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to imprs-s thow who w err, as pupils, about to le? fur the hti time tloe classic lulls, to mine's in other senses on the buy s'ageof life. This &lao, I learn, will he published, and 1 hesrtfly commend it to the stud of every young bdy and gentleman wh may procure a copy. And here I must not fail to speak of the clan in sacred music, led by it accomplished preceptor, ' He v. T. U. Faacett." Richly end weetly did their tuneful Toices swell in harmo nious concert, at the anthem and hymn came floating through the ball, with deeptone4 pow er or ia softest ccdencet. : j After the sermon came the compositions by the Grsduatinj Class! The first one, "The Teacher," by Miss II. A. Fowler, of Wake, and the other on 'Comm.on TScnse," by Miss M. T. Mill, of Halifax.. Va. gnve conclusive evi dence that to n high order of intellectu.nl en dowment, had been added m degree of acholar ship, which wssat once thorough and complete. The Institution may well be proud of results like these, for in these too young ladies at least, it has reared monuments on which aro written an endearing record of high superiority. The , exercises of the afternoon were closed by the conferring of the dejreo of B. A. on Misses Mills and Fowler. ; At night, a very large audience was again assembled nt the Musical Concert, which was . conducted exclusively by the young ladies. '. j observed twelve Indies performing on four in. struments, three on each, and all keeping per ' feet time.' These exhibitions of proficiency in . tnuic; together with the paintings, drawing, and needlework which decorated the walla, were fatiaf.ictory proof that while solid learn ing had been thoroughly inculcated, the accom plishments had not been neglected. The College, is row under the exclusive con trol of Mr. J. IJ. Mills, who has long been con r ectcd with the Instiution, and I am happy to say that its prospects are tr'sh'er than ever before. tTi e l e i s ub e h our! 11 They vert made to exalt us, to teach vt, to lieu, Thott invineiiU brx(hert, tht ren and the rrets." OXFORD, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1858. ' ' : Eobert Herrick. It has been oar purpose, for several months past, to devote a column, or three fourths of a column, of our paper to publishing selections from the English masters. We can scarcely imagine anything thai would be more profitable, entertaining and instructive than the publica tion of jodicions selections from the Dramatists and Poets of the Elizbethan age. : Indeed, it would,1 it seems to us, be a pleasant thing to even go back to " our Father Chancer to Sid ney who wrote the knightly pages of "Arcadia" and touched the softest note of thai small lute whieh 1 u gave ease to Petrarch's pain,tf and drew from the sonnet a tender melody not un worthy the poet of Arquair to Spencer who wrote with such consunrate mastery and grace, that the rich abundant melody of his versifica tion almost oppresses the ar with its overwhel ming Bweetiieesj to that galaxy of great names, whose Splendor yet conspires to glorify the reigns of Elizabeth and James, and whose " heaven of invention was studded as a frosty night with stars "-to pen , Jonson, 'and .Beaumont and Fletcher, to Massinger and Chapman ; Dekker and Webster, Middleton and Marston, Ford and Shirley. ; Nor would we pass by the dear names of Sir John Suckling, George Herbert, JVich ard Lovelace, William Drummohd, Edward Waller1, Andrew Marvel and others From these, too, could we cull flowers of poe sy of brightest hue and, moat glorious fragrance. ; A " " Our ITaTy.;, ; I As there is some probability of an immediate war with Great Britain, and " that our readers may sea the strength of our Navy compared with that of our enemy, we have condensed the following statistics from a long article in the Washington Union. We bate of actual avail able force, the following ! Frigates, " j Sloops, - , - Brigs, : . Steam Frigates, screw, Sloops, Light, Paddle Steamers, fined six and quarter cents for the first offence, and a Virginia shilling for each subsequent onfe. Ladies are requested no to appear on the streets, "or fear some one might mistake the jday, and think it was not the 4th of July. ; . ' M u u It 3 21 . 2 5 1 2 7 150 guns. 383 n 178 13 39 it M a ' -1 ! Total numbef l ! - 42 789 In addition to this We have the following , ves- sels, &c, which are not serviceable some can be made so by razeeing (-that is cut down'or nlada smaller and a portion are utterly useless a3 war vessels : . ! Line-of-battle ships, j ; Frigates, - j 1 Screw Steamers, first class, U u 2nd 3rd 4th hi tt if- i: 10 i 2 building 4 Inferior so. I-:--': ; Total number ; So we! have 30 vessels of 'war, more than 20 of which! can be made, perhaps in six months, X j Criticism Its Advantages. In this reading age, we presume every in brmed reader will agree with us that, sound judicious, discriminative criticism is much to be desired in matters pertaining to literature and literary men A legitimate critic, who without suffering spleen to ! Mar his writings," should comment with candor" and ability upon hoow as they are published, would be of positive service to his fellow beingsf- and would soon obtain a name of ' enviable reputation. From the days, ot Uavias and iiaevins, who wrote bitter and sarcastic criticism upon the poets aild orators of the Augustan age of Roman literatnrb, until this time, the office of the critic has existed and has in a greater or less : degree: been ",a power in the land." Quintiliau, ' Tacitus Pliny and Juvenal, all master intellects, satirized arid criticised their contemporaries j nor was Long- inus the most distinguished of Ancient Critic less severe but nerhatts niore iust than thos we have mentioned The work of Longinas on criticism, i3 a classic andl a text book, as we learnj in many of the European Colleges. But our obieet is; not i to . enumerate those writers k Editors f ahle. ly men are etdrUng themselvts in behalf of tils I BcsIcll's MioIzixeJ The Jane nuttlber of ahle monthly. And the siccess which U this able cnUciem monthly organ Ur Literaturd and attended the efTorts of somo of them, angofa ' n reached as promptly some days ago! for its success. It is rtally a valuable We always greet its arrival most cheerily," for 'fc0 an7 farraef read this number, and as we hitherto have said,1 we regard this period!! lf he kntner kis men tntereil, we feel assured t cal and ita co-laborer in the field of letters, the fe Wl11 not faU 10 Sena to A Gorman, Publisher, f&ruincrn iMcmry jntsszngcrt as cnieny inaicaip"'.'"- r , v,uo unar uio uuscnpuoa tory'of our inteQeciaal ailvajicement find !supe-j Iff. o6 year ; . riority as a people. W&; like this number, nof b "2 : ' ' " '.' " that we thiok it equal to some that have prejBiiJAYES UATttERED YRQlX" TUB ceded ltbot because it contains a thoughtful and h iUCH FIELD OF READI2JQ. weu aigesiea anicie on pie , merary prospect of the South." There are however, several J . - - . . ; - - t - " I , 1 ' 1 : ' . - 4 : .. - I , . . ! JNof shouhi we pass by the reign of Queen xtj forSea. Great Britain; on the other hand who are distinguished critical land marks in the course of ages, but to submit- a few i crude on- number of them, but I servations upon the duties; of the critic He. can bring immediately I who aspires to be a reviewer .of. works; should Anne, and thereby overlook Pope and Dryden and Young and others. From alilthese reful gent names we could' gather much that would ati once please the cultivated tastes of our read- era, and lend a grace and beauty to our col umns j But this in a great degree we must deny ourselfjfor we are now sorely annoyed for space, and it will only be in our power to occa sionally wander back over the track of years, and glean here and there a richly laden sheat wherewith to present our readers. ; In this number we give our readers two poems of exquisite beauty, and finish. " They were written by that genial and witty scholar and Sincerity of p piniool a Total number, . The reader will divine, whole It. R. IIcdjtall 1 our authonicd Agent to rc eirs subscriptions from those who may desire te Uks Tht Leiture Hour. the Rev. Robert IIerrick. In the range of English literature there is no more delightful singer than this not very pious parson lhe melody of his numbers puts to has some 700 vessels o has great use for a large let us see howmany she to bear against us, Without disturbing those eln- be a fair-minded writer. gaged in other parts of the World in active sir- j unwarped by sectional prejudice, and unirl man them, she can J uuenceci by political bias, should be ,a part cit tne constituent elements oj nis - existence, n 30 he indulges in aught but catholic, honest, dis. 20 criminative criticism, he does the author of the' 40 book under review a serious injury perhaps ai an events ne uoes mm gross - injustice, iana ai the same time disfiguresj hts own character witl the normities of low preju3ice and with the cavilling animadversions cf an . unsound, and untrue critical dicta. Wh :n we contemplate .i. . i u . : j ... - It . n . . i " . ii. '! iae wuriu aruuiiu us, anu rueci upuu pr fro articles that we have read, 1 that are pleasing? and instructive. The Anniversary Address ueiiverea Deiore xne national ;oociety ior uie Scientific Investigation and Promulgation "or forsery Rhymes " is really capital. The author has decided'humor which he should cultivate.! His theme is the pathetic song of w Jack and Gill" and very amusingly has he treated it. Jt, the author is rightji the loss of ancient " nursery:, rhymes 7 is incalculable. I . Here him: 'j " i u Ahl my friends, how different might 'have; been the' average state of human intellect at . the: present day had ancient writers but transmitted to us the songs they learnt in their infancy! Would it not place! the present age in a nearer; mental contact with antiquity j' aye, might it Dot faciUtate the school-boy's study of the class-' ics if modern babies were sung to sleep j.wijLh; the same verse with which the Roman mother; i tt ' . i i . i . ..n ill - i nusnea ner imam, wnen sne ioiu ii oi me up-. prcr3cmng iianniDair -Jipartirom mis, wno is: there that dare proclaim it to be a subject of no interest to know the lullaby ot bemiramis pf, the tune to which the teething snored ? " r H -i j w t m vice, it she nas men toi send against us Screw Steamers of the line, Frigates, Sloops, . Lighter steam vessels, 150 2 AO agree with us that there is a vast disparity, and yet who! is not willing to brave the British Lion if! the il mistress of the Ocean," as she ?3 (ront to call herself, does not make every reparation does not give every i CLUBS. As we are very anxious to make our paper four columm larger at the expiration of the 'first tit monthi, we have concluded to, offer the follow iag Inducements to Clubs : ' ? I copies of Tht Leisure Hour for one year, $ 9 10 " . " ; " ' " 17 IS m it 24 20 i u u u i jQ tO The money to be paid invariably in ad vance. This arrangement it to go into effect after this datt. April 22d, 1858. 1 m I,yIt is astonishing, that a person who thinks himself intellectually capacitated to enact the part of literary essayist for a paper, should never have learned that every j Editor has an .inflexible rule which he will under no circum stance violate, and that is, that he will publish no communication unless, accompanied with a responsible name. .We are led to make this re shame themusie of Tom Moored lyrics. Indeed, guarantee for her future good conduct towards we do not risk much in saying, that the exquisite perfection of metrical productions has' never been equalled by any singer whose medium was our vernacular. An appreciative and able Engi lish critic, in speaking of this sweet' lyric poet, thus felicitously expresses himself: "Hj is the most joyous and gladsome of bards; singing like the grasshopper, arif he would never grow old. lie is as fresh as the Spring, as blithe as the Summer and as ripe as Autumn His poems resemble a luxuriant meadow, full of king-cups and wild flowers, Or a July firma ment, sparkling with a myriad of stars. His fattcy fed upon all the fair and sweet things of nature :' it is redolent of roses and iessamine : us ? In the war of 1812 the difference in our respective armaments was greater than the above, and yet we captured three times the number of her vesselsj that she took from us. And we did another thing; I We thrashed her in every engagement but one where the vessels were of equal calibre. But 'we await further developments. - 1,-1,' digious and incalculable benefits arising the diffusion of the hallowed blessings of Edu cation and Knowledge-the vast changes bein wrought by the potential and wonderful j agency, of the press the large ; number of volumes! which weekly are ushered info the. worldL some! to live for a daj and century when we, think ( t . others perhaps for ot thiSf and remember i - "Women and their Rights. ' The.most rediculous escapade of this cenluryy is the ' nntrisie, foolish, and incomprehensible position assumed by. certain traws-a-loon women at the . North. Certain: nondescript bal moral concerns have undertaken to inaugurate a new that very few; persons have time, inclination orj means to read a small portion of these publica tions that this is an active, progressive, go-a.' head age, all the energiz'ing powers and forces of the world being constantly ! em ployed in active operation wnen we rellect upon tnis, the para mount necessity of haying a school of judicious it is a light and airy as the thistle down, or the style of "doing things' this side the great bubbles which laughing boys blow into' the air, Ocean. They are riot willing to be the gentle where they float in a wavinjr line 'of beautv." hand-maidens of nrosperitv and neace -thev and sound and capable critics, must be ent to every one. If these writers . wou the hew Works which come! before the and would give frank," considerate and minative opinions pon appar- d read world. discri them carefully win i It will be remembered that wo have given several cxlract3 upon woman, from the ten of I Miss Mulock, whose excellent work, MA wo man's thoughts about women J has just bea published in this country.. From her chapter I on "Females Friendships" we extract the follow. ing wise remarks on - " r iTftCK FiUESDsntp i . ' r i , - - 9 Not perhaps until later life; , nntil the ful- tlies, passions,' and selfishnesses of youth have died out,, do we I mean especially we women recogniee, the inesu'mable blessing, the'responsibility, 4wful as sweet, of possessing or of being a friend. And though, nut willinir .to run counter to the world's kindly custom, wa may give xnai solemn utte to many who do not exactly own itt thoujrh year bv vear the fierea - Experience of life, i tough death, circumstance. w yuauge, narrows me circle ot those that do own it; still that man or woman must hava been very, unfortunate perhansas there ran febe no result without a cause, worse tLan nn. ortunate wh6, looking back on thirtv. fortv. or v fifty year's of existence, can not say from the' flheart: "I thank God for my friends." His mtrse was a Goddess of rare and ineffable qualities, and has left the world in the " Hes perides j' a collection of lyrics, which will con tinue to: charm those who delight in " unforced gayilles fl of numbers, in the exuberance atfd mark because we have received several anony-1 elegance of sweetly flowing verse, and in match- mous articles, but none were of a character to specially deserve publication.! We lately re ceived an essay on "Good Reading," which if it had been more meritorious, and had been accompanied with some responsible name, we would have published. The article in question though ! bald in diction, vapid and prosy in sentiment, inelegant in expression and not al together destitute of certain errors. . c. less energy and felicity of language, as long as a purity of taste shall continue among men. We have not given a biographical sketch of our author, as we were not inditing a regular set critique,1 but whaUwe have said; was intended will not, cannot occupy that lace immeasurably higher than any one else, born of flesh, ever was placed upon. No I. No t To be this I must be a woman. This is the argument -this the great centralizing influence that is to be showered upoti this; question.-: And hcrw very pitiable the whole concerns-how very hfliriiliat ing the entire picture I . Man would guarantee to woman her real, her true position, ' Tie would make her the gentle hearted, jrirtuous" wife he would have her to be' Ms comfort in anguish and nowing the chaff from the . grain cautiously and laboriously separating the dross from the fjne gold of letters, how jmuch more r elevated wOuld be the tastes of the reading community! Instead of feeding1 upon the impure, vitiating paper-covered! fictions of j the! day, t the people would instinettvely turn to good books-to books,, full of chaste pure and elegant thotfgTrts' dressed out in manly, vigorous, idiomatic Englisht tBut as 'our subjeoS1 is growing' npon us, we will defer further remark nntil out next. - i Nebucadnezzar The author gives a new direction to the mean-i ing of the song of "Jack and j Gill." ' Having accompanied this loving couple " up the! hill"; in search of " a pail of water," and having seen, - aai they ;were returning, ' that the unfortunate-; Tr hi lalliin rlWD-n o rrl trvLrri Vita rAim " ' wcvo iMvi .ciiv.t.a ww a uuvar Kiuau v & v it j the author continuies: '-. i' j II "Regarded from a purely; practical point of view, without any reference to the symbolic meaning, tne song appears oi me greatest im portance -as containing vast; moral truths.' There is. ascertain touching simplicity abo'trt rt, which cannot fail to presaut itself to every hu mane heart,picturing as it does the loveliness of aevoiea conjugal auection,exempunea not only by the mutual relieving of the burthen, but also by the hurried manner in which the faithful Gill hastens to Join her companion after r the fatal accident occurred to him. If not absolute ly in needy circumstances, they are at least re; presented as having! been obliged to support themselves bv their own exertions. Yet toil arid poverty has hot hardened the heart, andfi the J amiable Gill appears as deeply affected at! the dreadful" fate ot her consort, as if they had al ways lived in opulence and comfort. , -. j' - When on the other hand we examine into the allegorical signification of the sbngj we are ne cessarily; astonished to. discover; how differently our hearts or minds are! moved;- and in! my opinion! the totally distinct feelings, which it en genders, when viewed in its apparent and in it3 symbolic meaning, prcfve' perhaps more than anything else the beauty of the poem and reflect most honorably upon the j farsightedness of its author. ; The name of the affectionate' date or beautiful betrothed of Jack seems to be the only connecting. link between prose and poetry be-, tween , the - terrestial and. the spiritual. Her I name, as we have seen, is Gilk l)oes not "gill " j'also mean? a rneasure, a fourth' part 'of eL pint, the usual amount of brandy or, whiskey which a man cright convenreutly imbibe at one drink ? :. xiere meu we see an inaiviaual, tiacx, a loain some drunkard, so devoted to the bottle that he cannot even leave his dwelling j to obtam ihis necessary supply of water, the most antagonistic fluid to the one of which he is enamored, but ;j aieart: "l manic uoa tor my rnends. . rr " People rarely long keep What they do not i 'deserve: If yuu find any who, in the decline of life, have tew "anld acquaintance." and those few "never bfonght; to mi"nd,".but in their stead & lengthy list ot friends, who are such no more who have ill-treated'' them, or with whom they -had a "slight coolness;" if they are alwavsfind. . ?rig:fault With the friends they now have, "and Recusing them of ingratitude or neglect: ifthev ellyou these friends1 seerets, and expect you 3n rclurn to tell them all your friends secrets. f - " r 5ind your own beware ot these people! They , .n.ay have many good qualities; you may lik jthem very mulch, and keep them as most p'lai :saui aocisiy; om as tor resting your beart upon khem, you might as well rest it upon a burning -ockK)r a bok&n reed. liut it you hnd people who through all - life Vicissitudes and pangs have preserved a hand- lui or reai -tnenas -r-excrosive of jou, for it takes years to judge; the value of friendship to- wards ourselves if on the who'e they complain little either of these j friends or of the world, "which rarely misuses a good man or woman Jorever; if they bestow no extravagant devotion on you, nor expect from you one whit more than you freely give: if they never, under any ex cuse, however; personally flattering, talk to you iabout a third party is you would shrink from. tBelr talking to auyt pp satisfied j hird party about you then f In Lnck. ! . . . ..; t The Editor begs leave to return his grateful acknowledgments to some unknown- friend for a pair of Black Doe Skin pants, as fino as silk and as g'os-y as the dark tresses of a creole lady. We di not know how to express oursclf " in fitting terms for the handsome present con veyed to es rn such a delicate and unusual way. They were sent to us by the Tailor, and we as an introductory to. the specinrens we give distress he would place her amid the gayeties from his pen to-day, and tb those which will of correct society one of its brightest ornaments follow. Let no one, who is nxt familiar with and cbiefest delights. But these Lucy Stone jolly, roistering, genial Robert; He rrice, and exemplars at the North-H-thefe! women, whose who has any taste whatever for, the most admi Creator was buried after, thei crucifixion, but rable lyrics, fail to read the selections which they know if notf-these delapidated remnants we shall; continue to publish from him who was of female excellence, strut forward and loudl the boon-companion ofBeu Jonson, and the proclaim, that woman, fair and gentle and loveS author of Noble Numblrs,-and that delectable ly woman has rights yea, and she shall? have ?Those friends thou, hast, and their adoption ' I . tried, . '. . f ' Urappte them to thy soul with hooks of steel I" f i -' ' '! r' !.' ,- - V J Never let them loose; suffer no changing tide" -pf fortune to sweep them from you no later frieirdships tb usurp their place. Be . very patient with them; bear their little faults as the must bear yours ; nyvlce allowance for the count less. unintentional slight, neglects, or offeuses, that we all must, in the whirl of life, both endure and commit towards those wh lojm not a part but an" adjunct of our existence reraemberiag, as Isaid before, that the very element in which trne friendship lives and out of which it can not'live at all,: is perfect liberty. js.Eriendship once conceived should, like lov, an one sense last forerer. That it does not j that in the world's barh wear and tear many & very sincere attachment is- slowly obliterated. . he must caJtry with him a supply of that liquid, or both parties grow out of it aiyi cast it, like which as might readily have been anticipated a snake his last year's skin though that implies soon proves to be the cause of his ' untimely something of the snake-nature, I tear are facts decease. or. scarcely has he reached the 100 rnourniuny common to be denied. Hut and winsome collection, the Hesperides. . i Oxford Female Seminary. ' By reference to cfnother 6oluhln, it will be seen that the next session of this school will commence on! Monday, the 12th of July next. It has been . our privilege and pleasure I to say kind things of this" school on many former oc casions. We have saTd, aiid we here" repeat it, that a better: instructor of ydiing . ladies is" not to be found in North Carolina, than is the ei cellent gentleman who has! watched over and The Late Dr.- MitchelL It has been announced in various papers that the remains of the late Dr. Mitchell will be hao been utterly unable to ascertain to whose deposited in their last resting place on.Wednes kindness and liberality we aro indebted. May day June 16tbv The Rt. Rev. Jas. H. Otey, of his heart for many drcades yet lo come, con. Tennessee, will pronounce the ' eulojry on the tinua to throb ; with the same generous im pulses, and may it beat co other than a health ful music 1 yhe Western Weekly Eeyiew. The above is the title of a large, very hand somely printed, twenty eight column paper, . published in Franklin, Tennessee. It is Edited by Edwin Paschall, Sen. Mr. P. is a native of this county, and removed to the State of his adoption long before we were j born. He left interesting and mournful occasion. This occa. sfcm is invested with peculiar and striking inter est.' The melancholy and untoward fate of the hardy explorer of science, meeting his death amid the awful solitude of that mountain chain, the highest peak of which will ever bear his name, conspires to' f ender the approaching cer emonies of distinctive and real. importance. Every pupil of the lamented savan ? should by all eaTis bo , preseut . if possibje. ' That will be a marked and interesting assemblage" of p& them. I say it. Mrs. Lucy Stone thinksand if must be. Now all this,- not at the Soviht but at the North, does not one particle of good. It is an injury.; Why say we that? Why I for this reason I Women of intellect! and attainments women of mind pure, strong, natural, and peri- haps creative mind, become the exponents of a States who can testify to this admirable facility bad faith the representatives of doctrines utter- j in imparting kno wledge and who remember ly incompatible with - their character " as good with sentiments of deep gratitude, the parental wives and good members ot i society. And all care and unwearied exertion" which chal-acier- controlled the destinies' ofi this Seminary . of learning for the last fourteen years. ; MrL Ven; able has had creat experience as a teacher, and ..." i I - ' - there are scores of young ladies in this State and in Virginia, and in other of our Southern j v! r.t 1. . .,.! ..I.. I , "u,uu u u mu e.'"-ul" ,aeD 3 pie. On the highest peak on he Atlantic side, i e aro aiways giau it geb oumocr oi ine i Jicviewt for it is conducted with marked ability and spirit, and is In every respect one of the , very best exchanges wo have. ; Terms $2 perl . annum. ' . '. . - East in Wheat j " It is wiih great regret that we learn that the ' rust hss made its appearance in the wheat crop. It is the case pretty nearly, as far as we can ascertain throughout the county. So f.r it has . not attacked the stalk, although it is to be found on almost er erf Hade. The prospect in this county was nover better, up to the time of the appearance of thU- destructive agent. -Flour, after having been very high in Granville for several years, hs only this Spring got down within the neighborhood' of the old- prices.' It is cow bringing 55 per bbl., but if the. rust should strike the stalk, the crop will probably not be a tcnL and if the crop elsewhere should lam out to bo no better, there is scarcely any telling what flour.will bring.. A number of our farmers make large' quantities- for sale, and 'a short crop bf courso witl seri6ns?y damage their rccuhiary prospects. 1, , .-!," " amid the stern calmness of, almost primeval nature, surrounded by rocks tfnd giant bowlders that perhaps for thousands of year's hate braved the tempests and the thunder storms, with the huge monarch-trees lifting high above' them their vast branches, will be gathered a number of devout hearts; to do homage to science, and to pay the last sad testimonial tb the memory of a great and good man. And what a Cuing place has been selected for the sepulture of him: whose life was sacrificed in exploring that per ilous mountain chain 1 Mount Mitchell will stand as long as the world shall last, an im memorial monument to his fame.; Bearing the' name of a distinguished and venerable' Profes sor' of our University, the -two, the! mountain and the University will be alway associated-the one as thfr fostering mother of his large endow ments and great ability, the other.as the man sole am' which holds his remains.'"'"' '! ' '!" T tuT" We havebien informed by Mr. Hatch well Freeman of this county, that, there is in his yard, the singular phenomenon of a, white oak tree bearing a luxuriant crop of black-jadk and post oak leaves. - V '' 'J-- this originates in a false state of society in a society that at the South would1 not be counten anced for one dajC We would not sa"y as much as we have, had we not perceived in the mental direction of certain "free-love" personages, that 'we are glad to say, hail beyond the "great line,' a tendency to do awa in a measure the pre sent organized society. . Many of the "strong minded" representatives are not only for carryr ing tfat their measures abstractedly considered, but . they would obliterate forever all the old land marks of prudence, sobriety and virtue. Let them abide with themselves their lives will be brief as a Summer's morn their destiny will be as certain as the irrevocable and inexor- able1 decrees of iate. These poor, infatuated, pitiable females will yet learn that the fruit of this world, wlifin not ripened by the sweet sun shine of affection, and watered ' by thevgentle dews of chastity like the ff fabled'! fruit of the Dead Sea will turn to ashes 6n the lips, r Vij i -'f? -' ' . -y "" . " 't jj. 'ith July. 1 . " . :"; I - It is wnispered that thejeitizens of this place will -not take any steps towards commemorating our National Anniversary It is thought use- less, unbecbroirigy and perhaps impolitic as all the patriotic thunder was consumed on former occasions.. The, bells are not to be rung for fear of disturbing the; nervous and the sleepy, and any one who, hhail be so indecorous as to fire a 4th of Jaly gun' will be immediately taken' in hand and introduced into the new and brink of the ancient crater, when, tottering in his disgusting drunkenness, his foot slips and i- . . 3 i . i .i 1. I - l n uies unmournea, tuponj me ruggeu smio oi nat lonely and extinct volcano' - , . j .. Although we have already : ctmsumed more spaces' than we intendledwe cannot refrain from quoting the 'subjoined song which ostensibly is- ai translation' from a Mongol manuscript," but we suspect that the Editor had more tb do with ita creation than the f famous Poet, Samdadchi- "Ho I fetch me the wine cupl fill up to the brim! tor my heart has grown cold, and my vision is U j! dim, u i ; : . jr.. - j - -.- i And I fain would bring back for" a moment the . -; glow: ;,v;-:tj .. ,; ,'::;--!.!-The swift passion; that age hath long chili'd cup; the red liquor izea nis enorts in i tneir oenair. ue nas com petent assistants, and his Seminary is located fn a most elegibfe and beirutiful part of our town. , xxe nas Desiaes extensive -accommoua- tions for pupils who desire to board in his fam ily. We can conscientiously assure any Jarent whose eye may chance to see this, that he can not find, in any place, a more admirable school than, that of. Mr. iVenable amirable in j every thing that constitutes a first class female school. We hope sincerely that the next session will Town Election', An election was held in! this place on Monday last for Town Commissioners, which resulted i the election of the following persons, viz : . D. C. Herndon, John Crabtree, R. H. Kingsbury J. C. Cooper and L. A. Paschall, Sen. 4 i- , X3Ve are requested to announce fhat Judge Ellis will address the citizens of Gran- ville, in this place on Monday the 14th inst j . Coxmexces To-DA.--The Federal Court wjll commence its J uhe Term its Raleigh to-day, June 1, Judge Biggs, presiding.-- " ,' Divjtitxw.-The Bank of the State of North Carallna, has declared a dividend bf 5 percent. on ks prohts for the last six months.- " i v A Mr. Lindsey,: oMforth Carolina, has . in- vented a pump for raising -water to a' great airy apartment of our, county palace.; Everyi j height, and 13 attracting much attention by the one must loox parucuiany scJemn on that day,; ' exhibition of it m New York there i a third fact as mournfully uncommon which needs to be remembered likewise; wo may lose the : friend the friendship we" never can.or ought to lose. -Actively, it may exist no " mors but passively, U is just as binding as the first moment when we pledged it, as we be lieved, forever. ; Its duties,iike its delights, may have become a dead letter; but none of its Claims or confidences have we ever afterwards -the smallest right to abjure or to break. . f; The lady reader iwill perhaps think' Miss. Mulock 'rather hard upon her sex in the follow ing, in which sbe draws a contrast in the power - of "keepings a secret" as illustrated by the Twb;SEXEs; ':' p; J";' ;'" : " ' si And here is bn? accusation which I must fprrowfull-bring against women, as being' much mora guilty than mem We can keep a secfet ay against all satire, I protest we can while the cbnfider remains our friend ; but if that tie ceases, pop ! out it comesl and in the- bitterness of invective, the pang pf wounded feeling, or afterwards in mere thoughtlessness and easy forgetting of what is so easily healed, a thousand things are said and done for which noting can eyef atone. The. lost friendship which, once certain that it is past all revival, ought to be buried as solemnly and silently as y a lost love, is cast out into the open - street for all the snarling curs pf socie.y tognaw at and mangle, and all the contemptuous vmisogynists who pass by to point the finger at "See what That my heart droops and withers; what ! life IVTZrl " corae.l - - , . ' : ail has ia ? ti - i Tr.-j-T s t Good women-Hiear my sisters I be our. friend-. O i rather, consumed by one keen thrill ofbHss j5? faf r fW,ise l00' 1Mn Would! die with youtVsrfory re-vivified 'round 44dlet,nS fft earn to keep them sacred t i !-...- - ,; - w . r . -, aen are iar oeuer.. uian we in inis. liareir ;, -l iue, , v ... , -!! , u .-.. ''-:'--. - i ' . 1' mi . i . t : ' ' The deep eyes that bfessM, and the fond arms T t T v-'?ia",7 " . uess.y peiray . 1 Ltnat bound me ? . , s - 4 ; , ,-1 . - 3 rr 7 . . . - 0 -1 rather thar, brood in this dusk of desire- : LVT5!?::!f C.n. i .I ink down like-yon sapphire sunset-rail, fire- roa d :rJ,u w-t .ntt,l i He sout clad With wings, and the brain steepd l-f . V . ... . , r - - in llht ' l J " k ' t - 44. 44. 4444 .44 Lf Then come po.en wizard i loaliontl.j migtt I tZ?JI?5'JZ ' v" Breath. Jagical m o'er the grf tLe, -hKJTOffS while he tnertxlsbrp lasted, was all perfection with its snow,- Hpl fetch me the wine U' 11' gleams ;!: With a promise ta waken, youth's rapture of i ureams,' : - v -. ,; .-a ; y . ; .-, And I'll drain the bright draught for that pro jVI; mise divine, tjuv''. t'.' v-' . Though Death, the dark Spectre, should hand I j me the wine tl!,;;.'':'i ! ;. "" ."V, ' ' r Tis hot life that I live 1 for the blood-currents glide , - . ' ,V. Through my wan, shrunken veins in so sluggish lloll hack t!ie sad years tb the flush of my prime, iitia 1 11 Oram tny Dngni uraugat ior uiai visum 4 J divine, r a - !.;- :t ! i-- T;- -r.-: Though Death, the dark Spectre, should hand " t me' the wine 1 n ' W - - : ' -. :: - j . -k EusseiT s Magazine is published in Charles ton, S. Cn at $3 per annumi"- . '. , . - ,! !- -'.-.- t'.7'l. 4 V- ' V i - -N...C. Jorasai. oy ErjrccATiox We have ro- Kceived the June "number Jof this auxiliary of iEducatiop and knowledge, and find its contents quite as good' as any of the past numbeW,v We hope it is meeting with that success . which it .merits -Published, at Greensboro, N. Ci J;V Nr ;v!.ii ' m j?4-' i -r ' ' .' vituiucn, j cam mi i. Ajuitur. x nce per, an- ."'- !""-"-'.-.V "V- '"tr: '-f i Noaxaf Carol. PLASTS.-rThis iraportant publication for June, is on - our table. We are pleased to learnl that several farming gentle' Wrhat is necessary to be said he will say, but li.i I. - " : - .... . . 4 out aayiiauie more, leaving an me resi in : inai safe 'still atmosphere where all good fructifies and evil perishes the atmosphere of silence.' ' -, Clark 1MHI3, the sculptdr, has sus pended operations npon the statue of Washing ton ordered by the. Government, for the reason that he cannot finish it until lhe spot where it is to bo permanently erected is - decided , upon , llrs. Stevenson j WlfJow of Mr. Ste venson, of Virginia, ; formerly United " States Minister to England, is about publishing a; se ries of letters, giving an account of her experien ces at the Court of St, James.. Her book is ' said, by those who have read it,, to1 abound i personal descriptions and piquant gossip. -', ' . .4 : 11 .it .1 -A- i
The Leisure Hour (Oxford, N.C.)
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