rrian P ft A NE OAS i ?
" . mTTT poTn'PTr T1
PROGRESS OP THE PBESIDEOT. -J
m m. u . mm - i - , t
Oar Lab Eui, Pa Augv2S, 1849-
Prom Newcastle to Erte.GlyJop recr
rela.jmcoi
V . ... - ..'niv.th officer which ther resDCCt-
ed and came to see, hut almost mranahly hare
thev cone away right heartily ashamed of the
slanders which they had believed and sometimes
jtis not a little amusing to witness the discuss
ions between the hard-fisted Democracy who hare
seen the President and those who may hare been
deprived of that privilege it would be;"nute"
for Father Ritchie to crack. ; At Newcastle, an in
dividual of the Democratic parry came running
out of the room, clapping hjs hands, almost an
azony of joy, saying'.' I've seen him ! Pre seen
2m ! JoeTl testify to that !" " S'pose'n you lav
seen him ; he aint nobody," said a gruff looking
individual behind him. "This running after
Presidents aint a doin us any good. We'll loose
half our votes if Old Zeke Taylor goes through
nere again shaking every body by the hand and
gTabbm' hold of the children andkissin the ba
bies and old women. Half the gjrls in Newcastle
are crazy after him now ; and I jist heard out gal
say the feller that she takes must vote for Old
Zach!" And the speaker pulled his hat down
orer his head, with a petulent jerk, and walked
off. . '
The President will be at Erie to-night, where
every preparation has been made to receive him
in style. He is determined to be in Boston by the
fifth of September. At Pittsburgh, a number of
little boys, 8 or 9 years of age, (who had no doubt
been instructed by ambitious parents) asked the
President to give them commissions in the Naval
service. The " old man" told them to go' to school
and torn their lessons well ; obey their parents
and be good boys, and perhaps a few years hence, !
when they would be old enough, the Secretary of
the riay might do something 01 the kind lor
them ; thit a great many boys were ruined for life
by gomj in o the Navy too soon, Sic, A lit
tle girl, who had probably been instructed for the
occasion, went up to Old Zach to be kissed but
drew back just as he took her hand and said,
"Mr. Taylor, I am a Locofoco!" "Are you
sol" said the President, " then I must have two
kisses, for it is very seldom that I come across any
' Looofbco' ladies."
People who think td "catch" the General in
any such way are simply green. The anecdotes
related by Opposition presses, which are intended
to convey the idea that Gen. Taylor is an ignorant
man, are simple falsehoods, and those who be
lieve them are the silly dupes of still more silly
scribblers. Gen. Taylor ia not an eloquent man
nor a fluent speaker, but his, ideas are as strong,
as clear, and as lanre, and far more concise than
those of almost any other public mau in the coun
try. He has, it is true, neither the eloquence of
way, nor tne protundity of Webster, but he has
all the honesty, the patriotism and Duritv of a
"Washington. His modesty is the great block over
which the Democracy has "ever stumbled. Until
they begin to appreciate this they cannot make
much progress. It is a fact that wherever Gen.
Taylor lias been, Democrats have admired him as
Wannlv. and. in some cases. mnn trarmlv than
the "Whigs. w I speak from personal observation
entirely. '
That Gen, Taylor's visit will result in great
good to the country, no body can doubt. It will
enable mm to form more enlarged and more cor
rect VieWS Of all thf trmit infMiXta nf tko niinrv
and to shapfe the policy of.his Administration with
a view to equality between the different sections
and permanency in regard to the measures which
Congress will adopt. That is his great aim. He
looks at details, and endeavors to trace out the
causes and effects of the oast Dolicv of the mv.
ernment. He is guided by no Dartizan views or
feehngs. He does not stop to reflect w hat will be
we eueci 01 uus orinat measure upon the couu
try
Those who have never seen or conversed with
Gen. Taylor may abuse him by saying that he is
ignorant of his duties, but those who know him
well, however bitter -they may have been before
tney Knew- mm, are ashamed of such slanders.
GEN. TAYLOR'S ADDRESS TO THE PEO
PLE OF. WESTMORELAND, PA.
My kind friend and respected fellow-citizens, I
mm unused to public speaking ; my training has been
In a different department of life, and 1 am sure
therefore the tiBcesaaryindalgence will be made by
this great assemblage. But if I possessed the most
gifted powers of eloquence, I could not express in
Words the deep and abiding gratitude which I feel
to the American people. They have crowned me
With praise beyond my .deserving, and unworthy as
1 am, they have elected me to the first office in the
world in point of moral and political dignity. Is
the battles where I bore, command, ; I was sustained
by the American soldiers and volunteers, admirable
4n all the qualltiea which ensure success. Where
they have confidence in their eommander, they hate
hut two thoughts "Our country, and Victory in
her cause"; , With such. soldiers I fought, and with
each soldiers what coold I do but conquer let them
ave the meed pf praise. r - .
I was not deserving of the great office which l now
j " ,mot a oUaUry candidate, but forced
aad constrained by . imjmlaes which I could not re
sist. Bu since the desire of the people has placed
nettertw anxious. thought, my untiring exer
tions will be to promote the. peace, liberty, prosper
ity, and happ!Qe of the nation. You all know that
I was not dief sltned to poUlicsl Forty years of my
lire were spent ia the service of mv iMintvl Toil
privation aaxlety and eare were the elements of
my eaacauon. .utmng uat time, I served my be
loved country with all my energies in obedience to
Jlws. That part of ny life to which I look
oack with the greatest pleasure- ia when I was pre
tecUng the innocent inhabitants of the frontier, the
Women and children, from the tomahawk and scalp-iag-knifa
of the savage.
,J ope myaaotiTeawninot De misunderstood for
niaaang wis journey. I wished to see the great
TManbctuntig establishment of the middle and
BOTtEBrsT States; to witness xtheir flourishing and
t.ijiyniMuOBUrjj 10 ascertain their wants and
wishes; ind to see my kind friends and their Beauti
ful country.
I will give all my sympathy to the friends of lib
erty every where; now' straggling for liberty:' but
my great eare will be to preserve the peace of the
country, end to avoid entangling alliances with any
PMniagtheexsaupl.- of Washington. And now
S It,enT. "P retarB J T grateful thank
for the enthusiastic reception Lhave received. I
it?vte?HmJWleir as face to faeeyand to
tWUnda-epeciaUj the gra j-headed petri-'
mL g JX? ' of othwdayt-and the
prodittgs, 11 became necessary to emnannrf I
hnbLnTSted
reesteiihe court to excuse him. on"th?
hathewas-afiicted.wiih tK-Sl0. ground
tim&h'TAmkk:;T same
TrtT. h , r. T . " cutaneous a miction
a ne court drem ,.
V3'iS? 5d toereforeJecte thS - t - fd
off- - he
iiXT1 roar of Whter sk?n& ,k,
TV of the iS'SSVA-:
im c villi v 1 1 n 1 if
- . t. VL pug. ,
'
same spomanwus yuu., - V -iiTUTlI ,TI wine bitters at tne 91. "w, r
!Tw. iiT.iTorsaJ desire on the part of aH to see the ;m,, rurnB;il was incited by his
Bui Vista and the President of the vim tn . nQ!at dinner at his own
ntau - - w 1 j l I . - .. . .... i.
3tts Many iocoiocos uiic ucvbu u nothunr nice, saw wn
1
"'.- ;---v' 'T--"i.
1 "fom Iht IC 0. Crescent City,,-;
'rnl1An Ttri"'"rTTT-. v
, - ? . saw m f i a. 141 v w w . -
aniU dirtUgaished cititisen ; of oar city, and
of mtm&n t iSl9 corps editorial. Vad a
- A-V tui as vr w -
Iinrt TMlnlnn Ufn Ihl Mniltrr. VherS . t-.tV NT'
n lAmii Vaiin imM fh hrseses ana tree, ena
naally returned at 4 o'clock, with appetites, ft may
,1," rwy .lUrpenod tot th enjoy;
rof.gooddtancr. After imbibing a glass of
companion to
domioil:
did'nt think
we should reach noma in time to dine, bat I reckon
1 can make op aomethtng" that wilt answer the de
mands of hanger for the nonce.
Oh, I'm not particular,' replied the editor, 1 any
thing will answer my purpose. Pm one of those,
yon know, whose wants are very easily supplied.'
Shortening thel way, by easy and familiar chat,
they at last reached thegentleman's dwellingand
at the summons of a ballf a -favorite female servant
came to the door, with her ahining ebony . face
wreathed gaily iq smiles. Whispering a few words
in her muster's ear, almost as soon as he had crossed
the threshold, he exclaimed
You don't sayw so 1 VY hat are thej V
Now,' the editor, though bj no means hard of
hearing, did no quite distinctly understand the re
ply, for the reason that he did not wish to listen to
what appeared to.be a prirate colloquy. He thooght,
however, that the remainder of the conversation
was about as follows :
'A fine pair of ducks,' said the servant.
You don't say so,' said his' host. 4 Well, now, I
am satisfied. Who would have thought that' Kjfo
into the parlor,' said he to his guest, 'I'll join you
there in about five minutes."
The editorial gentlemen quietly wended his wsy
alone to the parlor, wondering in his own mind why
such unusual disturb mce about the dinner should
be made, in a house where everthing was general
ly conducted in the most simple and unostentatious
manner possible; but nevertheless, secretly felicita
ting himself upon the fact that the dinner he was
to enjoy was far more inviting than it had been represented-
Five, ten, fifteen minutes had elapsed,
and his host did not present himself; he fumbled
over the pictures and books on the table, playing a-
while with the poodle uog, which was taking a nap
on the sofa, half whistled a tune or two, hummed the
fraction of a psalm, and was finally found on a paint
ing of Mary Magdalene, to discover new beauties,
wacn dis enieriainer mauo uia appvurancc, juah ex
actly the happiest looking man the editor had ev
er stumbled upon.
'Excuse my detainire you," said he, but you hend
what Betty said In the door?'
'Oh yes,' replied the editor.
'A pair of 'emby Jove!'
So I undirstood her to say,'
And a finer pair I never saw, though I say it who
hhi-l not ; as plump, as fair and as bright, as any 1
ever laid n y ryes on ; come join me in a drink.'
Adjourning to the sideboard, they filled their glas
ses; the editor znve.
Here to them.'
1 Good !' said the host, 'here's to them !
The editor was slightly astonished, for his friend's
way of rejoicing over the ducks was quite singular
he tossed off his wine and commenced promenading
the room, rubbing his hands, chuckling and occasion
ally giving vent (o a guffaw.
' A pup who'd have thought it, and all doing so
nicely too!' w&s his exclamation.
tiuw are you haviug them fixed 1' inquired his
visitor. !
'Oh. I leave that to the women of course; I don't
meddle with that business 7
' But its a pity, considering they are so very fine,
that you harnt another friend to dine with you r
Pardon me, I forgot, 1 am compelled to ask you
to go somewhere else for your dinner
1 To do what V
1 To dine somewhere else 1 You see all is in con
fusion, the servants arc all busy as bees ; it was so
unexpected in fact. 1 did'nt think it would come off
for a week.' ;
Come off, what do you mean V
Why the affair up stairs.'
'And what the devil is the affair up stairs?'
' Why, I thought you heard what the girl said at
the door ?'
' So I did ahe said you had a fine pair of ducks
lor dinner ;
1 Fine pair of what?'
Of ducks!
Fine devils 1 She told me that while we had
been absent, ray wife had presented me with
fine pair of twins, both boys.'
:
The last we heard of the poor editor, he was par
taking of soup1 solitary and alone at a restaur
ant in Oh art res street
a uorgia wedding. i he preacher was
prevented froiri taking his part in the ceremony
and a newly created Justice of the peace, who
chanced to be present, was called upon to officiate
in his place. The good man's knees began to
tremble, for he had never tied the knot, and did
not know where to begin. He bad no 'Georgia
Justice,1 or any other book from which to read
the marriage service. The company was arrang
ed in a semi-circle, each one bearing a tallow
candle. lie thought orer everything be bad ev
er learned, even to
Thirty days hath September, .
April. June and November,'
but all ia vain i he. coold recollect nothing that
suited the occasion, a suppressed titter alt over
the room admonished him that he must proceed
with something, and in the agony ol desperation
he began
Know all men by theae presents, that 1' here
he paused and -looked up to the ceiling, while an
audible voice m a corner of the room was heard
tossy: i
Ho i drawing a deed to a tract of land,' and
they all laughed.
In the name of God, amen' !' he began again,
only to hear another voice in' a loud whisper,
say : f
He's- making hi will ; I thought he couldn't
live long, ho looks so powerful bad.'
Now I lay ime down to sleep, I pray,' was
the next essay, when some erudite gentleman re
marked :
He is not dead but sleepeth.'
0h yes ! Oh yes ! continued the Squire.
A voice replied, Ob no! Ob no! doc'f let's.'
Some person out doors sung out, Come into
court!' and the! laughter was general.
The bride was near fainting, and the Squire
was not far from it ; befog an indefatigable man,
however, he began again. I
To all and singular, the sher' i .
Let' run; ;hes going to level on us said
two or three si once.
,-Here a gleam of light flashed across the face
oUhe Squire. , He ordered the bride and groom
to bald up theiri hands, and in a solemn voice said.
You, and each of you, do solemnly swear, in
the presence of be present company, that you
will perform towards each other, all and singu
lar, the functions of husband and wife as the case
may be, to the best of your knowledge and ability,-so
help you God? '
a ,,Go6diwbtr",imed the father of the
brid, SAxmof d Ado. '
wfd5PlT1ttT'Ro,,-'My dear
boy said a bad hearted country schoolmistress
to an unusually prornising scholar,-whose quarter
SSSRV m7 V?0?' ywrfather wish you
shOTld thread the intricate and thorny path ofthe
profession, thefstnught and narrow way ofthe
SSf 'ream,d toe bowery fields of litera
ture?" No rjiarm,'' replied the juvenile prodi
gy , dad Says he's Coin? to set im tn work in th
I tater patch." j - . 7 :
2$'' rgmia farmer, has recently suc -
, ceeded in covering with a fine growth of natural
' beads of several gendemen of Richmond,
of whom -had beenbaW for many years
i SnVd V? b:aIr,, ."PP from to
m MMm. i a . "
kAIL ROAD MEETING. .. 5
v v A considerable number of the citizen of Ort
ange assembled at the court-house yesterday af?
temoon, ,or the purpose of hearing the addressee
cf Governors Swain and Graham on the subject (
the Norths Carolina Rail Road. The assemblage
wsa brought to order by calling the Hon. J. L. I
r. ! r . . i - v n j . i. r
uaupy io me cnair. juage i. inirouuceo iuo
business of the meeting with a few brief remarks,
rn which he expressed his approbation of the
contemplated improvement,-the great benefits of
which to the State no one could foretell. . -Gov.
Graham then arose and addressed the
meeting at considerable length; and wa followed
by Gov. Swain. Both of the speeches abounaea
in interesting facts," and were-listened to with
great attention: Few who heard them, we think;
could fail to be convinced both of the indispensa
ble necessity of the road to enable Us to compete
with our neighbors, and of our ability to complete
it. We were reminded ol Jbe circurostsnce, that
eighty year ago, when ourineestors were immi
grating into this State v from Pennsylvania, the
iawhelds and all, the recion ot country irom
Granville to the Yadkin, was noted for a fertility
and luxuriousness of vegetation not surpassed by
the richest of the Isnds in the far west, to which
our citizens are now so prone to emigrate. But
nnavlvania has always been famous for her in
ternal improvements, which provided for her far
mers an easy access to market, first by her turn,
pikes, then by her canals, and now by her rail
roads, as the improvements of the age advanced ;
while we remain, as far as the facilities of trans-
portation are concerned, scarcely a 6iep in ad
vance ofthe position in which nature placed us.
The consequence has been, that while they have
been growing rich, we have been growing poor ;
while their farina have been increasing in fert il
ly, ours, many of them, have been putting on
the aspect of old fields ; while that State has
continued to increase in numbers, until it has be
come almost an empire in itself, our citizens are
emigrating io fill up new States, where nature
or industry has opened channels for commerce.
through which they can receive a more adequate
compensation for their labor. It has been stated
hat steam power and the iron horse that never
tires, are performing in these United Slates,
daily, labor equalling that of three, hundred and
hfty millions of able bodied men : In such an
age how can we expect to prosper, if we continue
to pursue our most laborious occupation, that of
carrying our produce to market, with the assis
tance only of the comparatively feeble but far
m-re expensive power of animal muscle?
A striking illustration ufhe advantages result
ing from the use of steam, and the stimulating ef
fects of competition, was referred to by Governor
Swa n in bis discourse yesterday. He r -td from
newspaper an account of the trip of the hrst
steamboat which ascended the Ohio river in the
year 1815. It was a small vessel, carrying only
35 tons of carao, exclusive of her machinery.
S4e made the passage from New Orleans to Cin
cinnati, a distance of 1300 miles, in twenty-eight
running days. She accommodated thirty or for
ty passengers. The prire of a passage from New
Orleans to Cincinnati was $130, and thence to
Pittsburg 330 ; makinjr for the whole distance
from New Orleans to Pittsburg $160. This was
then considered ,a great achievement, but now, in
consequence of improvements in machinery and
the effect of competition, a passage js made in
large boats flitted up like floating palaces, in eight
or ten days, at the rate of only one cent a mile
and the board, equal to any obtained at the most
fashionable hotels, thrown in .'
Such is the triumph of steam ; and shall we not
avail ourselves of all its advantages ?
Hillsborough Recorder.
A Woman's ReasonsA woman's reasons
are said to be three: they are past, present, and
to come, and are as follows : M Because I did"
M Because I will" and M Because I should
like." The first it is impossible to get over ; the
second is almost a hopeless case ; a man must
be a brute indeed if he can for a moment object
to the third. Then the way io which they bring
these reasons to bear in every thing. A man
.would knit his brows surlily to say, in a deep re
pulsive voice, if he liked not the first interroga
tion, M because I did !" Not so with a woman ;
she would put on on of her sweetest looks, and,
half smiling, say, Why, my dear, Decs use I did;
and you know, my love, that's a woman's reason
for every thing." To the eecnnd a man would
reply, "Because I will; and if I don't, why,"
and he would be within a shade of swearing. But
a woman would shake her pretty little head, and
say, Because I will; and you know, my dar
ling, when I say a thing I always do it ; and I
never do otherwise than please you, do I, my
love V As to the third, it does every thing ; for
who can refuse them "what they would like."
True enough, it has brought many a man to the
gallows ; yet who ever could grumble at so inf
ringe trial; a thing that can but happen onre
in a man's life," when it shows his attachment
to the sex ?
EXCERPTS FROM DICKENS Boz.
Anger. The unwonted lines which momen
tary passion had ruled in Mr. Pickwick's clear
and open brow gradually melted away as his
young friend spoke, like the mark of a black lead
pencil beneath the softening influence of India
rubber.
Domestic Afflictions They little know,
who talk of a man's bereavements coldly.what the
agony of those bereavements is. A silent look of
affection and regard, when all other eyes are
turned coldly away the conciousness that we
possess the sympathy and affection of one being,
when all others have deserted us, is a hold, a
stsy, a comfort in the deepest affliction, which no
wealth could purchase, no honor bestow.
Povehty vs. Ovkters It's very reraarka.
ble circumstance, sir," said Sam, that poverty
and oysters always seem to go together." -I
don't understand you, Sam," said Pickwick.
What I mean, sir, is, that the. poorer the place
is, the greater call there seem to be for oysters.
Look, sir, here's a oyster stall to every half do
zen houses; the street's lined with em. Blessed
if I don't think that when a man's very poor, he
rushes out of his lodgings and eats oysters in reg
ular desperation."
l URNprxEs ' Werry queer life is a pike
keeperVsir.' A what 1' said Pickwick. A pike
keeper.' 'What do you mean by a pike-kep.
erj inquired Mr. Peter Magnus. Tbe old un
means a turnpike keeper, gem'len,J observed
Mr. Welltr, in explanation Oh,'said Mr Pick
wick, I see. Yes, very curious life, very un
comfortable They are all on 'em men as has
met with some disappointment in life. said Mr.
Weller, senior. Af, ay,' said Mr Pickwick.
Ye 1 consequence of Kwbich they retires from
the world,, and shut,themselves up in pikes ; par
tly with the view of being solitary, and partly to
revenge themselves on mankind by taking toll.
If they wa gem'men, you'd call them misan
thropes, but, as it is, they only take to pike-keep-ing."
' ' ' .
. We understand that the late DrVWm. S. An.
dres, of Bladen County, provided by hi last will
and testament for the liberation, a year hence,
df ali bis staves, thirty or forty in number, we be
lieve, on condition that' they consent to goto
Liberia at the expiration of the year, during
which time they are to be hired out to' raise the
mean of their transportation and to furnish them
with n outfit. Wilmlng ton Vhronicle.
' " - 1 j . ' . -
An Editor of a Western Newspaper announces
that he has . av fine boy, and cxpresse a tope that
he may live to inherit the fortune his father expect
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We are sure that - thwfr of tmr readers.who are
friendly to General Taylor, and those tod Who are
willing to "judge him impartially, will read with
maeVsatisracn'oa the reporta of remarks rejmtiy
made by him, with characteristic frtokneas.dunng
bJsvUthroughthe Stated Penasylvama, ppo
Jome of the most important topics of our public
Dolicv The moderation and practical sagacity ot
Lis views with regard to the vexed questions the
Tariff and the Sub-Treasury, must especially com
mand theapproval of the country. ,.Tue tohis
cherished sentiment of so administering the Uov
crnment as to benefit the whole people rather than
aggrandize a party, he declares stabimtt m our
Tariff system to be the greatest requisite to ensure
it beneficial operation. Whilst the present law
works unjustly, and is so obnoxious to a large por
tion of the people as to make its modification in
dispensable, he calls upon all parties to exhibit a
spirit of compromise and concession, so that a sys
tem may be established which will be satisfactory
to all. As regards the Sub-Treasury, there are
few who will not second Gen. Taylor's proposi
tion to let it be judged by its operation.' And, first
nf nil. wp rinnht not it will hp ensv to show that it
has undergone no experimentum cruris at the hands
oi me numiuisiraiion wno nrsi oau u ui cuargr.
In contravention of its plain letter, it was, by a
sweep of convenient construction, considered inap
plicable to all foreign transactions of the Govern
ment ; and then, if the receiving and disbursing
officers at home choose to use paper money in
stead of specie, or choose to make deposites in
Banks, it was their affair and not the Govern
ment's ; and so the thing appears to work tolera
bly well, although it really is not workingat alL
Richmond limes. i
FOREST IN A NEW SCENE
A very disgraceful scene occurred a few days
since at f orest Uastle, on the Hudson, it we are
to believe the current reports. It appears that
two gentlemen who had been out gunning, in
duced by curiosity, entered Mr. F.'s grounds oh
their way home, and encountered that gentleman
at a well, where he was engaged with a tin dip
per, slaking his thirst. He roughly ordered the
gentlemen to leave the grounds, it is said, and if
they were not quick about it, to u whip them off'.'
One of them, however, not fancying the tone and
manner of his address, handed his gun 0 the oth
er, when F. struck him on the side of the neck
with the dipper, and received in exchange a tre
mendous blow between the eyes; when both ell
and a scrambling fight took place on the ground.
On rising,Mr. F. backed out, and summoned his
retainers to carry out his threat and eject the party
from the grounds, but a warl ke demonstration
nn their part kept them at bay, and Forest con
sidering that
" He that fights and runs away.
May live to fight another day,"
incontinently fld to his castle, followed hy bis re
tainers, and shut himself up within its wal s. The
gentlemen then gratified iheir curiosity by view
ing the grounds and the exterior of the edifice, and
proceeded on their wsy homeward.
N. Y. Mirror
A ROD FOR GOSSIPS.
The following paragraph, which we find float
ing in the newspapers, bys it on the gossips with
an unsparing hand :
"The slanderous woman poisons theatmosphere
of her entire neighborhood, and blasts the sanc
tities of a thousand homes with a single, breath.
From a woman of this class nothing is sacred ;
she fattens on calumny, and upon slaughtered re
putations. She is the Goul of Eastern story,
transferred from the Arabian Nights to the circle
fireside. She never asserts anthmg she merely
ly hints, and supposes, and whispers what
" they say." Every neighborhood in the city is
infested with some creature of this sort, and in
country towns they often are afflicted with two
or three of the Ghoul Women. One is enough
to set a hundred families by the ears, two can
break up a church, three are sufficient to any
kind of mischief, from the separating of the hus
band from his wife, to blasting the fame of a stain
less girl. A pure woman is simply an angel em
bodied in human shape ; a slanderous woman is
something worse than the Choleracertainly as
infectious as the Yellow Fever."
" There is more truth than poetry in the above.
Pass it round. Preserve it, and whenever you
hear one of these veteran gossips, with a furtive
smile, beginning their " they stty," read the above
aloud. Unhappily, there are male as well as fe
male gossips, but, with a little alteration, the above
" blessing7' will apply to both.
Richmond Republican.
OT It is proposed in the Rateigh paptrs that
another Rail Road Convention should be held at
Greensbomugh, to take measures for forwarding
the subscriptions. We like the ides, and as one
of two days are designated, we take the liberty
of naming the 12ihof October. A call of our
citizens will be made for the purpose of appoint
ing delegates and we hope that Rowan will be
well represented. In the meantime, we hope
that every man who intends subscribing will do
so before our delegates go on. We should hate,
for our county s sake, to hear our representatives
twitted on account' of a poor subscription from
Kowaa. We are well assured that there is a
favorable disposition towards the work among our
people, and with, the proper explanations ther
would go in liberally. Where are our leading
men that they are behind, while such men as
Morehead, Graham, Swain, Gilmer, and Cald
well, are gaining themselves laurel by their
eloquent appeals to the counties cf Guilford and
Orange 1 Will they not also give a portion their
time and bring their influence tn bear on the suc
cess of this work T Carolina Walzkman.
Ahkcdotk or "Old Potmaw." On one occasion
when be had command in the Highlands, there
was a drummer to a British regiment who used to
come at an angle of the fort where Putnam was
blockaded and beat "the rocrue's march." Putnam
stood it as long as possible, when he got a "king's
arm" piece with a six-foot barrel, and deliberately
shot the drummer over, exclaiming at the same time
((Go to h II, with your sheepskin nauie." . -A
T.rw T. inc. This descriDtive stanza is .in
hexameter style, and was written by the celebra
ted Fhvsician ol x micum. it is in repiy 10 a ques-
tion, " W nere Uiu you gei uiai suau, ou - -
I caught this shad with a silver hook
Wit h a silver hook I caught it
; Or. in other words, I had the stuffs '
And wnt aver tar the market, and after trv
ing ia several places to find a good one, at last suc
ceeded. 1 put my nana into my pocnetana iookoui
a quarter, (how it got there is another question,) and
bought it.
That is equal to the old couplet :
1 Maid of the Mountain "green,
And my dear Miss Elixa,
I do most candidly assure you such a beauti
ful prospect has never before very generally been seen.
: ' - !
What is happiness? A butterfly that roves from
flower to flower in the garden of existence, and which
is eagerly pursued by the multitude, in the vain
hope ef obtaining the prize ; yet it continually eludes
their grasp. . ' ' -
; - ' .. . - 7. I
. You look like death on-a pale horse? said Jem to
a toper, who was growmg pale and emaciated.- ,
I don't know any thing about, that," said th to
per,. M butTra death on pale brandy Mr. Horn."
Inveterate.
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD
Who knows; but that in grading the- Road ia the
"deep cut through the hills of the Western counties
Gold, Silver and Copper mine may not be found In
each rich abundance, asto pay for the construction
of jMkizea Rail Roads. Jf so, this money en be paid
into the State Treasury, and thus at once relieve the
p ople from any farther taxatidn oil account of the
Koad. - .-rv- ' " - ' ; -.V.
The real estate in every town and connty through
which the tod passes, will be yaatly improved and
increased in value, but it is conceded on all hrnds,
that it will do more, yea, Infinitely more, for the im
provement and permanent prosperity of Raleigh and
the County of Wake, than any other section. The
eyes of the world are upon us, to see whether we
will accept the glorious boon offered to us by the Le
gislature, or by our suplnenes and indifference in
gloriously rject it, . The crisis is big with our fate
tor weal or wo! -
The responsibility ' of making or defeating this
Ro d depends almost , exclusively upon us ; Since if
we do our duty, it has been already ascertained, that
other deeply Interested sections will not fail to; per
form theirs j bnt if we fail here, at the starting point,
they will fail also. The question,' thea, is, will w
or will we not takepon ourselves' the awful sand
ruinous responsibility of defeating this Road T .Will
we rashly dash this cup rich with blessings and last
ing prosperity from our lips, and consent forever to
become "hewers f wood and drawer ef water' for
Va. and S. Carolina? If so, we may a well at once
hang out harps upon the willoirs and feed upon the
wind, or take np our departure for California.
Then as all are interested, deeply interested, let all
with one accord, and especially the wealthy, the pro
perty holders, the business men, the farmers, mer
chants and mechanics, all take hold with an inflexi
ble determination sever to yield the point, and give
the causeatthis critical crisis the undying support,
to the utmost of his ability, of his band and heart and
purse
Action: action! gentlemen, should oe tne oraer
ofthe day. Nothing save action of the right kind
which is seen and felt in every department of soci
ety in this community, will save this glorious scheme.
Other counties and towns, no doubt, may and will
do a great deal, but without our aid and co-opera
tion to a very considerable extent, the scheme must
and will faiL and upon Raleigh and the Gouaiy.oJ
Wake, must forever rest the indelible stigma. , x
Some have questioned whether stock in this Road
will ever pay a dividend. Let any one took into the
statistics furnished by Governor Graham on this
subject to the State Legislature, and to the Cilleula-,
tions furnished in the published speecn or major
Hinton in April last, and- doubt any longer if
he can. Why should stock in this Koaa npt
pay from 6 to 10 per cent, dividends ? Can any good
reason be given 1 The stock in the Georgia Central
Road pays a handsome dividend, and that country
furnishes not half the produce for transportation,
that will be supplied on our Road. The stock in
all the mam lines in Virginia, Maryland, rvnnsyi
vania, New York, Massachusetts, Tennessee and
Ohio, par handsome dividends : and I verily believe,
as our Central Road will be the main metropolitan
route, and which will fill np the connecting link,
between the IN ort a and ooutn, it must oe more
travelled than any other route. In a few . years, if
the Road should be built, I have no doubt that from
2 to 300 passengers going each way North and
South, will daily pass through this City ; and heavy
laden trains, with freight of produce and merchan
dise, will also traverse to almost an indefinite extent
the Central Rail Road What then, is to prevent
this stock from yielding profitable dividends And
besides the dividends, which I think may be safely
reckoned at from 8 to 10 per cent, there will be the
permanent increase of real estate U through the
middle section of the State, together with the great
increase of population and the rise of property in the
towns, which, has already been shown, will more
than pay for the cost of the road, to say nothing of
the vast amount saved to the tanner in tne aggre
gate, in the transportation ' of his surplus produce
to market, and receiving his family supplies in ex
change, at rates so much less than formerly, s Why;
under this View ofthe matter, even if a capitalist,
who should take stock in this Road, should have
much produce to sell, and supplies to any consider
able extant to furnish for his family would save so
much in the transportation of his articles both ways,
as to remunerate him fully, even If he drew no divi
dend. Why, the building of the Road itself will be
equal to a dividend of 25 per cent per annum, to
every bnsiness man In the country, who makes any
thins to sell or has any thing to buy, whether fais
mer, merchant or mechanic. But independently of
all these considerations, if any man who may take
stock in this Road, should take no. higher, or more
patriotic considerations, than the mere profit he may
derive from his investment, why, even then, in my
humble opinion, it will be equal to any Rail Road
stock in the country for all' time to come.
Then, if capitalists can make a fair dividend up
on their money, and at the same time, so vastly in
crease the value of real estate, and the general pros
perity of the country, from one end of the Road to
the other, surely they ought not to pause and hes
itate, when they have it in their power to shed op
on their native or adopted State such lasting honor
and glory. Could any oue be esteemed a wise man,
who would refuse to take one dollar out of his pock
et to invest in an honorable enterprise, which would,
in a short time, yield him ten ? Would any-man of
sane mind, refuse to spend' ten dollars, in a fair and
honest undertaking, which was to benefit every body
else as well as himself, and which would nett him
one hundred, perhaps a thousand in return?- Sure
ly not Then let no man who has any regard . for
his own or the public interest at this eventful crisis,
refuse his aid in the construction of the Central Rail
Road.
What will posterity think of us, if we fail now to
improve the high privilege we enjoy ; if we fail to
improve our lovely heritage in this beautiful land of
liberty which our forefathers bequeathed to us, un
der the blessing of Heaven, after the expenditure of
oceans of blood, and millions of money In a seven
years war ?
Shall we be content forever to let every thing stand,
as it originally came from the hand of nature ? As
well might we refuse the improvement of our moral
and intellectual nature. We have been blessed with
the finest country' in the world the garden spot of
America. Almost every blessing which Heaven
could bestow upon us, has been given iff rich profu
sion. We have in many portions of the State, the
best and richest lands in the Union; the most heal
thy and salubrious climate; the most abundant min
eral resources of every description ; the best water,
power for manufacturing purposes; the most moral,
industrious and religious population together with
the highest mountains, whose scenery equals that of
the mountains of S witrerland. if we fail; then, un
der all these multiplied blessings, which we enjoy
from a bountiful Providence, tq complete the noble
enterprise entrusted to our care, we shall prove "our
selves to be degenerate sons of noble ies.,,' ?
- In Heaven's name,' deliver us from so foul an im
putation; and let ua as men who have a proper res
pect for ourselves, and a due regard for the interest
of our common country and the prosperity of our
children, now, as w have so glorious an opportunity
to distinguish ourselves, push forward the car of en
terprise, until our whole State ahall smile with Im
provement. C ... x -v i:?;-w;.is4itJs'S
Let the rich men, y especially, remember under
what high and ever during obligations they ; are to
God and their country, for the imbrbvemenf of th'
talents committed to their charge, and. act according
a conscience shall dictate. Of the booiC but mtii
is expected, tho they often, give, in roportidB-no
their ability, more than an v of tWrih w.'i..i
it from high authority -that whew sanch is iven.
much irequired.n& ;' ? i
la making a liberal subscription for the Rail Road,
however, it will not be giving, ia the common accep
tation of that term. It will only be maUns? an in
vestment in an enterprise, which, besides doing o
much honor, to Jhe State will bufl, up more town,
from the sea hoard to the'monntains, and jmprova
a larger section of country, than any other scheme
that could be devised, while, at the samtL.tmie it
will afford i handsome dividend to the stockholder.
..:4T---. -r V--''. - Star. ;
The most dangerous kind of bat that sometimes
me9 Wf.;w "-af -
"I'll take the ruponnbdity" a Jenks said, hen
P0ITOR.
fs
Hv'
Ours are tha nlans nf
Pnwwp-d by party rage to IWe UkTbg
raleighnTc7
Wednesday, September 5, 1849,
" OTJRSELF.
It affords us pleasure to state thai we shall very
shortly be enabled to effect the contemplated en
largement of the REGisTta. , vWe have ordered,
and expect in a few, weeks, the necessary materi
als, Pres.. We hope tq present our Patrons
with a sheet that will vie in appearance and size
with any of its Southern contemporaries.
Our dimensions increased, we. shall of course
have greater space to devote to Miscellaneous mat
ter, and greater attention shall hereafter be paid to'
that Department., The state oXthe Markets, busi
ness intelligence, &'c, shall engross large share
of our columns. And, as the ensuing , session of
Congress will doubtless be a most excited and mo
mentous one, we shall secure the services of an
intelligent Correspondent,' who will keep our read
ers advised of whatever of interest transpires.
Will those df. our friends' -Who have .received
Prospectuses'please rm tern? S Will oot each
of them send jus at least one new Subscriber
In looking over, recently, the Piles of the Re
gister, we were struck with the names of dis
tinguished men in North CaroHna that have been
Stricken from the rolls of the'livmg,' in the last
eight or ten year$r . We do not know that the list
we subjoin, "embraces all that should be properly
included, but the'catalogue is sufficiently studded
with bright names, when the brief limit of time is
considered, to impress upon each one of us "what
shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue :"
John' Owen, William. B. MeareSj ; JLewis Wil-
h'ams, William Robaxds, Rer." Drr McPheeters,
Hon. William Gaston, Judge Daniel, William W.
Cherry, Jloni Charles Shepard; Louis D. Henry,
Michael Hoke,s Hon; Charles Fisher Gen; Ed
mund Jonesv ' - :
XntemaL Tjupraremellt , Meeting The
" vv. ... -g- " ': -Bail Road.' v
We wish that every friend of the Central Road
in the State of. North , Carolina could have been
present at the enthusiastic meeting of our Internal
Improvement Association; on Saturday evening
last It was one of the largest town-gatherings
that we have ever attended here, and decidedly
one of the most intelligent and respectable that we
have ever seen anywhere. . Heioit W. Milleh,
Esq. addressed the meeting in his peculiarly vigo
rous and eloquent style, and the Subscription lists
were increased upwards of two thousand Dollars.
The proposition for a Convention, to be holden
at Greensboro', in October, for the purpose of pro
viding the means, &c., to defray the expenses of an
Agent to canvass the State and solicit subscrip
tions to theJEtoad, meets with general approbation.
The necessity of some such course seems to te
universally appreciated. The people are gradual
ly awakening, more and more, to the commercial
degradation of our State, and the vital importance
of the Central project . We must strike while the
iron is hot and leave no stone unturned. All that
is necessary, is that-the masses should be made ac
quainted with their true interests J and m no way,
certainly, can thjs object be better , effected than
through the services of an efficient and able Agent
one m whom the people have confidence, and
who may be qualified, by t position and character,
to give a strong moral weight to his mission.
Tbe Abdnction cev-arrival of Rey.
' Jvxk Gxkcik alias Ret .has returned Jo. New
Orleans, and isnbw iodjin'tiiePriron of that
City, to secure his testimony aAd . tei . protect his
person against .trespass. - He- has been delivered
up by the Cuban authorities, in pursuance of the
demand of the PaiauJEKT,, thtpUgh. pur- Consul
at Havahathe demand being made 5 upon the
uixXoGorernm bounds main
bjait the myjc4abiiity of the person of every man
entitled tq the protection of the. American Consti
tution and Laws.Garoa' says he was forcibly
abducted, f t ., . ,
' ; The President has thW abrded the best evi-
dmoatxif his iLtfrminqtkM tft, trmintflin OUE rights
undisputed and to guard weil out naticrnal honor,
t$h)! he has
evinced his femdn forP his late timely
PxoclamauWrTlie latter w doubtless cause
the abaiittpnment of the Ctiba movement, while
his prompt,and dedsivt cursein the first named
trarmctiori has quieted aa affiuV, that threatened
axsrious esulfi;4 Such are' the' fruits of a Whig
Administrauon. ' " v
. Rhocle Island .XUectiaii--
The electiort held for a Represenutivl- Con
giw fW'the western disu
Oik Tuesday of Jast week, .resulted ,ia the choke
of Nathut F- Dixojt, the Wbcaididate, by a
decisive majority. This is is reader proba
bly knows, a gain of one"VvTug member from that
State. x -'- ,
" This mformatton is the' more acceptable, as
there was reason to apprehend from the " Frec
SoU" party having fonnailyynthdrawii'its own
candidate aiid mroyra the scale
aga tiie hj -mat tie result might have
bew different
Presi?nt'a visif to that citT. 1 intend holding a
V-jL tJ iX'Ai Ar ladies, in his
IP"1!? jf "t
. , ,vv me ny punusmng a newspaper.
he held oat his arms for the baby.
i nonor.