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MERCHANTS.
LL Merchandise,! &c. intended to be for
warded on the Railroad, must- be sent ber
j.Jtween sunrise and'. eight o'clock, A! M. . Any
Hhtngsent after that time cannot be taken on that
'day. Nothing will be received, unles . it is put
p in the ntQst substantial man ier. Every thiny;
ust haye Ihe owner s name marked distinctly
h it, and a bill accompanying it, specifying tle
eigkl, stating wno.it is trom, who it is lor, and
here it is to be lett. .t v- t
,;: The merchants, will be held responsible in
Wery case, for the freighter! every thingsent by
them. Merchants h-aving-consignments of pnl-
iddce, and other articles from the country, raujt
take them away iho day that tlvy arrive, as ihje
"Company win not be responsible for any thing
euflerefl to remain at the Depot all night.
Articles will be deliverd at, and taken frotji
the following points on-fhe rqail,Viz. Rocky
Point Depot, Water Station, nar Buriratv
fi wajinp. and. the-Depot, n ear South Washihgloa
U. ii. 11. Oil U n 1
4 Ajjenlof Transportalion;
' May 12th, 'MS. 122 tf
NOTICE.
fTHE subscriber being about, to remb vie
r :" fi"om. the .St:rte has place all accounts and
note due him, in the hunds of Mr. Thomas
Miller, Attorney, for collection. L . . i
Wilmington, Aug. 14ih, 1838 135 10 w.
BAIiXS RO?E 4 COTTOIM
j BAGGING.
Tl It fh cALS.Bale Rope of good quality,
JL JLLr 40 pieces Cotton Bagging. 1 .
'- rOUSALE DT .'
" . '' .. R. W. BROWN & SON.!
!i- 15th Ausust, 1S3S. f 1"5 5w.t
TPHE. Brick Stores near the South East
i corner ui iuu x ow.n ii all, ai present occtl-
pied by Charles Nixon, and Dr. Foy. Possession
iiven'l8t October next. Apply thiuugh Messris.
U. W. Browu At Son, to - 1
i r S. B EVERETT.!
i- Smithville, N.C.,13th Aug., i3a 135 tf.
S20 ItEH AKD.
Yrp 'AN away from the subscriber on Saturday
JXU' nisht th 4th inst , a Neirro boy by the
- t - t
; Ifiarae of UED about 3 feet 10 inches higlii ;
, copfjer colour, aoout'2t or 25 years old ; had on
H Nvhen ivp went away a coarse suit of clothes.
t lis front teeth are somewhat defective, and Jie
ia ve'rry quick spoken. It is supposed he wjll
i ; imake for Wilmington, and he Tan away some
, lima last year and attempted to pass for a free
' man, and by trade a brick mason, he also railed
j:; himaelf John Lanohktu, and was in Wilmin-
l ton inSeptcmbT last- Any person who will return
bim to me or secure him in jail so that 1 get hi6i,
H shall hare the above reward. . I
!k ! R D. GORRELL.:
Graensboroagh, IN. L,., i
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Jp Charge ithe Carolina Patriot.
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NOTICE. ; ;. -
I HEREBY forewarti all persons from trading
for a Note of Hand giren by the subscriber
to John Curryj dated some time in June last, six
months after date for thirty; dollars, as 1 am de
termined not to. pay said note, as it was fraudu
lently obtained against me. w m . -
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August 13tht 1838. j : - 135 tf
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X PROiPEIBTOR 6r- !
The yJEagle JDistWery,
. and Dealer in Naval Stores, j
Tfg prepare tQ aupply orders for -Spirits, of
U Tarpenune. prisnt anv ciac t arxusn,
Katin, Pitch, dec X.
W ilfflingtom March Sltb, 1837 XI t f.
DWELLING HOUSES
FOR SALE. j
HP HE subscriber offers for . sale that de
sirable, and pleasantly s tuated HOUSE
AND LOT, on the north side of Markfet Street,
between. 'Second and Third. Streets, at present
occupied by Mr. A.A. Brown. This ii a large,
convenient, and pleasant house, and the Jwt is
unusually large,- with every convenience, vacant
tpnce at both ends of the houe, a large yaid. and
afine garden spot, stables, &c. and situate in trie
most healthy and pleasant part of Wiluktntoni
i nat convenient ana pleasant tiiii tv
DWELLING, with an excellent store iiider
neath, situated near the Town Hall, and adjoin
ing Air. John Wooster's,' at present occiupied by
Mrs. Laspcyre. This is a very convenient and
pleasant house, in excellent' Tcpair, near the
market, and very convenient lb tlic business part
of the town. The lot- extends from Market
Street back to an alley. T
For particulars, apply to Mr. m.'WiUon,
t. jr. bYrne.
iu-ust3?, 1S38. , ' ISA tf
. NOTICE. f
To Messrs. MilUr Riplet Co. J.
IV. Walton, Carson ' Hamilton,
Eyfand fy Hay den, James TAomks, J. J.
McCarler, and Htnry W. Glcasmi 5p Co.
of Charleston; J. Bishop -fy Co, John
M. NioLon Co. Jamjts II. Bryant, and
Ben fn'. Exum; of- Camden ; David Ha-
gans of Bell Air, Lancaster Distitci S. C.
iou and each of you will take notice, that at
e Court House in Wifkesboro', on he' iO:h
av of September next. I will nroceed to take
tjhe benefit of the act made and provided for the.
rie'icf of Insolvent debiors, when and where you
may atletiU and ol-ject if you have cause so to do.
Aug. 2".
136 3t p.
: LOWELL. ' i ' ',. j
Cor respondence of the U. S. Gazette. '
I will now give you some 'statistics of
ih e rmnufaetonng' operations at Lowell,
w hich will be'interestmg to a portion, per
haps, the larger portion, of your readers
My information is derived from a printeNd
pageoflettei paper, headed 44 Statistics of
Lowell Manufactures, January 1,! 18,38,
compiled from authentic sources' and
may, therefore, 1 suppose be relied upon.
. fdhere are ten principal establisjiihetits,
with an aggregate capital of $8,250,000
These employ in their opt rations 28 mills,
exclusive of printeries, &c. The ,whoie
number of looms if 4861; and of snindlea
150,404. Of -females employed liere are
G295 ; of males-20'47. The annual pro
duct of all the raills, in yards, is 5 ., 147,
200. The annual consumption of cotton
is lG,161,G001bs. br44,769 bales, of wool
600000 lbs. The kinds of goo'ds manu
factured are Calicoes, sheetings, shirting?,
drillings, carpeting, rugs, negro j cloth,
broad cloth, cassimers, and machinery of
various sorts. The consumption jof an
thracite coal pet annum is 11,000, tons ;
of charcoal 500,000 bushels ; of wood,
4,810 cords; of oil (sperm, and olive)
63,480 gallons ; of starch, 510,000 ibs. and
of flour for starch 3,S00 bbis. Thf ave
rage wages ol females per week, clear of
board, is $1,75 ; of males clear of .board,
80 cents per day. Persons employed by
the. companies are paid at the'e'lbse ol
each month: the average amount of wa
ges per month is $106,000. . A very con
siderable portion of the earnings Is said
to be deposited ih the Savings BankU " As
regards the health of persons employed,
says the paper from which ihe above facts
are gleaned, great numbers have been
interrogated, and the result, shows that
six 'of the females out often enjoy better
health than before "being employed in Ih'e
mills; of males, one half derive thej same
ad vantages. As regards their mora I con
dition and character, they are not inferior
to any portion of the communiiy." '1'hert
is an important omission in this statesrient
To enable us to form an intelligent opinj
ion of tie healihfulness of the occupation',
we shtitild be itiformed whtthei Or not the
health of any employed is injured. -"Lowell
is one of the most extraordinary
phenomenon of this most extraordinary
counjry. It is just sixteen years since
the first factory -was erected theft;, ard
since, of course, it was merely an obscure
country village, in nothing distinguished
from the common herd except in its latent
capabilities. Now it counts its 2Q.000 in
habitants, and presents. to ihe admiratipil
of the thousands who annually visit it, its
thirty vast piles of buildings, iii jvhieh
the souud of the anvil, the loom and the
spindle, never ceases through thq live
long day. And this is but a specimen.
though undoubtedly one "of the most ex
traordinary, of the mode in which towns
spring up and reach their maturity, as it
were m a night, were the principle) praci
tically obtains, of. letting men alone.) How
hiophettcally did. the Bishop of lloyne.
(was it cothe?) more than a century ago,
smg.
Time's nobhjst empire is the iasu
STEAM SHIP. C
We learn with pleasure, that the pro
ject of adopting the proposition of the
xungusn company to run steam snips pe
tween Philadelphia and England and
France, is now being matured, antl will
shortly be laid before the public in a form
which, we have reason to beliere, will be
acceptable, a d which will secure lliat co
operation nei pessary to success. f f !
! U.S. Gazette.
French Steam Ships. U is stated on od au
thonty that it bas been determined at Havre to
build four steam ships of eighteen hundred tons
eacn, to run between that port and New York.
At the last accounts the keel of one had been
laid
MATSIMOSY, j
OR
A LOTTERY in which the Capital! Pre
IS
w.a.Mauii- oi -UAXKINDj
What have our novelists been doin- IvKcn fins
aneci.ott; was waiting for thtrn 1 Charles Theo-1 hich had a very striking resemblance to a dun
dore D Lstamville found fafmsHf at i.;iltL.,. 1 ?M,n. and Charles be?aii to nhiiik that he had
. . ' ---tFifcjf -vntj o j-1
waiKui in the Gardens of the Lucuhonrtr ' ,ruslccl 'he Jew too fur-j-but what could he be
without the snt!lest ;coin of the reaUi k his j Tabbed ofl Still, he inight be soldi to tha sur
pockct. lie wag a subaltern in a .regiment of fgeous. . The idea was not the jnost agreeable;
hussars, hat! .served in the lust years of rW.jpo i 'd he cast a glance' upon the Jew's . motions,
leon, aiiJ had received two slight ,'Woniii tu I with a full resolve, if he! saw? any treachery, to
: crosses, .nd was in a fafr wa'v to beconie iilpJiki
marshal, -when Cli'aijts X. was sent into exile
aim ixyjj-uuras ct Ins regiment tvas 6ut Sinon
nan paj. tiiarh-s was atnon" the twio-thli-.U -
the world was before him, ' and with twenty Na
po.ecns, a '.handsome -fi-ui f- and hi.Wrtrl ,
,r i. . - . . r : . T " '
kr.ts, he came, as every Frenchman docs, oil the
uiai upijuiiuniiy io i'..r:s. x m is is iKitoriusiy
the ctniry il the worid, dm paradise of wlnien
and wits, Lie i-egapn of excharttment,! antl the
frot wheie evc,y pleasure is to be had al the
qwe?t price. Still even in Paris, men cannot
Ifve upon air, and Charles found his twerty Na
pulons rapidly diminishing. Of course Hi is
uijjiuij uiniinisning. Ji course hi ii
to be presumed that lie was not without expedi
enis; what Frenchman ever was 1 and Charles
b,;ill,ant,'young, buoyant, tried evcrvebed,:
( .h.l t-I.5
ent natural lo manif .ri,. n: 2...:,.
r. - r b 1MU3' uisi "as !
In n:f frfj.i.ii l!i tr.i.,fi..i..t.., i - . i ...E:. i . !
of purse I hat was to be found ahiong the heir
esses. Among his own countrv women he fijund
the tenderness of heart in .mv?,t aliiimlAiif J l.m
the purse reinarkiibly light smiles ntveif fed
any .man, and sighs were his aversion. He
next tried the English heiresses, but the d ly for
captures ihne was past ; the ladies liiilit be
.tender, and the name; of Chcva!i-r, Mniquft, or
Count, wbs irresisiible by the daughters! or' rish
Eai4sx and London traders but the Irish Indies
jhaving nothingut tbeir bkod. were detjerujined
to fell It dear, and iiisistcd on solid settknieiHiS
in Francefor imaginirv estates at hoihe;land
the fairdanhters ofitrade were so v,'atihe4 by
hideous aunts and herculean brothers thai ihe
gome was nof Avorlh the candle. Rouge, etfioir
was next tried. Fort,une smiled for one nigljf on
her new votary, ad'frowned for two ; the Nr
poleor.s, went downXfaster and -faster, juntfl at
length the last portrait of the grand Aowivicfwas
the-solitary -.tenant 'of-ile purse of Charles 'CJieo
dore . D'Estainville. It Vas this thscov'ei yfttml
sent him to meditate in th ..Gardens of the t,u,x
embourg, a pleasant place Spr the last walk of
despairing lovets, and the devi stride, where he
had his choice of walking -a hundred yards t ihe
riyht, and blowing out his brainsXundiKturbed cf
;man, ora hundred yards to the leltand pjunging
imiouib peine, accoiuing io me imiive style, m
the midst, of the nationai u'djniratiotr. X ; f
But while he was pondering on the NsiTteirna
tive, night flfe, the wind whistled kecr-fyl the
bell rang for the closing of the Garden, iand
Charles was forced to leave the place of his'phi-
tosophy. In going through the streets he p asset
iby 'three successive, theatres, with each aj)flng,y
and never lelt the ca amity of an empty pip so so
pungeJitly as at that moment. He new ttpbionch
ed the Seine. That muddiest of rivcrsl look cd .:
' 1 1 1 .. i ni 1 ! II'
mure niutiay man ever, .ano vnaiies narii:auy
fslirank from a piunge, which would so effectually
disfigure" him. .He again felt his last Napoleon ;
rand in the heroism. of his recollections wasjiui
l ling the portrait of his great leader tojiis -lips,
iwhen the sudden" optiiiiif; ot a caje door, fthe
sound of-the sci aping of fiddles, andthehuiii of
voices within, told him.. that he might make bt t-tei-iise
of both himself and his coin than to liui y
cither in ihe Seine, ai least for that night. A
Frenchman -has al ways two reasons foi' evefy
thing, a strong one and a. weak. . He gejiieraify
gives way first to the weak one, on the jationul
ground that the.strongonc will make .way- for
itself. One of his reasons for determi'iing to
live for at least the next half hour was, that he
owed a week's rent to' his landlady, wiiici h.
was boimd in honor toxlisclmrgt:; and the oilier
was, that he was desperately in love 'Witli,one
of the prettiest girls in Lyops, an exquisite
blonde who had given him all her heart,!; .but
having not a sous to give along .with (it, hud
pledged herself lo wait till Monsieur Climes
should be a colonel, ft was plain that neither of
those purposes-could be accorhplishad if he i eie
to make his'bed thaUiight in the bottomj 'o the
Nellie. He thei efore postponed t he performfince
until at least he should break the. matter to the
fair Euphrasia, in a billet worthy of a French
man in despair. jj 1 - . j
' Ordering toffee, pen j ink, and paper, he sat
down to; write. To give hiui a clearer vieiv of
the subject, the smart garctrn of the co cjliglittd
a small lamp in the rather dark box into1 ,wiich
he had thiow;n hinisJf and his sorrovs." ! He
began' da: hed off'a fe;w sentences "of supreme
tenderness, and then paused, as is usual tven
with the most enanieured, for afresh flow iif idea-..
The lathp had thrown its radiance on'a shbwy
mirror, and the mirror had returned the radiance
on Charles. His eyes; caught 'sight of hmfcself
at full length, in the mirror Few men, t- rencb-
mn nfii ;pYilni!n!. think themselves altir'iUier
destitute ff personal charms; and Clu rlcs was
really a'handsome figiire, such as mifeht capti
vate its possessor, peculiarly wnen u auio
last look. Eut why should it be his lat IpoU,
,was the'lhought that glanced into his; nfrnd ?
" Shall this classic head, jetty mustyehfos ex
quisite imperial, and air elnvalricgo for noihingj
Are the hcaits of the women turned y sujne
Aro there not hundreds of maids, wives land
Widows, that every week marry monsters, foni
pared to this brilliant physiognomy ; and am. J.
jrn.i.l f.wniithl'nr t.lll tlibe nicked U, UV hhin.
& ' . i ; , '
net, laid, out in the ! , :,!
in lo-morrow s Jionncui s
, i
tried." . X : I- ' ' .X . ' I L
i.,t .'u... Ak;.A.iuc formed the dimu;tv
for heroes and enuiscs since the bt-irum of
ti-io r-iri vvh;i k M:iii?:iMi lie was sltuck
with the voice of a Jew Rabbi, who birch
n vi iu, v v iiiiv w f
ed from the further eud of ihe.t?, ortefwj me
tickets of a lottery, iti w'lich jthe pntes ere
bon-bons. The sound caught his ears, ?nJ the
idea Hashed into his head like lightning- MA
lottery! why every thing is done by h'itey,
the world's a lottery, r-Fortune is a keey,
commissions in the hussars are a lirttejry,--the
throne is a lottery, in which Loons Phili pel has
drawn the first prize. : Marriagt: U a lottery :
f why, then, should nol butbantls be a lottery I
Why should I drOwu myseil, wncn cou.u uc
drawn fory half the females of Fiance, mak
some pretty woman the happiest of the j happy,
and make myself lich into the bargain Y
He threw aside his paper, called the Jew. into
the box found by a few leading questions,? that
.he was a Jew who knew ihe worTd a qinckr
sagacious sharp-witted roguediscussed tli pro
jeet of the live lottery with him, and before he
left ihe box, had converted his love-letter iulo a
chaiming address to alt tike charming wonuen of
Pmnreto ourchase tickets ih a lottery of which.
the capital prise was to be, the most captivating
of mankind.
it
. The Jew was delighted wilh the project, ex-
hibited alt the eagerness or ms tribe in; afsure
speculation, and promised for a per eentagjp, to
dispose of all the shares at the synagogue in a
week " Toimake the matter more secure, he in
sisted on, Clurles receiving fifty Kapoleoos on
the spot, and finishing the night by supping: with
him at his own apartments. The Napoleons
were accepted, and so was tin invitation. The
Jew packed up his bon-bons, called a cubriokt;
the pair got into, it, ; and wcrfe whirled to the
Fauxbourg Sl Antoine.1 A whole labyrinth, of
streets, narrow as sewers, and dark as pitch, led
them to the Jew's domicile. ..A 'passage like the
entrance , to a iail tlieie letlhhem into a room
tly on him and strangle lliimlon. thrf-spot. But
! 11S valor was uuiiecessafry j the Jew simply
i - touched a bell, (he (Joor opened, and to his aston
ishnient he found hiuiscif in a suite ot rooms
furnished .with the utniobt magnificence. Splen
did carpets, gilded fauieuils, Costly pictures met
the eye every where, and at the end of tin: suite,
in a room of still more exquisite proportions and
furniture, a table was laid with a luxurious sup
per. '"You think all this," skid the Jew, smil
ing, "rot her, odd for the seller of bdn-bons, but
this is the custom of my people ; wr thus make
up for the troubles of o ir day and the scorn of
the gentiles. , Now, to supper and to business."
Three or four domestics, evidently Hebrews,
I : i i :..L- , l -.. i " ' i . i a . i : .
" ""Diu f "
" f" -i' xnc. w cA-
hibittd his extent of thattmvstenous cowesnond
i ence wnicn.ccnnec'.s the ehriuren ot Abranam
with each other throughout the world. T he lot
tety was arraTtcd, and the night was concluded
in discussing the 'not less agreeable topics of ihe
vintages of Trance, Spain, and Italy. Charles
made but two reserves. One was of a ticket to
be sent to Euphrasia, and the other a stipulation
for himself, that in case the drawer of the prize
should ijt strike hi tastej or he should 'not
strike hers, j the profits of the lottery sliould be
divided bet ween them;, and the parties be free.
In two months the ten thousand tickets were sold
at a Napoleon a-piece. The (drawing -look place.
In a few days after, the fair Euphrasia was
waited uppn by a handsome widow, embonpoint,
who came in her own equipage. Savehny life,
mademoiselle," said she;- ''send the the lottery
peket in your possession." Euphrasia had re
ceived the ticket, but' utterly unconscious of its
value, had thrown it into; her escritoire. uVou
shall have a thousand Napoleons for that ticket,"
said the showywidow. "Youricket has drawn
tne prize." ' . r X . . ; j
The idea occurred lo Euphrasia that though a
thousand Napoleons woul'd be a very satisfactory
sum under other circumstances, it was "unlucky
to sull her good for une until she IcneW whatrit
was. The W;idow had bought thirty tickets jn a
determination to tnake sUrepf ihe prize. Her
negotiation liad failed, anid she 'retired. . In five
niiiiutcs afser, a travelling chariot drove to ihe
door. Chajfos leapt up, and was in the arms of
the fair Lyonnese.' lie had riot discovered into
whose hands the prize ticket had fallen a mo
ment, before he jvas on the road to. Lyons, driv
ing as fast as four horses could carry him
uXThe denouement, was complete he brough hr
frvJe tjiousand JNapoleons as an instalment, and
forswore drowning himsilf for at least twelve
months to eone. The whole affair is registered
before "die civil tribut.al of Lyoiis. The showy 1
widow was an opulent land-owner of.Carcas-soiin".-
The happy pair are at this moment
spending their honeymoon at Noi bonne.
, - - '' ! - ; 'J- X
A SKETCH nIp. W1LI.I8.
We do not know whetHer we have ever
told our readers that Mr. Willis, with
whose fame as a pottnd dramatist they
are familiari has retired ;from city life to
rural scenes, and mingles jhe labors of a
practical farmer with the pursuits of litera
ture, a pparently to his great content. We
say apparently to his great content ; for no
man with a mind il) at ease could indite
those desultory but sprightly papersAyhich
are now in the course of 'publication in the
New York Mirror.under the title of 44 LVt-
. i 11 L rrvi I . X.
ters rom under a onaire, i tioucn tne
Mirror has a wide circulation, however,
it is probable that a great many of our
readers have not an opportunity of seeing
it; and we therefore take the freedom of
borrowing from its columns part of the
fourth number of these letters, for the pur
pose of introducing to our readers the fol
lowing sketch, the sparkling grace of
-which is so characlerisiic of Willis'
style: Nat. Int. . ;
" I wish you would 'contrive to be with
us at the agricultu rail shoiv.- I flatter my
self 1 shalPlake the; prize for turnips., By
the way, to answer your question while 1
think of it, that is the i reason why 1 am
not at Niagara, 4 taking a look ai th.e vice
roy.' I must watrh my turnip ling. I
met Lord Durham once or twice in Lon
don and once at dinner at Iady I3ssing-:
ton's. 1 was excessively interested on
that occasion by the tactics of D' Israeli,
who had just fhen- chiphed his political
shell; and was anxious to make an im-
fireision on Lord Durham, whose clorv,
still to come, was connuentiy lore.oiu ...
f . .a1
III
that bright circle. I father fancy the din-
j ner was made to give .Vivian .Urey the
chance; for her ladyship, benevolent to
everyone, ha3 helped" D' Israeli to 'imp his
wing with a devoted friendship,of wfiirh
he should embody in his tnaturest work
the delicacy & fervour. Women are glori
ous friends lo stead ambition ; but, effective
as they all can be. few have the tact, and
fewer the varied means ofthe lady in ques
tion. The guests dropped in, announced
but ur.3een, in the dimtwilight;and, when
Lord Durham came, I could only see that
he was of middle, stature, and of a natural
ly cold address. Bulwer spoke to him.
but he was iqtroduped to no one a de
parture from the custom; of th&t maxson
sans gene, which was either a tribute to
his lordship's reserve, or' a ruse on the
part of Lady Blessington ti secure to
D'Israeli the advantage of having his ac
quaintance songht--successfulj if so. for
Lord Durham, after dinner, requested a
formal introduction ta him. But for LOr
say, who sparkles, as he does every thing
else, out of rule, and in splendid defiance
of other's dullness, the soup and first half
hour ot dinner would have passed off vith
the usual English fashion of earnest al
ienee, I looked over coy spoon at the fu-
tare premier, a dark, saturnine man, with
very black hair, combed very smooth, and
wondered how a heart, with the turbulent
ambitious and disciplined energies which
were stirring, I knew in his, coiiid be con
cealed under that polished und marble
tranquility of mien and manner. He spoke
to LadyBlessingion in an under tone, re
plying with n placid serenfity that rnever
reached a smile, to so much of D'Orsay's
champagne wit as threw its .sparkle in hh
way, and Bulwer and D' Israeli were si
lent altogether. 1 ahouU have foreboded
a dull dinner if, in the open brow, the
clear sunny eye, and unembarrassed re
pose ol the beautiful and expressive niouth
o( Lady Blessington, I kad not read the
promise oi achange.. it came presently.
With a tact, of which the subtle ease and
grace can in no way be conveyed. ' into
description, she gathered up the cobweb
threads of'conversation going, on at differ
ent parts of the table, anu, by the must ap
parent accident, flung them into D' Isra
eli's fingers, like the rjbands of a four-in-hand
; and, if so coarse a figure can illus
trate it, he took the whip-hand like a mas
ter, it was1 ati appeal to his opinion on
a subject he well understood, and 'he hurst
at, once, without preface, into that fiery
vein of eloquence which, hearing many
limes after, and always with new delight,
has stemped D'Israeli on my mind as the
most wonderful h talker I have ever had
the fortune to meet. Me is. anything but
a declaiiner. You would never think him
on stilts, lf-he catches himself io a rhe
torical sentence, he mocks, at in the next
breath, lie is satirical, contemptuous,
pathetic, humorous, every thing in a
moment; ana his conversation oti. anvJ
sunject wnatever empraces tne ominous
r'e'bus,'ct quibusdani aliis. Add to thi3,
that D' Israeli's is the most intellectual
face' in England pale, regular, , and
overshadowed with the most luxuriant
masses of raven black bair ; and you w ill
scarce wonder that, nleeling him lor the
first time,. Lord Durham was (as he was
expected to be by the Aspasia of tlf-at
London atadamie) impressed. He was
iot carried away as we were. That
would have been unlike Lord Durham,
lie gave his whole' mirid to the brilliant
meteor blazing beforo him; but the
telescope of judgment was in his hand,
to withdraw at pleasure. He has evi
dently, native to his blood, that great quali
fy of a statesman retehtl. , D'Israeli and
heTormed at the moment a finely contrast
ed picture. Understanding his game
perfectly, the author deferred constantly
and adroitly to the opinion of his noble
listener, shaped hi& vargU inert t by his
suggestions, allowed him to say nothing
without using "it as the ntielens of some
new turn to .his eloquence, and all j this
with an apparent effbragainst it, as if ne
had desired to address himself exclusively
to Lady. Blessington, but was compelled
by a superior intellectual magnetism lo
turn aside and piy homage to ber guest
With al I this instiuciivemanagemenlthere
was a flashing abandon in his language
and choice of illustration, a kindling of
his eye, and, what I have before described,
a positive foaming at his lips, which, con-
s; traeo with the warm but clear ami pene
trating eye of Lord Durham. his calm yet
earnest features, and lips closed without
compression, formed, as I said, a picture,
and of an: order worth remembering in
poetry. Without meaning any disrespect
to D'Israeli, whom I admire as much as
any man in England, L remarked to my
neighbor, a celebrated artist, that it would
make a glorious drawing of Satan tempt
ing art archangel to rebel. i
'Well D'Israeli is in parliamentjtind
Lord Durham on the la,st rpund but one
of the ladder of subject greatness. The
viceroy will b premier; no doubt, but itia
questionable if the author of Vivian Grey
does more than carryodt ihe moral of his
Own tale. Talking lit a brilliant labie.
with an indulgent and superb woman-on
the watch for wit and eloquence, antl ri
sing in the face of a cold conioion settse
House 6 Commons on jhe lookout for
froth and humbug, are two different mat
ters. In a great crisis, with the nation
in a tempest, D'lsratli would flash across
, fineK but he will no-
, tu ,n rirrht hand of nre.
mier. 1 wish Him. l am sure, evervsuc-
cess in the world: but I trust that what
..... '. '
ever political reverses fall to his share,
they will drive hi in back to literature.
I have written this last sentence in the
red light of sunset, and. I must be out to
see inv tri es watered, and my kine driven
arfield after their milking. What a cover
let the day-god draws about nim lor nts
f I hnuM like curtains of tjat
bornt crimson. If I have a passion in
the world, it is for that, royal traded up
holstery ; and so thought Oedrge the
Fourth, and so thinks Sultan Mahmoud,
who, with his awn henna-tipped lingers,
assisted by his assembled harem, arrang
es every fold of drapery in the seraglio.
If poetry fail, X 1 1 try the profession soine.
day eh gratid, and meantime let me go
out and study one of the three hundred
aud tixty-five varieties of couch drapery
in tae,WesL Adieu, tt a tei fp
Hydrophobia. An exchange paper
says, Co not heal any wound from the bite
of a dog, road or not; keep it open lot? three
months it is the healing of 'ihe wound
that concentrates and confines the poison.
From the Raleigh Register.
INTERS AL IMPROVEMENT.
An Extract fiom the Report made t&
the Greensborough Convention, at it
late sitting, will be found in anotherco
lumn. It will be seen by this Report, as
well as by the facts which every o'&y de
velope themselves to our view, "that North
Carolina possesses within her temtorir
nil the elements of prbsperily, and !cbm
mercial facilities. Possessed of fertile
lands and inejhaustible mineral resoun
es, our people have but to grasp and im
prove the advautag-es so bountifully -bc
stowed. Shall nature alone lavish hei;
bounties upon cs ? Will not the hand of
Art remove even trivial obstacles which
occur to ii4r prosperity and commercial
independence ? Carolinians, you, buva
but lo 44 clap vour shoulders to' the wheel,"
and the work'of regefieTaticn will be com
uienced you have buVto contribute a tri
fling portion of the amount yearly drawri
off to s well the coffers of oih'er State, anil,
natural btXrrielrs w ill be removed; the ports
to prosperity -and profit will be opened;
and 44 old Rip" will arouse re invigorated
from hi protracted slumbers. The pros
perity and .pride of your native Stale de
mand It. fo seasion caii be more propi
tious than the present. Now.' while our
sister States on the Nort' and South are
straining every nerve to LetUr their con
dition, and shake otT the thraldom of
others, shall we f6ld our arms in apathy,
.and suffer the facilities within our reach,
to pass unimproved? Beware! opportu
nities once overlooked may never agaid
occur: advantages rtov neglected may
hereafter be sought for in vain.
A llesolution was adopted in ihe Con
vention, recommending to the People loa
point Delegates from eve,ry county ih thd
State, to meet in Convention, in this City,
on the second JVlonduy in December next,
to take into consideration the plans which
may be submitted for ihe improvement of
the State, and the advancement of its com
mercial interests. This meeting should
be well attended, Tliepoliticul excitement ,
ha cea&ed for a while; Na tional politics
hayo engrossed a large share of the at
tention of the people and now, when an
attempt is to be mde to promote the honor
and prosperity of our Stale, to develops
her resources, and belief her internal con
dition, will the people turn a deaf car, or
contemplate the effort wilh indifference?
We hope noL Let the representatives of
the people, then in session in their legis
lative capacity, see by the spirit that actu
ates the- Delegates in Convention, what
is expected from them by their constitu
ents. Let the voice of the people be Une
quivocally expressed, commanding llieir
legislators to discard sectional prejudices
and local attachments, and make one ef
fort for the State. XThis course alone
can give North Carolina that position 16
which her past history and superior re
sources entitle her.
from the National InltUigcncer. ;
h js proof of ihe soundness of the pub- '
1W; mind, that thj late attack upon, tho
Navy, and simuilaneoiisly upon the Me
chanic classes, through ihe columns of
the Official paper, has produced a greater
sensation lhan any thing ever yet publish
ed in it. The authors have evidently de
ceived themselves in three particulars :
first, as lo the strength of the Navv'g hold
on ihe arTectibns of the People ; secondly
as to the indifference ofthe Mechanics td
refleciions on their iworals: and, thirdly.
as io the power of the execulive"'orgari : ''
over tne opinion ol its own party, Hip
pi y for ihe counlry. greatly 10 the honor
even of 44 the party," not a voice has been.
raised to 3U3tain or justify the libels bf thuc
Globe. Its most faithful coadjutor is
obliged to yield;to the power of public
opinion so ur as io uisciuim tne rcnectiort
upon the working men who constitute id '
efficient and valuable a portion of oUr po-
pujation ; which reflection cays the AI-
4,,bany Argus, ice conceive ". lo be emi
44 nent'.y etijust, and decidedly repugnant;
to all our notions of Hepubficanum."
iAfter admiuiBtering this deserved re "
buke to the author t( the assault Upon the .
Navy and the Mechanics, however, ih
Argus winds up by saying, " We alludo
"to It onljr for the purpose bl express
44 ing the belief of the Editor of the Globe;
44 ind that he tviis not accessory to Us pub
lcation., So iiecesary doea ihe4orjari''
ofthe party" at Albany conceive it to bi
to exonerate the organ of the Executive)
hre front ihe odium attaching to this pub-. '
licjtion, that it represents the Editor of
the 4atter as not being accessory" to.tha v
publication of editorial articles in his brri
colurnns; whilst -the .Official Editor him- .
self, on 'the coutra ry in his last notice ol
the subject, " congratulates" himself Upoti
having made ihe jpubliction. We hotr
dismiss it from ofyr tbougbu, IhoweyerJ
si vs the fame paper.' lie deceives uiro
self, or rather the Administration deceives X
itself. They cannot dismiss it They
cannot avoid it. They, can not t sea pe Ironx
it; any ixiore than a living man can dis
miss, avoid, ot run away from his own?
shadow. 'Twill haunt th Administration
)ibj the last of its political life : And will:
be a lastiag stain' on the page of iu htsto
ry, when it snail nave ceased to extiL
A keeper of a billiard table described himself-
atooa ofthe PUing booths,; as an irarv '
i.ntish rpr;
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