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The Rodney telegraph., 1839-09-11
DoMEsTIcATIoN OF A WOLF.

Baron Cuvier has recorded m instance OF
a wolf that was bruight.up and tanned like Z
dog; he became familiar with everybody
whom he saw frequently, buthe distinguish
ed his master, was restless in his absence,
and happy in his presence, acting almost
precisely as 4 favorite dog would act. But
his master was under the necessity Of being
absent for time, and the unfortunate wolf
was presented to the Menagerie du Rio
where he was incarcerated in den-he
who had ssaffections, passions. Most dis
consulate Of wolves was he, poor fellow! he
pined-he refused food-but the persever-
ing kindness OF his Keepers had its effect up
on his broken spirit, he became fond Of
them, and every body thought that his an-
cient attachment was obliterated. Eighteen
long months had elapsed since his impuson-
ment, when his old master came 10 see him.
The, first word uttered by the man who was
mingled in the crowd, had a magical effect.
The poor wolf instantly recognized him with
the most joyful demonstrations, and being
set at liberty, fawned upon his old friend and
carrcssed him in the most affecting manner.
We wish we could end the story here; but
our wolf was again shut up, and another sep
araiion brought with It sadness and sorrow.
A-dog was given him as companion; three
years ha6 elapsed since he had lost sight Of
the object of his early alteration, time had
done much to soothe him, and his chum and
he lived haprily iogether-whcn the old
master came again.
The ssonce familiar wordo was uttered
the impatient cres of the faithful creature,
and his eagerness to get to his master, went
to The hearts Of all, and when he was let oue
of his cage rushed to him, and with bls feet
on his shoulders, licked his face, redoubled
his cries of joy because he who had teen lost
was found, the eyes of bearded men who
stood by n,oistencd. His keepers, to whom
moment beisre ne was all fondness, now
endeavored to remove him; bat all the
woIf was then aroused Within him, and he
turned upon them with furious menaces.--
Again the time came when the feelings OF
this unhappy animal were to be sharply tried.
A third separation was effected. The gloom
and sulleness ofthc wolf wereo a more deep
complexion, and his refusal Of food more
stubborn; so that his life appeared to be in
danger. His health, indeed, if health Il
could be called, slowly returned, but he was
morose and misanthropic, and though the
fond wretch endured the caresses Of his
keepers, he became savage and dangerous
to all.others who approached him. Here
was a noble temper ruined.
The Rodney telegraph., 1839-09-11

lrDrA CorroN.-It appears by report Of
the Committee Of Commerce and Agricul-
ture, read at the anniversary Of the Asiatic
Society in London, short time since, that
great attention has lately been given to the
subject Of improving the quality Of the cot
ton in the British East ludia possession.
Many details Of the efforts of individuals to
introduce improvements, whether successful
or not, have been collected and arranged
with view to investigate the causes Of sue
cess or failure. Accounts Of the most aP-
proved modes Of culture in America have
been imported from Georgia sorthe purpose
Of being analyxed--and the committee con-
fidently look Stwsrd 10 the tims when they
will be able % place within the reach Of the
practical agricultural, such information az
shalt enable hiuss 10 gfow cotton ~ andia
Fequal 10 tlnt Of any part Of the world.
rBosson Iev. Josr.
The Rodney telegraph., 1839-09-11

I never cali that gentle name,
My mother! but am again
Fen as child: the very same
That prattled at thy knee: and fsin
Would forget, in momentary joy,
That no more can be thy happy boy
Thine artless hoy, to whom thy smile
Was sunshine, and thy frown sad night,
Though rare that frown and brief the while
{ 1t yelled me from thy loving light,)
For Welcomed task, ambitions highest bliss,
To win from thy approving lips a kiss.
I've lived through foreign lands to roam,
And gazed on many. classic scene,
But Oft the thought of that dear home,
Which once was ours, would intervene,
And bid me close again my languid eye.
To think Of thee, and those sweet days gone by.
That pleasant home of fruits and flowers,
when, by the Hudson's verdant side,
NV sisters wove their jasmine bowers;
And he we loved, at eycntide
Would hastening come, from distant toll, to bless
Thine and his children's happiness!
Those scenes are ned; the rafting car
-O'er Aint-paved streets profanes the spot,
Where o'er the sod we sowed "the Stnr
OF Bethlehem, and "Forget-me-not;''
o, wo to Mammon's desolating reign,
We meier shall find on earth home again.
I've pored o'er many yellow page
OF ancient wisdom, and have won,
Perchance, scholars name; yet sage
Or poet ne'cr have taught thy son
Lessons so pure, SO fraught with holy truth,
AS those his mothers faith shed DER his youth.
If e'er, through grace, my God shall own
The offerings ofmy lifc-and love,
Methinks, when bending close before his throne
| Amid the ransomed hosts above,
Thy name on my rejoicing lips shall be,
And will bless that grace for heaven and thee
For thee and heaven: for thou didst tread
The way that leads to that blest land;
My often yward footsteps
BY thy kind words and patient hand; -
And when wandered far, thy faithful call
Restored my soul from sims deccitfnl thrall.
lhave been blest with other ties,
Fond ties and true, yet mover deem
That the less thy fondness prize;
/ No, mother! in the warmest dream
/ Unanswered passion, through this heart of mine
One chord will vibrate to no name but thine!
Mother! thy name is widow; well
/ know no love of mine can fill
The waste place of thy heart, nor dwell
Within one secret recess, still
, Lean on the faithful bosom of thy son,
My parent.-thou art more-my ONLY one.
The Rodney telegraph., 1839-09-11
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The Rodney telegraph., 1839-09-11
THE RA1N-DRoP.


BY MISS rARDoE.
There was bright and a SUNNY sky
Spread Ger laughing land,
But one small vapor was floating by,
Where the wild wave kissed the strand;
And as it passed DER the ocean swell,
A rain-dlrop from the dark cloud fell.
"Alas!" the limpid moisture sighed,
As it clave the yielding air;
Sand must perish in that salt tide,
And die unregarded there!
Hard is my fate to be thus riven
Frommy glorious place mid the blue Of heaven!n
Down, down it fell but ere the tide
Touched the bright sand of the shore,
An oyster that thirsted, opened vide
Its pearl-encrusted door;
And, by tie soft breathing of the air,
The limpid drop was waited there.
Time passed-and then fisher came,
And from that oyster drew
A precious prize, whoss. wondrous fame
Through many region few;
The rain-drop hadbecome gem,
To deck monarch's diadem! q
ga correspondent of Waldis's Library
says the foregoing stanzas are plagiarism, and
stolen from the following:
| "a little particle of rain,
| That from passing cloud descended,
Was heard thus idly to exclaim-
sMy brief existence now is ended;
Outcast alike Of earth and sky,
Useless to live, unknown to die.'
sIt cbanced to fan into the sea,
i And there an open shell received it;
In after years how rich was he
Who from III prison-house relieved it:
| The drop o. rain bad formed = gem,
i To deck Z mopifcht diaden.',
i We think It much more proheble that tho II
latter ptansns are stolen hom Min Pardoe. A
for their being a1repaal letion OF ! Persian fabI
- think that smiuently Jatuless.
Tbs beauty of decay =.
: 81 HzSzo ~ s44%
The Rodney telegraph., 1839-09-11
|THE RODNEY rELEcRAPH.

u III " 4Xl MS l&MWWNMo
Al FIVE DOLLARS per year, IN advance, or
Az at the expiration of the year.
NJ No paper discontinued until all arrenra-
ges Are paid. unless at the option Of the editor.
The Rodney telegraph., 1839-09-11
TO NIX MOTHER.

NJ REv. aEoRss SKrnurr, 1nfIApELPnlA.
My mother! nauhood's anxious brow
And sterner cares have long bean mine,
Yet turn fondly to thee now,
As when, upon thy bosom's shrine,
My infant griefs were hushed to rest,
And thy low whispered prayers my siumberI
blest.
The Rodney telegraph., 1839-09-11

ed BY them in Ignorance; their thoughts tend
to naught but the sale of their fellow-crea-
ltures. They pay no attention whatever to
Iagriculture, and those who have sorry bed
formed Of some pieces of wood (which is
called aucarel, or can afford todrlnk bouza,
are envied by their fellows, who come al
night to rob them, the inhabitaots Of the in
terror committing outrages on those who
dwell on the borders Of the Nile. Those
latter believed that the arrival Of his High
ness would be favorable to their desire o
vengeance, and they looked to Ahmet Pasha
declaring thatthey wished to engage will
their enemies. The Governor General, a
| ware of the pious intentions Of his Highness
| who was unwilling to shed blood, proceede,
towards the Gebel Tag, md affers havin!
examined the dispositions Of the natives
saw that furious and cruel engagemeu
Iwouid b. the rcsult. He therefore though
slit best to ordes. the retreat Of his troops, So
sl 4hey feeling their sslf.!ove wounded BY III
ataitudeof the negroes, begged his ExceIler
~ to allow tlhom 70 give little lesson =
Ahmel Raehs then suthovizeda 1 chief of ba
tsilion % attack tlIein; upon Which That olIIce
Iaxacked Mount Bskril, ! dependency & Il
4GabeT leg, and captured t4l individual
men, wosaen, and children, Together vii
isll their cattle.
The Rodney telegraph., 1839-09-11

7Dr. Hagan Of tne v1cKsbu1g SEEMING! e
anS1pnd. to the extension Of grace provided
1pr in ~ 9fh rule, and says he does not in
.erd - ws;f the LIST of October to put il
- n,ac,;ce Efenubacribers to the Senti-
rel - N Mississippi. 20 do not pay up by the
~. &c l,,a,.st. w;3 be stricken from the
The Port Gibson Ceuespondent takes
exception to the 6th rule 0Qly, and makes
The, first Of April, 164O, the TINS
The Rodney telegraph., 1839-09-11

menfS OF the engineers, that great part OF
the work would require mechanics, it was
found expedic1tt to add 500 families 10 The
ia 900 of Faznglon, to form the primitive
population of the new cily Mehcmet Ali.--
| Il wns also ordered thafth reports Of the
,epaipeers should hencefonh be issued in the
Cd6o Journal. 8
/ The mountains md vallies Of Nigritia a.
bound in all kinds Of curious k6n1mals.- -
There are birds with four wings, md others
Of every shade Of color. Vegetation offers
the vine and Wild fig-tree, from the branches
Of which the birds, with their various melo.
dious warbllng, cheer and entertain the tray.
ellcr. Vegetation Is surprisingly abundant
and prolific . single grain Of seed generally
-tnultipIies from fifty to sixty fold.
T Cultivation Is carried on. 1T Dongolah By
1 Imeansof small instruments, such as' pick
lakes, SC; but higher up, even those ar. !
unknown, the only utensil being = sfnal
pointed stick which serves to make hole
Iin the earth for tho reception Of the seed.
!. The doura and cessop grow with extraoftlina
rrsapidity, and the plant Of the latter exceed
Eiix tn heiRhto of q man, aslonishe5 connois
, ts11rs fofi1 E2yp, notwilhsiahding tie car
& besiowed Oh the cujtivation u This shrub,
!. Iis sar from thriving as ID Nigtitla, where
Iis evident hist the plantations viii psoduc
!. a excellent result. - 9 !
81 Notwithstanding % many gin q nasur,
! | strange 70 say, tbess people have 1fons q
!. creation Of our falter Adam reuuained in
/ sfate Of isNctioiI. This misfortune q own
10 the circumstances that no person has evs
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-16
MISSISSIPPI SENATOR.

We nave never known any man TO betray greater
deslilulon ofpoliIical principle Than ROBBED J. Walk
er, Que oil the T. 5. Senators from the State OF MIS-
slssipp When Gen. Jackson removed the depos-
ties from the L. $. Bank he was Que Of the most
loud mouthed and vocltrous dcnouncrrs Of thai
measure, and actually wrote TO Judge Black. then
in the u. $. Senate, urging him TO "go on" in his
opposition 10 tint measure-and yet he afterwards
was in a,or oil expungng from the Senate journal the
resolutions BY which that of usurpaton aud des.
potsm was condemned And now, while election.
eerng for election 10 the Senate he declares, in
a late letter TO the people oiihat Safe, thai he is
"dgdinst The phoie paper system against il, de-
suucilye 10 morals, dangerous to the liberties and
rninous TO the interest Of the American people
in the teeth of his own declaration. on The noor oil
the Senaie III 1897, when he exclaimed God save
us from the igtd rsionary rp'Hnas and Impractical
Bile scheme The Senator from Missouri, for an "a
ctuSire Gold and Siirer currepcyt' II We arc TO
have neither paper nor a metallic currency. will
this sagacIous and firm Eek Senator tell us what
Kind II a currency We are 10 have Anew To fall
back upon the system of barIer,ng pigs for poaty.
or are 10 send TO Africa for cowdries, or adopt
the Texas fashion OF valuing COW al so much per
"'"o ""u Gail al nan price, ana conVefto our tattle
into Circulating medium? But il Mr.. Walkers
position be absurd, the motive whic has induced
these frequent and thorough rcnolutions OF se.tl.
ment must be both criminal and slavsh. II proves
him 10 be the minion and tool Of Executive power
'boughtnp unqueslionably and, il mol yet paid
for, hereaf,e to receive the reward of his selvilty.
Cat IT be possible that the people Of VI mississippi will
prefer this supple instrument TO The stern and in.
flexible Prentiss We cannot believe il.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-16
VERMONT ELECTION.

We lave not yet received full returns from
.iis State. But from the accounts received, it APP
pears that Silas Jennison (Whg) is ,e-elecied Go
vernon, by majority OF between . and 1000, and
that there Wing majority OF 90 or % in the State
Legislature.
The Wing majority has been somewhat reduced
since last year This reduction, we suppose, will
be accounted FOR blythe allegation thu. the Wings are
Abolitionisrs. and that the people Of Vermont
deadly hostile TO the Fanatics What thinks the
Richmond Enqurer of this explanation
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-16

o. The Richmond Enquirer says,'at while the
''Democrd2'' was published In this place. we were
held in check. If we were, wo didn't know,i' we
had with that paper. and cared very l"''o
what said, after it attempted. by gross pevenoo
of our meaning, to make il appear ha, we had been
gully of stating falschood. We did not at
tempt to expose this perversion. although We were
well aware Of the chucking which ii created m GER
tain coteries. We knew that our friends understood
our position; and We were quite indifferent TO the
opinions of those who either deceived by such
tick, who were very willing not TO detect IT, We
then pursued 1.-THE even II nor OF our way" as We
have done since its liRh, became exnnci-we shall
do SO hereafter. even though some Pfomethean
shall iekindle that some other lght
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-16

~ The Globe dubs us a blue light FedrrAs,"
which shows that il uses words regardless OF their
ST MITIGATION. An The blue light misunderstanding
who acquired that appellaon by their amos, 'rai-
torous opposition to the last WARFARE TO be found.
under the standard Of Marin Van Bureo, the ardent
supporter ofthe candidate OF the Peace Party Tor
the Presidency. against James Madison, the author
of the Report Of 90, and the leader OF the Republi-
can party iii the close Of The War Of 1872 FEEDER
as,s of all huss, i, nigh, naturally be expected
would be { und under the Van Buren, flag, were il
not tia, the ultra Fe icralsm Of his measures is too
rank for the homes, portion of them: blue light
[1acrnLsLs' find In linn conreninl srlrl
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-16
STANTON COMMUNICATIONS. DE-

sIAuNroN CoNvENTloN-4iaiti De
iegafes
bransnick.-Col. John Tucker d. J. C1,ihotnr
ID. w Leigh and Fred w. Grecn-AIternates
chapman johnson. Thomas J. Niche, Robert s
Brooke and John l.. Wilkins, Jr
Pendfefon-Thomas Jones and Maj A. L. Hall
Ahefnales, Zebaon Dyer, J. b. Campbell
rom The staun,on Spectator, of the io,h inst.
we copy the following paragraph:
The Wing Convention which il 10 assn,,hl. l.,
o'annlon on the 25h Of this month hid. TAI, In h.
one OF the largest political meetings of the Lind
ma has probably ever been held in The STATE. Al
ready VI have heard Of The appou,mea' OF delegate.
from upwards OF seventy counties, and the
taon designated Tor each is double The number of
the representatives in the House OF Delegates these
alone would give large number But no doubt
there are appointments that have not yet heard Of
and thai many more will be made at the Courts in
THIS month.-Wth scarcely an exception; alleinates
nave been chosen. so that where appointments are
male, iull representation may be calculated on.
w hal Is SILL more cheering, We have observed
inc wings oil the State arc operated on by one feel
ne-a desire TO do every thing their po~c, In pro.
mote the union and harmony Of the party.-Com.
ing together III this spirit, the happest results are TO
be anticipated from their iabors and We look for
ward 10 their meeting with tho most lively pleasure,
assured that twill rebound To the good Of our causu
anu The welfare OF the country"
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-16

~ The Richmond Enquirer seems 10 be almost
MS much rcjoced II, the prospect oftha establishment
OF " DcmoerGt,c newspaper IN this place. was,
some wears ago, when the Nrgnan in whom il cx-
pected, We suppose. 10 fluid g" rassai," was com
mencrd. The good opinion OF the Enquirer "a to us
matter Of very little importance but when Il thinks
proper TO speak OF "sly misrepresentation and
insdious sophstries, il is incumbent on US to tell
- that it ccnsurcs in the very vices Tor which the
public judgmen, has long since pronounced Il I'M
approached and unapproaehable,by any contemporary
journal. For "sly INTERPRETATIONS, look, Tor
example, nj its emascuaied account OF the ,eccp-
non of Mr.. Clay ut the Fauqoiet Springs and for
which it is so kccnly and justly castigaed by the
Wmrcnton Tmes-Look, also, at the sly mode
IN which. when, if not satisfied of the lasily Of
charge against political opponent, il is not so
thoroughly convinced of lis Truth ~ to justify an
ediforiai comment 1t copies this charge from less
s"rupulous but more daring ally, aud gives II cur
rerc, among its readers And as FOR its "nsldous so
nhs,,e. aye they not cb,onieled upon every page
of its files from the fourth day Of May. 1904. even
down to this present wiring Physician. heal
th,self! Take the beam OIL af thine own eye be-
fore thou exposes, the mote INA, IS IN Thy neigh
boris eye.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-16

abolition and Democracy are one ''-1fths nne-
quvocal avowa of the Bay State Democrat 4 Of The
odore Sedgwick, the Van Buren, candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor Of Massach usetts, be doubted, The
following paragraph from the "EMANClPATOR,"
which appeared on the Of the Rhode Island e.
lection, ought TO be sufficient satisfy tie
creduous:
The election for mcnibes Of Congress Is To
take place in Rhode Island next week. Among the
candidates find the name OF one ,rue-heared and
upright Abolnlonst, THOMAS w. Dom, Esq Of
Providence The other candidates ne know 10th
ing Of in particular only that they have nt,ei given
evidence that they in favor CT The immediate
abolition of slavery. Here then, is an opportunity
10 Test the results OF the lae National Convention.
There are AbolitlGnis., enough in Rhode Island 10
insure Mr.. DORIS election. Should he be chosen,
i will be seen tha, abolition has turned the scale.
II will be sern too, that The grand leading reson-
which Aboonisis are prepared to puIsue,fresiee
tive Of party predictions. We earnestly hope TO
see practica al demonstration on The subJeci, Why
should not Mr.. Dorr be elected 7"
b the way, why has not the Richmond Enquirer
informed its readers that Thomas w. Dor. the
Van Buren, candidate for Congress IN Rhode Is
land, whose defeat regrets, is "a hea'ted and
Upright Abolltionist = Ii this is a not sly mis-
representation" il sawltu suppression ii the truth
and moraliss tell us that here not pins ponl
difference between the suppressio reri and the or
presto faisi.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-16
THE RAIL ROAD.

II is stated, both in the Knoxville Times and Hi
wassee Patriot, that application will be made to the
next Legislature Of Tennessee for extending the
charter Of the Hwassee Rail Road, which is now
in process of construction from the Georgia line 'o
Knoxville, from The latter point TO the Virginia line,
and for Banking privileges enable the Company
to complete their work. Should this application be
successful The inducements to the construction OF
the Virginia portion OF the great line, which Will
connect Richmond by cannal and railroad COM
munication, with most OF the important commercial
towns of Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and
South Alabama. will be doubly powerful. For II,
a(,ei the completion OF that Road a stem should be
made from Abingdon to connect with it, II is ap-
parent that w shall drive from the Eastern section
of our own State the trade Of the IVES. and force
il into another and distant channel. The trade OF
our Southwestern counties, instead OF seeking its
natural outlet, by the James River, will 60 through
Georgia to Charleston or Savannah. Is not tins
fact SUFFICIENT to arouse us to action Has Rich
,rond no interest in this matter, as well as Lynch
burg
We confess that this question is surrounded
by difficulties. The pressure on the money mar
ket, both at home and abroad, threatens even the
Suspension OF works already commenced anu III pro-
gress. Can We, them hope that the State will I'M
derake a new line Of improvement, so great IN ex-
tent and cost, even though the certainty OF tch
remuneration be indsputable And II she VIII
consent TO do so, Of what value viii c that consent
without theIe IS also some possibility Of raising the
money upon the credi. of her bonds II is true,
that, before next winter there may be an suspicious
change in the condition of the money market; but,
for one we believe that the causes Of the existing
pressure deeply seated to justify expecta-
ton that it will so soon cease TO exist. We hope,
however, that subsequent events may show the ia'-
lacv OF this opinion, and that the state of things next
winter may justify the Legislature in embarking,
with proper spirit, in this most important work.
o. The Charlottesville Jeffersonian OF the 18th
inst has a long account of the proceeding at the
Public Dinner given TO William c. Rves' Esq. on
the 7Ih, at Louisa court house. Speeches were de-
livcred by Mr. Riyes, John NJ. Patton, Esq and Sen
ator Fonaine, and letters rRad from other IN
vited guests, James Garland, Wm NJ Feyton, James
Barbour and Barrett G. Payne We 5ha'i publish
the lcttsi,, 6r. in our nea
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-16

MICHIGAN.-The Wing Convention in this
State has nominated William Woodbridge rs the
Wing candidate for next Governor, and J. w. Cor
don as Lieulenan, Governor. 1t also appointed Del
egates to the Harrisburg National Convention, ex-
pressing lis decided preference for Henry Clay
the first choice of the Wings Of that Stale.