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PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY WILLIAM W. HOLDER EDITOR AJVD PROPRIETOR. THE CONSTITUTION AHD THE UNION OF THE STAMiSU-THKY "MTJST BE PRESERVED." VOLUME XII. mJMBER 175. RALEIGH, nr. C. WEDINFSDAV, NO VEnBElt 19, 1843. 3 PER AN HUM, P-4 YABLE IJV AD V A JVC E. THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM -IN IDTAKCE. Those persons who remit by Mail (postage paid) Five Dollars, will be entitled to a receipt Tor Six Dollars or two years' subscription to the Standard one co py two years, or two copies one year. For four copies, : : : : $ " ten " : : 20 oo " Iwenty " : : : 85 00 The same rate for six moths. , . -Any person procuring and forwarding: five subscri bers with the cash (15.) will be entitled to the Stand ard one yearree of charge. Advemtisements not exceeding jovrtcen ,ine, win be inserted one time for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion ; those of great er length, in proportion. Court Orders and Judici al Advertisements will be charged twenty-five per cent higher than the above ra'es. A deduction of S3 1-3 per cent, will be made to those who advertise by the year. fjcj-If the number of insertions be not mark ed on them, they will be continued until ordered out. Letters to the Editor must come free of postage, or they may not be attended to. Bargains, Bargains. READY MADE CLOTH I NO, JUST RECEIVED AT THE Baltimore Fashionable Clothing Emporium. Any person wishing to get a bargain in the Clothing line, will please give me an early call, as my assortment is now the best in the City and selling very fast. GEO. VV. TAYLOR, Agent. Raleigh, N. C, October 27th, 1845. 573. Flannels! Flannels! Rodgers Patent warranted not to shrink. English Flannels, very wide and fine. A new assortment of Lard Lamps. Nov. 5, 1845. 574. 'T. H. SNOW. Bank of Cape Fear,? Wilmington, Oct. 20th, 1845. J THIS BANK has declared a dividend of 3 per cent for the half year ending 31st instant, and the same will be payable to the Stockholders or their legal repre sentatives on or after Monday the 3d dav of November. THOS. H. WRIGHT, Cash'r. 573-r. NEW BOOTS AND SHOES. O. L. BURCH Sr CO. HAVE received their Fall supply of BOOTS and SHOES which embraces every thing usually kept in a Shoe Store. A large supply of Calf Stiched Boots, Do water Proof, which we had made to order. Gentlemen's finest Boots and Shoes of our own make, kept const untly on hand, and made to order when re quired. Crawford's Best Philadelphia Calf Skins for sale Two or three first rate Boot and Shoe makers will , nnd employment oy eariy application no outers uceu apply. Raleigh, October 29th, 1845. 573-tf. Twenty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber, at Woodsdale, on the 24th of September last , a yellow Negro Man by the name of BIRD, about thirty-five or forty years old, about five feet nine or tea inches high, straight black hair, quick j spoken . and is a first rate smith. Also his son a tolerable smith, about seventeen years old, rather short er stature, and stammers very bad in talking. The above reward will be paid lor the apprehension and con finement of said Negroes in any jail in this state. HUGH WOODS, Sens. October 29- 573 3w. Olne and Isinglass. A LARGE supply of Cabinet Glue, White Glue, and Coopers Isinglass, just to hand, and for sale by P. F. PESCUD. October 27 , 573. House Builders and Painters who need Paints, Sand Paper, Window Glass and other arti cles in my line, will find some advantage by giving me a call. I have received recently a large supply of the above articles and will sell them very low for cash, or on the usual terms to punctual customers. P. F. PESCUD. October 29th, 1845. 573. Salad Oil. "F you want a superior Bottle of Salad Oil, call and . supply yourselt at P. F. PESCUD'S Drug Store. 573. October 29th, 1815. Mustard. FRESH article of very superior Mustard, just opned and lor sale very low uy P. F. PESCUD. 573. October 29th, 1845. Tamarinds. o NE case Tamarinds, just to hand, and for sale low n m nLcnrTr by P. F PESCUD Oct. 27. 573 ATTENTION! INVALIDS. 1HAVE received by iecett arrivals, the following highly approved preparations, viz ; Peters' Pills, Beckwith's do. Jayne's Expectorant, Kolmstock's Vermifuge. McMunn's Elex of Opium, Bernard's Cholera Medicine, Pease's Hoarhound Candy, Bartholomew's Cough Syrup, Bull's Fluid Ext. Sarsaparilla, Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, And many other valuable Medicines, all of which are warranted eenuine. P. F. PESCUD. October 27lh, 1845. 573. Fine Chewing Tobacco. TfcM"EARES' Fine Chewing Tobacco, twenty years 1WM. old, for sale by W. & A. Raleigh, October 21st, 1845. STITH. 572-tf. Notice. WILL be sold at the Court House door, in the town of Kinston, on Monday the 1st day of December next, the following Tracts or parcel of Lands and Town Lots, or so much thereof as will pay the taxes due there on for the year 1844, and costs of advertising. 1 Tract of 50 acres lying on North side of Trent river adjoining the lands of Joseph Kincey and Isaac Brown, said to belong to John Conner, unlisted, . 9 15 1 do lying on North side of Trent river adjoining , the lands formerly belonging to Isaac Brown and Joseph Kincey, said to belong to Nathaniel Williams, supposed to be 100 acres, unlisted, 30 1 do of 108 acres formerly belonging to Blany Moseley adjoining the lands of Isaac Wingate, Manoah Patrick, C. H. Dudley and others, un listed, S 60 1 do of 122 acres lying in Kinston District, fee belonging to Wm. Hutchens, unlisted, 1 46 1 do of 75 acres lying in Daoghetys bridge Dis trict, belonging to tbe heirs of Green, formerly given in by Hardy Watson, unlisted, 45 1 Town Lot in town of Kinston, No. 9, belonging to Elizabeth Anderson, unlisted, 75 1 do No. 24, belonging to Simon and Wm. Hutch ens, unlisted, 80 3 do Nos. 130, 131, 132, belonging to William B. Murchre's heirs, unlisted, 1 12 J 7 do Nos. 133, 134, 135, 136. 138, 189, 140, be longing to Wm. Croom's heirs, unlisted, 1 05 RICH'D W. KING, Sheriff Oct. 24th, 1845, (Pr, adv. $5 00.) 573-5t Sk. CO., Importers and dealer la Bri 83 Main street, Richmond, Virginia FALL IS45. T171? hav nnnr in store, of onr own importation and ff purchases in the Northein cities, an unusually lame stock of Kntjlish, t Tench, uerman ana uouiewn Our assortment of coarse Woollens. Oznaburgs, Sheet ings and Shirt inzs. Calicos. Sec. is more full than it has pffir heretofore been: and in addition to all kinds of STAPLE GOODS that are eenerallv found in a whole sale house, we have a great variety of FANCY ARTI CLES, for both ladies and gentlemen's wear We offer our stock to Merchants from the coun try at veiy reasonable prices, on moderate terms, and respectfully ask an examination ol it. RICHARDSON CO Richmond, Septr 4, 1845. 566-17t DESlRABliE GOODS. rrHE subscriber, has just received his supply of Fal L and Winter GOODS, and solicits a call from cus tomers generally. Also, Groceries, among which may be found superior Syrup, Mocca Coffee and superior Green Tea, Woolseys, Crushed Sugar, Slc. . T. H. SNOW. October 22d, 1845. 572. mHE subscribers have just received a large and ex rellent assortment of NEW GOODS, of various styles and qualities, consisting in part as follows For Gentlemen's Wear. Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings of every shade and quality, Satinetts plain, striped and plaid, Kentucky Jeans of various colars, Hats. Boots, and Shoes of all qualities and prices, Lat.bswool. merino, Silk, and Buck-skin Shirts and Drawers, Stocks, shirt collars, scarfs, bosoms and cravats, Lambs wool, Angola, worsted and cotton half-hose, Gloves, hoskin, silk, woolen, and cotton, Together with every thing suitable for gentlemen's wear. For Ladies. Black rep Silks, four-fourth, very superior, Do do three-fourth, uo. Black figured and colored Silks, Oil silks, do. Wide Black silks, for aprons, Foulard silks, of various colors, Rich brocade figured Velvet, Cashmeres, Mouslin de Laines, Alapaccas, Tesanes, Cusans, of every variety, reality and price, Rich brocade Worsted, changeable colors, Black Bombazine, Swiss, Book.Tarlton, Medium, and Jaconet Muslins and Cambrics, Satin striped Easier Robes, Great variety of figured and plain wide Laces, Great variety of Lisle, Camoric, and Swiss Edging, Great variety Linen and Cotton Bobinctt, Bonnet and Cap Ribbons, Kid. Silk, and Worsted Gloves and Mits, Gimps, flat and round, of various qualities, Fringe's of a variety ol shades for ti imming Dresses, Girdles, assorted colors, Net and Lace Caps, Fancy Cravats, Dress Handkerchiefs, and Scarfs, Corded skirts, Grass ditto, Great variety of Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs, American, English, and French prints great variety. Ditto Oil Prints, Manchester and Urstcn Ginghams, Silk, Cashmere, Lambswool, worsted and Cotton Hose, General assortment of Ladies Shoes. Domestic Ooods, Flannels, dec. Red and White Flannels, Domestic Flannels Ditto, Bed-ticking, and apron Checks good qualities, Brown and bleached Sheetings and Shirtings, Kerseys, good assortment, , Carpetings, Woollen and Cotton, Brown Linens and colored Cambrics, Uumbrellas and Parasols. Indeed the subscribers have on hand a rich, useful and complete assortment of GOODS, which they offer for sale at low rates for cash, or on a short credit to punctu al Dealers. In addition to this lot of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, they have Groceries, to wit : Loaf, Brown, and Crushed Sugars, Teas, Coffee, Powder, Shot, ice., which will be disposed of on accommodating terms. They can confidently recommend their Stock to a liber al and discriminating Public, and hope those in want of Goods will call at their Store before purchasing else where. Do not forget Russell & Coops, Ne. 29, one door above Richaid Smith. RUSSELL Be COOKE. Raleigh, October 14, 1845. 4? 6?l-tf. Qrj- Register and Star copy. HEW FA EE AMD WINTER OOODS. THE subscribers are opening an extensive assort ment ol DRY GOODS, consisting of CLOTHS of almost every color and quality, for Dress, Frock and Over-Coats ; Cassimeres, from $1 per yard to the first quality, in great varieties ; very superior plain jand fancy Silk Velvet; plain black and lancy Satin ! plain black and figured Challtes. for Vests. Also, a j general supply of Silk, Lambs-wool, Merino and Cotton ! Hosiery ; Linen Shirts, Shirt Bosoms and Collars, of the latest styles ; fine Silk and Cambric pocket Handker chiefs ; plain and figured Scarfs and Cravats ; suspend ers; black and lizKt Silk and Kid Gloves ; Satin and . . . . i . i i5ombazine stocks ana i ies,&.c; wun a complete assort ment of Tailors' trimmings, at wholesale and retail. Together with a large lot of Ready-made Clothes, both of their own and of Northern manufacture. The above goods were bought for cash, with great care by one of the firm, in New York, and will be sold for a small advance on the first cost for cash, or to regu lar customers on rfihort credit. Theylntend to offer such inducements, in quality and price, as will make it the interest of all to purchase. 0CJ- Call and see their stock. The reports of Fashions, embracing the latest Eu ropean and American styles, received monthly. Their grateful acknowledgments are tendered to their friends and patrons for past favors, and a continuance is respectfully and most earnestly requested. SMITH & BIGGS. Raleigh, Oct. 8, 1845. 570 8t. -r- The under signed will attend J-3 regularly the County and Superior Courts of Wake, Granville, Franklin, Johnston and Nash,' and the Superior Courts of Warrei and Halifax. All busi ness entrusted to his care will be promptly attended to. HENRY W. MILLER. Raleigh, N. C. Sept. 8tb, 1845. 567-tf. DEVON AND DURHAM CATTLE FOR SALE. Being over-stocked with Cattle, I now offer for sale, at reduced price., ten or filteen North-Devon COWS and HEIFERS of the most approved breed, in calf by a half Devon and half Short-Horned-Durham Bull of the best milk breed, whose ancestors have taken the first premiums for milk, beauty and size. Also, four half North-Devon and half Short-Horned-Durham BULLS eighteen months old, very fine. The North-Devon and Short-Horned-Durham are said to be the best breed of cattle in England. I have been im nrnv;nr mv Stock of Cattle for 16 years, and think I now have in the Devon and Durham the best Stock of r3 I IJ lUD XCfUH " J Cattle tor the practical larmer m ine unueu oraies. j The great grand dam ot the above Bulls is the far-famed . Dairy Maid, now owneu oy suum w"jfu , Philadelphia, and cost him 4&. sne gave i- qusrw of Milk per daj , for weeks, and over 12 pounds ol cut ter per week. Their grand dam was of blood equally as good, and has taken the first premiums tor improved Short-Horned-Durhams. I have certificates in my pos session to prove the above facts. They who wish to buy will do well to apply soon as now is the best time to remove Cattle . . My price lor the above Bulls is M each; tor the Cows and Heifers $25 each. S;TH JONtb. Pomona, 15 miles N. E. of Raleigh, Oct, 15th 1845. 7l-4t- MISCELLANEOUS. From the Newark Daily Advertisers I. Since dust to Deity may speak, I come, Oh God ! with bleeding breast": Hot tears fast falling on my cheek Dissolving manhood heaving chest And quivering Hp that unexpressed Leaves words, and utters only sighs, The greatness of my grief attest Grief steeped in. bitterest memories. I need not tell thee she is dead Cold in the churchyard who to me Was as all earthly joys instead, All treasures of the land and sea All dearest names, lite, liberty, Health, honor, fame, could not confer So perfect a felicity As that I once enjoyed in her. Thy brilliant boon of love and bliss, In her bestowed, is now no more. Oh help my heart to bow to this To trust and tremble and adore; For she called .mine was thine before Nor did desert me title give Else would'st thou now the lost restore, Aud cause the dead again to lire. Her life transcribed each wedlock vow Prized much but not enough while here; I owe to her sweet memory now, ' The meed of some melodious tear.1 Thrice happy he whose heart is clear From self-reproach, regret, remorse Who through no hour of former year Has failed to prove love's utmost force. II. Oh, she was all a wife should he, Albeit her theughts were meekly bent On household good and piety. What life so sweetly eloquent, Or so acceptable to Thee, As one in humble duty spent ! If not to dazzle with the play Of wit was her's, she knew to bless With smiles as cheerful as the day, And looks of love and loveliness Maintaining thus by happiest art Perpetual sunshine in the heart. ' Twas not fading charms of face That riveted Love's golden chain It was the high celestial grace Of goodness, that doth never wane Whose are the sweets that never pall Delicious, pure, and crowning all. III. Now she is gone ! now she is gone ! Her thickest night doth ever shroud From mortal view, and I'm like one Whose ' welfare passeth as a cloud.' Lo ! I too go with sorrow bowed To the dim land of shadows, where She waiteth haply, mid the crowd Of coming ghosts, my entrance there. Yet were it better far to think She's now my glistening angel-guard. Still joined by love's unsevered link, And near to keep aye watch and ward Thy swift winged messenger, Oh Lord ! To bear me good, to banish ill, Along life's pathway, steep and hard My solace, friend, and help-mate still. Oh, that my smitten heart may gush . Melodious praise, like as when o'er " - Eolian harp-strings wild winds rush And all abroad sad music pour So Heaven's sweet minstrelsy might hush Brief time to listen, for I know The hand that doth my comforts crush Builds bliss upon the base of woe. If thy own Son was perfect made Through suffering deep as hell's abyss, And light afflictions here are paid With an eternal weight of bliss Sure I unmurmuring should kiss Thy rod of judment patient climb The Mount of Pain, content that this Leads gradual to thy seat sublime. The time is near when all shall seem That men pursue with ceaseless thirst The vainest nothings of a dream, Or phautoms that wild madness norst: Then when of life I know the worst, And death his stroke shall not defer, On my rapt soul perchance shall burst The vision bright of Heaven and her. The murmur of my whispered prayer Fails not to teach Thy listening ear : Though sounds unnumbered fill the air, - It o'er them all swells loud and clear, Proceeds it but from heart sincere All crushed and contriteyielding thence A pleasing fragrance, far more dear Than sweetest smoke of frankincense. Newark, Sept. 1815. A. C. Some unknown poet, in an exchange paper, re lates, in very touching verse, the opposite fate of two early friends. We agree with Field of the Reveille, who says that the little tale has a great mora : One took a paper and his life Was happier than a king's ; His children all could read and write, And talk of men and things. The other look no paper, and While strolling through the wood, A tree fell down upon his crown, And killed him as it should. Had he been reading of the news, At home, like neighbour Jim I'll bet a cent that accident Would not have happened him. True religion- Somebody, who has evidently got into the world through some mistake, has writ ten this : ' - 41 What are another's faults to me 7 I've not a vulture's bill To pick at every flaw I see, And make it wider still. It is enough for me to know I've follies of my own And on my heart the care bestow, And .let my friends alone." The following beautiful lines says the Oxford (Geo.) Republican suggested themselves to our fancy on reading in friend Newton's Southern Re porter, Counsellor Baine's advertisement, by which it appears that some feller has been " marking" his little pig ; cruelly slitting its little ears, doubt less with the intention of "cutting and coming . , . - ... a a i my agaui iui ic muc pigsjj-"'"oBJ mwmv. nw that's the way we've had every crittur sar ved we ever tnea to raise Oh, ever thus, since childhood's hour, Ve've seen our fondest hopes decay ; Ve never raised a calf or cow, or Hen that laid an egg a day, But it was " marked" and took away 1 Ye never fed a suckling pig, To glad us with its sunny eye, But ven 'twas grown up fat and hig, And fit to roast, to boil, or fry Y couldn't find it in the sty ! A GOOD PLAN FOR THE SOUTH. "An article in the Charleston Mercury intimates a doubt as to the good the Memnhii Convention is a a w- likely to do. In the absence of any more feasible project, tnerelore, we have one in our mind which we should like to recommend to the consideration of its members. It is well known that the tariff policy has for many years operated very unfavorably on the in terests of the South, and that her statesmen and people have tried every means of relieving- them selves from the burden in vain. For some reason or other, there have always been found votes enough both in the Senate and the House of Rep resentatives, to inflict the curse upon them in some shape, open or disguised. T-v til a. a . t$ut amia all the expedients .thev have resorted to, they have never thought of one which is qnite simple, perfectly practicable, nnd easily justified oy the morality of a certain school of politicians. it is that of purchasing Mr. Daniel Webster, the eloquent and distinguished senator of Massachu setts. He was formerly, it is well known, a stre nuous advocate of the commercial nrincintes for which the South contends, and was only induced to change his opinions, according to his own con fession, after Ins constituents had made it for his and their interests to be friendly to the tariff! Now, it is currently reported that the sum of one hundred thousand dollars was lately invested by the manufacturers of the East, for the benefit of Mr. Webster, and in order to retain so strong an advocate on their side of the question. What we wish the Convention to consider, then, is this: whether a similar, or even ereater sum. could not be raised by the planters of the South, for the ex clusive use of the same eminent o-entleman. and a hereby secure his eloquence nnd his votes to that view of legislation which he originally took? Balancing between these equal motives, on either side, his reai convictions, perhaps, might step in. and induce him to favor bis clients of the South ! The thing is certainly worth a trial. 1 hat Mr. Webster is worth buying is almost self-evident. In the first place, he is a man of great mind, and lawyer-like, can argue any side of a question with the acutest skill and most tre mendous effect In the second place, he has a vote in the United States Senate, and commonly carries along with him the vote of his colleague, which makes four votes gained. And in the thud place, he is supposed to have some influence with the Massachusetts delegation generally in the House of Representatives, and four or five votes in that quarter are not to be ' sneezed at. The ad vantages of the acquisition, therefore, can hardly be doubted. How then is it to be made? The answer is plain. Let each planter in the United States con- tribute his quota towards a general sum, which shall be invested in some safe stock, and the inter est to accrue to the benefit of Mr. Webster. In this way the burden will fall lightly upon the shoulders of each contributor. Let us suppose there are fifty thousand planters in the United States opposed to tbe tariff at the rate of two dol lars a head, they could raise a sum equal to that of their Eastern rivals. Or, if they should pre fer paying as they go, an annual contribution of ten cents each would be five thousand dollars, or better stilt, adopting The rini method so much np- Droved I bv another Vanie a auarr of a cent a Fy.Ey-CJtJu I 1 week on the part of each planter, would raise an annual stipend, even greater than that of the manu facturers, and quite equal to the generous scale of expenditure by the illustrious, individual for whom it is designed. It will thus be seen how easily the whole thing can be accomplished to the perfect satisfaction of all concerned, and the "lasting ad vantage of the nation. If, Y. Evening Post. Depratily. The following exquisite sample : Atik O Qmitk's Knanm ics o iTV r; 1 1. I Ku a correspondent of the Boston Atlas. We have, . . J never read anything better of the queer Canon of St Paul's : My lastconlams some account of my visit to aara Falls. Henceforward. I believe. I shall Nimrarn hiiiis Hcncp ftrwnrri I hulipvp 1 shall dateeverylhing an event from the time before and alter having stood on Table KocU. tJut I retrain very sighs, ne strung every nervo lor ine slow from sentimentalizing, or even talking more on .death he must meet this subject, lest I become like the gentleman who At length the opening was declared large c had such a passion for the North Pole that he j nough, and he was lifted into it The workman coatd talk of nothing else. This, by the way, in- began at the feet, and with his mortar and trowel, volves an anecdote of Sydney Smith, which may built up with the same carelessness he would ex be worth mentioning whilst I think of it j hibit in filling up any broken wall. The success The gentleman referred to, had, as many mid-, fu enemv stood leaning on his sword a smile of die aged and elderly gentleman have, a hobby his was the North Pole. You could not start a subject which he would not, by 3ome ingenious device or other, bring to bear on the object of his J attention. He read little except the history of! Arctic voyages, and the lives Polar of Navigators ' in short, he bored every one, who came near him, almost to death by his continual harping on one string. On a certain evening he was at a party of which the facetious Canon of St Paul s formed one. Mr. B. -, as usual, commenced riding his pole, and so persevering did he bore a gentle man near him with it, that the tormented man, in an agony of irritation, exclaimed, to the wonder and horror of Mr. B , Damn the North Polef Shocked beyond measure at such blasphe my, he sat silently and sullenly, when he was ob served by Sydney Smith, who inquired what air ed him? 'Why,' siad Mr. B , in reply Mr. So-and-so has behaved abominably, sir. What do you think he has done V Don't know, he's bad enough for anything,' was Smith's answer. 1 What is it pray V Why,' said Mr. B , lifting up his eyes in horror ' he damned the North Pole.' 'Oh,' said Mr. Smith, 'never mind him, its a sad way Re's got Do you know Mr. B. and here Sydney Smith, with a look of pious hor ror depicted on bis countenance, exclaimed, Sotto voice 'do you know, sir, that a few hours ago I actually heard him speak disrespectfully of the Equator !' Gallantry. A young lady returning late from a concert, as it was raining, ordered the coachman to drive near the sidewalk, but was unable to step across the gutter. " I can lift you across," said the coachee. " Oh no," said she, " Ym so heavy." " Lord marm," replied John, " I'm used to lifting barrels of sugar." The coachman made a raise and doubtless a sweet load he had. True to his order. Mr: SergeantDavy, eminent in the last century, was once upbraided with low ering ' the dignity of the brofession,' by accepting silver as fees from a client ' I took silver,' he said, 'because I could not get gold, but I took every rap the fellow had; and if you call that lowering the dignity of the profession I don't know L what the dignity is.' A MAN BUILT IN A WALL. From Headley's " Letters from Italy. "j FtpRENcaMay, 1843. We entered the little town of San Giovanni, (St. John,) and after strolling over the cathedral, sent for tbe woman who keeps the key of the door that shuts over the withered form of a man cased in a side wall of the church ol San Lorenzo. As the sort of trap door swung open, I recoiled in horror, for there stood upright a human skeleton, perfect in ail its Darts, starino nnnn mp with h; dead eye-sockets.' No coffin enclosed it no ma son work surrounded it. but amnnir iIia n.iL-fvl jagged stones, it stood erect and motionless. This church has been luilt centuries now nnd remained untouched till within a few years, when in making some repairs, the workmen had occa sion to pierce the wall, and struck upon this skel eton. They carefully uncovered it, without dis turbing its position or loosening a single stone woy nnu wnereiore, I cannot tell, but the priests have suffered it to stand in tho Tilace nnd nttitnrl it was discovered, an objecs, of superstitious dread. yet of universal interest A narrow door has been made to swin? over it, to protect k from in jury, nnd shield it from the eyes of those who worship in the church. The frame indicates a powerful man, and though it is but a skeleton, the I . . a m wnoie attitude and aspect give one the impression of a death of agony. The arms are folded across the breast in forced resignation, the head is slight ly bowed, and the shoulders elevated, as in the ef- iort to breathe, while the very face bereft of muscle as it is seems full of suffering. An English physician was with me, and innur ed to skeletons as he was, his countenance chang ed as he gazed upon it, and then his voice was low and solemn, as if he himself had seen the living burial. Said he. " that man died by svffocalion, and he was built alive in that wall." In the first place, it is evident it was a case of murder, for there are no grava clothes, no coffin, and no mason Vork around the body. The poor civility of a savajge was not shown here, in knock ing off the points of the stones, to give even the appearance of regularity to the enclosures. He was packed into the rough wall, and built over, beginning at the feet. It is extremely difficult to tell any thing of the manner of death, whether painful or pleasant, by any skeleton, for the face alway has the appear ance of suffering; but there are certain indications about this, which show that the death was a pain ful one, and caused, doubtless, by suffocation. In the first place, the arms are not crossed gently and quietly, in the decent composure of death, but jar over, as with painful effort, or oy force. In J ,bc sccond ,Q lhe fthouMe are eevated, as if the Inst ftirnnor efTnrt nf the mnn tvna fnr Knuih In the third place, the bones of the toes are cul- l'e prisoners, and resumed : " If I am not deceiv ed over the edge of the stone on which he stands, ; c according to the contents of the paper I noar as if contracted in agony when life parted. n hold in my hand, these men are accused of "And," continued the doctor, wkh true profes- prenchiBg the gospel of the Son of God 1 Grt sional detail, "he died hard, for he was a power- P1 Another kmg pause while he again fnl man. He was full six feet high, with broad ' Y'aVed lhe ladviUnent orond h!8 whifcra, chest and shoulders, and strong limbed." I knew j depPer impression was made on the auditory. R all this before ; for I felt it There was no mis-! s"m,nS l3 8Pcech : M ,v. your wor- taking the manner of that man's death. I cohld . .'P8 : thdre .aT0 "P?"" ,n history of man tell every step of the process. Donees there i !ho" corruption and depravity have so long sle 8 originally some hanging or church furniture lo this part of the church to conceal the displace- ment of the wall. In a dark night the unforton- ate man was entrapped, bound nnd brought into this temple, where he first could be tortured to death, and then the crime concealed. Men of rank were engaged in it, for none other could have rot tbe control of a church, and none but a I " -"- .... distinguished victim would have caused this -feat precaution in the murderers. By the dim light of lamps, whose ravs scarcely reached the lofty ' o n i 1 i n rr lli 9tnna wprr tpmnopfl KolXro iho oitoo I - " , , , - of the doomed man, and measurement after men- jsuremeni taken, to see if the aperture was suffi- ciently large. A bound and helpless victim, he 1 lay on thecold pavement, with the hfgh altar 'and cross before him, but no priest to shrive him. cross be ore mm. Dill no nriest to shrive mm . Stifling in pride the emotions that cheeked his $corn and revenge on his features, and watched the face of the man he hated, but no longer fear- ed. Ah, it was a wild effort that undertook to return glance for glance and scorn for scorn, when one was the conqtired and the other the victorious foe It was slow work fitting the pieces nicely, so as to close up the aperture with precision. The tinkling of the trowel on the edges of the stones, as it broke off here and there a particle to make them match, was like the blow of a hammer on tSe excited nerves of the half buried wretch. At length the solid wall rose over his chest, re pressing its efforts to lift with the breath, then a stifled groan for the first time escaped tbe suffer er's lips, and a shudder ran through his frame that threatened to shake tbe solid mass which enclosed it to pieces. Y t up went the mason work till it cached the mouth, and the rough fragment was jammed into the teeth, and fastened there with the mot tar and still rose, till nothing but the pale white forehead was visible in the opening. With care and precision the last stone was fitted in the narrow opening the trowel passed smoothly over it a stiffed groan, as if from the rock, broke the stillness, one strong shiver, and all was over. The agony had passed revenge was satisfied, and' a secret locked up for the great revelation day. Years rolled by ; one after another the murder ers dropped into the grave, and the memory of the missing man passed from the earth. Years will still roll by, till this strong frame shall step out from his narrow enclosure upon the pavement a living man. Absorbed in the reflections such a sight natur ally awakens, I rode on for a long time uncon ciousof the scenery .a roundVme. and of the mur mur of the Arno on its way through the valley. But other objects at length crowded off the shad ow that was on the spirit; the day wore away, and at last, after ascending a long and weary mountain, Florence with its glorious dome, and the whole vale of the Arno, rich as a garden, lay below us. Passing smiling peasants and vine cov ered cottages, we trotted into the valley and enter ed the city. Somedodv hints that it would be a work of charity for Gen. Taylor, says the New Orleans Republican, to seise the Mexican army, and clothe them. PATRICK We find in the Bantist Register the follows and, to vm, if i new. It appears t ha , soon alter Henrys noted case of " Tobacco and the Pre serves," as it was sometimes called, he heard of a case of oppression for conscience' sake. The El glish church, having been established by law m Virginia, became, as all such establishments aro wont to do, exceedingly intolerant- toward other sects. In prosecution of this system of conver sion, three Baptist clergymen had been indicted, ai r rraenrk8burg, lor preaching the gospel of the Son of God contrary to the statute. Henry, bear ing of this, rode some fifty miles to volunteer b services in defence of the oppressed. He entered the court, being unknown to all present save the bench and the bar, while the indictment was Sor ing read by the clerk. He sat within tbe bar un til the reading was finished, and the King's attor ney had concluded some remarks in defence Of the prosecution, when he rose, reached out his hand for the paper, nnd, without any more cere mony, proceeded with the following speech : " May it please your worship: I think I heard read by the prosecutor, ns I entered this house, the paper I now hold in my band. If I have rightly understood, the' King's attorney of the colony has framed an indictment for the purpose of arraign ing and punishing by imprisonment, three inof fensive persons before the bar of this court, for a crime of great magnitude as disturbers of the peace. May it please the court, what did I hear tread Did 1 hear it distinct t or trniVit a mU. take of my own ? Did I hear an expression, as if a crime, that these men, whom your woiships are about to try for misdemeanor, are charged with what?" and, continuing in a low, solemn, heavy tone, " preaching the gospel of the Son of God I" Pausing n midst the most profound si lence and breathless astonishment, he slowly wav ed the paper threo times around his head, when, lifting his hands and eyes to heaven, with pe culiar and impressive energy, he exclaimed, H Great God!" The exclamation the burst of feeling from the audience were all overpower ing. Mr. Henry resumed : " May it please your worships: in a day like this when truth is about to burst her fetters when mankind are about to be aroused to claim their natural and inalienable,rights whenthe yoke of oppression, that has reached the wilderness of America, and the unnatural alliance of ecclesias tical and civil power, are about lo be dissevered at such period, when liberty-liberty of con science is about to awake from her slumbering, and inquire into the reason of such charges as I Another fearful pause, while the speaker ahernato- iiiiu " Alliuiau lltlU lU-unv III JIIM II UHCIf V 1 ! lv cast his sham niercin? eves on the court and 7 num?n ST2 . Jer ""'ffht ot the oppressor's eiiiHs un hand' be- , . 1 - - " . i 1 ! 1 . " '7,,r' .Bre SIil . ' "e . "T hand thnJ f he bows in passnre obedi- ence l tlw mandate of the despot; and, in this , of, h receives Ins fdrs of pcrpcUS aI Bul m7 ,l Pe your worthit 8,Ich a day hn8 Pn88ed away From tnat P our laod of their nati.ity for fnwm " ineoe American wiws for noerty I for Clv,! and re,'?.'ou8. liberty for liberty of con- ! "CieOCC IU IIUIdlJIN llll.fl - Vl -ClllM WAVIUIIIH- w their nivn rrin."ri! inne nf Mtrttran ron-AO Ina urill from the moment they placed thfir feel upon the American continent and, in the deeply imbed- i vd forest f"? "ft" 'om persecution and ! tyanny from that moment, despotism was tyranny, Jrom that moment, despotism was crushed the fetters of darkness were broken, and Heaven decreed that mnn should be free free to worship God according to the Bible. Were it not for this, in vain were all their sufferings and bloodshed to subjugate this New World, if we, their offspring, must still be oppressed and perse cuted. But, may it please your worships, permit me to inquire once more, for what are these men about to be tried ? This paper says, for preach ing the gospel of the Saviour to Adam's fallen rac" And, in tones of thunder, he exclaimed : " What late have they violaltif While the third time, in a low, dignified manner, he lifted his eyes to heaven, and waved the indictment around his bead. The court and audience were now wrought up to the most intense pitch of ex citement The face of the prosecuting attorney was pa I id and ghastly, and he appeared uncon scious that his whole frame was agitated with alarm; while the judge, in a tremulous voice, put an end to the scene, now becoming excessively painful, by the authoritative declaration, " Sheriff) discharge those men." Aristocracy. In the course of an oration in the French Chamber of Deputies, General Foy chanc ed to use the word aristocracy. A voice from the ministerial side asked for a definition of it. Aristocracy, said he, in the nineteenth century, is the league, the coalition, of those who wish to con sume without producing, live without working, occupy all public places withpul being competent to fill them, and seize upon all honors without meriting them that is aristocracy. Beautiful Sentiment. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me; when I read the epitaphs of the beau tiful, every immoderate desire goes out; whep 1 meet with the grief of parents upon the tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when see tombs of parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must soon follow : when I see kings lying with those who deposed them, when I consider rivals laid side by side, or tbe holy men that divided the world with their disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competition, factions and debates of mankind ; when I read the several dates of some of the tombs, of some that d if d yesterday, and some centuries ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be cotcmporariet and make our ap pearance together. Some Good Advice. Be content as long as your mouth is full and your body warm remem ber the poor kiss the pretty girls- -don't rob your neighbor's hen-roost never pick an editor's pocket nor have an idea that he is going to treat kick dull care to tbe deuce black your dwn 1 boots, and pay for your own newspapers.
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Nov. 12, 1845, edition 1
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