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Turboroiigh, (Edgecombe County, A. 6J Saturday, October 10, 1835.
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J i.ivariaiiiy ,; j n.iva.icv.
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u'!i r iuli:MiaiiC. Lii
V(!'.m,-. H .i.t ,.. mukrii tht-m.mi! 'dent congregation, the men on
j t! (,i . ili'ix reijtine.l, i ii.y "ill i one side the women on the other-,
; ;,;,.! oihenMse or.le.ed, "t j itli 'ilioir hands folded ' in their
1 i.L-it.'i-a i t l-:lii.r nmi lap, ami their eyes cast down.
(.,),! ii.tiii.'T i!".v m iv m ienitciid.t io. ovwithstandiiig the strange gru
fls u(jlie stene, no tendency to
IDDiSI'i'iSCi'U smile comes upon you, for it is all
: ; done w ith a decency, and order,
r,u:n :'ic Greenfidd Mercury. -" ; qiel confiding reverence
... .. . . (ill flm v nwtifi' il tliu hl'iru inl
. Shaker s Meeting. 'Kead-, '
. .. . i 'Inrlj; I -l-ltlll VVllllLlt
ff, WO VlhllllJ xoniw,
.iwnLaovv whit true peace and
i
quiet nitMii; wduhlst thou find a
jt'iiLro hum the noise and clam
oiiis nudtitude, wouMsl'lhou
ijusst'ss the depth of their own
)H'll in siuuics, 1 1 1 f i l iniji
.... out iVniii fltp i-iuivol if or' i
. :. .-.ii ..:.!..,., u;!
f, of thv supcies-mme with'1
juj to a Shaker's meeting.' I5ul
,..,1 .-. ni'pctrnil ii til ll lllll witll!
j
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litaiiMi:, that it desere to be!
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tiic os-v'i! m one ol those lloun.-hesl
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ur more pretending vignetts, with;
, . , , . r I . !
iv iic i the hei:iiiniiiLr ol clianters
are ;ului ued in old books if you i
.i Mi to have the depths of your
s iiul rtl!c?J up into a muddy con-
.,l.,,n,inti Hi tt I, !! iC I'flM
-. . r . . dnps a frw words about 'the pnv-
vomI tn view one ol the tost sm- .. 1 . . 1 ,
. . , ileize and the iireat importance
rular phases ot eccentric, wander-1 . . . . . ..
? ' , , , ! ot lueetiivjr together, which ia!l
i,iur, and vet universal humaii na-i n i
.. . , .., I gratelidlv upon your ear, ami
ttuv; it vou wish to led at once,? . , ' - . .
. . . , ' bi mil ou back atrain to the m.i-
pcace and unrest, (poet jov mai v . , ,
. I i ' . . I'vcrsal ideas and thr common
lew simple but great truths, and . .. . . ... .
, r . . .i . ground ol religion itsell, when
a ileeo deep djsgul at the strange, n .. . c .. .. .
., . 1 c . i i every condition ol mankind can
wild, yet decent pageant betore. , . . . .
J ,, ; c, , , ; sympathise Willi ever oilier,
voa, cume with me into a shaker s; J 1 J
iiirtliug. Vou go softly and uithj Anon the words cease the as
a reverence into the wide, scru- sembly is again silentand. in a
,aUdy neat hou.e, where exces-', seconds, they burst forth in
sive plainness presents a new idea' Uvo ,,tKs' arranged will,
of architectural beauty; and as "v backs towards you, dancing
s.wna voup.it a noiseless step to ami from the w all on the oppo
upo., the' polished lb.or, the chill s'u!t'- Siic.Uleiily the figure
absence of peus those dumb, Ganges to lrg circles, one
sorial, almnsi companionable re.'wl otl,t?r' 1,10 i,tl'r 11,1,1
Kefs to the vacancy of grt.at : tbe inner will, their faces d.re( tel
baddi.s strikes oddly and ' "Pposile d.rect:ou:; while in
piinlully upon your curiosity; J llip t,,tllre of the whole stand sev
atvl vou slide iutJoue of the sea'ts eril1 Inen iUu :is l,,a,f-v uo,llt,,b wl'
hvihe wall appropriated to SIIC, l-ad ihe song to which lliey claiice.
intrusive worhliugs as v ourself, Kui m sorl of sU
gla.l of ihe refuge even of a bench. I ;"u ,',i,rth; w,lh
Presently a side door opens, ,,:"K,S r;i,setl bcr"re ll,e,n lo
4 a row of the demure shier-! U'v u ilil l,,e,r "
J"")dLdidesofilv in, all dressed in ; Happiut; up and down like lisl.es
t quint .mular costume, j They become mo.re and
approximates the female ! ""' agitated, as. the song rises,
fl"nn r(1de drawings of , ever)' ,,mv l,,en at" the,re-
diiMren. where ihev nl.we .lo. s Umrrence of a sor t of chorus they
fcMhe head, h ands, and feet, and ' i
mieci them by straight lines,
Mraighi, st.fT cap of snmv
ffl'ie muslin, pulled forward be-!
von.1 i,P t,.mrd..s CP,.,n, ;,itpn,!nf1 I
!;' the blinders we put upon!
!:ses, to prevent any sliding I
sUcesofthe eyes which it pro.
i Yet I hav-P ..hsprvp.l ?!
that the texture was so en
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tire I v
impervious, as to prevent
.1
e s,,;'i'P, glowing bistre of cer
ltlni l their eyes from peering
. through its flimsy obstruction!
J 'iey are all reduced to that same
: -'laight cut elderly form; the old,
" h whom the grass-hopper has be
C(J'ne a burden, and the young
:;vin ought lobe as joyous, and
last!;glu as that frisking insect it
that lops from blade lo blade
''' l';e tr'l grass, in all the luxury
pusreai.d the Sun. Nothing
J woul.l enable you to delect the
presence of youth among them,
I J'u dial uiifiiliug index ot the eye,
; ,UTe 'I is seated in that lustre of
:"mlik, that is irrepressible by
'"'V outward restraint or disguise.
,l"d whirl, i,(l,jntr i)IJt ve.irs and
ll,e.h-yhig of ;fes"bubbling-
Mini.,
'I'oiigs can ever dim.
1,1 a lew seconds the door on
..jTite side of tho building
some t)f the brethren, the
WC1 na mote saintly preceding
younger, and those who are not so
far removed ! nm the. ranks of the
backsliding; ami in tin; corner ol
ihe little ante-room out of which
i hey proi e'd, some one may be
-en i smoothing down his cropped
hair, and brushing a speck or two
ol dust from his clothes for not
i;Uerisii itself can entirely sup-
I'"" inherent cox ombry ol
are all i:i, and all seated in deep,
nw.. ,7
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the occasion, that address them-
itius, and put far away all imme
diate sene of the ridiculous. Hut
after a few mom'ents of silence, the
whole assembly rises as one per
son, a Hgnal apprehensive only
tt themselves, and having remov-
ciu-lies, they stand in two
dense, square bodies opposite to
each other; and then you feel a
pauilid halt reluctant cunosiiv,
thinking that something is about
, , 5 .,, . ,
to be done that v til shock or di-
.
cust von. Ana in nroound silence
r . . r 1
asemblv. and when every nerve
is raim oui ol ine e.xciietneui oi
recent emotion, some old man
hP ll,, ir ha,,,U 5,1 ,s Utl" hu:
"ueous " !
ofllie building ring. on grow
"Prvous at the sight, and at the
s h ri 1 1, 1 1' legul a r, and almostwild
nmic o1' l,,e h m,,: y wo,l,d hi
were over, or that you
had not come, but on they go, in
this strange procession, for the
space ol i : a 1 1 an uour, much me
son" suddenly ceases, and they re-
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turn lo their places. Then after
a few more simple, earnest words,
they betake llfem-elves to the
benches, and another interval of
silence follows, after which the
meeting is abruptly broken up,
and you are glad to be once more
in the open air, to get back lo the
world, and forms, ami liters to
which you are used.
Seldom will a sight present it
self, that shall touch stronger
sympathies, than that of a child
Shaker. Take it in its garb, fit
only for the withered form of age.
with its dry response, carrying
you back to scriptural communi
cation, of yea, yea, and nay, nay,
; child without the vagaries of
rhildhood, a copy of the men and
women Shakers, a chick, on w hich
the mantle of Ann Lee has fallen
in miniature; and the oddities of
all human fanaticism will not'pre
scnt many an odder image. It
groweth up, for a solemn crossing
a ,,,c lllll ,3 uue
long straight jacket, and for ea
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ttn' "e weaving oi oasiv-
ets an.l pressing of cheeses on all
weekdays, and tor a quaint old
dance on all Sunday, thro lour
score and ten years. It knoweth
naught of the high places, the
brilliant sights, the power and
Grandeur and mechanism of that
far country that wicked island
in a ocean of Shakerism called
the World, it keepeth on in its
growing and declining ppriods of
life, eating, daueiim;, singing and
working, with a solemnity that it
learns to breathe as an atmos
phere, and whicii is as little to be
accounted for or conscious to it
self. It hath no holidays, or
spending money, it never shoots
lire crackers, or lets off a squib. I we learn from the ISew York
It does not keep a baby house, or j Times, volunteered his services
play at having a tea party. The ! gratuitously to the British African
Fouith of July dawns to if, like ! association, which society being,
any other morning, and it never las we learn, in a measure defunct
counts the weeks and then the ' from its previous fruitless research
days and then the hours to vaca-les, has referred him to the Geo
tioji. It never hears the words ; graphical Society of London,
rather and Mother; and, should j
it die for little Shakers do die,
though rarely ; it w ill not be wept !
with a parent's agony, even if the.cepi of it from the immense num-
uatural parents stand at the bed
side. Should you in your world
ly curiosity seek a leasnn for this,
you need to be infoimed. that Ann
Lee said" there were no parents
nor children in heaven.
7Gov. Stokes, one of the
CoinmUsioners to treat with the j 'ay of Ti Ipoji. Col. 1 laskelt, ai
Indians, was very unwell at Foil''f I ecommendalion of the Geo
Gihson, at the period ol the latest j graphical Socioty, next made pro
dates from that pot. He intend-; posals to ihe American Coloniza
ed however lo set out. or alt. nipt lion Society, but his application
it, on the 5lh of August, for the ! uas rejected. I le is now i esolv ed
place of rendezvous,' (.Major Ma- lo K l Kurope mid offer his
son's camp,) 1 GO miles' distant fcrvicei to any scieiiufic body who
from the post of Gibson. A large "ay think proper to employ him.
detachment of infantry was to ac- America may yet see in him
company Governor Stokes to the ; another of her enterprising sons,
treatv ground. a(Nii Reporter. ' " chivalrous and adventurous as
' j the. lamented Ledyard. He is in
.Yarrow Esrape. We are i-: the piiine oflife and- health, but
dehied to a fried for the follow- 'e think he will (ink U necessary
imv:-sOu Saturday evening a- to bv e on somlhiug more substan
houtS o'chuk, one of the large l,aI lhau WilWr n'el' l( .?rnlecl
Tiue, s ;iu he. corner id Sixth and bn Irom the deadly miasmata ot
rune
sts. was observed bv the
i,n
keepers to have escaped from the j
cane. He had concealed himself1
under the partition adjoining the
cage, ami on the approach of the
keeper, he. rose slow ly and gave were heard by those living in the
him a seveie blew on the' face..! vicinity of iVib'o's Garden. It
The keeper being near the door, j was found lo proceed from thence,
succeeded in making his escape, i and was caused, we learn, by the
He immediately went to the pri- i spontaneous combustion of one cf
son on the opposite side of the the articles' used in the inanuf ic
street, and procured a musket ture of fife-works. Mr. Hall, the
loaded with .hall and buckshot, pyrotechnist, and an assistant,
and ascended to a window of the were at work in an apartment in
room; near to the roof of the the building w here the Diorama i
building, a lantern was lowered exhibited. They were, warned of
in order to enable him to discov- their d.iuges by a hissing noise
er the object of his search. The proceeding from one of their jars,
Tige.r in the mean time had at- and escaped unhurt. The fire ex
lar ked the l'oney, which was in tended from the-one jar to the
the same apartment,-and almost other, ami finally they all explod
devoured it. He then stretched ed in succe&ion. There was for
himself out in the centre of the tunatelv no gun powder, at
room. The keeper instantly dis- least only in very small quantity,
charged the contents .of his musket ou the premises,
into theanimal's head, and thus!' Immediately after the explo
killed him instantly. The cost ' sions, the flames were seen to arise
of the animal was $800."
.Y.- y. Jour. Com.
F.rnJnration of sltrica
Colo-
net Hascett, the 'famous American
pedestrian and disciple of water
cruel Graham, not having found
room, or encouragement enough
for the exercise of his profession
on this continent, is determined
to try his baud or rather foot upon
ihe unexplored regions. of Africa.
The Colonel is ambitious of num
bering himself among the dating
spirits .who have so fearlessly met
their death in impotent attempts
t r,miPtr-.tte into the interior of
that country. A country which
from the savage character and
treachery of the negro tribes and
the falalinsalnbrity of the climate,
promises still to remain an tin
soled problem and a terra iucog -
Him in me nryiuijcuuuMiv ui nip
civilized nations contiguous to it.
I Tl. . . .1 . f .
i oe greater me mystery in laci in
which the condition and charac-
ter of Africa is involved, the grea-
ter the stimulus does it appear to
be lo the enterprise and courage
of those gallant spirits and enthu-
Masuc adventurers, w iio are anx
ious to unravel it, and who thus,
with the certainty of death almost
before their eyes by. the failure ol
all previous expeditious however
well organized, are willing to haz
ard the bold experiment under the
conviction, that unattainable and
hopeless as may be their dreams
of success, a glorious immortality
is sure to award hint who finally
accomplishes the undertaking.
Col. liaskett has accordingly, as
who inform him that while they
admire and applaud his daring
proposal, they are unaided to ac
ber of applicants w ho have pre
ceded him. It appears in fact,
that a gentleman of fortune, in
fected by the African exploring
mania which has so long prevailed
in Lngland, is now about under
taking an expedition to Africa to
1 nnbuctno, at Ins own cost, by
tue rivers oi .o ii i....w . i . on.'.
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Fire and Loss of Life at JS'iblo's
Garden. About 1 o'clock yes-.j,s
terday. four or five loud explosions
fiom the building, which was en
tirely destroyed, with the picture
it contained of 'the Departure of
the Israelites from Egypt,' valued
j at $5000. . From that, they
spread to the two buildings occu-
pied by Mr. Niblo and the gentle
men residing wiih him, Mr. Isaac
Hon, and Mr. Rupert J. Coch
rane. These buildings were very
much injured, the furniture, Sic.
was chiefly removed. The loss lo
the proprietor is probably $15,-1
uuu. lie is, nowever, parny m
sured. We are sorry to add that a
colored boy occasionally employ
ed by Mr. Niblo, of the name cif
Isaac Freeman, lost his life. He
had succeeded in saving some ar
ticles in the upper part of the
building occupied by Mr. Niblo
,aiu had gone there for the last
nine. 1 tie names burst out 01
the stair case and impeded his re
turn. i wo firemen one the miii
of Alderman Purdv were with
him in the same a
Mailmen;.
They dashed through the flames
and advised him to "do the same,
but he had not the courage. He
was seen afterwards at the w indow,
but before a ladder could be rais
ed lo it, had left it and was found
when the fire was extinguished a
few feet from the stair case, dead.
The coroner's inquest which sat
on the body returned a verdict of
died by suffocation.' . The saloon
and decorations of the garden,
have, thanks to the extraordinary
exertions of ihe fire department,
not. been much injured, and we
learn that in tvyo or three days,
the usual routine of amusements
will be again offered there to the
public. A", y. Courier.
Roma ntic A d ventu re.-Ma rried
In this village on Tuesday even
ing last, by John Stagg, Esq. of
Llaikstown, Miss Hester . Ann
Evens, of Walden, Orange Coun
ty, lo Mr. Levi Smith, of this
town.
The circumstances attended the
above marriage, are some what
singular; but having had a happy
termination, and having produced
some little amusement in the
neighborhood, we have thought
best to give them to our readers
correctly.
Mr. Smith formerly resided at
Walden, and " for some length oi l "'I', fie us the gratifying infor
lime paid his addresses to" Miss I "lalion mat the city is quiet.
Evens. He was honest and sin-
cue in his attentions, and the wed
ding day was named. At this
juncture of the affair, some eviljad infantry; and their nightly
disposed person whispered calum-j patroles Have subdued the n.sur
nv in the ear of Mr. S. against ! lectionary spirit among the popu
the object of. his affections his j 'ac- The United States' Troops,
jealousy was aroused, and he
precipitately left the place. 1liis
happened in July, and xMiss E.
having learnt the cause of his
sudden departure, made every
inquiry, with the hope of finding
and convincing him of his error;
hut all to no purpose. Confident
that her friend was laboring under
a false impression, confident of
her ability lo convince him of his
error, ami relying implicitly upon
,0aor when so convinced.
about a week since she came to j the1 chiet source of trouble lies in
ihe romantic determination of ' the heterogeneous character of
leaving her friends and home, and jibe population French and A
of searching out his abode, if in- j merican, German, Jrisdi, &c. who
deed, he were yet living. The j are pitted against each other by
world ' is called cruel and un-Uoe indiscreet and inflammatory
friendly if may be so; but we j remarks of different editors,
have yet to learu an instance, fomenting the different sectional
where "a female ever ventured ' and national antipathies. The
forth noon a laudible undertak- ; proprietor ol 'the Louisiana Ad
ing, but that the world assisted ,fcriher, Mr. I'endergast, w ho l ad
her at every strp. So in ihe oeen imprisoned, has been releas
pre.stnt instance, our fair heroine e'j an' l,lc editor, Dr. Verner,
proceeded to New burgh, where ( dismissed,
she soon found those who inter-!
ested themselves in her behalf and CTA morning paper savs
who, on inquiry, ascertained
that a Mr. Smith, some few the authoress of several literary
weeks since, took passage from productions of considerable merit,
that place to New York. She has been appointed by the Ami
proceeded to New York in the Slavery Society of Massachusetts
first boat, arrived on the follow- to visit England and Scotland, on
ing morning, and entered that im- business connected with the imme
mense city a total stranger, lo diale abolition of the slaves of
aeek, among a population of two this country. She will sail from
hundred and seventy thousand, a, New York in a few days."
single individual, who, in all prob-i We trust that this informati. n
ability', was unknown to them all. is erroneous. Any mission, with
Probability, nay, we may say, the object of a closer connexion
possibility, was against her. Lint
lie 'carried within her breast a
woman's heart, which actuated by Anti-Slavery Societies, would be
ihe holy fire of love thought only extremely injudicous and prejudi
of success. The very idea of a cial. It could not fail to hiing
young, inexperienced, and tin -
protected female, errterinsr a vast
city, to search among a heterogett -
eous population for a fugitive Iov -
er, appears incredible; but such I
is the fact nor was she unsuc-' CThe Boston Post says, an
cessful. Countless were the dan- old lady of Virginia was so ex
gers she passed; but surmounting cessively neat, thai she scrubbed
every obstacle, she pursued her the floor through and fell into the.
inquiry, until, at last, she learned Kitchen and broke her leg, caui
that a person, bearing the descrip- ing her death.
lion of Mr. S. h d, with a view,
probab'yol in re effectually hid
ing himself from the world, taken
passage in a boat for 'hue rocky
uockland. Hither she proceed
ed, and landed at Grassy Point.
After making every necessary in
quiry at that place, she hired a,
conveyance and came this village
on Tuesday last. - Here the ro
mantic and dangerous journey
was brought to a close here she
received the reward for all her toil
nd all her labor. Mr. Smith
w hen he left his home came almost
directly to this place, and here
he had been and was still indus
triously and perseveiingly pur
suing his wonted calling. After
some little delay an interview was
had, when a mutual explanation
and reconciliation took place
"they kissed aid weie friends
again." In the course of the
evening, our good friend Justice
Stagg put a stop lo any further
rambling on ihe part of the truant
swain, by tying that knot which
death alone can unravel.
In the language of Paine, it
may be said of Mr. Smith that
"Delighted to find iier in honor
and ease,
lie felt no more sorrow nor pain;
And the wind coming fair, he as
cended the breeze,
And went back with hes" lies
ter "again."
J'ortk Ri. er Times.
The Riot at JS eh Orteans.-
j Our papers from this city, lo Sept.
lheuLegio" had augmented by
volunteers, to 2000 persons-
dragoons, chasseurs, grenadier
j under Colonel Twiggs, had also
j arrived in the neighborhood, to
j at l ,! uecessary. u.ie cause ol
the excitement, is, the presence of
j ihe 4 or 500 vagrants, blacklegs,
who had been expelled from
j Mississippi and Louisiana, and,,
; Y ho nightly prowled about from
! their lurking places in the craft on
. the river. These poor wretches,
; probably , are, many id them, in
stale of great destitution, and
art? somewhat to be pitied, but
"H e learn that a lady of Huston,
and more syeiematic co-operation
between the hnijsh and American
: much additional odium ou those
societies at home. Let us not
- invoke foreign interference for
'any purpose. latl. Uazetle.