The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-05-16
A CURIOUS CURIOSITY.

A CURIOUS CURIOSITY.
We we're presented day or two since,
by VIM. Webb, Esq, Of this county with
the greatest natural curiosity that our eyes
e'er beheld, ears heard of, or brains thought
/ Of The messenger that brought 1t was
STOPPED at every door along the street, and
after he had arrived AZ the place OF deposit
we had visits from aristocrat and peasant,
/ from child aud adult, from homespun and
satin, 10 see the mammoth of all monsters,
I who stood with their mnaihs Stretched
f from ear 10 car, as ifthey had come on an
express 10 swallow our pretty innocence. (
/ Then came the little maids with: Miss
Michel, miss say please send her your
Tarnin," ill little coo,er had been handled
by nearly all the lily white hands OF the
village. We suppose now reader, the Gu
rious, has excited your curiosity to know
what il is, and we will now tell you with
the nroyiso that YOU will remember that
we are no Mllerlte and that this is no sight
seen in clouds but on earth: Ii is reader,
( now be on YOUR guard, prepare for the
shock, trace your fainting faculties and
read little Terapin with TWO HEADS
+ If this don't beat all the three headed
calves, twin brothers, six legged chickens,
. &C., then wen agree 10 lei our pen swell
ter, our arm chair dust and moss over, our
press rust aud decay, and We SIT on some
, cellar door and chew sugar.eanc for Nv
ing. With what pleasure and pride can
: the tender.hearted members of the last
legislature turn, in future days to our
& Terapiu, and amid the burst Of applause
, and shouts Of victory, exclaim Il" See fell
: low citizens, SEE what protection has
a done for North Carolina!
/ We have concluded, as we have been
asked by so many for it, TO present our
), Terapin TO the young lady that viii com
pose the best stanzas OH the fishermen
, perplcxiiy.-OIford Mercury.
" Talking 10 Buncombe. We find in the
n New York Plebeian the following exposi
! ton Of the meaoing Of the phrase at the
"a head of this article. We merely premis'
90 that Buncombe county Is IN the extrcm'
:, west OF The Carollnas, among the Blu
- Ridge mountains. few years ago,
!, raw country attorney came to Congress
o. from that region, and began speech on'
a morning before the house assembled
= Rising solemuly " in his place" he ,urnes
= toward the colored man who was sweeping
:, around the Speakers chair" Mr.. Speak
err said he, render unto Caesar the
!, things that are Casar's, and ga,o Mrs
i Cesar the things that are hers; for mar
are a man all over the world, and hog
., are hog. Sir, I'm opposed 10 that thai
4 bil-i's a transparency to alternate th'
e con-s'y.t u-sly.on, Mr.. Speaker, G ID d.
q you" The negro dropped his broom anc
stared around the hall, and then at the ora
/. tor; firmly persuaded that the man wa
n crazy, no yentured to demonstrate -"
- ink massa's outer order, pom dc 'coun
= dar's nobody here 'cep, me, and Jim what
outside" The orator raised bis hand pc
remptorily-" sh-sh, Niger, In TALK
: ING 10 BUHcoXBE"
:, :. AT the age Of 10, George Washington
copied into q sort Of memorandum bool
:. which lie then kept, set oi rules for be
;, hGrior, the influence Of which seems clear
: " discernibIe, upon the whole of his Illus
trious life. One OF the most striking nnC
- useful was,--" never, in the presence o.
others, 10 do any act which might seem L
imply a slight, or disregard Of them: bu
10 accompany every movement with ges
ture OF look ofcourtesy and respect, at leas
50 as to show mindiuIness that others arc
r.. present." Sec these admirable rules il
ST, Sparks Life Of Washington.
o They ough, 10 be read by all who, in :
T. s,aae-coach, place their feet upon sea-
ot on which a fellow passenger is sltting-by
f. all who smoke in n slage-coach, or oihel
N. confined place where other persons are
m by all who Indicate contempt for one nea
them, by hummiug tune, or other un
courteous noise-In short, by all the yul
~ gar or rude people, who think their fret
ol- carriage is blunt honesty, when in truth i
to is only mean selfshness. For true pc
I'm likeness is nothing but constant though
tic for the ease and comfort Of others; o
"a. course impoliteness is nothing but a con
he slant thought Of our own ease and comfort
he Southern Literary Messenger.
ul-
pi- DIR. CHASNtNC, IN one oil his latest nd
he dresses, says, with as much beauty as force
nd " that The grand end OF society is to plac
OF within the reach Of all its members tn
ks means Of improvement, Of elevation, Q
to the true happiness of man. There is
y, higher duty than to build an aImshousc 70
go the poor, and that is, to save men from be
to ing degraded IN the bIighting influences Q
re- an almshousc. Man has right to some
is thing more than bread to keep him fror
er' starving. lie has right to the aids an
lies encouragements and culture by whic
oshs may fulfil the destiny Of man an
20 Until society is brought to recognise an
'lll-l resefence lhs, it viii continue to groa
srt rljdt6i resent miserics."
al sowelI, Massachusetts, Mills, ar
GO Tug fine cloths and cassimere
| S' s''' iss 500 the gF''d' and equal