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NEWBERN N. C., SATURDM; 12th AUGUST, 1843.
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jSIISCBIiSjANEOUS.
THE
A lean, pale,
IKISII
7J1J iV I i'
r i PL1
Ij.-i02;i d looking man, so
Striking a contrast to the Kerry Tu rners, as I
so ba absolutely startling, advanced to the .
i h!e. at which sat the patient anJgood tem
pered secretary of lite society, and asked if
reverenre would be in shortly 1 A pret
ty delicate looking young woman, very scan
tily clad, peifectly cl?an, was looking ove;
his shoulder as d asked the question.
I think i huve soon you before, jZ$
i;rjod man, said the sccirury, and it is not
:u:iny weeks ago.'
lU was more his broiher ih'.n ho it was
in deed,' answered the haggard man's wife,
cuurtesyiug and -jdvancing a liille before
her husband. lie- interrupted her.
'Don't try to scieeti mo, Nelly, I don't
deserve it fium you ! Scu the way I beat
t,. . . o.".UuT;cin, on both awns like
a brute as I w as.'
It was'ut, you, dear, said the youn wo
man, drawing her thin sbnwl more closely
around her biuised amis; 'It was the strength
of spirits did it, and not himself he's as quiet
a man a '''-'ro ls m sl,e l'-lv -'0,k wl,e"
he's sober ; and us fine a workingman ; and
lie would'ul hurt a hair of mv head, bjnin1
he was in liquor.'
Tne poor cieat-ire's aflectionate appeal
on I "ha:i of ht.-r crrin" husband was inter
i noted b. th so--: -tary again demanding if
he' had not t'iken the pledge befoie ? 'I did
l si, stand bark Ntllv, don't try to serene
me. I camu heicand took it from Father
iMai'kleed and, God forgive me, i broke ii
loo. J broke it last night or rather all day
yestonJay, and 'never heed any more a
hout it, James, dar.' said the wifn eagerly,
i.ever heed lolling any more about it. A
vwi any ho overtaken once, and yet make
i tine Clitisiian after all. You vvould'nt be
sending hirn from the priests knee because
he btoke it once. When, as I said before,
)i was his brother vvas in it, and not he, only
for coniftany.'
'I had no heart to come this morning, on
ly for her.' said the husband,' sho remem
bered his reverence preaching about there
being more joy in heaven over one man like
me, than niuety and nine Qod men. Oh !
if she would let me tell the wickedness cf my
past life, and the sin and shame that have
followed me.'
'It was the drink, James,' reiterated the
wife earnestly. 'D not be distressing your
Ptdf f.r it was nothing hut (he d ink. Sure,
w hen sober, there isn't a more loving bus
band, or tenderer father on Ireland's
grounds -and now you'll b true to the
pledge, and its happy wi-'il be, and prosper
oissio. u.' hi isU-r told m . this blessed
En :ri..n-. tint it ho cotiM di.end o.. von fm- J
. ...1, .
t a, Had have the credit f 1 money man,
so I jii will J imes yoi w 1 I foi my sake
a-.it'i iW the -uike of the childn. ti at home.'
Ay,' he interrupted, and t.u tlu sake of
the broken heat ted mother tint bo;e me
a. 'id for the sake of ii;il.- Mary whom J crip
pled ia the drink O ! wnen the sweet look
of tint bibyison me her sweet patient
look I tlii..k the gates of heaven can never
open to such a sinner 1'
While
bo made this confession r,a
t . 1 1 . .
.., ,,tJ
arms
nung poweness by His sde ; and his pallid
face lengthened in'.o an expression of
less, hopeless, irreclaimable misery. The
wife turned and burst into tears. Several
evinced the quick sympathies of Irish na
tures ; for they shuddered and murmured.
'The Lord be betwixt us and harm, and
look down upon them both !' ihe woman
was ihe first to recover consciousness ; im
pelled by a sudden burst of feeling, sh?
threw her bruised arms around her husband's
neck, recalling him to himself by all the
tender phrases of Irish affection.
Wo can never forget the agonized ear
nestness v.Uh- which the unhappy man took
the pledge the beautiful picture of his gen
tle and endearing wifo as she sf00( btfs;je
him; orthesolemn response ,a( foljowet
from a score of ,oic,,, .Q u Go(
strengthen thee to keep xv
A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
An Irish soldier once waited upon n,s
commanding officer, with, what he termed a
very serious complaint. 'Another man he
said, upbraided him that fie vvas not married
V his Qwn wjfef whom jie accused of being
no beutr than she should be, and called her
Keynames besides, which he would be
mT irl u meulio, txis honor. 'Well
Z nf 7;'ins.he officer, have
IZ ZT X m married !"Fai.h
you honor I h?ve ,he best pro .f in the
exh Ll VhT ,10,diook off his hat,
exhibited a cut sku I r
honor think 1M be lr,A "f;' -VUr
From the Massachusetts Spy.
AN ANT FIGHT.
Mr. Editor : Whilst rambling in the fields
a few davs since, I witnessed a scene of par
ticular interest, one which I think goes lar to
demonstrate that some insects possess reasan
ing faculties. The incident referred to, was
a pitched battle between two near re
publics of ants, the bone of contention be
ing evidently the possession of a grass-hopper
which lay crushed midway between the
two hills, which were some twenty feet
rir, r.rc caan tJift combatants were I
clustered around the object of contest, grap
pling each other with their mandibles spurting
venom, a hundred other manoeuvres in
cident to a hand fight. Suddenly, a ces
sation cf hostilities was agreed upon, and
the combatants left the field, each party re
turning to its respective hill, leaving nine of
their number outside the works, who iia
mediately each mounted a tall blade of grass,
seennnf? to act as sonnies, wmcn in mci,
lIjer 0flice,'for upon one of the hills suddenly
poiire(j forl, niii.'ions of tiny warriors.
They descended from
tho look outs and
marched into the citadel, which, in its turn,
sent forth a martial throng.
One body emerged from its sally ports
without any regard for order till a space of
some three or four feet had been passed over
when they deployed to the right aud left, till
they formed an extended front of six feet, their
riht resting on the bank of a small pool and
the left en a rock about twenty inches high.
The opposite party in conning forth exhibit
ed a more finished disposition. From threfl
outlets, they adv-inced in couples and trios,
alternately, each trio muving in a direct line
for the centre of their opponent's line and
halting when within three foet, the couplets
Ydiii2 on an angle drawn lrom their hill
to the extreme nghi and l-fi of their foes.
The right couplies tooK op a position on a
small knoll about five feet from the enemies'
rock, two rear f iJ0 uios, while the
left continued its march till the puui ..
a halt. An immediate retrogade movement
look place, and the body posted itself in line,
extending from the right of tho lri"S, (and
forming a triangle with it,) to tho bank of the
pool. Both parties remained stationary a
few moments, then striking thoir heads vio
lently on the ground, and raising them
selves erect, tbe trios rushed to the fight,
the. couplets remaining stationary. The
movement of tho trios vvas met by an im-tr.edi-iie
advance of the right and left of the
line, liic cculre gallantly Maintaining, its
ground, as if attempting to gain the trios
rear. This attempt however, was foiled
by the couplets opposing them, and the
fight became general. As either pnrty
gained the ascendancy, there would be
a running, or rather tumbling fight all
over the field of battle, which embraced an
area of twenty feet square. Occasionally
as the tide of battle left one portion of the
groun d, thousands might be seen writhing
in agony from the loss of a limb or an
tenna?. After a hard fight of sixtr-five
minutes, the trios and couplets were vic
torious, pursuing the vanquished into their
fortress where rapine seemed to be the
order of ihe day. The nests oT their anta
gonists were torn to pieces, and their eggs
and young borne ofT triumphantly to the
conqueror's forces.
The battle ground now exhibited a picture, on
exact counterpart in miniature cf other fields of
glory. But what interested mo most, was the
operation of the surgeon9 and their assistants,
(now don't smils, incredulous,) there was in that
insect army a regular start 01 racers in tneir own
. j-r f a 1 '
peculiar uniforms, and surgeons and their atten
dants. On the leaves ol a large thistle, which
wis spread on the ground, a body of ants with
greenish forebodies, and red atennsc, were gather
ed toge her and evidently conversing, fur they
would occasionally touch each other on various
parts of their bodies with h ir antennai, and when
so touched the individual would start off to the
field ofbattle, and running among the stragglers
a id wounded for a few moments, return : and in
turn, touch some other one who started off on the
same errand.
A few inches from this body on a neighboring
leaf, were a body of grim, black looking fellows,
to whom hundreds of the common soldiers were
dragging the wounded and dying ; wherever a
limb had been severed from tho body, or a wound
inflicted, the black surgeons would deposite a drop
of fluid from its mouth, and then the patient was
dragged into the citadel. Nijjht had now nearly
set in, and with reluctance, I wa3 obliged to quit
the ecene.
We can well eay with Huber, "we can com
prehend the instinct which shall at all times, cause
an animal to build its habitation after a distinct
fashion," but a spontaneous combination of facul
ties seems to take place in these wars. I shall
pay a visit to the interior of ihese republics soon.
where I have no doubt I shall find ample food for
wonder, which will give me pleasure to communi
cate, as eutomology has become my study.
Yours, &.c. II. M. Paine.
Bustles Life Preseuvers.
Much has been said derogatory to the character
of tbe bustle, but when it is found that this wonder
ful piece of mechanism can be of great use, it will
probably receive as much praise as it has already
of abuse.
A lady and gentleman were Just leaving a steam
boat, in one of our cities, but in stepping to the
wharf, a plank upon which they carelessly stepped
gave way and both were precipitated into the salt
water. The lady ot course sereamed a little, but
she soon discovered that there was no cause of
nnnu .herl,uslle so buoyed her up there was
flva lPrt i?"1 d,a,nser' Her gallant beau immediately
from bv lLvSeUK benefit to be d""d .here,
h.vh-!tt7. Shl? of,he ,ife Preserver, and thus
they both remained until k . . . .
their assistance. ' & boal wa3 Pushed oul 10
We would recommend to those steamboat ow.
ners who have not provided their boats with india
ruober life preservers, to present to each ,ad u
her entrance into the boat, a bustle of the largest
size and most durable materials. 7Ae ladies will
be sure to wear them, and thus the lives of thousands
may be saved won't speak with certainty how
ever. Ex. paper.
From the Sew Mirror.
IRISH IX AMERICA, AND SO ON.-
One morning I was busily engaged writing in
the counting-bouse, when in came a little boy,
carrying a basket on bis arm, filled with siipen
ny almanacs, penny tapes, papers of pins, and all
such valuable merchandize in a small way, form
ing the stock in trade of this youthful itinerant
pedler. Being very much occupied, I merely
shook my bead and said, "Don't want any;'' still
trie coy lemaineu, unu ww a iwucu mm -gain
he very modestly said, with a true Milesiam
brogue, "Haven't you a vessel bound to Derry,
sir?"
"Yes, my little fellow, do you want to send b
Setter by her.5'
"Why yes, sir ; only if you please to tell me
what is the passage of a small girl from Derry ?"
"Twenty dollars," said I; "but why do you
ask ?"
"Bekase meielf was thinking of sending for a
shister, of mine, if your honor pleases ?''
" You send for her !" exclaimed I. "Your fathtr
sends, you raen.''
I have nc father, sir."
Your mother, then," said I.
"Ala poor mother's dead and gone, too, sir.'
"Pray, how old are you V asked I, getting deep
ly interested.
'Just past tin years, sir.
"And how old is your sister?"
"JNine years arid a month, sir.''
But, my little man she's too young to bring out
from Ireland, and you are loo young to take care
of her."
"Oh, sir, don't disthracl me by saying so ; sbure
her ould grandfather is almost blind and deaf, and'
can't live long and aint able to brii.g her up, for he's
poor hisstlf; and when he dies what will the
cratur do without any nobody to look afthsr her at
all ."
"But where will you get the money 7" Said I
more surprised. ,
"Why, your honor sees me little bashket, and the
neighbors filled it first for me, and so I begun to
sell them thrifles ; and all the Sligo people and
Donegal people that knows rue people at home
gave rue a help; and, with the blessing of God,
sure I've saved over twenty dollars, thinking of
the poor shisttr at home hII the time ; and, whin
she comes, there's more than one will give her a
bit and a sup, and soon she'll ba able to go to sar
vice." Whilst this conversation wa3 going on, one of
my tsligo acquaintances came in, and, alter listen
ing for awhile, be said,
"You may believe all the boy telis you, sir.
I know him well. It's all thrut, and the money be
ha3 is honestly come by ; he made it himself out of
tit tie thrade ; and don't you fear him in regard
to the sister; uo .i , .i i..
see to it meself, for he's the smartest boy that ever
left the county Sligo !"
I gave the order for his sister's passage without
any further hesitation She arrived safely. Her
affectionate brother received her with open arms.
The neighbors look a general oversight over them
both and they went on prosperously. If cither
or both of them should ever read and recognise
this true narrative, they may leel assured that one
of their countrymen ttill ieels proud of '.heir pure
unadulterated youthful devotion to each other.
He was shrewd beyand bis j'earS, and in making h
bargain might almost be trusted with a. native of
New England of bis own ag. In riper 'ears, of
course, be must yield tbe palm to lhe"wUnivarsal
Yankee."
Soon after I had finished my business for my
Sligo lad, a tall strapping hod carrier, fresh from
the mortar, entered the office, and making a bow
inquired, rather bashfully
"Might I make bould to ax if your honor is buiily
engaged just now 7''
"Why, pretty much so,w said I; "but why do
you inquire ?"
"Why, your honour sees I have a letther to
sind by ship, and it wasn't written by meself for
a raiton I have not knowing how but a friend
of mine, who is a great scholard, wrote it lor me,
and I shupose it's all right. May-be you would
just look oyer it, and tell me it there's no mis
takes."
The latter had such a tempting appearance
about it, I agreed to oblige bira, and commenced
reading.
"Why," said I, "your friend has made one
mistake, I see, already.''
"What's that, sur?'' asked he.
"He has dated it the twenty-sixth of January,
whilst this is only the eighteenth.''
"O, that's all right, your honor, I bid him do
so."
"For what, pray 7" said 1.
"Why, your honour knows the ship is to sail on
the twenty-sixth, and I zcanlcd to give them tht latent
news, for they're mighty proud of the latest dates in
Ireland always !"
This reason was so perfectly satisfactory I did
not disturb tbe figures, but laughed at the cute
idea. The letter like all such Irish letters, gave
a vast deal of information about tbe rates of wages,
prices of provisions, besides tbe health and situation
of every man, woman and child from his own baro
ny. In the course of this detail came the following
passage :
"I am verry sorry to inform you that our ould
friend, Pat. Mahony, was, last Sunday morning
removed into a blessed immortality bul he had a
grate berrin, which will plase bis people !''
Now, be it known to the precise English reader,
that the writer did not mean to ejpress a rfrcMhat
poor Pat. Mahony had gone to hear en. but only at
his departure from earth II is a way we hare of
expressing sorrow, aud paying a posthumous com
pliment iu the same sentence; saying words and
time at the expense of lumber.
Some years ago, a county Tipperary man brought
me a very1 particular letter of recommendation,
which spoke highly of bis character and industry
He was a laboring farmer, and soon aftr his arrival
I gave him a special letter to a gentleman living on
the North Ejver, who took hi at once m his em
ployment. Some fortnight afterwards this gentle
man was in town, and said to me
I like your man Kennedy so wall you may send
me another of the same description, if you have
any such on hand." ,
I did send him another man, who also pleased
him. . , ,
About a week after this, one morning as I went
down Pine street.in passing tbe new Custom-IIouse,
which was then being built, I thought I recognized
Kennedy's Irish phiz.somewhat disfigured with lime.
He seemed anxious to avoid me, but feeling certain
of his identity, I called out " Come here Kennedy ;
what on earth brought you here .'"
He approached very sheepishly, but on- my re
peating the auestion, said . ,
" If your honor oleases, shure I heard of this job
from a boy, a friend of my own ; and the wagei is
tin shillings a day; and I thought I might as wel
lake it.' u ?
" But." said F. " why did you leave Mr. H. s
I hope vou did not quarrel witb him 7''
" Oh. God forbid, sir ! never bad a quarrel or
crass word with him at all at all."
Then why did you leave him ? I ' on,y
few days ago he told me bow very much pleased
he was with yon. ' ,
Why. thin, it's proud I am to hear that me
jontleman is so pleased with him; my blessings on
bis honour for that !'"'
" Pleased with himV exclaimed I. ia astonish
ment. What do you meBn ? Surely. S"wnl
nr. ;. r- f rv vnu the letter and dollar
j to pay your passage ? Come, tell nie tee uiioie
trutn."
tranedy, seeing tnere
some hems and haws, made b lZ' I
Well, thin. I hnrif inn. :n ,
pardonioe ,,ff,f ,ul " 1 ?e ?lineniknew the ladv uA h, j "l. ":
U-a. . . vnciice ; only, shure I
tt mnearhVL;Ut ft" StHe' f d OUr
a-Tav T .1 ,,h-rd ot ihh jb 'nent you.
voulsee thl t0 lose il atld
you, see, there was a neighbour's son from Cahel
brought u,, by ureselt : a dacnt hnnt t J Xt. v,'
answer with my lite-Tom Cassidy ; and the poor
fellow had nothing to do and couldn't get it, Lin'
I give him the lettberand the dollar, and tould him
io go and lOW in hchBC. arl IiaI,
the
Wrn fC' nch fhey wouldn't g've to him."
cipianation," said 1, "does not satisfy
Lis ; 1 am very angry with you for giving to another
a twunimendatiou intended solely for yourself
How do i f;now any thing about Cassidy 7 I never
sau him or heard of him before 7"
But share, sir," replied Kennedy, ' didn't tbe
jontleman say he was very much pleased with him
andpo that s all one as if meself was there !"
Ibis Piece of, .shrewdness saved Kennedy 'from
ray displeasure, more particularly as I continued
to gel good accounts of Casiidy. A Week after
wards Kennedycame to me and said
" I know I committed a great sin in regard to that
fetther, but your honor is eood enough to fnrtrir
me ; and if you would only take this thrift of money
to keep for rne, I'll be always praying for your
honor. IlJs afeard I am to keep it at mv lodgings,
where I don't know the people, and may be it's
swung ii uie-a ue some night.
i took the money, thirty-five dollars, and the next
week he added five more. Matters remained thus
"until the month of August, when, one sultry day, in
came Kennedy, looking paie and cart-worn.
" If your honor plases.' said he " there's a shin
goiwg to Liverpool to-day at twelve o'clock, and
the passage-money is i.i'dollrs !"'
" Well." said I wiiht ot that ; I don't want to
know anything about H.r'
But you see, sur. (hat, with the blessing cf God
and your honour's lace. I'd be agreeable to go home
in her."
" In the name of common seose !" exclaimed I,
utterly confounded at the fellow's folly," what on
earth sends you back to poverty and misery in Tip
perary, whilst in this country j'ou are laying up mo
ney every week. Are you mad 7"
" If you please to listen, sur, I'd tell you Sbar
in the street where I lodge they have got the
cholera, and it's a dread of it I am all the while ;
and what's ihe use of dying here with all the dol.
lars ; and they tell me it's a dreadful disase. and
destroy the fayturcs. and cramps 3 ou up of a f-udent ;
and shure poverty and pra(e is betlhtr'm Tippera
ry than money and cholera in New York !"
'Dili, ou fool." said I, how do you know
you'd die with cholera ; you may escape ; all in
Unit sueet will not die, and you may be drowned
"Well, sur." replied he.," I'd be better plased to
be drowned or killed by Khe. favor than die of that
terrible heathenish disease anyhow ; and so, with the
blessing ot Uod, donl I keep me, but let me go
in
pace
And go he did. Not all my persuasion or rea
soning could change him. In two hours he had
procured his provisions, a draft (or bis money, and
was on his way to Tipperarv, where, I presume, he
j remains, unless he has died of the favor, or
been killed in a scrimmage about rents or tithes !
w - o:: domestic reform.
FROM NOAU'd WEEKLY MEiSfiNCEH, JULT 30.
L-etter Times. 'if hall I hold your horse, sir V
said a nice-looking, weil-pp kt-n bby at the upper
reservoir. I was pleased with his appearance and
address, and after a walk around the stone para
ptjt, prepared to return home. My little fellow,
would you like to barn a trade ? if you would,
you shall have a place in a printing office.' Thank
yer honor,' said a portly Irishwoman, 'me and me
four children live in that house there, and make a
dacent living ; I should not like to part with the
boy at all.' 'That house' referred to, was a wretch
ed mud hovel a shanty with a single room, and
yet the mother contnvr d to bring up four children
in it with so much contentment, that she was un
willing to part with one, although it might evident
ly have bettered his fortunes. 'How strangely is
society divided," said my friend, who took his seat
in the buggy as we were about returning to the
city. 'I also have four children, and yet my house
ith thirteen rooms in it, and for which I pay $1,
000 per annum, is not big cnougu to contain
them.'
F, rtune in men hath some small difference made,
Oae fliunls in rags one flutters in brocade.'
The cobbler apron'd, and the bishop gown'd,
The ft ia r hooded, and the monarch crown'd.'
I believe we are beginning to find out the folly
of making sacrifices to keep up appearances.
The credit of a man of business 19 now strength
ened if he r( sides in a house plainly furnished, is
frugal in his living, manages to save a penny,
makes a decent appearance without the aid of
fashionable extravagance, does nothing for effect,
and makes no costly entertainments. How differ
ent it was in 1S3G. It was a furious coateet for
extravagant and costly rivalry. If one man in bu
siness hired a large house, furnished it splendidly,
kept a pair of spankiog bays and a barouche,
another caught the infection and also hired a lar
ger bouse, furnished it more splendidly, and sport
ed a more elegant barouche or vis-a-vis than his
neighbor ; and thu3 competition, rivalry, and
fashionable opposition involved great outlays ;
failure followtd failure, and in a short time these
aspiring bloods crow ded close upon each other in
tbe list of bankrupts. It is incredible how evil
examples are closely imitated. If my neighbor,
no better off than myself, lives extravagantly, sees
company, gives good dinners, has a box at the
opera, and keeps a fast trotter, I am in a measure
restless and discontented till I can do the same :
the contagion spreads we are all in the infected
district, all have a touch of the disease, all take
the same medicine, and ad are equally prestrated.
Now if we were more disposed to imitate what
was worthy of imitation, economy, propriety,
comfort without ostentation, simplicity in living,
plainness of manners, and absence of all pride and
elf sufficiency, how much better we would all be
off in tb world.
When shall the reform commence ? We answer
now, from this very moment. Better times pre
vail : say what we will, we have better times.
The surface begins to be smooth, the billows and
u-pheavings are less agitated ; confidence is be
ginning to be gradually restortd ; what business
is done, is done with less profit it is true, but with
more security; it is difficult to earn 'he silver
dollar, yet, with ordinary management, it will go
further and provide much more than it did in 1836.
We have seen tho worst ; let us improve the
present by introducing every where a rigid econo
my, and sav-a sixpence - whenever we can do so.
Let us begin by discarding every thing looking
like show and ostentation ; let us study comfort
and give up luxuries altogether.
A few months ago I was led by curiosity to at
tend a sale cf splendid furniture in a spacious
house in one of cur fashionable squares. Every
thing was on the most costly scale, and paid for
out of the money procured from the unguarded
credit system. L oking-glasses of gnOQ each ;
ow curtains g300 each; satin-covered rose-
weed chairs, too Irail and deiicftte to sit upca ;
?.e ?!e farnitare w. somewhat over
and brought ecarcelr n hnlf iht m
the lady and her two dnnrMra ..tl .
thy were thin ad pal from want of a healthy
laborious exercise ; they looked discontented and
unsettled, out of sorts with every thin ; they
were about to enter, upon comnulsinn. rf ntv
course of life ; to pursue a riid economy, to live
upon iheir actual earnings, and it made them un
easy and fretful.
A ehort lime after th sale, passing a small
neat two-story bouse, of $30 rent. on"V of ihe
young ladies tapped at the window, threw it up,
and asked me to come in. 1 waa su prised and
pleased at the change I saw in evry thing. The
girls looked fresh and rosy, were dresstd with
great neatness, and the mother appeared quite
nappy una contented. L.very thin was plain ; a
Kidderminster carpet on the floor, chairs cheap
and substantial, on the mantel puce were vases
filled with fresh fl .were, instead of the SSfcfeocU
and Ormolu candelabras. 'We tak -great exer
cise now,' said th mother, 'having no carriage we
are obliged to walk ; the girts rub the furniture,
dustlhr- things. and2d to market w p bat a nnth.
r
mg superfluous ; we purchase for our family just
one-half we did in Place -, we keep but one girl,
and when brelkfast and dinner are ready, you
cannot imagine how hungry we are, and how we
enj.iy our meal ; every thing tastes sweet, for we
prepare it ourselves, Mnd we sleep like tops ; ev
uy thing has changed for tho b iter.' And so it
had ; they had discovered th folly of competition,
!,'
ui striving to live as extravagant as their nei
bors, and had sobered down to the comforts and
economy of life, and were realizing substantial
benefits from the change ; they had the moral
courage to rise above the sneers of the proud and
the lictitious sympathy of professing fiiends.
They are now contented, and contentment is
happiness. '
IRISH HUMOR.
The New York Mirror gives a pleasant Sketch
of a shrewd Irishman named Drnnis 11. Doyle,
wh was many years ago a grocer and politician
in New York. Dennis and hie Irish friend were
then oppwtstd to the Tammany men, because the
Tammany men, were opposed to Clinton and the
Canal. I he following onecd-te? i'lustralo Den
nis's capacity to find off and give as good as was
sent, when assailtd in a tender point :
Dennis was invited to attend the celebration of
the opening of the railroad at Schenectady, and
at the dinner tabic he sat opposite the member of
Assembly from Albany county. In tho course of
conversation, this gentleman said to him "I be
ll, ve, Mr. Doyle, you have been for two or three
years past a loading member of the nominating
committee at Tammany Hall ?"
'I have, sure enough," replied Dennis, "and
what of that ?'
"How comes it then," asked he. "that for the
last two years, you have 6ent U3 such a fuol as
iur
? The fellow has no brains he
never opens his lips, and scarcely knows how to
vntp l'
"Why," said Dtnni?, "we send him cn
republican principles.''1
true
"'JUiiw so " inquired his friend
you know," rt plied Dcnni?, "the Con
stitution esij, (.t? c!.isses arn to ba airly represen
ted j and, faita I th.r.k, tf w only s-.?d one fool
out of thirteen members, to re, ream all the'pcople
in York, wo hardly do them justice "
The answer was perfectly satisfactory ; and
some of ihe people are e 1 1 i i ol" the opinion that
the same constitutional requirement, has been ad
hered to by both parties even to this day !
At the Ust election in the city at which Dennis
voted, previous to his retirement to the country,
one of the Challengers at thv poll, w ho happened
to be an American born, chalh nged his vote, on
the ground that he was a foreigner ,,4.
"A foreigner ?" exclaimed Dennis indignantly ;
"hav'nt I been here for forty years, and faith, I'm
a better American than you after all !"
".i better American ttian me !" retorted the oth
er, "bow can you make that out ?"
"Oh, aisy enough," cooly replied Dennis ;
"did'nt I come into thi3 country with a good coat,
waistcoat and leather breeches on me ; but by my
6oul, you came into it without even a shirt to vour
back !"
A HORRIBLE MURDER.
The Washington (Geo.) News publishas the
following extract of a letter, and vouches for the
respectability of the writer. The letter is dated
Cclujjbcs, (Ga.,) Ju!y 12, 1S43.
I believe I have got room to give you the partic
ulars of one of the most shocking murders I have
ever heard of, committed in Barber county, Ala
bama, a fow days ago. A Mrs. Gachct (pronoun
ced Gasha.) and her two daughters were visited on
the day of the murder by a Mr. Brown and his wife
They took dinner and remained until late in the
evening with the old lady and her two daugh'crs.
When they were about leaving, they insisted that
the old lady should go home with them and spend
the night.
She refused ; giving as a reason that her daugh
ters would be left alone ; and, farther, that all tbe
money ahe bad was in her house. They, however,
continued to urge her, until she consented to ac
company them, to remain the night. Shortly after
her departure a sick and weary traveller rode up,
and begged permission to etay the night. Tbe two
ladies said they were alone, and he could not stop
He said he doubted whether he could ride to the
next houae ; and presuming they were afraid of
him, he told them if they would consent to let him
remain, be would take his room and suffer them to
keep the key.
To this position they consented, and the trav
eller soon went to bis room. Some tims during
the night he was awoke by a noisa in the other
room there being but two in the house. Continu
ing to hai some one nvving about he got up,
went softly to the door, and discovered a man at
a bureau, examining the drawers. He hailed the
individual, who instantly drew a knife and made
at the traveller, who, as he approached, shot him
dead at bis feet. The pistol alarmed the negroes,
and when they came up they went into the ladies'
room, and found both of them lyiogin their beds
with their throats cut, and dead I
The traveller, on enquiring for their mistress
was taken to Brown's bouse. On meeting the old
lady, be told ber some one had murdered her
daughters, and that he had shot the villain. Mrs
n ..i!aimil vnn liiv. ! mir liiiahftnJ.'
" . , . J , ,
! and n llUmti cut ; ths very penon who
spent the day with Mrs Guchct had murdered hef
daughters! What a providential thing that the
man sh0u!l have been permitted to remain, to
punish tbe ess&ssin !
There was a.runior prevalent some two
or three years r-gothat the Hon. David L.
Swain was engaged in writing a history cf
North Carolina, since which lime wo have
heard scarcely any thing relating to it. Wo
have indeed some knowledge of the fact
that President Swain was at that period in
terested in collecting materials fur a history
of tho State. It will not perhaps be deem
ed improper to allude to the subject for the)
purpose of eliciting information, and of di
reeling public atteution towards it. Anew
history of North Carolina is wanted, and for
the task of preparing one, no man lias better
qualifications than 'resident Swain. Such
a work, to be ofa satisfactory character,
would leq aire extensive research anions the
old Colonial archives of England. Front
thai vast stoiehouse the historians of Other
Stales have drawn some of their most valu
able mateiial, and a history of this Stato
would be impel feet unless in its composition
aids weie there sought fur.- There, for in
stance, il is pi obably may bo found docu
incnts ft hich would dispel doubt from tho
minds of all respecting tho Mecklenburg
Declaration that piidefully cherished event
in the annals of North Carolina.
1 Vilminston Chronicle.
America and England. It is impossible
thai any other two independent nations can
have such a community of interests as Eng-.,
land and America. In truth, wo know of
no material and substantial interests in which
they are opposed; nay, in which they aro
separated; their origin, iheir laws, and
their language are ihe same ; iheir business,
iheir prosperity, aro identified. New York
is but a suburb of Liverpool, or, if you will,
Liverpool of New York. The failure of
ihe Pennsylvania United Slates Dank has
ruined more fortunes in England than in A
mcrica ; ihe manufactures of Manchester
share more wealth with Carolina than with
Middlesex. We are not irerely brothers
and
cousins : ihe ties of consanpuinit v wo
know are not always the bond of fiicndship ;
but we are partners, ioint tenants as it were.
I 0f, he commerce of tbe world : and . bvn
had, as wo have just hinted, melancholy ex
perience that distress on either shore of tha
,
Atlantic is almost equally flt vn the other.
London Paper.
A DECISION.
The Supreme Court of Newi York has recently
affirmed the decision of the Superior Court, in tho
case of Lawrence and others vs. the Mayor, &c.
of New York, being an action to recover tbe valuo,
of goods destroyed by the blowing up of stores
during the great fire of 1833. The defendants'
counsel took the ground that the Corporation was
liable only for goods destroyed upon which ad
vances had been made ; if the owners bad an inter
est in the buildings destroyed, or for tbe buildings
Thi was the position sustained by the two Courts.
The case (ihe True Sun says) will now be carried
lo the Court of Errors. If this opinion is sustained,
at least a million of dollars will be saved to tho
city, as seventy five other cases are depending on
the issue of the one above referred to.
Distressing Jlottality: The brig Ohio arrived at
this port yesterday in 21 days from Gaudaloupc.
She sailed from G. 20th ult. for St Thomason
the evening of same day, Mr. Atwood, 2d mate,
was takm ill aud died on the 8th ; her commander
Captain Cerls, was attacked soon after, and died
10:h ; the chief mate, brother to the Captain also
died on the 8th, and after the Captain's death
there were but three souls left on board all ignor
ant of navigation. The eldest seaman, Mr. WattP,
took charge of the vpesel with the hope of roaching
a port in the United States, and providentially on
the morning of the ISth, one hundred miles from
land, fell in with a Baltimore pilot boat, and she
was thus brought eafely into port.
Baltimore imefiean.
The Van Buren papers constantly run
iheir-heads against a wall when they affect
to stigmatize the election of General UarrU
son, as a fraud upon the people -as produ
ced by humbug by coon-skins, hard cider,
and log cabins. They forget that they nc:
only asseit a palpable falsehood manifest to
ihe whole world but insult and outrage tho
feelings of the people of the country. Gen.
Harrison was elected bv tho patriotism, in
telligence, and good sense of the people.
The result of tho election of 1840, and tho
proceedings of the whole campaign of 1810,
were of the most animating and exciting
character, produced by purely Ametican,
Republican, and elevated political princi
ples. Were the election to go over again,
and Gen. Harrison alive, that Patriot llero
and Good I'resideut, would receive, we ver
ily believe, a greater majority than he ob
tained in 1840. Are not these Van Buren
prasses aware that ilia spirit of Harrison
may yet be invoked by his friends, and be
used to rally them again to union and to vic
tory ? Alexandria Gazette,
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
We regret to learn that the schr. Sarah Lavinis,
of this port, Capt. C. Dearborn, Walter Nicbol,
Mate, with a crew of 4 or 5 seamen, which sailed
from this port for Antigua and a market on tho
second of July last, was found at anchor off Block
Island, R. I., on the SOth ult, with not a soul on
board. She was carried by those- who found her
into ZitvT Bedford. It stated that the vessel has
three or four feet water in tbe hold.tbs Captain's
trunk broken open, and other marhs of violence
about her. The carga seems to be entirs and un
tcuchV. - .
Of course, here, where tne Captain and Mate
resided, and where the vessel was owned, the mofat
serious apprehentions are entertained as to tba
fate of the officers. The whole affair is, however,
as yet wrapped up in mystery. Wa wait fcr fu:
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