ll tt trti sU to sbauin from ti, which, however wiaf aJ 4 U themselves, h tha srmblpr of Uauialitv, whkh
Knit n) repi'M U lh hrtrl of ih r.t'itcn, m1 which il( vJe4 with l.llU ifinorK. Tti ttiadot of IcfUhuion la
fipec," ea io jrfwr.f Ui on eontcienc. 1 Dr, Ckanni.
SALISBURY, ROWAN COUNTY, N. C MONDAY, MIY 3, 1831.
i
vol. 54 N0 i70;
" Winchester (Va.) March 2.
:Sf talnftttian nf reaw
O ir citixtni are not apt to
t,c inquisitive t
but there was some.
..;.. m the abearance an
d manner
r,he irnrthat.txcitedthf.r cu.
(tv,andthe quettion of "Who u
he...wher'e did ht come from I w
asked in whispers, but without recci?.
lllS ay i.r. Variia were the
tiecwre lHawcre farmed j though
to the right one not the !i5htct clue
w is milled by the mvtnou
C jrioiity hud thu reached the nign.
' i ukn linn.
c'1 . : i ..v.t
IT''
' . i . A ... im . ! t'
,jVer t the home ora uuy " -
H-cn lcta 'id')' about two ycin
prMou. He introdaced himsetf a.
cq.niotartce of Mrne of her con
n,xion in Carolina, h hd Irmed
hi .n hit pa"R "5. the North, to.
on her, and leave thrirrrspecu
lie talked of the Pmith,Qf rice and
c-,tton.of the diluent plantat'on n
farolini -.and incidendv asked if the
Uv had.nOt MUintejrat Ui i apian
tatinn there which farmc.Iy oelon(?
r',1 roVer'h.is.-in'd. f?he rfttn-thatahr
ha 1 1 but that he had almost forg.iiten
it having nevrr iptcu:d. t re eiyc
anv thig there from. ' Tcrhap you
would be glad-tosrlt if ? carcle!y
observed the atraner. 0 vei, verv
willingly," replied the lady if I
" . i I L.. J
lirrf
couia men "mi "M "-
K.iv it.'- " That micht be very
nlf." said (he aoutherner ;
yet, a
thi- plantation joins mv own, I suppose
U would suit me as well to buy it s
iny other person. Wh.t will voa
take for it ?" Indeed, I have nev
er thought Hout it," replied the ldyj
and don't loo- what it's worth.. -1
uppose. a fe hundred dollars." The
stranger nodded assent.td he had
.i w .nmthinff of makinc her an
111' VJll owi"-'--"r)
..
r 1 1
1300.- ThTlaJv replicdtai tBc offer
was u diwbt liberal, but ihit shewi
not prepared to close with it without
first c "suiting with some ol he
fr te Q'l ;-ni perhsi w?M 81 aJ '
ser. This tep, t"e stranger
nrnv? fatal to his schemes.
SJW
He
.r,tinr1v betrm to manHeat lome
f
anx'iOtv, and instantly rose in his ( ffcr
to S5500. The L-dy ti'.l dcsiringdeUy,
he advanced to 8800. on condition
th it the birainanouid be immediate-
lv closed. This overcame ner scru
ples, and she signified her wiUiogoeaa
to accede, remark that she would
mtio'ly send fr an attorney to draw
up the conveyance.. The attorney
came, and being apprised of what had
passer!," contrived to signify fthe lady
the policy of deferring the ratification
of the birgaio until some further in
formation could be had. Much to the
mortification of the southerner, the
lady announced this to be her deter
mination, and he was invited to call
again the day following. Luckily in.
formation .was pbta.ned the samt i af
ternoon from a gentleman from Car
olina, (a member of Judge Tucker's
laVcits'st
be worth S30.000, of which the wid
ow dower fthf Pt now sought to
be purchaced) was worth between 3
and S4000. The cunning stranger,
Ending himself thwarted, set out on
his journey homew rd, instead of pro
reeding to the Xorth, not a little
chHgrined at thc ilUsatccess of his
speculation and the sudden demolition
of all his aW-built castles.
The annexed particulars of the early
lire of "Peter the Hermi'," the gres.
promoter of the Crushers, are from the
36th number of the Edinburgh literary
Gazette. . -
1- wni. ,w- m'.nrU nf men were kept in
a state of the tnost feverish irritation, hy
jIh s.,nM from the tt re1
hit m laiiy u, uui,.- -
spectmg the barbarous tyranny of the
Saracens, a thoughtful and austere recluse
was meditati:. upon them with the ter
ct of an excited, but stront; and daring
mind In a solitary retreat, in rht most
UMlrcuebird part of the south of France.
iVtr t.tja lUrmit hJ sought refugei
txil I) front hit on sorrows, anl Iron, the
tires and cslamiiiasof the world. Prayer
ind contemplation odercd him the solice
hirh he hd not been able to discover In
n other oecupttion and hit fettleit and
tfllicied spirit soon buried its sufferings
hi mn and impaskioited cevotionr-
een -untlij)HaV i most pro'iale
account lit thai he ai JctciJcil from
family of no!lo rnh ; that he was horn
at Amiens, a nil dctircd his title of Her
mil ficnTi Il'gnaiit rilerrnhci hhfaiher,
who cr.joVeu mi cl4C hi-.h cifcrtcd
that name upon the pores r. The first
year of hit life were spent in the pur
tui: of learning ; so l be not only studied
in the nvnt celebrated of tht Italian
cade:nici but pjodoffr iutoGreere.
in bider to enjoy the a'U.ntaet which
that country still ofTered the inquirer.
I living conipltltd hit education, and
shown the mutt admirable capacity' for
learning, he was received into the house
of his relative,' (he ftitbwp of Pari,, who
regarded hnn with pirental ITcction.
and proioieJ to wrd his induitrr and
talents with tho best preferment of the
church. Iut the mind of Peter who was
too active to tllow of his remaning con
tented with the retired tile to which that
oreUto ihil o devote him and he rf
qucs'ed pcrumnion tog'ue up his pros
pels of ecclesiastical honors for those ot
a malltaty cafeer. it was a conquerable
ti ne tcfore nis deire was assented to ;
but at leng'h, seeing hi resolution re
m ilntd unaltered, the Bishop wis'oblijtf "d
ui ajlo -his exuaaor, and he aan him
to his nro'hrr, Eustiche. Count of Bou
logne. Titat n tijlerrun immediately per
ceived the valot and ex ent of bis accom
litliHtntT nl msde him uiofMo t
sons; in which cepacia he devoted a
large portion of his time to martial ex
ercise, and at last became entirely en
gaged in the duties of hi new profession.
A war with Fnndeis alfordrd him roanv
ujor'.uniiir, of distinguisning nimself,
and otuaioing the notice of his superiors
in arms; out an unfortunate accident ea
posed him ton closelv to the enemy, and
;ie aiiacu prisoner -
While suffering under the restraint and
pt'ivstUtntot captivii, oia (iMiubi begaa
to oe employed on u;eits raoie in uni
ion whtiTtie natural tone ot his mmd than
(h jse which had lately occupied it. The
iag dtCAUi- ol miliur y renowo- gave
, , . . . . j
place aMKHtn o txtlctttons on tnr conoi
l-tionol nissoul ; and the-attrrtog impulses
if courje, .mi I the loe of adveMure,
were lott i i lie stronger and more pas
donate feelmvsof devotion. But ihor;ly
after the ttoc events had occurred, Peter
fesicneTj hi hnetof adrancementi either
at a priest or a soldier, to the desire of
domestic retirement and married. His
happiness in thi state appears to have
been complete. In his beloved Beatrice
he found an object on whom his heart
could pour out all its tenderness ; and
the peace and privity of bis heme enabled
him (o nurture, undisturbed, the holy
aeutrment which had cheered bim in his
captivity. But as if be wa to be pre
pared for the work he had to perform, by
many sufferings as well as changes, alter
he had for three years enjoyed this feli
city he lost his Beatrice, arid with her,
vanished al! bis hopes and enjoyments.
No longer able to endure a world in
which he no seemed to have no right
to happiness, he immedistely determined
on burying himself altogether in solitude.
The three children, therefore, which had
been born to him, he sent to his relations
0 be educated and provided for s and
then, after devoting himself to God. by
taking the vows of priesthood, he retired
to an obscure and solitary habitation, in
whicYrTe ii Jed -Hilt-toil Active -mind
again toused him to exertion.
eter submitted in his lonely-dWttag.
to the hardships which had distinguished
the lives of the ancient Anchorites, and
nassed his time in the exerrise of the
most rigid devotion. But this was not
sufficient to complete the holiness of his
character. The strictest fasting, the se
verest labors, the most watchful and un
ceasing prayers, could not ava'.'i lo satisfy
thfc conscience woue some uu,iK.
Testation of faithfulness remained lo be
given find "1 pilgrimage was rtntbeeyes
of the world at tha period, the most pow
erful of all evidences that a pretension to
sanctity was hot unfouaded The her
mit's own inclination was in close alliance
,h this ooinions bia natural activity
exciteioent erave him
additional reasons for undertaking an eo
tn which his conscience had al
j. :...;tiK! nrcred htm: and he
ihirefore set forth, full of religious fer
. ,.,i .t,nii MnticioitionsrJJf the e-
pulcbre of the Savior.
lircach vj Promise of Marrlacc.
the case ol IlcUeic UufTman vs
Ke. O corgi Ucitn, fur breith of tht
marriage promise, wat tricdlast week
aod avirdici given f r S 499 ia favour
of the pUiotiff. Xeio lletlin Timet.
A very interesting suit once took
place in the city cit' Gutham, between
two uemni of Colour, Dinah, a foyc .
lredameftwrntsiiWimfT,-
iips'rsh'aaV'anl tioukarieiiture'l
the finest productions of I nber pen
cil, brought a suit for breach of prom
ite against Pompey, and the Jamsgr.s
were laid at twemvnve d illars and
fify cents. It appeared in evidence,
that Dinah was cham'jcr-maid to an
Alderman, and I'ompev was a waiter
to one ofiheleadertof society there,
fore the contending parties were of
high standing io oiiety. It fur.
ther appeared in evidence, that ISm
pey had paid -bis addresses to Mist
Dinah for three weeks that he Jiad
whispered his tale of love, in accents
soft and bland, had moreover giveo
her. in testimony of his truth a pew.
er ring, set with a valuable chrystat
but auddenly, without cause of prov.
ocation,but with malice and rojuivo.
cation, the dark Lothario had impo
litely ..and inhumanely, deserted the;
lovely Dinah, and joined himself in
wedl ck to Rosa, after a courtship of
two hours. The Jury alternating"
been out" for two days and nine hours
returned with a yerdiqt jo .Jfavoue. of
the aggrieved and disconsolate plain-j
tiff of sir dollars snd three ruatsrs,
wiih cost. X. Y. Mir. Udc. j
rtttttm
HUM TSX JACKJOX (TKaSKiwLS.) atatk4U4a.i
Col. Crotket's Circular has been
received; he has come out horse,
foot and dragoon," against Gen. Jack
son's Administration. I le sail under
an open flag, although he has had a
powerful influence, yet it is not be.
lieved he can put the Jackson party
down in this district. The election
next. August, however, will decide
that point.
. Vl'er-aorae time ago, received the !
following communication from a cor
respondent anticipating his change of
politics, but not believing that the to
lonel had actuallygon over the
enemv, we foreborks puWic-ao.
GO IN Q G 0 1 NG ! ,( I ON K !
Strayed or stolen I'roin tucf.ickson
ranks, a certain Member of Congress
from the Western District, named
DAVID CUO.CKETT. Davy ia up
waTdrbriixTccl h'g:V erect" in his
posture, and has a nose extremely red
after taking some spirits. He p s
aeses vast bodily powers; great activ
ity, and can leap the Onio, wide the Mis
sissippi, and carry one steam and two
flat boats upoo his back. 11 can
vault across a streak of lightning, ride
it down a honey locust ' grease has
heels, skate down a rainbow, aod whip
his weight in wild cats and panthers.
Davy took the bounty in the Western
District, enlisted itr the Jackson ranks
and performed prodig ee of valour, 10
divert enirairements. betwen the Ja M
sonites and the Adams boys. : ie
feated and put to flight the celebrated
o ' . . ' ...
John C. Wright, by comparing him to
Monkey, with spectacles on. lie
demolished the Little Prince, by tell,
inghitn that the people in Western
District danced all their toe nails off,:
at Saturday night frolics and grinned
a panther to death at Washington city
(as he says.)
Ji rom the aoove uescnpu n, 11 is
esumcd ho wi be known. Home
twelve or eighteen months ago, it was
observed that certain uncircumcised
Politicians, io wit : Webster, Barton,
and Chilton, who are famous for their
political thieventus, were hovering
round upon the out-skirts of the Jack
son ranks, inbrdef as it was supposed
tn nUfer whatever they could lav
their hands upon, and steal, take and
carxy.awayjKhcafoje.said.D3jy
Whether they havesucceeded in the
felony or whether Davy strayed away
of his own Accord, is yet unxnown.
The last thit haVbJeieard of him'
he was riding toWaraHTankee land,
uoon a broken down poney, which he
called OCCUMXT. Occupant is a
onble tittle fellow t he has made tome
daring plu ig?9, and woutd if he had
been well k'eptl performed several
iournics to Congress v but thU darliog
j - ...
l e 1
tial food, for St teems he can get no.
nothing out of Uncle flam'e crib.
Whoever will bringtbe said Davy
back, chatte and aound, to the Jack.
too rank, thall be entitled to receive
erdjherefor fifty copiea of Hull'a
aurieAder lae-llritiaht -Detroit
fifty"cojTeVfxOivcrn6rBtrong
proclamatioo, forbidding the Militia
of Massachusetts to fight for their
country 1 twenty bye copies of the
proceedings of the Hartford conven
lion, and by way of good measure, I
will thro ia a few copies -of the liar.
risburg letter Coffin, liandbilli. And
f the taker up will bring little Occu
pnnt he shall, in addition to the
above, receive one' hundred oewly
manufactured blue.lightl.
rrT The Jackson hditora through
ut tne Union, are rrq ictted to give
-us an insertion, and send their ac
counts to A n Iveniall , who it au
thorized to pay them out of the funds of
ToWaa Watkia filched fr the Gov.
ernment. WESTERN DISTRCT.
Rrtrnctt from SAM BffS Sermon.
r.federen IJleevers I lou hemblo dis
niterto htr dewerd, nd hab tt splain
d and monttrated to you ; yes, ( tend
for splain it, clear as de lite ob de lib-1
0 da. e is all sinoers har below
s fac, my bredcren ; and I tell you
how it cum. 1 ou tee, my trena,
Alam wa de lut man
F.be v de todJer,
Cane wa a wicked nun,
Caae he kill hit broder.
Adam aod E be was both brack men,
ar d io wat Cane Bod-Abel.Ndw t
pose it seem 10 sirue your unuer.
taodin, how de fus white man cum.
Whv I let vou no. Do vou see. wen I
Caoe kill he broder, de matsa cum
and say Cane, whar your broder
Abel f C ine rfav 1 don't no massa.
tut de nigger oo'd all de time, mas-
sanow eit mad. cum em 1 peak mitv
sharp die time. " Cane, whar your
ra ' a si
broder Abel, you nigger.' Cane now
git friten, and he turn Wtfej and dis
is de way de Tus wtte man cumpon
d.a verm ; ana u u naao 1- oeeo lur
a a a a" a 1 . a a I
uai p.egsv H.Bi. wr,u
I.. 1 fan. ,1 I
reen tuoica wia oese sassy wties, poo
aeiiccouuiiuisuHiuia! K. -uC. nw
ing dc..fyrty-teb4nthiiim kUretttJ
. , ,
Old Joe'i atconu Thoughts. I
He thinks, that when an idle fellow
. . -
is running to ihe stores for credit,
that'he'U settinjj"atrap- (Of htmseir,
aud putting his fingers in too: aod
that it will most surely spring one of
these days, and take him unawares.
He thinks when 'he sees an obstin
ate churl running heedlessly into law
suits, and spending dollar after dollar
t cheat a neighbour, instead of set
tline the matter peaceably at home 1
that he is preparing a trap for himself
that will spring before he thinks of it.
lie thinks wnen he sees, a, young
man ab ut to get married, who has.no
means of supporting a wife and (ami.
ly calculating to live upoo love all
the rest of his life 1 that he too is set
ting a trap that will spring sharper
than he imagines, tl he doatt keep a
bright look out. v
He thinks, when he hears a man
talking of ra wing to the new coun-
tries or to the gold mi nes, who it tol
erably well fixed here, he had better
keep his fingers out of such a trap.
tic think when he aee pooroula
idle away their time, in hopes of get.
ting an office, or being left a legacy,
or of times growing better or of ma
king money by speculation, or in
hopes of any such thing that it is all
tolly, and that they 11 hnd themselves
caught in a trap ere they expect it.
He thinks, that people ought not
rely altogether upoaprofesiions"' of
friendship they are abundant and
cost but little j prcfeiyiMtf. of friend.
ahp-ht?yre more rare,., aod more
valuable. 3
He thinks' that eome people would
be better. fS if they wonld doubt the
sinceritWof every roan when they
know he has a motive ior aeceiving
ri
them
.1 Shrewd .MadmaBAyhcri the
E uf of Bradford was brought before
Lord Chancellor Loughborough to be
examined upoo application for a statute
animai nas oern iea upon nopei and
promises, until he it getting lean and
gaunt, for the want of more aubsttn.
.1.
ol lunacy, against niny,e WM ilBC(j
" how many legs haaal(.fpp
your Lordship meiii's,. Urrn i,.t
Bradford, live r vaj leep,
M Is it not the same thi jj 'lJi
Chancellor.-" No, i!l, . ..s i
Lord Bradford, " there m..rh Alf
Ifcrcoce t a live aheep roajhivw f,,r
legs, -a , dead sheep hasmt-Fo..
There are but Jwo lege worf:!"-""
twoforeTefft are'ihoulderi "
I ' "-- '
MY(of.-TheIate Dr.t. n...
ing married a very tall UJf, whose '
oame was espenence, wat avj 0p.
inion of matrimony t to which- ...
plied, that 11 by long Experiea ho
found it to be a very corob,Mc
thiog." .
FROM 5IY PLACE BOOi
If I pottetied the most valu.,
thiogs iothe world, and were abot
will them away, the. following wai .
be my plat of dittributioo.
I would will the whole world, tn
d friendship, which are very tear
I 1 . - II . JJ'.! t
I would give an additional pvrti
of truth to editors, and lawyers, tn
dert and merchants.
! would give to phyticiant tkill
and learning.- 7- r.-.
To clergymen zeal and ditinterrf ,
a ! V
ted piety.
To' lawyers, merchants, broken,
public officers 4c. honetty. ''
To old womeaaaortWDgacf riaj :
legs.
To young women common tense.
large waists, and natural feet.
To aervaota obedience aod hones
Itr.
lumiiitu nuuuiijr,
To farmerspunctuality and aobri- ,
ety. . ,
To old men preparation for death.
To young sprouts or dandies good
sense, uttie cash ana nara wor:.
To old maids good tempers, little
t'k and suitable husbands.
U To old bachelors A love Jorifu-
..... .
tue, children and wivet.
"YOUNG "MENr
y- ,aed are; Jo teaerarbnt Wis
u ' VP . -
de ware how. much. their reputation
,,,.,1 ; of th n.d.lir hw
.beeomnanv the keen. The rhar.
ofVcifwswet jraoonlegar.
ded as their own. II they seek tho
.... .1.. 1 f, ..J - ..r-r
.1.-1. k . L .tv..kifl
ble. It elevates tnem in the-puolte-e
. ' -rrri. .v., - -
timauw -mm J-aas.ass m mr -mm svy -""
respect themselves and are desirous
to secure the resfTect of otheri. On J
the contrary intimacy with persona of "
bad character always sinks a young .
man io the eye of the public. While ,p
he, perhaps, in intercourse with such
persons, thinks but little of the tonse. -quence,
othera are making their re- " .
marks 1 they learn what his taste lay
what sort of company he prefers' and,.
predict on no doubtful , ground , what
will be the issue "of hit own principlea' " '
and character. There'are young men
and those too who' have 0 mean oprr 7
inion of themselves, to be intimate ' ,.
with whom would be as much at one's)
reputation ia worte. '
And let me add, under thit head,
that a young man may choose h'ti com 1
pany. J. If he wishea good society, he
can find it. If he repectahimself, he
willberrespectedrlfheris rvirtuoosr:
and intelligent if he is modest and
unassuming,! benevolent .and enter-
prising,Tie wtlTmeet wiTh""Tut very
f..l .l-f- K t I ' If
nine, aiincuuy in connecting iimseu ...
with those of similar character.
The""7
path of virtuous and honorabfe con. ,
duct is unobstructed, and open to all ; -
and many there are who are to be seen "
walking in it, so that if there are
young men who are excluded from '
good society, the fault 1 their own.
upweji Lectures.
Milch Cow. A correspondent of 1
the Mon TeTegrayh lays t On the
plantation of judge Kenan, in Coweta
County, are two Cows,.of the improv..'
ed English breed, each of which eives.
dnily, from fifttm to twenty quarts
oj muK.x uneij oi tnem,, a lew. daya
since: a-ivt twentij-vne auarts at mcht
nd
feeds his cows, I am told, on chopped
ilrawi and oats, togcthet with slorw,