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THE PEE DEE STAR,
FRANCIS X PAUL- Vr
ETITOR -ASfD'PBOPBi'IBTOB;-At
Two Dollats,. payable ix advance ; Two
; Dollars ani Fifty ents? if paid within six
raouth3 j and Three-Dollars if not paid till
' the qnd of the subscription vear. Sul
criptions when "paid -within ."three" -months
:t -after receiving the first jiuiber, -will beon
idered in advance. ".".
SSTNo paper sent out of the State.' unless.
the njoney accotnpanies the ferder, ' excepti;b"a I
known responsible name.-: y; r?; v t f'-- "1
Any person 5ending'-tj9-fiifer 8ubsoriberind'(
Ten Dollars will be entitled to dne cbpvyrratis.i
vw uiauuuuuem unui iu- arrearages
are paid, Sunless atWrK)pti6n-
" TEEMS OFl VERTISINGr.
ADVERTiskijENTS wilfb'e insfek eel One 'Dol
lar per Square, ( si xteen KneslfbiAhe iirst weei.
and TwientT:nve CeUti ""fbr every'- cohtihuahce.
ne loiuwing deductions wilrbe'jnade'!in
I favor of standing 'ad Vertisempnt " lV ' , '
. S? MQNTBSff JIONTIIS. 1 YE AR
Oni wjTire - - - - $3.50 $5.50 - - - - - $9.60
Two - -i, w .flo - - 10.00 - - - 35.00
' Tbree :" i; . 9.00 .'..- - 14J30 r r - 18.00
Half columnar ir 46.00 v ' 22.00 - - - 30.00
Ono r 30.00 - 45X10 - 55.00
; Business cards of five lines or.less, inserted
one year for Five JolJars. .;
Auvertisers are requested4;o:;:ni.arJi,the.,nunv
ber "of insertions' desired on. each, advertise
ment f otberwise tney will be .insertetl ;iintil for-'
Ibid, and charged accordingly.'-' .
Announcing; candidates for ofEce.Three Dol-
. f.
j verses ioitne-x ear iuu. Cu .
: - Tell John to set the kettle on, ;' X
I want to take a drive? . :
I Only want to go to Uomet . :Ch. ; ;
X " - Angl shall bV bacic a fiye j, T,
T iHTell..cool to dress-'tliose humlning birds
i siiol in iueyaco. , , ..-':;
l hey've now been killed at least two nays,
I hey II soon ls. unpeu haut.'
"And Tom,: take you the gold leaf wings, '
.And start-for Sjiain at threeV-
I want some' Se viire granges j; : "?vv '.' -
'- Twixt dinner-tfmo atwl tea J -Fly
round by France and bring a ?new " f ";"
' Perpetual motion jguh,',e'
To-morr6w; witli someVn-tends I go; ''
: "' v1;" :Arhuiiting irii the sunf ;7 f ? '"""'
The trip I .took the Other dayf
To breakfast in the'mooh,
Thanks, to my Lord; BeUair, hev hp
"' V '-Spoiled' my new balloon , :v v: - -t
i For, Weering through the niilky war,-'
Herangb.inst.ai'S taTyiVj,.
And tnrniag round. agap jbp soon, ;
fr; " .Copifef jolt against iny acan "i
- But;Tom, yptt.get th careaixedy: t
7 -And'then letDan; andpipkA.'
Inflate with ten square miles,of,-gJi3;s
'V; -J mean to travel nmck.-f v-4;
: ,iiy steam is sureiy upny now j , r
7 vPuttnehigh pressure on, v',.V - '
y Give, me the;breath-bagior thftiwary v.
All righi-r-hey--whiz ;I',m gone.V , v' c
hocghts on the" Origin an.d Progf esAf
In the arts of 6ibderri; ;"aminalswe 'find
hese of their earliest tepresentatives,s artd
in the handicraftsrof the linnbarbrians
we may contemplate those' currcnt.ih Ederi
1 and in thcucolbnics that sprung .up 'around
iaz ior wiere is as marjiea a. resemoiauuu
in the-primal devicbs of miijsjh4inet
otthe groups below;
soj- sinbe 'originating in the sjame:"waitSt
c k -
: tsame instiadtiv
! ---will ever suggest; them'. "Whils'tpfcssing
cherries gave rise to - primal devices, fte
x-yssiues ; lea xo
multiplication.
rknoo fnnl' nlonrt if coaiyio a IrOTrVi" oncnn I
iaeir improvement ana r tVvv Ay v-w' v tI7v f----.s V; 4 i- j " -
Whenever a. markemdismi
iii'much the Uame'way as among -InfefwriVv
bcinssi It we Examine the habits and ac-
tihna nF fltOCA ' cntT .rrJ fiA:' oiniA
I
s .; . .Trsityf'tempeiy talents' and tHeir conse
sequences, prevailing as with' Vus ThVSn-
: -.geriib'us :and industripiis thrive : the idle !
- aija inexpert sutler: Jbvery creature, trom
' , the lion to tholion-anir front; the eagle to
the ephemeron) is - the author of its own
V : foHunes7 ffdbdorffdfolnefln
of: itheir; fellbwsvhm(j(ify 1
r iiit,'i"'oo lumeet unusmai emergencies
l..iak are rewarded-.M'thc rainsThey
: ar tlie inyentors.' bf thjeit rjpesitei
' cirsUhs; uew Miea;ch
become manifested-?!! new' fot map ttiatprral :
. and practices, Precise! So with the n'hi!
V inUr&l 'changed !
round him. -so did iis rffviff4.i orvT
useful" results gradnaUyawumulated, 'and
the avenues to civilization Opened. ' "
."' ' H : . -'. s l' .' ' : . . .O- .. ' ' T-.-i7
1
If-neeessitiea were the parents of inven
tion, cDAYenienceVr were its iiTirsesTnd en-
joyments its teachers.- As society improved
so did these, and keeping in advance", tbey
courte.d ftd encouraged it on. ;4 Suggesting
prospects and "eliciting aew devices,'wnicli
required Signer ,eForts tt fulfil; : In 'this
way ihe most refined?of people have arisen
from the rudest? Ttndrj this way people must
alwdys rise," E veryecid.ec in
the . beginning le;1iiotherancbit' if
cthers ancl,, pthera so thaji' the trutQ is
nowbecomin : appareht,VtiaA iieessitf to
science and'art.can.' only t-eac with huma:n
progress :., an the. .conversef when it -is
arrested, they must" decline",: and . as it - ret-
ro'grads they ildisappe; one by !pni1
until the :rad6 revtert to toriniitlve ignorance i
n 1- -'Vtti m itt"'' it-
The faculties of thpse who talkof limits
t,nknnwldorA . iififl tirJ'f K fmifd Af"
are nascent'. ' TThey -haa-a neither full nor
ilCUl V II
qfVman's powersr and the
miracles in agriculture, chemistry and me
chanics, -he"has. 4toi4 pbrm4-..!il7-ould they
judge, of. tofatrimiby -the-; ipast, or deterf
lniuewuaxis pe py wnat is.:,; r Jbw tney tniplf
thelearth to femain as iiowTthe grjbator
part and moors, dark' forests- and morass t
AJiusci, uiutu iairer, urouonion-oi ineir
own species, too.
destitute of mental and
moral cultivation !;
ny,.man is oniy enf
by a feW' preliminary
tering, on his" task-
and catteiredxpeniriJnti epannhiml
telf toetouidRr '.r' f-' ''i'i
. An infinity M work Is before , him. ( As
an agrtculturalist: he has to lay and "keep
ehlarkirilz . the lTasfi of "the social coluuihi 1
All ..hUtMnsigniSieimt -portion of 'htsIeii4,J
did patrimony is yet wil'd "land this he J
has to reclaim andt cot vert into orchards
and gardens, -into grass "and grain-growing
fields. :.The tiehest
sections,: 'the tropics;
so exuberant in fertjility, -arei ta besubju
gatedttrhardly touched -by the plough, thb'
deemed thebir-placoJand special roe-
stead' otthe species.L Iree and facile, coiui
4mtfmtibnwthi
be established. 7t)3AkJid,to this the rpurificac
tiou of the,, atmosphere from ; mateiia-rrfr,
by human provide rtc0, salubrity is, jtb iujs
ceed ' the .banefurralasma joXni.aietbe
hotbeds :of fevers anti ague are to be dried
up,' andc human liier and; lvlti's i happiness
prolonged. - ' .:.
The nature and properties of myriads of
u lknown. plants hayeHtb.be ;' ascertain ed
the valuable fostered, improved and inulti-,
nl i Pfl- tKo n ax ion a -fi n Vl spIpss siiTmrpssprl : 1
So of .animals for to- Us is 'comrnitted the
power of molding a,tid Snraltiplyiiig- such as
are serviceable,, anrof annihilating Others,
hy removing 4 the conditions - under : or hy
which alone they can exist By-the exer
cise of this prercattye, 'results have heen
brought about as lingular as any 'in vegeta
ble or' artificial orginisms -Dimensions'
forms, Icblors, i profioi'fjhabfts, tastes
a'ndthe very faculties of - the" Iotfer ' tribes,
haveheeii ? chage4-t-r-sd ihuchl 'isoas; vtb
make it doubtful whether speeief and sub1
species may uot.be
ne after, all to ' this
strange plasticityoflanimated; nature. jThei
chemist hahardly beuh oqerat:-3: fe
loose sampiel : of,;vdia:tis ciinippsed'-haye
been partially analized : hut, the ; bulk ha&
not heeii-brokeu into. '-Then the infinity
of processes "'ceaselessly' and silently going
on in Organized" and kne'r$ malterijaasae
WppI.eUitlLl;f
ed "with amplementSi4 arid materkls in- su-i
: ; ' i ' '': ' - i. . i" - t':.
irlected-iot half of has beenayet ven
gecnhile forces ior wfabrieating' it ; have
from the tbegijrai: soine
running' 'ttf- wast'etKpjrai li'ng dormaht foi
fit-
rousot tne stores
beneath it within, his
.aliid;matter,3nhatQY-
reach--when jnunda
vef fbrinrappringr is; Imade' to ? Contribute
to his ends
changed .from its f natural.:, yildness ; as 7;a
a
telfigence-it.will be tmie enough tq speqk
of human advancement " culminaung, And
the airts as ' approaching Ihe limits, of . per-
L$y Jfy U- Mjl Q " ;''
IUVUVUi
fnnflAr ';,: -7: f. -7?:-pf:7,A i:; f ' .'
Till these 0irigs :coine , to'pass.
instead.
of looking. foxiiQ ImoreiscQveriesi e
shouhi be prepared ibrj-j a nkanttsup?
sion of them.. PrepArecl -pr notLthey, are
sure?c6me) for. the.ho5tso7ke0n4ntel-
Iects interrogating nature in our Owii'cburi-
try; "arid the legions" as husy fin::btherSr ftre
niaor
not entreating ner .ior npinin
wnen man nas SDrcau.xus iuuueucc:ov-1 xwi t "- , -
harbor for Untamed brutes V and noxious,
reptiles; info a fit theatro for cultivated; in-
trifles. i
;flffl-
Civilizations maybe Jikened to statue,
tne:caryiug otwhich is the business of the
ppeeie. jJtiincludes : all-: duties and fur-
nishes appropriate employments 1
ried capacities of all men ofrti
forthe va-
time.. xEacli
successive age. withdraws one band, of la
borers, and brings.forwardnother, whose
faithfulness, awkwardness,- xit negligence
advances or retrogradestheiwork. i,Under
barbarism it. was a shapeless block; with
the dawri of knowledge its features befiranto
ftppearird tfen nations occupieAthemselyj
m chiselling 'away materiaL and6- bringing
them into higher relief, during the - last
century idmeart
-U-mof e have" beenun ihepresent.one and
in-' the -next this great mCraKsculpture'
ilHe furtljer improved, for thevtime.can
never be jwhe'n to it new. sraoes and a hish'-
er pohsh.cannot be. given. ,Tp,thpso .who
add nothing to jitexistence is a blank.
' P "f (T0 BE CONTINUED:) i ' ;
, SHO p KING INSTANCES OiVFALSE-;
, .jBy.th4maiLwe received the Washing-,
ton Union of S'Uast and the. Wilming
tou Journal of Mpndayj each jcpntai ning an
a?ich.thf..Cingm
Uqss,, and each affording a mostad instance
of the. degradation to which the Locofoco
press has; arrived, when men: who' have
somev character in private life, deUbertely
set; out to laisity well jenouen jatsy o enct
"a party purpose.; It is a melancholy spec-
i tagle, thus ta see newspapers which bug'
thus to see newspapers which busht
tahe, examples of ,uprirhtnesS' and truth.
hich oughtt-to ho; enlighteners of the, pub-.
he mmdr deliberately perverting the truth,
and filliu
Cf
--WO.W iXLiUU ilAUli AU13X1WU
TIaeh of those- papers pretend to give a
hisVoryoftth Edney business,; Each re
lSupon Edney's own letter, though his
facj
inejQtsihaye beehie
terjby Edward JSyerett,af?; Zy Edney
according iorthe
.Kdn'ein4.rhepny;,
thins disnaracins to the:5v aiffs
The "following is the closie
iearasraph pVj
:
theUuion's long 'article
t)ne peculiar feature of this affairises"
hibited-imJVIrACUihgmanls fetter, printed in
the
Union' of Thursday last : and - that is
- " 'r -'. . , V . ' ' ,
the
acquital of General Edney, for writinir j
his so-called Fagg- letter in 1852, in which
he. expressed himself Warmly ..in."- favor5 of
Mr! Clingman It wastor inditing and
printing that letter.; that Stanly and others
demanded that he should not be appointed
chatge d'affaires--tCKGua'tetnala': and it "was
in reference tO this very iFagg;: letter that
Mr,; Everett,- Secretary, of, Statef. wrote of
fieiaily ip G en,f Edney, telliogshim that his
app4iutmntrWould be postponed until the
Fagg letter was explained, It was explain-,
ed,' and Bdriey Awas appointed.. ,Now, how-.
e Ir-;Eyerett comes forward, ;ajt Aike
hbur'jnV letter to
this explanation had no bearing : uponMrl
Edneys apintnierit !wh the recoi'd
sho-prs,' firstthat It: Eyta-ctt .; wanted ile
."lg'lettertWai
CIy that, Snordejf to give time ia have it
expraihed het consideration of; the ,w-hple
matter would, be .'postponed :, and. second,
thai -in?a fewT days after thi ,esplanatianj
n i 4 7 - --" j :"Vr p;,a
Mr. Edney was appointed charge to. Uuate-f
tort
vice's1 as charge to Guateni'ala :were, i ohly'disM
penscu witn oeeause u, was aeiermmeu juy j
thb Fresidlnt to1' recommend "th "appoint- j
ment Or, a lull niniiscer Ayr eiitia..p.HJcia-
uensed with on this ground, arid np censure
was attached to iur.aney ior ..writing nis
Fagg letter, ..,..,,,4-
V II v Vi v ,-y v .
ort a Space agreat
than, is contained in
i-T Is i iCitt- t. i '
JmW -
t '( - "-- ' 1 -I if
pq, nuskhaye :vfenpt 'f98.y-S''J
pei inlheibr OirisnianV pwri JetX I
VArfi'-in'-fif
nultalofXJeruev
jfct:5Kiioth
thhcvhoid ;ioi he-ppbinteH-
)Verei(
this
i llohttcal;
disKensedfthe President, but when they found out b'yj
:ff yfe29, ; 1B54; '
The iactl?; andvMr. Everett's, letters
published in the. Union , of Thm-sday. last
slibw it,! that instead of being ajygointed a
few" dai after this explanation, an appoint
ment which he .previously held was fre-
Vnl-vV ' -PTrr HA,. T, 1 IT .
r , , Edney was appointed, and his nomina
tion congrmedby.the Senate, in, August
1852. .)EIe' wrote the Fagg Jetter,ou;the
22d Sepi. 18q2, Mr. Everett wrote ta him
ouvihe MFeb'v 1853. offerinff himthe on-
poruriitK whichlhe askei for, ta explain.
TTlie expahatiojaa$:,made on,the 2d Eb'y
IB 3
d on, the ,.imh:- Feb y 1853 Olr.
)f which thoUniou tells- was like
that pf -vthe-;. fellow, whose case , our, friend
Ham. Jc nes tells of, yiho. after a conviction
or petty larceny t and the recemt- of 39
; lalnesfliejeof, Informed his,4,ends:that he
was .IwlMppe aid .cleared.
bo much ior the ashmgton Union., i
The. W iluxi ngton Journal 7 starts by say
ing that -Edney .was' thefquondalni pekof
epub.
licationt; k We wjllpnlyj premise- that the
Iete,e(jy-aanded;io Goh Fagg
ev,er, .iha 4id not. knowjits contents."
ISTLtLEf EyvV SepLl22;lS52:
" My Dear Sir "V 1 am hot ready " to' go
homej Ijani arranging'my Jack affairs, and j
wilFnot reh"homeinrtim be
foreybu W'to Raleighy and I desire to say
to Vou aslari "oMand trW friend, that I
Want jbujto stand by Clingman for ehatof;
His friends elected you and every Whis
member "from" the i District, and the whole
district delegation should vote' for him. if
they reile t the will of their constituents )
and no'mln can blanie" them, for it' is well
-uy4i! u.ji; juc treat uuluig xo xue caucus
JUOvfemenCsfihelrddlp nii VaatoViu
-,. r.-.t.(' Mil " 1 . . . : r ' 1 .''
Ders,.tnatiwe- wurnever eiect any Doay,
manfihas"moT6' character: "and more
thl&rranrban'olfn
na-heIiaa & national relatibnthatf no
insrffrbm lthd Btate' feyef had,5 aWinbCg of
frieuds,jaud actrfh!reefrat' hmrt
fphimraP besefrKM,''&nd. the day
will-be -ymiir !1;
Curse those middle and
eastern men , they thi nkou " and" I, arid all
bur men-?? itst jvteid&'t& ilxey say, and as
I and you get there a caueus will be pro
posed, iheeffect of which is la shut your
mouths forvef 'and 'give- all : the' benefits
arising from it..- The-days -and the hours
have arriyed when Western 4 riieri must
stand by their own rights and their own
men. Can any-man "4n -North Carolina
Mame our -Western men for standing by a
Western man particularly -when he is the
strongest mkn in his own district? If the
throiioinnuneehgo.theiap
mU)fnsl T
Letus .har;what Jney.himseJf saysin 4--"the
:Fafcltterj?i .which ;wiH-bear repub, ou.eipna!
eentral men had ever tfcferf'with' an libef I ernorship of the 'State) Wrhile a member, of
U 'Ka'UTVo
"snj .iwivuj no vu tve, ifuciAj nuuiu uc i
some reasofj?for our going -into caucus ; as
they never fiave, there is no reason, "nnone,
and I trust in God our men never will again
faUiWiilinjg -victims- to theirictse duptitUy.
"- Fagg, you are ascnsibleand fai? mind
ed man, and I Only suggest these - things
that you miy take advantage of our rights
i at the on set otherwise " all is lost "
I desire further Jo say to you, that if
v5- "
tomce lor you tnat you desire, wnether the
;,v. ; f ' .
me therano1 1 ho,ld,-; and I. only sngi
that yoiusinay; bes apprised of: his
1
to' s'erve his- friends in: t hour ofS
furthor thought it -. might; be
pleasant you tQ haye alucirativei office
fora year.o two,-jor perhaps,take hisj place
in Congress., ?A Z. this s -between us, :and I
beg.;of ypu.as,my friend; to .heed, tckqt 1
hate said' - 'j-srs-v- l' 't -i- 'M'-M. ';
-" N. B Wcllf- Fagg;fL am sorry-1
shall ? not be , able to be at Raleigh j I
iat:l
fully
designed being, there, but am sadly disap-
luwould to God , IcoaiaiJiaY.e
j owed towiy-Iiving manvor -exgr wul; he is!
f you mtMm indsomKl rim7oVmirnr
LilfS-,LtUtb - lllC'lIU' VJIUU T-J V d lixw-v-, Tl
sot,
'Vf.'"
flf we meet no inofc GbhlesSTbii my
"pray "tou ' may' always)
I ' ii'T 7:--7 - 1 1J.... .5
been to have contributed to pay Clmgman
aebt-offgratitude: higher thaii anyXever
"4 'i
fraud, what sort of a man -he ws, they Mre-
voked" their jrecommendation,. and asked
that bis appointment might . be recalled.
In this they differ from the. Locofoco mem
bers, who keep Forney in a high ofiice in
spite of, (or in consequence of,) notorious
acts that degrade him in the opinion of all
honest men. . ,
The Journal does not think that Gen.?
Pockery offered to give Edney any of his
owaononey to induce him ta come to, thel
mpiyjtiins. and take the stump for Scott and
(iraham.; " lie ST'not; pneToi tiie giving
kind,"'! says the Journal. Not for such a
purpose, we are free to adpoit. He gives
liberally to the cause. of Education, of Jle
Kgib" of charity to.the,poor but; not, to
Gen. Edney. The.. sneer ofi, the jjournal
will Dot hurt Gen. Dockery.:
-5
It is hot w'orth whiletq " fiHlow, thev Jour-1
distmeruished for direct mistatemcnts and I
for suppressoi n. of ! imtirMlX Observer;
"Cv. -O -IT .-7 t j ,--7'. - i - TV' . - 1
e'WTif'pape'fs- havebronglit out
aganist Mti T Bragg, in tncw present; contest
as Chairman of theXudicia
reported against' a. proposition:- to. abolish
thtandar ' Jsays jat those wlmake, the
objietioX .19.
favbrtof the nrbuositibh or 'not L. thajt ."as
tibn bu ' reported as a majority bf theiCpm-
nijteedijet
and 'thaVhVisindiYidualiy respohsible:.on
ly for , what he sain debate in the House,
andfpr his yese.the journ
nals'," "It is.l'eustomarywebeliev and
the Standard doubtless has the "knowledge
of the act;,that the
are drawn up by some one hi i the commit
tee who concurs with the majority, a,nd not
of necesTty by tSe ciairmanf,! The- chair-
man,
11 ue. uoes uoi voncur wiin, iub juaiut-i
frryT'hlls'tKe'game privilege, as anyTther
member of the committee, and could make
ainorirepott. , Iftherefore, &a chair
manlA committee, IrV3 Bjagg.made s a
report' against abolishing imprisonment. for
deht without expressincr his disa-tjreement,
5 itmust betaken as his report - arid as iyi-
Iffiplrisonment lorebt. Th.;. Standard's
J answer to the objection against JMrv Bragg,
therefore, is nothing more t thann ., artful i
" .dodge so that if Jdf.B. does hot " be 1-
Keep it before ihfi People y then thatMr
Bragg, in the Legislature ,01 re-'
ported against-, a proposition .to aooiisii
imprisonment for debt. ;, .J ; , : -n ,
- l HUlsboroufjh Recorder,,
""'''' ImprisoniQeni' for Debt. '
-it
4 : v
. Re; it remembered by the humane, ev
ery where that the present aristocratic can
didate of the Iocofoeo party for!' the Gov-
mo XAgioiai ui c, as) VXiaiiuiiu yi lliy U.UUiU"
iary Committee, reported against the aboli
tion of Imj&s6hmeri'fcffr--l)&t We, pre
sume that few men . will be found in North
Carolina, savage "enough tb' justify such an
act of barbarism as; this, Rolling! in af-fluehce-himself,
Jhe cared riot how poor
men, whom sickness or,.; misfortune .have
stripped of their substariee; were torn'away
from their families, aiid incarcerated with
in ihe four walls of their county jaih He
knew, that he could ride by their prison in
his earriage look out upon their iron grates,
and feel that ho belonged to a sort of no-j
inuy wiiu uuuiu uui) uu j.mjjrisuiiea jor
Debt. -Poor men of the State! let Mr.:
Bragg be consigned to the quietude of pri
vate life for the next two years where he
can better study tho: humanities becoming
a Governor than iiL the Executive Mansion
in. the City ofllaleigh.' 'Adversity is "most
generallyianiadmitabie isoftener of the hu j
man heart; and it' would be a-pity tof
prive hirri.of its eminent advantages.
. .- Fayettcvilk Argus. :
k 5LiMbNY:-BY ;BbwV Jr4 JL .want
yott,triiy?younsinnera4lpiiss:.
ried" and then jdoyjote youx'tiriie to morality
andlmohe riwkins!en
be provided with jsiich comforts and necesu
sanes aa.pletyIplckle,;,poji!' nd tcttles,
Brusnes, prqoms,! Deneyoi(5nccpread char7
jty h,,trackers;fai
wine and wisdorii " Have all thesei.thinj8
always on hand, and happiness will be with
ybu. Don't drrhk; anything intoxicating
eat I jriodel'axelyv bulsiriessafler
hreakaio
after teilkisSaftetM
1 m
iss thai earth 4au a
till the grave doses over you and.'ybur spi-
its are-bofriet6 ther tngbter5 and "happier
dumber 12.
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A,-
A Singular Personage. ,
Rhoderich. the Baltimore1 correspon
dent of the Washington Star, gives the
following account of a very singular per-:
sonage. ,
There 'resides in Baltimore couaty not
far from our city, a very singular and ex
traordinary personage, who has thus far
passed through his life unobtrusively. His
history yet remains, to be written, and fewj
ifajiv - there iire, ? that could do it justice.
seldom appeafing'-tTOtside the walls of his;
hermitage, except when special occasions
require. There is a marked singularity in i
his dress, general appearance and manner. ,
Though unon the turning, point of fifty he '
has remained & bachelor sHunible in his
2 professionbeing - simply t a 1 repairer of
clockshe is proud, and looks down upon;-
those of high rank and wealth with a de
gree of contempt He isslprd of. his own-
castle, and inhabits it MS--has ria friends, '
no companions t and wants none. , v He'-
chews wemen, considering them'a, useless
ex pense, and a source of multifarious vex- '
ations. ,: Wealth,' tohis philosophy,is an j
absorbing evil and money in any shape,
except so far as it contributes to higher en-
jbyriients, mere dross.4 ' . - : ',
This -singular person has existed in the
same hut.' same locality, for.' mariy years,
and still Jus neighbors know him nofc'He
spends .only so much -of his ; time at physi
cal labor (mending clocks) as will procure
a plain, scanty living and-pbtain pther re
quisites - for mental enjoyment. ' He visits
Baltimore about twelve times a year on foot,
and then so; arranging; inppinf' bf time,
that his entrance and exit are made in the
nighL -. His passion is books " arid? mental
culture. . Though, in seeming poverty he '
has a well .selected library pf several, hun-
dred volumes, containing all the classics,
besides other .works. His visits to Balti
more are generally of ;.a literary character, '
always taking home books of a rare quali-
tyyvi.'-.- .-' '.? f 4- '"
vTQ.see. himjuiheheholder t would suppose
he .belonged to the ignorant, unlettered dt-t'
vision of human nature. Jn this however,
the few wrhp. were fortunate enough to form;
his acquaintance found themselves mista
ken Contrary to all expectations, he prov- -ed
a scholar of superior finish, versed in
J the classics thoroughly, and master. of Latin,
ureet, i rencn, German, Italian, ispanishi
Hebrew, and many i other . languages,"- all; '
acquired without a tutorV. He is also faV-
miliar with .the various sciences acconi4-
plislied in. manner, address!. &au tie cntii
( verses freely, fluently, . and sensibly UDOro
the' most obstruse- and complicated Vsv)bi'
jeetsj is well posted in politics, and knowsy -the
history of the past and current .events v
accuratelyi He delights particularly, in
oriental literature,- and possesses a fund of
information relating thereto. He profes
ses alliance wjth no religion,! and yet ob
serves a -.code Of scrupulous morality. j
His best costume is extremely antiqua
ted, parts of- .it having been in use proba
bly twenty years", and all together if ..put
up at - auction, .would not command fen '
dimesi ,Tho. casual observer! i would sup
pose him a poor mendicant, and feel inclinl; ; '
ed to extend the hand of charity,;yet he is
surmised to be comfortahle in the world's ;
lore, and proves himself to. be enviably f ichT '
in all that 'appertains to a refined and high-
ly cultivated intellectiV His name X do riot :"
feel at liberty .to mention -at present; 41
have given you the outlines 1 rif a reality,'
which, up to this period 'haS-probably "net-.
er been thought of beyond the -ordinary.'
routine ot lite.- The "Learn ed-Black-.;-4
smith," John McDonough, Peter the Her
mit, and. Stephen Girard. were not v more
1 peculiar than the herq of this brief epistfe-i .
jf ituiutui? pnav year ne nap .masterea. :
the arts of stenography and Iphbhography. i
j and -reads and writes them with ease; i' S' '
Premature Bcrul.-A" shocking rin-T.
caee orrirematur6 "hnrifll i4 rUtaH in n --'
stance of premature" burial i related in. - a
ManheimjouiTitii; A
AwOmari what according
to the official . register hd died bu Easter' -
Monday, in child be8 was duly bjuribThev; l
cure of the-parish whose hpusewas close to. V
the cemetery, after hearing moans fr0mthatr-'V.
place,; cqlled a riiedicaLmaa a
cemetery-bttt It ivas too late.; The Unforttt--
nate womaa was found turned pa her side "inU-.
tbecofirielte'itt tilt
p;receoed-ly eversirp'lei jthe pffiaiti
had; be'en forced operi and he woman Itad 5
tofn her bait Jfrom lier head. She. cold
totyeTbeeu dead many minute befreUiefi?-!
burials sUexcite4; the attention pf thocfti
French "(iQverrimcnt,. and it i$ proposed ta; ;r
establish, dead opsejerehiibodiesofj-iv
dedeased, persons may be kept until 'doeoitt :
position rcommehces, which is iTf Uniyer-' .
sally,' . allowed to be the. qnly veyidenceTUi
of death. ' Similar, houses have iouc since
Deeu established iij many parts of .Germany
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