North Carolina Newspapers

Vi iii - - . . -5 w w .. . TarJorou-ft, (U&gecombt County, X. C.) Saturday, Juhj l, 1837 ToZ. XIII o. 26, ;7'Ac "Turb 'rou h Press Bf fiEORGE HOWA15P, j,pi,itieJ weekly at 7Vo Dollar nvd r:.".f CV '' y; r P''1 ,v.nir Vf f)n'!(tr at Hie expiration of tlu 1 I S"' , r- TiDt ntu five Ctn's per ni nth c's critic are at liberty to disroutiunc ""'"'mi ti,nP on ?'v'n? ,,0'ie thenof and nt ' aii' nr Hiosr residing at a dis 'YOiu't invariably pay in advance, or ''i, sponsible reference in tlm virinity. "'Vlvprtisemerit not excelling 16 li-ies ipuctli (nT " slare) W'H inserted a "1, ,fn the first in-rr'ion ami ?5 cts. each n:i nuance. Longer ons at that rate !"'( err square. Advertisements most ' i '.I . I a in i m 1111 1 f f iniart'.n. thev u" ci'ti'-'HMl until otlier nrJivd, and charge.1 iicrordinwtv . Letter addressed to the Editor nut be r st paid, or tliy may not he attended to. Miscellaneous. From the ?I. V. Star. fONG CF THE DELUDED TAILOR. 'By iniUaM (Sox oV i.ie tlitys of rady monry Are torevt-r lied away! :n'i nothing now but O U, Aiid premises to pay: vA promises to pay, that last Like snow flakes on the rivet: I A ihort while rather dubious, I rhi-n fone, ;da! forever.' Innuida lnwlier cruft were mine; I would that I hud been An author, or an a:tor, Orihe piiinler of a scone. E ;t si i ong ambition fired my soul A'as! for me and mine! Anil must needs make cloi lies to fit 'i he human form divine. A .1 boldly, jirouJIy, I can say, Tney were most truly mad: Si mat, o close, so every tiling Vet, hoa am I repaid? Ourvjuii? bucks mock at Irt'w, and laugh At luilifi, nun, or jailor, And daily study how they best Can victimize a tailor! But vengeance, vengeance still is mine? I yet can work them w o! And those who will not pay their bii!s, l'o prison straight must go. They shall not triumph in my fall, Or tread gy fashion's maze, Without a hint that there is vet A rann that's called "Old Hays'." Full chorus of similar deluded Tailors Oh! the days of ready m niey Ate forever fled away! There's nothing now, but I O U. And promises to pay; &c. GOING A-FISHING. Mr. Fitzgig was a valiant ba chelor: Abi.le yo'j vet, and abiJe von vet. Vim little know wliat'll oeiide you yet. i Mr. Fitzgig made a Mrs. Fitzgig ! ti .diss bereua rum). Thp marriage noose will make yon fret, A.ida. way.vard wii'e will taiue you yet. Ir. Fitzgig had seen rnatiifesta- 4 i;,v,5 of Miss Seraphtua Serena ! t 'imp s energies; tor he was pre i f-rii when she took a cat hy the toil which had scratched Iter, lirliag it two or three times ! "and her head, and slung it, 'tilling and crashing through j ,w window into the street. The ! lovert however, nothing doubted ! 01 Jus ability to make a good wife ! 01 Miss Seraphina i -ut what ii there by sea or land ' '''at can a wayward woman stand? Alas, for Fitzgig! Fiery ladies j f'Uybe beautiful so may a luck- s poney but tame tbetn if you J can. 1 1 ',ZS'? u two weeks, was met- I jmorphosed into "only my hus J bad."' He. struggled hard; but j can resist his fate? I , "I'm going out of town a fish I to-tnorrow, my dear' said j l ltigig, as he buckled on his j ;tck befttre the glass, early one J rning; but I'll be back, my j Hing, soon the next day." , ! .vou won't, my love," J J'irieked Mrs. Fitzgig, as she sat I !JfJ,t upright in the bed: "I see I is tired of your poor wife J already: ves tired! Isavtired!" 1 So Mrs. Fitzgig sprang ou of 1 "driest, lifted up a pitcher of wa J !er am! smacked it ail to pieces Fitz repeated in tremulous tones, j '1 m only going a fishing." basou followed the pitcher j JrS' Fitz seized the looking 1 2?, and ejaculated, with a sig nificant glance, "goiurr a fishing'.: What could Fitz do! The war was unexpected, and he had not cacubv.ed the cost. "No, I believe I aia't going a lH!'i:ig!" Mrs. Fitz saw she had made ait impression. Her mili tary genius whispered to her to follow it op. "Ah, you only say that to de ceive your poor neglected wife there's some mistress that's the fish and you want to sneak of." Now, Fitz looked conscience stricken. "Von are a going a fishing, Mr. Fitz," said she, and crash went the mirror against the wall Mrs. Fitx commenced dressing,! tore the thincs, upset the table J whirled the lamp at a picture of: the delights of wedded love, which: graced the walls, and, with un- washed face, slammed the door! ami marched down stairs, reneat-i ing the word "fLhing" as she' passeil. Fitz sat on the side of the bed for an hour, like Marios on the ruins of Carthage. Ai length he sneaked down. "Good morning, Mr. Fitzgig going a fining, Mr. Fitzgig?" "No, dearest Seraphina Sere na, I ain't a going a fishing; 1 want my breakfast," "No breakfast berr, Mr. Fitz gig. Sally and Thomas all gone gone a fishing, Mr. Fitz gig. If you want breakfast, get it yourself." The battle wns over Fitz, pre-! viously broken by the breakage of! the brittle ware up stairs, had lit-j tie spirits left and punishing him i "hi the bread-basket w as attacking j him in the lenderest part. He sued her 6r forgiveness, and. af ter two hours solicitation, she stif- fered him to kiss her unwashed cheeks. Fitz was thus changed at oncej into "only my husband'' the humblest of all humble animals, j He fetches and carries, goes er-j rands, lugs banboxes and bundles, ' and smirks and looks dutiful. J Before be was broken in, lie! used now and then to grumble and get sulky; but then Mrs. F. was wont to give him such a look, and whisper in so sterna voice Do yon want to go a fishing, Jtir. j Fitzgiir? that alas, pour Fitz-1 gig! Laris Sunbeam, j Dr. Franklin's H'ife. Frank- J lit), in a sketch of his life and hab- t its, relates the following anecdote! of his frugal and affectionate wife, j A wife could scarcely make ai prettier apology for purchasing her first piece of luxury. j We have an English proverb ' that says: "He that would thrive, Must ask his wife;" it was lucky for me that 1 had one as much disposed to industry and frugality as myself. She assisted me cheerfully in my business, fol ding and stitching pamphlets, ten ding shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper makers, &c. We kept no idle servant; our ta ble was plain and simple, our fur niture of the cheapest. For in stance, my breakfast was for a long time bread and milk, (no tea,) and I ate it out of a two pen ny earthen porringer, with a pew ter spoon; but mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress in spile of principle; be ing called one morning to break fast, I found it in a china bowl, with a spoon of silver. They had been bought for me without my knowledge by my wife, ami had cost her the enormous sum of three and twenty shillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make, than that she thought her husband deserved a ilver spoon and china bowl as well as any of his neighbors. This was the first appearance of plate or china in our house, which afterw ards, in the course of years, as our wealth increased, augment ed gradually to several hundred pounds iu val tie. Crimp.. It is a remarkable fact that three-fourths of our convicts are single men. The record says, be more married men we have; the fewer crimes there will be. He contends that marriage renders men more virtuous and more wise. The father of a family, is not will ing to blush before his children. Daughters.Let no father im patiently look for sons. He may please himself with the ideas of boldness and masculine energy, and moral or martial achieve ments; but ten to one he will meet with little else than forwardness, reckless imperiousuess and ingra titude. 'Father give me the por tion which falleth to me,' was the imperious demand of the profli gate prodigal who bad been in dulged from his childhood. This case is the representation of thou sands; the painter who drew his portrait, pajnted for all posterity. But the daughter, she clings like the rose leaf about the stem to the parent home, and the parental bean; she watches the approving smile, and deprecates the slightest shade on the brow; she wanders not on forbidden pleasure grounds, w rings not the heart at home with her doubtful midnight absence, wrecks not the hopes to w hich ear ly jaromises have given birth, nor paralyzes the soul that doats on the chosen object. Wherever the son may w antler iu search of a fortune or pleasure, there is the daughter within the sacred temple of home; the vestal virgin of its in nermost sanctuary, keeping alive the flame of domestic affection, and blessing that existence of which she is herself a part. From (he "Sayings and Doings of Sam tc. The Yankee Lawyer and the Quaker. guess you've never been iu the Slates. There you'll see the great Daniel Webster, he's a great man, I lei! you; King Wil liam, No. 4, 1 guess, would be no match for him as an orator; he'd talk him out of sight in half an hour. If he w as in your House of Commons, I reckon he'd make some of your great folks look pretty streaked; he's a patriot and statesman, and a most particular ct'le lawyer. There was a Qua ker chap too cute for him once, though. This Quaker, a pretty knowiu old shaver, had a causfe down to Rhode Island; so he went to Daniel to hire him to go down and plead his cause for him; so, says he, "Lawyer Webster, what's your fee?" "Why," says Daniel, "Jet me see; 1 have got to go down south to Washington, to plead the great insurance case of the Hartfotd Company; and I've got to be at Cincinnati to at tend the Convention; and I don't see how 1 can go to Rhode Island without great loss and great fa tigue; it would cost yon, may be, more than yon would be willing to give." Well, the Quaker look ed pretty white about the gills, I tell you, when he heard this: for he could not do without him no how, and he did not like this pre liminary talk of his at all; at last he made bold to ask him the worst of it, what he would take? "Why," says Daniel, "I always liked the Quakers; they are a qui et, peaceable people, who neter go to law if they can help it, and it would be better for our great country if there were more such people in it. I'll go fr you as low as i can afford; say 1000 dol lars." The Quaker well nigh fainted when he heard this, but he was pretty deep too; so says he, "Lawyer, that's a great deal of money; but 1 have m-re causes there; if I give you the 1000 dol lars, will you plead the other case.- I shall have to give you?" "Yes. says Daniel, "I will, to the bes ot my humble abilities." S down they went to Rhode Island, and Daniel tried the case, and car ried it for the Quaker. Well, the Quaker, he goes round to all the folks that had suits in Court, and says he, "What will vou give me if I get the great Daniel to plead for you? It cos: me 1000 for a fee; but now he and I are pretty thick, and, as he is on the spot, I'd get him to plead cheap for you;" so he got o00 dollars from one, and 200 from another, and so on, until he got 1100 dollars; jist 100 dollars more than ho gave. Daniel was iu a great rage when he heard this. j "What," said he, "do you think I would agree to your letting me out like a horse to hire?" "Friend Daniel," said the Quaker, "didst thou not undertake to plead all such cases as I should have to giveihee? If thou wilt not stand ! tually walked to the Carlinwark to thy agreement, neither will I, loch, bathed, and returned home stand to mine." Daniel laughed j in the same manner he w ent. Go out, ready to split his sides, at this.! ing and returning, lite distance is, "Well," says he, "I guess I might j as near as may be, half a mile, as well stand still, for you to put; and it will be" recollected that the bridle on this time. forvnulT tiiJC.'-iv wq n hitter far wild have fairly pinned me up in a cor ner of the fence, any how;" so he went good humoredly to work, and pleaded them all. Premium. The editor of the Philadelphia Botanic Sentinel of fers a premium of One Hundred Dollars for the best written essay, in the nature of a critical exami nation of the question "Are the discoveries of Dr. Thomson iu the healing art, of any practical ben efit to the community?" The writer must be a graduate of some respectable medical college, and the essay must contain not less than fifty nor more than one hun dred and fifty common duodeci mo pages. Dentistry. The Courier & En quirer, and the Mirror, both have referred to a new principle iu the construction of artificial teeth by Mr. Leavitt, Surgeon Dentist, 3115 Broadway, which requires more than ordinary attention, be cause it is remarkable for its nov elty and utility. The complica ted machinery of springs, liga tures, gold plates, Sec. he. are all dispensed with, and atmospheric pressure is substituted, which ena bles the artificial substitute to be used with perfect ease for all pur poses of firm mastication, without any unpleasant metallic taste from the metal or complication in the management of springs and ma chinery. JY. Y. Star. flCT'The rumored discovery of a gold deposite in Albemarle county, Virginia, turns out to be a hoax, as might have been antici pated. The doubloons are alt counterfeits. ib. Extraordinary Fact. It was Dr. Currie, the accomplished bi ographer of Burns, who first re commended cold immersion iu ca ses of fever, more particularly where the tvne takes the name of scarlet. The suggestion, we be lieve, proved not a little startling, and the public natural!' enough revolted at the idea of tearing a patient from his warm bed and plunging him suddenly into a cold bath, whether under cover or in the open air. But the practice gained ground notwithstanding, and many striking recoveries were accomplished by a remedy, which to many seemed worse than the disease, or at all events more likely to kill than cure. Sliil so peculiar a mode of treatment re quired the greatest delicacy on the part of the practitioner, and tho' not of the faculty, we have always understood that it was in a certain critical stage of the diseases thai Dr. Currie himself considered it safe and advisable to hazard the experiment. Accordingly the practice has been discontinued, from the aversion which parents oid relatives so generally cherish t so rough a trial, and further, Torn the opinion that copious sponging serves all the purposes "f a cold bath. In this opinion we confess we do not agree, bat be that as it may, we proceed to record the following very curious fact. A young man residing in Castle Douglass, whose name will be given privately, if required, had, while laboring under influen za, accompanied or followed by typhus fever, became so delirious that his friends had to watch him closely. From some accident, however, his attendants, for a brief space, were out of the way on Tuesday, the 22d March, and on that day the patient rose from his bed, and with no other clothing than his night can and shirt, ac- severe frost in the snow upon the hills. j j i valleys and On reach ing his father's house, he was im mediately put to bed, anil strange as it may appear, soon after be came perfectly calm and collect ed. The fever, too, abated, and on Saturday last, when a friend wrote to us, he still improved "to such a degree as to induce the hope of speedy convalescence. Dumfries Courier. Wife Selling. One of those disgraceful exhibitions, the sale of a wife, took place on Monday. The husband is a blacksmith na med Garth. He first sold her for a shilling, then bought her back again, and resold her to a mar ried man for half a crown. The wife of the purchaser came in on learning the fact, and amused a company of fellows of low char acter who were present, by maul ing her faithless spouse rather se verely. English paper. f7The Wandering Piper has travelled 23,79S miles on this con- linent during the last four years, and collected $27,000, of which he has given $12,000 lo charita ble institutions and paid $ 1 5,600 for travelling expences; leaving him minus $000. If so, he is the first "bonnie Scot" who has been - j caught in a Yankee trap. JV. Y. Star. fX?The advantage of shade trees, in limiting the extension of a fire, is said to have been practi cally and strikingly illustrated a day or two since at Augusta, Ga. where a fire which had broke out in a kitchen on Reynold street, was thus prevented from spread ing to the adjoining buildings. .ib. The mysterious Stranger. At a very fashionable boarding esta blishment in one of the large ci ties, a singular circumstance late ly occurred. A gentleman and lady with a ver beautiful little boy, about two years old. arrived and took apart ments. Every thing about them indicated that they were accus tomed to the first walks of society and that they were quite weal thy. They gradually became ac quainted with the gentlemen and ladies residing at the establish ment, won their respects and se cured their confidence. They were taken in their soirees and iu return kept open apartments to all. A rich lady who was frequently of their social party, became much attached to the little boy. She won his affections, and pleased vith the various attentions she be stowed, be was frequently in her parlor. The strangers often w ont abroad in the city and vicinity, leaving the smiling boy with his new and devoted acquaintance. She be came more and more attached to him as he developed new, eviden ces of innocence and loveliness: and the strai'ge lady encouraged his new formed attsciiment with unwonted constancy.. It was a few months since tie strangers arrived at toe establish ment. They visited the parlor of their new ' acquaintance, in their usual friendly and familiar man ner. They stated that they were going to ride out, (as they fre quently had done before,) and the stranger lady said that they had better lake the little boy with them, as she feared he "was get ling to be too much trouble to her kind friend." But she strongly objected to the child's accompa nying them, averring that it was too cold, and that instead of his being a trouble to her, she was unhappy to have him leave her for a length ot lime. 1 hey kissed tne boy, bade the kind hearted and benevolent lady good morning took their departure and have not since been heard of. In the bosom of the boy's frock was afterwards discovered a large sum of, money, with this laconic note: Be a mother to this child . and Heaven will bless ycu for it. ; New York paper. (tTThe New Orleans papers contain a temperate declaration drawn up by-, the' officers, crews, and passengers of the schooner Julius Cesar, lately captured, and since released, by the Mexicans. They state that they had been in irons on board the Gen. Teran, and most cruelly treated. The wives of the passengers were also brutally marched through the streets to the prison, under escort of troops. These ladies refused to leave their husbands. They were afterwards released. JY. Y. Star. Slave Trade. By advices from Bermuda, we learn that the Brit ish brig Wanderer, arrived at Nas- sau, i. l . on the oih ult. with a slaver, under the Portuguese flag, Immured a fptv rlavs heforp. The R..- cnt c - ,1(WtUPC.orj 1nnutuiuw crt v 7 " V uiiuy I savs, we this slaver had originally on board 470; but in consequence of being short of provisions, and the prev alence of the small pox, the poof creatures died so fast that the num ber had been reduced to 400, thereabouts. ib. or Potatoes. We every day hear complaints about watery potatoes. Put into the pot a piece of lime as large as a hen's egg; and how watery soever the potatoes may have been, when the water is pour ed off the potatoe will be perfectly dry and mealy. Sojne persons Hse salt, which only hardens pota toes. A. lr. lunes. To make Fire and Water proof cement. To half a pint of vinegar add the same quantity of milk; separate the curd, and mix the whey with the white of five eggs; beat it well together, and sift it in to a sufiifient quantity of quick lime, to cover it to the consistency of a thick paste. Broken vessels mended with this cement never af terwards separate, for it resists the action both of fire and water. Antidote against Arsenic. The hydroxyd of iron is said to be a certain antidote against the poison of white arsenic. A Fact. A young lady in Ver mont having by accident, spilt a few drops of patent hair oil on her cheeks, before going to bed, a woke next morning with whiskers, several inches long. Portsmouth Times.