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S?-2!!E !le zrEr.iusrifsi vffil fi?7S5l ;TCSS7 nsssn rrzrsv ' - " ' -f?.i'V. 'A ; 4 - ;.t' OURS ARE THE PLANS OF FAIR DF.LIGHTFUL PEACE, UNWARP'D 1'V PARTY IAGE,' TO , LIVE iJlKE BROTHERS." 7 ' vol. xzxii.: TKURSDAB1, JUN22 26, I83L KO- 31. I! llcsali:..SSSl 411 PUnLISHEO EVERY THURSDAY, . , Jiahighi North-Carolina. t.hPEKT)cti.i.rs p-T anottm; one half in advance. Those who lo not, either at the time of sub jcribmff,' or subsuently, Rive notice of their WIS, to hve tJie Papef.discpntinuecl at the ex nlr ition of their year, will be presumed asde irin its continaance until countermanded. ol exceediucj sixteen lines, will be inserted hree time a for a Dollar; and twenty :ftve cents for each subsequent publication : those of greater length, I'm the same proportion. If f,eAniimber of insertions be,, not marked on I he in. thev will be continued until ordered lut, and charged accordingly. - FOR TltE RALEIGH REGISTER. ?.tadamc Walk-in-t!ie-Water, assumes ills inethofl of informing her frien b and tv her coilrge is open for tlio reception of novices a t'.tis institution will be taubt tbe va- . . M.: . 1 .1 ..f r tM.J..Ho" ttlip'r with the French ami 'Italian Cissies.;. The Cherokee and Pamunky jjflsuaqje will also b assiduously attend- ei to provided, sufficient encouragement b? extended to tni new ani accornpiisn- u species of American Literature. iVijr-w:im9 will be provided for thoe w'a desire to become acquainted, with the lailian Alphabet, and eVery other accom r hti(Hi extended to render the Indian 4epirti'neat original an comfortable. TERMS. - . ' English Department. ,': Scoldinsf and fn ltin per Session, ,: $1 25 Bulling and iraddtn the streets do. 1 50 Talking idlv, St .'dressing ridiculously. 2 00 'Spinning: s itret yarn 1 bread (very fine), 5 00 Backhi'inour friends'' '. v 100 lacing yourself into the shape of an huurglas. - - - . . 0 50 How to keep from wort when, you return home, - - - 0 40 . French Italian Department. Wearing Wigs and false curls, 4 00 Wearing Tuck St.lOyide combs 2 00 Wearing out 10 pair shoes per year taking evening promenades, - 20 00 Behaving like a monkey In a chi na shop, - ; 4 80 Running your father in debt every, year for finery, cologne water pomtunv& hard soap, dancing & frolicking, - . - ,- 650 03 Indian Department. Alphabet, - - - - - 2 00 Spelling, Heading & writing, j 2 (K) Cyphering, . 1. - ' - 1 00 IV ur Whoop, - -, . ,lm 8 00 Indian Cotillion & sett Dance, ' 4 00 .An examination will take place at the pnvl of every Session. Parents and Guar- uns arejjarticularly requested to at tend. . rK- Ebard, washinir&c. 8100 perSeSsion. GOSLLN BLtTlTF, aeCcauty. REFERENCES, ; lion Timothy-rjourdon lionJanves Moody "V Uoston. J Mons. Alphors? Debonair I ......v, . i Split Log 'iCIierokee & W"iifc-th::t-p'sses lied Jacket -- Parruiuky tribe. INOCULATION, OR BUDDING. Tbi's is 'commonly practised upon all lit ii t 11 r 1 1 I - V I ill I 111 t . I 1 I I i If H f f I lI ill I . . '. as al.o oranges and jasmines j and prefer;! ble to' any sort of grafting for !,t kinds of fruit. The nfethod of per rniihg it is as follows : You must be tajled with a sharp pen-knife, or what culled a bidding knife, having a flat tji (the use of wbrclkis, to raise the bark t'.ve.stbck to adioit the bud,) and some 'und bass mat, which should be soaked f water to increase its strength, and iKe it more, priuble ; then, having ta- .1 oft cuttings Iroin the trees that vou 'U,id propagate, you should choosera' Aoo'th part of the stock, about five, or finches above the surface of the ground, leagued tor tlwai ls, and for half stari- itMs at three feet ; but, for standards. ey should be budded six or more feet we the ground ; then with your knife, Ke a itori.ontal cut across the rind of 'stock, and from tlje middle of that make a stit down wards about two -Ites in length ; so that it may be in e form of a T j but you must be care VnuUo cut too deep, Jest you wound -"uu-k;. then having cut oSt toe leal n hie bad, leaving "the foot-stalk re- uning, you should make a cross cut it half an inch IipIOw lb pvp. and your knife slit ofr.tbf Imd with nart t'ni wood to it. in the form of an es clieon ; this done, vou-must with your P'dl off thai p:-..t Hhe wood which 1,,,;)'M,n wUh the bud, observing ve- ; 'Te the bud be left to it or ul those buds which lose their ..',-iist,J,P'P'"g "houhl be thrown away, -i'J'''. lor nothing ;) then having gen- tly raisei the bark of the stock where the crossincsion was V made,'; vith! the flat haft or handle of your knifts clear of the wood, vou.should thrust the bud therein, observing toplace it Smooth between the rind andjthe?ood of ;ithe .slock, cutting off an v part of the rind belonging 'to the bq(j winch maybe top; long for the si it made in the stock ? and having thus ex actly fitted the bud ,to the stock,, you niust tic tliem close round with bass mat, beginning at the under part; of the slit, and so proceed to thejUopj; taking care that you do not bind round the eye of the bud. which shouhl bereft open. When your buds have been inoculat ed three weeks or a. month, you will see which of, them have taken ; these which appear shrivelled and black are dead; but those which remain fresh anil plump, vou may be sure are joined ; and at this time vou should-looseti the bandage, which i( not done in time, wil -fHnch the stock, and reat!v injure, if not destroy the bud.. In the March following you must cut off the stock about three Inches above the bud ; sloping it tiiat :the, wet may pass olK and not: enter the 'stock : To this part of the stock left above the bud, it is I . I . v I 1 very proper to fasten the shoot wmcn proceeds from the bud, .and which would be in danger of being blown out, il not prevented; but this must continue no longer than one year, after 'which it must be cutoff close above the bud, that the stock may be covered thereby. The time for inoculating is from the middle of June until the middle of Au Itu'st, (in America from the etvd of June to the end of August) accord ins to the for wardness of the season, and the particu lar sorts of trees to be" propagated ; but thejtime may be. easily known, by tryinjr the buds whether they will come off well from the wood, or not. However, the most general rule is, when you observe the buds formed at the extremity of the same year's snoots, wmcn is a sign oi their having hmshed their sunng growth. jv Forsyth on Fruit Trees. THE END OF "GttKAT MEN.' Happening to cast my eyes upon a print ?,d page of miniature portraits, I per ceived that the four personages who oc- Icupied the four most conspicuous places were Alexander Haxxiual, Caesar, anil Bonaparte. I had seen the same un numbered times before, but never did the. same sensations arise in my bosom, as mv mind hastily glanced over their several histories. . , Alexander, after having climbe the dizzyi heights of his abition, and with Ins temples bound with chaplets dipped in the blood of countless nations, looked down upon5 a conquered world and wept that there was not another world, for" him to conquer, set a city on fire, and died in a scene of debauch. i Hannibal, after having to the astonish ment and consternation of Rome, passed the-Alps ater having put , to flight the armies of this tk mistress of the world," and stripped ' three1 bushels," of golden rins from the fingers of her : slaughtered knights, and made her very foundation quake- fled from his 'country, .being hat ed by those who once exultingly united his name to that of their god, and called him Hanoi 15aal -and died, at last, by poison administered by, his own hands, uhlamented and unwept, iu a foreign land. Cccsar. after having! conquered eight hundred cities, and dyed his garments in the blood of one million of his foes- after having pursued to death the only rival he had on earth was miserably assassinated GiLs of stone fruit in nartieular : such Tv r" ne couiueret as iu, nearer i j. . ! . ' ! I r 1 . .s.n.: ...'..: Li.....: ' friends, and m that very nlace the at tairiment of which had b?en his greatest ambition. .-'.'Bonaparte, whose mandate Kings and Popes' obeyed, after having filled the earth with terror of his name after having deluged' Europe tvith tears and blood, and ftlothed the world in s.ick-clo..h closed his days in lonely banishment almost, lit erally exiletl fi'ii the world, yet where he could sometimes see Ids-country's ban ner -waving o'er the deep but which would not or could not bring him aid! Thus those four men who from the pe culiar situations Of their portraits, . -seem - fed to stand as the representatives of all thoseiwhom the world 'cans great those four, whe eaeli in turn made thp earth tremble to its very centre by! their simple tread, severally died -one by intoxica tion, or';' as some suppose, by poison min gled in his winp one a suicide-one murdered-by his friends and one in lone ly exile! " How are the mighty fallen !" Translated frQtnVtP. Russian. THE LEFT EYE. I 'A rich old man who had resided at the extremity of the camp,, quite, apart from the rest, had tVee daughters, the young est of whom, named Kookju was as much distinguished for her beauty as for her ex traordinary wisdom. i - iK One morning as he was about driving his cattle for sale toie Chan's market place, he begged his daughters to tell him what presents they wished hi in to bring to them on .his return. ; The two eldest asked him fpr trinkets jbtt'the handsome and wise Kookiu said that she wanted no present, b'lt that she had a request to make whichHt would be difficult 'and even dan geroos for hitn to execute. Upon which the father, who loved her paore than the two others, swore that het would do her wish though it were at the price of his life, If it be so,' replied; Kookju 'do as follows : sell all your cattle except the short-tailed ox : and ask no other price for it except the Chan's (eft, eie.' The old man was startled ; however, remembering his oath and confiding in his daughter's wisdom, he resolved to do as she bade him. After having sold all his cattle, and. be ing asked for the price of the short-tailed ox, he said that he would sell it for no thing else but the Chan's left eye. T'ie report of this singular and daring request soon reached the ears of the Chan's cour tiers. "At first -they admonished hi in not to use such an offensive speech against the sovereign : but when thev found that he persevered in his strange demand. they bound him and carried him as a madman before, the Chan. The old man threw himself at the Prince's feet, and confess ed that hislcmand had been made at the request of his daughter, of whose motives he was perfectly ignorant ; and the Chan suspecting that some secret must he hid den under this extraordinary request. dis mised tie old ma?1, under the condition that he would brin him that daughter who had made it. - Kookju appeared, and the Chan asked: 4 Why didst tiion instruct thy father to demand itiy left ever' . ' Because I expected my Prince, that after so strange a request, 'curiosity would urjre thee jo send for. me.' 4 And xVhcrefore dost thou desire to see me ?' 4 I wish to tell thee a truth important to thyself and thy people.' '"Name it ?' ' Prince replied Kookju, 4 when two persons appear before thee in a cause. the wealthy and noble generally stand on the .right hand, while the. poor and humble stand on the left, I have heard in my solitude that thou most frequently favor - est the noble and rich. This, is the rea son why I persuade my father to ask for thy Left Eye ; it being of no use to thee, since thou never seest the, poor' and un protected. ' The Chan, incensed and surprised at the daring of this maiden, commanded his court to try her. The court was opened, and the president, who was the, eldest Lama, proposed that they should try, whe ther her strange proceeding was the effect of malice or of ivisdom. The' first sep was to send to Kookju a log of wood, cut even on all sides, order ing her to find out which wa the root and which the top. Kookju threw it into the water and soon knew the answer, on'see ing the root sinking, while the top rose to the surface. . After which they sent her two - snakes, in order u determine which was a male and which a female. The wise maiden laid them on cotton, and -on seeing that one coiled herself in a rin, while the o thcr crept away, she judged that the lat ter was a male, and the former a female. From these trials the Court was convin- id tiiat Kookju had not ofiVntled the ced Chan froin motives ot munce but at toe inspiration of wisdom granted her from a bove, IiUt notj so with the Chan : his vanity was hujrt' and he resolved to puz .le her with questions in order to prove that she was not v.-ise. lie therefore dered h.er before him, and asked 4On sending a number of maidens in to a wood to gather apples, which of them will bring home toe most r' " She" replied Kookju, 44 who, instead u' climbing up the trdes, remains below, and picks up those which have fallen off from maturity, or the shaking of the branches." The Chan then led her to a fen. and asked her which would be thcreacliest ! way to get over it ; and Kookju said, ' to cross it would be farthest, going round, nearest.' The Chan felt vexed at the readiness and propriety of her replies ; and, after having reflected for some time, he again enquired : Which is the safest means of becom ing known to many P" ' 44 By assisting many that are un known." 44 Which is the surest means of always leading a virtuous life?" t t . 44 To begin every morning with a good resolution, and conclude every evening with a gocd action." "4 Who is truly wise ?" 44 He who does not believe him?clf so." 44 What are the requisites of a good wife. . -f ' '- S ' She should be beautiful as j, pea hens gentle as a lamb, prudent as a mouse,just as a faithful mirror, pure as the scale of a fish, she must mourn for her deceased husband like a she-camel, and live in her widowhood like .a bird which has lost its wings.-' , , - . The Chan astonished at the wisdom of the fair Kookju ; yet enraged at her ha ving reproached hi in, with injuries he still wished toMes troy her. ' After a few days he thought he ; had found the means for attaining his object. He. sent or her and asked her to deter.- mine the true worth oPall his treasures j after which, he promised to absolve heij from malice in questioning his justice,and to admit that she intended as a: wise woman ever to warn him. The (maiden consented, yetnnder the condition that the Chan would promise her implicit obedience to her .'commands' for four days. She requested that he would eat no meat during that time. On the last day she placed a dish of meat be- tore him, Confess, oh, Chan! that all j thy treasures are not worth as much ah (this Joint of meat.' The Chan was so struck with the truth of her remark, that he confessed the truth of it, acknpwleds her as wise, married her to his son, and permitted her constantly to remind him to use his Lift Eye. THE GUILTY PHANTOM. By J Taller Scott. j I cannot forbear riving you an instance of a ii ilt-formed phantom which made considerable noise about twenty veufs ;'go or more.- 1 am I think, tolerahlv cor rect in the details, though I have lost the : .-rount of the trial. Jarvis Mntchnmi such, if I am not mistaken, was 1 1: c name ot my hero was pay sergeant in; a regiment, when he was so highly estreijn ed as a steady & accurate man, that he wis permitted opportunity to embezzle a can siderahie, part of theinoney lodged in His hands (or pay of soldiers, noutitv ofife cruits, then a lar-re sum, .and other char ges which fell within his duty. . He vf:is summoned to join his regiment -.from a town where he had been on recruiting ser vice, ancLthis perhaps under some shajde of suspicion. Matcham perceived tat dixcowry was. at hand, and would hajve deserted, had it not been for the presence of a little drummer lad, who was the opiy one onus party appointed to attend hm. In the desperation of ids crime, he resdlv. ed to-murder the poor boy, and makers escape. He meditated'this wickedness ' ihc more readily, that the dru m.uer,-; he thought had been put as a spy onlhiml lie perpetrated his crime, and cba:gm- i Nii :i 1 1 1' r inn 'uoi iiu !i n.i.:.. quite a long walk -.-across the country to an inn on the Portsmouth road, where he halted, and went to bed desiring to he called when the 'first Portsmouth coach came. The waiter summoned him ac cordingly ; but long alter remembejred, that when he shook the guest by the shoul der, his first words as he awoke were, 4 My God ! I did not kill him.' Matcham went to the seaport by; the coach, and instantly entered as an 'able bodied landsman or marine, I know not which. His sobriety and attention to du ty gained - him the same good 'opinion of the officers in his new service whicji he had gained in the army. He was afloat for several years, and behaved remarka bly well in some actions. At length the vessel came into Plymouth, was paid off and some of the crew, among whoo was .larvis Ivfatcham, were discharged a be ing too old for service. He and another seaman resolved to walk to town, :&;took the route by Salisbury. It was within! two or three miles of this celebrated city, 'that thev were overtaken bv a storm so. stal denlv, accompanied with such li;thtn;:ng, an! thuridrr so dreadfully loud, tiiat'! the obdurate conscience of the old; Biunerj. be gan to be awakened. He expressed hiore teiror than seemeil natural 'for oneiv. ho was familiar with the war of elements, and began to look and talk so wihllv, that or-Ibis companion became aware jhat some thing more fhu'i usual was the! matter. At length Matcham comnlairjed hX his companion that th? stones rose fro ni the road and flew after him ! He desired the man to walk on the other ide of tbe high way, to see if they would follow Uirn wiien alone. I i The sailor complied, & Matcham com plained that the stones stili flew after Iii m, and did not pursue the other, j4 But what is worse,' he "added, comingUip to jiis i companion, and whispering, with 1 a -tone of mystery and fear, who is that little drummer boy, and what business has lie to follow us so closely r' I Can; seje no one, ' answered the seaman;, in fectejd by the superstition of his associate. Wliat I not see -that little boy with bldody panta loons !' exclaimed the secret jmunlprer, so much to the terror of Ids-comrade, that lie conjured him, if he had - anly tiiit:gon his mind, tn make a clear conscience as far as confession could do it. ! The crim inal fetched a leep groati, and declared that he was unable longer to endiireji the life he had led for years'. He' thn con fessed the murder of thedruihmer, land added, that as a c(nsiderable rewirtljHad been offered, lie wished his compa'nirhi to deliver him tip to the magistrate of Salis bury,1 as lie would desire a shipmate to profit; ; by his fatp, which he was now convihceil was inevitable. Having over come his friend's objections to; this mode of proceeding Jarvis Matcham was pur1 reniiereti acconiingiy, ami mai:e aun confession of guilt. But before the trial the love of life returned. Thefisfner denied his confession and nfeaded jNot Guilty. By this time, however, full evi dence had ten procuredrom other qjifr-ter.- Witnesses ajpeared from liKl for mer regiment to jrove his identify. with the laiudmr apf de&ert-r ?nd the tait - er remembered tbe ominous words he bar! spoken when he awokeiiim to join the Portsmouth coach. Jarvis Matcham was lonnd guilty and executed. When his last chance of life was over, he returned to his confession, and with Ids dying breath a verred ami truly, as he thought, the truth of the vision on Salisbury Plain. PotAD. As a specimen of some of. the pa irmtic imaginary anecdotes of the imprndiifg Polish conflict, the following, which we Tih i. late- from ihe Courier d:s Etaf Lit l. nv -h thought to h.ve some piqtt'uncy : .'& TllE WEDDING RING. 44 Suwloiska, open that window ; I wish to die hearing the sound of the Church-bells. w Suwloiska did not feel courage enough to obey. .She pensively looked upon her mother. My daughter tins is Sunday. The hour of prayer has come. Help your aged mother to prostrate herself before God. The pious young Polish matron assist ed her parent to kneel down. 4 Suwloiska, my daughter, I beseech vou to open that u indow,' that I may hear the music of the church service." She did open the window which looks upon th place where the Church stands, and sat down m silence at the feet of her mother. 'Suwio! ka, I do not hear the sound of the bells." . "Listen!" 1,4 It is the cannons!" " 'Yes, mother, those are the bells."- They have been taken down fVoin the bel fries to kill the Russians.", ' God is with us." Presently the old woman resumed '4 What has happened, my child? 1 hear no chauut, no voice from the church. Where is cur pastor ? 44 He is Hi soldier." 4?Let us pray for him daughter. He has prayed for us for a btng time. He blessed your marriage. Oh! I recollect it well. You ; were fair to look on, I adorned you myself. Then the bells rang cut merrily in the air, and then, orr your knees at the altar, you promised fidelity to your Suwloiska." ); I have kept my promise," said the young woman blushing with honest pleas ure. The aged mother pressed the hand of her daughter -in her o . But her ex pression , soon changed atrange.lv. : She cried abruptly, "Where is your wedding ring ?" 4' I have given it away," she said, de clining her head. 4 Suwloiska, has God reserved such anguish for my latest days! My daugh ter, what can have: made vou so far forget the duties of -a wife ? What have you done with that ring, the pledge of an in dissoluble union ? To whom have you given it? -"To Poland!" And she proudly lifted up her head. 44 Our husbands are soldiers j our priests are soldiers ; we have made cannons of our bells. Our necklaces, ur ear-rings, our jewels,have been exchanged for muskets. We wo men have nothing else. to give, and Po land wants powder. Yes there are six thousand of us who have' yielded up to our country ail that we have left, all that women deem mot precious in the world. lour marriage rings, we nave given uiem io p'ircaase pow.ier. rl he old lady dropoed fcom her ema ciated fingers the golden symbol wluch she had expected nevcr to part witn, and after kissing it repeatedly, she wiped her eves and said : ' . , 4 Suwloiska, take the ring. Let it be sold with vours'. Tlic country is free, in which women sell their wedding rings to buy ammunition. Death to the Russians ! Suwloiska, open the windows ; let mo die hearing the noise of the cannons." -3!e-- The subjoined is an extract from one of II. A. S. Dearborn's beautiful Horticul tural productions : . 44 -Flow eh s In all ages and countries, flowers have, been universal!' cherished and admired as the ornaments and -the delight of the' vegetable, as are their pro totvnes df all the animal kingdom. The - ----- fondest titles, the most ardent expressi ons of attachment, and the lovely quali-. ties o? each, have been reciprocally be stowed upon:; the pre-eminent of both rea'ms. The Rose of Sharon, the Violet ami tt.e Lilley of the Vallev, haye become the consecrated emblems of female excel lence j while the relinedand endearing attributes of woman, forhUh the names, or . give distinction.!) those interesting favorites who tiirjng the brilliant Court of Flora. 44 Wemjyask in the eloquent language of the enthu siastic Boursault, Who does not loye' flowers ? they embellish our gar den they give a more brilliant lustre to otfr festivals, they are the interpreters of our affections, for relatives and friends : they are the. testimonials of our gratitude we present them to those to whom wc under obligations : they 'are often neces sary, to the pomp of our religious ceremo nies, and they serve to associate and min gle thVir perfumes with the purity of our pravers. and the homage whicn we adure-s to the Almighty. Happy are those who ! Icve them and cultivate them.5 44 The ancients paid particular atfenti- on ihe culture d" flowers.f Thej were in ! great request at the entert.iinments of tho i wealthy;,, for. arlorning the apartments, a well as the .participants of the feast ; thev' ' were placed upon the tombs of the; iljiH trious ,and beloved, to perpetuate the pleasing, yet mournful remioiscence ' of their virtues ; they formed the distinguish - . ed insignia of many of the divinities of my- ' tholugy they glitter as gems in the dilf- ; dems of the seasons, and constitute tL . mystical language of poetry. We are -informed that Descartes'pro secuted, with equal ardor, astronomy and;, the culture of flowers, and often retired I Irom his celestial observations to studj' the sleep and floration of his plants, he-j fore the risingofthe sun. The u.reacConde, I " returning from the dangers and glories of ' the battlefic! ', devoted his lei-u.e hours j to the cultivation of his flower garden ; j antl so enamoured was, Lord Bacon with these silent, eloquent oothiog compani- ; "ns, that the vase of flowers vas daily renewed up(n bis table, while composing 1 the volume of his sublime philosophy.'.-! ; : -0c, . j' From the Forl'.nnd (X'r. ) Cic.tr! rr. J)w Uncle Joshua . I'm in a cons"d rxble of kind of fiusleratinn lo .iay, because I've got a ! new scheme in my heal. New idas ycsn know. ; are always apt trive me the ait.tions a little - so you niusn't. wonde r if my L'tr. r this time doew have some, r.itliei old things i- it. 1 don t kro when I've hud such a great scheme in my head -pfore'. ' ut you know I was-ahuys detirmined to make -Someth'nf i-j die woiM if mv friends j '11 r.niy jest slick by me, I s!,ad make "com moo f;lks stare yet. Some thought it a pretty bold push, my trying to get in to be g. v.erncr'Ubt : ytaf ; and some have laughed at me, and said 1 1 . onie nut at the little end of the. horn! arxmt it. i and that I'd better staid op to Downinville a::d noetl potatoes, than to beiisbini; ar.otd !'or oFro ! and not get any moie-votes th;sn I ihd. loc j. they can't ee thro' a millstone so furlas I can. ; Aitbough I didn't get in to hi governor, ii'.-v" i m:ole me known in tbe wv!d, "and made a" "con siderable of a gre.'t man Of me, so tJVat I &!i , s'and a much better chance to ;et an jfnc if f tiy again.- But I must make baste and tell voi j what I am at, tor I am in a great hurry. I gm-ss I you'll stare when I tell y"tl the next letter you Ml get from me v;ll ne dded at' Washington," o else sonvevvb(re ubout on the r.ad between here anl tin-re. O, uncle, we bate. had some gre.if. ; news here from Washington j every body is in arms about it, ai d cant hardly tell what tn think, of it. Thev say the President's four V-'t j Secretaries have :dl resigned ; only thtnk of ibat, uncle. And they syy their salaries were s!v thou saud ifolhirs a-year j only jest think ot'thai, uncle. Six thousand iollars a yt ar ! Why, a go.trnor' -alary is :i fool to it. On the hole I'm glad I ! didn'; gt;tihe governor's ofHce. I shad jj'rot for Washington to morrow roondnp or I dont ; 1 know but I sbali start to-night if I ran get resd 4 1 and travel all 1. ight. it's best to be in season iu iich things, antl 1 shall have to go ratlier slow, . tor I've got pretty conside it ble short of money. and expect I shall have to foot tt part wav. f tliink 1 shall grt there in about a fortnight) sn t ! I'm m hopes to be in season to get on of thern' ; are offices. I think it's tbe duly of all true ie i publicans that have the good of the country at he.rt, to take, hold, and help the President ! ;ong in these trying difiiculiies. For mv art, :, I am perfectly wiling to takd one of tlie-cdUc-, , ad I hope some. other good mn will come r-ghc forward and take tbe others. What a sham. ; was lhat them are Secretaries should all cle.'r out, and leave the poor old General t; do all tho work alone. Why,' uncle they had lio nioic- 'V patriotism lhan your old ho.ss ' r.ut I niusttt't stop to parly about it now;-., what I want to say is, I wish' you to write a r . commendation to the. President for me to b iv; one of 'its of;ices, and go round as q-irck as yo 1 ' . ck.ii and get all o-ir friends at )i)vrville w . ign it, and send -.t on to Washingtn as fast :. po-sible ; for it wotdd be no more than rigiit that 1 should show the President some kln- ! of recommendati'm b. f re he. gives me the office. L want you lo tell the President that I've always. ' been one of his .strongest frit n-fs : and yo;; know 1 always have spoken well of b in, and ,. fact he is the best President xoe lu.ve- ever had. It' ought be well lor you to quote ti.i fast ienti-nc as an extract .from a letter of the ll(!n. J -c Downing.'' It uouid give trie Pre-ridi nt son-: covifidence in my friendship, and -;ie c lion." woulil convince him tiiat I m a man of son.c standing in this Stale. Nvjvv you keep up a gpoj.henrt, undo ; yon have always 1ml to delve hard all your d ys u- (here on the old f irm, and you've done conside rable to boost me up into :.n ollice, and if I get hold of these six thousand' dollars a year, you shall bave a slice out of it that will make your -oM heels feel light aain. 1 haven't named it to : a single soul here except c us;n S if y, ;oi(i 1 want it to be kept a profound secret till 1 g;?t the ..fj olri.e. so as to make ihem are chaps that bsvfi been a sneering at me here stare like an o',v ir a thunder sliower. And hesid: s, if it suotdd leak. ' out that 1 was going, I'm uiruid homebody else might get tlie siart of me, for there are alivay ; enough that have U.eir mou.bs open when "it ruiii j such rich porridge. Dut its like fiS not tli' ne .vspapers'il blab it out bt fore I get ha&wav there. And you' neadn't think s range tt yol fvw days saying '"the lion. Jack bowing passed see some 01 me nosion or isit-u-ioric paper 111 a through this city yesterday on his way tvx Wash ington. It is rumored t hat he is to- be called; upon to fill one of tbe vacant ofOces." Cut must top, for it is lime t was picking up' my duds for a sUrt. Sally has. been darning my storking all the morning. Love to Aunt and Cousin .abby, and all ot enu God by. Your loving nephew, r.CK DUWMXG. Trf.-Jj in Citiks conducivf. tc health. The leaves of trees absorb the carbonic -acid gas floating in the atmos phere we breathe, and which is so injuri ous to respiration. AVbeu this gas is su perabundant, it brings on asphyxia, and. occasions death.' On the contrary, ege tation increases the proportion of oxygen, which is the gas most favorable to respi ration and to health. Ceteris paribus, thoo towns itre the healthiest which have tb ! raot open spaces covered with ti ee. JPrinsep. A - -J 7- it? V in 1' - 1 1 r t -':.. 1 1 1 11 31 1 ! 1,1 r j -rt . v : v i , d 1 5 ' ' -"A '
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 16, 1831, edition 1
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