T1HUE MdDffilTIHL ' (BAIHKDILIIKIAfJ
From the Union.
POLITICAL ETHERIZATION.
Old Coon Is that you, Captain Scott?
Copt. Scott. Well, it is, horse. .
Old Coon.Ton't fire then, I'll come down,
Boots. ' .
' Sir sir can you te!l mc where Jo-o-o-o
Pinto lives ?"
"What a question !" "Why, Jo, my old fellow;
you are tke man himself!".
"Oh, ye-ye ye-yes ! I know th-th-that,"
ejaculated he. "But I want to kne w wh'-wh-wh-vvhere
I live."
" Why, this is your house this one right un
der your nose."
" It is, eh ? W-w.well, then, I'll he kicked if
8-3-3-somebody hasn't changed the door, for it
w-w w won't Jit my keyhole, anyhow."' Dn
Hollc. - i
voting in the people's officers, stigmatizing,
by the manner in which they-work, the.
individuals removed, and covering all over
with purple the lame ducks lucky enough
to be appointed by tnera
gifted in hatching eagles iruiu.ci
and fan-tailed pi-eons from chimney-
eggs.
swm-
who
low rc-
s inein-
i these days of" military glory, 1
ling to bathe the shan of one':
n the coolinir fountains of benevi
purity, and consistency, that spring up a
bubble beneath the green Shoes of the
In tl
irp&hinnp
ory in the cooling ruun tains of benevolence,
se
cond Washington I Could ine u.um. .uuS
Father of his Country return from his dis
tant bourne, and meet the millions ot free
men whose fate hung upon his firmness,
and whose independence was secured by
his bravery, what a shout, would go up
from the wilds of the Saint Lawrence to
the Rio Bravo of the North, and from the
bare island of Nantucket to the golden gate
of commerce on the dreamy Pacific ! How
the people would come together the old
men and the middle-aged, the matrons
and the maidens, the beardless boys and
the rosy children to name his name to
6ing his praise j and wherever he stepped,
the spot would become an altar, and his
shallow a "real presence?1' Why, then,
w hen we have in the person of his succes
sor an Elisha worthy of Elijah, should we
not see similar outpourings ofjiy and
thanksgiving similar demonstrations of
gratitude similar overflowings of spirit?
Alas! it is because the fine gold has be
come dim because'the voice of the sweet
singer has become hoarse with political
wranglings because he who came as the
angel oi sunshine, with butterfly wings,
has changed to a beinr of darkness and
snapping-tu rtles.
One of the kings of Sparta, notorious for
his tyranny and avarice, hao in his pre
sence chamber a statue of a beautiful wo
man covered with the most costly robes
and sparkling with jewel.. Whenever a
subject became too wealthy for his condi
tion, according to the taste of the monarch,
he was invited to the palace, and there,
in the presence of the gorgeous court, in a
magniheont chamber, scented with burn
ingspices and lit with mellow light, made
to embrace the beautiful female. As the
unthinking man approached, dumb with
astonishment, and entranced by her ange
lic beauty, her arms opened and received
him, at first with a gentle pressure : but
soon, alas, the shrieks of the deluded vic
tim gave evidence that he was pierced by
the steel spikes that projected from her
body, and that the beautiful woman was
but an instrument of torture moved by the i
hands of a monster for his own selfish and
unholy ends. The presents administration,
to use a pretty strong figure, is that mock
beauty j and the way these spikes that
project from its body are piercing the flesh
of deluded .democrats who come to the
presence chamber as bridegrooms to their
brides, is a caution to King Nabis, his
iron money, and his black broth. '
The second advent, or the 4 Heroic
ige,' as it is more classically termed bv
tne .National intelligencer, is now upon
r o .
ke.ep the conscience of power, od I can
resiU when it becomes too hot in the oien
fr them ! We cannot blame them so much
forcing the btiikr, as the old wjr-horse
of the republic for taking it. Well, as
Mrs Partington said, there it no telling
what are terrapins until the eggs are all
hatched; and leathers, nerouoius ue
'dared, are no sign of a duck's nest ; and
'as it was in the days of the old quiz of
hiatorv, so it is in this
HEROIC AGE."
Age,'
limn us
in the full blaze ot its millennial liiiht ;
and while mortals have the promise of a
pretty fair time tor enjoyment, by some
unacco untable error the old whig dragon
has been left unchained, and he is now
going about, lashing his tail and gnashing
his teeth, seeking whorr he may devour,
and devouring everything that stands in his
way, to give him an appetite for his break
fast. The only way that we can account for
this mUhap, is to suppose that the second
Washington, whose duty it was to have
chained the 'beast,'' has been tampered w ith
by the new doctors who have been hanging
about him ; and in one of his sleepy mo
ments, which he has as well as others,
administered to him that subtle ether
which has played the deuce with the mem
ory and consistency. We understand that
so complete is this etherization, that it has
become difficult for him to recollect that
a person was appointed to the post ollice
at Albany, New York, the other day, who
had been refused it, while the individual
who had the promise of it was entirely
overlooked and nclgected. This ether is
terrible stuff; and Dr. Smith of Connecti
cut has much to answer for, for having
introduced it into the White House. The
cabinet, too, we understand, are in a fair
wry of getting a sponge of it applied to their
own illustrious noses, unless they should
change their habit of going to sleep in the
day-time. During these sleeping fits,
strange things are enacted in council, as
well as at the various bureaus in this city:
for instance, the sojourn the other dav at
the Patent Office, and the attempt of the
I r -
seconu vvasnsngton to put on the yellow
small-clothes of the illustrious Father of
his Country, was a complete failure ; and
notwithstanding all the attempts of his
cabinet to draw him out and coax his legs,
the knee-bucklcs only came down to his
ankles, leaving his body, like Mahomet's
coffin, swinging in brimstone colored space.
Ihe color ot the inexpressibles, also, was
peculiarly objectionable green beiii"- the
court color and in the highest favor at the
present time. We understand that this
treat, unfortunate as it was, gave the cabi
net a just appreciation of what was meant
by that strange term the "seat of marc;"
and proved conclusively, that while the
legs were not much to speak of, the second
Washington was broader by three and
one-half inches than the first champion of
The incubation of District officers is
expected to be had in all this week. This
is a noble occupation for a cabinet of rreat
aim nign-nunded statesmen, and must some
utrrh redund to their credit-a
,:. . . ,1C1'? an" applicants tor
umce secret mquisitors 1 i
"manors, voting out and j
SOPHISMS OF THE SOAPLOCKS.
From the Union.
Recently a body of men' assembled at
Newport, a fashionable watering place in
Rhode Island, calling themselves a "Tar
iff Convention. v They professed to rep
resent the interests of labor, saying noth
ing about capital; which, however, was the
real interest represented. This conven
tion was composed of the fashionable gen
tlemen who annually visit tnat place of
rendezvous of the "aristocracy of the
United States, Abbott Lawrence, the
principal manufacturer of Massachusetts,
was the leading man among them. " Alter
the convention was held, and had sufficient
ly discussed the interests of the poor labor
er and suffering farmer, many of the mem
bers contributed to a grand fashionable
masquerade ball, in - which the various per
sonages present, decorated in the borrowed
tojraery ot the ililterent theatres ot tne coun
try, converted themselves into would-be
lords, ladies, kings, and princes, and all
that, and finally broke up. It may be that
the ball was had before the convention.
It, however, matters not, inasmuch as some
of the same personages who figured at the"
ball, figured also in the convention, and
talked feelingly of the prostrate condition
ot labor in this nourishing and prosperous
republic.
Some oi the discussions of this conven
tion have been substantially reported to the
public in the shape oi letters from individ
uals present to leading whig newspapers.
We make an extract from one as follows:
Other details of the withering effects of the
present tariff were presented to the meeting,
and which were really distressing. Under its
operation the looms for the manufacture of broad
cloths in the State of Massachusetts have been
reduced from three thousand to less than three
hundred, and in other States in nearly an equal
proportion. Many of our wool -growers are ship
ping their clips to Europe, when under a differ
ent state of things there would not be a sufficient
supply of these finer wools to meet the home
demand. The woollen interest, (including the
growing of the wool and the land required for it,)
it is estimated, employs a capital of two hundred
millions of dollars. The importation of wool is
very large, (last year near twelve millions of
pounds,) but it is almost entirely confined to the
coarser qualities, such as is not produced in t he.
United States. The average value of the import
ed wool on which duty was paid was only from
eight to ten cents per poond.
We will dispose of the errors and falla
cies of this statement more summarily.
In the first place, it is not a fact, as stated
bv the writer, that the manufacture of
broad cloths has nearly if not quite ceased
in Massachusetts. We have not heard that
it has materially diminished. Neither is
it a fact that 5,000 looms for the manufac
ture of broadcloth iiave been reduced to
less than 300. We do not believe 3,000
looms were ever employed in Massachu
setts in the manufucture of broadcloth,
nor even half that number. On the con
trary, it is a palpable, glaring misrepresen
tation, as we will now conclusively demon
strate. In the statistics ot Jjowcil, pub
lished January 1, 1848, it appears that the
whole number of looms employed by the
Middlesex company in weaving broadcloth
was only 45. Those looms produced every
week 2,335 yards, or a little less than
fifty-two for each loom. At that rate 3,-
000 looms would produce over 8,000,000
ot yards per annum. I he cloth could not
be valued at less than S2'per yard giving
a total value of the broadcloth manufactur
ed in Massachusetts of $ 16,000,000 per
annum. Now, it appears by the volume
of statistics published by the Massachusetts
legislature in 1845, that the whole value
of woollen fabrics of every description man
ufactured in that State in that year was
only $8,877,478; of which broadcloth were
probably not one-eighth part. We venture
to say that the value of broadcloths man
ufactured in Massachusetts have never ex
ceeded 83,000,000. We doubt if they
have ever equalled halt that amount. And
yet this writer in the Intelligencer has the
effrontery to state, that looms enough have
been stopped by the "ruinous" .operation
of the present tariff', to manufacture nearly
8,000,000 of yards worth in the agggre
gate 816,000.000. It is an arrant and
stupendous falsehood, by whomsoever ut
tered, and shows clearly the nature of the
weapons by which the present tariff' is as
sailed.- They are gross and palpable false
hoods, manufactured by individuals who
figure at masquerade balls, and who pre
tend to be only true friends of American
labor persons who wear not a thread of
American manufacture upon their bodies;
whose shirts arc made ot Irish or Dutch
linen, and whose coals are manufactured
of superfine French, German, or English
broadcloth, and who wear French gloves
upon their hands, and trench boots upon
their feet.
Our Consul at Venice. It is with much
regret we announce the recent death of
Dr. W. A. Sparks, of Society Hill, the
Consul of the U. States at Venice. He
died m that city, of cholera, after an ill
Glass Manufactures. We call atten
tion to advertisement in to-day's paper,
of the "Holston Manufacturing Company,"
which will be able after the 1st of October,
to fill all orders for Window Glass. We
are glad to see this home spirit shining out
in our mountain country. Ashville Messenger.
rYYoFACESUNDER ONE HOOD.
The following extracts from two organs
of federalism one published in Massa
chusetts, and the other in Georgia, and both
upon the subject of the late Vermont elec
tion show the hypocrisy and treachery of
the leaders of that party in dealing with
the rank and tile ot their followers in the
different sections of the Union. In Mas
sachusetts the truth is acknowledged, that
the federal or "Whig" party is the only
one. that can be relied upon for "restrain
ing slavery." In the South, the very opposite
idea is put forth, and the Northern Whigs
are claimed as the allies of slavery while
the Nothern Democrats are represented as
opposed to Southern institutions. Which
of these contradictory statements is to be
believed? And. when is this treacherous
and dangerous system of falsehood and
humbuggery to cease? Uniin.
NORTHERN WHIG FACE. SOUTHERN WHIG FACE.
From the Salem Gazette, From the Sarannah Repub
(whig.) Sept. 14, 1849. i lican, (whig.) Sept. 7, 1849.
Among the pleasant-- It gives 119 much plea
est indications of the sure to announce the
late elections in Ver-complete triumph of the
mont and Maine, is the noble whigs of Vermont,
obvious fact, that a very, This result is more en
large proportion of the tirely satisfactory, as it
honest opponents of sla- was a contest between
very, who left the whig the whigs on one side,
party last fall, have since and the democrats and
become convinced that, free-soil or abolitionist
the most effectual me- party united, on the oth
thod of restraining si 1-er. "The coalition, it
very is to warm with was feared,' would be
their zeal the only par-too powerful for the
ty which has both the! whigs to oppose success-
wijll. and the power to
effect that object name
ly, the whig party and
have acted accordingly,
fully; but, thanks to the
energy of the glorious
Green Mountain "boys,
they have added one
like sensible, practical mere to their list of vie
men, by leaving the par
ty ot "free Democracy,
and
whigs.
tories, in a State which
has neyer yet, even for a
voting with the single year, been surren
dered to tne care 01
locofocoism nor any oth
er ism.
Telegraphed for th Charleston Courier.
New-Orleans, Sept. 22.
There were only small sales ot Cotton
yesterday.
The accounts from the interior, respect
ing the crops are gloomy. The army worm
is said to be quite destructive. The
total receipts of the new crop are only
13,000 bales, against 34,000 last year.
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
The Br. steam ship Severn has arrived at
Mobile. She brings one million one hun
dred and thirty one thousand dollars in
specie. The most of it is destined for En
gland the remainder is for -Mobile and
this city.
The late Round Island expedition has
excited much uneasiness in the city- of
Mexico. The Consul at 'New-Orleans
sent word that the expedition -would land
on the Island of L.obos, near Tampico.
Herrera addressed a remonstrance to the
United States Legation at the Capitol of
Mexico, and the government commenced
making extensive preparations to defend
the cities along the coast. Gen. La Yega
had collected together a body of 800 men,
and armed a steamer with artillery, to de
fend the entrance of the river at Tampico.
The town of Antigua, near Vera Cruz,
was completely inundated by heavy rains.
The inhabitants had barely time to escape
with their? lives. Public contributions
were taken up at Vera Cruz to relieve the
sufferers. The Cholera was decreasing
throughout Mexico.
From Eliza Cook's Journal.
DIAMOND DUST.
Genius, like the sun upon the dial, gives
to the human heart both its shadow and its
light.
Pride may sometimes be a useful spring
board to the aspiring soul, but it is much
more frequently a destructive stumbling
block.
Men of the world hold that it is impossi
ble to do a disinterested action, except from
an interested motive; for the sake of admir
ation, if for no grosser, more tangible gain. I
Doubtless they are also convinced, that,
when the sun is shining light from the sky,
he is only standing to be stared at-
Great men lose somewhat of the great
ness by being near us; ordinary men gain
much.
A letter timely writ is a rivet to the chain
ot affection; and a letter ultimately delayed
is as rust to the solder.
As gold which he cannot spend will
make no man rich, so knowledge which he
cannot apply will make no man wise.
J he goodly outside is excellent, when
not falsely assumed; but the worst natural
face that nature s journeyman ever left
unfinished is better than the bravest mask.
Truth is the object of philosophy.;
A weak mind sinks under prosperity as
well as under adversity. A strong and
deep mind has two highest tides wheiitlie
moon is at the full, and when there is no
moon.
The only way to be permanently safe is
to be habitually honest.
Half of a fact is a whole falsehood
Action is life and health, repose is death
and corruption.
Each of us bears within himself a world
unknown to his fellow-beings, and each
may relate of himself a history resembling
that of every one, yet like that of no one.
Nothing but may be better, and every
better might be best.
Knowledge is the parent of dominion.
A mountain is made up of atoms, and
friendship of little matters, and, if the
atoms hold not together, the mountain is
crumbled into dust.
To the poor man poverty greater than his
own never appeals in vain.
A wise man makes more opportunities
than he finds.
We'do not find pearl in every shell.
They who weep over errors are not form
ed for crimes.
New Machine. An ingenious machine
for making bricks and tiles has just been
exhibited. The annarattis r.onsisre'nf an
- i i . u w. ..
iron cylinder, which receives the clay at
the top, and passes it through a number of
Knives attached to the centre shaft, and
which act as temperers of the clay, and
press it into a peculiarly shaped screw.
The latter in turn gives pressure to a
chain of moulds which pass up an inclined
plane, and delivers the finished bricks in
succession on a table fit for the bench.
The whole motive power of the machine
is communicated by the upright shaft in
the cylinder. The machine is calculated
to make twentv thousand hrirtra in ton
hours, by the application of an engine of
three-norse power- tine great advantage,
however, is that it can be worked by any
motive power; and another, that it is
easily moveable from place to place. It
is also capable of making tiles, fire-bricks,
and patent fuel Charleston Mercury.
A Vessel Found with the Crew all.
Dead. A few days ago a vessel was dis
covered in the Bristol Channel, near Car
diff, and when boarded, the crew, consis
ting of four men, were discovered to be
dead The vessel turned out to be the
Voyageur, of Kernie, Captain Lemeur,
bound from Bordeaux to Roscoffand Mor
laix, with a cargo of wine and brandy.
Beyond these particulars, which we give
from the French paper Le Commerce, there
exists not a single clue either as -to how
the vessel got into the Bristol Channel, nor
as to the cause of death. One conjecture
is, that they were poisoned by eating fish;
while another opinion has been thrown out,
that they may have been suffocated by va
por from a charcoal fire. We have, how
ever, in the details that are furnished to us,
no data to determine to which of these caus
es, it to either ot them, this catastroohe is
to be attributed. Monmouthshire Merlin.
ANNUAL SESSIONS
Of the North Carolina Legislature.
On this subject, the Ashville Messenger
says:
"We do go for a session of the Legisla
ture every year, and consider it one of the
worst things that could have been done for
the State, to alter the system in the first
place. Vre do not believe that in a pecu
niary point, any thing has ever been saved
to the State, for our sessions have been
nearly as long again; and from the crowd
of business, too much has been done with
out mature deliberation, and great and im
portant interests have lain over for nearly
two years in many cases, to the great in
jury of the parties and the State. This has
been forcibly illustrated in the organiza
tion of new Counties, where appeals have
been taken, injunctions filed, &c. &c. A
steady march of improvement, demands a
steady legislation, and we have important
interests enough at stake, to demand the
fostering care and constant legislation of
our representatives, to keep peace with our
sister States. --Too much legislation
spoils all.-'" We think not, if it be of the
right sort. Frequent consultations give
our people abetter idea of what our State
is and ought to be, and the means of making
her so We go our full weight of annual
sessions. As to annual or biennial elec
tion of members, we are not fully persuad
ed which would be better; but-we are still
in favor of an extra session$ and consider
that there is plenty of time yet, and that it
js not Hoo late-' to talk about it.
Ralkigh and Gaston IIoad. Maj.
V. V. Vass has been promoted to the
Presidency of the Raleigh and Gaston
Road, in place of Mr Britton, resigned;
and Charles J. Williams, Esq. has been
appointed -Treasurer to succeed Maj.
Vass.
Maj. Vass has been connected for some
time with this Road, -and is thoroughly ac
quainted with its condition. We regard
his appointment to this post as a capital
one, and we have no doubt that he will ex
ert all his energies to accommodate the
public, to put the Road in better order,
and to make it yield something, if possible,
to the Public Treasury
What would the people of Raleigh think
especially those who have failed to sub
scribe to the Central Road, or who have
done so grudgingly if, in rase the Cen
tral Road should not be constructed, the
Gaston Road were to pass out of the State's
hands, go to a Company associated together
for the purpose of keeping it up, and be
stopped ''short off" at Henderson? We
merely put the question, and leave it to
the people here to reflect upon. Rultigh
Standard.
American and Foreign Iron. The
Camden and Amboy Railroad Company
have ordered two hundred tons of Railroad
iron of the Trenton Iron Works Company,
at something over goO per ton, in preference
to buying British iron at 84.5 per ton.
Here is more evidence that the cheap for
eign iron sent into this market cannot com
pete with the better and cheaper, though
higher priced articles made here.
The Yankee ajd the Printing Press.
The London Athensbum says The
Yankee has an admirable trick of carrying
a printing press upon his shoulder wherever
he goes he cannot live without his paper.
Whether he invades Mexico as a soldier,
or enters Grenada as an emigrant, he goes
armed with type If he does nothing but
sow some of these dragon's teeth" in the
land through which he passes, no small
account of good should come of it in time.
A Linguist. ! say, Bob, you have
been to Canton, haven't you?"
Yes."
"Well, can you speak China?"
"Y-e-s, a little; that is, I speak broken
china."
Nash Superior Court.- We learn
that at Nash Superior Court, held this
week, negro Griffin Stewart, convicted of
the murder of Penny .Anderson, a white
woman with whom he lived in this
county, was sentenced to be hung on Fri
day, the 12th of next month. It is said he
heard his sentence with the utmost coolness
and indifference Tarboro Press,
A new Post Office has been established in Ran
dolph county, says the Herald, called Eden, and
D. W.C. Johnson appointed Postmaster. - -
I. O. O. F.
The following are the new officers for
4k. .o..:nn. of the Grand Lodee of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
the united States, now in session ai usii
more, who were duly installed on Tuesday
morning last: p. g. m. Robert H. Griffin,
of Georgia, Grand Sire; p. g. m. A. S.
Kellogg, of Michigan, Deputy Grand Sire;
p g. m. James L. Ridgley, of Maryland,
Grand Recording Secretary p. g. m. An
drew E. Warner, of Maryland, Grand
Treasurer.
SMACKING IN A RAILWAY TUN
NEL. That perverter of female innocence
Cromwell Doolan, had with his accustom
ed gallantry, entered into conversation
with Miss Mary Bull. He saw her name
on the fly leaf of her pocket edition of
Childe Harold"; and, to her astonish
ment, after a fair allowance of coquetry on
her part, at length explained to her the
mystery. Miss Mary Bull flirted and
laughed more than was quite becoming,
which tended to increase Mrs BulPs ill
humor. Words are scarcely bad enough
tor foreigners ; she regularly fumed again.
Presently they entered one of the tunnels,
which commence almost immediately on
leaving the station, and come quick in
succession between it and Aix la Chapelle.
Cromwell was in one of his old humors,
and full of fun. A thought struck him ;
he would pay off the old lady for her ill
breeding ; and he imparted his plan to
Filagree. Shortly after, they were whisked
into a tunnel, all was darkness. Smack !
smack from Cromwell, and ditto, from
Mr Muffin, a they faithfully imitated loud i
kissing, it wasjmcn uarK, anu me out
lady wasfittobe tied." Girls, what are
you about?'' Smack ! smack again. "Char
lotte! Mary! Girls ' Smack! smack!
(A titter from both young ladies. Gen
tlemen! my daughters! do you hear ?
Sacrel'9 Here, that peculiar light which
warns the traveller by railway that he is
just about to emerge into light, glimmered
through the car. Both young ladies look
ed as innocent as if nothing had happened
(and nothing had hap. ened.) Filagree
looked at his boots, and our hero scanned
mamma, as if he had never seen her until
that moment. Ma herself lookeil d iggers
Whisk and into another tunnel like a
shot. Smack! smack again. Gentle
men! girls! such conduct! Roars of
laughter Charlotte! Mary! QRenewcd
laughter. J I'll stop the coach! Guard !
Mary! Charlotte! Gentlemen " Smack!
smack! smack! The convoy then merged
into daylight Life in the Army.
Great Cavern. At the scientific Con
vention recently held at Boston, a paper,
written by Prof. Herestord. was read, in
which an account is given of a cave, sit
uated about twelve miles from the Mam
moth Cave, in Kentucky, and supposed
to be larger than it. Mr J.S. Stevenson,
of Bowling Green has penetrated it a dis
tance of five miles, audit then seemed still
expending;. .
The ship Charleston sailed from New York for
Charleston, on the 15th was burnt at sea. No
lives lost.
. . .BENEVOUENHR
A benerolenfrnun ws Atwaloni ie, '
At each and every tale of distress
He blazed right up like a rocket ;
H felt for all beneath poverty'g tnart
Who were fated to bear life's rouirhe.
He felt for them in his inmost heart '
But never felt in his pocket. '
He didn't know rightly wa
By the Bible's promised four hnndr-H ,
For charity each donation ; - ? f Ctn'
But he acted as he thought railroad Hoclc
And bonds secure beneath earthly 0 t
Wert better, with pockets brim-f0 lf '
Than heavenly speculation. cks,
Yet all said he was an excellent itnu
For the poor be'dpreach'. fdr the poor he'd
To better them he was witting; . n
But the oldest man who had heard him pray
And preach for the poor in a pitiful wy, " '
Could hardly remember him rightly to s
Mr Bess had e'er given a shilling.
Oh, an excellent man was Absalom Bess
And the world threw up it hands to bies',
Whenever his name was mentioned
But he died one day, he did, and oh!
He went right down to th shades below
Where all are bound, I'm afraid, to go, '
Who are only good intentioned.-.B0i Pv,t.
The National Intelligencer has in iu
possession. a number of the - The George
town Ledger,' published Nov. 26th, 1791
which contains the following !.,...: !
sonnet by Dr. Aiken, addressed T
His Excellency, George Washington
President of the United States of .America."
" Point of that pyramid, whose solid base
Rests firmly founded oh a nation's trust
Which, while the gorgeous palace sinks in ,JU!(t
Sh ill stand sublime and fill its ample spuce !
Elected chief of freemen ; rreatr far
Than kings whose glittering parts are fixed h
birth :
Named by thy country's voice forlon-'fri.i
worth.
Her crown in peace, as once her shield ih war
Deiijn, Washington, to hear a British Ivre, '
That ardent greets thee with applausive h
And to the patriot hero homage pays! ' '
Oh, would the muse immortal strains inspire,
That high, beyond all Greek and Roman f,u!,P
Might soar to times " Unborn thy purer, nobler
lame." -
CTm The following lines were copied
from, a stone . the burial ground in Tojis
field ;
Reader, pass on, ne'er waste your time,
On bad biography and bitter rhyme.
For what 1 am this cumberuu.clHV cruure.
And what I was is no allair of yours.
EPITAPH ON A BASS-DKUMMKli:
Stephen and time are now -both even ;
Stephen beat time, now Time's heat Strvhoi.
Everybody doesn't know that the tops
of sweet potatoes make . the best of all
greens. They are succulent, lender ami
wholesome.
It is not generally known either that
okra is a great food for sheep, perhaps
others also of the brute tribes Tliej cat
it in preference to anything else.. It
yields, too, more forage to the acre than
any other plant.
The Roanoke is very low at thi time.
The Boats have stopped : running between
this place &. Norfolk. Halifax Republican.
STONE & McCOLLUM'S
LEVIATHAN ESTABLISHMENT.
This very superior and stupendous Exhibition,
ACKNOWLEDGED WITH ONE ACCORD TO BE THE
LEADING EQUESTRIAN ESTABLISHMENT
ON THIS CONTINENT!
Will Exhibit at Payetteville
On MONDAY the 8th day of OCTOBER, 1819, for one day only..
It is necessary to add, in consequence of the immense amount of humbugcery of late resorted to
by Itinerant Traveling Exhibitions, that the material of STONE & McCOLLUM'S CIRCUS i
entirely new The extent and grandeur of the outfit this Spring, is without a parallel in the
annals ot similar Establishments, and required the services of several Mechanics and Artisans to
complete the tout ensemble of this VAST TRAVELING CAVALCADE, during the past Winter.
THE COUPS OF PERFORMERS
Are of that superior cast not found in Circus Companies generally, numbering among them sen
tlemen who are alike respected for their estimable qualities in private life, a. for their superior
f,eteVnr,bliClld with isfaction we refer to the following names:
IL SJGN'R LUIGI GERMANI, T. McCOLLUM, E. STONE, JOHN SMITH. Four men the
nrw Crnnv&r?UC h'AVqUals VU,heir "3Pective lines of business, with M. J. LIPMAN.
ma' f olri; R; S"AY A- LEVI. W. STUART, LE SIEUR EDGAR, T. H. COLE
M iJi-55?iX?- ATES Masters BURT and WILLIAMS. - '
HieJbM i.K, to the Entertainments are W. WORRELL and GREEN JOHNSON. Of that pure
rJn0nr;qUirrd aftC by gnemen visiting similar Exhibitions, attended by ladies. In the
representations, so far as the Clowns and other performers in the ring are concerned, no rude
J w-?E 'mprper actlon wlU be oleted by the proprietors.
Hon ?h-,8SUranne, Wf,trust the odium heaped upon Traveling Companies generally by a por
tion of the mass, wrll, m this instance, be recalled.
Good ctions erowt themselves with lasting bay :
Who well deserves, needs not another's praise."
?c?io?bf of musical connoisseur,, placed a. it is under the dir-
H. K. GAUL,
Formmg during the Entertainments in the Circle, the most EFFICIENT STRING BAND L
oer, j dernard. All tend to one grand point, viz : making Stone &. McCollum's Circus complex
in every department. - 1
Every day, between the hours xf 8 and 11, (weather permitting) the superior Band will aprr
M PJ0CeSA0n' 8ated in their Elegant Car, DRAWN BY TWENTY HORSES ! and driven by
r j1 Ai.i.Eir, one of the most expert reinsmen of modern days.
Gentlemanly Ushers in attendance, to wait on families to their seats.
PRICES OF ADMISSION. SO Cents. Children under 10 years of age half price. Neg'ofl
2o Cents no half price: .'..
TIME OF OPENING DOORS. Afternoon Representation, 11 P. M. Nicht, 7 P.M.
TIME OF COMMENCING. Afternoon, at 2 P. M. Night, 71 P. M
G, L. EATON, Agent.
03- This Company will perform at Asheville, Monday. Oct. 1st; at Franklinsvilte, Tuesday
Oct. 2d ; at Mt. Vernon Springs, Wednesday, 3d ; at Pittsboro, Thursday, 4th ; at Abrarn Hughes.
Friday, 5th ; at Summerville, Saturday, Cth ; at Mrs Nelson's Robeson County, October 0 31
Floral College Robeson Count, Oct, 1 1 ; at Laurel H: Richmond -Gewtfsv 19: .