4 W ' tlt If , 1 ' ft ' - ( - V A. E. HANxEIl AcC.K.C.EVAAS, PR9PKIB0USAllDPUBLisBRa5.i r 'TO GIVE TO AIRY. WOTHINO -A XOCAt HABITATION AND A NAME.'' - raitBK dollars "Artsu rn8gv months. , 1 GIIEENSBOROUGII, N. 1'j WEDNESDAY, JUNE .29f 1830,- VOJ, MSI terms: The Patriot i published weekly, at two doN jars per annum, only, if paid within three months ; if nut paid in that time, three dol lank . f. - o subsriber wjU be received fr a shorter peri d than sixTnonths ; ard orders for the u-iper aius be accooipauied tyi'.u the cash when be) ond the State. h failure to order a discontinuance within the year, will be considered a new engagement ; and n paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid. Jvertiarmenlt, not exceeding eighteen lines o 'printeil matter, will be neatly inser'cd t.-rrtf umcs for one dollar ; and twenty five cents for ech aucceeding publication those of ' greater lenth in the same proportion. HUSBANDRY. FAMILY ECONOMY. There is nothing which goes to far to vards placing young people beyond the reach of poverty, as economy in the man agement o( their airiirs. It i as much imuMsible to get a ship across the Allan tic with half a dozen huts started or mSfty bolt holes in her hull, ss to conduct the concerns of a family'without econo my. It malteranqt whether a man fur nish little or much for a family, if there isa continual leakage irt the kitchen, or in the parlor, it run9 awy, he know? cot how; and lhat demon, waste, cries more, like the horse-leech's daughter, un til he that provides has no more to pve. It is the husband's duty to bring info ihr hoofe and it is the duty of the wile to tee that nothing goes wrongfully out of it ntt the, least . article," -however unim portant in itself, for it establishes a pre cedent ; nor tinder aii) pretence, for it o pens a door of ruin to stalk in, and, he seldom leaves an opportunity unimproved. " A man gets a wife to look after his affair, to as?ift him in his journey through Mo, to educate and -prepare his children for a proper siaiioii . in me, anu wirowni uoi .... - i - wm' i t '' m.ntinnin niH nniMunv 1111 iinantinii c ifitert it should he the wife care, and her ambition should carry her no fatthcr than hi- welfare and happinee?, together wiih (hit of her children. This should be Iut sole aim, the theatre of her exploits h in the boom of her family, where she may do as much in making a fortune a? he po-sibly can do in the counting hou-r or woik shop. It is not the money ean ed ihst makes a roan, vealthy, it is .what issaveu from his carnii.g. A good and prudent husband make depositee of the fruits of hi? l.ibor with hi. best friend ; anil if that friend be not true to him what hai he to hope ? A wife acts not for hrr ifilonly, but she i the agent of the mai. he loves. And sh is bound to ac' for tneirgood, and not for her own gratifica tion. Her husband's good is the end at whitb she shouid aim ; his approbation, is hqr reward. S 'If-gratification in dresc. or uidulgeiice in uppetit-, or more com pany than hjs puise can euteriain, an equay Dernici jih. Th first adds vain' to ex ra valance; the second fastens a doc tor's )ill to a foiit butcher's accot'nt, and the liter brings inteniporance, the worst of allevils, in it? (rain. Hekvho spends mest of his time in mere fportaand rer r aiiotis, i like htm 'whore garauhts are made aliog ther of Iringe and and ose diet is ijothiivgbut ?auce. torvrfceplamgiftgeroread. -!W;x three po-inul(t tlour wnh'four ounces of moi? mgir, hit an ouue ol powdt Tf d gmgert and ml uound arid a Quarter of warm treacle u.elt half a pound of fresh butter i s 'ii i;; lit H to the Hour and make it a ! o; s . iln Orm it into nuts or rakes, or 1 . - .- . - ' " . l. n,L-i. tARLY-FRUCALlTY. . childhood, you lay the founda veity or riches, in the habits our children. I each them to thing ; tiot for their ozen use, , ou'd make them selfih but I', ach them to ehaie ev-1 th their playmates ; but never ! t-aow tiifito destroy aijylbing. I once vi-ue j a uViiiy where the most exact, e- conorfty- Ms observed; yet nothing-was nienn or tiComfortable. It is the charac - tt-rjaf trueconomy to be. as comfortable irh a fttas others are with much. ln 'his familywheri the father biought home a packagejhe older children would, ol their own cord, put away the paperjand ..i'.vine neati, instead of throwing them in ' 'he fire, or Urine them to pieces. If ihe 1 ittTe ones tinted a p a top $ then was in rea.dmess, ana wnen they threw! t upon the. floor, the older children hal oo necdti be iold to put it agaia in its tlaceV m e a:y he:i el b y, ii gi.-tW- S3' v t for l i fo; fcrnf te. i r .j Ii i r SELECT. AM ANECDOTE have the pleasure of killing him. So you from "life in the woods.'' ust take hold of his paws here, and I'll Among thee irhest settlers in the wilds take the ax and; let a streak of day-light in of Salmon River, wa? p Vermontese by j18 about the quickest,' the name ol Dobsona large, resolute, proposition being a fair one, Mr. and atheltic man. Returning one even- Sleepsr was too reisonable a man to ob ingfroma fruitless bunt after hi? vagrant jecl fe WaS nn coward either: and he cowi, which, according (o custom in the therefore stepped up to the tree, and cau- newcountrief.narj been itirnea into tnc woods to procure their own subsistence from.the rank herbage of the early eum- mcr; just before emerging from the for- est, upon the clearing of his neighbor, the late worthy ..'ph Sleeper, he saw a large bear descending roi a lofty sycamore, where he had been in q.U'St, probably, of honey. A boar ascend? a tree. r;ch more expertly than he descend it, being o.;!- jC(, th. sons of Z rmah, 1) ib-oiou ''d t(' ed to lone down stern-foremost. My p,--,,. but once, liu', to tlic surprise of friend Doiwon did not like very well to be Sleepr, he did not srr'tce and U his fur pincd in his evening walk by such a com- ther consternation, Djo swung. the axe paruon; and without refl v ting what he p,n, his shoulder, and mnirhed away, should do with the 'varmint' aftcrwirds, whistling as he wont with a om: h appa he ran up to the tree on the opposite side reftf ,ndiinrence as ihe other had shown from the aaitnal's body, and just before he when coming to his relief. ' reached the ground, Tized him firmly by , .a4 ,I0W Sleeper's turn to make tho both ol his forepaws, Hi uin growled and forfi;it VoCa w jth hm cries. In vain he gnashed his tusks but he soon ascertain- raVed, and called, and ihreat.-ned. Doii ed that his paws were in the grasp of paws Wliud on and disappeared, leaving equally iron-strog with his own. Nor his friend a? sad a prospect for his hreak: could he use his hinder purls to dnern- fast as .'tinelf ti .d had for his dnjyper bpwel his antagonist, as the manner of .the 'j'0 rel eve the suspense of (he ihe rea bear is, inasmuch as the tiunk of the tree (jer jt m r .aht to add that D b?on re- was between them, but lA.bson s predi- camcnt, as he was endowed with rather the no.-t reason, was worse yet. He could no more assail the bear than the bear, could assail him. Nor could ne venture to let go of him, since the presumption was. iii.it brum would not m. Ke mm a L veiy gracious return lor thus, unceiemoni- Vs; , ... . ,r, . , ously taking him by the haitd. 1 he twit- . 4 . , 1 . i , i "lit was ;aet dtetienirtr into darkness, and . b , . his position was frtr ss cftmfnrtable- tnnu , iii u tu .ame hour, funoutided by In, wife nd children at II. e supper fan e, to say noth- r . Msg ol the gloomy oropect tar tlic niJiit. ci , I , c , ti!l, as Joe Sleeper '.- house was not lar i.i i j.i .1 . iii' disiant, he hoped to be able to call him to , , I . I ,i , In assistance, but his hi dps. though none fl, . i . .7 . i of the weakest, weie uncqnal to the task -and, although he hallooed and bawled ;hc. hve-long nmhl, making the wood, and ii b , i j i .. "vlkin nun ni'Tin, he succeeded no better n p, - , c n it- than old Gleutlowepi of old, in caJin.spi-..... , ( ,, , T v- nts from the vasty deep. It was a wean- . . r i,i , f "me mht for Uobson such a game ol l 1 1 - , i i i i hola-ft t he had never been engine d in , ,- i . - i 1 1 bi lnrt. bruin, too, was probably some- t . j ,,, . 1 ,i , , what worried, although he could not de- scnbch.s scnsaMon in English, albeit he .ook the regular John Bull method of ma- i .i i- j . r .u . . king known his dissatisfaction that is to say, he growled incessantly. But there l. . . ia . was no let go in the case, and Dobson .u I i ,l , iii was therefore under the necessity of hold- ing fast,ur,tililscen ed to.his clenched and .clung lingers, as though the bear's paws . j i i ei , . r and his had grown together. . , ,.b. b , , , , As daylight returned, and the fmoke from Mr. keeper's chimney began to curl up grac fully, though rather diudy in the - uiMiiuu', iuusmii nirtiii irptrd'wu in .iun ii,.u : .j u.. ing ciirrnr oiwl hia IiumtI U'aa annn , , , : , " ..T ...c .,,,,.. ...iv-. ... .... w,,7 out inactive neighbor, who had at lasl,j been attt acted by the voice of the inipa lieiit . sufTe.rer, bearing an &Ac on bis t-houl- - , . . . der. . Dobson had never been so much nj'uccd at seeing Mr. Sie. per before, sal hut. h was a very kind and estimable neighbor. . vv fl tion 1 )ou make haste, Mr. Sleep- - ' iur'g".- fn uwi ""tu J"" a " --"- iu oulu - , . , . ... kettle ol UMiasttus V ' I run ! Is that Voo, Mr. Dobson, un der a tree there ? And was it you I heard hallooing last night ? I guess you ought to have your lodgings for nothing if you have stood up against that tree all night." 'It's no joke, though, I can tell you, Air. Joe Sleeper and if you u had hold of the paws of n black varmint all night, it strikes me you'd think you'd paid dear enugh for it. But if you heard me call ing for help n tiie night, why did nt you citne and see hat was the trouble V 40h, 1 was going tired to bed, after.lay ing up log-fence all day and I tho't I'd wait till morning, and come out bright and airy.But if I'd known 'twas you ' 'Known 'twas me !' replied Uob-on bit- terly,'you knew 'twas somebody who had flesh arid blood too good for theee pla,guy varmints, though and you know there has been a smart sprinkle of bears about .-reick--ih;flw-hiitel -t1te--aei6iMeh' , reii.aoiii oe in a nun, i ommy. w s never: too late to do good. So hold tight jnjw, don't let :t loose, while 1 split his bead open.' V , No, np, said Dobson. 'After holding the beast here all night, 1 think I ought to tjotJ,y taking the bear with both of. his h ind, relieved Imnesi D bson from his predicament. Tiie hand of the latter, though sadly stilTeed by the tenacity with wiich they had been clenching .r so ma- y )()Urs, were soon brandisln' ;ie axe : and h apparency made all pre;a-tion lor j,jvj, 1:j the bea liy blov and iin'lly m woid have bee . had he strmi? uOsince, turned and killed the bear in the course Gf (he afert "t .-r. SU.MMli .tLj inii:.R. i V Ht V ITft 'I remenij.-r. said and old man who wan shivering with cold, and pinched with hitti - rnp riwn .. rr U f u'fuut flii lt,I nic i3. ,, i c i .ri i under the dominion ol a beautiful and fi ... e, , c, ,. , munificent princess, bhe was of radiant , . , , V j, i i looks and lofty mien, and her people lived .f . , j "i ' upon her smile: they perished under her brei.h gave perfume to the . ', ( , , , , . . . .i Violet; her chepk lent its biush to the ro?f, ,, , , , , Her appro ten was every here welcomed , r y s0"; ol giadn-99. J he p.jor man o- J ,, , . , ' Peued the door of his solitary cottate to 1 , . , . . 7 .... ureet her. and the ick man raised hi r i . j . r io the unc.irt.ined.-window, to feast h.? nngu,(l eye upon her happy retinue. - b it the heart of Avarice is ice. r rom his . . , .T . . mountains in the North, : he tyrant saw . , .. . J' 1 .... and coVcted her fair do.ninion. Hf? don- , . , . . . . ned his robe, and t;raped his icy sceptre. .. ... ' J 1 tie gathered hi rulli, hi armies swift a . , A ... the winds, terrible as tempest, numerous . . '.. e . ' as the missiles of-the storm. They burst . , - . J '!fn - domin.oni. of the princess On ,he 'f ' ,)h,"1 ihe Pr !,n vest, and locking the watcr-epniiHS under the fetters of ad im '.r, ' " . J ,a'V , , , . I he made our and naked, as a p ain o- , . . . , I var whick the fire ii is ran mourufu as a . , . , hlJ dd. J Pnc. dropped her garlandc, and gathered up her robe for flight. Far , , . , a ,, . far to the south, she fled before her pur- Sl)eri hke mornjng Snnshine chased by a,, Annlrlnnd. ovpp mo,mi3,n ar.A . Wiiv: n.it - ihrr . a nl h... cries pojg,, js perpetual. On its limits she pau--E'a.t' ied; she turned and bent upon her pursu "J- . " " r- -v. eo:sne lurnea ana Dent upon ner purs ,eran irrpSI5tabIe smile. Ii ifi cms i'c pa. itk . ki. e ..nn tu, u i.tu .mj-ji utiiil I" idi;ci. Ill" SLClJill 'dropped from his powerless hand III. parklihg diadem fell fron his head, ah-fl i his robe rorn his throne on the. iced moun tain top. His armies followed in swift retreat to thicr northern fastnesses. Our favorite' returned,' bringing happi ness aid life to her realm, which is ihu soon desolated by Winter, and soon again willrevive under the life giving smile ol Suirlmer. Knickerbocker. AMERlCAxN OIL WELL. About ten years since, whilst boring for salt water near Durkesville, Kentucky after penetrating through solid rock up ward? of two hundred feet, a fountain of pure Ail was struck, which was thrown up in a continued stream more than 12 feet above the surface of thjg earth. Al though in quantity somewhat abated, after the discharge of the hrst few minutes, du ring which it was supoeed to emit 75 gallons less a minute, it still continued to flow for several days successively. - L' The well being on the margin, and - near the mouth of a small creek emptying j into the Cumberland river, the oil soon found its way thitber, and for along time covered its surface, Some gentlemen be low i curious to ascertain whether the oil would ta ke 6re. applied a torch, nig ipetiacie m uie wiihib, ut mu er in a blaz'? which soon climbed the most elevated chffa aod sc9rched the suaiatiit ii the loftiest trees, .to the no small difcomfiture of some of the neigh bors. It ignites freely and produces a flame as brilliant as gas. Its qualities were then unknown, but a quantity was barrelled, most of which soon leaked out. It is so penetrating as to be difficult to confine in a woodeu jressel, and basso much gas as to frequently burst bottles when filled and lightly cork ed. The color is green, but upon expos ure to the nir assumes a greenish hue. It is extremely volatile has a strong pungent and mde-cribable pmrll, and tastes much rike the heart of pitch pinr. For a short time after the discovery, a small quantity of the oil would flow whilst pumping (he salt wafer, which led to the impression that it could alwavs be drawn by pumpirg. Hat all subsequent ttempfs to obtain it , except by a sponta neous flow, have entirely failed. There nave been two spontaneous flows within ne two last ix years, i he last commen ced on the 4th of July. 1(P5, and contin ued about six week?. During which time 2d barrels of oil were obtained The oil and salt water with which it is invariably combined during these fl.ws! are forced up into the pump, (suppo?( d by the trass,) a- tove two hundred feet and thence through the spout into a covered trough where be water soon becomes disengaged and settles at the bottom, whilst the oil is readily skimmed from the surface. A rumbling noise resembling distant j iimuder, uniformly attends the flnving A the oil, while the gas, which is then visible every day at the tOD of the nnmn I.i ' ' "' ' ' e .us me pas-tng efraneer to ir quire, whether the w;-ll is on fire. SIR WM. JONKa- This man.so remarkable for his literary labors, for his industry " and methodical habits, never was known to depart from !h rules contained in a fe w simple m?x ms which he often repeated. The first was, never neglect any opportunity of improvement which presented itself. Tne second was that whatever had Seen attained, was attainable by htm; and that, therelore, the real or supposed diffi culties of any pursuit, formed no reason why he should not engage in it with per fect confidence of success, " The third was, not to be deterred by a uy dilliculties which were surmountable, 'rum prosecuting to a successful termina . . :.: ...I. .. f.' t- j '?rrr :r: r: ir::- : r r . r-4-. H " wiidi uc uau unee uenueraieiy unuer taken. It. was by attending to these maxims that he was enabled to accumulate a v.ist mass of knowledge, and to accom plish labors of a magnitude seldom supass -ed. DELINEATION OF PREJUDICE.. The foiiowmg forcible and beautiful de hneation of predjudice is ascribed to the celebrated Dr. I'nce: Pr-djtidicc may be compared to a mis .y morning in October. A man goes forth ro an eminence ami he sees at the sum mit of a neighboring hill a figure of appa rently gigantic stature for 6tich the im perfect medium thro' whit h he is viewtd would make him appear , lie goes for ward a 'ew steps, and the figure advan ces toward him. The size lessens as they approach. They dr;uv still nearer, and flie extraordinary appearance is gradually but sensibly diminished; and at last they .meet: and perhapa the person he hac uken for a monster pr ye:; to be his own brother." " " MARRIAGE. A good wife is Heaven's last best gift to man his angel and minister of graces in- j numerable -his Sal Polychresium or gem of many virtues; his Pandora, or casket of jewels her i presence forms his best company her voice his sweetest music her smiles his brightest day her kiss the balm of his health, the balsam of his life her arms the guardian of hii innocence, the pale of, his safely her industry hi? surest wealth her economy his satest steward her lips his faithfulest councillors her bosom his afest pillow and her prayers the ablest advocates of Heaven blessings on his head. So if you prize pleasure marry if you desire health, ma rry and if vou value money, marrv. If every one were honest we need not lock our door?. ff every body would mind just his own: business, there would be more business done. ' If we talked less abput other people,, other people would talk less about us, If there were fe wer novels in the world there would be fewer fools. -lf students- would read lessand ihmk more, there would be a larger , number of really great men. " - If there wa oo distillers &( arilent spir its there would be no drcKarps.- One of the greatest 'small eris,' and the small evil? are often decidedly the greatest by which man is distressed in bia intercourse with man, is over-polite--neas that excessive courtesy which keepj one an hour standing in the open air with the , thermometer below z;ro, rather ihan get first into' carriage, or sufJers'a capital dinner to cool otl,' while the hun gry guests are engaged in an edifying dis pute as to who shall follow the other into the banquet-room. The anecdote is fa miliar to all, of Lord Stair, the most gen uinely politt- man of his day, who, when at a foreign court was motioned by the monarch, to take preuedence on entering the royal coach and immediately .l;d so without further ceremony ; on w hich his majesty remarked that he deserved .the , reputation he enjoyed, for any o!hrper son would have annoyed him Willi pro- testations of 'apres-vous, Sire. ' iY.? story alsa related of Drv Johnson proves (he leviathan of literature, rough and unpal ished "as he is generally deemed, to have" possessed an innate sense of true, refit ment, worth all the forms in th world. Tiie King once com p!i. minted him in the highest term? upon his learning and g,Mii. ii.? 'W.int did vou answer doctor?' asked a gentleman who had heard of the cir cumstances ; 'Nothing, sir; it-was not for me to bandy words with my soverign. How many bows and scrapes and assev erations of unworthincss one of your su perlatively modest and particularly polite individuals would have pestered his roy al encomiast with on such an occasion. Mock modesty, is of fhc Vame genus of bores as we have specified. The time which many an orator in deliberative bodies consumes in informing his audi ence that he really has nothing to aa'y worthy of occupying their time, would be sufficient to enable him to achieve a speech as long as any harangue" of tha 'Demosthenes of our senate The rea der of Cowpex.:will IrccottecP which he refers to one of these exemplary personages. - A difiident exhibition of the sort once made in the house of commons by a gen tleman of the name of Lamb, irritated Canning so much that he interrupted him with the remark that 4e could not help thinking the honorable member was con suming a great many valuable moments pacfto: endeavor. to ctr.ha-rmTHtbi deemed quite a self-evident proposition vizT that a lamb is naturally somewhat sheepish. This same lamb-like disposii ion is oiten leariuny manifested by letter wri-" : ters. They will almost rill the whole sheet with apologies for presuming to in dite the epistle. A case in point., i? fur nished by a correspondent of one of the Loudon papers lately received, who com- mences his communications in these elab- v orately self-distrustful tenns ;- IiroW - I must apologize for venturing to intrude ' " myself on your notice, and I do so only under the confident hope that you will permit me to ditfor from that sentiment.' j.L- .L . ...... . . . ami k ouserve mat in entertaining all due, deference for the discernment of. his ma- -jesty's government I may be allowed to ? cfler an opinion;1 c! Who; would not - wish that all such persons oould exempli- fy?ir Boyle Roach's acknowledgmenf -of-nr- diffidence in the Irish house of commons ' : ' that it mastered him so eiifirety as lotaU "a. ly to deprive him of the power of speech "V f ; although to be sure he did prole eedpo-( mention that 'nevertheless he would sa? ?! i . J- .L - . . . ' a icw wunis upon ine suoject under de- "M i bate. Aational uazelle. . l A gentleman who was afterwards for many years a clergyman of. distinguished acceptance in the church of liugland, '; one day called upon Di. James Foster. " justly cclebjatcd for Ins able statement of the hvidences of Kevelafion.fo converse i -with him upon 'he scepticism which then 1 ' oppressed hi? own mind... After the ne-", cessary imroduction, he began to slate -his objections, when the doctor, with that benevolent gravity for which he was so ' uisuiiguiiien, Bioppcu mm Villl this . It ntiPilinn k11uVA vnn a aires! n1...:a !,. V ....... j v, ac.Kbu a ruiuiiuil Ul j' your dilliculties from God this morning nave you prayeu to me fountain of all light for information V Upon receiving Srr, you wili excuse my gratifying your - -J curiosity on the subject of . revelation, x I while you are chargeable with the breach of the first duties of naturnal rehgioji'.. .'. Every man has in his own life follies enough in his own mini, trouble enough x - in the performance of, his duties, daft . iencies enough -rin his o wjioriflrica- II -evil enough without being curioys sifter duain vi ouicrn fl V t toeiijwaaiisiiv . 7 t j i ..tk:xtt'..... ... r.?r-"-.

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