1 IToToIet. w...t I hud to say .boot
I proceed to eompw w .ute Di
kfiOWO eOOgbt V -
nd of America
RiiNcOaJBE COttfrTY
ul.altr included the whole Indian, or Chero
?sK' f- Northerns. West
jJoe Ridge, but it dimension, hare, of late yea"
gee moS narrowed. 'tayT'S
Macon and Cherokee on the w.fnKulk
XSt neVr VSfi NU - Buncombe pner is now
rSffif 'A, by Hender. thai far running
ErwbWroo West to East, at il J
EX witfcthe French Broad. East hythe Blue
Xinjf it fi Burke. North East by
&a5y. North West by the Unaka Pnm
and the.Bald mountains, separating it from Ten
ncssee.'and West by Pisgah JM""'
tain separating it from Haywood. Yancey.
Baacombe aod Henderson form an irregular area,
completely hemmed in by lofty m6uotaw.
THE FRENCH BROAD
U ibcareat'rWerof Bar cornbe. and a very remark
' able curioaity. It rlaea ori the Norihern aide of
the Blue. Ridje, and for the greater, or at least
c a considerable part of ita course ruts, with rapid
currenV-oeer a rocky bed, betw.e. lofty and
IMcipitoua mountains on either hand, tnrougn
ffchJch it haa forced or worn a passage, forming
numerous beautiful cascades on Ha way. It eu-
tersTenceasee diretUy through the Uoaka Maun
' fains, and falls into the Hoiton, a tributary o
? the Tsnnessee River.. Directly along ita mar
' gin, and on ita right or North Eastern bank, runs
an excellent torn-pike road, overhung by precip
' itooa rocks, and sometimes built in the river.
In this road the State of North-Carolina haa an
' interest, and Capt. Win. Garrett, of Edgefield
. District, Sooth-Carolira. and Cnl Wnv Davis, of
Georgia, are large atrckboldera and it is aaid to
. pay a dif idend of 10 per cent annually. Beyond
- the Warm Spring and near the Tennessee line.
axe passed two remarkable confines,
THE PAINT ROCK,
t 1 ' THE' CHIMNEYS.
.. The Paint Rock ia a rocky precipice of eon
- aUerable height, on the face of which, fronting
the river, are certain mysterious hieroglyphic
or marks, whether artificial or natura', whether
dndian or civilised, co one can aiy, from which
the rock takes its name. The Chimneys are
rocks or moon tain, of immense altitude, riainj;
.perpendicularly from the river, which washes the r
Very base, or wonld do so bat for the mad con
atrueted in the water. The scenery here po
-aesses a grandeur and snblimity, rarely surpass
ed, making lordly man feel his littleness and in
significance, while lost in admiration of the mag
nificence of nature. Along the road here refer
red to pass those Immense droves of horses.raule
vcattl and hogs, from Tenneasee and Kentucky.
hfch snpply aod victual the South and South
'West Horses and mules, and especially the
latter, hare come, this year, in greater numbers,
4haa for several year and are uncommonly
ioeVr While passing through the mountains,
from 9100 to 9150 was aaked for males, but I
met two drovers, returning from Augusta, wb
told me that they had sold at prices ranging from
S5 to 9100. Hogs, it is said, will be late, this
season, and the price quite uncertain. '
The French Broad receives in its course the
following streams, besides others of lesser note,
viz: CetbeVs Creek, Little River, Davidson'
River, Mills River, MuJ Creek, Cane Creek,
Avery's Creek. Bent Creek, Homony Creek, the
Swannanoa, Dick's Creek, Rims' Creek, Sandy
Mash Creek, Ivy River, Laurel Creek, (at Fame
WorthU, a beautifal and favorite locality.) Sp in.
Creekut the Warm Spring, and Big Pigeon Riv
er and the Nolichucky, in Tennessee. The Fr -nch
Broad, on Pigeon, the Tuckaseegee, and the dia
logs, (the last a tributary of the Savannah, or
rather of the Tugaloo River.) all head in a cor
ner of the Bine Ridge, known as
THE DEVIL'S COURT HOUSE.
Whether Rhadannnthoa presides, or any law
yers practice there. I know not.
. When I visited Buncombe. 0 and 10 years ago,
the Indian name of the French Broad was be
lieved to be
SALTKO ;
but Judge King, of our City, haa found an old
map, bo which it is designated aa
THE AGIQUA.
J udge K. haa established that the name of Mod
Creek la
THE OCKLEWHAIIA.
Sitaate on the left bank of the French Broad,
i few miles from the Tennessee line, are
THE WARM SPRINGS,
a beautiful and romantic locality, with a very fine,
spacious and commodious Hotel, kept by Mr John
E Pall on, a courteous and worthy host. It has
been and still ia renowned for rs abundant and
excellent fare and the bath ia one of the moat
delicious and luxurious in the world ; and highly
medicinal, too; in rheumatic and other affections
The scenery is enriched with all the charms of
river, valley and mountain and the annual gath
ering of both the invalid and the fashionable
throng, ia search of health or pleasure, is very
large. Just in front of the Spring, on the oppo
site side of the river, rises Broytes Mountain, a
lofty eminence, traversed by an excellent turn
pike road, and covered with fertiliry lo the very
summit from which ia enjoyed a most command
ing and extensive view of varied grai deur, sub
limity and beauty, while, not far. from ita base
. FOUTTE'S CAVE
invites the exploration of the inquisitive and ad
venturous. I regretted much that my limited
time did not permit me to revisit this attractive
place and beautiful vicinity. 1 ...
Buncombe and Henderson are aaid lo contain
no Indian relics or traces. It was never settled
or inhabited by the Indians, but only used by them
aa a hunting ground. Their settlements com
menced beyond the Tuckasegee, the old YYea
tetn boundary of Buncombe.
THE BLUE RIDGE " "
ia the great chain of mountains, which; divides the
Eastern and Weatern waters those .which flew
into the Atlantic from those when flow) into the
Golf or Mexico. On the. Southern side of the
Blue Ridge rises and flows the Green River (a
tribaUrv of the Broad RiTer.1 waterin? the vallev
between the Blue Ridge and the-Saluda Moun
tain.
THE SALUDA MOUNTAIN,
not considered a Dart of the Blue Ridtre nrooer. f al
though. a spur of it) because not dividing the East.
em and Weatsrn w,ti- U m Inftw 1 Inn rli!.
ding tU two Cwoliaas Sl also Greenville District,
m the Souib, from tlsadersoa County.in the North
1 7 PlDl mvwian, designated by a stone
.1 P,llMpd te the god Terminus, stands
ca tht very jrommit of the monntaia pass, at the
oiswtce oi outet from Greenville CourtHouse.
iir.mense .U
4vim.ia toll An m-kk f - ; .
HIM
Sooth Carolina side of the mosnUin is also tra
rersed bvtsrnpike road, called
I It was bunt and gowned by the Stale, kd tbv
tsrnpixags) iot ir.wowi '"s!!- . n
for esinrlel horse 10 cents. v Tbe"cf ug toljj
is too high oo bothwIs,snre?ht lo be reduced
wapgone are more favorably dealt wlth The
Saluda Gap Road is of itself s considerable curi
osity and full of grandeur and pict uresque beauty.
It was a great undeJTaklng.-lilghty credTtaifUo
the enterprise end liberality of the SUte, and. has
been of incalculable benefit and convenience to
both, the travelling and the trading public. ;,Tbe
turnpike is nine miles in extent and cost about
910,000 a mile.
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a statement of the amount collected for the uCalo
msix Most7tS!!T;,' proposed to be erected here, by
order of the Alumni Association. The Subscription
ia limited to sums of three dollars, and unJer.
On the day of last Commencement, there was
collected from individuals, of whom
1 subscribed o oo l
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Secretary Mason, Gov. Graham, Ex-Govs. Branch,
Swain and Morehead ; Judees Badger, Toomer,
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Kirkland, Itoulhac, Haughton, Peace, Leake, W.
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lips, David Hinton, R. Strange, Jr., B. Whitaker,
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kins, E. W.Hall, P. B. Ruffin. W. A Huake, Jo
seph Kirkland, Hogg, W. Daniel, J Webb, Jr., C.
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J. G. Tull, D. Tayloe, F. H. Hawks, P. K. Rounsa
viHe, J. P. Smith, J. McLanrin, R. A. Sanders.
The Alumni Association wishes to raiie from
twtlve t fifteen kundrtd dollar t, to be applied to the
erection of this Monument. Circulars, soliciting
sibscriptions, have been addressed not only to Alum
ni, but to such gentlemen of mark throughout the
State as, it was thought, would be pleased to make
a contribution. In all, four hundred end forty-thrte
circulars have been issued ; to these there have been
received sixty one replies
C. PHILLIPS, )
A. G. BROWN,
S. F. PHILLIPS, S mUUa
FOR THE ItEGISTEK.
Mr. Gales : tt is well known to those who are ac
quainted with the history of the conquest of Peru,
that the celebrated Father Lxqut furnished the
means of the first efficient expedition hazarded by
Pizarro and his friend and confederate Alma ft.
These three adventurers entered into a solemn,
wntten obligation, to divide between themselves the
great empire of Pent, with all its mines of gold and
a lver, and such of its inhabitants as might be con
quered and brought under the yoke of slavery. Stu
pendous scheme this' Magmfioent copartnership,
in leed ! Preterit, in his rich and most interesting
history of the Conquest of Pen, says, in reference
to Father Lttqutrt connection with the copartntrthxp
u The epithet of a xxtccP or u madman? was pun
ninelv bestowed on him, for his spirited exertions
in behalf of the enterprize."
Our Democratic mends are revelling in tbe hope,
and confident in the expectation, at times, that they
will ere long M extend the area of freedom" from
the ice-bound coast of Greenland to the extremest
point of Cape Horn ; and towards the accomplish
ment of this "fixed fact," and the realization of this
viiionary phantasy of a distempered brain, tbt-y
would have Mexico divided they would require the
surrender of territory sufficient to indemnify or
eampensate for the expenses of the War; and
should she not choose to make pence at once, but
fight on for years, way I suppose they would then
go in for , to be divided out or held a la made Pi
ziuo, Almaqso, and old Father Luquk !
New I leave it to the good sense of your readers
to answer
lt Are they not justly entitled to the emphatic
name they bear" Loco" ?
2d. Is it not very apropos f
3d. Was nut this the origin of their name ?
QUERIST.
MEXICAN WHIGISM.
The Locofoco organs seem of late not to know
sny name for the Whiga but " Mexican Whis "
Let os mention a few facts fur the benefit oitheee
callers of bard names. Two Kentucky rvgimenis
destined for Mexico are now encamped near this
city, and we are assured by gentlemen of the high
est respectability, who profess to know the fact,
that a large majority of the rank and file of both
Regiments are Whigs Lender Coxe, Esq. .who
was the late Whig candidate for Congress against
Judge French, and was lampooned ss a Mexican
Whig by all the Locofoco papers of the State, is
captain of one of the finest companies at the en
campment, and by far the larger portion of his
company are Wbiga. There is a company upon
the ground from the strong Liofoco counties of
Henry, Oldham, and Trimble, and seventy men
of this company, or more than seventenths of it
are Wh gs. The Regiment are made up of men
from nine of tbe ten Congressional diatricta of
Kentucky, hot Lynn Boyd's d.strict, the only
Locofoco district in the Sute, w not represented
by a solitary volunteer of either regiment. ,
Let the Locofoco scamps, whose tongues are
so familiar with the- phrase - Mexican Whigs,"
digest these facts as tbey may.
. ;,!-,-,-., . . LtouistiU Journal.
Lin or Got. Wbkjht We are authorized to
stats that Jodge Hammond is preparing Kr the
press, and wilt in a few months have ready for
publication, a Third Volume of his Political His.
tory, which will contain the history of Political
Parties' from the yesr 1840 down to the time oi
tbe adoplioo of the present Conaiiiut ion, and
w hich will ao coi.uin Dinurmphv f Ih lion
SL4 Wright Alb Argus. -
PUBLIC MEETING. rv
At
a sSeetih -oiNbe citizens of Buncombe
Wki t it;al -4rm Hurarnor tf N.iPtli ParnllflSi
the next electiJti, tb following pnweedlsgs were
bad. It will be eeen that the meeting expressed
a preference for the Hn- Keoueih Ka'yi
9 tln. lieouein uayner, 01
Hertford county. We know the suggestiouoi
the name" of this grsat man wll inieet with hearty
approbation throughout the length and breadth
of the old North State. Hie talents. his services,
his fame, all point him out as prsvefainently quaP
ified for the office. Old Buncombe baa taken the
lead in the present instance, -and", we lrus her
example will be imita'.ed by tbe other counties of
the State, in the appointment of Delegates to at
tend tbe Convention. Highland Messenger.
Whereas, The time is approaching, when tbe
peopie ol North Carolina will be again called on
to elevate tome one of her sons to the Guberna
torial Chair'ot their State (now so ably 'filled by
its illustrious occupant,) we, tbe citizens of Bun
combe County, feel it a privilege, common to all
free people, to meet together and consult as to
the man, who we would prefer should succeed to
that honorable position, and deeming it our duty
to have ao eye single to the proeperityand ad
vancement of our beloved Slate, we jeel it in
cuuibeut upon ourselves to suggest some one as
a candidate of the Whig p-trty, who is distin
guished for b:s booesty, bis ability, and for his
laithtul devotion to the Constitution of our own
State and to that of our common country. We
do the re lore hereby resolve,
1st. That a Convention for the purpose of no
initiating a Candidate to be run on the Whig
ticket for Governor of North Carolina, be held in
the City of Raleigh, at some period hereafter
to be deaignaled by the Whigs of the State at
larg.
2d. That though North Carolina has many
sons well qualified to adorn the Chair ol her
Chief Magistracy, and for whom we would cheer
fully cat our autfragvs, yet there is no one upon
whom we would more cordially unite than upon
our d.atinguisbed fellow-citizen, the Hon Ken
neth Ravneb, of Hertford County, whom we
cheerfully recommend to the people of North
Carolina, as pre-eminently entitled to our confi
dence and suffrages, ou account of his talents,
h.s integrity and bis faithful adherence Jo the
fundamental principles of tbe great Whig p-trty,
by which he has proven himself to be an able
and zealous advocate of" tbe Constitution of bis
couotry, and the rights ol freemen.
3J. That though we have a preference for Mr
Ravner as our candidate for Governor, we will
willingly and cheefluhy support the nominee of
. - . .
the Whig Convention, having every confidence
i1
hat no ne will receive the nominal ion uuless
ie be worthy of the confidence of tbe people 01
this State.
4 h. That the Chairman of this meeting appoint
ten Delegates lo attend tho Convention at Ra
leigh, for the purpose of nominal ing a Whig
Candidate for Governor.
5th. That the proceedings of this meeting be
published in the Highland Messenger, with the
request that the ot Ik-r W lug papers throughout
the Slate will copy the same.
In pursuance of the 4th Resolution, the Chair
man appointed tbe following Delegate : N. W.
Wood tin, Jas. W. Patton, Jas Lowrey. Jno. W.
Wood tin, Jaa M.Edney, Jas. Gudger, Jas. M.
Alexander, Sam'!. W. Davidson, A. i Chunn,
and Jno. Burg in.
CHAS. MOORE, ChWiu
Johx Thrash, Seo.
The Isfluekck of Horticulture upon Hu
man Chakactek- That the habitual aaocuiion
witn interesting plants and flowers exerts a salo
tary influence upon the human character, is a
truth universally felt and underatood. No one
ever dreams of any possibility of mistake, in es
timating ihe disposition of those who delight in
gardens, rural walks, and arbors, and the culture
of elegant shade trees and shrubbery. Whoever
anticipated boorish rudeness, or met with incivil
ity, among tlie enthusiastic votaries of Flora ?
Was it ever known that a rural residence, taste
fully planned and appropriately adorned with
floral beauties, was not the abode of refinement
and intelligence! Even the scanty displays of
blossoms 111 a window, or of the careful training
of a honey-suckle round a cottage door, is an un
mistakeable evidence of gentle spirits and an
improved humanity within. There, may, -possibly,
be natures so gross, as to be incapable of
perceiving the beauties of the vegetable ct eat ion
and others inaicmMble to the influence ot gen
uine taste and it is said that there are persons
insensible 10 the charms of the sweetest music.
But I can only imagine the existence of such un
finished specimens of our kind, of the exceptions
which logicians say are tbe strocgest proofs ot
the general rule, lliey must, indeed, be the
veriest clods that ever fell untempervd fromauld
Nature V prentice hsnd."
Major I wiggs Death tf Father and Son-
Only two weeks have gone by since we were
called upon to announce the lamented death of
George Decatur lwigga, a young man of rare
worth and intelligence, dnd the only and beloved
Ba of Major Twiggs, of the United States Marine
Corps. Yesterday, the painful duty devolved up
on us. of recording the death ot the father, Maj.
Twiggs himself, who fell while discharging his
duty as an officer of the army, and battling in
the cau?e of the nation. Thua father and"soti
have both fallen on the battle fields of Mexico
the death of one followed by that of the other
within a few days. The Major, his son. and the
other branches of the highly respectaie family,
came to this city to reside about four fears ago.
The mother and daughters are still here at our
Navy Yard. The Major and Lieutenant left
Philadelphia in June laat, for Vera Crux, with
ihe marines under Colonel Watson's command,
to join Gen. Scott's Army in Mexico.
The Major marched from Vera Cruz under
Gen. Pierce, and arrived in safety at the seat of
war. The son followed soon alter with Major
Lilly's command, and fell in a akirmifh with tbe
guerrillas. Both are now among the gallant
dead ! Both have yielded up their lives on tho
altar of their country. But what shall we say of
the bereavement, 01 the anguish of the distracted
widow and the mourning daughters ? Who shall
venture to consoie under such trying circumstan
ces 1 How deep, how heart-rending must be the
affliction I First a son and a brother snatched
away and then a husband and a father! The
first blow was atunning the second is over
whelming. We lender our kindliest, warmest
sympathies. And yet, at such a moment, words
must seem vain and idle. May a merciful Prov
idence watch over and support the disconsolate,
and leach ihem to bear up against a visitation
so trying ! Ar. Y. Express.
A poor widow woman was relating to a neih
bor how fond her husband wts of having a god
fire ; how busy he would make himself i fixihir
it so that it would burn. Ah. poor dear man
she continued, M hope he's gone where they
keep good fires." J
k ?7Arf bmrr " Kejitucxt.- Fourteen
hundred of the eighteen hundred voteraof Bour
bon county were at the late Paris meeting, and
the Hon. Garrett Davis, tbe moat eloquent, pop.
ular. and mfluenlial man in the county, made an
exceedingly powerful speech againat 1 he expedi
ency at the present time, and yet. after Jhp close
County, held at the Court. House on .Thursday
last, to appoint DsPgates to attend the'Coijiren-
lion to nominate t' eandidate to be rutf upodHbe
lsvupm'SnUT ning tftpYE'$JKE3 OF A GREfiN MOUNTAIN
last, a very large audience aliened the r. reari ru t a - t v . sv:.
. J. A "i..-L. i; . ..V-K- ik. I VThe tnwit of Newfane in thisCownty. wajTm-tay
'ntSXllIZ: Dr VVel.nd f sinct the birth phtee ofWinfant.who
f,,uf?,,d ewuencevf Ihepaator. Dr. YWmrtiiuimii pul Holland K? Ashe grwupto
,e ! partly, we 1mM fnot. In consequence SSooTth
ai ; tiouncemenl made tfwti th nuinit in the atrorningiv ., ..fA... r'. , u!a Ar ttI.An.Mr
Ihit the rite of Marhage would be solemnlled at
Vibv.close of the service. .
was the power sod
1 nv incme 01 mo ivev. ur.
goodness of God, chsed.as theJbasis?foffati,sp
'peal to the christian charities" arid - warm Stmpa
thies of his people1, in behalf of the Tieedy widow
knd-children of the late sexton of the Worth
Pearr street Chorcb-C. 8.'Mcon-trho."llmugh
a colored man, was noted. for his estimable chris
tian' haracierhab!(a tf inds':ry,srict1iitegrity,
audlearhing and Intelligence 'beyond the great
majority ot .his class . aodcotoplexiniWThe, die
course was characterized iy .alllbe high and ad
mired qualities which' have placfd Dr. Welch in
the front rank of pulpit orators and extempora
neous preachers, and the. appeal swas not made
in vaio. In the midst of one of .his happiest il
lustrations, and .with voice and gesture admira
bly suited fo the sentiment, he iooked out Upon
the audience and exclaimed "The Spiril and the
Bride tay Come ! 1"
. The wedding parfy having been notified of the
time fixed upon for the performance of the nup
tial ceremony, had stationed themselves at the
f.t of the etairway, in readiness for the signal,
which was to be communicated by the sexton.
The latter, when he heard ihe exclamation
The Spirit and the Bride say Cosk !" and
saw the gesture, verily believed the time for the
marriage Ind arrived, arid immediately beckoned
the pfy to approa. h. They promptly obeyed
the sornmons. and Bride and Bridegroom. Bride's
maid and Groom's man. marched solemnly up ihe
broad aisle to the pulpit !' Dr. W. was in the midst
of his discourse. The whole audience aaw the
awkwardness of the occurrence, many understood
the true cause of the mistake,, and all looked to
see the preacher embarrassed and the nuptial
party placed in a painful predicament. But in
this they were disappointed. Closing the sen
tence thus curiously interrupted. Dr. Welch calm
ly stepped down from the pulpit, and almost be
fore the echo of his voice in the utterance of he
discourse had died away, he was beard address
ing the candidates for marriage in a manner inot
appropriate 10 the occasion, and .in 1 he s beautiful
style. and fervid eloquence for which he is ao cel
ebrated. The cert mony over, ihe wedding par
ty retired, and the preacher, as unconcerned as
if nothing unusual had occurred, re-ascended in
to the deek. and" taking up his subject at the pre
rise point where he had left it, (though he uses
no written notes.) proceeded to finish his aeruion.
So admirably was the awkward incident mana
ged, that we dou M whether the parly occasioning
it ever suspected anything wrong.
AUtany Express
FORCED BLOSSOMS.
' No dancer of Harrv's making himself il) with
study ; and as long" as be will learn, I shall let
him. He is head to his classes, and his teacher
tells me the boy is really a g.-niu. He came
Yesterday for teimission to commence French
lesions but as he had long tasks in Latin, 1 lies
hated.'
' How old is Harry, sister 1'
Niqe last month ; and for a boy of his age,
must say be is doing uncommonly well. He has
cone through Blake's Nstural Philosophy, and
now ia delighted with an abridgement of Way
laud's Moral Science. I confess I do not under
stand it all myself; but he must, for he repeats chap
ter after chapter without aliasing a word. There
are boys in his classes seventeen and eighteen
years old. Why, what are you doing Laura J
- Her sister was busily employed, and did not
look up at first. As the conversation progress
ed, she seemed quite nnconcious that she had
taken a waxen bud from a rich cluster of Tube
roues, thai stood in a vase upon the table before
her and had forced the pure petals outward.
until. the bud became a bloesoin.
'Is it not beautiful, said she, giving it to her
sister ; ' and out so long before' the real.'
. Yes, very beautiful just now ; but how long do
you think it will stay so ! It droops already wby
could you uot let it be until it was developed nat
u rally.
Her remark was just beautiful as it was at
first, the petals soon became brown, then shrivel
led. lis freshness and fragrance were faul pas
ing awsy. Just then a fine little fellow came in
to the room, and taking a book from the centre
table threw himself languidly upon the sofa, and
brushinz back the wavy hair fn m a full, pale
forehead, commenced reading very intently.
Why do you iot. go and play with your cou
sins, Harry !" said his mother.
Oh, they are so rude, so noisy, I mean I am
in a hurry to finib this, loo ;" and tbe boy's eyes
were once more fastened umn the page before
him. . His mother smiled, well pleased at his
studiousness : but his aunl looked grave and
pointed to his flushed cheek, and the peculiar
brilliancy of his eyes.
He needs exercise you should insist opon
his going out," said she. " I do not wish to alarm
you needlecsly, but you will find the truth of "your
own words :" and she he;d up the fast withering
blossom. Beautiful just now but how long
think you it will stay so? It droops already ;
why could you not let it be until it deve lopes
naturally."
"Harry. said'bia mother, starting ss if a new
light bad flashed upon her mind ; "T insist that
you go into the air, for half an hour al leaaL You
can finish your book this evening."
She had seen ihe justice of her sister's delicate
reproof ; and we trust that if ibis little paragraph
falls under ihe notice of parents who are given to
the M forcing system," tbey also may be warned
in time. Henry is not an imaginary example,
neither is he a solitary inatance, where tbe mind
is suffered to develop itself at the expense of tbe
physical powers.
The Democratic schism at Albany threatena
the stability of the party in the Empire State
The portion of them called Barnburners, whom
Mr John Van Buret was not permitted to rep
resent in the Syracuse Convention, have had a
musing meeting Hon. BraPfoso R- Wood, ex
Member of Congress, presiding and denounced
the Convention in terma. namely:
" That wa regard the recent State Convention at
Syracuse as corrupt in its inception j fraudulent in
its organization ; truckling, renal, and false in re
gard to the principles of Democracy, and utterly in
different to the popular voice in the selection of can
didates; and we hereby repudiate and condemn its
actions, and award to its nominations Do other au
thority or regard than any Democrat chooses to pay
to the abortive recommendation of a majority of
Conservatives, who, at the close of the Convention,
impotently attempted to give the ticket a democrat
ic' endorsement.n
Mr. Van Bureh made a long, and, it is said,
able and eloquent speech.
A SALUTARY THOUGHT.
When I was a young man, there lived in enr
neighborhood a Presbyterian, who was universally
reported to be a Tery liberal man, and uncommonly
upright in bia dealings. When be bad any of the
produce of his farm to dispose of, he mode it an in
variable rule to give good measure, over good, rather
more tbasPeoald be required of him. One of Jus
friends, observing his frequently doing so, ques
tioned hini why he did It, told him be gave too much,
and said it. Would not be to his own advantage.
Now, my friends, mark the answer of thi Presbyte
rian: "God AlmiebtT has permitted me hot
I journey through' the world, and when goue, 1 cannot
return to reciiiy mistakes." . 1 bmk of this friends,
but one journey through the world. -James Sanson.
, he 0,!, Ike practice of taw. Hisihdnstry
I and perseverance were rewarded with success aud
after a time he removed for more lucrative practice,
- J 0 the. City of Afkmtrestr Prosperity and good for
tana stiU attended him, andhe soon became a. can-
dkUfe and was elected te the Canadian Parliament,
t where his Ability and adjudgment seenred to him
atTespectable positidifantf fal&ericeWhneataeiiH
bcr of parliament, be received a leuer purporting
tp be written by an. old lady in England, nlso of the
name of K -, stating In substance, that she had
not a single relative, and was alone in the world,
that seeing his name In the iVapers, -iffaeWs&rbT
tbe CanadnarliUJient,ardjiibetna;the same as
hers, she thought pernaps he might be ef the same
family. She further slated that she was possessed
of considerable property, and knew of no kindred to
whom to leave it. and that if he would 'come to see
her, she would pay all bia expenses;- and make him
heir to her property. " Ir. K. supposing this to be
a hoax, -made no answer and paid no attention to it.
Two or three months after, he receivedsnotber let
ter from the same person, urging jn tiU;stronger
terms his visit to her, and with .so much, apparent
sincerity and earnestness, that he rcsorved' to go to
England, and see what truth there J was in it. He
did go, and found the lady as she had described her
self. She was living in an elegant mansion and in
handsome style. She was delighted witlTthe visit
of Mr. K. and spared no pains to mate it agreeable
to him.' After having stayed some time there he'
prepared to return home. The old lady defrayed
all his expenses, and made him many presents, and
before his departure she renewed to him her promise,
to leave him all her property, and related the inci
dent which led to the correspondence. She inform
ed him that in early life she was the betrothed of a
young roan named Paul Holland, who was an officer
in the British army That he had fallen in battle
before the consummation of their nnptUls, and she
had since remained unmarried and trusts hismem-
-orv. That seeins hia name, unitinz the name of
her lover and her own, she was struck with the sin
gular coincidence, and thought she could not better
show her devotiou to the memory of her betrothed,
than to bestow her property upon him who, seemed
by bis name to be the representative of both. He
left her and returned to Montreal, .and within a
year afterwards received intelligence of her death,
and that by her will he was mode sole heir to her
estate. He set out immediately for England, and
on his arrival found all things prepared for him.
His claim was recoguised and he entered at ones in
to the possession of a large fortune. He is now in
the enjoyment of his good fortune at Montreal, and
Is now or recently has been, a member of the Cana
dian Parliament. . This is a true sketch of the histo
ry of one Vermont Soy, and there are doubtless ma
ny such. The regions of fiction and the highest
flights of tbe imagination, do not furnish a more ro
mantic adventure. Vermont Paper.
The Locofocos profess to think ihe acquisition
of New Mexico and the California wou d be an
ample remuneration (or all our.losseH in the war.
If, a year add a half ago, the quest ivn had been
asked whether our country ought. to be willing
lo purchase thoe territories at ihe cost of a nun
dred and fifty millions of dollars.-and ihe lives of
ten or biieen thousand of Iter heroic. yeomanry,
who is there among us that would not have thun
dered forth an indignant negative!
Where is the La ofoco that can tell us the re
lative value of wild lands and human life 1 How
many acres of Mexican ground will reimburse us
for the death of Ringgold ! How ruanv for the
deaib of Ridgely ! How -many for the death of
Clay? How. many for the death of Mc Keel
How many for the death of Hardin 1 How many
for the death of Hamer! How many for the
death of Duller 1 Hw many for each of the he.
ruic privates that fell at Palo Alto, at Resaca, at
Monterey, at Buena Vista, at Vera Cruz, ai
Cerru Gordo, at Cunircnasat Chnrubusco, and
at the City of Mexico Louisville Journal.
Among the killed and wounded officers aw
three who were well and favorably known in thi
place. Col. Ransom, Capt. Drum, and Lieut.
Bell. The first was formerly principal of a Mil.
itary Academy in this town ; the second was sta
tioned here last year as s recruiting officer; and
went hence to Mexico leaving1 many friends whom
he had made by his gentlemanly deportment
And the third, who, we are g ad to sce'ia but
slightly wounded, is the son of our townmn.
Mr Wm. Bell. He is the 2d Lieutenant of the
Charleston Company of S. C Volunteers.
Fayettetille Ohserrer.
Of Capt. Dum the correspondent of the N O
Delia says: . ,:r .
Here it was that the lamented Capt. Drum fell
mortally wounded. The death of no man in bur army
has been more sincerely regretted than his; through
out the bombardment of Cbapultepec he stood by
his guns, and when the works of the enemy were
stormed he continued to advance his battery under
the heaviest fire, himself possessing and infusing in
. ' , i j i i . . . .
to nis men a cooi xuu aeaoeraie omvery ana self
possession surpassed by none You will recollect
that it was he who recaptured the Buena Vista
guns, still covered with tbe blood of those who fell
at the time they were lost, and afterwards used them
with such decisive effect at the battle of Molino del
Rey on the 8th instant.
Yankee Tiuck curing the Revolutionary
war, two brothers from one of the eastern pors
were commanders ol privateers; thev cruised
together and were eminently successful, doirg
great aamage i to me enemy,, and ma.ng money
for themselves,' One eveuing' being in the la ti
tude of the shoals of Nantucket, bui many utiles
to me easiwaru of mem, tnev earned a lartre
British vessel having the appearance of a mer
chantman, and made towards her; but to their
astonishment, found ber to be a frigate in die.
guise. A very nigh breeze prevailing, , .i be v
hauled off in different directions. On!v one
could be pursued, and the frigate gained rapidly
on her. Finding he could .not run away, ihe
commanding officer bad recourse to a stratagem.
On a sudden he hauled in every sail, and all
hands were employed in setting poles, as if shov
ing bis vessel off a banh.' The oeonle un board
tbe frigate, amazed at the supposed danger they
had run, and to save themselves from beinir
grounded, immediately clawed off; and left ihe
more knowing Yankee to make himself scarce "
As soon as nijrht rendered it orudent for him. h
hoisted sail in a sea two hundred taihnm- ffA.n
- Beauties or th Wik'-'i'ha hark a
Capt. Cutler, cleared at Baltimore on the 1st of
May last, for Vera Crux, with a carmi of 2D
tons Cumberland coal- She arrived in safety "at
her port ot destination, 'where it was found that
tbe coal was uot wanted. The vessel was, bow
ever, suffered to remain sixty idarr in the harbor
of Vera Cruz, on demurrage. at. th nd of
which time she was ordered to Baltimore with
hercaivo. On reaching Baltimore, she was or.
dered to this port, where she arrived ou Thurs.
day last, wnb ber emifv cargo, not having broken
bulk since she left Baltimore fn May last. Here
tbe eargo was sold tor ihe moat it would brins,
probably m over per loo;-This coal cost
t be government C32 per tow. landed at tfcU
thus makinat a Jo ihrough theiriws in-sinanasre
cial,,; pr Ur iLn
9ltS,VW. This is but one anmg numerous in
stances of a similar characterwhicii exhibit the
manner iti i which Ihe money f ibe people is
squandered. Bston JuurnaL F
the roTTowing dnneni.,ns : four inched in length
and six inches' Id circumference, "
LaurenstWe'I&rald:
r!7?Vl WV Ws stated last wk ii... ..
uled ft .TBliceyville, on Saturday the 16th, r
tJattt AVilfiaituutn. who has retnrnprl fmn. u '
.leuerae ifcc.icw, suu ciurcwru me hmw. .1
r . . , . 1 11 iij By., 1
M.f :i'Vnt iaikn' rnnM tll.nJ iLi lQ I
niirlit Mf man men aa hit urantorl t
v , ny nm ;
in a cuuiiif iiau ucriuucnuic major,,
01 900, the greater portion of whom are eiern
ly talking about thee Whigs " giving the ene
id and comfit I WelCdo you want to krio
how? many men Volunteered ! We will tell
Atler Kundrv natriotk aneeehea. Up ,V..(. j '
1H.WUVIW, uiu u wen quit i.n.i
a.. - - v? ifi i'-n t yuyis'ere .1
wi living ai lance?
viile and heajonth f .j,ajJ '
;endeds General rinusler n, GutlCordmade 1
aaaa avnaaaSiWW Skttsi am! sB -ma J
we 11 swjfwii waesvi nn ut wits- - flilltfCCr yf
lihje LJerribhsci. Bnt; ajas IxOnCmaithea
were expected -war speeches were made, one?,
bout
. nr.id
i .
ways existed s part y in this Couotry oprd J
wjii;r-vtui naa. cnnsiruvu -4UJO; a round-almut
thrust at ihe whigs. because they think Mr. lik
has. involved us in an, unnecessary and imprudent
war. and because th'ev refuse to toss up their hvj
and huzza for Mr. Polk in consequence of his Tof
ting oa into war.yV The-speeches over, Vofun."
leers were called for great efforts made to druul
them up.! But. as stated above, not a single iiian
volunteered & Old Guillord. whose sagcioui
and patriotic sons did their best in 1844 to pre.
Vent'Mr.1 I,olks eIection and thereby avert u,
war Old Guilford; is ONE ahead ! of Caawell
and notti Counties ought to bluah Guiiford
the lace (only) and Caswell all over.;
m
Milton Chronicle,
Bsa rrlV'Biw'lC'rhilt rfasa Democrat u
f wrote the WiTmot'Prbvlso a Democrat who offetti
it nml nnnmiHt wfirt tmi.iI it W-t .
when it was carried through a Democratic House of
Representatives, comprising a'majority of sixty!
Bear it in mind; that this Democratic measure U
the apple of discord" that is to endanger tea
Union, and bring' the interests of the Soutk ia
wvtnarl f - 1 : - . ....
., Bear it in mind, that whilst the Locofoco prints
are abusing Norther Whigs for support of tae
Wilraot Provijio, not a word of denunciation is ut.
tered against Un Democratic originators and backers.
u; , Mtckmond Republican.
State of "Nortli Carolina,
IN TllESCPCEJlE COURT.
UPON the iu forma tios of Cowaan Stsklv. Alter
ney General, atJlhe relation of Vardry McBee,
.-. Jefia Dicksou and .William J.VViUon. arainst
- Jenu ruirn wider. Henry .rwleB wider, Mwy Bur
ton, lemuel A: McAtTiMi and IVancra hb wifr,
Jumei M.: Forney and Sarah hu wife. Alfred M.
Burto- aud . Elizabeth hia wife. William Fult-a-
; wider, Sarah Youog, Martin Phifer, Johu F. I'hi
fer, Caleb Pbifer, George L Phifer, E. K Gibsoa
and Efizabeth hia wife, iltWAAUiaoii aod Smrh
Ana ti'is wife. fMary B. Phifer. John Yoonf , Wi.
liamiJjfH JdtUsr aod Elizabeth bia wife. John
., Fulenwider, Andrew Fuleo wider, Roxana fulru-
'.wider,, Heury Fulenwider, Eli Fulenwider, and
the. High Shemla Mauufacturiug Company.
fTflHE I sformalion states, that in the year 1788,
' XL John Fulenwiderr late off the County of Lin.
.coin, , was fey -th Joaticea of aaid Court; dulyap.
pointed lo the office ef Entry Taker in said Count; :
That be regularly qualified, entered upon the duties
a a- a a . . . -
of . hia aaid tdSee, mod continued te hold, occupy
and exercise the same, ant if "the year 1808, when
he' resigned, and a suceewor' was appointed: Thit
during the time he so' hrld the office," vizi fn tha
year 1794, he being desirous to obtain a TJraut for
a large' wad ' valuable body ?f land then in uid
County of Liiicofa, but now lyiog in the County of
Gaaton, illegally "and fraodulrotly "made ab entry
upon the, bouks of bis otfiee, with'hia'ewo baud,
without any aathority so -to do, and without aiy
Justiea of the .Peace being, present, for 3,000 acm
of laud: That aaid claim was made by said Johu
Fulenwider, entry taker aa aforeaaid, for hia owa
benefit and in hia own . name ; and he pretended to
claim tbs same, tandarraud by . vlrloSj of an Act of
the tien'eral Asaeinbly paf-aed in' the. .year, lltsti, of
ferine a bounty of 3.1KM "acres of laud for ever? Mt
of Iron Works, to any perwu or persous wlio would
build and carry pa Xhm same t Tbat tbs said Fulta
wider, to obtaiu s grant Jor the samev totally faded
tt comply with ahe requifUions of the. Statute in re.
laliou thereto ; bat . to give aonie color to his further
illegal acta apd designs,. he procured from the aaid'
Couuty Court,, au order appoiutiug twelve peraoui
' to, lay off for .him .three thousand acres of land
agreeably to an Act ol Assembly, for the eocouragr
meat of building Iron Works. which said order wm
mad without proper authority in said Court, as tha
said Fulenwider bad never transmitted te that or any
previous gieaaions,- ji copy ef the .land so claimed by
him : and that the jury or twelve persons ao aupoiul-
ed, utterly re fused o oondemo the said la ad, aud U
adjudge it as ' not nt fur cuJtiralion ; ' aod farther
more wholly failed aud.tefusrd to return to Lincoln
Couuty .Court, any certificate whatever : Thai Um
Secretarv of State sweed to the aaid Johu rulea-
wider Patent os-Grant, bearing dais the 4ih day
of , December, t160l, for tl laoda so entered ai
aforesaid;. That the, aaid Fulenwider never paid any
thing to the fttale in consideration of the aaid laud,
and that tbe Gtaut iaaued to him is null, void,
and ef noetTeeU and. abooid. be aurreudered sp to
be cancelled: And, prays that the said defeudanti
may produce before this Honorable Court the origw
naJ Grant as aforeaaid, and 'that the same may, by
the order, and decree f thia Honorable Caurt, be re
pealed,: rescinded and annulled ; and that the enrol
ment of the sain, in the : oiBce of the . Secnurv f
State, may be cancelled, aud declared void, aud of
no effect: Aud that the State of North Caroliaa
may have euch' further and other relief in tht
premwea, as the nature of tbe caae shall require.
.And with said: Information, an affidavit is duly
filed, shewing that the defendants, Jobs Fulenwider,
sen.. Il'nry Fulenwider, Mary Burton. Lemuel A.
MoAffee and Frances bis wife, and John Fuleawidar,
jun., are non-residents r .North Carolina, beyoui
the jurisdiction of thia Coert ; aud thereupon, it be
ing desired that advert u meat bemade for tha ap
pearance of the said defendants, according is tfi
Act of Assembly v in such cases made aud provided,
the 'said uon-reaident defendants are sccordiufy
hereby warned and notified, personally, or by soux
Solicitor of tbe said Supreme Court, to be sad ap
pear at the Conn te be holden at the Capitol, in ib
City tot Raleigh, on the thirtieth day of December
next, and plead, answer "or demur to the said la
formation,' otherwise the a ma. as agaiuat the sau
eon-resident defendants, or such and so many n
them aa shall fait to appear as aforesaid, will se
taken for confessed, and be beard, according to the
course of the Curt, ex ' parte: li-1 ..
.t VViiBea.,'.EdtaBnd B.I Freeniaa, Clerk of sais
Court, at office in fiajeigh Abe 6ih day of October,
A. M 1847. t , I", . E. B. FREEMAN , Clerk.
Pr. Adv. 12 8" 6
NOTICE-
fTNTENDCXa teiiiovstotheJSowib. I
ii Land fur sale, h ing upon K utbnsh (Jreek, tb
County of Grant ille, wherr-I now live; The Tract
oonutna Eight-Hundred sud Eight Acres, sod
the former residence of the later Oov. Hawxia--"
This U a valuable Tract r Und, well suited lot
Totcco, W beat; Com and Oats. There are about
Three Hundred A erea io clear." and ef the ekareS
Land there are shoot Doe Hundred and Fifty Acre
if first-rale ereek" low fgi nnod. WeB difrhed- f
petM mp odaTveMMr'; and the .other cleared L1"
makes fine crous : and tha wo. ids are all guod To
bacco Iandv; FnrWr desmpttoitUtiamexMry.
any purchaser would oteler to take s iew nei.ae -prchai.r
suclVVTracf or Lahd , Being dru
io move t.V the'atoath. I will self the Land upoa
go djerma to the Hirchaaer; and . I invite such
may Wih to own tuih Land, ''to cents snd iew iot
nemaelees. fc JAMES M. HAWKINS
October , 1847. f