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ft.. 1-n.lee at N. Carolina will eon-
,nat their Mall, in the Crtf of Italeieh. on
"k'-(tBil e'eninj, the Sih ol Drtember next, (
. Jkf mat o'clurk. Member. end Brethren
re eaiaeailtr rqiweil in attend. ' i
J VO J. IJIIUISTOI'IIF.RS, G. Srety
BaleS-. No. 1. 136 4fi S
(Tj nejiUfr, elan.
EXEUTOKS' NOTICE.
Ml pri wtm hin elaiiaja again the rIte nl
Thot. Im'thvjlewacil. a-e r.Hiur"1 to ir
tit I hem 0 lite uheriler (iriijwiljr nulhenli-cairil-
ai'h'a tUe time r-irie'l br l, for
payment,' or
Ihit ml if vill he plrao in Inr ol
rw,- H' ' pemona-t-ift'ttm tn. 4ie-
nine ' a-jtl eims frr4 ami HI? Ihe:r c.
. tittUi,; ,-f i't (Ul j. .rftthgwieatV, J gi-'
longer Hnliil)-itrr.
F WtTHEU XOtlCC.
Vii lin at the late rcni'leiice ( Thot.
Ijini'ielli, l-teal. In the eountf uf Chatham,
an (he t:S iliT t'f Drremher next, all hi lanilt,
Vh c ' t.'t ii ii It "iK't 1 i " i j" ""I r H Ta ve ifp
tninj;t whirl) ii a t'.i anil two Rtatktrnithi;
II nl h' 1"V "f llrirea, ll"C aail 1'aMle;
UnilMr'ioH an'l Kiteheii r'nriulii'r in fine, all
the i .la'e l the ail ilircraaril, Imili real anl
trnoHl "Termi nine nio'jln freilit, on all
turn annt line ilnllar. For hnt inn an4 un.lrr,
will be reouiml b.fore ike ililirerr o. (he
paoperte.
hr.u'sr:rjnn'.sn.,i F(,or,
Kn. S, I S.KJ. W Sm
The Ilaiitifui Convict.
.. Title Nsrai'tia tout is aCTt-mr ruvt.
. Rose Mac Orne was a rare sample of
Scutcklwatty, IIcrye8Tcepry Ulffe,
a Loch Lomond; glowing cheeks;
hair lishfend flossy, partettver her
broad forehead, like folds of a flax co
lored satin; features which a shrewd
and activrtntnd had strongly develop
ed; a till, muscular frame, or stately
proportions, and a firm, elastic rapid
trradjwTiu'l s1ie4md actuired in earlj
days when
; Down the roeki alio lenpe.l alone
Like rivulet in Mui.
Iler voulh was unTortuoate, for her
l mother had died during her infancy;
and her prollijatc atid selfish father
- had abandoned her before she had
reached the age of fifteen.
' Many were anxious to take Rosein
io their serVicejfiHT ahe was -catand
" v thrifty as a brownie, and had the obse
quious manner of her countrymen, u
ited wilh their ptoverbial knowledge
of the mint direct road to favor and
fortune. Iler greatest misfortune was
her beauty. Often, efter the most un
remitted efforts to please, poor Rose
- was accused of a thousand faults, and
dismissed by prudent wives and uioth-
ers, lest she ahiuW1ecnic too dear a
-servant. Scotch discrimination soon
discovered the source of the difficulty,
and Scotch ambition resolved to make
the best of it. To lover of her own
rank, she wits alternately winning and
disdainful, determined that none should
break; her chain, yet deajii.g out her
. fccorn-to each, as their characters would
hear. With her superiors she played
ajjeep and insidious game. Trusting
to her . owns!fength oppridr, she re
sisted their ars, while she almost inva
riably made thcra the victims of her
own.. In all this, Uo was actuated
- by iumething ittnrtX&a.u..OilCTregi!Is!
hive of .triumph; she was ambitious,
and had formed high hopes of opulent
mairiasfiMany a Cutitab and Oxoni
oiiTinan v :' a tr ty lchelr amlgroaljr"
widower," had got entangled in her
foils, and been extricated only by the
early interference of proud or prudent
-reJatioaa. At length, notwithstanding
i her vdest manners and apparent art
Irssne the intrigue of Rose Mac
Ome became as pioverbial as her oeau
tv she routd obtain no service in any
family where there was a vouth to be
.sa.i ta" . a.
rascinated, or wtiithy oia age to ueca
be cajoled.
HcAring that an East Indiaman was
about to tail, with many ladies on
board. Rose resolved to aeek employ
f .ment among them; and succeeded in
l hieing appointed dressing maid to an
. elderly lady.- who. was coins out to
Calcutta to reside with an invalid. In
diamatch making India! opened glo
rious prospects to Scotch ambition.
Rose took unexampled paint Jo please
her new mistress and in two day the
was a decided favorite. ,
No wonder the gypwy began to feel
proud of her power for she never tried
to please without decidedly effecting
ner put-pose. Hilt when wat inordinate
ambsVj known to be a safeguard ei-
iner tor talent or beauty r In two days.
Rose was to leave England, and her
mistress bavin? -ranted her nenuission
to altend the races, the as' the last act
of kindness to one of her lovertr con
tented t tccompany him. Rose wat
very fond of ornaments, and it chanced
that ber heart was particularly tat on
peart pin which her miatrest had said
she seldom wore, on account of its an
tique fashion. Rote had- ioorr -thaa
pnee signified how pretty the thought
it -and wondered if shrLwat rich e
noogh to boy pearl t whether they
would become her fall and enowy neck.
She dire-d fptf ToiFiroatright
snd she never in her Hie had thought
of taking any thin; dishonesti y. But
vanity, vanitv -tliat foolsh and con-
!..,. Af tl.AMfi.ni!a e.n.1 tkit trwr. amAni
ITU the. fairest and
the
brightest
of Gad
mi- , -I .1 T.l. I. r.-l
: worts, nrevaiicu tier me ueiter irei
ings of Rose Mac Ome. She took the
jruiau m mc mi.ti muh
james mac imyre praise it, tow mm
her new mistress had given it to her,
and then, dreading the discovery of the
ifactWga&tflNMt
CP wi nJLhc & Ws fh-ft. paitt pt a
is steep, and ever step presses on
with accumulated power. Rose had al
ready committed a second crime. to
conceal the first and now the hope of
securitv urged her to commit others.
She sold the breastpin and bought a
rinj with the monev, in hopesJhe pearl
would never be enquired for this side
of India. But in this she wn mista
kenthat vcrv day the lady miscd
the jewel; and Rose went even deeper
in iaisenMHi man ai necessary 10
as necessary to
e'r'trirooVecT'y
strnjrole. It is
keep up appearance"
rwin not willow he'
step of this shameful
sufficient to say thaMlie ilucf was 4is ..t.OtbiAa possessifin ,orthii"t trades or
covered and Rose, inste.vl of sailing varieties of occupation, by wTiicli she
for glorjous match making India, jwas c;'Jl l, if jecesary,obam a. livpli
i h a Te v : weets s Thu i rTTe'd bit hoard a've'g-" ' hmirf. 1 1 wava wis?7' law -of siVw
sel. in which sixty-two other convicts the ancient Governments which enm-
were destined for" Botany liav. .This
is a painful reverse for one so young, some trad a or pifession, adequate)
so beautiful, so inordinately ambitious, "is support. Such Is now the Variety
She looked bat k upon Kngland with of departments open to females as in
mingled feeling' of grief and burning slructcu s in schools and r.viinaries of
indignation, contempt oi herself, and their own sex, that they may follow
.hatred of the laws' by w1c1iahe'ittnrer-''-tw impulse w-their genius m the se
ed? And for what had she enlured teclioh of "asTullyTaccoWptlBhnTcnti'
this conflict, which first and kst had
given her more unhappmess than had
been crowded in the whole of her ere-
vmus exisfenceTVhvnofhin
the foolish vanity of wearing; a cast oftgewaijtojtie toeing ot joucjiex, the
peart! " " 7 cuJiiirc of flowers stand conspicuous.
Hut Rose Mac Orne had a mind e- 'i'he general superintendence of agar
lastic and vigorous; it soon rebounded 'e has been repeatedly found favora
from deprcsaion. She looked around bte to health, by leading" to frequent
among her companions, most of whom exercise in the open air, and that coin
were tall awd-fpboirt-Hiome of whotw-MU'Unir with Nature which is eoually
were handsome women. She connted refreshing to tlie heart. It was Ubor
them and Counted the men. They ng with her pwn hands in her garden,
were sixty convicts Rnd fifteen men. that the mother of Washington was
Before they were half cross the Atlan- found by the youthful Marquis de La
tir, Rose had lain a plan daring enough fayette, when he sought her blessing.
for the hell-meted Joan of Arc, in the
full tide of her inspiration. She com-
municated the plan to the women,
which they entered into heartily and
warmiT. ivose miKui nave lounu iov-
rrs r noush oa Jward.xnmwUhstbndine
I , - I . I r "I i
the strict orders of the officers; but she
chose but onetand that w.r3 the pilot.
Glances and tender notes soon parsed
between them, onperceived by others:
for the artful Rose was like a glacier
when the eye of the officer was upon
her: and her lover was capable of nlav-
ing as deep a game as she. "
At length the important hour arriv-
ed; every precaution had been taken;
all were in readiness. The vessel
stood for La Plata to exchange cargoes
and take in refreshment?. Thevente-
red the huge arms of that silvery river,
ami cut its waters with the arrowy
flight of a bird. At length Uueuus
Ayrcs lay before them in the distance,
with the broad, clear, bright moonlight
spread over it like a heavy robe. The
wind died away, and tho vessel lay
gently moving on the l)somjf that ma-
jestic" river, like a 'child playing itself
into slumber. Midnight came Rose,
hail an eye like a burning glass the
crisis was "at hand, and aiMookcd to
her fordireciI6itr "lIer"It)Ve
ing to promise, had- taken his turn to
be pilot; and all slept save him antl ihe practical import. I he trilliant color
convicts. neTtaTarth'rtnmrtnB'kiiig 'g matterelrtfifyaomehHMyHj,
out at the waters, and likening to the nnj the.beautilul influences which they
"silence audible." There wa- a sjight J possess, impart value to many an- un
motion in the sails then soundeil the ; sightly shrub or secluded plant, which
whistle of the pilot In twenty min- j miglit otherwise have bem aufleretl to
utes every man was bound fast and
gagged, the convicts were arroedt: and
he vessel was in full sweep for Buenos'
Ayres. There it arrived a prize to
the prisoners! Great noise was made
about the vessel seixed-by-women, &.
brought triumphantly into port. The
Lady Shore, forlhat was the vessel's
name, wat crowded with South Amer
icans. The bravery of the women was
loudly applauded: and in three days
the richest young Spaniard in the city
a at If i . il a. .an "l
onereti nimseu to tne ocauttiui Kose
Mac Orne. Her promise to the pilot
was forgotten. The ambitious Scotch
woman now wears pearls andiamonds
in plenty, and most of her sister con
victt are now at the heads of respecta
ble families in Buenos Ay ret."
ON DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENTS.
Br Mas. SioocrVkt.
We have been amongst the admirer
of Mrs. Sigourney at a poetess, and
her production! as a prose writer have
heightened our respect. The subjoin
ed extract is taken from an essay of
thit really philosophical writer. The
essay is addressed to her ow n sex; but
the general, conclusions apply, if pos
sible, with more force to the opposite
ex, upon whom the sterner dutici of
life depend. In softening and tweet
entng the duties of private life, are the
obligations lets binding on men than
Lon women r The tact is that jU1s
mands exactly the tame amiable qual
ities in every member of a family, to
make the domestic hearth the haven
'ofjitppinei
RALEIGH, N. TESDA NOVEIilBBIl 24,
I have even thought it desirable that
joung; ladies should make themselves
the mistresses of tome attainment ei-
ftherlff artibf t clencelrty: vhYch thef
might seenre a subsistence, should
they be reduced to poverty. Sudden
nd entire reverses are not uncommon
in the historj of afluenec. To sus
tain them without the means of les
sening the evils of dependence, when
health and intellect are at our com
mand, is adding; helplessness to our
sLpthers.- ..YVe. 4l"Uo
Henry Laurens, by the fortune of our
war of Revolution, was held a prison
er in the Tower of London, he wrote
to his two daughters,' who had been
nurtured in all the tenderness and lux
ury of Carolina wealth: "It is my
duty to warn vou to prepare for the
trial of earning your daily bread by
your daily labur. Fear not servitude;
encounter it, it it shall he necessary;
MvUh the spirit becoming a woman of
, H Jioncsr ana pious -nearr; one wao
-VftSR fl?i4he.r fasJiona,hJy.ijQafrecJt'!
.olfy
MJanic de Genlis pninonnccil herself
, ijiuhvsi buu imiua ir-.u i , unc mi
pelleiT every pa.rcnt to
give his son
and, while they pursue it as a pleasure,
caijjitjllbc prepared to practise itaia
profeasiorf. - Among the pleasant em-
as he was about to commit himself to
the ocean, and return to his native
tl'unc. Milton, who, you recollect, was
a gieat advocate that women should
,..!.. l,..l...l.l I )t I... r
ijj huubviuii.u jjhuh, ij inr Miutcx , t rii(-fc -,,,,,,,,,
eloquent descriptimiilHiillhose wWtjJJP1 ? J??? cauotrymnn, who
represent oar first mother at her Aural
amtu me sinless snaues oi rara
use. ,;
The tending o flowers has ever ap
peared to me to be ft fitting care for
the young and beautiful. They then
I well as it were among their own em-
ihlems, and many a voice, of wisdom
wreathes on Jlmr ear trora those br.wl
blossoms to whieh they apportion the
l'ew and the tun-beam. While they
e.-adicale the weeds that deform, or
the excrcssences that endanger them.
18 there not a perpetual motion uttered
me worn m, on . aone in ineir own
heart? From the admiration of these
ever-varying charms, how naturally is
the fender spirit fed upwardfin devotion
to Him "whose hand perfumes them, &
j whose pencil paints." Connected with
the nature of flowers is the delightful
study of botany", which imparts new
attractions to the Summer sylvan walks,
and projnpta.bojli 46 nsahibriims fx:
ercie autT. uteuiit.rpiiarch. A
not only 'interesting in itself, but of
blossom and tlie without a th
lough t.t
,i IHs ckeering amid our solitary ram
blef to view the subjects that surround
us as friends, to call to recollection
their distinctive lineaments of charac
ter," to array them with something of
intelligence or utility, ami to enjoy an
intimate companionship "with- Nature.
The female aborigines of ouc country
were distinguished by an extensive ac
quaintance with the medicinal proper
ties of plants and roots, which enabled
them, both in peace and war, to be the
healers of their tribes. I would not
counsel you to invade the province of
the physician; in our state of society
it would be preposterous and arrogant.
But sometime to alleviate the slight
indisposition' of those you love by a
simple infusion 'of the herbs you have
reared or gathered, is a legitimate
branch of that nursing kindness which
seems interwoven
with
woman's na-
tore.
And now, to sum up the whole mat
ter, though in the morning of youth a
charm is thrown over the landscape,
every inequality smoothed, yet st 111 life
it hot "one long summer day of in
dolence and mirth." The sphere of
woman it eminently practical. There
is much which the will b&expectcd to
do; and ought therefore to learn, and
to learn early, if the would acquit her
self creditably. Though to combine
fJiexceiLejjsiejj
much eminence in literature or sci
ence, require r an energy seldom pot
sessed, still there is no need that da
mestic duties should preclude mental
..,,,..TO-,iT9,:.
improvement or extinguish intellectual ofjthia improvement, thai all doubts
enjoyment They may be united by tr now remed as to viti ultimate
diligence and -perseverance, and the completion. Th share necessary to
fonndatiwr t theseqaitttiei shontd berkp4hO,0ftaAil4) taken-with
laid nou in youth.
TITLED AMERICANS.
- Lord Haoicett. Titer is many
family suddenly come into ; opuknee,
irom extreme oMcunty. wno nanxer,
after a titled honor as a luxurious ap-
:mi5c, lutuiiraini c -
ly acquireu weaiuu , inerc are outers
incnc net cuiim j u i sii n it v it 9 f i win
or by consanguinity with those who
uuiu tiicu. uu ..-i.;.T ,c,.,)e r 000 atlilftional shares, if
reason, because they were born with by l0 doing tha 40000 c01J,j be maJe
and in them, it may be said, they are u
indifferent to them. It happens to be Sinco wr;,;n?. tne above we
thus with thewtmgu.shed American; haTe ha, a;conVersat?on vith a mem
comethan, Ilackett. Mr. Ilackctt waslber of ,he Central. Commission, who
brought up A merchant, ami was led to nfnrmeA , ,hat jt WJU mwt posi-
the stac Irom ailvernc laiiune. lie
has now seen brighter days, and is a
man of comparative afllucnce. He al-
iw.nrj bnum .inniiA.k .kl Lid ti.ul nl.n 1 1
. " i . r i :
tthfr23'if31:1r ttivS "lamilyf
and acc6niingly"attha reipiet of hi
mot ter, made the necessary enq tiries
w:liile.abroad, . At IMUUn Jielmn.l th
corroooraiion oi an mat uau oeen iiitnu-
i . e i, .i . . i. . i i. - " i - l t
c4 dw; to him by traditin:i, and, much
nt rs. The embfui!iliix (d'liie'hhTeTd
of the fiMily, and all their titles, are
preserved complete iivthe archive of
the ulster King at arms. It appears
tljat the title is that of an Rng'.ish btr
on.Tn his own right, througii the fami
ly some two or tliri.'e centuries since
removed to Ireland. Fram thence Mr.
to this conn try, while the oluast broth
er, to whom the title fell, emigrated to
Holland about 150 years since, to light
the battles of the States GeneraL-
' 'Mrririitfkett then p rocu red a 1 e t tcr
of introduction, throug'ti ur charge,
Mr, Vail, from 'he Dutch L Ambassador
at London and provided with his docu
ments; proceeded in" search of his rela
tives at the Hague, where he was for
tunate enough to find them, to the mu
tual surprise and gratification of both
branches of " the" laintly. I hey knew
of their title, and the gentleman to
whom it has descended he found to be
his first cousin, the Baron Von Ilack
ett, who had served for several years
with great distinction as a cavalry of-
hcer under Mapoleou. lid hat no
heirs, and the barony after his demise,
should he have no descendants, tails
may then, as welf hi eotisin at pre
sent, ueinaun a seat in ine r.ngiisu
Housrof Lords. The Baron was so
much pleased with the comedian, that
he has accompanied him, to make a
tour of the United States, and is at
present residing at Mr. Ilackett s seat
at Jamaica. Stat, i
fjOuivUie. Cincinnati tmJ Charltu
ton Iluil Road. In vcon for 'tin ty" with
the provisions of the charter, Wade
Ham;rton, of S. C, John Williams
and Win. Dixon, of Tennessee three
members of the central com mission,
convened at this place on Monday last,
for the purpose of ascertaining, the
number of shares subscribed for in. this
iinpromeftt-"IrwniBbversightof
some of the commissioners appointed
to open books, or some other cause, the
reports from a number of placet have
not been1 received, . or olikially made
known to the central commission.
From the reports which . have been re
ceived, and information which though
uuomcul inay .be reJu'd on af authen
tic, it is ascertained that tome more
than 3j,000 shares have been taken.
inod4Ui to thiv lhe winoiision
ert at Lexington, Ky. have officially
communicated the fact that the autlior
ities of that city have conditionally
subscribed 1000 shares, but the ceu-
tral commision not being informed of
the "iature of the conditions on which
these shares were taken, were not at'
liberty to rective the: at present.
L'nder these circuinsjantc tie 40,000
shares necessary to secure the charter
not'appearbg to be taken, the central
commission" will again opeu the books
until the 1st Stlay of January, or until
00,000 shares shall be taken. It is
possible, though titrdty probablerihat
when the, reports from thosui placet
which have "not yet reported, thai!
have been received, it wilt be found
that the 40,000 shares have already
been taken. Louisville, Maysville
and several other places in Kentucky
have not reported; but if at those pla
ces they prove to be as cold blooded at
others from, which we have heard in
that State, it will not swell the num.
ber of shares to,, any considerable a
mount Our experience thus far teach
es va to expect, more from a village
south, than fmin a cirr north of the
Cumberland mountain. Even the great
Cincinnati,' which has the presumption
to style herself the Qqeen of the West,
and in point of wcalthand commer
cial importance, 'may be entitled to
this distinction, has taken only ONH
HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO
SHARES, in an improvement , which
throws millions into her pockets. ' Af
ter claiming and earnestly contending
for the paternity ofjein enterprise, the
has triost "cruelly anTHnxToriousTy
thrown upon-others the burden of its
accomplishment. - But win.ay con-
"patUty:aawdTi and every friend .
133G
out getting one other north of the
Cumberland mountain, or without ac
cepting the Conditional . subscription
a fJl i..:no.mnn
ken , the State of Tennessee stands
When these art ta
pfedged to take her ten thousand shares
N Carolina, will take her portion,
- ,n(1 s Carolin will take the balance
0r Rn nnn. At an Sn.fane- .,f the Hlw
sunject, we may mention that Col.
Hampton, while here, proposed to iub-
lively certain that the Commission
would be able to announca the forma-
finn uf thi, eamnane Sefiri llipir ad.
-
All, IIUi t -rr;?;-r
'The 4b;00T shares arc taken, and
the company funned ---partirulari here
a 9. ,
ApAMMMMJAilP1
We have received si copy uf John
Q iincy Adam's Kulngv on the life and
character of J vmk.s NI ad.s!in, funrlh
Preideiit of the United States, deliv
ered at the request of the Mayor, Al
dermen, and common roum-il of the
city of Boston, September 27, 1 83G.
U is a noble performance, and nukes a
paotuMet of $' .nai'alacija &vo.AV
a:!ncx the concluding paragraphs.
Jour. Lorn
"This constitution, my counfrymenx
it the great resu! t of tlx 2iavik Amei
ican Revolution, riiis .s the giant
stride in the improvement of the com It
lion of the humm racn, consummateil
i n. a.per.i;uL of -LcM thaw ou humlml
years. Of the signers of the address
to G"orga the Third in the Congress
of 177401 the sign ers of the Declara
tion , of Irtlependeji! i-l77fi of -the
signer of the Articles of Confedera
tion in 1731, and or the signers of the
federal and national coustitution of go
vernment under which we live, with
enjoyments never before allotted to
man, not one remains in the land of
tha living. The last survivor of them
all, was he to honor whose memorj we
aro . hero assembled,' at once with
wourniu? jxn-t with nr We revert!
the order of sentiment and reflection
of the ancient Persian king we look
back mi the century gone by- we look
around vvith anxiuus and eager eye for
one of that illustrious host ofpatriuts
and heroes under whose guidance the
Revolution of American Independence
was begun, and continued, and com
pleted. We look around in vain. To
them tti's crowded 4hcatrp, full-of li
man life, in all its stages of existence.
full of the glowin,?exultalion! youth,
of the steady maturity of manhood, I he1
spai kling eyes of beauty, and the gray
hairs of reverend age -a.il this to them
is a the solitude of the sepulchre.
WI'tMnk'-of'thU'ftiiiflarTliow siiurt IS
say.
htirnan life! - But then, then, we turn
back our thoughts again to the scene
orer which the falling curta'm has but
nov closed upon the drama of the day.
Fruuv the saddening tUoughtlhat Jhtrjp.
are no more, we call for coinlort upon
tu&oeraory of wltat they trrrf, fc our
hearts leap for joy that they were our
lathers. , , i
We see t'ieffl, -trae ml faithfiil sub
jects of their sovereign, first meeting,
mth hrm but rYspectfufirmonstfancej
the approach of usurpation upon (heir
righls. We see them, fearless in theii
fortitude, and confident in tint right
eousness of their cause, bid defiance to
the arm of power, and declr..:; them
selves independent States. We sre
them waging for seven years a war of
desolation and of glory, in a most utie-
qnar contetrwlTtrihcir own unnafuiat
step-mother, the mistress of the seas.
till, under, the sign-manual of their
king, their independence was acknowl
edged; and last, and best of all, we see
them toiling in war and in 'pejiiei" to
fornrnd perpetuate ft u iliois tinder
lorms ol government intricately but
skilfully adjusted, so as to secure to
themselves and their posterity, the
priceless blessings of inscpbruble liber
ty aniMaw.
Their days on earth are en Jed. and
yet their century has not passed away.
ri e -t . i
ineir portion ot tne iienin;i wntcn
they thus labored to seciirc, they have
iijoyed, ami transmitted to us, their
posterity. fW enjoy them s sit in
herilance won, not by our toils wa
tered, not by our tears saddened, not
by the! shetlding of any blood of ours;
me gut oi Heaven, inrougn ineir sui
ferings and achievements, but not with
out a charge of coirespontlent duty in.
cuinbeat upon ourselves.
Ami what, my friends and'fellow-ci-tizens,
what is that duty of our own?
Is it to remonstrate to the adder's ear
of a King beyond tha Atlantic wave.
and claim from him the restoration of
violated rights? NV Is it to sever
the ties of kindred and of blood with
the peolffeTfom whom we Sffhr"To
cast away the precious name of Britons,
andT no more the cotinlryrrtww ofltagespf health, beauty of sitHatifn, ;
VOL ITO. 49
Locke, of Chatham and Burke? Or
mote and worse, is it to meet their
countrymen in the deadly conflict of
jveiye -wave 4No3s-I t to
last ana greatest of the outlet lul&lleil
by them? I U to lay the foundation!
of the fairest government and the
mightiest nation that ever floated en
the tide of time? No! These awful &
solemn duties' were allotted to them.
nd by them they were faithfully per
formed. What, then, it ou f da ty ?
iJ7)rdr""the" inTierifance which they
have left at, won by their toilt, water
ed bf their tears, saddened but fertili-
red by their blond?. Are we the tone
of worthy airct, ami in the. onward
march ol time have they achieved in tho
career of hsman improvement to much
only that our posterity and theira mar
I.I... I. . alJ. . .1 '
uiuaii tor ma con tru.. or i ween meir
unexampled energies and our nerve
less impotence? Between their mora
than Herculean labors and our indo
lent repose? . No mv fellow citizentt
far he from us, far : he from yot for her
who now.addresses vou hat but a few-
hhort days before he th(ill be called tot
join mo muutiutie or ages past lar DO
tcora tan ...the reproachof ihs supiritn
of tuili a degrading contrast. You,
!lj!'!l-,'ilfm.,l duty to perform .
oT improving the condition of your toe"'
cies by improving your own.' Not in
.1.-- . , . i e '
uic great nun strong wino ni a revoiu
tion, which rent tho mountains, and
brake in piecet the rocks before the
Lord for the Lord it not in the windf
not in the earthquake of a revolutions '
ry war, marching to the onset between'
Ithc. Oattlerfield and the tfaflbldfor
the Lord is not in the earthquake; nut,
m mu ii iu vi fcivu iiisaeiiainn; in- war
between the membenand the head; in
nulf ill cation of the tawi of the Union."
hy : the forciblo resistance jf 'one re-T
Iractory State -for the Lord it not in
the fire"; and that fire , wat never kin
died by your-fth'4-Nol ttit in thst -
still small voico that succeeded that'
whirlwind, the earthquake, and tho
fire. The voice that Kills the raging
9l !! Jnd the tumults of tho .
people; thaf apofce" peace "
of hannonyruhion. And lor that "
voice may you and your children's
children, to the last syllable of re
corded lime," fix your eyes upon tha r
memory, r,ni listen wun your eart to ,
Vpe ItIC OI.MKS ADISOK. , ! .
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Ffmo the Knoiville Rnletor." , ' A
' LEGISLATIVE. . ....
The Legislature of Tennessee) art. -
jojrned on the 2Gt!i ult. The bill ap
prupriaung i ne surplus to the various
Internal Improvement comnanies. wee.
lostbvatutall tnaioritv. Tha hill whieh
passed upon that subject, deposits it in
the Union and Planters Banks, - unlit 1
the rise of the next Legislatute. litis,
we very much fear, will beget an la.
terest in the State, i adverse to tha
cause of luJerhal Improvement and etl
ucation, and prevent the surplus from
an ultimate application to these its on' ''
ly constif ti ti.jnal objects. W mem
henceforth to make 4he earlr with .
drawal of this fund from" the Banks.
xnd'-ttf jadrnou sin retitmeht lit our I n-"
jeruai improvcuif ut ronipanics, a test -"
question mthe politics of the state. '
Wc don't mean silently to submit to '
an appropriation which, from our for
incr experience, promiset nothins bat -
1empOT3ryadynnt-gr ta oarliankfnjf t
institutions, antl-aotal -nltlmat "tiik.
of a fund 'r which if iudiriou-lv ami
boldly appropriated will rnalda us -
-Wc?ful!yJo prosecute an extensive
system .of fnfernol ItiiDrorement and
Lommon Schools.: .,
The way the Poil Vffict Department
h eondutueil in JUino'u. Tlie last G a
luna Advertiser mentions the remarks. ,
bla discovery of the U. States mnil in
the gam t or the Galcint Hotel, where
it hail been lying unmolested, since tha -tha
month o'f April last, The new$ 1
wJfJ?.tfottrst 'distributed icrortlins to .
direction.! It is said Aha Oalcnians
were most eager to obtain ihe latest -
intflligenre. St. LauutiulUliiu . -jj ,
We would almost hssoov lift paper
oca letti r to pigeon' iieck,ar. ttait
ii ior any particular p.sre ajt to put it
in too iro. uwee at rreaeiiL.
Clinton Gait.tte. , , ":,
Hat tie bf tween a IFetuct an. I Steal
lows. A weasel was observed by soma
persons in the neighborhood uf, Girran,
in Scotland, to attack- some nests of '
bank swallows hollowed in the sand. ,
A number of the bravest twallowi nla '
ced themselves in battle array, pounced
upon hiui, seized him by tha tail raised
his hind feet from the eruund and with '
grcat'dexterity tumbled him down tha
Jeclmty, at tha top of which the nt.t.
were arranged in a row. Hie invader
renewed the atlack several times, but I
was, at often repulsed tn the stmt
manner as at first, and being at .ehgili
worn out by fatigue, yielded-Up tlia
palm of victory to his vanquishers.
fhe rtenal..'e learn that Ctpf.
Bradford, of the army, lies finally clo
sed the contract for the si'e of the ar "
senal to be erected at this place under
his dircction..tThe place chost n is, a- v
bouri Tnttrwest ofTOe towti house, on" "
liar Mount, a spot tinihng the dvn-.
rira-nwi!
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