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Volume 5. Lincolnton, North Carolina, Sat lb day jY ormng. October 6, 1849. Number 29.
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Will yon Love me when I am
OLD.
Vill affection still enfold m, .
As the day of life declines,
When Old Age with ruthless rigor, ,
Plows my face in furrowed lines
When the eye forgets its seeing.
And the hand forge's its skill.
When the very words prove rebels
To the Mind's one kingly will !
When the deaf ear, strained to listen,
Scarcely hears the opening word,
And lh' unfathomed depths of feeling,
Are by nu swift currents stirred ;
When fond Memory, like a sinner,
Many a line perspective casts,
Spreading out our by gone pleasures,
On the canvass of the Past!
When the leaping blood grows slugoish,
And the fire of youth hath fled;
When the friendi which' now surronud us.
Half are numbered wiih the dead ;
'.When the years apear to shorten,
Scarcely leaving us a trace ;
When old Time with b1d approaches,
Marks his dial on my face J
When our present hope? all gathered,
Lie like dead flowers on our track ;
Wlivu the whole of our existence,
Is one fearful looking back ;
When each wasted hour of talent,
Scarcely measured now at all.
Sends its witness back to haunt us,
Like the writing on the wall J
When the ready tongue is palsied,
And the form is bowed with care ;
- Who-ur ily top is Hmen,' .
And our only help is prayer ;
JFhen our idols, broken round us,
Fall amid the ranks of men
Until Death uplifts the curtain,
W ill thy love endure till then ?
Tlicv Showman Outwitted.
EKETCn OFl HE PRIMITIVE MENAGERIE
The Menagerie was in town.
A rate occurrence was the exhibition
or the wild beasts, lions, liiiets, polar
bears, and ichneumons, in Baltimore, at
the early day of winch we are writing,
yet they came occasionally ud this
time were visited by Nat Wheatly, a
jolly, weather-beaten boatman, well
' known m Bammoro as an inveterate
joker, who never let any on go the
windward of him. He was furthei
XUore a stutterer of the first class.
Nat visaed the Menagerie.
As heentered, the showman wasstir
ring up the mooke1 and loimen'ing the
lion, giv.ng elaborate descriptions of
various propensities) and natural curtosi
ties of each and all.
'This, ladies and gentlemen. Ibis
say, is theArican Lion. A noble beas
he is, Indies and gentleman, as he is
called the kins ot the forest. I have
often heard that he makes nothing l
devouring young crcatuiesot every de
scription when at home in the woods.
Certain it is that no other beast can
whip him 1"
"M-m-mister," interrupted Wholly,
d-do ynu say born aiu be whipped ?"
"I duz," said the rr.aa of lions and
tigers.
ha-at'll you b-b bet I ca-ant fe
fetch a enter what'U whip hitn '
"I atnt a bettin man at all. Cut 1
don't object to takin' a small bei to that
tllect."
"HI b-bet I can fe-lfe'ch somethin'
that'll whin him ? Wha-a:s-sav to a
hundred d-d-dollars?"
Now there were stveral merchants in
the crowd who knew heatlv neil, and
" were lully convinced that if ihe bet was
made, he was sure ot winning. So he
had no difficulty finding backers, one ot
whom told him he would give him ten
gallons of rum if he won. I he me
nagerie man glanced at his lion. There
he crouched in his cage, his shaggy
main bristling, ad hij tail sweepmg,ihe
very picture of grandeur and majesty
1 he bribe was lemrmuu, and he lea
assured.
,Cerling, sir; certing ; 2 have no ob
jection to old Hercules taking a bout
with any creature ynu may fetch.
"V-ve-very w-well," said Nat, "it
a b bet."
The .money, was pbnked up, and the
next night was designated fur the tern
ble conflict. The news was spread over
Baltimore, and at an early hour the
boxes of the spacious theatre were filled
the pit being cleared, for the affray. .
Expectation wasnn tip-toe, and it was
with great impatience that the crowd
waited the arnval of Wheat ley. He
at length entered, bearing a large bag
or sack mi his shoulder, which as he
let it fall on the floor was observed to
contain some remarkable heavy sub
stance. The keeper looked on wiih
indignation.
"Where's your animal?" he inquired.
'Th lh there," said Nat, pointing his
finger at the bag.
41 Weli, what is it ? aked the man
with increased astonishment.
"Th-th-thai, l-l-ladies and genile
men," said i.ai, gesticulating nice ine
sh iwman, 'is a wh whimbamper"
"A whimbunper ?" echoed the keep
er. 1 hat s certainly a new creature in
zoology and anat(my. A whtmbmper!
well, lei him out and clear (he ring, or
old Hercules may make a mouthful of
you.
The keeper was excited.
Accordingly Nat raided the bag hold
ing the aperture downward, aid out
ro'led a huge Snapping Turtle, while
the cheers and laughter of the audience
mad the arches ring.
"There he is," said Wheatly, as he
til'ed ihe 'W himbamper hvt with boih
hands nod set him on his hg. The
snapper seemed unconscious of his
peril.'
Wheatly wa3 about leaving the ring,
when the keeper swore his lion should
not fiiiht such a pitiable foe.
Vvery w-well, said Nat.'ify.y you
choose to g-give up the hu-uundred
dollars.
But it's unfair cried the show
man.
I he audience interposed aid insisted
upon ihe fight. There was no escape.
nd he showman reluctantly released
the lion, making himself secure on top
of ihe cage.
The majestic beast moved slowly
round the ring, sot fling and lashing,
while every person held his breath in
suspense. lmui are pr ing beasts, ana
this one wa nl long in discovering ihe
lurile, which lay on ihe floor, a huge,
inanimate mass. The lion soon brought
his nose in close pnximity to it, which
the turtle not liking popped out his head,
and rolled his ejes, while a sort ot
wheeze issued from its savage mouth.
The lion jumped b ick,turned and made
a spring at trie cutter, which was now
fully prepared for his reception. As
the lion landed on him, Ihe turtle fas.
tened his teriifiejaw on the lion's not
stnls, rendering him powerless to do
harm ; yet with activity of limb, lie
bounded around the circle, growied,
roared, and lashed rumself,but Ihe snap
per hung on, seeming to enj.iy the ride
vas'ly.
"Go it, W himbamper, cried Wheat
ley from the boxes.
The scene was rich.
The showman was no less enraged
than the iion. Drawing his pisiol, he
threatened Nat with terrible threats, that
if he d i.l not take his turtle off he'd
shoot him-
"Ta-ta-iake him ofTyourself !" shout
ed Nat in reply.
At this critical moment,, by dint of
losing a portion of his nose, the lion
shook his dangerous toe from htm, and
cleann
ring tne space between himself and t dally because the Lord Chancellor, be
;ae with a bound, he slunk quietly I lore he presented Mr Gorham to the liv-
the c
in, to chew the bitter cud of defeat and
pain.
it as ci mil ngni, fi'i ucLiaims 'iioi
i .. r. : ,.n j i.:.. .i.t .
lhe'Wh,n.buu.perTwas the victor. The
moiiev was oid over to lat. who lett
the theatre, delighted at the success of
his whun. The next morning he car
ried his turtle to market and sold him.
So this valuable champion, after con
quering the king of beasts, served to
make a dinner lor Baltimore epicures.
Ali that is herein written is supposed
lo be true, though highly colored, and is
doubtless 'green in the memory, ol ma
ny ola citizens ot the monumental city.
Highly important from llayti. A
fiegro te public declared an Empire.
-News Irom NllMgoane, St. Domingo,
to August 8 ill. received ai Philadelphia,
by the schooner Julia, A. Muster, brings
the highly important announcement that
the Republic of Hayti fins become an
Empire. On the 6ih Atgut, fter
some unmeaning prel unnane, Solouque
he Piesideut ol tne Republic, whs de
clared Emperor; the legislative council
of the Island having coniern-d that dig
nily upon him. tin that dav, he with
his wilt and Child, repaired to theCiUho
lie Churcn ut Port au Prince, where
Solouque, aping the style of Napoleon
placed upon his own head the imperial
crown, and he and his wife were pro
claimed Emperor and Empress.
A Case of Interest.
As an independent Journal it is cur duty
to keep our readers advised of all ihe
great fic's of the day political, moral
and religious. We must, therefore,
call attention to a Jate decision in the
Court of Arches in England, on the
question' what is tie efficacy of baptism
in the caa of4 infant'"?"
This court we icyst premise, is a
court cf appeal belonging to the Arch
bishop of Canterbury and is so called
because anciently it tat in the church
of 8 Mary le bow or St Mary of the
Arches, (t is nexi to the highest eccle
siastical couri in 'h? kingdom, receiving
and determining appeals from the sen
tences of m'erior ecclesiastical courts
within ihe province of Canterbury. " hi
presiding ' flicer is noi the archbishop,
but his dean, uuall a doctor of the ci
vil law. On all matters nfXtcting civl
rights, as influenced by religious views,
it in court is, therefore, all powerful.
This question came before Ihe Cour'
of Arches m th following way : On- of
the livings in the gift of the crown was
bestowed hy the. Lord Chancclor who
usually makes such presentations on
the Rev Mr. Gotham. The living hap
pened to be in Hie diocese ol the bishop
ot Ejt ier, who on the application of the
hev. Mr. Gorham to be. instituted, re
fused, alleging as his reason that Mr.
ft. as not sound in doctrine according
to the church, as be did not hold to ihe
regeneration of the infants n and by
baptism. Mr G. denied that uSe church
of England taught this doctrine, and
brought the bishop before the court of
Arches, on a petition to be instituted in
defiance of him. - The decision of the
court was delivered by its uein, Sir F.
Jenner Fust; and was the eff.ct that ihe
church did teach Ihe doctrine of uiiant
regeneration by baptism.
The learni-d judge said that he was
"anxious to have it distinctly under
stood that he guarded himself against
being supposed to t ffer any opinion
as 10 the disputed p'o nt of theology be
tween the parties. He was not going to
pronounce an opimon as tu whether un
conditional regeneration in case ot in
t uits was or was wot a ttue Dcriptural
doctrine. Ail that came within iheluii
its ot the authority of the court was to
endeavor to ascertain whether the
church (of England) had determined
anything upon the subject, and, if so
then id pronounce accordingly. The
point to be determined was did or did
not the Church ol Eng and hold the doc
trine of baptismal regeneration?" The
judge stated that the only guides of the
courts in reaching the conclusion was
the Articles of Religion, ihe Office oi
Baptism for infams, and the Catechism,
as set furih in the Prayer Book under the
authority of Parliament. Guided by
these, the learned Judge said, "undoubt
edly it (the church) did. I bus it is
decided bv the Court of Arches in
England that the Cburcb ot England
does authoritatively teach ihe regeuera
lion ot Infants in and -by the sacrament
ol baptism when lawluliy. administered.
Mi Gotham's peui iuu was according.
ly dismissed, and he it qui red to pa the
costs. He immediately appealed to me
Privy Council. The ai ci&ioii here bids
fair to be in ma favor, for ihe cae will
be regarded there more in a political
than a rthgi'-'Us light, and every possible
effort made to procure the lustituiiou
of the crown's cronies, the more e&pe
in", was no inu ny tne msnou o; CiXe-
ler, that he. the B.shop, wouid uutcoun
teisiu the itsiimoii als of Mr G. This
i en- i . j
P""n l "". 11 a &
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ot tne churcn. tuner circumstances
exists to heighten the interest of the
cae. It is well known that the Arch-
bishop of York holds the same views ol
baptism as Mr liorham and it is said
that the Archbishop of Canterbury does
also. This question involves ihe main
theological uoici in dispute between the
evangelical portion of the church and
ihp i.iuli church nartv. as it is called,
Both parties claim thi their views ate
in accordance with the dogmatical leach'
ing ol the church, tience the impor
tance of the question. -Philud. bulle
tin, i ,
Abuse of Magnesia. People should
be very caielul ui the u3 ot Magnesia
li is a very dangerous substance lo use,
and there are too manv, we believe,
wbouseufor tho stomach or "heart
burn," who do not know the dangers
attending iia employ uient lor that pur
pose. 1 he ut.e oi it has been the cause
ot many cases oS "stone, and it tins
been discovered that the terrible disease
m tswiizerland called Goitre, is due to
the action ot maii'iesian baits ou the
sybtem of the inhabitants the salts be
ing found in solution with the waters of
Western Turnpike. The corps of
Engineers, iommissiones. &c. are now
under full headway, and have about 18
miles surveyed, making a most excellent
grade, and what may appear strange
for that distance, there is no place thai
rises more than Jive Jeet in the hundred.
The survey commenced nt ihe Female
Academy, or Ihe street that lends from
the Court House, and goes by J. M.
Smith's barn, down the branch or hollow
that reaches the river about four hund
red yards above . Smith's bridge ; and
on leaving the Sulphur Springs about
four hundred yards to the left, und Har
kins' to the left, striking! fomony Creek
RtPenlai.d's about eight milts Irom town.
The Company have had tr;ee camps-
Camp Manly, Graham and Morehe-id.
They are now encamped near the Hay
wood line, 20 mites from this place.
The Company cohorts in lull, of F.
M. Fox, Chief Engineer; LI) Barnes,
Assistant ; Samuel Green, Levtier, all
of U limmyion.
A. H. Shuiord, Commissioner and
Commissar), Caiawba.
G W Hays, Commissi! ner, Cherokee.
J J Erwin, do Rutherford.
A M iShnford, Rodman to Leveler, Ca
tawba.
G B ade, Rodman to Surveyor, Wil
mington.
John ani R Simpson, chain carriers,
Guilf.-rd.
W Allison, Chief Axman, Haywood.
G Coward, As't. do Chen kee.
George, " do Buncombe.
W 11 Alexander, vv agoner, l.urke.
Stephen, (colored) Chief cook and bot
tle wnsher.
The weather has been delightful since
they commenced, and ihey are progres
Mng finely. A the ti lie Messenger,
tStpt. 2.
The Past Urought Bach.. By an
argument based ooori l.nown lacs in
natural philio&onv, in relation io the
transmission vt tight, it has been eslab
lished in a work eolith d "'i he Earth
and Stars, recently published in Lon
don, and exciting great attention there
that
VAccordifg to physical science, a per
son dying on this eaitli might by the
Creator be immediately placed in a new
body, on a distant woild, in such a man-
net thai ho n ight see u nh his own eyes
the whole of his past life! Let ihe soul,
lor example, at death, be re-embodied
on a planet at fcuch a distance ihat tne
light is btventy years in passing to it
Horn our earth, and it 18 evident that 'he
hist ray which reaches there, let i the
earth tt veiny years before. That is,
in us new body, it may see in its own
bmh, youth, manhood and tge, in its
lurmer bods; review any scene in its
pHst careei; be preterit m ihe commis
sions of past sins, see Ihe youthful and
innocent face become darn with bad
parsioiib.the ciear fcye dulled with pol
ling sins. At any period o our exis
lence we may be made to behold again
ihe commission of any paBt sin. A
thousand years hence we have only to
be placed on a star so distant that its
light is a thousand years in coming to
us, and ihe sin cornmrted a thousand
jears ago is again piesent, again visi
ble 1 ne past aiso may not only be
lecalleU, bui it may be kept btlore your
eyes. It a ray ol ligtii travels at a cer
tain rate, as we know it does, that is, a
bout two hundred thousand mnes in a
second, we have only lo move ut the
same rate lo keep any transaction fixed
before any length ol lime. One may
be in this way piaced belore his own
evil deed, and his ee k pi upon it, as
a past recalled and rendered penna
nent.
A Popular Preacher. h short time
a no, one oi the elected class o)
divines, who ate not in common exces
siveiy coitege Dreu, was noiamg ioun
to his congregation upon a subject well
calculated to arouse the attention ot in
corrigible hearts. Alter blazing away
with his subject, until he had rendered
randemonium as hot ns Vesuvius, anu
as black as Milton's Sitn, he rounded
a sublime peroration with the following
sentence :
"Now, hearken, ye sinners ! I tell
ye lhai ye'il all go io h I, as sure as
I'll catch thai nv on the b.bie ; at the
same lime making a determined sweep
wan his palm across the sacred page, lo
caotutethe talismanic tiirci. lie then
proceeded lo open ins clenched hat, tin
ger bv nnger, until the last digit was
released, hut, behold ! the poor fly had
eluded his gias-p. Looking surprised
and disappointed tor a lew moments
the minister at once excLtmed, "by the
hoky, I've n.ikstd him ! there's a
chauce lor you, et,j e smiul ragrnufLns!
"A laugh," says Charles Lamb, "is
worth a hundred groans in any state ot
the market.
NEW-ORLEANS, Sept. 23.
Late and Important from Mexico.
The Br. steam ship Severn has ar'
rived at Mobile. She bring one million
one hundred and thirty-one thoiisand
dollars in specie. The aiuu of it is de
stined for England the remainder is
tor Mobile and this city.
Ihe late Hound Island expedition has
excited much uneasiness in the citv of
Mexico. The Consul at New-Orleans
sent word that the expedition would
land on the Island of Loboi, near Tain
pico. Herrera addressed a remon
strance to ihe United States Legation
at the Capitol of Mexico, and the govern
uttt commenced making extensive pre
paiatton8 to defend the cities along the
coast. Gen La Vega h&d collected to
geiher a body of 600 men, and armtd a
steamer with artillery, to defend the en
tiai.ee ol the river at I ampico.
It is expected that the new I arifT Bill
will become a law.
The town of Antigua, near Vera Cruz,
was completely inundated by heavy raiur.
The inhabitants had barely time lo cs
cpe with their lives. Public contribu
tions were taken up at Very Cruz lo
relieve the sufferers. The Cholera was
decreasing throughout Mexico.
Land Wu rranis. There has recent
ly been inocn controversy in regaid to
ihe assignment ol Land VV arrants. The
onl and real questiuu at issue is the
one Mr Et win has considered und de
clined to interfere with, whether iho
Lai d Commissioner is right in deciding
not to eflix his flicial certificate lo pn
va;e assigumenis, declaring them v l'd,
so as to give them currei cy; when ho
has nothing in jheuhcri cords by
which to test their genuineness, nor any
means ol knowing whether they are
honet.t, or false and fraudulent. The
Commissioner declines lo do this on
account ol the number of Irauds. com
muted. The genuine warrants are read
ily known by the signatures the) bear,
and legal prool that such Mgtiatures are
genuine. Assignees must secure such
before the warran's can be pissed upon
oy tne Apartment IS. Jr. Exprtss.
The Right Spring. A lady brought
a child to u phyoician in Utica, to con
suit about its precarious health. Among
other things she mqinred if he did not
think the springs would be useful ?
"Certainly, madam," replied ihe doc-'
tor, as he eyed the child and then took
a pinch ot snuffl "I havn't the least
hesitation in recommending the sptiogs
und the sooner you apply the remedy
the better."
1 You really think it would be good
for the dear little thing, don't y ou I"
'Upon my word it is' the best reme
dy I know of."
"VV hat springs would you recommend -doctor?"
Any will do, nudam, wheie you can
get plenty oi soap und icaterf"
A Wife in 1 rouble. 'Pray tell me,
my oear,what is the cause ol ihose tears.
On, such a disgrace 1 . g
What what is it, my dear? Do
not keep me in suspense.'
VV hy, I have opened one of yoor let
ters, supposing it addressed to myself.
Certainly it looktd morefike Mrs. than
Mr.'
is that all ? What harm! can there
be in a wile's opening her husband's
letters ?'
No harm in the thing iuelf. But
the contents! Such a disgrace!'
VV hat has any one darta to wine
n.c s letter unfit to be read by my wife?'
'Uh, no. It is couched in the most
chaste and gentlemanly language, JJut
ihe conieuia ! the contents!
liere the wile buried her face in her
noke.ichief und commenced sobbing
aloud, wliiie ihe iiu?b .nd eagerly caught
up the letter and comnitriced reading
the epieile that had bem the means of
nearly breaking his wile's heart, li
teas u biiljrom the printtr jor nine
year s subscription :
The Place for Maidens. An Aus
tralian pHper states the loilowing fad
which shows that settlement to be almost
as fine a market for marriagabie com
modities as California,
Out ot fifty orphan girls who were
sent lo Moreion Bay, from the latest
emigration ship, forty-nine are already,
marritd ; the hiueth, upon being asked
"why she remained single?" ta d, "n ai
although she had received an excellent
offer, she could not get married because
there was not a bridesmaid left lor her;
but she was anxiously waiting lor the
next draft of immigrants, when that lit
tie. difficulty wouiu be oer. 'Ihiaisa
fact.
Geniu9 is the wand of an enchanter
I talent the strength of a giant.
ihe Swiss valle)s.
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