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tURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1825.
' rwrad of a letter from a Member of the
era Assemoiy w
Raleigh, ;Usc;m.
rrd W,ll eivinf? the election
of
Sheriffs to the people at large, witboutl
2rd to property or color,; which
? A heea rejected in the Senate, was
ycuisedaud rejected, in the
Commons. ... '
.. . tii rccpd the Commons, a lew
, :DCe discharging the Attorney 1
Eral frJ'ni attending the Circuit,
v . -' n(:PO- nri Ipavinr him'
prosecuting ollicer, and living ; him
inly -the business of the Supreme Court
to attend to ; and also repealing the
laff which creates the omce Ot Solicitor
General, so as to put that officer also
out of business out proviuuig ior uie i
election of two Solicitors tor these dis- views calculated to awake emotions of de- But let us dismiss these secondary mat
tricts (the Haleigh and Hillsborough light and gratitude and so far as doubt lers and approach a subject wiich makes
districts.) The Senate to-day rejected can exist: on the subject, completely to si eVery Athenian bosom swell with pride
, vij - IL I
m" . . j . v . 1
1 "The bill to prevent protracted liti-1
ratinn. bV enlarcrincr the iurisdictionof
Justices of the Peace, was rejected to-
day in the Commons, by a "majority
of 18. The bill proposed that persons
complainrfiofr., (wrongs by force
cr fraua,) where the damage was less
uiau WW r-- I
concerning muu, ui """""v I
warrant ana nave a uiai wwic u-
crip .fiUtice without eoine: through a J
warrant and have a tnal before a sm-1
me Justice wiuioiu going imuugu i
a. i -ii v,ot V. T.,ct,Vc I
i-! I iriit ifi i iif 1 1 1 1 w a. s tx. a. uiu v u & biv 7
lltuvi w tiiu a- " - a .
ii .. . j I
ceneraiiy, were uui tuiuucicuv iu uc-1
j u I
HUC5UIII loses. :: I
"The bill to repeal the act. creating
tedious and expensive suit in a County 1 our gastronomes, in the true spirit of Athe
br Superior Oourt. The principal ob- nian conviviality, immediately invite them
a Board of Internal Improvement, was I ble' indted there is a solid sort of Casta
rejectld on Thursday, by a handsome lian about a well spread board, which is
majority 22 Votes, The duty of the
Rr JX :a anA ..n;4LA ct, I
uuiii t j ia uii r.i.1 n lit. u j I r f ci.f,r u m a.
public works as the Assembly author-
. ' , I
j v - r 7 rr"-v.- I
Lngineer, and pay tne money appro- i
pnated by law. Uelore the establisn-I
meqt ofthe Board, it is strange, but Athens presents a bright reflex of the Au
actually true, that every dollar paid by gustah age at this pendicle of feeling, a
the State- to the amount of $35,500, opoSition is made to Vattend a Soiree at
irasoif, by being ienorantly and in
judiciously applied on the Neuse, Cape-
f. 11 1". r . i "
rear laaKin ana atawoa naviga
tionswhile the subscriptions pf
indi
Mduals to the same oroiects, wer
aid
and lost, to the amount of $ 1 50,0
pder the direction of the .Board, it is I
bcknowledffed the money has been iu-
iciously applied. The! attempt to
eepen the channel below Wilmington,
y contracting the passage of the. river
W the shoal, by means - of Jetties, I
las not succeeded. Mr. Fulton mis- lhey burst forth by the bump on the Ca
lculated the force of the water, and me,,s back bul hMw this ?' that a place
ts velocity was not snffirient tn rut scarcely known abroad that makes so lit-
i rrt u i. i I
Jtwavrthe bank. 1 his is the nnlv fnil-1
U k;'. Mui..:M. n-i.
r u,m9 ldltuirtuuuS 1 i.c lyicuging
fiacwiie-is presumea oy tnis time to I
pe in' operation on the shoal, and as it
p only a few yards wide, it is believed
ft can be removed. ,
I "The attention of scientific men will
p directed to the Swash in Pamptico
pound. If thev deem it Dracticable to 1
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ciiioye it so as to deepen tne water
fy tle State, rentertain no doubt of I
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; t u sposmon.n the l.eg.slature to un-
u. j . . . . . . . . i
imkP 9nu tkinriunKAnnMiknnm 4 I
. ' . . . . i. - i
, " ujiiik icasuiiauiy pijuwj
practicable and beneficial ; and the
pigatiqn of the Sound, interests the I
aure Worth and KastPrn nnrt nf th
ftate.
VVe have a claim to assistance
. - - " -w- u w wm., IrttV I
F we
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JlJIVP lifrallv cimrtrtrtorl
ind : Improvement of Cape-Fear, which in
t a j Erests the South and West."
tri-J i Tiri. .u-i t?i
e learn from Raleigh that a
- pprew uie ueiebuuie pracuce oi
' ' " ' J ' " ' - ' 1 1 '. : ' 1
paung at Elections, passed the Com-
fnsby a respectable roaonty ; but!
as rejected in . the Senate. The I
- -a ; ....
p rendered the practice of treating
public place or gathering, (not
ive noticed the offence, and the petty
" ulu "avejuagea oi me intent
P-? secured the nerson chartred. frnm
st Conviction; jStrange and melah
t y Hthe fact is, we are yet longer
iteo ,i uaipgto a man's own bouse,) with
itcd J md to ififluence an Election, an tn
be,.: I fotahh offevce. Grand Juries would
'od 8 I Ivat the gentlemen who vote still
- i
v , lu "ring it io puntsnmeni,
r .. - . i " - '
this snhiet n. :r:iv l'.I-
1 1 l Olir roo --
ucj iui presentment oi
whichwill b f., w .1' i
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i -.1
ATHENIAN BREATHINGS V
, , - " Fr 1826,.'
Touching Athens and the opinions of trafellera J
-the Newbern School of Poetry music the
Athenian Bar-Eloqueuce-and the" Gentlemen
of the old School :
I am a nameless man, but a friend to ;
Athens, and to Athens friends. Burtoh,
Trumpet; blow loud !
Sendthy brass voice thro' all their doubting tents c
r .. ana prattle I
Like St. Rolands horn iu Roocesvalle's battle
Granting,' that a highly favored spot,
uniting many beauties of the picturesque,
affords an asylum where letters and the
sciences enjoy a singular degree of-cultiva-tion,
nay, may be said to ripen in out
sight, is it marvellous, if it be called
the Athens'? The reading public will
instinctively Know, tnat allusion nere can
y fc Beautiful NeVh ,
o,Jwhich ; (
. rap.d
Aud Gynthia lingering sheds her purest beam
and wi)i excuse us, if we improve a mo-
ment of festivity and leisure, to submit
icnce is. t ue upimuus ui ciiMgiiicucu ra-,
vellers are always entitled to--respect, ana
;t is with pleasure that we avail ourselves
0f the flatterina testimony -which several
bear to) our numerous merits. - We speak
of travellers who have visited fdreigq parts,
and who travel, not as ' those who: go a-
Tsjtll
6J ig ;orthv Df remark, that on their
arrival, they first admire our natural ad-
vantages and oeauties, and men, congratu- i
n- -j kzj m
iaie memseives on reacning nere auye, a
ter passing thro' the state. Some one
jate themselves on reaching here alive, af-
ier passing uiro uic state oome out? 01 1
to a social repast, wneie they discover we
do not subsist entirety on Jettres, but ra-
i : "
1 . . . , - i
, ... o .u
ther concur with the sage Scipio in th
I ..iv.. ...v. j.v...7,. miviuiuiv. i
nrtntixn (tUat'tho nloacnrue if liloratnro I
tare greatly heightened by those of the ta-
wunaepuny inspiring, anu seems, ime me
touch Of some Ethurral 5pear, to enfran-
rhico rtnrs annrphpntinn unrimva vmnaln I
. - i - . - . t . . .
thouglLlme now pa3seS in a variou, con-
yerse,rwnicn is ricnty tinctured witn tne
ambrosia of classics anu wit, until they ar-
rive at the settled conclusion, that our
Ds, or u s, wnere oeauiy ana music pour
all the Arabian heaven on our nights'
here it is no less gratifying than curious,
to see them recoil before the dazzling radi
ance of sparkling eyes, as if 1 blasted with;
excess of light' and to hear them exclaim
hen the v recover their, speech; if thev
survive the shock,) by the whisker of
the prophet's -cat, but thU is the. true;
Athens,7 and as they listen to tones that
rival the music of the spheres; and to
words - ' i;'
That rob the flvhla bees
. And leave them honeyiess,
tie stir in the great world, should present a
... to ' . 1 . r.
t,lsP,a-VOI8racant auty, or elega
nee
and refinement, that we have never seen
eclipsed
abroad or at home why sir, (ad
dressing us,) your Athens should rank with
the first in the polite world her name
should echo thro' every vale, and stand
rubric on every wall'-spoktn- much like
an Athenian. VVe hasten to assure them
the remark is not original, and in coeifir-
mallnii nf if . nhsprvp that cpvpra! truvallors
.i-T ..-..T..r,
peregnnating south, in search of an abiding
tent on lne sPof as f here they realised
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ca, iw a e
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UIti"lCI 1.UIIUJ M I) HIS WM ,HC UIUW
riwi m , irifir irriTiiituifiHiinri or a ivn
Soulh wouid inbnis extavaganl d
. ,
v " " c Ul
r-m m . . " . .
vuauiaieu as uicac tuiisiuerauons cer-
tainly are, to put us in a good humor; and
makes us view, with a benignant ; eye, all
minor aenciencies, we nevertheless reel it
incumbent on us plainly to state, that the
4 Newbern School of Poetrv is in avirvin.
1 different way. and that save the Hippocrene
f W" U1VII VVIIIIIIUV9 V
vi ;. vTiitvu vwtiiiiiucs iu uuur lurin us
drains of melodv and to sustain. hh blli.
tv and taste, the character of th. Srhi
- r - .
there is not a wooer of Helicon, while the i
Laureats of Cytherea betray a, sad lack of ,
inspiration we understand however that
the- different schools are subject to these
fluctuations, and are evils that;, find their
own remedy. Complaints of a more serious
character reach us regarding the alarming
indifference of. our Athehiarr youth to', the
charms bf music roundly insinuating,'that
o discourse with them of . its heavenly in-
tiuciicr, vi -uj uic unc. :wwuni vwtc
o bignortna uarcta, particuiany in the
zerzeuo, you naa as - wen iai& to a moie
of gas Jight Now, ... how' js .this ?
do they undervalue a science; that has oc
cupied the attention and study of the grea
test men of every ageand clime of a sci-
frence that- is allied. to eloquence and poetry,
and that opens the brightest avenue " to the
mind :Achil!es the most terrific person-
age thai " poetical, imagination has feigned,
is often represented as subduing bis resent-
mniChv th oi wr.rfinerais jaeK5onaTiarinckney,at iortJacK
r' - ' '- r; ; : T ; -c. sonv" ,4 he. bill1 makings appropriations; for
. It ii OA improbabloviwing; from 'their et fortifications' - for thenextyearwas're
cfcimtwasfe tbM Uieafttiigahatwa may hare tK ported and read . twice It asks 795.000
Richard- Cceurde Lion was a irue guild!
brother of the science, the lovejbf which I'bill
only yielded to hi loye of arras4-and does!
not oocraies account. tor nis priaicieiicy I
. o . . Z ' i :t .le
speaking , to his tuition ? Aspaia taught J
roe the rhetoric Connus music.But we I
scorn the appearance of pedantry," and ne-
Ver Quote as others do, tnro' pi-erty ui inM
teliect, but merely as a , short method of es-1
tablishihsr a point. Music is a I handsome I
accomplishment, and delightful source ol
amusement, and to the mind harassed and I
.. abr disiaked Wlth careJil affords I
' .1 ...l,.-1
amiutie mur soowmigt ij I ,
art can yield : and as we descend, tne vaie i
of vpars and other eniovments yield to en-1 h
croacrung
tune, this, alone tiis aione i
conies with renewed delight, beariag on its I
wipgs the fragrancy of youth in the recol- render of the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa,
lections of other days -it cheers tr sunset The schooner Lafayette, arrived at Balti
of life as it encircles us ; with a horison ol more on Monday evening, from Sacrificios.
boyish association. We who have become
' a wiser and a sadder man' as we Increase
in years and infirmities, may be Opposed
to speak as one in the way of experience,
and entitled to weight. borne Foet says, I
we who have grown old in Jokes, noi
years, piercing the depths of sun"-we ra I
ther prefer this reading
We mean tne Atnenian par, wnicn acKnow
ledges no competition in - the state
and
whose Supremacy indeed, save a few dis-
sentient growU from, the capital, is univer
sally admitted -that there are. distinguish
ed advocate without its pale, not a tongue
dare wag in contravention : but iri nine
cases out of ten it will be found
they have
reflecting
breathed the air of Athens. In
sj0nally indulged in
curious euouirv as
to its
Uur estimation more enviablel none cer-
xjr ku -. w w r a v - - . - -
caiisp i I nprf is nn rnranpr in i
tainly that we hold in higher admiration
than the accomplished eloquent pleader
to attain this character, mere legal acquire
ment is not sufficient, Since no profession
places more in reouisilion various and ex
tensive knowledge the : Sciences should
i ......j ...:.L .k 1
oe cuiviviticu wiiu trie uiiici cut uiauuncs
of literature, ornamental and profound'
this places at the command of the speaker
the weapons of fancy and philosophy ,
which be can volley or restrain at pleasure
it ffives a keenness, to his sarcasm a
(...
C. ... .1 I .. . :
variety and comprehensiveness to
and a
his ar
gument. , ior is this the only enect pro
duced by this (Athenian) course of study
the !mind becomes insensibly imbued
with a Reeling of propriety- a ,; delicacy ol
tact, which never offends or disgusts, by a
vulgar bearing or course invective, too of
ten the expedients of those who are with
out the loftier graces. When we speak of
Wirt, or Webster J or,Hopkinson,v or any
pillar oTour bar, (the Senior if you please,)
it is not the mere lawyer we conjure up,
whose resources are exhausted in a little
legal research, and some desultory interlo
cutory discussion but ! the accomplished
advocate, the polished scholar and general
student, who can. at will, fascinate the ima
gination by the, brilliancy of metaphor j and
language, and take captive the judgment by
the force of logical reasoning. Such is the salutes, ringing of bells, and every manifes
Athenian bar such have we often found it, tation of joy that the event demands. Eve
while our hair stood on end, . as their thun- ry thing is concluded with the utmost har
ders fulmined around, shaking the very mony. The Spaniards ask not one far
walls to their centre. In taking leave of thing, but merely that they be safely con-
our bar, we proudly assert, that its leading
members would grace and dignify any in
the Union ; and we look to the period
(which we trust is yet remote) when they
shall withdraw from their brilliant career,
as the setting of so manly suns that' have
long shed their glories around us, and be-
casionally have illumined the whole wes-
tern 'hemisphere.
But time and space press and we must
hasten to pay our respects to the Gentle-
men ol the Old School,' vho stand first in
I our atTectton. tvf mn H nnt rinco tUfiri
remarks without this tribute of esteem to a
7 .-- .'iv svw
I ieiuaia.s wiiuuui ims irioute ol esteem 10 a
club, who powew mo.e o( the cbialrv and
I aiianirv oi ine anrtetn -rptnmp.'
j ., . - - . i "
classical enthusiasm and literary taste-in
I short more genuiue wit and pure good fel-
o .. ...
-more
owsbin. than can be met with oerhaos in
i any " Athenian ,. body tne Storehouse of
I mirth and mammon not exefpted this
-,1 . hT . '
I explains in some measure the cause of
I their being such distinguished favorites
I with the ladies,' always basking in their
Ltt o;).. . , a -...ik. . u.
It imp a vprv hanrtenmp nrnnf nf tU h;:
. i wiimiiiwhiic wvi ui iiuiEinau ukiicai . lie
i rnm iigi nn mt .r kaiia. . tu
f Old School had jt contemplation not long S dreadful was the state of the Castle,1 that
since to form a , Society for the suppres- they were obliged for two months previous
sion of back country beaux s'.' who have to the capitulation, to eat rats for the main
annoyed them, much of late, disturbing tenance of life, and it is ascertained that
their peace and serenity we are happy many sentinels died at their posts while un
to state however, that in a becoming spirit der arms. . The schr. Hornellos of Balti
of magnanimity, they relinquish the idea. more, taken up by speculators in Mexican
In biddine them adieu, honAthPw ma v script sails to-morrow for London with a
0ng flourish W the boast of Athens ? m ail
the greenness of efflorescent yootb.y- In-
numerable other views crowd uDoirils but
l Wq brush them .aside with nr Den a aH
nenainff to the same arand
I put more ado,.we present
i Public the compliments
in' an especial manner,
fn the House
;terday:Mrf
I hng fer inforrnation
tiiu- iic vi ccn
, .. . .,(! surviving troops. . ; j, .jr uifc?
; " ATHENS. - . J , merchandise to E. Barnes, M. Jarvis,. and "
WArWr-iviv ''nvi;.- We learn froiathe Albany Daily Ad- Xj'' J"""1 WMIto, AVif-y0rt;;-.
- ; WASHINGTON, Pee. 122. . vtrr ,t.t ,h Va-.Vnrt .nl fAii.-iM. ischr. Midas, Kennedy: Philade uhia. mer s
of Representatives -es-1 eoojr ariii mmtnt in ot iaot Ainn twi I chaudise to S. Oliver- - . -"-!
Owen ofiered a resolution- cal-11. r'Ai. amount of tolls was 280 r "V ' " i , . , ' ' t
Atiuiau utrnuuaivu , ur.wc- I Afi Min fS7H -19 - -. , - - ' ' 1 OCnrS. AjreorCTC. V ICIter. fht arfnh a
dollars for the service of the year. The!
relative to the sale of school lands in I
Ohio caused some discussion, but was fi-1
naiiy oruereu iu a uuiu icaumg j " ow j
..In.. . l t.:kL. I . .. 1
was the bill making appropriations for the
payment of revolutionary pensioners A
bit! was introduced from the Committee of
ways ana ivieans, malting u we uuiy ui
the Secretary of the Treasury to send the
annual estimates: to the House within a
wesk after the meeting of Congress, -in or-
der to expedite the passing 01 me appro-
briation bills.
Q!;-Ji VCV T. An TTIInn
wu,,Ciu, VJ vt.
r ? inew-iobk, uec. 23
Accounts have been received at Balti
more, and muiiv connrra tne intelligence
that we announced on Tuesday, of the sur-
The captain states that the- Castle surren-
dered at discretion on the 18th November,
the troops being in a state of starvation
the Patriots were to give safe passage to
the prisoners to Havana, and tne sick were i
to be sent to Vera Cruz.;- Subsequent m-
formation derived irom capt; uane, oi me I
su,u ijuiuiiirts, m-ihiii uic lit-y.
garrison had already embarked on board
English vessels, and sailed for Havana,
under convoy of a Mexican brig of, war.
jThe Hornillas had been captured by? the.
Mexican fleet, and carried into Sacrificios,
but was released. j - f ' : . . I
1 he garrison in the Uastle, w men origi
nally consisted of twelve hundred men, was
reduced by disease and oesertion to about
one hundred and fifty at the time of the
surrender and the judicious management
of the commander of the Mexican fiVet,
wno piaceci nimseii oetween me asues
and the cpanisn squadron, wnicn came 10
uir rf lit-1 ui uir uaiiisun. uau uic cuevi v
m
destroying the only remaining hope of the
destroying the only remaining hope of the
troops, and compelling their surrender.
Some of the letters received in this city,
says the Baltimore t American, state tWat
such was the absolute state of starvation of
the garrison occupying the Castle, that, for
the last two or three days before its surreu
der, even the people of Vera Cruz, who
had suffere d so much from the repeated
firings of the Castle, had furnished yegeta
bles to the famished soldiers' from the sole
motives of charity and commisseration. -
we trans aie irom me .viercurio ol Aiva
IHUU, ui inc loin iiic luuuvriug 1.
script i . ; "''x--
The post has this moment arrived from
Vera Cruz, bringing letters which announce
in a thousand various forms, that the CA'S-
TLE OF SAN JUANj DE ULLOA is
henceforth and fore ver more a M EXI C A N
:FORTRESS.r:;vi...;; . ; . . .,
We are still: Without details of this great
event, but the capitulation is said to consist
of fout teerr!articles of which the following
are the principal, viz. " That oh Satur
day morning : (the 19th November) a com
mission from this government shall ' pass
over formally to take an inventory of all
the armament and furniture of the Castle :
The Spaniards shall ' then strike their flag
with the corresponding salutes 5 and ou
troops shall, 'take immediate possession of
I the fortress, hoisting our colours with grand
I --yeyed to Havana by our government." ,
I Another i private letter says ' The ca-
pitulation of the Castle of Ulloa is conclu-
ded, sealed and irrevocably fixed, &c! In
short, Mexicans and fellow patriots, a thou-,
sa"d and ttn thousand limes I congratulate
yu-" lory forever to the inhabitants of
the regenerated city of Vera Cruz !!J I
i i-The Lafayette sailed by special perrois-j
sion of the; government, and the Embargoj
was tQ continue, it was supposed, until the
sa,e "turn 01 tne convoys wnicn sailed with
the prisoners lor riavana.
.
I Tranquility prevailed throughout the Re-
poblic of Mexico, and ibe administra-
I .1 C .U ATt. l..'
uuu ui, law s uiuuiru gciiciai cuiiicui,
and produced enthusiastic attachment to the
government in all parts of the country. : -A
number of shipwrecks had occurred
on the coast of Mexico One letter states
that out of eleven sail lying at Point Lizar-
I d., five only were saved the rest having
oeen driven ashore and gorre to pieces,
The following is an extract : "Although
the Gnvprnor ; riffnHprl th Castle tti thp
I last extremity, he was received with eVeat
' j . r . -
i coompss nv ine niirnnriiips ni in nn.
special agent and another, the Guatemala
packet, chartered by government starts for
Cadia,'.?-,. s. 1 v..
t I n a'1'00 to the foregoinga letter from
surviving troops.
It; is announced
: author of the Pioneers
pear f It, is enti
resuftand rilh-l " c." "as w w:ivru f j - . ---v- - - r ,
to ntir oratWnl f at the tfiiladelpbia (Jottee-house, which an- I . V ' moiassei
10 our grateiui l v ... , . I rtrt rnflT t r! I v.nL-nn. . T;n nii
of the spann and t uounces me arrival mere or tne Mexican 1 - . . :, ,r..ctn, u . i
oi. iue season, anu i. - - - ! . - . . . t. Murtim ,.i.,-. ... r. .
m evprv inwr of t vessel witn Governor oppinger and tne : . u,-." . r. i
w ;vcry lover oi i . t h o,. . p-.ic4.iB CPhr TnJ,-, i . v:.. u 1 -ii
T'I.SnS ? ao; increase to, thi5 ,rtr rk .... , ' - H -, ,' ,
that a new work, by the I senior, cvrason, ijruad4ioupe : Convoy.
tied " The last; of the 1 nadaloupe j Mary, Kue; West Indies. j
Mohicans a narrative
We copy the following exquisite article"
which appeared as an advertisement, froai
the Port Cnbson Correspondent of Noyem-
ka 17
We cannot but" an mire thtf San a
froid with wtiich the deserted husband tells "
i
his tale : -it is the. best thing of the kind
we have lately seen: Baltimore patriot.
'u Oh matrimony !j thou art like : "v
To Jeremiah's 6gs .
v The good are very good indeed;
: ,The bad too Sour for pigs." :
Whereas, thank God, my wife Rachel
haslei't my bed and board, for the hereafter
mentioned provocation; this is to give no
tice, that I will pay no debts of Her con
tracting after this date. ' ;
We were married yodng j the match wat
not ol our own choosing, but a maqe-up
one between our parents. . My dear sayg
her mother, ivith a nose like a gourd hanj
die, to her best beloved, ' now if we can get
our neighbor; Charles to consent to a mar
riage between our Rachel and his son, weV
shall have no more care upon our hands
and aVe the rest of our days in undisturbed
UseL Here ray beloved began to whiin
per; the truth is, she loved, tenderly loved.
another; and they knew it: he had noproi
perty, however, and that was their only
idea of hapines$ . Dut she C0lild not con
ceive hJW ( hey could feast in joy upon her
.migery; Hold your tortgue,' says heVsur
, v lather. dont voti' think that vbur oarents
know better how to direct vour attachment
than you do yourself V ' Yes, my dear.
says the mother, 'you should always be,
governed by! your parents j Jhey are oldj
and experienced, and you aretoo young to
think tor yoOrsetl.' 1 he old dad and mara
forgat that they were a runaway love-match
at the age of nineteen. But Door Rachel
sald nDt a word far atie afraid f
m iM.m w a r mm m m. iiMi iirr linn r- mi win
i riaririu'e mmhnia that ha t.ni . .
I vears Un nobodvs back but his danoht'ei
She seemed xeckless of her fate,, was almost
stupefied, and did not know that she could
alter it for the worse. My father, by per
suasion and arguntent, dazzled my fancy
with the eight negroes that would be her.
portion j which said he, 'put upon the
Quarter section which I shall five vmi. will
render you independent ; and you are a foot
ifyo do not live happily with such an an-
gel.' AngeH said J j but I said no more-
for my dad, in peace rest his ashes, would
have flown in a passion with the rapidiiV.
that powder catches fire; and its ebullition,
like the blaze, would scorch me, I well
knew,' '- ; ; :. j. - ; v;'v4i
We were, married. I thought, as her fa
ther had r died her with so tough a wiii,
could do it 1 with a hickory switch, and jlor
my leniency gaio her everlasting gratitude.,
VVe have now lived together six years, snd
have had no offspring except a hearty qua -
rei every little while. Injiuth, I tound h,r
more spirited than
I imagined; she was i
vord for woid and biow.
ways ready to deal
for bf ow ; but
I never used a switch till ?ho
other dav.ialwavs fakint? mv otien haV.?
The other day, Coming home from work.
very much fatiguecf and hungry, 1 found my
wiie in ratrjer an unusual ht ol passion
scolding itjine' pigs that had overset the
buttermilk.T RaChelsays I, make me some
coffee. Go to hell,? says shel l could
not stand this, f had never heard her swear
before. I will chastise you for that, says
1. " Vjllain,, says she, " I'm deterraiuedl
to bear no more of your ill usage, IiisienJ 1
of using the mild language which a husband -ought
to Use, you always endeavor to beat.,
me into measures r touch me with that whiA
I will leave! your house, and
j take my u
aid such things
throes, so I will.'? Sue had sa
so often, that I did not regard ber, and be
labored her handsomely.. The next more,
ing, after I had gone out to work, away -sue ,
oundles, sure enough, and when I came
home at noon, I found the house einptitd
of : bag-and I baggage, and all the negroes;.;
taken, but the three that were at work with
me. I have lived happily since, howev. -and
she majy keep all she took, jf she wul
stay at her Crooked-nosed maihmy's, and""
never trouble my house again. - u .
THOMAS JOHNSTONE.
According to a census of the city of
New York, junt taken, the population isv
168,391 these 80,009 are males and
"22,362 temales. " '
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Man led,
la this' Town on Thursday evening" last, hv r
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ihe Rev. R. S. Mason, Mr, SALMON HALL, .
Bookseller, to Mr. MARIA BLAR.5. "
PORT OF j.
Schrs. Triton Hurt,; Gua da loupe,- bal-; VI :
last; Milo, Watson, Philadelphia, mer- gV.
cbandise toJLieut. Lhasorr; Hero. Span-
,&c. will shortly W I uHerf;New .York j Antr Maria, Shaw-
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