TfiF THE ClBOUXi WATliniAX.
r' nrr yrar.Two Dollars payable in
"l? not paid in advance, Two Dollars
..!vn"'r ... .,n Ue cha rued.
. fi 1 4
rtrd at $1 for Ihe tirst. nna cw. ;
rl . ",.f, subsequent insertion. Uourtoruers
ruarri hiifher than these rates.
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''T locooo to those who advertise by the year
r dr .., t-M.lor must be post paid.
KLlZAUCni WILSpN.
BV L. MARIA CHILD.
jirttrinff ftory i founded upon facts which oc
' - tht laitpr part of the eighteenth century
V' 1 e incnl-nt e stiff in the memory of many
rv k'hitann of t-'healcr county, Pennsylvania. ,
f r izbetii Wiwoynvas one of humble
f- .rhrcspfctatjr.parenlage. From in
she was re marked lor beauty and a
'f' te nervous organization. Her bro
i William, two ears older, was like-
I 1 a hin'-rJ,ne c vv',n H ,nore -lur-
j vigorous frame. He had a penile
P" i.-arf, which expended its affec
ts roost lavihly on his Tnother and lit
? .t-r In their early years Lizzy was
fr11"" ir 1... . ... .i
',n to bunt for eggs, the little one was
re to run prattling along with hnrrband
hanJ. " JC Pt''feU' walnuts from the
' Jj,e vva sure to be there with her lit
I basket, to pick ,ntm UP- They sat on
! me blue bench to eat their bread
' ii . .ml Willi I ll M flftl'l 1unl Ir'.t'..
-J fill 1 i ' nunc
ievtr owned, the affectionate boy carv
j0nitthr letters W. and E. for William
. Elaabelh. The sister lavishly re
'.Vrd bis love. " if a.pic was baked for
' 5(,r would never break jt till Willi
is 1
to share ; anu sue wouiu never go
unless her arms were about his
l
Xhrir mother, n woman of tender heart
-djirlding trmper, took ureat delight in
f ban lsoci cbiUren. Olten, wlinshe
rnt out to RUher chips or brush, she.
J,pprd to lookiin upon them, as they sat
jilkblufi beHch. feeding each other from
t,,t l-ttle porringers of bread and mRk.
Ja-cros Ijgbts from aside-window threw
ithfm reflection of the lilac bushes.
L thai the) -seemed seated in a flowering
rovf. It was the only picture the' poor
toman bad ; hut none of the oldmasters
tuJjn'f equ filled its beautyX
The earliest and strongest development
,j ; Lizzy's character was love. JShe was
mis caresin her kitten, or twining
r arms about Willie's neckor leaning
I:, her moiber's lap, begging for a kiss.
Jl dozen times a day she would look earn
J:!)- into her mother's eyrs, and inquire,
oeseeciimgiy, " uoes you love, your
:!,'e Lizzy?" And -If the answer did not
"air as promptly as us.tal, heo- beautiful
rs,HlwHjs pUiutive m their expression,
will heio to swim with tears.;- Thfs
ironc necessity of loving," which so ner-
tdrS the OHlurr of 'uomail. the fair rhihl
hnitfd from her geutfe mother; and
fyfi) brr, loo, inherited a deficiencv iA'
mnrvs. which feUch natures have double
irJ. To It every thitig, and do every
Mi,. ni viii0f- rur luvru, was me para
junl law of her exnience.
Schn being whs of course burn icr
rrow. Even jn iofrtricv. the discerninp-
I f miflil hlready see its inophetic shad-
lrrsi,i0n her i-xpressivr countenance.
Miryt ;reat hltliclioit of her lilt Was
JemKol her mother, when she was
jeaw old. Irr delic-tle nerves were
itierrd by the-hlow. nnd were nr.vrr at
Mrds fully letoied to health. Tt...
i
I
i Wy of her beloved mother, with
cmnnon her eye lids, was so awful-nprrftd-on
her imagination, that the
if
? Uovn-d her everywhere, even in
tier dreams. A she sle
jrJ,rom L,r lrcrTulous eye-lashes, and
-ITlnre VlKinne t-l.v .
I
. i'u7 urr siari anu
J'f. There was no gentle voice near
p:he her perturbed spirit ; none to
an angel's shining robe over the
'pectre that lay so cold and stiff
;WI;ot memory. Her father fed
-clahe-d his children, and caused them
;au?tto read and write. It did not
,c;r o bim that any -thing more was in
''J parental duty. Of clothing for
;nJ or flM,d for the heart, he knew
r&;?; , b;; own had nevr b cimh.
'ed. He came weary from daily
, , ,8uPPr. HJzed in his chair
1
4
i
aim men sent th nhii.i
w times after the deih r i,;.. ...:r
i
, f
lv . t . . dtcr; but she never
,ov" )r little Lizzy ?" Wil
.1,1,! ?0nl cooiation; and all he
usio ween nnvinoj.. ...:.t
N,irmlSin5 W,lich "nilndedxhe
- - r I'xivuiiiciY Willi
i i
em
wore, as usuaI Pn:i u. ... .
ttJ- aciteJ l"ai,Knzeu UP" her. To
irn s, ;C'.etJ everything appear-
,llr?eil and sigh. The rustling of
keth .remg" wind went thro'
.ee.uhu ... " n spirit; and when
'T.h'hl.ih. would Wde
Willi, i u,"l"PrSi,)0S0rnnJ whis-
P efD Inn!,; ",r WOUIU
Ll p l0inK at me. sa,
l
!
:r,i "!o io me, and it makes me
Ocularly wl . S hAVe fplt thus,! ,CI
. " iiiouence oi
-fence
tuwJtoJ,ke,i--
.i tome to all."
:nu SlMe Of flino. . , .
Vns J lrarne oriff inlii.i i i i
f , 'Ve ch''J soo f t "ym de,'"ate- Tche
. Irity o, whkht fCt ,0 fitS
Uifr On Cnm;'C? ?Vl,rJ threatened
fram-'.'. 'nrious to
'i&v wu comini? r .i u
Piters. . uul 01 Jnese 8nnrmj I
i. .sand ht;.iM " '
At.v ua"k'"Wher . 100KS i her
'uiayear " . coarser anu stronger natures, iney cuuiu
e;"er tbHonely honSH ange 1 "one of lbem imagine that the slow siag
J.eP bother i o u' A stronS nation of the heart easily, dim the light of
lnv... a,,apnerrpti .... i lirr
Rrt . ?wo nuit .i u-80ierent j ble.
ftW.T " 1u,et and timiH
fLizzv luVu m0U1ers' of
. .v.
more j
l lrf1"m Ti 1a TT-K S-X --rr-, V
1 V W U ' 1 VU A II A TTTT-r A rm
ii ii ii 1 1 i . ii j 1 1 f ii iiii ii ai , i i r 1 1 i in n k in a tp -r-
m- u u vi x 1 1 i i i i i u i 1 1 i 1 1 I i 1 1 r i it ii ii 1 1 1 1 u vi i
' J. J. nlumih : -
4-iVoPne. D.. nA ' NEW SERIES
- : f - I VOLUME VIII NUMBER 29.
than evcrturned back upon itself, andE
. u.u enougn to work on 'the
mim, was now absent most of the day
and the fair girl, so richly endowed! dv
nature with all deep feelings and beabti-
iu, tenacities, so lavish of her affections
accuMomea to iree outpourings of
love, became rprvfl ....i j.
, , , ",,u "PPttreni y
cold and stupid. When the step-motber
gave binK lo an infant, the fountains of
feeling were again unsealed. It was her
'delight to watch the babe, and minister
to its wants. But this development of The
affections was likewise destined to be hip
ped in the bud. The step mother, though
by-no means hard hearted, was econohi
cal and worldly-wise. She deemed it
most profitable to enfoy a healthy, stbut
niece of herownome what older than
Elizabeth, Hxrtmve her step-daughW
bound out in some family where she could
,gxu,, r-L,t Was a,so dermined
that William should go to service ; and
his place of destination was fifty miles
from that of his sister.
The news of this arrangement was ve
ry bitter to'the children. Roih
j. VI
; . v" inccMjr mai mey.were
willing to go ; but their voices were dep
sad. and almost inaudible. Without say
ing another word, the boy put on his hat,
and the glr her sun bonnet, and taking
eah other by the hand, they went forth
Hnjd roamed silently to their mother's gnive.
I here they stood f on a long time, still
stilland their tears dropped fast on the
green sod. At last, Elizabeth sobbed jut.
" Oh if dear mother was alive, Williejwe
should not have to go away from honie."
liut Willie could only answer bv a fresh
outburst of grief. A little clump of wild
flowers nodded over the edge of the
mound. The affectionate boy cut two of
them, and said, Let us keep these Lizzy
to remember mother by."
The flowers werecarefully pressed be
tween the leave of Lizzy's Testament,
and when the sorrowful day of parting
came, one was nicely folded" in a paper
for Willie. Now, dear sis, give'me that
nice little curl," said he. putting his finger
on a sof'u golden brown ringlet that pes
tied cloe to her ear, and lay caressirjgly
on her downy cheek. She glanced in the
fragment of a glass that served for a mir
ror, and wiijj eyes brimful of tears, sh,e.
answered, Oh, Willie, I cannot give you
that. Don't you remember how dear bio
ther used to wet my head all over with
co d water, to make my hair curl She
used to laugh when I shook my head,knd
made the. curls all over my forehead ; knd
sne would kiss that one in particular. She
said it was such a darling curl." Thus
childishly dwl the innocent ones speak i to
gother. The hrother twisted the fa-voj-ite
curl round his finger, and kissed it
tod ; and a aright tear fell on it, and glit
tered in the sunshine.
Willi am left home a few days earlier
than his sister, and bitterly did the lonely
one sob hemelf to sleep that nicht. IShe
shuddered in the dark, and when the moon
looked in at the window, its glance seem
ed more mournful than ever. The riext
mqrriing, she-fell from tlie breakfast table
in a fit more severe than usual. But as
she soon recovered, and these spasms now
occurred only at distant intervals, herstep
mother thought she had better be in readi
ness to depart U the appointed time. !
The wagon was brought to the door,
and the father said to her, " Lizzy, put on
your bonnet, and bring your bundle. It
is time to go." Oh, how the poor child lin
gered in her little bed-room, where she
and Willie slept in their infant days, and
vvljere the mother used to hear them say
thtir prayers, and kiss them both, as they
lay folded in each others arms. To the
strong step-mother she easily said good
bye ; but sherpaused long over the cradle
of the babe, and kissed each of its Ijttle
fingers, and fondly turned a little wave of
su0ny hair on!his pure white forehead.
Her heart swelled, and she had to swal
low hard to keep down the sobs ; for it
was her cradle, and she was thinking how
her mother used to ,sing her to sleep.
Her father spoke to her in a tone of unusu
al tenderness, as if he too remembered; her
infancy, and the gentle one who useoj to
rock her in that cradle. " Come, Lizlzy,"
said he, " it is time to go. You shall come
back and see the baby before long." With
blinded eyes she stumbled into the wagon.
and turned and looked back as long as
she could see: the old elm tree by her bed
room window, where all the summers of
her young life she had watched the swal-
s come and go. 3 i
It is a dreary fate for a loving and sen
sitive child to be bound out at service a
mong strangers, even if they are kind
hearted. The good woman of the house
received Lizzy in a very friendly manner,
arid told her to make hejself at homje.
But the word only sent a mournful echo
through her heart. For a few days,: she
wf nt abouUn a state ot abstracti
kerned like absolute stupidity. . H
mher had prepared them for i
leine them was somethins t
went about 4n a state of abstraction that
er step-
thisi by
telling them there was sometning strange
d . i .u.Lu
aooui zy, ana many peopie uiuygu
many people thoqght
fits had affected her mind. Being of
intellect in a creature so keenly suscepn-
But bv decrees, the duties reauried
her roused her faculiies into greater ac-
tivity ; and when night came, she was for
U l n ft 1 , Vd AW A ' If U A W
, , i, - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER on to.,
i i rm . i w i I m
innately too weary to lie awU
weep Sometimes she dreamed of Wil
he, and her dreams of him were always
til? VRn5rtTa m ; but her mother Jme
times fondled her with looks of love and
somet came as the pae colds
i bus i the months passed slowly away.
Her father came to see her at distant in
lervals and once in a great while a letter
r fr7 Millie, in a large stiff hand
Unaccustomed to writing, he could not
through this medium tell much that was
passing in his heart. That he wanted
badly to see his sister, and often kissed the
flower they plucked from the dear moth
ers grave, was the substance of all his
espistles.
In the mean time, Lizzy was passing
nto womanhood. Childhood and youth
kissed each other, with new and glowing
noanttf I.J . j i . " O
TiT v . ue,,CHle cheeks mantled
witn a richer color, and h er f pi- r Kino
eyes, shaded with long fringes of the dark
est brown. looked out upon life with a
more earnest and expressive longing.
rlain and scanty garments rnnbl n
i - . 1 1 w v vuir
ceal the graceful outline of her flexible
ngure, and her motions were like those
ot some prettv timid nnimul i
j iiiuii mat tins al-
wavs stepped to sylvan sounds. She was
not aware of her uncommon loveliness,
though she found it pleasant to look in
the glass, and had sometimes heard stran
gers say to each other, "See that pretty
There were no young men in the imme
diate neighborhood, and she had not been
invited to any of the rustic dances or quil
ting frolics. One bashful lad in the vi
cinity always contrived to drive his cows
past the house where she lived, and ea
gerly kept watch for a glimpse of her, as
she went to the barn with her milking
pails. But if she happened to pass near
enough to nod and smile, his cheeks grew
red, and his voice forsook ; and she could
not know or guess that he would lie awake
long that night, and dream of her smile,
and resolve that some time or other he'
would have courage to tell how handsome
she was, and how the sight of her made
his heart throb. She did not yet know
that she could love anybody better than
she had loved Willie. She had seen her
darling brother but twice during their
three years of seperation ; hut his image
was ever fresh and bright in her memory.
When he came to see her she felt com
pletely happy. While he gazed upon her
with delighted eyes, her affectionate ha
ture was satisfied with love ; for it had
not yet been revealed to her in the melt
ing gl ance of passion. Yet the insidious
and unquiet power already began to fore
shadow itself in vague restlessness and
romantic musings ; for she was at an age
" To feel a want, yet scarce know what it is ;
To seek one n ature that is always new,
Yhose glance is warmer than another's kiss:
Such longing instinct fills the mighty scope
Of the young heart with one mysterious hope."
At last an important event occurred in
Lizzys's monotonous existence. A young
girl in the village was to be married, and
she was invited to the quilting party. It
was the first invitation of the kind she
had ever received, and of course it occu
pied her thoughts day and night. Could
she have foreseen how this simple occur
rence would affect her whole future des
tiny, she would have pondered over it
still more deeply. The bridegroom brought
a friend with him to the party a hand
some dark-eyed young man, clerk of a
store in a neighboring town; Aware of
his personal attractions, he dressed him
self with peculiar care. Elizabeth had
never seen anything so elegant; and the
moment his eye glanced upon her, he de
cided that he had never seen anything
half so beautiful. He devoted himself to
her in a manner sufficiently marked to
excite envy ; and some of the rich farmers'
daughters made critical remarks about
her dress, which they concluded was pass
ably genteel, for a girl that lived out at
service. However, Lizzy was queen of
the evening, virtue of nature's own im
press of royalty. When the quilt was fin
ished, romping games were introduced,
according to the fashion of the limes ; and
the young men took care that the forfeits
paid by the pretty girls should generally
involve kissing some of their own number.
Among the forfeits required of the dark
eyed stranger, he was ordered to beg on
his! knees for the identical little curl that
Willie had asked of his sister. In the
midst of her mirtbfulness, this brought a
shadow over her countenance, and she
could not answer playfully. However,
this emotion passed away with the mo
ment, and she became the gayest of the
gay. Never before had she been half so
happy. The joyful consciousness of pleas
ing everybody, and the attractive young
stranger in particular, made her eyes
sparkle, and her whole countenance abso
lutely radiant with beauty.
I When the party were about to separate. '
the young man was very assiduous about
placing her shawl, and begged permis
sion to accompany her home. But little
was said during this walk ; yet enough
to afford entrance into both hearts for
that insiduous and unquiet passion, which
tangles the web of human life more than
all other sentiments and instincts of our
mysterious being. At parting he took her
hand, to say good night ; but he continued
tp hold it, and, leaning against 'the gate
they both stood, for a few moments, gazr-f
ibg at the clear, silvery orb of night. Ab,
limv 1 i ff. . . . i
"v, uiuncm me moon SeemH t T
now ! Earth's spectral rx.be had changed
to a veil of glory. Her bonnet had fallen
rK' r . ine evemng breeze played sent-
ywnn her ringlets. In soft, insinuating
' juiig mansaia, - Will you not
give me that lit.le curl I asked you for
She blushed deeply, and answered, in her
chi.d-l.ke way, I cannot give you that,
because my mother used to kiss it so 'of
ten -So wonder she kissed it," he re
plied ; - it looks so roguish, lying there on
the pretty cheek." And before she was
aware of it, he had kissed it too ! Trem
bling and confused, she turned to open the
gate but he held it fast, until she had pro-
""i ume ne came she would
give him one of her curls.
Poor Lizzy went to bed at night with
an intoxicated heart. When she twisted
her hair at the glass, next morning, she
smiled and blushed, as she twined the fa
vonte ringlet more carefully than ever
She was so childishly happy with her pret
ty little curl I The next Sunday evenin
as she sat at the window, she heard the
spund of a flute. He had promised to
bring his flute ; and he had not forgotten
her. She listened it came nearer and
nearer through the wood. Her heard beat
audibly, for it was indeed the handsome
dark-eyed stranger.
To be continued.
EXTRACT FROM THE ADDRESS OF
RALPH GORRELL, Esq.,
Delivered before the Philanthropic Society of
Davidson College, at the commencement in
August last.
Man, ihoogh a reasoning animal, is also a
creaiure ot habit, and generally, more sirongly
under ihe influence ot the latter than the former
moving principle ; and as ihe fowls of ihe air
ofevery wing build their habitations in ihe same
way they did in all past lime, so as we may
readily suppose they will continue to do so for
all ages to come, because ihey are governed
solely by instinct, or a faculty of imitation!
And so it will he with man whilst he suffers
himself to be governed by ihe force of habit,
instead of the force of reason. By the use of
the latter he learns wisdom by experience, and
daily adds to ihe treasure of his knowledge.
Under the influence of the other, he remains
stationary, repeating old blunders, copying past
errors, enduring again and again the same
grievances, and making his blunders and his
errors hereditary by handing them down as
heirlooms to his children. The great misfor.
tune attending our agriculture is, that ihe mass
es engaged in it, though owning the soil ihey
cultivate, make their occupation the subject of
neither thought, study nor reading: the advan
tages of a systematic employment of time are
lost, all the operations of the farm are perform,
ed with a kind of stereotype routine, admitting
of little variation or improvement. The modes
of cultivation introduced by our fathers upon a
rich and virgin soil, and similar agricultural
implements, though unfh for the same soil,
scoured, exhausted, and impoverished as a large
portion of our stale, now is, is still pursued
wi;h undeviating fidelity, though the rewards of
labor are denied and sterility and barrenness,
like an invading foe, are making yearly advan
ces, and threatening a complete conquest o ihe
soil which they cultivate. In vain knowledge
unfurls to them her ample page, rich with the
experience and wisdom of ihe past ; they shut
their eye9 upon the light kindly offered to guide
them to prosperity. In vain the agricultural
press weekly and Tnonlhly offers to pour its
treasures at their feet; most of ihem have strong
prejudices against what is called " book farm
ing," and look upon money spent for informa
lion as wasted. It is a matter of comfort thaH
this sad state of things is not universal, and that
this gloomy picture is relieved in every county
by well cultivated farms under the management
ol men of education, and others, whose vigorous
intellects have broken down the shackles of
hatit,. and who are reaping the reward of their
enlightsned policy, and setting a noble eiample
for the imitation of their countrymen.
Few, in proportion to the number of educated
men, in our State, have entered upon cultivation
of the soil as their sole pursuit ; most of thern
have gone into (he learned professions, or have
left the Stale, and there is reason to fear that
there is a prejudice among men of letters, and
especially young men, against engaging 'in
this employment. It is looked upon as an in
ferior calling, and too narrow and limited to fur
nish scope and range to an educated mind.
That ihe learned professions and politics are the
only fields where genius and talents can
tread, with a certain prospect of honor and dis
tinction. No occupation ought to be esteemed
too contracted for the employment of an educa
ted mind, the accomplished pursuit of which re.
quires no mean knowledge of the sciences of
Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics and Botany.
And without looking back over the long cat
alogues of illustrious names, both ancient and
modern, that have filled and adorned the annals
of husbandry, it is surely enough for the pride j
of an American that he whom the world looks 1
upon as the greatest and best ol men was a j
tiller of the soil by choice, a hero and states
man oy me cno.ee o n, countrymen, wno, ar-
ter having successfully led them through Ihe t
bloody struggles of the Revolution after having
laid ihe solid foundations ot an enduring pros
Perl1! and freedom- returned again with spirit j
and zeal to the favorite employment of his
younger years. And bad not the rugged and
fearful crisis of the age in which he lived, call
ed forth bis rare talent to command and govern,
the name, and fame and example of Washing
ton, would have been unknown to the world, in
any other light than a distinguished planter in
the colony of Virginia.
1 do not wish to De unaersiooa as urging you to ,
- - i. 1 . 1
1.1
the adoption ot agricultural pursuits and Jabot s
as the sole business ol your lives, nor by any
means lo dissuade you from entering upon what
is usually called the learned professions ; but I
desiie to call to your attention and recommend j
to your adoption, the plan of combining ihe cul.
tivai.on ofihe soil, either upon a larger or small,
er scale, with whatever profession or business
you may adopt as your employment thrown lile.
and ihe entrance upon ibis collateral pursuit
wt.h animation and zeal. And ii is no! so much
or your own advaolage as that of others, that
1 press this rmira nr.n -
u r jou, as opening up a
ueia ol usefulness, where bv
. j j IUU.HM1.C alio
example, vou can ..,... l i . .
same tune you are adding to your own stock of
tiealih and comfort. We have now living
. - - .t, m. juu, iiri"uoors, at me
ny Uustr.ous examples of the successful combi
nation of agricultural pursuits with extensive
and complicated professional duties, two of
ClaTanTdr wTf' '"l f
powerful and commanding "Tk " "ZV
men, who have for years been the'leaders of a I
stronir and lalenteH
mglhe lights of thei, matured mind into the
cultivation of the soil, and stimulating their
neighbors by their enlightened example! An
other instance and one in our own State may
be named, in the nenon of ih ri.: e
Just.ce of North Carolina, who, though posses.
.eg, mina and juridical acquirements
which would qualify him for any bench in Amer
ica, has been for many ream nVv,.t..H i
cultural pursuits, and has most gracefully woven
he chaplets of Ceres around the black letter of
the Law.
To bring the agriculture of our Sutir nnder
a more enlightened system by the dissemina
tion of knowledge, the formation of agricultural
associations, the application of science, and the
;orce oi enlightened example, will be a public
oenefaclion entitling those who underi,., .wt
accomplish it. 0 the gratitude of the communi
ty. And although men educated, and babitua
ted tn false theories and mistaken nrii-.
abandon them with reluctance, and adopt new
and untried courses, with doubt and hesitation ;
yet there is a way in which ihey can be effect'
ually taught by the force of example. Let them
see that barren wastes can be cloiheH ivitK vr.
dure, that exhausted ahd abandoned fields can
be loaded with grain. that the pestilent marsh
can be made to lose its poisonous properties
and yield luxurious crops to the use of its own
er ,hal be cotton stalk, the tobacco stalk, and
the corn stalk, can be made to flourish, in place
of ihe brier and the thorn. Let them see that
the habitation of the husbandman can.Jae con
irucicu wiiq a view both to neatness and com
tort.
J nat his home can be eurroonfteH with
refreshing fruits and shades, and regaled with
u
a fragrance sweet as
" Sabean odors, from the spcy shore
Of Araby, the blest,"
and at the same lime his wealth augmented;
and you will address arguments (o ihem which
will bind them like a spell to iheir native home,
and stimulate them in a course of enlightened
industry.
Statistics of Wagons. We are indebted to
Mr. Rose, of the Plank Road Office, for the fob
lowing statement, showing a very large increase
of the number of vehicles passing the Toll Gate
for six months of this year over the correspon-
ding six months of last year :
Comparative Table, shewing the number of
Wagons and other vehicles uasww the. TU
Gale on Hay mount. F. $ W. Plank Road.
or the 0 months ending Oct. 1, lc50, and
Oct.l, 1851.:
1850 1S51
April, 647 Hji
May. 7J4 872
J"ne, G-20 594
Ju'y, 5?9 749
AuSm G6G 10.J3
Sept., 720 1224
4045 5G01
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Duel with Poison. Lola Monies, it seems,
has challanged, or rather threatened lo ch.il.'
lenge, the editor of :he P
aris Const it til iannel
to mortal combat with pills. Her letter to the
redacleur appears in the Journal du Havre.
After accusing him of resorting lo falsehood,
perfidy and ridicule to revenge himself upon
"a feeble lady," the feeble lady winds up her
letter with ihe following paragraph.
" If you continue, sir, I be obliged to
send you my card, and my seconds, lo pot an
end to your ridiculous animosity ; but it will not
be with pistols. I am more generous in a com
bat. I will offer to you two pilU. iu a box ;
one of them will be poisened ; and you will not
be able to refuse a duel with arms which are
so familiar to you. I have the honor of salu
ting you,
Lola Months."
A ;!77 due! ! What a medicinal idea ! This
is making honor a drug and fighting by ihe
pharmacopoeia.
Hoarding Wealth jor Children. We say to
parents, beware h ow you endanger the future
character and happiness of your children, by
hoarding wealth for thern to possess. If you
wish them to form idle and vicious habit and
companions logrow up incapable of manly ex
ertion and true independence or if you wish
to set a snare to erftrap mere fortune hunters
for your daughters' husbands, doubtless the
course, is to hoard all you can, and lo let them
understand from childhood that it is for them.
But if wjih chi,dren tQ ind(JSrio
independent. selfrelying and happy, they must
be taught to depend upon their own exertions.
uive Ihem a good education : give ihem trades
or professions : but give them not the means of
living without care and exertion.
Destruction of a Whale Ship by a Whale.
Capt. Deblois, master of the New Bedford
whale ship Ann Alexander, has arrived at
New York in the steamer Cherokee, and re-
ports the immediate sinking of his ship in the
South Pacific ocean, on the 20'h of August last.
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by a blow from a w hale w hich they were en
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C4,un"-,u "I""'. . " "ae. aner oeing
harpooned, and running some distance, had
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turned upon two of the ship s boat, and crush
ed ihem in succession in its ponderous iaws.
the crews, nine in each, providentially escaping
by throwing themselves into the sea, and bem
picked up by a third boat. The while was
then harpooned from the ship it4eITf which he
instantly attacked, struck her with tremendous
Tiolence shaking her from stem to stern. She
quivered under (be violence of ihe .bock, as if
r, u 6irurK upon a rock ! Capi. DeMois
immediately descended into the forea,,!, and
there to his horror, discovered ihai the monste
had .truck the ship aboj,t two feet from the
keel, abreast the forctnt, knocking a great
hole entirely through her bottom, through which
the vvater rushed impetuously ! She sunk in a
Tew hours, the crew taking to their boats, with
scarcely any provis,,r,3 r water. Two days
after, they frll in with a vessel, which took.
ihem4on board.
This i a wonderful instance of the power of
the whale.
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.
NVe find much speculation among the
partizan presses of other States
next Presidential election nnd who are to
be the candidates of the different n.-tT
...
i ur ,gS seem pretty generally. (South
I at ,Past) fo hv settled down on Fillmore.
of New York, and Ho n ,.r v..i. n-T
olina ; while the Democrats are widely
'ided between the differenCclaims of
Dallas. Buchanan. Cass, rid D.ckinsoy
1 The Ute ctlons in P-nn.f vanii having
" ' " .f l"Hl Parl-V cling with te-
nacity to their claims' as they deem tho
prospect of success so bright. We differ
with the democratic press in a measure,
for we cannot believe the Pennsylvania
election to be the harbinger of so much
good, as at first may be supposed. The
friends of Messrs. Dallas and Blchaxx
can hardly be brought to surrender their
candidate, therefore without more pru
dence than has heretofore characterized
either of the parties North, the State must
be carried by the Whigs. The States
were evenly divided the last election we
see no reason why any other change should
be effected than such as must result from
the inability of the parties to agree among
themselves. If Dallas or Buchanan re
ceive the nomination, Pennsylvania will
be divided ; if neither, the State is gone
over to the Whigs. This is an ugly
position for a party to be placed in, but
such we believe is the unfortunate posi
tion of the Democrats of Pennsylvania.
I or our part, we wUh South Carolina to
stand aloof from the contest-but if she
must take part in it, let her prayer be
"good Lord, good Devil" for it makes lit
tie difference to her w hose hands she falls
in, now. The Remedy.
PROPOSED DIVISlON"oiKOREGOX.
A movement has lately been set on foot by
the settlers in Oregon Territory which has for
its object ihe organization of a separate Tern,
lorial Government for that portion w hich lies to
the north of the t:
ca ed ihe Colnm!.; Tr.:, i .l. l .
I its vast extent is well adapted to apiculture
commerce, and manufacturing. The total ab-
. -. , iiiuuii.imi iaw anu cmt omcers,
the great distance from the seal of the present
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' " "' iiMnairu anuai ion 01 mis
, part of the Territory therefrom, and many oth
! er reasons, are urged us to the propriety of ihe
j organization of a separate Territorial Govern.
ment. 1 or ihe promotion of this object a Con
vention of twenty five delegates aembled at
Carolitz, Lewis county, on the 29 h of August,
and, alter discussing the matter, unanimously
adopted the following resolution :
That a cammittee of three be appointed by
the President of ihe Convention to prepare a
suitable memorial on that subject to Congress,
and lhat ihe same be forwarded to the Defegate
in Congress from Oregon Territory, req-jestin
mm 10 use nis loiijence to procure the orani.
, oi a separate Tenitorial Government."
j Previous to the session of ihe Convention, a
i committee on distticts and counties having been
; appointed, the territory north of th Columbia
river was divided into twelve counties, with
well prescribed boundaries. The Conention
is to meet again at Olympia some time about
ihe middle of next May, there to form a Siata
Convention, preparatory to aking admission
into Ihe Union as one of the Slates thereof,
provided that Congress not al that time or.
ganized a Tenitorial Girernme ni. Sat. Int.
Rat Calclu rs. The rat catcher of the city
of Pari have just !)!. 1 a meeting at the hotel
de ilie ; their deliberations were preiued
over by the Inspector of Highway, who alio
exercises jurisdiction over the gutters and sew.
er. The object of the meeting was lo lake
measures for the cming rat campaign. A mill,
ion and a half of t b --. vermin are 'opposed at
thin moment to be uu b'riiiining Pun. It was
derided that nicotine should be ihe :oison used
in their extermination. List year 1,143.300
rats were kill-.-d, and iheir tails were deposited
al the Hotel de Y,!e in proof of the fact.
.Ye ir York Tribune.
Garments without Scams ! The Scien
tific American shvs :
"Samuel M. Perkins, of Springfield,
Bradford Co.. Pa., has invented improve
ments in the manufacture of garments,
whereby we shall be enabled lo wear coats
and all such habiliments, independent of
the weaver or tailor. The nature of the
improvement consists in causing the bat,
or fl-ece of wool, cotton, or other fibrous
material, as it issues from the carding ma
chine, to he wrapped on a "Former" of
the required shape of the desired garment.
The4 Former" is made to revolve, and
at the same time it has a reciprocating
motion in a direction at right angles to
the feed, so that the fleece will be wrap
ped spirally in contrary courses upon the
"Former" for any number of layers in
succession, according to the thickness of
the garment required to be made. Meas
ures have been taken to secure a patent-
Gen. Cary, th Temperance Lecturer, is
reported in ihe Cinci'inii Nonpareil as fol
lows: speaking ofdisiiileries about Cincinnati:
He said lhat a good Methodit own a distil
lery lhat turns out forty barrel adiv and the
old man take up his hymn book everyday and
sings,
" Come thou fount of every b!e fcinj,"
roars of laughter and a he looks at his pro.
,ltic foUn, he doub.less sines with much truth.
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Stream af mrrcy never ceai."
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t iheir hardness to those who wear them.
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