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i - isi ; ...1 "OURS ARE THE PtANS OF FAIR DELtGHTtTJI. , i?feACE, UNWARp'b ! I' 1 w WilWWtWs -ti-. . jSH- jrJr?fil icTrzi-sn fs&?????l !rmwi farMjLrv ' QW . . ;. . - .- sr. . i m j " - .. : ; ,; ,4... ,..,'. . . !l -MP : r r i ! --t-y-,, i 4J i . .. . . ... ! B;tAllTY AE, ' TO LIVE LIKE rrotup.ih'' fM'-?. fUj- i f ' VOLU.MK XXXIV. ' ;;Lf ; , - : T ' i " fT r- - - - 1 -- ' , . ; 1 ' . " 1 . :. ' " ' -ifa.. --itifaiiiiH iingBrii'iTir -$3 5i5v,pj lVAs & Sow, . Raleigh , North - Caro tin a. UKNllY'S RKPORT From these data it would sppm. that th prices of traiif portafjon on the above Rail Roads Canals and Rivers ratine from 150' to 500 per ceni Cape Fear Riveft higher than on the Should the trade o The Committee appointed to report- to this jidiourned meeting the price of trans- jpnrtation on th t;ape-iear between tay I vtteviTle ami WUiVHigton also,' all in- IfoH'ialin they can procure touching the of Rail-road of 80 miles, with the Yadkin, nil nsiif by a charm, the work s accom plished, and North-Carolina will-stand regenerated and prosperous. One conclu- f, "Rl0 must Strike eVerV rpfhptlrvr miml Fuvetteviile beiupmented by improved with irresistible force---that thi point ap HacilUiea of inte-pai communication, it proxi mating t!ie Centre of the State, when IlltViniU tint t hu "Y-il-o .ill f.r. ,1 .1. .l -l,rtnI- . ...1.. .1 . .1 to a co.nparutjiyeitiQtjh-ihgness Universal P:W,;iS33. :"'.:. ".;': - NO.48. rwr'wiftrfi4i-i-.r-.i.iilJ'-'-:-. '- : i , : . , i ! , TUESDAY, OCT MR BqRrs AlfUSSS experience attests ihai the effect of a prua perous traded is Itliin crease the comjxiti tiou a.mp5 cirrifsjrf which, of course,' le- e ns- the price! bl itrarisftortation. Naxt ric.. of trnspartation on Rail Roads, on the score, oijii. Here perhaps, kI!KdsandRiveri andtoexhibitcoinpa- we n,a-v. ciallep; lor the Cape Fear, a rMke uews of itlrTne : also, what j c',v: ' 3r,n f1' rao ravoiTl uav'- 3(lvan?aes"'i'hrj'Canv:. T.'.r :Riv-er and tli"" Town of Fav-u44He aSUrd for a mart of hen'omerce Rrpprt, Pi, at the distance fro-n Fayetteville to 'Wiliui'ncton, by water, is abjutl53 milesj t h vi t the nncp ot transportation ot pro- luce, which inciwdes the toll paid to the NHviat.in ConVpany, taken - from the gatinn, whetbrr catini or river. It is no t(Hiou that 1 atcldcMt's involving vast destruction ofjutnaf lifr and property are daily occurring oil our Southern'and esteru rivers, j j ram AawyeiK, shoals, tempests, floods, bursting of steam-boilers &c., while; on rii)is river for the last tvyel ve VearSjnot an accivlentius occurred I ..... -.1: JJ...J . . r .n : : r KhfvM nrintPil intfs. are. a to lows : ' . cv.1, .1. . L .... . 'u y . the 1 -lvirr i'itctiif.j: iAoianiite, or seriously endaiinei ing liiOfriy. Thi remarkable exempli, n miy, pernaps, be ' ascribed. part'v in natuia; causes favoring toe to the judiciou ope- 1U- c;n nevvr be supplanted or rivalled m point of cheapnes,'expeclition and safety by any enterprise whatever. This .would give sin inchirrpaiLble ad vantage to a road from the Y alkin to thr Cape Fear, by making the stock uf the Company per- Ili'lflUtlH r I' 1 I 11 .1 Kit. I. l:. .1." jthe ofliiiioim of estneripurpil Knirlnpniv (lur niiicli Crmgiessioiinl Dftcumeuts, already referred to, pages 237 0 1247.' it will be seen that .one of the grpjitest lan gern ;to be apfju t'hesided from tie ;.in-iudl- ciousi locaticn of RaHl-roads i-; that when Gcntletnen of th? Piitwifhropic and .Dullest; th Societies : I . ' l o in part instruction j 10 the yun2,:h in;evory age, furnished occupation to t.'-e of matujer vears ; and every species' writing; has been ixh'iu-j-ted in pcecepfs to p'-epire ;. them for the con Hie t. wifhWteiAptafions ! 'w!:io!i await their .first, eujfencp-upon- uVanhond. The vc of friendly soTtcitude iims anticipated ; jpeated application to healthful eercie', . ....... . .. , , -. .i "iv- liucessary, nor, merely to its iacreae b it to its existence j so what the; mind acquires can only be retained by dili'ienc and improvement t And he who resolve th.it he will not advance, has already, in, effect, taken the first stepMretn.rada tion. 1 Fix' it Ithen as certain that you caanot stand still ; aid if tliere anv ti!.erous desire qf excellence in Viitir bo somsiny sense of duty to vo;ir nirents or Iri end's av grateful remeobrnce of tne scet.e or e-na beheld youth, rn- n;!U wm is ultimate author of all your pettious vitl d, confident of strengn, advantages j resolve, that while literature ai.i uuoyant wHunope, rusu.ng mrwaru m-,c5e1lce ,)a, a, thin.r t b - , upon a. path besctwith dangers, of which (he g-earest aie iiifseen, or- thonghtlesslv despised for ti?it ipparent insignificance ,: and the Icoou ofwisdom, taugiit by ex pet iencej haveS l6n urged with all the force of arirM&ierit, "and all the fervor Frojn Fayetliville to Wilmington. ' C't'on, erhale, ;. SO cen's. Fuu . Pri hbl.': j ., 20 T. i'?cc per hhdv l 9 i navigation, panih to UsKing but ott cotton at 300 lo, bhb of . r A pany, and partly eiT)!;ive! in Hie in; Iwati do. do. a .so Charleston and Hamburg Bail Iioad. Letigih, 1. "55 miles, price 55 cts. ier 10011)8-; per l(.0.m'de9, or 57 Jo ton. Tin i? taken irotn t''e charier bfih Company. Jr. Di-xivV, dtil Eufineer of th Company, ;bv: price bjt'ie 1 00 lbs. "or 100 roUrs, is ' CQto .7- ,ren., or $1 5 U r a ton ; T0eo do. or l 60 do. J.v exnfiWlbn 'X enJioeSUOU;.)' 1&2, taken rr. -m Frei'lii BoA of Stcftli'iats ml Xavij;upi. Company, ,z: Dovin.' per idn 96 iTo !o. ! . 3 64 Solhar, down, a ton per 1C0 mile?, c-s. $1. 50 rr . ; ii. y s;t ijp. ii. ''war Navigation Co to t&e hktll and caution iinasementof our steam- Next it's advantages on the score of trati&pcnalioii' 0'ir Steandjoats, 250 tons larger tl completed, the Road witli-all jts adjacent ! atlection wir every variety of illu-tr.i-improvomenf, through i is whole line, tion, io every Tne-W remonstrance, which ....... h i . i i ".- i - . I i ... . ' -.; - . iliigiit nest st'tei arrest attcftti in, and fxv even in t tuTst rartjley, aense of may be supp1;)ntcdby a tu-al enterpriz.e - r ii i i ii mure i a voi amy located. i Again, as a harbour, Wilmington! pos sesses some eminent advantares Vt-s-; sHs of 300 tons may! load at her wharves,, and proceed to Nt w- Yoi k or Liverpool j her port affonU the j best a-s.irted cargt for the West Indies and Europe, of any of our1 Southern Ports ; every denomina- approachidg d5fiige; Ihi' tliese-attempts to prepare otfersf for a Mruggle, of the nature of whfifc they are ignorant, arc worthy of a ! (fe;m Jieitdatilon, we! mut all concedebut if.iiUiy admit of serious ques tion whether ;f (Ifff-y' have attained, to anv great success, Neither to prevent fa'dur.-. it. is not ner he best test of this will ti with, the usual sneed m proiluce of Rod roads. (one --of "which is rated ereforc, than the aver age ufour seai-bOr v!scls)havefrequen!ly during the tasttseason, performed their trips down at the rate of ten miles .-.a hour and up with heavy loads at seven and eight miles an hou r. The Henrietta, late ly litted up with a new. Engine, on an im proved principle, will, it is confidently - ra I thfiai'TUM llV 111) P mrti uru . t.-1 1 ova irnnf n. rt ports that the f'enmany expect to carryrcottoif ' 7 ' , V'-. "..b" t!lfr 'WUOle rOUte HI ptr Dale yr.tCU WUUU l-c met. HHumaatu .uniiAjitnuitr. jhoStitf'5 cents pet luu ids. per ivo m-.ire, or soiu me Business, p-iiorm ner trips tue en- jcrtno. ' '-suing season down in ntne. hours, and up Liverpool and Manchester Rail lioau. Jin fifteen hours, a hstance af.lSS miles j fl-:i:.i iuri. Itr.ig vour committee have uerlt'ct coin - . i. nines nt int. w , j - r 35cts. pcirlOO lb, per 100 mdes, or 7 u a ton. Uence iu. fetean hngiues oil rail roads, This rate is taken from i'ocumeut ivi, on vvitii ineir tramoi protiucecars loaded, irotit Steam Cainajies,! s.ihriottcd tu -zix vongres.-., i tnuty-hve to hf.tv tons, usually travel (m- tio'.i of bread stuffs including rice; every,; or to facilitate'' recovery. denomii ation of luiyal stores, of the be-t ; haps possib!esi : to epitomise for the voting quality, and every denomination of jluin-jSnari the expersriiec of age, as to send. him net oiitne very best quality; to iaqt, itherej! itr.th in earl viyi?fotn prep-ired for the are but few air.'iclesoi c-.mvmerce tfiari can-J trials of life :.?!tid in the art of living as hot h-eie be had. Tins port has al tji-avs, s iii.evc-y bra;v otk'm.wled '-e, oliservati nnd will forever present peculiar aitriic - lon will 'justify i ie-cucluo:i! that abrida- uoos to tne American coasting vessels ! ments rati oul (afford hints to refresh the because it is a Itc-h water harbour, where recollection ojhe expert, but will never the bottoms of vessels are exempt ! from: be able to coi',kr Avlsdom unori the i'rio- ihe wonderful destruction.. oe'edsiofned by ! rant. The ivfen-itispired promise 1st stSfioiii page 241. Delaware and Hudson Hail Road. At the rate ofbr:Ot : per lOOibsi. per 100 miles, or $4 a ton. This n.te tkeb fromllxe above document, page iov. Baltimore and Ohm Rail Road. T?ate about ' ; 20 ct. ,ier 100 lbs. per 100 miles, or $4 a ton. This your Committee have from report. Petersburg and Roanoke. Rail Road. Rates Wk.en fjoailie printed rales of the Com nanv : . 1. Cotton, tohacco in Jihds. and all other articles not enumerated, deed very rarely have ever exceeded) irotn ten to liltcen miles an hour. J h Charleston ra'd-roatl Company expect when their road is fairly under way, that the hminnes will carrv their ioadci trains of produce cars through, by day -light whicl would be al aquut the rate ot ten miles an hour, the length being 135 miles. Now,itisto be?recollected that our loaded Steamboat down, have the advantage of two powers the current and the steam power ; and that on their trips i, they can travel all; niltt ; this, Engines on ail roads canhot do, owing to-the great 25 cts. per 1C0 lbs. , ialc attending ihe locomotive action of a tor 60 nottS. I nu'rli'inlrnl nrtiior niulii"i vacr m rxiinn him the salt water worm. This advantage is incalculable, for the greater the aoiount of tonnage that enters a oort, the-"re ate r comjwitUKtn tor freight, and the less the price for transporting our produce abroad; besides the Specie put a Citculatioa for repairs, oututs, &.c. and the employment to our ship mechanics. In this flattering view of the advantages which Fayetteville possesses, -in respect to hef position for trade, there is but one drawl-back ; and as this document is to meet the public eye, inviting to itself can did examination and scrutiny of its facts ami arguments, we wish nothing conceal ed that may mislead ; the public frum a right conclusion. In very dry seasotis, when '.Ik.' navigation )f mo&iof our South4 em and Western rivers is suspended, the navigation or tins river ts also suspended. for strain-boats as large as those that ndw navigate our river, diawiug from three and a al way sons, without ngVcting the fluties more iinmo dial.dv yours in active life, vou will con Untie to increase v.ur store. It has been often remarked by foreign ers, and maybe easily perceived bv our seivc.?, that, in our country, men are not in any department .of society thoroughly made what thev assume to b. ' Ve seek" to do too much in a short, time ; and yield ing to our wishes without consulting th neces-dties of things, we affect to 'become skilled in learning, in science, in tiie pro fessions, and -in the meciiaiiix-, arts, with out that patient application," by which on ly any thing can be well and thoroughly lea- ned. There are many causes to be found in our .situation and institutions, j to account for this, bat it certainly exists, and a certainly has, in some respects, a mischievous tendency. Wu arc not as li terary a people as we should be. We have more smatierers, and fewer adepts, than other nations; and as a necessarv conse fiueuce td' the want of thorough instruct-! oo, w e are inflated with self consequence at what we deeoi our vast.-attainments. Mow often, my young friends, and how painfully is tin manifested m the produc l.ons of our public men ! What numrmus : i ... . v. i .. i. .. . . : . . .ctitoiai wa. -jg diai leprooi, nowever tlo ,.bast what uunieaning, dcclainntion. "liMV"v v"v io.it wnat artiticiai subtleties ,vnai gross mvecitve what coarse allusions what ilisgusting self confidehce, tie form the oratory (as it is called) of Congress ! Of world, or win, 'the noisy pladits . of tlic crowd : yet they do lend an ultimate and irresistible, weight to genius and learn ing.! and cn.mund for their posesor a noble ami enduring superiority. (K this, -ooj tnore conspicuous instance can be pro duced than the diltinguished gentleman '.-who. addressed vioir at the last commence ment. He,, amidst all the occupations' of private, professional and public Jife, lias ever remembered the pursuits of mis atm( mnlcr ; has kept bright by constant ex ercise, all the mental armoury which early education had 'bestowed, and, in stead of suffering his classical knowledge to decay, has been always enlarging his acquirements : and he now reaps the re ward of his early labors ana consistent fforts in a real fclftcicncv, an acknowl edged superiority of wjiich, any of us, oiiht well be proud. Vhen therefore yob shall be tempted to selhiadulgeoce, and see men, by art or fortune, rising In to premature elevation' without classipaj. wlien you sjtall see men ot re- perseverance! occasional w inunii'pil nrnmun fit r..... ..... ...v. if? rectitude, is ntt made to half tn seven feet water ; although except in very uncommon sea- aiavigabie tor tow boats. Tiiis dis advantage, however, is not remediless. iorygoods, shoes, furoi- 333 ts rdo jo; in the dark. ' jSu that vyhile the motive ture, hats, tic, : . 5 7 - power on the Iraiiroad is stationary, the 3. Flour per bbl. . 35 ci-nts. per do. do. same power onUhe river is in regulaV pro- According to wl?cb the mt named articles 1 g-ression. "When "however, we unite with would cost nrr 100 lbs. 41cts. per 100 miles, or f8 20 a ton the 2h- 561". do. or 11 20 do. tlie 3d. 29 do. . do. or 5 0 do. Brie Canal, Highest rate. 25 cts. ner do. To. or $5 a too Flour, a lung UUUoce, 15 cts.per do.or $3 a too ThisU taken from above, page 241 to 2 4.3.. DtaUare end Hudson Canal. this the further advantage, that the same given power on water will propel or draw a vastly jgreater amount of tonnage at one time than the same given power on a rail road, which difference, Engineers have computed as great as six to o:e in favour Congressional document" K t,,e. water f Potation,) itafloi ds to vwi t v t (a 1,11 jy'iuiui(uiiwii o v iimiii for the superior velocity of rail road trans portation, under precisely the same cir cumstances. 'That is admitting that tiie velocityof railroad transportation by steam power under jeqnal circumstances? is su nerior to the. velocit vbv steam power of wa ter transportation. In point, therefore, of! cheapness, expeditions safety and tiie quan turniit tonnagja boirre, the Cape Fear, be The snifve! aVErie Cauul, taken from above dc- 'Bliver from. Cher aw to Charleston. Average pr.ee cn tonnage ctmn ocl tiec, 23 cts, '- nrr'iOO bS otr 100 miles, or$3 55 a t.i. Tr.is is luken huratbe puUlisneu, pnmcu JRivcr Roancke, vp and down Tlhd? tobacco, 4 48 or f7 46 per ton, rating 1 tween this aitid Wilmington, may very I.Koi 1 TOO lhf. Ploiiii bbl. . f 50 ov 5 DO per do. rating bbl u Ylft iKJ ! CoVto. fK!e, - ?1 50 or 0 70 per da. rating bale at 300 lbs.- , A , v Comparative Views. F . vettrvUle to Wffmtngton, 133 mi', ?1 96 ajon lian.btvrg to tii tieston, It. Ji L ' 0 ll he charter rates.) S .me, (contemplated lowest rtt ) So 00 ton. l.ivi-rpjLo! Sc. Maoch ester, ta-? 133 ma g 40 do. kinjj lbr g rates for lat l'ctt-rstuirj U u.'anoice, ik- 133 do 10 70 do. 00 un. & viu. ing for going r. Its for dat 5 -I)eJwap& MmlSroi HI. U'd .1 14 irjrl!. ' 1 HO C ill 1- J)trj f J V'U OJ. iW IIMIC y v.; blt rr,(-re & Ouio'U. IV d, at? ,33 do; 5 u do same r. tc last, Krie Caoul Aio? Hour at $3 J m d(J 3 , a ton per lbO mpes. 3 -Another Comparative View. Cieraw to Cli:iles.tin, ayefi? Inn . i'Ke cn U-otri-gr ialticleej $ '" liouuoke Liver, y? 011 produce, - Jinothtr View. Fsvcreille to WTfmington. inchidng freight b'U. a hjif r f'cotton" 133 milpt. tvwie fiTl rmc 'n burg to Ct.anteston, on Uail Uoad, ia length 1j5 inde. n lale Another f ie -exj F( eights. .4 70 do. 6 42 do. If er-- E T. 5 5- a v .-a 5-3 Si- n o r- pfOO Ibf . 40 cts. 40 cts. SO cts. IT cts. v lice, -t.. ,40 4Q tir. Mil' f x . l ' J"Xeii,lR,esJ:c:fi. 13 ;:?rTt.g, pirre , CO M !"W:lwl00 Tt. 5 ) A"vu, 100 J. f .30 20 0 30 4 20 $1 53 15 3 20 . m each 15 favourably coiiipaie with any rail road or canal. . ' ' I Here then is a town pear the centre off the State, wit-h an easy access to the ocean,' no chep and so Expeditious, that, comparatively speaking, ,we may say, that time, distance and expense are annihilat ed. If Fayetteville posaejsses these facili ties for commerce,; and has iuainiaitiet them through every adversity, local and general, what certain hopes of better days must await hef,' and the State at largeJ under a comnjrerjd rendered prosperous by Rail-Road on)munications, which are sure to improve Mid multiply the facili ties of -trade in; every direction aud in "art iritinite ratio. 1 Wily niay not Fayette- ville become as large and flourishing a ch tv as Albany, with a population of 2J, 000 ? Hen d'ntanco frbm the ocean is a bout the same,',lC(J miles jind her steam boals wifh their loaded (ow-boats, which ran convey 4G0 ton?, may lie atong-siu'e of the largest ysselhioh enters the Port of Wilniingtoiiiantl. Toad her for Newr York, or Iiverpt 1. ' The time and exf penso on tiie 1 r ed we have shown, is now, or can be made cbinpardtively nothing. Like Albany, is he is surrounded by a ve ry poor countritv with a( rich back coun try, 80, or 100 m;es fR The answer is ibvinus; Albany; was made so by Rail Roads and Canal r and; al Fayetteville want! is a Rriil-rpad dommunicap9n to afford a cheapjtrit tber market, for V.lt! UKIICS'IIIJ aillbUliuiiti int m ii.. u. . . ' . I J t I 1 ? . and is alleiatfd by three considerations: Firt that it is suaceptibl tif navigation the w io!e year, and in the drvest sea sons', by steam-boats of eighteen inches draft, such as are now plying up the slui ces f the Connecticut river, the Genne see iiver, and for the last season, with entire success, have navigated the West ernBranch of the Susquehanna . through and bevond the range of ilie Alleghany Mountains; for which fact we re Tor to tlieirail road Journal, vol. 2, No. 57, p-'tge .184 the dimensions of tiie' boat thtne jivtn are 95 feet length 18 feet beam, draft 15 inches 35 horse power. Sec ond, that when the navigation is suspend ed by a drought, it happens there is very little trade, the farmers being engaged iii tl eir crops. And third, that New-York, renp-uvania and Oiiio, have 111 point id wealth, population and prosperity, be come the wonder of the age, and that for fouC months in the year, labour H-nd'coui-merce are suspended by the cold frost and. ice ; and when the Spring breaks the icy fetters of their rivers, the overwind til ing torrent desolates every thing within its fange. If our disad'vautacs sink- into insignificance, when compared with these, not an encouragement to march on, never give iip the ship? ' Respectfully subthitfed. LOUIS 1)., HENRY. instruction yl;ak'b.-b:lends knowledge and virtue with theafriest thoughts and as sociatious ofitHnxlrid, till, in after life, they shall see tjfl. instincts of nature rather than habits of education. Yet we are not justified iu Supposing these occasional ef forts to have t,?en -entirely without suc cess. Oa the contrary, they may. afford, and probably AC$n-have afforded, ' aivl to the daily lessors of the fireside and the seminary havfv'served by their novelty to awaken an' i, tuition fatigued by same ness of in'stj tkJIion, and by external au thority' to g':v strength to domestic ad monition., liu'vja'f this day, the dimculties inherent in eCirv'. effort thus to s)eak or thus to write.,"(Ke- increased an hundred fold The mi'd of man is still studious of noveily, ai ;. pleased with change. But in addrds gs u the young, where is novelty to bejj :hl ? Of matter, no where and atiiids,lj tlio diversities of illus tration, of stjfltif argument which the poet and tlii essayist have successively emnloved to f'vve,-varietv and itnnressive uess to lessof pf-iyisdom for youth, where is the man bld efiougli to expect any no velty, evenrf manner, in the delivery or enforceinentStpfancient truths? But S'ltne- tiling may u .boiHMl of attention, ol re spect, and oK indulgence, for one who does not asjame rfui attitiule of a moral earning. all the weeks which are yearly devoted in that body to the delivery of speeches,, how few the hours which are not wasted ! U)f the thousand newspaper columns which jure .filled with reports of these speeches, iiow many can a mano: taste read witiiout. disgust, or a patriot without sorrow I At tend our judicial tribunals, and see how the gravity of jurisprudence is 'insulted by the same frothy, loud, ihelega'nland un intellhiible vociferations observe how d'- ten eveti the most ordinary proprieties of lanjruage, the thost common rilies of gram mar, are violated so often and sa grossly indeed, as to leave no doubt that the violations-.' proceed' from ignorance rather than inattention yet, scarce a public meeting is hrld (and where are they not held ?) from an .assembly at Faneuil Hall, to a separate election or a barbac.ue, which is not, according to the printed reports of those who heard and acted in thein, enlightened and electrified by eloquence surpassing that of Tully or Demosthenes ! In short, deficient as we are, all our peo ple are prodigies learning is tube found in every hamlet, literature in every coun try. store. and oratory' iu everv debating nmin. in xne. mean Time. -mere nouuns: il abilities,! worth and usefajrifss justly' moored, though without these literary enibellishm.ents, be not led to conclude them valueless. While you learn to Hunt - them not indispensable either td merit oc success, at. the same tine remember that literature gives to professional talent all its elegance and haif its elhctency $ and thr.t to emulate the fame and reach th.a eminence of the gentleman to w hom Ihav just r.Uuwed,! you must be not only pro found in your acquirements, bu various, acute and graceful. Tin evils of an imperfect education (n a professional mVn, none can know but he who has felt them.. In the legal, profes sion, how often is the careless student re minded of his drficiencies ? Haw much ' gracefulness of allasion how much pfV- er of -argument 'bjw much felicity o lustration are lost to iiim! how he lyngs to.be able to call up and give distinctness to reco!lrctitns whidi yet elude him, ami now bitterly he laments ove.&ipe car- . ty itutoience which conaemns nun to in,ei- ocrjty, and tels that his, powers have never been developed, andlthat- hc will never be what he might and ought to bayafr been, either iri reputation or desertl Let hot these repiuings ever be yours. Now, you hold your own destiny now, 'the ppportunities of excellence are all in pos sessiort or prospect- You may either im prove or neglect them- make thein means. of usefulness, or 'memorials of criminal f indifference and neglect. Do not i.hesiL tate ; much often depends upon the res olurions of a ujoment ; resolve, now?, thit you will be learned, accomplished, liter'ai ry that you will not be contertt whtla you still have something useful to ac quire, and that fio allurements of pleas ure, no love of ease, no indolence, shall ever induce you to lose the adyafilage of! your opportunities, either by negligence; of study now, or inattention to, learning hereafter. There is another considera tion which should urge upon yon this res olution. If the day of florid bombast a nth coarse abuse is ever to .give way to the rcigu of chaste ami diun.tid eloquence if die literary taste of the country gen eral iy i3 ever to tievimprusved, this trvnst dictator, bucomes at your own bidding j ;T, lhe puhlici taste and intelligence, to to antiress vsu-5 comes, not oniv aware of general itilcjencv, but sensible that circumstance of domestic tlist ruction, have, (leniedfim the oonortunity to dovole ieulire to yot'f edification, thesmajl tnace of time whicfthe regu'ar demamls td' bu siness had l"'at his disposal who, un der" these disadvantages is sincerely de sirous to beiKjcful to you, and to discharge honbrablv tli? task which vour favorable opinion has a;sfgned h'nn. , At. all .events, whatever ddlj gullies thay attend the cffirf. at instruclio. I cannot feci justified iu omitting the $ ttempt. Tiiat the issue of is it aud 'i'HOS. N. CAM K RON, EDW'I). W-WILLKINGS. pre stor aft er wealth, that-n6wi lie tfnfemployed in tmif Western CoUtr( -Uuite her by a link A profitable Custorker. A couple of tv damsels went into a dry goods e iu this town, a few days ago, and jr inquiing the prices of silks.cambric muslins, &c, one of them asked t!ie persou in aitlendance if he had any fine tape. We uavjs, was the reply, and he forthw'qh handed down a sample of his best, (lie price 1 of which, he"" informed her, was six cents the 'slick. That is altogether too high,' sai'.j she, 4 I'd rather look, at some of an inferior quality- Tliis said he,' you tuajf have for three cents.', This is more tiffin ma wiil be willing to give is this the cheapest you have ?' . 0., no ma'am. we have some we can put you at a cent.' L?t me look at it if you please.' It was accordingly shown, and alter an attentive examination which appeared to be satis factory, slftfsaid that would so it exactly!; and opening: her indispensable .shedrew forth a loiu pence by-penny, and request ed um to ct tier off quartet of a-stick and siv'q her a five cent tirce and one cent in chethge J Bedford ' GaZ 1 1 t! . r . iiie uepenakdJ'tiinariiy upon us coui menccmt'nt, f kperietice ; teaches : and w-e know from Revelation,- tnat the present life, c.oiupareil? (a it aptly is) for its short ness anil nit certainty, to a vapor which appearelh ffri -iKtle tim, and then van isheth away?f vet stretches forward its i n fl iioiipo infi'flit pvnnnciv' nf pfpriVnl l.llllVI.WV. ..,.T V ... . J .IV " " . J . ' ..... is tt nee.- N'oi. opportunity, therefore, of rightly inficilicitvg the outset of life, can be innocently neglected ; antl we .must, not for a 'jn merit imagine, that we are now assemllledl. for purposes of amuse ment, or tlft wbcan pass from our pre sent meetii wttho'it incurring some re spoosibilityf for june added opportunity f imnrovemerjf. 4 V- In the lintjuptjace. then, let me impress upon you, vat your cniegiate course is but the xolmnpnceinent of education is in tended not simuch to make; you learned. anil tiat is b can be gained in the few- rebuke and put to shame, this empty swelling, this1 sound and fury signify ing nothing." 'Those who &ee and lament the evil are not of sufficient number or authority to control-public opini.10. T.ie neople at large are pleased w ith thre spea kers and writers, who, if inlell'gible i:i; nothing eiso are suil:cien'jy so in thede sc riot ions of 'idolatrous j worship to the inteiliscnce. and virtue of! the people, aud i:i public professions of their own disinte rested devotion to the general .welfare. In this state of things, it will require no small effirtun a young mau, on his dn ; trance into life, to continue a due atten tion to literature, to persevere amidst the pleasures ami the, engagements which sur round him, in preserving what he h . al ready attained, alid still, as opportunities r. 1. r t i i -vt i I .t. r r V n Ct nothing vcars of resilience here, but the rudiments 1 of knowlediit., l'o .obtain such ati intro-! occur, adding to his stock. He. sees the highest statipi)s attainable and at.tai led, - 1 1 i Li .1 . 1" .1 not oniv wunout. learning, out. wan utile sense ; and.iSickeniug at the irksomeuess of study withoutjrewartl, is apt to exclaim, whv should I nut content myself with that mediocrity of attainment,' by whirl,, with' confidenc atid ociferaittm, o many have succeeded, ami; ft hich seems the surest, as it is theeasiest modeiifadvanceme.il ! T this inquiry it miy be answered, that knowledge is of itself desirabje, & should be pursued even for its ovpij sp.ki for the dignity and hajlpiness which it brings to its possessor j fhat thouga many succeed in acquiting fame and opulence without a classical attaintnenis, vest these ,oSVr no hindrance to the. acquisition!; of either : land ii. is not recommeiitjled that they be pursued in excljisiou ot, but in- ctmuexiua with, ami as auxiliary tb, thv practical employments ofllitV. In tuese, you s'nould duction to stiertce as may be afterwards "unproved imd a, full acquaititance witlv her riches, tk,maitls all tue daence o;be dirous (as what yotifh of noble aspirJ trie siu(ieni -ifiicouegei!iextiui wnirn j. u wot) to do well whatever voa do. a college liffvis over, to permit these pre liminary 'ac-tt-irenvenf s to remain unitn proved, s a tiest, "voluntartlyTo loreg i your atlvantAjes, and 'ignobly to content yourselves wj3t i thelowest station amongst the votariifS-Fichjuce. But this ground evjjn cannot b'tretaiBed ; you mut press ton or retle ,Abyji law applicable to I tj& bjudv, U6supUes of hod and oft re- s that with the applause of those jwho may be able to advance you, you may ua; iii your favor the seniuijce of all who's? worth and intelligence make their appro bation a sratifving assurance of Irtndred excellence in-y ourselves. Bar we havl rtftd' by example, that thor ihe higtiest aictr ij- plishmetits of literature may uot conduce , la a speed elevation ta the political ) be accomplished by the united influence of the educated classes ; fnd by 1iienVjt can only be' accomplished lij the studypff classical antiquity, and the pest specimens - of modern literature-by, -diligence to gam, and care to retain knowledge by assiduous ellorts.to do every thing in the brst manner, and a steady resolution to discountenance empty pretensions, and to encourage real merit. By these means, an iutlueiice may go forth upon the peop'e which shall elevate the national taste, and by establishing a higher standard of ex cellence, dismiss to obscurity those who", have uot the ability to be useful, and compel to its improvement those who have. You, geiicleioen, form a portion of that literary class, and your efforts may be felt throughout die union, if met by corresponding efforts from other quarters, an df upon this State may have a most sal utary effect, even without such co-opera- . tion Let me then, entreat you, by all these cotiHHJeratious united, to resolve-. uport a thorough education ; ti believe and feel, that lo neglect here any one o,) portunity '-of' gaining knowledge, is ia against yourselves and your country 5. and that after 'you shall hate left tliti sem inary, to it dovr-n in contented medioct t- r ty,to m ikefio iinproveuwnt of youf modr- -I cum of leariiipg to-be al die begiritng f of liftfljuthalf scholars, & daily "to ecomoT less, vvdl bj, at once, a mean denectjori of duty, aud a voluntary iudilTerence to true glory. ' ' 9 : Tiie resolute 'pttrsuitof study which 1 have thus recommended, will strongly tend to repress that self conceithwhtcht upon small nttaioments is apt to -!re in the mind, and to -substitute that tru-a ihodesty which is generally the cotupao.nm of large acqairemeiU in -solid learnipg ft has been "sometimes made a, tuestiori, whether to think too ' little or to roch: of ourselves, be the preferrih'e.ei-ror j and it lias been determined, I- tljiipk upoii just .ground, that vanity i to be pre- ferreUp deprntiftncy4' By study, tttthX these errort, wHl be prefeutcd ,or over. come, and we shall su -n be ejiabied t WUiiarh GviOTi Esf, of 5fewtrpr. .it- r '4t ? t. j M i-1 ; 1' f r r ,1 I I V : ' V:. 'I'T: ...... ; . : Vt?ir ' ' : lW !' -J . i . i , , i v t 1 . V. if
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 8, 1833, edition 1
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