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F. C. HILL., Editor and Proprietor, " j-jjst g.rra? FEIR jyoT. Wilmington, Xbrth Carolina. I! ii VOL. VINO 9. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDA Y MORNING TERMS. TIIIl EE DtflLATtS PEE iXSCM, IX ADTA5CE. ADVERTISEMENTS Not exceeding a Square, inserted at ONE DOL LAK the first,' and TWENTY-FIVE CENTS for each subsequent insertion. Legal 'Adv-ertisernents will be charged 25 per cent higher. ' No Subscribers taken for less than one year and all who permit their subscription to run over a year, without giving notice, are considered bound for the second year, and so on for all succeeding years. - No jiaper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. GO3" Letters to the Editor on .business must be rosT-PAin. From the Cincinnati Dai In Cm veil . ' INTEMPERANCE A SKETCH. "Nor custom, nor example, nor vast numbers Of such as do offend make less the sin." "Sergeant Jones take Brown to the guard house!' was the order that came from an officer of an infantry regiment sta tioned some years ago in the south of Ire land, whilst directing the imprisonment of a young soldier .'who; had returned to his barracks at, night intoxicated. The vic tim was immediately seized byj-tl and forcibly conveyed to the barrack pri son, uttering imprecations oh his self made enemy in his ineffectual struggles to escape, lie was hurried along by the guard from a charitable regard, to save him from com mitting himself still further titan he had al ready done. Arrived at the guard house, he was placed for the night out of reach of doing any farther harm. It was almost a needless precaution, for within the last hour he had earned, for himself' a terrible doom! . The night-is passed, and the sunbeams enter the prison bars of the yet senseless victim of intemperance. He is not, as was usual with him, the first in the barracks to be up and cleaning his accoutrements for the morning's parade! His humble cot does not this morning require to be "made up" with scrupulous care and neatness; its regular occupant was absent; the hith erto orderly and attentive soldier, had for the first time in his life, taken up his abode within the walls of the barrack guard house a prisoner! His feverish and disturbed slumber is broken he moves, slowly and languidly he opens his eyes, and the rays of; light cause him to close them in pain ; Iiis 1 senses are yet bewildered, he knows not as yet that he is an inmate of a prison. He feels his clothes' have not "een removed; he tries to collect his scattering senses. A ffliniering recollection of the closing scene of the previous night's drunken rev el breaks on his mind after which, all is blank! A feeling of dread, of he knows not what, takes possession of his mind. "Uncertainty, . Fell demon of our fears," adds to the . "night mare" like sense of Wretchedness that now overpowers him; he feels a presentiment that great evil has befallen him. His soul quails within him as the prison door opens and the sergeant of the guard enters. He raises himself on his elbow, as with one desperate effort he resolves to hear the worst: "Serjeant Jones, for Heaven's sake tell me '..what 1 have done, or how came I here?" ' -A few words from the Sergeant served to explain to the prisoner the cause of his confinement. It was his conduct to the officer of the guard the night previous.--He returned to his barracks intoxicated he had been directed o retire to his. room, when instead of complying he became abu sive to the officer, and at length offered vio lence to his person ! Two days have elapsed, and the prison er is standing before a Regimental Court Martial, being tried on a mitigated charge of his offence, for had he been brought be fore a General Court Martial, and had been found guilty, as he undoubtedly vfcmdd have been, his' punishment would have been death, as according to the "Mutin ny" act of the English Army, "any sol dier offering violence to a superior officer, merits death." And well, indeed, would itlhave been for him, had it been so! As it was his previous good character served to screen him from the effects of such a Court Martial. He was brou ght before one whose power did not extend to the taking of life bv sentence. The evidence is closed for the prosecu tion, the prisoner is called upon for his de fence' Alas, lie has none to offer that will avail him; his excuse, "He was drunk and knew not what he did,'' served but u orv no-aravation of his offence. j . Ataa early hour on the followtng momf "in the regiment asssembiea tor a x u shment Parade," the drummers are em- jarvraccore-three posts placed. nan ialL l,lfflir oosition on the ground ;, upr.g..., o two boards with across ,M11fl.Anm. 4 wwf r 01 U1CIII gtfong cords hanging ioosei. . r,0t fmm the s round the one aooui eiguw , be bound to the other for the arms to. to secure the legs oi the beneam iu - -- .rtf tr . .1 A nftfft victim with n a snort uiw . - !Z'lav half a dozen pair of "cat o mne an toil," an instrument of torture, cons,ruu of strong whip-cord, nine lashes of abouttf honors (.'.') to the deceased soldier two leet each in length, thickly knotted every thing is still, save the "readv!" "nre- ciose to the end, and fastened to" a handle . vuum-u mcnes in lengtn, oi some i. ciiu woou, anti generally ornamented b thedrmnmers in their leisure hours. meougie souncis the "Assembly, and . i yups marcn into open column. i he morning report are collected by the Adju-j more is thouglit of young Brown,, whom tant, and the whole wheel into "line." "A jthey have just deposited Fn his lonrhomc hollow square" is now formed, the troops j with "Military honors (!!) him" whom facing inward; within the square stand the they "flogged to death" a short time be "triangles" already described, the prepara- j fore, a victim, at once to Intemperance and tioils for punishment are completed, the j Military discipline! prisoner is escorted into the square. He is a tall, finely proportioned young soldier, erect and soldier like in his bearing but his eyes shrunken with grief and anxiety, his cheeks blanch as he casts a brief glance at the instruments of torture that are awaiting their victim. The commanding officer di rects the reading of the proceedings of the Court Martial before which the prisoner had been tried. He does so. The order for the assembling of the court, the charge, and plea of "guilty," the evidence for the prosecution and defence, the finding of the court, the sentence, "three hundred lash cs', on the bare back!" and he concludes. The prisoner is directed to strip; he takes ihn u,n .,.,.1 , i i- K,v around .his waist. An innate feeling of de licacy causes -him to pause again; he is again directed to "strip;" the next mo- ment' and with flushed cheeks, his back ts bared to the view-of the whole square, hh brain swims- a' dizziness takes pos session of him, as, more dead than alive, he staggers across to the triangles. He is now seized by the drummers, who, fiend like, are ready to pounce upon their vic tim ; they tie him up, hands "and feet, to that drcjldful rack qpon which he is about to, suffer, The Adjutant directs the drum mers to do their duty. An old veteran in the horrible trade steps forward, one whose back has been often bared to receive that wjiich he was now about to inflict; one whose heart had been so hardened by sin and its consequent punishment, and the expression of whose countenance, as he took his stand, and gave the "cat" a pre paratory flourish, while it whizzed through the air; and brought it diagonally upon the back of the infortunate culprit with all his strength and energy, he could possibly ap ply to it, betrayed a feeling of pleasure perfectly diabolical. The first blow is struck, the flesh is mark'd the brand is made, the blood seems struggling to escape, and the man is de graded for life! blind, mistaken policy! that would correct error or vice, by the in fliction of punishment, that serves but to harden the heart, to steel it against all other correctives, destroying all vestige of that self-respect, that, whilst it remains, leaves. room to hope for reformation. Again the drummer proceeds, the stroke is repeated again and again; the cords of the lash be come glued together with human gore! they are separated by the fingers of the executioner being pressed through them; twenty-live lashes are given, and a fresh drummer takes his stand. As yet no mur mur has escaped the prisoner; naught save the convulsive workings of the flesh, as the "cats" cut their -way to the bone, be trays the torture he is enduring, the lash again ascends and a groan of deep, heart sickening anguish escapes the victim the back from the tip of the right shoulderdown to'thc waist, in a diagonal line, and above 6 inches in breadth, is now free from flesh. yet not half the punishment is inflicted ! still the drummer proceeds stilled groans of agony are now distinctly heard from the prisoner -he begs a little water it is 'fur nished him. Again the. torture proceeds until the victim is almost maddened witb pain ins cries tor njercy and pardon are heard all over the neighborhood but there is no mercv, no pardon for him! 4-I3Io..h1 ! 'tis spilt To punish the example, not the- guilt." And for example's sake he must suffer. The punishment proceeds; at every twen ty five lashes a iresh drummer -4 takes his stand. But why proceed? wf;y dwell upon this atrocious mode of correcting evil? The scene at length draws!; Jo a close; the prisoner is unbound, and wjth a spirit broken by a sense of shame and irre parable degradation, he is removed to the Hospital of the Regiment, there to drag out the next few months in fruitless wail ingand suffering. A month had elapsed from the close of the last scene, and IT Military Band was seen to issue from the Hospital of the Gar rison, playing the Dead March in Saul fol lowed by a partv of Military, with "arms reversed," preeeeding, with slow and sol emn step a coffin, covered by a long black pall, and borne by a party of unarmed sol diers, on the top of the.coffin was placed " a soldier's "Shako" the procession took the direction of a neighboring Churchyard, where a grave had already been prepared to receive its victim, the party reached its side, and the coffin is placed on the mound of fresh earih, the service of the rlpnd is ended bv the-Chaplain of the Gar rison, and the military' prepare to do the THURSDAY, , sent!" of the commanding officer," and the quick, shark report of each "vollev," un - i til the third one I. hppnHicrbrrrH Tl,! i Band once more takes the leatCthe drums j strike up, the party take up the step, to,nard, very like that which vou produce "U'er the hills and far awav, and naught i i . E. K. From Uiluditnce. Paris Journal. THE COURT OF JUSTICE DE PAIX PARIS. THE FORGET-ME-NOT. PLEASING INCIDENT. ; A stern-looking matter-of-fact sort of a I bookseller named Regnard, was summon ed before the judge of this Court by one of the most engaging little milliners that would be seen in a day's inarch so inno cent, so prepossessing, so full of sentiment, the spirit of ooetrv. and the affections of j the heart, that she at once engaged the svm I pathies-of all who were present. She had I summoned the bookseller to restore a book containing a "Forget-me-not," which was her property. I orgcr-mc-not! How ma in: delightful remembrances does not this phrase give rise to ! . What poetical asso ciations does it not recall! "Forget-me-not! Words which our lips have pro nounced with so much emotion and warmth, when lor the last time pressing the hand of a dear friend whom the wide ocean has 'snatched away from us, perhaps for ever. Forget-me-not is the phrase which our eyes have expressed in kissing that pretty little nicely-gloved hand which we had secretly placed upon our heart. Oh, sacred it'ords in the life of a young man! Oh, soft and tender petition of a fond heart and elevat ed soul! Forget-me-not what sweet mem ories dost thou call back to our mind ! But alas! in spite of this prayer of youth, a prayer so full of sentiment, hope, and con fidences, it is rare diat we are not forgotten, notwithstanding. Our friend has hafl ev ery desire to keep our image present in his memory. But he is about to become a husband, the father, of a family, an active man of business, or a political partisan. Your mistress has sworn to be Jidclc, but the very day of your departure an individ ual of the. ruder sex arrives, who discov ers that she is charming who on the morrow tells, her sq, and before the end of the week convinces her that he has told a very agreeble.s truth in a very agreeable manner. And this is the very way to ob literate the past from a girl's memory, as far as you are concerned. Howvcr, Reginc is an exception to this rule; the pretty little pale and trembling Regine, who now advances towards the judge, has kept her promise. To her. 'Forget-me-not" is bindinr; as a sacramen tal oath. To disregard the injunction is a sin against society- a sin against senti ment! Indeed it is in defence of this part of her creed that she has summoned M. Regnard before the judge of this court. The Judge M. Regnard, you are sum moned here to produce a book belonging to this young person, called "The Pious Hours of Christajn Ladies." Hcurcspicus, cs de Dames Chretiennes.) Regnard Oui, Monsieur, I bought it with a number of other books. But it is not a very saleable book. F prefer such books as "La Petite Cuisinicre Bour- COlse, ox JAS -UW.vrts lie it iron, wnrcn are much more in the spirit of the present age (Laughter.) Regine stated that she had been appren ticed to Madame Duval, a milliner, to whom she became very much attached. Unhappily she had lately died, and her grief for her beloved mistress was so great, that it made her ill and she was laid upon a sick bed. In six weeks afterwards she went to the house of the late Madame Du val to claim her little effects when she found that every thing had been sold off for the benefit of the creditors. Regnard Well, that is an affecting storv of your's and reminds me of Paul and Virginia which, by the bye, is a book which has had a great sale (Laughter.) The Judge (to Regine) Did you then demand the restitution of your property? Regine Only of the one book in ques tions, Sir, which I was desirous of having, on account of its being a "souvenir." Regnard 1 have brought, Monsieur, a book called "Les Heures pieuses des Dames. It is a good edition, bound in red morocco. Here it is; I am ready to give it up, if Mademoiselle will consent to srive me the three francs vhich it cost me when I purchased it. Refine I am willing to reimburse vou for the book, provided you will furnish me with my own copy. That is not my copy; and it was for the restitution of my own book, and not for an ordinary copy of it, that I summoned you. Regnard How do you know that this is noyours? It is the same edition, has the same binding, and the plates are precisely what vou describe. APRIIL 1, 1841. Regine (sorrowfully) Oh! I know mv own poor little book.. It alwavs onens in j the same place- and . besides it lias been this. 'more used than Th .T.,1. oo , , to the officer of the Court IouM-iir Rr a- i r i- ' 1 "ur we, it appears, lound it in the shop (taking it from thi huissicr.) Lobk, Mad emoiselle, in this your book? Regine trembling with jov Oh, mon Dieu, e'est uli, ofi' yes, yes, that is mine. Judge How do you distinguish it? Regine It alhvs opens at the same place, at the massl. 1 ifiok von Will eon, it open. HereuponjRegine took the precious little volume in hr hands, which at once, almost ot its own accord opened in the centre, and at thejmass indicated, disclos ing to view, a little dried specimen of die myosqtis, or "Forget me-not." Judge Did you place the flower there? Regine Oh, Monsieur, if I had placed it there, think you that I should have set such a value upop the book? Oh no, it was placed there jy my dear mother, only two short weeks jbefore she descended t'o the silent grave; and I have so often wept upon that page when praying for her repose that the book always opens in the one nlace. ... r 1 All present were much moved bv the unafleetcd simplicity and affection of the poor gjrl; and indeed the book seller him self had allowed liis feelings to be so much wrought upon, that he refused to receive the three francs Munich lie had paid for the book, "Take it," said he, handing her the volume, "take it and keep your money. When you are married give it to vour children; and to set them an example of virtue and affection, you will only have to point to that flower and says," Ne in'ovb liez pas''' From the New York American. PRESENTATION AT COURT. i Paris, January, 1841. Since our last letters we have been pre sented to the Royal Family. It was intend ed that the American gentlemen should have been presented on last Sunday; but our Minister not approving of that day. in duced a postponement to Wednesday which brought the period subsequent to that 'of the presentation of ladies, and led to ihis awkward result, that they Were obliged to go through the ceremony without the sup port -of their husbands and beaux. It is the ettiquette of the Court that none can accompany the ladies that have not been previous presented. The manner and course of presentation on the part of the gen tleman, of whom I believe there were some dozen or more, was as follows: At half past seven in the evening, by previous no tice from General jCass, we proceeded in in our carriages, in full court dress, to his Hotel; whence, ai'tler waiting about an hour, we drove in line '.tb the Palace of the Tuil eries. preceded by the Minister,the Charge d'Affaires, and the Attaches. At the gate of the palace we were receive ed by a company I of dragoons in charge, and thence passed! along a file of soldiers to the grand entrance. Alighting upon a carpet of mats placed before entrance, we proceeded to the grand stair case, in the inte rior, guarded by the palace guards. Here our names were announced &i recorded; and the servants in waiting, dressed in scarlet em broidered coats, With small clothes and white silk stockings, and wearing swords and cocked hats, conducted us up the stairs; at the head of-which we were received bv another person in waiting, and ushered in to the large saloon; Adjoining were a suit of three rooms, including that in which'was ' the throne. The kails of these were high ly ornamented with gobelin tapestry, and portraits of the Marshals of France; and the ceilings, which wre high, were fancifully and historically pajinted. The wood work was brilliant with burnished gold leaf, and the furniture principally of ottomans, ar ranged along the Walls, covered with scar let velvet and plush. The mantels were of the fashion of form er years; the fire places large, and by no means elegant, though well filled with burn ing wood. The throne was covered with gold and scarlet velvet; and upon the rais ed platform of tw!o steps, was placed the chair of State, richly gilded. Within these rooms were arranged the gentlemen to be presented, in line,:along the sides; all under the charge of their respective ambassadors, several nersons to the Kinr as he advanced. The- King, with his family, entered one end of the, suite of rooms about nine o'clock, and proceeded, accompained by bis son. the Duke of Join- ville, along one o the lines, ionowea u the Queen and the other members of ;he Royal Familv.1 He addressed a lew woros in a pleasing and atfable manner to each person as introduced. He speaks in pretty ood English, and generally puts questions ?n relation to vouir country, your voyage, your residence, sor your contemplated tour. ! It is not etiquejtte to address any ques tion to the King, and if done he moves on whnut making renlv. I was introduced to him as a resident of New York, and he j immediately remarked, "New York is a' " . i , ; k large and prosperous State. Xew York grows very fast; The City of is a verv fine -in, and must soon rcover the whole t tlw land. I hope you find your stav here agreeable." Then followed the Que'cn; she spoke some time, bujt whether in broken English or in French I did not know; and as 1 could understand nothing, I could merely bow to her remarks. "After pass ing me a little, and addressing another, she turned back and remarked that the Kir.tr talked very good English; to which I rcs- ponded a complimentary ,answcr. Next came the King's sister, a pleasant looking oiu woman, who spqke a lew words of French. Then camehhc Dutchess de Xc-lit 'man, the wile of the IDukc de Xemours. She spoke English with great propriety, j nary pursuits. Ncr.rly 'nil sot ;.d impro've and inquired how long I had been in Paris jinents spring from 'the reciprocal influence - when I landed thedength of my voyage j of condensed numbers and ditfusod inteli- and hoped 1 had passed my time pleas antly in Paris. , j " ' f Following her, and last in the train. I came the Duke of Orleans, the heir appa-! rent,' a tall, fine looking .personage, in mil- ' itary costume. Perfectly self-possessed I -po; he had an intelligent countenance, and a manly bearing. He put to me a few com mon place questions and passed on. This ended the interview, and my first introduc tion to Royalty, Tlie family all passed out into their private apartments. The company separated. l!passed again through all the rooms, and particularly examined their arragemcnts. The furniture was confined to red silk plush covered ottomans, and a few X's, all considerably worn. The return was through the same apart ments we had passed bn our entrance, and down the grand st,air(ase to the gale of the ceriler,jwhere our carriages were in waiting. As the Americans 1 tation, so they have one has been adopted necessary to adhere, coat of broad cloth, ave no court prescn- HO COUrt dress; but to which it is now It consists of a blue fwith straight breast and standing collar; (he culls, collar and pocivet naps, neaviiy embroidered with gold. and the button! of gold with the eagle impressed; clujpeau, black, fring- for some of their best 'scenes and inspira ed with ostrich feather; stock and vest of don, to die same f-ou're'e. white satin; pantaloon of white kersymere At thc.Ei'fgcstiou of a valued friend, wc' with broad gold Jac4 cubing the out- ' haveWnrued our throuhta 'to the narrallcl side seam, fastened unper the bo-ts, which are made of varnished leather.. Ti iiS d.T.S"! nas (lecitiectiy a more Ipeauhlul appearance.; nounemcnt to Macb;ru of the murder of than any court dress t saw in the rooms, j his fhmUy, and thai lo'Da vid, of the death In personal appearance .throughout, the Uf Absalom by Joab to the parallel bc-: Americans were not surpassed- The Eng-Uu cen the ope ning of the Lamentations of lish military uniform of red cloth was very j Jeremiah and IVyron's apostrophe to Rome, conspicuous. I , question the propriety js the Niobc of nations u ihe'paralhl be-' of the Americans thus assuming a court j twecn liis ode to Najndccn, and Inaib's ode dress; and think it woidd'be more corres-.0-i thef-dl of .Semiachcrib and also to the ppndent to the simplicity of their Govern- j resemblance between Southi-v's chariot of ment to be presented iii the. apparel cf geu- ! lemen only There is no good reason why they should adopt a dress not sanctioned at home. It was not so formerly, and the innovation, ; I believe, and so understood at the Palace, was introduced with the consent of our presens Minister, who; dresses in tlie mili tary costume of a CJenpral of our Army. Some who hare militia appointments at home, have brought their uniforms here and appeared at the presentation. Laturh- able incidents have oceured bv'this means, The French know nothing of our militia , -, system, and the King pked one ol thtc-e officers where he Jiad Scrved, which you will think was rather aj difljcultq!ucstion to be answered; anotherjif his costume was ... . i -, . . , . military, to wliat corj) ne belonged, ami the number of it. These questions led to confused answers and unpleasant remarks. T ,. U 1 .. . . , , I am sorry to see so htle of that indepeno - ence of character among Americans abroad, which the present & growing importance of their Government would seem to authorize, without any change of assumption. The Presentation of the ladies has exci ted much remark; and the highest compli ments are passed upon the beauty and tasle of the American Apr,' ;1 Uhe Gn-.r.t! Jury : Gentlem n of the Jury, ih The Paixham llofE-b cns. rThese are a ! this case the counsel on bothVdd aw unintel rrwdern improvement in the art of destruction. js1 ? the witnesses cn both.siJe. are incred- They turn on a pivot, or circular rail way, so i oe i i.iw .nU i;..'t.o ,x Jrf.r ' and are said to weigh upwards of eight tons M winch way you giire. your rerdict. The French and Knglislj have had tlitni in j Taxatk n. Suppose there be a brain lax use in their Navy for some time. Oar Navy : aR tnat' e2Cj, mxn jp.akf o;t t!ic assessment Department are about to introduce them 'nto ; for ljis own intellect., The revenue from such the national vessels. I I a tax, we opine, would be very lartjp. ! . nd why not lay a tax too cn courtships; let The social feelings have not hern unaptly it be so nuu h the hour; it would hare the ef compared to a heap of einbers, which when, M to expedite the business, snve much time sepaVated, soon lanUish, darken, and expire; and more nonsense, and what i, hetier still, it r ' r , -., ii linn , h imrrionct v r- mi to r n- t. i 1. U.1.nn but, placed together, they glow wuu a ruauy and intent Private Lift. At in-5-r v Row. Under this head, the Har- risbur Chronicle states that, on Friday,tl;eSe-! about the iniddle of next month. She is of conddayofits session, a considerable "breeze" beautiful mode!, and judging frona hasty ex was raised in the loco foco State Convention j amination of her last wtek, she is strong as for nnmintinrr a candidate for Governor, in oak and iroii can make her. Prpnamtmns consequence of some thoughtless follower of Van Bnren having offered a resolution lauda - tory of that prentleman' administratidn and public acts. It was stooMy opposed by uen. Cameron, as uncalled iorand calculated to dis gust the hon'estPorter meri who voted, for Gen. Harrison. He said there was no disguising the fact that they (the j locos) were in the minority in this State, an;d it should be their After a 00& 0f confusion, and fluttering, the resolution passed. jjaltimore Patriot. stud v to win back these 4recreant democrats, WHOLE NO. 269. A writer in one of.thc Foreign .Encyclo pedias calculates that if the natural resources of the American Continent were fully de veloped, it would, afford sustenance 'to 36O.0' millions of inhabitants a number, five times as great as the entire population of the globe. The writer, after advancing this proposition, goes on ax follows: "Ami what is more surprising, their is every probability that this prodigious pop ulation will be in existence within 'three or lour centuries. The imagination is lost in eomtemplating a state of things which .will, ' make so great an j rapid a change in the I condition of the world. .We almost fmey is a dream, and yet the result is based Iirovern ibe ,v,r.dno, oh.m i:, tl.Pir onh. ence. Whnt then.wi! the -stale of socie- henev, when a thousand or two thousand millions of oi vihzed men are crowded into a spaoe com paratively so nan'ow, and speaking only twp.Ungages, as will doubtless be the case? Historv shows that v. i alth, power, science. literature, ail follows in the train, of numbers,- general, inteligeuce and freedom. The same eaics which - transferred the sceptre of civilization and the weight of in-, fiuence from the. banks of the Euphrates l:uul llie -s,nv to estern J.urope, must, in" j lne course of no long .period, cary them ' iwm t-lc :lUtr t0 115:0 planus oi "the Missis i sippi, and the Amazon. AiTiiou-- lND.f:i;n:n to lui: Uir.i.i:. A writer in liibliean" Repertory and Piinee ton Review, says with a good deal of truth, that the writers of fiction aivdeep.ly indeb ted to tlie Bible fur m'anv of the ir ohcif ex- cellcncies: ' i Snrin.r hs sf:id i'h r'i'.v-A truth :nd I ... . .J - force, 'There is not a hnefcharaetcr r.or a finer deserintit n in all the works of Walter ; Scott,- than that of Kcbckah in lvanhoe. And who does not that it oves its ex- iecllcnce to the WiheV Shakesoeare. liv- ron and Sc-!'b" i- v.it lio'c indebted' :,-etw?en MucU ih and Ah U twecn -La-' u v Macbeth and Jtebii b twt t n the an- jCanr.ala, in the: Curse of Kehauia, . in the Curse oi Pcha!na, Ezekiel's vision of the wheels; and have been forcibly impressed with the. obligations of this class of writers to the Sacred Scripture H'l.mtn. Francis I of Prance was ti e. first monarch who introduced ladies at his Court. He said, in a style cf tine gallantry that a drawing room wit!. oat Iudus v. us like the year without the spring; cr rathi r, like the spring without llowc.s. j uo lilnf, ci Yuc sb .idd a man aive up the .thoiight ot'-nj--ying t!;c soci-ty of woaian "In j youth," says J.ord liii'n. "wouk ii arc- ur i "jf es.es, at a riper w our comruon m : old afM-o'.ir nr:rs ;-i.d in all agt.s ourlficnds. ! -Ynt-ne!Ie h.h-ig one day utked by a lord ;in waiting at r rsailks what d ilVerc uVfi there .'was between a cbxk and a wcian, instantly I plitd A clock serves to .poiit . out the i hours,- and a wntnati to mrtke us lortrct them." j ...... f ! Flu S rnr Pri-uitbr. Both the Admirality : xhv 'i vl rn St yUf h5P Company have oj. n!y av-owtd its odoplion ; and w veral ; Vf.s5( ,3 upon lllis I)rilK.ipU4M! CuMStnicting irt 'dim-rent rpjar.ters, bv private individuals.0 A .company has been loriiu d at Jhcinru for build- steni.ricrew ship, to run between i'.ac v es-f-r ar.o .Nov Ycrk; ad a.ooiiicr asso i ci'ttiori is -n gaged rin introdneing the . screw t.'poH the caiifds and - rivf rs of Jlekdum and Holland .; -tnl .lllriun. A Stinuno Chahok. An abb; Judge was ence obliged to delicr the f dlowir.g charge to- l'ia,uuu ,a,,u luc arc hota such cbaractr rs, mat to n.e it is mdiifer- j " rj..lu.n .au. American. The Government Steamer now buildinc at , the Navy .Yard in this city, v, ill be launched. .making for getting her engine en board, and ' her hull is nearly nr:ished7 Her copper is on and the painters are at work on the bulwarks, and men are preparing the "ways" for the launch. We learn from the Journal of Com- s merec, that her iron centre shaft and crankfir ! are now on board of a tow-boat in the Northf River, being the first attempt at making- these ; parts of the machinery of wrought iron." The ishatt is 19 inches in diameter anu. iv , Slong, and weighs 12,401 lbs. They are fron j the West Point Foundry. North Jmcrxcan 1 nej are uuu
The People’s Press and Wilmington Advertiser (Wilmington, N.C.)
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April 1, 1841, edition 1
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