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i n 'i TVtiii ner annum in advance.
Tf iLm&ts inserted $1 Pr square for the first,
, W'" Lr each subsequent iasertion.'i Court Or-
-"LioAV-3il PFrnt- "will-be 'made to those
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BAMILY PICTURE.
)GE LONGSTREET. , - f
Georgia family. V-Jt is 'a
f Georgia families gener-
' !iod sense1, good morals, and well improv
ed minds. T9;fe ure, there are in Geor-
,1a, a many wiiops auuui.parenini gov- months, four da
B w..nL as there arein any country, and rm-uA'anitiJ
the practice afvarioas as the opinions. f amendsbe rjrejented
some parents exercise nd government at J 0f blessings, t As soo
ill; othersj contine themselves exclusively
to tbc goVV "if 1 " 1 " tongue ; ana om
eT8 rvti hyt the 'rod alone : but by far the
wer class, blend" these several modes of
.overnmerjt. isnd prefer the one orthe othseljng jhWu
ill t i.iii v II . - i mi, r Trvr. . t f , . - . . : . . :
TMifnriA Vmnrhdort I " JUCT A CBXCT CTOX ALL T0V fc ; 'i KULtXS. Do THIS, A5B LlBZKTT
iri 4- i roprOr. , , V is SAFE." - - ' 4 -T-Ww I Gen'l. Harruon. ,
: NE. SERIES,
NUMBER 26, OF VOLUME U.
SALISBURY, N. C.v OCTOBER 25, 1845
ircordifjg to times'and circumstances.
Xo this; cI4ss belonged Mr. and Mrs. But
jft, the beads' of the family which I am
;Koat to describe. .Gilbert was the chns-
iian nameoi jine nusoana ana tuuza, q
I was intimatelv aennnintprl
botty before , their- union antl
afterwards, ad mitted to their
with the -freedom of one of its
members--indeed I was a connection of
hip of them:
the wile.
vith them
vas ever
toDsehold,
fs and five hours, (I speak governing children of very tender fj-ears
record.) when by way of by prescribed rules.', - -! 1
ented her husband vCpair ' I am half inclined to your opinion,' said
soon as his srood fortune
was made kriov n to him, Gilbert express
ed a regret, hf t he had not reserved his
owti name tint Pnow, in-order that the
twins might bear his own name and mine
Butler. Eliza's discinlinehas berformed
several good offices. It has relieved us
of John's insufferable noise: 5 it has taught
him to control his temner at its first an-
Ma.' said lie as he retired. T wish vou'd
make Bill quitj laughing at me. .
William, 4 I ve as great a mind as 1
ever had to do any thing in my life, to
send yjou fromjthe table, and not let you
eat one mouthful. I despise'that abomi
nable disposition you have, of rejoicing at
name upon the
,d not be, hej bestowed my of a ( hush) which will often supply the
1t rst born, and cave me Place of correction, and al wars Store warn
the privilegelofinaming the second. " As I him of desires unlawful. " ' .
consiaer a gpoa name, rat ner to oe chosen ixng betore the second son arrived at
than great rich' s, I called the innominate, the reasoning age, Gilbert abdicated, un
after Isaac the patriarch, and a beloved reservedly; in' favor of his wife'; cbntent
unckr of minfe. H : " . ing himself with the subordinate station
In this very triumnhant and laudable of her ministerial officer : in whieh he ex-
pearapce. and it learned him the meaning your brother's misfortunes. Remember
sir, what Solomon says : he that is glad
at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Maj said Abraham, may nt I come to
my breakfast.
Yes if you think you can now behave
yourself with -decency.'
Abraham returned : and they all broke
lorth at once.
lit
Thev had been married about
ben a dull November evening.
ihe conversation turned uponvraising chil
dren. 4 By thej way Eliza," said Gilbert,
I have bcnjinkingjforome time past
of rotprchanglng views with you upon this
juhject; itnd jthere never can be abeUer
time thanjnow, while Abraham is with us,
whose opinions we hoth respect, and who
will act ak umpire between us.'
VVell,' said Eliza1, let me hear yours.'
' If we shpulcl ever be blessed with chil
dren. (Eliza (dashed a little.) let it be a
fundamental law between us, that neither
of us ever infei fere vith the discipline of
the other, eithe r. byjlook, word or action,
ittthe.presenfce of the children.'
Toj that rtilel most heartily subscribe.
vnen
us, let not
eight
condolence or sympathy.'
'In that
enrrence;
1 Let us
sion.1
a
child is corrected bv one of
the bther extend to it the least
also you
never correct a child in a pas
The propriety of
mitjbut
able to conform
howeveri
fear
nave my hearty con-
that
LI
that rule I fully ad
I shall not always be
hfoifmjto its requisition. I will,
tndpavor to do so.'
do your best, I shall
Will
. Well it you
hft satisfied.
- Let us as far as' it is practicable, in
troduce among bur .children, the univer
sally admpted principles of good govern
ment among mf ni J
f That ii a very indefinite, rule, husband.
1 know very little of .the principles of good
government among men; and much less
bf those which are universally adrowed.'
- Well, will be a little more specific. I
believe it sun'n ersajlly admitted that laws,
should vrrceqe punishment : and that none
should be punished who are incapable of
'understanding. the law. In accordance
with thesj prinMples, I would never pun
ish archil d, who is incapable of distin
gQishing between right and wrong, nor
until he shal hav been forewarned of
the mons, and taught to avoid it.,N
jtTheseprinciples seem very reasonable
to me,' said Bliza, but they can never be
Applied tochjldjren. 1 If you do not correct
achild until ij is old enough to learn from
precept tne difference between right and
wrong, ittere w-jill be no living in the house
th it for fhb first jfive or six.years of its
life. and no' cprftrollihg it-aftervvards.
Gilbert received these views of his wife
vjth some alarm, and entered upon a long
argument to Convince her That they were
erroneous; i She maintained her own very
veil, but Gilbert had certainly the advan
ce oMifr irl the argument. All he could
ay, hbu4veri did not in the least shake her
confidence i
1 was at 1
9 - 1-1
Wmenim fai-or bf Gilbert:
4 Well.j said shej L never was better
satisfied of ajnjf thing in my life than Tarn
that you are both wrong. But let us com
promise this' niatter. Til agree to this:
'fever I Wept af child before it is old
instruction frbm pre-
you do nbt'approve of my con-
1 tfyftri promise you'never , to do
manner, did Mre. Butler close the list of ecuted her orders in cases requiring more 4 Ma,! may'nt I have some sassidge V
her sons. , physical strength than she possessed. iMa, I Vvant some spare-rib.' Ma, IaVt
She now tiirr ed her attention to daugh- Passing over the intermediate period, I got no coffee! Ma, if you please ma'am
ters, and in thefehort space pf five years now introduce the reader to this family, let me have some ham-gravy, and some
iiuuuucu iurrc,mmi queen migui nave i uuer most oi inecnuaren naa reacneatne inea nomonj, and some egg, and
Deen proua oi. i i neir names in the order "age ot reason. In contemplating the
of their births Were Louisa, Rebecca and scene which I am about to sketch, ne will
Sarah.- 'It-wAs one of Mrs. Butler's max- be pleased to turn his thought occasional
ims, If you la e any thing to do, do it at ly to Gilbert's principles of good govern
once and she! s eemed to be governed by ment.
this maxim ir r laking up her family ; for , Sarah was about two years and a half
Sarah completed the number of children, old, when Gilbert invited me to breakfast
John was ab tft a j ear old, when I was with him one December morning nf ar the
again at Gilbe ts for the evening. He Christmas holidays. It was the morning
was seated by he supper table with the appointed for his second killing of hogs:
child in hisarmkaddressingsome remarks which as the Southern reader knows, is a
to rne, when Ifdalled his attention to the sort of carnival in Georgia. I went, and
found all the children at home, and Gil
bert S mother nrirlorl trt tko AimiKr l;lA
g - v . a VII vlvt
Gilbert jerked mm away suddenly ; which John and Anna reached the age when
' Ma said George, what ia biscuit derived
fromf
I really do not know said Mrs. B., and
yet I have somewhere read an explanation of it.
John what is i. derived from V
JoJen. From the French ; bis twice, and cuit
baked.
Why ma, you don't bake biscuits
so incensed Master-John James Gilbert,
they were permitted to take seats
first table : though uoon this occasion John
not a-
that he screamed insufferably. Gilbert
tossed him, patted him x but he could not being engaged about the pork did
distract his attention from the candle. vail himself of this privilege ; the
iiu uiuvt'u niia ijui oi sigm oi me iumi- cuuureu were taugni to wait
miliary, but that only made matters worse, second table. Breakfast was announced,
and alter the; adults and Anna bad des
of the
He now commenced his first lesson in the
'principles of f'godd government.' He
brought the chd towards the candle, and
the nearer it approachedthe more paci
fied it became! The child extended its be made, they all gathered all around the
arm to catch tpe blaze, and Gilbert bore
it slowly tovvarjls the flame until the hand
came nearl incontact with it, when he
snatched it away, crying bunny finnies P
which is. by interpretation, -you'll bum
your lingers !' Eliza and I exchanged
smiles, but neither of us said any thing.
The child construed this into wanton
teazing and became if possible, more ob- again, and I'll by iocky you with
streperous than ever. Gilbert now resort- n'ess, I'll warrant you.'
ed to another expedient. He put his own 'But the black barrah,' said George,
fingers into the blaze, withdrew them sud- didn t weigh as much for his size as the
denly, blew them, shook them, and give bob-tail speckle, though.'
every sign of a0ute agony. This not only He did.'
quieted but delighted the child, who sig- 4 He didn't.'
nified to him to do it again. He instant- Hush your disputing this instant stop
ly perceived (what ' was practically de- it you shall not contradict each other in
rnonst rated the! minute afterwards.) that that manner. And let us hear no more
the child was butting a most dangerous of your hog-pen wonders no body wants
luerpreiauon upon nis last liiusiration.-
TJ ; till' f . ' .
And some of every thing on the table
I suppose 1 Put down your plates every
one of you. George what'll you have.'
oorae sassidge, and some fried pota
toes ,
i ; i
John, help your brother George. '
4 What do you want William?'
4 1 want some spare-rib and some fried
homony.'
4Chaney, help William.
4 What do you want Abraham V
I reckon said John smiling, 4 he'd like
a little souse
4 Now John behave yourself. He has
suffered the punishment of his fault, and
at the let it there rest
4 I'll have said Abraham, some ham-
gravy, and some egg, and some homony.'
4 Help him Chaney. ; .
' Whit'lljiou have Isaac?' f
4 I'll have some ham-gravy and some
homony and some sassidge, and
rest of
or the
some
patched their jrneal, the children were sum- spare-rib and some
moned. AS they Were bidden, and there Well vnn'ra nnt a tmlntrin havn ivrvthinr
- ' : J . O O 'J O
were some preparatory arrangements to on the table I, assure you. What do you want?
fire clamorous with the events
morning." ,
4ByJocky said William, 4 didn't that
old black barrah weigh a heap !
Look here young gentlemen,' said
mother, 4 where did you pick up such lan
guageas that! Now let me ever hear
you by-jochying or by-'ing anything else
a wit
I want some ham-gravy, and some homony.'
4 John help i '
4 No, Idontivant nogravy, I want some spare
no. ! i ;
4 John give him
He determined therefore, not 'to repeat it.
The child, nothatisfied with the sporty de
termined to jji eat it Jiimself: which the
father' opposing, he began to reach and
cry as before. There was but one expe
fiment lefV; aiad that was, to let the child
her opinion.
jngth appealed to, and I gave
little. This he resolved
to conduct it properly was
and
wtQre ad
tnough tb
cf pt and
Met I w
the like
Well.'
rv' i i . l
Me more ru e wil
said Gil
children kh
inat is
so
ustm
feel the flamef a
to try, but how
not so easily he
allow the infant to nut his hand into the
blaze ; becadseit would burn too little, or
too much. Hfr therefore resolved to direct
the hand to ap point so near the flame, that
the increasing I eat would induce the child
to" withdrawfhfs hand himself Accord
ingly he brotight the extended arm slowly
towards the fl,ime ; the "child becoming
impatientwih every moment's postpone
ment of its grptincation, until the hand
came within kbout an inch of the wick,
when he held the child stationary But
John would no
tionary, nor alt
snatching at th
efforts fruitless,
ly back, gave
to hsar them.'
At this instant William snatched a pig
tail out of Isaac s hand.
4 Ma said Isaacmake Bill gi' me muh
tail , j
4 You William give him his tping.
And, it i was near you i d box yoUr ears
for that snatching. Mr. Butler, ybu real
ly will have to take that fellow in hand.
pert, that is very lair.
settle the fundamen-J
ve pay safely trust all others to
unive;
ent.
th
rsa
ei
Let us never address
nonsensical gibberish,
lv Prevalent amonar na-
KWs, and naVtieularlv amonsr moth
tlnno onrl it
i 'J willjr (i llll 111 Ob llltl?') IIIU lb
Jeatly reta d$ a child's improvement,4n
onu.--Vere it hot for this, I have
.dpubt children would speak their mo
itner tongbe U correctly at four years old,
they dp at s xtcen. . - '
. Hza. smilec ,f and observed, that this
f such a teniall, matter that it had also
4ete bc ler i future adjustment. To
'J Gilbert rather reluctantly assented.
'About two months after this con'versa-
Gilbert was blessed with a fine son;
w .
;nofn henabed John James Gilbert, after
e.two graridfatljers and himself a pro
ofjnamejs vVhich he had cause af-,
ardsf6eje : V
k fourteen months and six days there
j Jef he vai bjes4ed with a fine daughter,
4ft uE!H n4ned,-:Afiri r Francis Eliza,
theiiwo grandmothers and herself.
he Called
wiers. v
tied. It would not do to He's getting so that I can do nothipg with
11 1111. "
Ma,' said Bill he took my blatha
Hush r
4I didn't.'
You did.'
4 Dont 1 tell you to hush your disputing
4 Well ma, uncle York give it to me.
4 He didn't, uncle Monday give it to me.'
He didn't.
He did
Here the mother divided a pair of slaps
equally between the two disputants which
silenced them lor a few moments.!
At this juncture, Miss Rebecca cried
out with a burnt finger; which she re
ceived in cooking another pig-tail. The
burn was so slight that she forgot it as
her mother jerked her from the; fire.
4 You little vixen said the mother,
4 what possesses you to be fumbling about
the fire 1 Mr. Butler I beseech yop to lor
bid the negroes giving these child
more of these poison pig-tai Is. ) They are
a source. of endless torment. And now
young gentlemen one and all o
the next one of you that brings
those things into this bouse again;
his ears as long as' I can find him
remember it Come along to your
fast.'
In a little time after some controversy
was arrested! by the
ere all seated ; John
sooner, the motner acquires control over vvno had dropped in in the mean time,taK-
let his hand remain sta-
hc? chosen point. He. kept
! candlef till finding all his
he threw himself violent
his father a tremendous
thump on the; nose with the back of his
head, and kickdd and screamed most out
rageously. 1 j
4 You "littla rfa
good mind to g
uive mm i$
4 You'd Jbelle
jjjg 4 No, t dont; want no spare -rib, I want some
sassidge-' ;
4 Well if you dont make up your mind pretty
quick, you'll Want your breakfast, I tell you. -
1 m not going to be tantalized all day long by
your wants. Say what you want and have done
with it 1
4 1 want some ham-gravy and some sassidge
ana some homony.
4 Helb him John
4 John helped him to about a tea-spoonful from
each dish.
4 Now, Ma, list look at bud John 1 He hanVt
gi'me only these three little bit o'bits,'
4 John, if vou cant keep from tantalizing the
children, tell me so, and 1 will not trouble you
to help them -any more. I confess that I
am at a! loss tb discover what pleasure one of
your agejean lake in teazing your younger bro
thers.' j
4 Rebecca what do you want?'
4 1 want my pig tail ma'am.''
Bleis my soul and body, hav'nt you forgot
that pig-tail yet. It's burnt up long ago I hope.
Look Boh and see, if it i$nt give it to her. I
wish in: my heart there never was a pig-tail up
on the face o the earth.'
Bob produced the half charred pig-tail and
laid it on Miss Rebecca's plate.
4 There continued hermother, I hope now
your heart's at ease. A beautiful dish it is tru
ly, for any mortal to lake a fancy to.'
4 Ma I dont want this pig-tail.'
4 Take it away I knew you did'nt want it,
you little perverse brat, I knew you did'nt want
it : and I dont know what got into me to let you
have it! Bui really I am so tormented out of
my lifei that half the time I hardly know wheth
er i ra standing on my head or on my heels.
4 MU'es said Chaney, 4 aunt Dorcas say
please jmake Miss Louisa come out of the kitch.
en say if you dont make her come out o' ihe
fire she'll git burnt up presently say every
time she tell her to come out o' the fire she
make iouth at her
Why surej enough, where is Louisa ! Go
and tell her to come into her breakfast this in
stant i
seal' said Gilbert, 4 I've a
ve you a good spanking.'
me said Mrs.Butler.
not take him said Gil
bert in an undefr tonef while he is in such
a passion.
L 4 No danger,!
me.
As she received
she very sharjpj
she said; 4 hand him to
you
one of
I'll box
him, ' hush sir ! said
and the child hushed
she very sharply ; and the child nusnea In a littIe timc afu
instantly and vjasasleepin a few minutes. about pIaces vvhich v
4 Strange sa(d Mr. Butler, how much mother's eye, they w
WHftt bleSSinfl' likn nn'tn tb flrct vb!ni
---f ..MM ..WV , ' M.M
George I;
, after his two bro-
tenk mnths and nineteen days af-
m l George, a fourth blessing
fine - e? uPon Gilbert in the form of a
?e Tiiis1 took the name of William
Buus, after two brothers of: hisj wife.
jfxa now made a long rest of nineteen
4 Not at all said Mrs. Butler. Ybu
would have controlled him as easily as I
did, if you had given him the same lesson
beforehand thaH did.He got in just such
an uproar the other day and finding noth
ing else woultj jquiet him, I spanked it out
of him : and I have had no more' trouble
in jquieting him! since "
I begin to tlihk, Butler said I, Uhat
Eliza was right in the only points of dif
ference between ybu, touching the man
agement of children. I observed that' j-ou
addressed thejepild just jnow in the! gib&
berish you so m ich condemnecLbefore you
became a fathef-; and though it seemed
ridiculous nbugu, -especially in lypul l
think it would. have appeared still more
ridiculous, if ofi-had said toa child so
ing his father's seat.
4 Is-s-sp f said William, sassidgest that's
what I love.' I
'Hoolisaid Isaac, 4 Spare-ribs 1 that's
what I love ' I '
4 Well cease your gab, and la what's
set before you without comments. No
body cares what you love or j what you
don't love - J ;
Rn,KP ' fsaid Abraham, 4 i don t love
souse I wouldn't eat souse ta'nt fi
a dog to eat j
fifit un. sir. right from the Stable, and
march out of the .house until you learn
better manners. Til be bound ifl say you
hall eat souse, you eat it. JJo you bear
me sir . . . , 1 J.
Abraham raked himself j lazily; out of
young; John,lrny son, do not put your fin. bis seat, and moved slowiy on, casting a
gers into the flame of the candle, it will Jonging look at the many good J things on
u. n tki .vriiinf " Ya tKto wKiVi b thought- fatten lor a
taught you tUe! absolute : impossibility' of .prince toeat - , s ' -
, i . .
-1
?.
Hi
4 1 did tell fier ma'am : and she say she wont
come, till sh gets done bakin' her cake
Mrsi Butler left the room, and soon re-appeared
with Louisa sobbing, and crying: 4 Aunt
Dorcas1 jerkedTne jist as hard as ever she could
'fore I klid any thing 'tall to her
4 Ho!ld your tongue ! She served you right
enoush : vou'd no business in there. You're
Now a pretty thing to be making mouths at a person
break- old enough ;to be your grandmother. If I'd
thntirht when I cave vou that little lump ot
j- - , C - ml '
douffhJthatthe whole plantation was to be turn
ed up ide down about it, I'd have let you do
without it. i
4 Miss Loqisa, after a little sobbing and pout-
inff. drew from her apron, a small dirty, ashey,
Mark Jwrinkled. burnt biscuit, warm from the
kitchen sborej, which would have been just pre
ciselv the proper accompaniment to Miss Re
becca s dish ; and upon this, in preierence io
to evefy thing on the table, she commenced her
repast
Well LoU,' said the mother with a laugh as
she cast beri eyei upon the unsightly biscuit,
4 yiHi Certainly have a strange taste !
Evry body knows, that the mother's laugh is
always responded to with a compound interest
by all her children. So was it in this instance ;
and good humor prevailed round the table.
l'm sorry said Abraham, fbr Looisia's
b-i-s, his, k-iit kit, biskUS
Well really said Mri. B., 4 you are a hand
some Lpeller.b Is that the way you spell biscuit!'
I can spell it ma V bawled out Isaac.
Well spell iU . Vs tt
7 Bi.s ci-(WeU that't right,)--h Ab
well that 'II ido, you needn't go r.ZLj farther;
you're missed it farther than your brother. -
pell it, William J " : ' - r ' -
; William tpelled it correctly. ;
ten for
William.
twice over !
Abraham. Yes ma does sometimes ; don't
you ma, when company comes ?
Mother. No ; I sometimes Warm over cold
ones, when I havn't lime to make fresh ones,
but never bake them twice
Butler. They were mader to carry to sea ;
and they were then baked twice over ; as I be
lieve sea biscuit still are. '
Isaac. Ma what's breakfast 'rived from?
Mother. Spell it and you will see ? , .
Isaac. B-r-e-c-k, breck, fu-s-t, fust, 5reaJl-.
fast.
Mother. Well Ike, you are a grand speller.
Break-fast, is the word ; not breck-fusf. j
Abraham. I know what it comes from.
Mother. What?
Abraham. You know when you call us chiK
'en to breakfast, we all break off and run as fast
as we can split. 1
Mother. ell that is a brilliant derivation
truly. Do you suppose there was no breakfast
betore you children were born ?
Abraham. But, ma, every body has chil'en.
Mrs. ButW explained the term.
Isaac. Ma I know what sassidge comes
from.
Mo'.licr. What ?
Isaac. 'Cause its got sass in it.
Well there, there, there, I've got enough of
your derivations unless they were better.
You'll learn all these things as you grow older.
Just here. Miss Sarah, who had been break
fasted at a side table, was seized with a cu rosi
ly to see what was on the breakfast table.
Accordingly, she undertook to draw herself
up to the convenient elevation by the table cloth.
Her mother nrrested her just in time to save a
cup, and pushed her aside with a gentle admo
nition. This did not abate Miss Sarah's curi
osity in the least, and she recommenced her ex
pediment. Her mother removed her a little
more emphatically this time. These little in
terruptions only fired Miss Sarah's zeal ; and
she was returning to the charge with redoubled
energy, when she ran her cheek against the
palm of her mother's hand with a rubifacicnt
force. I
Away she went to her grandmother, frying
Gramma, ma whipp'd your precious darln' an
gel baby.' " !
4 Did she my darling ! Then grandma's pre
cious darling angel must be a good child, and
mother won't whip it any jmore.' ;
4 Well I will be a dood chile j
4 Well then mother wont whip it any fnore
And this conference was kep't up withoulj vari
tion of a letter on either side, until the grand
mother deemed it expedient to remove Miss Sa
rah to an adjoining room, lest the mother should
insist upon the immediate fulfilment of her pro
mises, v
4 Ma just look at Abe I'i cried out William,
he saw me going to take a biscuit, and he
snatched up the very one I was lookin' at.'
4 Abe, said the mother,-4! do wish I could
make you quit nicknaming each other; and
wish more, that I never set you the example
put down that biscuit sir, and take anothor.'
Abraham returned the biscuit, and William
took it up with a sly, but triumphant giggle at
Abraham.
4 Ma,' said Abraham, Bill said Gud durn.'
4 Law, what a story ! Ma, I declare I never
said no such thing
4 Yes you did, and Chaney heard you
William's countenance immediately showed
that his memory had been refreshed; and he
drawled out 4 never none now . with a tone and
countenance that plainly imparted guilt to some
extent. His mother suspected he was hinging
upon technics, and she put the probing question
Well what did you say V L - '
4 1 said, I be teto'lly odurn,1
4 And that's just as bad. Mr. Butler, you pos
itively will have to take this boy in hand. He
evinces a strong propensity to profane swearing,
which if not corrected immediately will become
ungovernable
4 Whenever you can't manage him said
Butler as before, 4 just turn him over to me, and
I reckon I can Cure him.'
4 When did he say it V enquired the mother,
returning to Abraham.
4 You know that time you sent all us chilVn
to the new-ground to pick peas !'
4 Why that's been three months ago at least ;
and you've just thought now of telling it. Oh
yon malicious toad you, where do you learn to
bear malice so long 1 I abhor that trait of cha
racter in a child
4 Ma said Bill, 4-Abe ha'n't said his prayers
for three nights.' "
Abe and Bill now exactly swapt places and
countenances.
4 Yes said the mother, 4 and I suppose I
should never have heard of that, if Abraham had
not told of your profanity.'
4 1 know better dragged out Abraham, in
reply to William. . '
4 Abraham said the mother solemnly, did
you kneel down when you said your prayers last
night.'
. 4 Yes ma'am said Abraham brightening a
little.
4 Yes ma, continued Bill, 4 be kneels down
and 'fore I say 4 now I lay me down to sleep
he jumps up every night and hops in bed and
says he's done said his prayers, and he ha'n't
had time to say half t a prayer
During this narrative, my namesake kept
cowering under the steadfast frown of his moth
er, until be transformed himself into the perfect
personification ot idiocy.
How many prayers did you say last night
Abraham?' pursued the motbef in an awfully
portentous tone
4 1 said one, and' (here Abraham paused.)
One and what ?' . ... ,
One and piece of t'other one .
' 4 Why ma, be could'nt ha' said it to save his
life for he had'ot time- " .-; t :
4 Hush sir. I dont ask jour assistance
7 4 1 did, mutterred Abraham, . M ; said t'other ;
piece after I got in bed - : 1 . 1 I '
Abraham said his mother. 4 I declare I do
not know what to sky to you. I am so mortified
so snocKea ai mis conduct, mat I am complete- .
ly at a loss to know how to' express! myself :
about if. Suppose you had died last night af
ter trifling with you r. praye rs. asyou did;, who
can say what would have become, of you I Is
it possible that you cannot spend a few minutes :
in prayer lb your Heavenly, Futher, who -feeds,
you, who clothes you. and; who gives you every
good thing you have in the world, Vou poor
sinful child, I could weepbver you , - .
Poor. Abraham evincedsnch deep contrition -under
this lecture, (for. ho sobbed as if his heart
would break) that his mother deemed it pnident
to conclude with suasires ; which she did inthe
happiest manner. -"f . j ; .
llaving thus restored Abraham's equanimity
in a measure, whh a greatly encouraging smile,
she continued : . " " ' t
And now Abraham, tell your, mother how
you came to say a part of the second prayer!
4 1 could'nt go to sleep till ! said it ma'am.
Well that is a good sign at least.. And what
partAvasitJ - " J '"
God bless thy fatJter and mother,' ' ,
Mrs. Butler felt quickly for her handkerchief.
It had fallen from herjap, and she waj glad 'of -it.
She depressed her head bclqw the table in
search of it dismissed the children before she "
raised it and then rose with a countenanco
suffused with smiles and tears. - ' V
Poor babes, said she," what an odd com
pound of good and bad they are I , 'I
The grandmother returned just at this time,";
and discovering some uneasiness at Mrs. But
ler's tears, the latter explained. As she con-
eluded 4 The Lord bless the poor dear boyv
exclaimed the venerable matron, raising her -apron
to her eyes, thaf show? he's got a good
heart. No danger oflhe child that can't sleep
till he prays for bis father and mother , : -
ANCIENT REMAINS IN TENNESSEE. T
From a review in the National Intelligencer
of a volumn, recently published, jcontaing
44 Transactions of the American Ethnological - -
Society," we take the following notice of an ar.''
tide furnished by Dr. Gerard Troost--the dis- .
tingtished State Geologist f Tennessee and '
the equally distinguished Professor of Natural
Philosophy, Ate, in bur University. -. J .. ,
44 An account of some ancient remains in Tenncs
see" by Gerard Troost, M. l - t "
This is a highly interesting paper. Among- "
other information which it contains, t appears
to set two mooted questions, with respect to -Western
antiquities, almost entirely at rest, .
The first is that of the mummies which are said
to have been found in the cavesuf Tennessee.
Dr. T. nppearsto prove that the bodies which .
have been found are not properly mummies, but
merely dried cadavers exhibiting nmarks of
embalming, or artificial preparation, lie doubts,
whether one of these, which he examined, was
even of remote antiquity. t The other question
is respecting the numerous graves found in the
Western States some years ago,' and which'
were said to contain the remains of an extinct
pigmy race of human beings. DK Trobst sup
poses these graves to contain the collected bones '
of the slain in battle. The Indian custom was
to carry their slain to their own -towns, and
hang them up in mats on trees. - At, their gen. "
eral burying festivals, the bones thusj preserved
were collected and buried, 44 and hence, in my
opinion' says Dr. T., 44 those numerous small
graves which are attributed, but Lbelieye er- .
roneously, to pigmies. I haveppened num-.? 7
bers of these small graves, and have jfound them V
filled with a parcel of mouldered bones, iro oc--cipital
bones ; of course, it was a mere , mix
ture of bones belonging to moro than one bo- '
dy. These bones lay without any! prder '
The Doctor then considers the circumstances,
attending the extensive ancient burying grounds,
p 1 m it . . '.) . . '
iouna in lennessee. tie menuoaa one near
ishville. about a mile in . lengthand of un
known breadth, in which is found stone coffins .
close to one another that each corpso is sep. . ,
arated from its neighbor by only a single stone,
the side of one cofiin forming one of the sides v
of the next. In a circle of about ten miles in
diameter there are six extensive' burying,
grounds. These graves are supposed to cbn- '
tain the remains of an extinct race." From
conversations which he has held with the most t
aged and best instructed, of Cherokee and . -Creek
Indians.the Doct. learns that neither Ken
tucky or Tennessee was ever permanently In- .
habited by any existing or lately existing tribe
they visited then only in their hunting excur- , "
sions ; they Jad an abhorrence of Kentucky, t
"the land of dark aiid bloody groundrThe bu..
rying places of the Cherekees are few and not
extensive. The shape of the skulls found in these v
ancient burying grounds diners materially from :
that of jail other Indian skulls in possession of
Dr. Morton, of Philadelphia, whose' collection
is the most numerous of any in , the United -States.
The extinct race is supposed to' have -been
less civilized than the Indians who were .
found here at the time of Columbus. . This is .
inferred from the trinkets and utensils -found in .
the graves leingofLa very rude construction,
and all formed of some natural product none of
metal. Dr. Troost says that the. examination
of these trinkets, &c, s created in him an
opinion that the people to whom they belonged,
and in whose graves they are found, camo from
some tropical country ; and ho adduces many
cogent reasons for thinking so. That, they
were idolaters, tmd, from their idols, several of , ;
which are in the possession of Dr.TVticqUainted
with some of the idolatrous mysteries of thej,
Egyptians and other eastern nations is very evi.
dent. This would seem to indicate that the
earliest inhabitants ot this continent bad an ,
eastern origin, and is corroborative of thoopin-
ion ol Mr. uallatin. . r
rne custom House Liters. 1 ne iew
York Herald says another pamphlet is
still more curious letters; nicked up in the
Custom House, some of them written by
Mr. Van Buren addressed to Jess lloyt,
and others addressed to othe'rdistinguisb.
ed characters. ,. - f f-; ' ,
Among the batch is said to be a const d-
erable leaven of amatory correspondence,
written by ladies who wanted 'office; onj
any consideration, forUheulrif nds &c
&c.- The Herald intimates that this cor-
respondence will give an insight into a- ;
new class of society, and utterly astound -the
public with revelations that have ne-
ver been dreamed of. Tho pamphlet is
now ready, as Mackenzie himself declares
to his publishers, but he is only waiting
the disposition to be made next week byj
the Chancellor before he puts this new n
brochure to press. J' , , v ;
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