Ttic Mc-m! haft-'rr the Mii Iniplrm, ,
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DIXtPPOLYTED HOPE.
Is thcrt heart 6'er th green rolling billor,
.Hie tear for whose low f AlCiiltre on thy pillow,
Whose cord with thine own were in unison it rung j
Tti nnvrr r tvhrutf K)!m rtwrlli at nuirn on ihv tinini '
Oh, say ! is tber oo in a far diiUnt clime,
Who meroorpirwes JJ? f t,m?L -
And though fated forcrer in distance to part,
Ttt fives in thy lore, and la ahrined in thy heart ? . J
And did thou e'er Veep wheto arose in thy breast
The thought, which e'en hope could not tooth into rest :
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i nai we migm acpan, ana ns happiness Rime,
a. I - . i. . 1 1 l. n r . i
And the ocean should flow, and the day-star should burnt
But the joyi of thy boaoin would never return f
Such momenta are sad j and the lightning which flies,
Or the thunder that rolls 'midst the storm of the skies,
I lath no shaft so terrific, no wound ran impart,
like that, which their agony rends in the heart
When in rain cipectation-our'wirhe drear, " '
And our fond cherished visions all vani-h away !
WOMAN.
Ye are stars of the night, ye are gems of the morn.
Ye are dew-drops whose lustre illumines the thorn,
And raylcss that night in, that morning unhlcst,
When no beam from your eye lights up peace in the breast.
And the sharp thorn of sorrow sinks deep in the heart,
Till the sweet lip of woman asfluagl-s the smart ;
Tis hers o'er the couch of misfortune to bend.
In fondness a lover, in firmness a friend. - - '
And prosperity 'a hour, be it ever confest,
From woman receives-both refinement and zest.
And adorned by the bays, or enwrcathed with the willow,
Jkr smile is our meed, and her bosom our pillow.
At the rose of the valley, when dripping with dew,
Is sweeter in odor, and fairer in hue,
So the glance of dear woman the brighter appears,
When h beams from her eloquent eyes thro' her tears.
Original.
la. But it appears that nothing can t filet a
change for the better. Whenever an indi
vidtial arrives to that state of wretchedness
that he has r.o sense of honor or shame, all
hope of a reformatipn vanish from our minds.
We "view him in no other light than a candi.
date for endless misery.
Some persons of overgrown fortuneswho
are-addicted to intemperancevtrust think-that
intemperance in them is no crime To such
. .1 ' Ml. Vt
we direct tne louowmg cnupies. - -
."Ilonoa-and shame from no condition rise r ---
"Act well yor part, there all the honor lies."
If what we have already written should not
produce any beneficial effects, we will be un
of our village.
roa mi wssTtax ciasLimaif.
Tie Ataman ev.....,..Xo. 1.
I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking)
So fuD of valor, that they smote the air
v For breathing in their faces j beat the ground
' For kissing of their feet : then I beat my tabor,
At which, like unback'd colts, they prick'd their ears,
Advanced their eyelids, lifted up their noses,
As they smelt music. sniKirtiBE.
We owe an apology to the Printer for our
re-appearance at this early period, which is
contrary to the promise made in our last No.
But owing to the failure of the mails, &c. we
trust that thcte will be room enough in the
"Carolinian for this short essay.
We have heretofore dwelt upon the sub
ject of Intemperance with feelings unplea
sant to ourselves, and perhaps equally so to
those who felt the full force of our remarks.
But as unpleasant as the task is of exposing
to public derision the vice of drunkenness,
we deem it a dutv which we owe to our-
selves and our God, to single out the bac
chanalian from the moral and virtuous part
of the community
The late holy days, (say Christmas,) were
marked writh feats, shouts, ckc. of the drunk
ards, to an extent of moral, degradation un
paralleled in the history of our lives. Some
men engaged in battle with their horse's
- v wiu wet in iia vuv la vv iii A J VI 6V
yards with their fists ! Others engaged with
their fellows, and would fall down in the mire
of the streets, and lie there nearly 30 min
utes ! Their language would disgrace' the
vocabulary of Billingsgate. To give a mem
orandum of their transaction?,-would extend
our. remarks to an unusual length. In this
motley multitude, were father and son ; the
old and theyyoung were engaged in swallow
ing the drops of the "bohan upas!
It is not our design to point at any particu
lar individuals ; but thus much we will say
that our remarks are directed to all who come
within (heir sphere. We make no distinction
of rank or fortune.. The drunkard, the im
moral man, whether an inhabitant of a palace
or a cottage, jt is to you, and for you alone,
we write. -
Intemperance has been, from.time to time,
and at all., times, exposed to publicvicw-,
"At some time has elapsed since the first number of
the u Athenian Club"ppcared, hat we then stated may
have teen forgotten fit may be m-cctiory therefore, to
repeat, Uat no one of the members of "The Club," has
any connection w ith it, that it is not written in this town
or its vicinity, and that it alludes to another town and to
another county. aniTens.
roa thr wMtr.av f aomvus.
JUSTICES OF THE J&1CE.
Eveir- irnlividual fivembciy f the commu
nity, whose bosom is animated with genuine
patriotic feelings, and who looks forward with
anxiety for the approach of an era when the
character of our State shall assume a more
dignified aspect than at present, must feel
ingly lament that the office of Justice of the
Peace has been suffered to sink to that low
ebb at which it now stands. How has this
state of things been brought about, may be
the iuquiry of some? The answer is ready:
. 1 1. is owing4rincipalytothc imprudence-of
the members of our State Legislature. They
have been distinguished for their liberality in
conferring appointments of thi kind. Many
persons hold the appointment of Justice of
the Peace who are utterly incapable of exer
cising the duties of that appointment, with
any tolerable degree of credit to themselves
or benefit to the public. Can law and justice
be expected to be wisely administered by
those who know neither ? None but barba- r
rians will answer in the affirmative. Such of
the Justices who read the Acts of our Gen
eral Assembly, and understand them, fall!
short 'of their duty by not purchasing law
books for the benefit of their brethren.-
The laws of North-Carolina . authorize them
to do so.
44 The duties performable by Justices of the
Peace are of three kinds : as Judges of the
County Courts, as Justices of the Peace out
of Court and as Justices of the Peace in a
ministerial capacity in Court." From this
statement of Judge Haywood, it appears plain
that a certain portion of law knowledge is re
quisite to constitute a Justice of the Peace.
At this dav the doctrine of intuitive knowl
edge is completely exploded ; and the com
mon opinion is this, that knowledge is ob
tained through the avenues of the five sen
ses. It is therefore hoped that those who are
so good as to act as Magistrates, will lose no
time in procuring such books as may be cal
culated to improve their minds, and qualify
them lor the proper discharge of the duties
of the office which they feel honored to hold,
and thereby add respectability to our County
Lourts. solon.
IXDIAtf COQUETRYY. '
The Chawsnon Indians, Inhabiting the lake Ma
reotti, and who reconsidered the most warlike
Mid civilized of the American Indians, have a
manner of courtship which we believe to be pe
culiar to themselves. When such of their young
women as have pretensions to beautyrttalrl their
twelfth year, which it the usual period of their
.t l l . 1 .1 ?
marriage, xnev eitner Keep inemaeivet : quuc ie
eluded at home, or when hej go out muffle tbeni;
selves up in such a manner, that nothing is seen
but their eyes. On these Indications of beauty
they are eagerly sought in marriage, and those
suitors who have acquired the greatest reputation
as warriors or hunters, obtain the consent of the
family. After this, the lover repairs to the cab
in, where the beauty is lying enveloped on her
couch. He gently approaches and uncovers her
ace, so that his person may be seen, and if this
be to her mind, she invites him to lie down by
her side ; if not, she again conceals her face, and
the lover retires. A husband has the privilege
of marrying all his wife's sisters as they arrive
at age, so that after, often before his first wife is
thirty, he has married and abandoned at least
half a dozen.
liUeYivt Extracts , &c .
Variety Vthe very spice of fife,
1 hat gives it all its Have
ror.
NATURAL HISTORY.
THE SURIKE.
When this bird, says LeVaillaiitsees a locust
a. mantis, or a small bird, it springs upon it, .and
iiiiinuaiiT v,iica u uu, in uruor io imuaie u
u4 iiium, uiiu is souexicrous in mis operation
insane morn always passes through the head o
the bird or insect thus transfixed. If it cannot
find a thorn, it fixes the head of the animal be
tween a division oft wo small branches,, and this
with as much address as if performed by human
means. . We need only watch this shrike for a
single minute, in order to witness its ravages :
and if we takether pains to examine the spot it
frequents we are sure t6 find oh every iBush "and
tree the victims which it has transfixed, the ma
for part whic1ifWid"dried
his food j a proof of his singularly destructive
instinct. -r:
.ihrougVthelafiFumf riw jrtsrty tracts, ofTai burpoiely, yht own; toVriViwcl
It is often taught to fight by the natives of Ben
gal, one being held up opposite to another, on
the"hdnd of a man, to whose, finger the bird is
fastened by a stringy sufficiently long to enable it
to fly and peck. at his adversary. It is said to be
of a remarkably docile disposition and U some
times carried by the young Indians, in order to
execute little commissions of gallantry and, at
a signal given by the lover, will . seize "and carry
on wun mucn aexterity, tne small gold orna
rhents usually worn on the head of a young In
dian lady and convev it to its master. It will
yjAiraWt celerity follaw jJkevdect &t
caldiinR it in its f.ill, and retuniine it to iti owner.
The Persian poets represent the Uulbul n enam
ored of the rose, and grieved or unry t seeing
It rudely cropped. Whatever may he said by
poets and unscientific observers, Mr. Pennant
has not scrupled to declare his opinion that the
natural note of this bird is harsh and unmelodi
otis. If this be the case, the muiic of the Bui
bul may be considered as nearly allied to the cel
ebrated song of the Swan, so often recorded in
IhcJKghtt of poetic fiction.. ,.;. ..j,
o so desirable an end. It is not the lot cf every
one to have a college education, which is so use-
id to discipline the min;!, and prepare us for tho
active scenes of life by examples cf the pa:t
but we all read, and the logic and the history of
newspapers, properly conducted, constitute tho
University of the People l they have their pn$
and eoruf and the contest is settled, not by syllo
gisms, jiyntheticallyr Jinaly tlcallyi but . by fair
experiment on times and things present.
JJottcn Palladium.
XEWSPAPLfiS. "
The circplation of newspaper knowledge is not
only cheap and rapid, but it is more effectual than
may be generally imagined. ' In the first place,
it is generally communicated without an ostenta
tious display of learning, but in language that is
amiliar next, and what is more important, prac
tice follows theory in quick succession in a thou
sand different forms, and by as many agents it re-
ects back the acquired light, with interest, to its
soutte. The new subject being a single one, is
weighed with scrupulous accuracy, and examined
in all its bearings, by numerous select commit
tees, in public placet church vestries, and by the
fire-side. It is not passed over, as unimportant
mattery like the paragraph of a book, which has
other and superior attractions, but it is sifted to
the bottom.
Newspapers constitute, next to general his
tory, the best basis of a political education they
show us measures and their effects they exhibit
society in action they ripen our judgment, in as
much as the truth or the fallacy of our conjec
tures are soon brought back to our view- they
accustom men to public speaking teach them to
express their ideas with propriety, and prepare
them for deliberative assemblies they tend not
only to harmony of thought and action, on civil,
political and moral matters, but they purify our
style and make our language more uniform and
correct, I am informed that since twenty vears
the language used in newspapers is. so much al
ered for the better, that one might suppose those
printed twenty years ago to have belonged to
another hemisphere. Newspapers do effectually
constitute a republic of letters, and establish a
COmmuhhy hot only among the professed literati,
but they enlarge every day the boundaries of the
republic they, with their improved machinery,
facilitate improvemenrbjdiyisiojiof laborj
and call Into useful action all the faculties of the
meanest, as well as the most sublime ca parities.
TheSUblime genius of a Phidias, or a Praxitiles
might have laid dormant, but' for the humble mi
ner of Paros, who prepared the marble which
was animated by their inspired chisels.
If newspapers, by the diffusion of knowledge
and the promotion of industry, diminish crime ;
so do they bring it td light and contribute to the
execution of the laws in the most effectual man
tter possible ; the thdsf rigorous police of the most
desjnotic goyernmentis not an engine to be com
pared with this. It is hardly possible to escape
punishment, Where newspapers carry v with a ve
locity not to be surpassed, every detail that may
lead to detection.
Without this useful supplement to the execu
tive authority, scattered population, impenetrable
forests, and immeasurable, distances, would afford
to crime an impunity that would make this
country tne retuge ot every outcast cuminal o
the old world. .
The more that newspapers are used as a means
of learning or of useful instructi6n, .the more
PS tiWtVt"cemwbtte
THE BIBLE. m
A nation must be truly blessed, IMt were gov
.11.. .l..f .1.- ti.m r.L'..Li J
rmru uv im uuicr uai.uuu -w u. iiii. luiurn
Book; it is so complete a system, that nothing
can be added to it, or taken from h jit contains"
every thing to be known or done ) it gives in
struction and counsel to a senate ; authority and
direction for a magistrate ; It cautions a witness;
requires an impartial verdict of a jury, and fur
nishes the judge with his sentence ; it sets the
husband as lord of the household, and the wife as
mistress of the family, tells Aim how to rule, and
her how to manage ; it entails honor to parents
and enjoins obedience to children Mt prescribes
and limits the sway of the sovereign, the rule of
the ruler, and authority of the master; com
mands the subject to honor, and the servants to
obey ; and promises the blessings and protection
of its Author i to all that walk by iu rules; it
promises food and raiment, and limits tb use of
both: It points out a, faithful and an Eternal
Guardian to the departing husband and father ;
tells him with whom to leave his fatherless chil
dren, and m whom hh widow i to trust, Jeremiah -
xlix. 1 1 1 It teaches a man how to set his house
in order, and how to make his will t It defends
the rights of all ; and reveals vengeance to every
defrauder, over-reacher, and oppressor : It is the
Jr$t book, the bett book and the aidett book in
the world ; it contains the choicest natter, gives
the best instruction, and affords the greatest
pleasure and satisfaction that ever was revealed j
It contains the best of laws, and profovndest mys
teries that ever were penned t It brings the best
of tidings, and affords the best of comfort, to the
inquiring and disconsolate t It exhibits life and
immnrtalitv fmm Yvrlatln.. twl iWam lit m
to glory t it is brier recital of all that is past
and a certain prediction of all that is to come :
It settles all matters in debate, resolves all doubts
and eases the mind and. conscience of all their
scruples : It reveals the only living and true God,
and shows the way to him ; and sets aside all
other gods, and describes the vanity of them, and
of all that trust in them : In short, it is a book of
laws, to show right and wrong ; a book of wis
dom, that condemns all folly, and makes the fool
ish wise ; a boon or truth, that detects all lies,
and confutes all errors ; and a book of life that
shows the way from.everiasting death t It is the
most compendious book in all the world, the most
authentic, and the most entertaining history that
ever was published : It contains the most ancient
antiquities, strange events, wonderful occurren
ces, heroic deeds, unparalleled wars : It decribes
the celestial, terrestrial, and infernal worlds ; and
the origin of the angelic myriads, human tribes,
and devilish legions i It will instruct the most
accomplished mechanic and the profoundest ar-
cise everv nower of the most skilful arithmetic
cian, Jfevclationty xxxi. 18;. puzzle the wisest
anatomist and exercise the n
rects the vain -philosopher, and confutes the :
wisest astronomer lit exposes the subtle sophist,
onf "m'sitr MrtivinVr mad ' It i A'nrrtnlete code
of laws, a perfect body of divinity an unequaled
narrative ; a book of lives, a book of travels, and
a book of voyages: It is the best. covenant that
ever was agreed on, the best deed that ever was
sealed, the best evidence that ever was produced;
the best will that ever was made, and the best
testaraenH Toohderstand
ii, is to be wise indeed; to be ignorant of it, is to
be destitute of wisdom, It is the magistrate s
- .As. - A .
vam Y best directory, and the young roan's best
companion : t is the school-boy's spelling book
and the learr.-d man's master-piece : It contains
a choice grammar for a novice, and a profound
mystery fora sage : It is the ignorant man v
tionary, and the wise mans directory It encour
ages the wise, and promises an eternal reward to
the excellent. And that which crowns all is, that
the Author is without partiality, and vitnoui j
pocrisy, in vtem. U'iUiMuit.
turning1.' ' ,-, . - 1
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wvo hii tUcumCcwWe ncf vrhere. ;.