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I. s VOLUME VIII. GREENSBOKOUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 14, 1846. NUMBER B V;.,, . -w- . , ' , , h V " ' H" " J ' ' , ' .!'' i - , , ' . r' ' BYfSWA IM &r:S II E Ii W 00 1) . PRICE, TIIUEE DOhUAUS A VJ2An, ' on 2.50, ir Piin withix ojtmontii after rim imt A future on the part of any runtumer toor.ler a .Iwcmtin-' i m" ,!,llu';rii',i"n yer, will hu cotmU-tvd in -flicaUvc 6f hw wish to conlii,u,-i!io .,iiht. . TUBf TWO GARDENERS. ' BV IIAXNAH MORE. Two gardeners once beneath an oak, Lay down to real, when Jack thus spoLc : You must confess dear WiH that Nature Is but a blundering kind of creature ; And I nay, why that look of terror? Could teach her how to mend her error.' Your talk,' "quoth Will, ' is.boTid Vdd, What you call Nature, I call God.' Well, coll him by what name you will, Qqolh Jack, h-s mannges but ill ; Nay, from the very tree wc 're undr, I'll prove that Providence can blunder.' Quoth Will, ' Through thick and thin you dash. I shudder Jack, at words so rash : ' I trust to what.the Scriptures tell, : ' lie hath done always. all things we'll.' ftuoih Jack, I'm lately grown a wjt. And think all good a :tel.j kit. To prove that Providence can err, Not words but facts the truth aver. To this vast oak lift np thine eyes. Then view that acorn's paltry si2c ; How foolish on n tree so tall, i To place that tiny cup and ball. Now look again, yon ponvpion ice, It weighs two pounds at least, nay three ; Yet this large fruit, where is it found ! Why, meanly trailing on the ground. Had Providence ask'd my advice, 44vouldJm'cjJiaBg!iliLML ' I would have said at Nature's birth, .' Let acorns creep upon the earth - 1 But let the pompion, vast and ronnc'. On the oak's lofty boughs be found.' "Ho said and ns he rashly spoke, ' Lo ! from the branches of the oak, A- wind, which suddenly arose, , ."Beat showers of acorns on his nose ; OH ! oh :' quoth Jack, I'm wrong I set?, And God is wiser far than mc. ' For did a show'r of pompions larger , Thus on my naked face discharge, 1 had been bruis'd and blinded quite, What heav'n appoints I find is Tiglrt? "Wheno'er I'm tempted to rebel, I'll think how light the acorns fell ; Whereas on oaks had pompions hung. My broken skull had ?topp'd my tongue.' A Gourd, i $cii. Hamilton and the Juggler. , The following anecdote, told of the celebrated Alexander Hamilton, is quite amusing. While on n journey to Albany, he chanced once to put up for the night ntn tavern in one of the small villages on the Hudson river, where a mounte ;bank had advertised a display of his ingenuity at sleight of hand, &c, on that evening. Induced y motives' of curiosity, and a desire to while away the. tedious hours of a winter's evening, the General took a front seat in the apartment allotted for the - performance. His keen, piercing eye did not escape the observation of tho jujgler, who, stepping -v4& bim-aad handing him" a silver dollar, politely reqn?stel htm to hold it until Ire .should call for it, nddi.ig that' it might escape lm lingers without Ins knowledge The General, .thinking some harmless trick . il 1 l ! '...!,nn. rtf kiimrtrinrt tlw was intended, nnu oymy uconuua ...b joke, readily accepted the dollar, and clenching it fast in his hand, wilted in momentary expecta tion of some attempt being made to extricate it from his grasp without his privity. ,'Vhc jugp' iT, When he attempted a new trick, would first cast an inquiring glance at tho General, as much as to say, look out for tho dollar,' when the form er, would immediately open his hand to convince himself that ho was yet in possession of it. Af cr the performance was over, the mountebank requested the dollar of Gen. 11., who, on returning it, observed that he could discover no trick in it. I do, though,' replied the mountebank. Tf ou Siad not been present three minutes, when 1 sicfeeived that if I did not do something to divert your attention, you would detect iiio "'"in i every trick I attempted ;4 lliereforo gave you the dol ldr to hold, and managed to have it absorb so much of your attention, that I got through the iHrlormanco mucn ueuei umn iMjnvBummi .1. I...11.H lli.iit I. ii vtinfliirl url LnM vou first fiixrd vouf eves upon 'inc. Uert. U., j lrf m . , m t ' it is said, was highly amused at this chief d'ujuvru of the jugglef, and pronounced it the best trick . performed that evening. ' 'Give no Pain. Breathe not a sentiment say riot a word give not art mpre3bion of the counte nance thai will o fiend another, or send a thrill of pain through, his bosom. W e nro surrounded by sensitive hearts, which a word, a look even might till to the hri'm with borrow.- If vou ore' careless of the opinions and expressions of others, Temem f ber that they arc.UifTi-roiuly consUtute "from your-. --..Ifriid-Hcw, y-tird-'-sf.c-vhaov1 on a happy eart,-orjlrfowujd: the Miwii ii ol joy 1 ;-!. den; i'untvnanci -. Four Jars of Gold- n V W A S II I N O T 0 K 1 Tt I t There wa3 once upon a lime a poor mnson, or bricklayer, in Grenada, who kept aM tho Saints' days and holidays, nnd S.iint Monday into the bargain, and yet, with all his devotion, he grew poorer and poorer, and could scarcely earn bread lor his numerous family. One night he was roused from his first sleep by a knocking nt his door, lie opened it. and beheld before him a tall, meagre, cadaverous-looking priest " Hark ye, honest friend!" said the stranger; "I have observed that you are a jood christian and ono to bo trusted ; will you undertake a job this verv nijrht ?" "With ail my heart, Senor Padre, on condition that I am paid .accordingly." "That you1 shall he;, but you must sufTer.your self to be blindfolded." To this the mason made no objection; so, being hoodwinked, ho was Jed by the priest through va nous rough lanes and winding passages, until they stopped before the portal of a house. priest then applied a key, turned a creaMg Jock, and opened wbat sounded like a nuerous aoor. They entered, the tltnv-c08d-4ind bolted, ..... ..i and the mas was conducted through an echo-. ing corridor, and a spacious nail, to an interior part of the building. Here the bandago was . J- moved from his eyes, and ho found himself in i palio, pr court, dimly lighted by a "igl lamp.- I In the centre was the &n basin of an old Moorish I foitnfnin. limit- which the nriest renuested him to form a small vault, bricks and mortar bemjr at hand for the purpose. He accordingly worked, all "night, but without limslnng the job JtlSt tm I fore day break the priest put a piece ol gold into hio nn1 hottinrr nrrnin hi inn tniiinit him rrn- I ducted him back lo his dwelling. "Are you willing," said he, "to return and com plete your work ?" rClany,-Senor Padre; provided I ?t-a-W paid.' ,,r it i . , i t.t ' -n ii Well, then, to-morrow nt midnight I will caH Ho did so, and tho vault was completed. "Now," said the nriest, Mvou must heln me to bring forth tho bodies that are to bo buried in this vault. ( The poor mason's hair rose en his head at .. ' iJ L-f.li i .u. :.u uiesu worus.inu iu.iueu vue pneav wmi irem- uiuig Bii jis, 1111 j u ie.ni-u biiuuiuer ut me uiuiisiun, 1 expecting to tehold somo ghostly spectacle of death, bat was relieved On perceiving three or . . j- nt. iuui jwimjt ju vu.iui.iij .m vt.v vvtt.vi. a uvjr were evidently full of money, and it was with .11 .t.'l J.L- ' . great Jaoor mat nc ana mo priest carnea mem forth and consigned tbem to their tomb. The vault was then closed, the pavement replaced, and all traces of llie work obliterated. The ma- son was again hoodwinked and led forth by a route different from that by which he bad come, j After they had wandered for a long time through ' , , I a perplexed maze Ol lanes ana alleys, t ney nail- ed. The prit'St then put tWO pieces of gold into his hand Wait here," said he, "until yoa heat the ca thedral bell toll for matins. ' If you presume to uncover your eyes before that time, evil will be fall you," so saying he departed. The mason waited faithfully; amusing himself by weighing the gold pieces in his hand, nnd clirhYmg them against each other. Tho moment the cathedral bell rang its malm peal, be uncov ered his eyes, rtfffl -found hinisvlf on the banks of Xenil, from whence he mado the best of his way ft)6meT-nnd-ic veiled wLih Jhisrnniy for a whole fortnight on the profits of his two nights work ; after which he was as poor ns ever ' fie ctrtrtinue44o work a little and pray a good deal, and keep Saints' days nnd holidays, from year to year, while his family grew up as gaunt and as ragged as a crew of' gipsies. As he was seated one evening at the door of his hovel, he was accosted by a rich old curmudgeon, who was noted for -ownilrg-many houses, nnd being a gri ping landlord. The man of money eyed him for a moment from beneath a pair of anxious shag ged eyebrows. , (4 nm told, friend, that you are very poor." ( lThere is no denying the fact, Sehorr it speaks for itself." "I presume, that you will be glad of a job and will work cheap?" "As cheap, my master, as any mason in Gren ada." "That's what I want. I have an old house fall en intoueclhartet me' more money than it is worth to keep it n repair, for nobody Will liyo in it; so I must contrive to patch it up nt a small expense ns possible." The' mason was accordingly conducted to a largo Jcserivd house that seemed going'to ruin I'assvrg through several empty halls und chain bers ho entered nn inner court, where his eyo wns Caught by an old Moorish fountain, lie paused for a nonvnt, for a d reaming recollection of the place very distinctly came over him. "Pray," said he, "who occupied this-house for tnerly?" , -. ' ' "A pest upon Jiint'.'' cried tho landlord, "it was an ord 'rniSerty' priest, who cared for nobody but himself. " fie was said to be immensely rich, and having no relations; it was tnougtit ne wouia leave all JMsjtrta.sU res M thy church. - I le died sudden ly ai .d hv pi k-SlVand friars 'thronged .totakc pos Uviuti of hi weal'h, bu( no-'bing could -theyTiiid but a few duckets in n leathern purse.. The worst luck has fallen on' me, for, since his death, tho old fellow -continues to occupy rny faousewithont paying rent, and there is no taking the law of a dead man. The people pretend to hear the clink ing of gold all night in the chamber where the old priest slept, as if he was counting over his mon ey, and sometimes a groaning and moaning about the court. .. Whether true or false, these stories have brought a bad name on my house, and not a tenant will remain in it." "Enough," said the mason, sturdily ; "let me live in your house rent free until some better ten- ant presents, and I will engage to-put the housi in repair, and to quiet the troubled spirit that dis lurbsit. I am a good christian and a poor man and am not to bo daunted by the devil himself, even though he should come in the shape of a big bag of money !" The offer of the honest mason was gladly oo ccptcd ; ho moved with his family into the house and fulfilled all his engagements. L5y little and littlo he restored it to its former state ; the clink- I of cold was n more heard at night in the fihamber ff the defunct priest, but began to be j,car(i y ja.. in t)e pocket of the livinir mason I ...... r a word no increnscd rapidly in wealth, to the admiration of all his neighbors, and became ono 0( the richest men in .Grenada; ho cave lar2e 8Ums l0 the chuich, by wny, no doubt of satisfy m nis concitce, and never revealed the secret of the vault until on his death-bed to his son arid ncjr - r or the Tatnot. TI1 JJ.AHT'S llEST I) RE A M ; L k OK, THE POUT It A IT OF A FfHEND. A f 1. ....... I. n ..i!'....'. .1 I r.i Iinnwlirrfi a youthful nmi.lon nfiiir kIia A mature all too In-auiiful tolw with carc-wom things, ' o She linth a broad and onrn brow, most deliealflu fair. Ann o cr it mrujrs in niiiiiing curis, ncr nuhurn color U bnir; And from Her ryes, tier intliunt ryes, there flows such liijuid "Sm founlain of totdkrt; There jdays a niilo aliout licr Iiis. a awcol irrfKriliic smile, Tho sii?nct of youthful heart, untouched by grief or ciiilc: And when ho ;,ak. you lnd your car to IUcn to a Whose slightest touci have ever said unto the heart re- joire. TJ'."0 mTi in iU c?enci:'i but chiefly when she sing,., When forth her hearts wild melody in bird-hko carols niiRs. You wt,n'lcr wllprc 8,10 caught the strain, so strangely , flrf tit seems, AnJ tjlink omc ongc voice must have ' whispered it in ui.-am And oh, within this casket fnir, there is a pearl of worth. Like tho dew drop in the lily bell, as free from Uint f earth; There is tout, whoso rays shine through, and gild her features fair With a portion of that blessed light celestial beings wear, ! AndwcrethiscarthbuiKoplcdo'e.rwiihLcinBssuehasshe, Then sin and pain would soon take flight, and every sorrow Lm, a t0 man WM . Where saint t would pondtr long methinks, to barter ' iT heaven, Then where she wanders may she find contentment, peace . , Bndcasc' ,.,., And flowery paths to trnvel in, that cannot fill to please, Where bright anpels hover over, and smile away nil gloom, There waiting till her spirit's freed from earth, to bear it Where all the pure in heart do dwell, forever blest and free, And gather sweet ambrosial fruits from life's iierennial tree; There in immortal vouth to bloom, in uncreuted liilit. WJierc time has mulled both bis wingx, and skies arc ever bright And I will stric to meet her there, with more than chris tian zeal. Encouraged by her cheerfiil smile; and by the love I feci; fur one that in so licnutiful, and bus so pure a heart, "1'is heaven now to meet vi.' her, thciu glory ne'er to pari ! Urccnsboro', N. C.,Sipl. 2, 1810. J. Sam Slick. Almost every body has heard of this worthy gcntlcrnar. He is rather n queer fellow, but m his own peculiar way he says a great many true things, and worthy of every one's reflections. Such is the following, in which there is quite 'as much truth as poetry :' If I had my religion to choose,' says Sam Slick, and worn't able for to judge for myself, I'll tell you what I'd do; I'd jist ask myselt whoload3 the lives? Now,' says ' I, Sam, I won't say who do, because it would look like vanity to say it was the fdlks who hold to our platform ; but I'll tell you who don't : It aint them that mako the greatest professions, always, and mind what I tell you, Sam, when you're a India with your clocks away down ?ast to Nova Scotia nnd them wild provinces, keep a bright lookout on th'ctn us cant loo much ; for a long face is plngnicy apt to cover a long consci ence ; that's a fact.' A profession of religion ought to be a voucher for morality and honesty ; but, alas, it often proves otherwise, and, Sam's caution would bo found very timely, quite often. Gov.TJricgs, of Massachusetts, has the faculty of touching the tender chords of tho heart. When tlie normal school wa dedicated in Westfield, he appealed to the fathers and mothers of the 'assem bly; ' . J ;. . ; ;; : ." I can recall," said he, as tie wiped the tear that struggled from his eye, "the case of a poor boy who once sat upon a hard plank seat of one of these schools in one of tho poorest districts of this State, while his father was toiling at the anvil for his daily . bread, who under" the smiles of a kind Providence has toince -been honored by hid fellow citizens infinitely beyond Ills deserts, and who as chief magistrate-of this commonwealth- is now u.'MrcWiiig yon, and deems il-hitf highest F . . honor to plead for the cause of common schools. i would rather be the man who gaveJhe deed of the land Tor yonder school house thnn to wear the honors of the proudest military conqueror. Thank heaven that there are nq politics in this' enterprise to poison it to death. Churches in New York, A correspondent of the Philadelphia Saturday Courier, has the following notice of those fashion able " gates of heaven," Trinity and Grace Church, und their contrast with that humbler por tal of the better world, the Sailor's Bethel : Yesterday being Sunday, the great temples wrro crowded as usual. Trinity nnd Grace, tho two themes of admiration, the religious magnets, attracting crowds of admirers, if not worshippers. Trinity, with its sombre gloom and massive col umns, falls far short of its brilliant rival. Grace Church, situated in the upper and pleasanterpnrt of Broadway, thouglTcosting much less, is fur more showy. Tho white marble is much more cheerful in appearanco than the dark free stonr of Trinity, whilo its immense and gorgeous dis play of painted glass is so arranged, and in such endless profusion, as to fill tho whole edifice with a perfect blaze of glory ; every part of the church being vividly illuminated with variegated colors, in which a deep rich blue, brilliant scarlet and red, with bright golden hues, and purple tints, shed over the audience and the edifice an incon ceivable splendor, dazzling; the eye wnh a gush of brilliancy that must certainly bo very edifying. I patronised no that wont do 1 rather visited in the evening, thcUSailors' Bethel, in Catharine street. A handful of hardy tars, fathered in "an upper room" to worship God. What a contrast! No gorgeous pillars, or painted baubles; no deep- toned organ, or exhibition of human vanity and pride, and pomp and fashionable folly, to offend the solemn majesty of Heaven ! But tho humblo sailor, come from his home upon tho sea, to wor ship the Almighty hafld that liaTpre8ervc'd him amid the perils of the deep. There sat, too, tho ajlor's wife, and the sailor's daughter, come to u- nite in prayers for the safety of the tar who rides the tempest tost ocean, and who, as he hears the roar of the whirlwind, careering above tho migh ty wateis, thinks of the Sailors Bethel, where prayers are made for his safe return. "Where two or Aree are met together in my name," &c, was forcibly brought to mind by this night's gath ering. A Praiseworthy Act. Mr. Webster. "Give the Devil his due." Under this rather strange heading, the Richmond (Vn.) Standard, a Democratic paper, says : Du ring a short sojourn in the county of Oange. wc earned the following facts from the most un doubted authority : Some years since a poor gen- em an f decayed fortune, look up his; residence at Orange Court House; becoming very needy, ic staled to our informant that u belter days he 1 was engaged in a large mercantile business in ic town of Petersburg, and that in the prosecu tion of it, he was compelled to bring a suit against house in Baltimore, for a large sum of money ; ' this suit was brought in tho Federal Court, and finally carried to the Supreme Court of tho United States; there he engaged Mr. Webster to attend to it for him, and paid him a hundred dollars in advance for his services .r but before the suit came to trial, the party in Baltimore' teetotally failed and presented a hopeless case of recovery ; un- er these circumstances ho had the case dismiss- d, and the old man thought that if, now in his need, he should recall the circumstances to Air. Webster's recollection, he would Telurn him the money for which he hnd rendered no considera tion. Our friend, with whom ho consulted, be ing himself a limb of the law, smiled, whilst he pitied the old man's mjiljcity ; ho told him that to mako such a request would be trouble for no thing; that lawyers never refunded, nnd that to do so would hardly be considered professional. Out the old gentleman was not to be dissuaded from his design r ha wrote his letter, and by re. turn mail ho received from AJr. WebstcTa reply, enclosing a hundred dollar note. Mr.. Webster stated that he had no recollection of the transac tion, but that from the tone and style of tho letter, Jie. was fully prepared to admit that the circum stances, as stated, required tho prompt restitution of the money, which he as promptly made. We are no admirers of Mr. Webster's political prin ples, but ns we, have seen him charged with a want of common honesty, wo take pleasure in recording an act, that, whether it proceeded from charity ota sense of justice does, credit to his heart. A lEMAnxAni.E Fact. The sea birds, the pulfin, guillemot and the razorbill, cannot fly over the land at all. although they can rise from tho surface of the son with equal facility, mount to an indefinate height, and fly with amazing rapidity so long as the sea is immediately beneath them, but no sooner do they fly above dry ground than they drop as if shot. During a strong wind from the 6ea it riot unfre'qufnlly happens that these birds, in mounting higher than the edge of the clilf, are suddenly blown a ftw yards over land, when they'' immediately faJU nd can regaih their natural element only by crawling to the edge of the precipice, when new vigor seems to inspire them, arid they nt once soar away with their usual velocity , '" . ' ) The, Ten TriW J oe Jews at Jerusalem aresaja to nave receiv ed a letter from the synagogae authorities of Sa . .... phcth, which speaks of important information having been received concerning the long lost ten tribes of Israel. They are represented to have gone many months travel into the desert, where they still reside, a powerful nation, " a bounding in wealth and ammunition." Notwitb standing the absurdity of this report, the Jews earnestly propose sending a mission to find out the whereabouts of this nation. It is a much more probable supposition that they mingled with the world twenty threo or four hundred years ago ; and with this view it is rational to suppose that every man living on the earth at the present time, is a natural descendant of Abraham. Let us look at the subject. A moderate calculation will show that the descendants of every man from connections with five other families in CO years, on an average. By this rule connections would be formed with 23 families in 100 years; 125 in 150 years ; C25 in 200 years. At this rato it will be seen that in the comparatively short term of COO years, the descendants of one man will form connections with 215.025.C25 different families. There ""has been an intercourse be tween the neighboring nations and tribes through Asia and Africa as Well as Europe, within 2000 years sufficient to justify the .position that tho descendants of tho lost tribes have long since in termingled with all nations of the earth. lilt' 1IiriMlitlI. Truly has the poet said, that the .Christian is the highest style of man. The impenitent sin ner is a slave to his appetites and passions, and to the devil ; the Christian is a freeman in Christ, and an heir of God and a joint heir with Christ, even to all the glories and honors that Christ will cvcr JiaveMhetirmer TS an heir "of hell and death. A Christian is ono who is like Christ. Christ was meek and lowly, so is the Christian. Christ was constantly doing good scJs the Chris tian. Christ constantly strove to save men from ruin so docs the Christian. Christ was emphat ically a peace maker so ts the Christian. Christ was a non-rcsistant-L-so is the Christian. Christ was much engaged in secret prayer so is the Christian. Christ prayed for his enemies so does the Christian. Header, is this your character? If. not, you have not his Holy Spirit, and arc none of His. Pays God's word, the path of the just is as the shining light that sbinethmorc and more unto the perfect day Prov. iv. 13. That was Paul's course. Is it your course? Or, is your light becoming dhn? If so, you are not in the path of the just, or . like Christ. C Alorch. ..j 1 . Good Advice. Somebody lays down the following rules to young men in business. They will apply equal ly well to young and old, 'Let tho business of every one alone, and attend to your own. Don't buy what you dou't want. Use every hour to advantage, and study even to make leisure hours useful. Think twice before you spend a shilling; , remember you have another to make for it. Find recreation in looking after your business, and so your business will not bo neglected in looking after recreation. Buy fair, sell fair, take care of the profit ; look over the books regularly, and if you find an error, trace it out. Should a stroke of misfortune come upon you in trade, retrench work harder, but never fly the track : confront difficulties with unflinching perseverance, and they will disappear at last, and you will bV hon ored ; but shrink from the task, and you will be despised.' , " Capital Punishment. 'If the people were not hanged for murder," said a young lady, ' we should not be safe in our beds." A member of tho Society of Friends, who hap pened to be present, nnd heard this argument foij capital punishment, drew hrs chair up to tho lady, and said " ' ' I want to ask thee a question or two. Dost thou think' a man ought to be hung before he has repented T" Oh no certainly not ! No one ought to be sent into eternity until he is prepared for the kingdom of heaven !" 1 "Good I" said the Friend'1: '' but now I have another question io ask the. Dost thoii think any man ought to be hung after ho has repented and is fitted for the kingdom of heaven ?" Wo need not say the lady was speechless. The EXn-rii. Tho surface of the earth is 190,802,200 square miles, and its solidity is 259, 020,930,'110 cubic miles. The sea is to land, in round millions of square miles as IGOto -10, or as four to one. The earth is according to the different measur mcnts, 7SU2 7917. 7021 miles in diumeter, and about 21.800, or 2180 miles round. J ,VKLOCltV,rM- A CANNON BALL OR SHOT.--'vy hen the mammoth cartoon, was. recent South ttoVt'pn, the heaviest shell was thrown -about three tniles, und the' time occupied in iw journey wus ii'iuinuto mid, a. half. Thus it np pours that its vi -it ir ii u wjiM f il i vnl lirtrt rinnlilr irint m -yrrme tn tne 1 Eti'ghVhj railroad expresses. L --' " '' Lectures to Office SccUr- The first necessary qualification toyvlrds oWi'tt ing a fnt office is impudence, and the second is impudence, nnd the third aIso and the fourth likewise. No modest man ever did, oV Wvet will make a fortune, pr anything r lse, tfnfesi he makes an ass of ntrhsclf. Lord Halifax; Sir Robert Walpole, Martin Van buren, and, in fact, all otheT instances of rapid advancement; have been more remarkable for their impudence and assurance than any other trail in their resnec: . live characters. The door that leads to greatness is a very small one, and there is alwavt a swat crowd outside, shoving end thrusting who rball be foremost -people who knock others tvitb 'their el bows, disregard a little kick of the shir, aiid still thurst heartily forward.-arc sure of a good place. ., Your modest man stands behind in tho crowd, is1' shoved about by everybody, his clothes torn, al most squeezed to death, and sees a thousand cet in before him who ddntknow a tithe of What be does, and yet, still know enough to vc'rhado him and collapse him. . , , ;' ., Little Great Men, - TheroBTo many such we meet with in the walks of Jife. They wish to be honored, whila at the same time they desire the impression to go abroad, that they are very meek and humblrf. and wish only to move in a narrow sphere". They always work tmierneath, so that if any fault is found with their course, they can ihrow ihe blam on the shoulders of another. If they write pari agraphs, which they are uncertain whether the community will approve or condemn, they assume a fictitious namcj or a vomnn' signature; io pre; vent suspicion. If the articles should take, f am the man who did it," can bo redd on their foreheods ; if otherwise, they are jnum. If they wish to be considered generous, althoogh they' arowmeanlisDiVesTtliey charitable deeds through llie puWic press, ahA ( offer to distribute bread or" clothing; to the poorr ' nnd even invite them to their " wood piles," while,1 1 perbapf, at tho very time their nearest relations are suffering for the accessaries of iifo. " Suck' men are extremely small; in Wrfftd'i always avoid ihcmPorX u7t. " Z , Laiioe Railway Train. The Mming Jodrnal says : " One of ihe largest trains probably ever seen, left the Rugby station recently., It consist: 1 ed of 81 carriages, and was impelled by three bt Stephenson's powerful six-wheeled engines; ' .Its length extended to nearly half, a mile, and tho-wei-jht of merchandise, exclusive of the carrlagfes; was upwards cf 210 tons," : V-..:'x- -1. i . " An or the Oldew Time." In these latter days of speculation, plunder, arid degeneratei ! morals, a recollection of the worth of the higtii minded founders of our Government is Vo me like the gushing of the cool spring to the midday traveller in the heated desert. A friend relates the following anecdoto of his bbyisli dasi Having occasion to write, he thoucht to ud: ply himself with a sheet of letter papeT froni iba '....,. desk of hi grandfather, who at the time had ad office uhtl'er the Federal Governmenf.' ' -!I " What are you doing there !'8ald 'the' bid" gentleman. " " ''ZZ " Getting a sheet of paper, sir.' . , ; 4 " Put it back, sir, put it back i that pqer be longs to Ihe Government of the United iSZaes." The old gentleman had the Courage' to affix his name to a certain document, pledging M his honor and his fortune" for its support, but he lacked the courage to appropriate to his private use the property of the Government. How droll would he appear were he among us now. TkrrifyixJ Rats. Dissolve a pwt. of phos phorus in sne-fourih of a gill of olive oil, wbrch may be done by applying a gentle heat; and whatever stilrs'ance is smeared with this com pound, will appear luminous for several hours'. It is said that if a live rat be coated over with, this , , lumiiTOU8rbefl-clt4ibcrty-llil vicmity will immediately absquatulate to parts ' unknown, and never rcturrt. '" ' ' r " It is a well known fact, that as a country b comes cleared and open to the influence of the sud V. and air ; that by the action of cvanbratioo. 111 rivers diminish, and hence tho many instances in , the old country where valleys, which have for merly been tho channel of important li vers, are now become dry or mere stiemlcls tiring tho, wet seasons. ' ! Education. It is stated; that in the United States one child hi every 4 goes to school in , Prance one in twentyin Poland one in se venty eight in Russia one in three hundred and Sixty seven, that dne-'being a noble. 1 in I'rusiia, every child iseducated to some extent, though they At'o instructed in a variety of errors in addiiion lo tbfj 1' use of .letters. .A '.- , ; "I Dtr.r.pCsT ArtTKMAK'WEfel. InVhe Wortr.n. Iri the Duchy of Luxemburg, a well Is being sunlrt the Ueptuol wmcDurpuenu omersoi mo kind. Its present depth is 2,:RJ0 feel, nenrly 081 feet more than that of aIaGrenelleBoaf Paris; ,: : . T i.-1i.iiLir .'.fi Post aw. The riu mber of letters mailed with in the montFof October last . iyha i,9fr,J,DS7 iri flio free States, and 883, f 00 iff the siavo States: The number '.rimjled I in r yhio during that montH va 203,:WW,- and in KentuckJ', only 7-1,1 i - t
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Nov. 14, 1846, edition 1
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