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Haja-aH, Editon. 1 For a non lonfr period waa lan coanirj nai baaa libabitad by elfiliaad ptopla, Earspa baabaan laiarialinf in tba eompowiioDi ol taaaa naaiar apiriu hi sialic, wboae worka Ka after tharn, and Mill remain tha delight and admiration of mankind. Tbaea great maiieri have eempoard eoluaxe npna volumca nay, Wbala librariee of unak; of which ararea Iba buadrath part ar reaebed oar eharea. Ia thia point of view, Bieaie i bat in Ita infancy in ihia country. We have indeed a portion of tbeee composition, and aome of the ey bigheal charac ter, bat a large ahare of thie ia not generally diflue ad, and reett enly m the banda of a few profeaMra nl amalaura. Mot aaly ia Earape ricb ia tba wdelioaa of tba at, but I coataina aire an abundant aw of moeical literatma. : Uietoriee of Mooier Biography of Mueical men, both eompoeere and aer'ormerr; fflatiee on the teaching and practice of th art In ila branches work oa the culture and manage ment of the voice, and en all kind ef hie rumenlnj booka and aaeaya exhibiting tbe raligioua, moral and eoeial Influences ol fflueir; ita importance na a branch of eJueation; and ill eoftening influence a poo tba human character: eolumee on all three, and many other aobjecte, hue bee a multiplied in definitely, containing the accumulated experience of eereral generation. II ie believed that an attempt to introduce and apread a portion of thif marie and mueical knowl edge will be acceptable in ihia country ; and will meet with the patronage ef tbe mueical public gen erally. Bach (a the general object propoeed ie pre. earning to the public the MUoICXL UABI.NET. Tba principal design, of tha Mueical Cabinet, is to send forth moMhly a choice collection of music! both sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental; and also a number of useful and instructive arti cle of musical literature; the whole drawn from the best sources, and adapted to Iba wanta of the must eat puUie in ihia country. In regard to the music, its cbeapnesf i not an unimpoilant feature; since every subscriber, at tha close of the year, will find that ba has on hand a stock of pieces suited to his wishes, at one half of the eoel for which the same quantity could be purchased at Iba music stme and ba will bava tbe musical literature into tbe bar- The Inttrumemtnt Department will contain: 1. PiH-frteTicc, of every variety uf char acter, from plain and easy pieces, Jo ihota requir ing a considerable degree of skill and execution. Tbe majority of these piece will be adapted to the wants oi those who bate made a tolerable proficien cy on tbe instrumsol; and in passages where it may be thought serviceable, the fingering and other marks and directions will be carefully given. This 1 instrument bat become so common in this country, (that this department will make rather an important feature in the work. ' ' 3. Organ Pi0eu, embracing Voluntaries, Pre ludes, Interludes, etc. , 8a little music for this in strument nas Been puoitsnea in mis country, nisi such pieces cannot but ba acceptable to our or- ganisia. v Th Feca Department will contains I.. Seclar Mneie, embracing .mgs. Duels, Triis, Ueartette, Glee. Ate. This will constitute the most important feature of tba wark. Much of tba secular rousio bow in existence, particularly as reasrds tbe subjects or the poetry, can lay little claim to purity of moral, delicacy of sentiment, or refinement of character. Tbe public may rest as sured that nothing wiH find ita way into tha pegs of the Musical Cabinet, which breathe of any oth er spirit than tha pure principles just named. t. Sacred Mutie, Bongs, Duets, die., from tha works of Handel, and the other great masters, wbo have left an abundant store of tha most valuable material. An Anthem may occasionally ba ni serted. Tba Feeef Mutie will be arranged with an ae eiimpanuceat for tbe Piano-iorta, except each pi ces as do not require it. Tba Literary department will contain articles, both erigim 1 and selected, an the theory of music, tyfcludins; tha various department of musical ecf lnce; the history of Music, and of musical inslra msnts; busts and miaceilanaou articles on muste, both vocal and instramental, and an tha various in. eirements; biographies af eminent composers and performers; criticisms and analyses of musical cam positions; artiolea oa the teaching and cultivation of the vaiioue brancbe of the art, and on musical education; musical tales, anecdotes, dte.t musical new, both frera Europe and America; accounts of mustejar institutions and societies, and time opera tions; dee. die. Tba abject will be to fill the psgee with matter of permanent interest since a month ly periodical ia little suited to criticisms of local masical performances, except, in a very general manner. '" la all tht Department tba wants ef Teachers will ba. constantly kept ia view. Is tba Literary Department, the jreat object Wittba Instruction and inr..: 1 ,L t...kinn .n.l .... I . ,MJ ,M .UIIJ..I w W.VHIU HIM H. -sical education will coma ia for their full share. Teachen of tba Piano forte will find the ptiee for that instrument particularly adsled to their pur poses; and there wiH also be introduced instructions and useful exercise for training and cultivating tbe voiee, ' , . . UJ me Musical Cabinet will be poMisnrd mnn'bly ia quarto brat, aach oambsr to contain IS Pge ef Mucic, and 4 pge of letter press, ta be printed an good paper and new type. Terms $4,00 per year, payable in advance. Tbe first number will he issued in July, and will contain an elegant print of tLa bead of Handel. All communications ta be addressed to tha Pub. lisbere, at the American end Feratgn Periodical Of 6ca, Na. 10, School street. Bostoa. - 1RADBUUY at 60DOV. i," " ' ' ' 1 11 . Letre t1i choiee of yonr Piano to my- eir, and 111 insure j ou a fine one. The- are many persons who would purchase PI ana Pane if they were nr af being tutted without meebtroablsv To tusk, I would say, leave tbeaaoiee ur instrument t my self, and it I send y oa aa ia oilereat article It wilt be lay ban lots, tamely srad ta yaasv aedev sad say what ariead Piaao abatl aa ft(Tata.r---4'"-T-r-J'i'" r-" r' : I am thnmagbly eeevtaaad mjmlf that aty Piaae sn"Tioe, aad, tm order (bat other may be eow. d I wdl aare tortkem Ie b triad before asM tor. It it out et my power la mak librral prnrwtitina. K.P.N4SII. , Btk ad Piaae Porta Store, a ertuarg Va JaaearjSt,. Bali nn4 Party at Shotco StaHasa. Tbera.wiH B g Bf,,j tn4 PiTiJ M Sh(!tea Kpring, on Tuesday arid Wedneaday, the lOih Jd Itthof Aoguat nct.l There will he fine Moat. ib attendant. ANN JOHNSON, "airen Ccuaty, July U. v V Nobth Carolina vol.xxxii . . . i 3 TIIK FUTURE. Publiahed in lite CUy of New York, BIT ALBERT BRISBANE. The Fuuir ia undertaken with no hope of pe cuniary advantage it ia ratabliahrd in order to forward the Great Cauae of the Social E!eva tion of Man, and to point out a practical and pos itive plan for remedyinf the Poverty, Mieery and nombarleaa Kvile which oppreea ao targe m oeriioa of Mankind, and particularly tbe Labor ing Claaaea. 1 ae raper win ne an p per tea mninly for the present at the expenae of one or'" &"ord; m,ttmnS P" nnu. PJ ..but it tadeairable that it should qrl mm, at the expiration of evetfr poaaible the foet of publica.ion. ' ''" nbacnuera, one half In ad- two individuals, naw aa aarl aa noaaibla tha eoat of Dublicaii We requesi, conseouently, those persona dAo rrallyfeet an interitt in tha Great Cauae of Aa aoeiatioc and a Social Keform, not to limit their patronage to eingle copy bat to take five, ten or twenty, aa their meena ntay ellOW( 00 10 end them to auch friends or peraoa a they may think will take an interest in the aubject, and may he gained to the cauae. By auch meant the publication of the Paper will be facilitated, and the new and important Viewa and Princi ple whieh it Will advocate will be more widely disseminated. Thoaa of bar frtenda wbo can take twenty eopiea, will be, fumiabed with that number for twenty dollara per annum. The first number of The Future, containing Ceneral View ol the System of Association and the Principle which we advocate, may be had al the Office, 30 Ann St. Price, 6 cent aingle, $4 per hundred. We recommend it to thoaa who wish a general outline of oar Doctrine. We request the friends of the Cause which we are laboring to promote, to make personal exenione to obtain oa subscriber in Philadel phia, Boston and other principal citie. 30 i ONLY HI. The Chcapeat Famfly Paper in llie Union ! UV 100 PKIi CKNT!! PROSPECTUS OF NEW VTJttJME. ttPvkluhrfthe Fhlladclpbla Saturday Chronicle, ta aaenrilanea Vlth the economic! euMt ot th . as well as Irnm a detira to 'extend their sphere ot aiioess, b, placing it witbia ih mesas of every per. h... resolved tohimisb th Chronicle here.i- .. . : ! LI- E TAT - terai tna lounaing nnpreceaenttaiy low reirs,-vw ror 10 copies lor owe year, fiu 4 r; s I s The pnblls will remember llisl the Ssiurdsy "'r.j V!, Pe, i';'!'. V':.!!": ,"",at': thirty-two column of stately printed matter, cm. urssing every vaiRty Ol enniee LHerarv, ecivnune, aad News mailer, of a harler eslealsted to prava instroetbig and entertaining la tbe Family Circle. Tbe Chronicle bst new been several jesrt in exis tence, snd the publisher believe that, without snl ty oa their part, they msy safely assert that it has earned for Itself a Kenutatlna lor Excellence in all its departments af Useful laformaiioa, Hound Phil osopby. High Toned Morars.amt Attraeliveand Va thVuid Zlte wtpsper o Threading sonlents of ih Saturday Chronicle are . . Mr. , - , ... 1 ::'moT7.' Tbe Pine Arts, -'AsrieartBr,' Science, Travelling Sketches, Manner and Customs, Ladies Department, Biography, Prices Current, : Dank Note List, Moaev Matter. J"ar0.JatUtl.t.l Letters fraai abroad New Publications, Mu.. Newt of tb Day, rorejgnlaieUigei.ee Local Items, Humorous. Beside ihea prominent features, the Chronicle wilt be found lo eoataie a carefully eorreeted Bank Note Lit--s List ef all New Cnunterleits. The prices of Stocks Prices of Marketing nd a Com Iilete Prises Correal f Foreiwn and lJomestie Pre. dace, ihas rtadcriug tbe paper oi great value to all j t aa i e.a l a : pufwu. 7 gr A NEW volume ; f Of the Chronicle will eonimenee on the isitinfthe r. " r .""i. cnsraaicr. vror sooseripiion mi, since ine arst Ol January last hss nearly doubled, and ear Immense patronage enable at to bring into operation msny imnrovementi nf an iroooiisnt cliarseter ' Uur ales improvements M an iroponsnt eaanister Uur Bles oi cnciisn permawaisaas gresuj inarrasea, snn ine aid.f .il.lili..n.l .orr.moulrr.ls of h'.rh H.-.nl.tbu. ngliidi periodicals ha greslly ireaed. sad the has been secured lortheeomior volume Ve fear, lesiy assert, thst lor lhe esuu,s twelve monias wa shall be ensbled 10 furaith a mass of valuable literary tnttter, not exceeded in mtcrett by the eonieatt of any simrtsr aewspsper ia the weriu, ana thst too at about half the prwe demanded by oar eontempora-' rict I The secret af this loa arise M, mat we nave adopted lira acta system, we neither in nor giv t ereilrt, ami therelore are raahled la parahase paper and other artrale oa ib mast favorable term. , . ia i . MU?,C v.' . As sa additional attraatioa, and lor the especial gpati6eaiioa ot tallies, the mutie of tome pope ar air, meioHy ar bsilad, wilt b eeeasionaiiy asserted, a that oar reader ia tb eaierior wilt have the advaa. Sines. TrtHM3. Tb Chronicle being the largest paper published ia ih Union, a rigid adherenee to tha tollowkig terms will be Insisted upon in ell cases I Por tea oopies lor ana year, -. , . $10 00 Per four copies, 5 00 Por two " 3 00 . Por a singl snpy, aas year, ' ' V . 3 00 W bra Un ar more copies ar jubfi ribed lor, the price ol each sd'titionsl sopy it only one dollar. A gen s will pirate endorse their letters, and Post Wasters frank in full fo eonatltate a frank, k Is neeestary lo wrile the earns al Iba Peat Master ia fell, snd th word free" slso. Tbe Postmaster General ha decided that a 'Post master may enclose money i-a tentr la tha Pub lisber of a Newtpaner, lo pay Ike subscript km of a third per a, and ft auk the letter, if written by bint. self " '; ' ' editor ta the coaatrjr ba will give 4b above a few insert ion t will be entitled id aa exchange with Ilia Chronicle for one year. MATTHIAS at TAYLOR. Publishers, - - - r Na. to, Sauih Seeond St. PROSPECTUS OF - Til 15 COM Jt K 117 TheaabwIbevlnformriiW ruenda and the public that he intends publishing la tba lows of tlixaljeth City.a weekly newpnper, to ba call ed Tbe Complr, tha paper will contain sixteen col urn na, and in bo inaiancB will the Advemeementa exoeed aver Ave eolumna. leav ing eleven eolumna lo be filled op with Miaeel laneoua and other reading matter. It wilt eon tain as far aa space will admit) a notice of all passing event of rhe day. -A, regard Polities, tb paper Will ba entirely aeatial. aad it will ba hia aim to give to hia raadare a true and im j partial statement oiau political maitera, and -I pcc'sllyyaleeiipa return. sn.fJf A poition of the eelamns of the Cortipiler will be dev ted to sdvsnea tba Interest and prosperi ty of tbe Partner the stay of th landtaid nev. Powerful in moral, in intellectual, and in phyaical reaourcea the land of our aires, and the - - ' 1 . i. . , ' RALEIGH K. C. WEDNE8DAT, AUGUST 4, 1S4I or found wanting ia lira of need. The New,' both foreign and dommiic, will claim his ape. Coife'nTwM be MhlUhed ''i Tale. uaefuliBairoetive and amuainr. car- rylng with them rood aoand morals, will meet with attentioa. In ahort, ha will endeavor to ( aarvaau a weekly repast, ealoalaied to meet the , tata of rll hi reader. Tha first number will be iaud on the 10th of the preaent monih. " BBMS.Th Compiler will be publiahed vairca. ana me oiner ni me eiptraiion 01 aia montha. All who wish to subscribe will plea aena in their name. 1 J00 " or" eTr oeaertption, wi.a . upajiwwj vp mm si mku&Ibjiij W, E. MANN. JolyS. 30 ITILLAin W. IIOLDEW, ATTORNEY AT LAW, - AND GENERAL AOS NT, AND COLLECTOR, RALEIGH, M. C. . Will attend thoCourta of Wake, Orange and fJrnnvillA. tlaima ftl evarv dASAilntinn thank. f n, reCeived and promptly attended W. REFER TO Hon. Nicholas Diddle, Philadelphia. Fra. Hopkinson, Philadelphia. Ant. Chaa, Caznnove, Alexandria, D. V. Thomaa J. Lemay and riii. Raffin Tacker, Eaqra j Ka,,l,, H n, Wm. A. Graham, Hillsborough. Hon. Robert B. Gilliam, Oxford. -i ..-!!" nr, juu. On Bfteenoon, ae Samuel waa tetitrnine; from schoj, ho waa overtaken bv a heavy i ot enow, wnicrt came on enauenly, ac Companion Dy Violent Winil. 1 liere Wag al ready much SHOW on the ground; ant) this drifinir atorm driAed it in larte nilea to the of the road. Samuel fought hia way aiuiiK, uuiieuiir me wiiiu nun unuw, nil ne e;tme to the hill, at the foot of w hich he IlV- edT irr-waVnihuini dowdllti fiilf. wlien he aaw something red at the aide of the road, nt atnoned to nirk it nil. What waa hia eurpriae to nnda child asleep in the .now! He looked again, it was hia little sister Cath erine! A thin, red calico shawl was pinned over her shoulders; her tattered bonnet had fallen from Iter head; one litue hand was half raised, as if imploring help; the other grasped the reo! .. . - O. my sister! my sister is dead," ex- claimed Samuel. He Caught her Op and ran down the nin carry,ng her benumbed frame in his arms, Ho reached (he house and fell with his : burden at the door. His mother came out and gave one agonizing shriek llig faUier was asleep on the bed; he felt too sick to move, but not to drink, and had forced hia R " 'W. Procure for him the poiaon that was fast sending him to the grave. It snowed but little when ahe went out, but the stornt had come on violently, and her feeble frame was unable to bear it. Samuel and his mother brought the child into the House, and after nibbing her aome UlUC perceived SUinS Ot lUe. 1 lie.V U1C0 r put her into a tub of cold water, and with re- . . . . . turning constiouaness, the suBering or the poor child commenced. She drew her breath with difficulty, and her groans and convul- sions showed how srreat was her nam.' Thev .... .jin, " , , la,d heI on t,)e ed beside her miserable fa- WCr, ancl iSamuel ran alter tije doctor, Tha iliwtnr au ih... Kilt aui1 traasosai , The doctor Was there. .... ,a ..... .. , ,i... ,ri . u IltUO tO 00 dOn6. I tlOUgll covered for awhile, he feared ahe was not to U VII IIU W O-SB gv- l,ve long in this world. He did all he COUld, i w:-ji.. ..u4 .t. i;..i. ...or J a ."'"V . burning fever and delirium came on. The poor child thought she was Still Striving tl home n. this iuir ia ao heavv." she m -- - . .,."', , ' would exclaim, " I shall fall down I cannot iret any farther. Mother, Samuel, do come ndhelpme." ' i f n : . . a- ,1. j ! Towards morning she fell into B aislorbed aleep; and when the doctor came, he found her easier? but it did not last long. After a little rirl died.-3fiU Jlefcrmed Fvmitif, Jin Incident and a Moral. 'Tb fol lowing paragraphs are .the climax of an a rouaing article in the New York Mirror: . On a certain day, a day never to be for gotten by me, news arrived in town that the governor was dead. No sovereign prince, ponlibVtoAteVon the face of the earth ever appeared so gigantic, and formidable to my childish eye, aa that harmless gentleman the Governor of Massachusetts, . Imagine the shock occasioned by this announcement! Straightway the bells began tolling, people collected in groups, quiuiiunc scourea jrom nlsca to Dlace. troasips chattered, children gaped in dumb astonishment, and old women, with dismal faces ran about croaking the Governor is deadl To tM theae things seemed to betoken the general wreck of na ture, for how the order of the univeree could subsist after the death of the Governor, was beyond my c arm and tuoon to fall, the stare to ahoot from thnr spheres, and my grandfather'a mill pond to upset. The hortible foiabodings un der which I lay down to sleep that night art not to be described, ami it was a I ere I could eiose my eyes. In the a tong time he morning I waa awakened by a dreadful rumbling; - ! itk. RAwemnrla deadt f vlatrn. d, ataru'ng on In a terrible fright. The noise R.N ShenrTCay. William Drjsd.le. Kaqi continued! 'l listened, and discovered it to be J advocate. Major Irton, and K.eer,Eq; noUiing more than my old grandmother Patrick Robertson, Esq:,acted as croupier, grinding coflee! Uoppiirted by AJ Anderson Eq. , .biHo- MThe eflect or thie prodigious anticlimaf cate Williamson. Ramsay, Esq. of Lti can hardly be imagined: never in my life was mount, lion. Horace WalptU , I o pujjled and confounded as at the firtt' Many apeechea Were de which elict- - i .... moment of this discovery. What! said I to myself, is the Governor dead and yet rind Coffee? TncB h Ktmt we br"kf ju 'f thing haprjened. P. m"n BO,rar,re ronsequence than "H, A new ray of.light broke in Upon mef I fell to pondering upon the occurrence, and live , minutes pondering completely demolish- 4 the power aupreme with whichinany a Domooua owl had stalked tlirouffh mv imairi- 1 1., - p, , , clerks, selectmen representatives, justices of peace, and great people of every degree, lost nine-tenths of importance in ray eyes, for I plainly aaw the world could do without them. "How often in af cr life have I applied the moral of this incident! How much mo ving eloquence and dire denunciation have I passed by with the remark, That ti l great affair, no doubt, but it won't, stop a coffee mill." . Dr. Nott's Advice to PiMt. The following letter, Says the Albany Evening Journal, written some year ago by the dis tinguished President of the Union College to a graduate, who passed under the imme diate eye and guardianship Of Dir. Nott, as he waa about to take his, seat in the Legisla ture of the ' State, having alien accidentally into our hands, we hope the writer and the ftiend to whom it was written, will pardon us for giving wider range to the golden rules conceived in abounding wisdom and expressed with such precision and compact ness: " ; " Union College, 30th Jan. 1836. ' . "crr S'lrSince I did not find you in the other day when I called, -the interest I feel in yonr success as a public man will be my apology tor troubling you with a few ob servations, the observance which may be of some use. j " Do not speak often, and only on impor taut occasions ..... y hen yotida.. speak, lie brief, pertinent, and stop when you nave fin ished. Speak rather in the furtherance of your own objects than in the defeating those of others. Endeavor to alley the prejudices which naturally exist between the city and the country. Be courteous on ail occasions, especially in debate and to your immediate antagonists- Never indulge in personalities, never lose your temper, nor make an enemy if you can avoid iU Conquests may be made by conciliation and persuasion aa cer tainly as by ridicule and sarcasm, but ia the one ease the chains are silken and sit easy in the other iron, and gall the wearer, Though you point your arrows, never poison them; and if the club of Hercules must be raised, let it be the naked club, not entwined with serpents. " These are hints merely, bul a word to the wise is sufficient. And with" legisla tors or others, a man needs to live one life to know how to live another, and since this cannot be done literally, we can only do it in eflect, by availing ourselves ol the expe rience of others, .. - f 'Wishing yon every success, I am, in haste, very sincerely yours, (. Eliphalit Nott.". THE ONE HOUR RULE. The Madisonian says: V The operation of the rule of the House limiting speakers to ode hour works admira bly. The speeches are more condensed and effective- the Hall is more fully attended the House is kept on the qui vive, and busi ness goes on with unusual facility It is, indeed, a great discovery. -.- The people will approve it, and both parties will, iq the end, find it a happy rule, it saves time, space, la- bor, passion, money. The newspapers will be thankful for short speeches they will be more generally published and read, and the readers will think much better of their au thors, 'Brevity is the soul of wit." A man of education and good sense will speak with precision and brevity. It ia the empty headed and the weak-minded wh are Ver bose." Condensation Ir an evidence of tal entthe opposite is a sign of shallowness; Mr. J. C," Clark, of N." Y:, 1s emitted to lhe credit of proposing a rule like the one we have alluded to, at the beginning of the 20th Congress, and Mr. Warren, of Georgia, and Mr. Holmes, of S. C, will enjoy the merit of having anccessfully revived it. HONOR TO LrTERARYGENIUS : On the 25ih June a public dinner was giv en in Edingburr, (o Charles Dickens, the au thor of the numerous admirable worka of action which hgve delighted so ma j thou sand reader! op both aides of the Atlamic, within i few ean past." We Inn from the acrount published in ine National Ga zettes that two hundred and ft tj gentle men sat down to the table and after the cloth waa removed about one hundred and fifty ladies entered the galleries In ft.ll din ner deeas. Professor Wilson was in lhe chair, with Mr Dickens Mi right, and Sir George Warreniler Sir William Ham il ton. Sir Chartea Belt," Prrrfessor ChristV sun; Captain Isrringlnn, Prof gsor Traill, Prnfesanr" Svme. D. M. Moir, Esq., Aleg- -nl" Blaekwoad.Esq .Chas. Neavea Eq. svivocatej and on the lelt j the Lord. Pro- ' e7n; nonBtrayri. rnm. rnae. Sir Edward Ls, Csptain Sinclair. home of our aflectiona." i ; NO, 31 teuV, great pleasure, especially thst of the eminent Prol nr Wilson, wha in giving the healih f Mr. Dickens made allusion particularly to hit last wtiik "Master Hamphrey a Clock." and to the character of litile "''Nell." I lie meeting is described as a splendid tribute Mo tha genius and character of the distinguished stranger," Tbe fl lowing is a skctt k of his Atldres, received with enthusiaiic therrs: Mr. Dickens said If 1 leltynarwarro and generous welcon e lea. 1 chould be better able to lliank ynu. 1( I cnold have listenetl, saynH have listened, to the glow, ing language of your distinguished hair man and if tI could have heard, as you hae heard, the thoulit that breathe arid wnfila that brn,H whii h he has ottered Jt would gone lianl, but I ahnuld have raoght some portion if the enthuaimm.and kindled at hit examples Bat every word which fell from his lipa, and every demon stration of sympathy snd approbation with which you received hiaeluiiuetit eipres siun, rentier me unable to respnnd to Ida kindness, snd leave me at last all heart and no lips. Great cheering ) Yearning to repnnit aa I would do to Jour cordial greeting possessing, Hraven news, the will, and desiring only to find the wsy the way toyourgnnd opinion, fa vor and support, has been to me very pleas ant, a path slrewn.with flower. and cheer ed with sunshine I feet as if I stood a monga't old fri'mls, whom 1 had intimately known, and highly valued. I let) as if the deathaofthe fictitious creatures, ia which you hsve been kind enough to express an in lerest. had endeared us lo eachntlier, aa re si afflictions deepen fiiendahips in actual life. I fed gs if they had been leal persons, whose fortunes we had pursued together in inseparable connection, and that I had nev er k nowOhiftop'rTrni ' It is a difliult thing fir a man to speak of himself or of his works Bat, perhaps, 0M!'!.oc?lonf ...t.JJ JmPrBH;., eiy. venture to say a wortTon the spirit in ...f!.i !. i t ei. " which mint were coiiceivtu a ten an earn est and humble desires and shall do so till I die, to increase the atock of harmless cheerfulness. 1 felt that the world waa not utterly to be despised that it was worthy of living in for msny resfons. I was anxious to find, as tha Professor has aid, if I could in eillJihings,l!hat ioul oi gnoclnesi with winch the Creator liae put in them, iwas anxious to show whst virtue may be found in tha by-wy of the worla that it ts not incompatible with poverty and even with rags and to keep steadily through life the motto," expressed in the burning words of our r Northern po et The rank is but the guinea glamp, - The msn'a the gaud for a that. (Loud cheersvj . . And, in following this trsck.whtrt could I have better assurance that I was right, or where could I have strong'-r assurance to cheer me on, than In youi kindness oo this,, to me, memorable night.- (Loud cheers.) I ant anxious and glad to have an opportunity 6f saying a word in retrrenc Uone inciilent.in winch I amhappy to know though it may sound paradoxical, that you were disappointed, I mean the death of the little heroine. When I first conceived the idea of conducting that simple story to it, termination. I determined rigidly to adhere fo Uand never to forsaks the end f hat in view. Not untried in tbe school of affliction in the death of those we love, I thought what a good thins; it would be if. in my little work of pleasant amusement, I could aubstl'ute garland of Iresh flow ers fur the sculptured horrors which dis grace the tomb. V 1 II I have put into my nook any thing which can fill the young mind with better thoughts of death, or soften the griefs of older heart ii ini't written one wiirii wmcn can oner pleasure or consolation to old or young in tune of trial, .1 shall consider it as some thing achieved something: 1 shall be els d to luukapon in after life. Tuerefore I kept, to "my:purpose," notwithstanding ihat to wards the conclusion of th story, I ilnly received scores of letters of remonstrance, especially from the ladies God bless them for their tender mercies. , i he rrofesgor was quite right when! ht-jaid-t-had not reached to an adequate delineation of their virtujand -J fesr.I ;rl.j!)ti; ting their 7cnirictor " In"7seaeorTn7flf" reach the idea I ha enmjTnind.Cheera."J These tetters were howevrr,coinbined wiin others from the Sterner sex, and soma of them were not altogether fiee from person al invective. -M But notwithstsnding I kept to my purpose ( and I am happy to know that many of those who at first con demned me are now foremost in their ap probation. Iff have made a mistake In detaining. you with thit little incident I do not re gret having jlona aoi lor. joar'kindoeag nas given me suctt aconnuence in you mat the fault It yours and not mine, f come one more to thank you j and here lam in diflicultv aeain. ...Tbt. distinction yon have conferred upon me ia nne which I nev er hoped, and of which I neer dared lo dream. That it il one which never shall forget and that while I liva I shall be proud of its remembrance, you' must well know, I believe I shall never hearths name of this nobleeapital of Scotland with out a thrill ol gratitude and pleasure, t hall love while 1 have life her nenn'e,her hills and tier houses, and even the eery stones oi hr streets; ana u in the future works whirh may lie before me yt.u sl.nuld diacern GihI grant rue may a brighter spirit and a clearer wit. I j'ray ynu refer it bark to ihia night, snd point to that aa Scottish pasftge for ever more. (Load cheers) I thank, you again and-again foe the honor ynu tavt done me, and 1 drink to you all with a heart as full as my glass, and far Iras easily emptied, I assure you. (Great laughter and cheering.) ' Ingenioui.k prisoner got out nut of Boston Isil the other Msy, in a manner worthy Of Baron Trench himself. He broke"" his iron pan into strips, formed tliei into an instrument, by which, running his aim under lhe space of the dour, he unlocked a 4 large, padlock on the outside, then unbar. , re the door and passed outi be then took hia way to the upper story, forced himself out throurh a small scuttle and narrow" chimney upon a slippery .steep, alaled roof, down whirh he by some means got; from that point he reached the ernund bv lesr- ing his blankets tostrips.snd lowered him. self down a distance nf three itorie: He then mounted the wall.but how is not' known. Tb exploit is tha most famous we hat c, heard of for many a day. The ftl low deserves to go free. J?ic)i. Stat' . Dreadful effect of Lightning.- Dorinr a thunder storm on Thurfilar eeninr,!at.- the house of a Mr Armtrong,nn Wrights- vine soonii, about eight nulea from town, was struck by the liehtninir. Mr. Arm. strong.his wile ,and three "or four childrer. who were all on the lower floor, werelani prostrate in a state of insensibility. Mrs. w A. waa the first to recover. Oil looking; about she found that one of her children, a buy about twelve years if age, was dead, . and her haaband so badly Knit as to be helpless. It is doubtful now if he wilt live. Three children abed in a garret room were injured. A hone standing near the house -and a hog under it were also killed by the same shock. IVU. Chron. v ' EFFECT OF THE TEMPERANCE V PLEDGE. . Speakhig of the eflect nnd ieneftt of TemperftceJ the i Boston Mnil says, 'Wr, wore not a little surprised, on visiting n . neighboring town a day or two since, to find that about a dozen persons whom . wf7hnd but recenlljr known' as the niost unrnUigTited "drrthltnrds we ever cfid ' hmtSp-tjiBhha- total nbstincncr- -pledge, and what is better still, one nnd , all had kept ; it ; forjsycrd weeks. Thn dilferenco in their own personal appear mice, and m that of their families , it is needless for. tis to describe. We knownot the amount of good that : has been accomplished by the Raleigh " Temperance Society; but it has rc- .' cently been zealously engaged in advan-- - -; cnthe Oijcause. Many interestinfa; " and profitable meetings have been held, a goodly number hare been added to tho . list, such, we trust, as " will (e savod;", and one at least has been raised from the deepestpit of tdtemperance.-We allude to Mr, Edward BacNunnery,who is not ashamed to' come out like a man and no knowledge the beuefils he has already 4 . received through this instrumentality. It is now more than two months since . ' he took shelter from bis old enemy under thewing if tho Temperance Society,-1 during which time he has been an en ' tirely "new creature." We have jufJt -received a communication from him, in ' which he says Jlfff. 1 My ways in former times brought " mo into great difficulty.' ' I was reduced so low that I could get no work; for I ' had no friends to assist me in that nor a- ny thing else. Out I .thank God, he hat . shewn me a better way to travel a way of safety mid happiness; and I intend to , fmrsueit.. I hope the rest of myjife to -ive in the fearot God 'and unknown to spirits of any kind, let its name be what - it may.' i tiow tool my responsibility to my family, my country, and my God, ' before whose) bar 1 shall soon have to appear, and from whose eye I shall have nothing to hide me. . 1 hate to sce ono ' of my fellow-citizena intoxicated, for it makes me sorry for his family; espeefht-" r ly for his wife children; for I . knowj: how the times have been with mVarid mine. When 1 0sed to go to the grog. -' shop, and .lad money, I was ft clever fel- , , low, I had friends a plenty; but when 1 I had do money my friends were scarce as craw-fish' in burr.ingsanda: I could'nt be seen.' d Let me say to all drunkards, this isthe case with you, my dearlriends. When you h" money, it is M come and treat- when I get aotno money, I will treat you again and again; for I feel very bad at tba time for the want of TT it; I had rather pon my wife's bed than to go without, for I'must die at all - , vents.1! Such men often sink so low,'; I that contempt could'nt reach 'em, the : ,, dogs woiild'nt keep company with 'em,- ;-' the hogs wonldnt li with 'em, and the Dtizz4rds would'ot eat 'em. I have of- , ten gone to yshop and staid four hours hoping togeuometning to annic wnen . I hod nothinsr scaroply in my house to . eat; but I thank God, the temperance pledge has broKen trw speu inai nouna me; 1 am now free, and by the help of . Him from whom all. blessings come, Iv intend to u stand fast in this glorious lirrttf" in which X feel daily and. hour- jy better than I ever did. " All I now ask ( -ot my fellow-citizens, is plenty of work and reasonable wages. ' , , ' M Your obedient servant, "EDWARD McNUNNERY. The 37th of July, 181."
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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