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VOL. 1. GREENSBOROUGII, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1836. NO. 24.
MELODY.
bt w. i.kooett.
If yon bright stirs which gem the night,
Ik each a blissful dwelling sphere,
Where kindred cpjfits reunite,
Whom death has torn assundcr here;
How sweet it were at once to die,
And leave this blighted orb af.tr!
Mix soul and soul to cleave the sky,
And soar away from star to stir !
Hut oh ! how dark, how drear and lone,
Would seem the brightest world of bliss,
If wandering through each radiant one,
We failed to find the loved of this!
If there no more the ties shall twine,
That death's cold ban 1 alone can sever,
Ah ! tlien these stars in mockery thine,
More hateful, as they shine forever!
It cannot be, each hope, each fear,
That lights the eye, or clouds the brow,
Proclaims there is a happier sphere
Than this bleak world fiat holds nsnow.
There is a voice which sorrow hears,
When heaviest weiglw life's galling chain
Tis heaven that whisper 'dry your tears,'
" " ' The pure in heart shall meet again.'
THE WHALE FISHERY.
If, among the perilous and adventurous
occupations of a sou-life, there is ono re
quiring more energy, activity, skill, cour
age, and patient endurance than another,
it is when man, in a fragile skiff", compara
tively a nutshell, defies and attacks in his
own element the mighty monarch of the
ocean, one of the fiercest aad most active
of all the finny tribes, the sperm whale.
Tlii enormous creature, as much a fish of
prey as the shark, mens .ires nearly eighty
feet in length, and from" thirty to forty in
circumference; the head, shaped like a
huge bostj rounded at the corners, and rising
a little towards the neck, in som? species
forming nearly one-half of the' whole.
the whip of a wagoner, is horizontal, and
from eighteen to twenty-four' feet iri bread
th: while a tremendous lower jaw, from.
rtmlded with conical, curved teeth, ten or
twelve inches long, is moved as adroitly as
the tail, and .both, when running on his
side, with a power that would crush a ship,
and a noise like thunder. To these irre
sistible faculties he possesses the agility
of the salmon, leaping from the water, and
-as in the instance. .of the unfortunate
Southeainan in 1R21 falling on the decks
of ships with a weight capable of shatter
ing or sinking tho largest. This redoubt
jtble animal wars not only with many other
fish, but with some of the more peaceable
of its own specie--, pursuing, attacking, and
with its long sharp teeth, tearing the flesh
from the carcasses of many of the. whale?
tribe.
The snips employed in this trade to the
South seas sail at all seasons ; they require
to be iri good repair, newly coppered, with
three years provisions of the best quality,
and a liberal supply of sail?, rigging, sea
stores, and antiscorbutics, the success of
the voyage often depending on their abili
ty to keep at sea. This branch of trade
was originally established -at Nantucket
and Newburyport, but h is recently .-pread
to several parts of the United States; in
England also considerable. trade, is done, es
pecially in London, where it is carried on
with much spirit and success.
.The coast of Peru and Galapagos Is
lands Were, until lately, the great resort of
these" fis!i V tiut, iwith ' a' singular instinct,
they have abandoned those, shores, and ta
ken to the coast of Japan, the Fcejee, NaT.
igation Islands, and the Indian Ocean. Du
ring the passage out, the crews-, from thirty
to thirty-five, according to the number of
boats in each vessel, are employed in pre
paring the latter and their gear ; for, on
entering the tndewinds, or even off the
Western Islands, sperm whales may be
met with. The boats are usually from
twenty-three to twenty-eight feet long,
sharp at both ends, like a canoe, with six
men, five rowers and a steersman, and ca
pable of carrying seven or; eight hundred
weight of whale-line and other materials.
The instruments of attack are the harpoon
with a barbed prong, and a lance. Look
outs are placed at the mast-head, and when
a fish is seen it is made known to the deck
by the cry of "Town oh!" " Where a
way ?" is the demand, which is answered
by denoting the! quarter it is in. The
course of the ship is directed towards it,
and the boats prepared for lowering; when
ncar.thcv are off in an instant, and skim
the sea with the fleetness of the dolphin.
On approaching the fish, great precaution
is necessary, generally pulling tip in her
wake' until near, but steering clear of the
sweep of the tail until abreast ofjthe shoul
der or fin. and then closing, the lnrpoon
is struck before the hump, at the moment,
if possible, when the animal is diving, the
skin being at that moment more tight.
When this is done, the boat is sheered ofT,
clear -of the convulsive play-of tho tail,
which is thrown about with great violence,
with a tremendous noise, and lashing the
sea into a perfect foam. She now cither
sets oil" at full speed, or " sounds," that is,
gos perpendicularly down. In the former
case the boat is towed behind at a tremend
ous rate, the people sitting perfectly still,
as the least motion would risk the loss of
t ho boat and all oh board; in the latter,
the line must be veered unchecked around
the, loggerhead, a round piece of wood, ten
inches in diameter, fixed in the stern of
the boat this . oeratton requiring much
skill, is not the least dangerous. If the
fish is large, a signal is made by tossing up
an oar or hoisting a flag, when a second
.boat comes with more line Jo bend on in
case of need. After a time, the animal
comes again to the- surface, blowing and
spouting up the water many yards, which
at a distance looks like smoke. A fresh
attack is now made, the boat already fast
hauling alongside, and with a lance nine
feet in length, including pole, commenoing
to probe her between the ribs, after each
thrust withdrawn ng the instrument. She
now begins to spout blood, the Water, and
sometimes tho men and. boats, being coh
ered with it, all the time cutting or flip
ping her tail, to the'' great danger of the
boats, which require much management to
keep them clear. In the last convulsive
agonies, she runs round on her side in a
circle, clashing her lower jaw, and shortly
after turns up, and generally dies with her ,
head towards the sun. She is then towed
alongside, secured, and the ceremony of
jcutting-in is commenced.
From MarryalCs new work Midshipman Eauj.
BIRTH OF THE HERO
MRS EASY HAS
Mr. Nicodcmus Easy was a gentleman
who lived down in Hampshire ? he was a
married man, and in very easy circumstan-
mm- 1 f I a a.
ces. Most couples nnu u very easy w
have a family, but not always quito so easy
to mantain tiicm. Mr. Easy was not at all
uneasy on the latter score, as he had no
children ; but he was anxious to have themT
as most people covet what they cannot ob-
tain Alfrr rn venrs. .'Mr. I.nsv Pave II
After ten years, 31 r. r,asy
un as a-bad job. Philosophy is
cm. I in '
crotiSoto 'a man under "disappointment, al
though Shakspear asserts that it is no rem
edy for the toothache ; so Mr. Easy turned
philosopher," the very best profession a man
can take up when he is fit for nothing else;
he must be a verv incapable person indeed
who cannot talk nonsense: For some time,
Mr. Easv could not decide upon what des
cription his nonsense should consist of; at
last he fixed upon the rights ot man, e
quality, and all that : how every persop
was lorn to inherit his share of, the earth,
a right at present only admitted to a cer
tain length ; that is, about six feet, for wo
all inherit our graves, and arc allowed to
take possession without dispute. But no
one would listen to Mr. F.asy's philosophy.
The women would not acknowledge the
rights of men, whom they declared always
to be hi the wrong; and, as the gentlemen
who visited Mr. Easy were all men of
property, they could not perceive tue atf-4
vantage of sharing with those who had
none. However, they allowed him to dis
cuss the question, while they discussed his
brt wine. " The- wi Vas good if the ar
gumVnts were noty and we must take things
as we find -then hi this world.
While Mrv Easy talked philosophy, Mrs.
Easy played patience, and they were a ve
ty happcouple, riding side by side on
their Hobbies, and never interfering with
each other. Mr. Easy knew his wile could
not understand him, and therefore did not
expect her to listen very attentively; and
Mrs. Easy did not care how much her hus
band talked, provided she was not put out
in her game. Mutual forbearance will al
ways ensure domestic felicity.
There was another cause for their agree
ing so well. Uon any disputed question
Mr. Easy invariable gave it up to Mrs. Easy
telling her that she should have her own
Way and this pleased bis wife ; but, as
Mr. Easy always took care, when it came
to the point, to have his way, he was pleas
ed as well. It is true that Mrs. Easy had
long found out that she did not have her
own way long ; but she was an easy dispo
sition, and as in nine eases out of ten, it
was of very little consequence how things
were done, she was quite satisfied with his
submission during the heat of the argu
ment. Mr. Easy had admitted that she
was rigbt, and if, like all men, he would
do wrong, why what could a poor woman
do' With a ladv of sucba quiet disposi.
' f inn it la noatr ir imimnn flint f lir flfimna.
blWU.) II. I J IXJJ LI llll'tlliu Vliv HIV ivih ?-
tic. felie.it of Mr. Easy was not easily dis
turbed. But, as people have observed be
fore, there is a mutability in human affairs.
It was at tho finalo of the eleventh year of
their marriage that Mrs. Easy at first com
plained that she could not enjoy, her break
fast. Mrs. Easy had her own suspicions,
everybody else considered it past doubt, all
except Sir. Easy; be little thought good
easy man, that "his greatness was ripening.
It was the fourth dav after Mrs. Easy's
confinement th .at Mr. Easy, who was sit -
ting by her bedside in an easy chair, com-
menccd as follows: " I have been think -
ing, my dear Mrs. Easy, about the name I
shall give this child."
."Name, Mr. Easy! why what name
should you give it but your own?" .
"Not so, my dear,"" replied Mr. Easy ;
they. call all names proper names, but I
think that mine is not. It is the worst
name in the calender."
" Whv, what's tho nutter with it, Mr.
r
" The matter affects me as well as the
boy.. Nicodemus is a long name to write"
at full length, and Ntc,k is vulgar. Besides,
as.there will be two Nicks, they will natur
ally call my boy young Nick, and of course
I shall be styled old Nick, which will be
diabolical."
Well, Mr. Easy v at all events then let
me choose the name."
" That you shall my, my dear, and it was
with this view that ! mentioned the sub
ject so early."
" I think, Mr. 'Easy, I will call the loy
after my poor father Ins name shall be llo-
btrt
" Ycrv
weU, my dear, if you wish it,, it
shall be Robert. You shall have your own
way. But 1 think,' mv dear, upon a little
consideration you" will acknowledge
that
there is a decided objection.'
'(An objection, Mr. Easy !"
. ICS, my ueur; iuueii iuu in;,
well, but you must reflect upon the conse
quences"; he is certain to be called Bob."
" Well' mv dear, and suppose thev do
calll.imBob?"
" I cannot bear even the supposition, my
dear. You forget the county in which we
arc residing, the downscovcrtd with sheep."
" Way, -Mr. Easy,, w hat can thcqi. have.
to do with a Christian name!"
"There it is; women never look to Con
senuences. mv new, im v nan- a -mi-.u
dels! t do witlr "The r-riatoef -Bob; 1 mlt
appeal to any farmer in the county, if ninety-nine
shepherds, dogs out of one hun
dred arc not called Bob. Now observe,
vour child is out of doors somew here in the
fields or plantations; you want and you
call him. Instead of your child, what do
you find : Why a dozen curs at least who
come running up to yooyall tmswrring to
the name of Bob, and wagging their stump
of tails. You see Mrs. Easy, it is a dilem
na not to be got over. You level your on
ly son to the brute creation, by giving him
a Christian name which from its peculiar
brevity has been monopolized by all tin
dogs in the county. Any other name you
please my dear, but in this one instance
you must allow me to lay my positive
veto.
. . i
just now.
" I will think for you, mv-dear. hat
do you say to John ?"
" O no ! Mr. Easy, such a common name."
A proof of the popa lari ty, my dear. . . It
is scriptural wc have" ttrcr apostle and . .the
babtist ; we have a dozen popes who were
all Johns. It is royal we have plenty of
kings who were Johns ; and moreover it is
short, and sounds honest and manly."
- " Yes, very true, my dear; but they w ill
call him Jack."
" Well, wv have had several celebrated
chaarctcrs who were Jacks; There was
let me sec Jack the Gaint Killer, and
Jack of the bean stalk and Jack-r Jack."
" Jack Sprat," replied Mrs. Easy..
" And Jack Cade, Mrs. Easy, the great
rebel' and Three-fingered Jack, Mrs. Easy
the celebrated negro and above all Jack
FalstafT, ma'am, Jack Falstaff, honest Jack
FalstafT, witty Jack Fabtaff V
" I thought," Mr. Easy, I was to be per
mitted lo choose the name?"
" Well, so you shall, my dear; I give it
up to you. Do just as yor'please ; but de
pend upon it John is the right na'mc. Is it
not now my dear?"
" It's the way you always treat me, Mr.
Easy ; vou say that you give it up, and that
I shall have my own way, but I never do
have it. I am sure that the child Will be
christened John."
" Nay, my dear, it shall be just what you
nlcase. Now I recollect irtirere were scv-
cral Greek emperors who were. John but
Well then letine sec but 111 think of I benevolence, ami "e oincr nau nuer u.s
it Mr. Easv : mv head aches verv mucb j -Wi a new cmpire.in the carper of human
decide for yourself my dear."
" No, no," replied Mrs. Easy, who was
ill, and unable to contend any longer. " 1
know how it will be, as it always is, you
give me my own way as pcoplo give pieces
of gold to children. Its there own money,
but they must not spend it. Pray call him
John."
" There, my dear, did not I tell you, you
would be of my opinion upon reflection ?
I knew you would. I have given you your
own way, and you tell me to call him John ;
, and now we re both of the same mind, and
j that point is settled."
1 " I should like to go to sleep, Mr. Lasy ;
I feel far from well."
) " You shall always do just as you like,
my dear," replied the husband, " and ha.ve
.your own way in every thing. It is the
greatest pleasure I have when I yield to
I vour wishes. I will walk in" the garden.
Good-by, my dear."
Mrs. Easy made no reply, and the philo
sopher quitted the room. As may easily
be imagined on thefollowing day the boy
was christened John.
WHAT WILL" TUB WORLD SAY.
Wn.i, not MisaSuch-a-one laugh, and
Mrsi Sm h-a-one sneer, and Mr. Somebody
turn up his nose, if I do this or that, or il I
i i .i ' .i V'i i ... i i ...i....
mm I no I ins oi inai : J'ooi: Himi ujauin ,
it to thoe as to what the world may say?
I fast thou settled the subject wit h thine own
conscience and convenience? Is it right?
h it agreeable ? Then let the world talk
let its wits and witlings laugh much good
may it do them! -What carest thou about
the world, if. thine own conscience condemn
thte hot! . Art thou not a free man! Or
ait thou the sIaTe-rf the fashions and the
follies, the opinions and prejudices, of those
around thee ? 1--I
pity the woild-weather man tfisr-mis-crable
menial of mauvais honte -the veer
ihg weathercock which never points except
more intolerable than that of the galling
slave. lie toils in a tread-mill of his own
creation, and hugs the chain which galls
him.
Such a man, however great his intellec
tual endowments, and however ardent and
pure the intentions of his heart is he, can
lie be. a great man ? I answer, No. He
lacks the, Chief requisite for the conception
and execution of lofty designs and extend
ed plansthe fixed and decided purpose of
ti5e6inrind I et the painter ; who
forsooEthe happy inspiration of his own ge
nius, and exH)sed his productions to the
censures and alterations of the spectators,
he not only abandons, at every suggestion,
his own projects of greatness, but fails to
obtain even the temporary applause for
w hich he seeks.
What will the world my? Did Luther
ask that question ? Had he done so, the
eavth miht still have been groaning under
,fhe weight of Pa pan dominion, Had Co
lumbus been deferred by the-scoffs of the
sceptical and the name of a visionary, a
new w orld had never opened upon his ocean
pathwav. Had Howard or Watt regarded
the ridicule of those who call themselves
'the world' the deods of the one had not
lood upon the first page of the record of
. i , .i .i i .i
enlerprize. i he man w nose oniy ruie oi ac
tion and standard of conduct iy the opinion
of the w orld, can never be (I repeat) a great
inm much less a good man. He is gov
erned, by a mere concomitant of the conse
rail - 1 I
quences of- his action,., rather ..than by their
naltire or legitimate results. Ana when
(his fluctuating standard fails him when
the restraint of public sentiment is removed,
or the hope of secrecy and concealment
comes in to aid the whispers of temptation
he scruples not to plunge himself into the
lowest depts of debauchery and crime.
'Blush not now it is too late,1 said a
distinguished Italian to his young relative,
whom he met issuing from a haunt of vice ;
you should have blushed when you went
in. That heart alone is safe which shrinks
from the slightest contact or conception of
evil, and waits not to inquire, what will the
world say ? Xew Yorker.
From the Metropolitan.
BEST MOTIVES.
" The course of true love never did run smooth."
When people are mystified by the deeds
of others, there is generally a great talk a
bout motives. " What could be his motive
for cutting tisf " " O certainly ! I can't say
I should like such conduct in my daughters;
but then, you know, me dear Miss Back
bite, perhaps wc don't Understand your mo
thes." " Pray, sir," said Sir Richard Bir
nie, "if you were not guilty, why did you
effect your eseape from the officer the oth
er night9" Vy, your vorship. I can ex-
plain that ere," said the gentleman at the
bar, "and you'll think better on me ven
youk nows my motives. You sec, your vor
sliip, that it vas Tuesday a night, and I va
brought up a II independent Vesleyan, and.
vas always particular itbout chapel, I vant
ed to go to a prayer meeting, and as I know
ed the hoflicer vould'nt go along o'ma cos
he vas'nt no vays religious like given, vy I
vent alone sooner nor miss, and tltcm wag
my motives, your vorship." But to my tale.
The sun had set below the level' of tho
lowest chimney-top, in St. James street,
and the morning of that meridian was prqt
ty far Advanced, when the honorable Berk
ly Fit? ruhy, the handsomest roue' in town,;
halfinarelied, half sauntered, into tho Counv
tess of Lackland's drawing room, and "was;
graciously received by the Xdy Augustia
the youngest and sole immarried of a bloom
ing family of daughters. The beautiful
Clande sat on a huge ottoman, at a marque
tin table, busily engaged with a lithograph
of Tagnoni, a pile of shaved deals, and a
bottle of transfer varnish. " How very a-
propos you are come, Berkeley,1' she ai.d ;
"you are such a clever creatuTc detell
me how to use this transfer composition."
'jpon-my honor, Iady Augusta," an
swered Fitzrubv, "if vou do me the honor
(o nonsuit me, I fear 1 shall be selfish in my
.: '
msnui ihnip.
"Selfish," said Lady Augustia, " how is
that possible ? it will be a work of charity.'
"If," rejoined Bcrkely, "you will apply
my tuition you may indeed effect a work
ofchiT ty."
" Why now, Berkcly, I dare say you aro
getting up a Fancy Fair, for the poor Poles,
or the Portuguese patriots, and. you arc go
ing to ask me to supply you with workbox
es and cigar-cases, and to take a stall.
But now do tell me how to use this varnish
property."
iWhy Teally, Lady Augustia, unless it
is applicable to animate as well as inanim
teebjeety I ttlnwst: Jwbtry'pfrbiiii
of instjuction"rwTts Tfoseubui if it carl be
applied to the living, ,1 wouTd,--ia all hu
inanity, entreat it might be used to transfer
the image of a certain silent adorer to theT
gcnlle bosom of Nature' fairest creation."
"Ah! ah!" said the lady, affecting to
misunderstand him, " I see how it is a play,
and not a fai r, you arertUng. up ; but
what can I do with it??
"Every thing?" -
"O, indeed you want mo to rival Fanny
"Kemlde would my part be a- long ne?''.: -
"I hope so-"
"But I have such a horrid memory : I
could never recollect a dozen lines."
" In this case," said Bcrkely, "one word
by hrnrt will only be required."
"(, then" said Lady Augustia, " I think
I can achieve it; but do you mean 4to go
through the whole of this long part,.witli
the exception of one word, in dun.b show?"
"That were rather too hard," answered
Fitzruby, "one word only is necessary, but
as many more as Lady Augustia pleases,
may be superadded."
" But indeed I can't improvise, Berkeley j :
so tell me," continued the lady, "exactly
what vou want me to say and do."
- git J
"Why, then, you must suppose that you
are sitting in a drawing-room as now, by
the side of an adoring lover, who has long
sighed and admired in silence. Imagine
him - '
, ' Unable longer to conceal his, pain,'
unfolding with passionate ardor, yet with
trembling respect, the tale of his enduring
love j then you must receive i his declara- ...
tions w ith some encouraging show of sym
pathy and when lie thus takes your, band, ,
and swears, as I now do, 'by all my hopes
of heaven, thy smile is dearer to me than
the breath of life,' and adds, 4 O speak ! say,
dare I believe I am beloved, or hope I may
be?' your ladyship must w hisper' Yes,' -The
lady blushed, and looked down, and
said nothing, and smeared the table over -.
with varnish, and effected a lack of comprc- .
hension. " And now, A ugustia," said Bcr-.
keley, resuming his proper character, "may
I believe, or" may I hope ! f peak tell me."
" Not now," answered the lady turning
away her head ; not now, Berkeley anoth
er day to-morrow."
"To-morrow be it then," he said, "I o
bcy ;" and havingraccfulry kissed the fair
hand he still held, he withdrew.
Lady Augustia had not recovered from
the perturbation which Fitruby's declara
tion, although long expected, had created,
when the Earl, her father entered, and in
troduced to her notice Barneby Grampus,
Esq., of Tokenhousc Yard, in the city of
London, bill broker. " Augustia, my dear,
my particular friend, Mr. Grampus," said
the Earl, as he handed forth the dessicated
Scot, pray sit down, Mr. Grampus. Mr.
Grampus, Augustia, my dear, js just return.
ed rfrom Scotland,"-thc lady Lowed k
If