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.' r" "'V.'Y-,.h4 ".1. 1 ... L. J" I i '' ' ' 7 .''" -I' 1 ", '! '.: -V 1 . 7". . - r, . --rw r ' tt w Jper ..r...--- 'A- V:. I r 1 . k If JiiiP' flb? Will -" -A U4- - " , ) , ' "'7 . GEE ENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, APRIL 4, '1846. NUMBER, 1. mi ,; A 4 ; . . ' A- . 1;. .XAAA'' -A; A" ' --r-. ft II IT '-v-r--- y,;y.v;: - - r'rjifli' piiick; tiiurk i):rvAus a tear, JJ.'iO, ir j'aiii wrnii.'c ost m 11N 111 inn Tin hate ok s r 11 ftc m pti ox. ' .. lur on the urt of unf tfmlomer'ti) order diMContin- e wiiuiii me -i i:ncnuon vivir, will nc coiibuicreu in- ivo olJiin wi.sii to routinue llic jiairr. WE SHALL DU HAITV YET. .. Ill M!l JAMta C1UV. Fcnr not, liclovcd, llioiigh clouJ. rtny lower, Whilst rainliow vision melt away, Faitlv lioly st.ir luis villi a oivcr . 'J'lijil may the docjx'st iniitnight sway. Frarnpl! I t.ikc a Mihit'd tone, Our lovo can mil'irr wane not net ; My heart grows strong in trust Minn Own, We shall tie hapfyyet AVhat ! thouili I0115; asNiuim yearj lmvc jiasBeil,- Since thin true heart was vowed to thine. There conies, for us, o -KUl at Irnst Whose bra m upon our pftth shall aliiiie. We who have loved 'midst tlnulils mid fears, . Yt navcr with 0110 hour's regrt, . . There conies a joy to gild iur tear We shall lie hippy yet. tf'f'" Ay, by the wandering !irj. that Cnd A heme hey ond the ; mountain wave, . . Though many a u'.avi:gujl jjIutiu cowhinod , 'To bow them to i ocean grave .By summer suns tliat brighlly riso , , ( T4iouali first in inoilrnful tear tiny seCJf -T?y all LoveVlmpi ful prophages, " " We shall o hafpy yet ! TEE iHltE IhVYS, AifSoM Ifflmmm o .Story. Pails 11 July, 1S39. . ' Vi!iyou not go w usto the Tuileries to motfow?". said 1 "tboyenther pfomises to be ' ie, "and," according to d, accounts, the scene 11 ITS unusuallyay. Lot IbilIippe.. "Sans Culotte," muttered 0& JadyTwitian f t.. .V,r.iil,lorQ t. t " ' stfred, as you Vnay nvell suprn, jnd, slowly repeating this vety elegant appell.vy wonder ilngVy asked her what sha unfant. A v She fidgetted restlessly" about upon.h, chair, gapped the floor impatiently with her foi plied her knittiog kneedles mflre busily than befo. anc :again ejaculated " Hah !" . m 1 . 11 . 1 n. 'i 11 I I It t. . well, DUt,A.auame uas,., t.ugucu m at j .do answer 10 ray Muuo..-w... Jr-K. v Poor soul ! what a sickening mockery must it The old Udytoo.k off her spectacles, Nyiped.m have sounded t0 heJ. put them on again, drew forth her snufTboVeX Iq (he midst lh8 hideou, din a cry arose, tracted a pinch, and slowly returned the ;ouder, more fiend.lilie lhan lhe ,t ..To the rto its resting place sighed henv.ly, and fixing on.,, Tuileries, quickf quick, , me one ol the sauuest looks 1 ever saw, saiu in a "lo " lew butimeamng tone, " ixon " And why not?" . i I shall never go there agariri; it is just fifteen years since I have seen either the Palais Itoyal or jheTuileries.and I sincerely trus.1 no circumstance onay ever arise that would compel mc to cross those hated paths more.-',. ATiheT poor old lady uttered these words a tear stole slowly down her sallow cheek, and her hands trembled so violently, that the work fell from her fingers. Not knowing very ivell what to say, I remained silent, though doubtless my countenance betrayed the wonder and curiosity her manner. jCAther than. Lex Avxitvi,-La JjcxciUjJ. . After an interval of several minutes, during which she was evidently endeavouoj to recover her self-possession, she gazed steadily nt rne,Md jaid incalm, composed voice, " Are you easily frightened I" "No," replied 1, " it takes a great deal to do lhat; but why do you ask?" ' Have you patience to listen loan old woman's story "Most assurJIy, and thank her for it, too." " Well, then, drawVyour chair 0I030 to mine, and do not interrupt me till I have done." I did as I was desired, and she told me no tale of fiction, but a trisrrdv real life, herself the heroine, V0n the morning ofhe 5?7th of July, 1830 I was walking with my 'crand-daushter in the gar- Mna of the Palais Koval ; tho day was remarka beautiful, the nir being clear, bright, and soft, and wholly free froirt those oppressive' heats so .usuaW at this season of thu'year., We had just drawn a couple of chairs, and1 1 was observing to Marie how exceedingly quiei every thing appearj Vfl, when a fearful yell, the simultaneous mingling -often thoiisjud voices, burst upon our startled .ears, and at thesame instant u gentleman whom I knew slightly rushed past us exclaiming, "Fly. fly! they are entering the gardens by the pas sage; fly! fly! save 'yourselves! for the love of heaven don't slay another .moment, or you're lost!" ad, without further explanation, he disap peared. So sudden was the transition from per fect calm and tranquility, to frightful uprcar.and stunning clamor, thvit for, one minute'We stood like two statues, transfixed with terror and amaze; the next, by an involuntary impulse, without ex chnifging either word or look, ve fied as fast as -4&ur3;wnhliii rtuffa1mdhe''otfrt TstW house in -which-f . a o t. , A th?n lived." My jconstcrqafiori was. sd ovetwhVl' . . . . ' 1. I I, ,i nnMr. 1., nn ... nn lilkllif but as we turncdinto ih Rue St. Honore, Mane 'janyiiianiina : see, the slicps are aUshuw And so they wcru ; in U10 course of those few hours the demon of rebellion Jiad risn in all in hateful might, ond Paris wasonCe again to be come the scene of tenor, bloodshed and death. Every houstt was closed and barricaded, and all, save the infuriated mob, had deserted the streets. " As the porter was closing our court door,' a man forced his way into the yard, staggered tow ard the foot cf the staircase, gave a faint cry, and fell down dead !" I uttered an exclamation of horror ; the old la dy laid her hand gently on my arm, queitly re pented the word patientez " and calmly procee ded with her terrible tale. ' I cast my eyes uporu he corpse, its limbs were frightfully convulsed, itsfeatures drawn and dis torted, death hud struggled hard with his victim, every line of the face wis changed ; but a mother needs & cond look to recognize her son it was my poor Jules ! ...Ah! well," continued she, "I can't cry now! my'lifii Las been one ceaseless ccne of suffering. j and l'rc wept tiH my poor old eyes a- dim" and j dry I've no tears left 10 sbrd; I wish I had, per haps twere bruer lor me. With the aid of our concirgo and his wife, ve managed to carry him up stairs and lay him on his bed ; the blade of a broken knife was in I his side; I drew it out; I hare it now. Ah! I they JiaiLstabLed liim OajlieJjearV-the jnonstcjsi j my poor, poor Jules ! I "While we were hanging, maddened by cur j misery, over his blood-stained corpse, a second j yell, like that we had heard in the Palais Royal, only ten times more revolting, started us from ibe bedsidej and, rushing to the windows, we beheld a hideous, furious, drunken mob, armed with mis siles of every description, pouring through the street from all its openings, and tearing ' up the atones to aid them iu their deeds of death. On ward the torrent rolled, howling and roaring to wards the ,Tuilerujs." Those who , ha seen a mob ascending in all its terrors as I've so often done, know but too well its fearfuf strength ; thoss who have not can little guess ibe horrors of its fnercbi"' ':. -.'" ":-"'. : ' , ' 1 " We were livinj then, as I think yoii know, in the Rue St, Honore-that was the great scene ,pf slaughter. I will not tiro you by a relation of all, the miseries which, came beneath my notice during these three terrible days ; I shall tell no more than what immediately relates to myself, and that will sufficiently explain why I have no desire to participate irrtrre rejoicings of to-mor- TOW." This word was mlered with a bittcr 8mi!o u , , , ., .. . , the throne ! to the Tuilenea !" and a mo- nn tnc tnr wo saw aPProach'ng! borne on the elVrrA-ofjji frantic wretches, the half-naked If a youngman coTreTTtru.jJi- blood that sljy trickled from a dozen ghastly Hrouricrs v- He I my poor, poor Marie!" moaned the un hay old woman, quite overcome by those many helbreaking memories this relation of her mis. eriijo vividly recalled. 4ly cbild! my Marie !" repeated she, in touflig accents; "aiy lost, my murdered Msne !" nnd ising hereyes.she fell back in her chair per fectrnolionless. 1 had seen her once or'twlce" befoind well knowing that unbroken silence best reslorati vftrlrreiiher moTeunorspokc." At leij she slowly opened her eyes, and again taking her knitting, she calmly continued her melarnly story : ' V which party he received his deathblow npne & tell, Vvhelher from a random shot of the soldierfcr b tab from the patr'wla, V know notf but he my son Jul. were tmongthe first vic tims wfyii. They were rdcred 0n their way to Residence ; they had been intuixppted by the nancl ' " Julesj not drop the jnoment he was struck: enough p. Wa3 left to enable him to reach home; thysassins did their cruel work more 'nuicklv uiuenri. "The ri ,eized his corpse, and choosing to turn it to trLvn accdunt. strioDed itv to the - waist, stabb't inr-ntv nlaces to make it an- j pear more te, and in that state bore it ifi ; triumph to thuac. 0f ,he Tuilerie?, and amid ' ' shouts ef ' fik laughter placed it on' the i throiM. L Henri St., was a student of the Poly - ' I I. . . . tcchni'que,'andafiariCt.(l j,asband 0f$p lost ur0 8t,,:eral,. exl,lial UI,d P',n?and rwlu'0 Marie. - ' i extraordinary lherary attainments to understand Poor darlink sj,t; hung ovr ti,e balcony j the triie import and signification thereof; tftlt to gazing in spe8gony 0nihe mangled corpse i so coiisirua and mistify them, as to conceal their of liim she lovcd ,ruyf a monster from an op-. ostenseble import, and reconcile them tff'the in posite house denii jt, a hoarse, sa,vage voice, J dulgence of pride, luxury and worldlyTronor, s re to which aide we Wj. Auhe risk of my quires all the tact and" skiff which effn be derived conscTeiice I cried Wsloudy bI could shriek, j fromTtbeological, in addition lo anorflfnary col " The people! theL,i j liberty ! libertyf!"f j leginte education. "Lay not- ujy for yourselves Whether the miscn rt.aiy fjjj not hear me, or ; treasures upon earih," is one ofthwe command'- wilfully chose to mi4jrstaricj mPf j cnnnot w.. - -yipvailU llil", k CllllllUt H II , 1 !l!n? a sn V4 in hls hand! ..!! Pnusetl, J forun instant;' I sakleudly .aim, and endea-i yored to draw my poVipfae4' c,ild .away--a- that of the tflferhalraa mo less aiane-lay ueuu hi. atmt. t)t. half had t icrc forever ! . -v - ,- . , fS. fl'-ti..v- -fV--'- yjy Kinwi gPjkjcp for my sorrow, said 'the "oi l lady, socing , s o i n g V1t y -e n j ya v-jr fn to stifle (ho tears that would force themselves de spite of my best efforts to check Jithem. " Yes, very kind; you, English have feeling hearts. Ah! your sympathies have never been searched by the sight of bloodshed ; an English woman can little j comprehend the terrprs of such scenes as these poor old eyes have w itnessed. saw my hysband ' beheaded; he suffered thesame day nay.the very hour in which Louis Seiziemeended all his misei ies. I'll tell you about him some day not now.not now. " We wcreeverstaunch adherents of that unfor tunate family, and we have suffered so bitterly by our attachment, Hove them still ah ? well, well. " When iho Three Days were over, and some thing like peace restored, they began to think a bout collecting the dead, 'he soldiers were or dered to remove the bodies, but they positively re fused to ive the slightest assistance. A number of the laborer, lured by the promise of double wagts, consented to commence the dismal work, but in so brutal and slovenly a manner did they go ahout it, lhat they ratherobstructcd than aided each other. "One scene made a fearful impression upon my mind even, amid all the horrors of mv own wretched position. 1 had gone to the front of the house to close our windows, the stench'from the street, which was literally mudded with blood, be coming more unbearable every minute.- - As I leaned out to reach the shutter a burst of-mocking laughter smote painfully on my ear, and look ing down I beheld a baker' cart, la which the-y had piled some ten or. twelve corpse, laying oi its side, the bodies having scarcely any covering (for no sooner did a victim full than the women rushed upon it, and danied away every article that was of the slightest value,) being heapedona upon another in the middle of the horse road. Oh ! 'twas a fearful, sickening sight. "After standing a minute to contemplate this hiddeous spectacle, the wretches set up a second stunnipg lliout and Jjin off,' leaving the cart and its ghastly load immediately under our windows " The weather had now become intensely hot ; pestilence teemed to menace us from every quar ter what ivas to be done ! Plenty "were found to direct, though none would obey. At last, as the only chance left of staying this threatened plague, the landlords called upon their tenantg to assist id clearing the streets, and gentlemen of wealth and rank might be seen removing the dead and replacing the torn-up pavements. "They wanted to bury my Marie and her father with the martyis, but I would not consent to thut; they lie side by side in Pere Ie. Chaise ; I will take you to sec their tomb some day. "Do you wonder now why I have no A-ish to participate in the rejpicingacTcnoj row T l he revolution that placed ,Louis Phillippe on th throne made me a lonely, desolate old woman ; took from me all I loved or lived for. I will not go with you 10 the Tuileries." . ' v'What Shall Wc. Do to be Saved. 7"ro-rrr ni;oruas. many different answers are virtually given, as there are 4; lions of professed christians, and yet, most of them at variance with the most plain, pointed and simple instructions given by the Saviour, himself. The reprehension, written by the prophet Isaiah, " In vain do they worship me, teaching Jbrdoc- -trines; the Mnmandmenta-of m-n," and which was applied by our Lord to the hypocritical phari- ,-et--rrrorg applicablc-tohePrgtt'stcdry- theological leaders of the present day. The pop ular and digmfiedcharehsTTegard athihose ar heretics, who take the scriptures of truth forlhejr guide, independently of the preaching, teaching and traditions of the reverend clergy ; and it is a lamentable fact, that nearly all the members who constitute those churches, follow the church's doc trines, and clerical constructions, instead of ex amining tho liihltj to lee whether the leaders are rjjilrt pr wrong. There is scarcely a point of pe culiarity which, is observed by popular church members, and which constitute the. difference between them, and the world of nonprofessors, but what has been instituted without any gospel authority. Our Saviour said explicitly, " II9 lhfl nalh W commandments, and keepelh them, lie il ' lhat- Iovclh ine ! nn( h bat lo''ethni'' halIbo loved yhur'.,, (John.xiv Sl.);anU agail1. " If i e kF my coJlftearidmcnts ye shall abida.utiay I6vc." (John, xl'10.)- This, then, is the true answer "to the question "What shall wo do to be saved." The " commandments" of Christ ments, and a very plain one, " oell that ye have, ,,lv -' j add cireahns,"-! is a vpr conspje is another. " Swear not at; all,'.' conspicuous commandment. Others enjoin childlike humility. Yet these, and nearly .all.oiheripLthenipst pointed and essential co:n- to mean anything else ; while the pretended duties navinirrich salaries to mi minister keeping the Sab . .. - ...TV;. faAfwwrrfrit crs, and observing many other customs which oe I no where Commanded by the Lord or his nppsllts,' are virtually enjoined and required, as the main points of Christianity,,: . But knowjurnmnrtal maoi that this is not tho way to , be saved. You must discard the unwarranted traditions of men ; study, learn and obey all the commandments of Christ, according to the plain, ostensible sense thereof, and submit to have your name cast out as evil, and to be reviled as a hen-tic which will most assuredly 'be the case, if you do thus obey and trust the consequences to Him who best knew what course of conduct was or would be, the most perfectly coniist'tnt with your eternal well being. A Journeyman Printer. At the Typographical Celebration in Rochester, a few days since, Mr. William A. Welles, a jour neyman, gave the following sketch of his life, which is the greatest 'mess ofn' lhat we ever heard of. IKttays; Mr. President: It has often been remarked lhat the fortunes of the members of the Typogra phical profession have been more diversified and precarious than that of any other class of 'men. The changes constantly takiag place jnjheircii cumstances render them an easy prey to all tho viscissitudes oflife. The printer is an intellectual being. No class oLen, in anjrageof the world hare given evi dence of so great versatility of talent, universal knowledge and variety of reading, as the body Typographical. The'" biography of many prin ters would be both amusing and instructive. By way of illustrating the above declaration, I offer the following crude, rambling recollections of a somewhat adventurous journey thus for through life ; not that I would, in so doing, claim any no- toriety for my many hair breadth 'scapes,' hut from an inclination to let my fellow craftsmen read a pjge of my story ; and if any good should result from my experience, to bequeath, the re cord of the incidents of ray times, for the amuse ment of others. I served nearly seven years' apprenticeship in the office of the late Alderman Seyn)our,'49 John street N. Y, In this office, associated as fellow workmen, were lhe late Commissory General of this State, A. Chandler, Mayor Harper, N. York; Gen. George P. Morris, now editor and publisher of the 'New York Mirror;' John Wind Elliott, the Foreman, (one of the notorius ' Mirandi Ex pedition,') and your humble servant. About this lime I pulled the first number of the 'New York American, then edited by Charles King, James II. Hamilton and Gulian C. Ver planck. The first edition of ' Salmagundi' was also printed in this office, about this time, from lhe rMSfofWashington Irving; hrthe xomposi Hon of which I assisted. In Van Winckle's of fice afterwards, I setup the three first numbers of the 'Sketch Book,' by the same gifted author. In Boston, I worked upon the 'Columbian Cen tinel' for 'Old Ben Russell,' who discharged me from his office for drumming Yankee Doodle as I beat lhe last sheet of the inside of his paper one morning, after having worked elevpf tokens im- lirial .tt-iihJo-it prling . ten hours! From Boston I went to Flagg and Goul's office, -Ando-ver, Mass., and was employed in setting vp from his MS, Gibbs' ' Hebrew Lexicon,' which con tained nineteen different languages, including those usually atylrd ' dead At this period of myJiistory Lptocu red JLMidship m an's w arran U and went to sea in the frigate Brandy wine, Com' rndftofirM orris; The ship sailed from Hampton Roads, in Sep tember, 1823, having on hoard as passenger, that illustrious statesman and patriot, Gilbert Mortier, Marquis de Lafayette. During a voyage of 28 days', I saw much of this great, good man. The General conferred a particular favor upon me by entrusting lo my care a rattle snake, an opossum. a grey squirrel, cock robin, and a poodle dog the last a present from a lady in Philadelphia, t I was on board the Brandy wine . on the night of the memorable 2Gth of September, 1823, upon which occasion was thrown overboard more lhan $50, 000 worth of property, lo lighten the vessel, wbiJe in the head of the Bay of Uigcay. When in Portsmouth, (England,) Iliad the honor of being a guest, on board lhe Brandy wine. at a dinner given, to His Royal Highness, the Duke of Clarence, then Lord High Amiral ef the British Navy, Lady Noel, wife of Lord Byronf her little daughter Ada, Admiral Lord Bolinbroke, and several otljer dignitaries of the British realm. From England we proceeded to Gibralter, wc sailed up the Mediterranean on the European shore touching at such ports as Cadiz, Port Ma hon, Naples, Pisa, Palermo, Malta the coast of Calabria, &c, &c. ; then crossing to the- Asiatic and African side of the Mediterranaen j then run ning down to Gibralter. From lhe Lock we look the trade winds and made the Cape d Verd Isl ands, and thFCapjiToTuSOd Hope. From thence to Ascension and Elba Islands. After cruising upon the coast for six weeks, the ship ran. over to Staten .Land, off the pitch of Cape Horn. I have visited the cities of S(. Paulos, the Isl and of St. .Catharin?, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Bue nos Aycrs, Monteviedo and Mouldinado, on the River LA Plata ;i SuiSalvadoif'ot the Jiead ol theT baTSaTOtsrirroartoid Pernambuco Ma-1 ranharri and Parar 6ii the Amazon. ' I have also bjiri gMe poru leans and Charleston.'-..'. .':'''. ' V..-,-. .4? liare.tyraught as a;pfin ter in PoifidMc.'i Conc'ord,:N."U; '4JJo4toii,' L'Sl in mv land cruises. I Mass.; Hartford, Ct., more than twenty years, ago, (in the office " of my old friend, P. Canfiejld now. present;) New. Haven, Ct. ; NewYork; Newark, N. J., ahd Philadelphia. In this" city, I assisted in setting tip horn his MS, Prince Lu cien Bonaporte's work on American Ornithology, I was also employed by Mathew Carey, one of the oldett printers and publishers Jn the United States, in the establishment of Poulsoi, Mrs. L, IT r ' 1 -L r: !- 1 n'ii t.. i 11. uunrj', jvim uiurenivuaae, " iiin j cry,, wet One dark, gloomy night in 1818, 1 found myself in the (now) city of Buffalo, in a bar room, with but a siugle York shilling ' in my pocket, about half tick, and completely tired of printing and lhe the world. While I was discussing the Ills of life, and lhe incon vience of being 400 miles from borne, in the wilderness, listening to the surges of Lake Erie and the cravings of an empty stomach, a gentleman tapped mc upon the shoulder in a good natured manner, and asked me if I were a printer? I answered him in lhe affirmative. He wished to know whether I would go to Geneva, and take a situation In his office 1 I accepted his offer (ht slipped a (10 bill into my fingers) and I ac companied hiin to Geneva, and was in his em ployment until rny wages amounted le?150,whea 1 renewed my adventures. . I have been confined in the same dungeoa in the Carcal of Buenos Ay res, with Den Manual Hossas ; the latter gentleman for treason, and your humble servant for slipping a dirk into the ribs of a Goncho who attempted to take his life. I have danced in the Turtulia, with Madame Col. Coe, daughter of Gov. Balcarce and eaten cas-. sade root with the negroes' of the coast of Africa, from a cocoanut shell. I have had an audience with Gov. Balcarce in the Castle of Buenos Ay- res, as one of Uie suit of Commodore W. Wool sley, then commanding ohe U S. Squadron on the coast of Brazil, and Acting Charge at lhe Court of Don Pedro. ( have built a saw-mill and dam across Bear Lake, Western Michigan, and been in every station in the printing business, from Zfrri to the Editor and publisher of a city Daily. AJ A ' t :' - '".'". . .' ' ;' : . A I was elected Vice President of the first I la rrK on Stale Convention ever held in the U, S., at Niblo'a Garden, New York. . A Editor of the Washington county Post, I wrote thf first editorial in favor of Harrison for the Presidency. I have tipped matta, and kick ed my toes amidst the giddy throng ef Buenos Ayrean lasses, upon the Pampas of San Isidro ; and hare heen dashing along the Passe a of the Alemeda, on the banks of the La Plata, in com pany with iMrs.Ilallet, (the accomplished lady of Stephen Hallet, printer to the Buenos Ayres Go vernment,) in his coach-and-feur, who was at lhat time the richest man in Buenos Ayres. Printers have been proverbial in all ages of the world, for their noteriely. As an instance of fluctuations of their forluns, I might cite lhe esse of thai exalted patriot, statesman, and philosopher, whose natal day we have this evening assembled to commemorate. I speak of Benjamin Franklin a practical Printer, who by his virluoun life, and high order of intellect, rose from the humble con dition of an apprentice boy to the most exalted station in life. Tragedy 4f Arnolds The following facts relative to the treasonable acts of Benedict -Arnold, and the, providentia 1 frustration of his designs, we copy from a speech .deli vered by Robert DileO won, at New Harmony, Indiana, February 22, 1840 : Thejublic-events " connected with Benedict Arnold'a treachery, are familiar to every one ; but the private details of that story are, in various histories of the peried. either incorectly given or essentially omitted., "The surrender of West Point was but a small portion of Arnold's plan? He had projected the decoying thither, and be trayal into Sir Henry Clinton's hands, of General Washington himself, of Lafayette, and theprinci pal staff officers. Had his plans succeeded how different might have been the story history would have hd totelff A thrUIing circumstance caus ed its failure." Arnold had invited Washington (then, if I recollect'oright, on his return from Hartford) to breakfast with him at Wen Point, en the veiy morning ike plot was discovered; and Washington had promised lo accept the invitation. He was prevented from doing jso by an urgent request made to him by an old officer, near whose station he passed, that he would remain with him, and lhe next morning inspect some works in (he neighborhood. VVashiugton immediately, des patched an aid from his suit, to make his excuse to Arnold. The messenger rode all pight, and arrived next morning at West Point.,; Arnold in vited him to breakfast. While sittings at the table,, a letter was brought io Arnold, from the post of the officer, commanding the scouting par-; ties on lhe American lines , As his eye fell upon iho superscription, the cupw.bch he had'nised to his lips dropped from his hands, he seized the ettcr, rushed from the room, locked Himself in .j his bed-tbarrtbtfr: in a few minutes afterward, was oil his way 'to.lb English looo of war, then- in the . he Nonh' riverA In the meantime, whde. .robiluDgtan. nnd'jTna" 'ytaX. inetuding" Lafayemr were seated Sf" fieer ''.whose '-inruitioii had delayed the visit" to West Point,.tho despatch was brought to lhe Am erican General, which ho iiniiicdiatuly opened" qnd'l'atd dpwii withoiit commen1l.No alicraiion w'as'ii'blti' on his countenance, hut' he feiuaiued perfectly, silent.. Conversation dropped, among! 1 I, his suite ;.and after some minutes the General backoned Lafayette to follow ''him, retired to an " inner apartment "turned to Lafayette without ut tering u syllable, placed the fetal despatch in hm i hands, and then, giving way to tyii ungovernable '..-. burst of feeling, fell oa his friend's neck and sob bed aloud. " ','" t'' " "A " " The effect produced on the j young; French marquisj accustomefi( to regard, the' deneral (cold - ' " and 'dignified 'jn '. his' fjnaDQer tmott the tt; tnime) as devoid of the, usual weakness of hu-r manity, may bo imagined. 4 " I believe' eaid Lafayette to hiefor il was from that venerablo ; ; ' patriot's own lips that I obtained the narrative". tbatl nov relate "I.beliera; this' was; the only ' occasion, throughout that longandsometimeshope- . less struggle, that Washington ever gave way, ' e vcrTTor a mementTundeT a7e versT of fortune; and perhaps I was the only human being who r ever witnessed in him an exhibition of feeling j ' I-' foreign to his temperaments. Jls it was, he re 1- : t covered himself before t had perused the com" munication lhat gave rise to his emotion, and when he returned to his ataff, no trace remained oa hie -countenance either of grief or despondency." Bo -true it if, that of all human reverses, the betrayal .'A of confidence on lhe part pf one who has heenim- V ' p.'icithy trusted, is, to a generous nature, the hard- , estJtnd Lbitterest to bear.-i- Genuine Religion. r 1 t .r , .L ...i t . i . 1 now veauiuui is tuai religion wnicn teacnes tov love God above all things and my neighbors A myself! Religion is benevolence, and. benevo ' lence includes every virtue. The benevolent w.- cannot be uncharitable, cannot be unfaithful, eaBV l not be censorius, cannot be impure in act r" thought,cannot be selfish; they love God and their neighbors, and they do as they would be done by. But who is religious! who is benevolent? who ie ' at all times pure in thought and deed ? who is at - all limes free from censoriausness, from unclisri tatleness I None, no, not one. The precepta -taught us as those on which " hung all the law and the prophets,' the love of God and the love ef our neighbor, may be impressed upon the; heart and have the whole individual assent of the understanding; while the mind is in Ahis state -the individual is religious. But . the cares ef the t world and its jarring collisions, mutt at times oe- , cupy the thoughts, and divert the mind from lhT wholesome state. The passions which have been cherishedby bad education ; the indulgences that have become habitual before the beauty of wis ,.j dom was perceived ; the thousand and ten thod" sand occurrences which tempt the rich to unchar-ttableriessrtindhepeof-te-envy iind malieeral by turns banish the truth from tho nvnd.A,This has led men, to the desert and to the monastery T o become hermits and monks ; forgetting; that re ligion require to do as well as to luffer.' Truth . becomes effective by frequent contemplation; and the habitual recurrence of its precepts inducea . practice. Selected. ". AA - V'A-j". "'-,- Flower Baskets.' When there w a lawn of opening near the house, , a flower basket is one of the most picturesque and easily attained objects that can be thought of. Hero the boya must help and,, plant four stout posts firmly in the ground so a to enclose a ' bed about six feet squarethe rougher the.beUer, arid , they should bjejiiout foiif fect above the earth. Trrthis bll J)umpnjhly...hnejsucklea lis, or any other ever-blooming vines, and surround the whole; with a rough railing. Some brush wood thrown around the roots will protect them from the fowls, as well as give support to the younjr vines, which will soon climb over the whole, and in a year or two it will be a mass of verdure and fragrance, which will require no other caro than alitvle manure thrown over the roots in autum. Another basket which js now much in fashion is made by driving stout stakes close together, leaving about three feet aboveAh0 ground, so as to enclose a circle of ova! of an, sue you like. Cover the stakesclosoly with bark naijed on f fill this up with, compost and earth 1:cll mixeI : to give it moro the appearance of a a&ket, twist a couple of grape vines and fasten round the edge . on the top and put another twist from end to end over the whole, the handle. When the basket is finished and the earth prepared, plant in tho middle a cluster of ever-blooming roses of different colors and around them all the flowers thai caa be procured lo make as great a variety as possi ble ; near the edge have verbenas and other , deli cate trailing plants, to hung over the skies ; let some be trained lo twine orvr the handle, and the effect of the whole is charming. ' JJmtr. Agriculturist. ft. ' - - ' - . State's Evidence. A good story is .told of George White, a notorious thvief, in Worcester county, Massachusetts. He was once arraigned tor nerso stealing, anu was supposed to be con nected with Rn'extensive gang which were lay ing' contribntions on the tablea round about. Many inducements were held out to , White to reveal the nnmes of his ascciate, but he' main- lned a ttbgt d silence.' An assurance from th c"url Aa8 al l"t. cWa,m l"at h tt0 tdiiiycu Ujuii ij is KL-noiiii. uiiui- uotu, oii new xtf hfe nccoiiriilices."7 .'i'h ttgTy;'sui1etfe3 to bring ina eerdfctriofpt.iyuiity.r" when he was called upon, for tbe proniiiied revel- ' atiiuis. I shall be faitfiil to my word ,'' said 1 "?' uud erstaBd'ahxnrifi plice 1 evei liudt nn, have been a greoifio; you ja ri;np.rsh J'JJ H11. ),a i' BUllV? . inar hang h;m if you catj . . A AY. , ..... i B ' . I - " ? . ' . 'A
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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April 4, 1846, edition 1
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