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- ' ''TDB-'vDAI::ClfU;OTAvA'MIIAI - in ' II in ; 11 i w.i wit n ffl :rx m - ' a . n v.; -r . TH03. J, LEM.VT; (Printer t'le 8,te) Ebito a PaorBii-roa.) "aorra ciboiika: rowtarcji i Mean, utiiiicttm. iiiuiii aMdcseis tai ink er oea n, Tit oa or oca, iiuctimJ (THBE DOLLAK3 TEAR-i tin. it RALEIGH, Jf. CwDEDlV FEBltUAIir 88, lS4Ji VOL. tETTERFROM MAJOR JONES.-, . Pisfevn-LK, Feb. 6, J844. Mr. Thompson: Dear Si News! News!! Glorious News!!.' Hurra for me!!!! Let the kettle Id ll trumpet speak. The trumpet to the canoneer wiihout. The" cannon to the heavens, the heavens to earth," Fur Mary'i got a bahy'. And a monstrous find boy at that! The king of Denmark, you know, wanted to set all heavens and ye;irlb-ia uproai, jest be ciuse his excellency was gwine to take a drink of licker but il ever a man did feci like thin worl'l w.su't bigenough for him to enjoy his happinexs in, I think I ought to on this important occasion. I neer had .sich feelins before. When I whs 'lected Major of the Georgia Militia I felt a good , deal of pnuo and gratification, and when I married Mary, I thought 1 was tne tiappyest man in Georgia, but this laft bisness has clap'd the climax over every thing that ever happened to me in all my born days. It wouldn't Jo for people, to git much happier in this -world than I am, now mind I tell I don't want to brag over other people and 1 know its an old maxim, that "every crow t'links its ownXftuns wlu fSsr,1)urt'iriell" you what's a factv mine is one of the most surprisenesl children that ever was seen in these parts. It aint but jest four days old this evenin, and its got plenty of hair on its head, and the preltyest little feet and hands, with toes, and fingers, all jest as natuial as grown people's, and when ft opens its eyes it rolls 'em a!l round liA rimiti lilip it knnw'ileverV thlnir tint " - j. j a was gwine on. Mother says she really does believe the cbtfd' kn'ow'd her the first time she luck it in her Rims, and old Miss Stall ions savs all she's afraid ol is its too smart ana sicu anmiier puuin-anu nawnn sdoui l,l as they do keep? One wants it and 'other wants it, and they won't give the little feller no chance to sleep for lookin at it, and sliowin it to people and talkin to it, and its all-the time "come to its antytweetesi little precious baby amy's ittle sugar candy, dumpsy diddle," and every time I take il they're all scared to deth for fear I'll hurt it some way. Jest as I spec ted, the nnmin has been more trouble than a little -X wicked-out "Hem Clay" for his name more'n a month ago, but they all wanted to say in it, and every one had a name that they Jiked the best of any. Mother said she never liked to have any of her family named after great political characters, for she never know'd a George Washington, or a Thomas Jefferson that wait any manner of account in her life except the first ones, and ther names would' t been no better than common people's if ther char acters was'nt Old Miss Stallions wanted to call Itim -Ataeham Stallions, cause that was hef iiusliand's name, and sister Calline wanTed him named Theodore Adolfus, cause they were her favorite novrl names, and sis ter K esiah wanted him named Charles Bev erly, cause he was one of the most interes tinest characters in "The Children of the Abbey." I wanted 'em all to be satified, but it seemed liko ther was no fixin the bis ness to anybody's likin, until after they all talked themselves down iireJ,alout 4t we all agreed to leave il to Mary to decide. Poor Mary didn't know what to do, when they all gathered round her beggin her as hard as thev could. x "Remember your pore old father that's nod and gone, child,' said old Miss Stall' ions. "Oh, don't call him Abraham, that's a old time name," ses the galls. VTheqdore is so pretty," ses sister Cal line. "Oh that's such a outlandish French name," ses all of 'em. ' y-But Charles Beverly was such a good character in 'The Children of the Abbey '-- no sounds so noble, ses sister Kesiah. "No Christian child ought tp. be named novel name," ses .old Miss Stallions, "They're all lies from eend to eend." "Call him what you're a mind to, leaf," ses mother,, "fot you're his mother, and ought to please youi self." Mary looked up in my face with her pret ty blue eye, and smiled so sweet when sis ter Ualline laid the baby in her arms and then she tied, as she hugged it to her bosom "Tome to its mudJet my tweet ittle Henry Clay it ball be called Henry Clay, rl all, mudder's pwecimis ittle ringdove, so il is, and it sail be President toot vhen it gits man o it sail." - ? "Hurra Tor Clay," ses I, "Hurr C "Hush-h-h-h-h Joseph" res- mother, ""Jg .J.oa-hiinett to sboct Mary's nerves - The fact was, I felt so-gladj rorgotjs-hat I was abotit. But I ': went rile off and fit own in the fumily record: - - . . -HENKIT: CLAY JOtfES, ; , J H FIRST SOX OF JOSgPB AND MART ONES, thk 2d bat of Febrvart, 1844. te been SO ' flostrateil far th' laat waolr that I hardly know what I'm doin half the iime. ana I don't spose I shall find time to "to much else but onrse the bby for some iu tome, niary e rite piert, end little itenry t,uy tsmakin mohslrons good be- m...u,B ,a ,e wonu. in0 more from " ' v ypur friend til deth " " r- I hami had no time to think ; bout politics lately- hut you may be sure things is gwine on strait enough down here. There's monttrus few lokyfokya in our beat, and what few ther is, is so split up they don't know ho ihey belong to They used to say- they 'longed to the Baltimore Convention, but sense Mr. Calhoun's tuck it into i head "to give it up so" they dont know nplhin about it, only they don't be long to the Coons.' Poor fellers, they're in a rue bad box. Van Buren's fooled 'em a bout the taiifTand they han't got no confi dence in him about abolition, and they can't go Tor him. Calhoun's gwine to Nullify again, and it won't do foi . old union men o jine him in that,' Ther's no accounlin for the taste of the lokyfokvs, and ther s no tullin what they will do .my opinion, is if Ihey don t come to ther senses afore long, and vote for Mr Clay, they'll be Jike the lost, tribes of Israel not to be found no where.. ., v DOMESTIC TRIALS) OR A HAPPY JSEWYEAR. ift THREE PAHTS Br J. H. B. "Domestic happiness! thou airy dream." . Mr, and Mrs. Franklin Flanders Floren- late had been married iuatojie year They j were uniied on New Year s day, 1841. It Ujvas a union ol hands; no hearts, interests. minds, or tastes. iNever were two persons moreJi8taiilttr in ligbit .odiipoeitioiK , Je - J ueing jeaiuus, exacting careiesx, uunouui, and at times ill-tempered; she, confiding, industrious, careful, and tidy, but matching, if not surpassing him, in quickness and ob stinacy of temper. That they quarrelled sometimes is no very' great wonder. As I have said ebfore, it is the first of January Nenr Year's day; the day of aW others in thf year, which is associated with delightful reminiscences. ?of the past, enjoy ment of the present, and anticipations of die futuie. . - ..Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Flanders Floren- Mato wealetl.iill)e . breaJfasriabliB,' (de lightful mel for.e a tele) lace to lace, each with a Drigm smite 10 welcome in ine year. "My dear, said he, swimming his spoon on the top of his Coffee, "1 have been think mg. - - Well, my dear, what have yon been thinking of? said she, looking' at the cream cup.fvbich stood before her on the tea-tray, as if it-was a thing of life. "Why, my dear, that, as this is New Year's day . a nd th e fi ret anni rersary ol on r marriage, that we that is il you are bo in clined, bury all past grievances in the grave of the old year, and commence the new one,,viih mutual confidence and forbearance, wifl you ilearl" "Certainly, mv dear, if you will not give way to those foolish jealousies, be a little more industrious, tidy, and steady, I really think we should be happier. You will con fess, dear now wan f vout that during the last year, you have been very jealous. cross, careless, ana a Mite iuoieni( "Yes, dear, and you are obstinate, ill- temperedand constantly pipking at trifles, and" ' "V'hy,-Mr. Florentale", how canyon say so? You know I have been kind, -affable, affectionate, economical and and Bu you try to cover your falts'ato attach blame tome. "Tis just like yim." I sav 'tis not like me, Mrs. Florentatc. I have mv faults: vou have vours and if the truth were known"- Well, what if the truth were known? ' Why. why nothing," replied he, iTeannir he had ronsj a little too far, and a gonsl larmetl lest he coul J not be able to accom plish htafedesigns.) "only I think we had better let last year alone; Come, 'dear, let us to-dny make an engagement never to quarrel again." - - "With ray whole heart, deaf. iei us sign, seal, and ratify it with a kiss. I pro mise never to be, cross again.' "And I net(t:v - "Never!" ' . BoUi.togelher, Never' The kiss was " given," and ther Teored their seaw to the fire. A long pause now ensued, when all at oncer M r. F. looked lovingly up to her husband, and said 'DeAr, 1 have been endeavoring to count how many little differences we have had, but I really cannot. Can you?' " Yei dear." : . "How many!" "Three hundred and sixty-five and quarter?,'. ,.. . " l hree hundred and sixty-five , dear!" ' Yes dear , ne for every twenty four hours," 'Too are witty or trying to be so. How do yon make out the quarter?" ' T To-day. . J,ust now, I am sure we came very nigh quarrelling. If I had not restrai ned my ; lumper in .time, 1- am tore we No, yoomearfj if I had not,,-i "I mearf what I said. 1 am sure I had su fTi cient cause to be angry. V Did you not tell me . was I was indolent, cross, and slovenIy?' ; y -'7 7:: '"" :7'1 '-'lZr. : ,"Ar4 tliilrt you "iell me I vae ill-tempered, obstinate, and picking ' at trifUesj and isn't that enough to vex a saintf. . . "Yes.arjil so yon are." . . i ! am not, you brute.you.'V '. ' ' ' "Do not rail me a brute, Mrs, F." 1 "I will, I'll call; y oti "any thing, yoa you provoking wretch.'.' . . " Mrs. F. he carefiil;'if you persist in n sing these abusive names, 1 tell you once for all,-I'll Icyott forever : ,' f'Do, ooTWyoq dare. yoa mean paltry wretch you, yj.u apologyof a marr.'you," "Hold, before you drive me too lat." 7 1 ."Oh, go, go, the sooner the better, roii. you I lived berot I saw you, and J can again.' "You wish me to go, do you?" Yes, I do." Mr. F. noT inl complete phrensy, rnsh ed to the door. In doing so, he upset the table, broke the crockery, scalded his feet and made his exit. Mrs. F ran to the window, raised the sash, put her head in the sheet and hollowed after him. "Happy New-Year. TEN UPON ELEVEN. Monsier Jarvis had a steed for sale which he recommended as "one ver fine aniuiallc one horse elegant extraordina. ire. How old do vou call him?" asked the purchaser. - "How old?" said the Frenchman; "vy sar be is sumsonlike ten upon elevtn" "No older?" " No sair, he is no older vat I tell you.' "On your honor." "Oui, sare, on me very scare honour, vat me tell you is the trule he is no older thad tnn upon .elvcn ; me no chenty you avec-d aaetie ae Jiorseucjs jio more as vat 1 tell you. The horse was purchased under full - tjgyt,1 belief that he was no morne than ten or -e4,- But Uo mnv aoraei was a short time afterwards told, by a judge of horse flesh, that he had got monstrously bitten by the Frenchman in regard to the ng-e of the steed, which was at leasttwice as old as he purchased him for. ' Upon this he went in a great fury to the Frenchman and exclaimed "Confound your French tongue ! the horse is twice as old ns-yoa said.'', - Sat," exclaimed Jarvais,' with well feigned astonishment. - - "gjr, rjiisare ,, you, you lying,- smooth tonyuesmufldci.'.. "Me lie! me ofle scoundrel ! vol lor you accuse me? hai You is one lie yourself you is Von grand impudence, begar! You come here to cuse me for lie be gar." - "lou needn't bristle tip to' me, Mon sieur, I can eat up two Frenchmen like you at one meal." ' "Diable ! Vat ! You eat me you von diab'e dam! You von savage Von vild animalle brut, begar!" "There is no use in nil that Mbhsier. You're a lyintr villain ; yon told me a cock and hull story about the age of that horse which is no such thing. "Begar ! 'tis no such thing; 'tis no bull Btulcock, vat me sells you de horse. Hare you be" -What!" "Under von grand mistake, sare; von grand mistake, I say nothing at all about a bull raid cock. I sell him you von horse. "But you cheated me in the age. The horse, I am credibly informed is at least twenty if not twen-one years old.'' ''Oui, Or.i, dt is the azghe, yes, sare, datiswhatl call him." "The devil, it is ! you told me he was ten or eleven." "No sare, I no tell you he ten or ele ven. Dat is one grand mistake, sare. Uat leetle word you put in, me no put him dere. Me say de horse ten upon eleven." , "Well what's the difference?"" "Diferance! Begar? you von Anglish Americane, and you not know de differ- imceletl betwish you -entrltsh vord 1 Or he nd upon upon he no or. Me no Anglishe, out sare dare one graud dif- lerence betwish dose two leetle vord. "I know there's difference," replied the purchaser, "'but you meant to cheat me in the age of thev horse ; you meant I should understand you ten or eleven." "Sare," returned the Frenchman, cool ly, "dere is vere you make de grand mis take, I tell you de horse, v as ten upon eleven; "dat is -vat me understand ten more eleven vat you call von and de twenty." . : "But you meant to deceive me," eaid the puchaser ddggdly. ' Deceive you Monsieur! me deceive you von American Yankee, vot cheat de diable. Begar 1 me sell honest horse for vot you call von and de twenty ; me no can'posible cheat you be gar ; 'tis no rart dat you. pdt de horse aforet do honest azghe of de horse is vot I tells you ten on eleven, and be gar, you ' find him so." : - FITZ-BOODLE'S HINT TO THfi LADIES. : Whilst ladies persist in maintaining the strictly defensive condition, men must nat- Of atiack; otherwise" if both parties held a loof, there would he: pQ narrisgeSi and the two hosta would die in . their respective action, withrmt ijever . coming ; Id hflttle. Thue H h evident that as the ladies wilt not. the men' moft Jake the j)ffehsivekL I, for my part, have made, in the coarse of my life, at least a, score of chivalrous attacks upon several fortified hearts... Sometimes I began my work loo late in the season, Jind winter suddenly came and rendered further labors impossible; sometimes I have attack ed the breach jnadly, f word i inhandjmd have been plunged . violently from the scal ing-ladder into the ditch; sometimes I have made a decent lodgment in the place, when' bang! mow up a mine, and 1 am scattered to the deuce! and sometimes when I have been in the very heart of the citadel oh. ' i hat I should say it! a sudden panic has truck me, and I have run like the British out of Cartliegena! One grow tired after a while of such perpetual activity, hit not time that the" ladies should take -an inn ings? ' Let us widow rs and bachelors form an association to declare, that for the next hundred year we will make love no longer. Let the young women make love to us: let them write us verses; let them ask us to dance; get us ices and cups Of tea, ami help us on with our cloaks 8t the hall door; and if they are eligible, we may perhaps be in duced to yield and to say, "La! Miss Hop kins I really never I am so agitated ask papa; tmztr Magiztne. A PARODY. I. A lawyer's life is ilia life for roe. . I own I love it dearly, And every season full .of glee 1 lake its labors eheeriy -To sue or plead. To speak; or read, Or in thv Court to be Sir, All's on to roe, ' 1 plainly see It is Just what 1 like, st,---:: ii. The Farmer leads a barrassed life Moeb I ike that -of ftwiJ- ( ho' daughter. And 'tween his own and stormv strife Is always dreading wind aad water. To plow, or sow, . To resp, or mow, He's looking round and upwards, Sir,' To clouds to see, " To sun to see, His heart full of anxiety, .. ; He dearly earn' lit corn, ill. The farmer's Styled a happy man, Bui this I bold bot.bamtoing, ... HaJu .the blue like, every man, .. With now and then Some, funning, His fence is down. His eow' is gone, . His eorn is rotted all, Sir It's rain,, rain, I'll not remain, By George, I'll quit the Stale Sir. iv. . A lawyer's life then let roe live, Nor think that all this world esn- give Ioope4 op ia mv sitnation. 1 wish that you. An! farmers too, May livt both long and happy, Sir, w Bntdo not say Agtin, I pray. That yoi are all creation, Sir. A MAN OF MEMORY. "A fool i si, extravagant spirit, full of forms, figurei, shapes, objects, ideas, ap prehensions, notions, t ecol lections j these are begot in tie ventricle of memory, nour ished in the vtombe of pia mater, and deliv ered upon the mellowing of occasion." MerrroTt ) a thing at once the (source of many of out brightest ioy and bitterest re grets. Men may at one moment pray lor draught from the stream of Lethe, and the next lift up their hearts with joy that the blessing of memory is with them still. Loss of memorv is one of the saddest afflictions that can fall upon ps, for it is a faculty so jntiroatclyiinked iilLilllho operations of the mind, that tit miss it is to leave the whole mental machine in a state of disorder. Among tho amxdntes of a celebrated travel ler from the Far East, we find a good thing abouta gentleman of weak memory, lie wMonJLJoatthat,.w desceniflujthe Hui'son river, and advertised to go "through without stopping," when he heard a lady complnin of the toothache, "Now," said the man of memory, "I can lust tell vou waat to do. As soon as the boat i ets down as far as you know the town where you're going to stop, you know; well; vou must get out there, and you go up to the corner. the street is called what's it? no, it aint that neither, but it's something like i iir and any body can tell you get a quarter of a poundnot the yellow kind, but you'll see the sort and you ought to be particular take itdown to- then pour it into ji into a butioox out and don't use when vou mix it don't use the stnfflhat abtorb take cart about that snd when then you fit it thhrwty rllere the mimofmemory went iifto a display of most curious and lncomprehewsipl pantom imic flourishes no, not exactly, eith erfirst yon most cut it off in this manner Here came another inexplicable exhibition" of dumb show and therei' : continued the man of memory "there yon have it, and Rlt you have to do ti to put it on warm right away." , - And will this cure the toothache!? In quired die lady, ' ' "I he toothache! exclaimed lite man with a concave orcan of memory "Mad' am, I beg your pardon; I thoughtyou laid the toesche!'' ' ': 1 " Mrs. Malnprop and-Mrs. Nicklchy ire immortalized as humorou instances of self satisfied tedionsnesss, . and making up ae ortedatielieajflhesame species, we think we are authorized in mentioning this msn of memory, r But al who would Jike to know how much better some thing can be told verbally than in type, may go and get Uan Marble to Ull the story. , MR. CLAY, 1 This distinguish citizen, has fixed the I time for his visit to -this city the 12ih I caty tne iztn of April , v ' ' According to a recent decision of the French Minwier of War no officer of ihe Army shall in future obtain permssion to marry unless the person to whom he-is to be united should possess a revenuo of at least 2000 per annum; Ex-Gbvernor NonLsof Indiana died at Indianapolis on the evening of the 8th in stant. . demonstration! A gentleman who was recently lectur ing in St. Louis, Mo took oceasion to lay the soft soap on pretty thick, in the way of pangyrizing the citizens for their hon esty and morality. While he was speak ing one of his hearers stole" hu cloak, and disappeared. . . MILLERISM, Has exhibited anew wrinkle. The prophet has discovered that March 23d, coming. Gentile timt is equivalent to 23d April past, Jewish time. So that by this improved reckoning, the world is to be destroyed on the 'iMol Al arch next We coppy the-following excellent fable from the Independent: ORIGINAL FABLEr- Once upon a time, an Ass and a Frog were standing, by a lake, conversing on the topic of true greatness. A Hare passing near them, was asked whither he was going r He answered "to get good and to do good. ' At this ihe itdg laugh ed and the Ass said, "nay Tim Hare, but your object is fame. . "Admit what you say.replicd the Hare; "it is far better to do good tor the sate ol tame, than to ac quire notoriety rs an Ass or a Frog, by such constant braving and croaking as le- dieturb- the- fec- f -the whole eom- MORAt. Those who are most apTlb 4c cuse good men of being ambitious of fame are those who seldom do anything worthy 01 praise. DUl'LliV. A TURK IN PARIS. A great stir has recently taken place in Paris on account of the 1 urkish Amoas sador wanting to set tip' a Ilateml The grave heads of .the Miniter det Affitirei rfflngerrwere thrown into g o yan.a p plic atlon from the e tiormoua Turk for privilege not to be disturbed by . i- " . 1 1- i i toe ponce, wnen esiaoiisnmg in aupaimt, on the Place de la Concorde, & domestic community of interesting young ladies, In lack of a Circassion slave market, thi Ambassador proposed to furnish his a partments with pretty grisettee and volun tary French fldalhls. This most axtra- ordinary nnd strange demand has tecevf ed a negative Tibm Mr-Guizot, and the answer iesatd to be a masterpiece of French politeness and profound reason ing, but his Turkish Excellency is much vexed at the fastidiousness or Parisian so ciety. r'.7 yyi-y:: ;:..;.:' , PIRATICAL VESSEL. " ' ':; Accflnnti from Gibraltar .of the foih December, states that a piratical looking vessel was aeen on the Sd of that month, near Milajit she was a sharp, black Po- lacre brig, coppered, with no appesrince of ports, ordinary figure ; head, veryhght and sailed extremely fistp crew about SO in number) sapposed to beGreek. She boarded a brig then large bark, andlaid along side till the following day. it is sup posed Iff receive - ptonder - of cargou i-. It is feared the bark' ma have been srutlled H, Mi a'eamrr .Locost had "proceed! In quest of Ihe pirate, ju v y- The Hon. Henry A. AViso (one" of the Representatives in Congress from Virginia) ba been appointed bjr the President ' of the Uniied Stales, with the' advice and consent of the Senate, to be Minister of the U. S. to the Brazils. ' His nomination - wss eon firmed by the Senate on Friday. Nat Int. The following is the vote: YEAS Messr. Allen,-Archer, Alrni son, A ther ton. Barrow, Bates, Berrien, Buchanan, Choate, Colqukt, Evans, Foster, Francis, Fulton, Hannegan, Hay wood, Hu gw, Jarnagjn, King,. Miller, Phelps, PorterJ Rives, Sempte, Sevier, Sturgeorf, Tsll'i madge, Upham, Walker and Wnghi 30. A X S Messrs. Baghy, Benton, Breese, Clayton, Fairfield, Henderson,- Mangum, Moiehead, Pearee, and Woodbridge tfr., A Gentleman passing by the jaitoTa country : town heard one of the prisoners, through the gralee of hU celLainging in. the softest and m"l melodious Corre (hit favor ite song.Hofmh'eweetr' horn." - Hie sympathies were very much excited in favor of the unfortunate tenant ( the dungeon, and upon enquiring the cause of Ifii Incar ceration, was informed that ha waf put In jail for beating hit Wft 'r. . tv- . An mdtvoal superscribed a letter to Mr." Peleg llandley, Utica, thussM 3 P-legC7" SEVENTH DAY nAPTIST3 r There are GO churches ct thistle nomiution in the United Stats. - ' " Dandies with immense whiskers and an arch of bristles over the mouth belong , to hairyitocrary. . ' - . ': .He thut is-oflendad with fchr neighhon pride should look well to his 6wn humility; - . . s v . 72 clegymen, In the city of Boston. Why is a very old mart like a nail drir- . ' en into a white oak post t Because he is' in'Jirth, - -... ;,.:;;'. H When is a hen most likely" io 'hatch ' When ehe is in,' earnest. (In her nest.) 1 A wit and fool in company are like a crab asd an oyster the one watches till', the other opens his mouth, that he thdy 4 eaten mm up. .,:) - . - . A lady ill no use at a hall without si beau t A fiddle fs in the same fixv . Every fool knows how often he has been . a rogue, but every rogue doei not Knot? . how often he baa been a fool. ' A REMARKABLE CHILD. The Rockville (Md.J Journal, lereraf daya ago gave an account of a remarka ble child withwhiskers. - The Journal of t Friday last, after stating that ' its truth hod -been questbricd, say st xzr--t -t- ' Although .we,,have hot aeeninui worj dorful prodigy we can vouch fof the trutH ; of pur statment, from the facts we have ; gfllheredjrromjee have seen it, as well as , the attending physician. Instead of exaggeration in the description given us, we fell far short of real truth. The child, which is now four weeks old, healthy and IfWety . to live; ,: has not only whiskers on both aide of ' its face? nearly meeting under tho chin ' and as long and as thick as any dandy i would he proud of having, hut ita fore ' head, back, shmilderr snd breftst; are com phrtely coated with hair as thick as Iambi' rJ. wool. As remarkable as this may seenf the facts are as we have stated them. The child is to be christened Esau Bush.' rod. ' j, ,-'': EPOOT.rOP.i.IWJIEsfSOOD'SV T There were exported from BoHtorg du'- . ring on the 27th tilt 552 halea;of , Domea -tie Goods. Of these 353 hales were ship- . - pejo .JRiojde Janreiro;andI93 to the) -Easi"lndie, -- ".-X, JL1 ''WOTIN'SYBACUSa--- - They, sometimes j have riots , in oali : rooms at the goodly town! of Syracase, ". N. Y. Ve thought such things j were on ly known In New Orleans. . It seems a' - ' young man was in the bar-room of a tav- ernln Syracuse, where t German ball war irf -progress; He seized adecanler -or -whiskey when a womsn who was behind - . the counter knocked him down, and the -landlord fired a pfstol at bim. The hall f entered below ihe right ear, . and lodged in the , under jaw.' He ' was then kicked into the street--- - mob' colleced pistols were fired Hhe tolunteef" Company call ; ed out the landlord ' nrrested and thi " fiddlers lent home. O, Syracuse. , ' The editor of the Vicksbnrg' Sentfnef - : corresponding with his journal from Jack son, relatcsa rumor afloat there of an ex traord nary occurrence transpiring In that place recently, ft seems a young amateur ' t practitioner in mesmerism succeeded in pu . tiog an African servant into slumber ana in " llie saraeTnomerrtwasserzed with fever and - -chills, which were eorrfmunlcated st once -to the Mesmerized subject and they are', both Ivingnow in a pitiable state. Tho' ' v I magnetizer is too sick to wake op his sub : ti DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND, ' ' ' "A tew days agoa cotttdW" buyer of Ad -gusta entered a warehous in that city," : and purchased sr lot of cotton at 8f ..cents - penonndt wherenporrhr' instruscted the factor to put on cent, and offer it again which was done, and in the course of the t forenoon a purchaser was found at 9 dents." The last purchaser removed the samples1 to the board of a- different- factor, and be' fore night it was resold to the . first pihr ' chaser at 9i cents! " This is,' nd "doubf, a fair specimen of the way that Cotton ia of.' ten tpectdated in. . , p - ' .' 1 ' .' " '"CJ ' UOr" A talking" machine is nowbema? exhibited in New York. W kndw sev eral marriW men to whom' tC talking fiia ehtne is no novelty. ' ' ' . - " ' v The scarlet fever prevails , to an alarm : tng extent In Philadelphia,. is attended T by greater fatality uan --ftsBalr-s- eailor -rWesr apologifei fef . the dullness of his 'editorials, and attrih ' huies ii to the tact that be is compelled tojrritejhem ott fool -cap' ., -. - THE ROtAR OF7 WATER. -.The Eiita'w (AhuJ ;f hig of the I6th ., ulL says : "Never since . Noah's flood v have' we had any hi rig like as much rata as we have had for the Inst, two months. and we are unable pto say when it will -stop. We are lookaig out every day for. steamboats to pass' through our town! " All that is necessarvto let them pass . through the county any where, ia to alear . away the undergrowth,' . . " vs . I --7- . '
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 28, 1844, edition 1
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