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1011 THE TARBORO PRKSS.
LINES TO .
Vou leave me, and you rove afar,
jo the hallowed realm B
But distance has no power to cheer
The heat t that throbs for thee.
To bless the visions of the night,
Mav thy loved form appear,
And the soft music of thy voice,
Then rest upon my ear.
Heave you, in the airy crowd
You may forgotten be,
Satin the silent and midnight hour,
My thoughts shall fly to thee.
'ifa-tear, thy smile, thy tender sigh,
Their magic who can tell?
0: none but he who feels as T,
That saddest word farewell.
You leave me, but I ask a place
Within thy memory;
Give me that hope to light the path.
That leads thee far from me.
But cease, O muse, a farther strain,
And bear me up oppressed,
bile's gone, she's gone to realms afar,
And left me here distressed.
FOK THE TARBORO PRESS.
July 5th, 1836.
Mr. Editor: To an observing
mind, the most trilling incident in
the natural, moral, or political
world frequently affords ground
for reflection. Indeed it is in this
wajythe most important discorc
nesintlie arts &i sciences have been
made. The writer had the other
cay an opportunity of witnessing
a natural occurrence, which al
though a small affair was never
theless a very unusual one; and
while deliberating on the causes
which gave rise to il, his cogita
tions were suddenly interrupted
ty the magical appearance before
him of a human form, who bore
ahout his person all the evidences
fhig!' life; his figure tall and
founding, bis manners soft and
imposing, in short, his whole out
ward man the emblem of beauty
and good breeding; arid not un
hke other men, he had a pair of
e)esand they too of a most pene
trating description. My classical
reminiscences though tolerable
fresh, in consequence of tlie great
c!ange he had undergone in his
person, did not at all prepare my
lama, lor the disclosure immedi
ately made by his godship that he
a Cupid, once the author and
jfgulatoT of that great passion of
unan nature y'clep'd love. Po
J'teness required at my hands an
apology fur not recognising him,
a"d while his strange metamor
phosis was being assigned as a rea
son therefor, he very politely inter
red nie by saying, "Enough,
10ugh, tempora mutantur et ego
toutorj" Allien, as if in anticipation
2 my curiosity, proceeded to give
following account of himself.
"en father Jupiter first assum
the supreme command of this
"estrial ball, having an eye to
ne well regulation of the great
family, he divided his au
(e;r'ly a.,no,,g the several inferior
tni'tle .'mPosmS UP each cer
fr'Q ,lies separate and distinct
m those of the rest, at the same
reserving to himself the en
"e control and supervision of all
fjjjS r
oi them with the nature of mv
office as originally constituted vou
have no doubt been made fully ac
quainted through the medium of
the ancient poets, and I hope I
shall not subject myself to the im
putation oi vanity when I say, that
I entered upon the discharge of its
functions with the greatest alacri
ty, having the fullest confidence in
my capacity, and indeed, the re
suit of my labors for a long time
was not of such a character as to
shake my opinion in the least;
(having succeeded to an admirable
degree in preserving the strictest
subordination among my sub
jects;) but when by the introduc
tion into the world of a species of
religion called Christianity, (the
precepts of which, it correctly ap
preciaieu canuor compels me to
admit, would exert a very happy
influence on all Adam's posterity,)
the feelings of men began to run
in a new channel. I discovered
to my surprise, that my people
were becoming verv lavish of
their devotion to one Plutus, alias
the god of wealth, and finding that
he was making rapid advances
towards usurping my dominion 1
essayed to resist him and found
myself unequal to the task, in con
sequence of my blindness and ex
treme youth. Thus situated I
preferred a petition to father Ju
piter for assistance, and his majes
ty was most graciously pleased to
present me with a pair of eyes, to
see the tricks of mine enemy and
w ith the judgment &s external sem
blance of a man to defeat them. Hut
even gods are finite; the aid came
too late to secure relief, for the
strong hold which the fondness
for gain had acquired over my
subjects rendered it impracticable
for me to retain full and absolute
possession of all my functions.
My soldiers mutinied, my cour
tiers and advisers deserted me, in
the very midst of my perils.
What could I do? To have at
tempted to retain all might have
been the means of losing all; pru
dence dictated the propriety of
surrendering a part in order to
preserve the balance: I therefore
made a proposition for the com
promise of hostilities, which was
accepted on condition that I
should surrender into the hands of
my adversary my quiver and ar
rows, the same being the instru
ments with which I used to excite
the passion of love. Thus you
see that the main slay of my au
thority has been wrested from me
and that the only privilege left me
is, after the avaricious deity with
the use of my lost property has
kindled the flame, to fan it and
keep it alive, until the parties are
handed over to Hmen, after
which time I know not what be
comes of them, unless indeed they
fall under the dominion of that
infernal god whose name bears so
near a resemblance to the charac
ter I have all the while been pre
senting to you."
His narrative being brought to
a close, I ventured to inquire of
the stranger what effect the new
regulation had produced in socie
ty with an altered voice and a
countenance betokening the emo
tions of his soul he replied, "La
mentable! lamentable indeed has
been that effect! for" continued
he, "you cannot conceive, to what
extent the number of those who
are destined to spend a life of sin
gle blessedness has been increas
ed. You must know-that Plutus
never extends those favors, which
by original appointment it is his
peculiar province to dispense to
but few, and that the new power
which he has obtaiued at my ex
Dense, is made by him entirely
cnlicprviPtit In the old OllC If
then the wealthy are few, and love
can exist only between persons,
one or the other of whom whether
male or female comes under that
denomination, it follows that my
proposition must be true. But
continued lib, if the rougher sex
alone were to be affected by it, the
consequences might easily be
borne; but alas, and alack-a-day!
the land will be overrun with Old
Maids," and as be pronounced
the two last words of the sentence
a horrid shriek penetrated my ear
and the weeping god vanished into
thin air. Yours, P.
Patent Office We notice with
pleasure the passage of a bill in
the Senate to reorganise the Pa
tent Office. From the entire
unanimity with which it is recom
mended by the committees in both
Houses, and from the unanimous
vote in the Senate, it is presumed
the bill reported will become a law
this session.
We are surprised to learn that
the number of patents is about
1,000 annually, yielding a reve
nue to the Government of 30,-
UUU, while the whole expenses of
the Patent Office do not exceed
7,000. The well administration
of the patent law is of vital impor
tance to the public as well as to
the patentee; and since lit tie or no
legislation has been had on this
subject since 1793, it is hoped the
present bill will soon become a
law. The frauds now practised,
the great delays occasioned by
the want of assistance, and the ab
solute necessity of more room to
accommodate the models, all unite
to require immediate legislation.
W lien it is considered that there
is in the Treaury, accruing from
patents granted, $100,000 over
and above all the expense of the
Patent Office since its reorgani
zation, it cannot be doubled that
those who have the power, will
readily grant to the patentees a
share of the fees demanded, for the
belter protection of their models,
and also provide sufficient clerical
assistance to obviate ihe com
plaint of great delay in issuing
patents. Globe.
CFrom 1S30 to 1836, there
ave been 92 different Washing)
ii;iii?. ana nearly as
ana neany as many
Machines patented in
i
Threshing
the United Stales.
Twenty-six States. The New
York Daily Advertiser remarks
on the subject, that "in less than
Cfty years, the good old Thirteen
United Slates have been doubled,
there being now Michigan and Ar
kansas included. ' Twenty six
States where will the bounds of'
this mighty empire reach, even in
the next century? Were it not
for the enterprising spirit to con
struct canals and rail roads, we
might almost predict the period
of our dissolution. We look to
these, more than to any other cau
ses, for a continuation of our great
confederation. The ties of inter
est that must necessarily be formed
by rail roads and canals, will be
such, that it will be impossible for
one section of the country to dis
connect itself with the other."
Norfolk, Va. June 21.
Sacrilege. It has never fallen
to our lot to record a more flagi
tious act than was perpetrated on
Sunday night last in the new
Presbyterian Church. About
half past ten o'clock on that even
ing, the cry of .fire was heard,
and it was found that the alarm
proceeded from the Church, upon
entering which the stairway lead
ing from the first floor was found
to be on fire, and a large mass of
shavings in a stale of ignition.
It was evident that it was the work
of an incendiary, as no fire was
used in the building at any time,
and especially on a Sunday, while
the spot selected for the perpetra
tion of the deed was the only one
from which a flame might ascend
to the second story. The injury
sustained by the church does not
extended farther than the destruc-
tion of the part of the plank parti
tion ol the stairway, but a slight
inspection will serve to show the
deliberate design of the incendia
ry, and the almost miraculous pre-
A ! C . f t !
acrvuuou oi tne ouiiuing. a per
son, it - is said, was seen to enter
the southern door about 9 or 10
o'clock in the evening, and after
wards to depart by the western
door. The affair has produced
uiucii excuemenr, and it is pre
sumed that every effort will be
made to drag the miscreant who
would perpetrate such a deed.
from his hiding place, and inflict
upon him a mark of the public-
vengeance. Beacon.
Cotton of various colors import
ed from Chili. The following
communication from the author
of the "Memoir of Slater," is wor
thy of attention of the public, and
especially of the Cotton growers
in the South and West.
In seeking information respect
ing the Nankeen Cotton, in
which 1 perceived some was dark
er than others,! was surprised to
find that there were other varie
ties ol color. Mr. Lylord, of
Baltimore, first assured me of the
circumstance, and gave me speci
mens of the cotton and of the
seed, which, was presented to him,
by a friend who gathered it in
Chili; one a light or nankeen, the
other a beautiful brown, speci
mens of which may be seen at Ly
ford's Hotel, Baltimore.
In further prosecution of enqui
ries at Washington, Cary Seldon,
Esq. informed me, that in settling
the estate of Commodore Thomp
son, it was lound that he had
brought from Chili, specimens of
Uotion, among w hich were found
a beaulilul brown and a bright
lilac, lie had brought seeds of
the different colors, aud Mr. Sel
den, on the discovery of the fact,
distributed them, w ith a hope of
its culture, with the specimens ofl
the colored cotton, to the Hon
Messrs. Forsyth, Dixon Lewis
and Davis, who took pains to sow
them the following season, but
they were found to be too old to
vegetate.
The death of Commodore
Thompson, prevented the valua
ble introduction which he intend
ed for his country. !t is very im
portant that this fact should be
published, in order that more seed
might be imported from South
America, where there is no doubt
of the existence of Cotton in all
the varieties of colors.
The Nankeen Cotton, so hap
pily introduced into ueorgia, is
found superior to the. same article
in China; aud there is a probabili
ty that other varieties might be in
troduced with great advantage.
And if w e can obtain all the
varieties of the Cotton plant,
it will adtl to the importance of
our great staple, and encourage
the manufactuier to procure fab
rics peculiar to America.
I publish this with the hope that
efforts will be made to procure
the seed, to try experiments. The
cultivation of the Cotton plants,
so as to procure a fixed staple, is
a subject well worthy the atten
tion of the planters of the South
and West.
You will oblige me be inserting
the above in your valuable paper.
GEO. S. WHITE.
New York, June 8ih, 1836.
The new Steamboat Novelty.
The recent successful experiment
of driving this boat, ofthe largest
class, with anthracite coal, against
the tide, and a strong current from
heavy rains, at the rate of 16
miles the hour, has caused much
remark in our city as establishing
a fact of great importance on the
subject of fuel, which may lead to
revolutions in steam navigation.
Dr. Nott, the distinguished Presi
dent of Union College, is the well
known proprietor of the Novelty,
which he constructed, as we be
lieve, with machinery modelled
after his own ingenious invention,
so as to adapt it ultimately to the
same economical principles of
combustion which have given such
deserved celebrity to his patented
stoves. The fact of the practica
bility of using anthracite, being
now ascertained so as to produce
as great a degree of speed as pine
wood, will no longer compel
steamboat proprietors to import
their wood at exorbitant prices
from the remote forests of Maine
and the shores of the Chesapeak.
Nearer by, and indeed almost
at our doors, we have the anthra
cite coal mines of Pennsylvania,
of every possible variety in ex
hausiless quantities. In the trips
to Albany for one season, the dif
ference in cost between wood and
anthracite, for the Novelty, it is
ascertained, would be $19,000 in
favor of the coal. The successful
navigation of the Atlantic, from
America to Europe, is made cer
tain. Among the other great ad
vantages would be the vast saving
of human life, as it is believed the
steady intense" radiated heat of an
thracite w ill be, in some degree, a
security against those sudden ac
cumulations which arise from the
inflammable blaze of pine wood.
There is also an entire freedom
from the annoyance of smoke and
the danger of fire from showers of
sparks. Wood is now selliug on
the Hudson at five to six dollars a
cord. The cost in fact with pine
wood, is about double that of an
thracite. The passage and freight,
therefore, must soon be reduced to
half the present rates. The Nov
elty is remarkable for the ease
with which she glides through the
water, the motion being without
any jarring. Her commander,
Capt. Seymour, is one of the most
experienced and accomplished on
the river. JV. Y, Star.
Murder and Lynch Law. By
a gentleman passenger on the
steamer lone, from Manchester,
arrived last evening, we have been
t.u ' i r
u.cl,.mu.4iuiB,
.evuumg muroer un Saturday smiy.The following gratifying
evening last, W. Green, a respect- i imel,fgence u containebdln a IeltebP
able citizen residing within one'frorn lhe Rey j fVitherspooni of
mile of Grand Gulf, had retired to Camd (g C;) Moderalr of the
rest, but had not been in bed more ; Genera, Avsseinb',v of lhe Presb
than an hour when he was awak- I terian Church, to the Rev. Thorn-"
ened by the screaming of one of as Smilh of lhig city. Tlie ,eMer
his negro women ,n the yard; he states lhal the A?8embly adjoura.
immediately got up to ascertain ; ed on the ,6lh instalU J)d lje
what was the matter when to Ins s, avery question had heu thrown
astonishment he beheld a negro ou( of Je house h fl , . v
man cutting and stabbing the poor This is as it should heand
wretch in a shocking manner with
a large Bewie knife. Mr. Green
immediatery-ran to arrest his arm,
but he had not approached within
four yards of him when he drew
forth a pistol and fired it at Green;
but without effect.
The diabolical fiend perceiving
his shot did not take effect, desist
ed from his horrid butchery of the
v yjt
woman, and rushed upon the de-i
fenceless Mr. Green, inflicting no!
...
less than seventeen dreadful!
wounds on the unfortunate man.:?!, . 'c one ai onocua
Nrt m.i i Chuma, is dead, from the effects
lllS heart out and placed it in his
J o , ..v. vui-
hand. He was immediately
ar
rested, and condemned to be burn
ed to death over a slow fire, which
was put into execution.
Jew Orleans American.
C7The Board of Missions of
tne rrotestant episcopal Church, !
received an anonymous donation
last week of 15,000 dollars, with
me uneciion to exDenoed two
thirds in the Mississippi, and one
third in I oreign Countries.
OdMr. J. J. Roberts of Ken
tucky, has recently conveyed his
whole estate of $30,000 to trus
tees for the benefit of the Baptist
Mission to China, and is about to
sail himself as a missionary to lhat
country. '
Gold Minn. We were shown,
a few days since, a solid lump of
this precious metal, taken from the
old Loud Mine by Major Logan,
weighing two hundred and fifty
nine penny worths, estimated at
two hundred and forty-one dol
lars, in its native state. This
mine, it will be recollected, sold,
in 1832, for thirty thousand dol
lars. But so rapidly has been the
decline of property of this kind,
that, at an administrators sale in
May last," it only brought nine
hundred and eighty-five dollars.
The mines, throughout the gold
region of this neighborhood, we
are pleased to observe, strange as
it may seem, are yielding to the
operators a belter profit than they
have for several years previously.
Georgia Recorder.
GTA young girl at New York
recently died with such mysterious
symptoms as to induce a post
mortem examination of the body.
It was discovered that her life was
terminated by the habit of chew
ing slate pencil and Indian rubber,
a practice of general prevalence
among school children.
fJThe citizens of Georgetown
have been discussing the question
of a retrocession of that part of the
District of Maryland, and the
Mayor has actually called a pub
lic meeting for the purpose of de
ciding upou it.
The Metropolitan states .that
the "bold measure" is now gener
ally advocated among the citizens
of Georgetown. ...Richmond Cour.
fXThe New Orleans Adver
tiser calls the attention of the pub
lic authorities of that place to a
(act which it sajs has been recent
ly ascertained, viz: that a number
of runaway slaves have taken re-
fuge in the cypress woods in the
rear of the city, and commenced
depredations on the surrounding
neighborhood. They are provid-,
ed with fire arms, and repulsed a
body of men who attempted to fer
ret them out.
The Preghvterian General ds-
augurs well for the Church and
lhe Union.
fX?The New York Transcript
says a friends of theirs has invent
ed a patent Umbrella. It differs
from the ordinary ones in this: a
gutter is constructed around the
edge of the circumference, and all
ClU T. .i
liic tidici iriii tin i niif nniui'
r
ryn i o .
r ' ,. .T "ce,er
of a wound he received in a duel
with Mr. Caldwell, who was
killed. '
flTBrandy poured upon sulph
ate of copper, and allowed to re
main a few days, by rubbing the
head with it, will cause lhe hair to
grow in bald places. It is said to
have been successful in rac hm
persons had been bald for a great
imt. r.;.,.
(?On the 9ih June, the steam
boat Rob Roy, on her way from
New Orleans to Louisville, near
Columbia, burst her boilers, and
wounded many of the passengers.
A letter of the 10th, says "tie
number now lost and dead is 17."
(T7Beware of a silent dog, and
still water.
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