The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-10-24

constant prayer; is Uoiols 10 lhe sl9hI Of the
Almighty"
A correspondent OF the New York Ga
zete relates the following auecdote Of Gen
eral Washington:
Oae Reuben Ronzy, of Virginia owed
the General about one thousand pounds.
While President of the United States, one
of his agents brought an action for the no
ney Judgment vas obtained, and an exc
cu'lon ISSUED against the body Of R., who
vas taken to jail. He had considerable
landed estate, but this kind of property
could not, at that time, be sold in Virginia,
unless with the discretion ofthe person H
had large family, and for the sake Of has
children preferred lying IN prison to selling
hl3 land. friend hnted 70 bun that pro
badly General Washington did not know
anything of the proceedings, and It might
be we'll TO send hIm petition, with state
ment of the circumstances. He did 50,
and the very next mail from Philadelphia
after the arrival Of his petition IN thai city,
brought him au order for his immediate re
lease, together With full discharge, aud a
serere reprimdnd to the agent for having
acted IN such manner. Poor Ronzy was
consequently restored to his family, who
never taId down their heads al night .th
out first presenting prayers TO heaven tof
their beloved Washington. Providence
smiled upon the labors Of the grateful FAM
y, and IN few years he eojoyed the er
gwsitc pleasure of being able to lay the
money with interest at the feet of Wash
iogtou. That truly great man reminded
him that the debt was cancelled. Rouzy
replied that the DEBT Of his family TO the
father of his country, aud the preserver OF
their parent, could never be discharged
and the General TO avoid the pleasing im
portunly of the grateful Vrsinian, who
woa!d MOI be denied, accepted the money
only TO DIVIDE II among Ronzy's children
which he did Immediately.
Curious Strat0gem,-Crows have been
employed TO catch crows, by the following
stratagem A live crow is pinned by the
wings down TO The ground on his back, by
means Of two sharp torked sticks. Thus
situated, his cries are loud and lncessant,
If any other crows are within
view. These, sweeping down about him,
are instantly grapPied by the PROSTATE Pm.
soner, by the same instructive Impulse that
urges drowning person to catch at every
thug that comes within his reach. Hav
ing dlsensaeed the game from his clutches,
the trap is again ready for another eXpeu
ment; and by plnning down each captive,
as soon as taken, IN a short
ume you will probably have whole flock
screaming about YOU, in concert with the
outrageous prisoners below Many far
mers, however, are content with hanging
up the skins, or dead carcases of crows IN
their corn fields In teTrorHm and depend
on the gun, keeping one of their
people supplied with ammunition, and con
sIantly on the look out. In hard winters
the crows suffer severely SO tha, they have
been observed to fall down IN the fields, aud
on the roads, exhausted with cold and hun.
ger. IN one Of these winters, and during
long continued deep SNOW, 9SIS iha1
hundred crows we're shoae case a1l
a dead horse, which wa. SUI ~ at a proper
distance from the stable, from hole OF
which the discharges were made. The pre-
NUNS awarded for these, with the price
paid for the quilts, produced nearly as muc
as the original value Of the horse, besides,
as the man himself stated, saving enough
feathers Tor filling bed.
Peter, never go to bed OF night without
something you did not know ia
the morning" Yes SRI went to bed
sle,oed last night dld'nt dream Of such a
thing in the morning.
Why is tailor like q woodcockl lie
has q long bill