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VOLUME IX Y GREENSBOROUGH; NORTH-CAROLINA, JANUARY 29, 1848 NUMRR 42L J. ft Y SAY AIM fe SHERWOOD. PRICK. THREB DObLAlU A VkAR, f 3,50,ir m wiTBiir ai moktm avts tub bats . or scasraiPTlox. A failure bn the pmrt of ur customer t'o order a discontin uance within the subscription year, will be considered in- HcaUveofbti wuh to continue the paper. THE THREE VOICES. - What aayeth the part to thee 1 Weep! Troth is departed : s Beauty hath died like the dream of asleep, Love U faint-hearted ; Trifle, of sense, the profoundly unreal, fecare from our spirits God's holy ideal So, ai funeral-bell, low and deep. So tolls the past to thee ! Weep! tlow speaks the present hour! Act. Walk, upward glancing; - ,5o ahall thy footsteps in glory be lr$ksd, Slow, but advancing. ' ' Scorn not th smsllnets of daily endeavor j Let the great meaning ennoble it evert ,,. - ; Droop not o'er eJToits expended in vain ; Work, si believing labor i gaio " What Both the future say t Hope ! . ' Turn thy face sunward ! i ' Look where the light fringes the fat rising slope ; Tjy cometB otiwferd. ' ---- -- Watch I Though so long be twilight delsying , Let the first sunbeam arise on thee praying ; Fear not for greater is Cod by thy side, Tha armies of Satan against thee allied ! : . SfirTrTnT. . - j ', TOi ID)v IF 'tifla Otbirim. BY DORA MONEILLK. . Gently and I quietly the nicht folded its wings over i pleasant home among the Green mountains - where a happy circle were gathered around a blazing fire of roaple wood. It was one of those old fashioned homesteads of which every one has bright idea ; tall trees bent over as if to shelter the yonng hearts that beat happily under the roof, and peacefully even, as the birds thaUung "to them through the long summer days dwelt the little" mountaineers in their -secluded borne. . Their parents had been, about a week on a visit io friends at a distance, though it was mid-wnier jrnd The r broad ej'rjrje rlr;rWe4IttUen'o ijae. .asna apeniun; pjeasare , ine, Joyeiii.,season God g i vs- usTfor liula thought cotiid the v . take of journeying for ' amusement when the rich fruit and waving grain were ripening fast for them to gather. It was the farmer's season for flitting, now; the harvest moon baa long since waned, ana leitricn -stores in barn and granary. There were stal wart boys 'to leave at borne who knew right well 'what was needful and the parents bad not fear ed to leave the little band alone without any pro jection but their own innocence and the u re of tJim whom they Trusted. t Trained as they had been to brave all storm and danger, caring lightly for 'either, the handy children had enjoyed the independence, of being -left to take care of themselves, as James Graham's expression is, and now they were recounting all 'the home duties they had faithfully performed, tor the absent ones were expected home that night, "" and each little heart beat happily in the consci ousness of having doae right. Well, I guess father don't expect to find all 'the corn husked when he gets home," said James. ' "No, nor the old abed boarded up so nicely," said Richard. What have you got to tell father, Annie ?" -said James to a little gentle creature, who looked Jike a white morning-glory with blue eyes. Oh, I shall tell him how good we've all been, -and how I helped you to feed the lambs every day." "You'll tell him we've all been food, too, won't you, cousin Marian t" osked Richard, for .the roguish boy began to remember certain in stances of his teasing and fun, which be thought anight not sound so well 4Q, the account. as A gay and bri'liant girl was cousin Marian, wholiad escaped' from the dull . restraint of city life for a little while to enjoy the freedom she lov ed. Oh, tt was strange, strange ho- she could leave a sphere of gay ety and fashion, where she "' was the brightest star, to sit on that old stone hearth in the farmer's kitchen, and crack butter touts, or help pare apples, till ber little white bands looked black enough ; she so gyfted and so kind, so winning to all ; and then' as James said, she was a first rate hand at making candy and pop ping corn. . , But Marian Nor ville was not genteel indeed be wasn't, for she had rather pl.y the romping games of the country girls, or coast with James Graham of a monlight night, than dance the be witching Polka jr. her splendid city home ; and " why should she not I for the shadows of old ben- "rfittg tree trembled on the frozen lake, and the knoon sbioes brighter there than in a crowded Voom, on beauty which God did not make. Per- . baps, too, Marian had holier thoughts than those jf mere enjoyment, for every nighfshe had gath ered the "children around her, and "repealed-! rayef so earnest in its lew simple words, that heir young eyes closed reverently as they vknelt, and ail her gayety was fora few moments forgot len. .. ... Now as she tat on a rude, low seat, with An nie's aweet face resting on her Up, the glowing fire-light Jit up her face with the truest gladness , is she answered Richerd Yea, cox, you've been good "almost all the time, and" -,...'' "While she waa-speaking, the whole group4 Were startled by a low, distinct rapping on the window pane, and there, with its white breast pressed close against the glass, was a trembling dove, picking the frost covered windoV, as if he , fcled for shelter from be driving storm. All the couaren ran eageny to . ine aoor, nnu iticnara iaidihvdove-geailf andiaret nana. : . ue, jncnef ing ugm ot we ciuum tauue . ' ? far out omheJonely roadrsnd dimly showed iwo iTs V - a. . ' j I v v I fieurea all wreathed with the Talline Jsnow.- I: was unusual in that lonely place to see s'.rancefs passing thus sf night, and the ever restless Rich-! III C A MtlUj K - -. Yon carry in the dove and warm it, and I mean to run out ana see who they are." Beautiful looked the half frozen dove to the kind ones who had rescued it. - As it nestled close in .Marian's bosom, the gleam in its opening eyes seemed almost, human so earnestly -it told of quiet, gratitude and content. They smoothed the ruffled white plumes, carfessingly talking all the while to Dovie," as uit knew tneir mean ing. They scarcely heeded the entrance of Rich ardtillbe said - f - J-b - V. i ,. a Those folks were beggars, and wanted we should keen 'em over night, but I lold 'em as ther always docs, that every town took care of its poor, and if they had staid at home, they needn't sutler. Who are they ! how did they look? where did they come from ' inquired all at once. "Oh, they looked bad enough; there was an old man, and a girl not so big as Marian, and they came from some place down below,, that 'I a ft Mil as I B never heard oi oeiore. i ne old coager saia ne was going to see his brother up XNorto, but I guess he made tip the story." " WhvL)ick, I didn't think vou d turn on an old man and a poor shivering girl, in such a night as this and as James spoke he went to the win dow, adding, I don't think father, and mother will come, it snows so : and ittbey are on the way, they will put up somewhere." " , " t he old man s breath smelt ol rum, answer ed Richard, " and if he can buy that, h.e, can buy lodging, t did pny the poor girl to be sure," for whin 1 told them the tsvern. was two miles off, she said.'Ohdear that seems a grsal" 'ways",' but then father says its only encouraging folks to drink, if you do any thing for them when they wander about so. Richard did, indeed, repeat an oft-heard senti ment of his father's when he said this, for though a u-jirthv man in moat resnpeta. firaham ivas one of thdie who u remembered the poor," only so far as the su Here rs are good and virtuous, and struggle bard to support themselves. Bat hoherteachings of bis wrfe had -given -the children other and better feelings, and Richard's conscience smote bita when little Annie .quietly said, "mother would't have sent them away, if the man did drink rum. " You promised us a story, cousin Marian," said Richard, glad to turn from a painful subject; "tell as one about old times ; I like those best." " Tell' us about war," said James. " About Indi ans,"jaid Fred. - " About when you was a little girl like me," said Annie. "Tell us something you never told us belore, said a quiet boy in one .corHeiu..., rSM: heleifted Marian ad;jw)r,ia XperfocV tionvit was that highly-valued but rare gift of telling stonesT'erw TitcheiiT cd the purpose of a wood-box and sofa in the win ter evenings, and being painted bright and var nished, it looked like a good-natured, laughing face, in front of the fire," On this the children used to sit for hours and listen to cousin Marian's enchanting stories, which were usually the thril ling realities of history dressed in her own glow ing thoughts. Sometimes she recited an old fairy tale or some legend of early times (but to night the white plumed dove lay lovingly by her, and her eyes rested sadly on its trembling breast, as itUered those low, moaning sounds, which noth ing on eirth equals in plaintive sadness. Mari an's heart beat time to the mournful notes, for there were more noble feelings striving with her woman's Tearfulness', thoughts of the poor sufferers in that wild storm, of their peril, and it might be the cause of their "d eathT' "" -.-' She rose resolutely, and said,,." I'm .going to find those beggars," and as she spoke she began to wrap a ahawl around her, while ber lovely face glowed with courageous feeling. "Don't go, you will be buried up in the snow," pleaded little Annie, "God will take care of me, Annie," she ans wered, laying the blue-eyed dove in the child's Up. " You shall not go alono, cousin Marian" said Richard, whose better feelings were all awaken ed by a little reflection, j . . " i ll carry toe lantern, said James, tor a rough boy as he was, he knew the peril of such an errand. While they aro hastly wrapping coats round them, we will follow the beggars on their lonel path; " That house looked something like our old home, didn't it pal" said the pale sad-hearied girl, as she looked back on the lighted house where shelter had been refused them.' " Oh 1 how I wish we were back where we used to live," she added, as 'the old man walked on si- lenlly, - t - " Yoc have forgotten, hav'nl you, that the old place' don't belong to us Sow," 'he answered harshly : " don't worry about it, for we can't help.it now." ' I know it," she snid, sadly,','. we have no house ony where." Oh! how mournfnl those simple words were spoken, bearing the tale of a young heart crushed andblighted, of young hopes chilled forever. It touched even the heart of the hardened father, and he drew his motherless child close to hig side, murmuring poor dove. poor Isabel." Aye, the beggar-girl bore that proud name, and she hsd graced it in happier days, when ber father was an honored and trust- led man when the noblest vessel on .the broad lakes was his own before rum had ruined a god like jntellecta'nd wasted a princely fortune. ft wee dark now j o those fors.ak e n, hearts, e ve.n oh God's earth, and their path was lost; faster came down the blinding saotv, and in their utter deso lation the wanderers at last sat down, unable to proceed end wearyv with eieriion , And now Ahe neglected Isabel lay folded It) the bosom of the father whose fallen fortunes she hid so devotedly shared, and hot tears fell from his eyes on her pale face; Isabel, darling, efl you forgise-jfte that I deprived you of love and home, and every thing on earth? can you forgive me foj being a 3rookatdT' :- a. " Ob, father, do not talk of those things now j I am happy - iu dying With you. dean dear fa ther!" -'-.:- - ..'. ..:.. . . a i repenting man, pomung iar back- to a lost home and cbaracterUo lha ginve oLa brokenhearted wife, and to the fast closing eyelids of hij; jrentle da,ugher. -Broken words of agony and contrition mingled with tBThoilow dirge, that the old trees eung oyer, tbe dying. . Isabel's eyes were shut, the father .knew t bv bending his cheekdown until it touched hers and he felt almost glad that he saw not the clos ing of those beautiful eyes; so many a weary day their' light bad cheered him since poverty and drunkenness had driven him out to beg for daily bread they were clear and blue as the waters of their own beloved lake, and they ever looked kindly;;-'. Now they were closed the eyes of her weary spirit were opened, and she satl such white winged angels as had often floated dimly through her dreams, and sun bright flow ers and gushing fountains, and dwellings of won drous beauty were before her. There they are perishing though Isabel bad earnestly longed to die, as she revived a little ftom the death lethargy, she nestled closer to her father's bosom like an innocent dove, and feels it is bard to Jay down a young life there in the dreary tempest, sb far from all human sympathy and once more she gazed around and sees the wild storm-clouds parting, slowly, and one star trembling in its distant home. No, tis not a star 'tis light,, and there are sounding footseps and voices are near. ,T The' father roused himself at. her hurried words, but they were too bearly exhausted to call for help. Marian heard o faint cry as of one perishing : it was iust like the moaniner of a dove. Here Richard, this way with the lantern," she exclaimed, as she bounded over the snow drift, by which the wanderers lay. They saw a bright face bending tenderly over them,-and felt that life was theirs.' ! Marian sesmeo- suddenly gifted with skill and" energy to resitfreihem, and the boys could hardly believe they saw their wild cousin in the snow wreathed figure before them. She poured warm cordials on the colorless lips of the old man, while James took the light figure of Isabel in his arms, and wrapped her in bis own coat. She smiled faintly in gratitude, and en treated him to go to her farther, but he was al leady standing reside his preserver, anxiously inquiring for his daughter. And now the whole party heard the sound of approaching sleigh-bells and Richard joyfully exclaimed, "'Tis father and mother '." Though startled to see so strange a group by the roadside, the parents soon under stood all, and the old man was comfortably placed in the sleigh, while tbe rest followed in ks track homeward.: James would not give up his res cued charge, and leaning on his strong arm, with cousin Marian's ever joyous words of hope in her ear, Isabel felt like one walking to new life. : r .-"".:'. '.' :i. .'' ---1 J was late on that eventful -night when the blazing fire went out on the hearth, end all were isltT" Jnjnm. tJiey . nought .Jor.CUhe rested, dove: it had flownrnone'kview whither, for lit-" Morning brought new bloom to Isabel, but not so to her father, A few days he lingered, and those who watched tenderly by the dying, saw the flashing forth of a glorious intellect even in decay. When the next Sabbath sun was setting, his sun of life went down also. And what became of the orphan Isabel J They took the sweet bird to their own nest, and she became a gentle sister to the little Annie, a beloved daughter to ber protectors and when five bright summers had flown lightly by, she became the happy wife of James Graham. Never was a bridal graced by a fairer guest than the light hearted and lovely Marian ; and though the white dove never returned to nestle in her bosom again, she always called Isabel in the language of ber own heart the Dove or . From the Fay ettcvjjk Observer. THE AMERICAN ART UNION. This is an Association, at N. York, for the pat riotic purpose of encouraging and sustaining A- merican Artists. Every subscriber of $3, in any part of the country, becomes a member for one year, and receives two fine largo Engravings, which are conveyed to bim free of charge, and has a chance to obtain a Painting also. The W year there were 9,660 subscribers making a fund of $48,330. of which $34,254 were expended for works of Art, including xlx f aintings, ait ele gantly framed, costing from $16 to $600 each, and 60 Silver and 250 Bronze Medals. These were distributed by lot on Christmas ve. As we .wishjUunduce.mo . i . . -. . . 4 1- l . l r ii T T ize-inis insiuuiion, we puonsu me loiiowuig ter from a friend; (premising, that the Editor of this paper has been appointed a Secretary for this State, authorised to receive Subscriptions arid to issue Certificates of Membership.) ! 1 Nkw York. Dec. 25, 1847. Mr. Halk : Dear Sir :" Presuming you will be pleased to hear the result of the Annunl Draw ing of the American Art Union, which took place at the Tabernacle last evening, I take pleasure in communicating the information, particularly as you were fortunate in Drawing a pne. , At an early hour this spacious Edifice1 (Taber nacle) was crowded to ovorflowing by Members of this worthy Institution, all anxious and each ex pecting (of course) to draw a favorite painting After the reading- of several Reports and the usual business of the Institution, the Drawing com menced: ' Dope and anticipation shone brilliantly upon eery countenance. ' The manner of Draw ing was admirable, and could not fail to be satis factory to those in'efested. The Numbers of the Prizes and names Y Subscriber were drawrY-by twotyoung Ladies, and as each Number was cal led every Member present would tinjiously ex pect to hear her or bis name announced as the fortunate oner When the Prizea,wero nearly ..ex.. hausted and I had pretty much given up my chance, it gave me pleasure to hear your name called, drawing No. 04, "Still Life,' a handsome Pafntinc bv R. r G.LeonoriTbis and a Land- f ocape drawn by a Lady in Gjreensiow' we're the only Prizes d is t rib ted inN. C, which i hope. however, will not discourage others irom.sub- scribing, as they-may v s- " - i year. rTba-A merican A rt -Unk)nTis ondeubtedly a worthy Institution, and I trust' will meet with due encotlragement from the Old North Stale, ' Dkoi,t.--Ofle of tbe. newspe pers tells a story of a gentlema'h who.v wishing fo buy a d raught I horsequghtneoXaQuaker, who told ih chaser. ?It wbuld Tilease thee to see wmr:Pullj i The horse was bought, but after numerous'fair trials thi buyer has given - up all hopes of -ever being" pleased," .in thtit way. : .' ' -From the Salisbury Watchman. 8HEEP, DOGS, &c AM IMPORTANT QUESTION TO TBI FAtMIjio lNTialST. Mettra. Editors U Is high time that the in dustrious pains-taking farmer should tike his pro per stand against the evils of dogs. Sheep do more to reward the labor of the husbandman than any thing else he can. have about him. , How much of the weakh of .other countries consists in sheep 1 They do more for manuring land than any other stock in a bilious country like ours, the meat is, by far, more wholesome, and certain ly more palateable than beef or pork. The cli mate is so mild here, that the sheep stand -the winter very well upon a little hay and fodder, and are remarkably healthy when they are properly accomodated. JJut they do best to range in the woods part of the year at least. '- There is some thing in the tonic or astringment qualities of the buds of our undergrowth, that seems essential in the summer to prevent boweMisorder in most of our sheep. We have every advantage herein Rowan for rearing sheep, and yet there is not e nough wool produced in the country to make fil ling for the coarse stuffs required for our slaves. Mr. Fries, the proprietor of a small woollen facto ry at balem, told me a few months since, that he could not get a supply of wool in this State, but thai he has had to obtain it, in a great measure from Tennessee and Virginia. Important, and even necessary as sheep are, and easily raised as they are, it is vexatious to attempt it in the pres ent'state ol (bines. Worthless dogs hounds and j " eu rs of low degree " are - more favored fri bur state of society than sheep. We have" legisla ted wolves out of our country. But dogs are ut terly unnoticed by bur laws. Thu can only be accounted fur by the fact that our candidates for office are afraid to make head against this evil ; they are afraid of the clamor that a few irrespon sible dog owners might make oh the day of elec tion. They have therefore failed to take the ne cessary steps to put down (logs. The fox-hunting gentry who live in towns and villages, and who have to get tbemselvesuppetives by. riding through our fields, scarcely ever go out but they make more or less havoc in out flocks killing some, and scattering the remainder so that they are often lost to the owner. I need not be told that there are some packs that will not kill sheep; I know better than that ; I know that young dogs will take off after this feeble, defenceless animal wherever they come across it, and nine limes out of ten, some older ones of the pack will join with them. ' The evil has become intolerable. And I again ask whether the laborious man, hard put to I it as he is to make a living, wiih an the pnins lie cau bes--i5 lo VubmitlonffCT cullies increased, and his rights trampled under upon ine lqauigence oi me ibwsi ve are noi without remedy, if we will agree to stand up to our rights. Lift us band together, and whole neighborhoods give notice, that we will sue for tresspasses committed by fox-hunters; and let us make common cause in any and every such suit. Let us further set an example by killing every supernumerary dog about our own plantations. Negroes have extraordinary privileges in this re spect, which a tender regard for their condition has too much extended. -We should call meet ings and instruct our members of Assembly, to lake stringent mtasuiea to protect our interests in thjs particular either by taxing all dogs be yond a certain number, or laying a heavy penal ty upon the owner for every depredation of this sort. .,.'., '. I hope others will take up ibis subject, and that the farmers of Rowan and the adjoining counties aill show thje spirit of men in this matter. . v . YADKIN. Easy and Curious Methods of FortttlUnz Rainy or Fine Weather. U a line be made of good whipcord, that is well dried, and a plummet affixed to the end of it, and then hung against a wainscot, and a line drawn under it, exactly where the plummet reaches, in very moderate weather it will be found to rise above it before rain, and to sink below when the weather is likely to become fair. But the best instrument of all, is a good pair of scales, in one of which let there be a brass weight of a pound, and in the other a pound of salt, or of saltpetre, well dried ; a stand being placed under the scale, so as to hinder it Tailing is inclined to Tain, the salt will .. . .. ,..,.... .., ....... swell, and sink 1he scale : when XhewalTierTaT growing fair, the brass weight will regain Its as cendancy. . ... .,, . " a";.,. - . ' Slick's Fable of the Spider and the Fly. Few things resemble each other more in natur' than an old cunnin lawyer and a spider. He wea ves his web into a corner, with no light behind to show the thread of bis net, but in a shade like, there he waits in. his dark office to - receive his visitor, A buzzin', burrin' thoughtless fly, think in of aothin', but his beautiful wings and well made legs, and rather , near-sighted withal, comes tumblin bead over heels into the net. " I beg yeur pardon,' saysithtf' "fly; 1 ? I really didn't see this net work of yours ; the weather is foggy, and the streets so confounded dork, they ought to burn gas here all day. I'm afraid 1'Ve done mischiel." y "No', at all.'l says. thespicler, bowing. M guess it's all my fault. I reckon 1 had ought . to have hung a lamp out i bOt. pray, don't move, or you may do damage. Allow me to assist you." And then he ties up one leg and then the other and furls up both his wings, and has him fas', as Gibralter. " Now," says spider "my good friend, (a phrase a feller always uses when he's a-goin' to be tricky.V I'm afeered you've , hurt vourself a considerable sum ; I must bleed you." Bleed me 4 says the lly j excuse me i J.'n obliged to you ; 1 don't require ill" - " Oh yes, you do, my dear friend," and he gets ready for the operation ..... J Aaaa a an.4 Is m msn trial nkal I I a riAmst you, down ; and I'm a man that what I Jay down I atand-on. ; , ' , -r,.-, .. ; :. " You had better get up, first," says spider, alsugbin'; " you must be bled-you must pay all damage.;" and be bleeds him,- and bleeds him, till he gasps for breath, and feels faintin' Coinin m- . ' . . - i ' ' i " - Le me 'gomy good feller," aays poor fly, . . ; Pv !' ta vs the SDidef: - " Yon inferable an circumcised wretch ; you have nothing left to nay with ; tak that lacd he gives him the .Ja&L.digi and ho is a gone coon bled to death." '" rW; r 8TATE Or SOCIETY IN MEXICO. The following letter, addressed to Colonel, Campbell, of this city, dated at the city of Mexi eoftm the 29th of October last, will be found in teresting. It was written by one of the most gal lant officers from this State, who in ' the various battles on the line from Vera Cruz to the capital, reflected high credit on Missouri, as well as on himself. - 4is description of the Valley of Mexico, the condition of the inhabitants, tbeirpresent feel ings, &c, &o. coming from an eye-witness, is worthy of an attentive perusal : ... . "Our long-expected reinforcements, and the mails they are presumed to bring with them, have not yet orrivedi .Both are anxiously looked for. It cannot be disguised that tour position here, (an army of less than 7000 : troops,) in the capital of a loreign country a cuy oi sw,wu innaouanis is a critical one, the mass of the population hat inn us, as well as fearing us. For our safety alone, reinforcements are necessary, but absolutely re quisite for military operations, should such be tbe policy and orders of our home government. almost fear to touc.lv upon things connected with this most unhappy, yet ferule and beautiful coun try. Your own papers have doubtless-already surfeited you with Mexican news.' . Of tbe bat ties I shall surely say nothing, but of the manners. customs, &c, &c, a lew words, lo a soil, rich with all the products of the most favored portion of the earth, is combined a most delicious (yet I think an enervating climate. A ore-piate is ab solutely unknown in Mexico t crop succeeds crop in rnniu succession, seemingly wiineoi exnausi- ion of the soil, or without regard to the times of planting t wheat has its most luxuriant growth upon tbe table-lands, and if planted upon a hill side, and near the aummii, (as is frequently seen) with larger fields of barley, tbe staple grain of the country, or larger yet oi corn, adjoining , the. val ley at its base, it lies smiling, rich amid the fruits and products of the tropics. -" It is a singular yet beautiful sight to us North men, to see the gradation of temperature and I tfUiia4e rly. indicated by ;b growths pe culiar latitudes. I be hot, the cold, even Id the snow point, the dry, the moist, are found upon the same estate and in close proximity. Bananaei coffee, the palm, tbe cocoa-tree, the sugar cane and the olive groves, and pine-apples, followed by orchards, (common to a higher, latitude) of apples peaches, pears, with frequent vineyards abound ing in good grapes, and fields of northern grains. tbe stunted oaks and stately pines, and last, the everlasting snow, all occupying the same hill, and all within the vision of a single glance. Rich in historic reminteceticeSi and relics of a ad fear,. ss; arHiaxoflqwrwgTacinnswerro lion is excitea in me oreasi oi inerr ttnwonny aes in tbe bills, and pale belore the broad glare ot su perstition in the populous valleys.- Enervated, they have yielded to the seductive influence of a delicious climate, abandoning to the hands of a few designing and madly ambitious men the con duct of a government, which if properly adminis tered, might have Set foreign invasion at defiance, and made the people prosperous, free and hap py. Guided by a clergy reprobating the educa tion of the masses, they have elevated an aristo cracy of a most cruelrcapricious and tyTanical character. Wealth is confined to the few, and to the churches; the poor are abject slaves the rich, moat imperious masters. The people of all condition, are sadly wanting in honesty j robber ies are committed at noonday without apprehen sioa and without shame. FemaU honor and vir tue exist only in name ;Htbft jnarriago,jpw is; the publication of freedom from all restraints, and the avowal of abandonment to all licentiousness To correct such a state of society, the axe must be laid to the root ; the trunk rotten ;o the core, has already falien, but the up-springing shoots will re ceive their nourishment from the same corrupted source, and grow, surrounded by the same mnlari a. Laws are made and annulled with every ad ministration, each in direct opposition to the oth er, and wuh such rapidity asnoentaugle the whole Judicial system, and render ii an unintelligible msss. eiren ia those of the learned 'profession Enactments iq:fvor of the poorer classes are never published, or if published, are concealed. . Decisions of courts of all kinds, from the highest to the most inferior jurisdictions, are publicly and shamelessly sold lo the highest bid der. 'Appointments by the chief magistrate of snions are bartered for in the same manner. In the agricultural districts, laws are made by every landedproprieter, applicable to, and enforced at his hacienda, in most cases contained in manu script, conformable to his peculiar views, nnd ad ministered by a steward or " major-domo" VmJ ing on the estate. The labor is performed by "peons" (nomen generalis for all laborers.) who may be seen at sunset every evening returning from the fields in large gangs, With their rude implements aMabor, and followed by an overseer on horseback with a heavy whip, in his hand. On every eslate is a prison-bouse, with all the appendages of bolts, bars and shackles ; these are applied to and crowded with persons who, hap pening to think that Mexico was a republic, and her citizens entitled to change their residences, or to seek for better wages, left tbe estates on wnich they were perhaps born, have been hunt ed down as criminals, and are confined 'every Lnight in dungeons for the security of further ser vices. I write irom ooservaiion, anu .nave seen these poor and most docile people smart under the lash, and never (ailing, when passing at night to the prison, to take off their hats to the wretch who stands by lo count them. If legislative en actments have gauranteed to them any ap peal for outrages, of . the most atrocious character, their weeping wail for justice is never heard be yond ihe prison wallSf-or reaching the tribunals, without the ney.er failing bribe,, is unheeded, or laughed lo scorn." 67. Iouis Vnion. 1 The NiYrObfetyst N. Y. Church, of which Rev. Mr. Bagg Was re cently "taade pastor i have withdrawn from the-8d Presbytery, and adopted the Congregational form of church government, i There seems o be a tendency tbwaid Cotregational:sm and Brook I vn. amoner those who have bad their eafly education and auachments m NewEngland. 4 A xery large part of the population of these cities is of eastern origin ' in hnrt IValrs forever 1-Tl the nresi offer incense to the heroea while the blood is fresh, and. lgt the c x penses be paid by loans and indirect Uf ta. : -.M ' bRAwiNij. --'7' - - Drawing may be considered as the groundj work or elementary part of painting, and is of alt the fine arts the btie itost admired and followed. . As a perfect acquaintance witb the terms eihploy r ed in drawing and painting is necessary for the proper understanding of the art, we will bert ei ' plain some of those most generally used. . : ' , Outline is the line that forms the boundary of any object, whether formed wtthl bencil, pen. or . brush. The remote distance, or background, is that part of the picture furthest removed from the eye : the objects here represented should ba small and obscure; The mid-distance is the space between, the back-ground and foreground. . Thia is the part of a picture which requires most care and attention. Harmony bf colouring, accuracy of drawing, and tasteful grouping, are here in dispensable. :Tbe foreground is the part nearest the eye; it is to this that the boldest touches and warmest tints should be given. In the represen tation of small scenes or individual objecu, such at groups of flowers, architectural drawings, interiors; &c. &'e.' no extreme distance, and often no mid disiance.even is discernible. In some fhstacces. also, we find these three distances gradually btetl' ded into one another, as in some of the lahdscabes of CI ude, Wou verroans, and Wilson. ;-f. Breadth of light is the term - used, to express that part of a picture where the greatest portion -of light falls. r . . Subordinate lights are those parts of a painting whkh, though bright and luminous, , do not shine -out as much as the breadth of light, .- , ;, "Catching fighti are the bright touches applied to the edges, or raioulo paru of objecu, lo bring them oilt in relief. ', . ., . Reflected lights are the lights which fall upoH ibe shaded sides of objecu by being reflected ffodi ' Water, glass, &c. &c. , . i ; , , , . Conflicting lights' Ire the lights seen in a pie- , ture when it is illuminated by two difler'ent lights) at tbe same time. . v . - ..r Shade is that part of a picture opposed to the' - I. . Jhk. ' , ,,' - Bbadow signifies the obscuration of light by any opposing object. Keeping is used to express the proper preset - vation of light and shade according to distance. tiarinony describes any arrangement of lines; lights, shades, anf colour which lis conducive tri beauty ol Beet. - . ' ..; ., 'r""'-' Tone is the ge neral effect or appearance of col ouring. Tint is the term applied .to every gradatiorJ tt , colpur from dirkest lothe lightest. - . , shade; r iiocai tict is tne colour ot anv obiecl in r a bie-r 4ureirvvhef B(Hhing-totTfereTl&effect ts bright UV0i Warm colours are those in which red or vet low. tints predominate, and cold colours, those in which blue are most visible. , Having now given the terms m ceneral use a riiong artiats, we will probeed to the Consideration of the art itself. . In every species of drawing, a correct outline' is of great importance, as A gufde to this prppef ' disposal of light and shade, as well for the form ot an object. ibat portion which is nearest the light should - be more delicately traced than those' parts which are diflerentle snuate'd. In blr aw ning outline, care should be taken ib hvbid form ing it by little bits at a lime ; every line ought to be done, as much as possible, by one sweep of the hand. A soft pencil can be used with more freedom, and, will therefore communicate mora . spirit to a sketch, than a hafd one; " .fexprssiori..i8 themost importaint.. feiture) both f drawing and painting, and should be carefullV studied l without tt the finest wofk hppeafs life 1 T : j . .l:i. : .t 1 jrr . ices anu uiauiHiaic, wune in me nanus 01 a sail ful artist, a simple outline even may be made lb cohvej the idea of any of the moving passions of of our nature, such as joy, grief, fear; anger &c. &c. '.' - - Truth Beautifully Etprk$skd-l tnere ii any act which deserves deep and bitter condom-," nation, it is of trnflng with the inestimable giftbt wo marl's affection. The fenVafe heart mat- h'ii compared to, a delicilte ha'fp," bvei which the' l-.'i.. ' 1 n ...! ' .'I it Dreaming pi eany nnecuons wanaer, until eaca tender chord is awakened to tones of Inefiable sweetness. Jtla .musicitothe,souL,wb forth' a music sweeter than the fall oflhe foun. tains or the song of the Houri in the Moslem's paradise., But wo for the delicate Jashibhifl'gjbf that harp, if a change pass Over the love which . first called forth its hidden harmonies. Let oeg- eel and cold unkindnesi sweep over its delicate strings; and thet will break one after another, ' slowly ' perhaps but surely. Unvisited, unre quited by the light of love, the scOl-lik'e melody. ! will be bushed in tbe stricken besom like, tne moans of the Egyptian statue before the cb'roW of the sunrise. - , Cure for. III Temper." -A sensible woman.., of the Doctor's acquaimanct,J(the mother ofa young ' family) entered so far into his views upon the. , subject, that she taught her children1 from their earliest childhood to consider ill humor as a disor der which was to be cured by physic, AWoro ingly she' bad always small doses tA7 "nt the r little pitients whenever it was thought needful took rhubarb for their crossness. No piJn sSmenl was required. Peevishness or ill temperandrbo : barb were associated in their minds always, as cause and vffecti j ( 1 '" " 1 ' ,.V 7. '" A telegraphic dispatch ffom t.'fuisMiaOUrl' " dated Jan. 5, says that the Ohio River is fast fal ling at the mouth arid while nearly all the lewqa" on the Ohio have been inundated, the levees at- ' Cairo, although not completed, have proved e f ficienl protection to the place from oveflowi. ' Tbe pit-fpi ilwii, and uiat the . ruassisf ippi '44. are the two'efeateston record Hence the rn of the practka bilay of buildmr .up a city at the confluence of . those two great tivers. .: ' On a recent trial, ari Irishman,' wiih, cJiarae. tertstic obiiq'mty-of speech, after .scratching bj& head, said, Plase your Honor, I do not remem- ber - ( I forget it now..- . . . . Ancikmt Ruins. The men emoloved in iiv. igtng the foundationif lhttwirci acJeru--; ' I ' . . a. a l. ..a 'al. saiem, it is stated, nao to make tneir way tnrpotj forty feet of remains of .ant;ientbuilings,' beforjf they tamo to the solid ground. . - :.r
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Jan. 29, 1848, edition 1
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