Western Carolinian

              i^&wifaifiii h§l£tltfl published by krider 2c bingham v\a*v»\]yvi tyest smteiviy.fcu 2i 1s*0 vol 1 ko i the wmtkiiv c ibot.txi_.-i is published every tues day at three dollars per annum payable al the end of six months not he withdrawn by the presence of minor ob jects from a complacent survey c if their hercu lean muscles or nice examination of the dandy points in their fashioned-scrcvvcc persons : others drop the useless show of sinewy limb ancl sym metrica form for reasons best known to them selves ancl choose the simple head as the object of their placid contemplation ; and no doubt there are a few whose unobtrusive mode-sty would rest contented with a charming little miniature i cannot promise to comply wilh the whimsi cal fancies of every one to speak of all and please all belongs to him whom necessity com pels to labor in this vocation there is but one way in which this happy end can bc attained : — flattery is the only voice that is always secure of an approving car from the fastidious listener — her silver chords are not such as i propose to strike in order lo produce an effect worthy the motive of action i had rather " speak daggers to the heart than by administering the unction of flattery give strength to passion and an in creased impulse to vice while working vol untarily mine own fancy shall assign the metes ancl bounds mingle the colors and tint the fea tures 1 look not for tbe approbation of every one perhaps i may be satisfied with what 1 have in common with many others self-appro bation a gentleman of large fortune ; ancl it is ihc gener al opinion that she only married him for bis money ! see there how she puts her hcaet out the window and bows le bat tail pre/ft officer — just to let him know she's there it's only three weeks since thc knot was tied ; but already she live in the streets ! her happiness indeed is truly " nothing if it's not see uut perhaps she will get wisdom by and by ancl learn to love her home weather and encountering ice he was obliged lo desist nv prosecute his voyage : ye without abandoning his original intention or lo.inf his sanguine belief in the existence of hind in that neighborhood in montevideo he prepaid his vessel rather better than common and proceeded a second time round the cape towards valpa raiso and on the isth of october was gratified by a second sight oi the same land hc had before seen the water was then high colored and he sounded in 6 ft thorns , black and white sand and shells the soundings gradually decreased to 25 fathoms anil loss but coarser and of an oozy greenish ce.lc.r as he approached the shore captain smith was obliged lo stand oil and vn t by a heavy swell until the 17ih ultimo when ho landed in latitude 64 4j south ancl 57 10 west longitude by observation and an excellent chro nometer ctj'.n paper vvill be discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the discretion of thc editors whoever will become responsible for the payment of fline papers shall receive a tenth gratis anv terms will be inserted on tlie customary no advertisement inserted until it has been paid for or its payment assumed by some person in this town or its vicinity but softly ! — here comes a dandy with his belle and see they seem to talk together ; but i cannot of course see any ideas pass between their lips there ! she drops her reticule how malie ious — but o ! the happy pigmy has caught it before it reached lhc ground and he is safe ! what an a.ra it will be in his history — it will serve him to talk about for a whole month to come and be an endless theme for his fair nd : mirers — they will never cease to applaud his gallantry ; — indeed 1 should not be surprised if this rare exploit should decide his happy fate lor life so true it is that " little things are great , to little men c_j*a11 letters to tbe editors must be post-paid or they will notbc attended to squashes it has been asserted as the result of an acci dental experiment that squashes sown in the fall will survive thc frost of winter and spring and will ripen much earlier than any which can be raised by sowing in the spring those sown in the spring and those sown in the full were in the case alluded to exposed to a severe frost ; the former were killed while the hitler survived it may be worth a more satisfactory experiment the earliest sallads we know arc grown in this way the same has been said of a species of beans and even of potatoes here he saw many seals sea-lions whales and sea-fowls ; al perfectly fearless and unacquaint ed with danger this land be callb a continent ancl gave it the name of new south rri tain upon which he hoist ed the british hag oil the north coast of this land there is a chain or lino of islands from two to ten miles distant from the main to which he gave tbe name of penguin inlands between these islands ancl the main land there is a kind of channel from two to ten miles wide with some current and in one place an appearance of breakers produced probably by a narrow passage ancl sunken rocks the passage there is not more than a mile wide but captain smith did rot explore it » * • • * * » _>•... hut here again what is all this long proces sion . alas it is a funeral 1 — yes there is lhe ! hearse and the mourners and ail the rest i see j by the mourners the corpse of it is a young maid en : they arc waiting upon it to its dark and si lcnt home alas j neither youth nor beauty not wealth can escape thc cold grasp of death and see even the thoughtless crowd are struck by ibis sad spectacle another moment and they will return lo their pursuits vvith as much gaiety as ever vet there arc hcaits that cannot forget so soon the harp is silent in thc drawing-room and the portrait hangs covered on the wall : thc parents sit in the lonely chamber and looking in each others faces feel that tbeir daughter is no more but there the procession moves along — it passes it is gone '. and this is the end of life ! how well does the psalmist say that '• men walk i in a vain show even like these pictures on my , ! wall they come ihey move they act they play about for a litele while — a little while in , deed — and then a funeral closes lhe scene but it is urged by some that no one should dare usurp the chair of censor morum unless his were a heart void of guile and a life free from blemish i had thought the struggle woulel have been not to prevent an occupancy but who should first take the sacred seat why forbid it ? is it be cause our saviour hath said " let him that is guiltless cast the first stone ." does not this observation relate more to punishment than to reproof look io the words that immediately follow — " neither do i condemn thee : go ancl sin no more it speaks the forgiveness of hiin who came to forgive and save lhe repentant ancl conveys in its words the mildest of censure in thc best of counsel to preserve good squashes in their perfection great care is necessary to keep them from the neighborhood of others of inferior kind and es prrii.llv of pumpkins if grown together the jyoticl uniformly deteriorate ; and the besl squashes become bastard pumpkins however mysterious this fact may appear it is unquestionable ; and is probably to be explained on the same principle with a fact no less unquestionable that the differ ent species of corn and of grain always mix when they grow in the neighborhood of each other dartmouth herald capiain smith coasted to the west and west by south sometimes inside of the islands at others between them and the main to thc latitude of c . 5.1 south longitude 64 west ; the wind then blow ing from the south-wcst hc took bis departure and steered from thc land north-west by west i when it bore south ancl west as far us could be j discerned with good glasses and with every ap ] pearar.ee of its extending further he describes the whole of this land both the main antl tho 1 islands as being very high even above the clouds and the summits as having been covered wilh j snow and with generally a sterile barren aspect i but vvith some indications of vegetation shrub j bery anel wood in the vallles ancl apertures of the ■ bills and mountains and likewise vvith rivers and f creeks he stretched along this coast for lirco ! hundred miles wilh generally cool pleasant j weather but not having been properly provided j with boats he did not attempt to reland luuwit'i i btanding he saw line bays and sandy beaches apt smith saw many lish of all colors and i sizes and different denominations the most remarkable resembled the codfish of cape an gully ll.ii.i and lhe isle jtian j ein.iiiele /.. i'he whales were like those of hudson bay and davis straits besides tbes he saw a species of white whale and black fish should i hereafter expose to public shame the defaulters in morality or should they by their virulent expostulations betray themselves i would only say " to punish you would be no gratification to me ; but to see you reformed and by your reformation become useful members of society is my earnest wish then ",§■_>, and sin no more and let them ask their consciences if there is the consolation of an excuse in the thought that he who tells them of tlieir errors is no less faulty than themselves on whom 1 would ask is the snow-tinted robe of perfection thrown ? when purity in primitive ages was caught indignantly to heaven she t'.id not like elijah drop her msntle lo sanctify the calling of her humble disciples were wc lo suffer no one to reprove but him that is faultless when would the voice of offended virtue be heard ? from dr anderson's recreations z y z every attentive observer will remark among thc plants of almost every kind of crops some individual stalks which are distinguishable from the others by a greater degree of health or lux uriance or earliness or some other peculiarity a friend of mine remarked a few years ago a particular stem of peas among his earliest crop,i which came into flower and ripened long before the others he marked this stem and saved the whole of its produce for seed these came as much earlier as they had originally clone this produce was also saved for seed and thus he oh t.iined a particular kind of early peas that came at least a week before the best sort he could buy in the shops if sown at thc same time with them the doctor relates facts similar to this respecting wheat and beans thc general idea he means to inculcate is obvious and extremely worthy ol attention tnom thk yiienton tu'.t l-'mlli'j antidotes for poison the many cases that occur of poisons being taken by mistake or design induces us to publish the follow ing elirections by an english physician 1 lohnatone m i f if s which have met the approbation e»t an eminent member ofthe faculty in this country to whom we sub mitted them for his opinion our brother editors vvhu are ever ready to lend their presses to tlie cause nl hu manity and benevolence will we trust further our views by extending thc circulation of these directions 1 when the preparations of mercury arse nic antimony or of any metal or when any un known substance or matter has been swallowed and there have specelily ensued heat of the mouth ancl throat violent pain of the stomach retching and vomiting immediately chink plentifully of warm water with common soap dissolved or scra ped in it two or three quarts of warm water with irom three to four ounces to half a pound of soap will not be too much 2 when any of thc preparations of opium henbane nightshade hemlock tobacco foxglove or stramonium or any poisonous fungus mista ken fur mushrooms or spirituous liquors in cx e ess or any other unknown matters have been swallowed exciting sickness without pain ofthe stomach or pi oducing gieldiness drowsiness and sleep — give instantly one table spoonful of flour of mustard in water and repeat it in copious draughts of warm water constantly until vomit ing takes place if the persem becomes so in sensible as not to be casiiy roused give the mus tard in vinegar instead of water and rub the body actively and incessantly 3 when oil uf vitriol spirits of suit or acjua foitis have been swallowed or spilt upon tbe skin immediately drink or wash the part with large juantiiies of water anel as soon as they can be procured add soap or potash or chalk lo the water it is not the choice of moral writers by the lash to attain their object they only resort lo this when gentler means have failed theirs is more thc tone of mild rebuke than the language of keen condemnation if ihey do sometimes put the victim to the torture it is because his hardened depravity throws him beyond the pale of merciful forbearance then it is that regard less of the scoffings of pride thc sneers of mal ice and more dangerous insinuations of hypoc risy they without a moment's feeling of remorse tct_r the veil aside and expose to disgrace md ub horrci.ee the diseased features of vice the soundings or rather thc matter drawn up with the lead at each cast are preserved i have seen them and likewise a draught of the land by a good hand capt sheriff the commander of the andromache and other british naval forces ill these seas vvill despatch a vessel in a few days to survey this land anel report upon it thinking this discovery may be interesting ni you sir inasmuch as it may be tho means of throwing a new light upon geography na-.i;!;i tiou ancl the theory of tbc earth 1 take the lib erty io communicate thc information in the hope thai the facts will be gratifying to the lyceum and useful to society in general permit mc to hint that it is probable many great discoveries arc yet to be made in this hem isphere and that much has escaped the most curious observers in thc pacific ocean should the government of the united states cepiip and commission a vessel with suitable persons for it voyage of discovery to this quarter ofthe world i think that the government ami nation would bo amply rewarded by tbe acquisition of knowledge in addition to the conscious satisfaction arising from having patronised and promoted laudable intelligence adventure anil enterprise communication voit tiie wllsteitn r uini.imi.v medley mf.ssrs koiroits most persons have their inconsistencies anel mine il is to be remember rd is an unfortunate oscillation from one pursuit to another without closely adhering to any one some lime has elapsed since i gave a prom ise which whatever others may think those who know me best are well assured will be redeemed though they are aware the time antl manner of this redemption are particulars whieb i will man age in mine own way were it cither in my | nature or inclination so lo do 1 might wilh some truth eiff'cr several apologies for my delay equal at least to tbe many excuses which pass without remark the ordeal of fashionable etiquette but in this i am something like a sturdy neighbor of mine who when he his on entering genteel company accidentally commenced with a pas in manners goes on wiih ily blundering to the end ofthe chapter to show tne independence of iiis spirit to those contemplated as subjects of the promised sketches i deem no apology necessary some of them may rejoice that any thing hasoc • uried to retard their arrangement others will i est patient under the assurance that complete s'.*e however tardy will finally bc done them as lo the last particular mentioned above 1 have not yet decided whether it shall be after thc ital ian flemish or english school whether in the t tylfi of michael angelo kubens or hogarth fs either has ii been concluded of what si/.e the i'iev ahall be some love a family group wbich would show to advantage imtfg over the ponder ous mantel-piece nnd on which the father might gaxe with tbe blind partiality of a parent and > iin kh while he pointed out to some admiring booby neighbor tiie accomplishments of this or that one of his young hopes some prefer a sin ii full length portmtj tu_.t uiei attvnu tiwy inn tub wbstku-t c a camera orscura i am sitting here in my little study all alone : are suppose i play with my own fancy a while . yes my closet shall be a camera obscura at once 1 close the shutters ancl exclude ihe light from my window — not entirely however but 1 just leave a little opening in which 1 place the glass of philosophy to amuse myself with the show and now i turn my back upon the crowd of my fellow-creatures without to view them by the softer light e<f reflection within — and only sec in a moment my wall is alive with figures more airy and beautiful than the chinese shades it is a picture in motion or an animated land scape the objects you see are all from life only brought down to tlie miniature si how brisk nnl natural the pretty manikins are ! here they come and there tliry g'i — 1 1 1 e y " have their exits and tlieir entrances ;" and seem to acl and talk fur all the world like those whom they rep resent what a lively and ingenious satire is all this upon the scene without ! how truly lit tle do all the employments and amusements of the passing world appear iu their diminished size ! how busy do the tiny actors move about in dif ferent directions they look before them and around them but never raise their eyes to heaven • alas ! the poor things arc quite absorbed in the present — their great aim is to get wealth rather than wisdom ; i.nd lo win this world rather than the next perhaps new sources of wealth happiness power and revenue would be disclosed and science itself be benefited thereby the land lately discovered lies in the track of vessels bound into and out of the pacific ocean fbok thk ni'.w-voitk columbian higrl y interesting disco i ery hv the favor of doctor mitchill we are enabled to lay before our readers the following very interesting letter from 1 robinson esq the magnitude ofthe discovery vvill not fail to arrest the attention of every om and the surprize is that such an extent of land in the ocean antl so situated should not before have been generally known lt is saitl however te have been discovered some years since by some american whalers and the knowledge concealed for mercantile purposes with respect i have thc honor to bc sir your most obedient humble servant j robinson to the hon samvbll mitcmxz l l i president ofthe lyceum nat hist n york c sec valparaiso jaw 23 1820 sir i avail myself of an opportunity to write by the way of england to notify you ofa recent important discovery of land in the south seas in the month of february of the last year captain smith master of the british merchant brigantine williams on a passage from buenos ayres to this port round cane horn in latitude ci 40 south discovered land when he arrived here hc reported what hc had seen but most persons were incredulous mortified by this scepticism upon bis return passage to montevi deo he sailed to the southward to ascertain wheth er hv had been deceived or t ;: ; '. ;• meeting '/.•_. banks the people of ohio seem deter mined to wage an exterminating war against hanks and bank directors of every description i'iie following among others was adopted as a resolution f thc people of hamilton county at a convention held on the 1st of august resol ved thai banks and bankers arc totally unwor thy of public confidence and that it is the duty of every good citizen u make use of all legal mid • div.titutie.ii . i means both sq puwh tad private _/<?. to rcsui tlietn but let me single out a few objects from thc crowd — ihere goes a carriage and the little horses toss tlieir heads as though they knew whom tbey vti.ii drawing it is the beautiful and ll accomplish . mrs mo.*p--_r....ju:»t united to