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Tarhorongh, (Edgecombe County-, X. l J Saturday, Febr
ury 13, 1836
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Miscellaneous
The Printer's Soliloquy.
'lis strange, 'tis most prodigious
j strange,
I That our Subscribers areso careless
j grown
I Ifi paying their arrears. They can
I 'not think
i That we alone, who publish to the
world
1 Jews from all nations, and delight to
spread
Useful instruction through our spa
cious land,
C;,n, meanwhile, live on air: 'tis flesh
and blood
That works the pressand turns the
blackened sheet
Well stored and ready for their ea
$le eyes.
This Sesh and blood must be recruit
ed oft,
As well as theirs, or else the pros
must stop.
This calls for CASH. Aud then
how many rea us
Of paper are struck off and scattered
wide.
Tor which no length of credit will be
given,
If given at all besides the type and
ink,
And many things required by those
who print,
Jor which our money must be an
swerable! Oh! that our readers would consider
this!
And while they laughingly, lok our
pnper o er
i And gntlier information from its va
I t ied pige,
j Would pause, and this one simple
question ask,
I "Do I not owe the printer who sup-
Hit v IVU
This sheet?" And O! that he should
only add
1 will go even new and pay him." So
should we
Well pleased receive, and with light
1 heart pursue
Our ustful toil; while -conscience
would applaud
j 'I heir conduct, and give relish to the
zest
. 'e may prepare. Come then, good
i tiiends, and soon.
WASHINGTON CITY.
Life at Gadsby's. If you wish
to "pursue the proper study of
mankind," come and pass a week
ortwoat Gadsby's. it is a per
fect microcosin an epitome of
the world. The best lime for
Mewing the herds who congregate
''ere, is when they are fed at din
ner. Gadsby then calls together
Ins menagerie by the sound of a
vociferous bell, which is wrung by
"ne ot his sable myrmidons. For
A'm a quarter of an hour before
t:us welcome signal is given, you
wavseea collection of individuals
,uking "very wolfish about the
"eck and shoulders,'' eyeing the
clck in the reading-room, or pro
menading the open gallery which
ri)ns parallel with the dining hall.
Sf-metimes a false alarm is crea
ted by the ringiug of the bell in
j1 neighborhood hotel of Brown's,
a,l then there is an abortive rush
11 l"e doors nf tlif linll wliirh arp
f;!'"il hermetically sealed. The
l lSaPpoimed multitude retreat like
w'aes fl(mg lack from the shore;
anaawau in breathless silence for
lle knell which shall summon
"em to dinner, 1 mean. At
Jsl the blinds of the windows are
Ulmwn .1 I
IS:
ujicn, auu tins to ine tuiuw-
a nes is the signal to tand
bv
the doors. The tongue of the bell
is now heard to move and then peal
fMMi peat in quicK succession fo
I ni
lows, i ne doors are opened
ihe mob rush in like ravenous
hyenashats are thrown down
here and there and every where
hairs are secured with amazing
iiium y, ana uie first course of
cold soup disappears like enchant
ment; Wo to the mup'rstltL m
who comes in
a minute after the
. u I 1 I Cl I I
attack commences!
As soon as the soup is despatch'
etl, the venerable Mr. Gadsby,
who stands at the head of the ta
ble, (which is a quarter of a mile
in extent) gives the word of com
mand with military precision, but
with an -'affecting and interesting
pause between the two words.
' Remove covers!" In an instant
every dish is denuded, and Mr.
Gadsby proclaims the bill of
fare. "Roast beef, mutton, lamb,
fish, turkey, ham, t hicken, and
canvass back." What a beauti
ful specimen of the climax!
"Horace! some canvass back
and currant jelly and be quick."
If Horace returns you your
plate with a liberal supply, you
may consider yourself a fortunate
man, and may eat your victuals to
stop your mouth. But you must
be at your post seasonably, or
yon will be likely to be unhappy
for the rest of the day. The fol
lowing scene is not a fictitious one:
a Senator enters about three min
utes after dinner has commenced,
and takes his seat at the ordinary.
He calls upon one of the servants
for soup. After waitiug five min
utes he sees the servant that he
addressed dodging behind his
chair and gonig to wait on some
one else. Forgetting his Sena
torial dignity, he catches the fel
low by the nape of the neck, and
says with some ferocity "yon son
of darkness, where is my soup?"
"The soup, massa, all gone."
"Then get tne some cr-'ivass
back, and bring it here in the
twinkling of a bed post."
After the lapse of another five
minutes, Cuffee returns with a de
precatory look, aud says that all
the canvass back is gone-too!
"The canvass back gone-too!
with much solemnity) Did you
say that the canvass back was all
gone!"
"Yes massa there is no more on
the table."
"Then you may tell Mr. Gads
by that 1 am gone-loo; for it re
quires so much canvassing to get
a canvass back at his table, I'll
go and dine out."
Another scene which I witness
ed at a table to-day was biquant.
A Kentuckian next me, who was
apparently unaccustomed to the
usages of large hotels, had striven
in vain during dinner to get some
thing on his plate.
As he was about giving up the
effort in despair; an acquaintance
of mine, who sat opposite me,
iuvited tne to lake win;-at the
same time passing me his decan
ter, which was labelled, in the usu
al manner, with his name. 1 fill
ed my glass, and was about to
return it to the owner, ;wuen my
neighbor the Kentuckian, stopped
me with "wait a moment, stran
ger, HI trouble you to let me fill
my tumbler." unwilling- 10 ex
pose his mistake, I handed him the
decanter; but as he was pouring
from. it somewhat liberally, the
person who sat on the other side
of him touched him with his elbow
and whispered "that is private
property, my friend. iveu-
tucktan, poor fellow, was utterly
confounded. He let go tne uecan-
ter as it it nan dutih uh
and looking round with an air
of perfect simplicity ana wonuer,
he slowly rose from his chair and
said "Oh ho! then every ihingon
the table is private property. Y ell
I thought it was all-fired odd, that
I could'nt get anything to cat, but
now I see."
1 After this sally, which called
lorin a very general smile, the
Kentuckian became quite a lion,
a aozen waiters were sent to
attend on him, a dozen champaign
bottles were immediately proffer
ed, and when I quitted the room
he. seemed to be in a fair way to
make a very tolerable repast.
At Gadsby's table, all the cour
ses are put on at once so that
vou may here probably witness
the most rapid disposition of a
dinner, that is any where to be
seen. People bolt their food with
amaziug precipitancy. They
seem to be eating for a wager. I
forget how many hundred ser
vants Gadsby has to wait on the
dinner table, but they are not
sufficiently numerous to sunnlv
the voracity of his guests.
With all its faults. Gadsbv's is
the most nonular
House in Washington. It is true.
that you -are obliged to break the
bell in your room before vou can
have it answered; and yon must
eat your meals by stratagem but
then there are many c ounterbal
ancing advantages about the Ho
tel it is centra!, and in many re
spects well kept. You meet here
many pleasant people, and mativ
professional quidnuncs, who keen
you apprised of all the news that
may be afloat. I atn told that
there is no better hotel in the
country during the interval when
Congress is not in session. Now
it is in a state of siege, and it is no
easy matter to feed an army.
Boston Mas.
tThe Philadelphia United
States Gazette contains a condens
ed statement of the affairs nf the
Giraid Estate, from which ii ap
pears that the income derived by
the city of Philadelphia, from that
estate during the last y ear, amoun
ted to $250,532 37. The uett
income for ihe next year is estima
ted at $lit,235 54."
Abolition Memorials. These
petitions are, we verily believe,
concocted in the worst possible
spirit, and sent on in the mere
wantonness of eil propensities.
Before Cougrts met, it was confi
dently predicted and believed that
not one of these petitions would
be presented. As soon as the ice
was broken however, aud one
found its way within the walls of
the Capitol, the mischief makers
started the game in good earnest,
aud have kept it up. We believe
a great number of the signatures
to these petitions are false and fic
ticious names. It is known that
many of them are signed exclu
sively by woman and children. It
is not, then, the pretended number
of the petitioners so much, as it is
the perseverance and determina
tion of those concerned in getting
the petitions up, that ought to call
forth the public press on the occa
sion. Had the House of-Representatives
promptly refused to re
ceive these seditions and inflam
matory papers in the first instance,
there would have been an end" of
them. As it is, advantage is tak
en of the doubt and delay, to
force in fresh supplies. What do
these people imagine can be effec
ted by their impudent ofiicious
ness? Do they suppose that even
those who would receive their pe
titions would grant their requests?
What, then, is their present con
duct to be attributed to? Simply,
as we have said before, a spirit ol
mischief. We do not believe in
their honesiy and sincerity. We
see no reason to believe in them:
They are knaves for the most
part, l.et bom nouses oi con
gress then, at once, come to the
conclusion not to receive their pe
titions, and pass resolutions de
claring their conduct fanatical and
absurd. Alexandria Gazette.
CT'The Treasurer of Bradford
count', Pennsylvania, has paid
within the last year, upwards of
Jive tiundrtd dollars as bounty
money lor the destruction of
Foxes.
New YbrA:. This State has
10,182 school districtsi in which
541,401 children received tuiiinn
during the past year at a cost of
51,300,000; the teachers' Salaries
amounting to $700,000.
Silk. The Legislature of Vrer
montj in order to encourage the
growin oi silk, has directed the
atate Treasurer to pay $10 as a
premium, for each pound of coc
oons hereafter raised in that State.
Reference is made in lilP. rprpnl
Message of Governor ICverett of
Massachusetts, to the culture of
bilk in that State, and the opinion
is expressed on w hat are deemed
"good grounds," that the manu
facture of Silk will become "one
of the greatest interests in Massa
chusetts." tTorida. As the public atten
tion is at this time directed to this
hitherto almost Luknown country.
the following letter from the cor
respondent of the Boston Atlas
may prove interesting:
Tallahassee , Jan. 183G.
East Florida may be consider
ed as extending from the 28th de
gree o! south latitude to the Geor
gia line, h is bounded on the
west by the river Suwannee, and
contains from fifteen to twenty
inousanu square miles. lu the vi
cinity of Tampa Bay, a low ridge,
in that place not more than fortv
or fifty feet high, first rises above
the flats cf south Florida, and di
vides the waters flowing into the
Gulf from those that fall into the
Atlantic. It grows higher and
broader towards the north, till near
the Georgia boundary, it reaches
an elevation of some two hundred
feet, and spreads out into a broad
plain on which is to be found the
great O-kee-fce-no-kee swamp of
Georgia. This swamp dischar
ges on one side, by the St. Mary's
into the Atlantic, and on the ether
by the Suwannee, into the Gulf of
Mexico. Next to this dividing
ridge, the most remarkable feature
in the topography of East Florida
is the river St. John, with its trib
utaries, lake George, Orange
lake, Dunns lake, he. In the vi
cinity of these waters, and about
the heads of the eastern tributaries
of the Suwannee, and upon the
streams flowing into the Gulf,
there are some scattered bodies,
more or less extensive, of good
land. By far the greater portion
of East Florida is a pine barren,
and there are large tracts of such
extreme sterility as to produce
neither pines nor grass, but ouly a
scattered aud stinted growth of
miserable scrub oaks. That por
tion of the pine lands which lies
convenient to the water conrses,
though according to the system at
present prevailing, through the
whole southern country, of no va
lue for agricultural purposes, gen
erally produces, a fine growth of
pine timber, which in the course
of a few years may. perhaps make
Last r lorida an extensive lumber
getting country.
lhat portion ol Ihe territory of
Florida, west of the Suwannee,
about fifteen thousand square miles
in extent, is unequally divided by
the river Appalichicola, into the
districts of Middle f lorida and
West Florida.
Middle Florida, thoV the least
extensive of the four divisions of
the territory, contains as much
good land as the other three put
together; and yet the larger part
or Middle t lorida is piuey woods.
Suppose a line drawn. east and
west, four or five miles south of
Tallahassee, and extending from
the Suwanee to Appalachicola; all
the country between this line and
the Gulf, is a low pine flat eleva
ted but a verv few feet above the
level of the ocean, and except in a
Y'J IKW "ops, uncultivated and
desutute cf inhabitants. North ol
uii, me land takes a sudden rise
oi seventy or an hundred feet; and
a oug the edge of this ridge, and
about the shores of three or four
lakes, whose very irregular shape
gives them an extensive circuit,
and from which ravines made back
to a considerable extent in even
direction, as well as along most ol
the watercourses, there are consi
derable bodies of good lands,
which extend, in some places,
north of the Georgia line. Inter
mingled with these good lands,
and occupying the tops of the
ridges between the water courses.
are to be found tracts of piney
woons.
In the north west corner of West
Florida, on the ADDalachicola. a
branch of the Appaluchicola, there
is a considerable tract of rrood soil.
which is the seat of a flourishing
eiuement. jjut much the great
er part of West Florida is sandv
i . a
and barren.
If we suppose the w hole territo
ry to contain thirty millions oil
acres, it will be a very generous
estimate, it we allow oue million
or one thirtieth part, to be capa
ble of cultivation; cultivation, I
mean, according to the system of
agriculture now in vogue in the
Southern States. Under an ajgri
cultural aud a social system of a
uinerent character, countries as
barreu as Florida have been found
able to support a dense population.
Shocking Murder. About
ten days since, an old gentleman
uy the name of Wagner, was mur
dered in the neighborhood of
INew ark, Del. just over the Mary
land line. The circumstances, as
we have heard them, are as fol
lows the old man (upwards of
iv) Had gone out towards evening
to feed his stock, and while in the
act of cutting straw for them, he
was knocked down by the stroke
of an axe, and his head and face
were literally chopped to pieces.
An axe, supposed to be the one
used, was found secreted in his
house, covered with blood.
Strong suspicion exist against his
son, wife, and daugliter the for
mer has been committed to Elkton
jail, the two latter were discharg
ed on bail. The parties had all
borne a good character hitherto.
Wilmington Jour.
Extraordinary Youthful De
pravity. On the 12lh insl. in the
town ol Hanover, Chautauque
county, N. Y. as two lads oue
aged 6 and the other 4, were
snow-bailing together, the latter
became irritated, and told the o
ther if he threw, another snow-ball
he would cut his head off or kill
him, and another being sent, he
ran up to his antagonist and stab
bed him in the lefi side with a
large pockelknife. The wound
was so severe, that the boy be
came immediately speechless and
so remained at the last moments,
leaving but little hopes of his re
covery. The Fredonia Censor,
adds: "What a theme for reflect
ing on the depravity of human na
ture does this act afford. A boy
four years old thrusting a deadly
weapon into the bosom of his
playmate!"
OThe Legislature of Alaba
ma has just granted a charter for
a Rail Road to connect Mobile
bay with the Tennessee river
which passes through the north
west corner of the State. The
capital of the Company is in hp
th ree millions of dollars, and the
provisions oi tne charter as to the
mode of raising it are novel, and
very suitable lor a new and nrrr:.
cultural State., .in which there is
little accumulation of capital. In
stead of subscribers to the stork
paving iu money the amount ol
subscription as is usual, they give
mortgages on real estate to doif
ble the amount of the value sub
scribed, upon which security the
State - issues bonds payable in
twenty years for the amount of the
capital. The State in fact, says
the Mobile Register, undertakes
to make the road on her own cre
dit, if ow ners of real estate can be
found, to give, as a proof of their
earnestness in the cause, a lieu of
money subscriptions' to stock, to
be released on the completion tf
the work, and the paynieuiout of
its own resources of the money adr
vanced. The road is to be com
menced in two years air' finished
in ten, under pain ol forfeiture of
the charter, and a fine of two hun
dred thousand dollars tothp Stniel
The Rail Road will pass through
dim into one oi tne linest cotton
planting regions in the United
States, and cannot fail to -add
greatly to the wealth of Alabama.
and parlicnlarly of Mobile, which
rapidly growing city promises jo
rival New Orleans as a cotton
market. Bait. Amer.
C?Lieut. Keays, and Dr. Gat
lin, w ho were among the slain of
Major Dtfde's detachment, in Flo
rida, were natives of North Caro
lina. Both gallant young men.
Baleigh Stantfatd. -
C7They are brisk at all sorts
of business in Lynn, Mass. We
copy from the last Mirror, ofthar
town, the following advertisement:
"Wanted ten wet nurses. : Ap
ply immediately to the Editor."
Beat this who can.- ' "
?A fracas took place yesteiv
day in front of our ofljee between ."
Mr. Webb, of the Courier & En
quirer, and Mr. Bennett, W the
Herald. We did not witness the
engagement, but undersrand thai
Mr. Bennett was knocked : dowix
with a cane. He was assisted in
to this office, and we found lhat Jie
was wounded in his head. After
remaining a moment he walketT"
away to procure surgical aid- ,
JV. Y. Merc. Adv. Jan. 23.
CC?A proposition has been
made in the Legislature of Massa
chusetts, for chartering a bauk
with a capital of ten millions of
dollars, A great London bank
has just established an agency in
Boston, under the charge oC
Francis J. Oliver.cr. Gaz.
QCflt is said that an aggregate,
sum of half a million, bf dollars,
will not cover the loss sustained
by widows, orphans and others
comparatively helpless, by the in
solvency of ihe insurance offices
in New York, in whose stocksi
their means were invested. This
we consider one of the most pain
ful results of the late disastrous,
fires in that city. . ,bV Gaz.
The way they do things in Illi
nois. We are indebted to the
Rev. Dr Ely of Philadelphia for
the following humorous anecdote
true or false. The doctor is
made to sayi that a brother in the
ministry travelling in Illinois in
formed him that on putting up for
the night the good lady of the
house baked her breaj1, in a com
mon baking pan; tleU boiled her.
coffee in the $?tne vessel; stewed
some pork io the same; then dip
ped out some of the fat with n tea
cup, nn the inner side of w hich
she put a piece of rag to mjke a
lamp by which they might see to
eat supper: and then the traveller
horse ate his mess of oats out of
the same omnibus of cookery!
We have heard of rockers being
affixed to bread trays and alter
nately used for kneading of bread
and a cradledand a lady's using
the same article lor a sheet which
she did for a. table cloth, but the
ingenuity of the lady of Illinois
greatly outstrips the Yankee ladies
for expedients. liutland Herald
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