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J ."' v 7 '.: v.-,, t.::-vrv ,-,...... v ? .., , - viT'p in l h 7 3 . ' 3 ' 111. fs I TH03. J. LEMAt, (Printer for the State,) Ebitob PseratsTaB. , "win csboliba: rawaattrs is xobai, ithl;tvai f r-ataieai BtsocscM tbs was or oca siass b raa box or ovarrtcTioa (THREJOIXAR&A TEAR is bvb .VOL 33. RALEIGH, Tl. cn WEDNESDAY, HAUCII IS, IS11. immm El 'AMR ik W'Mi III H I - I II' lUUf O&AT ATTOWAX.' WORK I ' Bolo. peopeaee ptraliah, hr eaasarijitfoa, ie) r'..ji. Monthly aarftbers, at IM lew price of x,irs or washidotoh acA number to contain between fcrly mid finy Paget, anaoe emoeuisnea wun ' plate Engraving viz: 1. Portrait nl WBthragto Vi by Pnt. k b Rfl i n....n-. . k - si S .Viei of MoBBtTVormoot. ; ' ...." Haul Ol 1MW1'' ticinw, - , , , . , H1 Q'wim b Cambridge. ,-"', S. r. HrtA rter Bt MomNt Hnd Qu"er Bt Newourf;, a !! at Fariai at Mount U Porlritf Wa.hintloa, b Vtea-Brt., ., U Kama pmcat at Vullry farja, i . 13 BllloGimtm. r ; '', 14. F Siwilia ol Wtbmgtoo, hand vritiaf, ( . Tla Portra.t wara onpni from tha oririntl P"'o- It,, ! Inn' ndolliPrrnirariitr haw beea aoBioited Irani the beat drawings well I Efltih aJ fmtb n A"'" Speil aid wa owiwil trom a erk of MaoMwript diaing in the F dmri i BManiiso of G'-a La Fttatia, which arc axecBlcd P Mtith aetattia acaaraet and or id krattlf .. ' Tha well kantr ability Ol tha author, tha abdn 4& nrknt which ha poiaraKil, vis mora than two hundred Folio .wolumea of Orliinal ueripi, nurahaierl hr CoxrrcM. tea f ear rea&irelica la tha biMm offices la Looilon Ptt-ii, Waahiagtoa, and ia all ttie Slalea aliiab lormcd the confederacy Curing tha rL volution, ai well tha aeeeM he b gained to lalBahla-nriTata -papera in rtiftertfm part of the aimlrjr-C-broHglit, jmo.liAandi a niaaa of ma (,ral, original aod imuorUul In. thrir iharacler hioh e trott will ba found to bae contributed ettentlal lid ia anabltnghira to cieoute with mora aocurwx asd rompllene bit main parpoae,and thai to hac- ao-apeaiaicd la aoma drgree for the re aod labor they hate cost. Ita publication has aot eulj iuolred eitended and laborkwi reaeareh ea the part of. the editor, bat great pecuniary ree poniibilitiet on tha part ol the publishers. ' -i t Vba priee alfited to this woik Is less, when tha exertion is considered, than that ol any oilier public! tioa in Kuropa of -America- The inrestment and e'xpendihires aonnested with this undertaking am Biiick greater t baa usually Btteiwled such publica tions! snd it will ba apparent that the publishers m&tt 'rclr oo aa exlenufe sale lor their rmnnera- inim The anrrai mrs aloca Bra thooaht by many to be Worth the cost M tha whole work. . To aoo-sobseri-bers lbs price wiH ba eohaneed. -s v - -r- Msny testimonials of unqualified approbation migbtbccddedV.br.-1 ttl$inaiUr.a. bl fncd lUc b,butXhc publishers ci ucetre it to b mm. ceiury. Letters banc been recerted Irom many di'stlngniihcd persons .aoneorring m the opinion that the woik is in Tcry ropett, richly deserylogol public patronage.' . ' X '' ' ' " . ," Among the many who ba gWeo the work the Bid ef their aubsoriptlMH and inlaenca, are tha follow. Inggrntleaaen, cist Hob John q Adams, Martin Van Buna, Jaeb .Burnett at Ohio Josiah Qohwy, John Pickering. Francis Wsyland, U D Mhses Stewart Kobert O Shaw.Eaq Henry le. Hmj B 'gbt fter Biinop Brow well, lease C Bates Horace lite red, sr Vt. 9 Longfellow of Maine, I Sewell Jones ol ! C John Sergeant of Pa LctI Linooln 9 Van fiaaaalaer of N Y Wm tr MreyW Pops of Ken iwelry, L W TateweU of Va Daniel Webster, Aabni Lswrenee, Joseph Story, Edward Everett, Charles Jack Lemiiti .Shaw, "..Sanruel T Armstrorf W B Calhoun, John C Warren, M D James laekson, M 0 Gov John Davis, Chapman Johnson of Va. 47" Active and frualworiby men can find employment In procuring Btrbacriberi ftr the ibova work. ' - . '. U Leltnrc addregsed ; trf tha Publisher foil paid, with applications fat agencies-, ordert will meet with prompt attention. . 17 Poetmasiera and other who obtain sub eeriptions, and become responsible for five cop ies shall receive a stub cop gratis, or for ten lubscribcrt, two copies, Bud the same rale for more. They . will pleas let the publishers know how many copies are subscribed for, aud how Ihov shall be forwarded. 17 Pmbishers of Newspapers who will In sert thesbove six week and forwarded' to Tap pan k Dennett one uumber of their paper, shall receive a eopy of the work for so doing. . ' Boston, 1843-- " ' ''v-'"r. . .4 : a u wick k iiiiA kvli s 1 1 1 is a The subscriber proposes "to opeo, at bia resi dence ia Wake ' county, a Scmihait rtaTaa KdVcatior or Youns Ladiis. . If the reqaiste ftltobage be afforded, the operations of the school will commence about tha first of May oett, and will embrace every branch of instruc tion, both plain and : ornamental, taught in tha best institutions of the kirnt.. .The pupils will reside in th family of the subscriber, and will ba under the immediate eare and control ol a eompetept Governest. The eiercises. of Ihe school wilt be conducted In part oy instructors engaged for the purpose, and in part by tits pro prietor himself; the hole to be under the gen sul aod soaauot eaper v isioo ef tha. lttr. . , . Ths year will be divided in'o two aasatovs oj ra months ca h or their equivalent, to be regula ted hereafter, in accordance with the wishes or ;eeuttq-rae The teeATio ia thought to be mierior to none bt the state. It ia central, baj by. and convenient. Being situated five aiilea flora Baleigl'. oq the I! Western thorooglrfsre, it la eumciently near tba cite for convenience, and sufficiently remote M the advaotaaaaf retirement and sselasioa. l Tse BeiLBtaea will be new and eomroodioos aod will be ealargrd ia proportion aa the number fi'iBMtes shall render nteeeary. Ins country Uttilioa rt is nerd less 10 apeak of tbs saocsas, and ottiir accommodations (or exarcice and recroa- tioB. ,' , ' ' - The oesasTiovs of ths school will 6s conducted aa aa elevated, but at the me lima an economical esle; the prices being such aa will enshle lbs pro PHwor to Bsaka the inatitutinn equal loanyo'hrr lif kindred pretensions, anil yet each as shall be Pied ta the difficulty and bsrdass ot the bMl ,1, '-:jv j -w- - 'The Rcsvisb Cotbsb will eossprise the lot tawing araaabes af study: Spellmf . Keadint, Wri ting Grammar. Geography Aiiibmsllo. Algebra. Oennetry, and the higher branchee of Mslhsmat lcs. if desired; Chvt vie, Histrv. Astronomy, Nat aral Moral, e4 l-rlleetusi Philosophy, Botany, Minarajngy, and Cheasietry. "." :-v . ',, Foa bsabb. aod Tcmow Ut tbie eeurae, the caarge wdl be 82 It est aaeaioajBt f 1SS per jwiflta tbs.,." .," "- . ' Far ths Eaxaa or DasaatCBTas branches, the Isnns will be aa follow! U laa 8aesioa -'Uusie an tha Piano, ' . f )0 . . on tha flutter, ' 15 . - Irsring a Psintin;, " 10 " . Latin Language; . '.. ; 10 , Orwk - do.. ' 10 - Frw, do. . 101 Italisa Ua. ' -.,10 " ' Xeedla weit, pUioj aod eraaaaeBtal. 4 " Fh charge for wasbtng, lights, and fuel.wirl ba separate, and silt bf Iri prtrwtioiitatlirBtswurit The whom eaas ei thS Kculcr coarse including- board, tuition, washing, lighiaV fuel, ate. seed not cieccd f 75 per session. y ? : Pupils can take the whole of the regular conn or a .y part of it. -1 bey can alee persue ths whole or any part of the emamcotsl branehea. - ' - There will ba at the close of each eeeeioa, a mi" at asd iborough Eiamicstion, ia , which, tb profieUncy, and relative alsnd'mg of each pupil will be duly exhibited. ' PaTeT will be expected, one half at the eom Oirncffnent, and the other half aMbe close of each session. - ' : . " ; " .. It is desirabla that It shoo'd be known, as far as possible, with wbt number .of students the school will probably open, as early ea Jsnuaiy nest, that the requisite fixtures and prrptrctiona may be dul) mada , .- ? . . T MEREDITH. . BOOKS FOR THE TtMrj. The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay in vsls. Also. The Life and Speeches of Job C. Calhonn This day arrived aod for sale ly ' ' . " TiriminiirTTtJGH es, . THE QUIZZER QUIZDED. s On rocent orcasinn of a medical pro fessor delivering practical lectures to the public, a gawky fellow thdOglU he had fle ised a mode of turning the . laugh against the doctor. ' He mounted the stags and on being questioned as to his disorJer, said verygrarely VVhvrmaliar. Sadrd)iMrler,sica but neifteiln taraWr dSHl (he doctor. ... ' i rWclli said the man, 'but I'e a worse nor that, I'e lost thy memory. Quite curable, also,' added , the doctor. 'Cut I must mike my preparations, r Come again after dinner, and I will be ready for you, but pay down five hilling-., -, ; , The man,"who had ; intended to have his fun gratis, reseisted, but the. doctor declar ed he never let any one down from the stage till he had paid something. " " ! Besides,11 said " .the doc rl'Iiow Tcsif r trust you! You say you ere a liar, and have no memory so you will either break your ..pepmise orforgetaU boui it" -r- A, lout! laugh. Irom .av.crWvlea'dcrl. their acquiescence in the justice of the claim, and the poor fool, nolent voleni,, was compelled' to lay down the cash. No one supposed he would come again: but he' still hoped that he might ' turn the tables and presented himself at the appoin ted hour. The doctor received him a iih great gravity, and addressing t he audience said - ? . . f . "'r-i-' ": . ,i(?entlemenma assure them on the . honor of a gentleman that is a very serious affair! and I hereby engage to return the money, - if lite . bystan dors d not ackowledgo the cure, and that I am fairly entitled to the reward.'' The man - sat down was furnished with a glass of water the doctor produ ced a box of flattened black pills; and to show that they were perfcedy innocent, affected to swallow three or four him self, lie then gave one to the man, who. i after many wry faces bit-into it startedup spitting and sputtering, and exclaimed- Why, hang roe if it isn't cobblers wail There, said the doctor, lifting tip both hands, 'did any body eveif witness so sud den, so miraculous a recovery 1 lie is ev idently cured of lying, for he has told the truth instantly,' as to memory, my good fellow,' continued he, patung bim on the back, if you ever forget this, call on the aiitl I'll return yoor money:'. . " AHEART.IN THC RIGHT PLACE I am wedded, said Coleridge", iti the fortunes or my sister and my poor old lather. Ul) my friend, 1 think sometimes, eon Id 1 recall he days that are past, which among them should I choose I Not . those "merrier davs" .hot the pleasant da V 0006'. not ilia' wanderings with the fair haired maid 'which I have so otun and so fee' inHy rfirreited 1 but the days, Col rid S9, of a mother's fondness for7her selroolboT Whatwoutd:lgiveloT call her back to earth for 1 one 'day ; 6n""ntf"knesto ssfcTicr pardon for those little asperities of temper wrjtcn liora time, nave given ncr gentle iiplril paitil and the tfy,my: frii!ndrl trust willenme. : 1 here will be time enough lor kind offices of' love, if .Heaven eternal year be ours. . Hereafter her meek spirit shsll not reproach me. Oh, my frlind. cultivate the filial .. feelings 1 ond let no man think Irimself released from the. kind 'character'' of relationship. Those shall give him peace at the JaaU . These are the best foundation for every species of benev olence. C. Lantb'i Lcllcri. 7 7 77J ' ' ' "A DROWNNED RKT.' It is seriously told, and fully authenticat ed, that a young cat ia New Haven, not yet possessing . much experience in the feline wars, encountering an old rat, so sturdy as to defy all her efforts to despatch sun oy lucuruiimry qi uKing enu sneuing, took him deliberately to a tub of water, plunged him in, ind,. holdinn; him with, ncr fore feet drowned h!m The fact was witnessed by several of the famayT'v' ' ' SHORT AND SWEET. . - 1 "The Sandersvtlle-Teleacope say f5trik- ing a matrimonial bargain is a puzzleaome business, to those who are not practised in it. Divers plans are laid down in the booksi hut none that takes our fancy like the follow ing adopted by a couple- in Emanuel co. a few days ago -' - ,- .'Misa Mary,"will yon marry met . ' ( - Well, 1 S pose I must. 'I'll be much rill.' - obliged to you, if you Fr Useful to Merchanta, Solicitors, Tradesmen, and the Public generally in referring :Tr' ' " j Memorandums, Bills, Accounts, &o. both past present REFERENCE LEiTERaaiANQJy.gARS. E D C B A 1S0O 1 2 ? 6 7 9 9 12 .13 H 15 17 18 10 , 20 23 VA 25 . 20 . 28. 29 30 31 85- 8. 37 ) 40 41 42 - 43 W5,. 40 47 " 48 51 1 52 63 64 50 67 58 69 : -- ' pgr C3 of- 65 68-. '69 70 . 71 73 74 75 ; - -. 70 79 8ft, 81 "83 84 -85. & 6T; ' - 90 91 02 03 00 07 08 00 -4 ' io ; 21 27 33 38 49 65 00 77 83 88 04 1900 JLlthoh this Almanac consists of the Teartr arid the Days in One Momh olrll yet any day of'the Month in anyTTeari from 1800 to 1000, may be found in an instant. . INSTRUCTION--Find the tame let ter on the right oC the month; which is in the HeferencevHne above the year and o yer it are all the Sundays in the month. EtAMPLi Find the 6th of September, 1842: . The reference letter 'above the of September, and over it vo all the Sun days in September which are on the 4tbv NEW METHOD OF RAISING ' Mfiv vin . ZAtedv in Boston has recency resortetJ to ' aemWehand iniren trickery to raise mone. The Post savs then she called at the lionaes of different clartrvmen and -asked the favor of . their performing; funeral service, for ber child . fust dead, and a present of five-dollart tenable he to make the necessary pre- parulions tor tile meiaiiuiiuiy bcrcuiuuics. r .L- I.aCxI.. - she having been rebuced to distressing poverty by the lorrg;,-"8ickrress of lirer,'lost' one." These propositions, being assented to, a false direction would be left, snd the lady depart. Her trick was finally discov ered by "two gentlemen in black" meet ing each other in. an obscure part of the city, both in search of the lady's abode. A mutual explanation very atiaoeniy reliev ed the worthy pastors of their sym pathy. - ;- : -- ANECDOTE OF THE FLOGGING . 7 TIMES. The master of the grammar-school of a burgh in the .central district of . Scotland, about seventy years ago,' was a worthy Trojan of the name of llatket, a complete specimen of the thrashing pedagogues of tha last age.' Modern ears would tcarcely credit the traditional stories, which were (old of this man's .' severity, 01 believe that such merciless punishment could have been alloweil to take place in a country so far t I mh . 1 1 I civilized as ours fhen was- " Heavy snd re peated applications of a striped thong called; the taws to the opert hands, of delinquents were'miwtere'o'f familiar occurreiieeJ'Sktilii asthesn were called, were nothing. But Hacket would also, twenty times a-day, lay victims scross the end of a tabic, and thrash' faa lone as ne eouiu noiu wun tne ono liana a 1 a t I s a a and lay on with the other. Horsing was ed the message, ; aq entertainment of a re one of his higltest inJulgeiicea-otlujuries, eherche kind, from one who, no doubt, felt a and he had" an ingenmus mode of torture peculiar to himseir. by causing the boy to strttle between two -distant -boards-wkUe W- endeavoured to excite the thinking Uctniiss by bringing a force to bear from behind. Thomas Lofd Erskine and his! brother Hen- ry were brought Op at this school and re memheretf llacket's severity , through life, complaining particularly that it was" all one whether you were a dull or bnghi o.y, for if the former, you were thrashed for vourown nroner demerits, and if vou were brigh't. you had a monitorial charge assigned to you over the rest, and suffered for all the .: shortcoming ;: of your interiors. " - we won- der at all this now; but" the wonder icyery -au; erfliious. The whole system was based on a prevalent notion that severity to cliil ' dren was salutary and reneficial, nay, tut is pensable, and that, if you at all loved your son or vour' pupil, it was your first and .nost solemn duty towards mm to give fiim . " . -. . . stmnd atrappation pa all possible occasions, ; flogging was simply one ot tue boiwes oi . our (IXIHJKU.CI.. - . - Amongst Hacket's pupils was a ber who hacTcome from a disiance, and was boarded iih'a fawUy iB tha present ia Andersoii: 7 P' s, felt the ruthless ced far from hie friend severity of Hacket very bitterly, andr as he was by .no means a genius, he was botn well strapped himself, '. and probably the cause of much strapping in others. IMatur ally ofa leservej and reflecting character, , . m . . . he said little of his sufferings to a..y of his companions but the stripes sunk into his vsry soul, aad secretly wruhing uode. a .rroin 1800 lo F I L 8 . ,15 22 v20 ; 2 9 10 23 30 6 ,H 16 23 S3 39 44 50 61 MONTHS. jan; oct. i MAY-. AUGUST B B C D '07 FEB. NOV. MAR. D E P: a -78' 89 B5 JUNE SEPT. DEC. APRIL, JULY f" a EXPLANATION; "Htfi, I8tH arid 25t1i. " The liekr line ia all 7 Bin was on a Aionaay. i ne. louowing -. line is all the Tuesdays ; the 6th was on a Tuesday, and so on. v , ; 7 'i FOR LEAP YEAR -Use the refer- ence letter above the blank which preceded the year, for January and February j and the reference fettef vfhich is aborer the year, for the other tea montEsr-: 7 " TExAMFtt Find the 3rd of Tebruary, ' '1840r"ThefOTenc Utter U04rev o Iltintlred eral- Wank wbrth precedes the year 1810, is v end July , and in September and. Decern E: Look for E. on the right of Febru- ber."s7"'.''-Cc:v -y- : l-4r-'v ii7:? - '"'r,ibi - " - sense.ot tne sense o tne injustice ana intngniiy wun which he was treated, he conceived the most "?.D!S!iLT?? : "u,c,"u rr .7". ' "uu! ue,er""' e :. , " "".""Z. T?'"' SSri3rT. hri;rXr.TTlr; ftfST:: -ZL-Z-: ff our lrant? who Mme,? ,to-,1,m ft , The man of vengeance waa taken by sur rere the utmoat vengeance that could be prUe, ,nJ BMenleJ H - J limvu.u. Anderson, Jike so many Other Scottish jwiWMtWrfAmttaijm tand the Jionerand wine-nroved excellent. India, where he eerved for I . I . BMkaa k aat.A.l fai rsaiArtl...C. -" years, during which he never once wassble to revisit his native shores. , Hating now attained a competency, and settled his affairs he returned to Scotland, in order to spend there the : remainder of his life. It will scarcely be believed that he still cherished his scheme of vengeance against llacket; but llio fact is that he did so, and this in deed is what gives' any value to the anecdote we are relating it is curious only ss a gen uine instance of a feeling persevered" in much beyond the term usually sssigned to human feelings'. He came homehe purchased a short but effective whip he journied to the W'l where he had been educated., and. es- tabliahing himxelf in the inn, sent a polite message to Ilackct. (who was still in the vigour of life, though retired from active duty,) inviting huh to dine that afternoon with a genileman who had once been his pupil. All seemed now in trail for a retri- butory; visitation upon he epiderm is of the I I .1 . I .1 . I - . I ii old gentleman; and the r-ader may be trem bling for the conr eqttences of a revenge so much beyond the limit of all common resent- .Old llackel dr-ssed himself that. day in his beat ruffles st the wristsi" end silver buckles jn his shoes expecting from Ihe - appearance ol the man servant wno deliver- "... aa- difficult unspeakable benefits ofa sound tiageilatoty " where lie saw a table prepared for dinner, . A genileman presently entered, and, to his surprise, turned" and deliberately locked the door, putting the key into his pocket. "Then taking down a whip from the mantle nieJe, this gentleman'" came steroly tip to the ven erable school master, and asked u he had any . reonllectiorr of him." No, "said tlie teacher. ? "Tlren sir. I sliall insure that von'".' ''''remember me forever after." Do "yon rec61- lect s boy at your school twenty five years ago, 01 me name nr Walter Anderoni 7 "i dare say: r do.'7 "vrhen,sirtI ,ain that Walter : Anderson,' I hsve now come to punish you for the msny unmerited thrash- nige which you gave me at scnooi. - 1 ney wefe savage, tir, and only something of the same kind can expiaie- them - All the time ...... . ..... . - . was wy muia, j, never aliowca in If design 0 he dormant for , a moment, and now the iime w its execution Mme. etrip. sir. y. - yoe. t Resistance is altogether la vatn. for the people hers are all in my pay. Entree. auggested.und that is but . yo JcaP.-;- - f Hacke it may well be believed, was In a dreadful panic, for he saw that he was in the hands; of a ' man hot W be trifled whh.'V lie waa, however, shrewd in human nature and possessed - plenty of presence of mind. r'Well, well mid he, "that is a bad buai ... L . ... .. . .t. nessi but 1 suppose it is true that I was rath er severe hmg ago with my boys, snd so must just submit- I see, however, that IS09; to the date of Deeds, Bonds, Agreements and to come,- -,-;" -Z DAYS IN ONE MONTIfTX' 5 ; 3 5-:. 0" J 10 J 11 1 12 . 13 ;"7 u 21 '287 17 21 31 15 I 19 20 25 ; 20 J. 27' C D D E F E: O B a a B E F aryrand vep it are alf" was on -iionaaye ' . ' .y;r?.-' t t -Now find the 15th of "March, 1840s The reference letter "above 1810, is D, t look for D. on the ris;ht of March, and o vyer it ar6ali the Sundays ; in March ; so that the 15th of March was on a Sunday, , tSST The DAYS of the MONTH aU IwrilaiT orf'tho. SAME DAYS' of the WEEK, iii Januarv ah'd Oct'oben in Feb- iinrfi'TtfJV' - iAT"', - f'Jv'rsll' - ,ii'Ti Ti -:--:rTt'i'nr,ffrn rnnirs'Ti iriir tr-ati "ft "-ji rfit ?Sirl-1iF-B 'H i"T Tati tSl7TT ins! " preparations , have ; been ; made for dinner. and aa I hr-liava n "PIMW : Jo Invited me hera'to ' ' " " thin to you. I should .m,ICD Tr'r" oin d ! "ck tnl. "wards. Come, shall it not be olvinrlhat Tinthinir -ahnnlif-in ifiir-lnir.ni hailllt him fif Ins nnmnu-TI... .i .!. ' " j-'--a . nvr a wuBj a - . tiacRel beiran to talk of old l mes. and of other dys who had been fellow pupils with nig nnsi; also 01 many sports and frolic in which Anderson amongst others' had indul ged, He told w hat he learned of the sub sequent Tortunes 01 many of these) youths and gradually engaged" Antletson into a re lation ,of his own hiatnryv. The whol bearirg of theoldjnB.nwasso cheerful, so sympathising, and so entertaniins . thai , Xn derson. like the gloomy sultan, felt himself gradually dispossessed ol the spirit which nau so long animated mm. It became evi dently an absurdity to think of lashinir neatly dressed old gentleman who seemed to be the very pink of goood humor; 7 Once or twice he apamodically endeavored to re aw ken the huging emotions of deatructrve- ne as but it woukl not do another droll chatty story from the pedag'ouge (tilled them down again at once. ,. By and by he gave way' entirely to the spirit ' of the hour, and Ceased la think of his whip or iu intended performancet.' ; ''7 3 7 llackel got home' that night in perfret saiety, lor air. Andersoii insisted upon, es corn us nim mnis own uoor. . , 1 .... w. , t ,n 7 . ' r ,t . ftp-' " s There is a mart down in Johnston ai tear ing of his lime, that he only lets his clock wn eSnndays. Ha is determined to beaav Tn in teryihlrrg. j-f---j-- UlAUDV-CAHHoW 7 This notorious offender is again inlirtibo. lie. was taken by -a pAfty-f - gentlemen, few miles from (his city, on the 2d instant, after considerable racing and Bring, which, nowever, uni not graze the prisoner. They have several charges agafrrst bfm this time. He is accused of having twice robbed Col. M Leod's store, of havine stolen a trnnk from ihe stage, end, when he could find nothing ',llo steal, of having slyfy ai.il stealthily frept np behin oeitimi nimseii an'J , sunt op his ;Own coat?. Having already hid the benefit ' clergy tnree tiiiiei, he may now eKpect n poasioiy receive a mgner ocnent ALL IS NOT COLD THAT GLIT- 7- TERS." .. 7,7 : ' A writer in the N. Y. Tribune states h:s belief that leven eighths of all the orna " V... l, .. .T ments worn in that city are 0f copper. though nniil for aa rold The e fraud is . ef- 111 rli.rr.o.r.,1 f,.cter by mpans of the lately proceM 0f nJrnAhmg, by ; wbiclLcopper is roaue 10 assume me appearance ol the finait ffou ilh Icarc.U on,.Londdih vri of the gold formerly worked up, The doobtfulone, is to require fJheseller a war. ,hat the deia of solid gold or silver. 7A tevetend gentleman,, in one of our ointry villages, in reading to hiscongre fation the rjaasape of acriotufe 'I am that I am' af'er reading the I am,' in a fit of absence Of mind turned over two pages and went on, 'an ass. and a colt, the foal of an ass' when discovering tig mistake, be riufierhtistny turnetf back and Mclaitned," 'thai I m f .-VJ.,,.-.,.: " . AhTECDOTE. t'XtAl A collector of church rates in England, tailing" upon r Quaker fvho kept a dry goods store, for the-; uwl earn: the . latter Friend.aiit :rii?ht that I shoold par. . when I never attend the established cliurchf The cbUrch is open to all, answered the collector, "and y6u..jnjght hare altend- l it you A4 roina to." v"; :7 .v The . Quaker paid the money, and on; the next day sent the. collector a -bill for brqadclotb. The man came immediately,' and in great passion, asked the meaning of it; declaring that he Itevef had a single ar tide Irom nis store. ' : , . . ,Oh!" said trtril.OjaakerrubbinjrhJe1 bands, " the store was open for thee, and 7, thna nightest have had the cloth if thou . hadsl. a mindr; .:...7 f '2 " 7. :7- : r VERY.-GO0D. 7T'; :' 7 A distinguished clcrtry man. now ares- ident in New York, was accused while in ;'-' Lowell, "of yiolentry dragging his wife 7 - irom a revival meeting and cempeliing , her to home with him." He replter f'rj1 follows: I t-'.'Ti,'''.': i .:'..') 7; '.-;.vj77''-.7 1st. I have never attempted to fnflnence ) my wife in her views nor in her choice of . 2nd. My wife has not attended any of, 7 the revival meetings in Lowell -'7 7""' ; : 3rd 1 pave not attended even one of . .thoso meetings - for any purpose what'' ever. ' . i 4th. Neithe my wife nor mVsclf hate ' any inclination to attend those mooting. 7 o'.n. 1 never una a wue:, A comical scene occared in tho Missis sippi Legislature bh the 8th instant. The cry of hro was raised and a general cry of vtiUMapttct ia .on.iirer J Adloqrned tlte proceeding instanter.--. A membvr first -told the. President theeapitol was on . fire. vrhe is is," said he, and left his seat ' WArlWeWTeieyhoundf Thsool oniy was oumtng in one 01 me cnimneyt, It-is said that the freigbtjist of the steam er Ilibcrniaoa lter.rccijnt Jrip from Liv- ernool to Boston, amounted to ten thousand ' dollars. The. receipts of the trip from freight and passengers are twenty eini thousand " dollars. . ;. , 7 NEW: LIFE PRESERVER r - Somebody; in- Cincinnati has iented .7 new life preserver, pf a novel description. Every -chair in the catii of a steamboat is : rendered capable, of sustaining seven ot eight persons in the water. The inventor has secured a patent, ; J -7' ." A large qnantiiy of smuggled" ; goods was . recently recovered hf Uamilion, on the pre ' ? mises of a Government Contractor in Can adv nifmed Kuasell, The , schooner W. Jones was also seited al the same time for , a violation of theexrise law.. So j LOCOMOTIVES FOR RITSSIA. " . : The Baltimore Suit states that Thomas . Winans, of Baltimore and Joseph Harrison j of rhiladelphia have ,contractetl to make . cars and loromoilves for the Russian Rail- , road amounting to 4.000,000. 7 yaOW TH UICHMOND'diiNI'ir.ER'. :'. i " THE ART OF BOTHERING! ' . ' Meitrt Editors: ' As it too "frequently , happens that by sn over-zeal (0 give mrr ole-directions, .wehewilder those who exe fjiite coinmissi'ons, I enclose you a curious order verbatirrit ft. was sent to .a milliner ; in town by a farmer's wife,; for a iiew cloak . or srtielefof dress called, a cardinal. You ran publish it, if so inclined, for the benefit - of ul -concerned, tn-de ut well at female, ' and ounge . ; inura, , t - 7 " PETER PARAGRAPH. Here His ; . :, ' - . '. y ,2I-?cb'y,a..l8,ii. r Madam, Please to send me a i:arlet tardiwd-r M :.llM.(ujJ jarO"Plflnd !$ it be. full it is for a larg t- fat woman. They tell me I can have a large one and a . handtome one for three dnlla a. I should not be willing to give more these hard , times,' than . twenty shillinga j but if vou heve any as. long, Teiiher dulfel or eloth ; if it is cheaper I ehould like to have it, for " I am not to . give more than twenty shil lings. I beg yon to be so good, as' not to ' fail me this cardinal, . ". ." . - , . . A person asked Zeno, the Philosopher, it wise men ever fell rn I6ve. His answer was "If wise men do not full , in love, beautiful wflmeti must be-,yry ; unforto ftate M ', ':; l-x' T-t"' ' ' ' Ca7 A schoolmaster advenises thtt ha will keep a Sunday ichool twice a f . r- on Tuesdsy snd Saturday." 7 .. .1 A" CRAZY 1 DEA BUT A GOOD ONE. ,Tbe .Asylum Journal, pubtislied by thg, inmates of the Vermont Asylum for tha la . sartf, thinks that dor member of Concrete should be well paid for their services, for sine there i no honor, there should be some profit. 7 Theie is a deal of method In ihe madness", of some folks. Good thoughts , like : good company, will never stay wheie they, sre not civilly entertained; while bad thoughts, likavbad mannered guests, press for adaiitsjon, or likepightly - robbers.- Murk secret shoot,, waiting fot an unguarded women t to eras, in and destroy. . ; . , , o
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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