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J - VOIdLMIE 7. LIXCOLXTOX, IV. C. SATURDAY XOKXIXG, IflAKCII 8, 1831. A' 111 TC&saiO PRITKU AID FCBI.ISUKD WKKKLT, THOMAS J. ECCLES. Tkrmi Two Dollars per annum, jntiable i.i advance ; 82.50 if payment be di laijedorer fir month. Tn Ci.riis Three jtijt r.t trill be snt Jot "5 ; and ner1 n for 810, in advance. AnvKRTMKMt.Ms irill be inserted at 1 per square ( 1 1 4its) Jur tliejirst, and 'Z. cents Jar each svbseqneut insertion. Simple, Toucliin, licnutiful Liiicj. TheXew I'uglaud Diadem givesits rea ders the following beautiful stanzas, which were feus;estel hy hearing read an extract of n letter from Captain Cliase, giving an account of the sickness and death of hi brother-in-law, Air. lirown Owen, who died on his passage to California. We have hut seldom met any thing so painfully interesting in every line, and it will he read with "tearveves" by many w ho have lost brothers, fathers, husbands or vons ou their way to, or after having reached, the laud of gold and of graves. Lay up nearer, brother, nearer, For my limbs are grow ing cold, And thy presence scenicth dearer, When thy arms around me fold; I am dying, brother, dying, Soon ye'll miss nie in your berth, For my form will noon be lying, Weath the ocean's briny surf. tlearken to me, brother, hearken, I have something I wotdd say, Kre the veil my vision darken. And 1 go from hence away; 1 am going, surely going, Jlut my hopes in (Jod is strong, I am w illing, brother, knowing That he doeth nothing wrong. Tell my father w hen you greet him, That in death I prayed for him, Frayed that I may one day meet him, In a world that's free from sin ! Tell my mother, ((.Jod assist her t Now that she is grow ing old.) Tell her child would glad have kissed her, When his lips grew pale and cold. Listen, brother, catch each whisper, 'Tis my wife I'd speak of now, Tell, oh tell her, how 1 missed her, When the fever burned my brow, Tell her, brother, closely listen, Don't forget a single word, That in death my eyes did glisten, With the tears her memory stirred. Tell her she must kiss my children, Like the kiss I last impressed; Hold them as when last 1 held them, Folded closely to my breast; ('ive them early to their Maker, Putting all their trust in (Jod, And He never will forsake her, For He's said so in His Word. () my children! Heaven bless thein! They were ail my life to me; Would I could once more caress them, Fre I sink beneath the sea; 'Tw as for tl.em I crossed the ocean, What my hopes wen I'll not tell, Jlut 1 have gained an orphan's portion, Vet He doeth all things w ell. Tell my sisters I remember, Fvery kindly parting word, And my heart has been kept tender, lly the thoughts their mem'ry stirred; Tell them I ne'er reached the haven Where I sought the "precious dust." Jlut I have gained a port called Heaven, Where the gold w ill never rust. Frgc them to secure 'in entrance, For they'll find their brother there; Faith in Jesus, and repentance Will secure for each a share Hark! I hear my favour speaking, 'Tis, 1 know his voice so well, When I am gone, Oh don't be weeping, Urother, here's my last farewell. "To Joe Slansbury Sir, I send you the baby, which you will please to take good care ofaud bring up right, so that it may turn out to be a better man than his daddy. Oh Jogeph! what a tdy old rake you are! wIki would think that such a steady, so ber old spindle shanks could be such a tar-riug-dowu sinner? The child is yours. You may swear to that. You deceived me shamefully, Joseph letting on to be a wid ower but do a father's part by the voting one, and I'll forgive you. Your Iroken hearted, Xakcy. P. Don't let that sharp-nosed wife of yours see this letter. Gammon her with some kind of a story about the baby. ' , . . N." . Mr. P tail sbiirysras In vhc basement kitch en quietly eating his supper, and little im agining what a' storm was brewing over his head. The door of the kitchen was violently thrown open, and Mrs. S.'s voice called out "Stansbury, come up here, you villain here's a mess for you !" The as tonished Staushury hastily wiped his mouth and obeyed the summons. "Don't you want to see .Nancy? the heart-broken IS all ey !" cried Mrs Statisbury, when her guilty husband hobbled up into the room. "Nan cy! what Nancy's that ?" said the sly old rogue in well feigned perplexity. "Why Nancy, the mother of this baby that's been hung up at yourdoor, Mr. .Stanshury. Oh, you look mighty innocent; hutjust read that letter, and then look in that basket. Don't be afraid, it won't bite, it's got no teeth, poor thing! you'll know it for, as your hussy says, it is just like you all over. Flcase goodness, I'll expose you before every lady." And in less than five niinutetJ, Airs Stans bury had collected a room full of spectators, half the inhabitants of the court, to witness the proccrs of unwrapping the baby. Anx ious expectation sat on every countenance, as thejealons lady tore aw ay rag after rag from the body of the foundling, the vigorous movements of which astonished everybody. "It is full of the devil already," said Airs. ,S., "that shows it is his you'll soon see that it is like him in everything." At last, all the swaddling clothes being removed, out jumhed the baby and made its escape through the open door. It was a big toni cat. The Staushury's had been victimi.ed by a practical joker, the contrivance of which was traced to a female neighbor. Airs. 18., who had no taste lor i'.Mi of, that kiud.-inr.de her. cum planus agamsi the suspected party, hut, as the trick appeared to be w ithout malice, no binding over took place. Census of the State of North Carolina. 1850. COFNTIFS. c c The Roue in Salisbury. Wc are sorry to state, upon authority derived from that place, that a malignantdisease, of a conta gious character, is raging to an alarming extei.'t in Salisbury', N. C. Seven out of Eleven Negroes in the families of Alessrs. Lord and Henderson, have died. They call this disease -thk rosk,' though some call it 'kuisvi'Ki.as,' as bad a disease, indeed more fatal than the Small Fox. Wc think this 'rose would smell as sweet by tiny other u a me. Hornets' Sest. Rki'ort okthk Hoard ok IIkax.tii For the week, ending Tuesday, Feb' 'y 25. 'The Hoard' have no new cases to report besides those reported in the Hornets' Nest of the 22d inst. IMHIFRT F. DAVIDSON. J NO. A. YOl'NO. II. ('. CARSON. Charlotte, Feb. 25, 1851. An American Title. "When I was trav elling in Massachusetts, some twenty; years ago," said a traveller, "I had a seat w'ith the driver, w ho on stopping at the postollice, sainted an i!l-!ooki:ir fellow on the step. with "good morning, hope you're w ell, sir." "On leaving the oliice, I asked the driver, If the man he spoke to was really a judge. 'Certainly sir,' he replied: 'we had a cock fight last week, and he was judge.'" Mark Lane ( English ) Eachange. Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, llertie, Illaden, Brunswick, 4 I'imcouihe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Chowan, Cleaveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberla nd, Currituck, Cherokee, Duplin, Davie, Davidson, Fdgecombe, Franklin, Forsythe, Oates, (iranvillc, Oreeue, fJuilford, (astott, Halifax, Haywood, Hertford, Hyde, Henderson. Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Lincoln, Martin, McDowell, Alecklenhurg, Aloutgoinery, .Mou.T., Alacon, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pasquotank, Perquiinons, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, Robeson, Rockingham, Rutherford, Sampson, Stokes, Surry, Stanly, Tyrrell, I nion, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Wntauga, Wayne, Yancey, Judge Saunders, I Population of the States. The follow ing list is said to exhibit correctly the order in which the several State .aml iu point of population, ac cording to the present census: 1 New York, 17 Maryland, 2 Pennsylvania, IS Louisiana, 1'Iie Case of Joe Stanslmry. One of the best stories we have read lately is the following, which appeared a inoug the police news iu the Philadelphia Pennsvlvauiau: -,lrs' .r'sl'lcr w""ry, ircsuiuig m a , ,G Mis:ppi, umirt t-n ii ii 1 11 r f rniii I. lii'iii i,tli i ?i o 1 ' ' about to bring a bucket of water from the hydrant, last night, she found an obi bas ket suspended from the knob of her front door. Putting her hand into the basket, she felt something alive and kieking, but so enveloped iu rags that no discovery could be made without unw rapping the object. A piece of paper, folded like a letter lay by the side of the animated bundle. Airs. Stansbury inimedately returned into the houe and by the light of the lamp examined the billet. It was addressed to her hus band. She immediately broke the seal and read as follows : Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Massachusetts, ( Jeonria, 10 North Carolina, 2G Texas, 11 Illinois, '27 Iowa, 1 Alabama, California, 1: Missouri, 21) 11 South Carolina, ."() 1" Maine, 31 19 Xew.lersey, 20 Michigan, 21 Connecticut, 22 XcwIIunrpsIiire 2.'J Vermont, 21 Wisconsin, 2't Arkansas, Khotle Island, Delaware, Florida. The use of tar and feathers, in the pun ishment of crime, is one of great antiquity. Richard L, in his voyage to the holy land, ordained thus: If any one is cotmrtcd of theft, let his head be shaved, like Cham pion's: let melted pitch he poured upon it, aud feathers shaken over it, that he may be known: aud let him be put ashore at the first land to which the ship approaches. 7,913' 382 3197 Kr7 9: 3U 1323 4,kk 22 583 29 C77 4 H27 C,58Jj 77 G87G 181 87G 31 llCti e,122i 63 595 53 140G 3 1407 7,731 S.37 5249 193 GG0 92 nm 5,48G 2D5 7380 140 583 5G 11170 r,.v-jr2 435.9- 120 G30 70 , 1005 3jT"r30a ""JOB llfl 401 87 771 '-86 1737 105 2287 21 1942 SAAi 100 2132 110 373 4 983 13,943 113 2088 133 883 45 1202 . 4,994 121 1203 55 1J97 8 !2iJ 3.570 288 2187 122 003 15 770 5.1G7 158 1500 01 203 20 972 7,074 420 7780 341 713 501375 7,281 13 1509 01 5U'i 3' 1237 12,184 295 51K)2 185 1782 48 2210 3,005 102 3797 110. ;JGG 23 013 ,593 43 1747 91 972 23 1523 4,204 142 1503 53 453 5 779 7,223 15.30 5914 97 383 07 1344 12,403 930 7217 234 J72 103 2541 4,039 189 2443 92 520 920 ti,499 8 IM 37 459 5 1020 7,197 309 0000 109 1417 03 1419 5.010 79 2171 70 509 41 1027 12,151 103 3192 170 1233 18 2303 8,3: JG 250 8557 210 920 15 1053 5,(500 540 5507 122 012 24 lilt; 9,080 140 1358 112 930 80 1737 1,170 38G 3873 110 -190 22 880 10,529 1114 9980 341 1230 55 2107 3,244 140 3257 00 437 21 084 15,890 004 3180 181 1092 55 3013 0,035 12 2114 35 805 10 1072 5.740 1890 8000 385 1051 4 1759 5,929 707 418 105 820 1110 3.589 833 3704 141 397 21 831 4,800 244 2018 151 415 0 927 0,431 ; 47 924 48 574 1 i29 10,548 30 4102 103 1115 10 1831 8,913 140 4720 124 1149 102 1704 2,152 137 2838 02 210 14 453 3,509 143 4110 93 302 17 700 5,659 33 2075 70 719 80 1022 4.(37 319 3873 99 583 9 923 4,771 213 1201 59 557 30 800 ,321 153 5412 142 1075 10 1032 5,08L 43 1788 72 308 15 902 ? Cimi l!75 ' JJlri .1; 5,008 232 519 07 013 21 9U7 0,000 001 4050 120 732 20 1213 8,220' 883 8001 209 097 180 1884 5,993 820 0511 229 032 7 1344 5,029 107 3110 72 374 27 901 li,423 443 5255 133 1094 17 2205 4,027 1218 3105 94 572 11 1150 3.571 507 3250 143 283 21 818 5,022 270 4893 114 741 17 1070 0,077 87 0033 190 810 42 1310 13,800 396 1440 155 2010 41 2517 4,920 I'M 4704 102 497 3 949 9,895 111 3853 202 1118 108 1841 7,240 1221 4304 155 12(51 27 1513 8,089 430 5329 100 710 15 1693 10,433 217 1905 140 907 28 1833 8,302 405 5085 101 970 50 1582 7,277 134 1881 70 (i'.Mi 34 1200 10,204 212 2000 143 IGOO 43 2800 5,455 47 1459 81 445 15 940 ; 382 128 1712 57 213 41 035 8,02(3 49 1982 107 1235 9 1422 14 2:'0 1200 9419 284 1320 71 2844 4JJ17 441 8887 204 543 21 905 3 '( 215 2215 205 509 24 070 10 784 173 1142 59 1314 9 2050 3213 23 129 23 402 1 509 7 815 G52 5020 224 729 70 1375 7739 51 310 0(3 1328 13 1322 553,773 275(57 289438 10278 03100 2609 100,8l I'aimy Ellslcr is at Moscow, Russia. he has lately told all her diamonds for 75.IM KJ dollars. The above Table was furnished to the Iltldgh Register, by Col. (;;o. Little, the U. Marshal for Xorth Carolina; it is, therefore, correct, and we would advise our friends to preserve it for future reference. The F ree and Slave Xegro population, it may be of some interest to know, hut, at the same time, w c w ould admonish the hum bugs w ho w ish to "change the basis," that as the Western part of the .State progresses iu manufactures, so will its slave population increase, and the very change that is now harped on by such humbugs Y.uccy county sends, may prove troublesome in the end. , "Talk not of freedom to the Franks?, In native swords and native ranks Our hope of Freedom dwells." i We detest the "Raleigh clique" as much as "old Remus" detested the Legislature for not making another Judiciary District aud him Judge, but we also disdain the low, and unprincipled means which some men will use to obtain notoriety. The Democratic party have lost much by their asceudaucy iu tha last Legislature; had that body been composed of the right stuff, all might have boen well but, aud wc think, that should end the chapter. A Vulgarism. One of the most popular vulgarisms of the day is embodied in the word "patronage." Wc have always been at a loss to understand this term as incor porated with the language of the times. 11 a man buys a pair of boots, getting the full value of his money, Iu calls himself the "patron" of tne manufacturer. 1'lie purchaser of six cent's worth of tobacco, or a pennyworth of tape, is a "patron," and looks upon those ou whom he lavished this " patronage " with a condescending eye, as if he led, clothed, and sheltered them One s patron, regarding the term iu iis true light, is a per son who gives oue alms, l'atrouage, iu short, is charitable protection. It is no patron age to give money for its full value. The term, as now most generally employed, is one of a most servile sycophautic character, aud it should be expunged Irom the mod ern vocabulary. 77ioy"7f.-To think is the proper use of mind, and it is a-jtouishiug to find how little this tritc'trufh is recognised. To think, however, is neither common nor to unhabitu ated rniii Is ?asy. The cfi'ort is to many painful, aud the habit one of slow growth. Neither is it so swift a process as seems to be g uerally supposed. . glauce of the mind may be swift, if it be measured geographically, by thy rapidity with which the imagining powers of the mind may go 'from the remotest point lo auother equally re mote; hut the processes of thought are slow. Newton stood for hours wi:h the prism i:i his hand, w hen his theory of colors first germinated in his mind; and Kepler u as manv years in working out his great discovery of the principle which governs the n:o tion of the planets ia their orbits. Ou the first of March, a public dinner is to be given to Mr. Macready, at the Lou don tavern, on his retirement from the Knglish stage. r?ir E. Lulwer Ly tton will pre side, and Charles Dickens, Fsq. is chairman of the "Dinner committee." Fallacies of tlic Gentlemen. Jiy a lujy,trhu un furtanattly k-Kourt c m t4tril That tvDiuen are ouly lni to ic tlnur slaves. . That dinner is to lie ready for them the very miimto they come into the house. That a lady's bonnet can be put on s quickly as a gentleman's hat. That we can tlress in a minute and that rinjnnsr the J jell violently has the ef feet of making us dress one bit quicker.' Tlrattliey can do everything so much lettcr than we can from nursing the ba- "Vjj-Moivn to jHiking thoirre. Tv-Tlnt the v aw tlKrloa Js of creation " Thaifhing can be too ginxl Tor then; ftHTlita sure if von were to nut a hot " ijoirit before them every ulay, still they n. J would be dissatisfied, and would lie grumbling that you never gave them cold meat. That they know our age so much bet ter than w'c do ourselves. (It's so very likely!) That they may invite whom and as many as they please but if we only in vite our mamma to come and stop with us, or just ask a dear unmarried sister or two to stop with us for a month, thai there's To be no p-ace for us so long as they remain in tho house. That nuiMc can be learnt without practising, and that it is necessary for them to rush out and to slam the door violently tlic very moment we begin to open our voices, or to run over tlie last new polka. That sleeping after dinner promotes conversation. That it is necessary to make a poor woman cry, because a stupid shirt-button happens to be otF. I declare some mcu must believe that their wives cut oft" their shirt-buttons purposely, from4he savso pleasure they lake in abusing them for jL That we are not allowed to faint, or to have the smallest lit of hysterics, with out being told "not to make a fool of ourselves." That housekeeping does not require anv money, end if we venture to ask for aiy, 'i:it ti is? ideasant lo be inet w ith all sorts of black looks and insinuations as to " what we can do with it all ;" or very agreeably told that we will he "the ruin of him some day" (I should like to see the day " That the house never requires clean ing, or the tables rubbing, or the carpets beating, or the furniture renewing, or the sofas fresh covers, or iu fact that anything has a right to wear out, or to be spoilt or broken; aud in short, that everything ought to last forever! That a poor lone woman is never to have any pleasure, but always to stop at home, and "miud her children." (I'm tired of such nonsense.) That the wish to go to the opera is to be the sure prelude to a quarrel. .-Thai their daughters can learn music, painting, playing, dancing, and all tho accomplishments, without the aid of a single master. That the expenses of one's household do not increase with one's family, but, rather, that ten children can !esuport ed for the same cost as one. That no husband is perfect, like Her cules, without his club, aud that the less a wife sees of her husband, the fonder she t'ctiiaily grows of him. That it is a pleasure for us to sit up for them. Our fair correspondent says she thinks the above facilities are enough for the present, and wo certainly agree with her; but if the gentlemen show any more airs, she declares that she will give them a lot more. 1.72 r7 11GG 1407 1637 1073 1007 771 11U5 V81 l'J08 i:i7- J'2:7 IX'IU ii:i 1.VJ4 7tJ 18J1 IW lu!0 111!) 10-J7 ISIS 10l j liiu 17.V. fc0 107 OV1 ;)50 1072 172) 11,17 ftil i)T7 i20 1S38 1704 453 7m i3 c'60 1042 i04 . ' Vol 12 ldrf4 i:J14 1M51 2205 1150 cTri 107d 1.J2.J 252d ' 050 10- 1513 1703 lcflMJ 15d2 1303 2810 051 J5 1422 2815 005 070 2050 573 1 570 1388 100028 Cure for :i ISelloufecil Horse. Some few weeks since, being overtakeu by a severe thunderstorm on uiy w ay homo I took refuge under a shelter where were assembled several gentlemen from the tfauio cause. Oneof thegcntlemeu thus accoled me: "Why do you not cure your horse of the bellows;.'' "For the very r.ason that I cannot, I replied. "Well, stranger," said he, "when I am at home, 1 cure all such cases, and warrant them, at ten dollars a head; but, as 1 a.'it a long way from home, and your horse itf a alual)le"one, 1 will tell you how you can cure him eli'cctually in a lew days. In tho fnst place," s ys h .-, "give your horse salt iu Ins water for three mornings in succes sion; after that, pound up a piece of blue stone about the hzc of a chiuquepin, aud mi it with wet meal; give him the sine for ten consecutive morning, feeding him rather lightly for those ten days; and, it Iih is not well at the cud of the ten days, 1 wilt give you my head.' 1 h ive tried the remedy, and it ha w rought a perfect cure; aud 1 now jfive it to the readers of the Ktiquircr, that they may snve their ten dollars loo. Columbus Enqt'inr. Humor says that the riile regimcut now iu Oregon will be tdiurtly ordcrcJ to New Mexico, for the Letter pro tettiou of Ujo frontier.
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