THE HASP.'
RALEIGH, JULY 9.
HARD TIDIES.
Wefreqaently hear persons say, the times
are so hard, that they are compelled to go into
the bankruptcy to pay their honest debt,when
at the same time, if you were to examine their
wardrobe, you would find extravagance in al
most every shape; and, not unfttqnently, the
applicant may be found wjih a gold watch chain
swung around his neck, and he husily "engag
ed in doing nothing. Then we at once conclude,
If times are hard, they make them hard,
'By folly, fashion, knavery, vice."
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POSTAGE.
XdT Ip consequence of our Office not being
conveniently situated, Mr. Stephen L. Tucker
has very politely consented to act as our City
Agent. He may be found at his Confectiona-
rv on Favelteville street. Persons wisnms
to subscribe, or pay subscription to the Rasp?
can, if they prefer, call on Mr. T.
FOURTH JULYiN RALEIGH.
At break of day, our citizens were aroused
by the ror of cannon, and called lorth to join
in commemmorating the anniversary of their
independence. At sun ris", there was an ad
dress delivered in the Presbyterian Church, by
the Rev. Mr. Nash. Ai 9 o'clock, the Raleigh
Guards were out on parade; and at half past
9, they were joined by the Delegates to the
Military Convention, who were in full uniform,
and by the Temperance Society, Strangers,
Citizens, and Youth of the city, and proceeded
to Beunehan's Grove, where the Declaration
of American Independence was read by H.
W. Miller, Esq. in an audible and command
ing voice; -after which, Lieut. John II. Manly,
of the Raleigh Guards delivered an Oration,
which was marked for its chaste and pleasing
language. Had we time and room, we would
take pleasure in giving this production cf the
youthful orator, a more extended notice, tho'
we are sensible our pen is incapable to the
task. His placid manner of delivery , together
wif.h the simple tale he told, drew repeated ap
plause from the audience. After the Oration,
the Guards, and Members cf the Military Con
vention, marched to the beautiful grove near
the Governoi's house, where they partook of
a good dinner. The rain which came on just
as the regular toasts were b.ing read, prevent
ed the farther progress of the dinner.
The Temperance Society, together with a
great many others, partook cf a dinner, in the
grove in which the oration was delivered.
At night the Youth of the city, after parad
ing the principle streets, with lighted candles,
repaired to the City Hall, whpre they engaged
jn the mazy dance until about It o'clock,whea
they marched to the Slate Square ,to witnesses
the grand finale of the Day, the ascension of
a balloon, which moved ofT majestically, amid
the youthful huzza! of the little crowd.
A JONATHAN.
We have been frequently questioned as to
the origin of the young man, with sore lips,
high stock, frock coat and soap locks. .-This
youth, "is his daddy's own son." He has with
stood the summer's sun, and the oft repeated
jer&s of the unrully plough 'cretur.' O! reader!
permit us to assure you, that this Knight of
the broom stick and dust brush, is well versed
in the laws of etiquette. The subject of "bad
' . i- - i i . i. C l ii t r
coias me auow&ume ut oi nauuivcicmfis
the indispensable use of the corner of the table
cloth this 'wise-saw' contends "is in perfect
keeping with the strictest modesty,' and for his
'own part, he will follow the old practice, for
his daddy did!'
td3" Wonder what man that is, who was
seen eating off ot a whole barbecued lamb:near
the old Baptist church, last Saturday evening?
Beware ot the man who habitually borrows
your newspaper, when he is able to subscribe
for, and pay for one himself. He will borrow
your shirt or your tooth-brush next.
Southern Miscellany.
Yes, and borrow your every thing else you
own, and never return any thing. A man who
will make a practice cf borrowing the printer's
labor, deserves to be rode on the peaktd end of
a thunder storm, and hunt the world o'er until
he shall find the keys that old daddy Noah
threw away, just before the flood. And Z.'kc,
who stands by our side, says, such a man dots
not possess
soul!
a gizzard as large as a toad frog;
LADY'S WORLD OF FASHION.
The July No. o this valuable monthly was
upon our table last week, but. owing to great
press cf other matter, we were unable to notice
it. As usuatj the-plate' of Fashion, is very
full, and spten4tdlyexecuted. ..-.The engraving
of the '-Young Fa wri,'. which adorns this No.
is one of the harr'dsomest we have seen for
manyVa year. In fact, the second Vol. of the
l'WoiIdcf Fashion," has undergone an entire
change, from the first Yol.
rtj3 A gentleman from the lower part of
this State, on coming into the City list Sat
urday evening, was taken with a severe ague,
in consequence of the great cold water prepa
rations which were then making in the City
to celebrate the 4th !!
njr There is a man in our town, with legs
so straight, that the carpenters' use him lor a
plummet line ! ! !
Wonder who that was. carried off a
huge tray of barbecued grunter from the tem
perance dinner ?
Il3 Wonder what man that was, tried to
make a speech, to that ' large, and respectable
audience V He'll never go to Congrtss.
1
IJ3 Wonder if the man who said 'he wish
ed a thunderbolt would struck everv man dead
who has made application for the benefit of the
bankrupt act,1' has lost any thing bv the law?
Wonder what chap that was, with a
borrowed uniform on, that r ouldn't admit
ted into the rank?, as a substitute 1 His pants
were short, but wnca he was told che could'nt
come it,' we saw them crawl up to his knees !!
(pC5 If you are conscious that you have no charac
ter at all, that you are looked upon by all honest
men with scorn and contempt,ve advise you to bring
an action for libel.
(Vj- We heard a mighty roaring on the 4th, which
sounded very much lite e the muttering of the mam
moth thunder, or the ten ilEc sound preceding a vio
lent hurricane. We hurried home through fright,
our hair in the meantime making a desperate struggle
to push our hat oil, toe nails pointed down from the
'effect of the fhock, and we felt as though some inim
ical destruction awaited us. Frightened almost to
death by this unearthly sound.we hastened home and
closed the doors, as a protection from this frightful
noise, and peeping through the blinds o( our room, we
discovered that it proceeded from a large, fat, nan
keen gentleman, who had elevated bimseif in the
stand, and was hallooing, 'O, yes! O, yes! O, yes !'
We then ventured out again, but not without lear and
trembling, and ever since, the least noise finds us on
our feet, ready to defend ourselves from the offender.
nowj vre will go right spang into the Aialan
lic Ocean ! bah ! bah ! O-o !' 'Hush yer dang
yelp! didn't ye ever scud Steamboat fashion
before, ye puller-head possom ! We will cotch
a snag by the time we reach New York. I
reccon as how the chubs will bite there,' said
Abe very composedly. 'You are right cousin
Abe,' said Jonah, 'lor dad aliers told us when
we did any thing, to go the whole hog, tail and !
bristles, and I think we are cumin' the doings
to a nicerty.1 Round and round swung the
old canoe, ever and anon, and then she would
shoot down the stream like a race horse.
Presently she run up high and dry on a reck,
aid one end swung near the limb of a tree, and
Abe's hat having a hole in the top, he was
caught by his hair, in the branches. When he
roars out 'boys if ye want to go to the Atalan
ic Ocean, saw ray hat off'!''
The Raleigh Mechanic Benevolent Associa
tion will celebrate their 4th anniveisary on Tuesday,
the 12th inst. An address will be delivered by Wit.
W. Holdkn", Esq. and from the acquaintance we
have of Air. H. the audience may expect some
thing oiiginal and deeply interesting.
Qrj- Bring back them Boots you stole from our of
fice last v, ek, and let us have them halt soled, and
we'll jeturn tiietn. t'ome, they are of no use to the
owner av it ho at considerable repairs.
Compliments. The most delicate compli
ment that can be paid to a young lady in any
of our German setilements, on Monday room
ing, is 'jreld der visht schleiferick den morgen1
'guess you're sleepy this morning!'
What say you, ladies, fo the following re
marks by a iemale writer,whd says of her own
spx: 'Thanks to the education given them,
they learn to cheat the men whenever they
choose; and the greatest foj! arcing t hem can
make a man believe that black is white
SAW TvlY HAT OFF!
The whole phrase of ' saw my leg off ' has
been superceeded in our diggins. For fear its
origin should not be known to posterity, we will
sjve it. Some weeks ago, several young chaps
' without letting their mamma know they were
out,5 went a chubbing down to Neuse River.
To get at the fUh-beds better, they got into a
canoe, and pushed off into the middle of the
stream. The current running pretty strong,
they wera carried down the stream at the rate
of ten knots an hour. At this junction, one
cries out, 'you Abe, put in that r)le and keep
her right end foremost, if we don't get toNoo
bon to night, I'll eat Sails horn comb V another
somewhat frightened, whines out, 'Mose what
ye reccon Granny would say if she see'd us
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage,
"To melt a rock and split a cabbage."
So we thought on Tuesday evening last,
when we heard the beautiful (!!) Miss , in
company with another exquisite beauty, and a
fop of the first water, displaying her vocal tal
ents on street. Our ears had just been
picked, and we were wide awake. We believe
it is decidedly vulgar to sing on the street
and wonder that one who presumes to rank
high, should condescend to an act so low.
? Cabbage Head, who was in attendance as
gallant, sustained no serious injury he was
already cracked.
(Written for the Rasp.)
PITTS BO RO' WONDERS
What shoemaker thai is in Pittsboro' study
ing "Dential Surge!11
What young man that is in Piitsboro' who
liked to killed himself eating candy?
What young lawyer that is in Chatham, so
aspiring?
W hat gentleman that was who Adl 'hfels o
ver head into the ditch, after having been duly
warned by the lady he was gallanting?
What young man that was, who asked
Miss to accept a perch?
What voung maa t hat is in Pittsboro', who
hsftl hot another qupiter.
What young ro.au it is who occasionally al
ters his name ia Oapt. , of Ala.
What awkward man that is, who is such a
great gallanf.
What man that was who ordered his carriage
driver to cut a dash in Pittsboro.'
What young maa that is who monopolises
every thing in the courting line.
Whm that man intends doing, by rapairing
and painting so much.
What that man lakes his private secretary
to ti;e Blakely Club for.
Who it is that has imported to Pittsboro' the
Scotch Bible.
What man it is whose legs are constantly
committing an assault and battery upon each
other.
What man it is who frequently swallows his
neck.
What young man that is,wbo borrows books
and never returns them.
Who it was that fell in the cellar.
Who hid Green 's hat.
Who owns a dog named Tige!!
Who it was that drove his he cattle up tor
the lady's to look at.
A countryman inquired of a lawyer, whom
he saw about to ascend the grand staircase of
the palace of justice with his bag of papers,
what vyas that great buildirg for. He was told
it was a mill. 'So I see, now,' was the reply,
'and I might have guessed as much from the
asses loaded with bags.'
The year is dying away like the ssuhb! of
be ls. The wind passes over the stubble and
finds nothing to more. Only the red berries
of that slender tree seem as if they would fain
remind us of something cheerlul ; and the
measured beat of the thresher's flail calls up
the thought, that in the dry and fallen ear lies
so much of nourishment and life.
In Arkansas they call a
thers 'a protective far-iff.'
:oat of tar and fea-
Honest wedlock is like abanquetting house
built in a garden, on which the springas chaste
flowers take delight to cast their modest odors.
Q,ceer Notice. In a broker's shop in Chat
ham street, the following notice appears:
;Broken banks wanted.' We thought there
had been quite enough of theni already. We
shall have 'broken bankrupts wanted next.
N. Y. Atlas.
'Since that memorable night,' said a reform
ed inebriate lecturer, 'when 1 got so blue, that
I snuffered mv companion's nose across the ta
ble, thinking it the candle, I have cut the devil,
and no one has since endeavored to bore a hole
in my reputation.'
Party ran so high in 1403, that it was found
necessary to declare bv act of Parliament, the
'Pulling out of eyes and cutting out of tongues
10 be felony.' 3s
A DRUNKARD'S FAft'ELL TO
HIS FOLL.Y.
A reat Mass Temperance Meeting was
held at wheeling, on the 18th inst., at the
cloe of which "Captain Pit Arr, of Pitts
burg, read to the Convention the following
which was composed by himself; and is
published at his request:
Farewell landlords, farewell Jerry,
Farewell brandy, wine and sherry,
Farewell horrors, and blue devils.
Farewell dens of midnight revels;
Farewell shoes that have no soles on,
Farewell fires that have no coals on,
Farewell sols, and all sot feeders,
Farewell rogues, and thief breeders;
Farewell cupboards that have no meat in?
Farewell chairs thst have no seats in;
Farewell children with wry faces,
Fareweli to these pop-shop races;
Farewell landlords and your spouses.
Farewell spiders and your horjses
Farewell to your noise and rabble,
Farewell to your foolish gabble;
Farewell swash, and all swash venders
Farewell rum end all rum senders:
Farewell pockets that are empty,
Fareweli landlords, jou have plenty.
Dialogue betueen a Clergyman and one of
his female Parishioners. Parishion. It a
mazes me, ministers don't write better sermons.
I'm sick ot their dull, prosey affairs.
Parson. But it's no easy matter, my good
woman, to write good sermons. -
Parishioner. Yes, but then they are so long
about it. I could write one myself in half the
time, if I only had the text.
Parson. Oh, if a text is what you want, 1
will furnish that. Take this one from Solo
raon: 'It is better to dwell on the house top,
than in a broad hcuse,with a brawling woman.
Parishioner. Do you mean me, sir?
Paison. Oh, my good woman, you will
never make a good sermonizer j you are too
sooa in your application.
TO PRINTERS. A Compositor who has serv
ed his time in the Office of The North, Caro
lina Standaid," and can come recommended for so
briety, capability and industry, wants a situation in
some Office in North Carolina or the adjoining States:
Qrj- Address the Editor of the " Standard."
Raleigh, July 9, 1842. . 24 f.
MECHANIC'S ANNIVERSARY.
The members of the Raleigh MeehanicsAs
soc.aiion. will meet at the Court House on the
12th inst. at 9 o'clock form a procession at
half-past ten, and march to the New Baptist
Church, uuderthe direction of Messrs. Litcb
ford, Hutchings, and FeDtress, who are Mar
shals of the day, where the Anniversary Ad
dress will be delivered.
BY THE COMMITTEE. ...
Raleigh, July 9.