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the western carolinian □ pi bushed weekly john beard jr edilo rand propriet dumber from the be sinning 734 no 4 of the wilt volume salisbury rowan county n c saturday morning juno 28 183-1 twice in the bame river it may as truly im said though the process is slower that no two genera tion dwelling successively on one spot howevi r marked its general features might be ever beheld the same local objects in tht bame color shape and character tlie heavenly bodies alone appear lo us the same identical luminaries in nizt . lustre movement and relative position which thoy ap peared to adam and eve in paradise when i the princess yet when the physician beheld ■i the beauty of the hint's daughter md thought f ■the promises which the kino had made he forgot nil ihe warnings winch in hu,l received and al though death frowned angrily all the while lie ■turned tin patient si that death btood at her feet ami gave her some fthe healing herb : bo that he once more pul life in hor veins lint when heath saw lh.it he was n secuiid tune cheated ml of in pi'opoitv he stepped up to the physician nn.l said • v.u fullow me — laid hold of him with his icy cold hand and led him into a subterraneous cave in which there were thousands and thousands of burning candles ranged in innumerable rows some were who some half-burnt out some near ly consumed j every instant some went out and fresh ones were lighted so thai iho liltle flames s , mod perpetually hopping about ' behold said death ' the life-candles of mankind i tho largo ones |, 1,1,1 i children those hull consumed t middv-u ■■! 1 pic the little ones i need yet children and young people have often times bul a liltle and uud w lien that is burnt out then life is at un en i and they ore mine nd ihe phj ii ian sni,i : - show me now my candle !' then death poet i out i very little candle end which was limn . ring in the socket uud suid • behold !' then :■"■physician was afraid and said — oh dearest ■ifathor light me up a new one flint i may first enjoy my life be kin and husband of the beautiful princess i cannot do so biiid death one must burnout before i can light up another - place the old one upon a new one then tlml thai may burn on when this is ut un end said the physician then death pretending as if he would comply with this wish reached a large new candle : but lo revenge himself purposely tailed 111 putting it up nn.l the little piece li-ll and was ex tinguished then tlie physician sunk with it and be himself fell into the hands of death selves the mountains shut lliem ml from the great world but their village i a world in itself aud thej know and need no more of the turbulent scenes of remote cities than our own planet rocks of the inhabitants of tin distant stars it y of i'oiilson's advertiser that gen jackson's horses took the purse at the jockey i'lub races at washington u few days since — thev being entered in the name of mr donelson this is uncharita ble it the editor ; i ughl to have pul this in the didactic department among the hens — new york courier aid htujuirer " tli ii-hiiii 1 po-ty t linll i trr ir ,, w ihi , „,, r.,.i r hni.e . l ... ,,,.- .-. . ■■,,. . ,,..-- tbc w.tj i ,,.!.., ) . xi __-,!,,, >■a tliii <,««_>-, uu l,e-_l i uu i ll nil highland v i;v i thi saw s-s-u-l we«kl li..,r " thou im fori : ' star w ih ic f ii i m ai ii dally a.lvrrllsf r stanzas on seeing a group op girls kneeling is silent 111 iv er lo liol " at tlieir shady lodge arrived l«,th 1 both turned and under skj adored the i that made both sky air arth and heaven which they btliild the moon's resplendent globe and starry pole — paradise i.ost book i they appear to us the same thev did to noah and his family when thoy descended li the ark into the silence of an unpeopled world ; and us thev did to the builders of babel when the latter pro jected a tower whose top should reach to heaven tlu-y appear to us iii the same battle array as they wore slam by deborah and barak when " the blurs in their courses fought against sisern ;" in ihe same sparkling constellations ns the were seen by the !'- ilroist e nip lime him 1 1 exclaim " « hen i con sider thy heavens the work of thy lingers the moon ami the siars which thou !. is ordained l rd ' what is man thai thou art mindful of him or the mi of man that thou visit st bun i once more and li ' how touching is the thought ! tho stars the unchanging stars appear to us with the bame iii id magnificence as thev were seen by the re dcemor ot the world when having sent the mul litu li away he went up into a mountain apart to i and when evening was come he wns there alone and " continued all niirhi in prayer to cd ~ matt x.v zx luke vi 12 the episode in iho life of burns which has for its beginning its middle and lis end ihe attach ment between himself and mary campbell is ex ceedingly aflecting from a recent scottish work we learn that ilus young fcnv-lo who was invest ed by the imaginative powers f ihe bard with a thousand charms w.is i dairy-maid at collsfiold — u good looking blue-eyed girl with ' very prellj fool altera long courtship in which thoy found the current of theii true hue far from running smoothly tliey fixed a day on which to take lens temporarily of ench oilier while making the final arrangement for their marriage in a loin-lv nml romantic sp.,1 upon tho banks ol ayi they passed a day together on separating they siood upon the opposite u.llks of ll brook 1'lu-y dipped their hands in ts water in testimony of the purity of their intention und then placing them upon a bible together they looked up lo hea ven and mutually pledged their truth und constan cy man embarked foi thu west highlands lo visit her i lends but she returned no more she was taken sick and died on her way to line i iitier a shori imness burns nevor forgot tho object of hi affections even after be married jane armour in continued to mourn her fate uu.i some years iille.-war.ls upon the lur.li din of his lost mary he wus found b bis wife in a cold bright evening siiuuu out in the pen air upon a wisp ot straw gazing upon a bright star with the utmost int '...".•. ass lie was prevailed on after much persuasion t enter tin house and there sat down and w rot nlinosi without a pause those matchless lines which have immortalized ins passion sunday bchool union the teniii anniversary of the american sunday sclu.,,1 i iu ui wa celebrated by religious services iu the church oil w asbillgton square on tuesday the 30th instant the vuuurable prosidout alex a.m ik ii.miv r in the chair in the absence ol our esteemed fellow citizen i'm iliik jr esq who has been for several years treasurer of ihe institution and greatly dovo led to its interests the report of receipts and ex penditures wus read by mr poa-raa one of the secretaries i 1 ' — tl,ev are hi ling — and each brow is covered \\ ith llie while hands that pre them — and an awe tests un their s,,u|s a if above them hovered the holy spun visibly to draw i ,<■young affections of their guilaleas bosoms fl.e ardent hopes that burn within ench breast |- ; ii earthly treasures to those fudelesti blossoms thai wreathe the iwwers of uvurlasting real ! f sit ill — i : if each spirit h.m communion in silence with its god — or else had flown t'c in earth to seek a closer union \\ uli him thai sits upon that dazzling throne winch ungels and archangels bending tiinl worship — while abroad ■»,,. . hi regions harps with voi 1,1 i . . t tic lis ivt con ! / ,.. . ■. with iv't't'iii richly laden il 11 en i ■-..;-,, rid i il -.. . ■, i ' , " !. i!,'l|li"ll ,' ., '- ! ...••■■i . ji it i ih '■nii'-e h r spirit . it a whisper from another weri :■pure art i si ii nil h l il ,'. . .. earth i utter nothing si ii be i..,,i,-,i i th annual report of tha board f managers wus presented and read hv mr 1 kaiid one of tho secretaries several resolutions were then introduced and supported with much eloquence uml spirit among tho speakers wore ll.-v dr shurpc of iho baptist church from boston rev i>r tyug of the episcopal church philudolphia ; rev or mccau ley,ofthe pruabyterian church new york ; rev mr vvinsluw missionary from ceylon rev mr maltressot of durham england rev mr brack enridge of philad iphia nnd key mr keel of i ond 11 we were particularly impressed with the remarks of mr brcckcnridge upon the impor tance of a more extensive circulation of tho valua ble publications of tho society he iltustrol d the process of education by n beautiful allusion to our water works ut fair mount where the inventive genius of man bus succeeded in making a river raise itself and send is pun and refreshing waters abroad through our i itj -- so society must bo made to raise il . if moral sentiment must be made strong > u.,ue h (,, elevate society by self-applied pow r mr reed's spooch w-ns exceedingly appropriate — it wus after a saasion of nearly three hours thai im n.se to address the assembly hut there was bo much pleasantry in his introduction and so inwt-li inn hns in his whole manner thnt the appropriate nn.l elovated ant dovoul remarks which tallowed woro received with ihe most evident and gratifying emotions ■-,- not beautiful ' — nor noise icr tnotin . i there — and yet those dent wurshippoi thi it .'. art burning h ith n pure devotion \. i'ei -.-.-, uttered — an i tin lovo that stir humble spirit is n flame from heaven lit on the nltar of tlie human heart f • bright i!i h the hope that shall be uiven to those pure girls and theirs ihe -- belter pi ii they — the guileless guiltless — whose existence hath been n summer-morning — cloudless bright — do tlu-y while gazing in the forward distance iu future secies of joyanca and delight feel they have sms which tied to he forgiven ! that in god's mercy they alone can trust ! i ihey need grace to lit their 11 for ileavon he my proud spirit humbled in llie dust ! " i old mountains and the midnight air witnessed the fervor of lis prayer i'he desert his temptations knew his conliicl and his victory tin — wattt the tars then have been the punts where all lb i ever lived have met ; the great ihe small the il and tlie good the prince the warrior states man sage ; the high the low the rich the poor the bond and the free jew greek scythian and barbarian everyman that has looked up from the earth to the firmament has met every other man among the stars for all have seen them alike which can be said of no other images iu the visi ble universe i hence by a sympathy neither af fected nor overstrained we can ol pleasure bring our spirits into nearer contact with any being that bus existed illustrious or obscure in nnv age nr country by fixing our eyes to name no other on tho evening or the morning btar which ibat indi vidual must have behold a hundred tunes | an extract from bul ■■or behold throughout the universe all lliines ul war with one another — ilu lion with tin lamb the serpent with ihe bird i and even ihe gentlest bird itself witli tlie i mil of tho air or the worm of the humble earth what then to men and to the spirits transcending men is so lovely and so sacrod us a being thai hanncth none nnd what bo beauti ful as innocent e ? whal so mournfbl as itauutimoh tomb ' and shall not that tomb ih sacred ' shall li nol be oui poculiar cure t mny we nol mourn over it ns ni ilu passing away of some air miracle in nature ; too teudor to endure loo rare to bo for gotten ! tlie pr - of lie heart onlightens touches rou ses li.r morn than poetry your most philosophi cal poets would 1st common place if turned mt pr'r childe ilii.ol.le beamingly so profound owe its profundity to its sly 1 ; in reality it contains nothing that is new except the mechnnism of its \ orse cannol contain iho refining subtle the polly of going to law dispute nf the t tils about tl ell ise two cats one on a choese did light to w inch ik ill ha an equal right , hut quarrels such as oft ai i fell out iu sharing of tie prize fair play nay - one you i t too fast : at tins rate how long v ottld i last ! come let us pari it i ise er 1 .. . _/- the cheese will cvo y si rap be ironfl liui how said thoy shall we di idu ' being parties botli who shall presido so with consent away ilo ■>- tru and choose n monkcj for t a judge he seomed wi ll skill 3 in laws and had decided many _ i ause now umpire <■', - cn lor division both swear t bl nd by his decision with looks demure i - »• i cbecsoi and willi a knife cuts il a pioco witll much ji'x ll v he did eat to .-'■if it was 1 and sweet ; then for i!ie scales tiw-aj lie starts and his ihe die •■ui equal parts — winch t i inst ,- cannot bill snd h we'll im wei tl '!,'■cil-e and strictest justice shall have place , then lifting up tit seal he found ( lue en go up ll thel dov n : s i he takes the heaviest ion ami quickly gnuwed a portion off ; [\ weighed again ii proved !<>.. light friend cats said he we'll .!.. ye right then from the other hull he tnaw , and nibbles with his tooth an i pawi ; till tried again it tightest proved ; the judge who this sweet process loved siill weighed the case „,,.! still .<-»■on till both tho cats were weary grown and un luii ho v lie mailer weill i'tie coin sir we are both content ye foul quoth he and justice too must be content as well as you '!'',,,- grumbled they thui.he wenl nn till both the hnive were neatly gone poor pussies now the lolly saw of settline trifles bj the law — and ho.rji 1 the judge that he would please to give lie an the remainiug cheese to which ins worship grave replied th dues of court must ural '"■paid twill take what choose is iii nr inure to pay tlie cost and cloai hie core , that's ir de re — go huii.e id sleep and thank us you go oil so cheap from itu-tf - .] '. i ,,...-.. i -, 7,1 l.lirrulurr ll appears from the report of tho hoard thnt the business of ihe society is prosperous — that tho amount of sales during ihe year bus beon between 00,000 and kui,i)oii — that the debis i exclu sive of those from depositories amount to about 15,11(1(1 and ihnl t.ie prospect of creased useful in ss is fiattoring tlll-l stars ye stars which are the poetry of heaven !" " iu that same place of heaven u here now it sbinei -." und with ihe very aspeol which the iveaulil'ul plane wears to us and with which it will coutinuo to smile over t • conch of the dying or the cradle oi reviving day this is ono of those rapturous apostropttos i the mil hor of childe harold which occasionally burs in fine plirensy from the impassioned pool like oracles from tho lips of the pythoness ; unconsci ously uttered and seeming from their very bold ness and obscurity to convey more meaning than intelligible words could express hid the noble burd boon asked what ho himself intended by this extraordinary phrase to make il clear in .,- ! > t have cost him nine labor in vain than he was w mt to sl.oimi has been appropriated to llie publication of hooks ivc for circulation in prance and it was resolved to raise 13,000 t is appropriated t iho us of christian missions in foreign hinds death and tht doctor is which ii great prose writci embodies ; the eternally cripples it ; it properly deals with the common problems of human nature a hii h ure ii w hackneyed uud nol with the nice and philoso phizing . orullurios w hi h may i drawn iv un them thus though ii would -, r in u paradox,common place is nu ue tlie olomeill of poetry than of prose and sensible ol lin oven schiller w role tin p e i of modern tragedies ins fiasco in prose it is perhaps for others rather than ourselves that ilu li ml heart requires uu hereafter tho tranquil rest the shadow und the silence tho mere pause xxf ihe wheel of ille lliile no terror l"l ill wise who know the due value of ilu world — an ancient logend translated from the g rrnan there was once a poor 1111,1 who had twelve children and be wns obliged to laboi day nud night thut be michl , am f l for tin 111 w hen al length as it so happ.--.ied a thirteenth came into the world ihe poor man did not know ho i help himself so run out into the highway determined to ask the first person lie met to be godfather to the boy then there came stalking up to him death win said take me for n godfather who arc you said the man i am death who make all equal then said the inun ■vnu are one of the right sort — you seize on rich and poor without distinction i you shall be tho child's godfbther heath answered i will make tin i...v neb and renowned throughout the world for he who bus me liir a friend can want for nothing said the mail ' next sunday he will !>'■christened : mind and come nt the righl time 1 heath accord ingly appeared as he promised and stood godfather i'or the child when the boy at length grew up his godfather came to him one day took him with him into a wood and when ihey were quite alone said — ' now shall you have your godfather's pre sent — i will inake a most famous physician ofyou ; lor whenever you are called lo a sick person i will lake 1 ne uud show tn \ s if to you if i stand ut the fool of the bed say boldly i will soon restore ii 1,1 health ; and give ihe path nl some of a lit tle herb which i will point out to you and he will soon lie well ll however i stand ill the head of the sick person he is rain — then say ' all help 1 1 , ho must soot ho ' then doath showed loin th little li'ili and said : take hoed thai you n.-ver us ii 111 opposition •" my will it wus not long before nr hero wa ihe most cell brated phy sician in tbe whole wild the moment he sees a p't sou s.mi every one he knows whether or n t he'll recover accordingly he was m i_r.-at re qu 1 1 plo cu me from far and near to consul inui ; ihey gave bun us much money us he d simd , thai he very soon hud made an immense for lune nov ii so happened thai the king waa ta ken ill aud ibe physician was culled upon to say w belli 1 ho 11111-i die v he went up to the beil he saw death sta ••. nt iho sick man's head ao that there was no chance of his recovery the physician thought pet-hap . if he outwitted death lie w old iml is much offended seeing that be was in godfathei ; so be c lughl hold of tbe king and turned him round ao that by thai means hi nth wa ilanding at his fret ; then he gave him some of the herb and ihe i uu recovered and was once more well but death came to the physician with patriotism who sold nn did labor it vain though it many christians seem t bvorlook tho extent of religious obligations they are disposed to satisfy themselves with attending lo whal are strictly r.di gious duties to know little and lucare less about the ni il political relations of s.u jety is with su.-h a mark of piety as llie infidel holds thai it mnl - lers not whal a nun's religi us opinions are ; si such christians maintain thnt u mailers not what our political sentiments are whatever views nthors mm have of religion however much thi y may be disposed to denounce patriotism we pr union tliat religion false winch does not ink h man de sirous of knowing i.n.l performing lus duties it nil the relations in which le stand whether to his god his country bis neighbors his friends r fin ily line in is i.'iir .■. especially wilful xxf nnv duly whether denominated religious politi eal civil or social will he u ■excuse for neglect tit the bar of ood tha ( hristian is hound in all his conduct to promote the glory of fl.sl and ihe hapj piness of i mn government wields an incalciila hie influence over ilu happiness or misery of man to some extent its influence extends |. h ~ immor tal destinies let him then who is regardless of i mn happiness i afferent to the civil and po litical alliiirs of lus country lint f r tin i imr ot religion l.-t him renounce christianity christian herald ofi-ii did worse for ho generally achieved what he attempted whether it were good or evil without inquiring wli.it prompted the idea to that wayward nun i which in ihe context is about consulting them as the rulers of human destinies hero is a sense in which i think tho start maj truly and inti iii p.illy hit styl 1 the p-.elrv of heaven how . nut certainly , on account their visible splendor ; for tlie gas lumps of a sin_;l street of this metro polis out-shine the whole hemisphere on the clear est winter evening — nol on account of their boauti ful configurations ; for the devices chalked .... the hour of i fashionable ballroom to tha uie animal eve would in inure captivating ll is from causes having affinity to mind not matter — to truth nol semblance — that the stars may indeed be call i tbe poetry of heaven anion thus may bo mention ed the time of th ir appearance iu the solitude silence and darkness <•'. night ; their motion with one consent from east io west ench kept in its place ; so slow as nol to he perceptible except by ciimparisoii nt intervals yet accomplishing an m nud revolution ol tho heavens l.v points actually _■lined on their apparent nocturnal journeys again by our knowledge thai they have hud existence - ' n ii foundation of tlie world when " tha morn ing stars sang together and nil the ions of god shouted for joy ;" by their use in ihe i'll inaineiil — being placd there " lor signs and for seasons and i i days and for veurs to u.nt kiiowe-.i thou ihe ordinances of heaven !." said the lord s|„.,il ing out of tin whirlwind to job " canst thou bind the sweat influences nf pleiades or loose the bands of orion ' canst thou bring forth muzaroth in lus , ' or canst thou guide v returns with his sous here shine out indeed the poelry ■■! heaven ;" and here wc mny hearken to the trui •• music of the spheres :" *- al.or the billows of a torni lea swe t is at itlst the haven of repose 1 but nol so when thai silliness is lo divide us eternally from others ; when those who ban lovod with all the passion ihe devotion tho watchftil tunctity of the weak human heart are t >• isi to us no more w li'-n after long years of desertion und widowhood on earth there is tn he no hope of r uu 11 in thai invisible beyond the slurs ; when the torch iml of life only but of love is to !»• quenched in ibe dark i'ounlain ; aud tho grave hint we should lam hope is the great restorer of broken lies is but the iiiidi seal of hopeless utter — inexorable separation ! and ii is this thought this sentiment — which make religi noui if wo and teacheth belief to the mourning heart thai in the gladness of united affections fell not tho necessity i n heaven to how many is tho death i tbe be loved the parent of faith ! life lias always action ; it is mr own fault if ii ever be dull ', youth has its eulerpii/.e manhood its schemes and even if infirmity creeps upon ago the i nn i ihe mind still triumphs over the mortal clay and iu the quiet hermitage among books and from thoughts keeps the great wheel within everlasting ly in in >> ■• ti no the hotter lass f spirits have always an antidote to the insipidity of a common career ; they have ever energy at will l-'or action is that lethe in which wo alone for oei mr foi in r dreams ; and lha mind that loo stern to wrestle wuh its emotions seeks to conquer regret must leave itself no b-isine t look behind who knows what benefits to tbe world mny have sprung iron the sorrows of the benefactor 1 ax the bn vest that gladdens mankind in suns of au tumn was culh-.l forth l ilu rains of spring so 1 the ori.fs f \ mill ma make ilu feme of maturity there was u certain vnsfno.s of mind in the adoption i utter solitude in which li lirst enthu siasts of our religion indulged tin hole desert il solitary rock the rude dwelling hollowed from tin cave lie tier nil cummin with their own hearts with nature and thoir dreams of ood all nude i picture at se».re and preterhuman un dour savwl.at we will of the necessity uml chat in f social lifr there is a great-teas about mini when lie dispenses wiiii mankind there is something in travel which constantly yen mid tin most retired ts i rum-rases us with tl xuberanee of life we come t these quint | nooks and find a niee whose ivislciirc we never dreamed of in their humble path thev know the ni passions and tread the mum t'-n'-r us iiur too bad there is n little uewspapor published in penn sylvania called ihe " iteti.ai.i palladium u.nl though it is not of the mammoth class being bul iiln nt as large as the cover of peter parley's prim mem it is in everv oilier re-p et great no pa per collies to tills dice thai we read willi so inllel gysto it certainly is not because of is shining ■p ul lies — tin wit or its wisdom for ihe honest i_jii,il,'r who in in if nt ii , - it is an unpretending political hypocrisy hull made the laudable nanin xxf put ut.si i almost suspicious but he that is sincere iu the l.esl things and walks ns in the sight of god will of all man is faithful iu lower matters and i my a sterling integrity from religion into every duly of social lilit on the other bund ha thai regards nut god r yet other men but as thej an convenient to himself may very justly im su p iiil respecting his fidelity to bis country . profit aud vain glory ind i will carry some men very far as they have done ; but strip n wordly min of these nud where me his motives for pro moting the national w.-11'u.e '! the christian is nol a mere showy patriot fiir lucre or for finite ; but ho is what none but a christian can lie u patriot in spirit and in truth pouring out ins secr.il and iimest prayers befuro cod for the true prosperity of tho lund the world indeed bath u low opinion of this iirlillorv of heaven ; isii one who is wiser than the world hath fold ua that th ffccfun i fervent prayer of a righteous man availuth much and if one such person like an ellas can !«• instrumental iu draw ing down public blcu.ii.ffs ; whal inuv not he hoped for from the prayers f legions of christians tiuo out the nation 1 wc may read whal ihe prayers of uli men hnve lone in hob i 88 84 the christum patriot will n-joico in ul iho good done lo his country though other bunds rullw than ins huve been employed iu ihe doing it thai man deserves not iho inline of a p-itriol lo win in flu pesee honor and prosperity of his cram iry nre valuable only as they may contribute to his own asth.-chu linn p.,ii.,,ii-iu i f.iuidcd u xt n th i man ami is us far removed from either ol lliuss qualities a - any fellow citizen i ours in lha i niti d si i -. sat tloes our liking to ue from any thing intrinsically interesting in the i sal incidents ot thut quiel community ; for wo do nol recollecl any lent roe ol 1 in the palladium since wo huve i n so hupp as i |., k mt its pages more im portant thin th i.htoi's campaign ...... i aoma time sm a _> h i-i ins neighbors bens wh had in vaded lus out patch it il nol from nnv of ll consul tu ions thai we are xx partial to the palladium — itill like 1 we 1 — we like ii because — in short wo like it because — we can'l bolp it i tins paper is divided u lo " departments anil ei.eli suhje 1 appropriately classed tot instance un der the " parmer's department " we notice u treatise on " burdock's li.r hogs and under the historic department a wedding which t.s.k pi u lately nt poquonnock and u rittou nt mr keatting'l with two heads the " didactic lepiirliuei.l " ciilanis n criticism ss tha cruelty f tying barn-door fowls ton slake to be shot at ii11i under the head ofthe ouintiler's department we think the edi tor too severe and we have a trial with bin fer it ii isein it •• vn.lmw jacason .. horse jox l'ii and then p r iiputrtlii author '• l*,,r though no real voice tier ound ami the radiant .» r hs im fbund in reason ar they all rojo co and utter i'otih a glorious voice , porevor singing ns they shine ' thi l.u lei that made us is divine i'.ul in a peeijliar and to myself al least an bi ll i-'l ii il 1 - hno view tlie slurs are " the poetry of heaven in e"inin n with the sun and moon ih.-v are ilu only unchanging nnd actual objis t ■whuh nil ayes thut were ever opened to ilu light and lifted te the skv have seen precisely us are tee them nil i loosely as thev sllllll is seen by poets rill lill tiie end of time rivers stray from their channels : mountains an shattered by earthquakes uiidertninded by waters nr worn l.v the streai of elements i li.res.s disappear und cities rise upon lh«ir pi tees ; cities ao mi are tumbled into ruins : nil ihe works of man ri li like their fruit : und on those f nature herself throughout the hal lia ble viols is written mutability the entire u-p i f tli irtb whether waste r cultivated peopled r solitary is perpetually undergoing transforma tion sb.iksp -,,.- -,\.. ■• n , man rvei bathed ii very angry ind gloomy countenance and aaid ■i will fbrgii you tins time whal you have done because i am your godfather ; bul if vou over ven ture to betray ma again yxn must take the consn puiicos shortly after ibis the king's daughter till sick and oobod oould oure bar tli old king wept day and night until his eye were lilm.l id ; und nl last he proclaimed that wkommvcr res iii.'il her from death should is rewarded by mar ryinif bar ami inheriting his lhn.no the physi cian came but death was standing nt he bead i
Object Description
Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1834-06-28 |
Month | 06 |
Day | 28 |
Year | 1834 |
Volume | 15 |
Issue | No.4 Whole No.734 |
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Creator | John Beard Jr. |
Date Digital | 2009-04-13 |
Publisher | John Beard Jr. |
Place |
United States North Carolina Rowan County Salisbury |
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Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Saturday, June 28, 1834 issue of the Western Carolinian a weekly newspaper from Salisbury in Rowan County, North Carolina |
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Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601567748 |
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Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1834-06-28 |
Month | 06 |
Day | 28 |
Year | 1834 |
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FullText | the western carolinian □ pi bushed weekly john beard jr edilo rand propriet dumber from the be sinning 734 no 4 of the wilt volume salisbury rowan county n c saturday morning juno 28 183-1 twice in the bame river it may as truly im said though the process is slower that no two genera tion dwelling successively on one spot howevi r marked its general features might be ever beheld the same local objects in tht bame color shape and character tlie heavenly bodies alone appear lo us the same identical luminaries in nizt . lustre movement and relative position which thoy ap peared to adam and eve in paradise when i the princess yet when the physician beheld ■i the beauty of the hint's daughter md thought f ■the promises which the kino had made he forgot nil ihe warnings winch in hu,l received and al though death frowned angrily all the while lie ■turned tin patient si that death btood at her feet ami gave her some fthe healing herb : bo that he once more pul life in hor veins lint when heath saw lh.it he was n secuiid tune cheated ml of in pi'opoitv he stepped up to the physician nn.l said • v.u fullow me — laid hold of him with his icy cold hand and led him into a subterraneous cave in which there were thousands and thousands of burning candles ranged in innumerable rows some were who some half-burnt out some near ly consumed j every instant some went out and fresh ones were lighted so thai iho liltle flames s , mod perpetually hopping about ' behold said death ' the life-candles of mankind i tho largo ones |, 1,1,1 i children those hull consumed t middv-u ■■! 1 pic the little ones i need yet children and young people have often times bul a liltle and uud w lien that is burnt out then life is at un en i and they ore mine nd ihe phj ii ian sni,i : - show me now my candle !' then death poet i out i very little candle end which was limn . ring in the socket uud suid • behold !' then :■"■physician was afraid and said — oh dearest ■ifathor light me up a new one flint i may first enjoy my life be kin and husband of the beautiful princess i cannot do so biiid death one must burnout before i can light up another - place the old one upon a new one then tlml thai may burn on when this is ut un end said the physician then death pretending as if he would comply with this wish reached a large new candle : but lo revenge himself purposely tailed 111 putting it up nn.l the little piece li-ll and was ex tinguished then tlie physician sunk with it and be himself fell into the hands of death selves the mountains shut lliem ml from the great world but their village i a world in itself aud thej know and need no more of the turbulent scenes of remote cities than our own planet rocks of the inhabitants of tin distant stars it y of i'oiilson's advertiser that gen jackson's horses took the purse at the jockey i'lub races at washington u few days since — thev being entered in the name of mr donelson this is uncharita ble it the editor ; i ughl to have pul this in the didactic department among the hens — new york courier aid htujuirer " tli ii-hiiii 1 po-ty t linll i trr ir ,, w ihi , „,, r.,.i r hni.e . l ... ,,,.- .-. . ■■,,. . ,,..-- tbc w.tj i ,,.!.., ) . xi __-,!,,, >■a tliii <,««_>-, uu l,e-_l i uu i ll nil highland v i;v i thi saw s-s-u-l we«kl li..,r " thou im fori : ' star w ih ic f ii i m ai ii dally a.lvrrllsf r stanzas on seeing a group op girls kneeling is silent 111 iv er lo liol " at tlieir shady lodge arrived l«,th 1 both turned and under skj adored the i that made both sky air arth and heaven which they btliild the moon's resplendent globe and starry pole — paradise i.ost book i they appear to us the same thev did to noah and his family when thoy descended li the ark into the silence of an unpeopled world ; and us thev did to the builders of babel when the latter pro jected a tower whose top should reach to heaven tlu-y appear to us iii the same battle array as they wore slam by deborah and barak when " the blurs in their courses fought against sisern ;" in ihe same sparkling constellations ns the were seen by the !'- ilroist e nip lime him 1 1 exclaim " « hen i con sider thy heavens the work of thy lingers the moon ami the siars which thou !. is ordained l rd ' what is man thai thou art mindful of him or the mi of man that thou visit st bun i once more and li ' how touching is the thought ! tho stars the unchanging stars appear to us with the bame iii id magnificence as thev were seen by the re dcemor ot the world when having sent the mul litu li away he went up into a mountain apart to i and when evening was come he wns there alone and " continued all niirhi in prayer to cd ~ matt x.v zx luke vi 12 the episode in iho life of burns which has for its beginning its middle and lis end ihe attach ment between himself and mary campbell is ex ceedingly aflecting from a recent scottish work we learn that ilus young fcnv-lo who was invest ed by the imaginative powers f ihe bard with a thousand charms w.is i dairy-maid at collsfiold — u good looking blue-eyed girl with ' very prellj fool altera long courtship in which thoy found the current of theii true hue far from running smoothly tliey fixed a day on which to take lens temporarily of ench oilier while making the final arrangement for their marriage in a loin-lv nml romantic sp.,1 upon tho banks ol ayi they passed a day together on separating they siood upon the opposite u.llks of ll brook 1'lu-y dipped their hands in ts water in testimony of the purity of their intention und then placing them upon a bible together they looked up lo hea ven and mutually pledged their truth und constan cy man embarked foi thu west highlands lo visit her i lends but she returned no more she was taken sick and died on her way to line i iitier a shori imness burns nevor forgot tho object of hi affections even after be married jane armour in continued to mourn her fate uu.i some years iille.-war.ls upon the lur.li din of his lost mary he wus found b bis wife in a cold bright evening siiuuu out in the pen air upon a wisp ot straw gazing upon a bright star with the utmost int '...".•. ass lie was prevailed on after much persuasion t enter tin house and there sat down and w rot nlinosi without a pause those matchless lines which have immortalized ins passion sunday bchool union the teniii anniversary of the american sunday sclu.,,1 i iu ui wa celebrated by religious services iu the church oil w asbillgton square on tuesday the 30th instant the vuuurable prosidout alex a.m ik ii.miv r in the chair in the absence ol our esteemed fellow citizen i'm iliik jr esq who has been for several years treasurer of ihe institution and greatly dovo led to its interests the report of receipts and ex penditures wus read by mr poa-raa one of the secretaries i 1 ' — tl,ev are hi ling — and each brow is covered \\ ith llie while hands that pre them — and an awe tests un their s,,u|s a if above them hovered the holy spun visibly to draw i ,<■young affections of their guilaleas bosoms fl.e ardent hopes that burn within ench breast |- ; ii earthly treasures to those fudelesti blossoms thai wreathe the iwwers of uvurlasting real ! f sit ill — i : if each spirit h.m communion in silence with its god — or else had flown t'c in earth to seek a closer union \\ uli him thai sits upon that dazzling throne winch ungels and archangels bending tiinl worship — while abroad ■»,,. . hi regions harps with voi 1,1 i . . t tic lis ivt con ! / ,.. . ■. with iv't't'iii richly laden il 11 en i ■-..;-,, rid i il -.. . ■, i ' , " !. i!,'l|li"ll ,' ., '- ! ...••■■i . ji it i ih '■nii'-e h r spirit . it a whisper from another weri :■pure art i si ii nil h l il ,'. . .. earth i utter nothing si ii be i..,,i,-,i i th annual report of tha board f managers wus presented and read hv mr 1 kaiid one of tho secretaries several resolutions were then introduced and supported with much eloquence uml spirit among tho speakers wore ll.-v dr shurpc of iho baptist church from boston rev i>r tyug of the episcopal church philudolphia ; rev or mccau ley,ofthe pruabyterian church new york ; rev mr vvinsluw missionary from ceylon rev mr maltressot of durham england rev mr brack enridge of philad iphia nnd key mr keel of i ond 11 we were particularly impressed with the remarks of mr brcckcnridge upon the impor tance of a more extensive circulation of tho valua ble publications of tho society he iltustrol d the process of education by n beautiful allusion to our water works ut fair mount where the inventive genius of man bus succeeded in making a river raise itself and send is pun and refreshing waters abroad through our i itj -- so society must bo made to raise il . if moral sentiment must be made strong > u.,ue h (,, elevate society by self-applied pow r mr reed's spooch w-ns exceedingly appropriate — it wus after a saasion of nearly three hours thai im n.se to address the assembly hut there was bo much pleasantry in his introduction and so inwt-li inn hns in his whole manner thnt the appropriate nn.l elovated ant dovoul remarks which tallowed woro received with ihe most evident and gratifying emotions ■-,- not beautiful ' — nor noise icr tnotin . i there — and yet those dent wurshippoi thi it .'. art burning h ith n pure devotion \. i'ei -.-.-, uttered — an i tin lovo that stir humble spirit is n flame from heaven lit on the nltar of tlie human heart f • bright i!i h the hope that shall be uiven to those pure girls and theirs ihe -- belter pi ii they — the guileless guiltless — whose existence hath been n summer-morning — cloudless bright — do tlu-y while gazing in the forward distance iu future secies of joyanca and delight feel they have sms which tied to he forgiven ! that in god's mercy they alone can trust ! i ihey need grace to lit their 11 for ileavon he my proud spirit humbled in llie dust ! " i old mountains and the midnight air witnessed the fervor of lis prayer i'he desert his temptations knew his conliicl and his victory tin — wattt the tars then have been the punts where all lb i ever lived have met ; the great ihe small the il and tlie good the prince the warrior states man sage ; the high the low the rich the poor the bond and the free jew greek scythian and barbarian everyman that has looked up from the earth to the firmament has met every other man among the stars for all have seen them alike which can be said of no other images iu the visi ble universe i hence by a sympathy neither af fected nor overstrained we can ol pleasure bring our spirits into nearer contact with any being that bus existed illustrious or obscure in nnv age nr country by fixing our eyes to name no other on tho evening or the morning btar which ibat indi vidual must have behold a hundred tunes | an extract from bul ■■or behold throughout the universe all lliines ul war with one another — ilu lion with tin lamb the serpent with ihe bird i and even ihe gentlest bird itself witli tlie i mil of tho air or the worm of the humble earth what then to men and to the spirits transcending men is so lovely and so sacrod us a being thai hanncth none nnd what bo beauti ful as innocent e ? whal so mournfbl as itauutimoh tomb ' and shall not that tomb ih sacred ' shall li nol be oui poculiar cure t mny we nol mourn over it ns ni ilu passing away of some air miracle in nature ; too teudor to endure loo rare to bo for gotten ! tlie pr - of lie heart onlightens touches rou ses li.r morn than poetry your most philosophi cal poets would 1st common place if turned mt pr'r childe ilii.ol.le beamingly so profound owe its profundity to its sly 1 ; in reality it contains nothing that is new except the mechnnism of its \ orse cannol contain iho refining subtle the polly of going to law dispute nf the t tils about tl ell ise two cats one on a choese did light to w inch ik ill ha an equal right , hut quarrels such as oft ai i fell out iu sharing of tie prize fair play nay - one you i t too fast : at tins rate how long v ottld i last ! come let us pari it i ise er 1 .. . _/- the cheese will cvo y si rap be ironfl liui how said thoy shall we di idu ' being parties botli who shall presido so with consent away ilo ■>- tru and choose n monkcj for t a judge he seomed wi ll skill 3 in laws and had decided many _ i ause now umpire <■', - cn lor division both swear t bl nd by his decision with looks demure i - »• i cbecsoi and willi a knife cuts il a pioco witll much ji'x ll v he did eat to .-'■if it was 1 and sweet ; then for i!ie scales tiw-aj lie starts and his ihe die •■ui equal parts — winch t i inst ,- cannot bill snd h we'll im wei tl '!,'■cil-e and strictest justice shall have place , then lifting up tit seal he found ( lue en go up ll thel dov n : s i he takes the heaviest ion ami quickly gnuwed a portion off ; [\ weighed again ii proved !<>.. light friend cats said he we'll .!.. ye right then from the other hull he tnaw , and nibbles with his tooth an i pawi ; till tried again it tightest proved ; the judge who this sweet process loved siill weighed the case „,,.! still .<-»■on till both tho cats were weary grown and un luii ho v lie mailer weill i'tie coin sir we are both content ye foul quoth he and justice too must be content as well as you '!'',,,- grumbled they thui.he wenl nn till both the hnive were neatly gone poor pussies now the lolly saw of settline trifles bj the law — and ho.rji 1 the judge that he would please to give lie an the remainiug cheese to which ins worship grave replied th dues of court must ural '"■paid twill take what choose is iii nr inure to pay tlie cost and cloai hie core , that's ir de re — go huii.e id sleep and thank us you go oil so cheap from itu-tf - .] '. i ,,...-.. i -, 7,1 l.lirrulurr ll appears from the report of tho hoard thnt the business of ihe society is prosperous — that tho amount of sales during ihe year bus beon between 00,000 and kui,i)oii — that the debis i exclu sive of those from depositories amount to about 15,11(1(1 and ihnl t.ie prospect of creased useful in ss is fiattoring tlll-l stars ye stars which are the poetry of heaven !" " iu that same place of heaven u here now it sbinei -." und with ihe very aspeol which the iveaulil'ul plane wears to us and with which it will coutinuo to smile over t • conch of the dying or the cradle oi reviving day this is ono of those rapturous apostropttos i the mil hor of childe harold which occasionally burs in fine plirensy from the impassioned pool like oracles from tho lips of the pythoness ; unconsci ously uttered and seeming from their very bold ness and obscurity to convey more meaning than intelligible words could express hid the noble burd boon asked what ho himself intended by this extraordinary phrase to make il clear in .,- ! > t have cost him nine labor in vain than he was w mt to sl.oimi has been appropriated to llie publication of hooks ivc for circulation in prance and it was resolved to raise 13,000 t is appropriated t iho us of christian missions in foreign hinds death and tht doctor is which ii great prose writci embodies ; the eternally cripples it ; it properly deals with the common problems of human nature a hii h ure ii w hackneyed uud nol with the nice and philoso phizing . orullurios w hi h may i drawn iv un them thus though ii would -, r in u paradox,common place is nu ue tlie olomeill of poetry than of prose and sensible ol lin oven schiller w role tin p e i of modern tragedies ins fiasco in prose it is perhaps for others rather than ourselves that ilu li ml heart requires uu hereafter tho tranquil rest the shadow und the silence tho mere pause xxf ihe wheel of ille lliile no terror l"l ill wise who know the due value of ilu world — an ancient logend translated from the g rrnan there was once a poor 1111,1 who had twelve children and be wns obliged to laboi day nud night thut be michl , am f l for tin 111 w hen al length as it so happ.--.ied a thirteenth came into the world ihe poor man did not know ho i help himself so run out into the highway determined to ask the first person lie met to be godfather to the boy then there came stalking up to him death win said take me for n godfather who arc you said the man i am death who make all equal then said the inun ■vnu are one of the right sort — you seize on rich and poor without distinction i you shall be tho child's godfbther heath answered i will make tin i...v neb and renowned throughout the world for he who bus me liir a friend can want for nothing said the mail ' next sunday he will !>'■christened : mind and come nt the righl time 1 heath accord ingly appeared as he promised and stood godfather i'or the child when the boy at length grew up his godfather came to him one day took him with him into a wood and when ihey were quite alone said — ' now shall you have your godfather's pre sent — i will inake a most famous physician ofyou ; lor whenever you are called lo a sick person i will lake 1 ne uud show tn \ s if to you if i stand ut the fool of the bed say boldly i will soon restore ii 1,1 health ; and give ihe path nl some of a lit tle herb which i will point out to you and he will soon lie well ll however i stand ill the head of the sick person he is rain — then say ' all help 1 1 , ho must soot ho ' then doath showed loin th little li'ili and said : take hoed thai you n.-ver us ii 111 opposition •" my will it wus not long before nr hero wa ihe most cell brated phy sician in tbe whole wild the moment he sees a p't sou s.mi every one he knows whether or n t he'll recover accordingly he was m i_r.-at re qu 1 1 plo cu me from far and near to consul inui ; ihey gave bun us much money us he d simd , thai he very soon hud made an immense for lune nov ii so happened thai the king waa ta ken ill aud ibe physician was culled upon to say w belli 1 ho 11111-i die v he went up to the beil he saw death sta ••. nt iho sick man's head ao that there was no chance of his recovery the physician thought pet-hap . if he outwitted death lie w old iml is much offended seeing that be was in godfathei ; so be c lughl hold of tbe king and turned him round ao that by thai means hi nth wa ilanding at his fret ; then he gave him some of the herb and ihe i uu recovered and was once more well but death came to the physician with patriotism who sold nn did labor it vain though it many christians seem t bvorlook tho extent of religious obligations they are disposed to satisfy themselves with attending lo whal are strictly r.di gious duties to know little and lucare less about the ni il political relations of s.u jety is with su.-h a mark of piety as llie infidel holds thai it mnl - lers not whal a nun's religi us opinions are ; si such christians maintain thnt u mailers not what our political sentiments are whatever views nthors mm have of religion however much thi y may be disposed to denounce patriotism we pr union tliat religion false winch does not ink h man de sirous of knowing i.n.l performing lus duties it nil the relations in which le stand whether to his god his country bis neighbors his friends r fin ily line in is i.'iir .■. especially wilful xxf nnv duly whether denominated religious politi eal civil or social will he u ■excuse for neglect tit the bar of ood tha ( hristian is hound in all his conduct to promote the glory of fl.sl and ihe hapj piness of i mn government wields an incalciila hie influence over ilu happiness or misery of man to some extent its influence extends |. h ~ immor tal destinies let him then who is regardless of i mn happiness i afferent to the civil and po litical alliiirs of lus country lint f r tin i imr ot religion l.-t him renounce christianity christian herald ofi-ii did worse for ho generally achieved what he attempted whether it were good or evil without inquiring wli.it prompted the idea to that wayward nun i which in ihe context is about consulting them as the rulers of human destinies hero is a sense in which i think tho start maj truly and inti iii p.illy hit styl 1 the p-.elrv of heaven how . nut certainly , on account their visible splendor ; for tlie gas lumps of a sin_;l street of this metro polis out-shine the whole hemisphere on the clear est winter evening — nol on account of their boauti ful configurations ; for the devices chalked .... the hour of i fashionable ballroom to tha uie animal eve would in inure captivating ll is from causes having affinity to mind not matter — to truth nol semblance — that the stars may indeed be call i tbe poetry of heaven anion thus may bo mention ed the time of th ir appearance iu the solitude silence and darkness <•'. night ; their motion with one consent from east io west ench kept in its place ; so slow as nol to he perceptible except by ciimparisoii nt intervals yet accomplishing an m nud revolution ol tho heavens l.v points actually _■lined on their apparent nocturnal journeys again by our knowledge thai they have hud existence - ' n ii foundation of tlie world when " tha morn ing stars sang together and nil the ions of god shouted for joy ;" by their use in ihe i'll inaineiil — being placd there " lor signs and for seasons and i i days and for veurs to u.nt kiiowe-.i thou ihe ordinances of heaven !." said the lord s|„.,il ing out of tin whirlwind to job " canst thou bind the sweat influences nf pleiades or loose the bands of orion ' canst thou bring forth muzaroth in lus , ' or canst thou guide v returns with his sous here shine out indeed the poelry ■■! heaven ;" and here wc mny hearken to the trui •• music of the spheres :" *- al.or the billows of a torni lea swe t is at itlst the haven of repose 1 but nol so when thai silliness is lo divide us eternally from others ; when those who ban lovod with all the passion ihe devotion tho watchftil tunctity of the weak human heart are t >• isi to us no more w li'-n after long years of desertion und widowhood on earth there is tn he no hope of r uu 11 in thai invisible beyond the slurs ; when the torch iml of life only but of love is to !»• quenched in ibe dark i'ounlain ; aud tho grave hint we should lam hope is the great restorer of broken lies is but the iiiidi seal of hopeless utter — inexorable separation ! and ii is this thought this sentiment — which make religi noui if wo and teacheth belief to the mourning heart thai in the gladness of united affections fell not tho necessity i n heaven to how many is tho death i tbe be loved the parent of faith ! life lias always action ; it is mr own fault if ii ever be dull ', youth has its eulerpii/.e manhood its schemes and even if infirmity creeps upon ago the i nn i ihe mind still triumphs over the mortal clay and iu the quiet hermitage among books and from thoughts keeps the great wheel within everlasting ly in in >> ■• ti no the hotter lass f spirits have always an antidote to the insipidity of a common career ; they have ever energy at will l-'or action is that lethe in which wo alone for oei mr foi in r dreams ; and lha mind that loo stern to wrestle wuh its emotions seeks to conquer regret must leave itself no b-isine t look behind who knows what benefits to tbe world mny have sprung iron the sorrows of the benefactor 1 ax the bn vest that gladdens mankind in suns of au tumn was culh-.l forth l ilu rains of spring so 1 the ori.fs f \ mill ma make ilu feme of maturity there was u certain vnsfno.s of mind in the adoption i utter solitude in which li lirst enthu siasts of our religion indulged tin hole desert il solitary rock the rude dwelling hollowed from tin cave lie tier nil cummin with their own hearts with nature and thoir dreams of ood all nude i picture at se».re and preterhuman un dour savwl.at we will of the necessity uml chat in f social lifr there is a great-teas about mini when lie dispenses wiiii mankind there is something in travel which constantly yen mid tin most retired ts i rum-rases us with tl xuberanee of life we come t these quint | nooks and find a niee whose ivislciirc we never dreamed of in their humble path thev know the ni passions and tread the mum t'-n'-r us iiur too bad there is n little uewspapor published in penn sylvania called ihe " iteti.ai.i palladium u.nl though it is not of the mammoth class being bul iiln nt as large as the cover of peter parley's prim mem it is in everv oilier re-p et great no pa per collies to tills dice thai we read willi so inllel gysto it certainly is not because of is shining ■p ul lies — tin wit or its wisdom for ihe honest i_jii,il,'r who in in if nt ii , - it is an unpretending political hypocrisy hull made the laudable nanin xxf put ut.si i almost suspicious but he that is sincere iu the l.esl things and walks ns in the sight of god will of all man is faithful iu lower matters and i my a sterling integrity from religion into every duly of social lilit on the other bund ha thai regards nut god r yet other men but as thej an convenient to himself may very justly im su p iiil respecting his fidelity to bis country . profit aud vain glory ind i will carry some men very far as they have done ; but strip n wordly min of these nud where me his motives for pro moting the national w.-11'u.e '! the christian is nol a mere showy patriot fiir lucre or for finite ; but ho is what none but a christian can lie u patriot in spirit and in truth pouring out ins secr.il and iimest prayers befuro cod for the true prosperity of tho lund the world indeed bath u low opinion of this iirlillorv of heaven ; isii one who is wiser than the world hath fold ua that th ffccfun i fervent prayer of a righteous man availuth much and if one such person like an ellas can !«• instrumental iu draw ing down public blcu.ii.ffs ; whal inuv not he hoped for from the prayers f legions of christians tiuo out the nation 1 wc may read whal ihe prayers of uli men hnve lone in hob i 88 84 the christum patriot will n-joico in ul iho good done lo his country though other bunds rullw than ins huve been employed iu ihe doing it thai man deserves not iho inline of a p-itriol lo win in flu pesee honor and prosperity of his cram iry nre valuable only as they may contribute to his own asth.-chu linn p.,ii.,,ii-iu i f.iuidcd u xt n th i man ami is us far removed from either ol lliuss qualities a - any fellow citizen i ours in lha i niti d si i -. sat tloes our liking to ue from any thing intrinsically interesting in the i sal incidents ot thut quiel community ; for wo do nol recollecl any lent roe ol 1 in the palladium since wo huve i n so hupp as i |., k mt its pages more im portant thin th i.htoi's campaign ...... i aoma time sm a _> h i-i ins neighbors bens wh had in vaded lus out patch it il nol from nnv of ll consul tu ions thai we are xx partial to the palladium — itill like 1 we 1 — we like ii because — in short wo like it because — we can'l bolp it i tins paper is divided u lo " departments anil ei.eli suhje 1 appropriately classed tot instance un der the " parmer's department " we notice u treatise on " burdock's li.r hogs and under the historic department a wedding which t.s.k pi u lately nt poquonnock and u rittou nt mr keatting'l with two heads the " didactic lepiirliuei.l " ciilanis n criticism ss tha cruelty f tying barn-door fowls ton slake to be shot at ii11i under the head ofthe ouintiler's department we think the edi tor too severe and we have a trial with bin fer it ii isein it •• vn.lmw jacason .. horse jox l'ii and then p r iiputrtlii author '• l*,,r though no real voice tier ound ami the radiant .» r hs im fbund in reason ar they all rojo co and utter i'otih a glorious voice , porevor singing ns they shine ' thi l.u lei that made us is divine i'.ul in a peeijliar and to myself al least an bi ll i-'l ii il 1 - hno view tlie slurs are " the poetry of heaven in e"inin n with the sun and moon ih.-v are ilu only unchanging nnd actual objis t ■whuh nil ayes thut were ever opened to ilu light and lifted te the skv have seen precisely us are tee them nil i loosely as thev sllllll is seen by poets rill lill tiie end of time rivers stray from their channels : mountains an shattered by earthquakes uiidertninded by waters nr worn l.v the streai of elements i li.res.s disappear und cities rise upon lh«ir pi tees ; cities ao mi are tumbled into ruins : nil ihe works of man ri li like their fruit : und on those f nature herself throughout the hal lia ble viols is written mutability the entire u-p i f tli irtb whether waste r cultivated peopled r solitary is perpetually undergoing transforma tion sb.iksp -,,.- -,\.. ■• n , man rvei bathed ii very angry ind gloomy countenance and aaid ■i will fbrgii you tins time whal you have done because i am your godfather ; bul if vou over ven ture to betray ma again yxn must take the consn puiicos shortly after ibis the king's daughter till sick and oobod oould oure bar tli old king wept day and night until his eye were lilm.l id ; und nl last he proclaimed that wkommvcr res iii.'il her from death should is rewarded by mar ryinif bar ami inheriting his lhn.no the physi cian came but death was standing nt he bead i |