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DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, MORALITY, AGRICULTURE, LITERATURE, AND MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
ME* H. NORWOOD, EDITOR.]
VOL. 1.
To thine ornuelf be true; And it must follow as ike night the dag; Thou const no! then be false to any man.—li \m i.kt.
DARLINGTON C. H., S. C., THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER 25, 1851.
[NORWOOD \ DK LORVE. FI ELI: l:ER
NO. 43.
THE DARLINGTON FLAG,
18 rrHLI8IIRI>
EVERY TiiliRSDAY MORNING,
AT UARUSOTON, C. H., 8. <•., HV
NORWOOD 6l DK 1,0HUI .
TERMS OF 81’BSCRirTlON: .
In advauce, (jMjr annum,) - - - $2 00
At the expiration of six months • 2 50
At the end of the year 3 00
ADVERTISING t
Advertisements, inserted at 75 cents a
square (fourteen lines or less,) for the first,
and 3'F cts. for each subsequent insertion.
Business Cards, not exceeding ten lines,
nsirted at $5, a year.
M1SCKLLANE0U3.
ANNUAL REPORT,
to sell them on better terms than those requirements of the Lngiucer. From [From the New York Spirit of of the
heretofore disposed of. The company, the junction of the South Carolina Times.]
if they deem it bosf % have a right to Rail Road, East, twelve miles of the A WISCONSIN DEBATING SOCIETY,
sell all of the ImhmIs ami pay cash for track have been laid with the iron, and Wisconsin is a great Mate and Gen-
their iron and locomotives. on ten miles of it a passenger car is eral Henry Dodge is her greatest man,
In the month of April last the suh-! running twice a day,in connexion with in the estimation of her citizens. It
the Camden branch. was a good many years ago that a
'I he contract for laying the track lie- horseman might have liem seen aligh-
yond this is progressing satisfactorily, ting front his jaded steed, at the close
and one of the Company’s engines of of a pleasant day in the fall of the
over IGtoiis burden is now on the mail year in front of a snhstantantial
miming the passenger car and tanspor- ing Tavern in the village of J-
ting iron and mntetiuls to further the and State of Wisconsin. A fe
scription in the town of Wilmington
was formally made by authoiIty of the
Legislature of North Carolina of $100,-
000 to the capital stock of this Com-
pany, and the Imnds of the corpora
tion at 6 |>ercent. interest, payable an
nually, i«Biied and accepter! by the
look-
•w mo-
Compaiir, in lieu of a subscription of work. Platform and Imx cars are al- meiits later he might have been seen
that amount made by certain citizens so provided, and the business of trans- ! cnrcfullv directing the hostler to give
of Wilmington, on condition that they imitation of produce and uierchandixe proper attention to his panting hoige;
might substitute the authorized sub- w ill in a shot t lime lie commenced. and a few moments later still he might
scription of the town therefor. About From the Crent Pee Dee liver to have liven seen devout ing with avidity
half these bonds have been sold at par Wilmington, the grading is finished in the substantial meal spread before him
and during tl»e winter it is believed the part, and in such a state of progress as in the dining-rooin of l.is host. All
but hi* wi.e Cleoptra, being pleased
with the promming looks of Mr. Col-
limbus, actuated witli a magnanimity
which is a eaiicntnre of her sex. pre
vailed upon liim to giant Columbus’s rt •
quest whereupon, providing hu vessels
and men out of his own |ioeket, t <>l-
uinbiis got ready, anil on a certain day
ofceitnin month, and in a ceitain year
he set sail from the Holy Sea of Rome,
and after a long and tiui|iektuoii8
he set foot at Inst ujwi the Plymouth
Rock, in the Island of Juan Fernandez;
it was on that occasion that he exclaim
ed—‘Breathes there any man wirhsnij
so |H>rfectl v dead as never to hinlscl:
has said this is my own my native
land!”
“Sir, Mr. Columbus did not long
survive the hardships of that
veil the poj illation, unlives, fort it
Of the President anrl Directors of the other half will he disposed of on the t to lie ready when required, and the this might have been seen, and more ami was taken piisoner by the Kiiia of
Wilmington and Manchester R. R. same terms. This snbscription was timber* contracted for and delivered too, if you gentle reader had been there the Cannon ball Islands, mid with all
assigned to the purchase of 3000 tons where required, and the balance to lie
of iron which was made during that so delivered at tliu direction of the En-
month, deliverable at the Company’* gineer. That for the biidges over the
wharf, in Wilmington, during the piincipal streams is delivered where
month of January, 1852, at $t2 50 needed, and some of the bridges com-
per ton. payable on delivery, all ex- menced and in progress.
[tenses included. Proposals for Imilding the bridge
Two cargoes of this iron are ex- across the Great Pee Dee have been
[lected soon to arrive, as advices have | advertised for, according to the sfieci-
ficatious, and it is experted that the
Company
Offick Wit. & M vn. R. R. C.)
Marion C. H.. 26 Nov. 1851. $
To the Hon. Senate and House
of Kejis. of the Sla'c of So. Ca :
111 pursuance of an Act of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State, in Decem
ber eighteen hundred and forty-nine.
entitled “An Act to aid in the con
stmetinu of the Wilmington and Man-' been received that they were at Liver
cbester Rail.-oad,” the undersigned, in pool waiting Bhi|Hiient. contract will lie let before the end of
behalf of the company, begs I >nv.* to 'Hie 3200 tons of rails purchased this year, and commenced ea.ly in the
submit herewith, to your honorable bo- last year and referred to in the ie|iort next.
die*, the third niinnnl report of t'u*
President and Directors nt the W il-
mington and Manchester Rail oad
Coiiqiany, the report of the refi.lmt
engineer, and tlie procoeiiings of the
meeting of the stockholders in J.nma-
rv, of the present year, to which time
(ami to the first of January of each
year) the accounUof the company are
made up, which exhibits “ the condi
tion and prospects of the company” at
that time.
As Important events havr> since then
transpired in the affairs of the compa
ny, it is deemed proper to make a sun-
iiieinental report of them also.
of J a unary last, have been received. Prospects of the Company.—Witli
except one cargo, which is early look- the amount of woik done, of the capi-
cd for in Charleston, and has lieen paid tal stock suhsciilied, the whole of the
for ns well as means provided for that iron needed, as w ell as the numlier of
which is to come of that purchase. locomotive* secured, the payment bn
to see. j his crew, cast into chains and slavery,
“Landlord,” said the dismounted where he died at an advanced age, igno-
linrseman, as he pulled away at a Cu- millions natural death with his whole
i#a short six, “any amusements in the crew, leaving not one to tell the tale.—
singing P
village to-night t—meeting,
school, or anything ?”
“Well no stranger,” said the host,
“not exactly any amusements; if you’d
only come a little sooner, now, lor we
had Howe & Malms' Circus here a
week ago and they had a first-rate
Clown. But thar’s a Debatin’ Club
over to the school house
s|h)s’ii you go over
i"
to-night
eace to his ashes and to their’n.
“Fi-, the discovery of this continent
was the greatest invention of the year
1462. Fernandez’s Island was the
step| ing stone to the settlement of this
country, sir. Look mound you and
l»ehold tlie [Nipulated >vo; M, the I'uiled
•States, North mid South Aineiica, (be
gun and Asia, Ui'idostan and Bilor-
cliistnn, England and Tin key, France
Rejoiced to find anything wherewith and China, and many others too imme-
to while away the tedious hours nl runs to mention—behold these conn-
night, our traveller assented, and to tries traversed by steamboats, rail ends,
t ie “Debatin t lub” lie w ent. Hm 1 1 and telegraphs, and ask ynnrst I *. woul.I
The stock of the South Carolina all of which is provided for, the means houtr* w as a country school house, and these things have been i, il hadn't been
Rail Road Company which was set the Company can now emit.ol, to pros- 1 presume that you, kind reader, know br Columbus. Gen. Washington
apart to meet this payment has not i ecute their work, and wkh an increas- how it must hare looked for
been disposed of, except 400 shares, ed ,orce which it is inltnded soon to there in this “gieat and gel
(125 paid in) which was sold nt $108, mbi to its construction, tlicy hope to
as it was regarded the better policy to ! reach the Great I'ee Dee river, (65
apj ropdate the proceeds of the Com- miles ftom the Western terminns of
p nv’s bonds, when not immediately i the road) in tiine to take tlie next cot-
waited, to that purpose, ami hold tlie ton crop, or so much as may lie otler-
•lock paving a dividend equal to the ed, to market; and as about 20 miles
rate of i iteiest on the bonds, and bid- from Wilmington are wholly graded
At a meeting of the eto-khol ler* ding fair to coaimand a lie!ter price and ready for tlie »u|ierstructure, which
he! I in WHmington in April l ist, to
which time the gene id meeting of the
same in January had lieen regtila Iv
adjourned, the stockholders, hv a vote
required hv the Chaiter, authorized tlie
I'resident and Directors to issue bonds
i
feil presentaH'iit oi l eminie Hauqiaon,
and of “the prodigious” notoin-ly. in
f.ont of tlie old ilnmiiiie sat the !S<‘cretn-
some time hence. Of this stock the is provided for, as soon as the iron con- ry, as usual, w hile near at hand the
Coihpnn v now hold 800 shares ($100,- tracted for arrives at that port, they de- d ( b iters for the evening occupied the
000 worth) h.iving receeived $50,000 sign to commence laying down their desks of the scholars hack from their
since January, by _ ‘ ‘ g with the track at that jioint, about the first of Hue of desks the room was crowd* d;
who is wouldn't have been born—but suppose
loiimis i lie had, what then f What did Wash-
ked’ntry" that has not Seen one?—| ington ever do that was a great bone-
Tbere, mounted upon his throne in j fit to this country. There is much
that that temple of know ledge sat the said about bis talents for war. To be
village schoolmaster, exollicio, the sure he perfoimod st veinl inastedy re-
President of the Sock-ty—'he counter- feats, but what’s that an evidence of?
all
-had gathered there her
conditions of the act to’aid the con- the ensuing year, and to prosecute the
stmetiou of the Wilmington and Man- i work on both sides of the line with beaut y and her chivalry,
not exceedin'' 8800,000, bearing inte-' Chester Railroad to the extent required continued and constant application till The house w as called to order—the
rest not exceeding 7 per cent., pa vabie in order to receive it from the Comp- they are united. “minutes of the preceding meeting
semi-aunuallv, and redeemable at a pe- ti oiler General. The experience of others engaged were read and adopted”—the Coiiunit-
At the last session of the Legisla* in similar enterprises, as well as that tee on “Hezediah Pitcher, with non-
lure of North Carolina provision was of (hose in this, warn us that it is un- payment of dues.” was ordered and
made to suhscrilie, on the part of that safe to promise its completion too
State, for 2000 shares of the capital strongly nt any given time. All that
stock of this Company, provided the 1 can lie fairly expected is, that the
Company would accept 2000 shares of means and resources of the Company
the capital stock of the Wilmington shall Ik* steadily applied to the con-
and Raleigh Railroad, owned by the struction of tlie entire work, and in
State, at its par value, therefor. The tins it is b lived the public w ill not be
stockholders of this Company at their disapiioiiited.
adjourned meeting, left the acceptance KifspeetfnHj’ submitted,
or rejection of this snbscription to the W. W. Hakllkk, Pres,
decision of the President and Direc-
The Board of
riod not exceeding twenty years, con
vertible into the stock of the company
at the option of the holders, and to
mortgage the road, property and of-
foots of tlie company to secure the
payment of the same and the interest
thereon, “ for the purpose of racing
tlie moans for tlie more speedy com
pletion of the road.” ^
In pursuance of this authority, the
undersigned, under the instructions o r
the Board of Directors, proceeded to
execute the. 7 per cent, bonds of the
BE GENTLENEN AT HOME.
Tlie re are few families, we imagine,
company for $'500,000. with interest tor* of tV Company.
■ • *• -i /■ .. IT octors on the 8th Ol vnrnnier I.IBI, I . . i - i i • » i ~ J
. , .... .. anywhere, m winch love is not abused,
m mow o ie iinpiom m*"* 1 !' ,n °. a 8 furnishing a license for impoliteness!
the Wilmington and Ra e.gl, R.dfwul ^ husband, father, or brother will speak
Company, its increased rece.pU f ,an ^ ^ ^ ^ |((V( . S
local husmess, and the reduced expenses
of the Company which must soon fol
low the completion of laying the new
and heavy rail which the Company
have substituted for tlie one formerly
laid on the table, whin the Chainnnu
lose and said,—
“Is the house ready for the ques
tion t”
“Aye, aye!” c ied a dozen voices.
And the Chair proceeded:—
“Gentlemen—the question for this
evening is which conferred the grea
test benefit on mankind, Mr. Chiistu-
pher Columbus, or General George
. Washington ? On tlie otfirmative,
Messrs. Van Dreczer’ Lusonhury, and
Penix; on the negative, Messrs. Foster,
Milligan and Sampson. Mr. Van
i Dreezer has the floor.”
.8ir, it is that he w as a coward.”
“General Washington a coward!”
screamed Foster, the village doctor, in
a voice of thunder. “General Wash
ington a coward! who so base as dare
say it f Look at him at the battle of
the Nile, look at him at the battle of
Wateiloo, the Cowjieiis, on the Plains
of Marathon, at tlie Pyramids, at Still
man's Defeat, at Bad Axe; and, sir,
look at him at the battle of New Oi
lcans!”
“ General Washington at the battle
of New Oilcans!” exclaimed a huge
backwoodsman, gesticulating violently.
“ Mr. Speaker, is there such an igno
ramus in the house 1 Sir, anv school
boy knows that the battle of New Or
leans was fit before Gen. Washington
was Imm. Let the gentleman read
Plutarch’s lives, the lives of the Sign
ers of the Declaration of Independence,
or let him read Arkwiight’s History of
the Black Hawk War, and he'll find
that Genera! Henry Dodge ft the battle
of New Orleans.’’
Here the noise and confusion became
so great that our traveller might have
been seen wending his way to the inn,
and to those who love him the best,
simply because tlie security of love
and family pride keeps him from get
ting his head broken.
It is a shame that a man will 8[>eak
more impolitely at times to his wile or
Mr. V., tlie village lawyer, a smart a wiser man than when he nnived at
dappei looking man. aroze, and after J .
taking a sup of water from the tiu-cup —-
which stood Izelorc him, did depose and A Word Fitly Spokex.—A stran-
aay : ger, who was itinerating ns a teacher,
“Mr. President and Gentleman and ■ called upon my father, and requested
Ladies—I arise to advocate toe atfir- permission to examine some of the hoy«.
inative of tliis question ; th it is to say, I was among the number. My Intlier,
. ; >iiii»eiijmiimi, j-gc" m;l | 0 except a low and vicious one.—
which bonds they placed in the hands j would la- declared from ‘he profits of |t ^ ^ ^
of Messrs. Lanier, Window dz Co.,! ‘he Company (the first ever made to
Rankers in the City of New York
'Hie sale of these bonds ha* been
sister, than he w ould to any othei f* that I affinn that Mr. Columhus did hy way of relieving the feelings of tlie
d" ,im vuious oiu. 1 „ beneht to mankind than man said—“'I’liat boy is very slow nt
<— u — in order to more learning; I tear you will not Ik* able to
coupons attacbed, payable on the fi-'st) IT cctnrs on the 8th of October last, I
days of June and December of each i"
vcar.itt the Merchant’s Bank of New
York, redccmalilc on the first darn!'
June eighteen Immlred nnd sixty-six,
and convertible into the stock o( ihe
eouAminv at jiac value, at the ojiti<m of
tin bolder, nt any time liefore the Irst
dav of June eighteen hnndred and six- , . . , . r
ty-flve and execute.l a mortgage of «*ed, conelnded that it was letter for
tin* road and effects of tlie com|aiuy to . the interest of the Company tn accept
secure the payment of the same ; that subscription, as the dividend whiel.
' ,.».t i.i flio k iniU would Ik* declared from the profits ol , ..ri _
Gen Washington.
sank,
to have
spoke
direc-
successfully by hypothecation when j Chiistopl.er Columbus! Sir, echo : head, ohscruerl—“This lad win make a
lieen made Wl * fight la* required to do so.
■ | of
(Ids mo
ll -i a K' A '"'"B"""* ——-r-—. ... - small nient, and for the first time, impressed
reiifninder of iKm reqiiin-d to liv the } that stock is now about 60, Laving ri- ^'[V^ U,; dreulaOng "mediun.k- « 0,w - *i‘oated on the upon my mind; a ray of hope sprang
whole rand) 4500 tons delivered at ‘ sen to that price from below $0 in less | tweeo ^ a * d true ladies r ! v ** r l 'f r “ 8trl ' ;,,1, 'r.' 1 '" 1 ' | within me; m that ho,« I lived and la-
Wilmington, ami 2500 tons at Chailes- than two years past, and is still unpro- t | IAmo nnd no |Kdi j, #x |,i|,ited in so- "I 1 ^ , ‘ U " , ' U ' 1, . " d | ,oro<1 ’ 11 to P 0 " < ’ r ‘
ton, during the-next year, at $11 50 ving in su’d, a way as bids fair to re a- "Jy can atone 1^ harah la„«— * ??*■**«*''? lnto w ere all commuted to memory
per ton dn delivery, freight, duty and lize L — ... ..
iiiswrapce iurltt^. be paid,for in t the
I ff '^wsrvxns* mi iK>**vrv^ki f inn Irt IBl* , »s « a _ M a?.. ^ r u » J J I .
ofhi* infancy in [tersuing books of tra- | and never paused. The same
part effected hy their agents, for c ash
at prices more favorable than was at
one time anticipated by them.
In UK* V.ninrmilV I»iH Iirp-I mauv mi • . i . vs iu«ii iiniu | a »a.-*it t/v <i
f„r the stockhotJWifsA and the prospe'et of f HM * 11M ur ” P^ 0 ' 1 , * ''.f 1 ' / j! . ^ fully digest ttie interrogatory just pn>- do much with him.” My Ilea: t
an early completion of tlie Wilmington J 011 * n, ; ' V | ' ■ ‘i '! pounded, to enter fully into the meiits I would have given the world to
and Manchester Railroad, would in- ,nn ' n * ','1“" ■ ° • ^!' \’ ‘ l ( ' U of the case, I will give a brief, succinct been as some boys. The man
" o „r woman usually is indebted lor the n(1( , n( . P((llIlt ( ,r M r. Collllll- u itii knuliiMWtt iruvcs ni<* annin
crease tlie value of that stock to par, ! J v /* ,, . mn 8U '. ^ . ...• . and condense*! account of Mr. Cohim- with kiuduess, gave me some
or snfticientlv to enable us to nse it L.n.hmss and H.teiws. ol I, e to th*^ |i:( , aml ^ sir w , to W!t8 lirtllg , and laying his hand up
1 — tliccathm when ‘« ^r own household. ( . (l|isU>I>|l , r C'o,um,,u. ( Sir, echo head! ob8eru«l-“This lad wi’l
Negoti ifton* have also lieen made, | «*• might la* requnmi t*. do so. it w iU not 'be mu inlTTf a ' g ,KM ! * h ° 0, " r „„ 1 felt 86
ami the contract for seven thousand The stock was ciinsequenlly accept- hi . .n3 ! Nr C.dumhus wasthe off-spnng ofa , t raised my spirits; tin* pMsiMily
inflicts his sfik-en and bad temper upon
, , those of iiis own henrthstoue. is a 1 . ..... . -,
value of . m .„ Kind
tons T rail? signed, with the house of ; ed. on the conditions of the terms of j ^ 0 f ^ ^ hMrtlMo^ 5^ 11""" ^ t * M5 ^ wh ° ^ Wing aide to lean. was. ...
Bailv, BroflierS 4sCo.. (which is the subscription. The market
these Yionds, the Interest not to com- road Company, in pro|>oitioii to the
mence rimning till 60 dnvs a ter *le- j amount paid in ; the stock of tlie latter
livery, or in cash, at the option of the Coinpanv at the time of subscription
compimy. Wa* s*-lluig at 62 (one hmidred p«i*l in.)
At the same rale hi bonds, the 00m- 1 Thia suhsciqUiou, added to that previ-
l>aiur have agree*l to pay fof seven fir-l ousl.y made, raiies.tlie amount of sbu k
' pomotives of T<1 tons Imrilen. on tlie lamks ol‘ the Company to $1,
" 200,000.
Ill so-
qnite as maeh to o.,r Company as | ^.d-'disras^tful treatment tllToftfn Mexico. At an ea. ly ag*-, w ith ease and I could have doubled
stock of the South Can.li.ia Rail- j il|(iu Ld a Mwee.i U»os*« bound ^’ ,u,,,bus f v " ,c ^. * ^ ,or j ** ‘ad't b«e.. required. Fr.w„
inuuigeu m »e* e*" “ the s<>a and occupied tlie (ensure hours-1 (hat iienod Adam never looked baek
getlier by God's own ties of Wood and , :.. I 1.... i l. _ j 1 j -i *.
vel and navigation, it was while en-
Nomss dri4B«i»hers,
Pliil idcloiiia nr ensli at the opti. 1 -> Progress of the Work.—Tnc grn
1 imadeipma.or . P . , - ^ j„ ncrion or ^ So.,1, , ed|y observed. “If that fellow bad on man was an uudiscoveivd ciuintry.
the still more sacred ties of conjugal
* ov<f ' ^ ^ j gaged in these pursuit.- that he inadvera
A Good Oku.—Davy Crocket hap- tly met w ith tlie works of Robinson
pened to be present at an exhibition of and Crusoe,and Captain Cook, ami
animals, some time ago, in the city of the definition he imwle from them was
Washington, when a monkey seemed that far away over tiu trackless
to attract his attention, nnd he distract- ninin hitherto nut. oden by the foot ol
quick
ness of perception and t-naeily of
memory, discoverable from the fir-.t
dawning of intelligence as applied to
other things, now accompanied his |»nr-
suit of learning; he was no longer like
tlie animal tampering around the same
s|mt, in consequence of the chain by
which he became like the racer; there
STw. delivered rash prices .-ft the Carolina RMI Road to tb« Groat Pee* pmr of spectacles Iw would look like ”A* he approached iuanbo*Kt, he was - was progress m every movement; he
and ,.rices wd.ioh are fixed i.y - Dee. is completed steady as to ena- | Maj..r Wrighh, of Obi...” IT** Major j « desire discover that s,^ over the BMrae with prodigious
the contract. m . ?! ‘ : bb- the Crkn|mny to prmseed with the
'Hterenniudorof the bond*, ninnnnt laying of their track without interrup-
ing/to lietweeii sorfle $50,000 and 1 lion. f ^
$rt)0,000, have not yet been sol 1. but t The timbers for tins porBmi of Uie
the board feel 110 doubt but that, when , Road are also provided lor, and arede-
ilivyrwl, u.’ nwziy (ak duLvury, 00 the
e"err,
nilssionaiies and all, to thrir fni*li. It
i< not a little worthy of note, that
wl ile in hi.glniitl and Fcotlmid they
have made converts by ll.oosnnds, on
tiauj.ii tiny have nut with no tucce s
whatever.
Rum niiiiTE.
Rii'us is a | ictme to b.ok at, and a
c.rowder to spout. He is about >even
*•*1 six, or six leit 8*‘V**n, hi I.i- socks;
-upleasan ed.and wi v as a roikseivw.
r»is face is a eooipouinl of winkles,
“yaller jajnlers,” and jin i*[iiu«leii*:e.—
ile has small, keen, | jeii'iug (Jack e ves,
and a head sbapeil like a iiiainiiml!i
goose egg, big end up, Mr hair black
.Hid en ly, uiueli resend.ling a brig of
wool in “ adini.i.ble «!isoider," or a
bmsh l eap ia a gale of wind, ['is
l.ody has no [miti.-ul.ir shape, and l.is
w it and legal “ dodges ” have s* t many
t judge i.i a slacker, and so confounded
liie jn:or» as to make it idmn.-t impus-
-ible Idr them to speak [lain laiglisli,
>r tell tlie truth for the rest o!'tb«ir na
tural lives. Rii'us is great ou twi ting
md coiling kim.-i I up, squi oiiag a-
ouud, and prancing, junq i ig, and
kicking iiji a «hist, wh* , n Mccm’s up.
iiiso'utoiy is lirstiTile, and I.i- argi •
ment- i i.rci.jiis ami !« «-if|.-. I’o
erali v makes a ten strike—-judge and
jury dow n at the end ofevcrv sentenec.
He ia great on flowery expi ess ions ami
! igh lalootia “ flnli-diihs.” Mrangeis
mostly tkiuk he 4 era/y. and the re; t
scarcely uudei>taiid what its all about,
lie iovoiees l.is time and elocution foi r
thousand per cent, over mtiiiuity cha.-
ges for having oin-V si I pul {lirougli a
course o| iau. Ruins Choate is uIhh t
fifty years o! age, [a-rliaps over. He is
coorideicd the al lest lawyer in N*w
England, or perhaps the Lnitcd Flat**'.
His hand wiitiog can’t la* *leci|>her**1
without tlie aid ofa pair of compass* s
and a ([UsHtiant. His antogiaphy som< •
what resend les the map of Vliiio, ai.d
looks like a | ieee of crayon skHcl.iug,
done in the dark with a tliree-pn.iieed
o k. lie has lu< 11 i 1 ti c F'euate : 1 d
may be if he has lime to fish for i ,
I'rcridciit of the L'nited States.
mini* Til GI ILK A HU NG KAN.
Keep good company or none.
Never Ik* idle. If your hands can
not Ik 1 iiseiully enq loyed, attend to ti.t*
cultivation ol your mind.
Always speak the t.uth.
Make lew promises.
Live up to all your engagements.
Have no very intimate hi*mis.
Keep your own secrets, if you have
any.
When you speak In n perron, look
him i.i ihe face.
Good coinpanv and good conversa
tion are the veiy tiucw> of vi tuo.
Good character is above all things
1 Ise.
Never li -ten to any loose or infnlil
conversation.
Your character cannot Ik* essential! v
injured except by ow n nets.
If any one speaks evil of you. let
your li!e be such that none will believe
Lini.
L)i ink no kind of intoxicating liquors.
Ever live, mis.bitune excepted, with-
i 1 vour i.ieom*'.*
W hen you rcti:x* to hod, think over
what you have been doing during the
S' 00
day.
Never speak lightly of nliginn.
Make no limte to be rich, if you
would prosper.
Snu II and steady gains give compe
tency witli tranquility of u.bid.
Never | lay at any kind of game of
chance.
Avoid temptation, through fear that
you may not witin-tami it.
Earn 1 Finny before you spend it.
Never run in debt, unless you see a
way to get out again.
Never lainow If you can [ossiblv
avoid it.
Do not marry until you are aide to
suppoit a wi e.
Never s|K‘uk evil of any one.
Be just before you are generous.
Keep yotusi I. innocent, ifyou would
| lie happy.
Save when you an* young, ‘<1 spend
i when you are old.
Never think that which you do for
religion is lime or money nr.ispent.
Alvvavs go to meeting when you cm
Often tunk of death nnd jonr ac
countability to God.
Read over the alanc maxims at least
once a week (Sunday night.)
The project ofe.i-di ig
Philudel
rti ig a s
Idpl.i.y L
-| vie imm
under
happened to be just behind Davy mid | county which he so often saw in his tness, and he felt the pleasure of it opera-house in
overheard the observation, and gently youthlol dreams; actuated by this «le- | himself.—Adam Clark. consideration.
tapped Crocket an tlie shmiMer, when he petitioned the great Pontificial * ■ — 1 ^ , ,
he, (Crocket,) very formally remaned, Pone of Rome to give him three yawls Mokmox MissioxaRika.—Ten Mor- Foote’s majo ity for Governor in
“ i’ll iw banged, Mojoeifl know whose and a jolly boat to carry out his derign. mons are laboring 011 the Sandwich Nlssukippi is about fi.teen huudred
panluo to ask—yours or the mockay V* I 'that disUn-uiahed utau at first rajMod 1 lalaada, ia ooni'rsmoa at two, to eau-, votoa.