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V. 1 " "M - ! W Tl I III I I . III I r m , - F. CHILL, Editor anil Proprietor. bm: just juvo fe.r jot Wilmington, North Carolina VOJL VI it 4 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1841. WHOLE NO. 264. I w IZVEU Y T.I U IS f i)' lOi.V.V I I ask him if Burns often got fou. 4 No," around the inn and inenmncntare laid outjary system which reigns in the high places ne saui, never saw. mm tne worse oi io;uie emi;iicfin r.nil enterprise of ivlr. oi authority. drink lie was unco fond of meeting a ' lhw id Anld, who firM encouraged Thorn fo p few chields & haemg a crack, but he did not commence his well, known statues, and d This array, therefore, of "crack regi-j Uppression renders the poor ments' m Canada, so much larger than the of an dpo-nns f.nminn normVttK'uMtli ' Q 1 WJ 1 4 (VVllWUlf B iii.u-ui me interior, lalse as well as in- alleged necessity requires, may not unrea- following interest-rur rmihisrrnre of ,a" xi-icasnu vuiiMHiiuunuit; sonaoiv De ser mnvn to tne sror ni a wise ra ner n n m Prom th. New York Evening Signal. A friend has furnished us with a volume the the nntrv ifiirlt ira tiiro Tint drink much he used to sit rather dull with supplied liim with the means to finish is polluted by contact within Eurooean Doliev" whir-h nrpcr-rih. whp r(Kh senn pUpu rb-r - . - - - i i J i f - -. j ....... .... w . - v- .v.v vj i v . .4 c iiMUIi(i J I m lrrlr..M- f-- ,1 , I in 1. l I 1 1 II ... I -v - . f Muring uieservicesof the 46th regiment America, deneral Washington was ini tiated into masonry in their lodge. When ar broke out between the States and the u u T . 1 V. I . ... . . . I riL . . . . .1 .. - . r . j --- ..w. ever seen uurns s uouiue jean. nas iransinognneu mio an elegant pond, winsuan. i his too, is, I believe, an of direct menace. the brothers of his adoption, in feeling ' "Deed sir," she said, 11 Wo tell ye overshadoAved by birks and pines, and ten-. accidental circumstance, To be attributed It is herein precisely that we, on our in communion of soul, he wasjtheir brother a lee I ne?ver saw her she came to the anted by a pair of fine, majestic-looking! mainly, to the influence ol servitude and side, are deficient; and at the verv moment still. The masonic chest of jthei 46th, by cottage one daywi' the poet, -and I'm sor-. swarfs, by ducks, &c, and at the one end j oppression on the moml character. Nor when Otir pouiUe enemy is in great force! the chance of war, fell into the hands of ry to say I was in the toon that day, and ofit there is a magnificent grotto, cov.-red j is the honesty of the Turk always worthy upon our borders, and 'in great triumph the Americans; they reported -tho cTircum- missM seeing her but! she said, as if to, with shellls of all descriptions very taste-, of the named virtue. As he is seldom every where, we are naked, destitute, ex- ' stance to eeneral Wasninrton, whodirected make her not "having senT her of as little . iully displayed. 1 he walls inside are also acquisitive m disposition or ambitious to im- posed, and powerless. ! that a guard of honor, under the command DU1LA.KS PtH AXXCM. IX lliVAXCU. ADVEUTISBMEXT8, V : t- .. ivp rrkT LARthe first, and TWENTY-FIVE CENTS his hands upon his knees till something ex- thrm. He has erected a cottage for l.im-. trrrki-ry and fraud, and many a Turkish doubtful, and long protracted neffotiat - . . . . -. i i . i.i i i .i 1. 1 r .1.11 c.i- . t I . i ... eal a tor each subsequent Lezal Advertidemeii cent higher. , J No Subicribers and a! I who permit a year, without giving nottee, are consiJcred Ivnuid for the second year, and so on for all succeeding 'years. No 'paper discontinued ur.til all arrearages arc 'paid, unless at the option of the Editor. v. ' utj Letters to the Editor on business must be rosT-nm. -- lOll inseruon. hum, emi nV" c-pv..-..-; ., .... mi, uauas m iuc juwu, jum uu iu- uaurriiiiiii in uie caDltai Can C.neai Wltn as IS anoilt to h siriniis v pnlrprf iinnn. Ihnt in . ...:u u- i i ot i-i w i -i ! ' '.. .1 . ....... , . ! . J 1 1 is wm ue tuari-u .j ner ite anen-min. jonn saiu. ii liurns w ere mib ne river w iirn is :iu rnt uni irrpat rreat npvtrnv r,;.,, o., .v,,. , : i ...n r.L i u i - f c - ' . to ' . a iuivikhli. me ii i3 ti a a . cii in imi iiiriii as iiiiicu auu w taken for less than one year ' J 5 . ,imuci ucauuiui ami nuiianuc -walks f nuic, uowever, tne.worU ol a 1 nrK is ot power to cnlorce what may be claimed, i w ttieir KiihMriTiMon tn run over v ...... .. v. ..-.w. n mu uuaiiy-iiuii,,'iv w v. nu.-nu mail iiiai a iiaiive a? ran ne narnrnpn u'ltnont tnp X L'ETTER' FRO M SCOTLAND consequence as possi!)le, "1 belive she was coere! wuh shells, and so are the seats; prove his condition, hf is free from the temp- U supposed that Great Britain does of a distinguished officer.should take charge Uurns's Hiirhland Marv Her Grave- The no veiT honny, for a' that she had ajiice and to r.dd to its beauty, there are mirrors tntion of resorting to illicit means. His not know -this or that, know fair it. our of the chest. With manv articles of value Birth -place of Burns AUoway Kirk leg and ankle, and a fine pair o'blark eVn, in every cornor. It is the place of all honesty, like most of his virtues, is often condition, r as. compared with hers, will j belonging to the 4Cth and return them to Burns's Monument The Brig o' Donn. and a very gude frgtire, bm -he.T folk tould others, where, on a summer's ' day, one . negative, an apatheticabsiinence from what not exercise adequaie influence upon the j the regiment. The surprise, the feelings Mv DEARTam ap honny." jmigh pufl' away time wiOi Havana or is wrong, rather than a chosen and heany 'tone and spirit in which negotiation on 'of both officers and men may be imagined, , , ) . , n 'r In one of the apartments of the cottage Principe scgars, with a mint iulap or a' practice of what is right. Truth, howev. her Dart mav be entered urn rind pondie. i when thev nerceived ilm flna nf tmrp ihnt e an 0 urns. Jiow rom ,i fanious nortrait hv Nnsmvth. wb.ieb sherrv cobbler to oivp iVim n yp&t. n'nrl n prl rpnnirps mp tn -tAA that T hovo nornr toil? Unnnnnl tK; . r Ur aUiniratlOn Ol tne great p -l Ol la- Jnl.n neenrpd tn vprv liliP tb nriPl ' crnOfl fripiul liLp vniirsflf tn toll- rf tV ' IrnnMrn a Inccnlm.,n t-'.nota In Uia ! Ti ooo t 1 U....: ihnlr maLU .n.,. 'Pi, 1 f l ... ww.v. .... .. ..... .w.r ....'w i O -. . . . ....w j .-. .v. .uin fc.J ..vw... " 4iu.-auilliau gilJUUI .11 I I I C luiill, 1 Al O ( 1 11 0 llj US l-VI UC Olllllllll1' Will V. V C3 fctlil Illicit ' LJ I JJ i 1 1 I . J I J f U.lilivli llUlJUr, . ground - yo .i .1 :n i i i i. , iiiai you wiii uc picjseu iu., there are also two tables, as completely cov- cares, cankers, troubles, mm oils, pleas thro my dim eyesipoiuhs cottage where ered over with names ana initials of persons ures and pains of the world without, first he saw the light ol this world; upon ,rom an nUarters of the globe, as if they The day was remarkable fine, and al- .m...u.ucm w ucc, .u.acu y . wefe speciinens of carved work. We had though the trees were reft of their summer and f'evout and punctual in his teligious to all experience to doubt that such . must with their flutes playing a sacred march duties, in wtiom moral rectitude did not be the effect upon her councils, of our des- thechestcontainingtheconsiitution and un clothing, which was scattered around in myriads ol withered leaves, yet the sky .uHtl. ,,Bc,,,u8 "V1 luwu "r'S& a very long chat with John and his wife of Ayr; upon Alloway Kirk, o Jam 0;tie laUer much. eX(.eued her husbaml 'oua,uer norieiy; upon me uanws ana in vo1nbUU of um bm John eXrelled ! was balmy, and .as pleasant as a lay in DrdCS" "j0fc nn.1, you all in lhe relish wilh w)ich he swal. November could well he in this northern remember m mentioning, in one of my-, after Sla of his own Camp-' n gion-everv thing, in fact, tended to 'lectures on bcotttsh Song, that Burps s Kiiin ,i4;.Lr ;,. . vi,;..K w rWwvAo nr firt viit t tba lm.n iima lUVll t llt'l-J f M Itll lilt II Vv 1. Ul VI . ft n IMW IUIIU VS 1 U UUiO ,""u,u l"a' """ " him. His good dame sai 1, -Puir body her return from a visit to her friends ore- i:.... ,;.i.a. :t vt ....X I 1 . r I HI I t I I I .1 I I V r. IV Mill L I L . 11 I . 1 lil 1 I I II 1 II one of unqualified delight. We returned to Ayr in ffreat spirits, vious to her marriage with ihe poet, . and nf- nl.. r. m ... frmn.na uJ'fnii ftf R,m . nf !,- .vpmf..i lifp ,vPrv that her remains, had been "laid in an ob- eJ by lhemselves? that was once Rurns's ! particular epoch se-med to start up beb B,u nu unuck cm, aru--Xlliers.s; and with the adieus and good me with peculiar freshness. We ended Ifllfl ITMI t y- tivwl r I if ma 4 . ' I. .... jrywu uu, .u.u w, ,uv tcpm.ix u.e wfehes Gf John and his wife wringing in quisite lines "To Mary in Heaven ... i . I uui cuia, vc intru us uu iu ace 111c utwnu- seem an active quality and a living princi- titution and her readinrss. pal. TV. 1. Post. From the New York American. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. On the eve of a new Administration, it e. vnti.vrkl iVin. a. A IA ! . n 1.1 ij uduiini ui.ii. cuiiMuciaic iiuiiua miiiuiu. ri: i .i nr. m .1 1 , . ii-., norma, on me vesiern, iortnern. ana under any circumstances, look with some .u x?nc,, r.: . . . . . , , , , ... rSorth-li,asterii Irontiers. At great expense, solicitude to the actual and the probable , u . ,i i . . TI .. . r , ? we have erected at some points Hamp- condition of the country. t? rJ. : . v v 1 i . . 1 . ,. 'ton Koaris, lor instance, IS ew y ork har- J his becomes imperative as well as na- ih an(1 Neu-port lame and strong for- luirti, u urn i iii;uuimiu;c air mi iiuiii iran- plements of the craft borne aloft equally by Turn we then to our seacost defences. ; Englishmen & Americans, who lately en- From the Bay of Funday in the boundary gaged in the strife of war now marched to Texas, there are not (excepting in the through lhe enfiladed ranks of the gallant Peninsula of Florida) 100 regular soldiers regiment that, with presented arms and on the seabord. Our whole army is in colours, hailed this glorious act by cheers. hen m Uominica, in 18C5, the 46th was attacked by a'Frenrh force, w hLni ltffallant- .... . . . V . . ' Mary whirh a lew of your countrymen, whose inent. I mnst not forget to tell vou. the day at the festive board of Dr. Memes, the Rector of the Academy of Avr, a first rate srolar and gentleman, an enthusiastic praise was no mean compliment, professed ,hou , that a& w- within hearing of.admircr of Burns, and the husband of: the themselves not displeased with I might add, your country women too: -at least two of them Well, 1 yesterday paid a visit to the grave of Highland Mary, in company with lhe Misses Smith, whom have before mentioned to you, nieces of the dowager Countess of Essex, and whom I hope you will have the pleasure of seeing in New- York on some occasion when days are5 brighter than they have been... The grave was pointed out to us by tho old grave dig ger, a curious looking old fish, who looked as black as if hs h id just be?n spouted forth from the neither regions he had a right eye, and an apology for a left one, but that is not saying much for all that is left of it and rather a hiimurons expres sion in his countenance. There is no stone to tell 'Mary's story, as one .would naturally expect there might hv but' ther; might be but there is a general one of her family, pointing out the "bii of ground where her father's brains are laid. I ask ed old Vulcan if he was certain lhat was lhe spot. - ''Ay," said he, "this s it I'm standing on she lies just under this there's her head, and ther's her feet I buried her my self." I have no doubt as to its being the grave, but I think he must be mistaken as to his having buried her, for he cannot have been a digger ofgraves since Mary was buried. He said, "They did not use to think ajjy more of her, than ither folk till aboitt twn- . ty years ago, when they began to make an unco wark about her and they're speak ing o' pittin' up a monument till her the noo;" - I could not help recalling to my mem ory the sorrowful parting of Mary and Burns, when they were doomed ne'er to meet again, I saw them before my eyes, swearing eternal faith to each other, on each sidp of the gurgling stream I saw hini give her the Bible I saw, them pan 1t repeated the exquisite lines "Thom lingering star,' -a tear trickled down my cheek, a tribute to such sad sweet memories. Ve turned and left the spot," and wend ted our way among the little hillocksr each containing dust dear to fame the heavy gate closed, and we were ouce more in the busy streets, where one would suppose death never walks. 0th AW. Yesterday I arrived in Ayr, which Burns says "ilk ither to wn surpasses, for honest men and bonny lasses; and to day I and the rest of the party went to view those places in the neighborhood which have been rendered clasic by the tnagic pen of Robert Burns. Our first vis it was to the cottage about two miles and . half from Ayr the auld clay blggiu' where the poet first saw the light. It is kept by an honest old couple, John How die and his wife, who have been in it for the last thirty-nine years; previous to which they kept a small public house at Doonsidedale, in the vicinity, John being the miller of Doonside, and a crony of the Uoet's. He told me it was in this htfuse he la?t saw Burns met him, he said, at some distance from the mill, and the poet returned with him to his own house, where -thev drank 'three gills o whiskey the ffithe:" but "we were a good while about it arriaist twa hours, and folk could get iou. if thev liket at litde lexDence m thae days j the gushing of the Doon, the Misses Smith warbled forth "Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon," and I gave "Of a' the airts the win' can blaw," with which the old couple seemed not a little pleased. O iv our way tO the Monument, we stop ped at Alloway Kirk, of which. nothing ntjw remains but the bar walls, which arc in tolerable' preservation: at trie east end the old bell still !Kiigs. with a -piece of chain attached in ii. hv hie'i. in d-vs of old it ... . i . . i was tolled.- I w;is surorisH io nwu tlif sister of one of my oldest chums. A MADMAN's FROLlt). Michael Kelley, in Lis "Dramatic Re collerlions," relates, with 'great effcict, a s-tory that Mrs. .Mattcckf, the actress told him. Mie went to Bedlam with some "friends, and the keeper pointing to one cell wnich they had oiseeti, s;iid Here's on;: ityhere wl o is eif ctly quiet so long as you don't contradict him. Mind I :ay, if yon don't contradict him-."' Ac- Kirk so small, and could not help fancying . ci.rduryly they entered the cell, and saw th:it Auld Clotlie, sitting in the " wiinWk ! 11 pale-laced melancholy looking man, bunker in the cast,'" and- the' wiurhes about xv-ith dark eyes, which had a penetrating him, had hut little room for their midnight 'revelries. Its stylo of uivhifvmre is thatusu ally yclept harr being notlirns: but four plain bare. walls. Burns, however, has render ed it more famous by his genius than the ui st splendid architectural design could have doner lis-lithe churchyarli is stud ded with tombstones, nihong which is (ne over the remai sofBurn-s lather, William Burns, and containing the tribute to his memory which is found in the works of the bard. At the distance of a verry few yards, we entered upon the grounds sur rounding the Monument,1 which are most tastefully laid out. The Monument is very elegant, and beautifully situated, ' and commands from its summit a most exten sive view, embracing many ol the spots rendered classic by the poet. I need not attempt to describe it to you as I have seen it in your own house in -some of your books of views. In the monument there is a copy of Nasmyth's picture of the poet, and in a grotto c lose by are the two statues -by the sell-taught sculptor I horn. now,iii America, of Tarn o,Shanter am SSouter Johnie. I went on a little farther to the auld biig o'Doon. where Tarn o'Shanter's rude grey mare Meg, was deprived of her tail by Gutty Sark, and I poesesssed myself wiin some uimcuity oi a sione irom tne famous brig, and I now. have it among other curiosities. The situation is roman tic and beautiful, deriving, of course, ad ditional romance and beauty from ts con nection with Burns; for it is impossible to listen to the meanderings of the bonny Dooon, as it gurgles on, without fancying to one's self th.it there Burns wandered in propria persona, and called into exis tence some of his most exquisite lyrics; and when standing on the Auld Brig o'J Doon, it does not require a great sirengih of imagination to see Tarn spurring on his mare, ami looking over his. shoulder, at the witch, as she docked the tail of poor Meg. There is now a new brig over the Doon, some hundred yards below the old one, and at the end of which, next the Monument, an excellent inn has been erected, having a view from its windows of all the noted places the Cottage where he was born Alloway Kirk the Monu- menfc-ihe Auld Brig o'Doon the auld house at Dodiiside, where he used to meet his cronies sometimes the rree-the last of a cluster where was The cairfw Where? nnierS fonrid the rnmdpred bairn and also the well, which trickles down and gushes into the -door, here, it is said in Tarn o'ShantervJungo's mother hang ed hersel." . '"' ; . - , : The public are indebted for this inn, and for the .beauty with which the grounds !Hjhtnevs p ;r. .iliie t -sn.ilinsn. He was in dijep thought as they entered. The par ty having satisfied their curiosity were about retiring, when, srid Mrs. Mattocks he seized me by the wrist, shutting the door and placing his b;.ck against it and held me in his firm grasp V hen, young woman, said he, you're in a comical situation here, shut in with a madman." " Sir," said I. "But you needn't be alarmed you ore perfectly safe, they told yo.i I w.ts harm less, did'nt they? You needn't an-wer. Are you fond of drawing? ! know you are. m-mt t - i - t 4 1 I I I I i What is this: tie concluded . noiuing up a bit of paper. "A ship, sato l. "A Ship, is it? You call my tree a ship do you. "Yes, yes," said I "it is a ship." "OlU and pray what is this! Obliged to say something, and not knowing what he though it was, I answer ed a house," which it was "A house, oh?" So saying he pullec a clasp kniie from his pocket, and opening j,wiih his teeth, at the same time swinging me round the cell with his huge arm, said, "ISow, is it a house or not?" 'It is; it is." "Then I'll tell you what it is then is a dolphin. 'V "Can vou tell me what this is and no mistake?" T"A knife," I answered. j "Right for once," said he. "And can you tell me what I shall do with it?" I trembled, and shook my head in silent -tl.i jiagative. "I'U tell vou what I shall do with it; I shall scrape iry cl ara a. ' j . "Imagining from all that I had read and heard, that the word of a Turk Was as good as his bond. I concluded my contract with Izzet LflVmli by paying l.im in ad vance two months' stipen to relieve. him, as he said, from the immediate pressure of wantBy dint of daily remonstrances 1 extorted, in the space of two months,the number of lessons which should haveheen given in One, when he abandoned me alto gether, leaving me, however, the comfort of hiving learned for my future benefit, that a Turk may be a roguCi The lesson was afterwards repeated I'ften enough to teach hie, that the tirme most commonly attributed to the Turkish character is far from being a universal one. This, how ever; may be safely nflfirmed. that a a na tion, they are true in word, upright; in dealiiigs, and faithful to promises. The exceptions are chiefly to be traced to acci dental causes. A Turk in power is gene rally contaminated by the corrupt &mercen quilizing, as to our exterior relations, and ar from encouraging-, as to our internal or domestic means and preparation. In our exterior relations, we have, with England unsettled points of controversy, which, to say the least, are susceptible of such a turn as may involve us in war. England is, at this moment, at the verry pinnacle of apparent power and triumph. In the a flairs of the East of Europe, she has played the chief part and, setting! aside Fiance wilh as little ceremony as though deal ng with a mediatised German I'rince, she has given the law to the Egyp tian stormed the almost impregnable for tress of Acre and setting her foot firmly in Syria, is taking measures, as can hardly be doubted; to secure there or thereabout, some permanent foothold by which she maybe enabled firmly to establish and brotect her overland. communications with her vast Indian Empire. In Asia, she has subdued the revolted native rnnces that menaced lhat Indian empire, and has brought -unless 'the ft cent accounts be strangely lahulons the ('elerlial Empire to, on unwonted pass of humiliation. ! - Now more than ever is applicable to her, that fine description of Ifer power used in debate some ears go by Daniel Webster: " A power which has dotted over the sur face ol the whole globe with her posses sions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth tlaily with one continuous and unbroken Lstrain of the martial airs of England." i t i In this, her hour ol pride and prosperity she is called id meet and nettle s-oine Vex ed questions wilh "us, whom she does not love, hilt cannot affect to undervalue. We emphasize the word settle, because it is no longer possible for us to postpone with honor, the definite" arrangement of the Northeastern boundary question nor to avoid the issue that will be presented by The case of Mcf.eod, if that individual shall ever be tried and executed- as, if found guilty he should, and most assured ly will be. j What should be ourj position in order to stnnd on a fooling of equality with our haughty and powerful antagonist? Surely that of a Power not only confident in the righl which we most surely are, in both the points about referred to but with means and preparation to enforce and de fend to the uttermost, if need be, that right. is such our position? Let us look a li.tle into details. Our army, if entirely affective, and its rt'gtmrnts complete and disciplined, a- mounts to about 12,000 men. Its actual force, scattered from Maine to the Capes of Florida, and from the Atlan tic to the Missouri, is less than 9,000. In the two Canadas alone Great Britain tifications; but they are without a man to garrison them, and, for the most part, J without cannon to defend them; or to ena-i ble them to assail an approaching enemy. In this condition, instead of being a source of strength, they are actually cause of danger to ourselves; they invite attack by their defencelessness, and might be de stroyed by even a single frigate that should land its marines and sailors or, worse yet, be ocupied by an enemy, whyra such is the strength of the works when adequately garrisoned it would be difficult to dislodge and who meanwhile would command Our own principal harbors. Surely, this is an alarming condition for a country that has unseded and rather angry points of controversy with a great naval and military Power. We allude to it,. not to make it a matter of reproach to any one, but to arouse atten tion to the fact, and to induce, if it be pos sible, such timely preparation of the means of defence and effence as may in fact avert the occasion and necessity of resorting' to their use The Navy is hardly more efficient or edequate to our wants. Rust wears more than use, and our Navy is rusty. The stuff is there and will he found when wanted but the naval administration has been negligent, or unskillful, or both. The v hole,; naval force of the UnjCed States, according to the last Report from thfe Navy Department, of vessels afloat, and those considered fit after repair, for sea service, is G ships of the line Three decker, I lstclass two-decker, 3 ly repelled; hut in' the action had the mis fortune again to lose the masonic chest, which the enemy 'succeeded in ''securing on hoard. their fleet, without knowing its contents. Three years Afterward the French Government, at the earnest request of the officers tv ho had commanded the expedition, returned the chest wilh. seve ral complimentary presents.' ' 1 A -HARD CAMO The Rochester Daily Advertiser, in an excellent article undei the head of "deal justly," intended to enforce the importance of honest dentin", and the faithful perform- 2d do Razee 7 fiigates 1st class, 2d do 2u sleeps of war- 1st class, ! 2d do 3d do Brigs and schooners do 1 1 5 2 12 3 5 6 has some 13.000 regular troops picked regiments, all thein disciplined, well found, and well commanded. She has in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and her WVst India possessions some 8,000 more troops, making an aggregate of 21,000 regular soldiers, thai j could be rapidly hrown upon our fronilef?i . t This unusual assemblage of troops in our hemisphere may be accounted for 6n the ground of the insufrectioriarjr move ments some year or two ago in Canada; hut JJOOt) regulars,with the aid of the well organized militia of the Upper Province particularly, would, it is the opinion f competent Judges, abundantly sumce to keep down insurrection and maintain order and obedience tn these colonic j Vrppfls, 40 j Steamer for harbors, . 1 Tnere are on the stocks, 4 ships of the line, two deckers of the first class, first class frigates, and 2 sea-steamers which might, it is said be all got. ready in a few months, Of all these, however, there, are now in actual commissions but 1 line of battle ship, 5 frigates, 1 sloops, 4 brigs and schooners, and the Fulton steam -frigate All which with the exception of the steam er arid one. or two sloops, are on foreign stations. Against a sudden attack, therefore, by even a leenie iorce, ui uic-iuuis . attack, by a large fleet, we are compara tively powerless in naval defence. But are we better prepared as to me sinesvs of war, money, than with its mor tal insruments, arras, shipsl and men: This is an inquiry that we must postpone till another day, as it may lean us into lar ger details. Meantime, we invite atten tion to the reflections here presented. Av Isor.jiidus Invention. An inven tion is now being exhibited in New York, which is designed for passing trains ol rars down inclined planes on railroads, let tin down heavy bodies, bales, &zc. from the lofts of warehouses, &c; The machine is so constructed lhat it requires no chains or ropes, which may brsak, but any thing is safely graduated down by the operation of the wheel itself, which cannot revolve faster than at a given motion. The whee itself holds iUe'f back, and cannot run, leven doxtm hilU ance of promises,' relates the following: We knew a" man of open and confiding disposition who hadSnvested what he had of worldly goods, in the purchase of a farm paying part down and promising the rest at a future day. . .That day was approach ing, hut not too rapidly for him, as he was prepared to meet Its claims according to his promise. In the mean time a "respecta ble" man, as the world goes, wishing to borrow my friend's money for a few days, promising faithfully to return it jn time to meet thevdemand It was intended to satisfy. The promise wss takenthe money lent. The time came round but not the fulfilment of the prom is of the borrower he, "respec table man," then and now found it conve nient "to fail" with his hands full, whilf the one who reposed on his honor, lost his money and the farm it was intended to se cure to him with all he had previously paid. Did the consequences of this single broken promise end here?. Far from it. The" confiding, but duped man, reduced to penu ry, grew morbid aiid melancholy and soon thereafter went down to the grave by a self inflicted death. An expected bride was overwhelmed with sorrow, while his aged mother and sire were compelled to end . their days in the poor house. - These were among the evils of a single broken promise : a promise made without the remotest in tention of fulfillingit. Such are the conse- quences resulting from a disregard of the injunction to "dial justly '." v EDITORIAL DUTIES. There is no questions of public imnoft which cannot be argued without a recourse o personalities, on the part of the con ductors of the press, and when they do: suffer individual hostilities or ill regulated passions 1 to manifest themselves in this way, it is, to our mind, on impertinence. and an 'indignity offered to the reader. The editor has higher functions to per- orm-his office, we trust, is of a loftier grade than that of a prize fighter. He dote not enter the arena either to receive or to inflict personal injuries. He degrade himself & demoralises these ho are around him if he descends to the pugilist, and nieihinks that it manifests zeal for his cause to assume lhe bearing of a tiger to all who cross his ath. He neither gams proselytes to his doctrines nor consideration for himself, by .t ..i. e i . i. ijius niisiaMi:g nam oi uuty. . lhe aim of the newspaper -press: of that portion of.it at least which espouses certain tencnis, or desires to guard the piiniic mind Irom error and deception, should be to convince. Neither personalities nor violence ever produce conviction. Men are not to be'' abused or to be kicked imo faith in any opinions whatever. They may be led by argument, but the austere blow, "the vio lent gesture, and the angry abusive tongue defeat the purpose of those who would gain adherents. Editorial quarrels, there fore and that fierceness and vindictiveness of tone which are too common among journal ists answer no other end than that of m juring those who conduct the press itself to be looked upon with boui) aversion auo distrust. Pennsylvania- v 'ii:
The People’s Press and Wilmington Advertiser
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