North Carolina Newspapers

.. . ' ' . i - --' : --- ; . ' ' ., if VOLUME VII. GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, MARCH 21, 1846. NUMBER bl'. - hr- JJuljltshci) iDcckln BY siAIMf& SHERWOOD rniCE, Til REE DOLLARS A IEAK, a fl.&O, ir M witi om wotu irni tu bats or itinirrioj. A hilar on the pri !?f nv customer to order a ilUconti nne within th mibscripliftfl year, will bi coiiiiJcTed in dicatir of hii whh to corUijntloUie paper. LJXl-im -' - , . From the Yankee H la Jet t, Hm are passion, beauty, and originality, with 4 touch of quaintness far from disagreeable : v- ' LOVE SONG. - - " K 'Girl of the red lip, Lore me ! love roe ! Girl of the red lip, Love me ! 'Tis by iti curve, I know, 4 LoVe fashion?tri his bow, And bands it, ah ! ev'n so ,Oh, girl of the red lip, love me ! " Girl of the blue eve. Lore ' loTe me ' r?;rl of the dew eye ! Love me! Worlds hang for lamps on high, r And Thought's world lives in thy Lustrous and tender eye Oh, girl ef the blue eye, love me ! Girl of the swan' neck, Love me ! -love mo ! Girl of the s wan's neck, Love me ! At a -mM ble GreVk doth grow 1' To hii steed's back of snow, v "vOh.girlof the swan's neck, love me! Girl of the low voice, . Kr UUI.V III ... . Girl of the sweet voice. Love me ! 'Tis the echo of a bell 'Tis the bubbling of a well, S,veeter, lov ! within doth dwell Oh.girl of the low voics'.love me! THE RICHMOND TRAGEDY". .The Editor oflhe Lynchburg Virginian, wntine Trom Richmond, gives thfojjowing particulars of " ib flght wfiich resulted in th death of John II. PlesiUi rThe statement which I gave you in my lastlet i Jar, is to, the resullt of the rencounter were so nearlv correct, that I havo but few additional par ticulars to relate. I may add to them, however,.! that Mr. Ritchie'l faco was grazed by a ball, and A irPIeasants received five wounds instead of . ly regret the unfortunate meeting in the neigh" I P-T 8 7 governnicemisung inaifiu Su Seated in my last? ' Mr. Ritchie fired, it i3 i borhood of this City. Of the circumstances V j du,s.'n, lime of da,n8e,r- cf I ui,on f'ndlVKl- ...LUM,uu.tJ..Ll1i. . .o k. uals, in future, under twenty-one" years of age. aiq,eigriue r, l ..j, i-uu u s now-ascertained, that in only one pi the pistols 3 k.. .1 . 1 II IJv . I,:, l,rjf L 1 -.h. fi.M. ,n bill I.;. dversary; and from the course h pursued, this o-eallv seems Id hive been th lact. In the first tlace, he did not prepare himself suitably for ijcha conflict, and it whs with great difficulty that the friend who accompanied him induced him to dd other weapons to his own inadeQuat mcuns f acsression fa web - conmct; and mn then Iha addiii""' rms forced upon him were never used. A six barrel revolving pistol was in hid n..lr'..t?nA .bowie-knife in hisbosom. both ..t.j... -n,t iri- nnlw wpnnons used bv him were i "twe'Auelline pistols, (from one s: which, as I be fore remarked, the ball had been extracted,) and sword can'v Thus armed, he marched steadi ly upon his adversary, receiving :i constant fire, eight times repeated, (as I learn,) and every mo ment losing strength' by his numerous wounds, wntil he swooned and fell. He fired both pistols, Uhe first of which must have been the loaded one, as when he fired the second, ho was so near his rrTagonist and the pistol was aimed so directly nt a vital part, that had it been loaded, it is thought Mld?.i.tch.ie ants statedlo his friends, not many hours before bis death, that after bis pistols had been loaded he drewliimself the ballfrom one of them, for the purpose if Mr. Ritchie had been killed by his lire, lhat it might btf the result rather of chance than of design t', W'hen he used his pistols, he did not know from '''which , of them the ball had been ta ken! Such a course seems unaccountable, to those who did not know the man, but those who did see in il something peculiarly characteristic. RenrJin il his duty to vindicate his character lor, coMra7e7hVTeirfel'uanl nevertheless, to shed thc blood even of him who had imposed upon him ; Ihe necessity ; and therefore, while he resorted I to the most desperate mode of fighting for the Iry - object, he evidently indicated a purpose to avoid the last dreadful alternative, or to leave it, if it ahould -be don, somewhat to the decision of fhance! Few men would be at the same tune so rash and so considerate so reckless of his own life.-an j ao regardful of that of his adversary. : He knew himself well enough to know that hud - Mr. Ritchie been slain while he had survived the rr.nflict, he would have been the greater 3U.Terer j wf the two. His peculiar temperament would : have rendered him unable to siistain the recolhc- j Woo ; and he would have '-died a thousand deaths" in the nernelial recurrence of his mind to the ; bloody tragedy, if he had not immediately sank under its effects. Thist I f Ospeef, was ihe char- j acter of his reflections belore lie conflict and such the process oY reasoning by -.vhich he brought himself to the conclusion tbineet the certain death from which, under ihecircumstances, nothing short of a miracle could have saved him. It is due to Mr. Ritchie to flat, what I hear from un doubted authority, that, when invited to the field, he protested, against the mode of fighting propos ed as cruel and barbarous, and expressed hisprlfv ference for a duel in the ordinary mode and vi,ti i; the usual weapons. But his jroles,t wiis not he'ed- dr aftdr- from th -4wcuiiaf xuaracter... ol ..the-xoiu troversy which Jed to the affair, he conceived that iie-wasrboui-foeel 'manner the latter 'septle m.O. 'P.igllL d ic ta t e ,.Sa J -r-,if Mmi,' Mtr-ffliin- h tm. -fnP-.fTttfVr:--lTr-J- such" a meetin "r tKwouehl y arinedV of for using his VIH-, w.uHuni .... . .. .- , -- f. -wBWo.if especiaf- t"Joh'n jwurKtv-.-l,wwt9rjwHtt-eI - 4Hrnoitd. - Jyt is' hnr'aa itnogsibl.e h shottl J knoy, or cyn upjCtt' thnt 'hi? aJvtTsarv s minnons vrrcv las vindictive than tnat the terms prescribed import- ed, mid that, in sveking this hostile interview, that adversary was influenced less by viridictiveness towards him than by a desire to relieve hiinscu from un imputation as railing as it was unjust A coroner's jviry sut on the dead body i)( Mr. Pleasants yesleiday, and brought in a verdict of murder 'against nil the surviving parties, (Mr. Kitchie, and his friends, Washington Grecnkow and Wm. Scott, and IVter Jefferson Archer, the friend of Mr. Plensanis.) Mr. l intended to hnve had another friend upon the ground; but sickness. I learn, prevented his attendance. Thomas J. Deane,Esf. of this city, was requested by Mr. Pleasants to supply the place of his absent friend at a late hcur of the night preceding the fight, but declined, fur sufficient reasons, doing so. Asceriaininc nowever, irein mis nppntu' tion, the lime and pl'ice selected for the combat, be verv laudably availed himself of the informa tion to endeavar to adjust the quarrel peaceably and honorably, to both parties. lie did make the effort after the parti, s retched the ground, but failed ; and, then, withdrawing from the scene, the conflict began. I have heard a few particu lars of ihis attempted negotiation; but as my in I formation may not be entirely accurate ,or com plete, I w ill not run the risk of doing any person injustice by repeating them. It is less important, too, as it is understood that authentic details of ev ery material circumstance connected with the sad affair will be laid befoiethe public. Sympathy for the surviving relatives of Mr. Pleasants his aged mother and young children especially is universal; and I am glad to be a ble to add that it will lead to something more sub stantial than mere words of condolence. It is known that Mr. P. was poor, and that he has left his family to a creat extent dependent. It has been determined, therefore, to raise, by subscrip tion, as large a fund ns possible, for the purpose of maintaining and educating his orphan boy and girl the former about 1 1 years of age, the latter some years younger. Several gentlemen of this city have subscribed from $230 to $300each,nnd I many others smaller sums; and it is hoped that j this fund may be swelled to at least $10,000. I , mention tins because I know Mr. Pleasants has many friends in the interior, of ample means, who i will cheerfully contribute to this fund ; and I lake i the liberty of adding that any communication in reference to it, addressed toKo. II. Gallaher, Esq. of ibis city will bejjromptly attended to. - - - The affair grew out of a newspaper controver sy. It is stated that Ritchie, through the Enquir" er, had called Pleasants "an nbolitionsl" nhd "a rank coward." This was followed by a verbal message from . r! rieasanl. . . The following communication appears m the ! common with the whole community, I deep- ............. . j o conmcung sifliements ana reports concerning i it nrp in nrriilnli(in : nnil rtrtrin r.M eniT1 Ritohte and deliver,.! to a pentleman who l,r the message to Mr. Pleasants, ryJrred to in the I enclosed lener, t u-.iuk u cannot oe amiss in me 0p,u! fu a copy i uio letter itsell, and to re- "esi 115 punncnuon in your paur. 1 lie note ! M'aa appended by the gentleman who bore the i etter. t'Toi.u iotn f Richmond, r eb. 521th. IS-KL- ! P'ar SiRrhr; messige delivered to me by you this m5rning?frorn Jonn II. Pleasants, was ' nearly 1n tjics words: I am requested by Mr. Pleas-ants inform you that he will be on the r incsierneia siue ci James itiver 10-morrow morn- , p ii , r t t-i I ing at sun-rise, armed with side arms, without Rjfle, shot-gun or musket, and accompanied by two friends similarly ariiiedV- This disguised challenge I protest against ! first. because it is not in the form vvhich is justi--j hed by men of honor and to a great extent up held by public opinion. Second. Because it prevents that certaihtvef equal advantage reccgnrze'a by all, gentlemen ns ! an essential of the duel of fair and chivalrous combat Third, Because it gives to tliechallenging par ty the privilege of selecting time, place and wea pons; a right which according to all usage, be longs lo the challenged. ' Fourth, Because thc lime and place; are so se ' lected as to occasion great inconvenience and dan s' per to all parlies concerned, from legal prosecu tion. j Fifth, Because the teims proposed are avar;c, sanguinary and revolting, to the ta.s'.e and judg ment, noi only of honorable men, but of every man in the community, nnd calculaled ...to.casLod.ium pji any one who may be gorverned by them. I am' ready lo receive n proper 9hallenge from fT - 4eam8rbtfFab - eabovegiven, - solemnly protest npainst the terms he has propos es., un nis neau men must resi an me oiame and reproach which should be incurred jfrom act ing in defiance-of these considerations. ' ' Notwithstanding, these objections, I shall bo on j the ground mentioned -at sunrise- Do not consider me as casting upon yourself the I slightest reflection. I do not consider you in any ! way responsible for the -message, delivered this morning. I am your ob'-dient servant, i (Signed) 'THOMAS RITCHIE, Jr. j Note. The message referred to in the above- letter was delivered lo Mr. Ritchie about three o'- J clock, P. M., on One portion of ii l'lieiday, (tho 2 lih 'February.) ; e message was inaaverientiy o- j milted in the above letter; that portion specified : " two hundred yards above ihu cotton factory ns ! the precise place at which Mr. Pleasants would lie at sunrise. The letter was delivered to '.he gen tleman whahoreMr. Pleasants' message at 0 o' clock P. M., (if the same day. Hi reply was ihtit he was not authorised to take any other action in the matter than already performed in the'deliv erv of Mr. Pleasants message, and that he 'belie V t tl it Jiopeless far Mr. Ritchie to expect any other .jMfdf .. . ' ',: -- . ...' . .". I...... The- Ktiii'HHf -the- VV ash wytwh-Uflion, -Thomas - T?i"tlil run tin, I T 1 i . fi! I. kv in r tt'in.-, llw. fl.toll. tv I ii, II H f ."i. . f Mi- vn iwhuu ui" IIUIUCUI 1 1 1 C U U a I W - " jr-n TT : T T t tT -r- et UP I '(irtrrcT ntc rtunnnr in et ' Ii n- Hir H imo . 'l ". ' :'.i ,i,-,,vu "' " ;us.iie-aU:. ... -..- ; - h 'Wr heTTr wirjTpr.'fnnnd rrtrrct of the' -death 5cfiuJJ:bouivJi'd profusion.- - - . . , ' ?'r oie.ii Mid Ui i.is.i; hi inn tuy ui -o j j rt t en .c-vtry aocpunV', j both the death of this gentleman and the manner j of it, CI e fell near Manchester, on the bank 6f the James river, opposite to Richmond, very early von v ednesday morning, in an unlortunote en counter with one who is related to the editor of this paper by the tenderest ties. We had hoped that he would have survived his wounds, but it has been ordered otherwise. It is not our duly to enter intothecirctimstances which have brought; about this lamented catastrophe. But is. it too much to ask a suspension of public opinion until all the circumstances of the case shall have been fully developed ? Mr. Pleasants had edited the Lynchburg Virgi nian for several years, until the Winter of IS'-W-'21, when he cstablishedlhe " Richmond Whig," one of the strongest papers in the South, lie left thaljourna! a lew weeks since, when he associat i ed himself in the editorship of the "Richmond iMar. lie was a gentleman of brilliant talents oni of the best writers in Virginia, and an able, experienced and ardent politician. Retort to Congress on the kkw Militia. Bill.' The committee of the House of Represen tatives upon the Militia of the United States, have presented I heir report to Cor.gress, m which they dwell upon the unconstitutionality of a large stand ing army, and the bad efTects produced upon so ciety by the increased patronage it afTords to the Executive, and the construction of a distinct clasa not identified with the mass of citizens at large. The effects of peace upon a standing army is a gaiust its efficiency in lime of war, "as proved by the great number of superannuated officers in our small force." The subalterns, although " highly educated yaungmen, have led a life of too great luxury for the toils of active service." I he committee, taking these considerations into view, feel that the defence of the country must de pend, in time of danger, upon an efficient citizen soldiery ; and they, therefore, recommend a bill for the orgauization of vhe- mililia of the United States, making it compulsory upon every male citizen, between the ages of twenty one and thir ty yeurs, including the uniform companies, to do mililia duty ns a peace establishment, and that the old law, relating to age and qualification, bo enforced as a war establishment. This will give, m the former 1,000,000 of men, and, in the latter, 2,700,000 men. The bill further provides for in creasing the pay of tho militia draughted into the army, in tim of war, and an allowance of $40 each per year for clothing. Substitutes to be al- '. -J lowed. Uniform companies may be called out for one year s duty in wree. Those above the age of thirty years may, in time f war, compound for their personal services by sending to the scene or action one recruit for I . r . i ' t fi.i . L . l 1 every ien oi ineu iiumu -r. i u-js me secuira t:a: J . . ,,.. amounting 10 i,w,uw citizens, wouw increase ,he regular army by 120.000 men. The act not -er ,h. m,.itia in time of riot. &c. and nothing to , ..p.-T Tiu of i,h-inr-rrf- . ' ' nf ceivice from six to twelve momh, i me lime 01 sei vice I rom six 10 iwti ve nionms, from ,he '"'ciency of men for the first few months of their joining the army. The time of service is also altered from the old bill, in being made one year in three, instead of six months in each year. The proposed arrangement Would if 300,000 men were culled out only call upon the same individual one venr in five. On Gaits. Not gules, sucn ntr uaru w men and things in and out of .ta yard?' but gaits. that is, Hie manner and meU:u in winch men and women walk. ' And what of these ? Much. In f . i i? - I.. .1 1. 1 . . L . . .. j me ursi pmce u is vrry m-nnium mn every man ! and woman should have a good gait, should know how to walk ; while the ffict is, not one in fifty has acquired this needful and ornamental part of an Education.' True, people do contrive to shuf- fTei and wriggle, and worlc themselves through the streets S but then a person of any sense would no more think of calling these motions tcalking, than a person of taste would call many of the sound? be hears as he goesthrbugh the streets, or as he sits in churches, iujiY lllQ. lb t .sxcondplaccaheart -ofwalk ing-is-shame-j fully neglected. He nave teachers and schools for every thing else, Latin and Greek, French and Italian, German nnd Spanish, riding, boxing and dancing, but who-ever-heard of ft-4valking school ! And yet, how much more important it is that one should understand how to walk with ease and grace than how to speak nil tongues ? And suppose one has learned io ride like a Centaur, to box or dance to perfection, and what then ? Are these things to be compared to a good gait ? c Does a lady or gentleman who is perfect in the art 6? horsemanship, wde into a drawing room, or op the aisle of a church, or up and down the side walks of our city, or in and out the stores J None of these- things? AH this inlone- by what is com-i inonly called walking. But what kind of walk ing! One rolls rilong though in a high sea another waddles along like a goose, nnd a third, struts like a cock-turkey. One pitches over on the toes, and another tips back on the heels as though he had no toes ; one tottles along as though there were round balls in the centre of the foot, nnd nnother slaps along as though there were but one motion imparted to the foot, and that the hinge joint motion. Multitudes stoop forward when they walk, and compress the chest and hang the head; still greatej numbers, walk with, crooked knees, rarely bringing the leg into a straight' line which always sppiis theg.ii:, howeverstraight the body may be, and however erect the head. Nothinj' so 'marks tin? breeding of a man or wo man, as a good ai.l ; nothing is inore essential to ease. iii walking. thana pood gait; nothing in mo- tion is more beautiful, than a lady or gentleman 'who knows how to walk ;' and yet, alas, no sight is more ' rare than a walker a man or woman with it good gait. I.ndsi tiiv. Men must hav Occupation ' or be, miserable. Toil is the price of sleep and appetite, of healths misLepjoy nient. The ' very necessity -whjch.juvxTComea. uur Ji.aturu.1 sloth js. a hk'ssiugu i lie woriu. aoes 'not contain a. oriar or a inoru uiai . . . - ill t 'liniinii rv- u f if fnli I . I un fnH I" I We axfiJiapi Jav Tyi.i hJ.U fJ- til t 1 U. LI U I Li. - i i cA. jy .ilux-ai LM- - ... v. .. . ... -4iep With sterility winch we can overcome by in- Jutitrv. tl'imr ja-ccou'ld he with' spontaneous -and - : - life of ICen'tuCkv utji has passed. a Jaw -taxiii 4!5sjya 42ii "and,revoIvAirs"?2 end), Sm Rodeht Pekl. The followi,ng concluding remarks in the opening speech of Sir Robert Peel in the British Home of Commons are in a spirit which may be quoied ns worthy of emulation by men in high public stations every where, and noi less in this country than in any other: The conduct of Government is on ar duous and difficult undertaking. I may, without irreverence, be permitted to say, that, like our physical frame, cur ancient constitution is " fear fully and wonderfully made ;" that it is no easy task to ensure the harmonious and united action of monarchy, aristocracy, and a reformed House of Commons. These are the objects which we have attempted to accomplish, and I cannot think that they are inconsistent with a pure and enlarg ed conservatism. Hear, hear.! Power for such objects is really valuable; but kirny own part 1 can say with perfect truth that, even for these objects, I donotiovet it. 1 It is a burden far above my physical, infinitely above my intellectual strength. The relief from it with honor would be a favor and not a punishment. But while hdnor and n sense of public duty require it, I do not shrink from office. I om ready to incur its res ponsibilities ; to bear its sacrifices ; to affront its honorable perils ; but J will not retain it wilk mutilated power undnhacUed authority. Cheers. will not xtund at the helm during the tempest uous night, if that helm i not allowed freely to traverse. J will not undertake to direct the course of the vessel by observations taken in the year 1812. Loud cheers. I will reserve to myself the unfettered power of judging what will be for the public interest. I do not desire to be th 1imetr nf Inn-fanl lint ijiVp nm jliil ier of England twill hold office by no servile tenure ; loud cheers ; I will hold office unshack led by any other obligation than that of consult ing the public interes'.s, and providing for the public safety. The right honorable gentleman sat down amidst loud and continued cheering." Wasting Power of Rivers. Tl.e rivers which flow in the valleys of the Cordilleras ought rather to be called lha mountain torrents. Their inclinations are very great, and the water the color of mud. The roar which the Maypu mde as it rushed over the great rounded fragments, was like that of the sea. Amidst the din of rush ing wafers the noise from the stones us they rat tled one over another was most distinctly audible even from a distance. This rattling rfoise, night nnd day, roay be heard along the whole course of the torrent. The sound spoke eloquently to the geologist; the thousand and thousands cf. stones, which, striking against each other, made the one dull uniform sound, were all hurryingin one direc tion. It was like thinking on time, where the minute that now glides past is irrecoverable. So it was with these stones ; the ocean is their etern ity ; and each note of thai wild music told of one or more sleps toward their destiny. It is not possible for the mind to comprehend, except by a slow process, any effect which is produced by a cause which is repeated so often, jthat the mulii irU plier itself conveys, an.idea not more definite than IIF i if . .... . - . . .1 i the savage implies when-hc points to the hairs of his head. As often as I have seen beds of mud, sand, and shingle accumulated to ihe thickness of many thousand feet, I have felt inclined to exclaim that causes, such as the present rivers and tin present beaches, could never have ground down and produced such an effect, But, on the other hand, when listening to the rattling noise of these torrents, and calling lo mind that whole races of animals havo passed away -fiom itie face or ihe. enrih. and that during (hia whole period, night auu iniy, inese siones nun? gone raining onwards in their course, I have though to myself, can any mountains, any continent.'withstand such waste? Darwin's Journal. The Habits andFearsof an Emperor. The Italian accounts of the visit of the Emperor A7ri olas to their country, are not very favorable to the impression made by him. Among other statements we find thIsofbis ever haunting apprehension of assassination : I he umipcror sleeps upon a leather maltrass fl-Hh4iayr-h---iyynd,,-pairTifpis' iuis ueaiuv 1 ijiiii. iuc leur ui a viuient aenin seems to be always present lo him and it iionly by preserving the strictest incognito that he is a bks lo take ihu solitary walks for vvhich he has so much taste. In Palermo the charge of his safety was confi- .i i :.i i.: M'l... r. ..r i... j ded to one of the superior agents of the police. who was unskilful enough to attract the notice of the L.mperor, as he followed him from street to street, whereupon the Autocrat rushing upon the unknown, pistol in hand, said " Who are you, what do you want f " " 1 am agent of the police," exposing anlie same- time-liis xiniforni coneettled under a cioair, " ana am ordered to watch over your safety." "f to the-tl I," rejoined the imperial wanderer." i can protect mysell hence, or I'll shoot you;'! and the terrified agent was not flow to obey an imperial mandate from one who like Nicholas is ofu mien and muscular force to make such words terrible. ' Think ofit. A humming-bird once met a butterfly and being pleased with ihe beauty' of its person and the glory of its,,wings maWean offer of perpetual friendship. " l cunnot Hunk ol it. was Ihe reply, as once spurned at me, and called me dolt." a crawlinrr I r. t " Impossible," exclaimed the humming-bird- " I always entertained the highest respect for such beautiful creatures as vou." " Perhaps you do now," said the other, "but when you insulted me, I was a caterpiTTSr. So Mel me give you this piece of advice; never insult thc humble, as they may one day become ypur superiors." - ( n Expenses of war. Mr. Gallutin, in one of his letters, has given nn estimate of the expenses of njivar wiih Overeat Britain. The whole annual expense of such a , war iis estimated nt $C'5((K,- 000. -.Adding ..$(WU.O(Wfai.-tfther-expejist. tho,' whole cost of supporting the (.'overninent &ujd Jtac h t h ksju. in i q.u3 js u ul. of QIZJXMSXJIX. itieyar wptiiu reuue.tne annuat rerenue-Troin. .UjLcjiswn VmTMlriTS 'would jeave-tO be provided for by tax-eg'riud loans the sum 60,000,- Poetry ix Pnosi:.-lt is a peculiarity of Dick - ens style that it. often runs along, apparently un- orisprirt.fl liv him. in rwr..r! rWm.. n,.fl , f ., 1 . . , , , mg also a perfect metre. W e find the fo owing . '. . . . , " specimen m his new work, 1 he Qncket on the Hearth : 'Ii i a dark nirrhi. nn,l tt1P TCfl,.. nn.l il, mi. i ten leaves are lying by the waif ; and above, all is mist and darkness, and below, all is mire and day: and there's only one relief in all the xad and murky nir: nnd I don't knuw that it i.s one, fork's nothing but n glare of deep arul'anry crimson where the sun and wind together, sel a brand upon the cloud for being guilty of such- umuner: anu me iviuesi open country is a lore,', duJI streak of black : and there's hoar frost on the finger-posr, and thaw upon the track: and the ice it is'nt water, nnd the wrter Wtilfree : and you cuuld'nt say that any thing is what it ought to be' 1 It seems almost incredible thai the above coulJ if..... .L . 'II . I have been unintentionally penned, to rhyme that manner. in Study Indispensable to Greatness, It is a fact wtrll worthy the attention of young men, who have the misfortune to consider thomselves as great gen i uses, I hat nearly all iho master spirits of the British parliament have been distinguished as scholars, before they becune eminent as sta:es men. If Sheridan is urged asan exception, let it be remarked that only one Sheridan has ever been heard on the floor of St. Stephen's ; and ihul the splendid nnd terrible assailant of Warren Hastings sunk nl last into a tnre writer of come, die?, and manager, of a play-house.. Chatham, and Pitt, and Fox, and Iiuike. and Channingfiind Brougham, with many others, whose names sh;nu with a lustre only a little inferior to those above mentioned, Were distinguished for their classical atuinments. They laid the foundation of their future .greatness in ihe cloiMers of the University. Since the world began, genius 1)4 s accomplished nothing without industry ; and no error can be more fatal to the young aspirant after distinction and usefulness, than that indolent stdf-coruplacen cy which resls, on the supposed possession of ex alted genius. We talk of cold weather here .omeiimea What ...U f -,k . l.l.-.t. :t nuuiu nvsajr ui nrauitri n&c uiai n iiivu is ucsviiu- cu vy veuwiu, vuv traumcu nacitci, nt it?i ter from Siberia I.-Zl-- -- - , " You have no idea of the excessive cold in the region ipf Siberia, By experiments lhat l wade at Yakusky, 1 found that on the 19th of November :be mercury in my thermometer was frozen. In De cember, I found by repeated experiments lhat two ounces of clear quicksilver openly exposed froze hard in fifteen minutes. I have observed that in -A I..: V 1 I..k.,. . P..- l .i.l these severe frosts, the air was condensed, as it is I with you in a thick fog ihe atmosphere is frozen, I respiration is fatiguing ccc. It is a happy law of nature, that in such intense cold the reefs' seldom any wind when there is, it is dangerous to go a broad. 1 here are no wells' at YauflSKVT fo found by experiment lhat the waterJVeezes at six ty feet deep. People of these regions are there lore obliged louse ie and snow. They have al so ice windows ; glass is of no use to the few who have it; the difference in the state of ihe air, within and without, is so great that the cuss is r covered on the iimide wiih Several inches of frost, and in that situation is less luminous ihan ice. The timber of tin house splits and oyens i iih ld cracks ihe rivers thunder and open with ,' broaJ figures all nature groan Urn-mli the ri- I oors of winter. A Dyixcj CuamjiKR. Who that has watched beside ihe sick the dying couch of a beloved be ing does not remember the dreary, desoLie blank lhat succeeds the inomeiitof dissolution .' While life" remains, hope will linger. From ihe ark of its affection the heart still sends forth the dove over ihe wide waste of afiliction, fondly dreaming her return with -the olive-branch of Hope and Joy. The mind, too fully occupied with the duties of the sick chamber, has scarcely leisure to dwell upon aught beside. To smooth .-4Jlie-pillowrio watclt-4Whe-MHwe4-mper,-ta- sweeten the bitter draught with aflectiou.8 Imnd, to read the languid eye, and anticipate the bro ken wish, these, and a thousand other kindly offi ces fill up the weary hours, and twine the loved one in its helplessness closer and cipher round the heart. But when the last scene has closed on the being we have so loved nnd tended when ;hf warm heart can no lorfger fee! our care, nor the J beaming eye smile its thanks t!ien it is that the weary frame nnd crushed spirit sink together in utter, helpless loneliness. Beyond lhat silent chamber the wide world appears one trackless wastes we gazeoajhe. still, .coldfe.nlu res of the departed, we long for the wings of the dove to "-lly awny and.1 nt rest :.: TurJ Company of Books. -It is chiefly through books that we enjoy imercourse. with sunerior minds; and ihese invaluable communicat'oris ere in the reach" cf all. In the Lest Looks, great men talk to' us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls in(o ours. God he thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant nnd the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life ofpastoges. Books are the true levellers. TI.ey give to all lhat will faithfully use them, the socie- . - .i. . i . . . . . i , . , wie spnr.uai ti sence, oi iueoest ana greatest ! of our race. No mailer how poor I am ;-no mut ter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter and take up their abode. tinder my roof if Milton will cross my threshold to sing to uiu Munseli of Paradise, and Shakespeare to open to me the ' Mr I Wo r I d s if Tin agin a t i o n th e rv o f k fngs of Th e h ii - ficul.t for man hiirt. and r ranulin to enrich me with his practical wisdom, I shall not pine for want of in tellectual companionship ; and 1 may becorne a cultivated man, thouglL excluded from ihe best company where I live. Nothing can supply the place of looks. They are cheering or soothing coifeparpons in solitude, illness, and affliction. Let every man, if possible gather some good books under his roof. Channing. " r, " '.dor.L10r.da.y-?..JXde ty'j&rhvtriktieis rery distressing ;-. . , - , . ,"! "w ! "uc s" "lu "If -. oaagwac a " egg. S3 1 wliin 1 s'land u;p. f -fall dowt directly; ' ! Tin: Dead of lU!ij.-irTh ynr recently ch) )iis wi-ssefl the deaths cl .G''neral Andiew JucksoW, VV-prtiJentof the Ln.ted Sta-es, Juno 8.' Asred, - w i ii,,,, r.i ,. t.,T u " V-' . Hon. Jv )!i fciory. Justice bupreme Court, Sept. 10. Hon. I i ie C. Rates'. United, States Seiidtnr. fro:n,Masc3Chu8e:ts,March l& j JlJ'1" ,J- Hawson. member vf Cnngresi, fr"m L'"'Niina' '-V,,-j ! ,,on- D,v"1 W; Dickinson, tuemher of Con- I rs. froui Tennessee, April 27. I Hl,n- J",'n l-rl'''jM"". m'ettiher cf Congress-, el, cu f""t' ''"''"nVKsee. 1 ''!" '.glass truighton, jiologist, of Mich- if Wftrtvned.1 Hon. LevervtMSaiionsttill, ex member of Congress,1 from iUsssiichusetuT May. Rev. Henry Ware', D. D., prof, ssi r ill Har vard. July 12. Rev. James Mihior, D. D., of New York cil March 8. . . Hon. Wm. II. Roanes ex-United Slates Sell' afor, from Virginia, May II. ' ..... Hon. Geo. .Morreil, Chief Justice of Micbi-f gun, March. -, Wm? W. Cherry, of Jackson, North Caroli na, May 2,, Hon. Uuckncr Thurston, Judge of the United 81 70 5? 69' ad' btates district court. Argiit :J. W2 Hon. Roger M. Dec. 30. 1841. lerumn, uf Connecticut, Hon. Jos"L. Tillinghust, of Rhode Island, Dec. 30,1811. r A Lath rn's Virginia, niade i-:.. '-'id. (ieorge Mason, oC the loiinwing re:rariis in hi? will .. . I ' L L . i l 1 t wuicn inigni ta ne consiuer-"! a legacy to ihe ri- tion: , "1 recommend to mv son.--. irotrt unlfmni tierience-'of life", to i.ivier the hiinoiness'of 'inde peiulence jind a private ttutiou to the trouble anrf vexation tuhl ic 4)uUn-hut f 'ilher-lheif' nwn inclinations, or ihe nt ces-sity Ol Ihe time,' should enrage them in public affiirn, I charge them on n lather's blessing. never to let the mo tives of private interest or ambition jnduce them' to betray, nor the terrors of poverty and disgrace, or of death, deter them from asserting ibe liberty i l.De!r "Umr.V' "' lo transmit tothe.r pcV - r .i . -.... j, ...... ..6..w.v lutuotntl leriie. n.rsj .irr(l rmhi. i iK ..o. .!.... were bom. . '' ' : " ' ' 4 - ' .WtLUGtARDED SAFC. Til Rothscllildi of France hava invated a wonderful niece of me- 1 CD5i5. )0-PJP..tJ!?'J..removd ua person attempt the Jock, or tampers with il in the slightest degree.'un iron band and arm is thrust out from the door, clenches the oflender and holds him motionless in its iron embrace,; while at the same instant a bell is struck in a room over head, occupied by a watchman, givjiig him notice that this presence is nqairtd in ihe room below. Should this watchman not get down' to the assistance arid release of the wretch held v. t u .. . - . i i . ' uv tin- iron nrni in illicit minutes liiiit Ihpn nderhuss is igiaTfft-4t!h4ody--cf-th trespasser. I nus lie i.s mercifully allowed fifteen minutes grace to refiect uj-on ihe enormity of hi offence. It is told that a lew years since a man was caught by the iron nippers and the watch, man ca;no td fais release only two minutes before the blunderbuss would have bpen discharged. i " i ?I AVE Kkvoltand Lops of LiFK,-There was" ! considerable of a revolt on ihe 13th ult.. among : "ir ' m? pianiation or .uesr. IJeweU, i "ern k, vo, aoom un miles Irom iNew Oileans, during which two of tln in were shot dead and slaves was being whipped for some offence, when .... . - .vt). .vuunuru, VJIW III int the remainder, sevenly in number, stopped work. , anil rusnea on tneir overseers, wiih the cry of No v let's kill thetii allliberty or death !" A number of the white persons were wounded with their-hoes. The skives from on adjoining phrn'--tation came to ihe assistance of their masters, and done efficient service in protecting their lives' A number of them fled lo the Woods, but the remain der were secured and placed in confinement; The fugitives will doubtless be soon evertaken, as -p aayatejtt-iouwHtf 4hem r ; Ankcootkof Wasiiixton. Althe ' cnirimrnro memoi .ine itevoitiuennry ivnr, there lived at- r.nsi iv inoscr, vonnepuci.t. ucecrding io the Hart--ford Courant, a farmer. ( f llu- name o Jacob Mun sell, aged 45 years. A.fier the conimiiiiicution by water between this pail of the coumry and. Boa ton wns interrupted by the pnsjiejsinri of , Bo.- ton1 harbor by 'he British fl. ei, Munseli was ofierV enij.lnyrd to lranporl Tovis'ons ly land l oaf army "lying in the nei-hhoi l. nd uf Bublon. Irr i ne summer ol i t), wini. e summer ol it io. w In tim vmioJ Ku .. ln wini a large louu uiuwn hy a turn ox team. In a part of he road whiehwas fwrrw hat rough, ho rnet two carriage, in i nch of which was nrrAmer ican gfnernlwflicir. The rffirer in tlu- forward1 carriage, when near to Munseli, put his head our of "the window, and called to him in an autliorit 1 tive lone ' " I1 n it, get out the path I'. Munsel! innueiutely retorted, , . . "H " y-Jtt 1 won't. get out the path gel" out yourself" ? i After some other vain attempts t0 Wrvnfl r i iii , - f . Munseli to turn out, the-- i ff. yr' carriage1 turned out, and Munseli Kept the jia'li. I'he other Car riage immediately came up. h iving been Within hearing distance of u hat had passed, and the offi cer within put his outol ol the vehicle and saidw Munseli- r ; My friend, the road is bad. nnd it is verV oif tl' yrm be so -good intr; turn out ami let me pass : J With, all my bean." said Mursetl, but I won't be d: d out of 'die path by anyinan." The Inst officer Was General ashitijg'loii. ' Cluit spitting that nasty tobacco ori tho floor, Josh, or I'll whip ye !" La, mother, why don't " you '.speak properly jf'orf ( Iiou Id hrive tfjd ,; cease Vjeciitig thaFnipiisjve fniivn of the Virgifir ; wtrd upon the MOinenade. or Ithallorfminister i. t.niawri. --;'"Z.TrT","gZ!l"r';'. -Tr7 t : no. could, pay, and to prevent-himsclf-ftcm beinrj-:. (luiKTad to death, eave out that ho, had ihv $mM i pox,' at;J thus kept oil bTi Iorm,entari. J