North Carolina Newspapers

j ri i5i fir- ii hole Xo. 001. Thorough, (lUl?eCombe CouiHy, C.) Saturday, June 24, 1837. A 7 II 7'? Turb'imugU ZVmv' 15y j:okgb- hoivaki. I published wft-l lv at 7Vo Dollars ami rij!u unisyrry .,.,... Snh' ri)ti" veiir. I ..r ;mv peri 'd !-- . UlTtZ I"U.) o. ...t ...... .... t ,a. a ye,,r- Itvnitujirf. Cm 's per m-Miii. ';;;j,imf, on eivir. ...Mice .hereof i liv iiiir arr.-ars-ili'.se rvsidinn at a iU- i aire must in vaiialtly pay in iolve ,.;vea responsible reference in ihi vi inily. 55 Advertisement not exceeding 16 lores in length (r stpiare) will be inserted a' iVicem the first insertion ami 25 cts. e.icl. c niiir'uai'.rc. Longer ones at that rut. j-,,,- fvpry fq'iave Advertisements inict 1. tnaiked the number of inset t-oo? requi red, or they will lie conl'u m-d until t r vie ordered, suit charged nr.rnrdiiK'ly. fytiers addressed to the Kdilor must be post naid, or they may not be attended lo. Miscellaneous. m "27. the DEW. When beams upon the erdant lawn The glowing- monarch "("the kies, I'n.t'i f, the wat ry drops are drawn, And last in spreading vnpor risi : Eut when the glowing monarch yields U is kingdom to a darker reign. Then gently, to the parching field. Some frebh'uing drops return again. And so when blessings from above beam bright on man. ihe feeiing wind Will yield its pure, devoted 0ve Towards ihe Sun from whence (Lev shine. But Alien amenlal night impends. And when the daik'ning th;tiiowg roll, 0! tli-n, how sweet Irom heaven descmls The dew of peace upon the soul. THE DISCARDED. 'J hey have given thee to another, Thou never canst he mint ! They have given thee to another, And I all hope resign; And thou thyself hast sent me word Our love w ag all moonshine, And bid me stop in Sense's uaiae, My sentimental w hint! Thou false one! thou false one! When I met thee at tlie bail. And ihcu, by look and rnein, didst Crst My gentle heart enthrall, 1 never thought 'twould come to this That thou would'st bid me roam, Or tell thy maid, whene'er J cnll'd, To say; "She's not at home'.7' fto cruel pareals chid thy love, Or forced thee to forget; Jo! 'twas that my rival rolled in wealth, Audi w.is much in debl! And then that large house in Broadway ala! The n-art where love alane is, h aciificed lor furniture, For style and two mouse ponies. Well! it U done! The blow is struck; heavier can l.etall. To turn through all succeeding yeats, Liie's honey into gall Fit thou art now untli-l's bride Cea-e. cease, fond tin o'obiug heart ! And l;c b-bes will now e bapti.'d Brow n. 1 ha t fed oulil have been clinsien'd Smart Domestic scenes in the IVtst. The author of several graphic pic tures, " The Sleigh Hide," 'Tourt !")," Ecc. which adorned the col fcihns of the Portland (Maine) Courier, and which were superior t;J any thing of the kind ever giv e.i of manners "down east," has, are sorry to see, retired under 'i;e obscurity of his auonyme. Why do not talents of this high artier come out more? Why do ot men like him publish, instead '-' surfeiting us with the trash ihal ukmakers do? A writer in the West who seems of a general tem perament with the Portland sket iier, has published a spirited 'cene in the Louisville (Ky.) Ga leae, which we insert, and hope he will furnish us more such, drawn out more in detail. This is Much in the vein of Sterne. Tom 7,nwson's Story. Tom Towson was telling me a story le other day, about the way he nas first introduced to his present Col. Kidgely's daughter. N'owl can't tell it as well as Tom l0'i it to me, but 1 will tell it as He!l as I can. Tom, you see, was poor, and liad hut a sorry education; but he was very quick to learn, and some Sl'hl that Tom lind lh clearest li?al in the country. Tom lived w Poverty Plantation, as he call- it, wiili old widow Towson, hi j mother, and the farm, w Inch w j small, was all they had belwee' .them. The fact is. Tom was , ,, , f . i " "J(,uie leilOW, 111 homespun or j hroadi loin. One cloudy after- J,'1 1 ' i"to Silver alley to See old Ridgely about a division line on Joe Gibson's of Poverty Plantation. plai A storm came on just as lie drew p opposite Col. Ridgely's lane tiate. Ridgely was a proud old (-hap rich too and report said that his daughter Lucy was "mighty" handsome. ,,nv Lucy had bt en bronchi op in the best of style, and was a high lady in the neighborhood. Some said that she had refused several capi tal oilers, but that is neither here nor there, as Tom. vnn ! I1M If could not think of her. ... .. . ell, the storm rased ami in ride I om hooks his horse lo an apple tree goes op the wide steps, and ends wi;h a loud knock at the door. Jim Squirrel open ed the door, an old negro, who had carried water in Tom's father when he (Turn's father) cradled in UidgeU's green fields. "The Colonel in!" "Yes, sir, come in," was the ready response. J om was led into a I a are old! c. . i J i . . .i w w.. . v v.... i w tut- linn, 1 om lell a little curious. 1 ne daughter too threw tw. or three beautiful glances at him, which made him feel still more curious, lie made so many blunders in tell ing his business, that a kind Miiile began lo show itself' upon the faces of ail in the room, which encoura ged Tom, who instantly recovered i.Mtmoeo par.or, vu.ere he louud, New York-and that they were iheLolone reading, Ms wife sew- )arl ol a la,Ke )n from mg, and his daughter wrning.j Frame in the pack,, Erie, the ig Ihe o,d man nodded without us-; IlitIllM wlllch ,uu, tudzucvrei mg, and told lorn to .sit down;; ,hat h,p at ea. There can be vyhile the o,d lady very restrvedlj ( ;.,!e d(ubt of lu. faclt u e his self possession, and added "j transportation from one countrv their mirth by many intentional i or place to another, they are pe errors and oddities. I culi.irlv so and great care should "Colonel," said Tom, "it is our Ut, t;ijf lhev are pn,perjv of the question for us to settle this . deposit d, where they can be ea-u0W-t silv reac hed and removed. The "Why so," inquired theCo!onel. ,ame precaution should be used "On account of your daughter, j respecting lln-m, that' is employ ed Sir," replied Tom. I u;,, reference it) powder itelf. "My daughter!" returned the! Gazette. Colonel astonished, "pray what! lias she to do with ii?" I 7?-iV- IVw nr.t0 orom "Why," added Tom, "tl.e has builders, are aware of the advau knocked me into a cocked hat tage of wetting bricks before lay -with these black ey es of hers." j iug them. A wall twelve inches The old lady drew up, altho' thi. k built up of good mortar w ill) she could not suppress a smile, bricks well soaked, is stronger in while the daughter blushed, in , every respect than one sixteen iu- pite of her attempts to laugh con temptuously. As for the old Col onel he was so astonished at Tom's impudence, that for a while he lust j the use of his tongue. They all turt which is necessary to its cry s looked at Tom in silence, and in tallizaiinn, and on the contrary the mean time thev remarked his fine figure, high forehead, and in telligent eye; while the irresistible good humor of his countenance, entirely disarmed the Colonel, who burst out with a hearty laugh at Lucy. Miss Lucy curled her sweet lip into a sort of good hu mored scorn, and hastily with drew. The next thing we see, is Tom in his homespun, sealed at ihe supper table, delighting the Colo nel with his droll stories, compli menting the daughter and flatter ing the old lady. The old lady put' a plenty of sugar in Tom's lea, and Miss Lucy was a full half honr in drinking one cup. Tom took leave shortly afler supper. "Damn that fellow!" cried the old man as Tom rode out into the lane, and the tears of joy still stood in his eye. "He is quite handsome," quiet ly remarked the old lady "Not he," rejoined Miss Lucy, and a ftw mouths after she v. a Tom's wife. A". Y. Star. Rvm Salad. There must bt something in the American atmos- ''ere peculiarly favorable to th "riopment of the inventive f; 'hies. Win inventive lac- ie was it that ihei 'UitrivtM perpetual motion! w iiere were steamboats invented? 'V here was it that thev discover ! Hie secret of the Automaton chess player, and the talent of Ma- hurnnf To whom is it that the world owes wooden nutmegs, basswood squash seeds, tallow po matum, horn gun flints and Alor monism? Kven a foreigner arri ving on our shores becomes inspi red. The latest invention is by our friend the Count de Waiiare, go you down staire, and bring me what you call, hey ! 'Ves, sir. 'Very well, bring me dam von rhurn snlade!' 'Rum S;dlad .rl' 'Olli. rl.nm c?.ll,l- V I ........ o4..cv4V. A IILI UUl branni. ;,,ri rl,.,.4 , and de little weed what you call him?' 4 Mint, sir?' 'Ah, oui; de ment.' Oli, you want a mint julap, sir? 'Ah, yes, ver well, mini julap rhuin saladej quelie difference!' JV. Y. l imes. Lucifrr Matches. h is said the sponlaueous combustion of these at tides caused the late fire at remember the ciiMitn.Mance, last ciiTumstance, summer, ol purt haMnu mie of these match boxes, on accidental ly dropping which t he whole mass, look hie, with an explosion as quick as gunpowihr. The are a very dangerous, commodity, ev en in the salV-sl and most quiet po sitions. When exposed to fric Hon. or sudden inove-mrot n in dies thick built up dry. The rea son of this it, that if the bricks are saturated with water they will not abstract from the mortar the mois- they will unite chemically with the mortar, and become almost as solid as a rock. On the other hand, if the bricks are put up dry, they immediately take up all the moisture from the mortar, and leave it too dry to harden, and the consequence is that when a building of this description is ta ken down, or tumbles down of its own accord, the mortar falls from it like so much sand. A". Y. Sun. A great blast.. .The York (Pa.) Republican, mentions a striking exhibition of the "vast power of those agents employed by man in effecting his designs and improve ments," as having been lately giv en on the litre of the Wrightsville, York and Gettysburg Rail Road. Ii is stated that a portion of rock, upwards of eleven perches, and computed to weigh twenty-three tons, was detached from a solid mass of rock in the bottom of an excavation 30 feet deep, by means rf a sand blast, and thrown up to he surface, and seventy feet from he line of the road, where it lies tnbroken, a proof of the mighty force which operated on it. Tin York editor deems it, as we think with reason, matter of doubt w h, -i her a similar exhibition of power, by any agency employed by man m blading rocks, has" ever been made in the United States. Bait. Patriot. jVew York Periodicals. There are no less than ninety-two perio dical publications in the city of N. York, which may be enumerated is f dlows, viz: 8 quarterly, 20 monthly, 7 semi-monthly, 33 weekly, 9 semi-weekly and IG daily. J . Y. paper. i remedy for hard times. We recommend to general notice and imitation, the excellent examnle Ol tile SenSID e S hnPinn ;er r i ... ' ISradlord, as set forth in the fol low . i rw . ting "isely and profitably on the! . .t . J ! "6 p"gip". mey are ac- maxim of the illustrious Sam I ,,tch that some things can be .. . done as well as others No people in the world are so well calculated to meet the rever ses of fortune, and conform them selves to the times, as the Yan kees. If they cannot succeed in one occupation, they iuimediaiely iook out lor another. U e have a case in point in Bradford (Mass.) where, says the Haverhill Ga zelle, ihere were, during the last winter, ilo shoe shops stowed full of men and boys; the sound of ihe hammer was incessant from day light in the moiuing till 10 o' clock at nirrht. A few tveeb since ihe whole sxstem of shoe! , , hnsinese n uc (pr n.,.l. i...-ir,.,l ,.C pn-r.r ha,,,!, there uas Imle empire., . and less pay. Our people .ailed ,l,e , talked H.,i, and p ajed a few days to p ep;,re,l,e,rl,n,bSa, hod.es for other operations, and then took to r ' 4 J farm ng and gardening, with an b .iiucinng, "' an - , - , . I c wort.y. ul ol land are procu - red r,y almost every mechamc who has a family, the door yards ,i ,i . - and out houses are searched for luau manure, and on every peasant . . ....,... rii H i- day the fields are a a hve with , J r , . . ' , , cheerful laborers. On small farm of 18 or 20 ac which was t o, ,hiS;prig, had lhtrtee,, i, iinnii. ii ..r .i : . grate to this State and settle upon C i . li- x.meofour rich arming lands in the eastlhey could tmt fail of rea - can be procured in the best times, with tlie aid of the hammer and VT"1" T; T'TMas.' I understand that the tlusirious mechanics would emi- r i r- i . i p.ng a r.cn harvest tor their toils, . menl fo an end Q he im a. j thence by some black legs, whom avoiding the evil effects of t.' liOI, of slaves altogether; and this ! he acepmpanied t o this city. He fluctuations of trade, and obtain- bei e case) ,e reco ilion of w as here arrested, brought before mg a livelihood far better than lhp ;IlHpnpnHenno f ,.,,,.. the Recorder, and put on board a the last. There are already too be sef,n whelher lhJ Je ofj;ellor Sedgwick and several phi many mechanics and traders in TpTnc tt.:!, Mni.lJn n ' ' Uanthropists, a habeas corpus was the country. We want cultiva- tor nt f I : f Slt.l fi rnrltr tic in r ro independent of foreign countries, , and now is the time to break ; ground. Money Los!. The amount of specie on board the Ben Sherrod, 1 eSting journal it is. The editor steamboat, lost on the Mississippi, sels out with a detail ofhiscalam is ascertained to be $220,000, j itjes jn reaching the place of his which had been drawn from the j destination, calamities which kept iew wrieans uanKs. it is stinno !T . . " I l I 1 scd none of it will be recovered. ' Ebony and Topaz.1 Mr. Jon athan 1 oppet, colored gentleman, and Miss Elizabeth Everett, a white abolition lady, of Boston, have been sent to jail by ihe po lice of that city, until sufficient ev idence can be produced agaiint the magistrate John Williams, for uniting the parlies in tins unnatu ral wedlock, and thus violating a fundamental law of the Common wealth. . The Mormon Prophet arrest ed for murder. Joe Smith, of golden bible memory, it is report ed has lately been taken up in Geauga counly, Ohio, as accessa ry to an attempt to murder. Joe had a revelation that a certain sceptic merited martyrdom, aud induced a couple of his deluded dupes to carry his mmisiraiions into eflect. They shot at the in dividual, and failed in their at tempt, whereupon they delivered up Joe as the instigator. JV. Ir. Star. . FROM TEXAS. The latest information, in any thing like an authentic shape, that we have from Texas, is contained in the following extract from the New Orleans correspondent (un der date of June 1st) of the New York Courier: "On the 15th ultimo, the Sen ate of Texas passed a resolution, authorising the President to send an agent to the Court of Great nt! Britain, to solicit a rprnrrhitinn nf j ihe independence of the infant Re- n,,!.!- ;I1 , "P?" tO make tllP reniiPS nf noaro om it V nrrl r r . . st.ri C ff '' ,i,i . , - ! voted for ihe sa arv and outfit of said agent. I have anticipated this resolution in my communica tions to you, and now I have fur ther to observe, that the present i policy of the Texian Government is decidedly opposed to the incor poration of that country with the United States, and that a determi nation was shown to the British agent, Mr. Crawford, to consti tute Texas an independent nation; a policy which it is generally ex pected will meet with the approba tion and countenance of the Brit- j ish Government, and the sympa thy of all English freemen; the ; more so, as it will be the most ef- - cu, aa ii mi - . talio ,avesf even fl.oro Ullited Sta w,ich Would Ule be c,lsidei.e(J as a forei b frielld country jlio , TeMsf. ,t is'aid lllal ii . i MoilStOn l nmv nnnncorl lr cK.,o. 7 r - -,- (ry, from a conviction that it would iimpede the progress of industry. !and (hp f r -r- ' .!ran ;llc,:fll,: Ua . 12 " 1 7 " ' " , picaaru a ueiiueu opinion on mis i j i j i . head, and openly declared that t..,i,:i , ,i rr- - ; whilst the emigration of free, in- ....wvinnii ouuh ui ii tc, in- i . T - j . dependent, and industrious white ' , t it i o. . people from ihe United Slates rXl"' E ""-rP. ' Hrilis, Government is wr "hmi ei .u. t lawioru to wiei ,",," UUIIIHIHSIU 13 "IIIICIJ III : lh;s , lba, h ex s (he j !rea(JineSSof tUe Te-Jn Govern- iiirlpnpnripnrf by England cannot present any I fi;fli,.,,it. Mr ;t roi..;n- . i PV nf their lonilcrc u l.iti I .rxr. ' J much doubt.' dy We have been favored by a friend with a late number of ihe Texas Telei'ranh. nnldished at Use caoital Houston, and an inter- i t,;.- r.., .1,0 i;!, a jajjti iiuui int. iipiii best nart of a month for the Storms and tides, sand bars and bayous i were all against him, but with the true spirit of a primer, he over came them all. On landing, he sought the "nearly finished build ing intended for the press" and such a building! It was a shanty, and like the Capitol of Texas "Without a roof, and without a floor, Without windows, and n ithout a door.' In such a building this patriarch of future Texan editors is compel led to chronicle the proceedings of the first Congress of the young Republic. Poor fellow! the beams were tumbling about his ears and "disgusting pi" was sta ring him in the face, but he shrank not. For the edification of all dis contented persons hereabouts, we subjoin the following prices of pro- vision:, c: J laba-iFlour ?15 $20; f.igur, coflVe nd n-, thiee litres i.c m v Pi ! "t - -'l t; coni $2 per b'l-bJ; ' U per r:o ! r.:t- 1 n i- .J t- 9 -r diy; ror.is 0 l t Hj'-are, 1 j.vr nonil:; Ine Lc.ard- .l'O ptrl 1:1 I orpi '".j.-.n.u, a roi evf ry (hirtr fl;e ? noortiov, PTr'i 'I'ele ', w l.ix h j j i r ;.::m:M. Port month .1 , d at;,i Lau i J. "residing hi Ci.a.iiy, Michi a few days of Drr.ihfrc:i li Chester Nii;.?, ; ra his wife, a ! Palmyra, Lt. ; t gan, died within each other, by easing pickles which had been prepared in a copper kettle. Fatal Carelessness. On Satur day evening, ab?nt half past 8 o' clock, Mrs. Phebe Whitlock, re siding atNo. 27 Renwick street, being somewhatjindisposed, went into the basement of ihe house for the purpose of gelling a dose of -magnesia, and laking from the shelf a package which she suppo sed contained that drug proceeded to mix a couple of tablespoons full in a cup of milk, which she swallowed. She soon afterwards complained of severe ilh,es, and being anorehensive that she had ! r,Kui e a mistake i ; i!se inedici:ie. a phyiciati ? i-t fur, who ysctr taitud t!.rt tic ;.-f rtt.m.'e lady had liken arscuiv h:Uad c;i n;ag nesi.i. Every ")rt to cctniieract the tfiVcts of i!:e -poison wa re sorted to, but without succes?; the palient afler sidTeiing tl,e n-ost excruciating pain, died :t half past 12 the sanre night. The package, .containing the '.atal drug was labelled with tl.: scrr; '"Poi son," and "Arsenic," in largp let ters!i hppn ters, which might tasilv have perceived if the lady had ta- !,..- i:t :.i. i. .: r - "V l"; ;l m nK meuose- i,e occeasea -"lls 30 years ol age, the wdeof Mr Whitlock, one of the city watch, and has Jeft. one child. A coro ner's inquest was held yesterday iinnn ihp horlv. nnrl a vrrdirt- rpn-. j dered f Ulieallt ,m ac,ijeIllai The Abolitionists caught. A negro man named Lewis, belong- . - . .... ... mg to Mr. M'kam, of Mobile, was a shorl lime since M,,d froo vessel 10 senl ,,0,,,e at,! quest. On application of C his re- oun- granted by Judge Oakley, and Lewis brought up yesterday . The claimants having been duly cited to prove his identity, Mr Sedg wick rose lo say he appeared as counsel for Lewis, when Lewis replied in substance, "no, y ou are mistaken, I want no counsel, I've been in New York long enough and now 1 want to go home to massa Me Kaiu I've seen en "gh of New York niggers, and t hey aint half w hat they arecrark'd up to be. So, there is no use in say ing any more!" Ii is unnecessary lo add lhat ihe request of Lewis was granted, aud he is now on his way to Mobile. A. Y. Star. Extraordinary effects of Light ning. Mr. Edmund Clark, of New Milford, (Conn.) had a few day s since 64 sheep, comprising the entire flock, killed by light ning. They were under a tre which was struck, and several were found standing dead. If fea diers are a non-conductor aud protector from electricity, wool certainly is not. This dying standing savors a little of the dead partner whom the young lady found herself waltzing with lately ; in Prance sometime after he had been a corpse. b.