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EH- L ;J t-i-Lj-'A" ". 'i' i' i i..'. i ' ii i ,., ... ; ..' t. J '" .n.n .'i.r ,, m i ,, i i , ,. i ; " , ! ,,, . t J vol. xrv GlttiENSBOUOUGH, N C, MAY 8, 1852. NO-.:677i . V l ....... i : ........ , , . m PUBLISHED WEEKLY fcT SW AIM AND SHERWOOD. Irlce $2.50 a yean TRan dolLiri, ir' Kof taid withij out wobth . iTTEK TUX DAT! Of THE SUBSCRIPTION. ADVERTISING RATES. ,' One dollar per square -(fifteen lines) for the hut Vreekj and twenty-five cents for every week there after. " Deductions made in favor of standing adver tsements as follows : f s Thru monihi. Six months. One year TJne square, $3.50 $5.50 $8.00 Two squares, 7.00 10.00 14.00 Three M (icol.) 10.00 15.00 20.00 Half column, 18.00 25.00 35.00 t ... im A Legend of the Mohawk. BY GEORGE P. MORRIS. in the days that are gone, by this sweet flowing water. Two lovers reclined in the shade of a tree ; She was the mountain king's rosy-lipped daughter, The brave warriot cheif of the valley was he. Then all thing around them, below and above, Were basking as now in the sunshine of love, In the days that are gone, by this sweet flowing stream. in the days that are gone they were laid 'neath the willow, The maid in her beauty, the youth in his pride ; Both slain by the foeman who crossed the dark bil low And stole the broad lands where their children reside, . Whose latners, wnen dying, in fear looked above, And trembled to think of that chief and his love, In the days that are gone, by this sweet (lowing stream. Anecdote of the Parisian Police. Previous to the yesr 1789, but at what pre cise date I cannot say-, the city of Paris possessed as guardian of its Safety, and cheif minister of police, a man of rare talent and integrity. At the same period, the parish of St. Germais, in the quarter of the Rue St. Ahtoine, had for its cure, a kind, venerable old man, whose life was pent in doing good to both the souls and bodies 61 his fellow creatures, and whose holy consis tency and dignified courage Caused him to be loved by the good, and respected by even the most abandoned, characters. One cold dark1 Winter! night, the bell at the old cure's door Was rung loudly, and he, although in bed, imme diately arose and opened the door, anticipating a summons to some rick or dying bed. A personage, richly dressed, with his features partly concealed by a large false beard, stood out side. Addressing thv cure in a courteous and graceful manner, he apologized for his unsca sonable visit, which, he said, the high reputation of Monsieur had induced him to make. A great and terrible, but unnecessary and in evitable deed," he continued, " is to be done. Time presses ; a soul about to pass into eternity, implores your ministry. If you come, you must allow your eyes to be bandaged, ask no ques lions, and consent to act simply as spiritual con soler of a dying woman. If you refuse to ac company me, no o;her priest can be admitted. After a moment of secret prayer, the cure ar wered, " I will go with you." Without asking any further explanation, he allowed his eyes to be bandaged, and lean on the arm of his suspi cious visitor. They both got into a coach, whose windows were im mediately covered by wooden shutters, and then they drove off rapidly. They seemed to go a long Way, and make many doublings and turnings ere the coach drove under a wide archway and stopped. During this time, not a single word had been etchanged" between the travelers, and ere they got but the stranger assured himself that the ban dage over his companion's eyes had not been displaced, and then taking the old man respect fully by the hand, he assisted to alight, and to ascend the wide steps of a staircase as far as the second story, A great door opened, as if of itself. and several thickly carpeted rooms were travers-.. ed in science. At length, another door was opened by the guide, and the cure frit his band age removed. They were in a solemn looking bed-chamber ; near a bed,, half veiled by thick damask curtains, was a small table supporting two wax lights, which feebly illuminated the cold, death-like apartment. The stranger (he was the Duke dc ,) then bowing to the cure led him towards the bed, drew back the curtains, and said in a solemn tone : s , . ' Minister of God, before you is a woman who has betrayed the blood of her ancestors, and whose doom is . irrevocably fixed. She knows on what conditions an interview has been granted her ; she knows too that all supplications would be useless. You know your duty, M. Is Cure ; I leave you to fulfil ft, and will return to seek you in half an hour.!. . . So saying he departed, and the agitated priest saw lying on the bed, a young and beautiful girl, bathed in tears, battling with despair, and calling in her bitter agony for the comforts of religion. No investigation possible ! for the unhappy creature declared herself bound by a terrible oath to conceal her name ; besides, she knew not in what place she was. , I am," she said, " the victim of a secret fam ily tribunal, whose sentence is irrevocable ! More I cannot tell. 1 forgive my enemies, as 1 trust God will forgive me. Pray for me !" ; The minister of religion invoked the sublime promises of the gospel to soothe her troubled out, nd he succeeded. Her countenance after time became composed, she clasped her hands in fervent prayer, and then extended them to wards her. consoler. As she did so, the cure perceived, that the sleeve of her robe was slained with blood. My child,' said he, with a trembling voice, " what is this f" ' "Father, It is the vein which they have al ready opened, and the bandage, no doubt, was carelessly put on." rr " " - At these words, a sudden thought struch the 'priest. lie unrolled the dressing, allowing the blood to flow, steeped his handkerchief in it, then replaced the bandage, concealed the stain handk erchief within bjs rest, nd whispered : - m Farewell, mr daughter' takeouragoand have confidence in Odd rt ... ... . -The half hour had expired, and the step or hia ictribic conductor was heard approaching. 44 1 am ready," said the cure, and having al lowed hie eyes to be covered, he took the arm of the Duke de ; and left the awful room, praying meanwhile with secret fervor; Arrived at the foot of the staircase, the old man succeeded, without his guide's knowledge, :iJigbayrJa,c admit a partial ray of lamp light. Fmding liini self in the carriage gateway, he managed to stumble and fall, with both hands forwards ' to wards a dark corner. The Duke hastened to raise him. both resumed their places in the car riage, and after repassing through the fame tor tuous route, the cure was set down in safety at his own door. Without one moment's delay, he called his servant " Pierre," he said, "arm yourself with a stick, and give me your support ; I must instantly go to the minister of police." Soon afterwards the official gate was opened to admit the well-known venerable pat-tor. " Monseigneur," he said, addressing the min ister. a terrible deed will speedily be "accom plished, if you are not in time to prevent it. Let your agents visit, before day-break, every carri age gateway in Paris; in the inner angle of one of them will be found a blood-stained handker chief. The blood is that of a young female, whose murder, already begun, has been miracu lously suspended. Her family have condemned weir victim io nave iicr cin iipcumi uus-uj one, and thus to perish slowly in expiration of a fault, already more than punished by her mortal agony. Courage, my friend, you have already some hours. May God assist you I can only pray." The same morning, at eight o'clock, the min ister of police entered the cure's room. " My friend," said he. " I confess my inferior ity, you are able to instruct ine in expedients." 'Saved !" cried the old man, bursting inlo tears. " Saved," said the minister, " rescued from the power of her cruel relations. But the next time, Dear Abbe, that you want my assistance in a benevolent enterprise,! wish vou would give me a little more time to accomplish it." Within the next twenty-four hours, by an ex press order of the king, the Duke de and his accomplices were secretly removed from Paris, and copveyed out uf the kingdom. The young woman received all the rare which hei precarious state required; and when auffi cicntly recovered, retired to a quiet country vil liage where the royal protection assured her safety; It is scarcely needful to say, that next to her Maker, the ture of St. Germais was the object of her deepest gratitude and filial love. During fifteen years, the hfdy man received from time to time the expression of her grateful affec tion ; and at length when himself, from extreme old age, on the brink of the grave, he received the intelligence that she had departed in peace. Never until then, had a word of this mysteri ous adventure passed the good cure's lips. On his death bed, however, he confided the recital 0 a bishop, one of his particular friends ; and from a relation of the latter, 1 myself heaid iu This is the exact truth. Boys out after Nightfall. I have been an observer, as I am a sympathi zing lover of boys. I like to see them happy, cheerful, gleesome. I am not willing that they Should be cheated out of the rightful heritage of youih. Indeed, I can hardly understand how a high-toned useful man can he the ripened fruit of a boy who has not enjoyed a full share of the glad privileges due to youth. But while I watch with a very jealous eye all rights and customs which entrench upon the proper rights of boys, 1 am equally apprehensive lest parents, who are not forethoughtful, and who have not habituated themselves to close observation upon this subject, permit their sons indulgences which are almost certain to result in their demoralization, if not in their total ruin; and among the habits which I have observed as tending most surely to ruin, know of none more prominent than that of pa rents permitting their sons to be in the $trettt uter nightjall. It is ruinous to their morals in all instances. They acquire, under the cover of night, an un healthlul state of mind ; bad, vulgar, immoral, and profane language, obscene practices, criminal sentiments, a lawless and riotous bearing. In deed.jt is in , the street alter nightfall that the boys principally acquire the education of the bad, and capacity for becoming rowdy, dissolute, criminal men. Parents should, in this particu lar, have a rigid and inflexible nile, that will not permit a son, under any circumstances whatever, to go into the. streets after "nightfall with a view of engaging in out-of-door sports, or meet other boys for social or chance occupation. A rigid rule of this kind, invariably adhered to, will soon deaden the desire for such dangerous practices. Boys should be taught to have pleasures a roung the jamily centre table, in reading, in conversation, and in quiet amusements. Doys, gentlemen's sons, are seen in the streets after nightfall, behaving in a manner entirely destruc tive of all good morals. Fathers and mothers, keep your children home at night, and see that you take pains to make your homes pleasant, attractive, and profitable to tnem ; anu, aoove all with a view to their security from" future destruction, let them not become, while forming their characters for life, so accustomed to disre gard the moral sense of ehame as to opeply vio late the Sabbath day in street pastimes during its day or evening hours A True Friend of the JJoyt. . I trust everything, under Gbd." aid Lord Brougham,' " to habit, upon which, in all ages the lawgiver, as well aa the school-master, has mainly placed his reliance ; habit, which wakes everything easy, and casts all difficulties upon the deviation from a wonted course. Make so briety a habit, and intemperance will be hateful ; make prudence a habit and reckless profligacy will be as contrary to the child, grown or adult, the most atrocious crimes are lo any one pf your lordships Give a child the habit of sacredly re garding the truth J of carefully respecting the pro perty of others ; of scrupulously abstaining from all acta of improvidence which .can involve him in71&ffesr-TttHr likely think of 1 rushing into an element ,in: which he cannot ! breathe, oM in, or cheating, or stealing' j The Prophecy- o Napoleon. The following is a suppressed passage in the works of Lai Casas, to which reference has of ten been made. The present state of the affairs omance renders itfo riods round its orbit,'. said the Emperor to me one day as we stood viewing the aea from a rock which overhung the road, " the whole European system will be changed. Revolution will suc ceed revolution, until every nation becomes ac quainted with its individual rights. Depend up on it, the people of England will not long sub mit to be governed by these bands of petty sove reignsthese aristocratic cabinets I was wrong in re-establishing the order of nobles in F ranee t but I did it to give apleqdor to the throne, snd refinement to the manners of the people, who were fast sinking into barbarism since the revo lution. The remains of the feudal system will vanish before the sun of knowledge The peo ple have only to know that all power emanates from themselves, in order to assert their rights to a share in their respective Governments. This will be the case even with the boors of Russia ves, Las Casas, you may live to see the time, but I shall be cold in my grave, when that colos. sal, but ill-cemented empire will be split into as many sovereignities perhaps republics as there are hordes or tribes which compose it." QAfter a few more reflections on the future prospects of Europe, his Majesty thus continu ed : Never was a web more artfully woven over a nation than that horrible debt which envelopes the people of England. It has been the means of enriching the aristocracy beyond all former example in any country; whilst it hss, at the same time, ensured as many fast and powerful friends to the Government, as there are individ uals who receive interest for that money so ex travagantly squandered to rush liberty in other countries. But even that must have an end some accidental spark will ignite the combusti ble mass, and blow the whole system to atoms. If this mighty debt were due to foreigners, these cunning islanders, would not bear the burden an hour ; but would, on some pretext or other, Break with their creditors and laugh at their credulity but they owe the money to individuals among themselves, and are therefore likely to enjoy the pleasure of paying the interest for generations to come. France too, has got a debt these Bour bons think to maintain themselves on my throne, by borrowing largely of the -present generation, in order to lav heavy taxes on the next and all future ones. But I know the French people too well to suppose that such a system can be long tolerated. I know that they have too much nat ural affection for their offspring to entail upon them a national debt, like that of England, how ever artfully incurred. No, no subjects are too sharp sighted to allow the property accumulated (or their children to be mortgaged (o pay the Russians and England Tor in vading them, and for the restoration of the vielle eaur de imbeciles, who now insult them. They will, after a time, make comparison be tween them and me they will recollect that the expenses of my Government were defrayed by imports during the year that my wars cost France nothing that I left her not one Napo leon in debt but that I enriched every corner of her territory. Such comparisons will not be fa vorable to the Bourbons the French will cast them anu their debts from their shoulders, as my Arabian horse would a stranger who should dare to mount him. Then, if my son be in existence, lie will be seated on the throne, amidst the accla mations of the people if he be not, France will go back to a Republic, for no other hand will dare in seize a sceptre which it cannot wield, "The Orleans branch, though amiable, are too much of the imbecility of ihe other Bourbons, and will share ihe same fate, if they do not choose to live as simple citizens, under whatever change lake place ! Here the Emperor paused a few moments, then, waging his hand, he exclaimed in ah ani mated tone, his dark eye beaming with the sun thusiasm of inspiration :J - France once more a republic, other countries will follow her example Germans, Prussians, Poles, ilat'ians, Danes. Swedes i and Russians, w ill all join the crusade of liberty. They will arm against their sovereigns, who will be glad to make concession of tome of their lights, in order to preserve a minor authority, over them as sub jects. They will grant them representative chambers, and slvle themselves constitutional kings, possessing a limited power. Thus the feudal system . will receive its death blowlike the thick mist on that ocean, it will dissipate at the first appearance of the son of liberty But things will not end there. The wheel of revolu tion will not stand still at this point the impe tus will be increased in a ten field ratio, and the motion will be accelerated in proportion. When a people recover a part of their rights as men, thev become elated with tbe victory they have achieved t and having tasted the sweets of freedom, they become clamorous for a i . . 'pi "... :ii ii,. .(.in, n rwl larger pui mm. 1 j hub win iuu auu immii.i- palities of Europe be in a continual state of tur moil and ferment, perhaps for some years, like the earth, heaving in all directions, previous to the occurrence, of an earthquake, at length tbe combustible matter will have vent a tremendous explosion will take place. The lavaof England's bankruptcy wilroverspread tbe European World, overwhelming kings and aristocracies, but ce menting the democratic interest as it flows. Trust me, Las Casas that as from the vines planted the soil which encrusts the sides of Etna and Vesuvius, the most delicious wins is obtain ed, so shall this lava of which I speak, prove to be the only soil in which the tree of liberty shall take, firm and permanent root. May it flourish for ages 1 You, perhaps, consider these jenli tuents strange, unusual t they are mine, however. I was a republican, but fate and the opposition of Europe, made me an emperor. I am now a spec tator of the future. Discovery oj Guanos-rTbt London Shipping Gazette announces 4he discovery of a new and extensive depoeue of guano upon an island In the 8outh Pacifip oceanI he island, H U saidtf at present unclaimed by any Government, &, the British flag was the first banner planted Upon rt. ' From the Spirit of the Times. Who did Billy Patterson Strike. Dear - Spirit.'" Several months ago, the newspapers of this "great and glorious' country'! re-echoed from one end ' of the continent to the other, the momentous question, by whom was a sacred person of William Patterson, Esquire, Gentlemen T I do not know if the evidence necessary to the conviction of any individual of this atrocity has yet come in, but at the last term of II i County Court, North Carolina, an other question, of almost equal magnitude, was satisfactorily and finally disposed of. There suit deserves to be transmitted to posterity. I congratulate you, that from the calumns of your paper future generations may know who Bill Patterson did strike. No other paper has the News. 1 " Tbe case of the State vs. William Patterson, came up for hearing at the end of the term, and, although the jury was about to be discharged, a large crowd remained to gratify a curiosity very naturally excited by the name of the defendant, and to hear the particulars. The Solicitor, after explaining to the Court and Jury the nature of the offence to be proved, and reading the indict ment, charging the defendant in the usual form, with the commission of an assault and battery in and upon the .body of one E. P t , in the peace of the1 State then and there being, and other wrongs and enormities, then and there, to the said E. P , did contrary to the peace and dignity of the State, commit, &c , proceeded to call the first and only witness, Mrs. P., the wife of the defendant. That lady accordingly advanced to the stand, and being sworn the fol lowing dialogue ensued : Solicitor Take ofl" yonr bonnet Mrs. P., and let the Qourt and Jury hear all about this assault committed upon yon by Mr. Win. Pat terson: state how it was, when and where it was, and all about it." The witness thus addressed 'removed her bonnet, and exhibited a rather handsome snd pi quant face, with an intelligent and not unpleas ing expression, and in rather a low voice, ans wered ", - - Witness,-- I hope Vbti won't charge him anything, gentlemen : it s all over wjth now.' ' Solicitor." Speak louder, if you please, Mrs. P.t We ran't hear a word ywu say." Defendant's Attorney. " You must state all you know, Madame J nothing that you have heard." Witness (a little puzzled.) I don't know what vou mean, gentlemen ; 1 hope you will let him off light he didVt mean anything but ordi nary. Solicitor. We want to know about the fight, Mrs. P." Witness. "There wasn't any fight ; Mr. Pat terson, ray old man, was playing with me, that's all (laughter.) He pulled me towards a table, and put his hand so (laying her hand upon her breast, near the throat. He never did that way afore, oi I would have made hint no resistance, and I thought he meant to choke me ; but he has joined the Temperance Society since then (great laughter,) and there is ne'er a smarter man in the country, or does more for his family. I only want him to join the church now ; if he did, I should be happy. 1 hope you won't charge him much ; he is a poor man, and has five children " (shouts of laughter.) Judge "Mr. Solicitor; is this your case for the Slate !" Solicitor (excited)' Witness! is this all you have to say t" Witness Yes. gentlemen. I hope yoult let him off light ; he is a powerful good man." Solicitor (laughing) " May it please your Honor this ease conies up under an application from the witness to bind Mr. Patterson over to Court to keep the peace towards her. The par ties seem now reconciled t and, this being all the evidence, I shall enter a not. pros." Court "We dismiss the defendant. Go home Mr Patterson." The parties here left the Court together, amidst the applause of the citizens, and Mrs. P. had the satisfaction of being able to take her lord home, after paying., a nominal fine. We hope she will undcistand his ways better in future. You now know, Mr. Editor, who Hilly Pat terson struck I NOKr. tFThe above is a veritable account of what did really occur at the last term of the County Court in this town. ' II county " should be "New Hanover County," and then all wil be correct in the above. ilmington Commer cial, s - Worth reflecting upon. Quakerism is favorable to longevity, it seems. According to late English census returns, the av erage age attained by pembers of the peaceful sect in Great Britain, fiftv-one years, two oionths and twentyone days. ' Hall of the population of the country, as is seen by the same retums, die before reaching the age of twenty-one ; and . the average duration of human life, the world over, is but thirty-three years ; Quakers, therefore, live a third longer than the rest of us. The reasons are obvious enough. Quakers are temperate and prudent, are seldom in a hurry, and never in a passion. Quakers, in the very midst of the week's business, (on Wednesday morning,) re tire from fhe world, and spend an liour or two in silent meditation at the meeting-house. 4 Quat kers are diligent ; they help one another, and the fear of 'want does not corrode their minds: The journey of life to them is a wklk of peaceful meditation, not a race-course bf excited conten tion. They neither suffer nor. enjoy intensely, but preserve a composed demeanuur always. Is it surprising that their days should be long in the land! Something worth Knowing. h is a fact per haps not generally known to farmers, that ihere are two parts in the potatoe, which, if separated, and planted at tbe same time, one will produce potatoes, fit for the table eight or tell days soon er than the other. 'The small end of the potatoe. which is generally full Of eyes is the part .Which produces the earliest the middle or body of the potatoe the late and si ways largest potatoes. Too Late to Dinner. ' There is some 'fervency in the following, and the theme is one that demands it. The man who ean keep a dinner-table wailing, must at an early, period , of bis life, Jiave committed some murder or other, which he thought very little .fyiiybem down through profane swearing, disturbtag a Methodist meeting, procrastination, &c, to the awful vice of coming Too Late to Dinner" Lives there a man with soul so small, Who, summoned to the banquet hall, Accepts, then does not come 1 Or coming, is so very late The guests are all competed to wait, Wrapped in the darkest gloom ! If such there be, go ! mark him well, And never be your dinner-bell To him a well known sound ; Never invite him to your board, For if you do, mark well my word, He'll always late be found. Aid me, ye gods ! to curse the man, If such there be, although t can Scarcely believe 'tis true ; Oh ! may his soup be ever cold, -His fish a little bit too old, His meat burned through and through ! ' And when he dies, for die he must, And mingles with his kindred dust, Alas ! poor helpless sinner ! . Stop, stranger, as you tread the path, And read this simple epitaph : " Always too late to dinner ! " 1 J. Howard Wainwbight. Aurora Borealis on the Northern Lakes. The Cleaveland (OhioJ Herald publishes the following from a correspondent hailing " from back in the woods, about midway between sun down and the North Pole, Lake Superior, March 10." Contrary to the general rule, night here is mors beautiful than the day. Indeed, compared with this cloudless clime and starry sky, you never had Sri Cleveland a night as was a night.' You never saw the beautiful blue of the sky, its flashing meteors, or wildly dancing Northern Lights. . " I shall never forget the night of the 19ih Feb ruary last. We were on the North Trap Rock Range, seventeen miles in the woods There wab no moon nor a speck of cloud, but over the whole wide fermament the beautiful stars were scattered broadcast with a splendid liberality. A bout eight o'clock the Northern horizon began to glow With an unusual light, and in a few min utes the whole magnificent phenomena, of the Aurora Borealis burst upftn our view, A thou sand columns of light, like things oflife, moved gaily up and down the sky, keeping time to the eclectric music of the frigid zone, as they mern Iv danced the dances of the upper world. It was almost alarming to see with what rapidity they increased in number and brilliancy, flash ing wilder and grander, up towards and across the zenith, and far down the southern sky. At nine o'clock, as if by preconcerted arrangement, all the dancers suddenly gathered immediately over our heads, and, spreading nut in a sea of flame, radiated at every point of the compass. until every portion or Ine sky was Intensely illu minated by the' eclectric light from this common centre. And so it continued for two hours the wildest, grandest exhibition that I ever gazed up on. Innumerable columns of light would flash wildly from one horizon to the other, making the forests around us as brilliant as the mountain-top at noonday. But I will not attempt to describe it. I was dazzled and overwhelmed by iu mag nificence. The sky was on fire blazing in my very face.. The snow was red like blood, and the reflection of the wild corruscations of that burning firmament rolled and tumbled like the waves of an angry sea adown the winter-clad bluffs and mountains around me. And when, late at night, I sought the land of dreams, my soul was thrilled with visions of blazing districts and burning worlds the magnificent exhibitions of the North." Dying Words of Wilberfbrce. " Come, and sit near me ; let me lean on you,' said Wilberforce to a friend a few minutes bt fore his death.- Afterward, putting his arms a- rnund that friend, he said : " God bless you, my dear." He became agitated somewhat, and then ceased speaking. Presently, however, he said, I must leave you, my fond friend ; we shall walk no further through C this world together; but I hope we shall meet in heaven. Let us talk of heaven. Do not , weep for me. dear F , do not weep t for I am very happy ; but think of me, and let the thought make you press forward I never knew happiness till I found Christ as a Saviour. Read the Bible read the Bible ! Let no religious book take its place. Through all my perplexities and .distresses, I never read any other book, and I never felt the want of any other. It has been my hourly stud y and all my.knowledge of the doctrines and all my acquaintance with the experience and re alities of religion have been derived from the Bible onlv, I think religious people do not read ihe Bible enough. Books about religion may be useful enough, but they will not do instead of the simple truth of the Bible. He afterwards spoke of the regret of parting with hit Irienda. " Nothing," said he ' convinces me more of the reality of the qhange within me, than the feelings ith which I can contemplate a separation from my family.. I now feel so weaned from earth, my atteetions so mncn in neaven, mat l can leave you all without a regret yet I do not tove you less, but uod, more, flew York Observer. Women and Newspapers. A facetious Boston editor is warm in praise of his lady-subscribers. He savs: Women are the best subscribers in the world to newspapers, magazines, &c. We have been editor no go ing on for eight years, and' we have never lost a single dollar by female subscribers. - Tfiey seem" to make it a point of conscientious duty to pay ; the preacher and the printer two classes of the community who suffer more by bad nay, and no pay at all, then all the rest put together. ' W hen evcr we have a woman's name on our book, we, kno w it is just as good for two dollars sml a half' he asserts that ladies rrii the newspapers to which they subscribe, and conclude! by sYcla'r ing that he " would rather have a dozen ladies on (lis books than one man." . . - Crood Natured but Passionate. '.-.- , V- ' he following observations rith whom we occasional- Addison has made the on a dais of persons wi ly come in contact. Thodgh juat; they are no means flattering to the vanity olVgobd by na- turea i tnougn passionate people., t , v -v t It is-a Very common sxpression; that such i one is very good-natured, but very passionate.-. , The expression, indeed, is very good-natured,, to, allow passionate people so much Quarter, But I think a passionate man deserves the least indul- ' gence of any. It is said it is soon over t that is, all the mischief he does is quickly dispatched. which t think is nd recommendation to favor, I have known one of these good-natured, passion ate men say, in a mixed company, even td his " own wife or child, such things as the. most in vererate enemies of his family would not have, spoken, even, in imagination. It is certain: that quick sensibility is insepaiable from a ready u'n-" derstanding; but why ahould not that good un derstanding call to itself all its force on aochoci " casions, to master that sudden inclination, td a'ftVV' ger T To restrain the spirit of anger, is the wo'r- ' ' thiest discipline we can put ourselves to. When ' a man stands' combustible and ready to flame- -upon everything that he touches, life is ai Tones- ' . sy to himself as all about him. , This is Ihe most , scandalous disuse of reason imaginable all the harmless part of him is no more than a bull-doff . they are tame nb longer than they are not of , . fended. - " . ,? N A Beautiful AotionV We know not whether the story annexed will be as new to our readers as it was die other day to ourselves,, wheii we clipped it from the tlos- ton. Transcript ; but of ihis we are eertaW, jl will be no less pleasing, whether new or o'ldv It is related by Sidney Smith " A London merchant, who, t believe, is stilt alive, while he was staying in the country with a friend, hsppened to mention that .he intended the next year, to buy a ticket in the lottery his : friend desired that he would boy One for liim at the same time, which, of course, was very wil linstly agreed to. The conversation dropped, the ticket never arrived, and the whole affair was " entirely forgotten; when the country genUerri'ari. received information that the ticket purchased for him by his friend had come up a prize of $100, 000. Upor. l.is arrival in London, he inquired of his friend where he had put the ticket, and why he had not informed him that it was pUr ? chased. 1 bought them both the same day; , mine and your ticket, and I flung them both into -a drawer of my bureau, and I never thought of them afterwards.' ' But how do you distiugdiiH one ticket from the other? and why am line holder of the fortunate ticket more tnan yon V Why, at the time I put them into the drawer,' I put a little mark in ink upon the ticket which t. resolved should be ypurs and upon opening' the drawer, I found that the one so marked was" the fortunate ticket.' Now, adds the narrator, this actionVap pears to me peafectly beautiful t ii is ie beati-ldettt in morals, and gives that calm yet deep enioiidd . of pleasure which every one so easily receive -from the beauty of the exterior world.' " Preoooity of InteUeot. J: f Chatteiion wrote all his beautiful things, ex hausted all hopes oflife, and saw nothing better than death, at the age ol eighteen. Burns' and Byron died in their thirty -seventh year," and; doubtless, the strength of their genius was over ltaflaelle, after filling the world with divine beau ty, perished also at thirty-seven 5 Mozart earlier, These might have produced still greater Works. On the other hand, Handel was forty -eight before he gave the world "assurance of a man." Dry- r. den came up to London from the provinces, : dressed in Norwich drugget, somewhat above the age of thirty and did not even then know that he Could write a single line of poetry '" yet ' what towering vigour, and swinging ease appear- - . ed all at once in " Glorious John'.' Milton had, indeed, written Conius at twentyeTg'ht, but he was upwards of fifty when he began' his' great work. Cowper knew ndt his own (night till he was far beyond thirty , and hi. 'Task v was not written till about his fiftieth yearV Sir : Walter Scott was also upwards of thirty before he published his Mimstrelsy,". and all hie : greatness was yet to come. ''L'-'1" - ' ' , '' " tit i jg. ' -.'.' v ' Two Dromios in the Rhode Island Legtila ture. .There are two brothers in the Rhode Is , land Legislature, named Christopher Columbus Potter and Americus Vespucius Potter,' who are so much alike that it is doubted whether either knows himself from his brother. The Provi dence Journal says i ; . " Christopher is a Whig, and ATekicus a1 Democrat 5 and there will be a pretty muss when they get to Newport. Not a soul id the House can tell one from the other; and .the Democrats will be running to Christopher, and the Whigs' to Americus, with all the secrets of of their re- ; spective parties. We have ourselves sometimes1 ; Commenced a political conversation wilh. the Democratic brother, who always" had the gener osity to interrupt us before we got upon danger ous ground. Now when we meet eithef, we say, as we ' take his hand, is this your or your , brother 1' Hit be Christopher, he say, it is i' V and we talk about politics t if t be Americus, fcer' says, it is not I, it j my brother,' and vfe tal1 y about the weather. We should advise J them' to' j wesr s badiM around their hais, like the railroad conductors but .then they would b sure -to ehange hajs, and that would make it worse' j' ... j"
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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May 8, 1852, edition 1
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