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-' 4 if r JLJ i. W. & J. B. .WHITAKER, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. VOLUME II. NUMBER 5. RALEIGH, FEBRUARY 2S, J842. . - j -J- o SINGLE COPY, we co Vg, gyyg iieflild or a vojsr world " nvECEirw. TERMS. TheRa?p is published every Saturday morn ing, at One Dollar ar.d Fifty Cents per annum', payable ifi advance. Any person sending us six new subscri bers, alid the subscription money for one year, shalLreceive the seventh numberree of charge, for thesame length ot time. t, Advertisements conspicuously inserted, at the vrrv reduced price of Fifty Cents per square forthe'first insertion, and Twenty-five Cents for each continuance. The foyagsiq Squibnocket Point Some thing for a laugh. About as many blunders are committed by attempting the use of terms at sea, as in any other business of which we have any knowledge." The vocabulary of the sailor is a difficult one to become acquainted with, and to the old Salt nothing is more Ju dicious than the perversions of phrase common to the land-lubber on ship-board or on- shore. We have laughed until we cried over the e vents ot a brief voyage made by a Down Easter some years ago. The old fellow had been driving cart all his lifetime, at Newport, Rhode Island, and knew as much about ihe sea as the man in the moon. Feeling a desire to embark in something more profitable, he had concluded to undertake a fishing speculation; 'With his son. a stouts youth of twenty years, he made two or three short, and as it happenned. plea sant voyages to Squibnocket Point, and oiher places, and finally thought himself a sufficient ly accomplished sailor to take command of a s!oophe had purchased, and started for Cape Cod,hfsson being cook, steward. and 'all hand?.' It was a delightful morning when they left Newport harbor, but alter a few hours it com menced blowing a little harder and a cloud reared itseli in the horizon. The captain be gan to feel somewhat sea-sick. 'There's danger corain' up, Eoam,' said the eld man; 'but we won't back out. You see that pint right ahead on us well, stick to that are helium. Don't let her flinch an inch, but drive straight to that pint.' 'Agreed,' said Enam. 'Where's them cold 'taters?' said the captain, after a brief pause. 'Down in the cabing.'said Eaarn. 'And the cold pork?' Down in the cabing, to; and the pepper sass is in the cruet, next'to the plain vinegar; and the cider brandy is in the jug, under the table.? 'Well, Ecam, I'm gwdin' down to take a snack, and someihin' to drink. We'll slick 'er through, as I said before. If there's any alter ation on deck let me know.' The captain went down, and in order to quiet his rebellious stomach, plied himself lib erally with the cider brandy, and turned in. The storm came up right speedily, shivered the mainsail to ribbons,carried awav the mast,and3 as the vessel was going away with the sea,the helm poked Enara on the side of the head, and knocked him to the lee scupper where he lay. senseless for somei minutes. At last helcrawl ed to the companion-way, and supg out 'Daddy! daddy!' 'Hollo! what's the trouble?' 'Q,uite aq altejation upon the deck here. The long Up-and-down stick has" turned into flood wood, the swingle tree has got possession of the quarter-deck, and our vessel's rollin horse-hole and 6Cupper-hole in rag'lar Jicker-to-smash style.', fWhy would ladies make the best editors?' f 'Because they culd furnish such pretty eye tenis. Richmond Srar. Witcu CANDLESt-rAn old lady, living near a grave-yard, in France, has been detected in stealing bodies from the graves, with a view of obtaining their grease for candles. TheSifolphftedlhinaChu have named iff the City Matters the sudden death, which took place on Sunday, at St. Joseph's Church. Mr. CostehV was in his own pew; and intended to receive. the; communion tfnd the clergy nan at the lime was administering the sacrament to those arouud the altar. Mr. C. was first discovered in a dying state. His pew was the second one from the altar; and .in it few minutes the.vital spark'fled from his frail frame, and he di d without an apparent strug gle. Apoplexy is supposed to have been the cause. The scene was solemn and awful. Mr. C. was a native of Dublin, but had resided in Philadelphia a number of years. Truly 'in life we are in the midst of death.' It is des cribed, by all present, as a most impressive scene. Saturday Courier. From the N. Y. Sun da v Mercurv. MACHINE POETRY. A BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN. There's difference in color, rnd difference iu f:-to, There's difference in feeling and difference in mind; There's difference in objects and difference in sounds, And difference vast marks the whole of mankind. Some people are always as 'happy's a clam,' While others are downcast as' sad s a sick doy' As 'weak as a cat,' or as 'sick a1? a horse,' And others again are as 'sound as a log.V ; The pockets ot sum axe as 'tight as a drum,' And thousands of others will leap like a riddle,' Some people don't care what old breeches they wear, While others go looking as 'fine as a riddle. ' Some are as fall of conceit as 'an egg is of meat,' While others are modest as 'gentle's a lamb;' And some of the fair as 'timid's a hare" Others 'bold as a lion,' and 'don't care a d n.' On the stage of this woild there is of en one hurl'd With fortune upon him as 'rich as a Jew;' But thousands there are, almost naked and baie, Whom favor ne'er fondled nor fortune ne'jr knew. Some are 'dull as a hoe,' others 'sharp as a razor,' Some 'blind as a bat,' others 'bright as a button,' Some as 'yielding a.s putty,' some 'stiff as a poker,' Some -sweet as molasses,' some 'rank as old mut ton.' The spirits of some are as -heavy as lead,' While others are constantly 'light as a feather;' The heart3 of some people are naturally soft, And others many others are as 'tough as sole leather. There are hundreds I know who are 'crazy aa loonsj And hundreds likewise, who are 'quiet as mice.' The feelings of some are as 'warm as tiuerlove, While thousands and thousands are cold, 'cold as The top'gues of some people cling fast to their mouths, While others rttn smoothly and softly and 'slick;' Some people, by nature, Lare "miri as a shad, AncLgeme are as fat and as 'full as a tick.' Hold up tnere, black man det go the crank. We hare got along so far as 'slick as greas-' better stop here, lest, the next verse be a in sipid anil 'flat as dish -water.' Spoons. A IScene. The Mobile Herald states that a lady boarder 'in a respectably boarding house, actually cpwhided the label lady until Jhet ear pendahts were torn from her person, and the body cruelly lacerated. Well that is going n strong.' - A TOUCHING INCIDENT.; The Inquirer says, recently alludingtothe establishment of the Howard House, in South wark, for the cure of inebriates. 4 A raanfwho was known as an unfortunate victim of in temperance, observing the happy effects of the pledge upon a cousin, determined at the in stance of the better angel within him, to visit 'Howard Hall, and make a praiseworthy effort for his own reformation. He called at the House, signed the pledge, and returning home, exhibited the certificate to his wife The poor woman threw her arms around his neck in an ecstasy of joy, and two little daughters, who on their way from school had heard that their father taken the pledge, ran in with a burst of delight, exclaiming as if some new joy had hurst upon their little hearts 'Father has sign ed the pledge! Father has signed the pledge; and now we'll all be so happy I' Down with the Bottle. The Temperance caue m Newport, Rhode Island, has made most astonishing progress within a very short iim. Or.e society has a list of teetotallers a mounung to 2,S0O persons, and there is a juve nile sirc'ely of COC members, also a society aoonj ihe Catholics of 400 members. A HUNTING STORY. We make the following extract from a let ter which wc fiud in the Grand Gulf Adver tiser: 'I am unable to give ycu a large huntingslo- ry, as I have not been driving, but h ciu some sport last nigiii in killing woodcock, which are here very numerous., and come in from the swamps after night to ieed in the cotton fields. We started from the house with a large pine toici:, (held by a negro) which gave a brilliant light, giving us sight of the bird, and alt- the same time blinding it, and allowing us to ap proach close enough to shoot it with a squib We only killed twelve brace, on account of the moon. A negro, who followed us, however, took a more novel mode of despatching the l.ird knocking them over with a long- cane, in which he succeeded wonderfully, much to his own gratification and amusement. Squire R. of 'the Lake,' went out sometime ago, to hunt waterfowl. He has a shot-gun, which I understand shoots most powerfully. Observing a liock of geese approaching him, he waited until they were nearly over him, when be discharged his gun and killed the whole flock,---which was a large one. After the fall of the geese, and while engaged in picking them up, thete came tumbling down seven sand hill cranes, which were so high up, at the time he shot, that he did not see them. For fear the truth of ibis story should be doubted, and to prove the great force with which the gun shoots, he had gone to hunt btar some time previous to this,, and in loading the gun rather oveicharged her. On firing at the bear, the gun kicked him down and kept kicking him until she had kicked him one hundred yards, and would have probably kicked him to death, ;,ad not one of his negroes who was with him, run to his assistance and taken her off. More in my next. E. E. GREENS. Costly play things. The Atlas says that the British Government pays the young Prince of WaleSj whila yet 'muling and puking in his nurses arms,' one hundred and fifty dollars for toys alone, even before the 'sprig of nobility' understands the use of such giracracks. This sum would more than pay the salary of our President, Vice President, the members of the Cabinet, all the Judges of the Supreme Court, and our Congress besides. Talk of the econo my of Royahiy! If such is economy, good Heav- r. deliver cur country from it- Good enough for h'M. A physician once visited a sick shoemaker and left two kinds "of powder for the patient, directing" his appren tice to administer them alternately. This ioc tor in embryo, observing the efiect of the pow ders, noticed thai one helped the patient while the othef injured him;the so far departed from the instructions of his master asto gte only those which did the poor shoemaker good. When the doclor called, he was perfectly as tonished to find the sick 'man well. Upon questioning his apprentice, he learned the cause, and angrily exclaimed 'You yopng ras cal, what do you mean? I meant to hve got a pair of boots out of the fellow, butfnow I shall only get a pair of shoes!' OYSTER ANA. We have heard a capital anecdote of oyster eating propentities. An old man on the Eas tern Shore, accompanied by his better half, took a notion to enjoy a mess of oysters "jest from the shel," as Moses would say, went to a noted oyster 'bed' for the purpose. . They soon grabbled a fine quantity, and seated them selves, and commenced eating them from the shell. After feasting for several hpurs the old man loosing sight of his old woman crawled around the moun'ain-like pile of shells between them, and said with great earnestness 'Polly! isn't it most supper time?' (Visiter. LOVE LETTER. The following Move letter' was picked up in the street, a few days ago, and handed us lor publication. We cheerfully comply, in hopes it will meet the eye cf the fair damsel for whom it was intended, and thereby aid the lover in his desperate attempt to woo the lass of his choice; for we are fully aware that 'true love never did run smooth.' We give it ver batim et literatim, with the exception of names which are only known to the finder and author. Kos ciua ko Mississippi County December 22t Atala DDeer miss I embrace 1841 this oper tu i ty of in forming you a few Lines hdpin these few lines may fine you well you Doant know how I love you O Love goes misjhty hard withe , ' ' mea when eye Love a Lady you apper as if yoii had . Some hard thouts a Gainst' - mea but I Doant know what about i want you to tell me weather you love mea or not Nothing more at present but remember mea Mythology and Superstition. There is d remarkable similarity between the heathen mythology and some of the odd conceptions ot the Indian race. Minerva is said to have sprung full armed from the brain of Jove. Push mataha, an eminent Indian chief, when asked! who was his father, replied, 'Pushmataha has no father; thunder and lightning struck a hol low poplar tree, and out jumped Pushmataha.' A wit having lost the election to a fellow ship at College, which was gamed by a candidate of very inferior desert, said, on the occasion, "Well, Pope is right: 'Worth makes the man. aad want of it the Fellow? They grease the wheels of the cars on the Harlem rail road with 'Harlem oil.' How ex travagant ! There i- a man in Boston, we have "hearn say,' whd always expresses surprise with 3 'Lordy massy chusetts.'
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