North Carolina Newspapers

t V Ha ( m&miv w m mm - ' "THE PUBLIC GOOD SHOULD EVER BE PREFERRED TO PRIVATE ADVaktaGE." " Volume 5. Lincolnton, North Carolina, Saturday Morning. December 15, 1849. 5 Number 38. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY THOMAS J. ECCLES. Tx&xs. Two dollars pel annum, payable in advance ; $2 50 if payment be delayed 3 tc-otuhs. A discount to clubs of 3 or more. ' Advertisements will be conspicuously insert ed, at $1 pel square (U lines) for. the first, and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. Saturday, December 15, 1849. ' CO We had expected to anticipate our regular publication, in order to lay . the President's message before our rea ders at an early hour; but the difficulty of organizing the House, has kept it back, and our readers must be satisfied with what our inside page affords I hem to-day. The Postmaster General re . p'iri, an accompanying document, has seen the light, however, in which that functionary recommends a further re duction of postage, to a uniform rate of . five cents, for letters, and modifications of the law respecting newspapers are suggested, to facilitate their circulation, have thought it proper, that of all voihers,ihe post office department should y'ba nv.de tn support i self, and that,, to ViStich Curpose, the present letter no:arrp ! . ' . . " ... . J is 8ulhcienly low. I lie income of two thirds the postmasters will not average $20 per annum, and w cannot be expec ted that reducng this, and breaking up offices; facilitate the circulation ot newspapers, in which all are interested. The proposition to cheapen is calculated to tickle the pubUc ear, but if 'hey re- , ' fleet that the mails must be kept up, ind pari for in some quanrrr, we tbi" will agree with us, that the pay should v come from those who are the actual re cipients of its benefits. As regards the : franking privilege should it be abolish ed, it i9 to be hoped there will be a cor responding economy exhibited in the number "ordered to be printed." A. F. M. The Anniversary of St- John, the Evangelist, will be celebrated by Phalanx Lodge, Charlotte, on the 27h int. They will walk in proces sion to the ci.urch, where an Address will bo delivered by U'm. Lander, Esq. coe T the ?Miernity. This Lodgo is prospering greatly, and can boast of one of the most commodious ana splendidly furnished halls in the Stste. 'I he Mississippi Platform. The fact of Virginia, Alabama and Georgia endorsing and loijowing up the recom mendation of the Jackson Convention, relative to the passage of the VVilmot Proviso, renders thn R port and Reso lutions of some interest, and we shall shortly lay them before our readers. They aie i ild, and yet firm, a common and necessary platform on wh ch whi-jg and democrats have met and united, and on which we hope, and trust, and beg that those of our own State ni iy not be lound lagging. The Preamble averts its faith in the Union of the States as they were formed, and not as an engine ol oppression that the territories, no quired by the late war with Mexico, are the common property of the U. S. and hat the people of the States have the jrtgh1 o to move to it,and enjoy it, and to tf;ke with them their proper! u, their re 1?B on and their libeiiy. Congress did , not create property in slaves, nor cau nhey say slavery shall cea-e to exisf. v A resolution proposes a Convention of the Slay- holding Stales, to be held on the first Monday in June next, to move and adopt gome mode of resistance to ' these aggressions. As our Legislature does not sit until the latter part of next year, no action can be had by iem towards the cal'iri" 1 of a Staie Contention ; but the people should call meting?, and express iheir feelings on tha'suojt ct, Urns giving aul ood crMh'tori" to tlieir ' friends, without izen, Im forced theiu to niu ior a ' y i scared out ol their wits by ir.c jo of "uuli.ficatiori,' which has Wng in tneir ears t late year, Jvi a just respect for thetr n;his oirphtnt. ' A Visit to the Ugly lUaii. From an article by 'Simon Suggs, we extmct the following account of a visit he paid once : A we stepped over the low fence, I heard the hum of a spinning-wheel, and in another moment one 'of the aweeieat, rosiest faces I ever beheld looking out at the d jor. It was Lucy Wallis, the pretty daughter of the Ugly Man! Sa luting us modestly, she asked us in and to be seated and resumed , her work. -There be few more, lovely gtils than Lucy. In her moist blue, was a blended expression of r&irthfulnesa and something more tender, that went into your heart without ever asking leave. Ciad in a homespun frock, coarse, but lastejul in lis colors and. ad- jdStment and oh1 how brilliantly spot lessher fingers tipped wi'h the blue ot the indigo tub her little feet in buck skin moccasins she. plied htr task in diistriously ; now, with an arch toss, shaking into place her rich auburn h ir, and now, with a bound forward, grace fully catching lh thread that had slipped from her fingers. Sweet-voiced, too, was Lucy Wallis, as she stood at her wheel, spinning two thread,' one ol cot ton on. her spindle, and tie oihei of go8.ip,wi:h ray exceileul and loquacious friend, Dii k McCoy. Plague take the girl ! She has made me forget her ugly father ! Mr. Wal lis and his 'old woman were from home when we got there having been on a visit to a sick neighbor -but in half an hour they returned. Thar they come, said Dick, a he heird voices,' outside the cabm ; "aei yuurtte'f, and don't be scared V Then look'd at Lucy. Youve never teen daddy, Vq-ii-e have you V she nskfd slightly coloring ar.d pouting. Never have always had a curiosi ty but the wounded ex pres.-ton ot the g rl Mopped me, and in aiMther moment I tie Ugiy Man was before me. Tiuly had McCoy said, 'nothm on the hreaittm y earth can match linn !' IJ. face, generally, had the np pea rang u a recently healed b.'ister-sporr" tiis prominent eyes seemed ready to drop from off his face, and were almost g ;ilt less of lids. Red, red. red, was the all prevailing color ot his countenance even his eyes partook of it. II is mouth ruby-red looked as if it had been very la ely kicked by a roughly-shod mu'e, a.'ier having beenbriginal!y made by gouging a hole in his face with u nail-srab I The tout ensemble was hor ribly, unspeakably ugly I And yei, i. the expression ol the whole was legible proof of the paternity of his lovely daughter! So youve come to see old Ugly Man have vou, quire ? I've heurn ot uu belore. You're the man as took the sensers of this county, last time.' I was in Georgey then. Well, you're mighty welcome! Did 'oman, fly around, git soinctbiu' for the 'squire and Dick toeai! Lucy, aiu i you got no fresh aigs 1 Lucy went out at this suggestion, and her father went on: Pney call me ug ly, 'squire; and 1 aui ; my lather was belore me (he uglies) man that ever lived in Hancock county. But I'll give you my ixperance alter supper. Belikes you vo beam thai I ve been through the ruffs. No? Well, when wo n somethin down our bellies, 111 tell vou all about it. Oiu 'oman, for God's sake, do fly around liiur ! The t ld lady did 'fly around, and Lucy yoi the 'aij:gTj, and between them, they got a niosi excellent supp:r. The purity ol die talle-cloth, the excellence ol the coffee, nnd tne freshness of the egs, not to n.ention Lucy's good looks, wera moie than a set off against the ugliness ot old Billy ; 60 that Hick and 1 continued to eal quite heartily, to the evident gratification of our hospitable, though uly entertainer. Supper over, old Bill drew out his large euap eiono .pipe, and filling and Mgnting it, placed it in his -mouth. Af ter a wh.ff or two, he began : Mi's no use argy fviu' the matter 1 am the ugliest Juan, now on top of dirt. Thar's uurry iiuiher like ine ! I'm a crowd bv insist It. 1 alters w.tji. The fusi 1 koovt'u ot it, t !)', wa when 4 was 'bout ten year old. I went down to the spring branch one inoruiu',m vi&h my face, ami I looked in the water, 1 seen the shadder of my face. Great God how 1 run b.ick, hoilenu for mam my every jump i That's the hit tune 1 seen my lace 1 darbeu't but siiet tuy eye hen 1 go 'noul water!' D'J,1t you use a gtass, nl&n you shave ? enquired. lias! Pauuder! W l:at glus could BtHiid it '.' 'twould buret r it it vas an inch thick. Giass ! pish ! Lucy told her father he was Moo bad, ud thai 'he ki-ew it waa no sich a thing, and ih old man told her. she was a! sasy wench and to hold her longac. Yes,' he continued, it's so ; I haven't seen my face in forty year, but 1 know how it looks. Weil, when I growed up, I ihort it would be hard to find a woman that'd be willm to take me, ugly as I was' . 'Oh, you was not so oncommon hard, favored when you was a young man, said old Mrs. Wallis. 1 Oncommon ! I tell you when I was ten year old, a fly wouldn't light on my face and it can't be much wuss now 1 Shet up, and let me tell the 'tquire ray ixperance. It's no. use, put in Lucy, to be run nin one's own aelf dowr, that way, dad dy! It ain't right.'. Runmn' down! Thunder and light nin, Lucvl you'll have tne as good lo kin directly as John BoZt-man, your sweetheart.' As he said this, old Bill looked at me, and succeeded in half cover ng the ball ol his leit eye, by way of wink. Lucy stid no more. The old man continued; Well, hard as I thort it 'ud be to get a wiie, fust thing I knowed, I had Sally, here; and she is, ot was, as pret. ty as anv of ihem.' Old Mrs. Wailis knitted convulsively, and coughed slightly. Hotaever, she never kissed me a fore we was married, and it was a long timearter afort she did. The way ot it was this : we had an old one-horned cow, mighty onnery (ordinary) lookm', old as the North Star, and poor as a black-snake. One day i weut out to ihe lot DSddv, 1 wouldn't tell that,' ex claimed Lucy hi the most pursuasive lone. Blamed ef I don't thro ii'a the truth, and el you don't keep stilt, I'll -send lor B Zriinan to hold you qmet in ihe corner.' Lucy pouted a Utile and was silent. 'Yes, I went out to the lot, and thar, sure, as life, was my old 'oman swung io the cow, end the old thing flym' iound, and cutiiu up ail soiia o' ahines1 X-y- ---4 L 4 ,mm,. mm -0a -Ma. a --vLJ 'omanT And wuti thai she let go, and told me she was trytn'to practice kissiu on old cherry,' and she thort arter that she could make up her mind to kiss u:e Oid man you made thatl Pre hcarn ou tell it aiore but you made it,' said the old lady. , ' . Weli, well ! I told her 'squire, fcca 1, come down ton nowJ cuise the cow ahet your eyeal hold your breath!" and upon that she bussed so's you might a heaid it a quarter, and aeuce nobody's had better kissiif than me! Now, that was my first ixperance aoout bein' ugiy, arter I was grown, and 'twan'i so oad ueitln r!' , The next time uiy ugly feeturs came into play, was in Mobil; was you ever thai! Greatest place on greeu yearth; sicauiboais, oysteis, free niggers, turn ners, Drxk iiues -that's the placfe I i went down on a flaiboat trom W etump ky, with" old John Todd. We bad a lust, rale time ot it uveil we gut moat to Mobile, and ihen ihe stea-nhoais would run so close to us, that tho sioshni' wc jld pretty nuh capsize us. Phey down it tor Ueviltttent. now old Johu cusaedl but it done no good. Ai iast, ses 1. 111 irv 'cm; ef mars' enny strong li in cuoin', i'H make 'em ashamed?' fiio ihe next one came along, cavortiu and suortir.' like it was gwme ngni ' into us, and did pass in twenty foot ! 1 us tight upon a cot ion bag.aud a z to the crowd which mere was a 'moat almighty one on the guards ot the boat stz 1, you tnlern il racket inaktu', suwkin,' auortiu,' sons of ' 'Afjie I couid get any further in my cussm', the crowd gin ihe most t re men jus, yeartn shakm' now! that ever was hearrr and one feller, aa ihey was broad side with us, buttered out, lis? the old He ucly himself ! Jeeu.ymmy ! WuaT A sioUTH ! Wilh thai, thar was somethin' raiued and rattled in our boat like hail, only heavier, and direct ly me ana old Jonn picked up a MtVel peck ot buck horn-tiaudied-kuivcs ! Old Mrs. Wallis, io ked to Heaven, as if appealing theio tor too urgiveue.-.B of aome great mu her ugly couori Ud commuieu; butsheauidiiuimng. So 1 lost notnin' by hem ugly 'that time! Aner i got inw Mobile, how sever, 1 was homered and pestered by the people stupjnu' lii the sirtei io look at me alt dinv aud jighiuood-sinoked us 1 was, Irom belli' on the ooal.' I think. I'd a cleaned ipa tittle, in terposed tidy Lucy. OiU 'wamii Hint you got nary culd iattr to chvke thai gal wuh 1 Well ; inevi look ai mo Ihe hardest joctverj seen. But 1 gi ahead o my etorj: A tew days store, thar had been a boil Ousted, and a heopo' people scalded and killed, one. way aud aud another. So at last, 1 went tulo a grocery , a aqua cf people followed me in, and one 'lowed. sea he it8 one cl the unfortunate suffer ers by the . bustin' of ibe Franklin,' and upon that he nxed me to drink with him, and as 1 had my tumbler half way to m mouth, ha stopped mo of a sud den Beg your Pardon, stranger but" ses he. But what? sez I. Jisik your mouth that way againV ses he. I done it, jtst like I was gwne to drink, and I'll becussedjf 1 didn't think the whole of 'em would go into file! they yelled and whooped like a gang of wolves. Finally, one of 'em ses 'don't make fun of the unfortunate; he's hardly got over bein' blowed up yet. Less make up a puss for hun !" Then they all ibrowed in, aud made me op five dollars; as the spokeman handed me the change, he axed me, Wtiar did ton find yourself alter the 'sploston?' In a flai-boat,' ses I. j 'How tar fron the Franklin?' ses he. i' Why,' ses I, ! never seen her, but is nigh as 1 can guess, u must have been, rom what they leu eae, nigh on to three hundred and teverUy-fce miluP You oughier seen thai gang aCdiier. As tney led, aei one, 'It's him. ICtthx Ugly Man ofulir ,. IRON HOUSES. Iron seems io be every day showing us value fur purposes to which it would once have been thought madness to ap piy it Constructing vessels of iron would have been tormerly dtmed tne gieaieai ot an absurdities. But tne experiment has been often and success fully tested nmid t ne storms and waves ol tne ocean. Iran noues have been introduced, as will be aeen by tne follow log iroui the N. Y. i'os : "We had the pleasure yesterday of tXiiiiiining the new Stores lately put up h Mr Euar 11. L-tn, on the corner ot v asuinioii aud iViunay atrtekS i'tieae aiuies are built ol cast iron, ind are coiiSiiuC'VU tit a inauner ihe gro.iie&t - . . mode ot constructing buildings ot iron is the buoject ol a pa.eni flamed to ilr. James ioguruua, wnu superintended Ihe cousiiuciiou ol tnese stores, ihey are five tlones higH, ana each iweuty by iMy-six leet, aud constructed in the Uriel period oi ubviui two iuuu.ns. l ney are the' ou.y builuinga ot the kind m the woriu, t xc pnug tuot in Ceutre bireet wmch uuw siuuUa untjnsned. Mt BuarJus has spent many years in travelling ihruugu Europe ior the purpose ot studying ana perleciing his plans, and tney certai.ny cpiuume moie excellence man any oiuer m the city. ineat buudiugs win susiam a greater wc gui,and are pui ur wiiu teas mconve nieuce man bncK ouiidiogy, being cast and tt ed so inateacn piece may be put up aa lai as II la Oruuu: on the ground. 1 ney may ue taken uown, removed, and put up again in a snot. uue, like any omei cusungb. In their mode of con siiucuou nearly three Jeet of room is gamed over uuuUings put up with oricit. Tney aduni moie tight, fur the irou columns will kuaiam me weight mai woUd leqjue a wide onclt wall in ordiuaiy outUiis. 1 ney comoine beau ty wuti leogin, tor the paueis can be fliicd wan tigurts to any eAicnU lu die construction eacn story is eupported by rows ol tX ied piUslers, the coiuice Ue l we eu which ace compact ly boittd. 1 he wall are, in laci, one compact uiMbS, ai:d capable ot ausiauiiug incoiiceiv.ihie weigni. Ine iron u-ied weighs loO ions. 1'he inaaoii work was u jue uy A. d, J. W hite, and the cat peou:r woik by datum 1 Martin. i he entire coat ot the five stones is a bout 80,UUU." Tho following, lrou a correspondent ot the iNeivaiR Adveru&er, in a letter irom Braiutieiii, Ct., is not bad : A lady Iroiu iNew orK was up here, uaviug been fcpsnUing me summer lu iliu country. As Una was to he me last Oahbath ol her visit, sue took hr sou, a coiiu ol luuryeds oid, mchurcti wilh iter tor lite hisi tiii. e. -is soou as me org ui commenced its air.niia, me lutte iciiow l tried with dengiu ; he looked bacK lu tne gallery, hestteicbed lumsell iohiseiy laheai.; ms nioihtr ruiuoii straied wi.n tuui, nd toid nun lu sit dovvu. Bui lie rtluseO, aud conuuuco gz ig a.oil with straining e.es. ' ill UuH n, . saia li is inoliibi. 1 wn'i nexned, o as t heard all urouud. 'J want to ec the monkty ' I heie i quite a paily hi our cuurch opposed io !. urguu, and they tell mis siot y wjili great guslu. li in'l bad, is The Toronto (Uanad t) arvi-aioexa-lion u.anijts o t.ts received 3,500tgua lures. The Idea cf Equinoctial SSlormm.-m The New Orleans Hi'lUtm iltmuri.M it and says: Did yuu ever hear fcr.7 reason gten for September and March galea, or as they arc called etmiocftaZ galea, except that tho sun then "crosses ihe line. And what 19 this "crossing tho liaJ" Nothing at all J It is ait nominal, there) is no such thing as the crossing the line." It is ueilcer more nor less than the sun on those days is vertical at noon on the Equator, as tt is vertical a few .days previously, a short distance to the north ward of it ; and vertical a lew days af ter icards, a short distance southward of it. It is also vertical iu latitude 23 deg. north on the 2 1st of June, and 23 deg south on the 21st December, and there is just as much reason why there should be gales at ornear these two latter days, as on the 21st March, or the 21st Sep tember. It is true; there are socjeticaes severe gales in September, but more frequently in August, and scientific men have attempted to account for them from long continued or unusual beat within the tropics, that has rsr tried the air, and produced a sudden rush from the other quarters in order to restore tho equilibrium, and thus produce gales and hurricanes ; but the position of the sun, or rather the position of the earth to ' waids the sun, has no more to do with these storms, than the planet Venus, or Le-Yerner's planet Neptune. The Covington (la.) Friend, of ihe 17th ulu, says that Mr. Haunegan has tendered to the President his resigns Hou as Minuter to Berlin. He is ex pected home by Christmas. 1 ToA-e of Oxen at one CAaw.' Mati; years ago, a Mr. Miller, one of the early settlers of a neighboring town, sotd a yoke of oxen for $50, and in pay ment received a filly dollar bank bill, which he carefully folded up and depos ited in his iobacco box' for safe keeping. Mr. M. was accustomed to make use of the weed' at any hour of the day or iiou ior 11. The night following tho sale of the oxen he sought his tobacco bos, and finding a convenient portion, be put 11 in his mouth, and uot readily obtaining the lull beueai he expected, he chewed u most vigorously aud effec tualiy, exclaiming, as he did so, 'iVo strength to ihe tobacco ! iSo slrengtft (o the lobaccui' when recollecting tUo transaction ot the day, and the place where he deposited ms treasure, he ad dtd Oniol a yoke of oxen at one ciatr at one chaw I Jr The Horrible Bachelor. 1 is irv disputable, that with ail ihe comforts a bacneior wishes 10 think lie enjoys, bo is extremely unhappy. Many, sir! marry, aud Know, befjre you die, what the woids coujlori, kindly feeling, md ecouumy mean. Be selfish and recluse no lougur, but give your affection, and a portion ol your world iy means 10 one who will Juubie all your joys and divido ail your sorrows, instead ol inis-speud-ing uu these on horses, birds,cats, dogs, great aud small, black and white, and potted, select an object more worthy of it man lour looted animals and creeping tilings, instead ol yawning over a boot as a oull and daily companion, suiilo on thu isces ot a bloom mg and joyous lainny , as the only way to make a place ot rest and Happiness. Furnish your family, wuh easy chairs, solas, undjeu tees nave a snug porch, and a stove in tiro lobby, wuti a nne fle ol heated air in the mam Biair-ca?e to ihe lop have a roaring fire in the parlor every morn- 1 mg beloic breaktasi, with ail sorts .oi tuJ-scrceij8, large and mile have u hddte or cigaie, to vary your occupation have ail ibis aud tour tunes more, but still so long as y uu waul the vifet. there is coldness, a lortuaiity.,and a prim dreariness 111 the bachelor's household, that disappears in the home ol warned love. Dev does say, thai away down in Georgia, dey ruSies intjs work twen ty -hvc hours eboery day. ftuw look ne t, i'se been tolddat day iit'Ugot ud uiute nor iweutv-four hours, and v?-aut you Mr. Johustug o piinfy iuUis child, how ihey make ihem work ineuty five' hours. ' G'diy mighty, what iguora trusses you is, dcipto ; why down da ie, they make poor nigga git up one hour store day Uos'ut that uiake 'em twenty ImT ccipto was r un r need. ' 'My dear,' said at affection ue soi . lu her husband, am I not your oiJy treasuief U yes,' was he cool eply . a.u I would wilnngiy ay tt up Q hea ven.' Wh t an iiiiuuutiog' wreictit in " Weather cold aud pleasant. X 1 if. 7