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A' At-.. ' WW - r J'.'r VOL. I. FAY2TTEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1860. ' -T Tiff i III 71 I VV ill 1 It 1 1 ' I V V . I . . '. - WEEKLY COURIER. A II c ii 9 n. x. ii a x k s i:i 1 1 o r . - i , SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1SG0. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: iHi'y I'apkk, one vf.1i1, invariably in ndyam-c, $ ) "VkkklyI ' . j ' ; im) MI letters cuiinci ted with the ofluc, must be ail-' dressed to the proprietor. ' , Hates of Advertising Sixty rent-! j-r s.juare, of Twelve I.!nc. .fr 'the first in-crtiou ami thirty cnt fur each Mihseeaent insertion. K?St- -S liberal discount m ule to yearly advertisers. From the Knickerbocker. JOHN'S WJFK. II was Sitting the ' .Tiihn at lii own din other evening rit!i my t friend inner-table. His wife ha. I ju-t left to our coffee neither of ns drink usiicli w ine anil we were l)i)t'i musing i.Iea-.iatlv. a-t lnen are ant to !' after a po 1 ilitmer. Alf at once I thought of John's wife a right j.Iea-nt subject who, as 1 said --lef.irc had ju-t left in. . 1 suppose she went to hn-h the uproar of her bles'cd baby; ' " t A most Liveable woman i- JuIim's wife, with a i i t'Tettv name Xrllv. and an c.vc as clear as a tnut brooft, "ami a face "so full of bcafttit'ul' honor ami truth that I 'nevet tire of looking at it. ami lind some new charm every time I look: ami yet dare' not hok save with Iium-st thoughts, i had known her but a short time, ami w:s niriou uboiit her history : so' I it i . 1 to John ijuitc i;bleiily : i .' John where lil you yet your wife?" . , ' 4 What ?" said John. Martin;: from his reverie. "''"Mv lrar fellow. I 'o not. wish to pilfer any of your bart-trea-ures": but. re'.lly I woul.l like to know miiii rthin of the wooiag a.u.l wiiiriiu of such a noble -spou-e a,your own. ' I hope 1 d u't iutrmle.' ' s Mi- frieii'l J!iii i" a mc tho.li. al youujr fellow. With a heart as tei br a-. a yirl's he unites', an intellect as Keen an 1 'cert lia in a I'ami-cti.- bln lrv; while he lias ilre.im of' puf.i!..' pn-y. he i - very eact an-1 .-trai'ut- forwanl fa action. lie i-. tlier.'fore. a very puccc.-s- Til bu-iite-!- lawver in V.'iill-stn ct : wherea- Mli! of bi frien.l-. who knew onlv the rotiMtitic siih of. his r " . character, thou-rlit him a promi iny n t uit for enli-t- "lnent in the sh.ie-bl.uk erap'i army" of "poor-ilevil authors. In replv to 'my lat ipietion. John pulkt! out hf v;!tc!i, lookeil at it carcfuljy. put it back in i J;f io.;k'-t r.U'l .-ail : . , We have half aa hour to spare. I will tell voii i . . . . soau-tliin of my courtship. You will excuse me if 1 hV storv (soii!i. eifoJistlcal, for you ami I, Will, are one ia fvlim'. , '' I wa .ecveriteeii when l entereil college, so that 1 Iim.1- irrowli to be tpiite a man. in feeling at lc:it. w lien my ! um- I tu lass reaeheil the iliuiiv of Junior year. t - trv deroeratelv to lie a prcai .stinieni, Mr li v m ter s saiie -ouM n r maki more, e-p -cially : but somehow I mv'.-elf.Vi sati-f utorv bookrworm. I ,-t vi tliKik'. book'-woniM are rr,.nt Iniiilii;. '.' : 1 know tic if" v'ou rana k an of-1 library, you will : fn i.l uijii -f ihe m ire ancient volum- sal!y trnaweil by A.sor't Ir-sf worms from w'a'u h I .-uppose our literary iMibs't their name. Now jjoo.l honest people 'hare thot'ht these "worms were; a sort of literary jn-sv'k rraw lin ami tliiriny amom; thosiylit-.-epuI--Wrr. anil yor .iny t'l.e nsclvcs with the e.xhumeil harary njiiiains. lo!iyraf:tT their cou.itis. the skin - I worm', have devoured the powr iiuthors' bodie-. 15ut inodeiii eiitomolons- have." 1 atu tubl, "discovered , titat these worm know nor ca e very little about , ctvmoloyy. syntax, or prosody : that they arc Hot the 'literarv Gourmand thev have been reckoned? that they do not dine olf mat hematics and history, peck at jfocf rv for des.ic.rt. Mil takea snuy siesta iu the corner :of a treat! -e oa met'i physics. It seem; that they cat onlv the )--. of, books, and that fT the sake of the J t'-athcr,-lor w hich they have a fondness inordinate, jjri-:!! - pte-rnn calf, sheep, or turkey bindii.;.' t. ,' iiitcIcctuiilill-o!-fare aforoaid. 1 think the same f mistake lis been in Voyue with re-pect to bookworm-, mctaphoricaliv so called. Honest folks Jt.tve ; 'thoujrfit that they reajtly yormaiidi.se books: that .their life an intellectual dinner, with each course a course ot Ireadiny. Tins. -my dear tnend. I t.Uftu he a mT-takef Itke their namesake, they only yuaw the. ... ..vers ofbooks. They . till . thems( Ives with, sheep- -skins aml'yoat-skins. (lit lininy.) They y.irye them--j selves w itli husk and leave, the fat kernel for the true V'i :eure. ilbit I tim prosiny. One line dav in October of my Junior year, I was 1 vimr stretched'out iu '"one of my eu-hioneil winios ."of the collcye-libmry. pharisically thankiny Heaven that I was not a hook-worm, ami reading Colcridyc's ' 4 15ioy-aphi;i bitetpxrin.' (I tliouyht then that J limlcr . Lto.d that work. )wheii f a sudden the door opened. ' and in trooped n small 4)attalliou of belles and beaux. do not! notice t'lem'o-p eial'y, fo.-.it was iptite .; fnra'inon for parties of visitors to com. tm (NiVeye Jlill to view the libjarie "and cabinets, and as w'e .sometimes llattered '"ourselves, to -see the studvuts.' ' o I read on for a few moments, wheu, as the party ; approached where I was seated. I looked up to see . ; w hether the yirls were pretty, (for I hold it as proper I piud instructive ti bifok at and .idmire every pretty ! w oman", fl to study every fine landscape one may U hance tosee. Why should we go stare at cataracts, jxtul sunrises. and paintinys. and never look at the ' 'loveliest of al created thinys, women?) Uy Jove"! " ,as I lookeil up, behold my -yes nu t those of my ideal p-iman -the realization of my imayininys my dreams ;vaii;at'!.J I had never seen her before, yet I knew ' ier in a moment. . I seemed to be swept toward her. 1 .ouid hardly resist the impulse that told me to jump iip, yrasp her by the hand,; and cry out; 'Triend dear fricud thank (loo, you have come Mt last! I ' '. . i Hut a second thought said that such "u demonstra tion might seem ridiculous in this matter-of-fact life, o 1 merely bowed my head reverently, as if to say: ' I have not" the honor of your acquaintance, but nevertheless rcinain your obedient servant.' s At she glided past tne, I saw that her form was iode. her features fine; but that was not all, she looked a if she were honest. I had dreampt a w hole ytvir aliont an honest woman a girl honest to herself and therefore courageous, ; honest to others, and therefore 'unaffected ; passionate yet pure;, teekiny to pbtain no admiration under false pretences; without jruile or craftiness ; gentle a the dove, yet bold for 'the sake of the truth ; ever doing her duty, quietly,. . calmly ; nnd I thought that if I could meet, such a woman, and recognize her, I would bow down nnd - worship at her feet, though I should ehance to be in the middle of Uroadway with two rival omnibuses racing totvard me. But fortunately T did (ijot meet her in such an inconvenient locality, for devotion. J met her at last in tuc silent old college-library. ' J bad. no difijcnlty iq nnaing out her qamc tt was N'elly Applcton aud in gaining the honnr of a formal introduction. 'She was -just what I expected; her noUc face being but the vestibule of a nobler soul temple.. The 4 sweet influence.' of her cOtopatiloh ship wera n dclicioui to me a. cold water to a thirsty man. 1 did not etop to consider whether 1 wan in love, any more than a hungry boy wouIJ Flop to con sider the chemical conioition of a jx-acli. I feasted, asking no qilction- Nclly'a father (her rdother was dead had token up his ubode tiipfarily In the littl" village over w hich the college was sujierjaccnt. S I saw her very often- Wcsoon became intwimte, mid had pleasant little plan-, nnd even ronfi.Icncei of our 'own. We rode and drove together up and down the beautiful vallev of the Orikanv. I did not read the 'J'iography ' any more, for I had a plcasantcr life to study. , j ,', One dayj Nelly nnd I w ent with a party of a t!ozcii friends on a trout-fuhiug and pic-nic excursion. The 'dav was as lotiy and briyht a. a June sun could make it. . We were all gay und h:i'py nnd lucky. The trout bit as j if thev w ere bent on fibl'-rr. The i i birU over our heads sang n if they were 'wil 1. As for the party assumiuy the fact that they were all young nnd free from care, you may imagine the jollity that bubbled up in our inil-t. A boii t noon we reached a little cascade iu the brook, which came tumbling through 'a great gorge in the hill-side; and in this noble diiiiiig-room of nature our pic-nic lunch was laid beneath a wide-spreading beech, and near a cool spring. N.illy and I wire deputed to gather ever greens am! How ers to deck the feast. V.'e i-trollcd iff togelhi r tii u olciuti corner of the glen, where the silence va broken only by the luusic of the cascade, am! the daikuess was relieved by a single broad ray of light which fill through the foliage above, and was shivered in a thousand glittering fragments on the ripple of a rapid.,' Why we wandered tow'urd this spttj. Heaven knows: certainly no Mowers could bloom in so dark a nook, save one of hope for me. I'liconsciously. I sat ddwn on a broad slab of moss grown granite, and Nelly sat down by my side. Some how w e both forgot our errand, to w it, the c.vcr-git en.s and llowcrn. ! We talked for some time quietly of our six months' acquaintanceship: ami gradually, in u lower tone, 1 came tell her that same old story you know what .it is which I suppose Jacob tool to Hachel. and llomeo to Juliet, und Htrcphon toChbc, and which will be whispered by youth in btauty's var to the end of tjme. She turned her. face and looked steadily iu -mil e for one moment, as if she would read the last letter on my heart'- tablet: then bowed M r bead with a true womanly blush, and. laid her light hand in mine. For further partic ulars of that pic-nic, you mii-t inquire of the rest of the party. j i ' '" lyiys and days rolled on. ami naturally enough Nelly's father was made acquainted with our. loves. He was a man-. I could not liki the dear girt "-t have inherited her goodness from her mother and a soon as hc'hcajd the story, a great quarrel blazed up. He thought I a poor, uf indeed I had been, until the demise of an uncle I. never saw, kit me with a MinT little fortune, fit" this -windfall-I had not told the daughter.! for, like a romantic young man thai I w as. I w ished in not buy her heart ; and I was quite too proud to tell the father of it. when he accus ed me of the crime of being iennilcll High words passed between, us in Nelly' presence: and' in ny madnCs ami liuclty 1 accused her of sordid motives, because .-he hesitated between love and filial duty. She ajiswcrcd im- with indignation 1 liked her belter ri'or Ih-'t afterward and' 1 left the hoii.-e in a rage. It was the old ,-tory again, old a. lovers, ami one that HJ he ! re-enacted half-yearly till doomsday. A stern parent a hesitating girl a foolUh boy these element w ill make up little private theatricals, and enact tragedies thereat, till the world mt Its. The' next morning- I woke up w ith a horrible su-picioti that I had been acting in a" very .silly man ner. 1 ru-died down to the village, iu a verv dis beveled state, to see Nelly nnd pray forgiveness. The maid at the door told me. with aggravating calmness, suggestive f a fee received at parting, that Miss Nelly and her j father had left town that morning. Whither thev had gone she had not the faintest idea, neither had the landlady. They had simply paid their bills and gone. What was it" to Mrs. Jones or i Ih-idg -t? They had got their money. I returned t my room, atol .occupied half-an-hour profitably in cursing myself for a dull and muddy-mettled rascal. Then I wrote a long letter of penitence that would have moved (!aligula to tears, ami mailed it to Nelly directed to the town where she had lived before her mother's death. To this I received no answer. I:i course .of tiini' I fell into-:i melancholy, that slirred the sympathy of all the old women in the neighborhood smoked myself jtito a state of shocking leaniiPS : read the whole of W'oodworth's Kxcursion : studied some in self-defence; and made myself very -disagreeable' to all my acquaintance. Hut youth ami health, iu a man at le.i.-t, cannot be conquered by disappointed love. Hy the time that the next June began to deck the valley with grceu and gold, I went, so far as to make one at a small tea-party. ., On the morning of the tenth of this June, (I mark ed the day withi white stone.) our class, now Seniors, hai assembled by a fellow instinct of idleness, con genita! in fine summer morning on the college green ; and as it was the season of flower., not fruit,. 'not fruit, we were ready for everything except study. It was a balmy air we breathed, fun inspiring, adven turous. At last the llower of the class, Charley Foster. (Oot help him, he is dead now. ); spoke up: Hoys Ict't- go to TrentoiiyFalls !' 'Capitaj!' cried all. . " i ; ' How shall ; we go?" suggested a prudent young ,nian. "-'..' " I ' . " 'Walk, of course said a rash young man. So oir we .walked, sum? in 'dressing gowns, nome iu slippers, just n.s w e had come from breakfast. We Jook ao more thought for the morrow; for the con sequences, or for the wrath of the faculty, than the lillies of the field. It w.ui a tramp of twenty-four Irish miles to Trenton, yet i it seemed nothing iu the prospect, jj However, when we had gone tight miles, and reached the sleep-awake town of Whitc boro, and got jour dinner, it became evident to the more prudent that pedestrianism would not do. It was more tiresome than jolly. A committee was appointod to ransack the village for means oflrani portation. .Shad of Bucephalui! what -nags were found! And what wagons were wheeled out ! The Cavalcade, ns near as I recollect, was arranged as follows: Mr humble self Jed the van, astride an vncieut pony impressed from the town common ; a pony whose age wa. a theme of traditionary dis cussion in Whitesboro, an 1 whose iniquities had developed and matured with his years. Next came aV' democrat-wagon, as. rheumatic as democratic, with three scats and nine occupants, propelled by a pair of. lugubrious mules, with ridiculously Mini tails, and magnificently large cars: then came our mad wag, Charley Foster, seated in gorgeous state in a doctor sulker, en emaciated Major Edsonian concern, that looked like the skeleton of ft vehicle that might hare flourished grandly in the previous century, and was drawn by a spectral horse eighteen hand? high, uilh bones like a tna!oden"ss next came n family carriage, with its centre of gravity six feet from the grouud: next tvvo buggies of more modern pretensions; nnd last of nil, ji solitary hoseman,' without any' saddle. You may suppose that the xrtecssioii naturallv elicited the wonder of the good farmers who were hoeing 'corn in 'the valley; of the Mohawk; and that children from schoul-!ioitsc$, ami rosy lasses from dairies ran out to stare at us. . We got on so bravely, that just as the nui was kisv-iog the hill-top that crrcirck-d Trenton, w e I eiitert-U in imposing phalanx, the fine grounds of mine host Moore. The dust of travel brushed off and washed down, und a good supper discussed, and we were ofl to see the Falls. Have yon ever been to Trenton? No? Then go next summer by all means. As my friend Delia ued to tav, it is a 5woct place. Hid you ever see a humorous rustic present to a young steer a whole hard pumpkin, and watch the eager manner iu which thu ravenous beast would roll the huge fruit around and lick it, and bite it, and at last, with impotent rage, give it a great tos. nnd run away in much disgust? That is my idea of Niagara. It is too griit and hard. I cannot get hold of it, and "give it up in despair. Hut Trentoii is pleas antly .licid tip in four or. five diirei cut cataracts, and I can remunerate over it leisurely. For a good description of the sight that tnet lis as we reached the foot of the long stair-case, I must refer' you to Nat Willis charming letters. It wn exceedingly' beautiful. The moon, a little past the full, was hanging just over the gorge, nnd her mellow light came dripping iu a - silver tdiower through' the trees that overhang the walls of .rock on either so e. "Fast us, as we threaded the narrow path leading up the glen, ran the dark Stream - of most unromontic name, swift and mysterious as ' Alpli the pai red river.' Here its waters were choked up between the hostile roiks, nnd fought their' way desperately ; there Ihey gained the victory, and lolled on iu deep, stately grandeur: and far above .we. could s-ce them d:'..hing in a great b,ittaiion over the ledge of the fir-t cascade. A walk of li.;lf-a-m;le through this wonderful corridor brought us to an amphitheatre, hewn out in some pre-Adamite convulsion, where the huge rock-scats scattered about suggestctcd that we should sit down and t-t i joy the pro.-pect cosily. I had strayed olf from the company in seach id" an eligible slate-sofa, when .my attention was attracted by a pleasing igbt a young lady hitting alone at a little dis tance, ami looking.it? romantic ns yon choose. -Of .courM. I made it necessary toji.-s her in m.j search for a" scat. As I approached, she turned her face toward line iii the full moon-light- Judge lof my surprise, Viil,,iny confusion, uiy tempest 4" emo tions. I could h...e 'link into the ground ; but fortunately ,t c foundation wlure I stood was very Hiuty. She looked at me a moment inquiringly, with the san glance of earnest que.-t iouing she had given me a 'John'.'". 'Nelly?' And then. ear before. s he rose up. a b!estd rav of for giveness wrmthed her fp e with ro-cs, and illumined it' like a glory. ' Hear John " ' Htarest Nelly!" . ; I forgot for a lime the beatific of Nature ns manifested in moon ami "cataract, for there was living bcausy and goodness nearer to nie, clasped in my unwojthy nrms : and all was forgotten that was gloomy; njid cruel iu the past: nnd all that was hopeful' for frrcscnt nnd future stood revealed iu the light of loiie nnd faith. O mv frien H there arc times when a decade of years is distilled so that we 'sip pleasures in nn hour's space 1 For such an hour. Nelly nnd I sat on the broa.j slate rock, by tho rushing river, ami talked together of the past nnd the future. She had nothing t. say about hcr.-elf, except that she hail never received my letter,' aud that her poor father was dead, and had left her quite alone. 1 Would protcctj her? That she was travelling with -some ft 'Sends ntj pres ent!: dte had been very sad for a year past, yet had hoped to see me again;, and was very ibappy now. Would 1 forgive her those unkind jwords spoken in haste? She would never speak unkindly ".( " . '''li'-" to tne again. ; ' j ; And she has never spoken auglit to me. Wi)l but words of honet. devoted afloction. I wish f, were more worthy of her than 1 nm. ' I i A WO.ll I) TO no VS. Some one hrs said : IJuys, did you cverjlhitik that this great world, with all its wealth and Woe, with all its 'mine's and mountains, its occansp. seas, and views, with all its shipping, its steatiijwiats, railroads, and magnetic telegraphs, with ftlj its millions of" men, aud. all the science and progress of ages, will soon be given over to the hagds of the boys ot" the present age buys like yoJi, as sembled in school rooms, or playing without Ihetn, on both sides of the Atlantic i JJelicvc itj and look abroad upon your inheritance, and get ready to enter upon its jiossessioii. The kings, resi dents, governors," 'statesmen, philosophers, rjiinis ters, teachers, men, of the future, all are 'boys, all are Imys, whose feet, like yours, cannot jgcach the Hour, when seated on the bencfies utmhi xfhich they are learning to master the inonosyllaUt'S of their respective languages. ' ?. 11 iys, be making ready to act well your.part. Recoine pod scholars. Read only what is in htrtuting. Sjcnd no time with novels. Stud" science and government and the history of the wurl 1. I itudy agriculture and mechanism. IJe come, as nearly as possible, perfect in the occupa tion you may choose. Learn prudence and self control. Have decision of character. Take the Uible for your guide. Recome familiar with its teachings, and obsen'e them. Seek wisduth and pnsperity from your Heavenly Father. As you grow in nature, in bodily strength, and in Tears, grow in piety, aiyl intelligence, in cautioiij jn ac tivity, in finuuew, anJ i charity. Aspire jlo be men of the noblest cluractcr. Resolve be tifful, and we trust you will be happy. Cherish the feeling that you were born to receive; good and to be good. He manly in spirit and in f irit and in act. YintttJ Katngclitt.. j The Washington SVarf speaking of Waiting ton's heroic conduct at the battle of Princeton, says : "The repose of the hero at this inoimcnt of imminent peril to his life contrasts admirably with the fearful agitation manifested by hisjioblc but unreasoning steed, w ho is .sustained by,; none of the considerations which impart courage the hero and the Christaiu." A THE UXIOX. OAMKL 1. DUK1XSOS. Kilt a few days since, I visited the hall where the immortal Washington, after carving out the liberty which we. in common with twenty-five milliius of our fellow-bwiugs, this day enjoy, with a victorious, yet unpaid briny, who ndored him,' under his command surrendered his commission and Lis sword voluntarily to. die representatives or a fewj exhausted colonies. That sublime occasion yet imparts its sacred influ ences ti the place, and there is eloquence in its silent wall. Hut whcre id 1, are the brave and patriotic TrJ ' 'A1 lc registered the germ of this mighty em pire. Alas f they have gone to their rewards, "and the clods of the valley lie heavily on their hearts; while we, their ungrateful children, with every cle ment of good before u forgetting the mighty sacri fices they made for their descendants," trifle with the rich blessinys we inherited, and are ready, with sac rilegious hands, todespoi! thertetuple of libertv which they rejred by years of toil and trial, and cemented in Mood and tears. Oh ! could we not have deferred thieinhumanstrigglc until the departure from amongst us of the revolutio-aajy soldier, with his bowed and tottcriug frame, and his once bright eye dimmed? Ask him the cist of liberty, and he will "shoulder his , crutch and tell how fields wre won. " aud tell you of its priceless value. And yetWe arc shame lessly strugggling in his sight, like mercenary chil dren, for the patrimony, around the death-bed of a common parent, bv whose industry and exertion it was accumulated, before the heart of him who gave them existence hid cea-vd to pulsate.! Amid all these conflict, it has teen my policy to give peace and sta bility to the Union, to silence agitation, to restore fraternal relations to an estranged brotherhood, and to lend my feeble aid in enabling our conimon country to march onward to the glorious fruition which awaits her. I have, opposed, and will hereafter oppose, the monster disunion, in any and every form, and h'ows"o ever disguised, or in whatsoever condition whether in the germ, or the stately upas, with its w ide-spread branches: whether it comes from the North or the South, or the Fast, or the West r and whether it con sists in. denying the South herju. t rights, or in her demanding the true spirit of the const iitition. is a sen timent of my Ii e.- It was the dream of mv earlv vears; it has been the pride and joy of manhood : and. if it shall please Heaven to spare ine tit age. I prav th.Vt its abiding beauty may beguile my acaiit and solitary hours. 1 do not expect a suddea disruption of the political bonds which unite the sutes of this confed eracy, but 1 greatly fear a growing spirit of jealousy and discontent and sectional hate.jwhich must, ifper- mitied to extend itself, finally destroy the beautv and harmony of tjie fabric, , if it does, not raze it to its foundation. It cannot be maintained by force, and majorities in a confederacy should be admonished to use their power justly. Let m one suppose that those yi:o Vyhctu hHHn.gViiier will remain so. des- pite the commission of mutual w rones, because thev have once cnjoye! each other's confidence ami affec tion, and propriety requires them to remain united. A clialetl Si:nt. wlieat lier of a rommfiNitv- bran mdivb!. nal. uiy he goaded beyond endurance, and history of-the worbl has proveil that the season of despara tion which suci-ee.ls awfully reckless of consequen- ces. i loll woe ic to lorn hy wnoui tlie ofienee ot dis union comes! He will 'be held accursed when the bloo ly mandates of Ibro l and XcroVhall be forgiv en : ami ie re gamed as a irreatcr monster in line world than he who. to signalize his brautal ferocity, reared u moment of thousands of Iiuman skulls ; and. iu the next. " . The common jhrmned will shun his pociet.v, And look upon themselves as friends less foul.'e A (I R KAT AX1) (Tu)KIt)CS COUXTRV: Read the following dcscritdioti 4f .Mississippi and her people, given by miuio emigrant who moved to that State, and writes to his 'friends. Here it is : " This is a glorious country ! It has longer rivers, and more of them, and they are muddier, and deeper, and run faster, and make more noise, rise higgler, fall lower, and do more damage than any IkmIv else's rivers. It has more lakes,-and they are bigger and deeper, and clearer, than those of any other country. Our rail cars are bigger, and run faster, and pitch tiff the" track of tener, and kill .mure people, than all other rail cars in this and every other country. Our steam boats carry bigger loads, are longer and broader, and burst their boilers oftener, "and the captains swear harder, than steamboat captains in any other country. Our men are bigger, and longer, and thicker, can light harder and - faster, and drink mure mean whiskey, and chew mure fad tubaccu, and spij more and spit further, and not be killed, than in any other country. ( )ur ladies are richer, prettier, dress finer, spend more money, break more hearts, wear bigger hoops, shorter dresses, aud kick up the devil generally, to a greater ex tent, than all-other countries. Our niggers are blacker", work harder, have thicker skulls, smell louder, and need thrashing oftener, thau any nig gers iu any other State. Our children sjuall loud er, grow faster, get too extensive. for their pauta loons quicker, than any other children' in any other country. ' Well, this is a great country. Hang a man that won't praise his own country. I have writ ten you alb the news that is in this couutry. Yours, till death, j mm It has been said that a people, patient under the pressure of unjust laws and heavy taxation, are less likely to revolt from these causes, than they would be were an ordinance to be promul gated for everybody to wear peculiar colcred night-cap. We agree with tkis. - Kven hatred and imagination arc qualities less potent thau ri dicule ; and the latter we hold to .be essential in all revolutions, be they undertaken against what ever tyrant they may be. t3-STKOX(J I.N'llLCKMKXTS.- A small boy was caught stealing dried berries, and was locked up iu a dark closet by thegncer. The boy com menced begging most pathetically, to be released, and alter using all the persuasion that his young mind could invent, he proposed, "Xow, - it" you'll let me Out, and send for my daddy, he 11 pay you fur them, and lick me besides." The grocer man could uot withstand this appeal, and released the urchin. ESu A man can do without his own approba tion iu society, but he must make great exertions to.gain it when alone; without Tt solitude is not to be endured. . . tJ- Xone are so seldom found alone, and. are so soon tired of their company, as fjiosc coxcombs Who are on the best tenns with. themselves. " . AX UNGRATEFUL TR AG EDI AX. v AVe ' surrender a portion of our columns for the publication of the following amusing story : ; 'Vme years ago, in a Western theatre, rather a strange scene occurred in Shakspcarc's trxdy of Kotnco and Juliet; and those who were -for-ttmatct?uourh to be present, will no doubt re member the incident w ith more than an ordinary degree of pleasure. The piece had -passed ff well, without inter ruption, until the last scene. The character of Koineo was finely ctiactcd am loudly apl 'pi. lhc v?ry r.iuciei ol lovers ;vs bctorc the loii jr oV the Cliapulcts, gazing upon the motionless form of her who had .o attracted his: soul, and medi tating on committing an act which would send his spirit to that undiscoverable " country where Juliet had gane. ; Just as he exclaimed, "Here's to love," and at the same time raising the vial which contained the poison, to his Jijs, an over grown young countrymen jumped upon the stage, seized him, dashed the vial from his hands, crush ing it to atoms and yelling - " You darned find ! tdie aint dead. Only been tak'e'g slcepin"- medicine. Didn't you get the pas sions's letter 'I "Sirrah !" growled the enraged tragedian. """Why, yergal aint dead, I tell ye. The .way it was, thev wanted to make Julv marry that chap, (pointing to Paris) whose "Dizziness you've just settled; but, I tell you, July was spunk ie got )wr back right up, and vowed she xvould'nt do it, even if she was Jay in in a vault, and the ghost of the other feller Kvho you jest kilt "should kick her braius out with the bones of her dead cousins. Wall, her dander was. up, and she tuck the stuff the passion fixed, so she could play possum till you got hum. That's the way it war," replied the countryman, giving the desperate lover a tremen dous poke in the ribs, with his elbow, and at the same time loosing his bold. "Curses upon you !" muttered the enraged tra ire lian, ;is he-stalked behind the scenes. "Wal, now!" Said the, countryman, facing the audience. "If that aint a little the dod darudcst meanest cuss I ever did see, I hope to be .swallow ed, by gravy! That's all the thanks I get fur stuppin him from pizenin hisself. Hope to be tarnally smashed if I ever interfere attain when a felldr wants to murder hisself," be continued as he clambered back to his seat, just in time to pre- t vent his upper story from coming iu contact with tlc Cui tain as itlesceiiued. 1 i " When (leurgc; (Jrenville " one night . iu the House of Commons was taken ill, and fainted, (icortre Selwyn cried out : "Whv don't you give him the Journals of the House to smell?" Rccrcatiuir is a second . creation when weari ness hath almost annihilated one's spirits.. It is the breathing of the soul, which otherwise would be tsiflcd with coutinual business. Fnlf-rJ . . ' .v ' If you are false to yourself at the. starting oiut, you will, in all probability, be much more so 'at the goal. ' ' A man said to another, " Which is the heaviest, a quart of rum or a quart of water?" "ijum, most assuredly, for 1 saw a man, who wejghs two huudred pounds- staggering under a quart of rum, when he would have carried a gal lon of water with case." . . Lri" "The mechanics," says -Lord Ryroii, "aiid working classes who can maintain their fam ilies, are, in my opinion, the happiest - 1m nly of lneai. Poverty is wretchedness ; but it is, per haps, to be preferred to the he-artless, unmeaning dissipation of the higher orders." Ija An eminent lawyer in Glasgow once had a t lient wliose name was Widow Tickle. He rose and commenced to address the-honorable Court in Ibis manner : "Tickle, mv client, my lord," and paused for a moment.. ; The' judge, who was considerable of a wag, broke in after this im iment in ; ludicrous style : "Ye maun tickle her yersclf, Mr Miiliuchlin. It is not the business of this Court to tickle yer client,. my lira' mon." t ." - ' - K3. A Commkntapa' ox C;vs.VR. Julius Cusar"s letter, "I came, I saw, I conquered," has been admired for nearly two .thousand years for its terseness. We think it rather vciImiso. The words "I saw" are entirely superfluous. Indeed, we think "I came? wholly necessary. "I con quered" would tell the whole story. Rut Julius had, no doubt, a good deal of leisure when he wrote that letter, and his style suffered iu conse quence. . Z.3V- "Well, you've been out to look at Texas, did yon see anything of our old friend there?' "Yes gone deranged. "Gone deranged I Re ally crazy what does he do?" "Yes, indeed, he don't know his neighbor's hogs from his own." ten. The beloved of the Almighty are the rich who have the humility of the wxr, and the poor who have the maguauimity of the richv Sinlt Zif Don't expect to be called a goml fellow a moment longer than you consent to do precisely what other people wish you to do. Xothing. my dear friend, goes by cjiancc. All has its rule, and is determined by a 'power which rarely tells its secret. The iolitieal world is as truly .submitted to law as the physical world: but as the liberty of man plays a certain part in it, we cjid by thinking that it does all.- Sxzf It is undoubtedly a duty to acquire riches, not for the condition which they make, but for the jower they confer. The wisdom, however, properly to employ them demands even more earnest study and honest endeavor. HI G. SVmis. Egl A fair reputation is a plant, delicate in its nature, and by no means rapid in its growth. J It will not hoot up iu a night like the gourd of the prophet, bu-, like that gourd, it may perish n a. night.-? Toytor. That was a triumphant appeal of the lover of autiquity, who, in arguing - the superiority of old architecture over the new, said, " W here wdl you find any modern building that has lasted so long as the ancient ?" A COXFIRMED TOPER. The following scene is taken from rcii F.fo, hav ing occurred ,at North Cambridge, at ti c II : occupied by Old Zack Porter : . . Joe, the man of all work about the Let, I, v fond of liquor, or, indeed, liquor of :.:.v :: and, being generally short of fund, v.;..-"" "a t' habit, of seizing on all remnants cf L: r: r L:t ! v practitioners at the bar. Thus matters progressed for some yt ; : I . . -ing Joe pretty well soared, when lruf Lvi: -occasion to make a mixture. fer ctrug a - that article being one of the ingredients .f t'.j lotion. Taking a common bar tumbler, an 1 - M. -;r-y a sufficient quantity of acid into it, h v, c .t out, leaving the tumbler on the counter, ! drover the sole occupant of the bur-n He had no sooner passed the door than in cair.e .T . and seeing, as he thought. -a tumbler, as u u.::, with-some liquor too good to be wasted, i:a:;;-. U atelv ltKiked through thel-ottom, "as was the ual custom," and quickly tim ,? hn.t.1 ' ' of said liquor. He-then went to chopping w( ... !. smacking his lips at the unusual strength vi' tL spirit. t . Shortly after,- Old Zach coming in, j ielve.1 r.p the tumbler to go on with his mediual r-, : tion, but was very much surprised i n f:i: Iii r ir empty. Inquiring of the traveller, l.e va- i n formed that a short, chunky man (ueseril ii Joe) had drank it. With an exclamation . f sur prise, and consternation depicted on Lis c . ance, he rushed out of tho rtxnn in search of .J - , expecting to find his dead body not i:rn. v y ; off. - He passed around the h . ..I :. back yard found Joe do":.,- extra :; :,: the loirs, workiiiLT a.- he rrvt. "rah . 1" : . had on an extra ai:! "i:.t .-i" t. ; ;.: . over his astonishm. -nt, t'.ii v.-:.v - Old Zach "J-,-. did y. a Lh k .:: ,: the counter 1" Joe--"Why yea 1 tl.-.uuat it La Ir.'t . to be wasted, you kiuw. All light, 1 .- . - !" Zach "I don't know. llov do vuj iihe i: : How do you feel after it ?"' JIKj "Feel? I feel fust-rate lively :.s a cricket:" Zach "Well, Jim?, but haven't you i: tis.1 anything out of the way nothing" wrun yon Joe 'jAnything wront;? Well, ini, i. ti.:. f tJcj. - 'r Tj it!rj Cfkes !." l-ovl,- v, than cuuimou. There is only one t !... - j' about it which I can't get the hang of, (h. re drew his shirt sleeve under his 110.-0,) v. :. . I wipe my mouth Idiurn a hole in my shin."' .Tulmy Samls and Ills IVilc Here is the little tory of -.Icli'uy Siiod- an ! v. There is a moral ia this that justifies fre :.t r cation : A man whose name was Joliny anJs, lie iiiarric.l Hetty llapuc. Ami though she brought hiiu lioi-se an ! 1 ;. She jrovel a. horrible plnguc. For, O, flic wa? a-scoMIr.g wife, Full of caprice ami whim ; lie vowcil that she was tired of 1IA And she was tired of him. . I'll po. said he. aud drown niys-elf In the river that runs l'low, O, do. said ?he, vou sillv elf, I've wished it long ngo". For fear that I might courage lack, Apd try to save uy life, Fray tie mv hands behind tav latk, I will, replied his wife. J-Hic tied them fast, a? you may think, Ami when securely done, . Now stand said she upon the l rink, And I'll prepare to run.. it1 All down the hill his loving wife, " She ran with all her force To push him in ; he stepped a?ide, And she went iii, of course. Now, splashing, dashing, like a fish ; O, save me Johny ifan ls. I Can't my dear, though such I wish, For vou have tied mv lnind.-. E3v- Some people seem born with a which the thin partition that diide grv.:. from folly is wanting. South-;) 77.' I)-.,' Pa ran Stevens' new -"Contincuta) 1 1 e -Philadelphia, was thrown open to the i:.-: of the stockholders and other. last week. X than ten thousand persons wire pr :.t. 1 appointments of the hotel were uu t versa ;iy a ;::.:r . Several of the stores on the first fh r We re a!-j opened with the hotel.; EU 3Ir Gangooly,.' the converted R: rays that the Rrahmiiss, are very early rw r "If the sun sees one of them in bed,-the 1' urn :i generations of his ancestors, will be j-um-h ed ::i eternity !" , '.Such an arrangement ur:-t 1 e irL-ht-fully conducive to ghoi-tly visitation in the ; .1 hours. ' . ' S3. A candidate f. r the honor of repn -o.:."r 4 four Fife burghs in Parliament; caHIt-g t;j : honest shoemaker for Ips vote and inftuenc-''-. r - k the liberty of kissing the gne-wife, wh . w;.s ;. middle-airi'd woman, and, in doing-s-s l e t -, k t: fnrtlier liberty of slipping a coupfe of vui: . t v.: of his own mouth into that of the ntr. a. 1: . stead of being offeiidedby such abroach cf ..-c-orum, the lady silly sf:d as she p.ketc J tL; two shining pieces, "Gin ye like, sir, ye ''"-"-' my' Doclcr, too" j How ungrateful is man ! The fire is dee: J-.uly the warmest friend man has, and yet it i-, j r haps, the one he most delights to turn his K. k ujion. Rut iiscit as he may, the fire is inear-1. of returning his ingratitude. One never ka. r the fire to give one the Mdd shoulder. t3.The Mayor of efTersonville lately Lai a boy before hima a witness in a suit. He was asked if he knew the nature of aa oath. "Y.-, d d tvell, was the reply of the boy. He w r. . : sworn. .
The Weekly Courier (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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March 3, 1860, edition 1
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