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WHAN -thb roVEi wot PKi.r.o atf.d to TiiR WITER states bv fRi coxTiTTiTf'i, o raomiiiTEn bt it to Tim states, ill KBHVED to thb mre tEPEWBi.T, oh to T!R snnri.it Amendment to the Constitution, Article X, AUSTIN & a F. FiSIIERrf I Editor and Proprietor ) "'" i - NO.XXIIOFVOL,-XX. I (Whole io. 1019.) -k a. tUt SALISBURY, N7c NOVE3IBER 1 183a TEES. WESTE -uT,r tei,w . 7 tn v wsthu,, ' to th, , lth.lt''. eVyot ? be ok. ltJlCUlt ' 's i wo.- J it)t!m, "at, ft J to tho' '.. id of Tlj ' h I'm.,, fePilW''. A soul iaiof ttflhse iBtilt-i the- ' ik4 iebeti t roujke xUm to stria . The n "row s1. receni III.,:, r a m ' Inert u . n jnpw, 'Ijli.tfol , nlboja , ' iter." U rmesn tioin id U eo'fba i incifh tea nt adv. . ' iewt .t I a. ; ant f lttoM i Tim IkjoqJ trior. i i , Joel RS uo lb Yua, ; bWI,' ff.O, .ilsn-- iiiotV iittm V r toil Hid yo' P ' ! . '' U CTn' TEEMS OP CAROLINIAN. Th Weslers Carolinian is published every Fit . stTwo lXiH Pr snnum P"d in lvnce, or w pulUri snd Fifty Cent if not paid beft-re tlio ex !Lo of three ntoi.ths, , j . ' . V Mper will be discontinued onul all arrearages l unM" thedweretwo of the Editors; and a ' rt W notify the Editor of t'wisb to dwcontihuir end of year, will be considered a a new cn- "fjflirnienU will be conspicuously and correctly E, at One dollar per squire for the first insertion, J seats for each continuance. Court and Jmiician LerueaicaU will be charged 25 pet cent more than f" gbe'Bf few A dcduetwtn -el -Mf par- o ow F - .1 will tw miula tn vesrlv idvirlinrrn. ...u n times marked on them, or they will bo inser- Li nil forbid, and chsrgid for accordingly. ' letters ailiiresseu iu wic wjjiwim im vubuii-ts uiunt w. ssi", or they will not bo attended to. , MISCELLANEOUS k FIRST AND LAST SPEECH I.VTUE GE NERAL COURT, ','... bi ToiuB TimMrrap, , ' J.iSfprttfnair from the Town of Squathboro It I live thoinaiid ear,' I shall never forget i day 1 wu dhoacn rcpreseniniive. Ihhoc Long gt ran hmitelf out of a year' growth to bring ne the new, for 1 staid aay from town meeting !H of dignity, M the way is, being candidate. ( antt t could'nt believe it, though when I epied t jic coming round Slouch' corner with his coat Rails flapping in tbq wind, and pulling ktraiglit jahead for our houae, I felt ccrtnin that omething 4B mauerauo, ttiyneaj1. begniobunip, ; inimp ao, uudcr, my jacket, that 'twae a wonder it kol kocl? -bintorr ofnHow Mfr'la'eey and Awhct u lsaer cam boltwg tti th; "iSue, I pretended not to be thinking about it... , Lieutenant. 1 urniptopJ ayt. Jwae. , hub. nil You'w got the electiool" dot what T taya I, preteodiog to be surprised, s eootiso sort 4 a way. Got the election I" says he, "all hollow; '.I 'te POt a mainnlv nf thirteen- clour ma. -..rJAan. msnLmonib.atuI iu ,. L r . . 1. . . , i IMII III - I " Pooh I" sayi I, trying to keep cool, though at Tjj WM ttme 1 feK mtt-evef esn'nell now, only 'ray skia did'nt seem to fit ma. ." Pooh J? aoyi.l Win j but the idea of going into publio life, and being called " squire l urmptop, was almost too mock lor me. 1 seemed to leel as u 1 was stand: ! tag sa lbs lip-top oi- ido uortn fote, wiw jny. neait above the ctoGds, tne son on bntf sme ami the ' saoTin OB tbe other. " Got t h election V says I ; alieml hem I hem I" And so I tried to put on a proper dynity Xjf tb occasion, but it -jvas. hud Work but majority T says 1 once more. 'A sure as a gun, says Isaac, 44 1 hoard it with my own ears. Squire Dobbs read it off to m whole meeting' J obiaa 1 urmplop has filty Din. m..A : f - - 1 thought I should hats choked I -sis millions oft glorious idea seemed to be swelling up ail at a time within me. I had just been reading Dr. Growler's sermon on the end of the world, but now I thought the world was just beginning- You're representative to the Cineral Court r Hid Isaac, striking his forefinger iut'o the palui olj his left hand, with as much emphans as it a new fOfld, hadjweo created. I feU more magnsaiiwows than ever. isani?SeP?. D for Ivuifi.) 1 sail I. (The Lurd pardon irtatest amaKemeul, with his great goggle eyes Stirling out of his head. " Slmil I go back and tall tbem so T 1 wean I'll take it into consideration," said I, trying to look as important as 1 could. M It's sn othct of ureal resDoitabiliiv. Isaac," said I. " but I'D think of it, and alier rdusJ deliWsfi.Th ifjrj euastituents iusist upon my going, Isaac, what il job lake to drink r . . I could not shut my eyes to sleep ail that night, lad did nothing but think of the General Court, W bow I should look in i lie great hall of the sutebouse, marching up to my seal, to tuke pos tension. 1 detertuiued right off, to have a bran new blue coat with brass buttons ; "but on second thuught I remembered besring Col. Crabspple say that liie members wore their wraera." o 1 con tluded that my pepper and salt coat with the blue satinet pantsloons, would do very v. ell. I decided (bough, lo have my hat new ironed, an! counter niauded the orders for the cowhide boots, because kip-skin would be more geutueL In sddifloAo Ihu, because men in public lile should be libera!,' and make a more resectable amearance than aunonfiilka,Idid'olbesitat?!oiigjii i making upj niy mind about having a watch chain and an uuion breast pin. The check handkerchief, 'Ihnki I to mvsclf. is ss amid a new j and my ' Pc'ltifqusjue WrH'eyiedl Vflie'oldlilibon t htile scoured ?" '.: It can't be doscribod bow much lh affairs of the halioa orcuiMed mv mind all the nexmlay and three weeks afterwards."15 Ensign Shutefsme. to e ma about the I!) held pigs, but I couldn't talk f anything but-my legisiativ respomtituhusar The cntter beat all natur' for squealing,' say h.Mu.i .1,.. , - ,. ' ii 1 . l It "there must be a quorum before we can do any business." "The old grutnei," Bays he, "will bs fat enough to kill."" Yes," says I, " the ' pwkef ha tne eaStiiig r;"" " Your Bew pig rn." says be, " will hold ein all.-" 1 shall take wy seat," say find be orn in, tccordinf -w lb Constitutkni." " What's your opimoa of corn obr says . " The governor and council' will "c e mat," says I. -. ;.; '. ' :. Th eoooern" T' the wboTe" commonwealth sceined lo be resting all on my shoulders as heavy t fitly sii,'aff(t every ihiug 1 heard or saw made nie thmk oi the dignity of my otfice," W ben I met a flock oi ireese on the sehoulhouse ereen wiif Dencoo D-tgdcin's old gamier at the bead, '- "There." sav I. " iha aoraker ami all the honorable members." This was talked of up and I owa the town, s t proof that I felt a proper roi ?FM)"sibillity j and Simon Sly aid the comparison t the geese wss esptial. I thought so too. Eve- : rJ bisly wished m joy of m'y ehsctKin, snd seemed lasxpwu. great thingsf which I did not bil jpjsjr "Ji'irL So iisving the eyes of the sTBole com ' Biu-nty upon me, I could'nl help eeciug that oo- thing would rntiufy them if I did not do something - for the credit of tlio town. Squire Dobb, the cliairmnn of our selectman, preached me a long lecture on responsibility ; " Lif utt:iiul Turin p- lop, says tie, "l hope you 11 kop to lhS rpputa lion if SH!libirwgh." ' " . ' , " I hop'J I iimll, Kqnire," siiys 1, holding up "my head, for I . leel my dignity risiiii. "It's a highly nwponsnbla ollico, this going to GinerarCoort,"sayshe. : : IjJ I'm allofreiher aware ot that," says I, looking serious ; I'm aware f that, totally and ofllcially." " I'm glad you feel re!poilSll)le,', sys he. j " rnTTHnTio'wyirial iJf IScIIne respoitiubili. ty," sys I" and I foci more and more responsi ble, the more 1 ihink of it." , t " SquHshborounh," says the4. Squire, " hits al ways bet n a ercdit to the commonwealth " H ho doubts it 7" says I. , ," And a credit to the Uineral f3oi uurt," says he. "Ahem I" says I. A. I hope you'll lc 'em know What's what," says be. ' . ,-- ' ' ' . ' - r ' " I guess I know a thing or Iwo," says I. " But," saya the Squire, " a rprespnllive can't do bis duty to his constituonl without knowing the constitution, li's my opinion you oughr, not to vote for the dog-la." ' ' " V ; "That's a matter that calls for doe deli be ra lion," says I. So I went borne and brtgan to re pare fur my legislative duties. I studied the Mat uto on cart-wheols, and the act in addition to an act entitled an act. ' 1 . " J V People may sit in tlieir cliimney-comurs anf imagine it's an essy thing to be a representative, but this is a very great mistake For three weeks I felt like a toad under a harrow, such' a weight uf responsibility as I felt otHltmkingof my duties to n . tny. cotistitumiis. Put when I came tn think, how 7jrmieh I was expected to do dr the credit of The '"iow'rTJiSSrwIi lives of 'our part of the county had done great things for their constituents, and I Mus jJeloruiined not to. do less. 1 esolved, therefufe, on the very first r'onside ration, tn stick to (be following scheme. 1 o make a speech :4.To make a motion fort bank in Squauhborough. To move tliat all aolftries tse cut own one hulf -except ihapynf the repreaentatHres, To second evert motion for adjournment, And JiJlKayilojfotjjaiohe Boston members. As .lo. tljescpb,ihQiigli J. JO made up my mind about the subject of it, yet I - took care 19 have it all written betorehsnd. This K n ')t m.ditriciiU as some folks may think j Tor ijw-rt-'wss ail bWmLasss4rtwjB.B-jre Dility"an3 BimkKr1!rtrmr hertwrw neventy-iiiji and dyio" for hiieiiy, it would do for any purpose with a lew words tucked in here nod there. After J iuui gul--iv wall by heart, I went down in C'rantornedtopeyttrry-.and there-rs a terrible rousing berry Swamp, out of hearing and sight of any body, and delivered it oil, lo see how it would go. lt went 1T in capital style, till ( got nearly through, when just as I wss saying, " Mr. Speak .1 I rm .-I.. n -p TiuinTMirii olfl ..c-'goaT wnm, behind, and gaveme such a butt in the rear, that! 1 was torceo to ma kb an adjournment to (hivottier side of the fence, to finish it. After full trial, I thought it bast lo write it over again, and put in more fepoiiaibilayt with something about " fought, otea ami oten.' - y - When the time came for me to tot off to Bos-' L ton y oumay Jlcuond opon-it I was a If of r Twit- f-nen4njraeV''0d-e-evaer I was on my head or iny heuls. -All Squashborough aslTvr:'thewhiHrtnwnTatoseeiTreet out. :1 ttfiyJIlit rsv tie trhafge to etamt e for ny wmstituents ana vrne uown the- rtostorrtnemliers. v I promised llioni I would, ''for I'm sensible of my - responsibility," says I. I piomised, beside, to move heaven and earth todosomeihingmr tspioah borough. In short, I promised every thing, be cause a representative could not do less. ' At-lest4 g to. IWion i aildbing.i.n gogdsea- son, I had three whole days to myself Wore YhetrciiurcmBY"w Mr.1. session opened, uy way ot doing business, i went round lo ull the shops, pretending I wanted to buy a silk handkerchief. 1 managed it so as not to attend anything, though the shopkeepers were mighty sharp, trying to hook me lor a bargain; but I had my eye-teeth cut, and took care never to oiler within uiuepeiicc of the first cost.. Some :' times they talked saucy in a joking kind of a way, if 1 happened to go more than three times to the Mine shop; but when I told them I belonged to the General Court, it struck them all (4 a heap, aud they did d H dare to d anything h it mike faces lo one jti iilier. I think I was djwu upju the in there; THe day I took, my seat waa a day of all the day in a year I I shall never forget ii. I thought i had never lived till then. Giles Elderberry's Unrig o it. A for the proeessioiilliat "beat cock lJijhting ! I treated myself to half a sheet cggerbred, far.i feit aVif my pure wimiUI Ik4J out lorcver. However,-1 csn't doscnlie evory Ibm". Ws were sworn in, and 1 took my seat, W though I sayjt myself. I took my seat : all Bos . ton was there to see me do it.' What a weight of responsibility I Tell It beats all nature lo see what n difficulty there. is in gritting a chance; to make a speech. Forty ihirora -M,-Rra not to the vole and iwMri. wiimwl my being able tossy a word, though I hut cer tain I could have said something upon every one ,nf i hem. . I had my speech all ready and was wait- "itrg wir chance-trrsay MrSpeaker a bt,em-4 thing alsajs put me out. . 1 hi was losing lime moTions,fiir I wastermined to have my.harl :,in ttto bus,urs,s ,.lof regard for my fcpnsh.uen... --ill 4Itl UUBttP itns st i-ij-m iui - , J BJ l,f I'd 1 BT V ll' IViVS HI" ' w -w.. - l !- t. I .M..U il.A M.i.ftaHtei iwt lvt.lt i ButAfl nii 1 " the q lotion, which always mrl the o.her hiembers UV hul ..v. Ito them. "That's Mivaf - a Ihu lair, now do you kuos what my principiee are . At luut Un uri-Hl noeMlioiM were blowlll forward.! .. ....p. - - . '. . i.. which seemed too good lo lose. These were lliej Doglowu turnpike, and the Cartwheel question. Tk. ,mo..i I t...4 th. i .i .. impi.iummi.I. I ISli BI'FISVj SIVUS B 1IIO llll-S "HW ' '--" VJ - r..ii a., A .', ii ii, tt.in f. n.n. The other menilierliihm(rhi iu sn. fer when it came lip for discussion', a Berksliire member gave me a inquiring how the blister had operated, was in jog with the c!hov, Tiiruiptop," sat he mtwj formed by the Isdy of the house that is the young is your time. 8q-ialdr.H.gh Crever I " No! man had no chest, she had put the lister on his sootier said than done ; I twitched off my hat and 'trunk ; nd sore enough, Ihenf the. blistor was, "caTl-?d ouTr MrTEpI-akTrr - ' fStoelnrpona large wo,hn tumk by the swW tU . As sure a you live, I had' ctrught him at last there wss no one ebm who had spoken rjuick enuujh, snd it was as clear ns preaching I had the floor,, ,' " Gentleman Iroin Squahboro4ijh ! M says 'ms I heard him any it. .? Now," thinks I to niy lf, H I mud beein, whether or no.",fMr. Siieak- j er," says I again ; but I inly said it to gain time, tor I could tmrdly believe I had the door, and all too congregated wisdom of the comin.Miweattli was liHteiiing and looking pu ; the thought of it made me crawl all over. ' Mr. Speaker," says I, once more. Everybody looked round at nw. Thinks 1 to myself a second time, there's no clawing ofT, this niton.- I WMsf.begiru; tiri so hero foty Accordingly I pw tend hemt and said "Mr." Sjieukert" ibr the fourth time. Mr. Speaker," said 1, " I rise to the question "though it did not strike my mind, that I bad been standing up ever since I came into the houae. " I rise to the ques tion, Mr. Speaker," said I. Rut to see how terri. J)ly strange some things, work ! Nq sootier had rose to the question and got a chance to make mv SpC&h, than I began to wish myself a hundred miles oIL . f ive minutes before, 1 was as bold as a lion, but now 1 should have beeo glad to crawl in to a knot-hole, " Mr. Speaker, I rise to the ques tion,1 says 1 : but I am bound that instead of ri sing, niy voice began to full. Mr. 8ponker,M said I, "I rise lo lite question," but the more I rose lo (he question, tho more the question seem ed to full away from mo. And just at (hat mo ment, a little fat round faced man with a bald head, thatwifining right before me, speak lo another member and says, "What squesklnz fellow is that f ' , it dashed me good deal, and I don'l know but I should hsve sat right down without another word, but Colonel Crabapple, the member from Turkey town, gave me a twitch by thp tail of my .wrapper, w I hat s right, rurmptop, says he, i'-give tlicro lb grand touch '" This had migh ty encouraging ctrec(,aud so I hemmed and hawk. e"d Ulpo fliuf'tt "Mr. 8peaker," ays L athis it'll eiihiect of vi fal importahce. TIib question is, Mr. Speaker, on .the amendment. 1 1 have a.docided opinion on that point, Mr. Speaker. 1 am altogether opposed to .he last gentleman, aud 1 loel bound iq fluty to my toolitueul8VJ) ope,aitdw rfpVihty ot my omce, : to-epree iviy rmtia on this question Mr. Speaker, out glorious forefathers fought, bled and died for glorious liberty.'' I am opposed to thiSMcstiim, a vital intereat in cart-wheels. Let us take a re trospective view, Mr. Speaker, of the. jtresent eon ditjon i of jail the kingdom.and tribel of the earth. Ik aorWCM the wideeipan- feton of -itsM reY-umWs- lows oi tne Atlantic i tie not u iK)iiaaye going about like a roaring thunderbolt ! All the world mornr the sons of men. But lo rVlurn to Ike sub ject, Mr. SteokejJ..V I. am deciderly opposed to the smendinenl : it is contrary lo the principles of freedom and the principles of renpooHioility. Tell it to your children, Mr, Speaker, snd tayour chil pfClrtTtiltq ren; tttat ftctHlcmtll run "tit be tnryrerM'rv t't' ior-tbe -pstWic gWt-y4rinsir psagiios, like Esau, for a mess of potash. Liberty is the everlasting birthright of the grand community of nature's freemen. Sir, the member from Boston talks of horse-shoes, but I hope we shall stand up f'if our rights. If we only stand up ibr pur rights, Mr. Speaker, our rights will stand up for us, snd we shall all stand uprightly, without shivering or -mowey---hafM-getf sv-haiever-tha -gontUxoan I from Rowley may say about pumpkins. A true patriotwittl-fof hi country r--Msy-wre aflimr- ( tatejhe glorious enample and die for ur oountry. trtve .up. sceepmg w4.Mr, jBpcnkttJ.rmi docs tbe honorable gentleman' nvan T I not ag riculture to be cultivated? He that anils hi liberty, Mr. Speakei, is worse than a cannibal, a hottentdt or a hippopotamus. The member from Charlestown has brousht his pijrs to Die wrong market. I stand Dp for carl wheels, BnfTV) do intn opeaaer, wim ma voica in a apeaKyig-irumpui, may we never be backward in coming forward : and all honest men ought to endeavor to keep the rising generation from fulling. Not to dwell uton this point, Mr. Speaker, let us now enter into the subject : In the first place," Now it happened that just at this moment tbe little ful, bald-headed, round-faced man wriggled himself round exactly in front of me, so that I ; could not help seeing himj and just as I was say ing " rising ijeneraiion," he twisiod the corner of hit mouth into queer sort of s pucker on one side, and rolled tbe whiles of his little grey, winking eyes right up in my face. The member all stared atraighl at us, and made a kind of a snickering cluck,, cluck, coek, rrlf, that soenied to run whistling. over the whole house. I felt awfully bothered, I csn't tell how, but it g.ive me such a jerk off tbe books that 1 could not remember the next words; so I foil in my pocket for the speech it. a iua JhfftniimM MlMUKx. there Vtheo" oetiind nie, then both side of me, but lo snd behold I it was not to be found. The next instant 1 remembered that I had taken it .out of my bat in a simp in Dock Square that morning, while 1 was comparing the four corners of my check handkerchief with a bandanna. That jas enough,! knew as quickas lightning that I was t gonn goose, I pretended to go on with my "Ipei'Cn, dud kejit mying; "rising gwwerslicsi, my constituents, enter into the subject, Mr. Si icaker." But I n a le hawk s meat of it you may depend- finally . Bqbody could stand it any Miger i tlw lH tie fat man with the round tace put nis tmimB in j ''b1b" , 1 ,mT h? ""T "P I snatched up my hat under cover 1 .., ... -j ;. ...u- j a jo' " T 'il r 1 P M - "ftTi ,h. M"" Mon C0U,d ""y .,ha ,l n." . ' - A pliysician in this city called a few days since sees young man who wat qoite tick, and, amomr other thincs he Infl a blister plaster, which ! " TW SSI J 1 ! he ordered to be placed on the vounsr man s chest Ha called the next moruing lo s-e his patient, nnd f bed I'vitluckel uatew.-, .A CIIVMBEK SCENE. Sha rose from her untroublod sleep, ' . ' And pot aside her soft brown hair, And in a ton ' low am) deep iV As Love's first shipper, breathed a prayer ! . Her snow white hands together prem'd .-; (Ier blue eye sheltor'd in its lid Tlie folded linen on her brenxt Just twilling with the charms it bid j s And from her long and flowing dress ' . V Escsied a bare and slender loot,' Whose fall upon the earth did press Lik snow, flake, aoHaoH nuite ; ''"Ahd there Troin sluiiiricr "wift and warm? '7 Like a young spirit fresh from heaven, . She bowed her light and graceful form,' , And humbly prayed to bo forgiven. Oh God I if souls unsoilet as these -' Need daily mercy at thy throne - If she, upon her bended knees, . Our loveliest and our purest one She wuh a face so clear and bright, We deem hersome stray child of light ' If she with those soft eyes in t!Sis, ' Day after day, in her first years, -Must kneel and pray for grace from thee, What far, lar deeper need have wet How hardly if she win not heaven, ,. ' Will our wild errors be forgivon.'' ' V ' ; From tne Csdsanr. , ' Tap PAGEANTRY OP REPUBUCS. ,. BT MBOB BUEU. To maintain republican principles tnd a repub lican government, it is necessary that we preserve republican habits and customs. We affect to be free, yet ws glory in being the slaves of party We profess toleration, yet proscribe as un srorrhy"Of itublie confideneB ts- btothss who- Bonis irom our ponucai creeo, or woo reiuses 10 support bur candidate, be ho ever so bad. We are republicans by profession, but aristocrats or syco phants in practice. , ' :' Odf "he w - journals, forthe last -two- month, have beon filled with account of pageant' proces sion,:Janda.trnaddresse and siimptumw enter- : tainments, got up, ostensibly, in honor of distin guished citiaons, whose duties or pleasure have induced them to travel abroad. Thousands, many l1oosand,"htt teerr etpended, vsr drat otirr " "tiat been 'watlflidi and Borne f thrmore darnrerotn of th human passions invoked, in getting up those ahowa-iof j much, we suspect, with lh Ties of doing feal honor to the tfKltvidual, as o atrehglh jtrtg-i intwe sinismr purposes oi inoiviuuais. . As reimbl icans, we ridicule the adulatory homage -paid to the crowned head and privifegwi -classes or Konipe, by what. we term an ignorant and en slaved population ; and yet we outstrip them in in discriminate and fulsome panegyric, and partisan worship. Uur constitution. and laws regard pub lic officers a public servants, not elevated for their we treat inem our master, ami it would he no wonder, such is human propensity to abuse power, if they toon assume to be such. Rome granted triumphs to her distinguished men? and these dis tinguished men became her master. Elections by the legitimate authorities soon ceased to be K voluntary ; tod Casart were raised up by the tit- '.niuuuuur BTCianinuinra ui mi? rnuv, ui irte army i ,jv cnrjs5.Aria.iwiawt.Iua -republic We would by no means withhold from public of - frs, tb respect n"ua to Iheir- station, -Bar .froo) . distinguished individuals, the honor due to their linA ourVresiieci?' to Inorit, t any manryer-we L verily think that this respect andhia honor would be more compatible with our republic proTeesions, less derogatory to our dignity freemen, and equally complimentary to those whom we -would honor, if procesniiHis, cavalcade and military jartdhHStjre disjiensed with. It is but too appa- reuif inai iiioh Higeams are goi upror parry,-arm not lot public benefit end I hat if tolerated, they will iricresHe in frequency and in mischieff t it not th evil that bar rieppened that we so much doprecate, but the evils that are likely to grow out of these anti-republican precedent . -It should he a man's virtues, his public services, and hit fidelity to our republican institutinna, that should recommend him to public confidence and sup. port tnd these are likely lobe krnwn whenever they are developedand not the number of partizant which can be drummed up lo swell his cavalcade. A good man needs not these extraneous anti re piblicanonthvancns, and a bad man is certainly , not entitled to litem. "' , " , '' We intend no political or persorwl allusiims in these remarks, We considpr the prsctiee a itad one, inconsistent with our republican professions, one that is growing upon us, and one that should - be discountenanced by the ttttier, Jfloeting part of tne communrty -.. s i-jx Tii". .-rwi;-.jt--.ft--fs-n; srR JWSssSS ."-r-JW.sv-W-t, ry V yumciA L com n T. A letter (rom Tide mention the occurrence of a single combat, in one of the Caucassian diitrict, which is worthy of the chivalrous spirit of tbe mid dle agi. Prince Shenehedoli, of the race of the Kabardes, having carried off" the daughter of Bey of Holyraki, kept her in hi possession without of- The young maiden's father enraged at the disgrace which thin atrocious deed had brouaht uuoo his fa jmJyaBft.ofJlbft olUfll. pnJrjc.hbatjoX: the coutiiry, ordered Meslick, hm eldest son, to challenue.th nrjrrre Jof ingle comlfn, .The Prince took up the gauntlet, and the zuth of Octo ! ber was appointed lor the encounter. Punctually at noon on that day the two combatants met in the plain of Arsiana, between Derbend and Buinacki, both gallantly mounted, and accompanied by a ret inue nt twelve Nukirs, or knight follower well horsed, bearing the banner of their repociive chiefs. The whole party were habited in coat of mail and tteel gloves with armlet and plumed he. met isf the same metal, and bore gorgoous shields, ' etch with a spear in hi right band -and sword on his fed tide, rrince ohenehodeli banner dis played a golden falcon on a green ground the tiey a biactr. bear, surmounted ny three argent -, atarson a scarlet field. 1'isir indivulusU ol ad vJoeed ages, chosen by either party as ju-lges a seen, sealed. on to. elevated staito: these an pounced to the challenger and challenged thtt they had adjoogpd, that, which ever pf the enmhatants) in chief, should be thrown out of his saddle, and which ever of th two parties of knight followers should be worstrd or driven from the hV!d, should b held ameuablo to whatever resolve the conque, ror should lay down, -The encounter whs opnued on both siiles with great spirit, knd soort became of the nmt obstinate character each individual sin glod out his antagoniat, and fourteen knight hern laid low, when Mcslick, though atreaming with blood from three desjierare woundsrsnddenly mo lo ' a vioUmt and dexterous lunge at Prince Bhenehe. ; deli, and forced him out of his saddie. The only" wdiHo5"w4Hcft' IW qiBr6r KsicWo frflMTIh"? fallen, was that he should espouse his sister. The -conouered Prince obeyed, and tbe espousals were celebrated accordingly on the 27 ill of tbe samo The Blettin' of Unin in frt countrg. Jirrl Byrne, a tight little lump of a boy, " from Cork's own town," arrived yesterday in the Isaac Hicks, from Liverpool, and proceeded to th boarding house of Nicholson Msttliewson, of 31)0 Water Su Here Jim soon found bis way to the bottom of sov- sral glasses of cognise, which had the miraculous ; eflect of stirring up hi wrath and hi patriotism to tne Doiiing point, and ajso of making hun very loquacious. .' - ' - . v " I bit n Ameriky isn't ill" said hs lo the land lord. '-; , ' -'''-; . " , 1 ''-.i-":-v----. J x " It is, answered the landlord. . ' ' r" I knew it was," replied Jim with a flourish;, "an if any has any thing to ssy Toruest it, let him only come this way sn Til make poor house broth ov hun. Landlord can't we til do u we like iu Ameriky t" ' '.'' v .'V '''."" ; ";'':". " To be sure we can," replied Ihe tmiling Bona face. '. .. r :y". r. ;.' ! Thin,. be Jtzua, here goes," exclaimed the pt ' TrT.Jt M ItutniM M 1.. L. I.I J mrj ,11 , flu,? T.,73, ,1, VII,, If wont lICT. in ii is to iivb in a iree cnumry. , j, - v. , - Saying which ha seized a cut' glass decanter hf ' the nock, and in an awkward auempt to bread , ; u mine hoot' head with it," pulverised il against -the counter ) he, then paid hi respect lo a couple ! -of chair, which hit converted Into excellent kindJ ling wood- in a little less thah no time, tnd wis pro - - ceeding to prove bit pTriotism on Vdresscr of curst and saucers, when soma person interfered. . ' " What in the devil tre you dmng raanl" taid r ftlAjr eirrsftwWOTiMMi.-r-.iiiil i..n. i.'...-t-mTrrll.1l , limifmuw- m mijpmgjii iin,.u.m,.,u, W 11 V. tf A nttlnASBna ffut1! mimm mm 1Mt nnSnM ' ing me liberty Garryowon, au down wid the poel era.:-.. ........ .... ; . . ljAn4;bere Ji.mdejiincernat oft loiiking glass, . ' but-h previuited from doiiur tuy 7uthj!r BiiwOileOfftri by being cnfrwiwny .ia lltot lockrtip.' JU thej morning Mr. Byrnes wss taken all aback-ijami do clared that ht used Iu.lui-i0.4bcuer opinion of it -when be was informed Ihtt they had such thing A a law, watch houses, and mtgurt rates, in America and bis patriotism wa also considerably damped ' ny perceiving that a quart or so or American bran. .- ;,.",--dy can give a man a d I of headache. Tbe -, . i cliarire about riolln and break ins not beinsbnu ' . . I TuTeoTnifimujTBlrat. ing drunk, and gave him ome excellent advice, " i " touching the -model by which be should regulate . , ' v f nit luture conduct. Blandtr it a -poor toul tliat cannot bear lander. No decent man cm Bet alone without it 1 -at least none that are-scfively ngage4 i- the t -i ' I- r i : i:r iff - l , ' . - ."L" 6K'"J,...,."J!,,J. ,,"TXva-."-J'',a. n-now. - in your employment, and discharge him, be goes - round and slander you refuse amtherjwmevr). ? ry modesi boon whtch hsTbaa asked, be g"oe rouo!7" sod BtsjiderBywg-lei your cmwlucl-be sat eeto-- cretie the ,eury., if ,oulher bergoCffeuTtd :;Dd; slander you. In fine, a w id before, we would not give a cent (it a person who is not slandered il show that he is either a roilk-sop or a fool. No no earn a bad name from a bad fellow, fond you can easily do so by correct conduct,) it is the only way lo prove thai yoe are tuititled to a good one. .. ' . A IS ever branded be fart. A rrurue wss hranrW . on the hand, and be fere he went from the bar, tbe judge bade them search if he were not branded be- fere, No, my lord, I ws never branded before."' Tbey esrched,and fbund the mark., "Oh, you're are an impudent slave, what think you now fV , l cry your honor mercy, says he, for I e?or , thought my shoulder tood behind." UnrontcioM ronB-The other Sunday the clerk of one uf the Dissenting Chapelt in the city, previ ous tn the commencement of the service, dirtied his hand by placing them accidently on tome new black pnini, and unconsciously ribbing his fare, be. smeared it so as to rcscmhle a son of Vulcan.- lie turned into the singing desk, whore he natural, ly attracted much attention, which was considers bly increased.when he gave out the first line of the hymn, " litkold th brightneu of my evrs." - The7" swwHsmww son -ob- esuvft A4tSBz IB 1UP it ra4V? iy,tna so involuntary laugh bunt from every con ner oi tne cnapei. Tricltbf Pari Th dsy f purchased them 'riclt)f Pari 1 n i . v . ii. ..- I. i Drsceieis; was mantea oy tne roiiowing circum stances. I was walking terns one of the bridges in Paris, when a well dressed man suddenly threw . nately he fell intoa place where the water w not -A- very deep, and he waa apeadily .resciiec from hi . pcrjlput prediraGuW.A.'w surt-J rounded him 1 amoojrst the rcM - 41e ope rW hi J'". bi word were, Vwfiin sir pourret ..'. tnjen ! , My children, my poor children 1 These piteous exclamations moved me, and I immediately gave the man a couple of Napoleons, they being ' all the money I had about me. Iear bless you, sir,', said sn Englishman, whom the occurrence also attracted lo the spot, he' done thai already , ' three limes this week. .-He regularly drown, or poisons, or stabs hitnsoff, four or five times every . week. Why dues he do that V said I ; in be "'' ' mad V, Mad f no;' returned the man he i a ... clever fellow on Ihtrxontrary, and picks up t good . deal okmoney in this wiy. Ife an excellent bu. ,V sines. Ho live belter by dying .five or six timet V"! t week than I do by working hard.' Whnt 1 ii . h be an impostor, then! cried I, naiurally indignant : at the gross manner in which I had-beqn imfiosed I "FN!ih.it'i.jLJ4rsL roan but ht't toinething like it, thpngh.' ? - . - " H '? .... 1 -I ir'-r'j.,-ssa-.'ll.-v-. - f 1 - r . ta , I , . . i ., . , -.. . "... .