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V" in ml J; 36 2 t S '? I I! . 1 . : !: F C. HILL., Editor and Proprietor, '. Bje arrsT ivn feiii o t." Wilmington; North Carolina. VOL,. HI. NO. 38. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 1838. t m mm I . . . t ,( " : il . - I ' ii ; - IT1 i Z I : I,'. JFf!EXCH For "I--- f: i ,V'. si; u if- m PUBLISHED J2 YiFRIDA Y MORNING. Tzsnzxzs. .Three Dollars per annum, in advance. -.' vApvJffin.TisE:3iEWT : r Not exceeding a Square inserted at t)NE DOLLAR first, and TWENTY-FIVE CENTS for each subse quent insertion ' No Subscribers taken for less than one year, and all who permit their subscription to run over a : year, without giving notice, are considered abound for the second year, and so on for aU suc ceeding years, ; . . , No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. tiy- OFFIL& m tlie Sontb stfle of Market Street, be low the Caurt llonsfl. I Office of the PoYstmoittli & Uoanoke R. R. Co. " ' . J'otMtnoutli, Va. May ;3dtli, 1836. J Great Central Route j BETWEEN THE ,t I NORTH AND SOUTH, Via the Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail road, and the Chesapeake Bay i 1 Steamboats, ' nHFIROUGH from Halifax, N. C. to - tfew York, in FORTY ONE HOURS, fcein T Ii RE E HOURS IN ADVANCE OF ANY OTHER LlE, and this without a mo ment's 'night travelling . on railroad south o f Philadelphia, and WITHOUT THE LOSS OF SLEEP Thus : .From Halifax to Portsmouth. .6 hours. It 8 " " 8 " : iartsinouth to Baltimore Baltimore to Phil iielphia, Philadelphia to New York, n 3G 5 Stoppages,; 41 Leases Halifax every -Sunday, Wednes day and Friday, Baltimore every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and Washington Cny ex9ty Wednesday. Fare from Halifax to Phila delphia, Including every expense, (meals, porter age,; &c.) $f 18. To be published until "forbid in the Augusta Chronicle, Savannah i Georgian, I Charleston Courier, Norfolk Herald, Balumor&dPatriot& American, National Intelligencer, U. S. Gazette, Pennsylvanian, and New York '.'Star, and ac counts sernt Ui the Olficc of the Puitsmoutli & iRnanoke Railroad Company. ; 125 tf Travellers joiii Nortli, rrn "BY THE WILMINGTON & RALEIGH RAILROAD , . COMPANY'S LINE," i - A RE respectfully informed, that they will JLfind the route through Halifax, Gary's, Pe tersburg, Richmond, Washington, and-Baltimore, the most expeditious, the time from Charleston to jNew York being by this line ( through Petersburg, Skc) half a day less than by any other interior 'Vhe Petersburg Railroad Company have always locomotives, with coaches, &c at Gary's, ready to proceed immediately for the North, upon the arrival ofihe passengers; and travellers are referred to Mr. B. F. Halscy, their tgent at Halifax, upon whose representations ithey may implic'uly rely. -V. There h no uncertainty or detention -kfn; this route. All the lines north of the Roanoke . "run in regular connexion ; and the engineers being careful, circumspect; and .sober, and every other precaution taken to render this line safe and comfortable, the attention of the public is invited to it. ,": '': ' V jln agent attends at Gary's, and takes Charge of all baggage, and accompanies the same, without tronblc to the traveller, all the way to Washington. i i . ' ,' . etersbur Railroad Ooinpany's Office, ? . Ausrust 22d. 1838. S 137 tf NOTICE TO MERCHANTS. ' A LL Merchandise, &c. intended to be for P warded on the Railroad, must be sent be tween sunrise and eight o'clock, A. M. Any Jlhing sent after that time cannot be taken on that dayj Nothing will be received, unles it is put , up in the most substantial man ier. ! Evejry thiwg .must have the owner's name marked distinctly on it, and a bill accompanying It, specifying the i weight, stating who it ts from, who it is for, and . vwhere it ts to be lefi.. H . . The merchants will be Weld responsible in .every case, for the freight on every thiivg sent by ' them MercKants having consignments of pro duce, and other articles from the country, must take them away the day that they arrive, a the Company wall not be responsible for any thing afTer e! to remain at the Depot all night, v Articles vill be delivcrd .at, and taken from Che following points on the road, viz. Rocky Point Depot, Water Station, near Burgaw aSwamp.and the Depot, near South Washington. I U L. H. SAUNDERS, I Agent of Transportation.-!' -May ISib, 183a V ; 122 tf : I RATES OF TOLL AT NIIE NEW BRIDGE, NEAR HILTON. TTT OR a Gig, or Sulkiy a nd Horse, twenty JP cents, (20 cents,) Wagon and four Horses, fifty cents, (3() cents a four wheel Wat on and two Hbrses, twenty five cents, (25 cents,) for a Carriage and Horses, thirty cents, (30 cents,) for a Cart and one Horse, sixteen cents, (16 icenUj) for a Man and Horse, ten cents, (10 cents,) for a Cart, with Oxen, twenty cents, (20 jcents,) for a four; wheel Carriage with one Horse twenty five cents, (25 cents, for a foot Passenger, jfour cents, ( 4 cents,) for Cattle, Hogs, and Shesp, .iwo cents each, (2 cents,) for Turkit-s, one cent "each, (I cent,) for single Horses, four cents each, , 4 cents.) . A true copy from vUe minutes. . r- ; Witaess, TtfOS.. F.. DAVIS, Clerk. NOTICE. ' TT' HEREBY- forewarn all persons from trading tJ: fnra'KOie oi j ijjohn Curry, dated some tirae in June, six months after date for thirty dolkrs,. as I am dc .termiftfed not to pay said note, as it yas fraudu- unoy otnatntM r B yr MORSE. August 13thl 183d. 135 tf. . SPICING "VlltltX AND EXGLISU SEMIS AHY Young Ladios, I BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY: 'pHE duties of this Seminary will be resumed' on Monday, the 24th September The i peculiar feature of this establish ment consists in its being essentially a French tjciiooi, that I language being constantly spoken b$ the pupils in thehr intercourse with each other and with their teachers.. - The department of modern languages is under the charge of the subscriber himself, assisted by a lady lately from t ranee. , The English department is entrusted to Miss :M.ITurner,.from Boston, who is assisted by Miss E.Lunt, from Portsmouth, N. H. i Music jis taught by Mr. Edward R. Hansen, from Denmark. - i Drawing, Mr. Engstrom, Dancing, Ml H, Whale, For information concerning the cliarac- Icb of the Institution, the.subscriber begs leave to reler to Col. J. D. Jones, and Levin Lane4of Wil mington, Mrs. Winder, of Smithvill. Gen. Wm. Hill, of Duplin county, and John Burffwvn. of iMwuern, w,bo now havechildren under his care. r '- . . " .... . : ' ' : A catalogue containing terms, c.imaar. be had at this office. For further Particulars. application hiay be made either personally, or by mail, to ; - ; A.N. GIRAULT, 138 tf Principal. Ho Printers and Publishers. 'pHE subscribers have j if st completed; j men iic optuiiiicii tRtuti , ui ugiii mceu uooK and job priniine tv Pes, flowers, and ornaments. th contents of w hich . are herewith partially given. , ii '. j . Diamond, Pearl, nos. land f Agate, hos. 1, 2, and 3, Agate, on Nonpareil body, Nonpareil, nos. 1, 2,3, and 4? Minionette, nos. 1, and 2j Minion, nos. 1,2, 3, and 4, ? Minion on Brevier body, Brevier on Minion body, Brevier, nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, Brevier ion Burgeois body, Brevier jon Long'Primer body, Burgeois oti Brewier body. Burgeois, nos. 1, .2, 3, and 4, Burgeojs.on Long Primer body, Long Pfiiner, nos. 1, 3, and 4, Long Primer. .on Small Pica body, Small Pica, nos. 1 and 2, Pica on Small Pica body, P i' a, .nos. : , v, and 3, Pica on English botW English, nos 1 and 2, Great Primer, Paragon, Double English, Double Paragon, Canon, 5 Five line Pica to twenty, Eight line Pica Gothic, condensed to 25, Seven line and ten line Pica Ornamental, 6,. 7, 9, 12. Ind 15 li nes Pica shaded, ,8, 1, 15 a rid 16 lines antique shaded. Also, a larare and beautiful collection of (lowers. from, pearl to seven lines pica, which are not to be found in any other specimen, a new assort ment of ornartiental dashes, a variety of card boifders, near two thousand, metal ornaments, brass rules, .leads uf various thickness, aslrono- mijuat or.u pnystcai signs, metai anu Drnue uasucs, troait 6 to 30 ems long, great primer anu uoume pi& scripts on inclined b.dy, diamond and ndn nalreil music of various kinds, antiaue Aiirht and hefvy face ttfo line letter, full face Roman .and Italic tfionpareil, minion, brevier, long primerj anjd other blacks, nonpareil, minion, and brevier Gieek, Hebrejw, and Saxon. ; A large variety jof ornaments, calculated parj licjularly for the Spanish and South American markets. y Spanish, French, and Portuguese act cents furjijshed to order, jwith every othe- Ariicle miidc use of , in the printing business. All of winch can be furnished at short notice, of as good quality, and .on as reusonable tei-ms, .as .at any other establislimerrt. ! CONNER & COOK, j . Cowjier of Nassau and Ann streets, " ' r , New York. August 15th, 18c8.V 139 3 w b-Pronrictors of newspapers printed within arty part of the Uaiikd States, or the Canada, who wilt copy tne ..aoove aaveriisenieni inrt-e tines, .and foivard a copy containing the same, will be ewtided to their pay in any type cast at ourjfoundery, provided they take twice the amount ofj their bills in type. t i ! j: : k-.. NOTICE. :-ir. nHE subscriber, havingvqualified at the last term of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of New Htfhover county, as administratrix of the estate of A..L. RIVERA, ddceased, requests all persons indebted to said esjtate to make payment to herself, or to L. H. Marsteller, Esq. who is legally authorized to act foi her: and ail persons having claims again sflid estate to present them within the time re quired by law, to either of us, fty payment, or tlis notice will be plead, in bar of recovery, f t " A DIVCR A Administratrix. Wilpiin-rton, Srpt; 17th. IR38 140 3 w j EXECUTOR S SALE. HE subscriber, as Executor of Mrs. Sarah Stone, late of Raleigh, deceased, will sell at pwblle auction on' Monday and Tuesday thfe 29lh and SOth days of October next, at' her pljautatiojt, about ten miles east of Raleigh,"all thfe crop of COTTON, CORN, and FODDER, aad all the stock of HORSES, CATTLE, and HlOGS, and the PLANTATION UTENSILS, coiisistingofC A RTS, WAGONS, PLOUGHS, and on Wednesday the 31st of October, 'all the NEGROES belonging to faid estate forty six in number consisting of men, women, btfys, gijrls, and children, will be offered for safe. The negroes will be sold in families, pursuant to tite directions of the will. is - T33R1VIS. The crop and plantation ulensils will be sold on a credit of six months, for alt sums oer S10 fot SI0 and under, cash. A prt of thp negroes, jo the amount of about JSS.OOU, will be' sold on a credit of six months, for notes nego tiible and payable at the. Bank of the Stale of aprth Carolina, in Raleigh ; and the balance.will be seld on a credit of six months.. fCfBond and satisfactory security will be Tequired for thejpur- cuase money, oetorc the property is cnangea. y D, W. STONE. Raleigh, N. C. Sept, 3d, 1838. 139 r JSThe Advertiser, Wilmington, Spectator, Newbern, and Western Carolinian, Salisbury, Will please publish the .above for six weeks, and forward their accounts to the Standard office.? I Price 1 4, 60. A fPLICATjON will be made at lhe next JJL Session of the Legislature of this St,ate. to amend the Inspection La.ws relative to lumber and timber, so far a the port of Wilmington is concerned, j . i Septcmhex-lDth, 183S. J40 3w John T. Flynn, it MERCH T TAYLOR. nTHE subscriber would respectfully inform! JJJffhe lnhabitaniits of Wihnington and the aur-f roundingv country, that he has located himself permanently in this town, and is exefute all orders in' liis linei Having been forj some time engaged in the well kown establish-! meift of Mr. Charles D. Carr, of pharlcston hopes that he will give! S. -"as a cutter, he general satisfaction. i '.. i i ; ON HAND, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Fine Cloths, Cassimeres, and . 9 . . j! ; 1 : .! yesfihgs. which Will be .made as fashionable as in any of the northern cities. Also, a general assortment! fancy Wearing apparel, A few doors south of Rcston's Railroad Hotel Wilmington, bept. 18th, 18v, illlots NOTICE. T 7"ILL be sold atf public auction on Mon - ZH'Z iCl0bf' fM ,he Cus'f jSLOOP SARAH, AND ALL HER SAILS AND RIGGING. Said vessel is of fhirty (30) tons;,! is copper fastened, and coppered to the bends. Her bottom is t)f African o:jk. She can be made a profitable vefscl focthe river, or truit traile. i r 1 TALC0TT BURR, September 25th, 188. Aaftionecr 141 lw KIIilTIA ORlBBS. AJOR General JAMES B. ( WHIT FIELD has appointed the following days for reviewing the several Regiments in the 3d Brigade of the'Militia ofNortlt Carolina, v iz. Th31st&egimentj Duplin Co. ort t!he22d October nest 24th 30th,' I New (Hanover, . 1 39th " -Brunswick, " 27th 29th . The Commandinz Officer of each IRekimeM abovetnamed is hereby required to have his Regi- i meht in complete order at tb:e usual place of review, at noon, ii ine nppuiineu uay. i I "By order of Major General Whttfield. J ; JESSE PIPKIN, ' i Aid tie Camp. Lenoir County, 4th Sept. 1838. 140 4w . ! . . i eghneikal Qretcrs. i Regiment North Carolina Militia are hereby required to parade in Wilmingjton, on Saturday hej 27th of October next, foit Inspection and1 Review. Line to be brmed at 10 o'clock- By order of Major general J B. Whitfield. The Officers, Noncommissioned Officers, ad Musicians, will meed in Wilmington,- Friday thej26ih, at 10 o'clock, for,. in spcctkuij. and drill, prlpared "with thieir rejturns. as by law required. iL'he Commissioned Officers will; mret in Colirt Martial, at 4 o'clock, P. M. of xbe 26ih, to elect a Lieut. Colonel. Capt. Thos. W. Brown-, ofhe WilmingtonMHitia, will supei-)ntend the election, and.ccj'tify the result to the Cblon-el. Bv order .of L. 'H. M arsteUer JoJorieiCom- manMkng30ih Rejgiinent Nl Mdiua. M. F.tirowA, VXclmtant. ept. 19th, 1838.' 140 6w ; : A HINT; frflF1. iindprsionif-d rnsnectfulliv invitfcs all those fl 1 1 h i , infliis debt for frcighjt or passages, to call and settle the same withj Major James T. Miller. Pjeparing to go southj with myj steamboat, I find irvery difficult to buy ai tides for the jma'ny uses requireu, witnouijcoiiecung wnui is uuc iui psi services. U ' ' ... The price forja nassage to spd fi orn Sm it h- vi he in the Cotton Plant hercnjW. will be $1 50 hi-ino- as low as I can afford 4 ! 1 take no risk for freight or baggage under any circumstances. Myeontract is with .those that empldy me. If thy4o not Jijcey iewns4 they can go elsewhere. .This notice is intended for all persons that may want my services up the Cape Fear, as well as uown to tomuiivuie. . - i i DOYLE OTIANLON. I Wilmington, Sept. 21st, 1838. 140 I COPARTNERSHIP. irWlHE subscribers have this j day ntejsed into J a copartnership, under the ifirm of IVEIIiES COSTING CO, for the transaction of a GENERAL COM MISSION BUSINESS. They will pay par tfcuVarAttcntioii to the sale of Lumber, Timber, and any other kind of country produce .that may hi sent to their care' They have a large wharf. and the best timber pen injtbe plae. which enables them to keep timber on hand for a piuce, without any risk of its .being ost. , MJLES COSTIN, ARTHUR iLE WIS. I Wilmington, N. C. 1 Sept. 1st, 1838. 133 3mo IPERSONS having unsettled accounts with the i silbscriber, are requested to come forward and ''..i .1- . J... r.....UJ l.r C tfV lf they seme tne same wunoui iui.uim miay should neelectiddo so. they will -find ieir ac - rtunls in ihft hnnds of acoIlcctinirotuceF.-;r--- MILES q us u" September lst,I83S. I 13S 3no. STRAYED OR STOLEN, :- f i i J . A FINE looking HOUND SLUT; she is of a bindle or tan, tall and exceedingly fine hPr form her face rather eray, mqicaung age i l.,:ti .. wAMnn'L-tin will deliver her to ni-iif c nn r rv ' w - j. me a reward of I tslN uuLLatvo ;j V.M. S. ASHE. I September 14th, 1838. 139 3vr tV" ran KJEjyr HE Brick Stores near. the &uth East mmr r.f tli Town Hall.! St present occu pied by Charles Niyon and ftr. Foy; Possession j :' i ir i :' . A nnlv ifhYnu 'll Messrs.? gisen isvjciuuw hca- -rv J r J R;W. Browne Son, to g g EVERETT. ISmiUiville, N.C., 15th Aug., 183 135 if. NOTICE. LL persons. are cautioned against trusting n rwirenn .hitever. for r on account of the SteanrPacket GOV. DUDLEY, without aH .writtew orferftwijWB, as i wui pwu. ign v anv bill, without such written order: be; ing presented as a voucher for; the same: TO RENT, ND possession given on tne isl ih comfortable DWELLING of October, j UUUSCon Mrket street, at present occupied by Mr.G. R. it .Apply to .1 . 'September lstf 1838. 110 2w A siGiiT WTirr the riExns. . Founded on Fact; ! BY THEODORE S. FAY. l Avovild have gircrij worlds to recall the action. I had no excuse. It was a deed done with my eyes open. The beg gar iv ho steals to save his wife and chil dren from starving, has the sympathy of the judge who conderpns hira and" the homicide, whose crime is cornmmeii In a gust! of pjssion, may find consolation in repentance, and in the consciousness of the infirmity of human natures Men sin lrom ignorance, from temptation, from want of experience.! I had perpetrated this deliberately, with my eyes open to the conseqaences. I Icnpw the nature of what I was doing. I Thferejwas no adequate temptation for it. I could only explain it ton the grounds of innate depravity. , who professed .corn of wron,- was accustbmed to self examinalion and self-dicipline who knew what guilt was who fell; while I didlit.that it was lay ing up a store of repentance 1 had yield ed, and I regarded myself wilh contempt and horror. . . ; Nothing could be miore ple.asing than the scene in which this accident look place. It was at a ball, amid music, and dancing, and pretty women. All thr ele ments of happiness seemed to lie around. Was I happy ? No. Remorse filled my bosom. I-felt that I had recorded 'in the bool:of fate a deed not to be erased from which was to spring shame andsulFtring. I felt the ghost of " buried Denmark." -l " : "Confined to last in fires, Till thc foul crimes, done! in my days of nature, . Are burnt and purged away." Night came. Night ! At this myste rious period; the guilty have a foretaste of their punishment.. Id summer I should; have gone out and wailed till Hvorninof. But it was a cheerless j Jovember nioht went to bed. ; In a I ft '.1e while a sort of oblivion descended upon me, faintly light- fed with images of -the gay scene where I had spent the evening and where 1 had unfortunately laid this sin upon rat soul. My imagination retained a dim sense of music and dancinjr. and careless voices, 5and flashing light, till their oft t repealed impressions pained me ; -and over the whole, mysteriously and darkly, like a cloud, or an impending danger, lay the IdefiniteVonviction andjshame f that act a sense of remorse, apprehension, guilt. and folly, from which. I strove to recoil and creep away, ariq hide myself in sleep, or oven death." And. in those vajrue mo ments, wavering between tfe-e real and the unreal, grotesque beings, whose shapes were drawn in lines of lightlupon the black air, darted around, and nnde faces at me, and-held a ; sort of devilish revel 'over my torments as I lay powerles on mv back. Such visitations might come to a dead man in his coffin. And a power seemed whimpering. This it is to com mit a sinl' I di,d not think of it,' said I , could not help it.' And,; for a moment, this seemed a triumph M me, and I shout ed the fact sturdily in the laces of the fiends, and t ealed the good angels to help me, a poor, misused mortal, set upon in this fashion by 4 parce' infer nal devils. But a voice, after a pause, answered, as if with a silent smile, ' You knew what you did you gratified your wish -you agreed to pay the price you scorned consequences--you have no ex cuse you are bought and sold you are ours!' And I answered,-' if is true ! Land strove to hidehimself. J would have crawled into any cave ; and all the while the dancing went on, and the music play ed one continual tune and gay crowd moving and bowing around, and beauti ful female faces, with radiant smiles and careless words, came, and went i throngs ami masses, with a floating change and a mocking contrast.! Then I fell abruptly off a precipice started and awoke. I groaned aloud. The chamber -was lighted by the faint beams of a night lamp, casting , grotesque and p;iant sha- j liaws non lhe walls nkdieilino-s. There f - o ii nun. 1 f . , ' . i i " T . . . . , . i i had not thotioht that chairs and tables those homely and fa mi iaf objects cou ld look so strange and impressive. There was a barijyn huge aid black ncros-s the room a massive semi circle, broken by an anle of the cornice, appeared like a segment of Saturn's belt and a rugged profile, that frowned like the spectre of some giant, held forth a threatening arm, and impressed me with a solemn sense of the monstrous and the preternatural. .. v And soon, amid these huge shadows and that deathly silence, (broken oniy by a sound from some warping pannel, or, perhaps, a wall settling more heavily into its foundation, secret tokens of lime, un heard by the sleeping millions around,) the fatal act which had marked my past evening. appeared before me like a ghost, with a haunting power. All the darkest aspects of life presented, themselves, as I turned on my pillow and stiove to sleep. All that I had ever done wrong, or un kind, or doubtful, sal around my bed like a company of devils, each event converted Into a fiend, and at the head of this agreea ble levee the deed 6f yesterday, a mocking:, heartless demon, apd then came the dan cing and that old tune again, j . At length this awful ordeal was varied fort. Sometbinsr which resolved Bself at last into a smoothjogand most gentle spirit, seemed to Heal in un observed among this set of chattering de vil?, and whispered .in' my ear : 4 Patience, mortal, and receive thts hour as a lesson. Yo.u shall riot sink beneath your burden, but you most bear it yet a little longer. When the cock crows your persecutors, will disperse. Take care 5'ou dp not put yourself in their power again. The earth is inhabited by two races man, a t rnreJW on his way to heaven, but sore beset by the other race, the devils. There is but one method of escaping these gentlemen, who r.O'v crowd your chamber so. hilariously. It is by following the ways of right and wis dom. They have, comparatively, no power over those charmed p;tths,'but it is me conGition of your existence that.'whe.n' you err, you are exposed to their mist hie-' yous .ro a ljce. Indeed enrh error creates its own tormentor. Each man, 'according-, ly to his deeds, is honored with a retinue of th ese disa g reea ble com pn n i on s, w h o ac-' quire more power lhe more they .gain. They retire from around you during the day to watch the effect of new temptations, as.an angler keeps himsejf concealed to catch the fish ; even, when hooked, gives him the line in order o plunge the barb yet deeper in his victim. In crowds, in moments of passion, and times of pleasure, they leave their prize apparently free ; but in solitude, illness, and during the night, they asstfrne their dominjon ; and wo to him who becomes entirely their slave. As for you, you have committed an ac tion for -which you must bar the penally. Yield vvitti patience and be wiser to-morrow.1; i . s The face of mv instructress was near tne when she "spoke, and she kissed my forehead. Then came the dancing arid the old tune; and the crowds and the de mons, and in the pressure I was nearly suffbcaled. Struggling, ' attempting . -in vain to call out, I was at the point of dis solution, when, in frightful convulsions, I once more awoke. At that -instant the cock in the neighborijjg barn-yard ; gave a sudden, lou'd and exOltant crow, and I distinctly heard the slapping of the fel low's wings. It was followed by the cheerful cry of a milkman. A fa'int sil very light fell upon the wall through the openings in the shutters and cu rtains. The night-lamp burned lower and 'yet more dim. Saturn's belt was scarcely visible opposite the pitcher-handle. The huge bar had lost its sharp outl ine. but retained enough to identify it with the poker, and the frowning giant, had dissolved into the outlines of ah- old robe de chambre, ca re lessly Slung over the back of a ebatr. Blessed human shapes all. after the un earthly images of night. 1 turned over with a sense of 'safety, of .being among my fellow-creatures "and on the earth. again, of having expiated my crime, and' of having now life before me to try anew the path of virtue and wisdom,'and so I fell into a quiet sleep. 'But what was the crime !T demanded my wife when 1 read her this es?ay The reader will know it,' said 1. 4 Not at all,' said she. 4 I assure you I have not (he slightest idea of it.' 4 Let them guess then !' said 1. 4 They will think, you have been rob bing the mail.' asaid she, 4 or committing murder. What is it you have done to bring on yourself such terrible torments V 4 1 drank three cups of slrong leaf ' said I, with a blush. ' And it serves you perfectly right saia my wife, with a look of indignation A POET AMD HIS CRITICS. Weextractlhe following remarks, more philosophical in their temper than one would have expected from a poet, from No. 8 of the 'Letters from under a Bridge,' by N. P. Willis in the N. Y. Mirror. 44 Experienee was always new to me, I do not seem to mrself ever to have seen the Home I once read of. . The Venice I know is not the Venice of story nor of traveller's books. There are two Londons in my mind one where 1 saw whole shelves of my library walking about in coats and petticoals. and another where there was nothing visible through the fog but fat men with tankards of por ter, one memory of it all flittering with lighted lOoros, bright and kind laces, man 1 all manly and' woman all womanly, and another memory, (got from books) where eyery man was surly and dressed in a buli waistcoat, and every woman a giant ess in riding hats and boots It is de lightful to ihink how new every thing is, spite of description. - Never believe, dear doctor, that there is an old. world. There is no sdeh place, on my honor ! You will find England, France. Italy, and the East, after all you have read and heard, as altogether new as if they were created by your Wye, and were never sung, painted, nor bc-writ-ten -you will indeed. Why, to be sure ! What were the world else 1 A pawn broker's closet, where every traveller had left his clothes for you to wear after him! Pen ani ink cannot, take the glos3 off your eyes, nor can any man look through hero as you do. -, I do not believe the simplest mauer sunshine or verd u re has exactly the same lopk to any two peo- pl- in the worIa liowmacn less a human lace a landscape--a broad -. kingdom J Travelleri are very pleasaht people. They tell lyoa . what picture Iwas produceoT in their brain , by the things they wsaw j but if tLey foresuUcd novelty by that, I would jis soon read them as beseech a thief to teal 'uiy. dinner. . How it IokS 10 ono' pair of eyes vvaiilJ be a good reminder pencilled on the margin of manv lime, 'j . ' - . .' j. " .. 1 hive run my ploughshare, in this fuf row, upon a root ot philosophy, which has 4ured hearl aches for me erenow. I struck upon it, almost accidentally, while admin- ijtermg consolatioti, years since, to a aen s:tive frienjl whose (musc had been con signed, ;a lite and kicking, to the tomb br d ..blundering undertaker of criticism. I read the review and wrote on it with J pencil, ' So jtlrinks one inan in fifteen mil liions and,1 to my surprise swere my do jeeted frii'jid, like master Berna rdine, that lie would ; 4 consent to die that day, lot 09 rban's persuasion.' Since tbat I havfc made a practice of.countihg the" enemy; and tri. ?t mc, dear doctor, it is sometimea w orth while: not to runaway without this little preliminary. ; A friend for instancf. nish a niotj loding solemn it j', takes yoa aside, and pulls from his pocktl a oeyfr iaper containing a paragraph that Is aimed at your book, your morals, perhaps your looks and manners. You catch the alarm from youcjriend's face, and hnc it is the voice of public opinion, and your late is fixed. Your book is detestable, your character is gone Your manners ind features are the object of universal disapprobation. Stay! count the enemy I Was U dec.itled by a convention ? No ! ,3y a caucus;?. No ! By a vote on thp deck of a steam boat ! No I By a" group at .1 h e cprnerolf the street, by a club, by a dinner party ? No ! By whom, then ? ;0ne small gentleman, setting in the 'dingy Corner of a printing office, who puts his quill through your, reputation as the en tUmoioiat slidi s a pirt lh rough a beetle--in the way o(f his vocation. No parlicu- la r -malice to you. He wanted a speci men hi tin genus poet, nnd'you were the first caught. i If there is- no head to the pin, (as there often is none,) the best way ijs to do as the beetle does pretend to be tilled and be forgets you; and theu slip . off without a buzz. ! 'J'he only part of the calumny that t ever found 'troublesome wac my friends, Insisting oivimv being unhany about it : . . dare say you have read lhe! story of Th(5 r . i . . . - perm an criminal, -wno.se lasr request that-his head might' be struck off vvhile ho stood engaged in conversation was humanely granttd by the provost,. The execution&r was an adroit headsman, anl . jwatching his opportunity crept behind his victim white he was observing the iflight of a biid, and sliced off his bulb jivkhoutVven decomposing his gaze. It vns suggested to the. sufferer presently jhui he was decapitated, but he thought not Upon wliich oneof his friends step ped up, arrd, begging he would take tho )ains to eiir himself a little, his head fell to the ground. If the story be not trud ' the mural is. In the many times I have been put to death by criticism, I have ne-. Aye felt incommoded, till some kind fnVnd insisted upoti it ; and tioiv that I can stand on a potato hill in a circle of twice the diameter of a rifle-shot, and warn off ali trespassers, I intend to defy sympathy, and carry my top as long as it will stay on behead tne as often as you Jjke, be : ond my periphery, it is very pleasant noy ! The tiible sufTV-s s little birds to sing, j '' , Ami is not careful what thcy 'mcan .thereby." and then to pounce upon a bigger bird" screaming in the same chorus. Nothing impairs the iignily c f an author's repu- tat ion like a j newspaper wrangle.et one bold literary jvulture, stru:k down prompt ly end succejsfully, serves as good a pur pose as the hawk nailed to the barn-doof. But I do not. live in the country to be pes tered with reientments, I do nolwel know how the thoughts of them canfe tinder the bridge. I'll have a fence that shall keep out such stray cattle or there; are no posts or. fails in philosophy. u J.J ! Profuridit chased at lh of thought is generally pu r expense of Versatility. To be very' pro und, it is necessary the in be fixed for a long time on tellectual ey pne CQtitin nous series of operations1: to be versatile, thd mind must glance from sub .and brood over non. Pro- jrcl to Slllbj eCt foundity plu ges to the depths, while ver satilitv ski ms the surface, of the sea of peculation while the former is going qpwn, the easy win latter is sporting onward u SOHAP3. The disa ppomtment most difficult -1b bear, is that wbicn atlenas a graiiaeu desire. . . ,-: - V " ,!'-;;' j---. r -'- - '! ' i j Men are apt to throw the blame on na ture, which belongs to themselves; and" arc oftener shipwrecked by bad pilotage) hao adverse gales! ' , . j Wliat an admirable epitaph on. a juous rierid, ' ; , ; ... r 1 ' Not lostjlift gone before I The sentiment is magnanimous 'idev mortvis nil nisi boniim,) which, like the gentle process of nature, seals i up. the graTft, and covers it w'uh verdure and flowers. I - :j - -i' t - I Feelings,! habits, and principle s males up cnaracier. - ! f ' - - ..'-r I The, sacred. li?ht of the soul is an .immoital elemcpt, which foods cannx aron. X
The People’s Press and Wilmington Advertiser
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