TH03 J, LEMAY, (frinlef for Ow Stale,) Esitob asb PrUTom. "jr.rr cnotm:-rowsarct i obai., ihtillictvai awb mitii aisocacss ns lass or ova sints as tis or osa miwoH.
THREE COLLARS A YEAR ia asvasc.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 99, 1843.
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WILLIAM AND MARY" COLLEGE.
The L-eierss in ibis IiisMuiioti srHI commence
a the Sad Meatfev in Octubci. :,
Ciwrit forth Degree, of A. B.
Junior Year,
t B:lle lAtre, Ugic. Ethie and HUtiry
Dear, Prwuieni a 4 IWeaaor
Politico Low and Cor Tumtnt Beverly Tuck
tr, ttobot. '
Mathematics Robert founders, Prnfesaor.
Chemietrg Jobn Mil Infon. Profcs-or.
w .Senior Year.
Political Econtm and Metahhiimt Thorns
niwnu H Urm. Frulnw r - t
KUurul AVWw-pA John MiUingtoa rrotwsor
Malktmaiict Robert Saoiwleri, Pruieuor.
. Independent Clours.
Low n Tucker. Profrnor.
Preparatory MuthemutittKohotl Saundert,Pro-
Clsurical Department.
' .Indent , Language' Cbarlss Minnigerode
'rofeaor.
.To fnicr the Junior Latin Clm tbt atoilebt
Baa b prauared to nJ tllnt and Virait; and
tha sri.nitaion into lha Junior Greek Claas, bs
(DUt bt ptfparcil to mil Xrnophon.
. ' Expene of a rrguhr itudent.
Junior Year.
Pea to three fWramra $20 each $60 00
Half Fee (Junior Political Cists) 10 00
Mrrieulstion Pea 5' 00
timid, (including watliini, lights and fuel) 13(1 00
00
Seninr Year.
Tee to thres rrofss,ore
Maineulaiioa Vtm
Uaard, t.e.
" f 60 00
S 00
130 00
f 195 00
1 InJependr-t Clarie.
Law r HOOO
Junior Latin CIb 20 00
Senior do SO 00
Junior Gre. 20 00
8mii t , -?00
prrarator; Matbamatlca ' 0 00
lha pic of Hoar J hera put down at 130. ia ibat
paid lo tba College Steward, who, in conaiderjtion
of certain prilejfea, binds himaelf to ibe Faculty to
take all Bludenie who apply for board, at tba price
bare etaled. Tba Stodents boanlinf with him
lodgs in tba College Bu Ming.
Tba price of Board, including washing, light
and fuel, al other Boarding Hooaea in (own, can
not exceed $ 150. Tbia baa been eetablitbed by a
general undarataoding witb tba College authori
ties. Te enter the junior Mathematical Clan the 8tu
- dent Biuat be prepared la comauan with aimple
KqssUoos.. Tbuae sol ao prepared nay obtain
the neceeaary preparation in Piepsrstory claee.
In addition to ibe etudiea above enumerated,
there ie a department of higher atudiea neceaaary to
th attainment of the degree A. M.
Information concerning tbia conns, (at well aa
other mailerej may be obtained from the annual
Catalogue, or by corrri ponding witb any ana of
the professors. Tba claaaical cartificala ia rvquired
for Ibe degree of A. M.
Gentlemen wiahing la prepare themselves for
Medical Graduation al any institution, can obtain
tba neceeaary preparation from Profewor Milling
Ion, who gives a private csors of Medical Inatrue
lion: Pee $30. -
In addition to the Ciena ol Municipal Law
j there will be a second and private eourae by the
Profeateor. in which lha Ten Broke will be Tuck
rr'a Commealariee, lha Krvteeil Code, l.omai'e
Digeet, Stephen on Pleading I at or JnJ edition
' Mitford'e Pleadingei while ibe Btodent will have
the advantage of reading an eitenaive and well As
sorted refereiiea Library: Pee $50. i
., Ten Booka in all the eubjecte referred to cm be
bad in Iowa al ricee not eicocdiog iboaa io Ibe
filiea.
All prraona attending any of the private CTaaare
mentioned, f who happen not to be Studenta of the
CutlegeJ will ba required 'o matriculate if above
the age of 16i
Private inalrur.lion in the Claaaica, preparatory
for College.) and in the German sod French Lan
guage, may be obtained in town.
T R. DEW. Profeieer.
Aoguet 30, 1843. 35 U
MRS. III4.II SCHOOL
WILL BE OPENED on Monday next, tba 6th
mxUnt, at tba of Ike formerly oecuoied by Henry W
Miller, Eq-, next door to the Episcopal Church.
All the ordinary branches of an BnglUh Education
will be tavnht 1 '' v'"' ": 1 '. ' ' -
TUITION, per aeanonof na months:
v lrtClaa Spelling and Reading, $i 00
Bd ClawThe above, with W'riUng, Orator
, ' mar and Arilhroctic. ; 8 00
, ' SdClaas Tbe above, with Composition, Na
tural, Moral and Intellectual Phi- ,
' IMophy, ChemiUry, History, Lo-'
gie. Rhetoric, dre. 1 00
Raleigh. No. 1. 143 4 6t
-CyieVaJ, OUSS ($ EdUTU-
nc WARE
JAfflES P. SMITH, 1
' Importer, Sycamort Hired , ' Ptttrtiurg.
' Virginiai "
HAS now open a full supply of
CHISA of variou kind s d qualities
1 .CLASS. Col, PraaaM snd Plain
EA R THES W.I RE, M S'sry description:
He will supply limelf with Good by I mom taiion:
Parrhaaer who nxf bor bin with tM. may de
pend upon bavins Goad of lbs best quality, pack
, ed with greet rare and on reaaonabls term.
Auttt't 88. 14.1 85 l
. MclLWAIKE. imoWlMLLV sk Co.
PETERSBURG, Van
HAVE received their PALL, SUPPLY OF
GROCERIES, which is general and eitco-
aire, embracing nearly every article In theV fine. , 1
' " Orderi fro n their friend in North Carolina will
sl with prompt attention i ' t '
Their unial attention will be given tsVlh sale o
aQ produeseiHMMiri ied to tbam (or sale., : H
Auirt. tt. 1843 85 I7w
-r Pioui UteMiImn Chrosj.
JUMPING JOHN MILLER.;, , ;
IT AKOTH rJl SCaUPK. L '.r Ti"
Tin vssJer. perhaps recollccu that we
ffHiko of iliia exiraoiduiary man some time
go by n ay of relating his asiontahing feats
W njrwatict. t remsrked of him that
winks a resident of llalifsx county Va. lie
had rreqwenUy exerriaed his agility by
v. "raniling ami jilmping" over a eoveml frnir
; IT11' ' hl h mada no more effort
in jmiipius; orer lha bark of the tallest bora
than if the horse wera a mere broom straw'
that oa his conviction of petty larceny in
the fkntrt House of Halifax he jumped o
w the heailn of a crowd of persons ho oh
strocUHl his passage to the Court house
door snd was not reeaptuted until he hsd
tested the speed and bottnm of the fleetest
horses in that ci.unty and that on beinir
sent to the fterwWWiary he tumped over its
high wall anuTmaueiia escape aiiti sunsc-
qnenily located nifflseil in ntirry uouniy
N C.
Since John's residence in Surry, he has.
so far ss we know, "kept the neare" until
very rerentlv: It seems t'mt a Mr. Brook
of KiK-kford, havinir had hi - Store broken
into and robbed of a lares amount of money.
had cause to suspicion John and some other
individuals, as the rogues: He arcoidingly
look steps to have the fellows arrested
they however "tloflged lite warrant on
"sme lltnir t lie rat.) bv nasstne over into
RmkinrfliRin but the warrant loved em
uhi well not to follow: and it ncrordinfh
found John sitting down hy the fire in some-
hodv's bouse at Went worth last week, he
didii'i lika the looks of uhe thing' at all, andLneh a manner, that we expected every mo-
heiicepave the Sheriff lee hail: and alllioueli
the sheriff had "an army" out doors, sll
standing ready to nab him in case he ran
John went hy them so fast that they wre
harelv able to tecntmize him as s man; Be
ing Court day, the alarm ws given, snd
lawyers, jurors, citizens, indeed every mfca
in Wentworth who could raise atrotfwe
are not sure about Judge Manly,) pursued
our hero, who, having previonsly swallow
ed about a quart too much of the 'cnttir was
caught, but not until he had made his pursu
era quite sick of the chase. He was con
ducted back to the courthouse, examined and
committed to custody for the want of bail ;
his accomplice, who attended lha exam
ining court aa a disinterested spectator, and
who seemed to be ho little amused l the
trial, was also arrested and committed. We
understand that John and his comrade have
been leagued with a band of counterfeiters,
and that disclosure are now being made
likely to implicate men of wealth (of course)
respectability.
"THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP ITS
DEAD.''
On leaving the harbor of St. Mary's
short time since, the people in a boat saw a
large red rliesl on the water, towards which
they directed their boat's course, and succee
ded in obtaining the chest.
This, on being opened, was found to eon
tain the corpse of a young and beautiful fe
male, clothed in a rich ilk dress, and hav
ing three solid gold rings upon her fingers.
And this was all that eould be teamed con
cerning her; who she had been, Or the cii
cumstunccs of her death, remain to us still
sealed; it is most likely, however, that the
fair young creature had died at sea, and her
body committed to the waters of the deep,
which have thua yielded it up again.4
It only remains for us to add that the
chest, with the body in it, just as it lay
when fiiat opened, was consigned to the
grave, with the appropriate and solemn rites
of Christian burial, in 5t. Mary s.
. Newfoundland Pott.
STEALING.
A man who was in the habit of going to
a neighbor's cornfield to sleal the grain, one
day took his son, of about eight years old,
with him. The father told him to hold the
bag while he looked ant to watch if any one
was near lo sea him. Aftei standing on the
fence and peeping- through all the rows .of
corn, he leturned to take tha hag from the
child, and bejran his sinful work. "Fath.
ef. said the boy,'you fotgot to look some
where else." Which way, child?" sup
posing; he hsd seen some one. "Yon for
got to look to the sky lo sea if God was no
ticing you
The father felt this reproof of the child so
much that he left the cornfield; and returned
home, and never sgain ventured to steal, re
membering lit' truth that he had learned
from a child, that the eye of God always be
held ua.
, Front the Not tb American.
WASHINGTON CROSSING THE AL
LEGHANY ON A It A FT. i
The exhibition of paintings at the Artist'
Hall and Academy of Fine Aru. ia fa-t
drawing to a eloae. A correspondent asks
whst incident in die life of Washington ' is
represented in lha fine picture by Hunting
don now exhibi ing at the Artist Hall? - It
ia an interesting occurrem e, mentioned by
W ashington in his journal of the expedition
which ha 'undertook, in the winter of 1785.
by the direction of Governor Dinwiddie. to
examine the situation of the French militatv
hosts, and to sseortaia the hostile oi friend. I
ly disposition of the Indian tribes in the wil -
ijv-tiif-ev vvuiiUT nwuu if j,,ini
1"""' """
rutshurgli now sum
reiuber in that year, while in the midst ofi
Die woods, hs found his paek lMrsea aoninch j
imHhyjha'iiowltiewairt
aevrre cold, that he determined W rnoceed ,
with a shurle companion An fool through the
foreau m We cannot do better than rive the
nnnative in his own words r
He was then twenty three years of age.
Ml took my necessary papers, pulled off
my clot' ics, and lied myself up in a watch
eoat. ' Then; with run in hand, and pack
on my back, in which were my papers and
provisions, I set out wilh Mr. Gist, filled in
the same manner, on Wednesday the 26ib.
The day following, just after we had passed
a place called Murdering Town (where we
intended to quit the path and steer across the
country for. Shsnaopine Town) we fell in;
with a party of French Indians, wh had
lain in wait for us. One of them fired at
Gist or me, not fifteen steps off. but fortn-natt-ly
missed. We took, this f How into
custody, and kept him until about nine o'
clock at night, then lei him go, and walked
all the remaining part of the night, without
making any stop, that we might gut the start
so far, as to be out of the reach of their pur
suit the next day, sinre we svere Well assur
ed liiev would follow our track as toon as ii
vj.a liflu. The next day, we .continued
travelling until quile dark, and not to the
river about two miles above Sliaiinopins.
We expected lo have found the river fmzrn,
hut it was i ot only, about fifty yards from
each shore, The ice. I suppose, had bro
ken up above for it was dividing in vast
quantities.
There whs no wsy for gelling over Hui
on s raft, which we set shout making, with
but one poor hatchet, anil finished just after
sunsetiing This was a whole day's work:
we next got it hunched, then went on board
of it and set off, but before we were half
way over, we were jammed in the ice in
inent our raft o aink and ourselves to perish
I put out my setting pole to try to stop the
raft, that the ice might pass by, when the
rapidity of the stream threw it with' such vi
olenre against the pole, that it jerked me out
into t i feet water, but I fortunately saved
myself by catching hold of one of the raft
logs Notwithstanding all our efforts, we
could hoi gel to either shore, but were obli
ged, as we were near an island to quit our
t aft and make to it.
The cold was so intensely severe, rtut
Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his
toes frozen, and the water was shut up so
hard that we found no difficulty in getting off
the island on the ice in the morning.
We clip the following from the "Jluto
bigraphy of a Travelling Printer," as
published in the N. Y. Sun. The disciple
of Faust was ".rsmping it" through Penn
sylvania, and late one night rode up to a
Dutch tavern and opened Hanae's ears
thus:
"Hollandloid!" Old DumbUdiU,
ced to his feet, breaking his clay chibouque
io the cemonstration.
That was his pipe, I suppose," interpo
lated my critical cousin.
"That was his pipe," replied I. "Re
garding me with the suspicious examination
of an officer of the customs, he opened the
corner of his mouth, and said
"Veil, Mishter Valking Sichick, vat you
vani?''
"Refreshment and repose."
"Supper and lodging, I reckon!"
'Yes, sir, supper and loJgings,"
Pe you a tarn Yankee pedler, niit chew
elry in your pack to cheat te gals?"
No, sin no Yankee pedler.''
"A singing teacher, too lazy to work!"
"No,sir.,r
"Ahenteel shoemaker, rot schtays
till Saturday night, and laysh drung in tie
porch ofer Sunday?'
"No, sir, of I should have mended my
hoots before Ihis., But I' am not disposed
longer to submit 10 this oullantdiah inquisi
tion. Can you give me supper and lodg-ings?-'
Toiekly. But vot be you? A book
achent taken honest peop!e's money for a
little Urnin', that only makes'em proud and
lazy?"
"Try again, your worship."
"A dentUt, breaking to beople's chaws,
st a loll a r a schang, and running off mil eld
Shamhock's daughter?"
"No, sir; no tooth puller."
"A kemolnjus, uert, feeling to young
folks' hels like so many cabbitrh.and charg
ing 25 cents for telling their fortunes, like a
tain Yankee."
'SNo; no phrenologist, neither, your Ex
cellency. "
Veil, den, vot de tide are you? Choost
tell, and yon shall have some of tie heat sas
sage for supper, snd schtay , all night, free
gritis. mitout charging you a cent; mil a
chill of whiskey to schatsrt on pefore prck-
fun , ,
Very welt, your honor. To terminate
lha colloquy without further circumlocution
I am an humble disciple of Fausi a profess
or of lite art pr servalive of all arts a typo
giapher, at your service!" ', '
Vou.eh dat?" ' '
"A printer, sij, a man that print books
snd newspapers."
A man vot prints newspapers! Oh!
ysw! yaw! By Choopiier ayt! aye?
Daurh it! a man vot prima nooalif paper
yaw! yaw! Valk up, yalk r up, Mishter
Briuter! Cheems, lake de, rhentteman's
pack off, Thnhn, prinff so ne junks to te
, j;re
fire. A man ' Sot nrinla nooahenaners. 7
!' maipe lam, if I didn't think you
- ! " " "" ' ; , '' ''"
! " THE BIBLE TROflKiTED.s
' , , , . , .' , t
,ctvei lhe fullaw,n8 ,jnu,ar M!oW of
iWe being proliibitetl in, England in tne
time of Mary, the rstholie. Ilia' family
hsd then early embraced the reformation;
"They had an English Bible, and to con
ceal it the more securely, they conceived the
project of fastening it open with packthreads
across-the leaves, on the Inside of the lid of
a stool ' When my grandfather wished to
read to his family, he-reversed the lid of the
stool epon his knees, and pasted die leaves
from one side to another, which were held
dowB on each by the packthread. One of j
the children wns stationed at the door In tire !
notice if he saw an officer of the spiritua
Point make his appearance; in that case, the
id was restored to its place, with e Bible
concealed under it as before."
AN ODD MISTAKE.
Some fine Dorking fowls, intended for
the fair at Rochester, were confided to the
care of a servant at the Eagle Tavern; but
in the course of ihe evening, the cook hap
pened to see them, and thinking them ,1m
commnn fine poultry, seized them, brought
them to the guillotine, and pot them on the
spit for supper. 'Ihe exhibition lost the
Dorkines, but the boarders at the Eagle
'.found them.
Words and thoughts are more difficult
weapons io work with than the chisel or the
pencil. A sir gle piece of sculptured mar
ble may be admired as a single. effort; a
painting may be valued in the light:
but the dumb do not tpeik. It is easier to
trace lhe effects of passion than In crea'e
that passion; while it is always easier to dis
play it in one light than to trace it through
every possible variety of turning and wind
ings, from the moment it begins to wurk
until it dies away or destroys its victim.
Napoleon and Byron. It is Macauley,
we believe, who speaks of the fact that
two of the greatest, if not the greatest men
of the nineteenth century. Napoleon and
Byrou, had achieved their glory e.nd lain
down to rest, at an age when other men
are just beginning to discover their powers.
The remark was brought strongly to mind
by reading the following record of events
in the life of Napoleon, which is to be in
scribed on his tomb beneath the glittering
dome of the Inralides :
"Bom 0n the 15th of August, 1700, cap
tain of a squadron of artillery at the seize
of Toulon, in 1703. at the aire of 24: com
mander of artillery, in Italy, in 1794, at
25; general in chief of thi army in Italy,
in 17Do; at 27, general in chiel the expe
dition of Ejrypt, in 1798, at 29; first con
aul in 1799, at :Kh consul for life after the
battle of Marengo, in 1800, at 31; emperor
ol the trench in 1804, at 3o; abdicated
the throne affjr the battle of Waterloo,
June 18, 1816, at 40; died in exilo at St.
Helena, May 5, 1821. at 62."
Byron died at 36. Napoleon's life was
over at 40, though his existence continued
a few years longer in small disputes with
the bearish and boorish Hudson Lowe, &
in confectionary sports with -Betsee' Bal
combe and It petit Imi Caa. But per
haps one's earthly career is not to be
measured in this way. Old Parr dozen
through a century and a half; but it is a
question whether bis extended sotonrn on
earth was worthy of the name of living
certainty not, u u De true mat
"A day, en hour of glorious life.
Is worth an age without a name."
Our calendar should be a computation
by actious, achievements, and thoughts,
not an estimate by days and years. He
who is the same now as hs was a twelve
month ago, has not lived, at . least not to
much purpose, during the intervening
space. Pennsylvania .
Spoiling Extraordinary. Dr. Irvipg,
the editor of the Hambler.anJ a very keen
sportsman, relates a singular incident
which occurred," in a recent hunt, to a par
ty ia South Carolina, headed by Col. For
guson, Tp give' tha gentlemen time to
get round a bay, the boys were, directed
to delay laying on the hounds. After tbey
took their stands,' they were a longtime
without hearing the dogs at last they
were heard coming along in full cry ; and
one of the boys was seen galloping by to
head them. Col.. Ferguson; going back.
met his man Jacob, and asked him if the
dogs had notbeen on cry before they jump
cd the deer they were then running. Ja
cob coolly replied, "No, air) since we
killtd-tlu dot, we did not start anything till
just now," -Killed thdotP rejoinen Col.
Ferguson, in amazement, "what do you
mean! what doe? and where is it?
fVho that if? we heard no gunl", Witb
the same gravity with which he had com.
menced, Jacob added, "you be in ask who
thoot binu roassawhy KOBooy !" ? Thi
feUow then proceeded lo explain that the
dogs wera all together at the edge of the
hay, Adam and himself opposite to them
on the pine land; when tbey jumped a doe
suddenly out ' of her" beS. ' They were so
close upon. her, that she ran immediately
to Adam. - He promptly put apura to his
horse and dashed at her. The doe was too
bewildered to get out of bis way, so Adam
literally rodi over htr the rose in a mo
ment, and he rode ever her a second time
making her measure her length twice
upon the ground. . The doga by this time
were upon her; Trimbiub, one 'of Col.
Ferguson's pack, seized her by the neck ;
Adam then straddled the doe rind cut her
throat.
Adam is described as a remarkably fine
and fearless rider. He was in the army
with Col. Ferguson during the war.
THE WRONG FISH.
An Irish lad, who recently obtained a
situation ins private boarding house of this
city , was asked by the landloard if he was a
good jude of fUli.
'Oh, vis, it is that I am, and of petalics
loo, said Harney.
"Very well go to the msrket and get
two line sheepheads."
"Yes sir" and off went Barney to the
market. After searching in vain for a long
while, through the meat, fiih and vegetable
markets, he. accidentally came upon a botch
er's cart, in which, were two ram's heads.
These were quickly in the possession of
Barney, who hurried back home, wher,
meeting the landlord, hs exclaimed "here
sit, 1 got ye two of the finest shape's heads
ihat iver was on any jinileman's table."
MUSI''.
The unbounded variety of expressions, of
which music is susceptible, renders it easily
applicable if all circumstances and situations
where emotion of any kind is called forth;
and it is a necessary appendage lo all public
celebrations of events or ceremonies, in
which any deep interests is felt. lis con
nexion wilh the religious observances, from
which human nature cannot refrain, has in
all ages been most lulimate, and must contin
ue to be so as long as we seek to express in
the strongest manner the deep emotions
which are excited by religious subjects. The
earliest lecorded songs is one in praise of
Jehovah; and, as we trace the history of mu
st iUwn through the periods of Greek and
Rjman cultivations, we find it always asso
ciated with religious rights. No sacrifice
could be acceptable, no pomp could be im
posing, if not accompanied by the beautiful
or the sublime of musical intonation. Their
h dm a, too, were originally very much of
the nature of religious services. Founded
on some tale of their mythology, they were
made the vehicle of such religious and mor
al instruction, as the wisest of the ancients
could convey; and Livy informs us, that the
first introduction of the thealricil representa
tions into Rome was expressly for a religions
purpose, iiamely; as a means of averting a
pestilence, which was attributed la the an
ger of tha gods.
A JUDGE AND AN EQUITED
PRISONER.
Lord Thurlow railed on Tooke at Wim
bledon, in lha year 1802 : "Mr. Tooke,"
said he, "I have only one1 recollection which
gives me pain. A Attorney-Geneial. I
must confess that t was prevailed on to act
against my own feelings fur I had always
an esteem for you." I am aware of it,
my lord. You made a-ptomiae to perform
yourdj:y with i mpartiality anJ without ran
cour. ' Notwithstanding this, as if influenc
ed by magic, you I abound with nil your
might to convict me." "It is true,", said
Thurlow.- "I acknowledge it, and I lament
it. So good morning, and farewell." '-Stay
my lord," said Tooke, "if I could not escape
me now." t "What is yojr raeaning!"tcx-
claimed I hurlow "I fear no tnaa on earth,
nor shall you threaten : me with impunity.
"I mean, my lord, that you shall stay and
dine with me." "No, i will come to-mor
row." He kept his word, snd they remain-
ed friends during his life. '
A "SCREAMER" DUCKED.
The Concordia Intelligencer nils a pret
ty good joke of a fellow who Wis walking
ashora from that splendid boat, the Harry of
the West, his bundle in one hand and five
dollars in specie clenched ia tha oiheron
a single p'ank, and headless 'of hi way
he tripped, and felt aouse into tha river'. , In
sii instant (says the Intelligencer) recovering
himself he struck manfully for Uis shore,
waded out iii full view of the boat, s'-ook
himself like a huge wster-dog, opened his
hand and found but two of ihe shiner left
he Va angered at' the' plank,' niad with
himself, furious at the loss of hia gwtne),
arid riioie tliae furious ,t the monstrous
Mississippi.. looked 'sVtbe'pjaDk'. tlil
boat, the river,'" Ms money t and wound of
he survey oy venting nil spleen a follows
"7"r gotfivt dollar: in, this htrt bundlA
two dollars in tny bimi-hat fist bttk
ducked stand fits feet ten in 'thy stacking
feet tolerable stout for my , cge VofAer
madwi dog my puis if I tori t flog uny
man on that poot, far fist fight or rough
and tumbl!-tfho'B say yetf Woop
whoopl whoop! ' Hurra for oldtntuck.m
MAN'S IMMORTALITY.
I eannot believe that earth is man's abi
ding place. It cannot be that our life is cast
op hy tfte ocean of eternity to float s moment
upon its waves snd sink into nothingness?
Else why is it that the glorious aspiiationr,
which leap like angels ftom the temple of
our hearts, are forever wandering about un
satisfied! Why is it thai lhe rainbow and
the cloud come over us with a beauty that
is hoi of earth, and then pass off, and leave
us to muse upon their faded loveliness
Why is it that the stars who hold their fes
tivals nronnd lha midnight tliron. are set
almve the grasp of our limited faculties,
forever morkinf us with unapproachable
glory P And finally, why is it that the bright
forms of human beauty are presented to our
view and then taken from us testing the
thousand streams of our affections to flow
back in Alpine torrents upon our hearts?
We are horn for a higher dc-tiny than that
of earth. There is a realm where rainbows
never fade, where the stais will he out be
fore us like islets that slumber on the ocean,
and where beings that pass before us like
shadows will stay in our presence forever.
MODERN 1NVEN IONS OLD
DISCOVERIES.
Some of the methods of destroying the
shipping of an enemy, lately brought before
the public, it will be aecn from the follow
ing, are more ihan a century old: "Two
of the Marquis of Worcester's "Century or
Inventions: Ait, 9 An engine portable
for one' pocket, which may be carried and
fastened in the inside of the greslest ship,
whicn at an appointed minute, though a
week after, shall irrecoverably sink the ship.
10. A way from a mile off to diva and fas-,
ten such pocket-engine lo any ship, so aa
punctuality to work the same effect, either
for time or immediate execution.'
STORE TEA.
A countryman, not particularly well ac
quainted with the various" names and qual
ities of the China herb, was taking his break
fast, when he called upon the waiter for a
cup of tea.
"What kind of tea will you hsve, sir?"
asked Patrick.
"Why tsa! give ma a cup of m"
ssid the airsnger.
"Yes, air but whst kind of tea?"
"Stork tea, d nyou!" responded the
rountiymari, in a tone which told that he
was a little "savage' ."do you ihink I want
lo drink sassafras when I come to town!"
POLITENESS.
' Some thief who hsd taken ten dollars from
the office of the Richmond Enquirer, is thus
gingerly handled by Mr. Richie In an ad
verlisemeuU The individual who came into the Enqui
rer office, and by accident took away ten
dollars more than ha brought with him, on
Wednesday last, will much oblige the loser
by returning it, or not honoring the office
again with his company.
FRUITS OF PERSEVERANCE.
, 1 he Rev. John Wesley, founder of Meth
odism, was a man of the most untiring in
dustry. It is said that he rose every
morning at four o'clock, and bboied dili
gently, preaching or writing till ten o'clock
in the evening. He delivered forty-two
thousand sermons, averaging 840 a year, or
more than two sermons for each day of lha
last fifty year of his life. Io 1774, seven
teea year before hi death, hi published
work on varioussubjecls of divinity, eerie
siaslicatj hisloiy, sermons, biography, &c,
amounted to thirty-two volumes octavo.
Iii work between that time and hi- death
and his' manuscripts in die hands of hi
executors, must have grea ly increased the
number. M enjoyed excellent health, and
continued to, , labor until within week; be
f r hi death-- which took pise on the 2d
of March, 1791; in the eighty-eighth year
ofhiage.':;"";'n -,y-r- ;
V ' ' ' HOME PROTECTION.
Passing by Lafayette Square last evening,
we heard two fellow, who sal on one of the
benches. diwtia-itig very ' profoundly the
leading party political measures of the coun
try. '' r "' Vir'M'i v. t '.: J u
-'toti'hU tavoi1 of horn protection
-. .;. ltv- ! - ' . ' !'
isn t vou, Jim!" said ou of lltenu , .
WfjJ-J jmkonIJJBill,waaidjht otff .
er, 'but that a hat the whig tell about home
protection1! all gammon there aint net
horn piotaetion. ' Doe you '.think. If there
was, that in y old womrvud . give ma foes
ssshe uoesl No, Hill, an that'er ah.-mt
horns rmrtecuoa is a wage idea. There
aint none for feller like me." Bo save
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