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J '. THOMAS J. LEMAY, i-r KDITOR AND PHOFIETO.- rf' ixaMS. v. Icascainiew, tar. dollars par hiib-i PtnOM reaUiaf wkhaat the Stat will he re .eirHuaavyta waoi eaaaat o( the year'e wk- eriplio ia advae. ; JUTES OF ADYERTISING. for vry ,oare (not ecdia It Iran thi ana If pa Iral laarrtioa, aaa dallarj cash aabtcqaaaW Tb aeroaaaes al Clark aad BhoroT wlllf be itim4 ti par seal ki,ttri eed a dedaeuon a S3) par aaal. will ka aiada frees ' refolar pii- efr airrenlaer y the year. " (Q- Letter I lb Kdilor " aa paat-panU . OLD DOMIMON CLOTHING STORE. tthtmiM rr. .aVfiaen U Watt China Stmt Main Strtet. f E woo Id bag leave to inform oar Mends tad ika oobJie rorlly, that w teen consUmly M bod CJOtbtBaT of all kind, and auilabla fur all ituMi. which ta will tail low for cut. Wa Woald invite l to call and eiamin for tbemaalvea. Whether they want ta purchase or not. All gooda wi by aa that do -not aoawcr ra every particular, can ba retoriiod, anoVtht money rafundad, provided that ahall not aa baan worn. Kicbmood, Va., Maicb 30, 1811. 19 12m. talker oil IntrrmiirHar.Ju-tM. ceived by TUKNER dr. HUGH E. Feb. 3rd. '; - 6 if For Sale. "" anrn I aa aobeerioerenxloo af earrylnt; Into execuiwu bit lent; ami lahed tnteMloa or remov ai to IN ment. in the eily ol Kaleifh, known a th CITY HOTEL. Hating bad perianal aharga of lh Ho tal tocaereral year, the nbeariber aaa apeak from kit aaa knowled,! aa to Iba prodoetveBeta aad ra- 'ry ft"a ai the property. To a pertoa who ia veil aa trkb kininctt, ll Mriaial nf m Hiftl. able iaraatraent of kia money will ka jenaurcd. It alwaya hat eoramaoded, and, bom Ma eligible aitoe linfl, alarayi muil aoromaod a bir proportion of eoatoaa. I(a advantage aa a pnblie hnnae, are too easeroa ta ka detailed ia aa edoeniaement, bnt ran be demoaalraled lo any one inclined to purchase, The terma of eale, which will ba rery aeaomoioda lion mat be kaowa onippliaaiian. DANIEL MURUAY. Raleigh, Jan 87,1841, 4 N D, Tae,aubieriuer will alas aell a plantation ol SUO tare of land, ailuated within 9 1-3 mile of Raleigh, known Bathe GRANT track. NOTICE. WILL be Bold on Taeniae, the ISth day nf May aeat, Mora Gale Court Hone door, in Caleevtlle, Ih following Tfacle of Lind, or aa muel. aa will pay lha amount of Texea dne for ihe year 1839, to gether aith the aoat of eilvertiiiojr, ka, .. 103 Aarct Beiitoo Abrara to Horretl Gilbert S3 Hurdle Jse. T. 40 Hunter Kliaha R. 5(1 Hurdle Daniel SC( Unwell David M Hofflr Levin 70 King Norm on 10 ,. Laaeetee Rader . 100 Odoro Thoma" 50 Parker Wiley 191 Powell Jaraee, of Mo. 1 177 Perce Abraham S55 Parker laaaa 1119 Rogeraon Abel 300 Fmlt Rubin 100 Whrte Roberaon 53 Curl Richard J MBS R. RIDDICK, Sheriff. Gatetrllla N. C. April 5. (IV. Ad TOlll7ILDEIlS. THE Cnderaignad are appointed by tha County Court of Joha mob, Cammiaatonerr to eontract tor the building nf a Pirn prool Courl.Hooae, in the town ol Smnkncld . They, therefore . gie ihie pub lic amice lo perann deah-nua of aneWrtaking, that Ihey will receive Propoaala lor doing the work, on til lha Slth day of Mar. They hatra a draft of the Plan ready lor exhibition. Tne building will be forty-foor feet long, and thirly-eii feat wide t twa atariea Court-Room a boe, with the office below i material a lo ba brick, caaept Ihe ba'omeat Window and door-aillt to be of amoeban abundance of which l in the ricinky. . The betiding ia ta be completed in a year, or feat, alter Ihe ewnlreet A large portion of Ihe payment will be given during the progrcaa of tka work, uader proper goarantte, r r THOMAS RICE, T JOHN MaLKOO. I 1 lit VII) THOMSON, J iON. f S YAX, t. 1 w BYT AN UHYAN, 8m'MhReld,N. C 13th An if. I Ml S.ate of North Carolina. jsoTtiAMfTos couxrr. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 'March term, 1811. John W. Soatball) v. - -; vOrigieal Altaakment levied Barak Petty, -"J on I and. la thi a II apirraring to Iba eeliaf action of Ihe Caurl, that the dolrndanl ia Bot an inhabitant of thi Btalei It i therefor ordered by lha Court thai publieaiina ba mane in ihe Raleigh titar for aix ki, noiilvin (aid deiendant In be and appear 4t4or ika Juuicea of oar aai'1 Court, lo be hrld for Ihe County nf Nirthaniploa, at the Cnurt Houae ia Ihe Tnwa of Jackano, on the Brat Monday ia June Beat, I bra and there repl-T or plead lo itane, nth erwiee, judgment pro onnfeaao will be takra and the pmnerty levied On aeademoed aubjeat to Ibe plain lif reaoierr. Wiiaeaa, Wa. Bottom, Clerk nf oar mid Conn, atnlier, lha Irat Monday of March, 1(41, 6Jih year of Americaa lodvpvndcnea. .u . iiA-r-rou rift. - -- V MV, V " V,,Siv an ii in -iririiT-antrr"""" ' 13 ' r.::.'-Prlee atlfi.fs , :., EOUCATIOikJ. TllETroataef of Ibe rJimthfielJ Acalimy,Johnl'a Country, fta entjaged tha aaraica of Mr. J.' If. Rrnoka for the next year, la euper inlen I tha ahov ioatiiuiion, and w.uld call tha alUntioa of Parenla and Guardian to lha advantage which a.ir pleaa ant adtag, good loeiaty, and healthful ailaatoa at fcrd for eduraliap; ibfir rbiidirn and waid. Mr. Brook, H , gfaduita of Wake Forral Co lege, and ha given practieat cidanea nf hi " aplnea lo arwh" ja t man of unblemiehed moral character, and a Mnlif of IhaGol, and axpacta to make wcHobl lelcliing the itain buainea ol hia lulora life, nd will apare no palna to procure fur himself aoch rapulatioa aa will alwaya inaure buainra in hia profession. Boaid. including whing,lodging. At. may ba had la the famine in and about tha village, at ai dollar per month. Cenatant attention will ka gtma by th Teacher and Trurtaa u the g.vj BMnagemenl ol the cbool and iioraU of tha etu aVnta. Price of Tnilion. aa fnilowai Far Hpel Ing RraJing. and Writing, par an. f VI 00 Kpclliiig.Raading. Writing It Artlhowtto U 00 Arithmetic, Geography and Engliah Grammar, 0 00 ' Tha Lengnagea, with any or aU the above 34 00 Algebra, Phtloaophy, Oeoojatry or Rhetoric, Ml additional charge of la o dollar. , .k . DAVID THOMSON, freaf. Truttttt, April 22d, 1811. 17 3m3am WILLI A!fl VT. HOLDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, . AB OEXKtAL AOENT, AKfT COIXKCTOB, ALEIOH. W. C. Will atumd th Courts of Wakr, O ran ire and Granville. Claim of arery draciiptiwa thank full laceiTed tod promptly attended to. RBFBK TO ' Tnon.aa J. Lemay and .,..' Kuffia Tucket. Eaqr.., j R,wa' Hon. W in, A. Uraham, Hillaboroab. Hon. Robert B. CillUm, Oxford. , ) " Noeth CAmoLWA VOL.XXXII conniTTCD To lb jail of Northampton county, N. C. on the flat December, I840f s aegre ilave, aa a ruoaway, calling himaelf 8YLVE8TER. Ha aaya b i th property of A leiander Walker, of Aucuala. Georeies that ba wa riad ta Halifax. N. C. and waa aold by Mr. Aaatin f aid place, to Mr. Davia of Pateraburg, about three year ago. H ia about 40 or 49 year of age, dark Complex, ion, it 6 teat 4 or A inches high, ha on common home made clothes. - Th owner is reqoaatad to com forward, prove 'properly, or he .will be dealt with according to law. WM.8. BILBRO, Jailor. Jarkeon N. C. Jan. 7lh.l841. S tf NEW JGWELLCIIY 8TOUE, ' JOHN C. PALMER ho commenced the above buaineaa in tb now buildinr lately erected by Mc Uuhacd Smith an FaretUiilla Strict a few door above bia Store, wker ka inleada to earn ll on, iaall iia briaehea. In a lew day ho will ro- arre from Philadelphia, a new aad faehioneble ae lortaaent of Jewellery and Watahea and Cnllery eonaiatbig of gold and ailver Levera and plain Waleh ea, V'aich Chaio. Keya and Srala, Rar King. Hrewat Pfn. a (neataortmeal af Knive and Rasoca aad all ether article not aeeraaary lo mealion,-all ol which ha eagage ta sail a cheap for each aa they aea be aold ia thi part of the country. Watahe reoaired m the beat manner He Halter himaelf, from tb long experience in the buaineaa, that ha will tic able to give aatiafaciion. He ha ia ma empisy ar rate workmen, n atcoea ox uiocaa that aaa be made to keen time, will be warranted lor twelve month. He linpea the ailisena of Raleigh ana country around, will call anil give hint a trial and and out for themaelvea. Call at lha aiga of the Watch, nearly nppnait th Log Cabin. Raleigh. W. C. Nor. 14, 110. 44 if A Treatise on AaTrtcailtiirei Br John Armalrong, with note by J. Huel for sale by ' TURNER & HUGHES. Feb. 3rd. tf State of North Carolina, Hertford County, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Feb- ruary Term, 184 k Collea W. Barney va. Or gl. attacbm I levied on una. Martha B. Beal. 3 It annearuMr to the eat ia 'action of the Court that Ike defendant in Ihia aaa reaidea without the limrti ol thia Slat, it i ordered therefore by the Court, that publication for alx week aa made in tka Ra leigh Star and North Carolina Ueielle. giving Ilia aid Manna E. Beal notice mat eh ke ana appear before Iba Juatieea of lha Court of Plea and Quar ter Seaaiona, at the next Court ta be beta lor tne County of Hertford, a- Ihe Court Houae in W mlon, on the fourth Mooday in May next, then aad there to replevy Ihe property attacneo aaa pteaa, oiner. wie final judgment wdl be entered op agatnat her, and the property levied on eounemnea auojeet to tberceovery or tne piainun, agicu,7 w w. acmbly fn auch aa made aad provided. ' t i.otiiDrD niv I cm, . , . Price adv. $5 89. U faHE SUBSCRIBERS oiler tor eele prif alcly, ibair aell kaowa Farm aad Meraanl lie aland. which i believed to be Ihe beat country Maud any era m the Counry. 1 be iarm i amply aotti eieat fur three or four handa) Ihe dwelling i large and aommodioaa, wMh three roome below ataira, and three room with fir lire plaaeai framed kitch en and Stone chimney, with good boa for aer vante' aa The Store Ho a ia ixly-lwo feet long. with two fire rhwe. and the Store ihiriy-aichl lect in leaath. and aialeeo feet wide, and not too large for the buainea ol the vicinity. Alao a Gin Houae, tweuty-fowr feetaqaare, aad a Church cloae by Ihe Store, within reveaiy Verde. There are bcatdea.all Beoeaaary Out-bouac. Parther particular l deem ed unneerary. On appli atioa, any pcraoa can examina for themaelvea. II we (buuld not aell I y tb I at of May, we way go to baainea again ear elve. A. S. WYNNH k CO. January 15th, 1M1. 315w. A SITUATION WANTED!! A Gentleman, who ia qualified to prepare atn dent f-ir dmion Into any Collegn in th United Slate, and who baa had aaveral, year of auecaa. ful experience in leaching, bath in lha North nod Houib, wiahe lo exchange hi prevent location for a mora baallby one. He ia willing lo take charge of either, male or female Seminary; hut a hi La dy, who ia prepared to leach Iba aolid and ornamen tal blanche ol fml education, ia Uaairou o,f con tinuing bar preeent employment In teaching the latter would ba preferred. Satiafactory teatimom la, a to character, at Hi tie t, and faithful diecbarge of duliea will b cheerfully furoialid. Addr J. H. O. Beaufort, Carteret. N. C. P. S. Ho is prepared to teach French, Math ematics, and all other branches usually introdu ced into Academies. His lady taanhes Musie upon the Piano forte, Drawing, Painting, etc. April 36. 1841. 17 16wp ConcarninjELlSHADURTONorhiaahildren. The above named. Elulut Bur tut, J living a if. dead hi aliiMrea, will he entitled to eomething from tha ratal ol hia dereaaed Lrotber, All' a Burton, by appl'raa'.liMi In ih Siibaeriher at'TaacumliMi.in Fiauk Ini Connty, Alabama. The Mid Eliaha Burton re aided near the Shallow Ford, on ihe Yactkia Hirer, ia Ninth Carolina hen law heard from, and had (migrated from Virginia to that place. OSCAR A. KOLKK, Ex'r. of Allea Burton, dea'd. . April 17th, till. . l4 Leave the choice of your Piano to my--elf, jstidl'll insure you n fine oae Tbora are many awraoni who woald purahaae Pi ano Foriet if Ihey were rare of henig tailed without muck trouble. Ta auah, I would aajr, leave ihechoic nl your inttrumeat lo myaclf, aad I (end you in different arlicl it will be my awn lo. (imply eend m your order and aay what priacd Piano ahall be ennaea. : : : : t am rhoroaghly aonvHveed myaelf that my Plana arc (tiperior, and, in order that other may b ana. vinaed alan, I will agree lor them 10 be tried before heme acid for. It i out of my power to make a ore liberal prnaocitma. ri. r. Hasn. Book and Piaas Pona Jjtara, Pctcrabarg Ta Jaaaary 81, .. . GREAT IMPROVEMENTS. '' STODART WORCESTER ? JiUJfRA)fS PIANO FOHTES. B. P.Naeu, sole Agent fat Vs. aadSorthCaroliaa. It baa been remarked by aome af tha moat die ilngaiahcd maaiciaae la the United Stairs, that few Inairoment ere to ba feand ia any ceuntiy qual ir I hoc made by Stodart, Worcecter St pun baas. New York. Their ten ia remarkably ran, weot and mellow, aad al the man time pswcrdl. They are mad with partiea'ar refercac ta durabiir- Ity aad keeping la tan ' E.P.NASH, PUrWg. February I 14 BLANKS FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. Powerful in moral, in intellectual, and in physical resources the land of our sires, and the RALEIGH N. C WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 18417 THE CHILD OF ONE SENSE. In a brief notice of the Nor h Ameri can Review, on Saturday, we partitalar izrd at among its contents, an article ie- lanng to the Boston Institulinn for the H mil, particularly devoted to the eitra- ordianarv case of the draf, dumb and blind child, Laura Bndgtnan certainly the most ioteresline meoiber of the human family whom we hare ever seen. Since penning that reference lo the North A merit an, we have received a letter from a friend in Boston, from which we make the followjng,extrct, which, we are persua ded will be niost acceptable to every reader. jV. Y. Com. Jldv. Boston, Mav 1, 184ll .?.Biii:among the, aaaay noble to tni umenla in this sober city noue has inter ested me more than the Institution for the education of the Blind. This establishment has within a few years risen rapidly from nothing to that high lank in public estimation which will ensure its perpetuity. It is now pi-rmanently located in a mag nificent edifice, upon Dorchester Heights, and teems to be conducted in the most lib eral scientific manner.- The education of the blind hat become a familiar subject with the public, and we have in New York a school, with the modus operandi of which you doubtless are wrll acquain ted, but there is in the Boston institution a pupil whose case is so interesting thai too much cannot be written upon it I mran that of the one semt zirl Laura I Bridgmin. You know that writers upon intellectual philosophy have supposed that much light might be thrown upon that subject by careful observations of the phenomena ii those deprived of one tense, and much more in those deprived of two senses. Hence the rare cases of double depriva tions have attracted much attentnn. The most noted of these are the boy Mitchell, whose case re detailed by Dugald Stewart , in his great work, and Julia Brace, now at the institution for deal mutes at Hart ford. 'But thia case transcends all others in interest and importance, because, in the first plsce, the others had possessed their sensesrs fur a considerable period, while she lost hers totally during infancy) second, because they possessed a wonder ful nicety of smell, which extended their range of knowledge, while she has no smell at all) and third, because they nev er could acquire an arbitrary language by which to express their emotions, while tliii child has completely mastered the fig. ure langusge of the 'deaf mutes, end can rapidly telegraph to the world without all that passes within her own mind. She is totally and hopelessly blind, drsf, and almtmt without smell, and with a blamed taste. Thus her privation is much great er than any other on record, while her at tainment! far transcend them. Again, the other unfortunate cases upon record teem to have been such ss we should suppose they would be, disagreea ble in appearance, perverse in tecrperaiid unhappy in their desolation) but this girl is positively very pretty, for she has a graceful figure, a beautiful shaped head, a clear flowing complexion, regular femi nine features, tuft hair, fine skin, and that delicacy of organization du-en to the very finger nail, which marks the intel lectual temperament. ' Her sightless orbs are covered indeed with a green ribbon, but this does not put out the light of her countenance) for when she is talkir-g with her fingers her fea tures are animated with lif-, and her whole face ia radiant with intellectual expres sion. Then the it at full of motion and life at a bird, and frolicsome at a lamb. Her soul seema to be at traneparent at crystal, for she shows no guile, und suspects none J in others, while her naiurar language ol endearment proves that her heart is over ft imina; with eonfideiice and love toward all around. her: ...,;.. " Most of those who visteu thit interes ting being with me, wondered that al though the wat to enveloped in thick dark nest hrr footsteps were firm, and her mo tions about the room and house were at fret as their own thst th6uh the heard nomond, the Could perceive the approach of othert by ihe vibrations of the floor, or of the air, and that she could recRnise her friends by touching one of thrir fin- gen, l loo marvelled at these thing, but much more did I admire the inward guide which keept her footsteps in the .. - . . i i j .. .. pain nt-recitiuar n in warn - tignt oy which aha walkt upright, honest, truthful ard trustful the inward sene by wh'uh she knowt the true from the faUe, her tool't frienda from her soul's enemies. The attention of othert teemed fixed non Ihe rthvtcat wonders the astonish ing acuteoess of her tingle sense bat I mart eiled most At tn mental pneoomena and adored the power tod the wisdom of Him. who out of thit mental oasts could cause to spring ap such beautiful moral productions; and who filled her "darkling souL" full of the light which lighteneth every one who cometh into the world. . . But 1 am rather indulginz in my ewn reflections than describing the object of them. At I have laid, Laurn Brtgman ia tnlall and hooelesalT blindl total If draf. and so nearly smellrtt that her elfactory nerves are never anecteti not oy pungeni odorai and her.ee of cnore her laste t much blunted. She had tout been cat oB . . mm from the million avenues which the sen ses open between the mind and the outer world, since her tenderett infancy, and she has no conception nf sight, or sound or smell. She is now eleven years old, and hat been . under instruction three years. Imagine to yourself, if you can, the situ ation ol this being when she came belore her present teacher) a living, breathing uraiurr, wun tne ngure anu stature ol a git I indeed, and which probably contained a human soul in embiyo, but which had no more meant f expression than an ani malf which would smile like a dug when fed or caressed, and whine like him when chidden) beckon to this figure, and it sere of ) speak rltt il ieera w t it, but it understands you not,; and in fine, j instead of savins; as her teacher did, ''Ihrre J it almost aa much . hope ol instructing a spaniel at thia creat-ure, would ynu not , nave said, a dug with all his senses is more teschable than this human figure?" out, tne result showed thtt the humin soul is s thing tvi generic. snd that with one single sense it can manifest an immeasur able superiority over t rutrs i'h five sen ses sharpened lo iheir greatest arntenrss. llns child by t annus devices wat mide to comprehend the relatione between signs and things, for her mind from the first seemed intuitively to reach out and claap tne hand that was extended to it, and hrr teachers, guided by the light of philimo- phy, contrived such expedients at toon enabled them to hold communion with hec mind. By a process too long f..r ie to detsil here, the learned the alphabet nf the deaf mutet, she rapidtjr acquired a knowledge of the namet of thing, mattered the ad jectives, the verbs, the pronouns, and all the parts of tpeerh, except the articles, and now can hold a very intelligible con verse about material thing, and even ex- press many ,.f her cmi.tiont. I But Whe hat not .topped here) the letrn en io write a legible hand, lo rompoae whole sentencet, and can, and dues, write legioie ana sensible letters to her mother ana mends. All these things 1 have Was this ignorance or irony in the hawk? seenJier do myself, and have not yet done I don't know, but I heard tome one say yee wondenng at ifi and I have now a letter terdav, "That young lady who aings so de which I saw written, and which runs in Jighifully, would make an excellent wife." ""wise. -j "My Dear Mother, "I want mother and Addison and John lo come to see me with father. I will ro lo Halifax in vacation. I am verv sorry tnoiher cannot come to tee me be- cause she is verv busy to work all days. I stay wiih Mi Jeanette all days. I am very well. I have got doll, and bed and chair, that Mrs. Clifford gave me them. I send love to my mother. Miss Draw tetchet me. Mitt Swift teaches me to cipher. I think mother lovet me very much. I have dwelt longer on this casr, because it teemt to me ol very great interest lo all humanity because in it all the workings of mind teemed manifested and made clear as by microscope. l am pleased to find that great interest too it felt fur ihe tame reason, by those who manage it, and that they not only watch carefully all he phenomena, but give to others the facility of doing an. I ad vine y ou not lo '. ..P.PP,.?Tl!.AJ thttyoiimtT have of studying it yourself. So far our correspondent. In a conversation with Dr. Howe, a a a a few days sgo. he informed us that he list recently acquired another pupil laboring unucr me same urprivauon oi signt, near- tog and speech. Should the doctor be e- quaiiy successful in developing Ihe lac- uttiet of the immortal mind in this case as.lic bat been in that of Laura Briilg. man, he will thoroughly establish hs fame not M t PWl.anthropist., that ia etab lished already but at one of the mott re- markable men of the tge., .. ; , Jtlii , ; .-.. THR' SlSW ANDTH1E C Th. .ii.t... s i to probably than any one for vrars p..t. i rte wet and cold hare greatly retarded i the labor, of the farmer, in nushine: the ground and eett:Dx in hit corn and oatt Inn general way, tha spring operations in eegard io these cropa, are probably two wecke behind lime-The -effect -t be. to greatly crowd the other labors of the agriculturist for the current month. In Western Pennsylvania,, wa have ac- .All hi. k - t t,A M.l.ma . - Imj.Ii ihU .-J ..... uiipromitinr and that tome field in-Wah-4' tngtnn county, had - been ploughed lp, with a view of towing spring grain. Thia, however, il ie hoped, will not be done in many cases, or without due consideration. V hen the "growing weather" doe at length come, a week or two make a won derful diflerenre in the a pert and prom ise oi a wneat nem.Buu. rai. PEAfiH TREKS. We have teen it stated in one or more of oar exchange pa- pert, reach jrtei will be effectually pro tected againtt the depredation of the worm and other inaecti that destroy them, by having planted aroand them, any of the bitter kerb that grow in eur gsrdene, tuch taniy, rue, wormwood, ke. At the experimenet could be made with litf'e trouble and no expense, we hope tome ol our farmers and gardener will make it, and let the public know the result. Lexington Obterv. i' home of our affections. " NO. 20 CHOKING OFF A LAWYER. The beat and mSist effectual check ever given to"a verbose pettifogger, aaya the Pic avune. occurred in a well known western city, and ia within our knowledge as a fact Much against his will, s shrewd, plain spo ken, straight forward citiaen was called from hia business and foced upon a jury to pro nounce a verdict over some trivial point of liitirauon. lie sat some time patiently, un til he got the merits of the case, and saw that the matter was just worth a loss of a red cent. and far worthier or being so decUed. titan thrust Into a court of justice. Yet a pedan tic looking small lawyer got up, having . n ostentatious display of law books before him, and giving every indication that he was gn- kind of forensic oratory for which. he was omewhst celebrated among the different justices' courts and other bars f the place, After e 'era! pompous hems and haws, he commenced Gentlemen of the Jury' 'Look here,' said our juiyman, rising and pulling out his watch -'I've got one remark to make before you go on. If you talk more than five minutes, I'll give my verdict against you. Now you see the less you say' the better ' The lawyer took the hint, consented to be choked off, and whs rewarded by the paltry verdict he wished to, gain.. PiTEn's Wife's Mothv.r. K riel gentleman, remarkable for preaching ranny Mindays from one text, had nearly run through the year f oin these words. Peter's wiles' mother lay sick of a fever." The church bell lolled one morning- earlier than usual. The minister despatched a servant to inqutre who waa dead. I he sexton pre tended real ignorance, but returned for an swer "That he believed it was Peter's wife's mnlhet aa ah had henn airlr for a Innv timT' n The Jfightinrnle and - the Hawk.K hawk pounced upon a mjrhtinirale sineinir in the hedges, crying, "Since you have such a iweet voice how delicious you must be to eatt" Letting. ! Every thing oufhi to be wtll done A nd many thing are told f the late Win GrJ distinguished merchant of Boston. " was tammany Known oy me name ol . l a. a a "Billy uray," lie lelt at hia death a large estate, and used to say that the chief Source of hi worldly success wat hit mot to. 'What is worth doing at all, it worth doing weil." On one occation he had reason to find fault with a mechanic for some slovenly job. I he mechanic recol lected Mr. Gray whec he wat in a verv humb.le condition, to he bore the rebuke with impatience. "I tell vou what." said he, " Billy G ay, I shan't stand such jaw from you. Why, I recollect when you. was nothing but a drummer in a regiment." "And to I was," replied Mr. Gry, "to I wat a drummer, but didn't I drum well, eh! didn't I drum tielli" ' President Tyler. There is a Roman dignity about thit patriotjwhirh most ttrike all. We have been perusing his speeches and letters, and we find them full of it. He seems ner- er to be swayed by passion, or fettered by . " a a parly. His words e simple- liis thoughts tlirect, and they burn and breathe with the spirit ot a man- 'i dare out touch the Journals tf the Senate," he said in 1834, when instructed to vote Tor the Expung ing resolutions. "I dare not touch the Jour nala of ihe Senate. The Contdlulionfor- 6nf w." 'that was enough for him. lit aoiboritv was above s It aloneia the obiect of his notifies! war. tne instrument to overtnrw it. 1 renin ,n ,0,nS ait example to my children which will leach lh'm to regard ai nothing , place and offic, " " 0 a.," or h ht "J"!.- inai example nisc-un trymen have not lorgotten, aod they rejoice oow, mnurniui at wa uie occ slon which placed him where he ia, that one to true to duty aad the Constitution, rules over them. What that constitution directs or enjoins that will John TvLca d) now a hereto fore, he will atand by that sacred inttru ment. ' I know, he nobly savs, no cthet .ri. .c.,.. ' --V !""r' y Cin. Sep, New mod of Pwtiihmtnt. The Cin einati Republican eutea that few nights since, a man waa caught in the act of pur loin ng aome good from a flu boat, at the landing of that city. The boatmen bronchi him ap le the mark t omr and gave htm hia choice, to let them cot hia throat, or do it himself. He chose to be hi execution er, and after deliberately sharpening hit pen knife, eommeced operation. He cut one aid of hia throat pretty badly) On the other the incision wss only tkin deep; but be is. to the relief of the boatmen, who only wiah- ed lo alarm him, doing quite well in the hand of a tkeiful surgeon. . . ' Poverty it no disgrace.' - An honest man, with sixpence in hie pocket, i worth more than a dishonest one, with millions at hi command. The publication ef a paragraph ihtl Gen eral . Jackson had become greatly embar rassed in his pecuniary concerns, hat alio Med the following contradiction from hi a dopted 'ton. The Nashville Banner; in publishing it, add "W take occation to add our testimony ie behi. f .l M-jnr Dn elson's ttsteuient aobmfy here doeutt for a moment ita truth and accuracy." NainviLLB, April 22l. 1841. 1 Sit I was not awaie until your paper reached me this morning, that there were) ttatements in the public pi ime represen ting that Gen. Jacksii had be. owe em barrassed on account f hia liabilities for me, Y are correct in the noiie yon have taken of Ihesr statements. Urnrral Jackson has never paid nor been called up on io pay, a drbf nf mine, that I ant aware of) ami he hat no liabilities on any accoi.nt that could under any contingency gie him the slightest tin mtveniei ce. lie i i oian endorser fur me in any Bank h re, or else where! and he is rerpu ,sible fr no tontrart of mine in any shape or form, for the dis charge of which I have not abundant meant of my own. Ii my not be improper for trie lo add here that the rumor so imlue.triooi.tv nrn- agaietl, reore-eiiiinz Gen ra' Jackon'a es . J v late as insolvent ia emitety uftiunilt-d. ii a ry affairs. I ran say wih rm.fi.'e' ce, if he were called upon to marrow tf close all his liabilities, that hia et'ate, worth at lent J 100 000 would not be diminished a fnicttm. I request that the editors of newspaper who have gien rircolation to the state ment in questii n, will tin me the justice to publish what I hate here said respect- ng tu. in. I am very respectfully. Your obedient servant, A.J. DONE Li ON. To Mr. J.n. Hahrin, Editor of the Nashville Union. From th New York Herald Extra, FOUEH.N. ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA. Important NewsThe China Difficulties Set tled The tteamhip Preaidcnt not arrived Great fall in Tea. Th Steamship- Britannia. Capt, R :B, Cieland, arrived at Boston on Tliuraday miiining t 2 o'clock, bringing inlelli Kenre from England up to the 19ih ulf. S:ie left Livetpoiil on li.-20ih, at I o'clock, P. M., arrivetl, at Halifax on Tuesday, 4th instant, at 6 o'clock. A. M , and left at 2, P; I'M ) the same day, making the passage from Liverpool to Boston in 15 I Sday. Site brings paper from Lon don tu the 19ih uit. , und Liverpool to tli 20th. She brought 30 passengeta to Hal ifax, and 29 to Button) and took in at Halifax, lor Boston, ten. We regret to say that the Sfeamtr . President, which left here on the 11th of March, had not arrived, nor had aay in telligence been received concerning her. It was greatly leared that the had foun dered. Captain Fayrrr, who formerly commanded the Pieaident, had written a letter expretsing an opinion that the had lost her rudder in the heavy galet m the 13th mil 14ih of March and had gnno to Bermuda f.r assistance. Commenting on the above, the New York Journal of Commerce says ''This hope it now in nihilated, fnr we have Bermuda advices to April 20, and not a word concerning the President." ' The cotton Market tt Liverpool on the 17th and 19th wa dull, and sales small, at a decline of l-8d. . The Queen ol Naples hat been deliver ed ol a prince. Queen Victoria's health . remained as good an usual. - The steamer President had not arrived out and great excitement prevailed in Liverpool and London inconsequence. Nearly all hopes of her safetv were given up, and insurance rould hardly be effect-' ed on her at any rate. The Duke and Duehett of Richmond and family are in a painful slate, of sus pense as to Ihe late of their second son. Lieutenant Lord Fitzroy Lennox, who is on board th President tteamer. Hi lordship, who has jutt exchanged from the 43rd regiment to the lOih dragroons, and Mr. Courlenay, eldest ton ot Mr. P. Cnurtrnar, M. P. fur Bride water, art lha only officers in th British army taken their passage in that vessel. " Settlement un'h China. By tne over land mail, which arrived at .Merteille on 4th ultimo, and reached Loudon on the 6th. intelligence had bprn received of th settlement of the dispute with the Chine authorities at Canton. Thia wa not ef fected until two of th forts at the pat age of the Bogae had been ttormed by the British force, the fleet of wr junk deitmyed, and th batteries higher op the river bombirded by the fleet Then the Governor of Cam on, teeing that the time for procrastination wat pasted, sent t be: for a suspension of hostilities, and rommrnred the negotiation, which speedi ly led to a settlement of the disput-, at least so far as he had the power of netftinr it. The following are the terms tgreed upon: 1. The cetaion of the Msml and harbor tf Hongkong to the British Crow. All ' : ju-t charge an J duties to the empire up- ; on the commerce earned en there to b ' paid as if the trad j were conducted at ' Whamp-r."' -' ' A Indemnity to 'he B'ltiA rovern. u ment of ait million of dollar, one mil lion pavable'at once, and the remainder in eqaal anneal inttslmtntt, ending I 104D. , .- . , . .,.. .:, ' . S. Direct official Intercourse between the enuntrie opon an equal footing, ;' " , 4. Th trade of the port nf Canton to be opened wit'dn ten day after the CW- nee near year, ana to be earned on at " Whampoa till Jurthcr arrtneemcntt are practicable at the new settlement-. ' ' Th detail of the settlement of the Chi ; p Question are not fallv riven, bat an" far s they were dersfood, it at peart they -
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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