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Miscellaneous FOK THE I'll EE FllESS. "There's a language' that's silent," there's a silence that speaks, There are thoughts that the tongue can't unfold; This language can only he read on the check, And in no other way can be told. Though dumb it remains, it speaks out the mind, Tis conscious and quick to impart; Tis so very expressive, so timid, so kind, It touches in a moment the heart. More prompt it appears, though the wish of control, May attempt but in vain to suppress; This admirable silence, this conv erse of soul, Is more apt the fond truth to express. There are many delights on the features that shine, Such raptures the bosom doth melt; "When blest with each other this language divine, f4Is mutually spoken and felt." ARGUS. OX A BAD WIFE. Not all the charms of Paradise, Could please old father Adam, Till the Creator, ever wise, Had blest him with a Madam ! But I, though one of Adam's race, (Ye fair, look not unpleasant,) Can pleasure find in any place Hut where my wife is present. AUTUMX. Leaves arc growing pale Sad proofs of summer's tleetness; Flowers begin to fail And lose their blooming sweetness; Chilling'vapors breathe Their plaintive sighs before us, And beauty fades from all beficath The sky that darkens o'er us. s Oh! that aught so fair Should for a season perish! . But they leave no share With hopes that mortals cherish; Nay the flowers shall bloom, With spring renew their gladness, And above their transient tomb Shall leave no trace ol sadness. Died, at Raleigh, on Sunday morning, loth ult. in the 73d year of his age, John Haywood, Esq. Public Treasurer of this State, which office he has filled for the long term of 41 years, with un wearied devotion and a faithful discharge of its important duties, for which a parallel can scarce be found. Our peculiar situation, at this period, and our limited time for publication, prevent us from doing justice to the character of this most excellent man. We trust some abler pen will, at nn early day, furnish us an obituary notice, worthy to be recorded as a lasting memorial of his illustri ous character. We cannot, how ever, let the present short oppor tunity pass without a brief, but imperfect tribute to his worth, as we have known and felt its influ ence. "Our good old Treasurer" (a term for a few years most af fectionately applied to hi.n by those who knew him and as a con sequence loved him) was distin guished alike by his active and passive virtues. His charitable hand was over extended to the in digent and distressedhis bene volent heart ever open to eominis serate the afllicted, sympathise with the sufferer, and rejoice with those who had cause for rejoicing. His tenderness to bis family and his urbanity to all with whom he had intercourse, was proverbial. 111s ioruearance and lonnvcness guished virtues-yet lew men had jstep may be taken to forward the In littln to fbnrivc on that score,! views of our friends of evvDein. -ww - - O - so universally was he beloved. "Goodness and he till up one monument," and long will that life be, "who sees his like again." Raleigh Reg. The remains of Mr. Haywood were consigned to the tomb on the subsequent Tuesday, attended by the members of both Houses of the Legislature, and a large concourse of citizens. The usual tokens of respect were adopted in both Houses in the Senate, Mr. Speight, of Greene, introdu ced resolutions to that effect, ac companied by the following re marks: "He rose for the purpose of an nouncing to the Senate an event which ere this time must have reached individually the car of every member of this House. It is the death of that venerable pub lic servant John Haywood, ICsq. who for the last forty years has stood at the head of the Treasury Department of this State. This is no time nor place to eulogise the merits of the dead. That faithful public servant, an honest man, "the noblest work of God," is gone to that "undiscovered country, from whose bourne no traveller returns." He has shared the fate which soon or late awaits us all. Let us then, Mr. Speaker, pay a due tribute of respect to his memory Let the Legislature of North-Carolina express those sen timents which every honest man in the State will feel on this mournful occasion. He held in his hand a scries of resolutions which he asked leave to present to the consideration of the Senate as a small tribute of respect to his memory." In the House of Commons, Mr. Fiher introduced similar resolu tions, and in his remarks said: "John Haywood, the deceased. spent his life in the service of his native State; more than 50 years has he lived in her service: nnd for the past 41 years, he has been the faithful steward of tlm PnlJi,. .Treasury. I challenge history, rincicnt and modern, to point out, in the long annals of fame, ano ther example of an individual, who for half a century filled the most important offices of the State and lired without reproach, and died uilhout an enemy. J f there lo such an one, like John Hay wood, his name is not only an honor to his country, but to the whole human family." Navigation of N.' Carolina. We have been favored with the perusal of a letter from Newborn, in which it is stated a meeting of the citizens of that town had been called for the purpose of memo rializing the next Congress, on the subject of improving the navi gation -of the several Sounds and liivers, which empty themselves into the ocean at Ocracock bar, and particularly the Swash, or great obstacle within a few miles of the bar, and which it is suppo sed may be removed by the con stant use of dredging machines; this letter was addressed to seve ral citizCllS,of tll'lS tOWIl rnmmJ ing them to obtain the aid of oui YVhiln wo would lend our cordial and hearty support to any scheme for improving our navigation, we would with all due deference, sub mit the propriety of making the first atternnt on the 'contemplated . i . outlet to the ocean at the foot of Albemarle Sound near Nags Head, which, once accomplished, would be permanent, and would give us a navigation but little inferior to any on the continent, and open to us all foreign commerce, on as fa vorable terms as our sister States now enjoy it. Edenton Gaz. An Editor in Trouble. At the late Court of Sessions for George town; (S. C.) Mr. T. C. Fay, edi tor of the Georgetown Gazette, was tried on three several indict ments for libels on the Ilev. Jas. C. Tostell, Capt. Matthew Allen, and W. W. Godfrey, Postmaster. In each case, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. He was sen tenced, in the first mentioned case, to pay a fine of five dollars and be imprisoned six months. In the second, to pay a line of five dollars and be imprisoned one month; and in the third, to pay a Corset-boards. An Indian fine often dollars. Judge Rich-1 miner states that a zealous Hm ardson,m sentencing the accused,; gyman in the midst of a sermon refuge at Brighton. She j been howrever but a few days rp siding at the Styne, when she 0 l served her odious tormentor pass ing her window. He nodded if 11 1- 1 H 1111 Ull IIIVj lUMIMlUUlJ old acquaintance, and passed on Resolved upon a desperate renie! dy, the lady sent her servant to request that he would favor ler with an interview. He came; and on their being left alone, she re. hearsed the various persecution she had suffered from him, and stated that she had sent for on that occasion to put an end t . them forever. "Now, sir' sa;(j she, taking a bible which lay upon the table, and kneeling, while shef raised it to her lips, with the ut-j most solemnity, "by the virtue oil my oath, 1 will never marry you." This she, of course, deemed con-f elusive; but the gentleman, with! amazing coolness, knelt beside her, and taking the book from her I hand, kissed it also, at the saraei time exclaiming, "By the virtue of my oath, madam, T was never cer tain of von until this moment!"- Within six weeks afterwards tlievi were married! ' took occasion to remark at some length and in strong terms, on the disastrous consequences to socie ty likely to arise out of the inju dicious management of the public shingh a hen-roostr pi ess, mat powerlul engine of good or evil. broke out thus "My dear sisters. I have no doubt but that there are corset-boards enough in this con nnrnfM-ofirtn i.. - .t . f i-jurics. wore in hi, disUa-jda objTd 'Eo' i Marriage. One of the most common events which follow the attainment of adult age, in both sexes, is marriage. Since this sa cred compact is a state in perfect accordance with the instinctive na ture of man, no disadvantage in reference to health can result from the event itself, if both parties have reached adult age before it occurs; altho' the artificial state of society, the cares and anxieties attendant upon a family, especial ly with narrow means only for its support, are circumstances unfa vorable to the preservation of that equanimity of temper and gaiety of heart which are conducive to the maintenance of a healthy state of the body. Hut too often the female has not arrived at adult age; and her health and future comfort arc inconsiderately sacri ficed. The constitution, In few women, can be regarded as prop erly or firmly established even at twenty years of age; and, indeed, it would be advantageous for eve ry woman to pass" her twenty fourth or twenty-fifth year before subjecting herself to the cares and fatigues which the duties of a mar, lie?5ssari,y impose. Perseverance. An Irish cii tleman lately paid his addresses to a rich widow, who conceived a Imrriblc antipathy towards him, l hough in truth there was nothing very dismaying in his personal ap pearance. His suit was rejected, but he would not take "no"' for an answer. To escape his persecu tions the lady fled to England: but her lover discovered her at Bath, where he was as assiduous as ev er. At Cheltenham she was equal ly persecuted, and at length sought Nobody. There is not a more arrant knave in all Christendom,. than a certain noted personage! who goes by the name or ioUodij, If your furniture be broken or ueiaceu, aim you maiC an lnquin ot your kitchen folks, it precisely appears from their testimony, tha: it was done by Nobodu. If your farming tools be Iosto: spoilt, and you enquire who los: or spoiled them, you will find i was Nobody. If a false and scandalous storr be told against you, and be brcez ed over town and country before you know it, and you try hard to find out the original author, nine chances in ten, that it will tun. out that Nobody made it. Shaking Hands. I love a hear ty grasp; it speaks confidence audi good will. When a man gives nic his hand loosely, and it hangs it mine like a mere rag, I am apt t? think that he is either imfrieiull) or incapable of friendship cold hearted, calculating and unfcelinJ i Heat. A professor, lecturing upon neat, observed that one c its most conspicuous property was the power of expanding ai bodies. A humorous student a rose from his seat and asked, that the reason why the days warm weather are longer tl$ those in cold!" The three Stages of Life-' louui is devoted to pleasure, inif nic age to ambition, and old af to avarice; and these arc the tine general principles to be fount! i; mankind; sometimes ascending honorable motives, and sometit descending to dishonorable ac tions. Addison.
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