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S0 66:.: i S5 .0m "-2- 'V II: mi - SELECT POETRY. ' ; t I For the Weekly tost. 11 THE CURE IS BITTERER STILL. " - . . , ; ' Raleigh, March 20th'. '52. : The Editors of the "Pest" will very much oblige aifat,tejitive reader of their paper, by inserting the fol- lowing selected' verses (n, their column. . H. Who loves, raves 'tis youth's frenzy but the cure Is bitterer still. Btron. ! ' Oh for one hour, one blissful hour Like those my youug heart knew, When all my dreams of future joy U - From love their coloring drew ; I deemed affection there might bo ' 1 The very life of life tofme, ; Alns, 'twas source of jt ery iD, ; And yet "the cure is bitterer still !"- ; I loved oh, fearful is the strength Of manhood's love combined' WidTall the spirit's high-wrought powers, The' energies of miiid : Sucli deep deVotedness as feels- : . j The Indian when he humbly kneels Before his idol's ear, to meet j. A death of rapture at his feet, . f Such love was mine though fraught with ill, ' " The cure"" " the cure is bitterer still '. " Oil grief beyond all other griefs' - ' To feel the slow decay .. Of love and hope will. in the heart, ': Ere youth be past .away-. . " ' ', ' To know that life must henceforth be . ' A voyage ,oer a tiJeless sea,' ; . w No ebb nor flow of hopes and fears To vary the dull waste; of years : , r Oh love may be life,s chiefest ill, - -Yet'! u-lht cure is bitterer still MlSCELLiliEOUS The Flyinu Mac1ii.e. We have already.-announced the arrival at Boston of.Mr. lVtin, whose invention has ciiiseil so much excitement in Paris -and England, The following'-is an account of "the Machine : '"-.!.. - " The! principle is. in creating inclined places, in ' "thcyair it pleasure. According to1 31. . 1'etin, the - power of regulating a'rial locomoti m lies in such a force as wijhpi'opel the apparatus, not up and clown in a pei-pendicular lino, but along the slope of a broken line, more or le'sS horizonaUtonhing a suc- . cession of inclined plaeef. A cock-boat On a rolling sea, sliding forward a!o:ig the inclined 'planes formed by the waves, 'may give a- notion of the Petinian jerial locomotive, system. j To form an -jdiea jt' tire stupendous machine em ployed by.M. Petin, imagine it suspended by ropes .. rom three, huge ill balloons. 22. metres in diame ter and 20 liietres; in'height, the ascensional powers j' of'these bailooiisns I5,bo kil.:grahi's. The bodv of the slender timber w iirk, 5 1 metres in length, 1 in ' breadth ..and- 2 du heigh t. Look above and survey it: " . , r -- . The.bpen frame work, of elongated form" presents. L' at first -sight, in, its upper, part, fore and ait, seven parallel cross bars of rails. The rail support, on! the right and on the left hand sidej 'eight movable ; horizontal. fi:ips or sails, fotir ahead and four astern, so disposed a ti' form, according to the direction in i which they are moved, itln r. a culuiniuating roof or parachute, or an inverted or paraseensioiiat-roof. On the bws ot these are .'two screw-propellers or . helixfcs, likewise sunpoj-tetl by one of the cross bars, - and moved by nicans of two small engines, bf three - horse power each. ' La'Jv supportr-d by two masts placed, tire one horizontldiy ahead, the other verti cally head, -are. two square or triangular sails ; t wo ' more tails w ere also placed' on'the sides of thehal . loons. .Accordingly, the emire ap'paratms, or the Petin ship, forms a symmetrical whole, divided into jseven principal .parts, viz :-r ; j iv centre oi gravity. -wnere tne ooners are piacea. f - I he lateral .arts, conosed eaca ot two moveaoie pornwin 0f making syrup from the mel&i. has suc ' 'flap or s;iii,' intended toserve as surfaces of support I 0!0,i0. iu makiier'a letter article than the West -In- to una resist.ince eiuierj on tne upper or on tne : lower strain ot air or tj serve yLs counterpoise, as rtho -support, u:p!:u-nig : tlie sHi imd uotermnniipr her motion along a mo re for less horizontally inclni,ed . plane.' Two seivw-'wheeSs. anxi'iary -moving -powers . proj-elling the ship, trhnsihitthigfa; power of traction,' either t'o'progfess" horizontally or to, ascend or des-i cend. Sans, to .improve: the 'power 01 the wind, or to tack. : ' ' ' I. ' ;;'. - Such are the forces used by M. T'etin, and by these' the -various movements, hurixotital, )erpendic itlar and lateral are regulated.- The. ascentling and ' descending movements are ...regulated as follows: The two -horizontal screw-wheels; set itj. niotion jith great velocity, (350 revolutions' in a minute) screw themselves into the nir-aud drive. back a" cur rent on " the flaps maintained abaft; in an oblique direction" These flaps -presenting- resistance, de compose the force of the air, horizontally. driven against tlimTiv. the screw wheels, into a force of .. perpendicular -pression downwards or, upwards, ac; ' cordingly as the ilaps reoeive tin's stream of con ce.ntrated air in one direction or another.' Tljese pressions cause ;the ship to. ascend or descend, or compel it to a - perpendicular course. 2e( imrk -Scriti-nel.' -.1 ''..-. ,. ' j From the Baltimore 'San. Bursting of-Grind-Stou.es. , Mksscs Editors :" -1 ! observe in this.tnorning's "SmV a notice of the 'bursting of a grind-stone in Ciheinnati, ; by which a man lost his life. As this kind of accident is now' becoming, very frequent, it is tini3 that sonic inquiry was made in the matter, in order, if jxts-sible, -t9 discover a preventive. The cause of humanity 'certainly demands that iu cases of this kind all the Vvts :b:earing oh the cause of the accidents shcmld be-male public, for the benefit of others, in the same Jine of business. ' For the most part, these .grin- stones; are well mounted ; and with a due regard to the proper velocity, these ae- ' cidents would not occur. ' -The disjruption ' of'tif e konc is caused hy the Cen Itrifu wal force overcoming' the cohesion of its par- Vicles. And as this force increases with the square v.y OI tne veiocny, it is evident niai a suiaa mu o speed beyond the proper TJimt may be attended with dan anger This proper hmU should, therefore, 1 understood, when it is considered thaUhe be well use of tjiis description of grind-stones has increased about ten fold in. the LTmteJ States during the last eight years. t - i ' ; - ; A Member of the Maryland IssTTrrTE ' FOR THE IhtOXrOTION QF TIJE MECHANIC ARTS. Baltimore, March 15, 1832. FOOD EIOTS IN GIRMANY. : The Cologne ; Ga.ztte under date of Koningsberg, 24th ulW'says : " The dearness of provisions and the total 'failure of potatoes have occasioned the most denloMbl exeesseslin Lithuania. In the dis tricts of Ile'rdekrong and Rahtenboiirg bands of . Caleb Qcotem Matched, The X. York Scalpel from thirty to forty persons went through the vil- i states that the following assortment .of signs orna lages compelling the inhabitants to giye them food. ment a one-story wooden building in an eastern Ihe nrmness ot the passengers prevented their be ing robbed.' . As the rural gendjinnery were too weak to repress these orders, a detachment of dragoons was sent from Tilsit, who have arrested about 26 : of the rioters and lodged thera in ' prison." We learn by accounts from Berlin", of the 24 instant', ! that the dutiesof entry on importation of corn, flour and vegetables, are suspended for all the States of - .Zollvereia till he 3 Ut of August v THE PLAQUE. The Boston Medical Journal alludes to the sub ject as follows : ' ,'.- , - w Jt is very certain, 'from the accounts received 'both here and in England, that the true plague has been introduced into Madeira, and the work of death! has been really appalling. The question has frequently been agitated : will that dreadful disease ever reach this continent? There is reason to be lieve it wiil ; the wonder is why it has not been al ready. Our commercial intercourse is extensive with various parts of Africa' and the Asiatic shore of the Mediterranean where this great scourge is never dead or dying, but simply reposing from one period to another, like a fatigued giant, "to gather strength for a"renewal of slaughter Should it come, it may' be . hoped there will be found inure science and a stronger barrier of medical skill to meet and disarm it of its terrors, than lias been exhibited in tropical climates or fn the filthy scourge-inviting, regions' of Moslem Turkey. ,.1'lague appertains to the Arabs in this age ; and where the same condi tion of things exists as characterizes their modes. of life, their social condition, and the absence of all common-sense efforts to.avort oi; arrest it, will have an abiding foothold.'' . , .. Cektbal America; The probability that final : negotiation is at hand w ith respect to the States of Central-America, u a. very acceptable intimation ironi uipioinaiic circles, juet us: nope mat it win be final, and that England will net be51 furnished with any reserve upon which to raise a single mosquito. There was a sad blunder, somewhere, in the Clayton and Bulwer treaty, and' it might, under other, auspices,, have resulted in the most serious consequences, England, however, is not now in a condition even to vapor in martial !guise with Ui, otherwise she might Lave attempted -? the fulfil-: merit of her manifest purpose, in affecting a tempor rary reservation of the mosquito protectorate. As, it is, t.he rrometheus affair is not to be regretted,' siiice 'it Iras led. to the expected " finality." .The peculiar local conditiou of the Central Ame .riciin States has been touchiugly interesting to lri tish cupidity ; and British cupidity has induced a very marked exhibition of British'' duplicity. A, mean and unworthy attempt has been perpetrated rmder the tolerant . spirit of the United States,- to -retain w ay and inlhienee in the councils '.'of the petty republics in question ; and it is by; no moans improbable, that liritislt ag.-nts will 'continue their operations from the range of territory . still subject to the-British' crown, to affect, either disadvantage ous! v tp us or favorably to herself, the project of improwment. in that quarter for the transit of the isthmus. When our treaty is made, we. must have an eve to it. B. Sun. ' v French Politeness,-A lively ' little Frencliman" writes 4 A Jersey man,--.came over' to this country' after the revolution of 1330, and settled down in the western part of the State of New Jersey as a : tav ern keeper.' The Politeness of 'mine host' won him troops of friends, and his house-' wa5thc favor ite resort of the young and the gay from all the country' side 'fur many miles around. Our jolly Frenchman was always in the habit of assisting. his lady visitors to alight,--and he invariably "accomp anied his attentions with a good hearty kiss, it was generally understood that this hist, was very well received. by rail the. daughters of Eve.' Late one sparkling. winter night, after he ha'l received, kissed and dismissed several sleigh loads of rosy girls, a merry jingling was again heard in the dis tance. Mean time the moon had set, but our host sal lied out to weclome the new comers. One after the other he lifted the ladies from their seats, saluted them as usual and conducted them to bis old-fashioned parlor, where the lire was blazing brightly.' What was his dismay, on coming to light, to find that pho whole- party wn' opposed"-:cf 1' cidhM pussons ' The ' little Frenchman has never kissed .a dark lady since!'' Knick-: rbocker. f W-.tf.rmki,o.v Si GAii. The GhicaiTo Tribune,-in speaking of the sugar. made fror.i watermelons, says that it has never seen any 'sugar!3so juire aiid delici ously sweet as it is, and savs it is equal to the best j qtf-ii't v of !: nev. Some one who has tried the ex- ! dies fir -IS ow: Oi'lciins svrup?. Whtennclou- patches 1 Vi;jj . jpj -,m. if thev can be com verted into suar 1 he process rii'e melons. to obtain syrup is to -: 1 . 1 j r!ltvo",o; M rn.-e melons, cut tnem m two, an t scrape the inside into a boiler, mashing all the -hip : wheat the. boiler is' full start "the fire, njtid as the" mass begins to boil, skim out the seeds and residue of pulp; boil until the. juice bi-eomes of a proper consistency f r keeping, when it .may be boiled and put-away in kegs or casks for u;je. ,-, It is a cheap, experiment, auer worth trying by thcs'3 who raise melons in ahy considerable quau titVi C'lzolini-ni. . Divinity School (f Harvard Collcyc.X move ment has been made by . the Bfard of Overseers and President and FelloAvs of iiar.vard College, for obtaii.ing a judicial decision for seperating. the Theoh 'gieal 1 eiartment or Divinity' School from the L niversity. ? A Xcv: Ti;Sipi:iiAi"CE Law. A petition is being sign, d in New' York, praying the Legislature to pass' a-law by which any person found drunk is li able to be-arrested .and be taken when sober before a magistrate, who shall ascertain from where the liquor was obtained. The. seller in such eases shall be fined in a sum not loss than 25, and. 'not more than !'.'. ' ' , ; 'Condition of Protectants in Fiance: It is : serious question which .many have asked them selves How the 'weak and. lepeudent . cause. . Protestantism, is- to be alBected by the political changes in France ' Though diOfeuSue-? and anxiet ies are multiplied, the condition! is on the whole encouraging. u A .wide and etM;tual door is. open, and there are many adversaries. The evangelical " agencies have not. been; interrupted more tha'n, be fore., -Prosperity attends mot cf the missionary stations. The church in Lyonsai enjoying a reviv al. Xmetv-.three persons stanf ropouniled for admission there. It has nine different places of .worship, awl- twenty meetings in la week. The new Press-Law in France is desnotic enough; Tailv. papers are. to deposit caution money to the , amuUnt of aUi000,' and thev are- also to be subject ; o & h(?avv ,tainp . The pork.e are to;dec5de upn j and the " publication dr rep j tiou of nevv-v is to le v;s;toJ f;v a 'roduc- fitie not ex ceeding 200. The same is to be the eatse if any thing appears -of "a. nature to .double the public peace, the. police being te sole .judges upon the point. Xo rqofby witnesses is to.be admitted to es-tablish-t!:e tru-tli of "insulting or defamatory state ments,' and it is forhidden to pttibiish any report of trials for' press offences. It sinterdicte:l, also, from giving any account of the, proceedings of the legislat ive bodies. Foreign newspapers of all kinds are alsdprohibited, unless admitted by the special au thority of the Government. , city. William Bovd, Medical Galvahist and Iloraoc pathist. 1 r" .. - Tailoring and Cutting, by William Boyd. Phrenology and Mesmerism. L)octor Boyd. Fashionibfe dress-making. Win. Bovd. There was a shanty adjoining tins multifarious professor, in which vegetables were for. sale, with a connecting 'door between .the two establisiiments. '"."'.'- ' ' ' ' : - Hit Oxe of Yocb -Size. The last number of the Cherokee Advocate, published at Tablequah, . . ' . . - n the unerokee nation, in speaking ot. a proposi- ion to extend the ITnit'pd States laws over the tion to extend; the United States laws over th Cherokees, thus seriously repudiates all idea of annexing the American nation to that Indian tribe: It is a faet thai no man in his business transac tions fancies the idea of forming a copartnership with another, when that person is just on the eve of a "burst up." Look of the United- States ! Hungary constantly galling upon her for ?id, Spain rather threatening, England having insulted the. flag of the Union by the Prometheus affair all things taken together, it has rather the appear ance of a " burst up." We wish to follow the ad vice of the irreatest and best -of vour leaders. "We I wish to 6ntP inf r, nr.pr.fitKJp nnrl rnrrrons i speculations or " entanglincr -alliances:" . . i -. . . . o I We trust that the President of the United States, which the world iof Cherokees, Europeans and Asiatics is so earnestly requested to look at, will immediately despatch an Envoy Extraordinary to the editor of the Advoeate-and give him the fullest assusance that these poor, nr. fur tun ate States in j question have as yet no desire to beeonie part and parcel ot Ins tribe.; but that, though obstinately, perhaps fuolishly, bent oh not petitioning to be ad mitted into the Cherokee Nation, these States yet. trust that their Cherokee brethren will not desert ihem in . their hour of need, and leave them to the tender mercies of threatening Spain and insulting England. We await th6 result of this mission in trembling and fear. . Frakklix. It is rather a curious incident, that when the Americans sent Dr. Franklin, a printer, as minister to France, the Court of Versailles sent M. Giard, a book-binder; as minister to Congress. vVhen Dr. Franklin w as told of it. " Well," said he. 'fill print, the independence of America, and - M. fiard will hind -it." ' - ' j dies should declare that they despise every particu- ! : lar species of .work that can be of any use in a fam- The Gaines' Case. A motion has been made j jjv; while thev; are perfectly dtHJited with that in the Supreme Court for. a' pew trhl of the case , Iddi can be -of.no earthly aivai.tage; and of of Mrs. Gaines vs. Reif and otliois, executors of -i vLich the only use is to kill time: David Clarke. The .motion is -to be 'argued, but it j ' , Jt would be'U-ndless to 'point out the various is not believed that the Court?, will grant a new- fic,onies aduoted for this end. An ingenious hand 'ia!. , ' - . ? j will despatch three or four hours in purchasing a 'n r, "" : ; ;, -. ,. ,..'1 pairof'trlows, ai skein of silk or a bunch of ribbon. : 1 ss if i m 1 w o y x i) . A scoundrel cadmg lnmse;f u (-h h lillie.kiliel., ol the highest or Charles A. lhiinns, who says his !ut.r resides at j win t ,vlioIoUav ;l day with such, Koehester, . ., is advertise,i in tne ll'jdy Sjintigs reniembt rod, is the time between br-aktast papers He man-icu a daughter ot a worthy cm- j .mJ j;lm(11 j..i ,nft of th-e articles. zen, n jving.andieitiR.r in ovumiK-r ia,t 111 , misery, lie is said to nave a vi;e nisi; in vuc.io, and another in Memphis ; and may, ly this time, nave married another. lie is desenOid as lieing . ieei ix liicne.s iiitrii, sioui ouiii, sioi)-si!oitiuei- 1 , . , , , , -, ... ,". , cd, witti ly.act nan-and w Jnskers, ant is a coavn ',,.,, . ; ,; v ,.i-L-. ',, . - . ' pertect fejimi'soiis 111 tins woik nn, l-.i-irrini. . . . . . m i t . ,n I. LADIES' DEPARTMENT. PATTERN VII--BR0AD OPEN EDGING. your CiUiiu its long as ou rciuire your ,1,..:.- ., . I... i piOco oi cubing. lurst Ruiv. Loncc croclio't into everv other chain itcu ijtwei;n eaca long stitch. ; Second Row. Make a chain ofs and attach it to the work on every fourth and fifth chain stitch, with two double crochet stitches. Third Row. Make a chain of six, and attach it to the two Ventre stitches of the chain in the last row. . i Fourth Row. Same as the third.. . - Fifth Row. Makeji chain of six, and join it to the eentre of the chain, in the last row. by two double -crochet stitches; you again make a chain of six. and ater joining it to the centre of the chain in the last row, work double crochet up to the centre of the next chain. v" L$t Rno.Yron the centre of the chain, next the double crochet stitches, you work f. ur double crochet s tithes, which will bring you down to the double stitches in the last row, then make a chain of three across t) the' other side of the double stitch-. es, iuii men uouo:e ei ..!. ..'w.t- Ini t,. t!in Tii'i-ii i.t' !,.. chain,' then make a elr.un .: six . 1 t wnieti j' 1.111 ! the centre of the .chain. COMMUNICATIONS F,.r tlv.- Weekly IVst. On the manner in whicli some people spend their Time. Mi-;ssr.s. hni roiis value highly,, wl -There is nothing whieh men heir aoout to ios.j it toiver. as time : and 'there is;notiii!i'g oi which many are so proiligai, wuen h'gu m hope an. i m hope and vigor. -us 1:1 health. tne -devices oi men lor icumu ume uau- oe--n rsdi euled bv the satiiist; and reproved bv the moralist again and again, without etiect. The w;"rk of waste and destruction goes on with, lvlemiess j scvctaiice and Vbsiiiiacv. We nave and t been ;ak- ti, ;ng ideas have occurred on the--subject. jine, iVo'm liaO'ts 01 unrestrained gra'tilivntion. coiiiiiieuced perhaps 111 early inc. r euce-.l equire str,mg r ihe excite- stimuiauts'-to be ap'.'ed to ti.e" mind, inenfof powerful ' sen.sc.ons, to alio 1 thi in anv 1 Pleasure, j nit. every uav s occurrences ;o n-: tore- h. seht'objects"r i.ro..lu-:e circumstances' s-iifiicientlv 1 ... 1 ply ant to stimui-ite th-ir blunted scitsibiiities.-. j SOaK" l,1l'e ot citoinary resort, whether a tavern, Now and then thoy meet-wiili a oein or 'novel in 'ora si-on- at soine ci.ossjds, or to a mei chant wick lier-v and turbulent nations uro so embodied i niiil,- atkl tht re Iwith . gcutl-aten fanners iike.them- i-and .portrayed as to excite the;r svmi 1 . . 1 I'.X s - i t:mes a character of some originahtv . nd ii-;t U I exhibited, and affords liiomehtarv amus.'iia-nt ; and i-sojmelimes the exquisite enjoyment' of triumphing 1 'O-r' iiv;i1 is hesrovved .r tho -. t-il.ir l-lu.U.t.J. of fortune. But these events are comparatively1'0 rare. And many a day must pass a war. ai d the dull hours of many a night must drag along, and these unhappy persons must eat, and dink.and do business; and sleep, fust like others. lie then is ; their greatest benefactor, who can invent some new j method of rousing their torpor, and for ..1 he mo- i rnent creating an interest in their lesoms. Hence j itjis, that the rich and luxurious -purchase trif.ing i'pleasures and short lived amusements at a price of I monstrous an j ridiculous' ex ravagarue. j iBut there are others on whom time hangs he;iv jjly, simply because they are ignorant.- While bu j siirbss urges them to activity, the, are comfortable. I 13 ti t business does not always' .press Irer demands' : and intervals of leisure occur. Lnhappilv no hab--f its of thiukiug are formed, and no materials for thought to Work on have been providoi-l. Conver- 'sa-tion on the ptisiiiig occurrences of the day soon becomes tiresome, because these topics are soon ex- h.iiusted ; and some contrivance must be adoi.te. I tr occupy attention, and let time slip off unperceived, ' - -1 , ..... Hence the endless vanity of sports to w hich rational beings-will condescend. -They wih dance, and sing foolisli songs to discordant tunes, -will play domino, or chess, or draughts, or even cards, wiil cut a thou sand gambols and antics, purely to get-rid 'of .that tihie, which they do not know how to employ bet ter. . We are so fully convinced of the truth of these i remarks as to be almost prepared to record it as an ! 1. , ...1 .1. ' -s axioiu tuiu lie wjo peu.is, uunng a w inter, m the j purchase Of transient pleasures, a sum of -money which he would think it useless and extravagant to lay out in good books, is either dissipated or ignorant- , . But however this may be, we greatly fear that e race of time-killers and idlers is increasing a- the fiiong us. e regard as ominous of evil a number of circumstances which have lately fallen under our notice. We hear the phrase, " he is a mechanic '" pronounced with a tone of voice, and a curl of the upper lip,which we think utterly anti-republican. The ancient and honorable occupation of farmer must 1 be dignified with some people by an epithet, (which, ' A by the way, as it is used among us has very little means,) and we often hear of gentlemen farmers. s u - J. i. .c j i; i.o i liwh there au ujc em pigment oi iwwmw, iuu is hardly one more useful or important, is regard ed verv much in the s-mw hVht : and the simple title, schoolmaster, must be changed into Principal or Professor, ini order to render it respectable. Things of this sort often remind us of the fact, that the ancestois of some of the best families in our country, were carpenters, shoemakers, and bricklay ers ; and General Washington was once a land- survevor. s ! There is another thing which we hope may V be mentioned without ofience. There was a time, when industry and nxod housew iter v w-ere reckoned indispensable Qualifications anions: women; ana when avoung gentleman happened to step in w nei e -..I. . :..- ..i . i i . . ,..1 tn ot :i liiis were at wu i. ins presence mtih iv keener edre on female industry." Whether it was intended "or not,; we shall not undertake decide ; but it is certain that the effect was to convince lnm, that should lie make a choice among thorn, he woukl lack none of the substantial comforts which a skilful and iudttstrious housewife could ati'ord. But now the tljng is greatly changed. A girl must by no means be seen"niaki"iig a shirt, or sewing on a pair of pantaloons ; and if unfortunately detect-, ed'jn such unladydike .doings, her confusion-is in supportable. The only appearance of work that can be at all allowed in compmiy now, is a slip ot fine muslin, with a half finished flower, which the voiino- hidv must hv: all means declare was begun j CT j . six weeks ago; ;or a similar sup ot -canjuu, cerning which ;we must be informed that three inches wero hemmed i;i a week ; or, v. hat is at pre sent bearing away"- the palm of time-murder, erwhetiing. a lady's collar or a .spangled purse, con cerning the c;in;.letion of which no definite time 1 r i i" i ..: . ...... can le fixed inoii ! At the .-aine time, it seems to be iqair-d by the r ;-nt fashion that young la- The c,mntcr.loV; in drv v, it..res can detail this process better than we can-. As for those voimg m nffenun, who- ar. so un- - i 101 lunaie. as 10 oe loo ncii 10 kvi uw oi ,1 i, , 1 , neccs.s'.tv, and who iia.e imi:ro ement. tliey are f dystruLtioii. ...- Without the trouble of exercising their id creuuitv in finding excuses, thev do the business by- whole sale. As we "have no iiope 01 io,iucii;g reiorma- tion 111 this ciass, we disn tui". 11 two-l.-i.Ci'ci ! j;iiiii.'d s it .w nn a. contrast ue of this sort, and voisnir. j men animated with the generous desire of moral ! and intellectual emiuence. and industrious to qual- ify theniselvis for,, rend; some .service f the communuv. 1 11 ere 1 i is a sjecies of itUinfj whh'i we have oftr-n had occasion o serve, of very miscnievous ten- deney, and of Considerable prevalence. It is not' confined to any particular class of men, but is par ticularly odi r.'s in heads of families. It -is. very well known that in everv neighborhood through the country, there is a store, and a black-smith's shop ; a:;d often a merchant-mill or a factory . It -very -often happens that country merchants keep spirits for sale, j And not a few among them think themselves obliged by policy, or the laws of hospi tality to ask a I customer w ho conies in to take a drink of yrog. This pernicious practice as surely draws tou;ctherj neitrbLovhood lounge as honey gathers rites. The black-smith's shop is generally near thoicre. A man in the neighborhood has an axe to he jumped, or a coulter to be j ointed. lie very pruJenily determines not to stop one of his hand.- from 'work, but will give his orders f,r the day, and g to the shop himst-if, while w aitm tor his work, he rejuiirs to the neighboring couiit-ing-room ; andjihere he it whiltiing a su itch with?, iiis pen-knife, talki:;' about hard times anel heavy taxes v. hen he j-au find a lounger to tail: with him, dniikmg gicg wiicii with lviueumt -a:id ungracious 1 civility tiie st.re-keeer asks him'; and thus the j whole day isw;isu.d. The negroes at home know- their master's habits well yn-Vugh to be a? ssuied that j he v,i: 1 1 -t uie u , 1. them when idling about on ! that day and jot course only 1 a luiii-a-'iav s work is .1 01c v ;em, and that ally done. It is no won wiih such er.sons; it is l-der that times '-are pimpossioio ior them to oe otherwise j certainly dliey jrjll get yorse and worse. and most For that lril)ir of o-r,i(r-ih-i grog-jinuKing griws on .a man like the An-ii a-while it is in.dulged. at home as ! -pi'Osy well as 'abroail:; gallou sd'ter 'galipn of whiskey sw ells t'ie mcrehant's account, and the labors of the year go to pay for these pernicious iiidub'encies. Is not tins thetroad to rum ' We have understood that there is another mode j of gettipg .-"' tinie, adopted by those who have 1 more spirit man to s:t ad day on the counter 01 a j eovfiarv st'.re to get a drink of grog. These are ! gentlemen farmers, who rise at eight, and breakfast "" - ""-'-"-" t lil-t- ' ,ut. into the he Ids- -k a 1 ,v i"'tKns-..-t overs e-.K a.i;d then repair to selves, spend 'day ini playing marbles or piteh ! ing quoits, and.rinking t.-Vhly ; nn. p-i haj.s, afin i tervals. sneering at iheA-lirts i'.-r . agricultural and j oth.r nnproveiaeht I old V UV is the best r . ) and swearing that the good is uie oe-,c juter i . . t 1 -. .-! ! wav, vyhei. r- ally s chr;raeter;,i'd bv somv'amoji Us have brought man.v iIinu!s opulence 'to poverty; and have turned many trjiets At' fertile lands into barrenness ; i 11k1 are f'1 deih.pulatiiig s -me of the best parts of : 1 tAt'-V -.jj . j before reijiarked. the dttail of all the de-rices ! 'Qt 'ih'ness.-is enkliess. These observations you may I regard as tne tfunnieiicement tt hostilities against ! this vice. 'Wed have opened the Cain pah-ai thus ie:U'.y iii the seafon, because the spring is soon com ! ing on, when universally the temptation to self-f ! iii'hilgaice in this way-is gr-at-st. We know, that j the languor felt on Xh - approach of the warm sea j son is rno-it eilejdUaliy ie:el!ed by aclivirv and in S dustry. We are verily : persuaded that the vigo- roll's pursuit of -ix laud;ible object is necessary' to I happiness ; an.ij however it may be- in oth-?r eoun- iries110 r""rson deserves the epithet, honourable, j wao 'ls not engaged in something useful. Y. Y. ' "" " m " I " T7'.-l II , . T- j. or uie eeKivrcst. SOMETHING UNDER THE SCTN. I Messrs. Editors. There is. a class of persons in the world t whom it would be difficult to as- sign a niche m humanity s great temple. The ordi nary works of tlie day upon human classification do not refer to khem'; and strange to say. works upon Zoology, or dissertations upon the rest of i ' animal ' kind," have failed to give thera a " local ' local habitation or a I name. The difficulty first alluded to, of, assigning them an appropriate niche, must be Hume's and M?icau ley's. Goldsmith's and Bufibn's plea for not men tioning this chiss. There has teen much discussion among the learned upon the merits of the question " what is the great contrasting mark between man and the rest of animated nature Vs Some place it in man's being endowetl. with reason, reflection, memory; others in foresight or the power of looking forward to a to-morrow j: some refer it to the gift of lan guage, others to certain eerebral sutures: some make the difference to consist in man's ability to smile, others in the affection of grief. But how ever the learned may differ about such an abstract and unimportant question and no matter what may constitute the metaphysical difference between the human; i ace and the lower orders of the animal creation, this fact is certain ; that there is a large class of mankind, the persons composing w hich, do not manifest a suflicieut exercise of the reason ing, reflecting and memorizing powers of unnd to make those attributes of man distinguish them es sentially from horses, cows, - sheep, geese, and oth er quadrupeds and bipeds generally. The mmd to them is " like the precious jewel in the head of the toad" leading the wav'to food alone for the body. This class of find's creatures are thos se who never read. If is a large class. Talk of assigning them a niche ; why thev wofild fill an entire teinple. l'o you not.lviiovr many of them : Many who do not read a -quarto pamphlet ot 8 pages during ; tne whole ot their lives i Ihe:r main pursuit seems uj be the making a living for the bptby. The swine of the forest are assiduous to do the.same. To proddc .: for their household is commendable : not to do so f would l.e rendering them guilty ot a fault not Jess , criminal than a vice. But surely there is a mental provision to be striven for ; and the person ff !)T to strive for it, when the 'implements, of strife are-j so accessible as. they are 111 our country, is guilty, or the vice of not providing amply for his household, and must be subject to any penalty thereto attached. Yod can show me a man whose secular avocat ions fjllow himbut an hftur or two each day to 1 devotd to any recreation of leisure ; but who im proves' his spare hours to the growth of his stock of j intellectual pleasures ; expanding the horizon of his mental world :is daily he rises higher and higher the steep "where proud science points the way." i You can show me another, who is blest with many such hours of leisure : but, his "mind's eye" is dim and clouded, to him the atmosphere of the ! M ,.... ,.l.ni Wirli lim I :. ambition's r.iry hall The' dome of thought, the palace of the soul, The gay recess of wisdom and of wit," is a void abode whose " inner chambers are never peopled" with blight thoughts nor enlarged views. Question him; liever has any 'time to nad. This class numbers its legions. ;. They never have any time to read. TIk-v can fritter away God's goid en'moments in scandal, slander, and insipid gossip, but have no time to read. -1 . By rtadiiit, 1 by no means intend the devotion of ail of one's leisure to the perusal of every book that issues from the teaming press : For " Of w rit ing books there is no end," and. such an ency clopedic task, is fit work alone for the literary, drtidg ing'critic. Xor do J intend to conv.ev the impress- ion, that a reader should master all the books that are standard, upon the arts and sciences ; such a task would be Herculean, and impracticable by us, tniers 01 Lite sou. jui tne leaumg iicie amiucu to, is tiiat w hich may oe nursueu uv am niruier or 1 - - , mechanic during his otherwise unappropriated time from appropriate, books and papers that are accessi ble by all, and which could be selected according to the taste of of the reader. .. If there were not so many persons of the class that never reads; the "l'osi wou.d have twenty readers where it now has one, our state (and many j bring the scattered settlements 'into such aj.j.rexi othors) would present a more hapny state of things ; mfltion as to admit of consultation and concert h. in all its phases, and I would not be penning this communication on the subject which it discusses. If this class ever read at ail it could refer to Charlemagne and Mahomet as glorious precedents in the non-reading world. Thev might sav "behold how great, men may -become without reading. But these men lived in other, and far different ages from this ; when reading was the tak of a lifetime ; and though not readers themselves, were surround ed by the w ise and learned of their time who were readers. And moreover, these illustrious exampTars, if they did not read, thought intensely and acted coinmensui ately, upon what was read to them: It is a deplorable evil, this ofso few persons reading ; even after they have acquired the ability to do so. With them, reading is a "school boy talc" not worthy the consideration jf the man. If, Messrs. Editors, you can succeed in removing a portion of this evil, you will do much towards carrying out the legitimate objects of your truly valuable journal. The-great difficulty you labor under in the rapid extension of your circulation is the indifference of a great portion of the community, to any thing of a literary nature. There exists -?o much aversion from the laborious task of reading. Truly ore. CLIO. Puplin, March 1852. For the Weekly Pest. SCHOOL CONVENTION. St'MBER l'. Messrs. Editors, In my last 1 showed that properly we have no system of common schools, and the last thought then presented was the want of a self-moving life-giving power: in this I shall show that a general superintendent of common schools in the State, would be 'that power : and under its control we would have a system. A body I headless, is senseless and helpless, lifeless and use less. 1 have denned a system to be a whole com posed of parts each acting in concert with its head. This head, however capacious in its powers, r va ried in its abilities, 'however restricted in its regu- lati ng and governing power, by law or force, ac- cording to guarantied discretion, must, iu order to .411.Z 1 ! TL ! I . 1 . .1 eniciency auu . espou-siomty, oe p. unit in the or- ganization ana execution ot us plans and accom plishment of its ultimate design. In this part of every organized bodv, whether -civil or military. We do not. object to i politically ecclesiastical or domestic, is justly sup good. But the wavs posed to be resident a correct knowle.io-p'nf 1 ho , power and duty of every subordinate part : and in it alone are,. and can be properly, the will to di , rect the power to control, and" duty to arraign, : according to constitutional law and discretionary i powder. A head has: but one legitimate duty to I perform, that is to perpetuate the; existence of the i Body by exciting the whole to action by the pow- er of the will, and controlling each part in its up ; propriate sphere of action, according to the consti ! Union -of the -whole. Destroy thishead, there Lis no will, no action, no life, no utility it is a dead. I body.' Apply this to the subject under considera ! tion. We have had and now have a system with- out any self-controlling power, insufficiency is ! written upon its every feature, confusion marks its '; progress, indifference and dissatisfaction on either i hand, boldly testify to its non -success. The one I hundred and one errors quickly learned, but never torgotten, impressed by tlie misteaehing of almost as many different text books every year, present to us indubitable evidence of the iaefficiencv of the i present headless, decrepid system of education, and I absolutely demand, that that essential part of eve- ry body be created, a general . superintendent. jvot oniy is it necessary to provide means for the education of the masses, but also to excite them to use those means by every possible appliance. Tne mind is hostile to instrnction, it is a part of the in ; jury sustained by the fall to love darkness rather than light; a desire for light must be inspired be- fore its beauties are discerned ; an appreciation of knowledge engendered, before its beriefits are real ized; toil must de endured for a perspective good j but when this desire is inspired, appreciation en ! gendered, and a willingness to endure toil manifest ed, what lamentable ignorance, what diversity of opinion, as to the best means of securing their ulti mate object. When the free school is taught, not half the poor attend, and these but irregularly subscrip tion schools are but rarely found and teachers in them but poorly paid. Why is this ? Are the people .00 poor? Xo. I venture the assertion, that there are means enough in North Carolina, if properly divided, to educate every girl and l0T . it, and there would uot be a cent less iu jt' at-.1" close of the year. The absence of interest m J " subject is the reason, and this the -oil; .riiJ:" lack of information. Letthe people be instnlf.t( j ' taught the importance and benefit of 'educa'1, interest will be felt, the means used, and iC accomplished. . But how shall this be doiio ; 7, ly by authorizing a man of talent, supported a! n by the whims, capriees and prejudices of the , pie, to travel through the State, lecture on the ' ; ject, supervising the whole system of (diicaV. It is practicable. lie could visit in one year ev county in the State, deliver an address, learn th' ; a remedy. A uniformity of instrnctioVi -aiid '.,' : books would be required and. maintained, ami !.; j n healthful .influence would pervade tlie'wL,.,;;: h0n yiis gent is appointed, we will liaveasv tern, but not 'before. A. Smithville, K. ( '., March '13, 1 S.V2. P. S. The idea of a general superintendent at' a unnormnv or text hooks, sejfcnis lonave l.. , i, . 'nrjitc1 tntli. Tiiitid nf Mr. Wild- 'in,! tl... f . o .... hrt BflniA 't:ma t,' communicated his vidws to a represoi ;tatiw New Hanover in the last Legislature, desirinrr sun , action upon it, not knowing that Mr. Wiley dcv ed the same. THE WEEKLY POST j EDITED7 BY C. H.WILEY & W. D. COOSE. I ,r4 -rrTj o- io- j R'ALMljli, MAKt'Jl . Ai, . lbo2. i . ; ' . . Terms TWO DOLLARS PEE AKKUM,- in Advance CLUB PRICES : Three Copies, t S3 full price, sc Eight Copies, Ten Copies, 15 " ... Twenty Copies, ,.. 20 . " ...... it--, . . . : . '.I , ...... i'J. . (Fuymeut in all cases tn advance, j &5" Where a club of eight, ten or twentyU ,p'n-n is s i f, ,.- person making up the club will be entitli-d to a cnjiy i-xt-v Ail articles of a Literary -character may be ati I - ; f II. VVuxy, Greensboro, cr to-the Subscriber, Kab iyii. I! .. ness letters, not iff s, advertisements, rcinittaiiees, xic , should be addressed to W. D. Cooko. Advertisements ofa proper character will be inserted a:j WILLIAM I). COOKE, Fr. 5T.:i r-r. J3r Postmasters are authorized to act as Afieiits.i.r-i Weekly Post. NORTH CAROLINA HER CAPACITIES AND HER DESTINIES. The most superficial thinker must be able to p.?. 1 ceive that a thinly scattered population is unfau;. able to human progress.' In some countries, ma,.. i' r ', 1, . . l . i ,v ,-i ,1...... ; - i - ... , - '.vuicii are esseaiuti iu me ui sociei . even-tp render subsistence jeearious an tli,o..-r tain. Iut this redundancy of our species has new occurred on this continent since its coloiii;:-!ttioii V the white races. The great difficult. lias ii regard tb the "common interests ; and to this dav, while many of the Northern States have inciv:i-.i in popuhition almost to the desired point, the SutL continues to labor under the sain.e disadvantn:; from which i,t has always suffered, and lingers :! ly in the rear of more fortunate communities. We " do not refer to the want -"of large and crow. led cit ies, the beneficial influence of whk-h U- taWiea question ; but to the lamentable fact that our pro pie are so scattered, through the forest, and ove the wilderness, at inconvenient distances apart, tL the progress of industrial and social improvcni. w is, of necessity, slow and - uncertain, and iiopeo-'i by obstacles that can never be knoWn or- estimated in other civilized countries. : The evils resulting from tlnsjeparation of tn elements of whicli society, or the body politic. L cbnstituted, are many and obvious. Man, in an is olated condition, loses a relish for the more e!e;iUi pursuit- and the more refined enjoyments of civil ized life; lie sinks'into apathy, antl leaves an heritauce of ignorance to his children. What h der can there be that successive generations, giv ing up. like tribes "of the desert, in small an-! !'--joined communities, should appear inditl'er:iit .. the- advantages derived from scientific agricuhur. skill in j the useful arts, liberal education, ai-u hundred other benefits resulting from frequent 'in tercourse and active competition ? In such a c-rj:-tr.v r gr-od roads, good common schools, the iv.: lar instruction of a well qualified miuiatry cai.r. be generally enjoyed, and the more active ana f o j hobiing exercise of the human powers is sridoiii 'is piayedjffor want of motive and -opportunity. It is jhot our design to enter - into a disqinsr 011 a subject already hackneyed by such writer.- Smith, JMcCulioch, Malthus, and "others, but rud er to take a sber survey of our own Srato. auA t- inquireiinto the causes of her dei.ressiuu an-l 1 ' 1 tw J - . . -7- means available for her advancement North Caroljiha U one of the largesf States ii. I Confederacy, leing the third in extent of the thirteen, ftlld ieaviiifc out tho'new Stnt.s Bti:'.t , , ; - ------ have ifjt yet been reduced to their ultimate Lmi'-i- i the elgiith in our present Union. With an ar-u ilC32j miles, a noble climate, . a kindly ou, t ; meroui rivers adapted to manufactures and :uiaa-i trade, and probably inexhaustible store-? X wealth, with highly favorable institutions a Lot-.,'! geneovjs population, and a preference for.pri'.ct.c-". j. enterprise over t-olitical speculation, she .t:gLi tv f. hold tl-.at rank, in foint cf improv -r-inent a-1 strength, t7 which hor geographical importon.'-' , titles hj r. Her present' population, 'as asoTUi -:y j by. the late census, and which amounts ' gives her a population tr thn sntinre. miie of .1 f'-'' . ' A i - "j" - 1 tion under 17, while that of Massaehusett-: am''.--' to 127 to the square mile, and her entire popuh' ' " exceeds ours by 25,373. Tlie population oi p latter State will not be considered excessi re compared with the most prosj)ei ous pans of Eur 'i ;' On thp contraryit is barely sufficient for the development of its resources. ; How lamentably r,r then rputt North Carolina be supposed tube fr-.c that maturity of strength and weight of to which she should aspire, and which the itf; yet attain b If je extend our inquiries furtlrer, and .cow her with some of the European States, we r.rr.ve conclusions equally astonishing and instructive- Spain!, blest with a fine climate, and orig'ma.Iy v an exjcellent soil, but miserably governed, au-J a' haustied by centuries of misrule, is one of the p" est countries with which we are acquainted. " neglected state of her agriculture and,. the poverty of her people have become proverbs with the tr eler. j Yet she has a r-opulationof' 02 to tlie5'iU mile,: which would give Nopni Caroliua ly samei ratio, an entire population of more than 'millions. The population of Scotland, with a i I f f l i ? i t s,, i- -r