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most degraded state, that it is to be com pared, for the beggar has wants, is dissat isfied with his state, has wishes for enjoy ments above his lot, but the pauper of in tellect is content with his poverty: it is his choice to feed on carrion; he can relish nothing else, he has no desire beyond his filthy fare. Yet he piques himself that he is a stioerior beinir : he takes to himself the merit of his tailor, his wiuc iner ohant, his coach maker, his upholster and his cook. But if the tiling were turned in side out, if that concealed, nasty corner, his mind were, exposed to view, how de grading would be the exhibition. Tali's Edinburgh Magazine. From the Sew York Sun. A TRAVELLED PAUPER. The other day an old man of rather de ccntish appearance presented himself at at the Commissioner's office as a candidate for admission to the alms house. His coun tenancc struck Col. Mann as ono not alto gether unknown to him, and he sostated to the applicant. "Seen me before, d'ye gay ?" said the old man, "why to be sure you have; we're no strangers I assure you; or at least we oughtn't to be, for 1 have been in your alms house this many a year. But you see about fifteen months ago 1 got a little tired of my old home, and took a notion to travel a bit, and went off to Bos ton and got in the alms house there. It was pretty good, and I made myself tolera ble comfortable and contented, though the overseers didn't mean I should ; and ut last, to get ridtff me, they otl'e red to pay my passage to Norfolk Virginia. Well, I weiit, and got into the poor house there; but 1 made a precious poor bargain of it, I tell you. Hogs' fat and hommony, and hom mony and hogs' fat was all the variety of that concern ; so you may be sure I didn't stay long, but made my way to Richmond. There 4 found the poor house fare a little better than at Norfolk, but no touch at all to what I was used to; so tarrying there long was out of the question. The next place I stopped at was Baltimore; and 1 must say for Baltimore that its poor house accommodations arc not to be sneered at, and I should have made out right well there hadn't it been that the company was entire ly too promiscuous for a New I'ork anti nigger man. 1 got along with it as long as I could stand it, but that wasn't a great while; and so I packed oft" and here I am ag.alnr Colonel, ready for my old quarters "There is no place like home," Colonel; let them travel that will,' but Bellevue is as good a resting-place as f "-wani. And at Bellevue the old man made up his bed the same night, and in the morning was foirtid lying in it with a countenance pcr cctly placid and serene in death. Manners. I make it a point of morality never to rind fault with a man for his man ners. They may be awkward or graceful, blunt or polite, polished or rustic, I care not what they are, if the man means well and acts from honest intentions, without cxcenxriciij'-wrutiHiiwr. '- iiien- navr not the advantage of good society as it is called, to school them in all its fantastic rules and ceremonies; and if there is any standard of manners, it is founded in rea son and good sense, and not upon those ar tificial regulations. Manners, like conver sation, should be extemporaneous, not stu died. I always suspect a man who meets me with the same congecing of the body and the premeditated shako of the hand. Give me the hearty it may be rough grip of the hand the careless nod of recoffni tion, and when occasion requires, the home ly but welcome salutation, " How are you my old friend!" A STRANGE TAIL. ScETfEthe Centre Market, time 7 A. M. by dam, I shall ave de gigot. Yankee. 1 tell you wnatstranrer, if what you call'tger means the hind quarter of this here side of mutton, you dont get it until you and I-has a, knockdown, '"and t. lie: ii iia wtooLj iziu umchcr. w eu, - gentlemen, 1 guess I can put you in a way ta agree. Suppose yon draw lots ? Frenchman. Eh! bien, wis beucovp de plaisir! dis gentilhomme shall turn his back : I shall touch, per hap, the fore quar- taire perhaps, de ozaire, n'importe. Den I shall say, who ave dis Allons. " Done said the yankee ; and no sooner nad he turned his back, than the French man siezed the butcher's knife and adroit ly cutting the tail from the hind, and lay ing it on the fore quarter, exclaimed " Now sair, who shall ave de morceau wis de tail on him ?" "I will you d d fool," replied the Yankee. " Ah ! je vous suis tres oblige, Monsieur you ave de fore quartaire, by dam !" From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. OBSERVATIONS ON TRUE HONOR. A gentleman, a man of honor, they are pynonimous terms, is eminently distinguish ed from the rest of mankind, by tho uni form rectitude of his conduct. Other men are honest in fear of the punishments which the-law might inflict: they arc religious in expectation of being rewarded, or in dread of punishment in the next world. A gentleman would be just, if there were no written lawsf human or divine, except those that are written on his heart by the finger of hia Creator. In von i: ftvery ttea of religion, lie is tho game. He kneels before the universal throne of the Supreme" Being, in jgratitude for the blessings he has received, and in humble solicitation for his future protection. He venerates the piety of good men in all re ligions. He disturbs not the religion of his native or adopted country, because the agitation of speculative opinions produce greater evils than the errors it is intended to remove. He restrains his passions, be cause they cannot be indulged without in juring his ndighbor or himself. He gives no offence because he does not choose to be offended. He contracts no debts which he is not certain he can discharge ; because ho is honest upon principle. He. never utters a falsehood, because it is cowardly, and infinitely beneath the dignity of a. gen tleman. He measures all offences by the intention ; because in the present humor of the world, it is the only means of pre serving good manners, arid of securing to himself that respect, which as a just man and a gentleman, he deserves. FONDNESS FOR STIMULANTS. Were it possible for the miud to seize at a single view the occupations of all the in habitants of the globe, it would be some what curious to behold the numbers that at any given point of time, are busily and solely employed in raising their animal spirits. to the agreeable point of elevation, and to compae the various artifices adop ted for this purpose. Of the eight hun dred millions, the computed number of the whole, we should have so many millions smoking, so many carousing; so many mill ions or thousands throwing off drams ; so many sipping coffee; so many masticating opium, and other exhilarating extracts; so many dancing, singing, bunting, or gamb ling, all to keep off the tedium, rita. Some must have mimic scenes of bloodshed on the stage ; some must sec men kill one a nother in earnest ; for others a mortal cock- 'fight is a sufficient stimalanr. Some keep the vapours at bay by talking politics, oth ers by talking scandal, millions by talking of themselves. Some droop if the world neglects to praise them, and of these, some prefer a full draught of adulation at stated intervals, while others among whom arc authors, actors crowned heads, and hand some ladies, must be tippling it from morn ing till night. Some take to the excite ment of hot suppers, others to ghost stories ; to authentic accounts of earthquakes, mur ders, and conflagrations. But it were end less" to proceed ; money-making, iiidnef spending ; fanatical devotion ; auto dc-fes ; 1 n d i an t or t u ri ng of prisoners- sigh t-sec fog ; last new novels ; in a word", ' 'many of mens occupations and most of their amusements what are they but the several ways of at taining the same end : and happy they who have so regulated their passions, as to re tprire no other stimulant than a few diur nal sneezes to keep their minds in good hu mour with the world and themselves. MEXICO. The population of tho Mexican States consists of about 9,000,000 of freemen. Of' thws-ab 2,500,000 are .Mestizoes, or the mixed oil' spring of Spaniards and Indians; 1,500,000 are Creoles, or are unmixed offspring of Spaniards; 1,000,000 the Washinango s, or the offspring of Indians and Negroes, j including also the Mulattocs; 100,000 are Negroes; 10,000 Spaniards Lorn in Spain, and about 20,000 strangers, consisting of emigrants from various nations. From this estimate, it seems that the Indians and Mes tizoes from the bulk of the population. But it is said that they are in many respects superior to the Spaniards and Creoles. They are honest, industrious and peaceable, and generally cultivaters of the soil. Those only are addicted to vicious habits who live in the vicinity of large towns. They arc of a ruddy complexion small in stature, and have in general well formed features. Some of them are no darker than the Span iards, and many of their women superior in beauty to the Creole women on account of their rosy cheeks. The Indians are ex cellent soldiers well civilized though still idolaters, and they will undoubtedly form the democracy" oT ""the country, and being nowise inferior to the other races, are proba bly destined to rule the nation. The Mexi cans, before they were conquered by the Spaniards, had already advanced very far in. the arts of government and civilization. The conquest has undoubtedly hastened their march of improvement, and if they do but retain their freedom, they will in less than a century, in all probability, be one of the greatest nations of the earth. Boston Post. We notice an advertisement in an ex change paper, wherein one Mr. Pig speaks of his wife having eloped from his bed and board. We sincerely hope Mrs. Pig will go back to her leige lord, and make the stye comfortable for the old grunter and their little porkers. When a woman mar ries a hog she ought to make up her mind to go the entire swine. Shocking eject of a sc arcity of Wo men. A western paper states that a wo man whose maiden name was Sarah Ram say, was lately sentenced to the Penitentia ry at N ew Trenton, Indiana, fof marrying three" husbands!. The editor attributes it to the scarcity of wives in that part of the UnionWhat an inducement for some of the surplus ladies of the eastern states, who are fading "like the last rose of sum. merr to-migrate that war, . r-... .. OFFICKS . ;' ' A few doom from the Court ritt,'Sutfc Si GREEN SBOROUGH: FRIDAY MOItXIXO, OCT. 14, 1836. NATIVE SCENERY. Through the exertions of our gifted artist, Mr. Waioh, of Raleigh, who passed through this place in the spring for the purpose of sketching some of our most interesting mountain scenery, and who we since learn, has spent the greater part of the summer among our western moun tains for that purpose, the public may shortly ex pect a rich collection of scenery as grand and picturesque as can anywhere be found. We have long been anxious that some competent in dividual should make the tour of Western Car olina for this purpose, and in Mr. Waugh we feel confident that such a person has been found. We hope he may receive the reward his under taking merits. Flmtr ts selling in Washington City at from 9 25 to 9 37 1-2 ; Wheat at 1 75; Corn 95 to SI ; Oats 42 c. from vessels. In Baltimore, prices of flour and grain are very near the same. Texas. A lengthy address has been publish ed by Captains Wilson and Postlethwaite, who led a large body of Kentucky volunteers to the aid of Texas, and who returned home disgusted with the state of tilings at Vclasco, which fully supKrts (Jen. Jackson's late declaration, that the war is the result of a nefarious and daring scheme of the land speculators ; and which should be read by all who have been misled into feel ings of sympathy by this land jobbers' war. The address is made up of facts, and its length alone deters us from giving it entire. (r The President of the United States, wc learn from the Petersburg Constellation, arrived in Washington City on Saturday morning, 1st instant, m his usual health. 0C7The attention of the reader is directed to an extract from the address of R. Y. Hayne, of South Carolina, to the people of the States in terested in the-Cineianati and Charleston Rail Road. We believe nothing of more general in terest could have been selected, and wc hope it will be read by all. "''. -rr.r-- 03" Our Street.- The culJ raiiu during the past week, have plainly shown the kick of one thing in our tow n, ami that is side-walks. 11V hope a corporation will be granted thw winter which will t ike measures especially to promote tlie convenience of the citizens, as well as the appearance of the? streets, by the construction of firm and substantial side-walk, or pavements. learn that William Rainer, the individual sen tenced to lie executed fur the murder of William , Stilhvell, has been reprieved by the Governor. Snow. On Tuesday 4th instant w e perceive by our exchanges, that slight falls of snow oc curred throughout the western part of the State, and in fact extending through u jrreat portion of country north and west. We had but little, if any here, though tlie air felt very snowaA. The Cotton Crop. The Milledgcville Rccor der of the 20th instant, says : " The worm ami rot, w c are, from various sources, informed, have made extensive havoc upon the growing crop of cotton. We are fully satisfied, from what w e can learn, that there will not generally, through this part of the State, be exceeding, if that much, two thirds of a crop made. One gentle man alone, from an adjoining county, informs us, that on two of his plantations, embracing four or five hundred acres, he is w ell assured, that arte bushel of new forms or KoKsorn), conkl not now bo found, they havuig been entirely de voured by the worm. Hence froiu the- early growth, and that on in part, will there be any thing matured. The grain and provision crops are generally abundant" FLORIDA. . Tlie Tallahassee Floridia"n of the 24th ultimo, states that the Tcnnessco Volunteers, two thousand and upwards in number, under the command of Gen." Armstrong, (who is accompa nied by Col. Win. Wyatt, of Florida, as a mem ber of his Staff,) took up the line of march for the scat of war," on the 19th ult, in fine spirits ; and also, that Gen. Jessup, who has command of a body of friendly Creeks, was on his way to the Seminole country, w ith his command, in steam boats, from the Apalachicola, and was -expected to reach the seat of war in time to co-operate with the troops that were proceeding by land. The same paper contains the following informa tion respecting the death of Major Washington, of the Tennessee Volunteers : " Major Washington, of the Tennessee Vo lunteers, we regret to state, died in this place on Tuesday last. This gentleman came here in advance of the troops, to see that preparations were made for their comfortable accommodation. He exposed himself, and was attacked with tlie brain fever, and expired after an illness of four days- The loss of uYis gentleman is deeply re gretted by all -who- knew him, and will b? ee- verolv felt bv his fellow soldiers, who very just ly loved and esteemed iuaTvh'wnc'.Hjr. ities." The following are extracts from a letter re ceived by tlse editors of the Savannah Georgian, from their correspondent in Florida, dated, "St. Johns River, E. F., Sept. 18, 1938. Sir: Six hundred of the Tennessee Volun teers have reached Newnansville the others are on their way. They are accompanied by Gov. Call, who writes that he will rid the coun try entirely of this daring, wily foe, or leave his bones and blood to mingle with those of the he roic Dade and gallant Izard, in fattening the soil of the Seminoles. The command of all the Regulars is given to the gallant Major Pierce, who has already given an earnest of what may be expected of him, en trusted with this couitnund. All the Regulars fit for duty, are to march against the enemy, leaving the volunteers on the East side of the St. Johns to protect their families and homes The season of the year, the officers, the troops, all seem auspicious for the opening of the new campaign. The recent skirmishes of a fearless few. have proved the enemy not invincible, if da ring. To the movements ef the Governor and the Tennessee Volunteers, all eyes are now tur ned. Alas ! if that hoje proves a broken reed. Yours, &c." Benjamin Rathbun.TUo last Buffalo Jour nal says that this person was arrested this mor ning, on a warrant granted by a Justice of the Peace in Datavia, Genesee county, on a charge of forgery. 1 lis bail immediately applied for " a writ of habeas corpus, and he was brought be fore Judge Stryker. After a hearing he was remanded to the custody of his bail, by whom he w as forthwithhanded over to the custody of the Sheriff, and re-committed to prison. The Lost Money Found. The 839,000 in gold which was lost about two weeks since, on board the t-teamboat Rhode Island, has been re covered. The Engineer in moving his oil-can, which was nearly empty, discovered that it wns quite heavy, and on examining it, a part of the wld was found. The remainder was found in a bucket overboard, sunk with a buoy line at tached. The engineer is of course entitled to the reward offered for the recovery of the mo ney. 07" For the first time, since the establish ment of this paper, wc deem it due to apologise for the quality of the matter generally in this week's, pacer, ,,. Qving to the necessity of hav ing some repairs effected a!xut our office, all things were in most glorious confusion with us for three days; during which time but little eould lie done, as regards forwarding the paper, and . consequently compelling us to work our whole force, ourselves amongst the rest, very closely, to enable us to get wilt a paper at all. As w e are now snugly reinstated, we assure our friends that all things shall be as straight us a hing!e in future, and notwithstanding we have. aiA expert to have, our. .hands full, we have health, strength and determination on our slde i willing hand, a cheerful heart and a mind tint never quailed from any difficulty in the shape of labor, ment A or bodily. OtT" Tlie Raleigh pamphlet" is the title (riv en a pamphlet jiwt issued from tlie Standard of fice, Raleigh. This pamphlet, addressed to the frcempn of North Carolina, commences with an e.ose of Judge White's true character ami o pinion, and proceeds to show some of his incon sistencies; of course, giving every thing as true as holy writ, and affirming some truly ridiculous "facts." It is divided and parcelled off under different and distinct heads, such as: Juuco White's inconsistencies (Jeneral Jackson's ad ministration Sectional parties Danger of el ecting President by House of Representatives! Bank of the United States Mr. Van Bu -en-Van Rurcn no abolitionist Vice President (un der this head the Colonel is eulogized)-The Elections. All of which grave topics are treat ed as might be supjxwcd thry would be, by a par ty driven almost to desperation by the sinkmg progresH of its chief candidate, and signed by n string of names, comprising most all tlie Van men, (mayby) in the Sute ! We earnestly recommend every free-man to read tlie above-spoken-of pamphlet, whether a White, a "Van Buren, or a Harrison man ; and if perchance in wading along, tlie reader should b& taken sick at stomach, keep on to the end for mercies' sake it will bring about an ejectment we venture. PROSPERITY OF NEW ORLEANS. The Bee says rents arc fifty per cent, higher this year than last at New Orleans, and that where there were ten houses to rent last year, there is this year not one though building has been carried on to as great an extent as possible : the population is estimated at eighty thousand, of which fifty thousand are permanent. Vflriooir.-r-Thc Rutherford Gazette men tions that the disease prevalent in that region for some time, and supposed by some to be Small pox, was nothing more than a very mild species of varioloid, and that few cases now occur. GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK, Ahout 2 o'clock on Thursday morning, a fire, broke out at No. 100 Read street. which communicated to the extensive six 6tory establishment of thCongreaa Sogar Refinery ,"and was not subdued until proper ty valued at. from $150,009 to $200,000 was destroyed. The engines Were worked to perfection by the volunteer firemen. FROM TEXAS. The following items of intelligence aro gathered from the Tcxian newspaper, tho Telegraphf published at Columbia, Texas. Since the recent attempt to steal Santa Ana, extraordinary measures of precaution have been taken with him and Almonte, both of whom have been put into irons; free communication with them is also in terdicted. The captive President made an effort to destroy himself by taking a large dose of opium, which produced, however only nau sea. Harmony and good feeling have been icstored between the army and the execu tive. The army is in fine health and spir its ; it is encamped at Coleto, fifteen miles from Goliad, and is rapidly increasing. It intends paying the Mexicans a visit to,re ciproeate the friendly feeling manifested for Texas. The crops in the Eastern department of Texas, exceed those of any previous year. The" season -throughout tho country has been uncommonly favourable. Ihe corn planted after the battle of San Jacinto, in obedience to Houston's injunction, "Let the people plant corn," will probably pro-' duce a sufficiency for the consumption of the inhabitants. The . Pla n te rs a re begi n i n g t o pick their cotton, which promises to yield tolerably well, considering the circumstances and e vents which have lately afflicted the coun ty. 1ROM FLORIDA ANOTHER BATTLE. We have been favored with the perusal of a letter dated Fort Gilliand, Sept. lth, lSJO, containing the substance of a report to the Commander-in-Chief, of a battle with the Indians, fought near Newnans ville on the 18th instant. On Saturday evening, the 17th, the In dians came withiu a mile of that Fort, cap tured a cart and fired on three whites and two negroes. Sunday morning Col. Warren marched out to give battle with 100 mounted men, being detachments from Captains .Walker's, Ward's and Garrison's companies, with 25 gentlemen under Capt. Beckham, who, their time of service having expired, vol ttftleercu' mTtJui special D. T. Tompkins, 1st Reg. S. Artillery, vvith a 24 cuiid howitzer, and 25 of his men. The advance was in three columns the right under Col. Warren, the left un der Lt. Col. Millis, and' the centre under ('apt. Tompkins. When within three fourths of a mile of tin; hammock, they met . the Indians, and the battle commenced along the right w ing and centre. ' The Indians attempted to turn the left . flank, but were i charged with spirit by that wing and driven into a thick oak scrub, thence into the border of the hammock, where the artillery played on them vvith considerable ( ll'ect. Then they attempted to turn the right flank, but were driven off by that vvin.'-, and into range again of the artillery, which opened upon them with great effect. Tho Indians made desperate attempts to main tain their position. They charged twice on the artillery. They were ber.tcn off at all points and driven a mile and a half into a dense hammock, where they could not be pursued with advantage. The action last ed one hour and a half one hour of which time the fire was heavy on the whole line. Their force was estimated at 300 men. Indians were seen to fall before the fire of the artillery, particularly on tho left. Several persons report that they saw a mounted Indian (from his appearance giv ing orders, and a chief) fall before the fire of the artillery. Adj. Gilland, reports that he saw a large fellow mounted in front on the right, and from his recollection of his person thinks he was Jumper. Adju taut U. ordered va platoon fired at him, and several assert that he fell. No Indians were found dead but from the traces of blood many must have been killed and wounded. Col. Warren, Lt. Col. Millis, D.T.Tomp kins, Adj. Gilland, Captains Beckham, Walker, and Ward, Lieuts. Brccton and Ilindley, distinguished themselves by their bravery and good conduct in the action, also Doctors Pclot and Tcrbelot, and 'pri vate Wcyman stationed at the howitzer, who was wounded at the first fire, but re fused to quit his post till compelled by loss of blood. Monvment in Florida. A meeting of officers was held at fort Brooke, Florida, on the 5th of May last, at which it was re solved to erect a suitable monument in hon or of the brave and unfortunate Major Dade and his companions, upon the battle ground where their gallant caieer was ter minated. By a resolution adopted at tho meeting, the performance of this pious work is confined to the tljree regiments from which Major. Dade's detachment was drafted, namely, the 2d and 3d artillery and the 4th infantry: but it cannot be doubted that every other corps in the ser vice would gladly unite in the erection of the montiment were the opportunity afford- Led thcm..Y..F.: Com. Adt.
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