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.I - i - . -' ' ! " ". f.x! &ir & est 4i- .i-i 6 VM 1 I . 8 i. v:.. . - If V J . r v-tf-t ."I r . - 'V i il POETRY. .!' ,'-..'' - : For the Weekly Post. .T H E LAND OF M Y B IR.TH. ; , JFa r e well to die landof my childhood, -','.. Farewell to my cottage and vine ' I go to the land 'of the'stra tiger, Where pleasures alone will be mine! When life's fleeting journey is over, , -' : ; And earth again mingle with earthy . lean rest in? the land of the -stranery wcii 43 id Luai oi my uririnv Yes," these were my feelings-at parting, - But absence soon altered their tone ;. Thtreold Kond of sieTinfess ciirne o'er me ' f And I wept i'r tnyorfows alone. ."'" . '-No friend then came.Hr ttKj to cheer me, ? No parent tjro"fien my grief ' , No-brother nor sUterearii&Tiear me, . -" And stranger!? douldgivepo relief. TU truethat ft maUerSt little; Tho' living, the thoHght.ninkes one pine, Vh;iievt bv-fijlH. the poor-relic, - . Wlien the hftf'it nan iWn from its shrine. But oh J whenf lffo's journey is over And. earth again mingle HvUh enrth ; ' Lamented or nt, still my wish is, '. t , Te rest in ie land of my birth. ' I"':::", f '.) ' e. a her, never to return, and each' begins a separate manufactory of its own.. The young, 'ones begin to spin "when they can scarcely be discerned, and prepare for a life of plunder before they have strength to open their eyes. . .'.''f- Lewenhoek, the celebrated naturalist, found, by microscopic observation, that the threads of the minutest spiders, some of which are. not larger than a grain of sand, are so fine that it would require four millions of them to make a strand as thick as a hair of his beard. In the early part, of the last century, M. Bon, of Lauguedoc, in France, fabri cated a pair of glp-ves and a pair of stockings from the threads of spiders. They were nearly as strong as ilk, and of a beautiful grey color. I To test the ingenuity of the spider, a gentleman frequently placed one oua small upright stick and surrounded the base with water! After having reconnoitered and discovered that the ordinary means of escape were cut off, tbe animal ascended the stick, and standing nearly on its head, ejected a long thread, whichUhe wind" soon carried to some contiguous object ; along this, the sagacious insect effected its escape; not however; till, it had ascertained by several exertions of its own strength, that the web was securely attached lat . the end. IiniM.UilCATIQNS, .YOUTHS' 3- . I f mnumm From liifiaTy's Museum. . THE SPIDEH. :' TlieSpider- isf erjiaps the ;tirst animal in Hie rder of insi-cts tia't atlracts tfe notice of liatu-' ralUts iU. manned, b(:iiig tli lubst subile, and its iiistines the viiuuiis Formed for life of ra- vpucity, and incapable of living upon any other-, than ( insect fpq ail it habitsire calculated to deceive -"kiid iurjirise U sj.iva.ls snares to entangle its prey : it is jeiidu'ed with ; tiatienclvto awa'tiu coining.; and . ns tiossf'ssfii of iimns. and' JLrisnrthj to- destroy it V ' d With lat eil of iimns f i-Jw.ii fUn ititrt t.bW 'Irani hi. northern countries. where all the: ins$-ct j tribes are kept under by hu man assiduity; sjders are Mi,iaU and harmless. - vh'sch weaves; it Avefi in nf-gfe-eted rooms Vthe ; '':'Ottrdt niSiM'Jer, twt spreads..' its net' from tree to ' treeSind rests; in the centre; aiid.thc; F.i Id-Spider, -'.t v'hich'is sotrietimss seen mounting, web and all, - ;, !' into the clouds.' .These, though repdted venomous, 1 ,are entirely; inoffensive.- lut they form a much ' . more terrible tribe iu 'Afric4, the West Indies and :-&outb Amecic.a. Tjie Martinique spiders body is ; las large -as a herrs -egg, and covered with hair. Its lieb is strong, and itslnte dangeroas ' - - iVoVc-slM '"lias two divisions in' its- body. Th v fore-part, containing the head' and breastis sepa i ;;t rated from the hinder-part,.Or belly,-by a very slen- . - '.'Jer thread, through hich, howevertlyereis a com m'unicalion from :one partto tli,e other. They have several eves round the head, brilliant and acute. - - The;y. have alight lgS joined like tnose ot ip.o ;;.stei4, and similar also in another respect ; for if a leg be tarn awiy, orJa joint cut off, a new ! one will quick iy grow in its place, and the animal - 1 will lind itself fitted. for combat as before. Besides these,' thev have two pincers in the fore-part of the EMERSON; WHIPPLE, "fei -WILLIS, DANA, POE AND MITCHElFCONSIDER: ED AS ESSAYISTS. - - That America can produce as bnlliantvan array of talent on this field ofliterature, as injury oth er, nonb will deny : but that she has notvts equld- ly true: The question is uften a-ked, i why is this? A Jittle thought, .will, .we think, lead to a solution of the ilitiiculty. - . j f . The American's impulses are, like tile Promp ter, in 5 the Country Theatre, all for actio) -action ;; they -make excellent historians and chronicler's telling ui just 'what has been; and is belrig. done trouWinc us but little with their reflections, think ing thdm not germairf to the matter j-why peo ple, did thus . and so,Miot being the ijuestion", but what they did, and how -thejr did it. Let any one compare a page or two of IVescott, Sparjcs or Ban croft, with the writings of? DAubigneor Macaulrfy, anld our rneanmg can be .gathered trom halt an hours reading: the labors of the former bringing with them an assurance of reliability, whjch, in the. lajtter, wo seek for in vain-, notwithstanding the sensations of pleasure derived from 'theirj perusal. Again, the American is in general already de bater, both in the Forum and at the Bar. Why ? Because, the obiect is tangi Die mere is a yma Just up from the perusal of a volume of Whip ple; it strikesj us that lie possesses, in a higher de gree than, ariy other American author, the sug gestive faculty, and repose ' of .style, which, wi tliink. the pssav- imnerativelv calls for. His " Words " isj admirably written" The Crokers," true to nature; but the. flutterings of his grey goose quill show it- has soared into an atmosphere too hiaJilv rarified ifor its natural flight, and he, soon wearying of the task, drops the essayist's for the critic's pen. - Had he taken time; Wirt, in his "Old Bache lor" and "British Spy," would have rivalled Ad dison or Steele : but he staid not, and; rushing in- tathe outer world, left .orilv three small volumes1 td (show us what he might have done, covfld he hate "learned to labor and to wait." i v : His biojrranlier savs : " The reader will not fail to perceive in these esssays, an agreeable foretaste of high literary accomplishment ; out ue must re-o-aril tl-m rnfbfrr." ns the earnest of the talent to achieve a distinction in letters, than the achieve menf itself :" ard we haveii: on AVjrt s own au thorffy, that " they are too desultory ; the topics arc too lightly tojiched ; while the stylo is pome times careless ant poor, and stili mpii frequently, overloaded with epithets." , The stroigest feeling, on. rising froin their perusal, must ever e one of re gret, thatan author' so highly gifted b nature had yJ.Jtpn prpfiivorerl by tortune, and tjnehad been powers. " TheyaliTS-oi ' t..r-TtrmTryT "cW latent rlutipsof his mofession. the calls on hs tiniircmr- sequent on his official station, all milit-ted against those habits of quiet and reflection, ft dispensable to the requisite -perfection of style, aid depth of thought. - ! Willis, whatever he might have dofe, has spoil ed himself as an essayist, bv his hbors as an : tl Work work work ! From weary chime to chime! , . Work work worn! As prisoners work for crime ! Baud and gusset and seam, Seam and gusset and band, Till the heart is sick and the brain benumbed, As well a the weary hand !" You will perhaps say "Teach," but for how few. uiparatively of those competent, can there b- found an opening, and how many are there, are totally incapable, trom the very lact, tnai uiei mothers, 'before them, spent their lives in stitching which stitching, barely served to put bread int their mouths, leaving no extra sum to devote t the" culture of their' minds. A. little of reading, less of writing, a smattering of geography an enough of arithmetic to enable them to know hen littlels left for meat and bread-, when a pair c shoes is paid for from mother's week's work, an they have reached thege when they u must sta at home to help mother sow up seams." hencefort their sole use is, to the dignity of making a whol, garment their only hope for a release from slavery the chance (and a slender oiie it is in this country. 1 of a marriage with a mechanic, clever enough t support ' his family, - without aid trom his wiie . needle. ' ' ' Let me state my own case. The- elder of nv sisters, with somewhat better advantages, than gen erally falls to the lot of girls of my class,' owin to the exertions of a kind father, who died ere to others were old enough to profit by his labor. earlv saw my duty, and prepared if possibly to fu their, young mouths. . Tlowl Dyiny-nWuw sneli heln as I could cret from a feeble mother.- - - - (J combine to produce the same effect, H is difficult to assign to each its definite degree of agency, laose only, perhaps, will be inclined to agree wiUi me m opinion, who have had opportunities of observing he descendants of drinking tamuies reiuuv f tp-mntation ana au eanv age, irom uic mnucu r - m , :i .nmrJa F.ven this mam- tne contagion ui womj. - moth vice might, perhaps, in some measure be re strained, could its miserable victims be convinced that thev are .not only suffering its f er,burming thirst themselves, but entailing it on their unborn tritv ! isnUv the demon of intoxication, in its ravages on thj moral faculties, would leave some place for relenting, on a subject so awful and so teThe declaration in the Decalogue, that the in . i-x-i.n k -.-wrt.vl iiDonichildren to iqlllties oi iaiuti3 5uui.Lro r j , . i J... i.;..,i i t;,r.h ffomtion." has been treated Lilt' tilUM ta, by some with profane ridicule THE WEEKLY POS EDICT) BY C. H. WHEY & V. D, CQ0 16, 1.1 ,- -r - But would I ad vance an error, in resolving its explanation into a consequent similarity of natural tendencies m the children of iniquitous parents, for several genera t Ti.::. A.-ioot;,,h while it presumes not to RALEIGH, DECEMBER 13,i8o3 Terms TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUl in Advance CLUB, PRICKS': 1 Three Copies, . $5-; full price, - ' Eight Copies, ( .. -Tea Copies, ......... 15 .p' " Twenty Copies,'... ... 20 - " (Payment in all cases in advance.) ,. 1. .in tho luh will hi. ontifln1 . . '" us person iiKxiiig "y " "J a (.-(ipv extr -i All articles of a Literary character may be addiYd m H H. Wiley, Greensboro', or to the Subscriber, Ralc-mh. P, , ! ness letters, num"i auyi-iuscniaii it-Himanccs, v:c A- I should be addressed to-W. DICookei ' 'j Advertisements of a proper character will be inserted at it usual rates. ' . " S WILLIAM D. COOKE, Profit Weekly Post-. . , wo duo: not that wel would. be understood assay ing, debateis never speak from the point a glance towards the Extra Globe at our elbow, would show ; our inistake; but, thdt there is in tjieir estimation an object to be gained a client td.be satisfied the people to be humbugged -a speech to be made for. Buncombe, and it is done. j iumr America is a delightful travelling com- pniohXJo-urneying' with a quick eye and ready ob servation through foreign countries, jotting down all hef sees, viewing all subjects with the spirit of the tijiie citizen oi the- world: he returns home, and throws his "Nile Notes,; " Glimpses of Eu rope," and u Fresh Gleauings," to his publishers, with the same nonchalance with, which he disen cumlers hjmself of his traveling gear, and presto, a book is out before his friendsr have finished their congratulations on hjs safe return. . ' .Now this -is all very well in 'its way; but it h beadT rough, with stmngoiutsytoothed like asalw, not' the way to get a good 'essay. Other writers and termihatinfr in claws, like those of a cat. ! mav.. with: ad van taire, sacrifice strict grammatical . The slider, though thus formidably equipped, construction andf polish of diction on the altar of vvould seidoin.prove successful in it? forays, were strength ; the essayist ; never He is the finished rit not equally furnphed with' other instruments o jjamtgf0f thought, not the draughtsman 'of im "assist its depredations.. It is a most experienced press'iohs, and should ever 'remember that he is ''.liunter,--and spreads' its nets to 'catch sueh. Animals.' engaged in the highest order of word-painting, as it is lihable to -pursue. The-" 'spider's web is Tlie definition of poetry, "the best words in the usually laid ui tiiose.places where flies are most apt best o'rderf can equally as -well be applied to the .to shelter- There the little animal remains for essav. It may be called the poetry of prose, and days and weeks together, seldom changing its situ- h0Eld.never convey to the reader the least sensa ation, though everUbjmVuccessful. o tion of halting, either in language or ideas, ith' ; iv For the' purpose of making its, web, nature has aj tjie correctness of construction aud polish of the supplied this creature with a large quantity -of gluj. criticism and lecture, it should eschew their sharp tifious matter, and fie nipples for, spinning t iiOO ness an Coidnss. The essayist, rightly consider thread. ' It fixes the ends of the'threads 'by apply-: ed, .is not ihe exj.psitor of new theories,'6r the ad "nrr ilift nirmile.4 to aiiv substance, and' the thread ,-ocate of stran-re doctrines : but the interpreter in lengthens' i9-proportion -.'as the animal recedes tj)e; .dace Beautiful of the mind, ever standing from the lace. Bmeans ot us claws ltre-ascenus r-ady,to explain its mysteries ana can 10 ngui us the threads with great ease and rapidity, mucn in hidden stores ot imagination ana iaiicj , ana iue ihe same manneras sailors warp up a rope.. After, -essay, should, therefore, be rather suggestive than hayinf spun a complete web, the insect Uou-1 argumentative in its character; ' disposing me bles and trebles Jthe threads that torm tlie outer nHid to repose ana resection, not rousin-li. cde, and secures the, ends so-its - to prevent the acti.on nor arming it for conflict, -i? wlnd from blqwiivg the web away . The edges be- its nierjt is its, ettect.on the reaae- r uo-tfi-t . --j. . . ' . J ' ; Ol Hie il h 1 It lTllssinn it rn tw'nt hi-r mm .- there is exnerienced afar out-reachino-of the mind. ; tms are two passages or outlets, one above, the other after the unobtained, it matters not what conven- below: very pt.iuUy eorrm-dy to give it-an oppor- tionajism or the author's fancy call it, to our ap- oi ma.King --excursions ap proper -seasons, oi pivciation, it becomes a lecture not an essay editor. His ideas are too paragraph, to use a word from his own mint ; his pieces all read like clippings from, the newspapers ; however artisti cally woven by his graceful pen, thejeader still see, or imagines he sees, the piecing. It will gen erallv be" found,- that any ireat i!ity in rapid ly striking off a pleasant article, for weekly read ers, will fataly interfere with the mature conception ci' any more elaborate work : and he is fio exception to the rule.' Willis's matter is light, flinwy, tri fling, (not trite, for he is original, even in lis tri-flin-;) the avowed worshipper of the artificial. Nature with him is clothed in silks and satns, not sunbeams and shadows ; and his genius, tis he sings of his love, is only ? . at home oh a carpet, j And mightily likes her ease ; . . , h-an eye for a dinner ; AHid starves beneath sliady trees. The moment he le ves the busy haunts of men, to coinmune with nature, he shows he is wandering ill unfamiliar, if not unknown paths ; he has gooJ naturedly let us judge for ourselves, in pubti.shiijg a parcel of hamby pamby stuff about (not of) m Uire, in his " Letters from Under a idye;" tie Style of said letters being as stiff and Unniural is must have been his limbs and position whin con posing theny for we will mention, en. pisscM, tint rihe space hi which he rejiresents himself fj behg seated, could have aftbrded comfortable acbmmo dations for no human being above, the size f Tom Thumb ; aiid even that diminutive gei leman in.ust have been forced to have planted hifeet in the water to have attained anything likejase of position, there is also in n uusa iuuu eut- of anything like- intenseness ; his plumljine of appreciation never reaches' the depths ofjurnar ture ; every attempt no mates 10 snow iiweii really in earnest, grates -on our ieenngs as?uese cration; even where he . has described a iding well, he does it without feeling. Daxa and Toe have both ot tnem lar toorjicn .; "i i i il of the Niagara in their style ; tlieir laeaseva too rapidly to their pens' ends, to be clotheikith the garb of words bentting tlie qmescenee q uie Cssay. Their minds are much of the same der, witli this difference : both loved the horrible ; Jina, for the isolated pleasure "it gave him to regi it ; Boe, for its eft'eets on others. Dana lmgerj)ver each revolting image with ah evidently inten jove for the subject ; compelling his readers to flow him, only through that innate love of thy. liable always to be found in our nature.. Foe hum his readers on, through paths beset with as manhor- rors as ever was Christian's through the dark vey ; but he keeps the object of the journey everjifore tlieir eye, usin sueh imagery as theiineansriile, r V. . .i ' .. "i - ii i.l. j with tne tormer, it is iue enu. Lerlv wantinir in repose. Mitchell mav L'ive us a good essay wli lias lcaniea jiJ iusc nis iaeas in me aiemuie flection, and ifullv realized his .own individ When rejecting all aid from the properties Tailors were applied to, -and to work I went ; par taloons at seventy-five cents, vests at one dollar three of the former, one of the latter, were the mos I could do a week ; thus. making seventeen dollar per month ; no allowance made for sickness; &c. rive dollars, of this must go for' house rent, leaviii: twelve dollars for fuel, lights, food, and clothing fo a family of six. ' . : It would not do, and with a heavy heart, did consent, to see a younger sister at the age of fiftoep. fir,.ov 5.11 fiirthoi- .'l.lviintno-es ffoin schojlinT. an fiak(fher place by my side" to sfitch life away, an f thus it must be in succession. I shall see all thos bright eyes dimmed as mine have been ; all thos minds as rich in intellect as the wealthiest of th j land, left to waste,- while they are earning a scant j livelihood by their needle. 1 Now let me appeal to you, "must tliesc thin, be f" Think it not a matter beneath your notice ; remember it is not a mere question of bread to the hungry, though methinks that is not wholly trivial ; but it "is food for the mind, for which your charity ' is implored. Will not Franz show us how our sisters and daughters may gam that knowledge, ne would have them impart to their children, mid yet while gaining it, keep the Wolf from the door, and retain the powers, which nature has Ordained, can only be secured by due attention to the wants of the body. . ' . , . Wil l our gentlemen merchants take our daugh ters as clerks' Will you, Mr. Post, and your brotlt-; er editors, let our sisters set type at your stands, oV must the next generation still be doomed to : Stitch stitch stitch, m.. -,i .1 : : 'f thn ilpniine.iatlOll. 1 1 , , I T ,-1 T II IHC 1 1 i I U I T V' L luv places it more in human power to avoia iu, appuv , , ":i nnA htrhmfr those tion, by abstaining ro,u nu, l l i - .1 irfl iin in- nuifc iAjt , ooa quaiiTjes, wuicu - ,ir h .1 I. i.ww n mir nostentv. 'V e nnd tl . WocWi on our posterity. e nna tnai many diseases of the body, contoc.YifJbv prudence or wickedness of parents are inherited b) thoir deendanw-Thia j&clhde it may. serve, tC leadl pleasing hope that all these maladies may be avert ed from our offspring by our own efforts. . Many speculations have been indulged, of late years, in relation to the advance of man towards a state of moral perfection. While we believe this to be utterly unattainable in the present state of existence, we think we can discern, through the dark -vista of human frailty, a possibility, that our posterity, may one day attain a state of moral im provement, far surpassing our own ; and to effect a "-consummation so devoutly to be wished," each (ie should labor with all his might, so far as it can he done, by the cultivation of his own intellectual aid moral powers."'? ' ing tiius foi-titie(l,:thi3 reVea jsjxtf f; ." this tr..fyreSiV':httIe .creature' lies concealed." T iu nity i - vpi-yin.into pery corner, and cleaning those parts' Neither can the essay be written as a glass of are oDservea to be; -cioggea or, f-ncumtjerea. champagife is drunk ; it must be brewed like a hicb - Still Attentive to its web, the spider from time to jCUp 0f good Bohea; must hear the marks of. the 'time dans jvway the dust that gathers around it ; inteiisest spirit of meditation a meditation of the-' :ibr this' purpose it gives the- whole.a shake!with its;. lvearfi as well as of the head: "and it is the ab- - i i . . l .1 ii . .... ... paws; proportioning, However, tne oiow so as not to endanger th,fabiic- One great . advantage ' which the sider rffaj)S from the contrivance of a c,ell, is .thab4t serves for a place where the creature ican. least upon its gamei in- security ' and conceal sence pf this latter quality, which, while we may admire the writings of Emerson must forever for bid a warmer emotion. His subjects all beaf the marks of the cold scalpel of lieasoh ; never glow mih the soft touches of Sentiment. We airree with him, (as far as his Transcendentalism will per- the fragments of the 'efircasses it has picked, with- jut exwsing ; to public iew the least trace ot bar- mjt ) for a writer showing marks of sufch intense ; Ibarity, which mijiht create a suspicion in any; In- thought must be right but we close the book sect that their enemy, was near. . V without iouce havin'sr the deeber waters of svra- 4 It often happens, however, that the wind, or the pathy stirred; and it is because every line evinces a,iqjroach!ofjsome large' animal,' 'destroys in a min- a want of feelin'ir in the conce?tion. There is in " . - - h i T - al . 1 lV . " " . But. both ai .tit he his predecessors, he brings his thoughts on thefage in a garb .peculiarly .his own, we shall be far Itter ii i -.i l'.i i I aoTe to uuio;e than now ; when tney only , -fear to us, disguised in the drapery of the oldei4 Ellish xssayists : and for this we must be content frrai-t vnen tne spirit oi unrest is laid, andlo- "9 1 . 1 .1 - I alieaa ceases to be our boasted motto, Ainca will no doubt produce her Lamb and Collhre, her Ilazlett and Blanchard ; but until thiaime irnves, we must be content to sit' on the Irpet ot Kesignation and smoke the pipe or I atlce. to loot tor it in tins acre, would be asvise as to seek for "retirement amid the whirl tf a Lowell Factory ; or, in the homely language oirov erb, to expect a grey head on green shoulders! e are hilly aware , that the -dennition I the word " essav," as i riven by. both Johnsoi aad Webster, Avill not bear us cut in these our id to what its true scope and design are. We q ni 1 ,1 . 1 .I 1 advanec tnem as opinions, but merely give thm ai fancies; and in following our fancy, it is lpt re; liter tlie. labor - an age, this case, the-spider his twriting none of that " brighiprecipitate of is obliged to remain- a patient spectator ot tne soul," which will, aud will alone, give to.another's -' ;' ' i i ...i.-u ,- j. i i i .. , -.- i .i .... ' ... uuiversaL ruui , auu -ueii. iub uuujci iias piisseu tnougllts : me power " to' possess US like a pas-- away, it set$ about " repairing! 'the calamity. In , sion." lie is elldently aware of this failing, and general the; animal is much fonderi bf mending inakes vigorous efforts to lear himself from the ; than -making,, ns it furnished 6riginally with but imputation of ,heartlessness ; but it is in vain. a certain; quantity of glutinous matter, -which, J When he would be warm, hi 1 - Svhen exhausted,, nothing cah renew,-; The time " seldom fails tocome, when its reservoirs -are entire ly dried up, anil the poor creature is left to all the ; chance of irretrievable necessity. . An old spider is " : thus often reduced . to the greatest extremity. Its - veb is destroyed, and it wanes' the fniaterials to - make a new, one: But as it has been long accuse ;f tomed. to a life of depredation, it hunts .about to nnd the web of another spider younger and weak er tlian itself, with which it ventures a battle. The invader generally succeeds : thefj'ouhg one is driven , oiit to spin a new web, and. the old one remains in i' quiet possession. . 4 ; - ' " ' , The female spidef -usually liys from nine hun V dredt o a thousand eggs in a season. These-eggs v aref large or small in proportion .to the size of the animal thatiproduceVthem. In some they are as large as a grain of mustard seed : in others they . -are scarcely visible-These eggs, the spider pre ' .-pares to shelter in a bag,, where they are hatched, until they leave' the shell'.; For this purpose, she -spins a web four of five times as strong as t"hat made for-catching flies. Within this she deposit her eggs, and then sticks it by. means? of her glu tinous fluid to .the end of fber body, so that the animal, wheu thus loaded i appears as-if, sqe had "one dxdy placed behind another. If this bajr be f " separated from her by any accident, she employs an ner assmuiiy 10 stick it'again in its former Sit- uatidn, and seldom abandons ner treasure byt with her life. : When the young are hatched, the moth er,anstincttvely knowing their maturity, bites -open ; their prison and sets them free. She carries them about on her back i for some time until they1 are abla to provide for thcraselves,, when Uiey leav he is only brilliant, like summer lightning. There is the beauty of intel lect,, but none of the, 'fire of sentiment, and his at? tempts topourtray the higher emotions of. the soul, are Lapland scenes by moonlight beautiful, but cold as .beautiful. We will give one extract in illustration : ' ' , . " There are moments when the affections rule and absorb the man, and make his happiness dependent on a person or persons.! But in health the mind is presently seen again its overarching vault bright with galaxies of immutabU lights, aud the warm loves and fears, that swept over us like cloud?,, must lose their finite character ar blend with '. God to attain their own perfection.' ' , Now, if this means any thing, it wouia seem to con vey the idea, that, in the author's estimation, the affections are the diseases of the mind; conse quently, that man is in a healthy state only when entirely free from all - such influences ; and' the writer, advancing such k theory, while he may take a. high; stand with liis admirers asa lectur er or debater, should not expect to rank as an es sayist, by the-side of the author of the "Essay on the Fear of Death." 1 '' - . With Emersondescanting oh Kantism, or advo cating the doctrines 6f the Socialist, we have hanht to do, even if capable of understanding his philosophy, which we confess we are not, or of re futmg his argilrnents ; this, is not the proper place to touch upon such subjects. Wre leave it to abler pens, nothing doubting that there will be found mindscapable of detecting his fallacies, and that the common sense of( the masses' will, when the charm of novelty has worn off, winnow the chaff from the precious grain. ... quired of us, that, we adhere strictly .to the hi the law "? In poverty, hunger and dirt, ' j ' f Sewing at once witli a double thread, A Shroud as well as a shirt." . : Say Franz, what shall we do Look to this mat-j ter and thousands will bless vour efforts, and per-j haps I, ere filling the grave, I see fast approaching tor int?,, mav know tnai some oi tnose x ioe, are raised from the dej)ths of ignorance ami raised froni that 'crave so often dutr bv the needle of the; rpi poor, SEWING GIRL. ter o' For tho Weekly post. Mr. Post: - '. . .. . . ! W ill vou permit me. a tew yords, through you td your correspondent, whom I presume, from interijtJ eviaence to oe gatnerea irom nis article, to Deiongjo the sterner sex, thoughhis signature throws but lnie light on the matter. I would hot be consideredk objecting to aught contained in that article : far frdi it- I agree ; with, and admire all the -writer has a- 1 T .1 1,li 1 vancea. in tne main, it is good, tuo nis sentencl are, rather longer than even Johnson, would con ider allowable, and. not the clearest, while somed his deductions are, to say the least, far-fetched. lie tells us, that our energies should be given to household cares, our powers to the education and trainins: ot our children But, in supplying the minds of these, childref For the Weekly Post. ; j MOEAL RESEMBLANCES BETWEEN CHIL DREN AND PARENTS. Mr. Editor : -: ' . I send vou the following remarks, beeause I wish to comply with your 'invitation to turmsli an occa-i sional article tor your newly-started paper. . l suppose you have given the same invitation, to oth ers, tor there -aire many gentlemen, and ladies too perhaps, who, though they have not leisure tor elaborate composition,- could with ease, turnish an occasional communication; and thus give variety to your sheet, improve themselves, ami perhaps im prove others. I hope that after having the effront ery thus to introduce myself to your notice, I shall have guflicientandustryto try again ; and that, how ever feeble mv ettorts, the example - may stimulate others to otter , something more worthy of your notice otherwise these prefatory remarks would have beennvaived. " I "have beeniately thinking a good deal on the similarity of the moral , propensities of people be longing to thesame family, and I beg leave to offer a few thoughts on this subject. . ' . It lias almost grown into a. maxim, that opinions which are very common, are apt to be true. They, (at least those of a moral nature,) deserve considera tion,, for if true, they ought to be adopted ; and if not true, their fallacy ought to be exposed. It has certainly been a very prevalent opinion that children ; are as apt to resemble their parents in temper and' disposition, as in person. This opinion might form the basis of dn amusing speculation. It might be. enquired what curious counterpoise of moral and physical energies might be produced in children, oy the intermarriage of parents possessing apposite peculiarities. And it, might farther be observed, how wonderfully the counterpoise is provided for, by the affection between the sexes. - We find that attachments of this kind, when unbiased by motives of interest, are very seldom formed between persons varying very strikingly from others, in the same peculiarities of body or mind. Were it otherwise, a part of the human raee might become giants, and another dwarfs-'-a part' possess all the moral graces ot the heart, and resem ble angels ; while another part, inheriting the united vicious propensities of many generations, might almost become demons incarnate. But my object in this communication is,-to attnkt attention,, inore particularly, to the obligation which rests on parents, to cultivate in their "own hearts good moral feelings, if a probability can be shown that their offspring, have, by jthe laws ot nature, a tendency to resemble thein. That this tendency prevails in relation to corporeal figure and powers A SKETCH OF GERMAN LIFE. I William llowitt gives the? following graphic sjitch of Life in Germany, which will, perhaps, ikh amuse and inform our readers : Each Germanthas. his house, his orchard, his 1-side trees, so laden with fruit, that it he did . . , . - : i , : 1 1 iK caretullv prop up, and tie togetner, ana m ljuhy places hold the boughs together with vvooU jt clamps, they .would be torn asunder by their itn weight. lie lias his cornplot, his plot for lftngel wurzel or hay, for potatoes, for hemp, &c. is his own master, and he therefore, and every lfcinch of his family, have the strongest motives t constant exertion. You see the effect of this Uiliis industry and his economy. In German y, nothing is lost. The produce "of tj trees and the covs is carried to market. Much frit is dried for winter use. ; You see wooden trays oiplunis, cherries, and sliced apples, lying in the au to dry. You see strings of them hanging frn their chamber windows m the sun. Uie cows aJ kept: up for the greater part of the year, and erv green thing is collected for them, j Every Ii!e nook where the grass grows by the road side, a:l river, and brook, is carefully cut with the sickle, ai carried home, on the heads of women and (fldren, in baskets, or. tied in large cloths. Xoth O; of any kind that jean possibly le made of any IE' is lost. - Weeds, nettles, nay, the very goose iss which covers waste places, is cut up and ta in for the cows. You see the children standing ithe streets of the villa" , in the streams which merally run down tlu a, busy washing these jpeds before they are jiven to the tattle. Tlj-k-ofully collect the leaves of the marsh grass, Ireful ly cut their potato tops for them,, and even, lother things tail, gather green leaves trom the hodlands. One cannot help thinking continually the enormous waste of such things in England of the vast quantities of srrass on banks, bv road- iJes, in the openings of plantations, in lanes, in iurch yards, where grass from year to year springs Id dies, but which, it careruUy cut, would main Ein many thousand cows for the poor. To pursue still further this object of German onbmy. 4, lhe very cuttings ot the vines are dried xl preserved for winter fodder. The tops and luse of the hemp serve as bedding for the cows ; iv, even the rough 1 stalks of the poppies, after the kds' have been gathered for oil, are saved, and all itse are converted into- manure for the land. hen these are not sufficient, the children are ntinto the woods to gather moss ; arid all 'our rea rs who are familiar with Germany will remember i - .i ' .1 V - i .-ii i i nave seen inemommg iiomewara wiui large Dun- s of this on their heads. "jr leaves are gathered and stocked for the" same rpose.. The fir-cones, which with 'us lie and rot the woods,, are carefully collected, and sold for rhting fires. In shortj the economy and care of the German Owing to unavoidable delay in getting out tl first number of the Fbst," there is not suhiciil time to receive the papers that may be returned V those nor wishing to subscribe, before our soi issue. - We therefore send this number to all- whom the first was sent. Persons who bavin) turned the first number, need not return this u Mt. of their ne eighbor n ors W .attfJ xp-s i no misr. x&.haiulitkaj nt like to snr.rnl. r , - , tor i nor tli a Wi nS trial, Wi OURSELVES. We must be indulged while again sfmr r ,w6rds about ourselves. s : Our dress, from top; to toe, is ill new, and j,ou J at considerable expense ; and our arrangement! making a neat, good and useful newspaper, ar extensive, complete ad costly as such tiling 0UJ to be, or can be in North Carolina. " " We ,nv tint x'ft full v- niiloi- ,i-n,. i . ' cannot get to our best at the first bound, second, or third. Our machinery - need practice : our system.' designed for a loi improve as it goes on. Our State Corresi jond en r-p will i. i ""vu ucg;m; ai among pther things will be a series' of letters to (J irk V'ni TrAm -v,. . 1... ' " '""-' '-"i'-- ui ins voungest soil now on his travels to visjt other lantations. . ( home, orio-innl Literature Vvo UvMI I. v 7 o -v !"" "e some, - w too mudi, we hope : and with regard to all the hel of the day, we will try to kee, iu advance. of everJ body. " : Our paper is not a one-idea'd ?aper, "intended fj enthusiasts "of one class : it is designed to suit tastes, and will, therefore, be as varid as. the vanti interest, and tastes of North Carolin iNow t . r i- we must is' little c th'ejrovi Coujatry : ,.;TheP better, tm the are lensof t tiieir han a prejudi they thii te. ' cessary t apppar, t and clot taKcn lis about s( , gent!( uie rnost ab for calling, is! tlie In put tl . laipsis t -ami on - 7-.- tParen chjants, 1 i . Cuutrv illl S02IE HONEST ADVICE. Will theNorth Carolinians permit usv tell then! that they work harder, ' and? live, harder J1;U1 ail, other people I They are sober "enough -vjrtuou; to a proverb pious, honestarfd patriotic ; 1 theri are some smaller virtues which they sadly la Their houses, for example, are not eonifortViJ and in their ways of living they have not inipM on the examples ot their ancestors. . J How often do we see houses set on the -brow a sandy, hill, with not a tree , or shrub, or ; patch green grass to relieve the eye or refresh the niia:" nation ; and in summer, when' the sun is in mi heaven, these .houses look lit a nlavua J jumanJ bake-ovens whose inmates are suffering all tortures awarded to the martyred Saints in tin gone by ! , r " ;. ' , And yet hard-by, there wilf be thick woods ai purling streams w here the prudent brutes are lux riatingiin the shade, while tlieir owners are berl broiled in the sun. ! '. Then; in winter, go to 'one of these same house an immense chimney will be glaring with a i large enough to burn a brick-kiln, and tbe. fjirii; will be crowding round, scorching and sweating c! one-sidei while the other is shivering with the kef blasts that sweep through open doori and. a thod sand yawning crevices. ' Good friends why do; you not build your lioib in the shade ; or if tliey are already built, whv d you not plant tribes that cost nothing, eat nothii!;- need not to be ' worked,1' and will grow ste In autumn, thelMlni while you are-sleeping ? ! And why do you not make them tight, aiid i: winter close the doors, and keep the windows fiu of glass ? ; . It is as easy and cheap to build a comfort; asant are an example to all Eurje. He has for J house as an uncomfortable one : and if the doc: ars nay, ages been doing- that, --as it regards ricultural management, to which the British pub is but just now beginning to open its eyes. me, also, is as carefully economized as every thin? -e. Ihey are arly risers; as may well be con ;ved, when .thip children, many of whom conie an eoidenTbk distances, are in school at six in e morning. "As they tend their cattle, ot their ine, the knitting never ceases, and hence the -antities of stockings, and other household things lich they accumulate, are astonishing. j i V i German Universities. WTe are indebted to tlie ston Travellers correspondent at Berlin, for the lowing statistics of twenty-seven of the Universi s in Germany, for the summer of 1851, iV. Y. 'server. spirit, i suiting t Country to their I their h -tofpeopl posed g vengec K -which c who so out sav; the rud VLWhe , is dem; decry t pjainin into tin conluc of the -I : If ' - : (lew conteii! ' 3xpedi inform' resourc i - ; han tl - 1 Man ih the ihconsi inade. i glitter: will co : . crets v " look v 1 .It i .. eflBcie: midst i startli Mln : 11" some , ' news I will -a A' 1 Berlin 2 Munich, 3 Prague, A TSrmn 9 ri Teinsie. 1: , 6 Breslau, 7 Tubingen, cannot be doubted, for we daily see the most strik- k 8 Gottingen, msr instances of its illustration. And we see not 9 ' urzburg, reason why such a tendency should not extend to lit) Halle, . uie menial anu moral powers. t we find the first generation of wild animals at-?, 1- t?rau, bmpted to be domesticated, showing their slyilessl3 Jena, r terocitv in a remarkable degi-ee. GraduallvJ txiepen, iowever. thev lose the natural characteristics ot i o rreiourij;,. Imeir species, and-during the progress of domestica-l' 16 Erlangen, . ' IX O ..-r . j 7 O k O . tr f , , with ftKH.l, it seems to me, he has forgotten thei-i tion, undergo changes both in form, color and disf 1 Olmutz, bodies can also starve ; and there are a larare clas pf. mothers, who, while longing to devote time and talents to nurturing the former, are forced to strain every nerve, to supply the wants of the latter, Now,. I would ask Franz, to give us his views, as to how this is to bej accomplished. We would gladly 4o the one ; but the other must not be left undone It strikes me, that'? this" was one of the! Objects, if not the object, of the Woman's Conven tion ; and surely,-it is but fairfto give them credit for this much of good. t Let mankind discriminate ; and, while, casting aside the obviously, evil, in that movement, condescend' to opeii their eves, to the : 1 A . x .'.. i goou mai may. iiccrue, irom giving at least, a pa-t tient hearing, to those avIio would enlarge woman'i sihere notpf action, if that phrase grates on thd fastidious -ear W Franz, but of la bor. Cannot man, in his, man v and varied paths to competency npa some wnicn ne will -leave open to or ey en sh are I with woman. Must she be forever condznnd tol position; and alter passing through some general l ivonigsoerg, tions, thev precisely resemble such as have beeif Munster, jtamed from time immemorial. How can we account: 20 Marburg, Ifor this, but bv supposing that each successive crent 2 1 Innsbruck, ration has inherited ameliorated qualities from till 22 Greifswald, roreceding ? And may we not hence infer, analogi cally, that the moral and intellectual propensities iM man, are subject tp similar changes Irom similar causes ? But we are not left here to the vasruS force of analogy. All who have become acp.iainteo with man in the savage state, admit that he too h derived from his progenitors, ferocities which Smight require ages of civilization to eradicate, Ar can we expect man in a civilized state to be exempt 23 Zurich, , 24 Berne, 2b- Rostock, CKieh 07 RfiseL No. of Students. 2199 1817 1204 . 102G 846 831 768 " 691 648 646 . 624 tJlf- 434 409 403 402 39 332 323 272 357 208 ' 1201 "1841 122; 119' i 27 Universities, 16, from parental similitudes ? That many members bf the same family are d stroyed by intemperance, is lamentably too -w known in our country. The! proofs that this m be accounted for, not only from the influence habit and example, but also from an inordinate a petite mhented from the parent, are too manifest . '65 ' Total nuinber-of students at 074, Number of professors artji teachers of samej 1,586. The stuclcnts are pursuing tie following profes sions : Iu 1 1 Universities, Catholic TlfeoTogv, 18 " Trotestant , 25 " Law; 'J f .25 M Medicine,. No. of Foreigners. 315 196 31 : 189 ; - 233 i ' 19 ; 116 322 .173 ; 86 : 433 1 176 u 51 - ' ' J 4 1 27 .' 2 ' 9 . -36 11 12 theology, 1735 1697 5993 3154 PhilosophyjGerman sense 2449 a t w 4 r et ry . t 1 - - . wv m',nA t rntaA eawMal o,k- , , y . r orei is meant persons rrora otber BUtes UaS arid windows are properly arranged, a house cs be . made cool in Summer and warm 'in Winf The air-holes which make a house dreary in co- weather, are of tlo service; in Summer ; , and if, in stead of. these, there were a few good, large window on each side, a wholesome, refreshing ventilari could be kept up in Suhiiner, and in "Winter tt ; 1" nipping wind be' effectually excluded. It is hard to imagine a scene more absurd tiap one we most often witness in these cold days. t ' wit: A sensible man, with his family standing 'i ering and miserable close by a blazing lire, 1 lookic sad and wretched and complaining that he cann . keep warm, while the doors are all open and . f North wind is'w.histling round' his' scorching ments! And to bow juucb unnecessary sutferi. j j does this negiigencoL give rise. Tlie climate 'If North Carolina is undoubtedly one of the healths it , in the world; and yet, how many malignant fever and incurable liver complaints ,are engendered t . unnecessary heat and exposure in Summer : wbt ast amount of couxliin7;,' wheesinar, tootli-acfl sore-throat and eyes might easily be avoids !!h Winter! n I 'There is another great evil Which we liaye served here in North Carolina and other ,laee You will often find men who have not the slight;! knowledge of medicine as applied to human 'au'v and sufferings ; who never know how to presiTV ' in their familiesand whose children grw "P -NV;"' constitutional infirmities which a little 'watclnuli. ; " might have prevented. And yet these same rot can tell you all about the diseases and their euroj incident , to horses, hogs, cattle, sheep and dop they closely Avatch allthe habi of their In10- ' quickly detect the infirmities or weaknesses of ever colt, pig and puppy, alid put them on . a course c regimen suited to their natures. And is not w; the lord of nil the brute creation 1 Were they ' given to minister to his comfort ? And if tlie h is permitted to grow up with a diseased liver, K vs will it avail him to have 11 the brutes delivered,1, j a sound condition, into his possession ? ; will pursue this subject more at length wR- -we have more leisure. Our friends must not t v offence at our homely advice : it is intended for good L , v : Our ta -3 . jages, Tin jikene Toetkv deco matt :har: G threi eleg indii t day box mus he, T me : thatj thr hea Tot had catc cert get that 1 in so i-ell four coni tliT'; er s nea ( wee yv so in i ' ter as to irl ed u tWi, b v
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