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If from my Heart I teay Thee.
If Trom my liourt I tnar .tlK;
Tiw tuijU'nVt on my .!kM. :
Urn iiKt tlion l)uk'it tli-liHt ;
' Vet when 1 turn ti vmj .the.
'Tis 'tlH-n thirti mocliVt my Jio.irtJ
iJ. Thnn flnnt'Mt hon I iiirii! lli'-o
Vot woo'ti wln-n I lifirt t'
' :." n;
' I sock, hi olhcr'a gmiliti;;, .
for loycuitlmt warm t' Miin-;
. Alan ! Win: most lwf.ni1in;..
-.' Then mot tJioy look -lilcf tlii Me a
Even brighter lonutieii only
Ileiiiiixl of tli v tiiiirnis :
Aintimy iicaii is im-n inoit lonclyj
AVfth HiJDlln-r .in my fjiinw.
' - . -'III.' 1
, f If luvc to m? buying..
M'liy ctillto tmni'irv liij?;:?
( If tlnn rtiMi veil mi flying.
Why stiU'luok lmrk
AVImt rofitk tlioe to c.ijttiarof
' , ' Yft still p-tnM to .ctiitin ; J
- 1'orlKnr tliJ T'ry rapture : '
That on.i-rat'.therfin ?
Address on Music.
BvMr. Wi B.Watt?
the CrfhoUc Church,
Sept. 18.
. ffnifintcn
: ' I w:is not insctisiblc of your eoinpli
,ricnt in scledtinsr mo ns yuiir hum bio
, ."speaker fortius occasion.- Ji created
'i'nlpAsant thoiuirhti', cousiddiiiiLr the
. t: , - v
' -.source from 'whence.. -it cauic.. Yet,
. when I reflected that, my U'ine'v; so
f, short for need I say to this audience,
f tfiat ?ro weeks was a limited time to a
Teacher, .whose labors arc neither few
.'norlipht could not hut; wish that
; your selection had fallen on some oth
er one. Some one who. had. both the
- abilities and time to prepare an .Ad
dress v.orthy of ihe oetaslon. One
- which has chllcd forth venerable age
.with his silver- lochs and furrowed
checks yoilthwith al! his Imovancy,
.and the thr'ice welcome npyjlaudits "of
that sex withput -whose, inspiring inflr.
rnce, "fancV langiiislicH and" ceniu.s
dies." ' ':' ; ; )'
' It is not n)y intention to discins the
T)kUrcreil'it
C licit n S.
iiiilicncr rim! Ton),.
f the M;jr
. ... i
music m the!
music in all
. ..' - i
he universe:
began. I regard it as IIealvcn-bor.pr
Intuition forcsjasix.!fP ..eViUaX.it.t'as
the breath or ratter the aspiration of
the first create teing. From the very
instant pur o glob.e was , fljing into
being, then thciruprfaingtars iSang to
gether and all ?He s6hs,tlc'Apgel.s!'of
(xod, shouted -for, joy? And .from
thence nature has. kept up' the liar-
monious ' sound. ' (Jrp'atijclri ; is 'full lof
Music. . There "is Xusicfih the roar
of the thunder there is fMusic in the
wdiispef ing of the"wind.-there is mus
ic In" a sehoolbov's' Tnirrrli tJiprr is
music "in a Lady's smile0 Or,' as the
poet says : - JThere's niusjc in tlic sigV
injr of a reed : there's
falling of a rill ;' there's
ih$n9', e -rJ"
but "nn echo of the sjihcrc
Music is then as old as
And the power to make anjd appreciate
music is the gift of a benevolent Cre
ator ; and how few haVc not that
faculty? (iardincr in Ijns Avork on
'Olusic of Nature," sayp," "what is
technically called a vi utie.il ear ' is
chieflv the result of cultivation. And
:in Germany and other
the Continent,- and also
our Northern States, Avherc ciuic is
taught in the primary, schools, how few
-are the children -that can not sing.
.And mav the dav Come that it maybe
taught in' our schools as Arithmetic
iand Geography. "It is npt only the
stowed for -purposes of
happiness and usefulness.
nro.rtitutetl, however ue'r
its pure intentions, when
with profane and lascivious verse, yet
its design is to elevate, to icfmc and
harmoni'e the human heart. Nay, to,
move it' to piety and tluis litt it up to
TERMS OF ADVERTISING. L
. . One, Dollar a square for the first veek( anA
Twenty-five Cfe'nta for Wery niok ihcreaftcT.
Sixteen' lined or" loss will inake a fcquare.
)&tiiotiond' maJe in iavor of tijing mat
tor 99 Mo$ : l i?. -
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VTen" tiim'tfoim ' arb-not g?veiikho often
Kb imert an A.tvt'rtWment, it will b uLlIili-
i '-': .'!, -51 -'!-
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countnes on"
in some of
is been oc
he.' highest
However
aded from
connected
who seizes upon this inbWn passion and
controls anc directs its movements,, as
to make, the .wholerace happier and
m9rei'digni,fied as moral" feeings.' Brit
again, musrepvass used long before the
invention- of Letters, -' fojthe, highest
puqKics in influencing; iiiankind. If
the accounts of the ancients be true,
Orpheus," Apojlp "and Amplrion were
the tamers of mankFrid, the.authoi-s of
civil , law, and domestic order. ."The
first laws of nations were sun?: Minas
gang.to jhp; lyre, the laws he gave to
Cretc .and Thal4s,' by.his enchanting
strains, prepared the minds of the
Spartans for the 1 inflexible code of
eannon Vpeat-f-ye lle
the dying groans ojta Butlerye, that
witnessed the expirhrg sighs of a Dick-enson-what
thirik-yKof Martial Mu
sic ? The voice cdmcg " from, ey'err
blood-stained field testifying that it
M as that which sustained, the soldier
animated the hero,, in the dying
struggle; " 'r Jl,
Tlieseallusions to the powerUf Par
tial Music will be considered only as
illustrations.. Mayjthe. yimequiekly
come, when its influencelnsnch acause
may no longer. he needed; when war,
vith it the w ar-cry, may no more- be
heard. . And Music may he confined
Have you everplayed at "Scandal, .
Friend! PUre must'the Ireart be that
feels; hotsudden pang: of conscience at
that bomb-like questioriJ-But theilf art-
ling query, in 'this instance mildly re
fers to ijamo called "Scandal' the
"ileligKt bf jHreniletodjjbyous,to he mgi
Verv.Teise -Yet isrthere wisdom and h3 'de
warning Enough in ttoe game' itself to
force the conclusion that its ori ginwas
in the; brain of some eiwe Satirist who
Lycurgus. So were the Germans and to its. legitimate use- to softeot-rrJinfi
the harp which civilized the rude -savage
when he was ftaken in war that
reclaimed the vicious" that softened
manners of the austere. ; Miiclvof this
may be. exaggeration, but we do know
in a rude state of 'society, when man is
more the creaturejof feeling, the power
of muic is inconceivable. -
'- But the history of modern times
ftffliliflfoasi
contemplate its.usc in a sacred, point
of view. In the worship of the house
of G;od it is a most powerful auxiliary
to influence the heart of the worship
per. It soothes the feelings, calls n
the unhallowed wanderings of the
thoughts, inspires the heart toa-spirit
of devotion. - Who is here, that has
not often had hisfeelinjs aroused' to
hid a ober nioral witli aBportive mask.
-The nlavers 5it4ri row:--the : ftne
iBoi$hfiSJShi5Pej.to
abounds with proof of the' powerful W elevated glow Ot ardor by the pa
influence of music! -Can thcre'bc any tlios of somclofty anthem ? Who has
one here wijo is ;a sceptic as to its
power? If' siich may I never meet
with 'him, remembering what -the poet
has said with regard to him, ""that
hasno music in his -soul.-" Young la
dies, is any One of Vo.wrmany admirers
insusceptible to the power of music?
Do vou observe that his eye nerer
flashes, or his countenance radiate un
der the charms ofivour voice, or your
gentle 'touches upon a well-timed in
strument? Then trust him not;, give
111111 IliJL VIA IHlllu I 1 xvuifcii. . i J "
He has no heart jto feel, no pnhjC to
beat to a stmnathSzins call. And af-
principles o
ileem prepostcrouii in tup pr
you, ot -vou J
the manner
tion had not
i ccted to its
pleasure it 1
who. amply t
in wiucn vou
OS
various piecas to-day, that
I would
csenee of
yneu oy
perform od
our alten-
vately di
7m whose
ruot yu,
onlv-boon accv
principle by I
las been to ;ms
but that you Siad fully appracia ted his
instruction.
d -.simply 'makcj
luld they be no
JJut l woul
flections, slu
trite, "and cokmnon, on
which Music
it possesses
heart. How
last century.
God. Tiiat it has been used with such ; tcMho fatal knot is tied, youmay plead
tremendous influence, in all Aires by ! with' the wooing voice of Venus, with
unholy men for unholy purposes, is a
strong argument that it was designed
to ameliorate- and bless ' the human
race. Would you say that; eloquence
was not 'dcsignea as a migpry engine
to raovemon to proper action? Yet
tcrll mc,' thou ,v historic page, has not
eloquence often stirred up 'nations to
civil tumults and deluged whole coun
tries in fraternal, jrore ? ' Who would
a few re
new, but
lines 'for
Ithe power
t i i
i(lesainef and
Ito affect nint unovc the
pleasant to reflect on
the advancement of Music ithn the
Yes, it i;? cUcering to
; Hit is all
the harp of
that
its magic
stream
every onewhfo feels an interest in the
social and moral imp'royemnt of the
race. And may it still .cpntinuc to
advance-untiil every yoke ivithin our
churches shall become Ivocjal- every
vcmmunity shalj have its welljorganizod
Band. Yea, nJlitTp tlirougli our own
groves and? riponlour own waters shall
float strains sweets those tjiatcharm
c4l the sliady gropes of rcadia, or
-died . away-upjon the slumbeing -waters
.of iEzea." . 1
n -falde, my fritnd.s
; Ornbeus, l)v S
tones, checkkl the rushing
bent " tliej momntain oak, ail soothed
into subdued oftness the racing fierce
ness of the wildest beast of the desert;
it is not; a faSblc that musip has had
power to sta4 the rushing tide of hu-
"man passwm, bow the Iijiuglitmcss
of the most 'stubborn heartj and lull
into gentleness the warring jtumults of
the most infuriated mob.' jlf it be a
fablq that the walls of Thelies rose in
to beauty and strength at the breath-
thc.Lyre pt Ampiuort ; it
that society in all ages
say that the IVcs was not designed
as"a lever to raise the world to a higher
moral atmosphere? Yet the "torrents
of libellous falsehood yen, crcry
breeze that bloAvs from the polluted
atmosphere of Uncle Tom's Cabin and
other such works, tell us of the baneful
effects of a Press desecrated to wicked
hands. Would you doubt that the
gifts of poesy and fiction wcre not'de
signed for usefulness? You tell me,
thou friend of -humanity, has not the
poetry of Byron, and the fatal fascin
ations of Bulwer, corrupted thousands
.of immortal souls? The fact is this
the use of any instrumentality pow
erfully effective to immoral ends, in
stead'of immediately meeting with the
reprobation of good menj ouht torniisc
thttibquiry, miglitnot tliat sameinstru
mcnthlity be converted to high moral
purposes?
Music is. adapted, and if adapted, is
designed to produce noble and salutary
ends. I believe this is evident from
the fact, that the desire to make and
appreciate musical sounds is as deeply
seated as any, other. And why this
deeply implanted desire by the Creat-
or, it not ior peuL-voienL uipusL-a
the melting strainsof Minerva, yet he
will rtmain as cold, unfeeling, as the
ice-bound "peaks of Greenland, and
firm, unmoved as Mount Atlas, though
"the storms may beat, upon her brow,
the ocean may break its buJow at her
- - -
base." Truly, the motions of his
soul aroduji as night, anu msanccnons
dark as Kri-bus." Or, as Shakspearc
lias pointedly said,
"Tin- man thnt liuth nf mnie in liimsi If,
- Anil is imt moved with Kmcord of weet sonui!,
Is fit f.r trretson, ptnit:v.niij and spoils.
- Lot m;in t-.u.st Uiu";
' Is any oiie yc t a sceptic to the power
of music : I would ask such anyone to
point me to a single instance, where
men wish to enlist the feelinrs of their
not been - moved to contrition' by the
melting strains of "fiome ' penitential
sontr? How much of the interest.of
the service of the- sanctuary depends
on the Music. - And if there is one
thing that damps7 si minister's fervor,
it is this cold, unfeeling j discordant
music. i.nd it a people woutu wisn
their pastor to speak with a warm
heart, with a fluent tongue, let them
send up from every portion of. the
house, a heart-feeling concordant song
oC praise.
jly mentis,- my task is pertormed.
I liave endeavored to. contribute my
mite to the interest of the occasion
There is something pleasant connect
cd with Music. ; And mav the sweet
associations you and I have enjoyed
during this school, be -permanent, may
thev not be transient as the rernal
showerf may they not bo fleeting as
the dew of morning; .put -may they be
indelliblv fixed on the tablet of - the
and during the checkered
scenes of life may we love to recur to
them as the pleasant moments ot the
past.
Correct Speaking. .
We advise H t- people to ac
quire in early life the habit of using
cood lanoruasre, both in speaKins anu
writing, anth to abandon, as early as
possible, any use of slang words and
Tie Xrame of Scandal.
ur AXjfA cosa titcmE.
neighborwnispers the news, as he hears
it,f to-the;one next -to him whocori-l
yeys the intelligence, still m a -whis
per, to the one nearest ; thus it is im
parted again and again nntil.it rcaeh
es the end of the line. As the sentence
ia transmitted frbm month to mouth, it
is uninteritionalhf unavoidably-' alter
ed ? the w.ofds have been' incorrectly
eaught by tlie listening ear-with each
repetition they undergo a change by
the tim the sentence- has"travelled to
its journey' s close it has "passed thro
so' inany strange jnufations that it
bears- not the slightest -resemblance to
the original phrase.- Every one is re
quested, beginning at the last hearer
to declare what information concern-
injr Mr H -Mrs. .. or Miss -
tvouhds" leave a-drBguring sratforufe
Fairest frosects Tia ve been
le5slyblighed!rt)iifircst lies of friilii.
Character of the K'orth Carolinians dnr
f7.. w : theEevolirtpn. -
IiOrd-Cornwallis. when left m cdn
ship4issef 6r6d-lore tansformtot"18111 f thei Southern army br Sir
hate-eaMrf broken-homes madees-
olate throughrthe dailplnofitjiis
jierry game oi"scanaai ox our yje-eides-
in HOurVklksin ourjso'cial j th
crings. The'tnost xcalohs claVer. lfa.r-
fevil entl iif.ricw, ;"i f-toldthijho
a blo w to a friend, Hor dot 'e a"
neilibor a WTosfwoiilu'fmeetilh'e
liargej -indignftht:.
to day l' :Wevfll pfay it, iquitc ittio
eent ofMmalice--!;iYe buffet! to trt
Of
e
'""' 1 ' ' v "VV ,v.-3
cmn "robes of the social reformer, wllch
might V float f rem unresfa 1 ' slioullrtrs
with as ; little vgrace as Jie'Usured
Ijon'skin in 'the fablemjay w6 ot
venture to u2?est an-antidotc toishe
bane of j ttiis pormlar,ith-deufrig j
game f v We fear it 1 is onej almostoo
simple to 4?trike-vet simplest - Ij4lbs
have counteracted -deadliest Jioisns.
It lies in: resolutely 'setting; 'Our ftf es
against erediting any injurious rudtn,
by the" reflection that the. story isj in
ail jTPOoaminy,- an liiusrraiioi wuc
marvelous metamorphoses wroughtby
that magical game ef 4'scanklar.wJ:ich
ana an. ine worui, are nier .3
we
fellow-men, that they do not bring to pjirases. The longer they live, the
their aid the power of music? Have more difficult the acquisition of such
wc not our Temperance Odes, our Mis- language will be; and if the golden ae
sionarv Anthems,: our i Anniversary of youth, the proper season tortheac-
.... p t : -r .1 r.. re
quisition 01 language, oe passeii m as
abuse, the unfortunate' victim of neg
lected education is very probably
doomed to talk slang for life. Money
is not necessary to procure this edu-
cation. Every man has ftinlus power.
He has merely to use tho language
which he reads, insteatt of the slang
which he hears, to form his taste from
the best speakers and poets of-the
country, to treasure ujichoice phrases
in his memory, and to habituate him
self to their use, avoiding, at'tkc same
time, that pedantic precision and bom
bast which show rather the weakness
What of vain ambition than the polish of an
educated mind.
Hymns? The family and social circle
arc indebted to it for some of their
loveliest enchantments. And as an
elevator of the social sympathies, it
has well been said; "Music is' the soul
of Love." What wakes rtn the hal
lowed recollections-of the past ? What
' L
encircles home with the sweetest asso
ciations? Go ask hini who has been
severed from his paternal roof. He
will tell vou of the sonsof tho family
circle. He Avill tell vou of the gentle
notes of a lovely sister. :
Yo lovers of the social Party ! What
enn diffuse fragrance all around ? Whtrt
cali '-captivate every beljol'dcr ? Whr
can charm every listener? Ah ! I hefi
the voice from every quarter,
sound of that sweetest of all
"which partly from nature and partly J
from habit and association, makessueu ;
oft
is not a fable
ing notes
'has had the Strongest bulwark of it;
- . "security and happiness erected by the
spirit of sonsJ Yes, society is deeply
'-. indebted to Music for that contented
spirit-that stiiwg cord of gocial sym
pathy and a1-dent love of country,
. which proves a- more powiuTul safe
guard, to the liberties of a nation,
1 : . "than, gates of brass; than -ajdaniantine
walls, or he serried ranks jot mcrcen
" ary troops." . .
, 'It has been a subject ff -inquiry,
,- . how, when and where,'., didj Musice-l-
' rive its orifriii ? When avois the time
that it might bc said, that f the sweet
harmony of rjsoimd v captivated
the listener i llow many were capti
: vatcd to-day by that, the weetcst of
- all instruments, to my carj a Lady's
. voice?" But. when Avas maii first cap
tivated? W; learn from ichissic leg
s ends, that n man once walking upon
, the sea-shorei accidentally touched, the
dried shell of a dead tortoise, and the
vibrating tendons, which had become
dry and stretched like the strings of a
harp, first gave him the idea of Music
Would that I could evoke Cesar and
Pompcy from , their grates I would
ask them what it v, as that animated and
sustained their death-bearing armies
on the battle-field: But, aswc cannot
disturb the silent slumbers of the de
parted dead, let us learn from history,
the venerable chronicler of " the past.
There, we learn that it ever has been
a stimulus to the soldier; in the hour of
conflict, impelling , him bnWardto the
furious fray and nerving his soul to
high exploits. Homer haTl 'his prcans,
and
ear
Tis the
instru-
Thoroisa power in sound," says one, mcnts, Woman's : Voice, f
Let us ior a moment, contemplate
the influenceof Martial "Sfusic. Would
n!itl. (-! iinnrrssion on the fancy, as j that I could this even in i arouse Alex-
even to deliirht the wild barbarian !." binder and Jlnnnibiil from 'their tombs!
And while we may doubt whether Blair
was correct when he said man bynat-
turewas a musician ; we cannot doubt .
it, wc must believe there was an age
Avlien music did not receive the atten
tion of man. And I would just drop
the thought here, that it was during
the life time of Adam, tliat Jubal, "the
father of all such as played on the harp
and organ," followed his profession-
the first, professor of mnic living in
the same society with our first parent!
Then, my lriends,.we should encour
age a Music School, not only because
it -may 'be a place of sweet association,
or bo made susceptible of cultivating
the secret feelings, or a channel of
moral .influence ; but we should en-rm-!irrn
it on account of its venerable
antiquity, h or it is not a novelty 01
the 10th century, but it datcsifar back,
near the period when "the clock struck
the first note of time." -It was then
Jubal taught. And I heard bf a good
old lady, whose zeal for Old Hundred
was better than her knowledge, saving
tliat "she believed it was sung m the
.school of Jubal."
' And docs not the student of history
know, that no class of men exerted snch
a potent-influence in the early history
of every nation, as the Musician and
Bard ? -Is not tlie same natural taste
seen in the all-absorbing, delighted at
tention of the infant long before -it can
comprehend speech? Is it not also
seen in the 'young group that collects
war-soul
untutored Indian to-day has Ins
sonf. bv which he stirs upr his
Others say the idea of Mns?c was first ' around the strolling player that infests
derived from the blowing of the wind i our streets? Nay, the fact, that mus-
amid Jhe msltling rushes of the Nile. I ic is desired at every public exhibition
, hilc othersj say, that as Ithe groves
were the first temples of j the Most
High, the siikging of the brds taught
man to worship the Creatorj by praise.
While these ideas may have satisfied
the mind of a Grecian, Egyptian, or a
Poet's fancy! yet I wouldj look for a
ugher
r nasiomnt.inn at everv military dis-
J K wwv - ----- W '
nlav or social party, proves that there
is something in the breast demanding
tho harmony of sounds. And thai;
man the Music .-Teacher pb doing
the work of a philanthropist-a work
which oucrht to enlist the co-peratin
origin! and ask not when it first of the Christam and the patriot wno
. When William of Normandy invaded
England, the. army was headed by a
minstrel in the"' employment of the
Cononeror ': one! that- "could sound
the heart-stirring notes of their fam
ous commander. ' And let tho field o.f
t Hastings, where 'fifty thousand ! wore
left dead, tell how. that fong animates
every heart. But for it, the first Wil
liam might never have received the
proudtitleof the Conqueror the fieh
of Hastings had not been won.. Ah
the' whole record of English history had
changed its hne. 1 1
We all know how Napoleon regarded
Martial Music, and that -he assigned
his success, in some of his'despcrate
engagements, to the animated strains
that were played. ; But; let us come to
the scenes where. Liberty unsheathed
the sword. Ye. groves of King's Moun
tain, that witnessed the champing
steeds.- tliat heard the cannon's deaf
ening peal, that saAv the heroes leap
to seize, the palm Of victory, while
hesitating where to fall, tell me what
think ye of Martial Music ? Ye spir
its of departed great, -that hover over
the plains of Eutaw Springs, what
think ye ? YVpIains of Mexico, jthat
were stained withl a pfttriol blood--ye
hills, that reverberated with the
To Measure the Height of Trees. .
Take two straight' stick's of "edlial
length any convenient length" less
than the length of the arm placethem
m tne iorm oi a carpenter ' squint.
preserving as nearly as possible a right
angle, holding one suck in a nonzou-
al Stick at the eve with tlie angle held
in the ham! exactly extended in front
Then walk backwards from the tree to
ye measured, on ground as nea rly lev
el as" the case admits of, until a line
from the eye to the top of the perpen
dicular stick shall cut the '-top Ot the
tree, and the distance from the observ
er to the tree will be the height ot the
tree above the level of the CVC. The
vawv - m
impossibility of keeping the sticks at
an exact perpendicular and horizontal,
is all that interferes with perfect ac
curacy allowing the trees to Stand
perpendicular; The accuracy is sufH-
cent for many practical purposes, ana
will often enable the woodthah-to de
termine before he cuts a tree whether
it will answer for the purpose for which
he intends it. Bath Organ.
was confided to him, , and lo ! through
tli esc singular transitions the harmless
assertion has become a monstrous slan
der ! ; This "scandal" was obviously the
offspring of t (inadvertent, unconscious
misrepresentation. As the story- is
traced hack through all -its crooked
paths, the most hilarious merriment is
excitOd by its odd metomorphoses
The young play this game in jest for
the sake of the mirth it awakensVtheir
seniors are playing It in sober,; fatal
earnest, all tlie world uiver, -anxl,- like
(liein, for 4hq sake of mere amusement.
Aye- playing it daily -without self-re
proaclv----playing-it without - dreaming
that they arc "coiners of scandal and
clippers of- reputation jI- playing it
without renecting tbat tfieir game can
protluce; more dangerous-consetpuences
than the sport of the children : ;
Iiet us not Confound . these compara-
that venomous class wiiose auder-liKe
stings are aimed with malicious jwir
iwse Whose, poisonous tongues black
en the fairest fame for the sheer de-
lightof traducing whose Upas breath
withers ;t Ire, troshest flowers ot inno
cence with its invisible touch whose
defiled hands stir up the mud in ; pur?
est fetreams of life whose jaundiced
eyes sec-all Creation-through, a distor
ted medium--whose splenetic-natures
are constantly goaded hy Eli vy and
aimed with'the deadly weapons ot Hat
treth. Against those, 'the sagest poet
that tho sun ever shown upori,; tells us
tliat there is no regis that can protect
even, the immaculate. r , '
. uSo niiglit. no grcfttnres iu mortality . r
Can opnsnre V!- lii't-wound iug culoiuny .t
- Tlte tfkitttif Ttrtw"' fitrik. ."WlKit kfng, wstrwng
- ;; Cuii tie thBll'ni in tli Juulirow! "tongnr- J ' ' '
- Since the world lias iW social Per'
sens who can lift an invincible sword
to slay these Gorgons: they are not our
theme- -
To them the players in therwrorlds
great game of "scandal" bear little re
semblance 'The latter are vivacious
courteous sgrceable, respectable mem
bers of y society. It the whole truth
must be spoken, We are hound to ad
mit that these graceful babblers are
chiefly of the gentle sqx. , t ;
Since the world began woman must
hare had an especial gift of speech, for
the very name of "Eve,' according to
Buztorf s HebreAV lexiconis "derrreji
playing.
Stephen Allen's Pocket-Piece. r
' - In the pockebboolc of the Ilsns. jc
phenAllcn, wlfo was drowried seyl
years a go by a steainboat idisatePon
the Hutlson river, was found aptid
sup, apparcniiy uunrum a pew Hpi
of which the following' is; a ScOpy'V'jL5'.'
"Keep good company 'Or 4 nOn("
Never be idle: If yjaur haM Ut
be usefully fcmplbyed, attend t:offr
cultivation ot youfmim
speak the truth. Jfake ftjw poiYnS
Live up to your engagements. Ivci
your own secrets;-"8!! you hire an4 1
When vou pneak to a person lookuvmi
in tire face. Good eoinpanjr a"nd
COhvefsatioriare the very sinews ofCTr
rue. Good characteris aboreall thtfigs
eise. 1 our cnaracicr cannot ue e&5n
ti ally.in mred except bTVOUr owniafjSfe
it any one speaKs evitor you, iei y,onr
j a , . 1 p.
be 'recollected, 'ith tho lnTasion -of
Noth Carolina It wastaii enterjprlse
in which rotich difficultyas t0 beap .
prehejpdedj both f rorav the character of .
the" people and the country, Tho or
iginal settlers were from variourMirts,
most of them "nten who bad experienced i
political or religidust oppressidnV and .
had brought with theni a quick sensi
bility to -wrong, 7 a stern ; appreciation
of .their rights," and? an indomitable
Bpirife' of-'lreedom' anid f independence.
,as-they were cauea, naving enugraiea
from Scotland to Ireland and thence
to America ; and who were said to
jpossefis the impulsiveness of the Irish
man (with the pure fatlh) and deter
mined resolution of tho covenanter.
. np. variy nisiory 01 inu jvuiuupr
abovffids with instances of" this spirit
among its people. 'Thcy always be
haved insolently to their Govclors,,,
complains Gov. Barrington in f 1731 ;
"some they havo driven out .of the
copatry at other, times set upj a goy
ernment of their own choice, supported
by,men under arms It was m tact
the-spirit of popular liberty andlself
government which -stirred within them,
antt gave birth to the .glorious axiom,
vine rights. 01 mo many agains mw
exactions of the few," So'rrpe was
this spirit at Jin early day, that when
tlie boundary line was run, , in
between North Carolina and Virginia;
the borderers were eager to bo includ
ed in the former province, as there
they paid no tribute tP Go4 or Cesar."
.It was tins spirit W'hich gave rise to
the Confederacy calleil the Regulation,
formed to withstand' the abuses of pow
er.;, and the first blood' shed: in. our
country, in resistance to arbitrary tax
ation, was at Alamance in this province,
in. a conflict between the Regulators
and. Gov. Try on. ; 1 !
Above all it should -never be forgot
ten, that at Mecklenburg, in tlie heart
of North Carolina, was fulminated the
first Declaration of Independence of
tbe-Britbh crown, upwards of j a- year
bpfoc-a like declaration by Uongress.
' Avtw J'tfe Washington, v. 4 p. 87. ,
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Jit-
pi
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lifo bt so tKat no"orte will oeli eve lm
Dvint- no kind of inioxicatlno' linnrs: The Onlr National Party,
Ever live misfortune exccptedY'wi;tlW ' TThe Democracy profess Ori all occa
in vonr mcoiue: When you reun? to sions mat uiujr mv iv- wij
bed, think over1 what yoid have en .party. - A national party is anj organ
doing during the day. Make no'tyVe ization founded upon on e or more prm
td berich,if you would prosper. Srlall ciples that are alike advocatetf in, " all
and, steady- gains give "compete icy sections'of the country. There "must
with tranquillity of mind.' Never (lay bea basis jipon which the men; act m
at any game of chance, ohl teipp- common who belong to the party.
tat ion,- through fear yon Iniiy not wMth- There must be a general plan pf poli
statfdit Earn money before you sp ahdthb .plan must be coirrmon to
itT Never rnn into debt uiness e all Sections. Tested by this rul is the
a way to feet-'oot again. Nvcr borllow Democratic party a national party I
Jf-yoa can possibly avoid it. Do&ot WThat measures are alike advocated by -marry
ttntil y'oU are'ablew(o"supp;dt a Democrats, in all sections ? Is it tho
wifeNever ?pcak evil of iny'on slavery question 1 The Democracy
Be inst befeyouare nclrous.-Iik oT the North ad voeato squatte sover
ydurself. innocent if you would be VP: eignty and .Congressional non'-mter-py.
Save when yon are young, to spmd Vention withslaverym the remtones
wheriu are ld. -Readi over tht ai while nhe Southern Democracy de
hnveWnxim at least ohcd a weefcl - bounce squatter sovereignty and ad
vocate Congressional intervention to
A Warning to Boys - 4 -f protect slavery m the lcrritones.
wAi CiUtirdnTWsday-iin- h?yno aSclin 4'
ing la a boy named ThV, tariff?- The President : and etNortli-
, , J - 1- - 1 li.rt ' rnT)ATTine.raev irenerallv advocate a
about ten years 01 age,. -was mios. rruc.
fnWJi1 lni rOmnfhio nnd fhttsF'tlv
Cm;dr?lNva 1 uiaiu auu ueuiwutc ivi-
Ifrom a root which signifies "to" talk
thus her temptatioTt to indulge irr idle
strictures, must" be greater than those
of her more taeituni brother. -
But the'aTniable newsmongers, who
are playing - this "game of scandal"
with honied lips and smiling cyff?;wro
no Imrm. Theirs are random arrows
shot; in sport yet 'the shaft scathei,
be tiiehandhy which it was aimed" ever
so-white J Some charming, giddypated
How to Know Good Fathers.
It is a good sign and true, when yOu
see amid a little group of boys, one to
dart from the rest, and tossing his arras
above his head, shout; "There's my
father!" as ho run to meet liiin.-You
may be sure, no matter what business
troubles soever tbat man-may 1iare,
that there is a spot in his heart still
frvcTi iiml rreen: which the cares-; of
tho-world have bad no power to ought.
"There's mv father I with what a
pretty pride the- fellow shouts this f
He must be indeed a brute, whose fa
therly heart does -not swell with love,
whose eyes do not glisten, who does
not at such a moment, fee! amply re
paid for that day' 'toil no matter how
wearisome. After all, Love is the only
thm1 worth havinsf in this worltL
TheV who tand dver new made graves
tell ns so. Home and moneys and am
bition, dwindle to nothing, beside the
white, calm brow of death, though God
krfbws it may be but the youngling of
the fi6ck;rwh6se lips hare never .learn
ed, to syllable our .name. A. iia
tfe mStoInf Sff ahd.thd:ball cnfed drtnern menus aavocaiei,, w .
the forehead of Welsh". "ThcwSed Sonthern Democracy are opposed to
boy staggered or an instant aneh its, construction by the Governmen
fell totground aM expired in They are not united nponit So iX u
minutes: Vhen the poWkT, eml improvement fcytbe
Nicholas Cady was pointed bufby Government generally; Is it tbo Cuba
some of the -6ther boys is tlie oh question ? There is nomore agreement
fired the pistol; and L waktaTceinto jmong the Democracy P
custody d locked up In thsta!oh- per mode'of quiring it thanere
rL....in. '-xfiJ'AzliUu- among men of other parties. Js it tho
1 in hieell W lib mother, his ;iit, daw trade? Even Southern Democrats
brothers' "and iters', anl sbmealf e not united among t ff -.
do.cn little playmates;! the lrie jrning that. Tho JlklfJZ
wa extremely affectm The Itle Democracy are opposed to 'crocmng.
feltowfmide the bars sobbed asthltgh- Jtth L'lnil '
hisartwould brenk.whilehis pre hat h ""
jbut-1 KaTU uiat, xa 1 yvu wl v,fe" v.w.. i.
JUemocrats nave no common meorjr i
policy concerning that. : Is it the spoils
of offiee-?. If union upon that great
Kast to -Weatit is harmonious upon the
my flntierstowi, --unwrgwjf .t j ra lining '"' 'v r--' ::if ln;ia Tf Urnes
unintentional cnange, iaa iu u; l'llui' 1 V'"1""' PUni-K,? tnoWni
Mat..r ;tTnnbrrdled- levity -bl ! anu sisters were bathed, m tears
tongue :ivcs breath to ra .dd 'WrVj idc ftlie cell;' and when "themther
: ;i vl vf n l i hnnt, i tVnirw thnf Trer- son eoflhl noc De ftoer"
k httinfonr dear ffienil efhersit UtetT: Isehegged ithatshc migrbe
tt vear
trnme vve have cited.) "Mrs. UlacBittj .j officer's. ;ml traniy contesseumcfaci. , ;f -ii Wlv a
tSerW fAa muf for tiTof
cretno theffirst perso sbceetr;. grountl, he" knelt hy h 5jJ GoTernment Uponno Ether ques-
,ood Mrs. Grim cliance, lo be of a sar- "Dot cry, Tommy I df SiTuSor tudona And tlib
Sastic tirrof tnind and the Tale as- huftprou,'! lut seeing the WoojHM- ihat DemocrJtic editors
es-a " satirical untenaneeit Itl Sneakers orate about as the
.t asv1 unvIT it reaches iMiss startetl oti'on the -run
v lu. uiinciiivt - - -
.Balm ft vrv hiimarte and tender, pthe river and went
' ". i v. V . .1 i!
fteartetl gossip ;m ner ipuniv.-
bosom it iswetghed doWtrwrtu sueu a
T . .- . . . ,
pressure of pity, that. the ieatures 01
the traveling oiory aru muwwiw.iuw
a hew shape; A few, more steps on-wurd--a
few more pleasant "touches
from rosy lins and nowv hands-ana
the original lineaments are wholly ob
literated; a ;
Bat'Bthb all? ? What becotnes of
the heroine of, the garoe?" How shall
she break loose from the tangled web
woven by mere idle: talk ? -Whither
shall she fly from the stabbing of in
consequent tongues ? If Iier lacerated
reputation ever heals, will not : these
tta : w.:i&l and stump-speakers prate j
house of an tincle in Newport, yere , . j ; i . - ;
hcf fflldowircxlratiStcHlhd-Thtell ; The following is a very jjood recipe
Whence Woveretl, he relatetiawhat for making a hair-wash which will re
had taken place,' and was advis:Jlt by move dandruff and keep the scalp clean
his aunt to return and have the nfor- and soft, so as to prevent the hair, in
tunate affair investigated. ' 1IJ? eon- ordinary - circumstances, from falling
chided todosd'Hcwas bve'rwbtnicd 'onff'- , t t ; V
.t i. io Jnwl" Wili? TVa nriA r!nt of alcohol anl ata-
..... - .Jii . . '.i ;.l ' ,Alwvlivi nnAil of castor oil.t mix tnem.
little piay-ieijow
tested that
him when the :
in(
i - i li .1 ... vuln V.v ch!tiicr tnem
he was - only jpiayini wiin togetner ra . wiuv v - ....v&
r.l.ltl.nt mvii.Lr Air 1 fhr a. lew minjinfs, . mvu u u
mest was held byvtheron anel with a lew crops ui, ' f,"
. i- .i A ..liih fn H11 f h Al dlSSOlVCS CaSlOl' OU, "JS.O- UUUt
accidental -pbtof shot.r PlJftJfcji,, Camphor? leaving the
Smithandddyweretheiidbchitod, quite clear. It does not seem tadis
and returned to their homes. - (solve any other unctuous oil soperfect.
hi-'it
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