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'.VOLUME XI. . , ,..- ! V'Vl"'-i. Sv,f' fjfSf Vi.- "'I '.' GEEENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, OCTOBE R 27, 1849. "IS- ' ' h NUMBER 28 fuui.ihiixd WEEKLY J BY SWAIM & SHERWOOD. ' ; PRIC23 $340 A TEAR I ' Or f Aree oVart , no paid1 within one month u3' after the date of the subscription. A faflur on the part of any customer ia order a rfiaconl iinuinr. wimio in subscription yctr, will bo considered ooKMive nit ru& to coutinuo th paper. " " 'TOUK COMMON "SCHOOLS. .:-t Vom the Jldvorae. ' VjT The 1 following article from the- Asheboro' Herald expresses some good views in regard to Teachers and the proper mode of raising , the standard of education among them. A part of the Examining Committee of Guilford County who had held the place for more than two years, recently made a similar suggestion to the Board of Superintendents for said County. From the large opportunUyf which . they had of knawing the qualifications- of those' who are now era- ployed as Teachers of our Conimon Schools -they were united ia the opinion that sonieiliing ought to be done to secure an improvement in this particular. Here ia undoubtedly one of the great defects one of the main obstacles in the - way of our Common School System. Two things were, therefore, suggested to our Board; 1 st, to ad opt (or our Schools a uniform set of books. 2d Af ter due notice, to call in ail the certificates to teachers, -with a view of examining the appli cants in a more rigorous manner. am '. a . t . ' l nere is no ooMbt that both of these move ments would be attended with much benefit. By having certain books, the teachers would be better enabled to perfect themselves therein, and by call ing in the certificates at stated period?, the stand ar migfirbegradaatlf'ratsedr wards' jerfciionr sccurcd. XV e differ, however, with Uie Herald a little in one respect. It is this. We do not think the , , Examining Committee can supply the place of Superintendents. The Committee may judge of what the Teacher knows, and may grant a cer- tif.eate that he has a good moral character and t learning u3ieient to teach a school.. But farther than this we do not see how tire Committee can - ' go. "Jin applicant, then may pass off prettywey '''1rttesiyie ahd'acco fit for a teacher. To inow in one thing, the dis position and ability to ; impart knowledge is an other. The best scholars are not always the best teachers. Far from it. A teacher is not to be valued so much for the amount of knowl edge he has in him, as for the amount which can be got out of him, and this not by its being drawn ' out by others, but poured out by himself. Ma ny know much and, yet lack that energy, deeis year or two henegt without additional attainments, would be , deemed wholly incompetent,,, I be desideratum is, .a. 'requirement of an annual or biennial renewal of certificates. , This would not only supersede te necessity of a county super intendent, but cause young men to devote them selves to assidious study., ; In a few yearswe would have a sufficint number of competent teach ers, who would speedily bring about all essential reformations. ' If a single certificate be deemed sufficient for hie, many of our teachers (partica larly those wlio are "advanced" in' iile) wilTrelar all efforts to acquire knowledge, and rest conten ...:.. : 1...'. 1. ' ' It is indeed a matter of surprise that the liters ry attainments of our common school teachers are so vcrv limited. , Scarcely one of ten applicants can give the several sounds of the vowels, few can spell correctly, and nonecan read half a dozen stanzas without violating as many important rules. These are facts, humiliating and lamentable as the announcement may seem. Can. we expect good results from the best system, under the care or those so grossly ignorant of its elementary pruv ciplts f Can we expect a man to teach success fully an art or science of which ho knows noth ing f Prince of absurdities ! ' Let those who have the guardianship of Education attend to this matter. ' Good teachers are as essential to pro per education as nourishment to the body. . , . From the MiaMonar. tfnnil a an Inril whrn it ta kfnfrn . tnwa " St.' Ignatius to St.Polyearp both Martyrs." " Stand, like an anvil,"' when the stroke ( ( Of stalwart men falls fierce and fast ; '" Storms but more deeply root the oak, ' Whose brawny arms embrace the blast. " Stand like an anvil,'1 when the sparks Fly far and wide, a fiery shower; Virtue and truth must still be marks, Where malice proves its want of power.- 11 . .... . . . . 1 StanS, like an nvil,"-when the bar . Lies, red and glowing, on its breast ; Duty shall be life's leading star, And conscious innocence, its rest. M Stand, like an anvil,' when the sound . Of ponderous hammers pains the ear t Thine, but the still and stern rebound Of the great heart, that cannot fear. Stand, like an anvil." ' J .Noise and heat The son!; like: Godjits' source- and seat. Is solemn, sUV, serene, sublime. ion and precision and that ability to govern, which are essential to a good teacher. W- want then some good practical superin tendents, to look in upon the teachers, to see how they manage their schools, to counsel and en courage them, to suggest and aid in" making im provements. . The School Committees might do . much in this way. if they would. So fwr as our knowledge extends, they arc very remiss in per forming the duties required of them by law. The 13 sec. (chap. 30, 1844) says " It shall be the duty of the Committee to visit the schools from time to time " and generally to promote their" successful " opelation. How many of the Committees perform this, their incumbent duty ? Do they think it is enough to employ a young man, place the children under his charge acd pay no more attention to the matter f Would they do so with a man whom they had employed to plough or mow, would they do so with a carpen ter or mason or any day-laborer ? But we ne.' J not wonder at this while men think more' of Labor.- In the National Era, we find. these forcible and beautiful thoughts ; Labor is health ! lo! the husbandman reaping, How through his veins goes the life current leap ing ! . . . - ( . How his strong arm, in its stalwart pride sweep- . ing. . . True as a sunocnm the swift sickle guides ! Labor is wealth ! In the sea the pearl gloweth, Rich the queen's robe from, the frail cocoon flow- cth, . ;,; From the small acorn" the broad forest blowclh, Temple and statue the marble block hides. Droop not, though shame, sin, and anguish, are 1 ivuuu wan f - Bravely fling off the cold chain that hath bound thee, ; - Look to yon pure Heaven smiling beyond thee, Rest not content in thy darkness, a clod ! ; ' Work for some good, be it ever so slowly !. Chen!i some flower, be it ever so lowly ! LaboL'j all labor, js noble and holy Let thy good deeds be thy prayer to thy God! fj C 'k'ALU (OPrASSpCIATOiy. 7 ' Extract from a speeeh of Danih, Wxbsteb at the first Exhibition of the Norfolk county Ag ricultural Society, hekl at Dedham (Mass.) on the 24th of 'Septembers wfryrH VrV ; Yet he would saVihoweverrthat'there was one thing whirh had ript breir much dwell upon here, that was of no little interest, and importance. It was, that the great practioal truth and charac teristic of the present, aire was that great public improvements were carried out by means of vol untary association. . I his principle the pnnci pie of voluntary association of bringing minds together to -act upon each other, was the great principle and truth of the ago. Its germ, to be sure, was to be seen centuries ago in the old world. It was to be traced on establishments cities in the feudal ore : It was still further ex tended in the professional associations of Europe at a subsequent period. But it has been long. both in the old country and in this, before the idea was brought to bear upon agriculture and the tillage or the soil. I he reason of this was obvious. Merchants traders, and others, congregating in large cities, could meet together at almost any hour, summoned by the peal of almost any bell. to interchange their sentiments on any topic of moment. . ... . Notao with farmers. They, were scattered all over the eouhtry ; their labors were mostly solitary here upon the plains, and there in the deepest recesses of the hills ; they had no ex change, "no coffee-house, no lyeeura where' they could assemble together conveniently. Such, too, in a great measure, was the case with them now ; and hence it had become essential that these an nual fairs should be held ; hence the necessity that they should be universally attended ; not so much for the sake of the exhibition or' of anv dis courses to be delivered or lectures to be given. m fottiia sake of interchanging sentiment, ofcorn- parinir the experience of one with that ofanoth- r, of mingling together and keepiug up a com munication of ideas, every man "obtained a great part of whatever knowledge he might pos sess by conversation and communication with others. Books indeed1 might do something fn this respect, but nothing in comparison with free commumeation. It we should deduct trom the aggregate of each .man's knowledge whatever he had learned by communication and conversation with his fellow-men, very little would be left. hd that little not worth much at best. It was intercourse with each otherthat made men sharp :; A POLAR BEAR SHOT. 'A Polar Bear was recently shot, on the coast of Labrador, by the crew of the Lord. Emouth, of Halifax, f. The animal was stuffed and sent to Bostont - ' 4:iis'--:y:i''h-"' Two of the crew of the Lord Exmouth' were cruising in a boat, when they discovered the bear upon an island. They immediately returned to the vessel, took in six others of the crew,' and eight mtiskets. with, which they returned to the vicinity of the Island. - - Upon approaching with in gun-shot, the bear perceived ana earns towards them. The first discharge wounded him in seve ral places, but did not in the least check his ap proach, t inaliv, however, after receiving quite a number of ball in his body, he turned and slow ly retreated, making his assailants shudder by the fierceness of his howling.- It was then proposed oy uixon mat tney stiouid land upon tne island, in order to' consummate the victory. To this the majority of the crew demurred from fear. Three of the crew, however, including Dixon, landed, having armed themselves with two loaded gun apiece. The bear, as soon as he saw them up on land, turned about and began to approach, when six more balls were' put into his body,' without apparently checking his approach." Be fore, however, he got ncar enongh to harm them. Mr. Dixon succeeded in loading another gun. At this moment the bear presented his side, which he had not done before, and a bullet wis lodged in his throat which caused the animal to fall. It was more than half an hour, however before they dared approach, fts every few minutes the bear would, by a desperate effort, get upon his feet with the intention of reaching them. After it was deemed safe, they ventured near, and found him to bp dead. He was, with considerable la bor, taken to the vessel, and found to be 10 feet long and to weigh 2200 lbs. Five hundred lbs of fat were taken from him in Halifax, and it was found that sixteen balls had lodged ii) his body. 1 he contest lasted lor an hour and a hair, and the roars of the infuriated animal might have been h.eaEdloi,.nia ny miles. . , alphabet has-a separate character for every sound PHONETICS. J Some of the papers still keep up controversy about Phonetics. Without taking sides in the discussion, (because we lack the laming,) we extract from an article in the last Common School Advocate, the following comparative, view of the Phonetic and the common alphabets. For the benefit of those who have paid no attention to the subject, we rriay premise that a phonetic making money than they do of improving tho minds of their children who could expect ihem to pursue a different course, even thouch it is w ' " .obvious... that deTeat , awaits thjmL in the endj It is time for committees to look to this matter, and know that they have something else to do besides simply to employ a teacher. No one ought to accept the place who does not carry laio it something of a spirit to perform its du- Teacher. The fourth section of tmyhrte-schoot'Betr thorizes and empowers the County Court, upon recommendation of the board of Superintendents, lo levy a tax for the employment of a compe tent person to visit each school district of the County, whose duty shall be to "examine the condition of the" schools, and to report the same, with all such' information as may be required by aid board." We have not learnd that tins pow er has been iu any instance exercised, suni are inclined to the opinion .that its expediency may be justly questioned. The objects are desirable, nd even laudable; but the means, we think, ,vould be rather too burdensome. The same tmds may bc easily attained, without any tax, pro vided the law can be amended in one particular. The law provides for the appointment of an examining committee in each county, whose duty is lo examine applicants and give certificates of qualifications.. ..... In many Counties committees have been appointed., Some committees have acted very eflicjently for the public, good, While others have managed very effecUiallytq make a. display of their own ignorance and. want of firm noes. But those who have endeavored to serve most faithfully, have been compelled, by the scar city of competent applicants, to grant certificates i;t some instances from an apparent necessity. In oilier words;- many have received certificates who are barely competent, and who, if Uiey should present Uicnut-Jves-tu an intelligent committee Fashionable Manners.' There is a set of peo ple whom I cm n nor beai? the pinks of fashion ahle propriety whose every word is precise, and whose every movement is unexceptionable; but who', though versed in all the categories of polite behavior, have not a particle of soul or of cordiality about them. We allow that their manners may ba abundantly correct. There may be elcjranei" in every gesture, and gracefulness in erery ptjs.n r nol Tmir a step that would not bear the measurement ol the severest scrutiny.. J his is all very tine; but what I want is the heart and gaiety of social intercourse the frankness that spreads ease and animation around it the eye that speaks affa bility to all, that chases timidity from every bo som, and tells every man in the company to be confident and happy. This is what I conceive to be the virtue of the text, and not the sickening formality of those who walk by rule, and would reduce the whol human life lo a wirebound sys tem, of misery rilid constraint. Dr. Chambers' Sermons. "''"' ' Oh ! that childreii and all people would be careful in their very early years, and as they gTovi up -and - advance in life, to mind the re proofs of instruction " in their own breasts ; they are known to be lhe way of life," divine lite to the soul, This something, though they know not what it is, that checks them in secret for evil, both before and after they yield, to the tempta. tion, warning them beforehand not to touch or taste, partake of or commit iniquity,, and after wards condemning them if they do so; and in wardly inclining them to a life of religion and virtue ; this is the very thing, dear young peo ple, whereby God worketh in you, to will and to do ; and by which he will, if you cleave to it, and work with it, enable you to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling before him. Despise it not; do no violence to ift motions; love it, cherish it, . t- verence it; hearken to its pleadings with you ; give up without delay to its requirings ; obey its teachings. It is God's messenger for good lo thy immortal soul : its voice in thy streets is truly the voice of tho liv ing God: its call , is a kind invitation to thee from the throne of grace. Hear it and it will lead thee ; obey it and it will save thee :- it will save thee from (he power of. fin and Satan : it will finally lead thee to an ihheratance incorrupt ible in the mansions of rest the house not made rwiuY hands, eternal in ihe heavens. '. s . . an ag ricultural ahsociation, a handsome pair of steers Or a likely cow in the whole county, still, if there were the men assembled together in social inter- a a ' . a course, then he said mat tne exhibition would be productive of much good. He repeated that he wished well to the Socie ty which he now addressed, and to every body engaged in agriculture; but at the same time he must say that agriculture would be lound dead and lifeless unless susia'ued by- corresponding prosperity in other, branches ofin lustry. The producer was nothing if there was no consumer, and therefore ajust regard for the interest of com merce and manufactures should be as dear to the farmer as his pride in his handsomest stock. There could not be a sound, good, healthy, thriv ing agricultural interest where there were but starving and wretched mechanics there could WnoofTSfmm pouding interest, lie spoke ol larnnng, here, as the phrase was understood in New England, and not as applied to a plantation. In the one' sense it tru ant the cultivation of land by ope who rais ed whatever ' was ordinarily necessary for the support of his family, with perhaps a surplus for sale or barter ; in the other it signified1 the pro duction of one single article, from the proceeds of the tale of which all other necessaries were to be supplied. This last could dot be considered ns farming, for its adequacy to the annual wants of the establishment depended on she iluctuations of the market with respect to the one article pro duced. It more properly belonged to commerce than agriculture. The farming interest of New England was essentially different from aiiy such thing, and it as much dependant for prosperity up on all other classes of society as upon itself. -Therewaa oouiinea .onncxumoLin terest.be. 4 tween them all one would not rise while others fell, nor could one fall while others rose. v." "' r '' HOMJCSTK.U) EXEMPTION. : A western paper presents the following argu ments in favor of exempting a man's homestead from liability for debt : There are two' leading reasons which ought to have great weight. The first is,' that the direct tendency of exempting the "homestead" from debt, is to preserve the iutegritv of the family, both in society and property. " It will keep the family together by keeping them a home safu from all the storms of adversity. In that, it will greatly tend to prevent the family from coming on the public forsupport." Now, the Slate which legislates has a deep interest , in maintaining the unity and prosperity of the family. The' whole is made up of its' parts. Society is founded in the family. If no family is driven out to seek a precarious support, the State will have no pau pers to maintain. -.In every state of society, no matter what tho laws, the solvent must maintain the insolvent. In both the natural and Christi an state of society, it is the duty of the members of a family to do this to one another. If then, the family can be kept united, and have a home to rally upon, it is almost certain they will be able to do it. There is another reason almost equally sUonj;,' and which concerns the political health. " There is no independence strictly speak ing to be relied upon among a people who have neither a homestead, nor themearis of getting one. Many of our laborers do get homestead, saved from, the profits of their labor. This should be encouraged; the whole community should be made independent, if possible. - " Reason is the test of the laws ; for laws which ore contradictory to reason are void in their own nature, and ought not to be either made or regard ed. De Toe. ; :,..''.,. ?,'. ' bna' letter freqeudy rcprescnts several sounds; "There are in the ordinary alphabet 20 1 utters, in the phonetic there are 38, or with the compound ones, 44. Now we suppose no one would 'be simple enough to contend ihat the forms of 44 characters could be learned in one-fifteenth of the time required to learn 26, many of ihem the same characters. But in our present orthography, learning the forms and names of the 20 letters is in reality, not learning the alphabet. The names of our present letters, except in a few instances, give no direct clue to their sounds. Before these letters can be applied to the practical purpose of reading, they must be learned over and over and over again. For example, the sound of the charac ter A must be learned anew for each of the words, fate, far, fast, rival, &e. E must in like manner be learned over for mete,1 met, htfir, her, brier, I for fiiej fill mien, air, rui n, , 4 for note, not, nor,... sort, actor, U for tube? tub, bull, rule, sulphur. Y for style, crystal, myself, truly, C for acid flaccid, ch for chasm, chaise, O for get, gender, ttc, Ac. In each one of these words the char acters have a different sound and the child having learned first one way and then another is left iu continual uncertainty, until by long and laborious practice he has learned the spelling of almost eve ry word iu which they occur that is until he has separately mastered the spelling of every word in the language. But again our simple vowel sounds, by our present mode are represented not only by the indi vidual characters, but by many different combi nationsthus the sound of a in fate is shown in 10 different combinations as by i in pain, aigh in straight, ao in gaol ; au in gauging, ay in pray fcc. E bv 21 combinations, as ae in Caesar, ea- ai-e 111 aisle, eigh in height, ey in eying. Ac. O by 16, cau in bear, eo in yeoman, ew in sew, &c. U by 17, as eau in beauty, cu in feud, hu in humor, &c., &c. "' h So that for the 38 elementary sounds of our language we have about 360 representatives and all these have to be learned and that too under diversity of circumstances, before we have learn ed our present alphabet, at least so as to have command of it for practical purposes. ' Far other is the case with Phonetics. Here each sound of the language is represented by an invariable character and each character is re sponded to by a certain Bound. The characters are learned once lor all. 1 hey always mean the same thing. Can it not now be seen how a child may far more specdly learn to read by the Phonetic Alphabet than by the present one. ' " ;. ; ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . '" ' '. AN ENGLISH. MAN ON CANADA. ' A work upon America has lately been publish ed in London by an English divine, who visited this country last year as a delegate from the Methodists of England. The book is fair and I the midst of incersant bustle, agitation- ; the ho- wia ara iuivu, coicnes are in constant movememv railroad trains passing, and repassing With their Emssengera, while men of business are seen push ng their concerns, with irapasssioned ardor. On the Canada shore we hare comparatively still life delicate, genteel, formal. Moreover, on the American territory, all along the , shores of the lakes, the country is being cleaied, hou ses and villages built, incipient ports opened, and trade be jun. O.i the Canada shore, un broken forests appear for milea, while ,tbt openings, which have been made,, present them selves to view in a very infantine and iccUe state of progress. . , . ,'t: . 1 " Canada now belong to Great Britain by figment, .a tradition, a loyalty a recojleetien of uciuiu ucuusi, anu noi oy any maienai imcrcai or benefit. Nay in the present state of thinis. cast off, by the mother country, and left to their own resources, with the United State just by their side, possessing vast political power and in fluence ; agrowingcredit,and monetary resources; a prodigious mercatile and commercial nvy j an active, industrious and virtuous people ; a gov ernment capable, in all respects, and equally dis posed to toster, protect, and strengthen all its pos sessions ; we say with all these things staring them in the face, the policy of this country has made it the plain, palpable interest of the Can adians to seek for annexation. . This is as clear as a problem in Euclid. . How long the tradition and the penalty will weigh against the interests now put in the balance against them, nobody need be at a loss to determine.. Perhaps the non-election of Gen. Cass will, settle the question for the next lour years I but, had that gentleman obtained the presidency of the States, why . the world would have presented itself in different phases at the end of the above period." ,'. , ., When an intelligent Englishman, whore' pre judices, if he has any must be averse to this view of the case, writes thus, what must be the real truth lPhila. Bulletin. iLLiSION WITH A WHALE. . The Louis ville Journal eorrtainsna ietterwrit- ten on board the packet ship Hibernia, on her recent voyage to Liverpool from which we take the following account of a aingular rencontre with a whale M On the ' morning of Saturday last,' the ship was going through the water at a furious rate, under a press of canvass, with a fine stiff breeze from the west, when suddenly the attention of all on board was arrested by a heavy shock' and sJludde rerunning through the vessel from stem and valor 1 and blue, the color of the chiet signi-, fies vigilance, perseverance and justice. The olive branch and arrows denote the power of peace and war, which is exclusively vested in Congresa,; The crest or constellation denotes a new State 13 ,l" p'ace monsT 0,l,er foreign powers. , , The escutcheon borne on the breast of an A merican eagle, without any other supporters, de notes that the United Slates ought to rely on their own virtue. ;' ;, ',f i -1 . ; . .. r,y The pyramid on the reverse signifies strength end devotion J its 1 unfinished State refers to the infancy of the Ameriean Government. The eye, , over it and the motto, rfnnuit ccrpfis", He sanctions our endeavors," allude to the many signal interpositions of providence in favor of the American cause: ' , . . ; . , . , . liberal toward the United States ; and many of the author's remarks are exceedingly judicious. The writer discusses the much agitated subjsct of Canada. ' He says : "Let us look at the case. On the American side, the people are all hie, elasticity, buoyancy, activity ; ion the Uanauian side, we have a pco- pie wau appeayT8uouxreu,amB, BpTniiuosj iry-ir, living much more under the iuflneuce of fear than hope. .Again on the American territory we be hold men moving as if they had the i.Sea that their calling was to act, to choose to govern at any rate to govern themselves ; on the Canada soil we see a race, perhaps more polite than the oili er, but who seemju live undur the, impression that their vocation is to receive prders, and obey. Then, on the. American side, you are placed in others. -At,the same .rironient the wheel shouted A whale, a whale on the lar board quarter 1" Instantly, every man of ns was on his feet. Rushing to the iadraij, we looked to the leeward, but nothing was to be seen but a mass of discol ored water passing pff iu our .wake. The whole occurR-n'-e was at once revealed. Our ship, Irnd struck full in the head an immense sperm whale, which flinging himself half out pf the sea before he sought his depth, struck his assailant with his enormous flukes. . Indeed, the whole eene was witnessed by the sailors on the forecastle, who were drenched with the spray. The whale must have been almost instantly killed, for the water all around the ship's s:ern was completely discol ored with the blood and oil. Our pumps were at once sounded, but the only injury sustained by the recontre seemed to have been on the side of Ihe uiiiortuhaie" w are sometimes torn from the ship's side by the blows of a wounded whale, although at other times it is a very peaceable and inoffensive fish. It is supposed the whale wesuuck was either ill or sleeping on the surface. The oldest seaman in the Hibernia had never witnessed nor heard of a smilar occurence. For hours after the ac cident, a solitary whale was seen roving aroud our vessel, and spouting, doubtless in search of his murdered mate." ARMS OF THE UNITED STATES " Although the study of heraldry may not be very amusing to our republican readers, yet, as the eagle, with extended wings, grasping the arms of war and the olive of pea-je, is constantly presented to bur. eye in some way or other, it may jot beninteetingto giyea hjstory and an explanation of the Arms otour country.'" ""IS" June, 1782, when Congress was about to form an armoreal device for a soal for the Union, OPTICA!. If.l lTainw- . , The following interesting extract from a pri-, vate letter descriptive of a singular optieal illusion on the Catskill Mountains, is written by an eye witness : : - , ":" "" ' " " The afternoon (Tuesday, August 14) waa a memorable one for the Mountain. The optical, , illusion of jast Monday week was .reproduced,' bul' more transcendantly beautiful than it had ever appeared before. It is the third time in twenty, ' years that this extraordinary phenomenon has ' been perceived. Mrs. A, and myself , were sit ting on the rock in front1 of the piazza, when she ' suddenly exclaimed, Look !. look S" I did so, and the whole hotel was surrounded ia the eloud before us. The whole house was assembled immediately, and we ran out to the point of the rock from which" the phenomenon of "last Mon day had been perceived. .., We were scarcely, there a minute when a beautifully arched rain--bow was found in the cloud, exacdy in the centre of which was seen the entire group, precisely as t tbey stood on the ledge of the rock. ' It was not merely their shadows, but the entire form of each person iu the group was distinctly visible eacn person saw tne whole group, not merely, -the relection of his own imare. This lasted a. bout five minutes, when the" raTiibw"disippear-" ..I .,.. t .ru , . . rr . ' miu ui jiiicuuiuciiui 01 iuouuay last succeed ed; each persoQ saw his vowh' shadow, of. huge dimensions.-reflected on the cloud and urrnund. ed by a halo oflight, but was unable to see that of his neighbor. .1 shall never in my life see anything of the kind again, and if I had not seen it. I could have formed no conception of its effect. it was perfectly thrilline. The ooems of Ossian. the Children of the Mist ; the Death-fetch of the Germans ; the Spectral Phantoms that were fearful visions to less enlightened ages, were all cuuicu uiBiinciry ana palpably before us. This at -... ' 'ewpufltogelfierT' i - nave -y--: Charles Thomson, Eqv. the secretary, with tho Hon. Arthur Lp and E. Boudinot, members of Congress, called on Mr. William Barton, awl consulted him on the occasion. The great seal, for which Mr. Barton furnished them with de vices, was adopted by Congress on the 20th of June, 1782. The device is as follows , Arms. Pale way s of thirteen peacee ardent; gules, a chief azure ; the escutcheon on the breast of the American eagle displayed proper, holding in his dexter talon an olive branch, and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows, all proper ; and in his beak a scroll with the motto, Plur ipus Unum.' --- -. - ; - The CrestOvcr the head of the eagle, which appears above the escutcheon, a glory, or break ing through a- cloud proper, and surrounding (thirteen) stars, forming a constellation argent, on an azure field. - ' - Jievcrse.k pyramid unfinished. In the zenith an eye in a triangle, surrounded with-a glory. '' Over the eye thews" words, ; nuit tueptis." On the ; "base "of the pyramid the numerical letters, mdcclxxvi ; and uuderneath the following motto, unoous ordo sedorum." Remarks and Exploitations. The escutcheon is composed of ihe chief and pain, the two most honorable ordinaries. -I'ha thirteen pieces pale represent the several States in the' Union, all join ed m one aolid compact entire, sippwting a it til .l I.. ....I UnM..nU f !aii. alr,WHei) WniGUUniwa JUO wuiutnuu itjiv.i;!5- gress. "The motto alludes to tho Union. The pales in the arms are kept closely, united by the chief, and the.chief depends on that uni on, or the strength resulting Iroia l for Its sup- nOrt to denote tho confederacy 01 me oiates anu ' !. Ilif: ; ,u.....w r'.. PEIUI t)P FAliJEHOOa J he a. Y. Day-Boik quotes thr following beautiful language of an eminent writer: - When once a concealment or deceit has been practiced in matters where all should be fair and open as the day, confidence can never be restored! any more than youan restore the white bloom to the grape or plum which you have once pres sed in your hand. How true is this! and what a neglected truth by a grea porfon of mankind., Falsehood is not only one" of the most humil iating vices, but sooner or later it is most certain to lead to the most serious crimes. With part ners in trade, with partners in life with friends,, with lowers, how important is confidence I llow essential that all guile and hypocrisy he guarded against, in the intercourse between such parties ! How much misery would be avoided in the hisv lory of many lives, had truth and sincerity been, guiding and controlling motives, instead of pre-, variation and deceit. Any vice,' said a parent in our hearing a few days since, any , vice, at least among the frailties of a milder character, but falsehood. Far better that my child should com mit an error or do a wrong and confess it, than escape the penalty, however severe, by falsehood and hypocrisy. Let me know the worst, and a remedy may possibly be applied. But keep me in the dark let ne be misled or deceived, and it is impossible to tell at what unprepared hour a crushing blow an overwhelming exposure may come. ' i This parent was right. The first exhlbitibn of such a detestable vice in a child should be met with ihe severest scourging. Lying of all kind " whether of malice, of concealment, or of vain glorious boasting, is not only vicious but con- teinptible, and, if permitted to go on unpunished in a child, infects Uie whole character with moral plague which will cling to the man to his; ' grave. 'i ' . ''V'--' - There are other practices, however, akin to ly ing, which do not always meet the execration they deserve; Such are the arts, the devices the trick, the thousand indirect means by which men of low cunning accomplish their selfish objects, " Such men are fully as depraved as more recklese liars. . In fart, their whole life is a perpetual lie. ' Richmond Republican. - "'i """l 1 . '''-:'"' brautiesop wah. A foreign journal slates that many of the towns' which are marked on the map. in the late scene, of-the: Hungarian war, have ceased to exist.' Theresiopel, Zombor, and Baja, says the fore ign journal, are now mere names; and yet The resiopel had, before tfic invasion of Baron Jella chich, no less 30,000 inhabitants,' while Zombor1 and Baja had 10.000 and 12,000 inhabitants, ' If we would realise bo w happy is our own condition in this country, let' us imagine ourselves in such a condition as the Hungarians ; Richmond, Norfolk, Petersburg aad Alexandria blotted from '. the map ; tho farmer s fields trodden down and JuBolated i the midnight sky bright with the hlaaa of burning buildings ; and the still air echoing to the shrieks of wretched men and women crying in vain for help and mercy Richmond Repub lican. .. ' " the nreservation of the Uliion through Congress. The colors of the pales are those used in. the ; bave not, and am only provoked when they flag of the Untied States of America.- White not the right use of what' they have, Lor signifies puritv and innocence red, hardiness " if Thorough.", ' . I could oc'er .despise anybody for what they-, make L.ord PC'
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Oct. 27, 1849, edition 1
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