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THOMAS J. LEMAY, imrok Urn iir.tQs. taeetattir. UrJ" tt!!nU)C bMUli it will be r. ,.d m nr the weet t th '' " '"ftxtis pp AbviktiSiNd. r ever Hn (Ml eseeediet 1 lioejthl me IrVieerrtloe, eee dollar eeeh uheetneol eertava, teett-Seeeal. . ' , he energee) Si Mrml. kicheriaad a dcdsHMe est Hr iNk will he etade froai t rl net. aaa far advenleer ky the . -O Utter ta tk Editor mart he aoet-fa. wii.LAlaw.'uoiJEW. ATTORNEY AT LAW, AKP 0BinCKAIp AOCNT, AK COLLI CTOE, SAiKKJH, V. c Will attend the Court ef Wak, Orange and Graavill. Claim of iwj oeeeiiption thank full received and prowpily attended to. 1EFBB TO Hon. Nieholaa Biddle, Philadelphia, Fra. Hopkinaoa, Philadelphia. Ant. Chae. Casenove. Aletandria, D. C. Thmnes J. Letna and 7 RlU0 RuffiaTecker. EaqmHi ' Hna. Wra. A. Graham, Hillsborough. Hon. Robert B. Gilliam, Oxford. Salt ttadl Vrty mt Skoceo fcpriaaja. Ther will ba a Bail and Party at Shoeco Spring, on Tuesday and Wedneedaj. the 10th and 1 1th of Aueuet neat. Thara will ba fin Me ai In awoken. ANN JOHNSON. Wairan Coanty, July 11. 9 tl, BE W AMD, For tha eppteheneien and oaf delivery of Car. I an J Snetd, Prter Snetd, Geerr-e J. hunt and Owin Qrimtttf, lo tha Sheriff of Kemper county, Miatiiaippi. Said awn committed a murder upon lb body ef Bradie M Brown, ef th coanty and rltal afeeaid. oa 141,1 '. February, 1841. Sevan hundred and fifty dollar each for Garland Snred and George J. Hunt, end two hundred and fifty dollar laA Or Piter Baeedand Oerin Grimee- y GarlmMd Saeeef la about thirty .four year of se, five bat eeeea or aighl inch high, weigh aboat 160 pound, eqaare built, lair eoerplexioa, blue eyea, dark hair, (a Utile gray) aader teeth project bayood lha upper tooth, and high bread forehead D ha a romp on Hi ootaid ef bie left little tin gar, appearing liketbtamp of a eiith finger. Ap paarane genteet and prepoamwing, voice eharp and thrill- perfcrme en in violin. Grtrft J. Hunt ie aboat thirtr-four yeere old. See feet tervn or eight inohee high, weigbe about 1 6a pound, equare built, dark swarthy gloomy rompleiion, black hair, light bio eve. On of hi aye aqtrinta. and on a eler examination will be found to be blind in it. Perform on the violin eboemaker by wade. ' v-r - ------- - Ptt Saeoelie about thirljrigbt year old. Ire feat ten or eleven tnehea high, fair eomptexienjblue eyee, black hair, (a BUle gray) ebarp faatnrae, waigba 10 pound, awkward in appearanc and (peach. Owe Qriwuilf abant thirty-two year of aga, five feet iiine or ten iuehe high, weiho abeot 175 pound, dark akin, dark aye and dark bair hae maker by trade. TheOa nor of MinriWppf alb offer 4 reward of tbrca hundred del Urn far each ef th above mor- afajfU. HOLLINGER BROWN, of Rtewart Ctuoiy, Gee. REUBEN COLE, . iAHE9bf;C0LE, .,. k of JCampef eoiwiy. blU. Jane It; Ulf. r fit "PAINTING-! ' Th 8uhriber reapeetfully- -offer hie aeTvi ce to th citiient of Raleigh and it vicinity ,aa HOUSE FAIHTERe dk. He eaa paint both iaaide and eat plain and mixed and flatter bimaelf that ha will be able to giv aatlafactioa In" lb execution of hi work and aa hi price will b lower than th lowest, there can be no ort ef grumbling. EDWARD McNUNWBRY.' Aagurt 8, 1841.. 30 06 From the Commercial Herald. Mr. Ewroa Tha eitixena of Moacow aad aerghbothood have beea Induced from occur rence of a character, that at thi time, would be improper to publiah, to examine the grave of tna individual mat war louna ina oayuv Deaha. ia tha month of Jane 1837, and ate led to the belief, that thi individual cam by hi I . ' x - i.r .1 aatn Dv tna nana oi nomice, aim uia cuiaane af MooeoW have reqaeated that Alvah Nichol, R. N. Lewi, A. J. Caldwell, Samuel C. fieldin, James M. McFall, G. W. Humph rey. J. D. Lowber. William turner, act aa a eommittea for th purpoa of diaeoverinif lh db ceased and th can of bia death. Th com miuea, are in poeeewioa of evidence ul6cient "tw-produce the uiwitumoiu belief, that the indi vidual found, wa a Mr. ANfON W H1T- F 1 B L D , a genilemtn, who some eix ot eight month befor th diaeovery of tbi dead man. wa attending a law auiwin thi circuit: Hick' maa county, Ky., and left th neighborhood to return' to hie home by the way of this ' place. He bad 11500 ia anecie in bia saddl bage, bo lide a large quantity of Bank paper, which h wished to lay out ia th perebaae of aegrnee " to: tha aaldatehmcnt of both court and frlejid here, (wittt at haavr aait depend inrl al- thoogh now near four years haver clapd, not tn iightost inrormatioa ba ever oaen received lo tlie myeterlooi abienc or silenc of saiiJ Whitfield. Hia friend at whose houae, h mad hi stay whilat ia this county, ha written ev era) letters, tn tha place where h formerly en- deratood and' believed be reiided, t wit in Claiborne eoonty. Mimtsslppl, near th Grand Gult Wa arw ais Informed that h bad sold out in that eouaty, and had take bia family near Naahvitle Tana., lo which place h intend, ed going, when he left th houae of hi friend, near thia plaee. Now air, our object ia through year saaiatasea, together with ether public joura la. wdieravar whether thia Mr. Whitfield la alive, and when ha live, a that we may h a bl a xpeanihi myuwy to the world; rf he baa diaanpewed in the manner deaeribed: that we may take Men tep as may perbapr lead 6 aiacovery aa ma perpairatot or parpetralor of thia moat atroeion deed. Tha eommittea are informed that Mr. Whitfield ha wife and two degbtew and nameroas other relatione, and Make tkt nablication ia order that they may eome forth la oar aid beside wa are informed aa Important botine is this, and adjoining ennnties now auffering for his attenttoa. , Wa therefore requeat tbKjroa give thia, as many as ait tnsanluna, ia your paper and Wa requeat rT PP" th NashvilM Union, ma aad Burner. ni.fl.;H. rL.i.i. f- "mbr papers. Grand Galfand PortGibaoa pa. nera, Ralriirh tX Ci Rim,. A .;a . li. Jei, and tf a eharg ia made, la furwaid their eottnt u you for a payment for two ineetuona, anA lo fo,, to ,, Pou Qflic V. ,,'re 9J f of their papera. 1 a eo-nmittra are' in poaaaeaaion of tha h individual, (which from many im taaona are now kpt eoocenled.) and "ihejr cannot but believe, are the banea of "MiO Mr. Whiififld, and it t likely Noatv CAmouii a Powerful ia moral, tn intelleetnal, tad ia phjnicml rMurcc--4h land of our lire, and th s VOL.XXIII that hi friend may a pea viewing them, aid aa ia ear object, and w eloae thi oar publication, with a call upon th feeling and aympathieing pi rit of all good men to aid a la feueiing out an act of atrocity nd barbdrtty that I heartrend ing to human aatare. R. N. LEWIS, Chairmaaof th Com. A. J. Caldwell, Alvah Nichol, Corretpondent Sacratarie. fflltclaclPO Oewgrmaliy mm4 Atlas. Tbi eBeeHant aarh, paatitnael aboat ana year a go, by TboauM UoppertbaaH, kCo.nl nnaaelphia, Em already abteiaad a patraaaga almoet oaparailcled. It ha deerr eiy reaeie4 I he apprebalioa aa ree. amaramlatioa a only ef aamaeea proleeaor in oar beet Mwleniet and ekool, but of' maay literarr gen tlemea m private life. 8 great ba beea the dv aaad lee thi era, pertieuierly y aeboal aadaaa. mirt, that b eoi larprHtng pal klitbcn have reeeatly inarmed the adrthioaal expeaaa, f inert ky readeriag it atitt more valaakla.) ef adding lha addhiaaal amp te the Alio, the aaa aempreheadatg Great Britaia aad Ireland; and the ether Germaay, vaeeriad ad Xnnbarn Italy. It ie aaeeeeaeary ta add aay Ihmg rartber thaa ta ey. that ihta i Ike beat eompil. ad aad meat aarreat (Wheel Geoirephy aad Altai vkwk ba ever been preacatcd hi the pablia. , ' U.S.Goutt. . tn Itefaell'a Priaaary tiewcraptay. It would teem that Mr. Mkshell'a enter priae, ia dadry aad dk le do goad to Ibe riiiag generation i, aabonnited, he having Juit aampleted aaoiher mo eaeellent work for yaaager pupil, (abieh it pakliik ed by the mm beokicileri ai the above,) eatiiled Mitchell'! Prieaary Geography, being aa aery iairo. duatioa le the MUrfy of geography, delignrd for ibe iaxnMltoa of ehildren hi ehnjli tad taniilir. Thi it a beautiful little work, well printed, aad eoatafn. ing ana baadred aad Mtveaty-aii page, illaitraled bv aaa baadred end tveaty engraviagi, and fouHeca aeiorad aup. Everv 4b9d from eaves to tea or twelve year ald,ihould have Ibie book, aad it thoald a mtroaaeea unmeaiaiciy mo acrr pri.rj icaaca in nur aoaetry. It i divided iaio elghiyhree lenea. eome of wMch relate ta ettreaomy. k m deHgacd aa a firat book af geography fee ahttdrea aa aooa ai they ar aid eooaph la aoniprrhead it. Itii etniple ia Ml arraaemaa and hraatltulty eta. ei aie the geography of oar awa and the etker eoan- trd ef lha earth, aad M decMadly warrior to any giecranbtor primarr eebeU which ha ever beea . 1 nca vaiueoia worwi rw w wmw w. w r.. iw la Book Store, Raleigh, by Tamer It Hughe. HEW JEAVELLEIIY STOHC, TOHM a PALMER he aameieiieed the akev a baiiaei in the new building lately creeled ky Nr. Kwnarfl saita oa rayatteviiie aireet, a lew door above hi Store, where he knead te entry it aa, ie all It braaehe. He keep eenetmtly aa bead (of lha very bcM qaility ) a new and fethiouakle ae ortment of Jewellery ead watake aa L. aonaiiihut' of told aad illver Lever' aad plaii Watahe aad Cmlcry, laiavraian ri, Vua VbaM, Keya and 8eala, Kar Nmg. Braeet Pine, a aeaaaertmeat af Knive and Raaora and ell ether artielee aat aeeeeaarv la meaiiaa. all af vkhtj hvf engager to mil ea aheap for eaih ai they, eaa be laid ta i Mi awrt of the eooatry. wataha raoalrad in the beat aaaaaee. He latter hieavtlf, treat the leag eiperieeoe in Ibe kaMacM, that be will be akte te giva mtiifaelian. He ka in bi aeapiep arat rate waramea. v atcbe at Uteex that am be Made to keep time, will be warranted lor twelve month. He hope Ibe eitiaeaief Raleigh and eeootry eroaed, will vail and gtva him a triel aad find eat for Ihameelvaa. Call at Ike tign of Ike Watah, nearly appetite the Leg Cabin. , Relcigb.N. C. July 14, 141. 46 tf LUOK AT TIII8. - THE Subscriber, wishing to move to the South Wt, aow ofTer tor tela, privately, bi I. AND, eeotaiaiag aboat four baadred and fifty acre, with at VHllsMjT - GRIST AND SAW MILL, ill in goad repair, witbia rwa milee of ' FrooklhMon Depot, en the Raleigh aad Gallon Rail Haad. The larm it aaflltiaatle work 1 or ibx baadi la advaa. tige. There - le oa in premieee a eomaaodioai DWELLING HOUSE, a good attahea, aad ether aeeeaawy out boaar, eitualed ina beaatiful high and healthy part of ike country, and ecvarai never hit. leg, execileat ipringebl water. It it eaa ef ike moat healtfcy aad delightful enoatioa ka ibe Sole. A farther deteriptkm ie deemed ana lie nary, a pae ehaier will aa daabt esamiae foe ihemaclve. The above, fcT hot sold before, will be espoatd te pablia ale, at my rwaiuenae, aa Wedaeaday, tk flral day af Sentemker neat, aad will be sold with all lha trap, ttoek, beutebold aad khehaa tarakar alee, A Likely T'aaaa;' Nca;ra Maa. Term ef Sale made kaowa en that day. AR, or any part el the abeve property eon be parekatad pri vately, pravioai'te the trot ef Septevabve. , JXO. P. LEMAT. Lemay' K Read. N. C. Jaaog, I HI. S , 'WfiT.i tniB ehbicf)of jduf Kado ta bij , selt'i Rati TH insure job a fine on. : There ere etaay pertaai who would pwroheee 11 aaa forte a they ware tore Of being tailed wkhowt ib froakTa: Teaaak.I would my. leivetbetkotoa e yoar twniameat ta myiell, end rt I aaad yenaa aw dilferaat article k will be my own toe a. eim&lv lend ia your order aad my what' pnoea rune wait e eaoecn. I era thorOaghly navtaiad myealf tfcat'nry rteno a mperier, aad, m avder that atbere mey ba aaa. vineed !, I wdl agree far them ta be tried acfare aeiag paid for. It il eat of my pewar te make a Basra nawai aeupwanina. o. r . don Beak aad Piaee I i Fart Store, srakarg V Jaaaary ft TEACHER WANTED. A gentlemen who eaa vaatroot the Eagtiak and athamaiiiet dtiaaimeal is oaexad tor I wa or three aaor a day in the Raleigh laetMate. He ejoel eeene bigbly rreommi adoa tor eenoieranip, u., ana . derMaad- School goitiwmeat AppliealMi ta be aaaile ae early aa pewibt at the) laetitote. AaguMln, IUI. ! Y0t?l.l8T0CK TUt2 COUNTliy aTlthPIANNOS,UUicry. Ill true that I have eotd nearl three baadred TWa Parte in the mm ef few vvan, aad awe weald aappeae that to large a samkie weald bevs a leedoaey le aleak at leaet aoeae part af the eaaatry, ban a far frem each a Mate of thing, weald aatw rally brtof abcet a decline a the aemker et totfO Breat, eald. I aaa Inly ear, ileal the eaaaiMy af Ft aaa sold ky aae Ihie tear ha been aaaasailr len aad never bava I eald an maav loetrameai in lb time tragrb af lima a I nave done daring the pre I atk aa eaa ta aVpead apna nty oord only for the aaalHy ar axy riaaae. Ml ta try larM, aad era aad near akattaey are. . e. r,"n Priatlor Va , Jan la. I Sit , SS TO PRINTERS. A Taaet Man at etiady bahaa. a ho at a lemanilrr. Bad laa ilea t at prm, vaaia a ( nation Addrvt th taf tar of ibe HUrijk Mt, BAUSlGft tt. C MrfeDNfcSDAf t AUGUST 25, 184 I. BR ANNAN ft C. or nStt fSn ?Snti " - ,t ar '"ppueq w a linen clotft and laid over the OMMt. CAns. If imrneditely wanted, spread it T K would beg leave te inform ear Mend and 01 the cloth AS SOOfl AS melted; it Will Vd- the poblie meraity, that we keep coaetaatly rf soon cool. I have seen it applied nAer oa band cUtlalaa; of all klnda, and eahabi h, cortodinr effecu of chemical poisons ti vl'ttt SrandetSSi tdra foot ha. been homed bf Uling ,u whether they want to porchec or not. All good g, after serere scaldsnd in every; case old by aa mat dd net inewar in every particular, I the sufferer obtained perfect ease in ten eaa be returned, and the money refunded. Po'ded;()r fjft,, minl)tes 4Acr USC(1. , they hall not have beea worn. . 19m. Richmond, Va., Match 80, 1811. 18 TO TK ACHE KS. r TheTraiteee ef Benie Uatoa Academy with to employ a Geatlaman aad Ltdy a Teaabar Th gentlemaa will be required to give iuatroatioa ia the Greek and Laria liagaagevf and ia aneh breneb. e af tke Eaglith a are eommealy taoghi in Aeada mlet : lo iho FmaU Drpertment, tke eleaaealary hranebct of Eoglith will be parened. The above Aeedoeay kmhhi thaated, aad ia the koeaej ef e ranral aad kighly ratpeetabla aotaniani ty, prretal te a gcalleana aad bh) who witaing la follow the kaainata of leetkiag, ea oppnHObity te aa eare I ear roan, a i aad pleatant leealion. Apply ta ihvaobieriber. Tamer' M Roedt. Brr li Couoly, N. a A. M. CRAIU. SJ If. Scene with a Phrenologist. "Do you astttrt me that von have never een or heard of me before!" said the comedian, with im pressive solemnity. "Sir, I do, with the most profound sin cerity." 'Astonishing!" said the dramatic wag, with a look of pious wonder. "Then you are" began the phrenolo gical professor. r "Stop, sir!" replied the reverend Thespi an "now will you tell me whether yon judge from my serious countenance and th sable plainness of my habiliments or from tne scienunc examination! you nave maue ot in 1 . a) . .. - , I J natural ueveiopementsi Dir. as an nonest man, I entreat you not to deceive .me." ' " Why, my dear sir," said theaccompliah ed pupil of Spuraheim, "to be plain with you excuse roe 4 knew you were a preacher (he instant I laid' my hand upon "your head." " 7 "Well, thi u decisive, aaiu the actor, with solemn intonation, and a look of moat extraordinary gravity, rising at the same time, taking hi hat, and pushing the double fee before the man of science. "It is my custom to register the names of prominent inaivtauau wno vuii my oince, said the phrenologit, Vnd J should e teem it ah especial favor to enrol yours among my patron." ,,B l 'Y<"fflfo' 'ffirT replied the tall mysterious looking person, "staring you in th face, like the ghost; of y our defunct se cond night!" and as he walked away he pointed to a play bill at the door, upon which wa inscribed, in "forty line pica" Park Theatre Benefit of Sol, . Smiih, on which occasion he will appear in his' populaf char acter or Mawworaw i"tc. The following tory, by Hooo, i irre sistible: . y - " It' a good sign' of a dog when his1 face grow like his master!. It's a proof he's ay glowerin' up in his maitcr'a' een, to dis cover what he' thinking on, and then, with out the word or wave o command, to be aff to execute the wull o hi silent thocht, whe ther it be to wear sheen or to ran down deer, Hector got sae like me, afore he deed, that I remember, when I wa own lazy to gang to the kirk, I used to send him to take my place iu uia paw, ami uw miniaier aeni nae ainer 1 .1- -K 1 . . ,1 ence. indeed, he once aaked me, next day, " what I thocht o' the aermon, for he saw me wonderful attentive amang a rather sleepy congregation. Hector and me gied ane anither ste a look! and I was feared Mr. Pat- on would have observed it; but he wa a simple, primitive, uniupectin' auld man a very Nathaniel without rnile and he ieal- ouaed neathtnk, tho both Hector and me 1 . . . ... . . . r was like to split; and the dog, after laughin' in hi aleeve for mair than a hundred yards, could stand it no longer, but waa obliged to lonp awa owre a hedge mto a potato field, pre tending to have seeated parti id ges. Modem JEJt--''Larnihg larninr Iarninir, ia the cry of lather an mother, if my boy had the HUrnjng," what a janiua hed DC.' In coorae ye old fool, your bon challwould be a swan among the goalins; L... : '. ,.i : n-k.i .u. I J uui i, wii loiuuig, inn uiv etuitu wauia. instead of "larnino;." bv which thev mean cobweb picked" out of dead men's brains, if thy would get Aoms discipline diacipUne, dUKipline that s tn only , education 1 ever saw that sverbrougnt s boy to any good, What's th use of battering s man's brains fuU of Greek snd Latin pot ho ks, that he forget before he doff' his last round jacket. to put oa his first long tailed bine, if y don't ' teach hi the old Spartan' virtue of obedV ence, hard hvinff, early rising, snd them sort! of classical Where', th uae of instrucuV him in hexameter and pentameters, if you leave him Ignorant of the value of s penny ptecer what height or methehn stupidity it is to b fillin a boy brain VIA the wUdort ef the ancient, and' then' turn hint out like sb omaonouo w pica up nis victuals among the wYAtnmBlatkumtiMagaxfa ' " . , . Ta Cure A BurX LaAv! in the KnoxTillo Rejrister, gives th lollowinj recina for a bum: ''scare a monm posies away but we read or hear of some .SntJubj.fire 1 fbllowtnrprescnptiOQ for burn behey- ing that ti I it were irenerally known, thai much suffering might be alleyinted- Tnke a table spoouful of lard, half a ta- blespotmfiil of spirit of turpentine, and a piece of rozin as bigot liickory nut, J jab ..- " . J iin4 simmertheriitogethertillmelted.lt rnftkes sal re, which, when cold, may be may be applied two or three times a day, or as often ai the cloth becomes dry," Quili fln'f ine;. A person ha advertised in the BalUmore paperato furnish the public ! with anvapecie and Amount or literary work : . " , uira w rucn that may le demand for s "considemUon." J"'6; ,n. 1 bone,,olenl mutU! fault nd Orationa are charged at five a ten dollars, aeJ in for. "nprovemenU Atru. friend will be cording as they are fair to middling.. Cheap' M rwdJr to ymPt,'" ;wah u in our or enough too. Letter and Essay three duf- ro V ? U ! . re,?ur Pleut5 "wly tars on all subjects, we suppose like the ,uch. frTd. ?f .,nca,,cu',,We The talk of Dr. Donne's learned ladv, "from pre- ,an',or mi '"pltcity of the ancients appear destination to alea-eilk." Acroiucs, one dol- J?. bm?r rarable to the developement of lar no excention. we iudse. aa to die name. fenah'p. n the wttlicial atructure of o even when it ia Caroline Wilheimina Amelia Skeggs. Album pieces, five cents a line; rather high, in our estimation, aa th market goci now. Adverti ement, on to two dol Far these, we take it for granted, are ground but by a machine. " Confidential and pdnctual in all caaes." The trade, we think, is a good one. "And only want ciaowa, to make it com- plete." Be it. Cour, v I A rood Example. -We heard Mr. Clay debating a day or two aince, upon the Loan Bin. remark that for twenty year, neither he nor his wife had owed any man a dollar, Bo in ot tnem; many years gone by, had euqueiic. ' come to the conclusion, that the best princi- pie of economy wa thi, "never to get in EXCELLENT ADVICE, debt. To indulge your wants when you are Set a value on the smallest morsel of abl to do so, and to repress them when you knowledge. These fragments are the dust are not able 10 indulge them." The exam f diamonds. pie is not only an excellent one for itself, but - " It i true," as poor Richard says, "(here come from, a high source. To repress a ' much to be done and perhaps you ar want, is one of the wisest, safest and moat weak-handed; but atick to it steadily, and necessary principles of political economy, ypu wilt see great effect, for constant drop It prevents not only the dangerou practice of p'mf wears away stone." living beyond the means, but encourage the A man may learn that in two minute, safe precedent of living within them. If aH which may be valuable to him all hi life. . who could, would live within their means, Learn all you can and you will live to see the world would be much happier and much t value. belter thenrt ia. Hnry Clay and his noble Never let sb'p an opportunity of gaining a housewife give u an example worthy of all new idea. immitation. N. Y. Expreti. i Remember that the beginning of the sub - ,,t -i -Mtu"" - Uiiieseteae'Bt'onen What will not mother do to tare worthless, "" wrVaU,?wnTjJa Redeem time for mdy, - The buieat a chdd of Mr. McGee, of Westroinaterged workm. m om foments. , 5 year. wa. at play about.the well.tt climbed Whether you work or olay do it in earn- .a 1 . 1 t a aa upon the curynd was precipitated head fore- Tj I"."""""' child, and heannf cries from the well; al- though in very poor health and having a child only ft weeks old, descended and rescued the. !ft'1rlTra'1? side of the wdl and crying tot heTp. Such danng and bold achievements, although of rare occurrence, show what a mother will do iT to wve aauffenngwch.ld. Bellow$FaQt(tL) Gax. Look to this, PaaxiiTS. " If he had brought me vp proptrh, I should not have been here," were the fast word of Peter Robinson, who was hung in New Brunt wick, (N. Jersey,) for the murder of Suy dam. Tbi. roonstet in the form of a man, had been permitted while a hoy to do pretty much as he pleased. Like too many in the f resent day, he wa aubjeet to no restraint, nstead of being made to work, he wa al lowed to lounge through the week and to JUhon the AoAOfffA and as might have been expected, he has come to a disgraceful end. .What roust be the feeling of the fa- ther heart, when hi felon son reproache him u the suthor of his crime and ignominy? Parents, remember the dying words of Robinson; "If h had brought mt US nr. perly, I ihould not hate been km. ,... '"' '.'','. I py and painful life. What a lesson to th rQOUNtt MEN. the degradation snd There is no moral object so beautiful to mire of the sot, making companionship with nMleoi him as I do a star in the heaven! clouds cup, and the deadly , indulgence of the mo may be before him, but we know his liirht menu forfeitinr the respect of the world. ia behind them, and will beatn agam; the' blase of others' prosperity may outshine him, but w know that though unseen, he liluminate his own sphsrs. He resuts temptation not without a trutrrle, for that is not a virtue but he doe reit and conquer. He bears toe saroasiavof lo proHigate, and it stings him, for that is th trial of virtue; H heeds not the watchword of fashion, if it leads lo sin: the Atheist who says not on Iv with his lies "there is no God. controls not hitn; iorJie see th hand of a ereeting God, and reverlnees itt-of -t fttrntrrms God, and rejoices in it Woman is shelter sd by fond arms and guided by loving coun sel; old age is protected bv it experieoce manhood bv its strength; but th young man stands amidst th temptations of the world. 1 like s self balanced tower. - Happy v is he ! who seeks snd gains the -prop and the shel- iter ot Christianity. . . , , .. . . Onward, thsn, eonseisntious vouthi tsse thy standard snd nerve thyself for goodness. If God has given thee intellectual power, a- wak f'1," J? U "'d "., t Tt nfl.,Mmc f 10 'u chJT ifUe J mefaume the beautiful gar! mentof Ttfirtue, lt 4- Mjr fearfuUy ,, ,,. jt difficult to be pure snd holy pot on thy strength then; let thy chivalry be aroused against error: let truth be the la ay of thy bv defend her. . . ; a. homo of our affection NO. 34 FEMALE FRIENDSHIP. a comotnauon ot virtue ia necessary to true and profitable friendship. Elevation of character, firmness of principle, and an af fectionate heart, are among its essentia ele ments! and when we consider how rare such virtue are in human nature, it is not to be wondered at, that friendship is not of mote frequent growth. The attribntcs that nulli fy one lo be a friend, are auch aa reflect lus tre on human nature, and especially on fe male character. If, a females, we would form permanent friendships, we muat look to the basis on which they are erected. Those intimacies that sprinir tin in nromis. f.uous ?"cle,y; ,r8. H8"1' "hort dura- ln raodern .l,me- ThB of re mote ages record instances which have no modern parallel. The re Aeon of this may be our promiscuous associations, which are averse to true friendship. She that invite her dear five hundred friends, and lavishes much time and expense on their entertain ment, perhaps loves not one of them in her "e,n. otuateo eourte.ie tend w breait up . . .... sincerity wnicn ia oeeenuai te irtendship. To be able to make a proper aelection of friends requires more judgment than usually fall to lot of youth. Among eur moat intimate associates, should be those who are offended at the least neglect of any point of UVMIV J VU vTUIBi Ul VI J St IIS V u but Mr't be inllant. Always have a booh within your reach .uh ... .h.t. .. ,i ulefc . 1 v i d , , ,utfa erery d.y4if hhbutVringle mtence. Ifyou Can rain fifteen minuie. a day it wUl make iuwl? f.U at theend of the year, dii.i. .t.-t.ta -A vav aaaaas j vaas Nivuxiitaj w iivis saw sj am stuui A Awhile at work. Why miy he 0, u inVing 0ornethtng th'p" Utu' m .... . '. . J"? In yur m,nd what 1 hm,Mt """"fr . a .... ", . , i avoincuiuci mat inuai oi mc maicnicsa bi- fusions of Robert Burns were conceived while he was toiling after the plough. THE DRUNKARD'S DEATH BED. Vickers, whose dreadful death from the wound he gav himself while under the in fluence of delirium tremens occurred last week, was buried on Saturdnv. If we are juirv4ttf finfrtrm. nnt An, t hia jtrinlrinj. companions went to sid pr soothe him in hi last dread scene of life. Those whom lie had chosen as fellows and mates in hia wretched career of intemperance, shrunk from his death couch; snd kindly hands and aumnathiaiW hotrta. mr tnnA at, a. i mong dioee whom he ehunned in his unhap- th eteem of good "men,' and' the Id Iveof' hearts that ySarn with ktndnes toward 'them. Tho who gather together all that isbvelyand dear and valuable in our na tares, and placing them in the black nrn of intemperance, bum went were to ashei) for swcA does the (drunkard curse himself, Snd sll sround him. ; The poor erestnre who passed away ia so dreadful a manner, wa once a young man ef amiable disposition; with a mother who loved iiimr ttaer-oprided" m hlmT wife whose epirit, now of another world was all, all his. Ha wa sober,' skilful in hisbuainsss, intelligent, worthy. And' le took thousand, take a eup filled with deathj and he drank a thousand, drink with fmrermf snd he lauehed a thou and laugh at the ghot of drunkenness, wbioh TasiraaAMci flitted beiore him; and n while the skeleton of Fate was clasp, ing its bony arms, around him, and grinning' as it elutehed. hi. unconsciou victim In ahadowy erobrac. he pressed the cup to hia lips snd smiled, secure that ht, al least, wu a moderate, e temptratt drinker. - Where is hs ttowt The wife is in Heaven .the hue band staggered and reeled, A drunkard, at her grave; his children have sought kinder arm, and he, disgraced, despiaed, a loath some tiling, without a tear,- without a sigh, with no sympathy, no kind word, ha pass ed away on the arms of a bloody death, ''to that mysterious bourno whence no traveller i.wrn,H YmruT,. arrwhem,, y take die cup into your hand, gze into it ere" yoa: drink, remember tht fati of YicBta. and aet It back untax ted. , if nty not trifle with $ horrid a fate a thatlBick. Stir. BANK OF CAPE FEAR. . The Nawbern N. C. Spactator says : "Wi pereeiv by . a paper which ha been ftr warded to aa by a friend from New York, that ther ia a considerable nnniber. . ... n l . ui cwuKiion nuira iipoq id I uani IP eirvll'. lauoa. The followine ia a lial of the issues that are reputed to be counterfeited : ; a , pay Samuel Craig, Jan. S, 1818; Williams, President"; i-lrT7T '; 7 J's, let. D. nay J. Adams, Jan. I. , 1818. lO's. leti. C. pay to G. B. R. Silby, Nov. S, 1814. - 10'e, letter C, pay to J. Smith, Jan. 1. 1815. 60's,towhom pay unknown, Jan. 1.1813. a JMirabeau'i Euhtvon Franklin. On the morning after the intelligence of Faak lin's death readied Part, when the as sembly was convened, IliaABSAtt rose and sppke at follow: Franklin it dead! lit tenia that freed America, snd pen red a flood ot light, e. ver Europe ha returned to lh bosom of the Divinity. Th sage whom two world claim a .their own, the man for whom the history of science and the history of em pire contend with each other,' without doubt, a high rank in the human race Tne long have piliticaLcabinet Jakeit formal note of the death of those who were treat only in the funeral panerjricai Too long naa ine etiquette or cnurta prearrioeu njp nerttieal mourning! Nations hold wear a a J .a a a a mnuriiiiiv uniw inrii uciiciii,iuiak ai una repreaentalive if nation should recent; mend to their homage none Out the heroes ( of humanity.'The Congre has ordained . . . i . .... ; j. inrougnooi inn unucu oinica a mvurmng of one month for the death of Franklin and, at this moment, America ts paving (his tribute nf veneration and eratilucfe tit ' one of the fathers of the Conatitution. Would it not become a, eentlemen, to join thi religion act, to bear a part in this homsge, rendered, in ins lace oi the world, both tn th rights ot man and to tn nkltAannkai avtiA haa nnf rihuta,! Ia evfnnit their sway over the whole earth? Antiqui- ty wouia nave raiaeu auara to nia migniy genius, who to the sdvantag of mankind. comnaaaine in his mind Ihe heavens ami the earth, was able to reitrain alike thun. derbnlta and tyrants. Europe, enlighten ed and free. Swei at : ieait a token or -re membrance Snd regret te en of the great- est men who have ever "been entazed in too vrrt lut n'liii.ai.uiiT 1 1. wi .t-..Y- . VJ..: propose tnailtoe uecreeu.inai inn iiauuii" al Assembly, during three day, shall wear mourning lor Benjamin Franklin.' ". There have not been many French ora tors who could have thrown out such enti raents as thes with such concentrated en. erg of expres won. B all. American, , . . . - 1 , - ' Tha nltaaf ffannhlie on oarfh. ia alaled te be 8sn Marino, in Itejy, situated b tweea the Appentnes, tn r,ana tne aq- riatiCi1-Territory 40 mile in elrcumfer- ence population 7,000, founded 1,400 years sgo, on moral princip'e, induitry,. and equality. ;; t 'X ' v DEATIIFR0M A WORM INTE - ;t EAR. '1.. A man died on en of the flat boat ea the New' Orleans Levee, on th 6th insl. of a diaeaa which baffled his rdivsician. A post mortem elimination look place indr epun examination of hi brain it was dis- Avarel that an tnaeet about an inch lnnr. known by lh nam of a centipede, or hun dred lege, had crawled into his ear, cam lag thereby an excruciating death. A NOVEL CEREMONY. . , Weneglected lait. wrek, says the War saw, 8ignal, te say s revolutionary sol dier.wa bplifd at Naavoo, nn tne 4th Inat. , by one of the Elders, forOea. Waah ington another old soldier was baptized at the earn time, for Gen, Harrison. Th doctrine of lh Mermons appear t be. that those who srs living must be baptized by one having authority, fmm Joe Smith, ergo to hell but thoe who are already dead, rosy b brought out of torment, by a rriend or relation receiving the baptismal riehts in their behalf. Th nation may re- u. r.... - ,1.., it., in... ;... ..i nts sbov nameil are now taken from the pneseMion of th Princ of Darkness, and admitted into the fellow.hip of the Saints! iVkrfo tart Diatom Dr, Ticknqr sayija his ajrreeablo, and JraluaWe worlr ornhe PhUoph jr of Livlnthaf he leaves each iudiyidual TOraasniW'i'nW'VtnrrKy anmrtjiiorniy wi victuals in tha first place with bis con iciance, in the second vith hisAeA arid in third with his pun. . , AWFUL CASUALTY. "We are IhFnrmSd 4Jr i gentlematj f re - a . a AtJ : A a J ik 1 A naifnisirii 1 1 tw. in mi fin anas awveaniTiir sTn sem dil. nvviMiJ ew-a -wae, "" on wo - v-o In the upper part of Clland County, a' Jlr. John Boyle, wa kill i by lightning, while sitting at.npper at his 'own tabid. Several of the family bid him wr in stunned, ttist they ware prostrated by the Rumor slso says, that in the same county on the asms evening, od First Broad River, s Mr. Spark wa also iltd by lh" me element . u ' ' What an awful thought, 1p be hurled is a moment into eternity without reflection. Surely thi should admonish u to be slso read j .KtUherfordion jntetii gtiutf. . . Ajfating-JL gtsntiomaa "passing by the jail of a country town . heard one of . & .i. v . .n:. ine prisoner wrougu inn grnica oi nia ! cell, sin jing in the) softest and most melodious tones, mat., lavorite aonif . ilme, sweet Home.'' ? Hia sympathies were very much excited in favor of the ' unfortunnte tenant ; of the dungeon,- and upon inquiring the enure of his in carcertition, was informed thnt he was, put ia mor beating hi wifd. i 'y;'::::: Knostillt ferf. -
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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