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. s , : - ) - - - ft en 4 " THa&J, LJ5MAYr(MirtetWtlitfce) Stn PiWiliMiit-WiiwtimitriitutntiiiriilMtii( a via bomb act arviraoa "iTHREt DOLLAE4 A Y$AF la aavases VOL. 93 WEDNESDAY APn U ltKlS4.4 it. fill iftifi-1 mid n Oi ft sf litllillfili " LIST OP LE I TERS - " Remaining In lb port Office al Raleigh on Slat starch, 1844. Pereone calling (or lbm Iht Will bjMm tuey ara a,uvertteeg. A Kins John A'laroa E S Allan Joeh. n Brown Neel Brown, Uurt Ueaaley. Daniel Beaaley Joaeph B.iyilea Nat. t fjyi)en Miaa Perah Bras Thna. 8 HunaloeB B DuRaloa Jno. Balleulin Wm. Briwka W. P. Barker W. W. llateman B. -Buabee Jobnaon 3 Butlar Joahoa Breer Miaa AUnney Byrd Jeeas C Cornann Rara W. If . C cioner WH." Giablre Huaa Crii Stephen Cox Jaa. Cookrum D Carry D. A A Crawly Jaa. Collier John Caldwell I) Keith Jaa T -I, Lswaria Moris Lota J B Lowria E J 3 Lombard A Lana Chea. Lumaden Mra. Mary M Mitchell Sarah Maaon W M Malloy Dan'l 9 Moore BP Medlin Att'd Marian II McNunery Ed .Monk J -Mather Capt. A N Nearby H M Night Noel 9 Nell W , 0' Outlaw D- Oliver T M 1 Oliver B P Polk Mra. aiah 3 Do LueUia . Do 0 W 2 Do R K Prime D N "f Pateit-J 7"-- Pulton vruii Pollar.l Bliaebeth I Patteraon H I Pailea Eom Power John Pellilord J pool Johnatban Clcmente P. Catdwrtt j:-3:v"1 I) Driver Mra. M DanniaJ C mri'A - Davie Itobt. Doithliule Henry Pritchard Kav J L E. it wood Miaa Margaret Peach Corneatia . . .... . . i. Everett Miaa rilliattew n Ector K Roarmond J. RandufT L Robert eon D W Revi F E Ricka Micajah Row Wk, Roberta L Uogera Wm Smith Mra. E Do 8 A 8 (rami 9 Q Shaw Ane.ua Pew art Mr Simroa J D 8and4X- Btrange Hon R Hryera Banl Bhipp A. Steel Iran T Thnmaa Miaa Turner Simon S " Eium Iff Klliotl Eltxa F Freeman Wyatt Freeman Soaan F.nv Mra. E Fulk Ed. "Kilt" -vt"'Y' Fuller W J G Gilea Heniy Uould Mra. ti U Goodwin N B GrifSa J Gorman Mr Elisabeth. H Heatry H Hod(a W T Hlmet O Hunt B !ivwoad Mra. Mafia Hnoen Mra Eltsabeth HoimortDoc. Jet 9 Teyrial -Treaaborjer A Tavlor J Hawlon It, Hill E S Unwell Mr. C Thompeon W House f Renraarntativea D Jaa Harriaon llobt. Tvler W IV Harriaon Miaa Rachel U Harriaon R H Ohnreh J J Harriaon M M V Vaaihn t K Vandergriff A W Wig Commitlea williame L L Do MfJL Do7oe L Do Mark M Wood J W 4 Heier A 3 Harde Mia L V HubbaM .3 Home B Home H 2 Harrua Clara Ann Holland Mra O T Hun J Y J fry Stinaon J(Treja Rev. u W Joiner Jaa. Do Too Woodard f r DVtli , Jonea Floyd Do A 1 Wblteland B IVatatenholm C 3 Jonaa Jaa. Joint Maihew 3 Jonea B P Willie Jaa Johnaon Henry 1 ft R do do do do do Miaa Margarelt wmaton P It Barnf VI inlet Bailey RiiiMei Aaron N H WIton 1 i Wbitakar ajper Y Toong Miaa Nancy K King Mate THfiS. O. SCOTT. P. M.. Rk'eigh, April 1, 1844r 14 St To .NUmbcrs of Av Hat. J Fraah Arrival of aplandid Law Boob, con- CMmi M In nnil at lha ibllowinn - Cominentarie on Bill ol Exchancr. hi Joseph Siory. LI, D, now cdiiion 1844. A Treatiae on 'h Practice of th Court f Chan cery; by Oliver L- Barhonr-in ...ol.B,..A. I reatta on lha Lw of Evidence; in 8 vol.; by"S. March Phillips, Eq. new edition. Com mr-nlan on tb Law of r'artnerahip; by -Jo. eph Siory, LL. D. CornmentarieB on the Law of Agroney; by Jnaoph Story, LL. D, ew edition J8(i. Commentaiio on Equity Juriradrnc by Josoph Story. LL. D. AN o, I4ih vol of F,njlih Chancery Report. A complew act of' Eneliah Chancty Report in 14 vol, ran bo had with many other ntw and (phmdid Law-Book,7by tppfjlnj; North Carolina Bookaiorei. TURNER & HUGHES. April 1. " 14 Let tliia HIV n, 1 lothf r, without an rjoderiatinff coorse I iiQleeritv and rinn. . -.r-p-.-r. ...... in vention.------ roe live Vaokra" bat invrnird a 'w kind of ink: ii.l I.Ma loiter nk " It ii fara prcvcDli igaiMt all urr.rnei ol proiTiiae," at It Ulct awaj n leave Ula kliw.t hlank aftr Kinw m a montrt. .Botn Timet. A PRETTY COMPUMENT. "Albert,' aaid her Majesty, the other lay, 'do Ton ee recall nnr viait last venr toTreport, with pleaiorer "Of course, i? lore," repHtd ,bit RoyaT " Highneat, nn I can Barrer think of Tfeport withont -uit.ng of Am." London Son. . 2 &iZ2Zudi fj -"Xi ii.TFl? .Vo aiottgy lot Wgs. We piibliah the following It-Iter from a ene of duty to the public. It ta juat anch a letter aa we ebon Id have expected from auch a aource. We know Ur. Qingly pereonally, and there ia no man in the country, whoa opinion ia enti tled to mora rraprct. He i on all aubiaeta lion. at and aincere, end hi high character a a Phy ician can es' at br 'rwrirat aoHc me in thi z'.ty .-Philmdelphia8iin. - - SaarnaaD' Tow, Va. Oct. '0, 1843. Dear 8ir Tfou inquire of me whether 1 have oa-err yorrr timr t onie,' anil tftr ettt-et. fr eral (ear airo rhV hair briran to fall rapid. ly from the acalp, and I had -the proapecl of bald neat- Dunnr aeveral year 1 uaed varioua prrparationa recommended for the ba r, from which I derived no bentfit. At length a friend recommended your ' Hair Tonic. I nw d three or futir bottle according to the printed direction and at the end of ix montha, my hair waa thick art, and aince it tendency to turn grey waa ar reated. I hav never before given a certificate, recom mendinr patent medcmea, which indiHritinate Iv uaetl. aa thev often are. do much iniurv. but in a saas Jike?tlie preaniU,.w lien . kjutw th.artic) to b beneficial, ami that H ' ean "do ' no harm, I have no acruplea in atating; fuxt within my own knowledge. Voure. &c. JOHN QCIGLY, M D. Da. D. Jt. Philaldf Iphia. For Sale at the Drug Star of WILLIAMS k HAYWOOD. Agents, by specUL appointment for RALEIGH, N C. ' Kt apuinutioous. Direct from A'ew York. MRS. RA4SAY baa juat received her Spring; Stock of men F.ijvcr goods, Much cheaper' llan haa ever been told in the City, conaiating of Really Woolen and Silk Balaarine Lace, Mutlin and Lawn Black Lustre Brittentre, new atliclefoi mour ning Blark Balzerenea and Baraga Folard Silk and othei aerond mourning good Black, white, pink and blue Italian Crape Lacea for Caidi.iala Dreia Capa ind Cape Edging and Inserting Fillet Mitta and Egyptian Glove OordaTaaaelJ and Cliemiaelta Dimity CuTta and Collar Fana and Sun Sbadea Bonnet and Cap Ribbon ' French and Ameriean Flower - Silk and Lawna for Bonr.et Leghorn Don net from $1 50 up Straw and Willow BonneU Leghorn Hat for Children Si!k Shawl and Handkerchiefs Cardinal Cape and Dree Can 1" Hair Braid and Curl Corvette and Lacett . Black Fringe and White Vail Oinghama and Prima - Swiaa and Jaeonett Muelin . Fine Sciaaora and Thimble Tuck and Sid -Comb r : '-r . A general aMortmaot of Perfumery for th Toilet. . The Ladiea will please ,JJ and examine for themaelee, a she iaderminad to sell bargaina naTtfcatafly-roT Caahr"T- J April 9, 1844 H. fX GEORGE SELWYN, Ac. A wiiter , in the last number of Black' wood's Magazinergi res tome anecdotes of High Life me Last Ceniury, which may araosa ctnr readers; ;zr.- ."r ? ' " MEery one knows that bon-molt are not to Joae a great ileal by tranainition. It hat been said that; the time ia one halt of' the merit, and the manner tho other, thut leav ing nothing for the wit, But the fact is that the wn so often depends "upon both, as to leave thee fcon-mof comparatively flat in the reciuL V ith this palliative we may proceed. Walpole, remarking to Sel wy n one day, at n time of considerable popular discontent, that the measures of government were as feeb'e and confused as in the teign of the first Congress, and saying, There is nothing new ' under the sun. "No" rev plied Sel win. nor under the grandson.? Tle'ne it Hettexr A-man Tiamed Charle Fox baying been exectrted, the cel.. tbratad Charles saked Selwyn whether he had been presentat tlie eaecuilon, as usual. No,' waa the keen reply 'I make a point of never attending rehearsal.", ' 'Nonchalant mtnnera wet e the tone of the time; and to cut one's country tcqtrain tanev (a habit learned among the French Mblee,) was high. breeding. An old haun ter of the pump-room in Bath, who had fre quently convened with Selwyn in his tisil there, meeting bim one day in St. Jamee' street, attempted to approach him with his usual familiarity, Selwyn passed aa if be bad oatar tseabha before. His old ae- qusintsnce followed him. and sid,HSiri yofi I anew me very weiun pain. nen, sjrr twtownr ww eommanul ny SiingMy i plied Selwyn. in Bath I rnay joaaibly Knor you again,' and walked o". 'Selwyn did not always spare hi friends. When Fox's . necunisry alfairs were in a state of ruin, and a Subscription was pro posed, one of the subscriber said thar their chief difficulty was In know 'how Fox would take it-' Selwyn, who knew Mist necessity has nothing to do with delicacies of this order, replied, 'Take it, why, quae lerly to be sure. ' The following anecdotes of the two Miss Gunnings, described as the handsomest Women of the time, may not be uninterest ing. Horace Walpole writes to Sir Hor ace Mann "Ytu, whrr knew England in other timet will find it difficult to eot.ceive what itnlif Terence reigns with tegard to ministers and their sqnabblet. Th; , two Mis. Gunnings are twenty times more the subject ofconver- sstion than the two brothers (the Pelhama) and Lord Granville, xhey are two Irish gir.'s of no fortune, who are declared tlie handsomest women nlive. I think there being two so handsome, sod both such, per fect figure, is their chief excellence, for singly, I .have seen much handsomer wo men than either. However, they can t walk in the Park, or go to Vauxliill, but such crowds Jollovy, ibern, ihatAhey are gen-, eratly driven awey: And thia effect lasted; tor. two months alter, Walpole writes I shall tell yon anew story of the Gun- ningsr-w ho- Bk rroro- noise- -than an v of their predecessors since the days of Helen I hey went the other day to see Hampton Court. As they were going into the Beau ty room, another company arrived, and the house-keeper aaid 'Thia way, laditts. here are the beauties' the Gunnings flew into a passion, and asked her what she meant; they came to see the palace, not ia be shown as sights themselves." ' One of these ladies married the late Duke of Hamilton, and the other Lord Coventry. ,illn, the JJtichess of lUmilton s .jucAen. tatlonw court on' nePntarrfage, the crowif was immense; and so great waa the curiosity that the courtly multitude got on the chairs and table, to look at her. Mobs gathered round their doors to ee them get into their chairs; people crowded atl wher they heard they were to be there. Lady Coventry's shoemaker is said to have made a- fortune by selling' patterns of hei shoes; and on the duchess's going to Scot land, several hundred people Walked about all night round the - inn where ahe slept, on the Yorkshire road, that. they might have a view of her at ahe went off next mornings. Yet they appear to have been strongly neglected in their education; good hurrtored and good natured undoubtedly, but little bet ter than hoydent after all. Lord Down met Lord and Ladv Coventry at Calais; snd of fered to send her- ladyship a tent-bed, for fear of bugs at the inn. 'O dear!' said ahe, 'I had rather be bit to death than lie one night from my dear Cor.' She is, t however, memorablo for one ttourderie, which amused the world greatly. Old George II. conversing with he" on the dullness of the season, expressed regret that there had been no masquerades during the year; the handsome rustic answered him that she hsd seen-sigh ts -enough and the only one she wanted to see now was-'scoio nation,' The king, however, had 'the good sense to laugh, and repea'ed it good hu moredly lo his circle at supper." " From the Wilmington Chronicle. BATTLE OF ELIZABKTHTOWN. One of the most daring and successful ort sets upon the Tories 4y the Whigs during the Revolutionary wsr, was at Elizebeth town, in the county of Hlsden, of this State. No notice of the battle ia found in any histo ry Of that period. : We understand there wss so imperfect relation of it published in a Fayetteville - paper twenty-five or thirty years ago. That a memorial of o gallant an act might be revived,' and placed within reach of some future historian, we address ed a letter to a . distinguished gentleman of Bladen, desiring such information . in regard to the affair as he should possess, of be a ble to collect. The annextil letter Iron him furnishes t very satisfactory amount of the information sought for. and will doub tics be perused by every Not th Caroliniarf who much interest. " O'lr respected correspon dent, ptobably through inadvertsnce, omitted to put down the date of the battle. It was in 1781, and at near as wtcan ascertain, in the month of Jul v. - Bladm Cotintftb. 21st 1844. A. A: Brown, Esq. v Dear Sir: :Yiurs . of tli3.1 inst., W received, soliciting such information tt I possessed, of fnay be able to collect respec ting the battle fought a Elizabethtown, du rlritf our revolutionary struggle, between the hVhigs and Tories. I have often regretted that the : actiona and tKirnTishes which oc orred rt this and Near Hsnnver eounty, should have bt-n overlooked by his'orians. The battle of Elizabethtowtf deservet a place in history, and oogh t to be recollected by every true hearted North Carolinian with pride and pleasure. - Ilere sixty men, dnr en from their homes, ihcir estates rat aped", and houses plundered wno had taken refilge with the whig of Duplin, without fund and bare of clothing, resolved to return, fight, conquer, or die.- After collecting , all the ammanitiort they could, they embodied and selected Col. Thomas Bfbwn to command. They marched fifty miles through slmost a wilderness country heforer they reached the river, subsisting on Jatke J beer and a scanty uPP'j r r"Md. Tbe Terj-s bad assem-' Wett, three bondred or moie al Elisabe h-. Godden; the former was a talented man, and is then brought forth, and the two eomba- ... t I A a L .a ... aaal.. a . well fitted for his station: the latter bold. daring, and reckless, teady , to risk every thing to put down the Whigs! Every pre cadtionaiy meaaore was adopted to prevent turjpriaet and to rentier this the stroijg hold of 'nToryism,. Not a boat waa auflVred to eentain oo the Et sidje, ..of Ib.e riffle. Guar,! snd st'niries were regularly detachermnT noaucu. "nrn me nine Dnnu Ol lilg heroes, afier nightfall, reached thetiver, not a boat as to be found; but it moat be cross ed, and that speedily; its depth was ssrer- tainea ny some who were tall and etpert swimmersi they to a man cried out, it is fordable, we, ean, we will cross it " Not a murmur was hestd, and without a moment delsy tliey all nridressed, lied their clflihing and ammunition on their heads, (hsggsge they had none,) esch map grasping the bar rel of his gun, raised - the breech so aa to keeri the lock : above water, descended the banks, and entered,-tlte rimer. : The taller men found less difficulty; those of lower stature were scarcely able to keep thejr mouths and noses above water; but all safely reached the' opposite shore, resumed their dress and fixed their vim f(r action, made their way through the low-grjmnds. thickly set with csne, ascended the hills which were high snd precipitous, crossed the King's rond lesding through the (own, and toon a position in its rent. Here they formed, and in about two hours nf er crossing a mile bclo wT ommencai ftr ious attack- driving in the Tory sentries snd guards.thcy continued rapidly to advance, keeping up a brisk snd Well directed fire, and were soon in the midst of the foe, mostly Highland Scotchmen, ss brave, aa loyal and liighminded as any of his Majesty's subjects; so sudden and violent - an onaet for the mo ment produced disorder but they were ral lied by, their gallant leader, and made for a while th- most, determined resistance. Slingsby fell mortally wounded, and God- dm .KM k mierior "grade ; -1 ney "retreaterrj' tome taking refuge in houses, others, the largest portion leaping peii-meu into a deep ravine, since called the Tory Hole. As the Tories hsd unlimited sway front the river to Little Pee 'Deevthe W higs re-crrvssed, taking witluheni their wounded. . Such waa the general pa nic produced by this action, the Tories he eamedlspinted. and i.ever alter were so troublesome. The Whigs soon returned to their homes in safety. In the death of Slingsby the ...Tories . . were depri ved of an officer whose place it wdifhult to fill) but few wCfe equal to Godden in partisan war fare. This battle was fought mostly by river planters, men who had sacrificed much for their country- To judge of it correctly, it should not be forgotten that the .country from -little Pee" Dee to the Cabarat was overrun by the Tories. Wilmington was in possession of the British and Cross ('reek of the Tories. Thus situated, the attack made on them at Elizabethtown, assumed much of the chaiacter of a forlorn lionet hod HherWhig not iueeeeded,theymuslhsve been cut off lo a man- II tney had Red to the South, thousands would have risep to destroy them; if to the East tard, the Tories in that case, -flushed wkh -ictoiyT-would hsve intercepted their retreat, and they would have sought in vain their 'former s sylum This action produced in this part of North Carolina, as sudden & as happy re sults at the battlee of Trenton and . Prince ton in New Jersey, The contest was une qual, but valoi supplied the place of numbers. It it it due to Colonel Brown, who when a youth march'd with General Waddell frrnn Bladen snd fought tinder Governor Try on at tlie battle of Alamance, and was after wards wounded tt the Big Bridge, to tsy, he fully ' realized the expectation of his friends, and U.e wishes of those who selec ted him to command; and when the history of our State? thallHie -smttrtfMttion, alone, apart from his chivslric conduct si the Biff Bridge, will place him by Re side of him by e side ori hi compatriots, Horry,' Msrmn.snd Sump- ter. of the South. . It must, tt will lorm an interesting- in our history, on which the f ottng men pi Nonlr-Orrrtrltna--wHl dr light to dwell, It it tn " achievement which besoeak ftnot onl v the most -determined bra- very bul graet military skiff. The most of these men, like tlie Ten thousand Greeks, weio fitted lo command. Owen hud fought tt Camden, Morehead commanded the mat month's men sent to the South; Robeson add rvjne were the Percy's of the Whigs, vnd might justly b$ called the HotspUll of Cape Fer. - ::wr,. :' -'-.'-:.,,'. ; The foregoing narrative' was detailed to me by two of the respectable combatants, who now sleep with their fathers: the tub. stance of which t have endeavored to pre serve with all the accutacy a memory not very retentife will permit. . A res pee table resident of Elizabethtown lias recently, informed J,mt tint Jit . w? a s.nrtll bov at the time of the battle, arid liv ed with hit mother in ont of the houses to which the Tories reps i red for safety; that he hat a-diftinet recollection of the Whigs, whicb appeared like one continued stream.' Documentary evidence I have ndne.,j i t . With great respect, . ' ' ' " DUELLING (S KORDOFAN. A recent traveller gives the folliwiog mefhod of settling an "sffair ef ftonor" in KorJofan : When s genetlman of that na tion Conceives himself sgj;ritveo fin sends the offensive party a formal challenge, which it it ptreumed is alwayt accepted. The duel takes' pla on tame opet ground, and alUhe friends bT thi Mmbatants assent' "le M.lpvetatora. , An anared. or couch. tsnta place each fool close to the edro of the couch, the breadth -of which alone d i videt them. A formidable wbipi made of hippopo'smou leather, is then placed in the' hands of each and renewed adempta are made by their fiiends to reconcile them. II, nowevwr. they are bent on carrying out itat cilmion, their wounds are Washed, era sundry jugs of meria, the national bevnd age, provided beforehand,' are produced and emptied bv the snecutors in honoi of tlie gallint opponents. ' A LADY. She should be qualified for Woman's sphere, fond of domestic pursuits he muni so well balanced as lo be intelligent upon all subjects should be affectionate in a larce degree aoroewhat imagina live in hvavslyU of con versation-tasteful in her dross confiding in her disposition. and withont affectation. She does not gossip nor talk scandal; is not "satirfcal but ia charitable to the faults uf others. She is careful to speak the truth, and is poliu-, not merely bee a u so in accordance with good breeding, but she hn the foun dation in kind and courteous feelings ke-.hould. miugle ao, itiut-k wiib the world as to be free front tratroW jealousies: should be lorgetful ol self, hospitable in her feelings, and in her dress and manners shotrld arrow-ns frreat Pi f" :: Hlr" estTrlehds aa Tor stranjrers and i mud tide the lorils df creation," she must ex ercise the law of love. " When airinit buve qualities are centered in one individ ual sho might truly be styled, a creature' from a brighter sphere, tent lo cheer and enffven thfa anblunary world of ours by her amilet snd her ananected good ness. ' FIT-BOOULE'S HLNT TO THE L&DIFS WKHsr dlr-ier the strictly defensive condition, men must naturally, as it were, take the opposite line, that of attack ; otherwise it both parties held aloof there would be no more marrtaget and tbeiiostavwld-dter in their respective inaction Without -com ing to , bauleThtia -U-4 evident that ss the ladies will not the im ti. mu,at take the offensive. I for my pan, have made in the course of my J tie at- least a score of hiyalront attacka-npon aeveral fortified hearts , Sometimet f began my work too late in" the -teisdrr,and winter suddenly came and - rendered further la bore impossible: sometime I have at tacked the breach madly, sword in band. and have been plunged violently from theteaiinjf ladderlmd : iheduch, some times 1 have made tt decent lodgement in the place, whenbang!, .blows up a mine, and I am scattered to the deuce , and sometimes, when 1 have been in the very heart of the citadel ah, that I should say it! a sudden panic has strucW mevl and I have run like the British out of Carthangea ! One growt tired after a while of tuch perpetual activityv Is it not time that the ladies should take . an ingnis. Let tis widowers and bachelors form an association to declare, that for the next hand red years we will make lo ve no longer. Let the younjf women make love to us i let them write wt verses, let them ask us to dance,, get ut fries and cups 6ftea. ano! heinuson wit n ourcioaKS-nt trie hall door utrid if the v are eligible we may perhaps,')? ind uced to y f eW, and to say 'L.a, AIisj liopuins -I reirtiy never I am so agitated ask papaT" Ftazitri JJagazune. . . THE QUEEN AND THE SAtAGE. "Beainv and the Beast" is now a pop ular sfTuir'in New Orleans, and, a propoa. in connection with the4mpomnUatt-may be mentioned the followhiirftnecdoteof the Q,wn , ;; " " ' " London have hod an interview with the Queen, and the principal Chief, after the ceremony Of preBtatioarmsae a xpeectvfed4he morning and the noon-Ot, our days from which we extract the following pit in and pointed paragraphs' . 1 r- 'Mother We have fseen'many -ttrange things aince we cam to this country. We see that your wigwams are large, and the light that comes in them is bright; our n jgwams are small and pur ligbjii not stiiritr. -We tire not richi I M,ye havt plenty to cirf.rrrri-'-i tv bat a lesson tncro ia in tpesticw lines howfull of meaning what a hit at the times what a commentsry on the starving masses, of the' wretchedness of the po irer (lasses. i- You have magnificent palaces, treat show of power and wellth; we make but an rodiffcrcnt appearance in our wigwams, but then fft have plenty to tai" AhHnglish journal liys: r: " "We dare &sy Ibis Indian Joci not under stand the irnvariinf of pol'ticalifCdnomyj that he it in happy ignorance of corn lawa and sliding scales, marriage settlement t and mortgitges; protection , to agriculture and 'bold peasantry,' landlords and cotton lords; but he sees that if we hare lich, we bave also poor, ind he savs,. turning hit back on our civilization, 'We are not rich, but sre nave plenty lo eat.' Our aristocrats might learn wisdom from the lips evtn of this 'eayage. What bitter careasm It con veyed in hu few simple words on the men who tax the people's food end restrict their industry who, not satisfied with the. fatt wealth bountifully betewr4 n thvn, mo. Seise a part of the poor man'a loaf to swell Kuiip lit.. A n Kiimi iiti iari.M ; SELPCONTROLt Gilbert Burns in a tetter to the biocrsnher of his brother the celebrated poet, in speak i V r.i. i i" . , . -. -'. ' my oi me euuranon oesi caicuiateo to im - prove the condition of the laboring part of :.." the commtmhy, to which clasa he belong- - . ed says: . ; ' . . . " .. Perhasp the thing of most importance in tbe education of common people, it to ore ; ' vent the inirnsten of artificial wants. I blest the memory of my worthy father, for al , most every thing in the disposition of my mina. ana my naoita ot we, wmcn t can . -. approve of; and lor none more than the .'. '" I aids he took to imprest, tipon my - mind ' tbe sentiment that nothing waa more , unworthy the character, of i man than that bis happiness ihould in the least depend on what he should eat or drink. . So early did he Impress on my mind witfc - - ? r- this thni although I Was as fond of sweet-- : . meatt'as children irenerally, yet I teldoht "; laid out any of the hrtlf-pennies which" ' ' feUtiionsor friends gave me at fain, in the . rurchase of them; if I did etery rmmthfut - . swallowed was acrdmpanied with shame and remorse; and to this hour I never in- ; dulge m the use of anyiel eacy but I - - ' feel a ccnsiderable degree of self-reproach a ' .and alarm foredegrujtio of the buwan cnaracter, Mich I habit ot ntinicmg 1 - , cpnsidef fli of great consequence, both to the virtue ami happiness' Of man. , i: Jr ,l..H...ia..Jj.l, I L.,,.JWg,'!L'.J..e. -in A BEAtt STORY. v e find m one of our ejechnnge - pai per the following interesting incident: - Many yenr ago a beautiful little cud bear was'caurht by a stoat lad near the borders of Lake Winnipiscpgee, in Netr Hampshire, carried into towny and after . proper drilling, became the play-fellow of the boys of the village, and efterf accompanied them to the schoolhouse After passing a lew mcrrrttrsro civilised society; he made hit escape into the woods, and lfieY:g:tfM I he schbol house, meantime, had fallerf from the schoolmaster's into (ha school mistress' hands; and, instead of large boys learning Jo - wrj!e and cypher, email bovt nnd (iirTs.were laiight intha same-blace-knitttng and spelling;,' One winter't dayi -aftgjr mild.fall of snow, the doorj hadj been left open by" some urchin going out when, to the ntfspeakable horror of. the spectacled dame d'tld her fouiscore hopeful scholars, enormQUS bear walked in in. the. . most familiar manner in.the world, and D took a. sent by. the fire. Huddling . over the benches at fast at they could, the' children crowded abut their schoolmistrest who hsd fled td (he farthest corner of the; -room: and there, they stood.' crying and pushing to. escape the-horror f-cmir eaten first'. The bear sat snuffing and warming himself by the fire, snowing . great signs of satisfaction, but putting, off ; his meal until he had warmed himself " . thoroughly. The screams of the children . v continuea out me scnooi-nouse was jar from any olher habitation, end the bear did not seem at all embarrassed by the outcry.' After sitting and turning himsnlf about lot some tirrfe, bmirt got up upon bis hind legs, -and shoving too the door, began to take down, one by one, the hats, bonnets, and satchels that hung on several rowa of pegs behind it Hit memorjrhad not deceived , bim'. fof they contained, it of 6ld, the children'! dinners, and he had arrived . before the holidays.' HaTmir eatisfied him elfwith their cneese, bread, pie,dough nuts, and applet, orninemelt at the mil tress' desk; buV finding it locked, gave ' himself a shake of resignsu'on, opefYsd the , : door, and disappeifed., The alarm wtj given and tbe amiable creature waa , . pursued Bnd killed, very much to the regret of tbe town's people, when, it waa j discovered, by nme marks on .hi body that it- wot their ld friend and pUy fel l0Vr . ' , . , THE GOODMAN, What can produce -happier reflection than a well spent life t If we have pato and arrived far .into thaiarening Offx istence how biasful is the contemplation of a virtuous and active liiel- No ficioua Eropensit'iet have been gra(16edr no un allowed deeds have been perpetratedf hot all behind it at beautiful to . content- -plate Is aglowinglandseape in the distance. . How beautifufiyhai Blair rxpretsed the -hut days of the good man: -,;. . ' "Sure 'ths Iact uj , Of lbs good man it peace. , Howeslr biaaritf -: Night daw toll not mora gently to th ground, '.Nor weer. Wommjl wind etpirs ao aon. ---, BehoU bim in th evttid of life! . . - '. . -. A lif well spenti wbor eariyeatt it' was His rio year should not opbraid bia lieenj By ur.percalvad itgnri he wear away; ZZZ -J?, Ilk fht ian,tem torgsr at his srttlng." If yon wish that inch an -end ma? W - .... 4 ... . .... . , ... , . ...... u ' yonrt, lire an .uprigni ana yiniiouB m ; and you may cienena upon ;oy m rt omph at last. The good 'man -dice in . peaces Hie thought! are not filled with, dread, when he contemplates hit - end, hut his herat foil vf peace. He looke v beyond tbe boundt of existence and feelt there it in TetrvatirT for htm joy whiekj - the heart of into cannot conceive. . . "TRUE. BUT ODD. - . ' , Modsy to the femtle character t what saltpetre h W beef; while it preewel, i'e prry it tappartf a ottlakr . t . 4.
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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