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4 " "i- ,lr ' Edited ad PuhiUhed weekly by TEmiS$2Q Pet jD; 3 if not paid -obrak?aed Ktljr. w4 with 4ct,itb. 4 idtLO-ETItY Uie the lca, r Um the pen, there's mapfi io it, Nerrr let it lag behind ; ' ! Write thjj tboQht; the p-n ccn rin it 1 j ; From the chaoe &f the mind. '.Many a gem n lust fur ever By the careleM per.by : Bat the gtm of thought honld nerer On the mental pathway lie. Um the pen, reck not that others , . .Take a higher flight than thine ; Many an pcearl care still smtthcra " j Pearls oC1 price beneath the brine : - Dot th diter finds the treasure, . 1 And the grm tor light is brought. So, thy nund's ungrounded measure . May gire up some pearl of thought. Use the pen, the day's departed, : When the sword. alone, held sway, i Wielded by .tho lion-hearted, ? Strong jin battle ! where are they ? Afl unknown the deeds of glory Dono of old by mighty then, Save the few wh' lite in story. Chronicled by Sages' pen, : Use the pen, the Sun above m, Bv whiise mid the chemist's art ; Stampa the form of tliano who love us, . . Showing us their counterpart, 1 ." Cannot hold a bight r power ; Than within the pen. enshrined. When, wjtli wisdom fur its dower. It dagucrteotypes the mind. Tic ilift pen, but let It n- vcr 1. Slander Truth with death-black ink ; Let it be thy best "endeavor, Dut to write what good "men think, So, thy wjprds and thoughts securing Honest praiee from learning's tongue, May, in time, be as enduring 1 As the strains which Homer sung. MISCK LLANKO US. OCT We c.'jiv frufn the "Old N-rtli Slate," tlio follow ing Memorial th the Conpress of tin--United Stales, J nih'pteil a( the late Convention hHd in tte ,tqwn d Plymmitli. on .the 14th ol" March, 1850. fi refereucc- to 'NagVHe.id : To tlie Honorable . Senate nntl House of itvp vvse n la t i v c s in Congress assembleti ; Tlie People of tlie Counties of. Tyrrell, WashihtiUi, Mnrtiii, Halifix, Northampton, , Byriic, llertford, Citites, Chowa'ii, Perquimans, Phsquotank. aind Camden, in Norlh-Carolitta, ! nssend)led in" Convention in the town of Ply mouth, MarchSHth, 1850, respectfully repre sent to your honorable bodieaihat their com tmerc has for. Wars past labored under gric. Yous burden.! from the want of an may and cheap access to the cean nt tho foi of Albe ? marie Sound.! The Northeastern part of North Carolina is bounded by an extent of ca hoard morijj dangerous '.-nnd destructive to Iho gewrnl commerce of the- oiuntr than ony other portion of the American coast. The at. tehtion of the j General Government has fre qoently been called to this suhj,ect, anil numrr bus surrey hve been made bith by tho Gen era! and State; Governments, to ascertain-tho practinbilitv of opening a g"od inlet, at the fOl IH AlDemurie oounu, uiTiir i'liijj a ueno. These surveys: have resulted in the testimony or competent EngineTs that tho work is not j only practical but would bo eminently bene. J ficial to" nineteen of the richest Counties in North Cirbhnn, and many in Virginia. In the' ianpungf jof the United States Corps of Engineers, if an iqlet were re-opened at the pot where one formerly existed : Whether we considef the profits of Commerce, the dan. e ef ; Shipwreck, pursuit by nn Enemy, or fWerUetH as a point of departure and- re. Vesfment for our Privateers and Vessels or Warf!a ha,rbot would be formed precisely in thaf part-ofthi coast where one is most need. ed.M t ft isHte province lf the Engineer to de. ' cidd whether is work can be executed, and wtwHrtwilt cost i '11 testr w ith the Statesman and jKeneoplel to decide wbeiher the country will be sullktly ; benefitted by the work to jneux) theexpf nse." .Your MmoriaJists beg leave pi slate to your. Honorable bodies whit competent Engineers have said of the prscti. Csbnjty:pCthU prlc.t waterof.AUw. ' " liteSbocH! til this iitao (h into Pamlico .ItisTwpotod lin order to opeflhifr inlet t the Aftstskrb whero oro originally exlitcd. lo nui a clam ncr m .Crmttnti ' ikJ Mtoa"nHku S.uJs which cliiiii by ir-vntTni th Albc'. niarle wnt-fsfimri Bowing nt.V P m! icp will naturally forvw Hk-oi i nnojJief nrrt;tiifi TiMf ItJtigiU'of tJit clim m ill wutcr will be (iiicTuJifig'V4K SuutiiU) 4 1-2 mife. tb' ntfr.. in Kuahokt SMiud Iruiii 1 to 91-2 fati the inuki'n; of this dam or 'embankment whicjj )u. vol ves nearly the whole i:xpv'iH cannot cer taiiily bo ;t work of nny pcculrur ''diflicqlty : the real qustiin ivwhpre w;ll thti water jrt wht n it is excluded from Ph nilico Sourtil 7 In tnrcU. lfea,i,,S tuo oerotioii!i of nature, when you have succeeded in finding ,fie cauw of oy peculiar occurrence, you have, advanced a of the United Stntis HitpniKers rt-TTmrlii It you restore tlic original tjigniphy of ihe Country, you willf forre the jwatprs into the ehnninl through which they sought tlirr ocean before the caue existed V liet us now nicer, lain what was formerly the top.raphv of thiV jjirt of North nroltin. Luwaoii, the earliest historian of North Caroliu'ti, in d..scriliug UoaiMike Ii.le:, ciflU it n Shi Chann.l. In n clurtpnUl'Mhed lv J s. Wiiiijih-, m.d .kdic t.4l to tli' D ik ol" Newcastle, uin; f thi L'rJs Proprietors of th IViviiicn oi North C u.iiini. enuraved nd piihlislicl )V act l '-Parliament, 17o3, j Uoanuke is laid 'dowis as I... ....... r... ii.i.iii- n mi ; lutli.nitH water through tiiu inh t. At this tmh t there were verV narrow nassat'eH tlirou-m ) oiarlrt-M ivhleh divide Alhi iiinilt; lr.nu i Pamlico Soundtniid wh c'i tVjtle grailual w.isU tnj; l ihe water, pave mee inereac i nrto the vize-of l inoke nt.d Cidataii Svunl., it theie- tore lotjow troin ine aiiiive tacts anu reastin. ing it a ud hv an ISiijiiheef, Can'.ain U iclw, tliiil if the w.itern are cOa lined to a tiiile out-3 let to llw 0.:iri ( fit wit Koroiftko iitli i.V have a riiit to niiciate evi ii a better imvjvra tion tlnu originally leloned to that Inlet wlien tie pissMOf licIWi eil. the Stihd.s though limi ted in sue, still existed, a UklMWii hy earliest vvriters who invariably apeak of R.Miioke io an. Island. Your iMeiiioi jalisH are tifraid tjiat they would s ell their M't inriai into too lireat izo if they jt x iiniatd a'll the opinions ol Bojiirers mi tiief j)rMc;ii7ib;lty of thi work ; tin y will c ai' lude tliis brunch of the suhject hy ' qiiotitej. the opinion i.ol jG'enl.-' , Bernard, l lei.i.i Gratiot, atid C.ol. i Toten Dim of whom vi us confide i cd at th it 'tim, jlhe ino-t ycientif t: liiigineer .ia ilj world, j The lit purl ot Mr. p.ilion upon lloanoko'Iidtt was suhmit "tj i by the 'War DV Hirrerrt t thes fienti; ilieo tor tiii ir c.VfoninattOii nnd rpiiiioii, and the following qncsii .n was pat to thviii: Cao the pri.jectI) ex.ieutcd, 'and f so will the pis ri iii in 'iinsjtr cted ;serionlv hv stouns and current ? ' Tney conc tir generally with Mr. Fulton, and in tlu ir reply use these word: Mr. Fultn prj o- s it extend the dam a. crns Roanoke, aii d Cro itau ' tSotiii'ls, the ri a son he ive. for pr f rr.uj; l1ir places -hofcn are sutxtantiai., i i he rexisoJiinr o these creiu tlenieii eoni ludes tlm-, ' theiie is "then' irud reason -to n.-l.ieve,:ih;t jf ;he l4mb-inkineiits are mice made w i h sulVn ieisi olidity to resit th--elf cts 'of the.fiist'- vi: .lent'.si t!nj each succeed ing year will cot.'tr.ihute to tl ir stabi'.tv : and time, whielt inf . I ib y drstrovs mosr cf the w in ks of inert, Willi lu re in rutne uu auxi.i'ia rv-j of most tteinendops power. As legnrds the importance of thi work; your Memorialists-will st'ite 'p -yur ii : your lloixira. ,, .. i on this subject; r i i i , from a body o lee bodies, that. inia Mcmoii d presented to Cmigres in 1830 very intelligent I rmiffj and inercnanu resi 9 ingin nine of .the'j Ka.terri c 1' unties o! io:td Carolina, they alltdge, that upon Two millions twenty-live thousand five hundred and eighty six dollars worth of produce, shipped via Uroj. tan Sound to the jc-cean there has been a' loss fljom obstructions; iui one year of One hundred and fifty otie thousandlftiur hundred and sixty nine 93-100 dollars, Sinco that time more than half the productions of thU region of country have sought an outleit to tnc Ot eati through the Dismiil Swamp Cltnal, an e xceed ingly tedious and expensive navigation. To convince your. I lonorabl; bodies of the loss in curred by your Memorialists jin high charges fr carrying n portion of heir products through the Dismal Swamp Canal to m irket, yur Me morialists alledge. that upon oho aiid a half mil. lion ol products carried through the. Canal to market in 1849, they p,id ver 81U9.U00, iu nil enchanced rate of freight your MemoiiaU ists titate to your Honoraldo todies tliat ft out lho great and increasing djffiejulties of this uav igation from the want of uu Iillel at the foot of the.Sound, n large portion of h ctwtiig ves sel which formerly s ught Our waters hare been driven from us to the great injur of the Coasting Trade of the Union, j I In 1840, a repirt was madto on the subject to the State Legislature, by. a!jor Gwyun, a distinguished Engineer. He thu-i speaks o( the burdens sustained by that portion of our" commerce which s-e1cs an outlet to tlie ocean through Ocracoke Inlet, "tissumtng the tonj mge which passes Ocracoke at 100, 000 tons annually, the charge oti vessels for ligliterage and detention orr the Swash before they reach the bar of Ocracoke, sveraging one dollar per ton, amounts1 to' SlOfXOJO, the additional n'ja ofinsuraoce bec&use of the risk is 3 4 of one per cent, and amounts oti the exports and imports taking the same at 0.1,000,000 ;to C4.000, and on vessels to 03000 per aonam. This annual tax of Cl1r5,000 'upiinlhe navi lUui of this section of icuuntrj, iuoVpendenlly fthe otherevil. cannot tot enhance tha rate of freight sod the cost wodnteyancc to tntrtet. which u;grtkf ,i prwvrd by tlnr fct ilwt th- pricu of fre;f(rrb N-of nud WiJ. inintoii tlie Io4trir. but I2il oiiltrt uth of Ocracoke) i fr.i 23 t. 25 er cent le than frum lowtU 'l:e .lbein.rle. Einntiu Ui cnhinced fniM a tax up-m pro i jc? iifnik Jjwr cent ltf We can fairly ch trge to the defects of thil -ttntioi an nnuu-tl cnmU lire lo of SOlb. Frn the cause heretofore &ludV! iinhU estimate is rather under than overn tt . . . When we taktf? Into consideration tint the 1 farmer uhimate)p;is nil charges in the di- i tninished vaUie!lu product, it is verV a p. j . ' . .t.'.l ILJ t'. ; .. I oarent whv theifja?n articles of produce o the waters of ilioA Wmarle ar from 15 to 1 30 per cent t leits jvahiR titan upon the Ches- upeaKe. ; Anlj itovgn our tanas aroi more fertile, they rongatid less money perl acre, nnd are alrnoUufisaeable iu Iarje quauti- .Your Memolkfiti atate, that in conse qnence of the clltiuilly increasing di(B :uU ties of this naiunnilroiri the waut of no Inlet nt ihe place inijc!itdt ruiM'ea hnc in s nitc.i r v w ..... . instances i cretiji a unuDie tin ir loriivr .i - a- mount, and hVvofUvsme rumwusiy hili mi Luintert. Fthl &Oaval Stores, w hirh are i . x . . ... IVefpi' iitly sMjjjhJ pun' d-ck. Major Gjmi , Si ... i..,.ir M .i.r i v .... 1 'in the report a liVjl'd to luriln r s'.aier',, within i - l -&!-;-, :. . a mi in i r I iM-Tiixi iit'trtiN.nif aiiMir.i in nroi pTty !(,M live- Iok oiM tiio C-at unnieui ttely w: ; it... i-.h, t.. i.;t. for iiit:tiu' ,,i lfi .nil.w o'n L Ul-i!- .f it. .itrNent h fright. fu! lsi nlj a Ktif rfl' Pppt al to the nr .uctioa iu! list imOj a Ktrvng pppeal to tlie pr and humanity j tiie t iverniiMMit. D irinjl tliat p riol ax.neifHV-ai. 1 could ascertain, 112 VesselH were wfvkd, which nvrraui: nlv 50 tons each wd'ni iki tiether with their jmrgM.aloH htSiuch short of, 8330,000 i and with thfse v-kls 2 4 souU found a w rv s 1 ,i . r 1 J .-..... m :i: il. ii I i. ieiv perave. , r iiUT iorinoi i.oisis aittujir w. this work in pe(?yf,i irlv within the province nnd duties of tht Rational Legislature, ns it would bent fit exfp()ii)gly' tho commerce and .hipping tntercsiW tlie Union. North C;i(jU'; ha surrendered to the General Cioveri0ent the exclusive right to Jay and collt ijt'!.s upon imports and ha by that ur reiidcr-l f rived herself of the means to improve lier Ijrhors which nre so necessary lo her prijeriiv?'nie General G jverniw it iu hen t'dre negylctiug to make aonpptopri Hliou for this neftsa-rr and useful work has 11 its dutetowardj a large portion o! 1 1 mf if. k W.frlhajTO eetv-wU- regret and I , . ,f . liL- . r.ta mortification 0trr5t1i.s nrrrEffrrf-'trrMViteo nnpo. 1.:.! ti.:,:... '.u. ' Lt 1 niiwiin oil lill;, 7!J ruuit;i "iiui whilst tlfonsam sMid millions of p-ihlic money have been aiTiiiily appropriated Nort'u and river--, somei o f Sliich works tire of doubttui advantage and tiouality. h-. We dove, the oftltiil more djubt:ul constitu- 1 ? i. . . t (won, nm our at aenmeiu m it is basi d upof , (onvictiop, that if widely managed it is thK?rjret means to promote the genera pr.spcr!iyfef ils Citiz.us, which, should he I he ,e 1 1 sin 1 1 i I ii 1 Ailing oh, ct of all well-.; aumini-ter. ci g mprnonts. I , on '" tfnry, this slntfif Jiieglect should continue to exi-i, y..ur .oefiHtKiiisisi nrm-y u neve, inai . . 1 . ....!.: Jfc- .1:. 1. ... :. i.l . I ! ' io incmni cuujM'jijjrui-sajijiiiieiioii amo o . ' ! 'A-Si . 1 -4.1. ..I .t... isrot . tent wined nowjt, wiu Im added tlie m.l- iineholy eo:rvc hifeLih'tt the General ; Govern- r : . . t t t meni is incanunti,'i inKiiig a wie ... . ? . i i . m-inhke view of fttpcculiar duties a ..... . ; , i?? 1 sihi hties. 1 414 r ' v - H'tlr : i r I - if.-. t I ment is incapalai; Wktug n wie and states. rd icsp.iu- YourMemorjift3 have shown your TI"n. onible bodies thaf v 1730, when Nrtli Caro. lina was a proviji(, the Inlet we propose to re-open had four; iburfis through tho , inlet. Sinco that timelS.orih Carolina 'lias gone cheerfully with jin?r?$tster States through all the tiiaU of the IteH4it'ion and succeeded in es. tahlishinga Goyefrlment of the people, which she fondly hoped!roHld be a happv exchange for ' lh nrglect ; jiid tyranny of lho Mother .country. ' I jr'I:: , i Tfuth compisJs lit, to ronfesi to some extent our disnppoititmefy We have seen; our har bors gradually)e for th want of a little timely nttentiorfhe shipping which once filled our broad hjjjt find nohle rivers,; siupplan ted by n miserahtjCMnal boat, whilst the Gov. emment to wiu'we have surrendered so much,' is inseui6u to its duties at home, but can wnste milliog of publir tressure in ae. q dring the barn sceptre" of roretgn' tcr- 'We trut thnlwscr counS;ds may hereafter prevail, and, that ;t$e public treasure may 1h Hpproprialed snj'Q;a the Ctnstitutfon ju5ti fies, to the i'mpr)vg and adorning lh" brri. tory w havf, ritithan in acquisitions which spread disconreol tnd distraction through thi once happy Uo&: Whilst this Conrention composed--of - blhe great parties of the country would j.'iftiotisly avoid expressing any opinion ujtop t policy of scqutring ter. ritory, th7 cannlt forbear uttering the re. gretsthejr ft! t$aT Cmgress has in this in. stance neglect lf bndoubted constitutional obligation to rnalfjErsurh a National improve merit as in tbeoptonsof both parties is clear jy within Iu powfsfii , ANDUfew JOVNER, :x 1 ' Jndrnt oflhf. Convention. i JOS.1P NORCOM, THOMAS P. DEVKREUX, THOfrAS P. JONES, J0H. LEARY, , u -! ' mi ' Ficei Prtsidenti. Joajt C. McBoftT, Stcrtiaritt. i tic i uuucw vr ouuu i utiu. A skrUri.m vf wir! 4id iron is constructed i:i th sh.ipc ol jllie fiufe to be tnndc, ruod which lhi mo Jlhu clay may be wrtuirht couU.it practice with Vi.c !o fv-l tt tu.be ! if i wiser to w..rk lit a soft and pliable .tit tier 11,1 nun (.'PiiMim uieuii iTn iun 910 j it nwKJrls lit lite d;tTi:uliic- ifinarb!e. i 'Jn tti ski !ctou of wo-kJ tiKj nuked B40 e ijraivd ; at..t a profv-r j expmvded in thcirj priMfuetlon. They Wci frjnH work is, Comiructi-d IO sottirt haiiciinr L.ttS oh tillv b rrlia-d bv t!w4 Prior of sure ?H. Uf,I,n('' of ;ujtr-ic."U:d bjiv n bit tf w.nd v ii !u-iK-o.j!arinH r foid t 1 .1..- it xx- r . . . 1 . i i c.14:m artt-.- i ire u4 vlole the whole skel hWi is kept ui its jk tion by hh, upright piece of limber !rewiiibiii2 the rt ..... .1 :L ...t:!.ii i: .. .J .. wi wiuis which pes ou i iup centre oi-tne turtiiu.bvickejr oii wldch the statue is to b f he skeleton is rody, .?? j. mcxieilrd. Vnen the the tttoMiitig 4y u4yi heat ;up uiittr it iW pliable nt Hie'iftt Ht dotl, the artisf ptaciy the sketch wrtch'ue in-fnii It t'opy b. foru him, ned cimio tlNq'iart iujnu ol clhy -into lonjf thin slices, IkjUvoi ks it round the Irume-work and U a's it .-wiJiV in, o Vr to l 'ave rto crcices tn which water iny Uxltj utui end njer his ia hor. : The clay, wrought! 'with tools of WikkJ nitii wnii 1 1 ) iiJinii in: :ii i r trrojtm linn iiif eMreOi.irnt ? um h.ii9i iuhi tt.e n-ure rou.rtJ roUi.d pf..vjs.jn,ttjroi,u and weak lights comir.rc" it with imi.il n.i n. a aa imM. !-, nu when iie Jpiiicfiuj i: to tM-true in pro. . - i - t ! nrt.1i.Oi ' .li. I j.W .lint t!i t - a" i . 1 ! . a.i! wmiiiii my v iiij cnaiii- ijm, s i ( , u l I at 1 1 ( 1 ' '' I mei.T,; lie pro ti U to cl olie or drap.' it. i Ali statues i, re m-! el?el u ik -i anl then v .t!ie ; this insures aei Uracy ol pfojiorttou and irnce- ci ful.H .ss iit'h'ip , wiili nl winch no di apery w nl ; ii h ang w ilii 1 ii j nce, and1 luc workmanrh ip k! 1 w. 1 ihroA n MWn y. I To lt.n tt i inn trul fl iii; drapery, :t Li nk or' rol. of the s nnc te. ture of tin.t n lkj represented is. put upon the t '.-Hj:'Mc-i.iu.t- hm?i un u 10 me proper . I f . 1 L' I I I uii t krii. 111 lilt' roite. inJinii il i 1 1 n .nu in the desired inaliiier : 'the iieni r d idea of the 1 , . - - -- j j i , . ""PVTJf r'fV'"? ""V" a.rea- ly determine!,' nnd 'from the roln; the detail i Copied. ) In these great tsis ntiais, proper con eepiionjof sciitiincnf, posture, and drup4ry Fiaxman was t mnstcr. ' NVhcu 1 he model k eomplctetl, u iniiuld i theii.nia.de. over tlie clay statue, i'n plaster; of Pari:: and all the clay whieh.cpinpuM'd the iniidi fuud the frame.woik which sustaiue'iJ it are removed. The' miKJcl being;,-made in! fwo t partsjk readily washetf, placed togethorjj and thexrdst is then formed ot u fine,5 piaster tliau the niuuid and irons' arc piit,ujrn tlie ctfiftre to n falQ it. With a wideiilijiQjlctiiihd a hluti't chisel formed like in vvetlgc thwart 1st removes. the outer inoukl f , t "f i"rr n r - t ( wlch peek ri-ndtTy oirTaud when th-? ida-ter .st-ttue i- en!if'il, cleaned dried ina hot lt0ye ; and d iwn, it siiould be hen it un v be usi d for copying inio jin irhl. , jit ii rue that Mi. " , 7' V -" " ti.ocK, anu AVii.i; -me ngure ibiiapcu in mutaiion b lore him,1, helijd il h d Uy 4ut, and deiider 1 1 I 1 I . .A . . 1.. . ....... t o. t- .....,( . Ik . n H -. . A I. 1 1 im3: viii' on. lih 1 'uno iu.'ui on n i.ir"Mii, I , - 1 i 1 : - , 11 ,. .....s ... uiul w..s. ur ,;. ,a, hi was a ui'idcil-'d. hi- st.iiti.e in 1 y ..lid ca.t il in p!as. l.y -some bohnai y; U-r, rn.d got i rouuli hewn 1 , t(ti' j j 't mitlit 'have initile lime whtre'li one, it i if I at the same tune avoided : ! ,,st. ..n.k, , proportion oftthiiii ! Vild.Fum,lA iJhr.iru ;l Liics of British i . , , pUinltra nwl &Hliors. 1 iiii j A N kc i- it e F ii t Tilt .M a esc k i pt Jou k n v , op A MkLcui y TijE (jo vVemion of 17ri4 ; .4vV,ei- lho :cUUviitiod li-r-t. opoi.etl, all lllla,.pl,i.lf': 'here -were a liuibher f piopos- . lilous brought liirward as great n auuig prin ciple fur tun u-w G Vvr.un .d, to be s tan i?ln d; for tbe; Ueit. d b.at s. A C-'Ppy Oi ( . , 1 , . K. k i.r.in o ti.ii.j tLuM iiiVxii l.k i.nrOi trit.iiiitfk r l,r" with un i. l inctjoii'to ke o (.vcrvthmg found sec.et. Uue morning, by aCi iuctit, tn.e oflhciii.:mWrsr:-ppedhiiicopy,.lil.cpropo. Mllons wl.u h iKing Juck ty p.cKeu up u (ieueral I .Mifflin, was presented to General Washington, the President, wlio put it into his picket. I After the deb ittis f the -day were over, and the question fur arfj urnuent was callcil 'for, the Gcuiwral arose from Ids scat, and previous to his putting the qoe-titu, addressed the CofiVi tition jjn the following manner : , Gen;tlem e5t : I am s-'rrv to find that some one member .f tins body, has ty-en so neglect, ful of tl'esccn fsr ed this Convention, as to diop in the State lloiisc, a copy, of '.these proceed. ingMj which by 'iccident was picked op, and dehveredto oe this inorning. 1 must entreat gei . t Icmeji to bli more careful, Ust our trans, ictiiins g t intoithrt newsphpers, and dirtract the public repose by rrernatur speculations I know njot whose piper it is, but tliere it h. (throwing it dovrn on the tb'c) let him who owns it, take it. At the same time, he bow&h picked upj his hat, and quitted thy room, with a dignity so severe, that every person seemed a'armeil; for. my; rwrt 1 was extremely io, for putting my hand in my pocket, I mised my copy of the sa ine paper, but advancing op to tlie table my fears soon dissipated. I found it to De tho rtatid.writinx? of another t-ion When 1 went amy Mfftngs at the Indian - C7 I - Queen. I ! found: ! my copy j in a coat pocket, which I had polled tiff that rnorning. It is sotnrthihg rrmarkahUt that no person ever owned the paper. w Did. Ifajxr. 1 - " 1 " (ttr Mr. Prentis, bf Nciv Orleans, strong1 censures me prtcttce or an attorneys taking a fee fo assist tlie State in a criminal prosecution He adds that he ; has not for yrars taken such a fee, and that hct never will take one. ? Tl- editora of the Crescent City sar ther havi knowij him to refuse it fee bf C5OC0 to press. cure. i , THIS Ub-LLS OF LtMEIllCK. There is n curious and intcrrsttnj;. tradition connected with th.- bvlls of Limrrirk cathedral TiKr atory i-;jmtjiy told, an I will bear rep- etioti. Tbcvf ;wrrt it U aivL 'btouht. cHffin aUy from Iia wli-rc tlwy wrre mahufacturrd by a jouuji titivet wt grrw jxstly pood f .Ji successful rej.t ol Vt ars of anxious tort - . ..I - T trtt. co.rnx; auU wttU tie protus ol'ihM Ve .'h 'jnui' italnn prwcurvtl a vtUa, wiitn. hi hal 0c.peaur oflKfing tlie t'iitijrof Id belU fnhn the rlin nnd of gruwln od fn jU f bwn of doer l V, tannine., Tlist:owett, is nt to cuiinue. , lo somo ofUht-e hrm wV - tlter ril t f.t:t2D, whicUere th.ctt4tu-- . '. Hi- Ita.nn wa a suuvrrr a.si. r.nny. ; lie i his sl;UoJ, fu-r th; palo of thestamv found himself ptejrnrcd 1 "J ihe'wrrck of (artcii frii i.d.s fan.i y ttnd horcc.; Ti e convent iu' wlucii tht5 U ithe cty$ d'erarrr of hi kilf, tuvre hu::r-, wa rszeJ.W UvC rarth , anil the InlU ere cerrted away to another land. Tba unfoUiJUlc owiipr, liauntcd by his nx-mnrict and dcHcrtcd bj his fnpef becntue a wandcrerorcr Europe - Hi hair prcw gray, and tiU heart withered, btfurc ho Kn foind a home' and a fiietd; It tUI d'U'1 'spirit. h formed the "residutmti t seekit; te place to:hicb the trenjwin ot uu rrsrrpgry i.j Ih-cn finally borne.! He tmiledfif Ifc!il;d, pro." ceeded tin tjie Shannon i the vessel finclsml ceeded un fjie Shannon i the pool near Limerick, and he hired n srU'- boat for the purjxiseof iaodtr.7.' 'T"-i city wot ftt,r bef ire -htm fund Im1-! fct.'Mary"'" UeepiCjIifliu it turrelcd head aboTO thy smoko jind mit if Ihe old town. " He s"t in thq Stcmf ' . . f I 1 I . JI . a 1 . It m m anu looKeu iinuiy waru -. a.u -. u- uiz so clm and beauitM'Df Tcrr.irJ him of- its ow u nAic haven in'lhr v.cclct t;rnc ct 1 he yer the death of tho spring ' fhc 'troad stream nppcartd like one finoo'di mlfrpf, and . . the little vessel glidod through it. v Un a tud dn, amid the general sliUncss, the bcus tilld , . ; from the cath'cdriil; the rowers rented mihetr oar, and the Vessel wenr forward with tho im' . ' puUe it had received. ThcPgrd lia'.iao look :, cd towsrd th cjty, crosscd jiis arnrs on his breast, ntid lay back in hts seat Home, hoppu . nesi, early recollections friend famity -"-all were In tho sound, and went with ; It to his . ' heart. . When the rowers looked round, the ibchrjd.himwith his facs ;ll ".turned i toward V the eathetf ral ; Lilt hts" t yct vein c!oed, nn4 'wlietrahryUacOd t!:ey fturJInin dead lJrW ' THE' DEATHS OF GREAT il EN. . How deeply intercstng il is to contemplato " the death-bed beetle of thoe whose . fame will be irnpcnshable t.o.long as genius is admired. or science, art. and literature cultivated It is sai.l tli.it Mailer, the great physiologist, died ftliug rhis pulse. When 'he. found that he was almost gone, he turned. to his brotlier physi. cian, and aid, My friesd, the artery ceases to beat,' and died. Petrarch was found dead 10 his library," leaning on a book. Bede died iu the act of dictating. Roscommon uttered at lite moment he expired two lines of his own version Dies iije., Rousseau, when dying, ordered, his attendants to place him before Ids window that he might once rrvire bvlnild his garden, and tbid adieu to Cloture. : Addions tlyiug Meach to ?iIsmii in-law, was charac t lis ic ol the author of the Sp cttttor." Sold u to ine disisoluto j young i.obleman, whith what tranq uilly aiUtirutian can dkj I Al 'j c . . .1 e- Ua v U lore he died. Was nrit-rL.t i --- J -. T I V. lS 1 .. . . sec a prict, and wlien he came Im tid to him ; ;wiih'grcat - afTibiliiv, Have the goodness to ; ,tfk i(, lo.morrow . tnmt death ill wait fiiUr auj lwcnty hours.T Tasso's dyioir re. , - (.1 Cvnthis was i.tfiiti-- ' 1 - ! " w w VI llw gloom which hauuted him through life: ho hnd but one favor, ho said, lo request of him, wliich was, that be would collect his works ai.d commit them to the flirrus, especially his -jeruaHm ueiiyereu. Uiarendous pen dropped from his Iviod when h wks seized w.tu palsy, which terminated Iiis4ife. Chaocef " died ballad, ma king. His last production ho euliiled, A Ballad madrt by UeoCVcv Chaucer J. ou his dea.th.btfd, lying hi great anguish. ' wi uviuiiitj ( uwirci vauiiy was GtspisyetX in nis iai tnouiCiit. rope, wno visited bun two days before bo died, says ho never taw. a scene of so much Jranity iq his life; KncIIcr "iii siuxng up in ueu cumcmpjaunj no pisns . -. he was making "for his own mooument. f could wish this tragic scene;' was over, nid) tho celebrated actor Quin; hot I bipe 16 gj thiough it with bccoraii dignlxy fishoji new urn step wiuks in tno act or tclicr bja watch. Bale, bating prepared his proof sheet for tho Jprinter,' poiuted to where it lay -when in the act of dyin. Tba last wonb of Lord Chesterfield were when tba nilef, open ing the curtains of the bed, accasCf d t Dr. Drydah-,-Give Drytdale a dair.n ' Warrca observed thit ChesXerfUeUTa good , Weeding only quitted ira trithia ILra, ; TeU Coding, wood to bring the (Let to an anchor,' wero Nelsou'a last Woids vi Cr&r ; net death! Death js notterriUe to w," aald Charlea tha First, when ha ascended tha tczZJid. ' : Elf Thomaa Wore, on obsiviuj thtccikjirii of the scafjold on which ha was ftbet to, die, s;;4 to tho , executioacr, I pray yKi ei ma . rr snfi, and for niy coming downlst rr.3 siiATor myatlfl Fatedbc Jasrasl 1 ' " f : . . ;. - ' ;";;u""t C0"A dctaotrsih; criitiv.! ill Irta fcr edbDublio, .V' ,- .- J ,1 ti '-- "i, 4 -t I- . ' : r " hi $ I t Ml hi;
Albemarle Bulletin (Edenton, N.C.)
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May 1, 1850, edition 1
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