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NEWBERN N. G, SATURDAY, 2nd SEPTEMBER, 1843. VOL." I NO. 11. T E It M S : Tun Newbersus published weekly by cine. .i .lMlnrq nor nnnutn. in advance All orders for this paper out of iLe Slate, must be accompa nied with th casU or a responsible relcrence. Advertisements inserted at sevtnty-jict cents a Lrc for Ibc first insertion, and thirty and half cents for each subsequent publication. An) oration made in a published advertisement, at the ropiest of Iho advertiser, shall eubjoct him to iho ujuhI charge for a fust insertion. Court Orders, and Judicial adcr.rliicncnts wi.l be charged lucnlyfice vtr cent, higher than the rates specified above; and yearly advertisements, tii7.y three and a third per cent. lower. Jb ll'o.k, in all cases, must be paid lor on deli very. (Jm au I.KTTr.m, addressed to i no u .v!n i-f.i .n. uiii not. in iuv case, Liu va.ven from ------ -7 " ' 0 jmslolare. 3 2 1 W C K H j E j A IV K ? W f . X2 2-iU'rirvR TSie Usicx;tJf!iMl Friend. "It must bo, my child !" said the poor niduw, wiping uwy thu tears which slowly trickled down her waste 1 cheeks. "There js no other resource, i am loo sick to woik, arid you cannot, .surely, eo mo and youi iittiu brothers starve. Try and beg a few d perhaps by tho lime thai is oae, 1 may bo bettor. Go, Homy, my .. .. . .. i i ilijiir ; grieve in sumu you on sum an ur tiuid, but it must bo done." Tim hov. a nobbr looking little fellow of idioul leu "e.us, started up, and, throwing his anus about hi mothei's neck, left the iiiiiisi! wniiomn u aid not hour lbs ;roan of anguish that was uttered by his p - ieut as ile door closed behind iimi ; and it w is well thai lie did not, lor his iitllo heart was ready to brojk without it. Jt was a by street in Philadelphia, and as ho walked to iiiid fro on the sidewalk, he looked fust at one pcisou and then at another, as they ji.iss.-d him, lut no one seemed lo look kind ly uti him, and the longer he waited, the faster bis com ago dwindled away, and the mole difficult it beeauio H inaslor resolution to beg. The tears were running fast down his cheeks, but uobo ly noticed them, or it they did, nobody seem -d to care ; for al though clean, llemy looked poor and mise rable, and it is cuuimon for the poor and ntisorabJe to cry ! livery body seemed in a hurry, and the poor boy was quite in despair, when at last be espied a gentleman who seemed lo bo ve rv U imiielv taking a iiiorniiJr walk. Ho was dressed in black, wore a thieo-coi nei ed hat, and had a face that was as mild and be nignant as an angle's. Somehow, when Hemy looked at him, bo foil all bis fears vanish Jt once, and iustaitly approached b'ntt. His (cats had been flowing so long, lhai his eyes v.eio quite fed ;ind swollen, and Ins voice trembled but that was with weak ness, f;i he had not eaten for iweniy-four hours. As Henry, whh a low, faltering voice, beggi'd for a littb: chanty, th: gentle man stopped, and his kind lie art n-:l'ed with compassion as he looked into the fair coun- teuanco ol the poor boy, and saw ihe deep over bis face, nod blush which spread all listened lo uio modest, hum! i tones tthith accompanied his petition. 'You do not look like a boy that has been nccuslonied to begins broad," said he, kind ly laying his hand on the boy's shoulders ; whal has driven yau to this step V "Indeed," answered Henry, his tears be ginning to flow afresh, "indeed I was not bom in this condition But the misfortunes of my lather, and the sickness of my mother, have driven no to iho necessity now." "Who is your father Vy inquired tho gen llem in, nill more interested. "My father was a rich merchant of this city ; bu he becaniH bondsman for a friend, who soot after failed, and he was entirely ruined. Hu could not live at fie r this los, and in one month hu died of grief, and his deatU was tuoro dieaUal than anv other irouhle. My mother, toy little brother, and myself, soon sunk into tho lowest dupihs of poverty. My mother has, until now, uian- ngod to support herself and my little bioiher by hor labor, and 1 have earned what I could by shovelling snow and other work that I could find to do. But, niht bofor last, inoiber was taken very sick, and she has iince become so much woisc that" here tho tears pouted faster than ever "I do fear she will die. I cannot think of -any way in tiio world to help her. i have not had any work (o do for several weeks. I have not had ilui courage to go to any of my mother's old acqivatniaucts, and tell them that she had come to need cha.itv. 1 thought vou look ed like a stranger, sir, anJ solv;eliling in your face overcame my UmQ n,,(, me courago to speak to you. o, sir, do pity my poor mother !" Tho tears, and tho simple nnd moving language of the poor boy, touched a chord in the breast of the stranger that was accus tomed lo frequent vibrations. "Where does your mother live, my boy" eaulhein a huskv voice, "is it far from here I" "She fives in tho lost house in this street, sir, replied Ucnrv. "You can see it from licro, in tho Hard block, and on the left hand 5ldO." 'Have you sent for physician 1" ixo, sir, sain tno bov v, sorrowfully, shak- in: his head. " had no money to pay neither for a physician nor for the medi- "Here," said iho stranger, drawing some pieces of silver from his pocket, "here are ihroe dollars, lako them and run immediately for a physician.' Henry's eyes flashed with gratitude lie received iho money with astammeiing and almost inaudible voice, but with a look of the warm st gratitode, and vanished. The benevolent stranger immediately sought the dwelling of the sick widow. Ho entered n little room, in which he coold see nothing but a few implements of fomale la bor a miserable table, an old bureau, and a lime uea which s;oou in one cum.... which the invalid lay. She appoared weak, and almost exhausted; and on the bed at her feet, sat a liJtlo boy, crying as if his heart would break. Deeply moved at this sight, tho stranger drew near the bedside of the invalid, and feigning to bo a physician, inquired into the nature of her disease. Tho symptoms were explained in a few words, when the widow, with a deep sigh, added, "O, sir, my sick ness has a deeper cause, and one which is beyond the art of the physician to cure. I am a mother a wretched mother. I see my childien sinking daily deeper and deep er in misery and wain, which i have no means of relieving. My sickness is of the he ii t, and death alone cm end my sorrows ; but even death is dreadful to me, for it awakens t tic thought of the misery into which my childien would bo plunged ii -." Hero emotion choked her utterance, and ihe tears flowed unrestrained down her cheeks. Hut the preloaded physician spoke so consolingly to her, and manifested so warm a sympathy for her condition, that the heart of the poor woman throbbed with a pleasure of the poor woman throbbed with a pleasure that was unwonted. "Do not despair, " said tho benevolent ! M,gcr, "think onlv of iccoverv and of pro- j serving a life, imt s so precious to youi I children. Can I w rite a prescription here-?" ! Tho poor widow took a little pravcr book ' from the hand of the child who sat with bor on tho bed, and, tearing out u l,ii, i(1J1f u have no other paper, said she, out, per- paper," said haps this u ill do." The stranger look a pencil irom his pock et, and wrote a few lines upon the paper "This proscription," said he, "you will find of groat service to you. If it is neces sary, 1 will writa you a socond. I have treat hopes of your recovery. He laid the paper on the table and went away. Scarcely was ho gone when tho elder son returned. "Cheer up, dear mother," said he, going to her bedside and affectionately kissing her. "Seo what a kind, benevolent stranger has given us. It will make us rich for several days. It has enabled us to have a physi cian, and ho will be here in a moment. Compose yourself, now, dear inolher, and lake courage." "Como nearer, my son," answered the mother, looking with pride and silfection on her child. "Come nearer, that 1 may bless you. God never forsakes the innocent and iho good. O may He still watch over you in all your paths! A physician has just been heio. lie was a stranger, bul ho spake lo mo wiih a kindness and a compassion thai were a balm to mv heart. When he went away he left that prescription on the tabic ; sue if you can read it." Henry glanced at the paper and started back he took it up, and as he read through, again and again, a cry of wonder and aston ishment escaped him. "What is it, my son ?" exclaimed tho poor widow, trembling with an apprehension of she knew not what. " Ah, read, dear mother I God has heard us. The moll nr took tho paper from the hand of her son, but no sooner had she fixed her eyes upon it, than " my God !" sho cx claimod, " it is Washington !" and fell back, fainting upon her pillow. The writing w as an obligation from Wash ington, (for it was indeod he,) by which the widow was to receive the sum of one hun dred dollars, from his own private property, to be doubled in case of necessity. Meanwhile the expected physician made his appearance, and soon awoke the mother from her fainting fit, Tho joyful surprise, together with a good nutso with which the physicians provided her, and a plenty of wholesome food, soon restored her to perfect health. The infl uenco of Washington, who visited them more than once, provided for the widow friends who furnished her with constant and profitable employment, and her sons when they had arrived at the proper age, thov placed in respectable situations, where they wero able not only to support lhemselt.es, but to render the remainder of their mother's life comfortable and happy. Let the children who read this story, re member, when they think of the great and good Washington, that he was not abovo en tering the dwelling of poverty, and carrying joy and gladness lo the hearts of its inmates. This is no fictitious tale, but is only ono of a thousand incidents which might bo related of him, nnd which stamp him ono of the best ot men. N. Y. Christian Messenger. Decadence of Millerism -Tho Doston Mercan- 'V J:-i'a83ing by the Tabernacle last evening, we BtePPCli ;n cnr . mnmant OT, found that tho attendance Wa8 very lhIn in'deed. The viewB of Miller, evidently do not produce such an impression on tho weak-minded as they wore wont. We are glad to ece that the tono of tho community is rcsuraiig a more healty eute. Kcmarliablc Trial at Gibraltar. At Gibraltar, a short lime ago, there oc curred one of those extraordinary cases which show ' us how ineffectively the romancist, even when his imagination is strained to the uttermost can pourtrary the extremes of pas sion of which human nature is susceptible. A communication, bearing date February 20ih, from the rock-built fortress which England keeps as a key to the Mediterra nean, relates the following particulars : A respectable merchant, named James Baxwell, born at London, had removed in early life to Gibraltar, induced partly by the circumstances of his being of the same ic ligious persuasion to which the people of his adopted country belonged. For many years he occupied a small dwelling near the base of Mount St. Michael, so renowned for its caves and ehry stallizations. He carried on a successful traffic in all the articles of Bri tish manufactuie introduced into Spain. He acquired, in truth, a verx considerable for tune in this way. All the country knew that he had a large amount of treasure lying by him, not to speak of the capital belonging to him, which was embarked in commerce. His name was one of credit in all the princi pal houses of exchange in London. James Baxwoll had a daughter, an only daughter, aged seventeen, of remarkable beauiy. Her countenance and figure com bined in a most areeble manner the peculiar charms of tho English woman with tho soft and languishing characteristics of the Span iaid. Youni: as she was. she had been for some two or three years an object of devot- od admiration to all the youths around Gib- raltar. At church they devoured her with their eye- ; and many, manv a one thought to himself that happy abovo all men would be he who could win iho smiles of Elezia Bax- . well. but fclezia bestowed Her smiles up- on no one. She seemed, to those whose in- voluntary sighs sho exciled, to carry maiden- ly modesty to freezing coldness. At mass, her ees were ever bent upon her book, re gardless of all the glances cast upon her bv others. Such was at least the case still shortly be- roic . ho nanated. At length, nowever, Elezia did see one who awakened in herself some of the emotions which she had caused in others. At mass, one day she observed the eyes of a young stranger fixed upon her with an expression of admiration I and respect. To her he seemed a being sminrior to all thn vnnnir men she hod ever vet beheld. From that moment her calm and self possessed demeanor left her for ever Abroad and at home, she was rest less and uneasv. Cut. ere loner the stranger found an onnoiiuniiv of hoina introduced to her, and mutual avowals of lovo followed at t I " -7 '-" " no great distance. Assured of the affections of Elezia, the young stranger then presented himself to iTir. uiixwen. l u ill iiuii.eo tv mini iai, sdj'J be to the merchant ; " I am, like your i - n ii v tir:ii: t".. self, an Englishman : 1 am of respectable family and character, young, and wealthy. Give me your daughter wo love one ano 4 I . " Never 1" said James Baxwell, to whom the position and circumstances of the young man were not unknown ; "never ! You be ionir to the dominant religion of England, i,v, ,.,!k;,.i MW ruii.rc c.,iT.,rr..l ci miirli unit so Ion;. You are a Lutheran and my daughter a Catholic. Such a union could not be hap py, nor will I give my consent to it. Elezia shall never be yours !" Plir.HaiK.lnAr informed of this declara- linn, t hrotv tier t at tha teet Ot her latlier. i i i . i .: r I.:- ana enaeavoreu 10 mov mm num 013 pui - . pose. Her lover did the same. liut the f!lti,or rnm,in(.,i iiiet mam. and n violent scene took place between Elezia and her ti, rit,0 r.nru int i rnnr. Ul Ullla a 1 1 UIUUU J I lll .ivi.j t A tn tlio A sunlit or'c trains linn shii declared tliaf .l.n wny.hl ronrrv t ttt nh eClOf iaM n " - - rhnirP. desnitA of all onnosition. James R..val! t!, ,al.or bonrl ,ocatp( that he , , r, 1UA'II vu IHl. ... ..uaiu, .,1,1 hill hi own hands. uuiu ouuiici nut (hi i . " . . .1 1 o rtn niinn into effect. As to William Katt, who stood by at this scene, he kept silence. What thoughts were revolving in his mind, it would he diffi cult to sav. Two days afterwards, an alarming noise was heard by tho neighbors to issue irom a cava immediately aajoining iu mei.n' - j i . i t - -1 .MMiilmnt e house, and used by him lor some oomut purposes. The noise consisted at first of loud cries, which gradually became fainter, and at length died altogether away. The auditors looked at each other with amaze ment, and many were the conjectures as to the cause of the sounds alluded to. A solu tion of the mystery was not long in suggest ing itself. E'lezia had disappeared : she was nolonger to be seen about her father's house. After many low murmurs had cir culated, the father was interrogated respect- ing his daughter. He said that sno was mfssing, certainly ; but whither she had gone he knew not. He had nothing whatever to do, he said, with her disappearance. This explanation was not satisfactory. The whisper went abroad that James Bax well had assassinated his daughter, to prevent her marriage with William Katt, and, ulti mately, this conjecture was so forcibly pres sed on the attention of the poblic authori ties, that they were compelled to arrest James Baxwell, and inquire into the matter. Tho dwelling of the merchant was examined, but nothing criminatory was found. " The cave ! the cava is the place 1" cried soma of the crowd. The magistrates then descended into the cave, and there, on ihov found a por- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LI o"1"1' " " - ---- j - - . . i-M -:..-, I ro en.:.t l-.l all over wit" non or xuiv&w a ntoa, ninibu blood. They also discovered a small quan- tity of hair, clotted with gore, and that hair was rccogniZed by many as having been taken from U10 head of E'lczia. Baxwell protested his innocence. But the proof seemed strong ogninst him, and he was regularly brought to trial. The result was his conviction for the murder of his daugh ter, and his condemnation to death. On receiving sentence, the unhappy mer chant trembled to excess, and afterwards seemed utterly overpowered by tho dreadful nature of his situation. He continued in a slate almost of total insensibility during the interval between his trial and the day ap pointed for hi? execution. On the morning of the latter day, the jailor came to announce to him, for tho final time, that the moment of fate was at h ind. Tho merchant was seized again wiih a fearful trembling, and he cried, what he had leitcrated to all who saw him in his confinement, " Before mv Maker, I swear that I am guiltless of my child's death !" J iliey led him to ti!f. scaffold. There he found, amon ,!.. c v;tr.a. k'.n should have hPn c A ..e ' I ...vv - :anl witness against him at his trial, having repeated to the court the threat of assassina tion which had been uttered by James Bax well in his presence against Elezia. No sooner did tho doomed merchant behold Kait, than he exclaimed, at the very foot of the scaffold, " Ily friend, in ono minute I shall be in eternity. Give me your hand I pardon you freely for ihe injury your evi denco has done to me." Baxwell said this witl so1112 composure, but the effect of his words upon Katt was very striking. He 1lv.il ft uecanie pale as death, and could not conceal o depth of his agitation. baxwell mounted the steps of tho gallows lit . . A . . slowly, and gave htmsell up to the hands ot tho executioner, to undergo death by the rope. According to the ancient custom or a C Gibraltar, tho executioner commenced his last duties b' crying in a loud voice, " Jus tice is doing !" " Justice is doing ! He then placed ihe black bonnet on the head of the condemned merchant, and pulled it down in front so as to cover the eyes. IU had just done tuts, when lie was sioypeu in i,:. P8imgs by a loud cry fi urn the sigg of the scaffold It is I who alone .'" ' This came from William Katt. The ma gistrates in attendance instantly called him lorward, and demanded an explanation. Ihe young man avowed that he had carried off Elezia, with her consent, to be his wife, f,nd that she was -now residing not far off, concealment.' But to her he did not com municate other measures which he had taken, chiefly to revenue himself for the I - - scorn of her father. He had contrived to cut off a portion of her hair while she slept. Ho had clotted it with the blood of a lamb, and bad also sprinkled in the samo way, a part of Elezia's dress, which he had pur loined. These articles he had placed in a cave, and ihere, also, he had emitted person ally those cries, which had borne so heavily against the merchant. I he generous par don, which the merchant had bestowed on him at the scaffold, had awakened (the young man said) instantaneous remorse in ins breast, and compelled him to own the truth. This confession was partly made at the scafiold. and partly alierwaid. As soon as Katt had sooken out decisively the execu tioner had turned to James Baxwell to take from him the ensign of death. Tho mer chant, almost unobserved, had sunk down nto a sitting posture. 1 he black uonnet "a; uiawo uy .uo ca -u. ivu. . vac and hnart. ti was found that he was a I i v. !...,. fT. . corpse : ro exertions nuu m aog... Cu u I in awaKeninjj in mm me suarh 01 hid. no physicians, doing all they could on tho sub- cc . oeciareu mat HO liau Uieu uum mc j J ... effect of strong imagination I II r "1 I l...4 arv . sv U llliam IVBU W35 tUHUUUUU lu Jl. lauu -mid the clamors of the populace, there to await uuemeiu iui ois uu5UCa. I . 1 I . t Jiezta, ine untiappy unucmci ui i - . . , . r ir I I ........ . f . . . I . n h .,f.ml tn ftnvoni Inr liln immediately on learning whal had passed iihiiuv lauici, icuiuu i u " -1 Literary Gems. From (he "neighbors," by Frcderika JBremer. a bird's nest. What does the bird of passage do ? He goes restlessly wandering abeut the world, seeking for himself a place where- he may build for himself a home to dwell in, since he finds no rest ; and who indeed does, until he has found a home, a little world for him self, in which after his own desires he may live in rest and freedom J And when he has found a spot or tree in which ho will abide, then carries he together leaves and wool and straw, and builds for himself a home ; there hr mn rrt sir on filoft in his nest, lobk out upon the world below, and sing ; and so till the next time of his wandeiing. THE GOLDEN MARRIAGE. If you wish to learn tho true value of .. . . marriage, if you wish to see what tnis union may be for two human hearts for life, then observe not the wedded ones in iheir hon- fivmnnn. nnr bv the cradle of their first child : not at a "time when novelty and hope a yet throw a morning glory over tho young and new-born world of home; but survey ihem rather in tho remote y ears of manhood, when they have proved the world and each other, when they have conquered many an error and manv a temptation, in order to become onlv the more united to each other ; when labors and cares are theirs ; when, under the burden of the day, as well as in hours of repose, they support ono another, and find that they are sufficient for each other. Or survey them still further in life ; see them arrived at that period when the world, with all its changes and agitations, rolls far away fiom them, becomes ever dimmer to them ; when their houso is still, when they are solitary, but yet stand there hand in hand, and each reads in the 'other's ayes only love ; when they with the same memories, and tha same hopes, stand on the boundaries of another life into which they are prepaicd to enter ; of all tho desires of this bein? retained onlv the nun. that thev . , ... j i iey may die on the same day-yes, then behold them ! A PORTRAIT. At the door of the saloon Serena met me. She wore a white garland 'in her light brown hair, and at the sight of her vanished cvtiy dark thought. Ah ! how charming was she not this evening, in the light white dress, with her friendly blue eyes, her pura brow, u.o heavenly sm.ie on her hps ! Had I but ,,ie Powe' !o her at moment ! . ovorv ft, As every flower has its momen; of perfect beauty, so has a human bein? moments in which his highest and loveliest life blooms forth in which he appears what he actually is what he is in iho deph of God's inten tions. These fleeting revelations for there is nothing abiding on tho earth these are those which the genuine artist seeks to lay hold of, and, therefore, il is unjust to say of a successful portrait, especially that of an intellectual person, that it is flattered. THE HOME. For abore half a century this ancient couple have inhabited the same boose and the same rooms. Thero were they married, and there will they celebrate their golden nuptials in the course of the next winter. The rooms are unchanged, the furniture the same as for fifty years ; yet every thing is clean, comfortable, and ftiendry, as in a one year old dwelling, but mnch more simple than the house of our times. I know not what spirit of peace and grace it is that blows apoo me in this house I Ah I in this house fifty years have passed as a beautiful day ; hero a virtuous couple have lived, loved, and worked together. Many a pure joy has blossomed hero; and when sorrow came il was not bitter, for the fear of God and lovo illuminated the dark clouds. Hence emanated many a noble deed and many a beneficent influence. The happy children grew up ; they gathered strength from the example of their parents, went out into tho world, built for themselves houses and were good and fortunate. Often do they return with love and joy to the paternal home to bless and to be blessed. Ah, mv Marie ! feel that I am again sliding into tho poetic veiii ; but what would you have ? These are pictures of every day life, which, let me turn to them as I wiil, always stand in a po etic light ; yet I endeavor to keep more to the earth. Thus, then, the children, three sons and four daughters, come once a year, with their children, to visit their beloved parents and extend new life to the homo of thoir children that homo which is still to them as full of love and goodness us ever, only that it has become stiller and more peaceful; because it is evening iheie, nnd the shadows of tho grave begin to descend around the revered parents. THE LOVERS. They went on in silence. Tho wood whispered around ihcm, and bowed over them its umbrageous crowd. There ruled now in Bruno's soul and ho has often said . ? r i i i- I thii il ii lln vnri eiu ivlitrli mnke mm ..... . ......h - ...... v r" " . 1 he has.rarciy enjoyed. Something of her dear and gentle being seemed to pass over into his own ; he felt as though his hotter genius wore near him ; and tho beneficent impulse of life, that pure thought, that indis tinct and yet mighty hope of a beautiful fu ture, thoie glad vernal anticipations to which no heart which ever beat in the human form is wholly a stranger, all came like angels and saluted his spirit. Then rosea voice in him, it was that of repentance ; "Weep for the past, for the lost." But another, sweet and strong as eternal mercy, cried still lou der : "Despair not, since she is nigh lliee." And then ho looked into her face, il was so friendly and near, and he saw her only. A HASTY JUDGMENT It is very difficult, my dear Fanny, to pass judgment on men after a long acquaint ance, and quite impossible to do so after r. short one. Beyond this, many persons, under different circumstances, exhibit such different signs of their character, i have seen people affected and ridiculous in socie ty, whom I have admired by a sick-bed ; many are in one case wearisome and assu ming, who in another havo been discreet and agreeable. Others again have eccentrici ties at one time which they lose later in life ; many turn their best side inward, and per form the noblest actions, while tho world is laughing at the fool's cap which they seem to exhibit It may be so with this family. STEPHEN HOPKINS. Who that has ever looked upon the De claration of Independence, or the thousand fac simile impressions of that immortal instru ment, but remembers the name of Stephen Hopkins? It stands there, more conspic uously even, than tho bold and manly auto graph of Hancock ; for Hopkins was not nnlc tha oldPst man in that gloriOUS body Of rtrint. wlm nnt forth the Declaration of our Independence, but his hand bad been rendered unsteady by paralysis, and his tremulous pen strokes evince the difficulty with which ho wrote. It was, however, a merely physical paralysisthe mind of that noble old man knew no feebleness till its fleshy covering was cold in death. Not one of tho illustrious band who severed tho bonds of British bondage, carried In his bo som a bolder heart, or one which beat with quicker pulsations for his country, however feeble may have been the hand that affixed its assent to the paper which made us a na tion. Stephen Hopkins is one of thoso names tint can never be forgotten in our annals, antl winch ought to be palpably per- ..,! Kaf,,.-. .i " " UI 8UCCeeo' 6- These are reflections brought more im mediately to our minds by a recent move ment of iho Legislature of Rhode Island, in which we think that noblo littlo Stato has done herself honor, and st an example that should not fail of being followed by all such of her sister Slates is have hitherto neglect ed to do "likewise." The Legislature has erected over the grave of the old patriot, in iho North burying Ground in tho city of Providence a rl'm but enduring maible monument, with iho following inscriptions. admirable alike for their truth' and their good taste : ON THE WEST ilDC. Sacred to the memory of tho illustrious STEPHEN HOPKINS. Of revolutionary fame, attested bv his si-. naturoto the Declaration of our National Independence. Great in council from sagacity of mind, magnanimous in sertit mint, firm in purpose, and good ns great, from benevolence of heart ; ho stood in the first rank of statesmen and patriots ; self educaied, yet among the most learn ed of men ; his vast treasury of useful knowledge, his great retentive anJ reflec tive powers, combined with his social na ture, made him the most interesting of companions in privato life. . SOUTH SIDE. His name is engraved on tho immortal ro.. cords of ihe Revolution, and can never die ; his titles to thai distinction are en graved on this monument j reared by tho grateful admiration of his native Slate, in honor to her favorite son. EAST BIDE. Born, March 7, lt07. Died, July 13, 1785. The site of tho ancient gravo yard in which this monument is placed, is one of peculiar beauty, and almost of grandeur being on the eastern slope of a very high hill rising abruptly from tho rich and pros perous city of Providence. Tho ground travelled over in reaching it, literally over looks almost tho eniiro Slate of " Rhodo Island nnd Providence Plantations." Eve ry county and almost every town, except the island township of New Shorcham, is distinctly in view. A resting placo worthy of tho signer of tho Declaration of his coun try's Independence. N. Y. Courier, From the Savannah Republican, 20tA ult. Fioaida IJiziij :iiion-St. Lucie Tho schooner Mary Shield. Cant. Wor- thingtop, which left this port for Si. Lucie. i., about the 1 Dili nil., wiih a party of gentlemen from the up country, returned yesterday, via. St. Augustine. We under stand all the parry entered lands, with the mention of settling, and that ten of them were left there. Wc further learn from one of the penile- men who returned, that the rush of settlers on the St. Lucie under the "Army occupa tion law," is truly encouraging. Every front lot on the West tide ef St. Lucio Sound is taken for more Vhan thirty miles in extent. Besides a great number have settled in tho rear. On St. Lucie Itivcr, in Jupiter Nor rows, and on Lake Worth, it is computed that when tho present seniors get all their families on iheir premises, the number of in habitants will fall littlo, if any, short of 1500. A groat number of houses aro already in progress of erection, some of which are do signed for the accommodation of invalids. St. Lucia Sound is represented as a most beautiful sheet of water, from three to four miles wide, abounding with lire finest oys ters, shrimp, fish, and turtle to an extent almost incredible. Deer, tuikoy, ducks, and all kinds of wild game, abound almost to surfeit. Emigrants commenced locating in that section in December last, and it is worthy ot remark, that notwithstanding the priva tions and hardships attendant on the settle ment of a r.ew country, up to the 13th July, inst., not a solitary caso of illness, cvon of a temporary character had occurred. In anticipation of St. Lucio's becoming a place of resort for invalids no less thin seven emi nent physicians are already located, in its vicinity, not one of whom has hadlho first professional call. Tho bluff or bank on tho West side of St. Lucio Sound, on which tho most dense settlement is made, averages about 20 feel in height, on which the sotiler are erecting thoir cottages, , which peeping; out through the rich foliage of the orange, mulberry, sea grape, sour sop, and starleaf palmetto, strikes the emigrant in pasiiog through the sound, in a most delightful and fascinating light. Over the St. Lucie bluff, a most refreshing sea breeze forever, wafts a grateful and invigorating cheer to the invalid and tho weary husbandman. Here all the tropica! fruits are, or can be produced in abundance. Tho water is excellent. , When this section become" permanently
The Newbernian, and North Carolina Advocate (New Bern, N.C.)
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