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3 A. Tho North Carolinian, AS InKrEMENT HKEKLY FAMILY A'E lYSl'Al'KIl. Pit It m 10 AVCiH. rRHTID ATTml. ASDJOi rmtna iTaitnUT or d"T, THlUrSS rOfAIT, MAI TBT, Tbs A'orA Cmroliikiam It lire newspaper. ItUonsof ibe oldest Journal la the country, ; nd circulates everywhere to North Carolina. Its column. sbU h so (ruarded that nothing ' detrimental to morals will be admitted Into . them onder any clicunitances. "i" j II ! I V II I l v I w n -ll ". I i : VIv IS LAt II 1 1 II II lf II II U II I V IV - i coiunma OI U JorU C'svvtfauaa Mi ilk fol. 1 I OLD 8ERIES VOLUME 42. N EW SERIES-VOLUME .) Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to hini33lf hath sai Tis " .my- my native land." TAiVBORO, XORTJI CiUMJXATNO ' PhTEIUSBUUG. ' , punn t u r e . Tho North Carolinian. W II OLE SALE n K E T A I L. J. ,T. MOHIliSS. 1 1IAVR lust returned from the principal j fsetorlea of the North, and have received the j larger portion of my carefully selected itock, comprising every talng In the line of j irnrfiVlinl.T) FlTItNITURE. I A A w a ' FRlAY, N0VE3IBER 10th, lSW.! ' WOUTH REAPING. This toncling little ilecd l as W6ri float- nd UrjcMt tock of FURNITURE, METALIO BURIAL CASfc .i ' , ' olotbr UtdarUktni mterbl. In thU cc. Uoo, which 1 oHi whoTcland retail tpc whkh wlU Joatify, no oop golnif further North. Call and examlie for youradf at Yil Kyca mora atrect, FctdriLurj, Va. . not u '':!'.'. " wl0, ' the iii;ad QirAuxr.ns. (Frpni t!i? Cdritl," r.cpo'.J. fit. n. a4 rrlvjito Memoir r tb l.ifoann t'hir.vter of Wish-: ii t t . urukihii And mrnwri mannfrtttr, I think inj about for many yttm, ind is octa&ion- 1 can with conftdenro aay that I hato tho -beat BUy casI up on tLe-tborca of riewspajxirdloni. 1 ho waif U lotcrtitnei credited to Anonv- traa wrilten lj an unappreciated Bo8toniaot named Robert Coffin a printer, we beieTe who lived uncared for, and died of consuinp- COCKADE 1IAIIBLE WOIIK8,! CORNKH HYCAMORK ASH FRANKLIN KT. PETElisBUHO, VA. , MONUMENTS, CENOTAfllS HEAD AND FOOT 8TON Ed, AND GRAVE STONES f of every doacrlpllun, and of . "TiHF.8T MARBLE AD SUPERIOR . VfORfJjl'. alwayo on band aud'made to order i BELOW NORTHERN PRICES. i ' ' MATHFACTIUN (II AUANTF.ED. CL1AS. M. WALSH, Proprietor. ' not - ' DISSOLUTION or CO-PARTNEHSHIP. THE FIRM of Donnana A Johnson baa cd by I n lti 11. 8. U. DON NAN, J. A. JOHNSTON been dbmolTcd by mutual content. Either part ner wUl t!gu In Uiioldatlon. Th omlrr.lned will contlnuo the Grocery and Commlulon Bq1iicm at the old tnud, No. luw and 111 Sycamore rtrcet, under the flna of j - JOHN DONNAN & CO., IUvlnr bad many yeara experience In the Grocery and CoramUalon Unslncw, rrtfvi'i- fully oltor yon their torvlcea In the a.ilo oi any Produce you may ihip to inia maraei. i JNO. DONNAN. otja-ly J- A. JOHNSTON JIiILWAlNK & CO., WHOLESALE GR0CEH3 AND COMMSS'N MEI1CII ANTS, ' , .-' t 19. 81 A W SYCAMORE STREET, PETERsnrud.VA. WHkHK fOTT9, a. a. iitHiiR, K. UR41I4U. f 7- nov 13 DRANCU & HERUERT, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 123 SYCAMORE STREET, PETERSBURG, VA. . . t Cootlirnmenta Df COTTON, TOBACCO, WHEAT, V a. At, Vs... rencraliv ouciico. on wmeu vn uu.c m . . lion, poor and forlorn. This is the torv as we beard it in our 'youth. r j The piece U worthy of preieiralion, and may well be laidjtojlieari in UUa all too bitter- minded day. j, i , 1 ' WHO 13 WY NEIGHBOR 1 Thy neighbor!. It U be whom ihou Ilast power lo aid and bless Whoso aching heart 6 bnrnlnxbrow ' Thy soothing band; may press. . Thy neigbborl - 'Tis the fa nt'mj vori Whose eye with want is dini, ,1 i , Whom Lunger tends from dpor to door . Oo lliou and succor bim I ' : . " . ' Thy neighbor 7 'lis that weary man, Whose years are a their brim, ' Dent low with Ricknees, cares 'and pain Oo thou ana comfort him! , Tby neigbbof 1 'Tis the heart bereft Of every earthly sem; ,: J v Widow and orphin, belpicss lef t Go thou land shelter them 1 i i t. t t . -Thy neighbor 1 Yonder toiling slave, Fetter'd in Uioushtl and limb, Whose bopes are all beyond the grate Oo thou and ransom blm t Whene'er thou meet'st a bnman form Less favor'd than thine ojwn,; ' Remember 'tis thy neighbor worm Thy brother or thy son. . Oh, pass rot, pass cot heedless by ! i reibaiia thou can-it redeem. The breaking heart from misery I Go, share thy lotith htm Robt'.VoffiH, POPt'LAIl SIMILES I As wet as a fish as dry ss a bone, As lire as a bird as dead as a stone ; As plump as a partridge as poor as a rat, .Jin strong as iu3XSCt3U waak, cat. Aa hard as a nint as soft as a mole, As white as a lily a$ black as a coal, As tight as a 'drum as' Aee as the air;: As heavy as lead a iiht. as a feather. As steady as time uncertain as weathpf.; As hot as an oven as poM a$ a ii-og As gny as a lark as! hick as a dog ; As truo as the gospel aa false as maiikiiid ; As thin as a lierringt-tt fat as a pig, ! As nrouias a iieacocK as unine as n enr .... -, - As savage as tigers a$ mild as a dove As still as a poker as 'limp as a glove ; As bliud S a bat as deaf as a post, Aa cool as a cucumber-r-as warm as toat : menu can be made GROCERIES and every mhr kind of Uoods will be furnished at low eat market ratca.i lkigs furnUhed on usual terms for grain, i , ' GILLIAM DUN LOP, I HON AND STEEL WAREHOUSE, 1X1 8YCAMORK HtKKET, rETERSIlUKO, VA ', i Keep conlantIy on hand a full assortment of IRON AND RTEEL, They are agents far the sale of the celebrated ARROW COTTOji TIE. FAIRBANKS' SCALES, (at N. Y. prices,) OILS OF ALL KINDS at wholesale, and AUUltLliltUAli of all dcacrlptloua. : IMPLEMENTS nov 13 ly Ingkon.J, Many of tho i establisLments that constituted the ineadfiuartcrs in the War of the Revolution, yet remain for the veneration of the Americans. At Cambridge, Morristown, Nettberg, West Pointj New Windsor, and other places, buildings are- still pre served, but of the Valley Forge, it is doubtful' whether there exists at this time any remains of tho Headquar ters, bo memorable in .the history of the days of trial. l: j - ' -. -if tlrrllcadquarters at Morristown ftro bleak and gloomy, from being loca-ted in a mountainous region, and occupied in tho depth of winter, tho 6oldier was cheered, amid his priva tions of the ; roud anl happy remem brance of his .triumphs all the close of, the campaign of 1770. JCpt such were the association's that attended the Headquarters at Valley Forge, at the close of the canipaign'of 1777. The American army defeated in two hard foughi general engagements,' beheld its enemy comfortably housed. in Philadelphia, while it was com pelled at an inclement season to re tire to a forest, there to erect huts for a sftelter, and where i( afterwards en dured the greatest extiremities of hu man suffering. But Washington was: in the midst of -hia faithful compan ions in arms, ever employed in limit-, ing their privations, in alleviating their miseries, and holding tip to them the hopes of better fortunes. And. oft' in the rudej wintry night, when the tempest howled among the hovels, and the shivering gentry pac ed his lonely round, -ould his eyes be attracted to taper that burned in the Headquarters, where the man of e others unborn Frftn Mi 3 I 4. t II NorUi Araerlean to his Secretary to copy and transmit, ho would either . mount his charo-er for a tonr of inspection, or. return to the Headquarters j and enjoy social converse with his offiecry- , -i 1 i The Marquees were nxde in Third street, Philadelphia, undent the direc tion of Captain Moulder, pi tLe artil-lc-ry, and were first pitchel on the heigh,t3 of Dorchester, in August, 1775 !' --A '- . - the Life Guard was attached to tho' 8If c'ly aPPlied- J is certain Headquarters from the tUo its for- I cver, that the simplification of mation to the end of thllvar. The fonns of Government, the accustom chosen corps of picie.t3n, with ing of mankind to dep md more upon, GibbJ, and Colfax, anC jk gallant the limbs with which nature has uro- sri r.nri'r m a.i Government is the bt?? of man'8 topt innocence. The sayWS,u true is an ab- 'r bs trac hea Hough only partially, for n 6 tract proposition, and all iins may Joso their truth, hoS the world eaya about us, to be always looking into the face of others for in. J- proTal, to be always anxious for the effect of what wo do or aay, to al ways shouting to hear the echo, of our own voices ! If you look about you, you will see men who are wear ing life away in feverish! anxiety of fame, and the last we shall ever hear of them will be the funeral bell, that tolls them to ' their early grave I Un happy men, and unsuccessful ! I be cause their tunoe is. not tr " nrwm. tsh well their task, but to clutch f h "trick and fantasy of fame ;M and araci. 1 Ma. S Moe. Mo. 1 square 3 -CO -- 7 e - JO OO i2 fioarf & 00- It 00 13 fX S tqoarts 3 bO 1C 00 S4 00 4 aqaarTs . 10 00 17M -90 00 i colams 13 50 5 00 . 35 00 I rotcmaf 9 CO S3 CO 37 50 1 column SO 00 CO 00 g? SO 35 00 40 OO AO 00 90 00 ISO 00 m r I 1 tor?cers, vra3; always l ia-viest or- Tided tiem.andiess upon tiie crutches thrg to-their graves with purposes uer, proua or its ueing auacneu to tne and supports with which society and- uniccomP"aea and wishes nnful- Prfn', )he Chief, and appearing civilization bolster up weaknesses of filled Better for themand for the smart and L soldierly, even the worst thoir own creation, would induce the worldn their example, had they times'..; t-.1;'V'.' . r 5 AJA:oA " i-- i i n wiu'i ' tt!:--. j memories of the Pater Pa- i eii. e. :j U , A ft J: f. ,'i i. , 1 uwio vt iuaiuiauir,iuv auU SbUT- I 1116 Vttieni I, .v-a a uuimug luuto T.ITl It C M Oil OdTlTlTlTin T I . III! n Mill fin I ' I ':;ioua".w"""UB - Vi: . r dmess of purpose, which dignify hu- than doing That T0U well; and some -mention of thedi jnguished a natu ia tIme3 that try men's doing well wVteyer you do, without patriots, statesmen, and sdliers who l,t ,, T,u 1 .. .. , f . X , ti ! A ,v i . ' .. r , s ; souls It is greatly the fault of the k i).nn1itnf fmkie If itoomes at all. mighty labors, watching, whi slept, toiled in the cause of millionsJ " ' j . At the Headquarters of the Valley . F6rgo occurred some memorable incidents Independence. It was there there the General received the appalling intelligence, that not another ration v as in store to isWa to his troopsv It was . there that he was forced, by a , n ; TT. i j' , , r l tu.ab ilieu &IUUV VlTCUmaUiUCeB Vno n4fci4innj TTirrh rn hie hnnnrcfl, E ' i T J M vuwvi list appears, in bold relief,! '.he name of Jonathan 1 Trumbull, thepatriotio jGdvornor of Connecticut during the whole of the Revolution. Ho was, indeed, more fitted for the hiines in which he flourished, and suti a one .... twillcomo becaY18 " f deserved, too much, and their own' capabilities not because it is sought after. And, too ! little. The indomitable wilTof moreover, there will no misgivings, man needs jto be opposed to arouse its 110 appointments, ncV hasty,feverish exnausung excitement. determination. fin' these! what they days men seldom think can do by dint of hard as revolution alone seems capable of knocks and sturdy endeavors to work , producing. Wiso to conceive, and ont their ofn destinies, but they look energetic to; execute, hi3 prudence tcj the Legislature for help. Instead equalled liis courage in tho censpieu- o putting his own shoulders to the ous part ho .was destined to bear in wheel, PFTTIJIG UP8T1 1 ES. . those momentous concerns t ,Aat even- ei to lift his cart out of the mire. very iaa cries aloud foe new laws. tuated in the independence of his bv which he seems ksxk. thht -fW country r . yet did he bear Aij high highways and byeways of life can be offices so WkH that he was deserv- nlado so smooth, that there shall be private virtues as he was admired for the stern, unyielding integrity'- with ..1 :'Y.' Lis-ltl i'i: a i-?-' tiij. - j.."' jwliich ho discharged his public du ties. It is enpugli for his fame that he was a man after Washington's own heart. ' of tho most of the ! War of When tho no painful necessity, to use jmen, Governor; item and the high' powers vested in ihim by' Congress, to seizo upon provipions for the relief j of. his starving soldiers. It was there, while struggling with . I . " I - ' ' i I ' ' down with the care3 and sorrows of i his country's cause, that Washington was informed of the ca"bal thn agita- I ting in uongress ana tne army, tor the rernoval of tho commander-in- chiof. . ' I " But, with all these glooms, there were1 glories, too, that shed their jvvs arrived in Connec- ticut of the. battle-of Lexington, Put nam, who was ploughing in his field, ir stantly replield to the Governor for oiders. "Go,'j said Trumbull, "to tl.e scene of actidn." . "But my clothes, Governor ?" "Oh, never mindyour cloths,'ontinUedjTjcuml)ulnr military experience " will be dieervice to your !i countrymen, -' . lnit my. nothing to -be done but to ride luxu r: ouslybver them in elegant post -cpaclies.': .' . V '": Industry and - frugality, and ; an honest and determined purpose, will c o more for a. man than any law that Congress or a State Legislature can iass. This continual reference ' of every- hing to the Government, is also a regnant cause of improper, hasty nd jneflicient legislation.'; LLegisla- hearing this great cry for help' ii-he people, things that something tors IG UP8TQ V We do not remember tb, ,JCact date of the invention of stoves,1 y t t was Bomo' years ago. 1 Since therWt ankind has been tormented, once a y .ar by the difficulties that beset the t4-fik of putting up and getting the VP68 fixed. With all our Yankeo ingest": ty, no American! has ever invenV any method by which, the labor putting up a stove' can be lessened. The job is as severe and vexatious as humanity can possibly endure, .and gets more so every ' year. Men al ways put up their stoves on a rainy day. Why, we know not ; but we never heard of an exception! to the rule. The first step to be taken is to put On a very old and ragged coat under, the impression that when he gets his mouth full of piaster it will keep his shirt bosom clean;. Next Aa Inch space, or 1ms, U m equre. , ; true. Then himself and wife and the hired girl more the store to the left, and the legs falls out again. Next it is to wove to the right, More diffi culty now with the leg. .Moved to the front a little. Elbow not even with the hole in . the chimney, and the head of the family goo to (he wood shed after some little blocks. While putting the blocks under the legs, the pipe eomee oat of the chim ney. That remedied, the elbow keep tipping over to the great alarm of bis wife, neadof the family get the dinner table out, ptfU the old 'chair on it, gets his wife hold of the thauy and balance himself on: it o drive -somo nails in the ceiling. Drop .the hammer on his wifa't head.. At .last gets the nails driven,' makes a; wire swing to hold the pipe, " hammer a ' fitt!4 here, pulls a little there, takes long breath, and announces the cere- . mony concluded. Job never putVup stoves. It would have ruined hi re putation if he had. The. above pn- ' gramme.with unimportant variation, haa been carried out in many reapecta- . ble families during the last few weeks. -fjrefmnye. I - xoy men what &hall I do about, Qh, never mind Jour men," continued the man Jor the times, "I'll send. your men afteryou." .Putnam hurried to Cambridge. 1 ; the operator gets his hands inside the D lice where . tho ustbe quickly' done to satisfy this blacks fingers and en he care- fully makes a black mark down one side of his noso. It is impossible to laste, one enactment follows another, j m!ake any headway in doing this lankering after more laws, and so ithou reflection and with ridiculous UPS AND BOWXS. 1 .Our world hasJong been celebrated for a varietv oil uiis and downs, l! , When it is Hill up with a man,"lie use them for follies which ;are v found to be "down in the prompted and urged by themselves. As flat as a flounder a- round as a bal As blunt as a hammer as sharp as an! awl ' ... .. . . . ' I. 1 . I " . i lustre Unori the Hfinflnnnrora ivf hn As bold as a thief as a v.as a fox : T1 T . rw. As straight as an arrow-as crooked ajb bow, 'iY alley Forge. It was there it was As yellow as saffron is black as a sloe jnrst proclaimed, to tuearmy the grate- j lul-tidings bt the alliance with France; land it was from that Bceno of so many trials and sufferings j that, on Aa brittle as glass a. lougU'is a gristle, As neat as my nail aa clean as a whisi)e As good as a feast aa bad as a witch, As light as is day asjdark as is pitch ; As brisk as a bee as (lull as an ass, ! ' '1:1- '' As full as a lick as solid as brass ; At lean aa a greyhound as rich as a Jew, And ten thousand sfmiles equally new! the return . i mode ftO. A. AETIM. KO. R. II ILL. ROUT. A. MARTINA CO., i '. OROCtRS AND CoMMIS N MERCHANTS, 129 SYCAMORE BTREET, PETERSRURO, VA. Strict ;erouL attention Riven to tho sale t Cotton, ToImuto, Wheat, Vc. Orders for roods filled at reasonable prices for cash or short time to responsible punctual customers. no? 13 ...I-. J HENRY T. ALLEY, CONFECTI ON EE, i ' '. Wholesale and retail dealer I n FRUITS, FANCY 'GOODS, CIGARS, TOYS, Ac, . . 1 NO. m SYCAMORE STREET, PETERSBURG, VA. n ! wepptsoj ami r.nTirirrnxi!HEnis Tllk UOHT AmtOVKn STYLE. ' no? 13 ' ' M' 3m . -, ' 1 : : 1 T1IK WORkl.XG MAX. The noblest men I know on earth Are riien whofe hands are brown with toil; Who, backs' I by no ancestral groves,. Hew down tlte wood and, till thofoil And win thereby a prouder name Thau follows king or" warror'a fame. " T 'i ' i - ' : The working men, wbate'er the task Who carve the atone or bear the ho They bear upon their honest bVows The royal stamp and seal of Uod ; And worthier are their drops of sweat Than diamonds in a coronet. ' ' God Ideal the noble working men, Who rear the citica of the plain ; Who dig the mines, who build the ships, . . Ar.d drive the commerce of the. main. God bless them ; for their toiling bands Hav.e wrought the glery of all lands. of the genial season, the rn Fabius marched aoin tn I ! V '..'I--.. '. ; grapple witn. His lormidable and well- appointed-foe, and to wrest from him, aftoJ a! most gallant and hard-fought conflict, a glorious victory on the Plains of Manmouth. '' J-" ! I" " .'' ; ' '"1 ' ; - , The Headquarters were under can-1 vassi durinz tne seiore and aftAr tho j xnd inefficient laws aro abolished' as lurriedly as they iwero made, to , be replaced by others just! as foolish and !ust as little destined to last.' All this ime the people cry ou ; against Con gress and the Legislatures, and a, man is "up in the vorld," o "come down! handsome- surrender .- I. ! - quees ot is gcnerall mouth.'! ; When he oughl ly." . A thing ' onqe found out as "not what it's cracked up to be," will never "go down." It is awkward to be "down at tho jl . '. i : i ..... ; heel" and "up to the ears- in debt. 1 It is hard toe "hard up" for :non ey and 'run down,' by duns. An actor who is "up in his- part" stands a gooHhUnce of being "down in tne cast." ; 1 : 1 Compositions are f usually down" on paper; before thj&y are up ' in type. "set of Yorktown. The mar tho Commandet-in-Chief were pitched in the rear of the grand pattery, just out - of the range of the enemy: s shells. Their were two mar quees Ten-pins are c. c. VINCENT, MANVFACTUKER OF ' ! '' " TIN AND, SHEET IRON WARE, rLUMBINO, UOOFINO, &C., CALKS I! I AC. STOVES, RANGES, PUMfS, ANIT IIOUSE-FURNISniNaf OOODsj NO. 10 OLD 8T REST, I '' J . ' TETERSBURO, VA. sor 13 f 1 J CO.tlK 1M BEAITHTL PtlEAMS. ' Come,! in Wautiful dreams, love. Oh ! come to me oft, When the white wings of leep On my bosom li soft ; Oh ! come when tte sea," In the moon's gentle lighr, . Reats soft on the air, I - Like the pulse of the night When the sky and the wave Wear their.lofliest blue, ; Wbenbe dew's on the flower, - And the star's on the dew.; Come, In beautiful dreams, love, Oh ! come, and we'll fly, . Like two winged spirits i Of love, through the sky ; j Where the starlight and moonlight j I ' Are blending their fclow ; j And on the bright clou J we'll linger ; Of purple and golJ, j . 'Till the angels shall envy .. , , . The Llias they behr I attachetl to the Headquarters during all campaigns. The largeror banqueting tent, would contain from forty to fifty persons ; the smaller, or ... i-' I ' I . i sleeping tent, had an inner1 chamber, where, on a hard cot-bed, reposed. . . ' ; 1 . ' . ' Tliere is a' most interesting remin: iscence attached to the - sleeping tent TrnnnWrl rln-mi " and so are than auction. One who is "up to too many is very apt to rogue. Many a whom the (nor ner. Eogues are Ilecorder, and. the Chief criminal Court It is easier to Skick up a rumpus," than to up to "set "set be ngs at 11, jcn ."set down cks" or a VjVHOL.ESOME ADVICE. After all, perhaps, the greatest les son which the lives of literary men Itcach us, is told in a single word : Wait ! Every man must patiently o his time. He must wait More particularly in lands, llike' my native land, where the pulse of life beats with such feverish and . impatient throbs, is the lesson neadfuL Our national'character waits the dignity of repose. We seem to live in ' the midst of a battle -thete is such a din, such a hurrying to and fro. jl 'In the streets of a crowded ci,ty it is difficult to walk slowly. You feel the rushing of the crowd," and rush with it on ward.. In the press of life it is diffi- work, until his mark is made down the side of his nose. Having got his face properly marked, the victim is ready to begin ; the ceremony. The head of the family who. is jthe big goose of the sacrificegrasps one side of the bottom of the, stove, and. his -'.. ' I . wife and the hired girl take hold . of the other side. In this, way the load is started from the wood-shed to the parlor. Going through the door the head of the ' family .Vill. carefully swing his side of the stove 'around and jam his thumb nail against the door post This part of the ceremo ny is never omitted. Having got the family comfort in place, the next thing is to find the legs two of these are left inside the stove since the spring before. Tho other two must be hunted after for twenty-five min utes. They are usually found under the coal. The head of the family holds up one side of the stove while his wife puts two of the legs in place, and next he holds up the other side are fixed, and man "sets up for a saint : d "sets down as a sm- Vtaken up" before the "sent down to the "put down a riot- The whole business of lie,in short, . i L - i The' Headquarters, cen d iring the - is merely, a series ef tips and doicn. Bummer season, were located in a j i j. 1 great majority. of instances, in private ' : cii inf TV Legixs TtTiome. dwelling, J the sleeping tant being '' pitched in the yard, or very near at ' This time honored axiom is well han. Within its venerable folds, j, illustrated by Washington was in the habit of seek- 1 which, if not he following1 anecdote altogether new, will repetition : cult to bo calm. In! this stress , of wind and tide, all professions seem to drag their anchors, acd aro swept out in the main. The voices of the pre sent say, come ! JJut the voices of the xast say, , wait ! . With calm and solemn! footsteps the rising tide bears nagainst the rushing torrent up stream, and pushes back the hurry? in a: waters. With noi less calm and selemn footsteps,, nor less certainly, does a great mind bear up - against the public opinion, arid push back its p hurrying stream. fTherefore should I every man wait; should bide his time ing privacy and seclusion,! where he bear frequent wiumuiie nimsen, andl! lne ceieprated jouu.A"unujpu, uu where he jwrote the most memorable , a visit to a female friend, found her of his despatches in the Revolution- surrounded with ; her seamstresses, -while the other two one of the first two falls out By the time the stove is on its j legs, he get reckless and takes off hi coat regard less of his linen: Then he goes for the pipe and get two cinders in hi eyes. It don't make t any difference how well the pipe was put up hu THE BEST WO.VI AM IX THE WO RED. I think old; women I don't quite like jthe word "lady," because it don' mean anything now a daysare th most beautiful and lovable tliingtin the world. " They are o near Heaven that; they catch the glow and the brightness which radiate from the pearly gates and-' illuminate their faces. 1 " When the hair begins to sil ver, and tho embers in tho ' fire grow, gray and cold, and the sun has got so , far around in life's horizrh that the fesent makes no shadow, while the V. 1 -.1.' it. i- . past Ttireicues uown me muBiue xo a little nVes4.oroarth, where we will rest for tt season a j&lemound not big enough to hold ourcoT? lot, and marble fronts, and safes, 'wtefh we shall have to leave on the jo side of fhe hill, but big enough,' trust, to hold our V memories and fancies, our air, castles and - secrets ; , and when the journey is neaTlyj done, and the night i setting in, and the darkness begins to trather arojin us without any s&rs, and the bird sings low in tho trees, and the flowers with er and die, and the music we hear , comes , from afar, strangely sweet, - ike sound coming over the water, ' and like little children we live in our selves, and the world j gradually re cedes from us then I should like to be an old woman. full of blessed mem ories and peaceful anticipation. . I think I know the best woman in ' the world, and I think every other man knows her. ; I think thej one I know ;has tho kindest heart,' and the dearest face, and the most caressing ' hand, and the most undying devotion ' among' all women, -i Her eyeaj were " once the boundaries of the world, and werd the first things I ever poked into; and pray Heaven they may alao l be tho last I shall look into. And I . '' think the best' woman everyj other ; man; know has all theso qualities in. tne same degree.. Ana j. minx mere is not one of us who pas strayed so far fronthat womanthe be of all women not ono of u so calloused ' J with the strife and toil of life, n6t, -I one of uin thV mids! ,of difficulty and danger, who doe i not f el the j invisible arms around him to shield .. him, snd wko does not long to-go back to the arm and the Ioto of . that woman," and to rest, as we retted a tUer - before our feet got into the flinty roads, upon the breast . THE WOUa TABIFF 1.1- T tm mtmiX VtA Va TMT'f A h S-9 9VOK7WsV UfOl nVIU A. U S-s is derived from the town of TariftLon of onr xoTffza. .. ... , , 1 ; - , ' uio cp&uusa wast, iixwio oww. vi year, it will always be found a little I . 4. 1 TL .t v x "i , . . I Gibraltar, vand the most southern town u snorn or uu suug - , j Tarifa ji ttroBg The head of the family; jama hu hat,,, wM , ; ! AimnAA wisx. the" Christians, and 1 still within ary War. He would remjainin the j! making! a quantjtyof clothing: ''What retirement of the sleeping test for work have you on band V. "0, sir, hours, giving: orders to the officer of ? J am preparing this clothing tp send nis guard mat he should jon no ac count be disturbed, save on the arri- to the joor ureeKS. ua taiung leave, at the steps! of the mansion he valj of an important express. The sW some of her servants in need of 1.:.-. -' -: . - . . r i ; i -t. .- l .... I -'. oujevts oi nis seclusion? being accom- Not in listless idleness, not in useless pastime not in querulous dejection, but in constant steady, cheerful en- ' I M I v - 1 I rlnornFa oIttottq tstiIIt r nr onrl f rvTfil v4t rA g uvuiviOy a tw 0 v uuvt Asesaaanaaiy and accompLishing jhis task, 'that, when the occasion comes, he mar be equal to. the occasion. And if it never comes, what matter it ? What matters it to the world, whether I, or you, or any other roan did such a pjished, the Chief would appear at the very-clothing which their tender I hearted! aisttess as sending abroad. the canvass door of the marquee, with He exclaimed, "Madam, madajn, the despatches-in bin ,hand, giving which Greeks are at vour door- ' i , deed, of wrote such a book, sobeitv the deed and book were well done? It is the part of an j Indiscreet and troublesome ambition, to care too much alout &me, about what the over his eyes, and, j taking a pipe, under each arm goes to the tin-shop to have them fixed, j When he get back he steps upon one of the best parlor chairs to see if the pipe fits, and his wife makes him get down for fear he will cratc;h the varnish off from the chair with the nail of hi boot heel.; In getting down, he will surely step on the cat, and may thank his stars that it is not the baby. Then he gets! an old chair, and climbs up to the chimney again, to find, that, n cutting the pipe off, the end has been left too big for the hole in the chim ney. So he gees to the wood shed and splits one side of the end of the pipe with an old ax, and squeezes it in his hand to make it smaller. Final ly he gets .the pipe : in shape, and finds that the stove doe not stand three miles of the empire of Morocco. When the Moors held , possession of the Pillar of Hercules, it wa here that they levied contributions br res- cl s ejitering Uie L Mediterranean hence the generic name. J ". There is no prophel, or teacher of philosophy, or preacher of trutn with out honor, save in hi own country and anong his own kindred How often have we seen it j the case that a man of intellectua lendowments, who ha been unable to attain any con siderable elevation m his native place, ha gone to a strange country or neighborhood, and, without the patronage of friends, by hi own tal- ent ha won the cpnfidnce of the people and gained powerful influence and desirable renown.. tTcax. SK ' J ii 1 1 ! V. i i ! . t ' .I'-. P. ' ;'...'-- . ' " ; i : : ,'- r;-; .-' ' . ;.'"!' ' . '-;':v:: M j,- . J; .;, ., ' . ; :. ' llJ . 5 al " n.-f i - - - I .... I 1: -1 i n
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Nov. 19, 1869, edition 1
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