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k : J; ' ..-3- .. - ' 1 ' ' ' " - . ? Ours .aye tUe plans of fair delightful peace, unirarp'd by party rage, to live like brothers." FOli. XXXIX. MOJIMlY, JfJX.1T 9, 1838 $6. 3& I E D IT v . -: .1" TERMS. three dollars per annum one SffBucnrMslojr, alfin advance, j ( n- Persons residing without the State will be fibscription in adrance. RATES OF ADVERTISING. For every 16 lines (Ai ir type) first Insertion he dollar; each subsequent insertion, ao cents. Court Orders and Judicial e charred 25 per cent, higher ; and a 33 J per cent, will be made from the regular rices, fur advertisers by the year. Lk-tkhs to tha Editors must be post-paid. 1 MY FIRST AND LAST COURTSHIP. Advertisements will t i . ueauction IT OBADIAH BASHFUL: said 1, I)eb, the next thing wil be .some thing else." I reckon that made Joelaugh on ,my- side and I began to? pluek courage. Says I, "Deb, we are goin to shear pur old black ram next Thursday week, and I'll send ydttenPugh wool to make you a wjg," That ris Deb's ebenezer; she got up and made at me with the shovel, but I guess it was a mistake I was on the road home. I told all to father, and he'laughed, (for he always laughed when any thing tickled hint.) "Now father," said I, if yon want to court Deb, you'can do it," there's no dang- ier now trojn tne neart-catcners; anane laughed again. Says he, Obed, say no more about that," and 1 lander took " the hint, and never said a darned word about it from that to this. about know Well, I spose if I must tell you al my courtship, I must. You must lour ola man raaae a great iuss auoui my tUltin tn him. round the fire, cold winter tights, and said to me one night,' says '. he, well, now, Ubed, ( you see ne always called rac Obed, but my name is Obadiah,) he said, "Well, now Obed, you might as well bo out courting Deb Jones as to be Wquattin down on your hunkers,: and you Wow, Obed, if you die unmarried, the name of Bashful will be extinct." I "Oh, well now, father," said I, "I don't know nothing about Instinct, but I can't go to court Deb, for you know she dresses her hair so nice, and she s such a rotten nice gal, that every feller 'bout these parts is half crazy arter her there's Joe Turner, and Bui Dans, and a hull squad o chaps as wears all the new fashions i and now, father, said I, what would ( look like with my buckskin suit, that I have worn sii years, long side of their blue coats, and pants, and shawsees, and them are things. father wouldn t hear nothing gainst own opinion, and so I had to go just to please the old man. Deb used to go to the old white church, you know;' up uncle Ephraira's lane, near thp blacksmith s shop, right by the orchard Well, it war'nt there no, itVwar'nt I THE RING TAIL PANTHER. !ut it c tqsh it had been. Well, I went off, dress ed' tarnation slick, I thought I guess rubbed two tallow candles, there or there abouts, 4nto my hair, trying to make it curl, but I swan to man it was a mistake. there want no curl about it, arter all, It stuck out like puk and pine quills, as Jim Stevens says. Well,; somehow or other, I got myself into tolerable slick order, had on the new hat and coat I cot at the raffle night before, and I bolted to the church, w Uh ray hands in my pockets, whistling Hail Columby. I felt as big as Bony Part atWatetloo. I seed Deb step off her horse like a feather, and up I runs to' speak to her, when up comes that eternal Joe Tur ner, dressed almighty nice, as - if he had bejen put in a band box to keep, and walks her right off afore me, before I i could get oijt "How de dew Debby." If I did't look nation sheepish, I reekon 'tant no matter. I blushed some too. Never mind thinks I, meeting will have to j break up some time or other, and Deb will have to go home ; so I went up to their! house to wjait for her. j . ' She did come at last, and oh my golly, she did look screaming nice. : I felt so flutterfied, I did'nt know what to say. At. last I got out 'Deb' that is I mean Deb bery, or Debby, f don't I look as if my face was ail over goose pimples and darn my buttons if Deb, and .that eternal Joe, did ndt laugh until I wished to die nearly. But we all went in, and Deb handed me a chair, but I felt so "flusterated I inever looked where I was ;sittin, and down I come jeerwallop right in Deb's bonet and her fixiips, and overset the chair ard sprawled right over on the;floor, and split my new 'coat right down the back",, all open ! Here was a nice pickle but Deb pinned it up, and that give me a kindof fec tion for her, and so I staid to tea, but was so flustered I spilt my tea over Joe's pants, and he called me a darned awkward hog ! l never said one word while I staid. Bleb had to talk all, and I answered yes or no. She asked me "Mr. Obed, did you ever hear a sarartade?" Said I, "No. iss Debbery, I never heard of Sarah ade, but tknow Sail Edwards" and Joer the fool, laughed at that. But Deb . said she did'nt mean Sarah Nade ; it! was what tijie town chaps call the music, when they go out to play o' nights then she . looked a kind 'o slantindicular at him, and I think njs kissed her. But ! soon saw; that Deb loved Jc more "than me, and I; got' ready back out; ! Deb said, "I suppose you're gfring to see that are Moll Mikle ?" Why,' SH I, "Debbery; I reckon I got a little Te taste for the fine arts, than to run The legislature of Missouri, like many other parliamentary bodies, was once annoy ed with a member of singular habits and eccentric character. He was a rude woods man: and having his nativity cast on' the frontiers, he moved forward, keeping pace with the pioneers ; and it was no grief to him to be a few leagues in advance of the- schoolmaster. The alphabet once overtook him, but no sooner were the Roman char acters imprinted on his memory than he fled from pedagogue restraints, esteeming himself happy in thus briefly becoming a man of letters. This limited education was, useful to him jn after life, when he became a representative of the people, for he acquired the art of putting many letters together as would pass, in a crowd, for his name. Like most great men of the Roman Republics, he acquired a pra;no meu, and he chose one indicative of 3 location and pursuits. Ring TaW Pan ther was the name to which be answered with equal pride and pleasure. This illus trious pioneer has already had a place as signed him in the annals of the west ; but too much is rarely written of any man, whose genius elevates him above the com mon mass of beings by whom he is surrounded. At what particular period Ring lail Panther migrated to Missouri, it is n0 known. Jlis earliest achievement, and that which placed him in the line of pre ferment, was the butchery of a small party of unoffending Indians . .His official re port of the battle was as laconic as Caesar's "reni, vidi, rici,," and in these wordsi I kotch'd, 1 killed, I scalped.' His habita tion, where domestic kindness artd hospi tality were cherished, was a block-house, rudely constructed by his "own handicraft. Like his namesake, the quadruped Pan ther, he was carnivorous, and fed generally on venison, nis annic was oiue-ruxn ana still-burnt green. To the influence of these stimulants and the lack of education, all the evils of a misspent life are justly at tributable, for he was naturally kind and benevolent. When Missouri passetT from a Territori al to a state Government, the people among whom Ring Tail Panther resided, made him a representative in the General. As sembly, to assist in enacting for them a code of laws. Tradition will not be sufficiently clear in its details, half a century hence, to determine from what written models he horse in fly" time, or-an inexperienced dog in a bear hunt. JSTow Mr.' Speaker, thar ar a heap more poor men than rich ones, and in this we have smartly the majority. Do you think, sir, a gang -pi wolves,- when they corner an old buck, won't pullhim down!1 they will do that thing I reckon ! When a right sort of a hunter trees a fat old bear, he I will do his house work, no mistake! we hate 1 the rich men cornered now, in a sorta quan dary like and I move, Mr. Speaker, that we row. them up Salt River. I am for tak ing the divide and keepin it. It ar a fact, and ! know it, that we can'tjisttake money from one mai, and give it to auother, that would be onpopulous and onlawful ; but we can take 'em slantendieular, and the way we can exonerate ?em would be pretty expeditious. I move, Mr. Speaker, that we enact a loan office law, authorize the State to issue paper, and the way the boys will borry it will be slick and greasy ! They will jiever pay it back -no how you can fix it. When the State wants money agin, lay on the' taxes about as thick as daubing a new cabin afore Christmas, and tne ncri are tne yalier nowers ot tnese prai ries that will fork it up." The orator sat down, happy in having uttered his maiden speech. He was, how ever, informed by the speaker, that he must reduce his resolution to writing. Ring Tail Panther rose again, looked wildly a round the house, and enquired "Where in the name of fork lightning Duff Green tuck himself to ?" He .was told he had gone to his lodg ings a little indisposed. "There, now, is h 11!" said he. "Mr. Speaker,' Duff are sloped and we must ex pone the question till to-morrow; and if Duff don't stand up to the rack a little bet ter I'll lick him, there's no mistake. If he slopes off in this way again when I want ! him, his hide won't hold shucks in two minutes arter, and I won't vote with him to copperate his Macademy. The Speaker of the House was a profess ional gentleman of wit and learning, and he was likewise an efficient business man ; "he presided with dignity, but the rich vein of humor in which he sometimes indulged, rendredhiman object of jealousy, for 'he would rarely spare his best friends in com mittee of the whole. The uneducated members regarded him with peculiar sus picion, and they dreaded his satire. In a speech which he made against the gentle man from Pishing River, he played upon his assumed name in a facetious, but good humored vein. Ring Tail Panther rose, caljed Mr. Speaker to order, and threaten ed to "jump on his neck and claw him up pretty considerable." The Speaker pro ceeeded, and remarked "Mr. Chairman, I entertain a suitable regard for the cat family, and I am not in sensible to the moral force of brute strength. When I shall have finished the few obser vations I have yet to make, the gentleman shall have the floor, or free, which ever he may fancy most, when he may claw up his pen and reduce his amendments to ccmjucNicATioim FOR THK REGISTER. . Messrs. Editors : Dome and my sex the justice, if you please, to "publish this piece in defence of an attack made upon us by Homo, whom you have admitted into your cottmns. HERA. in your paper oi me iin mst. is a com munication, on Snuff Dipping, signed by one "Homo," who, with a show of pedanl try, has laboured very hard to prove the inV jurtous use of Snuff, and although he has told us in the commencement, that he (who has Latinized himself a " Man" and whom I am disposed to believe so,) has never yet seen this practice, yet what is singular, he says we are compelled at parties to keep up our vivacity, by occasionally retiring to take a "dip. . Now Messrs. Editors, what I should very much like to know, is, how does this "Man find ont that we retire for this purpose, unless he hs seen it. If we rest from the fatigues of a Ball or a Party room for a few minutes, who has made him so wise as to know that we are dipping Snuff.' If his opinion is founded upon occular dem onstration, then his advice would have been more favourably received if he had omitted the first paragraph of his piece. I would ask this. " Man" or any other, if be or they have eyer seen any " beautiful creature" or any respectable "Lady made drunk by this " narcotic." If he has seen any female, so far deluded, as to be found in this wretched situation, what knowledge has he thatSuufF has caused it. Let him speak, or hereafter be dumb. But l am disposed to give credit,, as far as is consistent with truth, to the communica tion in your paper, and will even go so far j as to believe in English what he says in Latin that he is a " Man." fie does not go so far as to say that he is a gentleman, nor can I presume to say so for him. Now, as he has said that he never yet saw this j pernicious practice, we may conclude that he was not raised among us, nor can we tell where, or in what society. But really, Messrs. Editors, from this 'Man's' commu nication, he has given us room to believe that he knows but little of the polite or re spectable portion of our sex i else, he would not talk of respectable Ladies getting drunk by this practice of drinking " mint Juleps." I defy him, or any one else, to point out in the respectable part of our sex a single one, who is in the habit of getting drunk from either cause, or to show us one who is in the practice of drinking Mint Juleps or any other intoxicating Liquor. And then for his sex before he attempts pjnother piece of ill-natUred raillery and abuse against, u?. We adnjit that the ii.se of Tobacco inttfy jshape is injurious, but let Homo remember, that by his sex we are called poor, weak and frail creatures o better than our.old mother Eve, before whom was placed good and evil, and we further admit that, like her, it is hard for us to resist temptation special ly wher prompted by the Evil One. What I" have said is in perfect good hu mour, nor do I mea'rf any thing personal to wards " Homo" as I know not the man. But before I conclude, I would advise him, that if he wishes us to abandon the use of Snuff, he should first persuade the merchants to quit the practice of buying and selling it. Byso doing, there will be no tempta tion to resist, and we have not the means or power to make it. I will go still further and say, that if the men will quit the use of Tobacco in every shape, and the use of in toxicating Liquors of every kind, I wilt pledge my word, in behalf of my sex thro' out the world, that we will abandon the use of Snuff forever. - Franklin Co., June25lh 1838. writing. Here the speaker was interrupted. Ring Tail Panther rose in great wrath, and lift- ing an inkstand which was near claimed, "If I can't write, Mr. the wav I will make my mark TOR THE REGISTER. Charleston -tJie Courier Sea Steamer, v. " With regard to Steamboats, which pass by sea from port to port, along the American coast, it "has long been known:, that they arc so constructed as to be incapable of encountering the perils of the sea, without great risk, of beio; lost." .-. . Charleston Courier, June 20, 1838 Connecting the large commercial Cities by the shortest and most direct line -which tan be drawn, it will not only become the great thorough-fare, but a large revenue widc aertveu iromine iranspona tion of the Mail. When completed, the distance from Weldon to Charleston wilt be passed in less than i hours. J he traveller will enjoy the agree able alternation 'from : Kail-road to Steam-boat, and rest ana comjnrt which he cannot secure on any other route !!"Wd. Sf Rul. It. It. Jiep. 18J7. Gentlemen: Scarcely had the recollec tion of the loss of the Home, (the conduct of whose Captain was so vehemenfty ad vocated by a certain Charleston paper,) with all its distress and dismay, passed from our minds, than the heart-rending accident of the Pulaski again opened to many indivi duals and families, fresh sources of grief and affliction.; and, strange to say, the Charleston Courier comes out with the above quoted language, and thus indirectly avows .that, as far as it has been able, by puffing on the one hand, and silenqc on the other, i it has, sua svonte.beeii instrumental in pro- this "man" to turn round, and call himself ; ducing these dreadful occurrences, the devoted friend of those wretched drunk- And what 'lhe a ple of wn en creatures whom he has placed almost on mingtori on this interesting subjecH. That l . -1 . 1 l - - 1 1- -. i a. lime creuu or nonor on mm, wno unpr which ig in(leed ti a rcst that sumingiy xnumo y.caus nimseu a -inan. aml which in the lanffUajre of lo talk ot Ladies regularly taking their soberaess is not to be found in this, morning drams is perfect nonsense and this in another world a condition of things to " end in an ola age 01 aosoiute arunKen ness" isr a slander upon that portion of my sex who has kindly received him into their society a rest, is eternal, " truth and which places." the comfort" of Steamers in rather a negative position. But, sarcasm apart for a Subject involv- , ing the lives of our fellow-men is too serious ex- him, Speaker, on you, won't rub out easy !" The member near deduced Vhis legislative knowledge : but 1 him interposed and. prevented the viol He cannot find one woman, (I will n rt ct T.orltr Jr, nnp f Vimisinrl nt th Smith. who is addicted to this practice. The most i f?r sarcasm-I would senously put Ue ques ence aer suchr a looking crittet; as she is !" then shp. 1 nrklffil nnila cmnrf 'nt nta nnA auite smart at 8ld she alwaVR thnitirW T'f nroo a Kattor Jyage of furniture than to spark with such dandies. That tickled me like bid Shakes, and I ris up to make a bow for it,'- but somehow or other, I caught my feet togeth er, and I sprawled right against her I over set her into Joe's lap. She got up darned mad, I tell you. She says, "Mr. Obed, that too bad ; I wonder what you will Jo next;" but I had to 4augh I never knowed afore that Deb wore, false i hair, and when she fell, all her heart catchers, as she used to call thenj,. fell off, - and .she looked just hke a sfcriwh owl. "Why," some crude notions of the twelve tables led him to believe it just, that "an eye for an eye" should be exacted,' and he lived up to the maxim, literally, in his practice, for he boasted having divested ihree several combatans of an organ of vision, and ha likewise bit off one finger, two ears and a Roman nose, in the course of his single combats. As it may be readily supposed, certain passages in his labors as 'legislator were not as easy "surmounted, as spoken of. Ring Tail Panther was, however, discreet enough to attach himself to a. member of good acquirements, who cheerfully wrote his bills and resolutions whenever he came forward as a pioneer in law-making. At an early stage of the Session of the Gener al Assembly this member arose, and when the speaker had remarked. "The gentleman from Fishing ''River', Ring Tail Panther proceededto say. "Mr. Speaker, there ar a heap of - differ-J ence among men ; . some are born rich, some get rich by cheating, and; some are just naturally poor all the days of their llives. This is as unjust, sir, as bleatinp; up a doe to make anorfin of her poor little fawns in the spots. A right ra-al rich mart would feel a heap' easier with less money. But such is the cantankerous character of one. of these ding'd old aristocracies, that the more he piles up, the more he hones arter money .Mr. Speaker, a rich man is like a panther, and I know something a- bout the varmint. When he gets intbe hog rartge whar the sweet1 mast ar good, he will kill half a dozen shotes in a night, when one pig would do him . for supper and breakfast. They are uncommon greedy, if they ar'nt I wish I may be shot with a big bore rifle gun. They are as destruc tive on poor people as a gane of wild-colte what breaks into a corn field in rbastihg-ear lime. I'aey crac all be lore -them like a horge loose in a cane- break. A poor! roan stands no more chance in a scuffle with a right ra-al rich man, than a short tailed which the enraged panther meditated. There was, at some stage of this session, a proposition before the house to enter into a state system of internal improvement. The panther opposed it, as he did uniformly every thing which came from an educated member excepting always the measures proposed by his friend from Boonslick. When the question came up for discussion, the gentleman from Fishing River deliver ed his sentiments to the following effect: Mr. Speaker, I am agin all sorts of new-fangled machines, every way you can fix it. These ere snorting things they call steam boats are talked about a heap, and my 'oman sprained her ancle running to see the first creater of the sort that came sneaking up our river. The fish never bit a hook arter that, and the ame is all Rear ed out of the river' bottom. Gentlemen talk about a rd1 al rode and etarnal improve ments. "Some gentlemen,' high, lamed chaps,, think they are a heap smarter nor a steel trap : but I can tell 'em I wernt rocked in a gum to be skeard by schoolmaster larn-ning.- Wherrdd you think, Mr. Speaker, they'll see a little steam fixin running on a ra'al through the Loutre, or Twenty Mile prairie ?" never in all your life, I reckon! Mr. Speaker, I move the eternal expone ment of this ere question, and I'll hire a schoolmaster to put it down in .the higgeM kind of pot-hooks." '. tv It is needless to add, that from that day forward, the highrainded doctrine of Ring TaiL Panther, in reference tow internal im provement, has pre vailed in the legislature of Missouri. - Woman Charms. "There is some thing to me," says Byron, "very softening in . the presence ot a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in love -with them. I always ' feel in better humour with myself and every thing else, if there is a woman within ken' illiterate and ignorant, with us, so far pre serve the honor of our sex, as to abhor the practice, much more follow it, and this man must go to the suburbs or outskirts of the most populous cities to find subjects that ) will verify his assertion. When this man talks of reflections cast upon us by ninety-nine hundredths of the gentlemen of the United States, he should first inquire where is one of his devoted friends (he knows whom I mean) in one million; who has not in vain not only cast reflections but been loud in their condemna tion, of smoking the pipe, chewing Tobac-; co and worst of all drinking drams. Now, if Homo feels desirous hereafter of using his pen to suppress filthy and abominable practices, nere is a neiu lor nis imagination to work in. And when he talks of the use of SnufF changing the ivory whiteness of the teeth to the colour of old bone, and the fair- j est complexion to a dingy yellow, like i smoked leather," he should have first in quired who has the whitest teeth, or the fairest complexion the Snuff dipper or the Tobacco chewer and pipe-smoker; or whose " intellect is soonest impaired" the Lady who Uses Snuff or the man who gets drunk" every day of his life. Let him answer these questions first, before he attempts again to abuse the practice we are ace used of. We will compare our complexion, our teetli and our intellects, with him or any one else, who is in the habit of chewing, smoking or drinking. - Homo has done us justice in one respect at leat, and that is, in omitting to mention whether the use of Snuff produces a foul breath and filthy teeth. I should be glad tn An him and his-sex the like iustice, but this they cannot permit ; for it is a iact be yond contradiction, that no animal in the world has a fouler breath than the pipe-smoker, or filthier teeth than the Tobacco chew er. And it is an outrage upon society ,which Homo should blush to acknowledge, that men of this description have presumed to breathe their filthy, vapours mixed with the fumes of intoxicating drinks,, into our face and have even dared to snatch a kiss while" the amber was drying on their lips. Messrs. Editors, let this man, whoever he may be, do us die justice to use all his exertions in suppressing this abominable presumption of tion to those citizens of North and South Carolina who do not wish to sacrifice gen eral to local interests (not that there is -any distinction between them) whether the ben efit of the whole South would not be best consulted in the opening a field, by and over land, for general competition ; in .short, by the construction of a Road from Raleigh, through North and South Carolina and Geor gia, to Waynesboro; and one also to Wil mington, by means of which, those who wish to find the rest and comfort so exclu--sively to be possessed and enjoyed in the 24 -hours passage from Weldon, via Wil mington, Cape Romain and Bull's Bay, to Charleston, could be acc9mmodated. Of the enormous value of the Post Offices on this route, " the merits of which the Post master General clarum ct venerabile no men) has 4oo much discernment to over look' I will not say a word ; nor will I litter a syllable on the wretched unproduc tiveness and utter nselessness of a mail route . from , Raleigh to, Haywood, to Car thage, to' Rockingham or Wadesboro', to Cheraw ; and from thence, saving twenty miles and five or six ferries, in the passage of letters and travellers to Charleston, and 50 per cent, postage on all the correspond ence of the Cheraws and their "commer cial dependencies" to Darlington, Kings tree, Georgetown, St. James, Santee and Grove Greek, St. Stephens and Charleston. Of all these contemptible circumstances, I say nothing, because, in the presence of such" mighty personages as Newspaper Ed itors and Steamer owners, it is.meet that an humble individual,: like myself, should be ra ute--for the latter are the lords , of bur creation, the controllers of our destinies, and the privileged class of our .community, at least, in SOUTH-CAROLINA. FORTHB REGl&TERi iiniidolph-Ztlacon College. I had the pleasure, among many others; ' of witnessing the Commencement elereites of this flourishing insutut:on,which occurred - on the 20th June ; and, as any thing con- nected with the education df our yd'ung men' is vitally important to the perpetuity of our tree Institutions, so the few remarks I am about to make will not be wholly devoid of interest. On Tuesday the 19th, the lion. John Tyler; late Gov. of Virginia, deliver ed a most appropriate and eloquent Address before the two Literary Societies. He pa9s-' ed high and well-merited eulogies, on the -characters of Macon and Randolph, and congratulated the Board, of Trustees in sel ecting the names of two men, in whom uni ted j so many excellent qualities were found. as to constitute them perfect models for youthful imitation. As the Address is to be published we will make no farther comment. In the evening of the same day, four Ad dresses wore pronounced by the Represen tatives of the two Literary Societies, whicn received the applause of the audience, and were highly creditable, to the Speakers. Wednesday, the 20th Was the day of Com- raencement. . At an early hour, a large con course of visitors had assembled, and before - the Exercises commenced, the College Chap el was filled to overflowing The Exerci ses commenced at 9 o clock A. M, and then followed a more interesting scene than I ever before witnessed on a similar occasion. The Orations of the young gentlemen ex hibited an unusual degree of talent, and of high moral and intellectual attainments; They gave marked evidence of having been well taught, and of having minds thorough- ly disciplined by the laborious study of a Collegiate course ; and of being prepared to. act well their several parts on the stage of action. A more interesting picture could not be presented to the view of the Patriot or Philanthropist than a number of young men like these, going forth into the world. having all that furniture of mind and heart which so eminently qualifies them to become useful citizens and worthy members' of so ciety. 1 he. 15accalaureate Address by x. C. Garland P Resident pro tern, followed th Orations of the Graduates, and gave univer sal satisfaction. The degree of A. B. was then conferred on the 16 following young gentlemen ; the six first receiving the hon ours of the Institution. Of the remaining ten, we did not learn the relative; Standing, and we therefore place their names indis criminately: r 1 . Valedictory by J. Ts Brarffff, Ne wberri N. C. ; 2. Latin Oration by E. II. Myers,, Tallahassee, Florida ; 3. Philosophical Ora tion, bv J. R. Thomas, Mt. Zion, Ga. ; 4.- Select English, by E. A. Blanch, Bruns wick, Va.; 5. Select English, by J.W. Leak, Richmond, N.C.; 6. Select English, byF.' A. Connor, Cokesburg, S. C. C. D. Hill. Duplin, N. C.B. Ciegg, Chat ham, N. C; G. F. Eppes, Newberry, S. C.f J. A. Orgain, Brunswick, Va. ; J. M Fitts, Warren, N. C; H. E. Locke tte. Meek-' ienburg, Va.; T. J. Roger, Noxubee Co.. Miss.; J. R. Washington Wayne, N. C; J W. Wightman, Charleston,- S, G. ; J.- 0. Russell, Savannah, Ga. '"' . It will be seen from the above, that six of the graduates are from North-Carolina, and that tyvo of the number were distinguished Whilst listening to their addresses, with which I was so much pleased, I almost breathed the regret, that they did not gradu ate at our own University; but this sup pressed, when I recollected, that Randolph Macon belongs equally to the four States; Virginia, North Carolina, South' Carolina and Georgia; and that, aS far as it regards the morality of her Students, she stands con fessedly unrivalled by any similar institution of our Country. Our young men may be intelligent, but without moral cultivation, they will be curses instead of blessings to society. " Knowledge is power J, but this power may be exerted tor bad purposes, as unfortunately for our Country and the world, is too often the case. The morality as well as the high grade of intellectual attainments of her students should recommend this in stitution to the liberal patronage of an en lightened public. She has an able Faculty and the number of her students amounts to something upwardsof an hundred with the prospect of a large incree Ae' eTttsaitfg ses sion. A bright cafeer is opeiied Up before her, and our earnest wish is, that she' may continue to flourish yet more and more, year ly to send forth from heT walls, a race of men to bless and adorn our highfy favoured Country. G. H. M. , July 2nd, 1838. j P. S. It is not long since the Corporation of Charleston appointed three inspectors of Steamers, thus making an addition of that number to the order of place-men men doubtless, of science and of skill; so mtfeh so, that it is possible the examination of the Pulaski's Yawls, with their gaping seams, was irfradignUatem . 1& either of the Steamers between Wilmington and Charles-r ton' insured ? I pause' for s reply. , COACHES, UAROtCU&$ Am BUGGIES. THE Subscriber tas on;nd an'.h6nent of the abova Carria?ea.y.&ome'Terfr richly .fin ished", which wHI, he thinkabeaT a comparison wftfr any rnajwfactured elrewhere. The work i wa ranted to befaitbfolly exeenteJ, and win Wioliea as- favorable terms aa can1 &b a&brdedv : Tht wisl. ' fr.g to supply rhemselvea, will plac'cair and jttdj for themselves. THOS. CQDKJL .
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 9, 1838, edition 1
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