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' - e ' f : I- ' -1 vr ' - w t j mi s - ; . JBJE JUST ATO JFJEtllZ JOT. Wilmington NprtU Carolina VOL I! NO 2a PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. Tsnsns. ' ' Them Dollars per annum, iv advance. ADVEIlTISEMEJiTS Net xceedlnr a rtquare inserted at ONE DOLLAR tb first, and T WliN TVr-FlVK CENTS for each subse ;uni lunertlon. No Subscribers taken for less tban one year, and all who permit their subscription to run over year, without giving notice, are considered bouuj for the second year, and so ton for all suc ceeding years. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. fCj OFFICE on the outh side of Market Street, be lowtha Court Hon.' RAlIItOAnOFFICK. ) Wilmington, July 1st, 183G. ' y K A T a meeting of the Board of directors f the Jsl Wilmington and. Raleigh Rail-Road Com pany this day, the following Resolution was pass ed and ordered to be published, viz: Resolved, That Interest be exacted from such Stockholders, as shall fail to pay their instalments wit .in the time prescribed by public notice. True copy from the minutes. JAMES S. GREEN Sccrnry. Jnlv l'.tRSr,. 33 -tf Rail Road Office; ) WilmineLtm, Dec. llt 1836. A T n late Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road Company, the following Resolutions were passed and ordered to be pubiisneu. Revoked That a Discount be allowed, at the rule of six per cent per annum, 'fur all anti cipated payments of . subscriptions to the elork of this Company ; to bj stinuiied after all the payments nf o.lvi- aubsci -ibers, shall have been m;.lo: anti ins.-anh-uni tuen re- " flint u crrculil ir tn 1 hf iYif'- i Resolved That Intcr-'St- be allowed on all In , stuiments paid not less than thirty days before they are due. . , True tJopv from the Minutes. - December 23ih, lSM'. JAMES S. GREEN, Seer. NOT ICE. AS Agent of the Rail Road I find it absolutely necessary to t nfoi'ce the law against ptrsoHs tiudinj with -negroes. 'This is therefore lo warn all lersniis HVdinst trading with mv of the hands on th Road, without on es ecial pass from my aelf or some one or the Engineer ! A. McRAE, Super intendant. ; Wilmington, Kebr. 3d, ISS7-- 4tf Raii.-Ro Offick. Wilmington, Miy loti, 1837. J PURSUANT to an onW of the,- Board of Directors, the Stockholders nf the Wilming ton and Raleigh Rail Road Company will be called on firtho follow u g instHlments, viz: S 5 pr. share lb be paid on or before 1st July next, , 35 . " . 1st Oct. " $ 10 " " " 13th Dec. " JAMES OWEN, President. May 19th, 1837. . 10 1 f. To Wood Cutters. THE Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road Company will conn act for u quantity ol " Wuod to be delivered on Uali's wharf. Persons who wish lo contract, will please call at the Engineer's Office oiiMr. M. T. Goldsbo rough or on the undersigned '' .... WALTER GWYNN, Engineer. Wilminjlon, June Dili 1S37-. 22 t f. Ofllee or the FayetteVille anil W estern Xtall lioad Company, May 22d, 1S37. $ A T a meeting of the Boat d of Directors held this day, : lietolvcd, That in order to complete the Survey and examination of the country, now nearly hn- ' isked. an Instalment of One Dollar on each share be called for, payable on or before the 20th day of lune. By the order ot the Koani. EVL. W1NSLOW, Prcs't. Jung 9ih, 1837. 3 t. FayeUejllc and Western RMC TICE is ffiven that the Books of Subscrip- Nl tion to the Stock of this Company are opened at the Bank of the State. An initalmcnt of T wo Dollars on each share will b required at the time of subscribing. By the Commissioners JAMES OWEN. AARON LAZARUS. : ALEXR. ANDERSON. Wilmington. Feb. 21th, 1837. 7 t f. RANKIN BAKERY. TIN Future no BREAD will be delivered at U. this Bakery, without a TICKET or the W ilmmgton. May 2Gth, 1M;7. I t. Wanted by the Subsritoer AK and Bay Bark, for which the following pric, in cash, will be paid on delivery, S 6 00 pr. Cord for Oak, and $3 50 do, for Bay, delitered in good order. ., JOHN J. HEWETT. . April 7th, 1837. 13 t-f. FOR SALE. ,UrnCeiWeiand for Sale by the Subscribe.-: 50 Balea Hay, ' . 50 of first quality Lard. i L U. BREWSTER. February. 3d, 1837. 4. tf - M-ltvrnE..i " tn,ving made mr.nl I l.'.T . r lA7 111 A nn . uiuaii"', mv ....... . w j uuie or ac JaLi. iIiia rim 4ith0i I . . . o COUni, io me iuuauiuci n.- u-ieuy gives noticato all persons inaeDiea, io can. on d. B. -'Baker, and make prompt payment otherwise ' Jcral atept will be taken for J.bar collection. Tho subscriber hereby otlen for sale all the 'J3TOCK IN TRADE recently belonging to the taid Stephen D. Wallace, consisting of SADDLERY of every description, HARD WARE &c f ...... CliiUSTOPUER WALLACE, . Assignee. YTilminfton, 9th June, 1897, 23 t-f. 1 nj::MMMMMMMM - .-. - i ss mmmmmmmma mmm mummmi 1 ' t TIMBER LAND. I WISH to sell at a fair price, 4 Tracts, of 640 Acres each, of wr.ll ti j m n.ld!s..r kittle Cohira, on South River, Df wwgo run in Sampson county, and on Blaek Mingo and Black River Run in Cuui berland County. Persons wishing to purchase, can apply for particulars to me in Fayeltviltc, or tO W. C.Lord.'ill Wil.nin.tAn ' , - J ' ' I C. P. MALLETT. March 17th, 1837. j 10 t-f. WEST & MARBLE, i eaters in STAPLE and FANCY Beady made Clothing, Hats, r. Shoes, Sec. JYo. 19, Jtrarhet Street, April 21st, 1837. . ". 15 t-f. A LL persons having borrowed Books from oTja. the Subscriber, are hereby requested to re turn the same, or pay for them Also those who are indebted to me either by Note or Account or otherwise, wi Hi cor. fer a favour by calling and settling. And I also warn the public from trust ing or trading with any person whatever on my account, as I will not be responsible, without iiiy written order. . ! II. R. FOY. April 7th, 1837. 13 13-t. Family Supplies. OOO' ll)8' chice BAC0JN, for fami,y r 16 Bbls. first quality LARD, 100 Driims Teeth FIGS. ' ; ; Also on hand ; A good assortmentjiif Family Groceries, of the best quality, which are offered on reason able trrms. Customers are invited to call and examine. . ' , PEDEN & RUSSELL. AprVsist, 1S37. i 15 t-f TllOMsiOMAN JSOTJVIC JUJKJOICfJVJE rPpHE :Subsv riber having lately received a Jm. valuable Collection of the above .inediCHics. warranied tieioine e.nd pure, and having made arrangements for regular supplies, will continue to keep on hnad a large; assortment of all kind.' of Botunic Midicinrs, fccoinniended by Dr Sa nmel Thomson All orders add.e.ssed to the sulisciib'er, inclosing the money or good note, will b promptly aMeoMeii 10. i ais Keep on hand, Dr Samijiel Thomson's Family Rights & Guide to Health, and J)r Sun iel Robinson' Lectures t hje rhomoninn System, for Sale. Of tV Medicines on h did part is as follows : Nerve Ointment, No. 5, No 6 Unicoi n Root, Poud Lilly, Whit.- Ginger, Slippery Elm, Spiee Bitters, . Golden Seal, Gum Myrrh, Poplar Bark, Prickley Ash, Pipsijaway, Pennyroyal, Rasberry Leaves, Skunk Cabbage, Wake Robin, Snaka Root, &c. &.C. llll IIUII VUjr VII1W oayberry, Balsam Fir, Barberry, Balmoney, Bitter Thistle, Bitter Root, Burdock, . Butter Nu,tt, Camomile, Cancer Plaster,!. Composition, j Conserve of Hollyhock; Lobelia Powders, Lobelia Seed, 2nd an: 3d Preparations, Ladies' Friend,! Nerve Powders H. R. FOY. Wilmington,' June 2nd, 1837. 21 4' t. (CF $ 25 Reward WILL be paid to any person who will lodge my man Dick in any jail of the State. Dick is a Bricklayer and Plasterer by trade, and has worked in jmost of the Counties in the Eas tern part of the State. He is a s;out black fellow, about 26 years of age, of rather a sluggish walk, and his toes are well turned out in walking. ! W. H. BEATTY. Beatty's Bridge, Newf Hanover Co., June Ibih, 1X21. M TV The Newbern Spectator will insert the above for two rrfonlhs, and forward its account to this office. ; ' TTTTAVING sold all the Shoulders, a balance JOLof HAMS and SIDES is offered in the lot, on favorable terms, to peisons who retail. In the mean time we shall go pn to sell smaller parcels, being determined to close the whole speedily. Theretore call in a nurry at tne w are- house ot , j. ! r R. W. BROWN, & SON. Wilmington,1 16th June, 1837. 23 3 L SMITH VI LLE. f IIO Rent fer the Summer Season, or by ear, -- a very couvenient Two Siory House in the Twn of Smithville, situated on Front Street, in good repair, t or terms appiyto ttwa v June 16th, 1837. I 23 3-t. Cauti6n tPuMc. TT lierehv reauest the Citnen ot tnis i own not JL to suffer niy slaves, Locy and Sarah, to go! upon their Lovs. All persons detected in har boring said slaves, snau not escape prosecuuuu. 8 ! i PETER ROSS. Wilmington, May 25th, 1837. 21 6-L NOTICE. f HHE Subscriber having qualified as Executor -- 10 the Last Will and Testament of Ann Garvan deceased, at February Term, 1837, of the v.uun ot fleas and wLuarter sessions or tuaaen tOUlitV. hprrku cri... nni'iB tn .11 claims or demand riinst ihm. Estate of said de- ceased, to prew.t k.m h..i mWntirsted within the tima prescribed by law. or this notice will be pleaded in bar nf their matv. JOHN LLOYD McKV, Exectr. March 3d, 1837. 8 t-f. FRIDAY, JULY 7th, 1837. PATENT STRAW CUTTER JOHN LEMON bavins: purchased 'from th? Patentee the exclusive right of selling and using Tilford's Patent Straw Cutler in the Coun ties of New Hannover and Brunswick, jthe Citi zens of these two Counties can be supplied by Calling npon him. j Wilmington, June 9lh, 1837. 22 3-. p. PROCLAMATION By the Governor of North Carolina 200 Dollars Reward. WHEREAS it has been made known to me by the verdict of an Inquest held by the Coroner, that A. G. Keys, of the county of Mar tin, was recently murdered in said county, and that George W. Cobu-n, (nf the crirTiuy ahd State a foresaid J stands charged with (lie commission of the said febny and whereas it is represented that the said George W. Cobum is a. 'fugitive from justice : ' I Now, therefore, to the end tlial the said. George W. Coburn may be apprehended and brought to'trial, i have thought proper fo issue this my Proclamation, offering a rewartj of two hundred dollars, to any person or persons who will apprehend and confine, him in the jail, or deliver him to the Sheriff of Martin county; and I do moreover . hereby require all officers, whether civil or military, within this State, to use their b.st ejtertions to apprehend, or cause lo be apprehended, the said fugitive, j Given under mv.hind as Governor, and the Great Seal of Nortji Caro lina, at the city of Raleigh, this 2lkh May, A. D. 1837. j ' - EDWARD B. DUDLEY. ChiIstophf.r,C. Battlu, P. Setfy. J G. W. Coburn is about 30 years of age, alout 5 feet 9 inches high, thick set, of an athletic and muscular constitution, complexion rathe- florid, full face, speaks short and quick when spoken to, with eyes somewhat downcast. It is believed he wore on leaving a blue cloth coal with velvet, collar. June 9th, 1837. ; 22 -f. Valuable Froper ' For Sale. THAT valuable Plantation in the CcUnty of Brunswick, know n by the name of li'alden, situated near the sea shore, about forty miles from Wilmington, tn the Georgeiow'n (!S. C.) main road, and seven miles from the State linf, con taining I500acies. or more,3- to 400 acres of which is in high swamp and (well adapted to the uliurc of Cotton, Corn, Oats; ;I;eas, or anf thing else..; This hind is so situated, that the water which falls upon it, runs off in opposite directions, emptying itself into LitHe River on the West, and Shal otte River on the East, which prevents its ever being inundated by freshets. About 25 or 30 acres is now under cultivation, anjd will produce as much, for what I know, as ai:y land in the State. The b illance is well coverejj with White and oth- r Oaks, Black and Sweet Gum, Ash. Poplars, Swnip Palmetto, &c &c. The lesiducof the tract is of Hammock and Pine land calculated for Timber, "Turpentine, Tjjir, &c The range for Cattle is excellent, having the be nefit of a large salt marsh , and the Hog; range noi to be beaten. Fish and Oysters of the best kind, are, to b? obtained within one and a half miles of the settlement, in irreat abundance,. The advatanesol'Shallotteand Little Rivers nHe very great, when vessels of considerable size can nr proach withm five to seven miles of the settle ment, and carry produce to any marki-J. The settlements are new, and in pretty good order ; the water is excellent, and. the si dation not only pleasant, but very healthy. I well sell the place us it now stands, a part of the crop planted, and the ballance. under way, with a good stock of Cattle and Hoes. Oxen, Carts, plantation Tools, and about 200 Bushels of Com, Fodder, Pease, fce.. and hire the Nesrrocs for the ballance of tht year. - Also : 1000 to 1500 acres of Turpentine land; with four tasks of ne.w boxes cut, work shops, &C. at tachedsituated on Smith's Creek, about five or six miles from Town, and about two frojm the Creek, where flutts can receive lurpentfne or Tar at any season, and in one tide brins it to Town. . My Terms shall be made accommodating. . ( HENRY NUTT. Wilmington, March 24th. 18 1. H t-i. 5" Persons ind btcd to me are respectfully in vited to call and settle, as fur.her indulgence can not We granted. Hr N. PROPRIETOR OF The Fagle Distillery, and Dealer in Naval Stores, , Iv OHdcrs for Spirits of Turnentine. Bright and Black Vffinish, Rosin, Pitch, &c. ,,Lr Wilmington, March 24th, 183 Hjt f- FOR SALE. 150 Hhds. Molasses, v" 15 Hhds. 50 Bbls. ( Sugar, 50 Bags St. Domingo ) :i0 " Rio i Coffee, 20 Bbls. N. Y. City prime Pork, 50 " No. 3. Mackerel, 75 JNrE. Rum, 10 Kegs wrot. Spikcf, 4, 41 2.5,6,61-2, 7, 8 l-'2, and 'J mcues, 10 " Cut Nails, (assorted,) 10 " White Lead,' 20 qr.' Casks Sicily I' wine' , 20 I " Claret W.ine ' 20 " Wine Vinegar. Annlvto BARRY &. BRYANT. June 9th, 1837. 22 t-f. To theublic. OPPOSITE to the stand, formerly ocjupicd bv Mr. S. D. Wallace, the Subscriber will manufacture every .article generally made in a Saddling Establishment, that customers: may want; all kind of trimming done to order. He promises good work and punctuality, i 1 Wilmington, June 9th, 1637. 22 4-t. $20 Reward. rnHE above reward will be erven to any it one who will return to the subscriber his I slaTe. JANE, who has absconded. JANE is 1 aboot 34 years of age, tall, thin, and rery black. 1 She is fax advanced i pregnancy. I . CH ARLES CRAIGE. FederalPoint, New-Hanover county; 1 Jane 33d, 1837. 21 -Lp. m I i LAUREL HILL.! r 1 i i ! BY WILLIS OATLORDI CLARK t, ZSL Hers the lamented dead in 'dust shall lie. Life's lingering languors o'br its labours done ; Where waving boughs, betwixt the earth and Admit the farewell radience of the sun. '!.!; i M ! Heretha Jong concourse, from the murmuring townj " J With funeral pace, and slow, shall enter in ; To lay the loved in tranquil silence down, No more to suffer, and no more to sin. ' : M . ! And in tliis hallowed spot, where nature show ers, ( j j, Her summer smiles fiom fair and stainless skies, '! j Affection's hand may strew her pious flowers, Whose fragrant incense from the grave shall rise, j j i ' ; j Andhereith' impressive stone, engraved with words, ' Which gdef sententious gives to marble pale, Shall teach the heart while waters, leaves, and birds,j ' Make cheerful music in the passing gale. Say, wherefore should we weep, and wherefore pour On scented airs, the unavailing sigh, While unbright waves are quivering to the . shore, : And landscapes blooming that the loved must di 1 i i There is an emblem in this peaceful scene ; i i . Soon, rainbow-colours on the woods will fall ; And autumn winds bereave the hills of green, As sinks the year to meet its' cloudy pall. Bu when the warnii soft winds, shall rise in sp'iog, . i Like struggling day-beams o'er a blasted heath, The bird returned 'shall poise her golden wing, And liberal nature break the spell of death. !; 'I ' : So, when tho tomb's dull silence finds an end, The blessed dead to endless youth shall rise, And hear ibi archangel's thrilling summons blend j' lis tones with anthems from the upper skies. Tuerb shall the good of earth be found at last, Where dazzling streams and vernal fields ex ' fand; ' Where love her crown a'tains her trials past, And, filled with rapture, hails "the better land!" SUFFERINGS OF THE CREW OF ! THE DEE. I ' i The following particular of the sufTer. inss undergone by the crew of thirDee whale' ship, are given in the Aberdeen Herald t , i i The Dee arrived in the bay yesterday morning, nnd at noon entered the harbor. The quay was crowded with anxious spectators, and as the vessel n eared the berth, the scene was truly heart rending. The mourning relaUves ol lhe c'eeased seamen, thouah previously apprised of the unfortunate fate of those who were near and deur to them, seemed unwilling to give' credence to- any testimony opart from a positive confirmation by those vvhx) had been eve witnesses to their decease. l he.r weep.nc widows rushed on board, " u ,uc" iinP.rM .H,.uS.uiurn.,.., while j parents and friends, followed in equal grief. When a convenient oppor- tunitv offered, the surgeon, .Mr. Little- john. though in a very weak state, kindly and most readily pr p wimng- ne?s to eive every additional information in hisjpower. The most painim fact in connexion with the loss of the Dee's crew, is the great mortality, compared with. the oiher vessels whiVh were beset at the same time. Mr. Littlejohn accounts for his on the following grounds. When the Dee was beset, she . was amonsr loose ice, the alternate opening and closing of which exposed her to great danp-er -The crew were, therefore, con stantly exposed, bad more ha rassing duties to aiscnarge, little . or no t me to chance their clothes, i his stale of things contu tinued about two months ; and so nn - mt-Uiate anu cr lain uiu uic ucou uuiun u , u,dlc . . . . . the vessel at one time appear to be. that luc c' . . rl . the beds.chest5. piovisions, &c. had to be i .k, . nOPI1 B. j. , ubun nn thi ct Hpr nil hanfl r - mained for two day. And as a p that this! was the chief cause of the fa tality which immediately followed, Mr. Littlejohn remarks that almost immedi- aielv after they again went on board, they began "to complain, and scurvy became mora and more prevalent. To add to this, when the Thomas was lost, the greater part of the crew of the Dee went over the ice, a distance of foar or: five miles, to as sist in carrying over part of the provisions. This second exposure had a most painful effect j and that it was the cause of in- crease of mortality, is evident from the fact, that the proportions of the crew the Thomas, which were divided among the other vessels, fell victims to the dis - : I ease in far greater ratio than the other men on board. That these were the chief cause? is also, evident, tvben ve know that none of.the other vessels were at all disturbed by the ice, but, on the contrary, were immovable from the first dv tht they were 6xed until the day that they rot clear. . J 6 On the 27th of September, the crew of lhe Dee. fearing a late season, went on half allowance. The me$; was 3 lbs. of bread a week, and 3 1-2 or 4 lbs. beef, and - 1-2 lbs. barley only allowed to make soup for sixty one mm ! But Mr. L'ttle john states, that the scurvy was the groat cause of the mortality and death, winch must certainly have been attended with excruciating pain, the .disease having generally begun in the mouth, thus ren- dermg the unfortunate men unable to take victuals. The extreme cold is men tioned in Mr. Littlejohn's letttr;but a another evidence we may add that, even in the cabin, while their hands were over the little lire they had,- their backs were freezing. So intense was the frost, that j even liquor was frozen, and at times the ink m the glass was solid. The coals were all exhausted by.the ! end of January, after which, the staves f j. asks, with any other lumber, were made use ol. 1 he want of fire now added to the pain of the sufferers, who were getting weaker day by day. Occasionally-a little refreshing soup was made frorfLfoxes, many of which they killed. But the rav age of the disease seemed to b.iffle every remedy. Spirits were allo"wed in small quantities, but seemed to do little or no good. A partial relief was. however, occa sionally afforded in this way; and in their last moments, some of the men asked for a little grog. No spirits, were used after the Dee lelt the ice, and now death made saa navoc. From the Gth of March, the day on which she got clear, scarcely was there one man able to assUt another; and our readers may form Rorr.e conception ol their deplorable t state, when wo mention the fact, that two or three were lying top-ether in one blanket, rovered with ice, and the blanket beneath literally a mass of ver min. The dying were often lying in the same bed with the dead for days together ; and when oblieed to consicn the latter to deep, the bodies had to be hoisted up the oeiwepii-rjtrcjcs with a tackle, and thrown oyerbenrd. Having only the close reefed topsails set when the Dee left the ice, and the remaining portion-of the crew being un able to render any effective assistance, she was almost wholly at the. mercy of the wind and tide, and at onetime drilled as far south ns 52 degrees. The tempe rature now was a pleasing change ; but scurvy was too deeply tooled to be eradi cated without some more tangible rtmedy. From Ike Texas Telegraph, May 23. Audobon This distinguished natural ist has left our shores. Wo sincerely deplore the necessity which compelled him to limit his researches to Galveston Bay alone. It is pleasing at this period to turn from the noisy tumult of war, and contemplate the character of this truly great man. Born in Louisiana when Texas formed a constituent part of her territory, he early directed his gaeat mind to the advancement of the science of nat ural hitlory in his native country; and with a pcble zeal, unchecked by disap pointment nnd un ibated bv age, he has employed the whole of hi valuable life thus far in accomplishing his laudable design. The snows of the north have found him wandering amid the summer hMnta of birds of paaffl., ,nd lhe tropical sun has illuminated his daring h ) ,he wintcr home, of thwe y0vaeers . r . , A , fcul lhfm nolsri(.nce hj ' idi d The peculiar situation of Texas relative g lo Louisiana at his birth, might, under other circumstances, bare enabled us to claim him as a native; but the illustrtou sons of science are "citizens of the world," and justly entitled to the privileges of citizenship from erery enlightened nation which honors virtue and talent. We understand a proposition will be made in Congress to confer on bim the honors of citizenship. The measure is worthy of .u.. i.i 1 .ni .ni;Ai,tAn xi .L. . . .u 3 ' r . , n 1 r . j .P . ' ., i . f . - .i i youngest of nations is among the fore M . . . r . u j . I m.tcf tn t wnH hr infant hinn In lha n most to extend her infant band to the en . f ... ' couragement of science and the arts. 1 - 1 A Boy condemned to be hung An ac count was published on the 8th ult. of the trial at Lowell. Mass. of o boys. Michael Monobon, 13 years old, and Mi chael Whaylan. 10 years old. for the crime of arson, in burning the almshouse J at Cambridge. The jury did not agree on a verdict, and were discharged. A - new trial was ordered, which wasclored I on Friday night, and resulted in a Terdict of guilty against Monohon. ; The Lowell Advertiser of Monday evening tays: "After a patient and thorough invMti. of cation of the circuraxUncet of the eaxc I and a charge fxoca the Chief Justice the l most minute and comprehensive, tho jury WHOLE NO. 78. n?i ii uPh rerdrt out Half ear Ury u?d 5re numerous con- hea r ,h Wm,b,ed Co hear the solemn sentence of. tne law. lated some of the most prominent evi dence concluded with the request that the liench proceed to pronounce the tentencd which the law adjudges to the crime of arson. Monohon being called, rose and heard wuh stoical indifference, a brief sketch of his past but vicious life. t The affecting language of the Jodgfj ris appeal to Monohon feelings for an af nicted mother, to hw sense of the awful ' situation to which he had s.ihiiviI self in breaking lhe laws, his request that he would prepare for the early and igno minious death which awaited hire, and the final sentence "that he should UnnnmW the neck until rhd; n-.r. .1. .i. scene of latenso intf a,-. ...avUMItV IClll from many an eye. Not a muscle of lh prisoner trembled at his sentence, and he withstood the gaze of huodrrds with ss much apparent indifference a if tinrnn. cerned, but whether this was owing td ignorance or hardihood is a question for a philosopher. Whaylan was acquitted ort account of his extreme youth." We must be allowed to enter our pro test against the admission contained in the lollowing extract from the Jrreface to Mrs. Jameson's " Characteristics of Wo men." Admitting, for the sake of argu inent.that women are ill-natured, tattlingt and all that, they are inferior, very infe rior to the self-styled lords of creation even in these attributes, and we defy any portion of fair creation's fairer part to bear any comparison in the points of which she speaks, to a bevy of such met as one meets with every day. The fait authoress pleads ignorance as nn apolo gy for the failings of her sex. In this tbej certainly have the advantage, stlhe self esteem of the men will never f offer them to acknowledge a wani of knowledge. If we were at liberty to say what we think of women, we would say that if our sex were only half as kind hearted, generous, faithful and confiding, this world would be a perfect asylum. " Men make it a general accusation against us, as a sex. that we are ill-natured, unfair, pittites?, in judging one ar.o ther. They say that when women get together, f'at every word a reputation , reputstion dies they say that as a savac proves his heroism by displaying in grim array the lorn scalps of his enemies, to a woman thinks she proves her virtue by exhibiting the mangled reputation of her friends; they say but there is no end to the witty impertinences and fa end of rhymes from Simo'nides to Pope, which they fling at us on this subject I I have never heard men so eloquently satirical as when treating with utter scorn the idea! that a woman can possibly elevate herself in the eyes of one of her own sex by de grading, or suffering to be degraded, one of her own ; and in their censure they are right quite right ; quite right, but wrong quit? wrong, in attributing thi our worst propensity, to ill-nature nnd jea lousy. Ignorance is the mean cause; ig norance of ourselves and others; and when have heard any female acquaintance commenting with a Spiteful, or a spright ly levity, on the delinquents and mis takes of their sex. I have said to myself they know not what they do.'" A Spic ofthe Romantique The UnU limore "Monument" relates that a lawyer from the We(tpiarried a few days tinco in this State a lady with whom he had fallen in .ove sormj twenty years ago, and whom he had never seen since ontii the time of the marriage. The gentleman would have married her atlhetim. k. was seized, with the tender passion, but from the declaration she one day play fully made, that she would never mifrV a poor man !" Determined to temovi this objection to him. he pushed for the w esc. ana aiier twenty years' hard tell, and when the lady had forgotten him, ha uau omasseu suiucieni wealth to encoar age hira to renew his propotsL Tbeladr, ' ""'" 'J u-u airjgie. mis pro posal was accepted. They were married -and on v ednesday raorninr last uA this city for their home in the West. Ju ius d iscovtred agai The mysttrV which hangs over the author of the cele brated letters of Junius has been attempt ed to be removed again and again, W some of the best writers of England. Ntf one has. so far. been successful, and thtf world is destined, most likely, ever to re main in ignorance of the author. Thtf iate r.ognsn papers state ibtt another at tempt is to b made, indeed they say tht author has been diseorr fr:- fri Brewster is the person whr I. j the mystery. As the story roes. St:.. pears, tnat Sir Df id. ia exiting td papers of his Isle eminent rIai? fW McPherson, the translator of Ossian. found a number of notes and letters addressed w uhk gentleman by one of bis friend. -uiwiKit mm irom their roembltnctf to the style of Junius." They wert wriii ten on private or ordinary topics, out Wtn all in the peculiar gpigrmrar if t! dirtiyr characteristic of that writer. Oa txxsi ing them more crhically. he taw thx many turns of expression and IszszS 1 - 5 - I
The People’s Press and Wilmington Advertiser
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