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a VOL. IV. .V. 1 8. IVILIIIAGTO, OKTIH AUOLSA, WEflEDAY, SLPTEKHKR , M, 18-15. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDIfLSOAY MUJiMUG. A. A. BnoffS, Ldttor. ! O.lce aa Front Sl, ne?t .South of tha Bank of Cipe fear. The jjrice of thU paper, U three dollar prr annum, ' payable in advance. If not paid within one month after aubacnuing, or aftti :h beginning of a ni v tu!crition year, tkree dollars -and fifty irnts will be chargedj and if not paid antil the year expires, four dollar iU be charged.1-' -1 . f j?o paper wilt be discontinued unt3 all arrearages are paid, unless the Editor may think proper to da so, AnvrfiiTisiiJttSTS inserted, at one uojtar per square of 1 4 lines, or less, for (he first, ami twenty-live cents for , each succeeding insertion. 25 per cent, will lie deduc ed front an advertising bill wheo.il amounts to t'.iirtyrlolr I art in say one year! Yearly standing aJveaUsciiirnt. will be inserted at $10 per Mjuare. ....., All lejai advertisements charged 45 pr-rt higher. ; (jjT Letters to the Editor, on business conn.ot.t-d with hia paper, must be post-paid. " . I H RS. !I AXWEI.I' beg leave to announce her I Q inteiitioa of oprriSrig i SdhooT fir'T!un' ladies in Wilininirton, JS.V,oo tnealnoL5S)jeniI:ermit. - Mrs. M. has had many J ears' experir n M a teacher, and -.ini.iii. . ir . :i i. F. :.l.r..r .1:. i. . , . L : the various duties m the Jmsuuiuon,. tho jilnn ol which will embrace all 'the branclirs that, coafclin.ta a refined " ducution. " .' .. . Among her numerous rfrrein-ei Mra. M deems it suf ficient to mention the (ollnvinir: lit. Kcv. l)r. .M.-tJoafc j-rj, bishop o( Michigan ; Rev; Dr. Johns, lialtimore ; V " James Buchanan, Esq.,;.irilish Consul N. Vorlr; Hon. ' John Tlifcrro, Kinj George coHWy, Va. (Job Tlio " mas MclCcnny, Philadelphia, and Kcv, R, B, L rne, Wil- eiington. 'v'- je 4 4 ..,v Aug.iT,.i842.. tno.tf,,. IlttJIT would announce W the tnliaSiUint-. XfJL f Wilmington, that it is hoi intuulion to open a k - SCHOOL-"" : v t. for youo1 laities' on tha 1st of October. In adilition lo an extended course of JJniliit nstruclioni Misg H. will leach Fiench and other lan?s;es, Dniiflug uod Mure Particular attcutiini paid to A itlimetic, u4 the Calix thcnicexerclucs tauiiht ttunne the told euther, " : " i -Aiiut!4tlK8tV ' V .- 171-tf. J MRS." COOKE takes this twthod of AiifiKHiiiid the intia'iil uin jjf Wilininto t and ifc'vi ;.ity tnal siicconlii.uc 10 ijne incnudioiiB or the , JPiano, Guilarf tin t in Ringing, at the bouse usually oc upirtt by Mr. Barry at present, but at her reatdenv'e In Market Mttuet oftcr hc 10th of Octolier. - - ' ' ; InstUKtionsftn the OIUAN, by tlie Quarter or single Idhson us required.' ; Mr, ( purposes 'resuming Ui Juvenile Siiijiiig ('fats on the second Alitor nj1 afttsruoon iuOilol or. , AiiRiixt 1812 t . '!i 172.31. Mr. VUN (iliiut onB,4bli)i)t ll- (Iron "mi Iliti lui Di-MiIht, iinlif rmim !! :-tuI lie lwei Dr. Wnalii'-i :;ml'lr. Itutcr's rrt iilrncc, wlui'li tin's jitsi bt'Cii prcpiircii fur ptirjmsf. Anj.Mist 17. 170-if. 1. ,. : 1 : - Mtajs1 Scltvol. rjHE .tiiWiilier would ri'Spcttfully give notice In pa ' rent and others nite.-i'sic d. Ili.it lie inti nd open, 114 a 3CUQt)L fur llO V on t e lir-t oi 0.tolicr r eurliet. W. W. KKLI.S. ! AntiiiinIO, 1842. , ItiiJ-tl. nrillE Biilwcsibi'r purpnsramm'iiinff 0 s hoot f r bins U in tVilmiatMi earljjnd O.'tolier. All the ludiii-h-esof an HttglUh eilifc!i will lo taught, tojctlier wiUi tha JNatin nd Greek BkjjjuiiiJps. ' k'V!:., HIN B. BROWN, Jr. Attgu-f 10. t- X- ' 109-tf. ' ,;,,:,. Ji. , l ,; 1 8 torus to Kent. ,' i MB iWii brick fire ivoiif STORES, on Mm, ket street, and tlie whnrf, at present ori-ujiini by C, W. Braillcy, C. U. Miller. S. If.mlcy, ami Haihawny & K'ckliam. Ki.iiiir of ' . i . J. A. UKADLR V: 1 G9-tf. THE new brick HOUSE-and STORE lie Death on the North West corner of Market mid eooud treet, now occupied by Mr. U. Urockeit a a Imardiii j houso, and Messrft J. ft i Dawnoii us a dry . goods' store j Possession given on Oct. 1st. , .i . ; A. P. RE PI TON. Aug: 10. ! - 1 oo-ii; DfTBIIB large double STOKE under the CAUOLIXA L It JTliL. May lie occapicd on or before the 1st ot Oi'tolier next, and will be fitted up in buy ntvle require '. This will he a very devirable situation for a Fnncy busi ness, Dry lioiiila, 1 uilortng, or Hat, Mioe and Llothmg eitaulishim'nt; apply to, - :- J. C. & ft. B. WOOD. . Auiit 10th, 18.2. . I6IMI'. OnPOHTJ two hand iome HorCB in the basement of fc SlSUonlC llull, will be ready for, occupants on or beloro tlio.lst ol Oct. next, audjvill ba lit ed up anu snelveu til suit tlie taste or pe-sons (Imposed to rent. Tha Splendid Hall, !1 i:. ' . .. ! . . .. . . second . story of same building, 01) tect by au 111 the clear, with.nil .l HQliestra, or ballery on one side, now lieinu fitted up for Pi-huc E mat' iovs,'Asskiiiip.s; Luc rnnxn, or other purposes, 10 ne nnisnej ny we 1st of October, will be rented to ap plicants for such season as may oit tlieir convenioncd i . t, Apply, to, . . . . - I. NoKTHROPyor P. W FANNING. August J0lhv18l!. ; . ' 169-if. - . ... ... . . .. THE subscriber respectfully informg the pub Jic of Wilmington, that he ha lately come Irom Hiila- dclphia wit!) the intention ol commencing tho .. ' '' : Tailoring Qustluoss , here, and bat rented the stonn now building, opposite the Cape Fear Bank, where he intends to sttirt tin: 1st ol October, and will be happy to attend to oil-orders in hit. lina," j lie will turn out worV trriHe" heafer afld:, (Hiist fashionable manner, at rnodernte prieea, i 4 . , CHARLES BARR. 7 N. B. -Hr ii at present at Jooei' Hou-I. " . Au-f.Mth,im - . , ,V 17l;lf, We mljht bavo VV roi'iht hire bem! "Phc ar but cotnmori wnrda, ' And ;et th;'y ratke the sum of life's bcwailiiig: tin- arc tlie e.-hti if h t o tiiirr ch tda Whose muiic lifj d.lorca wiirn unavailing W'a milithave cea ! . It is a ihoutfbt that dTfrkcmi o'er our youth. When first eipcrierii'e, sad experien' o, leaches W'hal fall ic we have belicvol f r truth. And bat few trnths endeavor ever teaches, , B'e mllit have bein ! " AlasMiow diJereTfrom what we are, r - i. ' Had w hut kiown tli bitter p.ith before at; " But fcc'ihe. Iio-i.'and fiSicies, left ftfr, " 'Whut, iii Urn viiile Weak world'csii e'er resf'te uT r" " We uiight have ! ccn ! . . ' ' 2 ' " ' IH the mot"o of all bnmiinjliinps.T . " .Ths cii l of ill t'lat wait 0 . mort it aei-kin;, . The weary weight upon bo c's fl. pi""'1 ' , t i tlie rry of. tha junetiea t while breaking. ,.. 1 i. We inisht havc lecn ! J.ifc is math? up miserable hour?; ' ' " And altiof whih we craved a brief possessing, For which wis mated wUhes. hopes, and powers, - Comes wtikaoinflal drawback. on the blessing. , Wc might have been ! , : . -.",.' ' - , The futuifl.nevcr remlers to the past , TejouTi1elie(8rciitruslel to its kecpiniR Insn5 o.'ietn:etice (life's firsUruth and last) Oil the pale marHe where our oust is sleeping; - , We mi jBt have been ! : - THE EARLY DE iD. BY J. MIPDLETOS. ITow calmly sleep the early 'dead . hy i-hoold we wish to call them barkl . Why ma.lly wish to see them tread Willi us life's. dirk and tbornv trarkt 'Twus hard t i yield them to the crave, , " The bri.'ht th? vi'tuou-, te fairj . .-Twere harder still to see them brave -Earth's stoniM, in misery and despair. . Pure as llie tender flow'rs which shed v Tlieir frstrrant o:lours o'er the sod, Early their "ipolless spirits fled To their Al'iiighty "Maker C!od. A cilmer home, a briu'itfr lind, Thsn this enbl woild eould e'er bestow, .ill tM t'icm lien-c an anjel hind,-' " " ,., There thev rejoice, triumphant now ! Ik , lln'v ratmlv sleep rtieeirly iteadf Th-i verv breeze that brentiics arnfllid Seems saiietified: o'i. Ii:htly tread for thi. indeed, ia holy ground. II y 'md bv mngie Rr'!! in t'irnll, I r?e!t not , I know not how to',iins t'tev rome pure sp rits alt. Ail commune sweetly with mo now. An an'el ho-t h.iw fiir, ho v briiht, . , They leve the sm'.re charnel's shade, An 1 1: ve. and move, in fmleless light; By their own heav'n;born virtues made. Mourn not.fir thyu (ihey are not lost ! Nortel lire roirowina tear be shed: Oh to be one of t H it bright host, Whi iv .iild n pin the Mtrlv d Mid 1 ,i sniih 1ory.i i sniil, 1" course, that iln- r.illowiiig s ory c;iji be well iuiiluMUicaicd. Il o( rurii'il on tbf f.iMi ni' Mr. litres, a fiMV inilcs from l,fwihnrgln !'., mid i rt-bitcil by a corres' rt-ppim.lf ttl of liti- l':iit;i:I l.lihi "A s.iii nCMr. Hayes, quitf- n email boy, was I'rcqii' ml v in llie priieiHT id craviiii; iiict"?s;inily vor iin-nil, ni i-ilfi;iiTrh":i!s of tlio d:iy, ittnl fro-m tlHMti'.1 pi'iifccilcil lo a Mn:ill tvnoititboid n qiiiir:i r of h mileMrstiim fr'-in bo house ; he icprnit'd ii so Uoiji'iiMily tlnil it nrmiseil tlm' suspicions of ibii Tamils ; ibi? broilicr, tliorclbic. rcsolccd t v:Urh 'linn, niiil lilt: I'oliiuviiur m 'roirff, aftnt iIip buy li.'.d 1 i)i(n Ins usual' lour, bo frp aireil lo l!lP noils illil s; crt'ti'ir iiiisclf wilbill llie piiclnsiiri' nf 11 larif irci'. mul in : lew rn'm-les pi recivcil ,wn liii'iie -ritik'stiiiki's 11 her I'orib Iroin llie root ol'tbc IN'!? tlie hoy" was iicnti'il : t ; lb boy, win. IVjoo all. iippearaiie m, a unx ously :i:iilt:'ir ibi'ir arrival, led ibfiir w lb his liub? mile, .fr qiicnlly i-liii-lislnj liiOin ilb ;f small wca'piin ho oad Willi bun, ami ni oilu r limes paziiij? on ibrm with mquisjie mlniiraii.'ii-;- tlie liroilicr's fwliiors ran be (teller Ml ibau dcwribftl. When aoiii( lo make a (!n.ci'iit upon ilieni iheyrcire.it ed 111 good ord. r from ibcir eouipanion. The f'l-iiiily,- iinxious for ihtrfuinre enb ly of the boy, re solved t" despatch ihem n nown a pon-ifble. On llie I'ullow injr iniirniiii: they repaired lo ihegnminl. and with the Hssrsiance nf llie neighbors, destroy ed 1 he reptiles. They measured over ihreu fuel lono." . . . v The fafeit fnh s.ry. A tolerable sample of a piscine 1 elation is given by tint St.. I.oui- "Oc- p:"-' - '' ..., : v' "A few niies fr ro Si. Lom's, oi the Illinois shore, sre Jarge lakes; which abound with fish of the choieeMKinoV The'pfairtcs are filled with caitle who resort lo the Imrtfei's of the lakes in the heal of the ilav, and sometimes go into them I up to iheir iniddle. iiud lasjf themselves with iheir d ijiping tafbt to keep the flies olT, W lulu n large two year old of the Durham breed was lashing himself iti the, walerTimd dipping his nose rn llie rippling Wave 10 cool it, an enormous lidh caught him by tho'' no8eand(Jrew,,il under; when, with a powerful struggle, he drew it up again ; and you could see llie fish fast to his snout, half his iength out of waier. The roaring of the bull, and the thrashing ol llm fish, was quite an exci ting scene, uhd the battle cimiiniied some liine, unlit the bull appeared 10 gro'v faint, and cveniu allv tiive-i Dtihelas'i that was seen of them dial evening was Imiiu distance in the lake, when lliji rump of the bull would bob tip occasionally, lite a final. It is said that the fish and bull were both found the next th hi) the lake shore,: dead ;, the horns of the bull being through the fish near tho bscn. The way lo sll.ml-w .tllnHlcrn. casi: or pR-oi oihr.. Afti r llie diioi!-ioit of Mr. ' Brush, the Ciur.-li in Sidk'-ville remained for a griv.t h-ugili nf lime iiiitipciH-d. The excitement had beeo " furiuu, a i l lir feeling of t! .relt;iio:w p inion of the f iiiiniiiniiv so rx:p;'raird, that lliero sonieil ,to b. nn inibfTereiire wheilu r ibr-church was pver resnsiiaeil. But at lien ihey ' fnttnd tliat Mr. Bin-It was innocent,. and that llit only were in tbe r n? there was n tnnvenieni iyimeili.ite ly manifested lo procure ''aiiiiihrrelcrgyin ill." No Hie was more forward in tin worlt' than Mr. Mi'ekK. Mrs. 4)ow, Mrs. Itnuvn. and Mis Pi.llv Sly; those evil spirus, wlui had hy thnit venomous tongue poisoned the roncregnimn,' Il wa iesolve(nKat mi .f nian sliould tic procured; ne wtriun standi r could not touch; O te who hal been iri-d in the li 'rv "fnritaee. one, in fine, whose age sliould render liim invulnerable .10 i.ll the shafis wliieh 'iS-iI ce could force or s-bn del diree.1. Afer funic weeks, ' Ol.f Paison (u-ffy' i;a hit lion as the very nrm of nfl oihers to fill the pulpit in Stokeville. He was uhnnt Bixiy years if nfe. and us venerabli in appeatiwccjis the pie- lures of the anostl-s. Hi fine bcad.nine'i. pier- efnij pe; wriiik'e t brow atiil thin (jmy-bair, ge bint a revep ml and holy aspect. He was install ed. and wiUi a'familv of ten children, eonuorta- blv located in the riarislr house. He was one of tliosi! whose fortune had been, ns-ia toniftcn llie case w'nh mnmbers of 1I10 clerical profession. never to ha settled ; to be tempesHosaad thrmij-h the vrorl 1, without ever finding a port. Ha bad preached in every lown. He had never been in one spot (on? rnnngh to lake root ; and when be camel. RfHieville, uiih his children swarming around him, he'seeined jaded out of all spirit; as one indeed, who looked, to ibc grave as the only resting place. 11 ' Old Parson Grry was the town's talk for some 5nnn hs. " Kverv bodv called uiioij his faniilv. and every tnonih was open in their praise. The old man wits extolled as a saini if tbtre was one;' hi wife w.as a female Samarium, ami his daugh ters wre "all beautiful. What a irood old man Pawoo Gerrv i V said Mrj...M.eeks; What an ami ible wi e Im has!' n ioii ed Mrs. Dow. ' What lovely il iiijburs!' said Mrs. Hmvii.' The whole pulilie sentiment hud changed. .There wils .ai lenifib a (leliolitiul calm after lbe lanly terriu'e storm. -" tJeveral largri parlies were given on P,ir son (icrrv's neeoiint, aiidh ihiuifliiers were b.rit t'd as the up" rit an T oid of tbem all. Presents were made 10 the family, anil ii reiilly seemed I'or soni monih that k was impossible to do too much for; or exalt too hitflily, old Parson (Jerry and bis incomparable Jpimilv. r Mr. Meeks, the Jiilshaml of Mrs. Meeks, was the firsttin in m bfealt iriiipoii the quiet of the church the seeoinl 1 iine, Il so happened that the old parson on one or iwo occasions, omitted a por- liou of' the service. -Mr.vMeeks detected this ill once, and was of course sirucK dumb with hor ror, lie said 'he had been brought tip a church-num.- in the Severest sense of the word ; and il wounded bis feelinjs, and rotiseil his astonish ment, to' find Parson (ierry gurlty of sacrilege ! There must be something wrong niumi bim ; he was either no etntrelirnaii, or e'se bis faith in the (I'seiplm of the church was sadly. (): course, a dame was soon iilow i un. which spread wider an.l vviil.-r; hut bel'.re it had coivsnmed the old geiiileuYiii, so'iin friendly hand had exiinguishcd il, h irmonizi'd the congregation, and iranquiliiy w.is restored, , It wh si 111 o'wnrveii. iliat in spito of tlie har moiiv r.'siored, lli Tf! was a-grnwiiiQ dislike to Pars 111 ( Ierry and hi' p-achin. -Tlie people W'TH abotit 'g'Mlihj tired' of him. as the phrase is. His con J!'e;itioii began to drip ojf, one after ano ther, ti ilil s -arc'ely an apologv for an audirnee was I 'It. P. eery ni nnher bill his own excuse for not aiieuilinj church. Siui:did not like his ili.-co irses ht'caitse (hey vv.re so -long; (Tillers dis liki d litem because ihey were rosy and dull: and many said lielid not preach the Iron oithodox doctrine There were a thousand objections to him ; and each one w ho' hail an ojociioo liujjd it an r.vettse for "tleserting the church, until. 118 we l.tia-c sriul, lie Mail scarcely an apology i,ir an au dience tel'l, " Ii was iieccssarv to find some, grave eltargn lo justify the reinov.j of Pars m (lerryfc and the i r ge'nuiiv f SiokcVille scon fra ued one. At'ier toriuring every act that ha I ever been cnrntnilled by "tli uiinistfl' of his family, tlte'y (hscoveri'd that Paivm (ierrv's wife, and drag tSrs were extra agaiil in tlieir flress . and .it wou'i!Jj;i (lie fei'lin rs ofihe ingreinlini to see Christian sim- plieity so outraged, v This was iaiigh. All the church snapped ;il llie hail. TIih family of Pasoo Gerry were so i'ljivig nit that ihey were running ihemsi lves Mtead, over ears in debt.'. It vvould-never do; tho church, won id be ruined. , 'Oi, !" said- Miss Polly Sly. running breathless into Alrs'How's j ost for an afternoon's call ; oh Mrs. How 1 have yon lieard the news ? t ' Why, what ?'. exelaiui Mrs, IJov, looking up ini.as oiiisliHieiil. - 1 Why ! Parent Gerry ! aboift Parson Ger ry,! He owes every body!" exclaimed Polly, holding up bnlh hands with holy harror. V Why, how you talk !" said Mps. Dow. . ' Ye, tt'ery body '.every body 1 He owes Mr. '1'ape leu tlollirs for thnt beautiful satin his daughter Mary wear ; and Mir. f hally. for llie gingham i and.- Mr. . Broadcloth . for three new suits ; mid Mr. Worsted for. the Ijord knows bow many goods ! And every body says, Mrs. Pow, thai he'll never py;. anrt ihey sav he owes all1 llie niercbanls where lie came froni, Poj .you. ever hear the like V -aid J'olly. 'Did you ever, in nil your born days I And ihey say-- . -Bui erhap lie means to pay',' interupleil Jrs; ' Pay V said Poliy, nol he He never means to pay. " U'bv lhai'e the way every body says he gels through he, world. Folks you kn w. trust to his honesty hica ise,li? is a clergyman ; and then ho runs wsy and cheats them. . (Such men as wo have lo .fill our pulpit is, jeally loo bad.' ,,-; ',. ', - Yes, but don'i let us condemn him until we are asred of t his guilt,' replied Mrs. Dow, trying to pump up a chris ian spirit of, forbejr-,anc;.'J;-i....:.Jl.i:..j;.;.;:l ,;, y ""': ; But don't von b(-jeve me .? exclairrfil Polly everybodt Says hei.eoiiclemned already.' Your hiihand. Mr, Dw, and Mr. Meeke, and Mr. Brovrnf and Mr. Jonea and two- ihirda of tho rlnirch memner , and every body rle thinks sir. lie thm't nefr thtfin to pay. And t!n:re" hi eirl; I saw ibcm IbniM" through the streeis this very day with their silks and saim, all-of wnich hetiw lor. And heV got a new sofi. sud 1 1 dare say hfe lam the cabinet maker for that; and Ins wife keeps a hired girl ; mid pays h, r a dollar a wrek.- 1 here tit ver Wan Knell a man, said P. Ily Sly,, running out of breath, and she sunk back for n inoment completely exhausted., ' Jusi ns Polly closed, in r.mio Mrs; Meiks. Didn't rill bi stay,-suid Mr Meek ---Polly heard Mm. Mteks' voice and up she jfmpeil, mtiglil her by the hand ; and was so glad 10 see iter; It was so eomiitrtatile to cerd ir 1 lnenns ; there ii much trouble in tins ehtircli, it' -was reviving to Had a MrHn who eoti!dreviva her spin's. . ...r - - . Mrs. Mcfks was out im precisely the same nu- siitcss, t Vry'down Parson lierry'sextfavaganee, Mrs. Meeks -bad been ' iuakin calls fur rn hours, isilfinjj'afi tlie time as last us tier to't.-uu could-rniltS S!ie as as hafipy to meet Polly Sly a. Polly Sly wis to meet h r. : ' Whsji rrre we iiulo with Hir ministers!' ex claimed. 1'olly 10 Mrs. Meeks. ns soon as suegoiJ through welcoming her. 'Mr. Dow and I have, been-talking about it. - I've been telling Iter all about h'im; how he owes every body and can't p;'y; how the church is disgraced, and how every body talks 'about i anil- ': 1 And howj said Mrs. Meeks, suddenly cut ling Polly shnrl, heavy demands have been sent on for collection from abroad to Lawyer Brief, who holds them in his hands, but don't Want to make trouble.' 1 Mercy's sake !' roared Polly 'is he go'u g to bp sued? Well, I expected it. I told them he owed where he came from. Don't say any more, Mrs. Meeks, I shall e distracted. What a man exclaimed Mrs. Dow who just began to enter into the spirit of tiw -f cca. sum. ' Well.' said Polly, I must be going.' And Mrs Meeks' said she mirst be going loo,' iin.l both hid. ling Mrs. Dow 'good inorniu," talked scandal to llie door, and then lo the gaie. and fi nally broi e off tin; subject by bidding Mff. Diw good morning ainl departing., ' The next day the storm of scandal raged stijj higher. Several persons were to be seen talking at the corner oTlhe sireels, berating Parson (Ier ry and bis family. Nnme. said (hat the old man ran away froiji ibe Inst parielt where ho preached, to avoid the sefvied of civil process from- debt ; others said tha). the fiishop had dismisspd him mr the same cans, and thai he ;wn preitchiiig without license. Wlferever he had jheeii,. lh saino extravagance is said 1o have beenIndulged iii. 'I'he siorv was revived which originated with Mra. Met ks, ' Ilial heavy duinands were sent for cnlleeticn from abroad lo. Lawyer Brief;' and iwo or three of the church vestry-tnen visited the .lawyer, io, enquire into the mailer. Lawyer Brief promiuneed the cbttrge false; but mi one believed him, for ihey thought, be acted" from To Ifrcsled motives ; that be wa fearful of ejhui- gering the eollerimn of liis r1fbt, by adding fuel lolhfj fire .of persecution which was already con. siioiiiig iheir yietiuii The excitement in Slokevtlle Insled for some . . . 1 ... .1 1 .i.i weens. 11 was finally resoiveu tnsi 1110 goou mu man musi bp dismissed at onee He. had, of course beard of tint charges which wee in circu iayon against him ; pr mouneeil tbem untrue, nnd was willing lo submit them to-'nil investigation He ndmillcd 'that be wa somewh it indebt, but il was necessity iilone that had driven, him into il. He iieveriheiess dectar d himself able lo pay all. He 'denied that, he owed a cent lo any one abroad, or lb it "prosecutions, bad been cnimnene- ed against him. ' But it was of no use. The fiat Irad gone forth. . It was determined that Old Par son (Jerry sbou'd leave, the parish forthwith. A covered wagon was shortly afier seen'mov tiig out of Stokeville Containing the scanty furni ture of Parson Gerry.. Ilts family was seated in a cmiplc of carriages, which followed .ehiud They had been abs.ilnlely driven out of 'the (dace anil driven nut, too, by those who were so seusi me in mailers ol religious duly that tony cnnsi- dcr.'d ihemselves doing God service in therfonrsi ihey had pursued. They supposed ihey had piirg1 ed thfl church and cleansed it fojr tho reccpiion ol dnoilii r pastor. ,f , iiik STItKAJr of-ure. f Life bears us on like the irram if a mighty ri ver ( lurJmal, at drsi, elides swffily down tin narrow channel through Ibe play ful murmuring ofihn 1 11 lit bro'.k, intd windings of lis glassy bor Ier. 1 lie trets s!ii!d ineir Tilossrrins over our young "heads ; and llie (lowers on the brink ciii to o.'Fer tlu'inSf lves to onr young hands; we are in hope, ami we grasp eagerly at "the beauties around lis; but the nlreani hunies on; and still our humble bands are empty.. - " Our coiir e in youth and manhood is along a wider and deeper flood, nnd amid objects more sinking and magnificent. We are animated by the moving picture of enjoyment and industry passing before trs, we arf excited by short-lived sueccssior depiessed ami reudrred miseraltle by some eq-ially shon-lived disappoidtuicnt. But our energy and our despondency are both in vain. The "stream Iiei rs us on, and our joys and o!ir griefs are lefl.Jjehind lis ; we may be ship-J wrecked nut we cannot lis d -layed ; whether rough or smooth the ' river hastens bnt'arJs its home, but ttie roaring i.f the waves is heneatb our keel, and the tat'ds lessen from our eyes, ami llie fiYjnd arr lifted up around n, and we lake bur a-l leave of earth and its inlci hanis arid o ii'ir forther viiyagi;. lhero is no witness l ot lliv' Infiiiile" and Eieriii'd " Im-pluclfmnl. "Are these 'fee stones?" said a jocoSo steam boat man td a Spanish fruiter in Hie t'lace o amies. "See. Senor." : .-. ' The' boatman grappled hall a dz'n and was marching off, when the Spaniard caught and elniijMO (j; you rve.ri they're din " stones," said the boatman, .ibrowing them down, "then I dont want them." Biienar' said ihe Spaniard. ; . They're not fit lo feed a jackass, I reckon, are ibcrt - -":' '"i ' ' ' ' '" - "'Nn.Senrr!" said the fruiter w?th a polite smile- 1PicijjpMt. ' PASS OP THE S!.tiPl.O. The moi bisiiiifr ,momim!-itis .f the piwt sad policy of, Napoleon Bon ipariC, :') the aril fici d ma,! across iii ! Alps, wi.icii csnin ct ivoy wit'i Frunae. mid Val lis witii-lta'v i oe lirst 53T 9 feet leads over Mount Ve ids, a mountain high, and before il was (ormeil, traveibrs were' obligeit lo pss over the" levpri lieigbts on m iles, nnd with v. ry eon-'KL-ribie ;!;.iger srvd fifigne. The sec.md road, wi.icb is one of the most-sin pendous works f art, leads over the Simplou, a tnoutitalit 10,:t37 fct i hiogUt, from 'Viilai in Switzerland to Pied nnn,tn Italy'. Val lis is a' territory composed of the f alley of the Rhone, sbuaictl in-the aiidt ff prectpitons moumaim. glactijrs, rucks wniLuurent. ' '1'he poputatiort of this wild enuntry amounted, in 1311, in 63,533. Sinn is its c.ipital. Napoleon having formed lbs project of making -4ughway into Haly, which shoiild iranrse their country from cud to- end. wm n;riMr.ttly desirous of obtaining" tit 'consent if Ttie ihha'tit-nis.. Dir'ouiicy,-4iowcverfr was vafn; the pjople wcrg too siuipla 11 understand tbelogie of the cabinet. It wi arrmged ther? fore, by a decree, tbat Val.ils should cea to be Vali.is.au I should become a portoii of France, under the nam! of the ,T)jparim"iit f tlm Si,m jdon ; and ihi' d -creji wai ifTrc3 no t !lTl X the point of the sword. 1 The manner in which the 'first military body penetratml lbs pst:s rf the -tnonritins, jo imler to esithlish the poisibility of having a vcgular IhorougiifafV by way. of the Sim plwn, is among ihe' tnQ.st inicfusug pass-ige in tho' lif of NapoUtnn. In, M.jv,J8J0, Oeu, Be thenctmrt set out at the head of fourteen Iwinilred men, with eight pieces of cam' on b. eek ihis- new route over the Alp-", with a view to nn attack upon the Airstrian force in Italy,. 'lht difficul ties eticouiiiered were such as would have terri fied any annv but that of the" Trench ' Republic. At one place m the midst of the ihrfdfiVtinSi they loung that the ruJebfiilgo, over wincli they cx ieied;W phss. bad, been sweotwsy bv an avn- ianelie.' The chssni w,i sixiy fuel brda i, with perpeiidleular-sides t and a torrent rnarinj at the Jjotiom ;-but'(Jeh, llulbeocoitrtoiiiy feiti nrked to the meu that iley wera ordered to cross, and croas they must, A volunleer rpeedily prescnjetl him. self, who ela I'beiiog to the botiom of the preci. pice, eyed "liberate! tho gloomy gulf before bun. In "vaw "Ths aog7 spirit of the water shrieked for -the veteran a mountaineer, perhaps, liim self saw that tho foundations of ibu bridge, which were -noiliing more than hole in the fred of the torrent U receive the extremities of flje poles which bad supported a iranver.fl polo above. i- were sin: lull, auiiooi many lect timier me ur f.ieoj Ha callod to his companions to fasten tlie eiwl 'of 'the cord to llie pryeipice. aliove, ami fling the rest of the coil to him. With ibis 'burden on his shtMlders he then stepped bo'dly but cau' liously iiibntfie Ivaier, fixing his legs in llie fyun dation boles of the bridge, i . As bo sank dueper and diep';r in lit progress through llie roaring stream, Ituulitig tip against file current, and seemed' to grappln with il as ft nil it lis with a human enemy, itiaybe una- gined llnii the. spectacle was viewed" wtih iiiiense . . : . , . . : t, .. t ... tnu'rm uy nisown coinraaes M'iovet oome nnes ifie holes were far aptirt, and. in atriding fom nn to the other, it seemed a tfifraclo that he, was not swept ,.wav ;, fiomethites they wer ion sh-d- ,ow lo aflord suiricieiil pociaseV,ailrl nf, he stood swaying ami loilernig fir a inomeni, a smoili ered cry burst fruit) ihe beans of III:) spectators ciinvermd into a shotit'of trinuiptf nmt ftpfihi'tw, ns hp. u iiWuly aprang fofwir.l8 anot'iier step, plunging his leg into a deeper crevuv,. and re- inaiued Steady. Sometimes llie bides weic loo d en a still more itnminenr d mif-r; and once or twice thero wca nothing of lite adventurer bl above the. RurfctthHt.lu anus nod head, bis wild eyes glaring like thos f.a water demon r.miilst (lie spray, ami ft1.tlKfl secmnd firmly elmehed to ibe (!r?ftiing t ui (h'ordered inusta ehjo. The wind itf ilh.1 meat) "tinie, increase; every moment ; ,ruid, f, it swept lfie mnrnsin'g Kliaam, 'whenever, it struck'Jhe rirer, ibe lilacs - waiws f,HHL-wih..) imtn am f trielu- ,Tlie spirit oriiu'iiM dariu'g iii l,t cono'iered. tiud the soldier stood paining "on ifjtf ojrpOHite pre- nA 'I'll 1. .(nn e 1 c-, I 1 aii .t. , .aii iUf Vft.aW.s eipice. I he rope, stretched across rio cmrsiit, aud fastened at either end, was as E'nd asvVe t.-rloo bridge to the slbjni rrencintieu. (Jeiieral Bi'tlienconri hiuisell was the first lo fallow I'm "Volunteer, and after him a thousand m?n---knAj-sacke I, armed and accoutred swmvr fTiemtlve one by one across tho nleyss, a slender cord their only support, aud an Alpine torrent tiieir only '.fu'lUug, .. " . Tho (logs of the 1ivisioiC ainbunlijig bi fivfj with a hro4sni lesK"fo--toiiate, hut hot "less edmirw ble, nexi tried. Theji had waited nil the last man had .crossed for a soldier's dog belongs jo ibe regiuieot ami then, wild a quick .moaning sprung simultaneously into the gulf. I' wo only reached the opposite cliffs the other thVee were swef.l ay by the trrrretiu Tirete psllant lx'su wero seen for aeversl ininute atniggbrig ateoiig the surge, they receded imperceptibly, and then sank at once into an eddy ibat whirled them out of sight. Two, died 111 aifence ; but ajw'lld nnd stifled yell told tlie despair of the third. The ad venturers at the foot of an almost perpendreti lar. nipniHain which it was necessary locjoss be fore highlfall had little lima to grieve for llieir faithful friends. ' ' s . , Wii'i the nssisianeo of their bayonet, ''which ihey inserted, whih climbing, 111 the " interstices of -the rock, tj, serve as a support, 'they recoui menced their perilous, asi-ent; but -even afier a considerable .tlnio lutrt el ipsed. they often turned iliei.- head, as signe Sound from the", dirji' rifrr belyvv' reaelied them, and looked .doyvn wiili a vague hope into the gulf. , . . : 1 he terror of the Ails' rran troops mriy he crtn ceived when" they eaw a tbousand men rnb!itg .1 -i... '. . -1 11.' . oovvn -npon viiein from ine iVI ps. tiy passes winch uatiire berseiUi:i l biiuheil with see.iungly inaccessible ramparw X 1 be expedition was com pletely auccesslul, both as p girded its itnm-iiiate and ulterior purpose; and, indeed, wiiii all lle.. disalvantages 1' attending the opening of 'a bew" and hazardous roTita. the cohimn reacfinl the point of rendezvous rorwral da'ye before that of Gen. Moneey,. wbi--h bad debouched by the pass of St. Bernard. The fa-nous haul Of Marengo look place immediately after i' ami the-construe lion of the militar r ud of tlio Siniplon w.is tie- crepd. ,, , The nad of the S'.ploH was constnicte1 be- to 1 y iier! mJ ovsr iha Alps, p .. ddo by wb 'rrrag. ft is aboift thiny-ir mile Unfy taJ twenty. fit e fert wb!e thron'gliout. tioi'. '-f nut txcaed ihesraideurof the acenery throe , h'ic! it 1 as-rs, ciotie ravine, eauraefSf ani srsr.r t'Htra m ; a.d whrrt it ean neiiher erosa TtOt wi. t t uuJ a pracipice, it penetrates the rocky I -y trt, and is tli ,s carried through the aotiil ma , . t iin. Some of these passage ca. gnlUries, H ihey are rolled, ar aeveral hondred paces I ' length, and are lighted by opening. Frc3 -. '"' iheni you slep into lorelytalleya, adorned wiila . rottsges. atiTsee above thm lark forest of pine, glaciers nd paks covered wiili sno ahininfio the blue ekr. There are ai of lliese falferiet isnd eight principal hridgea. with seme bandret!a i-L sm ilk-tsiie- There are also hugn efobank- v tncnis of waiN and earth, filling up hollows end forming terracce along the face of the escente.-- I lie number n: vrorkmoii occupied Id wrroinr the nad ; iir all ft) pan, day and nfglrt, fof L,t years, was from four to sit ttomssndV and !t U mentioned tlt.it ttwy blanei one haadred and n. , ty-nine limit 'and cighl h.tndrcd 'cubic metree ti" . roci. A -fncire is about 43 Cume inches, fae eitAense of the wlwle .rnwe was, in sterRng mo . Liey, no mnMihart jCOSd.OOO, which w defray , 1 t r . r. . w ed ir nearly cqnai pornone hr ine t reoco ana , itaiiaH Eorernmenis. H is oy lyi lamous araw that most of the tourists- from t'ran eridSrit zerland, now proceed Inti Italy, and ie ipokeri in giowirrg terms oy various writer 01 travel' W cut tile f-iliowing from tho Neer Tork e' rora, bul Wo lt.now not tho original source of lh ankle. It ia pleasantly jocose, if ool quietly lined, and is nol so mudi of a burlesqoa is mu iy persons might like to think ju We bat? me witU stit-seeing o cucr soroo queet epeci-y raeui loo, to iJia'coorse of our wanderjnjs, Ut , remenibranco of -.whom enhsncie icat of tli , succeeding:,, , ..i- ot ftr Toorlat, , " Mfldartrt" said a free -spoken, warm-bearted eHthui'J.Hiie and ikJittlc quiJjical ednof old Ken lucky, wjnlc paying hi .devoic to one, of the fatuous lady tourist of Artferk's, "Madarn, yott irtimitd h-ve b-wn born Ii Amertcaftho greatest . oik dry In (he TtnoWrt world; nature baf clustered all'licr atopnikldtu itmi dazzling work npoo thif land, i.ti I y 01 sboiild.be among themf We bar -gov 'rtio greatest men, tho finest women, the Jon' efrivT!ri, tho brotidest lakes,ihe tallest tree, lhV widest p'atrie,- the big best walctfalls and 'tb , bigjesv bearis hi all Creation, - i-.i' Madam, go and are ttio I ill ol ptsgara. Majr ie Lord take a liking td you my (leap ma'am, if , itid'nt think I'd Wakoil right tip in fnturitf wheA I first seed that big slarilendiciilar puddlet fSlaiK, ftndicular's an alge-fiz-ff word, ma'am, y 00 mayn't kuuw u.) W by, madam, I could tell you somo" ihing about them (slU -but you niust'nl pot it i your rook. oe n'(mdy. rU ever Iveliove it. ' Tpe . people that live round snout there all lose ibeir, speech, and never hear Vach other ' peak fof i -years, with -the noise ol ihfleauiractl -Facia1 ma afii, true a ibat a a pencil and note-book yoq re) taking nut o your pocket. Why, there wae ft nian lived diere tcif years, and fie got so dtffhtf m ver knew a man was speaking to liim, ltd at ' pad of wiier was poured down the back of hit neck! W licit you ijo to see the falls, ma'am, yon must do ajl flw talking you want Jo before you get within twenvy-fire mile "of ifiemt for after lh at iro! a wprd of any bind cnW heard! ' ' ' ' . Then, maVnt, ,,vtn 'ahrtnld go and see tit v great cava in Kemuef, where the bate bibernao- . njate in coHutless mi'Iiona. .'There it not aacb f-.iiioiiirr bole in "the grouifd to be (bund upon the ljc(i of ihj -carta. iUarji.iroiigif back to' Dijlififl' wittinnt "teeirtg "our maromotli cave, yo.i'il pul yo'tr foot in it no", beg pardon, exenae me ibnt's quite M;ipo(ibli!i bju ym'il. leare t preuy big hole in tho book you're going to write.; There is no end known tn it, madariv end there jj. is a sail water bike in ih middle.of If, twenty five miles broad. One of the rooms la railed tb , ' Autigodean Chamber, from the unpronounceable v fact thai it nun can walk jut as easy upon the r ceiling is upon llie floor; and 10 ihis same apart neiit, there's a iiattirsl Jbunlain of pure brandy ! The same care too is s positive cure for eon ' sumption 1 ' - -" " - " ' - V Yon bainl been HmhiIi yet, hare you, ma'arnf yon lianit seen the Mississippi hvr and the eitf ... of iVew Orleao! AYc'lI, ma'am, New Orleans is a hundred and tttcniy-fke feet below the level of tbe ct, mnr'ilrt; Mississippi rurte throogti canal bridge fi?ht over the eily The- inhabi ;: lams uiv diiefly aJlt ilora-find screc'hwls, tha las word bus bt'ii vulgaatyj, perverted in Creole. Tloir lio"d is c'liiflr gum, proctiredjrom treet Tit' the swamp, and tvh.ch they call gumbo. ' There is a pap "r published thero called the Picuroon i'ic name being well cboson significant of it . profn-sed piracies upon Kant'. Phdo0jihy, -Ba run Mnnnbauaen, tba Piffrim's Progress, Jot , Miller, Vasbiiigtort Irving and Uell'e life in Imdoii. Ii u a viiileni and sluprndous political " pritjuonn trie gov&rumar.i 01 tna country naeeo red in vai.i to su;trcss it.. One of the pe cttitar mirks ifowt ihts ext-anrdinsry city is - entire absence of those small gtiadrnpede of too gfitu- inus, commcoly known jis rals. One wa seen, many years Ago... by a citizen, who brutally murdered I' e unknown creainre, inn .was in 1 mediately triad, sent' need aud hung for thoenor mily. ' . , .. - -' y-ou will i.ef, nnim.a grcai deal about the "fbtn'ing population of New Orleans." a phrase wbWi ymi wi!K understaml wlifir I toft you 'thai; ibe town w'fistf the year tmilyf 'innndaiion from1 ibe Misrppi I ,Ypu should have been bortf in America, my dear rna'anr, but ae yon wert not - i vm may possjblv die Ue.re, aa tliat' S0013 ccn" I ' .1 r..-i... fcjf''t. ". - a .. soumusi jur jnu, - 'r. . .? Clwrnl Ily-.nn. A 6no charaeteristie trait4 of the (icrmans wn-manifested this morinnf. Jnst t sunrise a fleet of bnais arrived. loaded with German emmigrants. A they got ipto tho city,inear. ihe packet boat landing, "ier wbolei. struck up one of their national anibea9---i!io ?oice. h of hoary age; vigorous manhood, and tender iK faiicif, i!t.tiftir with those of women in glorioof harmony. . The effect, in thecatm stillness of i dewy morni'ig! tha spires and domes of a silent city jus: touched with the golitan bea m of Jul " artm "as almost sublime Djjfih"Otm,"' : : : mm 1.ST1 and 1S06, ami la the only onj
Wilmington Chronicle (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Sept. 14, 1842, edition 1
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