North Carolina Newspapers

i i . i li" '.-"1 ! y . - -Hi" -. i - A" - . j t f i H K'. X V H-vr -y ) ; I ' .111 . I - k 1 i r : 1 -i - It S, y ' r r .-ff: - - . y I lis ? i.-t, , . 4 . . I J V u&O ; V IfJi v-'VzVltt'x I '4. : 1 war .C'witlv zrl End dilijocq Jumi 'ijft to tlas xfbikg 4 hilflattci3 huriseH that WintLnti-ts of Litojrc Science,' PoIics jSricnltiirct Qoinrafe maybe .wpjot;. life pisrainw" " F"'K .t"m rr , j j : i . ,1 J.I Xt: fl J . 4 Ctfonsof.thi PresHchi and awam iM-itS withwa its mwsu m 'i TTn!tfa 8titt Banl Ttithsnch cbccls and tl -daicationa as F" 11 .m.nPAiU(ra9 ;txcise'tf thot power rf sbkir.n- 7iienni Impmnents by thoj geheral .LvKv rnHnrss and thirrrsident.will . pro- dt$loiV4cB, distrust inidi0ectitai,and wiffi tvealkiri our unidntosay i rictbingof the -lWtvhjk'hns lor its olct, ,tbe fiteniiff-Tcf ? trvctd riff m trction d out country at Uie f fpeiiec anther, vne ocsi erg u tYif! VWirv''frmfMrated dfctTme of Nullifica iwntutrii it ie contrary : our jnopi settled -op :-vs of civil Tv.hty,s jllrvlity, and a suthfvr'J J)ecocnbati retchman. - : ' ' j '-'.'j ; M by tbo jrcicimn u ';-:'.i'.'rri5RllfS The Carolina Watchman Ja publisbed 4tv vcfek ai 1 ?'re,e. i)olrs per yfr, m ad vance t huatirdd rnilrs distant from SauryT-and in kfc caybpre the account is oTCte year Ktan- 0 one. ae usual rales. .6ubscrtpti4a-WiU' be witbdrawuntil airea4 ut are raid iunifcs3 lue x.uori..vv- - ; i -1 irian'd Udvanccd regularly,. Iti ne conunu-M-tho same rates afterwards.; ! t - eu U letArnftki the Suitor must at i'oi pow, ox : Vipj xftil not attended to. I . ; ! i,lreiinr the EditaTt the business . .c.'J mj-H. vi!l a( ires3 bun as alitor ot tne It Woiiad WpW7i4-TI:o5e tharite on otlier. '.In: 3inrKKin!iIiiiH2tt?H.C.I Joncsl i if: C All tie ! subscriptions tin before the c4rtmricaieiitiit tntl'apT, rt wlbe remem bl: i ufi. kc rn,;due on the publicatioiof the 'first rdjiyV July 2ll83f2, (E5TfctE:-!t iato be heped-.thoa 'will ar in iinu mm iaai uie5 lerms propos in my pr $ec;tcs are tliat the atnount ' subscdl was to' bc paid before "l began the pubiicatijojf my ': ;par--Vhfch!l made this prcpsal ixpectd tobe triigcJ to rail on yoi before thisj itfe bu .:have frtuhatcly bcea able, tj'cet unl jtfiout making a rqpcpt; vhich wi 'mca diMCT$cacle ti myscit and to ma: :ni i2& hay e. jieemed unrcawjnable.--Now f 1 fec-f np;4olieact- in making th's d:lL htmt$t eTcfyrjqsn-c rny fast, and am aw :rly eyxy-tae of yen can pay jretbcsanaH ,i!fil;-pgna'ri-ithoiit uicoavcnipij-Lj ;iKt:ch; liope' y'll do sp." My out-lay foregs, VpC&c;tiT beert -"ery ; considerable art the V cxjprre3'of my iflice are ! also gtea jlf vant "rnltdoray best for you in this seUe nj.p iast giyrae .a;ayorab!e start. Tha is iiVthlr, like a Vood etart. Moiwy is the! th 4 to itt 4 rmtiitPrcss ; aye ! ahdjnonejy Mke Ujavmnstkccpit going. Just asnccesi ws. v. u.icT is io-ia luo-mui-. -i noro iiiese n IcrftptnorcfVbyiyoa at least until you ir.c or one if my stents. ., iX - fTBc fllwiig Gcifttlcmcnjwiil 1 oblige' me N-tWtitts fcr the NVvtchmax in the s i rhl Oolintics, iwh?re . they reside, and recti Jltim by thcijhlWeuld be as valid as-if made , yxm SUilRV 'COUNTY ; PranciK Armstrong1, ' . Opt; John Wright, ! , y . I x Coi;T! -Bl AVright, ' ; ' . i ;." ; Pir.lChhniam ' ' - STOlvES COUNTr. . John Fi'-Poindcstcr.EsiiW:' - : p;lac,;CiibsonEsq.-:v;; WlLdvES COUNTY. :CoL Saml. P, Patterson, : Messpj Finley &. BrrachclT, . BURK: COUNTY. Rfbcrt Pcaraoh, Esq. i -Sidney S.Envin, i' Johal Ilafdin, Erq. 1 ; ROCKINGHAM ; 'Robert Galiowav, jr. Es; A. M. Scales, l!f. . r .. Joseph P. Caldwell; Eeq i tjC . flcnaerii,nt Esq4 i f i 4 , A. M. iBurion, Esq. . -If 4 '. ; J MKKj KLENBURu, , -j - .i. 6nW Giivrtnit ? l wall feci lihw; duty tt tueuanunisunaon, ana .Tin invthe price will w 4. ; ; . 1 J, . ; : ; iytl0 6iib!scripi!un will bq taken fc4c3 than tnr !' Avprtinfrwiu le done at .iSasu om, have nbf you Vwev- know A that B Abernalh v: i- I ,T- t is Ail u ua David StsritMsli: 1 ;JDjM.rBaninsr;ti.v s - h i GUILFORD 4DrVRlA;'.Meknei - Col, AiMHcheif;:!? irudell; 'Whitfield Yh-v.- ? hi DAVIDSON.!: John Mabrr. 1 '; ' t ReasogablfetboWufisiad' -I wilir w allowedion ct collected. 4 Hi C. JONES. j TIIE XONG AG0NY.I3 OVER ! ! Gen. Jacksor has W Ins veto oti tit bank BJXi I : .W0 regret this eicecd'uglyJMre had hoped ihet the Presidents cunstitaUonal (scruples would give ypay; in a case, whercr J&tjt& Jirasi :"t sac. an rray jpf autjionty againj'J him j But he has seen propcrt adhere iohU &rmer opiniwis on this subject and we have every reason' to Wlieve that he has aetal Impjhemet etecfeves.. Gen. JackBon knewluU well, that! he had ntw thinir . kr new that he ran th imminent n.sk i:f Wmr PennsylTania and some other. States : , On the other, hand, he w have acquire strength by approving the meagreWho. cari: say thai he Has not acted with finrmeas and ccKisisteney- ? WTe hope that he is not to; be, sacrificed, because he has thus-held cri the principles, which he long since avowed. However, "we may, deplore ;the fate of the United States Bank BUI we fox one, will hold up for the - Geherali- There are higher and mightier considerations that influence us in this deteniunation;. ; ir. Clay has ; shown jcuch a co d, heartless disregard to the rights raid interests cf the South, and such a reckless iudif- lerence to the saiety oi me union, ihai we are averse to hiai The President on the other andhas manifested such a zcal and devotion to the caiise of Pjeacc and union that if the name of his political errors were Lesriun, wo could net desert him furiMr, Clay, ft V j There is anothet consideration of no small mo ment in fortifying us in this purpose! f and tbat.is, that the next term of office being the; second, will be one of comparative tranquility there will, no longer bo a motive for the bppositioa to mangl bad tear the feelings of the President,; and throw useless difficulties in tha path of me Govern ment Qo that the Administration will ,be cna bhid -calmly toi apply its energies for the crisis which pe;jaakUad's of the tcountry are en deavoring to produce. . We believe fthat' a storm ofi some sort is comings &, that no man thwarted as Gen!. Jackson has' been daring! this rraeiit clectioriecringlterm could meet it with success. Any jsort of a' President durinir the second term; we verily believe, could do mdre real good for the atioriy than the wisest and most Virtuous man at,evTMBcould do inithe first term. ' t llieTTcn'arter of the vUnitedh States has several -ycarai to run and it maylbe that Gen. Jackscn niay alter his opinion as Mr. Madison id on the same subject, and as other Presidents have done on other subjects. But should he not, me Sinaii miervai mat would happen during which we should be deprived' of this- institution would work but little injury. jThe most valuable end of the U. S. Bank we think to be the whole r fwine controul it exercises jver the operations -of the oute ljank,, we cannot suppose that in the r small interim between the expiration of the Char ter and the next Presid ential term, the local bank , caa run riot $o far as to do much injury to the people j tlie very, likelihood of a Presidents stic ceeding Gen.j Jackson,' of different sentiments from him oT this subject,"will keep these minor flanks within proper bbundsSuch 13 the ove helmrng majoritp- bXemericatt people in 'JvjMf the Unite4State IUnk; so obviously it necessaryi and so clearly is it anthorised by the- constitution that they (the subordinate Bftnks) will assuredely conduct them5elvcs with a view tc thia Very j probable; contingency, f To us? in iOth Carolina if we can have new Banks established oil prudent and sound principles, this thjejryal; will be an ! advantage as it will leave 'lusjrapjtalj afloat to be vested in. our State iakituort Vife think: the-, next Legislature will aprely rkke Svpio provision' fst thol I withdraw atp s! much banking capital as ; hWand 1 willj iibl fear any bad consequence foot the iTetai' I X if At th last jtiperior Court iff Surty County, (Judge Donnell presiding,) a man by the j name ol feparkfi, was iindictad for stealing money j and coiivcte. It appeared in evidence that hq had stliieitwo cenjfjBills, ono, of Candlna,! the other1 Georgia , money , ' and that jbcing pretty eWjy pressed by the by-8tanders be stirpped tonej. side ! and a wallowed themi-that f they ie- rniincd oh his stomach for several .hours, when ;ia romitcd them up the C. Bill id W I state f comparative wholeness, the Georgia Bill "near- eaten up with the gastric juices. JHie North 'aroiina Bill was issued only in! violation of the onstitution of the United tTrtes--4ut the orgia liiu was also in violation of jaa act i cfi e; N. C. Legislature. . ; ' 1 j - ; ':.:f Cor. 1st. It is casicr to stomach; a Violation of : United States Constitution, ihan a violation taterhts. - ;V'" If -j X It"' or; itd. ra wonder both came back, I . kavi ndtjet been atie to make! a minute trtson between this act of Ccmrress and the Pf of i 8-2S but we are satisfied that mltho ?oi all we1 wanted, nor all we had !a x riffht is a great alleviation to the cucntrj and TOlariy to the South The bUt pfeof its ,mV t- it was violently . opposed by the wnemie3 of the Southern country (i not sj- st ieneinies of the whole j coimtiy,) we mcVi Ultra rTariffites and the, jNullifiers. yiCftii Black GeorceO Tne'educt of the .u: i . .-, ' :f , . i' ' -1 . . : ! f iNullies is trverse and unreahetf-whea iheyt Mea c.turrtg Ae,conjitey i irrid0 Cdo.-But like aUtgairist orgaai ; lacy uaw ivxea noxter.ia 3 ineir leeuncs - ana raore 4xVaf gant iri. their derands-rntU they turn up thefnbses at thfe VeTyl things tliat they J at first wpnfbr. And many Ihera liie" the spoilt child I the Alchemist, nrear that, vnltss vegtre up e ry thing and mor .thay Trill up scjt the cap- y and make a; crash ! .Quern ad finem (Catil a) effrenata jactabjt audacia. If " - : . &j: C. Wat.; rZVou LTd iehtit extremity . CuMuia-! wUlywrrtt z$$ daring dash itself? j i i . - i .') , THE TARIFF, , - : i. The natio: will be gratified t lcarh that the Tariff BQlxkich originated ' iii the House of Representatiishas became a law. The Se nate receded lom the objectiable amendments introduced bjthat body, In confurrnity . to the recommendath of the Committee" of Confer-" ence appcml y both houses. jTlie" rote was upon . the twenty controverted taken, riaii) points, cut of ach the discussion arose, and they were givl up by great marities. ' i came from the House is , much ' The BiU as betterbr the uth, and the agTicuitural, 1 inter- estsof the Wi , man n was wua ine amena- meats of the ate, Jir. juciiancs um was better than eit r. S - L v' We shall gi in detail the final proceedings .Globe. ' i upon this subj HE TARTTF.. Most hcartilldo we fecilitateiour readers that the bill to redu i the Duties oh Imports, 'has fi nally passed bo Houses, in a farmdiffering ve ry little from tl t in whioh it first passed the House of Repr sntatives. This measure alone will redeem Cc Tress from the reproach of much wasted time, is emphatically, whatever may be said of it by iose who have opposed itj a Bill of Compromise, Look at the Vote -in the Se nate on Thursd; ' night on the question of inde finite postponcmht. Those who voted against the pjstponemenl be it observed, were against the rejection of tfe bill ; and the vote stood as 38 to 10 f Greaand meritorious, and patriotic, liave beeh the coeessions to alleged buffering in one part of the cantry, by their .brethren in another. ' May tMr extent be Tirowsrlv atmre- dated jsat. 1 ClT.lim.l SPRINGS. With much eaafaction, we make the follow ing extract from jthe Carolina j Journal We heartily join in thl commendation bestowed on SimoutonVEstablihment by the Editor and his correspondent. "Ue have long thought that this Vvatenng place dalrvcd more thah ordinary pat ronage. Theminral qualities of the waters, have been passed uVon Jy the bestscientiiic judc es in the Southern tun try, and are Icndoubtedfy very excellent in rxiny of the chronic diseases of the South 1 on he other hand; we have ne ver heard of any acldent occurring by the mis application of the vAter, a thing which often happen at other png;?. 1 he proximity of tlus situation to tua fldnshinjr manufactuririar vit lage of Lincolnton tid to the North Carolina Gold -Mines, render it additionally attractive. Success attend you Hr. Simbnton ! t - Ep. C.Wat. The foL'owin-G mmunication speaks hand somely of Mr. Simo tton's establishment at Ca tawba Strings, and Jo more so, we understand than it deserves. Jnr correspondent is a very competent judge, and we arc informed upon other very reepeetable autbrity, thot in 1 all the essen tials of good living, Hnd treatment tnd cheap ness, 110 more eligibldposition can be found m West Carolina, than Catawba Springs. : . . Ed. Journal. FOft Tl E JOURNAL. Mr, Editor : All we imagine, who are able to travel, will soon se k a higher, if not a, heal th region than ours The North, this I sum mer, does not aflbrl much attraction . i The Cholera is there; and frtadisoass will not only de ter our citizens from. $oing thither,' but will m in duce many ot theirs t seek a more soithern home durinir the warm season. f - However much we iiay regret the cause cf mis, yet we tiunic it wii be lottunate tor us in its results. Hitherto, indeed, those of bur good citi zens, who have spent their summers at the wa tering places have nev been satisfiofl unless they resided, at Cctstkill, or visited Sratr This is surprising. For among our own native mm ano mountains we mign; rind every 1 thing which we may desire-pue air,good,watrrnda delightful clime. To fcnjoy the,CaroIinians need uot travel beyonfl the boundaries of their own states. We ought not, perhaps, to mention par ticular places. VYe cannot forbear, however, tc feriiig td the Catawba Springs. Te those of us who live in this section of the StateL this place is ircldedly.tho iT0Kt convenient and J pleasant, re treat. It offers, too, every inducement Dure air, good water, and excellent accommodations, excellent servant?, and ) last, though not least, 'cheap fare. We would Warmly recommend it to, the patronage of the public, I ,'. The Catawba Springs arc owned! by Mt. Si mqnton, a gentleman, who spares no pains nor expense, to please his guests, and make them happy and contented. . ; jVIATOR ORIGINAL ANECDOTE. 'f Retort, Court cousSot long sineetf as a com pany of gentlemen entered the Piazza of a Weak est house, on Norfolk stage line, thby were thus saluted by a firagmctical fellow, who seemed to have been wresting hafd all night with; the jolly - God. Good morning Gents., My name's Joe Philips ; I live two mils back from here : Im very well acquainted' with" Mr. Billy Gastrins, the great lawyer and Galbe Hurard, knd our, member in Congress from j these parts, add so forth, and so on; at your service, gentle men, WhyM says one of the passengers, tl to anotherin pretended undertoseut loud enough, nevertheless, to; be heard by Mr.: Philips, ;this must be .pretty considerable' man, . No doubt of it'1 jsays the other, " I see the marks of great- ness in hisriffht aye: .Tl (f smart man' a third. rhese disinterested ccmnlimentsL' FrxAaniiv pleased Mr. Philips: He paraded a flourish tr so of Rhetoric. ; He made divers efforts of wit, land laughed lpnjj and loud J at them hunself. His hearers seemed, much "to admire Mr. Philips, andwere not at all sparing of tlieir upraises, t all of which accidentally ! reached his f ears, they spoke cf his person ; bis gait; (which wa a httle rolling) his wit ;.andlhe superlative cut of his coat. Mi, P. swallowed tliis like swee tened li-our." He loomed, he swaggered, he bowed himself in ecstacies. ! Talking about wit, fsaysf he, let me tell you gentlemen how I cut Jake Simonds 'tother day: Jake a allowed to be tolerable keen himself, and he and I was alwajs a bully raggin one anothei, and sometimes JakTV wuld geMhe petfer, and eometimes" f would-- f OajimeTiotTiOT aso rie-of my ,'spul neighbours colleaj'tied together, and .indicted me ir stealing of a ehpt, and they took me down tcB.that there iplafce, calle ' and Uiereji tXere waa one And Iwentyi Xawyera c ecv ployed to defend fcie, and it. was all about Joe rklipa and the shbat, and the ; shoat "and , Joe Philips jr And I bcfercn.to think4 th?Y never .would oe dewitb; it ,lTh4ro the had It for a ' whola dayJoc-Phnipj arii the'shoat,' and ths . shoat and Joe? Phftipspll began to jwjsh'I 'nevet' hajl seen the darnedUhing : tlllast; l i got to;-tired cf the confounded ross, I told -the court if they would jest stop it, ! ditTnt mmd ;! takin a small dresslBjr; - You'se-I wantcd,?to cut the - Law yers JIa t ;ha I h ! So thy; tboki me out and tied "mk to a prrsirnsmon tree, and gaVe mr thirty raneIashes.; ha xk Gridousl; ,; was. tiot guilty of the 8hbat.N.Akd s I was going t home, who. should I meet bat take " Simonds, and he had jest come but of thc Penitentiary he had, been ptrt in for . stealing I of a sheep : Good morning, says he to me, Mr. Philips ! I good morning; says I to himl-Mr,' hnonds f I understand" says he, Mr; Philips,:thit yonf have been shaking down Persimmons lately : Well, by gracious says I, suppose I. di, there wasWer a'sheep fell among 'jm Ycbj sfee it takes me to do the thing; ha' ! ha I ha J J ake always let me alone arter that. j- - J . ' Delivered bchre the Pilantbropic aud Dialec tic Societies at Chapel-Hill, on she 20th of June, Genthmen of the DialectikandPhiUmlhro- pn oocieties : When I look aromd on this: extraordinary con- I course of visitors 1 cannot but; feel that expecta tion has been too highly excited, aud cannot but anticipate a"nd regreti the disappointment which it rrihst necxrlly rqeet Svith. "' Aware; of the val ue which is here jsei upon the ceremony of the annual address ; knowing that the friends of the University thrQughopt Mie State, regard it as calculated not only to excite a spirit of emulation among the Students J but to attract the public at tention to the Institution itself and warmly at tached to that noble pause, fur! the advancement of which, tins? edifices have been erected and your associations frnSed, I filt myself bound fo accept of the invititibn, in obedience to whiclh ap pear befeyru, C4uld I indeed have foreseen the aiiusual engagements, which add tothe ordrnary occupations cf a bufeyilif?, have left me no leisure to prepare ahy thirigj y. -nhyj6f the general ex pectation, I houldhive deemed myself at liberty to decline the calll But the discovery was nut made until after mjj" word was pledged, and it was too late to hope tht ;the duty coukl be devolved on another. Compelled then to choose between an entire disappointitient of your hopes, and the presenting myself to rou without the advantages of fuR preparation, I have resolted to execute the undertaking imperfectly, rathef than forego it af together. ; fPo whatever petty 'mortifications the adoption of this alternative may expose me else wheTe, from you iny toimg friends, 1 am sure of a fsTve rotiou. You will sec ah express- conferred on me, br Tour choice, in in to gratify your wbhis, and ini my stjiicitude to cheer youon in the hoti; career upon winch you havo entered. The few homely truths which I wish to impress upon your minds, will not indeed come mended from ihy tongue, but I do not despair that, presented in tHorr naked plainess, but urged with the earncsth33 and sincerity of fr.endship, they may. win their way to your generous and af fecnonateapprbidrii Tlie authority of Shakespeare is often invoked far the position, thajdbcre is a tide in the affairs cf men, which taken at the rlood leads on to for tune.'. Without venturing to deny altogether the fitness of this metaphor, and fully aduiitting it to have enough of trUlh to render it appropiiate to the occasion for which it was used, and tlie character to whom theigreat poet assigned it, I yet regard it astoo faviurable to that indolence of dispositicn which is always ready to imagine suc cess in life as depending on sme fortunate tide.-1 hold, that, generally, every man is the architect of his own fortune, the author of his own greatness or insignificance, happiness or misery. True, it is, that casualties, neither to be foreseen nci pre ventented, may defeat iBchernes which have been wiselr.concerted an3 vjit-rously prosecuted 1 and that success, undeserved, and perhaps unsought for, .may sometimes pejuu the weak' and slothful, these, however, are but occasional deviations from the ordinary coursV of nature, according to : and diligently ot carelessly exerted, are made to determine his characjtc and condition in society. The stoutest ship that was overmanned with pni dent heads, brave hearts, ; and strong lian-Js, has fuunderedin a hurricane j while; the feeble Lark that "owns no mastery In floatmg,! is soaiictimi Safely. wafted into port; yet, who can deny "that drdinarily the fate oijthjp yoy age f must depeudon the skill, care and courap) with which it is con- ducted ' : i - A y'fW t Much too. Very ttiucti, cither fir permanent good or iHj the fete f (very individual, lias been ibund to follow almost hlctssarily from the habits Ibrmttl, the propensities j chrnehed Xr restrained, and th nU of conduct adopted i at a very early period of lifer y.htjrperhaps, Be tempted to remfc tljat such ucwlrtahf and ften awful conse quences should folksw on the doings cf ar igeY when the unworn seqsesaro ante to every 4in pression, and the keen appttite gready . for every enjoyment ; when the tmagiuatwn is wild, the jadiiement feeble, and i "heedless rambling iiurnilse' has scarcely : learned to think. YeO such is the constitution cf I nature, and such con sequently the appointment cf , if im wftose ways are always wise, benetolent and just, aiid wluee will it -ft era no! more inadncsa tc resist, than! it is. impiaty to question,! ,Look through the world, S4 the least observant cannot fail discover talepts abused,' eppcrtuhities squandered i Iii men ruined; because of early foil',! Misbehaviour or thought lessness and let those who have passed jthro' life's ordeal with safety and honor, look back Son their trials, and they Will acknowledge 4 how much uf y owe to very fearly impressions,! and to habits contracted abnWt without a sense j of tlieir use or a " foresightf of their conseoence4 He therefore who aspires tq excellence cannot too soon propose to himself the objects which he should strive to obtain, ndr fix his aim too early, or too 6teadily, on tlie end; to "which his efforts speuld , pe : directed, ft p1tw ahortness of- ;life,. brge fragmeats of wbicn are necessarily I oc cupied by animal wants, or) wasted in fxtvlluus cares and amusements, leave, at best, but ah in considerable portion to be devoted to intelhctual cultivation and exertion. ! To waste this portion would be mrnirial improvidence, and: it is of the highest moment to learn betimes how it may be most beneficially applied. :1 The end which an ixiiienaous youth naturallv THnmses to himself is aT faithful" and hunorahte I diaehanre of the duties f i life. His cbiects fire I .0 - -r j ,-- - M tor rcaliza the ibnJ hopes of hicfparenu friends, to acqurre the affection . and esteem of those . arjuad ;huu, to; become f the dispeasoir of good t$" his! fellow-men, ani thus to fulfil the" purposes for which it . has pleased God to place him m this' world " of trial and discipline. He feels that these objects are indeed good,. By a moral msUuct he propalled towards them as .fit to fill his heart, Idndle his "aspiratkrns and . ani mate his exertioosC Reason, : as. she gradually enfolds her powers aud assumes dominion over him, sanctions this choice with her approbation ; and Rel igion comes in aid of nature and 1tean; to teach hint that talents sre but lent to ber im proved, ariu that an account must be one day rendered, ja .which! their use or neglect will be amply rewarald " orf verelr.. punished: How much is it not to W lamented, that : sloth should enervate, disiipatioo corrupt, or,' Tice brutalize, this child of hope and promise? You, who have him in charge, watch over him with never slee ping v&Uence and affectionate solicitude' I. Give mm a. nappy son, ousiam rum wuca aisposco to flag, reanimate him "when discouraged, check kindly his wanderings, soothe his wounded . fel ing3, guide him wim" vour counsels, and save him from thsjToes by which "he is way-laid and BesetT:': "r;nV7r, ' . 1 Matte nova virhite pwtr , siciturai asita. MostfaitlifiUly, fnno doiibtw, are these duties performed by the able and excellent : men Who are here charged with the office of .instruction. Little can be done in kid their efforts, but to exhort and entreat all placed under their care to attend to their admonitions, treasure up their counsels and obey, their injunctions. . .Yet there are some errors which were prevail when I was a boy, which I-have reason to believe still prevail in public schools, and which may perhaps be better handled by aa old friend than aa ac knowledged instructor and to these, therefore, I would for a few moments request -the! favorable attention of the younger portion of my! hearers. ; Vigorous, diligent, and persevering application. is resenuxi ui um auaimnenv o-r excellence in every pursuit of man. V It " is undoubtedly a mis take to suppose, that there is bo original inoquaiity in the mental faculties of different individuals. Probably, then is as great disparity in their in tellectual, ris in their physical conformation. But however false this t utravagant theory- may be, there is an another error far more common and, particularly, far mors mischievous the errors of exaggerating tlie difference between the original energies of intellect, and ot attributing to a splen did and resistless genius those victories, which are not to be achieved but by well directecd and continued industry. ! It is in the infancy of life, that the inequalities of original talents are Jmust striking, and it is not strange that vanity pa the f one hand, and indolent admiration on tlie other, should hyperbohcany extol these obvious advan tages. , In what this disparity consists, it may not be " easy to state ) with precision. But frcm an observation of many years I venture to suggest, that that the' chief -. natural superiority manifested by these favored few over their: com petitors in tlie intellectual conflict, is to be ! found in the facility with which their attentioa is di rected and confined to its proicr subjects. That Jth my W rrajpded as fyrtunate indeed; who in early life can restrain his wandering thoughts and tif down his mind at will, to 'the contemplation of whatever he wishes to - compxv'h&jid r sj d to make his owu. A few moments of this concen trated appUcation, is worth days and weeks of a vague, interrupted, scattered aittenUon. The first resembles the well khown manoeuvre in Strategy, so simple in its conception and yet so astonishing in its results, by which all-the arms of a military force are made to bear upon a gi ven point at the same moment. Every thing here tells, because there is no power wasted, and none misapplied. ,Now let no one despair, be cause he finds this effort to confine his attention difficult, or for a considerable length of time, impracticable. Nothing is more' certain, than that this power over the mind may be acquired. Let the attempt be repeated again and again-first for short, after wards, as the ability is increased, for longer periods, and success will ultimately follow. The habit of fixed " attention will thus be created, and it is one of the peculiarities of all active habits, that in proportion tothedimcul ty with which they were produced, is their in veteracy, when once thoroughly formed. Thus it not unfreqnently happens, that the advanta ges with which the individual commenced his career,; who was naturally alert and devoted ia las attention to every subject as it was success ively presented to his notice, have not enabled him to contend successfully with him, who by hard efforts has chained down his wandering thoughts and disscipated faculties-to the habit, of attention.1 4 Among th3 best rceults wich attend a course of regular academical education, is this exclusive and concentrated direction of the mental powers to their appropriate objects. In the years cm ployed pnucipally in the study of the" learned iansruaffes.the necessity of fihdin&r out the mean ing of each word, or the dependaace of someof them upnn others in certain gramattcal relations, ;..t?ssarity sharpens ! and fixes the attention. After this preparatory discipline uf the intellect, the Student is introduced to the study of mathe matical science, where proposition t leads on to proposition in regular order, and his attention is necessarily enchained to each truth, as it follows with logical eextaihty, from trtuhs previotady de monstrated. He is then initiated into the mys terious laws of Natural Philosophy, as they have been discovered-and illustrated, by a course of risnrous induction, and is ultimately familiarized with the yet nobler and more sublime investiga- - fions of moral science, the refinements of taste, the beauties of eloquence, and thcr charms, of hea venly poesy. And . this , admirable trammg is r conducted remote from ! the bustle and cares of the world, in the vcrv hush if the mssion3. and bevond the reach of besuiline- and distracting: pleasures,. -Here surely, then the understanding is disciplined, its discrimination rendered more acute, its general health and vigour confirmed, while a facility is created for directing its powers to the various manly and trying services, which may await in life's busy theatre But not nn frequently is the question asked by Querulous, dents why all this aevotea aitenuon io me ceao un guages, to mathematical theorems, philosophical experiments, metaphysical disquisitions and criti cal subtleties? In the world, no one talks Greek ct Iatin. and at me forum, or in : the Legislative hall, we shall not be called uport to demonstrate, the propositions of Luclid, et ex plain the I phenomena of hydrostatics and optics: Tlie motives of human action ' are better, lear. ed in that great practical school the world, than by poring .over the theories :eT metaphysicians i. ad all the rules of Quinctillan, Rolhn or Blair, will never make 4 powerful xeaaoner or an eloquent orator. vWhvi then, shall we consume air nights and days in the acquisition of that whichJ is to be of no practidal utiuty nereaueri ana which hrincra4 with it no immediate ad van exeent the oratification i of vrAtU a sh . XII - t,:, 2 friends,be ware'of the tempter!6 IS .estions of Sloth-the Wt mSl persuasive a 'aercus of deceirers. Fttsndaa 3 ba jjre pandial ftoiistrragmeayuriderstaS-u triumph - tt bver sophisjid nerve your eou, t ; 4V 1 :i her wiles. -! B tare,tfyou submitJ, be- w humbiug irifluenceand-wasts yortTfatfeti m idleness, the -.'time Trill come, whea witliUt- f er, but perhaps unavailing anguish, iyouj ehaU' . T temoan Tour folly, ; Remember, that ifjis'not ' -d gaed by an academical education, .id- V teach Jo i ell that it behooves you . to leara-Educa f t tq is aot completed withia these'walls. Whea ' raishallhav qmdedthispeafeirretrcaW which yon are to be engaged, then ,yoq shoold . ' appl alTruur eflort to : the f acotioftvif that 4 species of knowledge whiclr Ii more r mnati - aeedeiLHere i ars mcnlcated those 1 elemiataryi !uuiwj woucuvo uiciftiurr, wuicn expe-. - Hence has" shewn U be . best .fitted, to furm ths1 foundation of the character of the acholai rand :'y gentleman those rudiments of trcction,whicb i omitted here,' are rarely mdecd acquired ' mlterw " warus, nere are to be Mrmsd those habits of vigorous and contiaucus ' application herp': uthm r r capacities Ut improvement are to ha tmhrt- ted and strengthened, so that every occasioii and every employment without these walls may be- - a . . . . come suasKuary toiunncr advancement in know ledge, ability, and usefulness - It is a miserable. ikllacT to mistake the exception for the rule.-: True it is, that'those who have won the highest honors at College, do ' not always V realize the hopes which these glorious bennmgsi have'ex cited. . .The fair bloom of fairest frultw may be I blasted by pestilent dews. Follow yaaity and 7 vice, low pursuiis and vubrar associations, -fad- enc,mtemperaiiee,aiid debatfehciyr,! tettoVuf--' jn debase and destroy the generous youth, who Entered into life's career, rich in academical da- . i jtmcriona, docile, ardent for fame, patient of la- . bour; of manlv puipase and 'noblest promise. . ' Mourn over those moral wrecks. Lamentl the Jnstability of all earthly good, the fiafl cMracter of all human excellence. Weep for those' who have fallen ifrom their high estato, but say" not h was follyin them thus to have risen. True lit is also, that it sometimes, though very rarely hap- I pens, that those who have been idle during their ' academical course, have by extraordinary exer- t fions, retrieved tlieir early neglect; and in the A end outstripped others who started in the race fiy V ahead, j These are thexceptions they furnijh V ause to humble arrogance, check presumpt banish despair, and encourage normation. i But W so sureiy as a virtuous nte usuaHy precedes a hap py death, so surely it will be found, .that within the College precincts is laki the ground work of i that pri-eminencd afrward acquired ih the strife cf men, and that College distinctions are not enlr good testimony of the fidelity witU which Col lege duties have been performed, but the best pre sses and pledges of excellence on a 'more eleva ted and extensive field of action. In defiant. therefore, cf all the lures bf pleasure, and se ductive suggestions of sloth, let active 1 persrvo ifc industry be the habit of your lives. Perm this habit here, and cherish and preserve it ever auerwaras. todihgerice;let ijt be forgotten, that diligence itaelfisbut a subordinate quality, and derives 'its cbjef value ffom the end to which 1 it h directed, atflgotes by whicji it is impeUedi It is diligence hfh good cause oaly that is comrnehia be. i The first great maxim of human conduct, that which it isaJl-important to Lnoprens' en the understandings of young men, and recommend to their hearty adoption, is, above all things, in all "circumstances, and under every emrgeucy, to f reserve a clean heart and an honest purpoBe-- ' ategrity, firm, determined integrity, w t quality, which of all others, raises man to the' highest dignity of his nature, and fits hhn to adi orn and bless the 'sphere in which he is appdiiiX ted to move. Vithout is, neither genius nof learning, neither the ' gifts of G1, ncr'hu:ian exertkras, can avail aught for the acomplish. rqent of the great objects u.:uman exiitenco. Integrlr is the crowning virtue integrity vi the pervading principle which is to regulate control, r.nd vivify, every impulse, desire and ae- tion. Honesty issometimss spoken of a3a vulqrar-r virtao ; and perhaps that honesty, which barely? refrains from outraging the positive rules ordained by society, for the protection of property, audJ wjiich ordinarily pays its debts and perfohns its engagemente,' however useful'sod corcxnendabls a quahty, is not to be numbered anrng the high- -est efforts of human virtue. Bet that Integrity which, ho ever tempting the oppurtuniry, or ; however secure -against detection, no SHifiehr.ess ; nor resentment, do lust of p,wer, place, favor r profit or pleasure, can cause to swerve from tr f sirict rule of right, b the perfection cf inans -moral nature. In this sense, the poet wasight, when he pronounced " an honest maa the iui blest work 1 of trod. It is almost inconceivable what an erect and radepenucntspirit jthis h:h! ; endowment commonicates to the mx, and what " a moral intrepidity and vivify isg energy it hu-: parts to his character. There is a funily alii- . anee between all the virtues ard pcrfectinti-rity is always followed i- by a train of goodly miali'ties, : T frahknM. i hfrnrnrcifTtrl human in-- . ?ttri-tlM. . ci, caiiiKsuv you ere inns nnortM promptness to act, and patience to endure. 4 la j moments ofpublic need, these Indicate the man M j who is worry of. i universal confidence.' Erected" I on such a basis, and built up of such rratrs, : fame ss , enduring. Such is the . fame ofur WjisHijroTor, cf the man infl-xiblfl to ill ici ,;" obstinately just.w Whife, meieforej, othrrnum- 7 uraenfs, intended ia 'pcrrctuate human greatr., are! daily moclderlr - -. x dxist, and brb" the - proud inscriptions ' '1 th ey tfa r, U crratute pyramid cf I. hi :v !.:? fram arc to p.. imperishable, seen 1 dx cJ, lxrnbg high r.tr the jt.- I vast desert,; a mark, a tizn,rx I woadr for tha-.r U J -C-'3m ' '- waf-farers through this 'pil'r' e; life. toofarly cherished, tr Sedulously; cultivate vi in me very uawnirrs occas;c aepe v- 12---- temptations every y cccmV where tompopjfy advantage llolidts a deviation from the riht.i In Jhe discharge of the 'varicpd!ieS :: which you owe to your ccmpahioray no pe tty . selfishness be indulged, noartifirffrattted, ly :x whihyonsreto- escape fronijrr fair share cf labor convenience or cOTtr)bpon or any et de- prived of the full mcasur whatever he maj riffhtfuDy clain. Cultata ainglenW of purpose. and frankness of dp-wanor, and held in contempt whatever is iord Toserigenuous,. cunnipg or mean. But iKhen these peaceful shades shall have been behind, and the fitfaljeorsie of busy 1; A (r. that seductions will be nrtnti m. reVy form by which inexpervkchirhrr ,and faculty of diPuositbJo.can be wavlaid. isthecricia of the yomir:aans fateben is x e to take his stand, tosx-zc his vantage iroundJ t : , If he can then defy tlarcments, cf cupidity 4 vnoose fjiiu Mi!' 3? A 4!. -1 4 , -I V r ': i s '; i - i . : '- AX: -j- 1 1 34 : tr . ; -" V I -5 - - . .. I :xl: U . V ' i a -: if - - ' $ 4 ,i y x i I x r if-x--: :x :W4 r i. t 1 .