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THOMAS J. LBMAY, KPITOft AND paoriToa. ----, - rraias. ' IcMOimoi, br dollari par Bnom i o raadvsnM. -'-';.- '- " farao.il relidial- witheal that ' will be re- paired to p?1" vtMllsMil oi lk year' ub- aertpiiwa nbikv RATES Of ADVERTISING. . per every tqasr (not exceeding 18 lines this six type tret Insrrtioe, one dollar; each eobstqueul tertioo, lll-fit ..;. 3 ; . The .evert ttementt ol Clejrksesd SherdTa HI k charged 5 percent. r.ic,henar.e a deduction of 33 per seat, will be made Iran the regular pri- MM ttut iJMHlMr fc,V th Letter l jk Bdilsre a-. Wrsi. Martha ir wiU fiacut any kind ef tllt wi,rk ill) neatness and despatch. March 17, 1841. 11 It. . THOMAS D. FLEinr Will eontimia hi. CABINET HUslNESS in Louiabare. Frauklio Uo IN. C, where be will be trtody to receive and execute order in hie line. Furniture of eariou km J may be bad low fur can, or oud note, by adding ix per centum on llie ah pncea, and payment la be made when tbe C nrk lat-bau awav. IS. 0. A Journeyman ofateady habit may find employment here. ,.uieburg, Marcu IS, Its 11 11 - w :::riiEsipEtT:it'OTJCJ. TIIH tpleod.'d eilablithnieot.ii Boy open. and. n.lr lo neeiie lliuie who may be pleated tm favor tub their patronage, t be Hotel it in excelleut ler, the furniture new and elegant, the ladie par iTt are turuiihed in a it jr It! not turpattcd by any in n Union. , The cellar are well Mocked with tbe beat of wine I liquor. '1'he lnr.ler will be constantly suppla-d fitli eery delieacy tho inarketa eaa afford, line ol be proni leiura but been long, and he tram, favora bly known a hotel kerpei t the other at Captain of leaui boat in Chailetlon, New Orleans, Gavcltton, S,. T. II UKDvlOXlL. 1 . JAMBS PKNNOYKR, $ 1 ropm-toi. We are determined to please, Feb. 3rd, ISil. C 3n WALKER OX REAIITV.-Jutt re. ceivrdby TL'kNKU Si MUGIIK-t. Feb. 3rd. 6 tf- Stokes & Belle's Lecture -on the theory and practice of Physic. Second American edition, lor sale !v - ,TL'K.N'Kll& HL'GIIRS. Feb. 3rJ. 6 If - PROSPECTUS "'" ':aar for prrtLisiuso THE IrtCllMOXD STAR IM WEElcLV'Pd"t'Mr, A deaire having been ereej, by mnny indi viduala in the eounlry, to obtain the Star aud Trail acript in tome other than the daily fo.-m, it lm been determined toiarue Weekly, under the lit e ol the Richmond Start to eont tin tiie choice matter of the Daily Evening Star and Tranacript. in ihjt I'rufpcctut no proleveiont whatever will be rnadc; but llioaa who are currioua to are what tbe paper will be, can do ao; and tbtia be able to- judge for itheraaelvca, without the cunlomnry atring ol un- 'meaning ptoniitet, to deceive them. The paper will be purely newt and miacellaneoua, riot a poliiicul journal; it bertig contidered that tie counuy baa beeil iufliciently lurfeited with poTitica, to answer ite needa for iome time to come, Tbe current new, foreign, domca ic and local, ttjriet, a lit lj poetry, w'lh a broad tlaxh of good 11'iluied humor, will mainly characterlra it; the object being not to inttruct, ao mnch aa to keep ita rradura intormej oi the world' chit-chat, and be a tociul tori of wel come weekly companion. The editor, in uncharge of hit duty, goea by hit own. notiuna uuly, and he invite, every ono'acenture or con'iiirndaiion, free ly, but 110 one'a advice. II ul tliit, however, a mono ti to nothing. Thoae who think they would like ilie paper, bad better tee it, and then judge Telling what a paper will be, ia eery much like da eeribing the comforte of a vt ell cooked eaddle, of venieon to mountaineer, tr the to lid dtdighia of roan-beef and plum pudding to a hearty Kngliah man. Telling, ia not enouali litinj ia the thiiig abet all. I herefore thoae who trel mrluird to latte of our paper, will. peruke the term following; thoae who don't may let it alone; it ia nobody 't hu ainraa but their; and we ahall uot quarrel with them fir it. We detir all partiea to be aatufiod, and it aha!) not be our fault if they are not ao. Thai Ihia may bathe caae, we preterit the folloainjr liticral trrnw: . For one ytai, ' i 50 ' For tin montha, l 50 For four inontha, l 00 Pertonv aubteribing for one year, tlioll have the firet number aenl: and il they are not aaiivfiud with tbe p iper, they ahall be re leated. If they are eat itdtd, then the money muat be forwarded, before the paper will be tent again. t nn. aAititi.ia ritl t,lt tifAm!ni( T"" r "I w.-wwiiw rtl at the end of one month, upon giving u mire 1! tb tact, tliall nave yi returned, tree olp .,i r. T bote who prefer to try il for lett li.no than t year can doao, aa will be eeen above; but thnat aubtcrfliing for tea tine, wtil be held until tin aubaeriptionhaa expired, ... ff JSa paper will ever-lieient, before the . aul-. acipiinii i paiJaiept the firH number. ;teVw6rtieerf5Jeraoa. eluttbinf b eiiher, tat have their money eent by the foatmatter. - Peatmaetere, i f piherag aendrng the:. : money -- fiiiit y earfttbtcnfieTi, &'rffii''rt"JVa'pW"(ii year free of charge. . Peiauria taiitlied lo ahake handt with na opnr. thoae trrmt. will pirate tend their name forthwitb. at it iatteiirable to eomirence fmmetliately.' Letteta tint containing at leaal $3 in money, mue be fHMtptiJ, to recrive atiention. Poatmatler receiving the paper, will confer ai obligation by placiiyj il in av conapicvioua . poeiliot tn their olilcrt. . Addre, E'liior Richmond Sitr. Richmond, October 7lh, lSlO. T State of oHU Carolina, .'..j,, , " Hertford County,! " 1 Conrt of Picas and Quarter Session', Feb ruary term, IStl. Culler, W. Barn I) ta. f-Or'gl. attaehm't levied en land. Martha K. Ueal, 3 , . . It appearing to the eaiit'aetioo of the :.H.rt that Ike defendant hi tint eaae rceidc vitlinul the linnti at thi State, H i orilrfrrd therefore b the dmrt, bat putittaaian foe era .werka jad.:0' the Ha' leijk Star and Nrwih Caielma tiatciie, g.vmg the aid Mai I ha K. Deal notie that the be and apH-ar Wf.ira ihe Jutticei ot the Cunrt ot Pleat and Cfrjar. ler Stniont, at the next Court In be held tnr the Jaunty 01 Hartfanl, at the Court llonae in Wmloe, a the f.iurth Monday in May ueat, then and there " tet.levy the broperty attaahed and plead,- ether, wiea tnat jn Igiaewt wdl be eater it up agatnM her, awd Ike taperty Uvia.l nn aoiilcrnr tubjeat ta the rr.vr, n the plaii.tiff, agreeahly to ael of Aa. aciabty hi tuh ate made aal pro.Med r ,Vr 7.;.' U M CUWI'EIt,Clk. rrteeaitv, $J G2. t JCtic Cultivator's Alinaunc and Ca- n"t. t AirKmltural K-ewl,,!,-,, ,r ,M1 hi, day reetiva.1, by u UMXKtt k IIUt.llFS. 1 - - ..1 I--- i.j 1 1 ... . t ' ' KlI falXTED IK D rORSALEATTW" STAR OFFICE. ' Nomh C AROLISIA- Powerful in moral, in intellectual, and in physical ibureeawthe. land of our irev and the VOL.XXXII J. BRAXXAM & Co. OLD DOMIMON CLOTHING STORE. Oppotitt .Meitn. Allium U If'alt Cluna Slut, Maim Street, WE would beg leave to inform our f'ienilt and the public ireaerally, that we keep conatanily on hand ClOtlliUlf f '' kind, and auitable for all eeaeone, which we will aell tow fur ceth. We ould invite all to call and eiarnine for llieinfelvrt, whether they want to puicliase or not. Alt gnoda tod by ua liiat do not anewer in every particular, can be rattbdt dJ ,lbt fl!nejf . .it ( unsfed. jriMdeil ihey ahall not have beer worn. Richmond, Va., Match 20, 1811. -19 13m. Walker on luteriaarrlage.-Ju-trai ceteed of v - tolh at nvunr., Feb. 3rd. 6 It jiERkiis'"'osTJTiT roii 1 Tltti EUUCAllO.H Ok' Tllli KLIND.Tliie eaiablithnietit hat been remove td to that apaaiout and elegant eihtice known aa Mount Wathhigton lloute, at South llotion, and la now realty fur the reception and inttruetuiu ol young blind peraoua ol eiiher tea liom any part ol theauun-'7-. . . : I be Minority ol the location, Ihe taeilitirt lor tea- bathing, aud Ihe extent ot the edifice, whith often teparaie rooma lor the pupita, make tliit e.tabluh- menl a aetirable retnleiine lor lliote young 01 ma pertoni a ho deaire eupei ior accoruoOatiuiit. 1 ne com te 01 insiruetiun eoinp.'cneuut reauing, writing, aritlimetie,alKrbra,anileeouiatrt tgeoaratdiy. luitory, natural nd moral philotopby, bio. ate , oe tittet ihe theory and piactiee ol niuiic. Thoae who rietire it may aenuire a knowledue ol tbe an cient anil modern language, A iliormijia and acKutilHs knowledge ofmatie, and ouporluuitiet 01 practice upon the iiiauo-lorte an or gan, are civen to all. beanie whwh the pupil may teleet any instrument wrucii ne witnea lu learn. "artwutar attention it eivvn to tiny ileal education Taaaa: Hoard and luttii n, ithtlie ue ol but k nd mntieal iiittiomeolt, Irom $190 to $iOi) per an num. or mote who with to ttuuy the lanmiaeet, tu have Ihe uteola piano-forte in Ihrir el.aiuber. 0rtoce1V xtra mieal;i bive will coverall the ordinary exueoitt ol the pu- tjira aeumnmodatton ehargeo 111 reasonable pro portion. The mott favorable age lor initruatiou la between th l--hTa;rv-!r-s ? .'.'l;"ir-t-wrw-. I lie lullowmr eenilemrn,. Jire connected wnh Ihe ilii-evtioo nt the Intlituliuu ami may be referred lo: Peter U. Ilrookt, Thonm. II. IVikim, Pettf H L)al- I'm, Kdwaril Ilrookt, bainuel A Ml tot, John I). Cither, I'homit ti. Caty. Jhn llniuaiit, Janut K. Vlillt, Ito'ieit litutoul. ainiuel Lnuil, Samuel May, Oiint tiiiudwin. Iloiaee Mann, Ktbeil U U inlhinp. Pur p-irfirolar int'orination addrrta the iM-ector, Dr. S. ti. Howe, liottou, to fe4um all appticatioua ttirutl b.r ntatle. N. H N11 pertmit will- be received while under nteriictil treatment lor thjJ recovery uf tight. Jul 3. . 27 S ift. NEW PIANOS FOR OLD ONES. a AM willing 10 take aecutid-haiid Pianua in ex- change fur new onet ami allow whatever judget of the article may eohtider them worth; my object 11 not In make money on llie leconil htnd Hianoa, and would llieielorc eiiher take them at jheir valuatlou, r tell them lolhe bett ad van 1 ago (or their ownera. I hare now na hand a beaomul attortment nf tu perior fiaoo-Fortet, varying in jriee from 875 to $5W, Thoae who favor me with their order thai! be pleated or no pay thai) be required. E I. N ASH. ' Nov. 12 Book and Piano Seller, I elertburg.Va. V ATH ANlKL J. PALMER of Milton, N. C, would ratpecllulty lulorin hit frunilt and the public that he intendt lr the future to devote hiru- -w4Yw4m-a eaelwiwvg-aBfThg'ynivart-Wfy anil will alteoil the Superior anil County Coui tt ol Wake, ttraugr, Pei'tnn anil Catwell eouuliet. and alto the Federal Court at Raleigh, lie will receive claimt lor aolleetion due in any part of North Car olina, or the coumitt of Httiat Ivania and Halifax,' Virginia, liutineaj nl any kind entreated lo hit ru inacmer.t thall be fatthlully and diligently, atten ded lo. '. .Mttaxcita. I. V. Rtnne, F.w,., and Alfred Jonet. -Eta.. Ra- trg1;j'--r---------------.-..- I hfltnti Claney, Kin, , P. M., and Mtj. Jarae M. Calmer, lid borough, N. C. - Samuel Walkint, and Martin P. Huntington, Milton. N. C. Mdton, N. 0. Feb., St., 9 9 VA LU A B ,1 ECU f KCF LKT1T For Sale, r ItiaaaB J! t i,e .ubtcrtbrr aluioot of carry ing intd excvuituu hit long cherithed hitenlioa of remrrv ing to lb Weil, alfert fur tale that verf valuable Eilablith mrnt. in ibe city nl Raleigh, Known aa the CITY HtlTKL. Having had per.nnal charge of 'the Ho tMoe aeecral rai a,the tubjei ther eaa tpeak from liia own knowledge at l i ibe pioduciveneit and va la.' cri the property. To a t-ervon who it well aa. ('nieil wnh Out huninett, ll.c certainty of a prnSl-at'h-iiieaiment of hia money wilt be entured. It lyi hl aomm'andeif, and', fiorri h eligible ttfua tinn, alwayt mini uimmand a fair proportion of eusloni. ' ft ailvaulagra at a public home, are too iiiiiurrnut m be detailed ht an adveriiteraeiit. but evn be denanaai rated to any one inclined to purehaae, I be letHtt of tale, wl.iclt will be very accoramoda lion mt be known on applied inn. DANIEL MCR'.IAY. Ralrih, Jan S7, 1811, 4 N fjt,7l"he ansaerrttiT wiH" wlto-aell a plantation d jiKI acretol land, tiluatrd wtihin 'J 1.3 mile ol Raleigh, known a the GRANT track. Tilliam T. Bain would take a few Hoarder by the month or year, lit term are moderate. , ' March 17, 1841. lilt. LAW SCHOOL l.V RALEIGH. 11e andertigaed propote to opra a Law Feheel in the City ol Ualeigb, iim Ihe lit ol June next, provi ded a lufficient number ol tludenta feighl at ieaalj can he tiblained lo jut'ily the kjnitciiakiag. ' t he rao.t approved eourae of ttudiet will be adopt, ed, and nrat and written imtructinn willbegivrw heaieg the alteratmt of the law a taad down by HltekuiHie, arit ing frnot our Aclanr Atverebry and the oeaiaion ol ourennrta. The ttuilenit will be re Huirrd ta auderM 4rqwenland etaled examination! aad wheai Ihey viiall have keeovn tufneienlly advana ad, N ia propoaed that they thai have moot eoart, here tltey may argoe Irgal qnrttiont, and be made etquaiated wnh tho fnrret al pleatling and practice ia tneeewrtt of ihia Stale. . A complete coorae el ttmliei will embrace two year, birt ttutlentt will be received fur any thorler peri d The ttrmt for Infraction aad the mm ol enr librarirt will be f 100 Iter annum, n (10 par aaooih, W any ahnrter awti edlbanajear. JAMES IHKUKI.L, WILL: II, BAI I LK. KaMgh, March SI, 1(41. ' , - 13 it. krgiaier aad Standard. - - HERDS GRAS3 SEED. Jut received one hundred bethel gennin Herd Giata bead. Pi ice 30 cenit per butliel. C1Slf. JUR.NERk HUGHES. March Slit, I SiO.' RALEIGH C WEDNESDAY, ArRlL,2r, i$4i, To the Virfinla and V. S. Public. The tulitcriber propoae, if patronage will war rani tho entrrp:iae, lo puhliah in the City of Wash ington, Daily Political Journal, to be called the "QttERVER" Iftubeeriptiona will jutlify him, tiia wiab ia lo jaaue tie Crt number on the Crat Monday of Jnne next one week nr two at fan heat, a, lanuva,. lion. ' It will look for aopporl to the People, and the Peoplfl fljily Hiring talt eo an. ainisa part in the; elf ctinn of (Jen. Harrraion, ardently hoping and confidently believing that thi Adminiatrauon will- jutlify the generoua eonjideitce, and lu'fil the pal- rioiie ex petatinf the . A maeiean - People, I y at piv'Hv "iavii to cau-uu tw It no uuuiacriitiiiiauiif aupport. I ahall b happy to praiae, but not alraid to cenaure 1 have lung ago promiaed my con acierce never lo be a man worahipper, never to: toatatn any man or aetof men, againat tho Consti tution of the country. Thia vow I mean tu keep lo ihe beat ol my ability, to help me God! if the People will auatain m in tbi ttvmpt, Ilia fruit ol near 30 yrar of editorial experience ahall be dedicated diligently and lahoriou-ly, to render the Obeerver worthy of their favor. ' I promite them and I will redeem it, that they thall have a political print at WathtLgton. if not able yet hon-e-l, faithful and true to them and the caute of tbe country, and the Righla of the Bute and of tbe People Whether a print i or it not required at the Federal Melropoli, whoae leaning thall be lo the Siatea and not to ibe Central authority 1 1 leave it lo the eountrv lo aay. I throw out tbeae propoalt now, intending In a abort time lo be more specific I with to aacertaifl if there exist a ditpoaiiion to aupport a paper at Washington which will give a cordial aupport to General Rarriunn or any biher President, whi'e he entitle hinmelf to it by the Conttitutionality of hi eourae. bat which will primarily b jealou and dialrumful of Federal power, and certainly more prompt lo attack it exceaaea than to acquietce in them, let' t'b' wilt te L at tha -head -of -tba Gvto mrnt. Aa the time ia United, I request thote 'who are diapoard to aupport me in tbi ente'ptiae, to an nounce it by ktter, - -. - JXO. H. PLBA3AST8, . Richmond, March 2Sd, 1841. FltA.MkLI.'V SCHOOL. (CLASSICAL AMD INUI.ISH.) My (School Room being now completed, I take the oppoiiunily lo make known il,e trrma and con ilhinnt oi;iin which I thall beieafWr conduct ini School. 1st. Every Cluasiial or Mathematical Studen will pav nie$lT 00 a tcstion of fife inunth. ...All I other $14 00. I ltd. No ttadent over tixleen will he reerived wiikoot n atntirsnce rn tb part nl hiinitll or p. ieut, of good Ki liavmur, attention In bu-inr,., and an nrderly obedience to lh rule nl' the arhnoi. S J . No deduction of price to be made lor abtener, unlet tauted by promoted akkneta. 1 4th. Only thirty ttu'leatt to be at any lime in the acboftt. Silt. From April to September, lime reenpied in chool, 7 J hnurt 1'he remaining part of each let tion, piopni-tiunably lett. I take thit public manner of pledging myself lo the faithful pel foi mance of my on pan. in prepar ing lor eiilli'ge tbnte who detire H, and in giving uelut knowicitte ,0 nikerat atwat bearing in mind thoae earditul liranehe nf' tearuing, to iti Kiad. ing, Spelling, Kn;lith (iramnmr and Ariihmetie. '- In addition tn the above, J would be glad ts have aetata of young . gentlemen to attend and recite at private Itnura. Acta ot tiiune lathe would be gladl attended al their own retidefiee. ; Raleigh, April I, 1J41 14 4teow Regiitel and Standard 4 inaettionl (every oilier week ) PORTSMOUTH, Will make hi ft rat season, at Jackson North ampton. N. U commencing; the firt day of Feb ruary, and ending the firat day of June neat. Terms, Twenty-tHe Dollar the tetton, and one to the groom. The cash to accompany the mare. 1 he bet poasible care will be taken or marea and foal; but no reponibility for acci. tlentt r ecapn. Mare fed with grain at 2J cent per day. Servants hoard the anir. lih li Snd no. of Tutf ltrjfiater. Be Portrait, Pcdirgree, Pcrformanee, etc. , JOHN WHITE, ckton; Jan lb Jit, 1841.' 14 4w impohted Hoasn HOWTOaV. Winner of the Great, St. Leger. IHIS celebrated and unaorpatted Kngliih Rare horte and eanilal Mtalliou will ataml ibe iirrienr eaton at Wilton, Granville eobniy, N. C at $50 a mare, end t'i lnmrance, with one dollar to the eriinni. Tlie Teaioo inon-y Ht be i)nr the lt July, al which lima the aeaino expwrar ihe inraratrre an anon as tho intra it atcerlaiued to be with Inal.or parted with. Maiet will be led lor SJeei.tt per day, which muit be paid before they are removed Hlack prriont coming with meref will be boarded free of charge. Great tlenlKa shall be otrd to prevent aceid ala art escape, bui no retpoitiibdity lor any whtelr may happen, -I plealge myteK. to my fnenif and patrnn, U do them jntitee in all rrtpreit il Ihey will send In UoWTa. For his rmming 10 England and that ol It") Coin, sea bnd hillt. . , KWD II. CARTER. Wilton, March 29,lt41. 13 9. SiBtcoflYorth Carolina. ' KOTIIAMPTOJP COVSTV. Court f Pleas fintl Quarter Sessions -Maith tcrm.lSll." .rterlbe commencementof the Extra 8aio 'Tl'X "V': ,, , '. (day thereol.J hat been filed upon by In.n for Ihe T he Oharrver, If it goea into operation, will cr I-1 merlin; of the firtt ariuii of the twenty -teveutii ieiae freely and unreaervedly, the acitoit uf the . Cougreat of the United Sia.eti an event which ren Federal Uoveimenl, withuut "fear, favor, or eflec- j dera it rxpedienl and ueeettary that the Klecliont John W. Boulhall ) .' J-Orb-inat Altacbreent levied Sarah Pe'ty. , J on I and. - - . In Ibis ease il appearing lo Ilia eaiiifaelioa of Ihe Court, that lite deiradaot ia not an inhabitant of thi Ststrt It to thciefo' ordered by the Court that publication he made w he Raleigh Star for til week, nolify ing said defendant to be and appear be lore lb Jattiacs of our tai'1 Court, to be held tor the County ot Nnrthantptoii, at the Court (loate la the Tewa of Jarksoa. on the Srst Monday l June next, then and there replevy or plead lo ittae. !. erwiir, judgment pro enrifeaao wilt he takes and Ibe property levied on ecorlemned subject tell plain, liff reoovery. ; i Witneit, Wat. Iliriwa. Clerk nf oar id C00H. at office, Ibe first M "'ay ol March, Hil, fijlb year of Aiaerkaa ladrpvndeajee. . W M. UOTTOM, r.l-k. : 13-Cw Price ad. $1 62. U ' " STATS OF WORTH CAnOIalSIA-Jcrmre B9 Hi, ETcetlenc,. jZIyjtt. MQHEHEJD. Geverner, Captain General and Cematonifcr- in-Chief, in uuj rver the State aforetaiJ. 1 1 MIKItK.AS. I have been duly iuloroied by the ft Pnielamaiion of Hi Kierllenci. Willi a it f .. . .. . ! ,or "M preaeiilattve trom tint State 10 the neM Now, ihrielnre. bv -virtue of the aullioritv in me veiled, by an Act ol Ihe General Atwenibly of thia kmc entitled "An Act eoneernine the mode of Wtit-g Btmataa-t awt kUpraw n'ali 1 W th IJeiw- grettolthe thitedSialet HeittJ Statute! c A" , C. Chapter 7Zil. ) and lo the end, thai ibe Freeme of ihia M-ite may be duly rrpietented in the next, Cong ren, al it fii at aeiaion commencing aa afore ai d I dt ittue thia my ; I'roelmBatlnn, hereby com manding and requiring all Shrrifft and oilier re turning UlHcert ol the several Sountwa eompotting each Congrt-ttiunal Uitlriat,' to caute I'ollt to be opened and kept, aad Llcclioni to be held, for Rep reentative to the next Congrats ol Ihe United States, on Thursday, the thirteenth day of May next, at the place cttaltlithed by law in iheir ret peclive Countiet, for holding laid Election. And I do further command aud require laid Sheriff., and other reluming Officer, to meet for the purpose of comparing ihe Hulh, at the lime and place pre cribed law ler that purpnte. And I do by thi my proclomution, further "require, the Freeoien uf thi State, to meet in their retpeelive Counties at thw time" afuretaid, and "at the place eilablulii-il by Isv, then and there tagitre Iheir volet lor Urprc aeutativet," in the uext Cnngieit. Ill leilimnny wherenl I hive canted the Gieal Seal ol Ihe State to be hereunto affixed, and signed Ihe tame with mv baud. tttf. Done at tbe City of Raleigh, thi the $jfflFiL:l twenty-teeond day ot Match, in the vdi yea of oar Lord oae thousand eight SlC twil hundred and foriv one, and of the In n.nil.u. of itM ITnilrd Sl.lv. 1 1,. ..t- , . ty filth. ; J. M. MOKEltEAU. Br the Gnvernort Ja-T. LiTTLBioav, P. See'y. Til It MKAiURB or INTELLECT. Itl COU- versation with a gentleman a lew tiny a lgti, lie objerTetl to ihe penny" iauei. t lint the ainallneas- of of thrir ize Woultl ( reient llieir having iniltu nce withihe peo ple. We replied to thia that the intel lect of the writer, the justness and pro priety uf hia views were lo be considtr ed and nut the size it the sbff ij an I that we could not atltnit that the mind ot an editor was expanded by vvniino- 0r a Urge paper or contracted in riliting a email oue. Tle'aitseflted to what hc iaid, but iusisit-d that, llie public foruit d a dit ferent juiLMiictit, and, the size had a great deal to do in giving as papi-r weihl and inHiience. If he be right ihrn ouhi seize to 1 redoniinate in ihe selection ul public officem, an I in all other matters requiring the t xeriion of intellect for if a Urg- paper must necessarily confer brains upon ita (onductoi in public eaiimniion, then ihe giant should be pOssaessed of su perior intellect. This distinction has iml been rccugnized in other ilep.irtnienta of literature, and we are nut da-posed to tul erale it when applied to the editorial 4ejtalMto4 think it neceary to proportion die length nf Iheir speeches to ihe magnitude of ihe fees, and that some people judge of Ihe goodness or a speech by Hs duration, uui we apprehended that the brightest orna ments of the bar are not always to be found aiiiunat. the FaUatafli uf lhe"prieiuii. It appears to lis tu be perfectly ridiculous to '-attempt tff"mrtinf -trrteHet"i tba way. There was mure excellent advice ami sound sense in Poor Ruhnril'a Al manacs thna is contained in some foliii vol tiinrj and yet by the rale attempted to be applied totievrapapera, the bulkly, hut em ty folio ahoutil be prefrrrd to the well atored Almanac. We think our friend mast be iiiis'akr n and that the public es timate intellect, not by the place where it is exhibited, but by Us intrinsic- merit. Penny papers art estenaively circuited and the fair presumption i. that they are read arid if r aad. what i to prevent them from having a just influence? - Their size? This would be to measure mind by the rniupaJs,' wlitcli wtiutd he' .more absurd than j.hiennlojiical measurement. By thia rule the uiaiuoih sheets in New York and Biiatoh muat iiionopotize a large share of mind, and should have a' proportionate sway in all a flairs. , But as the largest head does not always csrrythe moat brains,, neither does the mamoih paper al ways exhibit the greatest intellects -Bait. Clipper aiern Parahlt A mart was travel n; in Svr'.a, leading his camel bv the bri lie. Suddeitl v the SBimal is serzetl with a panic of fear Iitt raie himaelf with neltoh iv. foams and bounds in a manner , ao horrible, that hi master abandons him ders" more horrible than those-of heaven, in anguish and tries lo save himself. He i A smH quantity of mstter produces a hor perceived at some distance from the ro sd ' rihle ' explosion, accompanied by a bright a deep stream, and aa hestill heard the Might; and thi may be repeated soas to de- Ifeaiful oeighings of the carnal, he 4jht a refuge there and fell over the precipice; but a shrub held him up. He clung to it with both liantla, and cast on every sida his anxious eye. . Above him Is rlie ter rible camel, of which'1 he dor a not loose sight fur a moment. 4 In the abyss below is a dragon, who opens his monatrou jaws,' and seems ready, to devour him At the side of him he perceives two, mire,! one white and the other Mark, who Enswifcoferj department' He was astonished in turn at the root of the shrub, which 'that these ' indivldaalg should disappear so serves him for atinnort. The unfortunate rauddenly.' without rett'rninj once, at leaat, man remains there frozen with terror, an;! , to-shake hands and bid farewell, A few evc aeesno retreat, no means olfafeiy.;Sud-ttings since, however, Mr. Sheriff made a denly, on a little branch of his aluub he at .- discovery of his old familiar faces. And covers some truit. t that moment he' where,1 reader, think you bo found tnemt home of our affeetioiat,? NO. 16. r-" observe the rage of the camel, '!' "go, tht frightful aclie- uf ,h8 m,ce- U rmcheg nut Ilia hand Uf wards the fruit, he gathers it, and in the sweet taste lot seta his fears and his dati- U" you auk who in this madman who. can forget so quickly a mortal peril? Learn then, friend.' that this man is thy self. The dragon of the stream is the ever-open abyss uf tlefth. The camel represents nic gnawing at me runt 01 ma anruti are day and night, and in thi ritual inn the f!'l,frf:fi!mOM get the anxieties of life, the threatening uf dvaih, the rapid succession of day and night, to seek the plant of voluptuousness, on the border of tlie tomb! ' . Laconics. Fortune ia painted Wind, that she may not blush to behold the fools who helong to her. some men wet on in the world on the same principle that a chimney sweep passes uninterrupted through a crowd. Fanatics think men like bulls lhy must be bafied to madness ere they are in a fit condition to die. Some connoisseurs would five a hundred pounds for the painted head of a beggar, who would threaten the living mendicant with the stocks. If vou boast of a contempt for the wot Id avoid' getting into debt. It is giving to gnats the fangs of vipers Fame is represented bearing trumpet, Would not the picture be truer, were she to hold a handful of duet FUherraen, in order ta handle eelsriecurer y, first cover them with dirt. ' In like man ner docs detraction strive to grasp excellence. Liruro;How one hatf of the worldTive" has ever been a mystery, to tho other half," says the proverb h is a great mystery with many people now-a-daya to make out how they live to get along themselves, saying nothing of other poop c A Chrkhtvl Wifk. A good writer has remarked that a wuiiun may be of givat ahsiatance to her husband by wear ing a cheerful smtl; continually upon her t ouutfiianre.. . A man' jirridrxiiies anil gloominess are inrread a hundred fold when hi better half moves about with a ronlinut'd acowl upon her brow. A pleas ant cheerful wife ia as a rainbow set in Ihe ky, when her husband' mind ia tossed with storms and If inpeit but a diaaatis fi.d and fretful wife, in the hour of trou ble, is like one of those li iends who are appointed to torment him. Umu Clipper; Advicc to a Bridk. 'Hope not for per fect happiness," said Madame de M tintenon to the prince as of Savxiy, on the eve of her mariiage with the. Duke of Burgundy, nhvid'rcirttnnf;sr there were, it doea not constat tn the pus session of lichee, t! rratness is exposed tn aiBictions often more severe than those of a private station. Be neither vexed nor ashamed to depend upon your husband. Let him be yonr dearest friend, your only eoiifidon : Hope not fut coiisunil harmony in the married state The best husbands and wives aro ilioss u ho .Learnccasionally from each other sallies of ill humor with patient mildness. Be obliging without put ting great value on your favors. Men are tyrants who would be free themselves and have us confined, You need not bf at any pains to examine whether their rights be well founded; it is enough that they are se tablirved. Pray, God to keep you from jealousy f llie atle.'iions 01 a husoand au never to be gained by complaints, reproach es, or I'-illut) behavior. Curious ntkipufinn.la the works, of Roger Bacon, who" wrote in tlie 1 3th cen tury, may be found en anticipation of the inntion of the steamboat,' Iticvtmoiive en gine on railroads, thr diving-bell, the suspension-bridge, and, if might almost be aid, of ihe recent events at St Jeand'Acre. Ilia own words are these: -Men miy construct for the wants of navigation such machines that the. greatest Vessels, directed by a sin gle wan, shalLeut through tho rivers and seas with more rapidity than if they were propelled by rower; chariots may be con structed which, without horses, shall run with immeasurable speed. Men mny con ceive machines which could bear the diver, withoutdangeLtolhe depth nf the waters. Men could invent a multitude of other en- gines and useful instruments, such as bridges im-Jthat shall span the broadest rivers without sny tmermeiuaie sttppon. An nas its tnun lroy a city prentire battalions. Diminution of SuninettThn Balti more Clipper relates the following instances of a falling off in "business, and the reason therefor: ,We were informed by one of our deputy sheriffs, that within a few months past he had entirely lost the run" of a oro boe of individuals who had previously been pood customer to lhe state in her assctdSfand Why, fciteniivsly engaged inw listening to it excellent, temperance addrW wnicli ms be ing delivered iu one of our churches to a Utrge and respectable body r f people, nearly all of whom had subac. ibed to the tempera ancs) pledge. Th- se facts, aiiu;;le as ihey are, speak, volumes. Motet and antiquity cotuiittnt.l tho last century the Hooka ul Muses wero .i ten attacked,, and their authenticity ..ini puzrid, breauriO r they-Hietttiott-the exi-- tence of vineyards grapes, and conso quenily uf wine, in Egypt) for Herod tu expressly declares that there were no vinry arils in KgJ p' and Plutarch avers that the natives, i f that country abhorred win as beijig lite blood of those who it belled againat ihe god. This amhority appearetl roncluaive, not merely u the sceptics ho iiiipiigiu-il the verSciiy of tho Peniateui h, but even to the learned Mich aelis. who cot eluded thai the use of win was enjoined in the saciifke fur the iiur pose of making a broad distinction be iween the relkoua usages of (he Israel ilea and of the Egyptian. The tnoiia jmetJiJ, !pette!ih decided the control ersy in favor of the Jewish L-Tjialator. In the subterraneaa Vaults at Eililhyia every part of the pro. ceases connected with the dressing ana tending ol the vine is faithfully delineated r the trellicea - on which- the vines wr trained, the care with which they were wateied, ihe collection of the fruit, the treading of the wine-press, ami the stow ing of the wine in amptiorar, or vases, aro there painted to the life and additional procres.es of extracting ihe juice from thT grape are represented, which seem to have been peculiar to the Egyptian people. Mr. Jomard add that the remains of am -phorav, or wine veaarle have been found in the ruins of old Egyptian tinea, which are still encrusted with the tartar deposited by the wine. It 4s necessary to account for the error into Which Herodn'us has fallen; he wrote long after Egypt had been dintracted by civil wars; and then sub dued by the Persians calamities quit sollicient to account for the iliiuppearanet of such highly artificial e-ultivation as that of the vine muat have been in Egypt. II statement is mot arobaVy cmrect, if it bV limited to the period when- IIeriKto- tua wrote- and thus viewed, it hecomea iinpoi iant evidence for the auperi ir anti q aby both.of the Bible an d: the : Ejrt ptSaa : :fi . monument. Tifjjlor't A'j'Mrof fi Vortf ef If I possessed the most valuable things in the world, and were abont to will them' away, the following would be my plan of distribution. I wou d will to the whole world trutV and friendship, which are very scarce, I wnuirl give an additional portion of truth to editors and lawyers, traders and mer chants. " ' ' ' I would give to physicians, skill and learning. To rlergytnan, xsa di'h'ereated piety.' To lawyers, meichan'.s, brokers, public ' nfBeers, &,e honesty. To old women, shoit tongues and legs. Tn young women, common sense, large waists and natural feet. To servant, obedience and hosesty, ' To masters, humanity. ' - ' To farmers'punctuiility and sobriety, 1 o old men, preparation Tor death. To young sprouia or dandies, sense, little cash, and hard work. good To old maids, good tempers, little talk. and suitable husbands. To old bachelors, a love for virtue, chll-' dren and. wives. The ahove we dip from an exchange pa per, without knowing to whom the author ship is attributable. Whoever it may have been, we are sorry he did not write a codi- cHe to the will and bequeath to alt newspa per subscribers a disposition to pay in ad vance, or at lean not to take a paper for v year or two; and - then run away without paying for it. A BROKEN HEART. A young girl, a German, 4ie4 lately at (wVilU- mote, under eircamataneea deeply affecilti-, She waa engaged lobe married to a young man ' of Philadelphia, who for leaione beat known to himself, communicated to her a short time since his intention of abandoning her. On receiving this inlormation, ahe became Ihe child nf sorrow and despair for ton daysT whan reason left lis seat, and shsbscame an awful manias, nnceas- ' the evening of her death, she ordered her wad ding garmmrvio be prepared," earing that ahe "wished 10 be dreaxed in white' and that sbo waa la be married at ten o'o oek," the precis lime'bi her departure to a world ef spirit! POLITENESS ON ALL OCCASIONS. At a wedding recently which took place at the altar, wheo the oflicialing prieat put lo tho lady the home qaeafion S Wilt ihou lake Ibis man to be thy wedded husband!" she dropped ihe prettiest eouriesy, and -with a modesty which lent her beauty an additional grace, replied, If yon pleaae sir." Charming simplicity. . , EVKN-HANDKD JUSTICE. A few days a jo, ia Rochester, N. Yi an ap- f pla merchant, by the name of Richard MoMaa ter, was charged with "upsetting the applo can" of one Daniel Simmons, who waa alao dealer in apples. . The Judge, sfusr hearing the ease, was exceedingly puttied 10 ascertain whieb waa moat la fauli, but to makt acre that ( : the guilty one ahould not go uowhipped of Jus-4 lice, hi 'eont theru both to prison. t ,fj , - TALL ONES. .. The Editor of the Maine Coltlvator bssts eeived S pair of" largs bens" from Rossis, saii to be prolifis lajsts and eaeelleat poultry Chanticleer ean stand by the" aids of a floor barrel, and aat corn with eaae from lbs top. , CANADA. - : w, ' RioU ire quite eommos, and thers is soy tiling ' but peacS over it hofdsrs. ' John Ball has n-f roly suhjeeis, and he will have, hard work to keep them ia order. ariawtiaiwacaiaw-
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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