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- t .-M: si 1 TH39. Ji.tB MAT, (Prints for the State,) Eai-roa ax PaorkisTo. , -" BiTe caaouA: r-owie,et. t om, iHTintcrrn isa ratTCt lj.tir-wttrVg":Tii'"lair eea atrscrtoxs ITIIKEE DOLLARS A TtAK a vta t TOU S. riALtlCH,. , WEDXESOAT, APRIL S, 814. Mi- iteiiti tlf I, Mi f eW ii taH ttrf'at oia :baiaiw ninathi ith aw ;ioie,tai e fa Iki rearatn uiaia w-t tmtatf rrpaafetl me nl Be i rnWr inbtisatn' emoaa -i i tany toW tubal TV tnrohaliai t Xanax I I be atHa r: ataat : pinana tha t .aenn rk Ibraii ihe Mloa na. Wtrla h Qeiar; ie Man oraer !. ell lt a.Vta meof K iitt. Ail it, Cia" matrvrt ea JatkiWi of Vfc can is w PubHiHw lias, M4 phtatftsiA- ol flvstrf i. or f rasnil ' publjabml ed foaaa rito wfll it led toTir taper, tfcali ling. IK WEST. isengsr, reseo H pnt plsceaf odicalaisai aga, ehou1 vide eitfcuts under git ll iara i ter aai a el of til lb" : jeh as SoOK , small lar to eontsia til those of ter thaa an siiber WU" that wi' .y. It" valoe.lstt" 'ytmia wool nriocir's f nVespltl i and torli'? li .lift ft . a MM P. ftltf tTf I haa Jfiit .fid Ctrl. TBq . h spring- P"lltidjieadow but ending in a gloom v and I China stnel Earthen are. A- . ... . .i ! M AMtmrrilw . I.r. .opply rfci Mack couplet.- He will be pltwd to fumub Ike country trade wilb article of the beet quality. I Northern price, and paek them with feat ear. g, At tbeaigo of the pitcher, , -V.v- :';:IX" Syeamor Street, Peterat erg, Va. ,i f JAMES P. SMITH. ' . "- J , ' is t Mittoa Chronicle, Greenaboroagb Patriot nilUbocooh Recorder, Oxford Mercury, Halifax Rep'.ibliban, and Tarbarooah prraf, are rrqueated U insert lb above six lime and tend bill to v '' '. ' ':" . ; . '. J. P. B . Stale of North Carolina, ' Johntton County. Court of Plea and Quarter Session Feb ruary term, 1844. j ..v Hear Johatoa J aunitr artielr. It nprnnr'i the mriiioa"ef to ennrt, that the derndMit, Henry M . Juhi.iod, rctiilvt fcrynnit the liieili l inn Stat', or M nbKOn.) or CDneral, btnMell, tfiat the ai rilnarr iiraecu of hy nnm be ternA hi( M w thereler entered thai inbU. lion be mane lor ail wrka aueceitivelf in the H leiah Siar. fnr the aaiit detendant in mwar nnr eat tlwirt nf "Plena and Quarter Urniona. at the ennrt home in Smitl.ffeld, on the 4th - Momliy in Mar nex", to ilnrt, antwer or rrpleay, fea, or juilg rntut pro aontv itl be mken agtiin), dim . . --waarn; 1 nimaa Tlagir r uuf t of oar taid Court lie. theWih Marth. I44. . , THUS. tlACLETO C. State or Nort?i .Carolina, .' Johntton County. : s Court of Plea and Quarter . Sessions -Feb-. luarr Term, 1844. v j-OilirinaJ attaehmcnt levied on !)ra(rll Thnmaa J lani -. It anbearme to the aatntaalion of the eosrt, that ha detmilant, Braawell 1'homaa, rcurtet knond the inita ot'lhia Hl.le.or an anawmda or eoneula him. ifr tt the nrdinarjr-nroeeaa ol la aahnorfie aerTly to her book,, after a Jong private coinmu ed apnn himi it H therefore ordered that publication made lor tart werka in in Kaleigli Star, lueere irelr, for the defendant to apprar at ur m-xt IJoui-t f I'lm and Quarter Sruaiona, at the esart hoiiae hi fmrthfirlrt, on the ith Mnnday Ja Majrn;, then fcwf tnfe to f rpletjr and pteaJ, w )ml(nnv a; ill be ikrn pro ennfraao. . . ' .- -....; I w Mneaa, i bnmai Ual-, tiler al or aaid Court ka Ik 8uth Mar.h. IH . - THUS BtGLEV,C. C. C. - Price .!. $3 00 ; 13 8 . State of North Carolina, Johntton Count u. -- pourtof Pleas antl Quarter Sessions Feb- ruary Perm, 1844. parry Griea a- ' Ley en Landi raineil l noma, . a . It annearii't to the iatitfiietton of Ibe eaort. tl at ttletefK'.anl. BraaneH- l'hwi,rerWra beyond th ntta i ihia Btatri it ia tlirrrtore ordrred that nub. Station, bnawrfnin -thr Rarhjttt Star two week, ana- aaawetv'-mr tne crerrnclanai t mmiear at a.. nest fcari el Pleee. and -Qusrteer Stnamna, at tlin'ionr. fkttte in smKtineltl, on the 4th Monday in May ext. thea aad there ut tdew eao e, if any he baa. shy the land of the ifefanilatil may not be. aulijeet to s piatHtin- qemanta - . ' V it acta, 1'bnmii Bley, Clcnk ol onrta'd Court tne wn Aiarcji. , . .. y THOS. BAOLEV. C, C, C. ' Fiieeads. $3. - -.v . 13 2w . MARRIAGE EXTRAORDIN Afty An odd sort of relationship was lately irtned by a pair of nuptials ex'raordinary Uamder, North Carolina. . A widower lio was not very young, became smitten a beautiful girl anil married her. . A ott time after, the son of the. man by a rmer wile; : oecame . also s- in love, twith a younjer person, but with the jnther of the father" new wifo, a widow 1 r still m the bloom of life tie ouered nsclf, and soon the yptin mafland Jho upw were unueu m tne oontis 01 ma- noiiy J so tlut in consequence of these a connections, a father became the , son- aw of his own son, : and the wife . not It the daughter-in-law of her own ton- Saw but still more, the mother-in-law of town mother, who Ja hers ejf-the daugh-in-taw cf her own: daughter, while the band of the latter, is the .father-in-law liis mother-in4aw, and father-in law of I own (atkera . '-'.-...a ,.:y.-:-i.vv. ;'' t-tv ROM A SPEEClhOF MlCCAX- 1 know of no situation ao tresnonsible Iroperly considered, as ours. We . are rgea ty pronlenee, not only;, with the Mncse vi mia great .ana rising peonie in a cun.ideraii'e detrree. wh tliat of human race. We have a government new order, perfectly distract from all have preceded it. A government foun en tlte rizhts of . msnt resting not on J wlrrnrot-oajiitperstition, but on res it it succeeds .as was fondlv JioneU t founileis, it will be .MuTcemmence- 1 ef a new era In hnman affairs- f Vizel government nutf. in Hit rotme mt tonforurWUf principle. . - 1'hus irosunred can "you " besiute" whst e to ,chooe? The road that wisdom tS Out. laada. It ia tma nn ihit atAen: t leads alao to seoority and lasting . glo- fortitude pdii, ought ever t asnire to greaU Pttrtl OllPllt ,lu alnk, nml Will rcr. V sink into the list 0f those that hav- nothing to be known or remembered nT.!!aBle r In Jlie nature -of .r I hft love of oresent ease and 'tre indifferenco about ; the future : ieea and a" , It baspf. MifideiHljsf. liavd attppo'; boussnd su whoeaarh I rvarje'. our fff"1! 4al Weakheal nf hrimgii ailnn ' L. f3el tn individuals r naiiot,, i - to disgrace and rtiin.0i) the "7 irtue and wisdom, which rerard 'u,re, and spurn the temptations of r-'wn nowever rnggeil their p'h. yiiie-a. ueu are tl unirrr- til sentiment! of aH idwtw, fiom h oidsciic of the philosophers, to the, fictions of llMS ooelsuTlje thai plessure i fl nn.h 1j,tiSii JT fr''T wiiuenieMf mat II is , ins c-j ran . roWoloice- which Hie nip of Cisre, of which ha who tinnns is eonTerted into a swine. This ia tha language of fiction ; reason lesrhca the a ime. It is my with to eleuto the. na tional sentiment," to that .which every just and virtuous mind possesses. No cflort is needed to impel, us the opposite way: itiat may be too safely trusted to the facul ties of our nature. This nation is in. a 'sit uation similar to that in which one of the most beautiful poets of ntiqmiy paints Hercules in his yotrh. He reptesettta the hero as retiring into the wilderness, to deliberate on the course, of life -which he ought7 to choose. Two goddesses ap proached him: one recommending to him life of ease -and , pleasure, .the other ol lalwrand virtue. The hero - adopted the counsel of the laiter, and Ms fame and glo ry are known to the world. AIsyv this, na tion, the J ouihful Hercules, possftsing his form and- muscles, be inspired "with similar senlimenta, and folio bis exara ple." . ' ",. -i TUB SC1IQOL-M WTRESS ' ABU OAP; : Now close your book. Hob,'? said the moUier.-and Alee- gire me ronrs." "Put ymirliaffdsTlown turn - Irom" the fire, and look up at me, deara.""" " y J Wbat is the capital of Rassiaf', 7 ."The Birman mpre,,aid, Alec, "with nnhesitaling, confidence. 'Vv:' . ' '.,'.( "The.Baltic sea," , cried Bob, emulous and ardent.'. . -tfr v.r S Wait not so fast; let me see, my dears which of you is right." :--.'r ; ' ; I UOmpson appealed immeuiaic- nication with which, she emphatically pro nounced tnem botn wrong. vWfitve tta a chancermother ssid Bob' tit f wheedling toheiJB "er weakness,j'!;iliem"s such hard words. 1 don't know, how ft is, but I never csh remember them Just tell u half the syl lable oli, do-no,' pleaab'1-, i'. i - Ohl know nowj" cried AIec,-J.'ityime-thing with a C3 in it' ; r - rblnLf the opostles; dears. What are the name -of tieyrraetVttyt:';": ':v. , "Why, the'ie's Moses, began Bob, conftt ting on his fingers,' 'and tliere's Sammy wille, . and j ibere'a Aaron,' and ' Noah's 'atopTniyllear,' asid M rs. Thompson, "just begin again. I said who Was Peter no, not that who was an apostle?"' - T Oh, I Jknow Howl" cried .Aloe again (Alee was the bright boy of the family.) "It's Peter, Peter's the -capital of Rus sia." v.-V-vi 'rli ' '-': J v "No, not quite, my dear ; try again.!' ' . Paul," half murmured Robert, with a reckless hope of proving right. " "i "No, Peter's rigbt , but, there's some thing else. What has your father been taking down the beds for?" :.. , V ' -There wsa a solemn silence, and the three industrious sisters blushed the slight est blush tiiat could.be laised on a maiden's cheek. . .'.i'V'; i .:vi.;J - "To rub that tuffoffr tb -Wails," said tlie ready Alee. - -. -..--."v " -j. - : -'. - . "Yes, but what was it to kill?' asked tlie inttru'ctreM.. ': - '- 1 .y- W1' "The fleas," said Bub. ' . . . -X; Worse tlian that, dear." ' ' v .-OhV-l krtow nowi'-'-ahrieked : Alef fbr the third time," "Petersbug'e the capital of Russia.' " ' . v;'- .V ' , HlacJtwoo(t$ 3agaxine.T- ' AN ELOPEMENT,?: . The y little villagaof Tarrytown Jfew York," was put in a terrible flutter a few days since, inconsequence pi an elopement. The " ' Successful . wooer, says ; the Hudson River Chronicle, waa a limb of the Uw named Merrill Van Wart, a fellow 6ve feet nine inches, with a good sup ply of black curly whiskers, etc. The air, lady jsj mrss-TJennedicl, ; a uauehther. of General Bcnnedict, a swrct charming and romantic maiden,, o'er whose head aoTne - eighteen summers ha ve -sited their -rays; and what adds to ter other numerous charms, is the fact that she holds in her own right the key to treasure ot some $ 3s,QJ0 . fisid rash. Van Wart had been for some time endear oring to spirit her a way. but unsticressfullv. At lust, -aided by a pair or last horses, tie succeeded in carrying the lad v beyond the reach of her brothers, and in the course of a few hours they were mart ied..' "" front tl.e Christian Ad foeaieatid Journal. tVhat improvement thall we male of the reeeni aiaiiropnr. - - ; -v. ' Messrs. Ediaots, The late , tertible c eident nrar.AVahington hns struck almost every one ;Wl lirrrmr; and calitmiiy so aitddeiT, so awful surely oughttq be turned by the whole community to serious account' It would seem ! be-the voice 'mf God not merely ; in tmr'Tmor, Tiut to tl e nation at large, and I have observed wiih pleasure the general dlsposiiion of ministers and ChrUtians tolm prove rt as a ro'errn". atrrling admonition of Providence.. In this light it might. I think, lobe viewed by H? n(J ! should rejoice if every minister in the land would seize the- occasion to illustrate and enforce the lessons it msy Itave been de- -- Of tbese lessons. enSlstTie nrewrTdus tenure by which we hold our riesreat Mesa- nt'lJlirlbe Wf4ain,a-(-ffornitifrnr and the consequent ; necessity of beLn( al- ways prepstea lor one last aeeount; a Hiiro, the insufficiency of wealih.ur utation. rl ent or character, lo guard ns aerstnt the die- appoinimenta of life, rfhorrest the king of terrors; a lotirih the "utter fully of those fierce snd desperate struggles whi h so ma ny are making for wealth,- and power, snd distinction, which may all be tost in an in stant. . - - ; ,y I might mnliipjy these topics; but T cannot refrain from lingcringon knother,whicli will be most likely lo ha. over looked by l!ie million. It is the folly, the suicidal madness and guilt of war, as suggested by this swfid i- catssirnpiie' Here is a snip ol war, anu armed, and manned, on purpose to kilt men by hundreds; we see on its deck a gun call ed in bitier irony,' tlie P-acemaker, of enor mous espacity, sufficient to sweep down a whole regimental a blast Not s few mem bers of congress, especially from' the West, have been trying- for months to blow tip a war with England about the Oregon territo ry, Captain Stockton, - the inventor of the Iriggnn, brings it out on this occasion to second the views of such men, and designs soon to lake it to the North for the same purpose Here-Jfthr,. vents Indicating a etrong appetency for war but the God of peace, in his mysterious pmvidenee,', seizes, the junetu abermn oTblood see, bv a sli mentary recoil of their : own energies" upon themselves, what it is they aie seeking. upon tlie nation- On the -deck of the- Princeton he gives them a glimpse, a mete glimpse of war; of. what war seeks to produce; ol whnt is tnsepi r tliU from any . wan of ;wlmt every war muliiplies ten thousand fold. . fifl us look at tlte matter a. little more in deiBifViHere are-half a dozen -menv by "the accidental explosion of a cannon designed to kill men by wholesale, hurled in an instant into the world of "spirits, as manr wives made widows, and as many families'jrcrlqced, and the conaeqnencee sun more dcnlorable. Hut what is all this, horrible as it is, in mm- psrison with war ' Haifa dozen men slain What would a mrnber be. in a battle or a petty skuiniah?- . Ilardyl enough In eke out a dispatch of three lines; and yet that num ber smitten down ' in peace, not With the malice, and wrath,-and all the hellish pas sions of war, but amid the sympathies, and 'ears, anu !ou attentions of friends, fill the capital with grief, and . tlie land with sorrow and rtmiriiwJ:;r.--- ' a, .a . ' a v estrange beings mat wc are.' uau v.npt Sloe ton, widt a fe w, suob puns, . killed in battle 4, buhdted or thoustnd times-ee ma ny men, snd made not six, but' six thousand families fatherless, he would ' have been the natiun's idol,-and borne his blushing honors down lo his grave; , but now the aceidtfial, sacrifice of six men by the discharge of his gun, from no motive but their gratification! makes the poor man almost erazy with regret! In the other deed, though a thousandfold wjrse, h.' would have gloried; but , in this he seems,- like a kynd-Dearted, - conscientious man, almost to reproach himself ss their murderer. Had he purposed the deed, no man : in the land would have ; exculpated him; yet in war the mass of the community would have lauded, him to the skies for .the intentional butchery ot a thousand times as many, ' . - Surely there must be Something fearfully wrong in such a state f popular feeHng on the subject of war, and terrible will bo (lie disclosures in that aw ful day - -wlteti -God shall make inquisition for the blood that War riors, now; or once 'the admiration of the wmld. have shed in everv acre and clime! Think of Waterloo, of AuMerlitZ, of Boro dino, of Chalous, of C'anncp; of Arbrla fields of battle on. each cf which" foil scores of tltousxntls, ami , on , some even hundtrds of thousands! How . wdrjucn liPPi'ar tlis il lustrious men killers;; who - now. ficnreso largely in the history ot our world! Alex ander and Cesar, the destroyers of three millions each, Napoleon, the murderer of six millions; Jeughiz-Khin, the butcher of thmynwo millons!-"" ; , -7V . -Is it not time -that something were done in earnest fur the abolition of a custom des igned to produce surh ten iUs results - If a nation of twenty million are shocked at the accidental .sacrtuje -of' half a dozen men, with the natural consequence lo their fami lies end friends, shall wu still tolerate a sys tem which employe not a few of our first minds, and taxes the country even in pence. millions on millions eery real, just Jo multiply -the vciy , aame evils ten thousand times overt ; '". v1 , --'-,'.- ' X:, '-jjsJ: '.i:;-"- - 'M OMTOR. tMlRT4NT:C0nRESP0NDENCE - 'The - following ' letter was received by Mr.Clay, at the Lad cs' Post Office, du ring the Fair on Tuesday Evening last. A riend of Mr. Clay' asked permission, on .reading it, 'to promote the amusement of the renderspf the, Fnfiuirer, by it publications -r Deaf Sir: . ", .."l he ' un 'lersigned - Committee, -appointed by ihe Uniled States A nii-lfuttle Vttn ventipn,- are atiihorized to solicit your o pinion . relative to ihe great matter now before the People, (and behind the La dies;) and whether, if elected to the of fice, of Chief Magistrate, you would Car ry out the principles of . the "Bachelor Anti-Bustle Party." " Please inform us, . v" V ' 1st. Are Bustles constitutional? , ?. Hire pur view ia relation te Dus- He undergoiie anv modification since i I3.f.a ; - - ' you lave, aincv 'hen, taken a more tniargTdj v ieStlpS, I nemr ' .- - ? f ' tal-Ll:3di Do you beliere in tTuskles txtpto feefwrt r and to what trtetUf (Please gire us fiawsircai answer; iv 4th, Have husbands th fight to abolish their wive'a Bustles in the pistrict of Col umbia f - .-i..' "- ;;' . bth. Did you, or not, declare in the U nited States SennteV that . y r ' . "Bustles are all an empty show, V s I . s ''"For man" illusion given" f.-;- ; If so please adduce the evidence. Cth Did you rote foi Bustle in 18tC? 7lh. Do Vou not think, air. that a con stitutional imVai'wi of the Veto, has no reference" to Dustiest -y.; ;' '.::'': "'V; 8th. Would you n1 sanction a "mod- ification the'Tsnff,. by whicli" the aover eign disapprobation rf Bustle should amounts lojnweiibi,'ioil- . Lpstly. Ought Bustles to forn any pnrt of the American System ? .We are, deor.eir, j,. . ' - f; With profound respect. Yquj obt. servants, SYRACUSE ROXALT. . . 1 ' " BAML.: SLYDERDOWNHIL, TI IO WSEN O'BRICK, " :KORN"COBBS, " , . j - Committee, rlJflh!lIrry---4e s-ntyei-TerpoTided-"to-ig'it and mo-;:rMa jnnuiries, and iudeed we hope he will tiot. i 0.bjrct of . the committee is plain, and " tiukt sM,rrr tiJi intended to arfay'the Tatliealnytfi ranks of the opposition,' should Mr.. Clay's 6 pinions not coincide' with, theirs in this fundametal matter. It is 8 wicked ninch ination of the enemy, of which the com mittee, (who are, so. far as we know, men of. standings) are made "the tools. It won't-succeed, however Mr Clay is too smart to be taken in this way he toor well knows the great influence which thev4adWexmoer thfe'-16 prominent particular, . lie has, we trust, backed out from making-'.any reply-what- ' e.1 . II I J ' . ever, pnouia ne ueem mese interroga tories qf.stirricientjmportanceto demaml- a reply ,we hope he may be induced to give tot the ladies tlie largent ttberty. Should he hriye conscr;ntioua.jicrupte8 -or-con- stttutionol objections to this course, . wq would advise him to adopt Mr. Van Buren's old plan f non-comtnitalism.- LATEST NEW91 . Ladies' Dcstlcs. in the of City JV,; Yptki art said " to be prndigiously - large. The most fashionable Indies wear them of such wonderful proportion that it is difficult, sometimes, to tell, from the erolesque bg' rewhtcb,lhcy present, whether you are mi the front or in the rear, We suppose that this phrenological bump upon the back, is the bump of secreetivenen: ' ,The beautiful figures of the otf need no such helps. We really admire a pretty fashion; nnd.to be eandid. we had rather give twenty-five cents any time to see a really beautiful and tattt- fuUu dressed lady, than to pay the sain nV I' ..' . . ' Tl... -ret !- mount tp aee an riepnanu ' iui it tnero ia sny thing in this world .that , is . disgusting snd o Awn-ire to good" taste, it is to ite a hsqdsome young lady, of splendid nd sym metrical form, disfigure l.er rxqnisitelymod- eled propnrt'ons by fastening i , peck' of bran to her, bsck!! Why, positively, the figure is soinejimes renileredsabatbeT,ously "grotesque and misshapen bv these appends- gee, that; we might take the person to be miserably rfe'ornied. v If young ladies knew the rema'rks.that , are , frequently - made by gentlemen ahout.ihese supremely ridiculous articles, ealled Butt let, they would almost blusli "every "'time they were to see or feel one. j Hut we have satd enoucn lor one thne. And ofcourse," these remarks apply to N'lthem- Ladies more particularly; as our Sottthcrn beauties have not yet run to so great an excess in this unnatural, and unbecom ing fashion. ; But if any nf them will . be an unwise a-to fall- hmo this Mly,e ad vise them to examine well and aee that titers are ho mice in their., huttlet before they go out -. We umlerslnnd thstbne of these tittle depredator spilt tbe bran eut of one along the street, . the other; day, with a perfect looseness!! iy'y:X. -vlf A ;-.;'.?" THE APPROACH OF SPRING. The beauties of Spring are beginning to pen npon us. At present e hsve a de lightful temperature1,: I vegetstinn is every where beginning to put forth. Dtif for the Tew eeld mornings of the last week or two, our ahsde treeswould have been pretty woll clothed with green foliage, ere the present. ; The green house of our flower loving matrons, tnd floweiy looking lasses of this city are flourishing in all their beauty and fragrance, . It really does one good to tinnier oat of an'svening apd tske a peep threuglMhs glass - frame wotlrlniO'one of these nurseries of flowers. . And though we may not be able to inhale the fragrance, yet we can fast the' eye upon the beauty of these exquisitely " finished specimens of In finite wisdom, and leant" lessons of impor tance from their workmanship, .' How con spicuously do the goodness and skill of the gn?at Creator appear in the delicately pain ted petals; in the admirably srran'ed stamens and pistils, and in their adaptation tn impart gratification and pleasure to sevetal fatuities of the human mind? How it cheeia and gladdens the heart, to aee the fresh, bright flowers ef Sprinj creeping op by the mar- gin of the ;fuotpak,ia fee a rich esrpet of reraure-apremt pettrprmflpjusnd to see the forest trees beginning lo nut on the dra per of Spring It make lis thlnk'netierof the world; and,, alter all. to btlieve that some little beaoty escaped "the withering curse that blasted Eden and drove man into a wilddemess world. .". , . , . Dut the most important seen one' in which the world is most deplv Interested, and which we greatly delight to witness, is painted thus by the poet : Forth fly the tepid aim! and, onconCned, Unbinding earth. Ihe moving aofAnea (trayr, Jnyoua th' impatient btwbandman perceives ' . 1 Kelrnting IN aturc, ami lua luaty ateer ' Drive from their stall,' to where th well-used 5 tdough , . , ' I.lea (a the furrow, (Tpe;i'J frnin the front, . There, unrrfuriiinj, to the harneea'd yoka . ; - , Tbey lendtbeir ahenkler, ad brfeia) ibeir toil, ; Cbeer d y tbe aiwyle eona ad ttqiMng Utk. . Mmnwblie inrunt'a'nt a'rt the ebining abara " . The ntirtler lean, remove the olntrurting clay, . Wind the whole work, and sidelong lay the glebe, While thro'-ttiP neighb'nng fk-lda th orr alalks, With nicaaur'd step; and (literal throwa the grain Into the faithful boaoro of the gtouml: Tbe harrow follow harsh, and abut tht arena. 'Be jrroflmrt, Iteaven! for now UWioua man .Z. ITaedone lua part. Ye fnateringbrrexra, Uonl 4 aolVnmg dewa, jcTcBagf altowera, deerend! And tentpttjU, ihrw woU-ceai,itn awi Into tli perfect year!, rNory who live - "- . In luxury and raae, in pomp and pndo, ' Think the lost themes, unwotlhy of youv eajtr; Such theme thte the rural Moro nng - ' . Ye-avlip-lmperiol Rome ia tho full height '- 4 . 1 Of elegance and tanH, by . Greece rrfin'd. ' ,' . In ancient timoa, the racred plough employ J - , , Ihe kins. Snd awful father of mankind; And omfl, with whom compared yourinaect tribea, Are but tlte being of jt summer'a day, lTava held the teal of empire, rul d the atorm . - , Of mighty wnt then, with unwearied hartd," I Ilaihtrwlittleidej!(Se; 'fffjeYM ilV TAKING IT QUITE COOLLY. A capital strtrys uld or a non-resisting Mtllerilewho WMsrceenUyddtliveilngsrei nd ailveni lectures in the neighborhood of Kent Island, Md., sn -1 exhorting the people! with bigh-pressuteelotiuenee-to grid W-thetr aseenaiuri r hesand flee from the shower of immediate fife and wrath which was to break upon them.- Not thinking the promulgation of such doctrines altocether befi tting- the Kent Islanders, some of the inhabitants gave out to the dtseiple of Miller that they 'would be under the necessity of riding him ..out of town upon a rail. Not a little ware they as tonished when the fellow, tfuh deiibeiate asstitsnee, informed them iW ", If they would put a saddle upon tht rail he would infinitely prefer it to walking .through the muddy sirceis which led out of tlio place!" They let dim off after that r '.;.. AN INDIAN'S CUNNING. An Indian complained to a retailer that the price of hie liquor Was too high, i Tlie latter.in justification, s;ud Uhat it cost as much to keeps hogphead of brandy gs to keen a cow- 'J'he Indian reb'.ied, "May he he drank ns much , water, but he no eat so mucb-hy." -" - ' ' ,r WHEN 19 A MAN DRUNK? f We are glad to sea that this oft-mooted and difficult nnesiion has been jud.eially investigated and settled at Inst. It h.is.heea tboiighttlinta'miiii was drunk when, ijnih'e tit tie still after having fallen (town, anil a debating club not long since gave Its derision lint an individual was distinctly, intoxicated when seen holding on to a pump and trying to light his clear at the spout; but it has re eentijrlieen settled by the Court of Errors ol New York -juritaaiiy tiecitieii tnsiji insn Is not drank so long ss ha can "itandJ . : ,. 'AJIari Quetlion to Jlntwtr.- Tht N, Y. Sunday Mercury wants lo rascertain, when the President of the United States makes an appointment, how many rt'- appoinlmthlt he" 'iriakesl 17 :." ; " There ia an invisible , cow exhibiting down bast. An Irishman says she is the most strange-looking animal he ever saw- A recent modern philosopher one who hat evidently thought deeply upon the subjeet nya that it is rather foolish to see two young ladies bating each other on account of a gentleman who doee not care ji fig: fot.eithetof ihemA ' . A Deed of Daring. A recent lady wri ter admits that she has seen, now and then, men possessing . some courage, but as sert that she has still to look -upon the individual who would deliberately allow a woman to catch him making mom 'hi at Iter baby! ' :' ' .; ; y, t,r '; ,". 7Tht...f!aMh on Jlnotlier HantsIn good old Colony times says a down-east', editor, a lady used to ride on a pad behind a man; pow a mao may ride on s;pad behind a ldjt.JTn:.;!' -------i;.; fj 3THE n1gH1'-M A R E. Consolation uwler'JlfJliction.kx. arans ing story Is going the the rounds of a poor fellow, given to eating late suppers, who went to a phys'cian one morning with a doleful complaint nf his restlessness in the night Three-foorthsof the time he would not sleep at all, and when he did close his eves in slumber all aorls of sighu-snectrrs dragons, tattle-snakes, hedge-hogs and how ling u'gem-ware gtinning and clawing at kiss; btll Whalliroiheredl him more jjian all, waa tha figure rf Itia nnor. dead-and-gone granfa-.. ilierTimg af titm with -lonka Trihsr ri -; prttachful. The doctor listened with, all aitrniion, ami then asket the patient w hat he, $ ate ft supper? ' "On' y half a mince pie," wa the re , v ponev . " ' - "Ony half a mince plat' qderied the physician. "Well, toueit a whole one to- ' ntghl, and you'll probably aee your grand mother "- ' - ' - "THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS" Thercity of New York seems to be tbe prolific hotbed, whence springs up all manner -of strange, wild, and ultrs-ridical ' propositions, and uniertakings, whttther in religion, raoralky, politics, the science of. government, or the social ' polity. Re cently a new paper has-been started there, -under the title which heads this article, the' object of which seems to beflo argue ,the exirerne doctrine'of the right of the poople to an equal distribution of all land. . .. In reference to ihia ultra- agrarian pro position, the U. 8. Gazette rery justly reasons a follows: T Tbe-worthy sdroeates of this" doctrine do not begin at the beginning of theprin L eiplciWby nofflrst contend for "an equal , distribution ol talents, Industry, tortitude ' nnd"TeT5,ryancF,"Brid ec6noiny" arridntf" alt menLjrWhv not take Heaven to task at once for making one man a helpless etipple- and another a Hercules; one an " idiot and .. another a Homer; one a Herod and another a Howard? Why charge 'society or jt institutions with disparities which ' exist by the eternal laws of Providence in ' the very tikture of the human raccf The. world iv atw&rs. afflicfcd with the vagariea of fools, who . aiming' to. be fthUosophcre- . and tinchers, manage to lead gcater foobj astray, ', . .r . , scraps.- - --rr-rrjh- if nrnn-hJa rie'ht tobo'fjfotid'of any thing; it it of a good action, done, as rt oughrjo be, wiihouv any "base interest -lurking at the bottom of it, ' ' Constant occupation prevent tcmpia" " tion and begets contentment; and contei.t is thetrtie philosopher's stone, . . . - Men in bull beggar tone demand of Fate . a root of life-liquorice, thick as the arm, . like the botanical one of the Wolga, not " so much that they may chew the aweet,. bean themselves, as fell , others to the -eanh with it. - - J ' ..The longer portion - of life ia a field beaten flat as a threshing floor ' without lofty Gothurd mountains; often it is tedious ice-field without single glacier tinged-wuh dawn.- s- r In ihe summer of life, men keep di'tr- g!ng and filling ice pits, as . well -as cir eumstanccs will admit; that so in their v winter, they may have something in (tore , to give them coolness, , , It is said th'nt Wbithfteld once, tald to v a brother tvho had made a very long prayet "Brother, you prayed me into v a good frame, and you prayed mc out of it fpi. - -.. J Endeavor to tell your own weakness when you ara under the necessity- of teaching wisdom to fools . and , politi cians, -i i ", 4jt baa been thrctydly rerntirkedby some ' one, that there are four orders of woman; the. pencorlts. with . whom , dress is all; the magpies with whom chatter is all; the turtle doves, with whom love all; . and the paradise birds . abere tbera- . all. ; ; - - . - """", The mechnnic.whij is ashamedrof' hit" " aprdfti or the farmer who is ashamed of ' his frock, is himself a akame to- hi . pr rsioi.-'- v -. - . ," "' 'r " k- i. f v Miss, MISS-KISSED. , An amusing incident occored will, a1 friettd.f ours - lire -other day, He wr" expecting his mother in the evening cars from Baltimore, and like a good son re paired tn the depot to meet her. It ras"" sdark day, and by the time the ears arrived, there waa no. such t'linjT. ss disiinguislring -the fsces of passengers. As he enicied one of the ears, a lady ' seated in a corner ' addressed hira as 'Father' the voice waa . hi mother's, and Ihe title one which the" always gave him white at his' house and among bis children to, without hesita tion, he threw hir arms around ihe lady's f neck, and kissed her, -Just then a gen- "" '; tleman pnshed him gently ssiJ , and went' through the same ceremony. This was ' very strsnge he thought, a man kissing h't mother 1 Hardly the thought- passed hit ' mind, when his veritable mother came ' forward and kissed him; Very much embarrassed, he turned tn the gentleman, "Sir, I have made an egregious blunder; but whose pardon shall I ask. yours or the lady's?.' - The meek reply wsa, "thee had better ask the lady's pardon, though don't know which had the best of the bar- gain, thee, or my daughter.'' - r.. r -- Washington Standards v , fiM PII ATIC A IXY A - HARD CUSU .... TOMER." ' A Michigan editor complains grievrmslv -'' of one if his suhscrilers. The follow will not par his subscription and threatens t ring ihs editor if ha stops hit. paper. We should put this chap nn the list ef " bar ! , enstomsrt," ditttactly. , k , . I'S ! I tenth Trdsa 5R MESS. ,184X . OlXCa
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 3, 1844, edition 1
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