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Volume 5.
Likcolnton, North C arolina, SaukdaV R.ormng, October 0, L849.
Number 31.
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
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The X ithtriiis leaves.
TheSumnaer is gone and the Autumn is here,
And the fLwers are strewing their earthly
bier;
, A dreary mist o'er the ivoodland 3wims,
" While rattle the nuts from the windy limbs;
V Erom bough to bough the squirrels run
v At the noise of the hunters echoing gun,
And the partridge flies, where my footstep
heaves.
The rustling drifts of the withering leaves.
v The flocks pursue their southern fl ght
Some all the day and some all nigra:
And up trom the wooden marshes come
The sound of the pheasant's feathery drum.
V, On the highesi buh the mourner croV
Sits it. his funeral suit of no
All nature mourns and my spirit brieves
At the noise of my ftei in the withering
leaves.
) Ot! I sigh for the days that have passed a
yy way,
When my life like that year had its season
ofJVay;
m When the '-vorld was all sunshine and beau.
ty and truth,
And the dew bathed my feet in the valley of
youth.
Then my heart felt its wings, and no bird of
' the sky
Sangr over th flowers more joyous than I,
, Btn yomh is a fable end benuty deceives;
i ? ? For mv footsteos are loud in the withering
leaves.
And I sigh for the time when the reapers at
morn
Cbnre down from the hill at fhe sound of
the hornt
Or when dragging the rake I followed them
out
While they tospd their light sheaves, with
their laughter about;
Through the field with boy. daring, bare
footed 1 ran;
But the stubbles foreshadowed the path cf
the man !
Phow the uplands of life lie all barren of
sheaves
While rny footsteps are loud in the wither
ng leaves!
Custavus Wata.
A bold roan (iustavus Wasa was,
nd a great man the reader. His fathnr
and his uncle had (alien in the bloody
massacre of Swedish nobles at Stock
holm, when he, proscribed and pursued,
Came into 'the Valley' to raise an army
and overthrow a dynasty ! For'une
did not smile upon him, nor man favor
him. In peasant's dres he worked with
axe and flil, but treason was ner, and
his low garb did not proiect him. Three
days he lay hidden under a fallen pine
tree, where friendly hands brought him
food and cheering news. A cellar, un
changed to the present day, concealed
htm soon afier when closely pursued,
and oman saved his life when death
seemed to be at hand. He w is work
ing on Arendt Person's estate when his
gcld-embioidered collar was discovered
by a ea'.ou8lellow servant. Arendt
Person thought ol the gre it gain which
the capture of such a man would bring,
and came with twenty men to seize him.
Rut Person's wife, a lovely and a gentle
woman, had suspected his pljrt and give
the Wasa warning and a sleigh to es
cape. The enemies were close upon
him ; day and mght they hunted al ter
bim. it was a wagon wan su, '.hot
concealed the tfreat k'ng, when horse
men came up inquiring - tor him, and,
N .eyeing the load with suspicion, stuck
their sharp lances into it. The Wasa
1 was wounded, and badly wounded ; but
not a sound escaped him The blood
S trickled down from sheaf to sheal ; but
the peasant's cunning saved him once
1 more. Slily he approached one of his
: horses and cut his toot, so that when
v the watchful eyes of the pursuers saw
the blood on the snow, the wound of the
' horse was pointed oat and taketi as the
J cause c: the bloody track
) ThUi, constantly threatened, and even
paying with his life's bluod for an hour's
, v gaiety, did (Justavutowards Christmas,
' reach Mora, the lieart of the Valley, the
land of the bravest ot brave Sweden.
On this spot where we stood now, he
waileC Hll the mea of Datarne came out
from church, and when they had gath-
ered around the noble youth, he rose to
the full height cf his lofty stature, shook
the brown curls trom his face, and u'i
glowing ei qiiice sp-ke. to them ol the
wiongs of the Dr" who reigned over
them, a wicked foreigner, a heartless
tyrant : of the bloody massacre where
the flower of Sweden's nubility had b?eo
cowardly buicherd: of the oppression
and cruHty ui.der which Hie whole land
grfaceJ ; and ueclared that if tney Juvt d
their country, if in Dlarne there were
still niPti, iStde to be iund, he would
be, under iiod, their eapiam, aud tree
their comnioii .;h-riBi.u !
hut the bravt men. I ,Wora were si
lent a their granite rucks; the con
suhed and dei. berated, and when they
looked at their wives and children
! around them, they thought ol the hor
rors ot war and the danger ol their be
loved ones, and told the bold rrun be
fore t hero that they hud sworn an oath
to Christian the Dane, and that he had
betier no trom them. And the Wasa
bwed his head and lied.
He buied himseii in the mountains,
seeking a oath into Norway. But the
men ol Datame thought ol his words
they htd sunk deep into their hearts.
iNew9 also can.e ot tecent oppression
and fearful muider, ot heavier taxes,
and more cruei mjuuce; and ihey re
nei ied. Met6ennt rs weie aeiji, fleei as
the wind, on atoow-snoes, huq they fol
lowed the Wdsa ovt t nver and lake,
over mountain and peak.
And GuslavutlV asa fetocd once more
where we stood now. At'd the men ol
JJaiaine were aiouru him. uui it wus
no longer the poor, inendieas luginve
who spoke to) tijiij ; u vas their "cap
tain and lord, the lord ul liio vnuey and
the whole Swedish land.' A iruaty band
ot valiant youths were his guard and a
small but invincible urai na ied into
inetr ctoel. Tne ruouniains luhowid
the exaitiDle ol inetr iieitiiihoia, 'was
nj tiusiiivus wotideiluliy pieseived nv
God Alinghi as ihu last drop ul bwt
den a kiiighliv Diooa ! i mn arint
grew, ano iike an aveianche, cariyin
the maostsaw' itr? tiu tie rufchto
down upon the Lowland, and never rts.
ed, never halted, until he waa sealtd on
the throne ol bveuen.
PARbON UKOUMOWS AD
DRESS. To the Coon, We find the following
in the las. Ki oxville Whig, iirownlow
seems to take the detent ol his party ui
good spirit.
To that" Hume old Coon." Old hos9
we have a w wods lo address to you
touching the late eit-cnons in it niie.bsee
I he elections have resulted in lavor ol
Ttuusdaie lor Ciovernor, Lwin ct the
Nashville Did net, ioi Congress, bullion
ti Coon, and ail ou have to boast ol is
that tne Legislature is Coon. We tried
to keep ti e count tor a t;me, hui the an
i-Coon gains come in upon us so iapidiy
that we gave it up s a bad joy, and wiil
try to post our buok next week
Old Inend, we are aorry Ioi vou. You
went into the contest wi n your nead
and aii up, luii ot lile and joyful expec
idttoi.s ! You have come t,ui of the con
test cropt, bobotd and branded. 1 u
look bod, hut see. ! to hold mi to your
only reliance. Tail holt is a good oue,
it htld well, and inasmuch as it is about
all that is left of you and yuu party,
you will not need to he aiivied to hold
on Venous reasons wiil bo assigned
to you, why you have been thus treated.
We tell you that the true cause is, that
ttjat your brted has been mixing up
with foxes, tcitd cats, Mtxican wolvei
etc , and so crossing tne ureed ol uo n,
that it is difficult to :eil a real coon now
whnn met in a crowd ol annuals! '1 he
genuine coon blood course through the
veins of a majornv of ail tne voters of
Tennessee, but 6eemg that the great
coon den at W ashington ha all sorts
of animals in it, and that me Utile dens
in all the county are filled u wi ll fox'
ts and prairie dogs, wiw have pccu-
-!. L I
'' J,v-a,' lV
nave Deeu "nut in tne range an ine
lime hnve nothing to fUht for. Awd un
less the coons at Hasningion come out
and show the rings on their tails, and
treat with more iespect, the coons in the
"back woods," we predict lor you, that
your generation wili become extinct in
1852! That we are not mistaken as to
the causes of your bad fortune, we reter
you to the news from oiher coon arbors,
as it come in! We told y.u - his etgh.
teen months sgo, whet: y u were forsa
king the lead ot old ebons wnu&e coon
o!ogy had been welt tried, and agreeing
upon a compromise which was to do u
wiy all distinciions between coons and
loxes, woiVcs and sheep, horses and as
ses !
Why does a duck put his head under
water 1 For divers teitso.
iSa7 a preventive of Rust. ' -Sir John i
mciatr, one ot II. e best agf (Cultural
writers thai England has ever produced,
as the tollowing remarks upon the
subjeci:
ln the course of a most extensive
inquiry irno the causes ot the rust or
blight in wheat, and the m ana of ha
reventioti, it appears that Mr tickler.
farmer ;n (Joruvall, wss accustomed
to manure big turnin land witti the
relusse sali from the Pilchmd fishery ;
and that nnv gruur d thut treated, was
i)tv r tiab e to iusi or blight, though it
tntesied all the neighborhood.
4 l ho iniporiiint circumsiauce iscon-
firn ed in a recent communication to the
author, iroui the Rev. Robert iiwblyn.
He used one ton ol o d salt, with cue
ton of treeh nh, mixed with earth,
and from 20 u 30 ton ol sea band, and
his crops, hi si a tea, were always good,
and never intested wr.h rus.
'It is probable that the salt is the
only article in this compost that couid
be ot material war vice iu preventing the
rust, by its checking , putrelaction, the
i esult ol too liequem a repetition o! cor
rupted manures. It is well know that
the rust dues not attack plants in a stale
ot perfect health. 1's general cause is,
the oyerlumess or oter luxuriance ot the
plant, Irom ns being glutitd wuh rank
mid unwhoiesome lot d."
Ham Dumplings. Chop some cold
ham, the at and leun in ' qoa propor
itons. Season tl with pepper and mn
ced sage. Make a crust, allowing hull
& pound ol butter to a pound ol t- ur.
Roll it uu: thick, and divide it into equal
pinions. Put some minced ham into
edCh and close up the crust. Have
re..dy a put ol boiling water, and put in
(he dumplings, lion them about three
quarters of an hoor.
To Keep a Stove Bright by two ap
plications a i'eor. lVJaKe wtak ui
um wuici, uiic' mix you; briiisti lustie
with it, ptihap8 two tespions!uil lo a
gtli oi aluui-wuter, set the siove be coid,
brush it wiln he mixture, then tuke a
dry DiUbw ai d tub it illi it s petiecily
dry. Jbhouid any par-' beioit puiuhmg,
be so dry as to look g':-y moisten a
wuh u wet brush anu ptoceed as beiore
siid.
Causes of Insanity. It is a fact, in
controvei Hole and tnuisputabie, that in
cases of insanity, tune out of every ten
ote the results oi in.eniperdtice -many
x fine lutelieci has been oouded and fi
rally destrojed b the use ot strong
ui ink, many a noble heatt has been bru
lai.zd bj indulgence in the i.q.j u poi
sou. tlow ditadiul is the piospect
prenented to those who inuuige in the
use of intoxicating drink.
The PnyMCifan ol tne Pennsylvania
Insane Asylum report tnui ot nuie
Hundred and Ihmy-SiX paliems, two
wt-re insane iromuitacl ui p-vert ,iour
teen irom trtghi, religious excitement
lorty-one, political cAcncuient threet
metaphysical speculations imo, waii of
employ tm nt eigh een, morutied pride
nine, anxiety tor wtulth one, ue ui tu
b.icco two, lijjhi lacing twv, intemper
ance Two Hundred Feanul picture,
die..diui .loom. On! ;e followers of
tie "tl.wing bowl!'' be warned lu ume,
aircady you ate being enveloped in ihi
slimy folds ol ihedreaded serpent, already
his nuge living iigatures are tightening
upon jou, while yei s.Und reasun and
moral strength lemaiis, tear yourself
from tne hted embrace, and break the
charm that is last binding you to a loath
some degrading, and ruinous seivice,
destructive aiike to intHjiect, to charac
ter aud to loiiune. S. C. Temp. Ad
vocate. Examination Day A schoolteach
er, pit paring f.;r an examination of his
school, selected a class of pupils, and
wrote down the questions, and answers
to the questions ue Wouid put to them
on exauHiidti ii day. Tiie day came
?nd so came the young liuperu's all but
ote. The pupils took their places s
had been arranged, and all went gliby
on uiniil the question lor ihe abseutet,
when the teacher asked :
ln whom do you believe?'
Tne pupn wrio sat next the vacant
seal without noticing whose question it
was, answered:
Napoleon Bonaparte.'
'No, m !' augrny exclaimed the teach
er. lu whom uo you believe?'
N tpoieon JJunayurte'
iie the teacnei began to smell the
rat, buu said : 1
it u Deuete iu the Holy Ghost, do
you lid!' " '
'No,' said the pupil amid roars of un
controllable laugnter iiie boy wnat
believes in ihe tJoiv Ghost hasn't come
to school to-day . lie's at home, -sick
a-ued. , . . .r
The llomeslead.ttete is what Thus.
Jeflerson aid "in a few words on this
subject, a great many years ago. T here
m mure necessity now for the new 'de-
claratiun" than there was tneu :
"VVhen the war is over andorr free
dom won. the Deooie must make a new
i
declaration; they must declare the nghts
ot man, the individual, sacred above all
craft in priesthood or governments-
they must ai one blow pit an end to ail
the 'irwkeriea of Knglisli law, which
i . ..i .. ..u i
wwv.i lllb ucmi anu V I I nun IICS.
They must perpetuate republican truth,
by making the homestead ol ever man
a hoiy thing, which no law can touch,
no juggle wrest trom his wile and chiN
dren. Until this is done, the revolution
will have been fought in vain."
Canada. We learn Irom the iVetc
York llerald, ol the 4th insiam, that
L'-rd fcligtn, the Governor ot Canada,
endeavored to obtain a conference with
President Ta lor at Niagara. His in
tention was to prevail upon the Piestdent
to recommend a bill of reciprocity be
tween the United estates, and Canada, in
I his is essage ot next Decemoer. Ihe
Governor tailed in obtanug a confer-
ence with the President, but it is hinted
that this object might possibly be at
tained through :Vir. Crampton, it he sue
ceeds in the adjustment ot the Nicara
gut question, a aiso the settlement ot
'our miscellaneous squabbles with for
eign nation generally , txcep. Russia
and Spam, with whom, lutmks to the
devil, we still continue cheek by j'.wl."
Midwifery in Russia. The Russian
wome- , m some btanctie. ot education,
are in advance oi the American ladies.
They paittcipate in the dunes ol the
med.cal proiessmn, by managing the
department ol obstetric practice a vo
cation for which some preteud to tmuk
our women are, and must continue to be,
incompetent. A gemiernun who went
out with Mi-jor W histler, tnlonns the
Uostou Traveller, mat Curing his ten
Years' lesidtnce there, principally m
St. Peierburg, he had occasion to em
ploy an attendant tor his iud ; and with
tits Kmeiican ideas ot wtm &us neces
sary to saiety, he applied to a medidai
man ot eminence n othctate. T he
physician laughed at tum,aud leoiaiked
that his attendance would be entirely
superfluous, and he should lee I some
what out oj his sphere ; but he would
refer him to a proiessioual woman, lor
whose ability and skill he would be
responsible. The education and prac
tice o tuese fern le doctors are under
judicious legumi ous, and they are em
piojed by all, Horn the Empress to the
wile oi the sert.
Some more of then Little Hocks.
The paternity of this story, we presume,
like that ol many othets, may be
claimed by different sections ol the
country, but the little Hog story finds
the locality of its origin heie in Day to. i,
on Mam Street, near Col. i'atnges' new
budding. It runs thus: More than
lortj years ago, Gen. Guno, ot Cincin
nati, called a military eiecnon at this
place, for Brigadier General ol the mi
litia, and perhap somo otsier officers.
Our oid magisterial stand-by, Ji&quire
F..tkerih, was then Clerk ot the Divis
ion or liiigade, tea this part ol the State;
Ohio not having more than two or three
Division at that period. 1 he elite!
men of the early warriors, assembled
for dinner at the tavern ol Col. David
Reed, between 1st and 2d streets ; at
the table, an old farmer, ol Dutch de
scent, named Kuhns, (an old Coon no
doubt,) also sat down. The Colonel,
in consideration ot bis having distin
guished m iliary gus-s at tits board, on
that occasion had provided several roast
pigs'. Old man kuhns gt t ing his eye
on one near by his plate, maoe a perso
mil appropriation oi the eu'ire animal,
which he proceeded to devour witu great
gusto, and having completed ine Kavory
task, wiped his tips with his tongue,
smacked the same, wuh u.e flavor suil
upon his pahte, and knife 2nd ioik tree ,
cast his eagie glance up and down the
table, and then cailed iai', " Colonel
Reed, Vtl dank you for anodtr one of
dent Utile Hocks." Convulsions loi
lowed on an siues. Ii any body is ais
posed to be mcttdulous upon tne origin
of this story, or doubt the lacts, we can
prove them in Court auy nine, by one
ol the bench, Judge Irwiu having oeen
au eye witness to the whole occurrence.
A fellow out west having been chal
lenged lately to mortal combat, nelecied
as the weapons, two huge piaies ol green
cucumbers, cut in slices, tvith via
egai, and a lull dozen green apples to
esch plate as a desert, tlis opponent
backed out.
An Irishman on his arrival tn Boston,
a lew years since, sought empioy mem
as a laborer, and finally otained au en
gagement on oue ot the isiauus in that
haibor. Pat had never seen a duck in
his life. Shortly alter entering on tue
discharge of his new duties, a brood of.
chickens and another ot uucko, were
batched, both by uens. i he owner pat
both broods with oue hen, in order to
save the services ol the other, and told
Put, as he wa short ot meal, to be very
Pat made a small dish ol uoun, and
commenced feeding his tlot k wneu he
was eliuck with the fact, that auout half
had broad shoil beaks, and shoveled up
the dough vtry last, white the others
had very short beaks and got but littie
ol the allowance. Airah, my dar
lins, ' says Pat, "lair play is u jewel;
I'll be just atiner pun.ti you upon
an equal lootin." lie started lor tne
houe, gut a pair ot shears, caught those
l ha", had nuv I beuks, and sheared
them Gown to the calibre ot lh"se oi the
sharp ueuks, put them down, and afctd,
"wag awa; , jou spaipeeus; 1 am touid
this is a tree couuu y , wnere every man,
beast and biro, ure equals so no xciu
sive privileges, my damns, it you
please."
Words of Wisdom Kind and be-
luveu tieader : IV neu thou goest '.o thy
m iket-iovvn, or other place ol irafhc,
seeking wherewith to add iu tny own
raiitieoi, or, hapiy, somewhat more
cosily tor the adornment ot tny wile or
daughter, heed well what ttiou does I,
and deal not wuh him who lauein to
paiioiiize the weekly sheet ot the Prin
ter, througu the advertising columns
thereof. Go rather to him who uoeih
this thing tieely, and buy. Thy reason
fur this course shall be twofold :
First : He that so lovelh his sell that
he wilt not give of it iu the craltsmun
atoiesaid, tor making known those arti
cles ot merchandize which his care hath
collected ior vendue, will, ot a verity ,
aiso love u too weil to give g ueious
bargains to those who ueul wuiihim.
Those articles ot dad) use, whose price
hath become well set, he will be oonged
to sell at snort protns ; out ou his sun
dues, his purple and hue nueu, his cun
ningly wruugni paiterus and ooli.s of
curious dye, he will more than make
out ot thee lor ait this see. mug luirness
Secondly : 1 o htiu ot tne nut-rat uaud,
who makctti it's uierchanuize kuowu oy
the aid ol the man ul tuti and types
aiuresaid, come much people Hum tne
regions round jU.u.,aiiu ue aehcin stores
ol goods to mem by reason tntieof. -And
know e not mat ne wno ue-leih
bnekty, lenewing his stocK thrice or
eveu four times in the year, can sell
cneaply, much moie than he who turn
etn ins coineu ojouey out once in the
iwelvemouiu
"Wherefore, friend aod scholar, hear the
wurds ot wisduui ;
Whether she speakein to thy soul in the full
chorus ol revelauuu -In
tue teaching earth, or air, or sea ; in the
sun meiuuics vi tiioum t
Or, naply, n the nuiuoler stidiiis inat would
uctuin thee here."
A young lady , I) .Jiie of these affec
ted Alices wno oeiung lo tne "Uj.wer
ten," recently emeitu tne stuie ul u
lashiouauie ini.iincr with whom her
tamii was acqioed, lot me u.poao
ol iiuiKing some tiitlin puichuse.
'ilow is yout mo;hci, nakr poiiie
ly euquued 11. .auy oi the siotc.
"C31.e is not Very well, madam' re
plied Arlecidilou.
"Ail what is me inauer with hei?"
"fane lea uuwn a. ana aud hurt ner
curttiy bendtr.
"iloi ivuai!"
"tier curtesy bender?"
"Curtesy Ocuuur ! V hat is thai?"
enquued tne puzz.ed mitiiuer.
V ny net kuct!"
it caused tne buod lady a very pain
ful thori to prevent uer uoin cuitiiiiituig
a oownnhi act ot ruueutss. fine suc
ceeded uowevcr ; but sevciai young id
Utt-s present weie ioiceu to maae a pre
ctpiiMie retreat to give tun vtn'. to ineir
ilalUmlics, WhlCtl tue 1-d.CloUsiiees of
the itma.k could uut fail to rouuee.
The follow ing ta lue copy ol a will,
left by a tnau wno cnose to be ii o-vn
lawyer:
4 1 his is the last w iil and tesumeul of me,
Junu i nomas.
I g.ve all my tuingj to my relations,
lo be uitidrd ainotj tntm tne bct way
they can.
JN. t. If any body kicks up any
row, ui manes any luss aooul it, tie isn't
to. hate any trnug.
fanned oy me, Johw Iiiohas.
A wag says, Pausnn, first Emjerar
of Hay u, iuould be caned ' buiiu lat.
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