 17. II H. ROU1NSON, C. C. C. Aug. 21, 117. Ill-fit. Just Received, 20 half boxes Raisins, 1U Whole boxes do, 2 Sacks soft shell Almonds. Auiust 1, 1M7. H . F.RAMI! V. 1 IT . TiEDB 1018S(G!R1I181E1R mm . iit.'I . II ll jitm return JI.Jl from New York wi f-' a line assortment of Us) tl ( i 11 H r r j n in his line, which lie in vites the public to call and examine behre purchasing. Among his assortment mav be found tin foil-. wing articles: (iold and Silver J ..over Watches, Cold and Silver TEpine do Patent Vertical do Verge do - Cold (Juard Fob and Vest Chains: silk and Mohair Chains ; Steel Chains; gold, silver steel and brass Kevs : gold Slides; gi ld, silver ami sf eel Spectacles ; Ear Rings; Rreast Pins and finger Kings; gold and silver Pencils; Oold Pens Rracelets; tlold Lockets; silver butter Knives ; plated do.; gold and silver Tooth Picks ; Cold Snaps; Silver Combs; silver 1 lead-Ornaments ; Pearl salt and mustard Spoons ; bone do.; Razors; Knives and Scissors ; Steel Reticules ; Clasps for do., and Purses; silk Purses; hair and tooth Brushes; dressing combs; silver-plated cake bas kets ; silver-plated Candlesticks ; silver-plated snurlers and trays ; steel snu Hers and trays; Rrit tanni.i tea pots; sugar bowls and milk pos; back gammon hoards, violin strings, &.c. &.c; all of which will be sold as low as they can be purchas ed in any market. ll. Particular attention paid to re pairing Wf docks, Watches and Jewelry. EDWIN GI.OVER, Hay street, a few doors above the Market. Aug. 21, 1M7. 411-3m. hkrbTcline. r 11 M 1 1 S Splendid Race Horse and SL Stallion will make his Fall Season i n t he v ici n it v of Fa vet tev i 1 1 e (commencing 20th August, and end i ing 10th October,) and will be let to a limited number of Mares at Ten Dollars each to be paid when the Mare is ascertained to be in foal. Heir Cline is the only living colt of the old imported Sir Arc by, and inferior to none, of his get, as a race horse, having made the best time in his three mile races that was ever made in America. This is probably the only opportunity of rais ing colts from this distinguished horse, as very urgent applications are made for him to go South, where his colts are highly prized. His extended Tedigree can be seen on his handbills, or the turf register. SOLOMON PARKS, Agent for the owner. August 21, IS 17. 444-tit, i ne Oregon Hotel , at Liberty Point. Posses sion given on the first day of June. Apply im mediately to WILL. S. MULLINS. May 13, is 17. 420 -tf T a c S o 1 IfgflL f NEW GOODS. fl AM now receiving, at the old stand, my Fall il and Winter supply, consisting of a general assortment of 0iaiX (U(D(JiIig9 Groceries, HA HI) WARE & CUTLERY, Hollow-ivare, Hats, Sliocs, and Clock. Also, a fjood assortment of Foreign and Domestic LIQUORS, some superior. All of which 1 am willing to sell at the lowest market prices for cash, or exchange for countrv produce. ' W.'DUAUGHON. Fayetteville Ang. 2S, 117. " 1 lo-bw NEW GOODS. T HIE Subscribers have now received their FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF And would be glad to see their friends or supply their orders. We have a heavy stock of Groceries, Dry Goods, HARDWARE & CUTLERY, All of-which will be sold low for cash, or ex changed for country produce. COOK & TAYLOR. Aug. 2S IS 17. ll'y-tt' lO0,OOi Acres V aluable TIMBER LAND FOR SALE. fWMIK Subscriber has purchased all the Lands JL belonging to the estate of A brain Dubois dee'd, lying principally in Robeson cc unty, and on both sides of Lumber river, the dillerent sur veys coiit.uiiiiig over ONE HUNDRED THOU SAND ACRES; a luge part linely timbered, and convenient to Lumber river, where a large quantity of Timber is now rafted to the George town market. These lands are very valuable both for Timber and Turpentine, for w hich pur pose a 1-irge part is well suited, being in a region where the Turpentine yields more abundantly than any other section cf the State The lands will be soi l at a low price, and in quantities to suit purch -sers. Information r'-soecting the title cm be obtain ed byapplving to the Hon. Robert Strange, J. C. IVibliin, Esq., A. A. T. Smith, Esq., Attorneys at Law. 1 understand there are many trespassers on these lands, to all of whom jiotiee is hereby given that the law will be enforced against all such of fenders. Application for anv part of the lands can be made to invself, or to John Winslow, Esq., who will be dulv authorized to in die s.de of the s-me. THOMAS J. CURTIS. March 1, 1 1 "i. tf. D. & W. McLAUUIN 1 lave just received their Spring and. Summer Embracing a great variety of st q le and fancy good-, which they will sell at low price's. May b, IS 17. ' ' Tvi'J Dr. WM. P. MALLETT, may be found, when not professionally- engaged, at his office near Ec clcs' Bridge. Aug. 2 , IS l'j-3'JJ-y THE JS'EW YORK SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Till MI) YEAR. Tliis pojiular f-'t ii'ntific ami Mcch.inic.il Journal, (wliich luis alrcmly al taiiK .I. the largest circulation f any weekly aT of the kind in the world.) will commence, its third volume on Saturday. Sept. llath. Kach iiumbiT of 'i'he Scientilic .Americaai contains from five to seven original mechanical engravings ; a catalogue of .American liu tents, ns issued from the l'atent Office each week; notices of the progress of all new mechanical and s!-icntilie inventions: instructions iu tlie various arts and trades, with engravings; curious philosophical and chemi cal experiments; the latest railroad intelligence in Europe and America: all the different mechanical movements pub lished in a scries, ami illustrated with more than a hundred engraving., &.e. Sec. It is in facta paper that merits the patronage of all Me chanics and manufacturers throughout the United States. au ;-lonVl be in the hands of every one that feels an inter est in the ativantcment of Mechanical or Scientific im provements in this country". It is published in quarto form, conveniently adapted to binding, and f urui.-du d to country subscribers at the low price of TWO DOLLARS a year one dollar in advance, aud the remainder in six months. Address, MUXN & C O. I ubli.-hers. 12S Fulton street. Xw York. l'OST PAID. FOR SALE f H1HE Subscriber is desirous of sel I ing his pi m U tation on t he east side of Saddle Tree Swamp, seven miles above Lttnilei ton. It con tains eleven hundred acres, and has on it a good Dwelling, and all necessary outhouses. It has a great dealofgood timber on it, lying within haul ing distance of good navigation. Applications will be promptly attended to bv the subscriber, living near Davis Spring P. O., Robeson countv. JOHN B. McXATT. June 10, 1SI7. 4:j"-llt GjAZB; IAIt', X.JN,B, FOR SALE. THE Subscriber, desirous ot changing his business, now offers for sale his FARM, in this county, on the east side of Cape Fear, imme diately on the river, to 3 miles from the Clar endon" Bridge, containing 53 1 acres ; the greater part of the tract is very rich bottom land, though a portion of good ridges suitable for cotton, to bacco and wheat. There is enough of open land (say 200 acres) to work 10 to 13 hands, and is now in a fine state of cultivation. There is a very fine barn, and besides feed room and. double set of stables, with cribs, kitchen, &.c, as'eil located as any on the Cape Fear. The terms for payment can be made very ac commodating. I am on the premises every day, and will be glad to show !t to any one wishing to purchase. a , -. W- S. LATTA. Aug. 23, is 17. jl.3-tf. ?w9y.J7fR,?' 31th Rert- N. C. Militia. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, - won ATTENTION! W OU are hereby cmnniaiiUeil to appear at Silas Douglass's, on Tuesday, 7th Sep tember next, at 10 o'clock, a. m., armed and equipped as the law directs, for drill, &c. By order of the Col. commanding, HECTOR McNEILL, A dj-t Au-j, -2s, IS 17. Mm. REM OVAL. rniHE Subscriber has removed to the two tene JU. rnents west end of the Hybart buildings, on the north side of Hay street, next adjoiningD. &. W. McLaurin on the west, and E Glover, Jeweler, on the east, which is about midway between the Fayetteville Rook Store and Observer Oilice, and the Market House, where he hopes his old friends and customers will call and see him. He is now receiving his fall supplies, which will be found to embrace a general stock of Staple and Fancv ST GOOES. Ilanlwiire and Crockery, All of vvhich will be sold at a small advance on cost, either at wholesale, retail, or in barter. The undersigned intends to try the experiment of. selling at smaller profits this season than is usu-dly charged, and would therefore cspciall v invite cash purchasers and those who buv on short time, to call and examine his stock before buving elsewhere. - J .NO. D. WILLI MS. August IS 17.. .National J,oau Iimil LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, OF LONDON. 'A Swings Hank for the benefit of the YitIov and the Orphan." Empowered by. act of 1'urliament. Capital .500,000; or $2,500,000. Resides a reserve fund (from surplus premiums) of about $.'IV),000. T. LAMIE M HURRAY, Esq., George st., Han over S juare, Chairman ol the Court cf Direc tors in London. Physician J. ELLIOTSON, M. I)., F. R. S. Actuarv W. S. R. WOOLHOUSE, Es-i., F R. A. S. Secretary V. F. CAMR0UX, Esq. 7 jjIIIS Institution embraces important and sub--8L stantial advant iges with respect to life as surance anil deferred annuities. The assured has, on all occ sions, tlie power to borrow, without expcne or forfeiture of the policy, two-thirds of th; premiums p;ticl ; lIso the optio.i of selecting beneiits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Ki. Assurances for terms of years at the 16wc5t pos iible ra.tes. Persons insured for life can at oivc burrow h.Jf tlie amount if ..lmn d premiums 1'or live succes sive years, on their own note aud cleposite of ji dicy. l'.irt of tlie capit-d is permanently investevl in the United St. tcs, in the names of "three of the Local Directors as Trustees available always to the assured in case of disputed claims (should any such arise) or otherwise. The payment of premiums, half yearly or quar teily, at a trill n r advance upon the annual rate. JS'o charge for' stain jj duty. , Thirty d.iys allowed ; i'ter ecli payment of pre-' miiiins becomes due, w ithout forfeiture of policy. Travelling leave extensive and liberal, and ex tra premiums on the most moderate sc; !e. Division of Profits. The remarkable success and increased prosperity of the Society h .s en abled the Directors, at the last annual investiga tion, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from .l to b'y per cent, on the premiums paid on each policy eflected on tlie profit sc.de. United States Board of Local Directors (Chief Olhce for America, 71 WlII st.) New York Jacob Harvey, Esq., Chairman ; John J. Palmer, Esq., Jonathan Goodhue, Esq., James Boornun, Esq., George Barclay, Es p, Samuel S. Howlind, Esq., Gorham'A. Wo: th, Esq., Samuel M. Fox, E-q. William Van Hook, E j., aud C. Edward Hubiclit, Esq. Phil adelphiu Clement C. Riddle, Esq, Louis A.Godey, George Rex Graham, Esq, William Jones, Esq. Baltimore Jonathan Meredith, Esq, Samuel Hofiman, Esq, Dr. J. 11. McCulloh. J. Leauder Starr, General Agent, and Edward T. Richardson, Esq, General Accountant, for the United States and British N. A. Colonies. Medical Examiners New York J. Kearney Rodgers, M. D., 110 Bleecker st.; Alexander E. Hosack, M. IX, 101 Franklin st.; S. S. Keene, M. D , 210 Fourth street (Medical Examiners attend at 7-1 Wall street, and No. 1J1 Bowery,- at .3 o'clock, p. m., daily. Fee paid by the Society.) Standing Counsel William Van Hook, Esp, 30 Wall street. Bankers The Merchants' Bank. Solicitor John Hone, Esq, 11 Pine st. Cashier Henry E. CutUjj Esq. An act in respect to insfcjince fr lives for tlie benefit of married women; passed by the Legisla ture of New York, 1st April PslO. Pamphlets, blank forms, table of rates, lists of agents, &.c. &.c. obtained , at the Chief Oilice 7 1 Wall st., 131 Bowery, or from either of the Agents throughout the United States, or British Ameri can Cc lonies. STARK PEARCE, Agents, Fayetteville, N. C. Dr. B. W. Robinson, Medical Examiner, Favetteville, N. C. April-3, IS 17. " -1 lG-Siii. ClIAKACTKIl OF THE GKXTLKMAN. Df. Liebcr of the College of South Carolina, in a recent address before tlie Students of that Institution, made the Ckuracter vf the Gentleman" the subject of an excellent discourse. We c;ivc the following extract: "I have statel already that the forbear ing use of power is a sure attribute of the true gentleman; indeed, vc may say that power, physical, moral, purely social or political, is one of the touchstones of gen uine gentleman. The power which the husband has over his wife, in which we must include the impunity with which he may be unkind to her; the father over his children; the teacher over his pupils; the old over the young, and the young over the aged ; the strong over the weak; the officer over his men; the master of a vessel over his hands; the magistrate over the citizens; the employer over the employed; the rich over the poor; the educated over the unlet tered; the experienced over the confiding; the keeper of a secret over him whom it touches; the gifted, over the ordinary man; even the clever over the silly the forbear ing and inottensive use ol all this power or authority, or a total abstinence from it, where the case admits it, will show the gentleman in a plain light. Every travel ler knows at once whether a gentlemanly or rude officer is searching his trunk. Jiut the use of power does not only form a touchstone; even the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test. No gentleman can boast ot the delights of superior health in pre sence of a languid patient, or speak of great goad luck when in hearing of a man bent by habitual misfortune. Let a man who happily enjoys the advantages of a pure and honest iffe, speak of it to a fallen crim inal fellow beinjr, and vou will, soon see whether he be, in addition to his honesty, a gentleman or not. The gentleman does not needlessly and unceasingly remind an offender of a wrong ho may have commit ted against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness-of soul and manliness- of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be truly past. lie will never use the power which tlie knowledge of an olVcnce, a false step, or an unfortunate exposure of weakness give him, merely to enjoy the power of humiliating his neighbor. A true man of honor f eels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others." E DENTON j NORTH CAROLINA. The following description of Edentou is taken from the Southerner, written by a correspondent of that paper, who signs him self Ueaufort ' : Sin : I now proceed to fulfil my pro mise of a letter from this dace. Edenton was first laid off as a town in JToO, and was named after Gov. Eden, who resided opposite the town, on the west bank-of the Chowan river. This town occupies a very hand-ome site on the bay which empties into Albemarle Sound, and is distant about 70 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The bay at the town is live miles wide, and to persons fond of sailing on the water for pleasure, this place oilers rare induce ments. The present population may be put down at twelve hundred. There are some twenty stores of different kinds here, which do an ag-trreirate annual busiuess of nearly S200,()00. There are also here one Methodist, one Episcopalian and one Bap tist Church.' The Episcopal church now occupied by that very respectable denomin ation, was built the SOth year of the reigti of-George 11, in tlie year 175G. Its ap pearance is quite antiquated. The old Colonial Legislature of North Carolina imposed a tax. of two shillings on each taxable-man for the purpose of completing this clvut'ch. liut it was origi nal ly intended to be built by voluntary contributions, anl a considerable amount was raised in that vvav. I he whole of the town and country was originally owned by the noble Lord Gran-, vilie, Who held it in a deed of conveyance from his Majesty tlie King of England. This grant extended South from the Atlan tic Ocean to the town of Washington, on Tar river, and thence to an indefinite limit outward, perhaps to the Pacific Ocean. Lord Granville appointed in the town of Edenton a receiver-general to attend to the receipts ami disbursements of his enor mous amount of rents; &.e. The gentle man's name was Francis Corbin, and. there is now here an ancient looking dwelling fat present owned and occupied by Alt Bond ) vvhich was built for and originally occupied by MfO. The whole of the inside work of this house was brought over from England, and contains a great deal of carving, &c. The exterior appearance is singular enough, and contrasts very strangely with the present styles of archi tecture. This house was the place for the meeting of the Legislature of the Colony of North Carolina In the year 1795 or 1800, a great busi ness was done here in staves, shingles, &c. Staves were shipped in large quan tities to the West Indies, and realized in that market -about SI 00 per thousand Nearly all the purchases which were made by merchants of the town in the Northern markets were paid for by shipping produce to the West Indies, with instructions to the commission merchants to invest the avails of shipments in rum, and send it to the North on account of the Edenton mer chants. I noticed in in this place seven large can non which were brought here during the Revolutionary vyar by one Capt. Barritz, from Cadiz, in a vessel named "The Holy Heart of Jesus. ' He brought out fifly-seyen pieces, but many of them were distributed to the different forts in the State, and several sold to the State of Vir ginia, to be paid for in Tobacco. This debt, 1 am told the State still owes, and I presume can this year pay it by the sale of wheat and corn. There is also here a beautiful brass six-pounder, taken from the English in the Revolutionary war. These fifty-seven pieces were intended as a speculation, and consigned to aii Edenton firm, Nessrs. Hughes and Smith. Mr Hughes was one of the signers of the Decla ... ration of American Independence, and a wealthy merchant. In a recent letter from Petersburg, I complimented the patriotism of the Vir ginia ladies in reference to a case of sacri fice proposed by one of the fair daughters of that town. I now wish to bring to the notice of your readers an incident which transpired in this town a little prior to the Revolutionary war. One evening a number of ladies ( twelve or fifteen) had accidentally met at a house to spend a social evening, and when tea was handed round, one of the ladies re ma'ked, that for one she would be willing not to taste a drop of tea as long as En gland should continue to oppress them by heavy taxation, &c. This proposition was unanimously responded to. The tea was thrown overboard, (as at Boston) and reso lutions were passed not to touch the article until the grievances complained of should be relieved. Some years since, while Commodore Rogers was on a cruise in the Mediterranean, in the ship-of-the-line 44 North Carolina,' stopping at a town on that coast, he stepped into a shoe-makers shop, and on looking around noticed a painting on a piece of glass set in a frame, representing this party of ladies in their ' tea meeting ;' figures of all the ladies were there, and also a chest of tea. The Commodore was delighted in meeting with this remembrance. of other days! and purch ased it. He brought it to Washington, and the citizens of Edenton through one of their number, addressed a letter to the pro per department at Washington asking tor it fur their town. This request was prompt ly complied with. But the painting sub sequently became broken, much to the regret of the citizens. This painting is supposed to. have been taken by an En glish officer as a caricature of the meet ing, and yet, though taken as a burlesque, faithfully represented the parties concern ed even the countenances of some ot the ladies could be distinguis'.weil. One of this number, Mrs. Sarah Morgan, and the last survivor of this tea meeting,'1 died a few years since aged 88 This meeting is supposed to have been some months pre vious to the throwing the tea overboard at Boston. During the Revolutionary war the Brit itsh entered the harbor after nightfall on the occasion, captured several sail of ves sels and made prisoners of those found on board. On the next morning, the vessels being missed, the citizens fitted Out a fine vessel, ( manned by officers and seamen then in port, commanded by Capt. Nehc miah Bateman) and-made chase down the Sound after them. They were overtaken, captured, and brought into port, and among them Was the officer who drew the tea party" caricature. This incident i the Revolution has never before appeared in print. There is living; in this town an old negro man ageil J.) years, who served under General Washington. His name is Jona than Overton, familiarly called " Uncle Jonathan.'' I called on Uncle J., aud conversed a Jong time about the scenes thro' which he passed daring the war His memory is accurate aud his mind vigorous. He paints in glowing colors the mighty deeds of the immortal Washington. The fisheries contiguous to this place are a matter of considerable interest, and quite worthy a brief notice in my letter. For the very brief season they exist they are decidedly the most important interest known to the people of this State. There are on the Albemarle Sound alone, some 28 fisheries, vvhich work seines varying from lj600 to 3,000 yards long, using each 100 hands and 15 or 20 horses. Some of these seines have been known to catch as many as 500,000 herrings and as many as 13,000 shad at one haul! Tlie amount of capital invested in the different fisheries in the Albemarle district, is three hundred thousand dollars, giving employment for two months in the year lo about five thou sand hands and two hundred vessels, con suming annually about due hundred thou sand bushels of salt, and putting up an nually ninety thousand barrels of herrings. Of the fish caught, about three-twentieths may be allowed for shad. A few years since one haul was made on the Roanoke River containing forty-five tons of rock fish! This, I know, will sound to you like a "fish story;" but I received my information from one of the most respectable and intelligent citiz-ens of Edenton, and am willing to stand by it. The seine happened td en counter a regular shoal of "rocks." In the above account of the fisheries, I have only given you those in the Albemarle district embracing the Sound, the Chowan aud Roanoke rivers. From Pamlico Sound I have no accounts and cannot tell what proportion their fisheries will bear to these. The present year has not-been considered so good as the past .IW these fisheries. They, perhaps, have not caught much more than half as many fish ; but the increased price obtained for them will reduce the discrepancy to an amount one third less than usual. . For the most of the statistical informa tion contained in this letter, I am indebted to the courtesy of Doctors William and Thomas D. Warren, both of whom pro posed to render me any assistance in their power procuring information, &c. BEAUFORT. ' Papa!' said Joe, 'are Congress-men, As all the papers style 'cm, Both deaf axd dumb, likeuncle Ben. Who lives at the Asylum Poh I Nonsense, boy! I blush indeed, y At your half-stupid notions;' J ' Why, pa, 1 thought so, for vyc read They're always making motion." Punch says he once saw a father knock down his boy, aud he thought it the most striking picture of a sun down he ever beheld. - . - It is said that flax is a spontaneous pro duction of the .Rocky Mountain region Fields of it might be managed as meadows of hay. Punch says : " Of all kindness, it must be confessed that of lending books is the one which meets with the least return. MEAN MEN. Ive known some mean men in my time". There was Deacon Overreach, now hC was so mean he always carried a hen ill his gig box when he travelled to pick up the oats his horse wasted in the manger anil lay an egg for his breakfast in the morning' And then there was Hugo Himmelniani who made his wife dig potatoes to pay lor the marriage license 4,Lavvyer," he con tinued, addressing himself to" Barclay, I must tell you that story of Hilgo j lor it'3 not a bad one and good stories, likd potatoes, ain't as plenty as they used td be--when -I was a boy. Hugo is a neighbor2 of mine though considerable older than t be; and a mean neighbor he is, too. WellJ when he was going to get married to Grct chen Kelp, he goes down to Parson Rogers at Digby to get a license. " Parson,' says he, 'what's the price of a license? Six dollars,' says he ''Six dollars' says Hugo. That's it dreadlul sight of money! Could'nt jott take less?' " No,' says he. 'That's what thev cor.t me to the secretary's office at Halifax". . V' 'low muc" do you ax for pub lishing in church, thenr' "Nothing,' says the parson. " Well' "says 'Hugh, 4 that's so tWap I can't expect you to give no change back. I tl link I'll be published. How long does it taker' "Three Sundays.' "Three Sundays!7 says Hugo. 'Well that's a long time, too But three Sundays only make a fortnight, after all ; two fin- the covers and one lor he inside like; and six dollars is a great sum of money for a poor man to throw away. 1 must wail. " So off he wen ta-jogging towards home and and looking about as mean as a new sheared sheep, when all at once a bright thought came into his head, aud back lie went as hard as his horse could carry him. "Parson,' says he, " I've changed my mind! Here's the six dollars. I'll tie the knot to night with my tongue that 1 undo with my teeth.' 44 Why, what in nature is the meaning of all this?' says the" parson. Why,' says Hugo, 'I've been been ciphering it out in my "head, and it's chea per than publishing banns, after all. Voit sen. sir. it9 a nut n.1it-ilhr inn- iirw. .nnl if I I ' l"'"" . ' ! wait to be called in church; her father vtiII have her work for nothing; and as hands are scarce and wages highj if I mar. ry her to rtight she can begin to dig out own to-morrow; ami that will pay for the license, and just seven shillings over, for tlie re ain't a man in all Clements that cati dig and carry as many bushels in a day as Oretcheri can And besides, fresh wives, like fresh servants, work like smoke at first, but they get sarcy and lazy after a while." Life in a Colony, by Sam Slick. "Ix Statu Quo." There is in this city a petty newsmonger (well known on 'change,) who loves to retail intelligence, (and especially war news t lit Mrs. Tultlci who is an eye-sore to every body he comes in contact with. His plan is to get up early of a morning, run round to such netvspaper offices as tolerate hitit gather every thing he can learn, and then to bore neighbors with the "news," which he has not calibre enough lo remember, dr relate in any shape come-atable. He is "old" almost every day in the week, of late but he has rarely had news like what he carried "down town" with him yester day! 'The "late despatches from the 'army" vvcre announced on Sunday, and true to his work, M entered one of his favor ite haunts yesterday morning, tfith his customary interrogatory. He was met by a wag near the door. ' Any news ?'' inquired M- " Not much," " What is it?" " From the seat of war." " Where's the army ?' ' Oh, in Statu Quo." " The devil it is r" "Yes" , " How long has it been there ?" "Since the 27th." "Thunder!" exclaimed M ' an away he rushed down State str' with the intelligence. M me friend On the corner of the street, to'"l,0,n "c ',n parted the information 44 0ltr army had reached Statu Qi"'- where upon the stranger opened his yes' anu? advised him to call on S .He did so, and long be fore early 'chaise hour, it was pretty well known that our army was in statu quo!'' Out wiy friend ttas congratulating himself an having circulated this delecta ble piece of information long "before any otter journal had the news,'' and was lasting of the fact to a friend, who asked him if he knew where "statu quo" was lo cated. Well. M- d""1"'1 k.now V - department of Mexico it was situated m, but he had the news right from the office, and it must be so. " You're a thuirdcrrng fool, sard the neighbor. ?Vhv?" Whys Don t you know that in "statu quo" means in the same slate or condition, and that it is a very common Latin phrase?" M offered to bet a hat he was right, and at the last accounts he was poring over DisturneU's Map of Mexico, en deavoring, most assiduously, to discover the location of '-Statu quo."
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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Sept. 4, 1847, edition 1
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