The North-Carolina standard., 1849-08-15
OWED TO THE PRESIDENT.

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- o. Central Zach lone really would supposcga yd4
rfla You ideem'd your Mexican array. ,o.IC7-
You break 'em down, as they were wicked foes s7si
- In such very rough and ready way - - ~
But gen 'ral mind you, if you to be- -s -ts'
.as Your g countrys father, common sense alleges
- You must be true--no Christian sire is he El
Ia Who wantony neglects his g little pledgesI" s.ii
You're good soldier, Gen 'ra--all admit it, 0ls.z
Not cen whig will now affect to doubt it., -.a &
- But for statesman you exactly hit it p +, ..f.lf
as When you remarxd that you knew nought about t.
1t may he Gen'ral that your meanings well-ai ais.
-. Perhaps you gre second Washington ''--ep
But then faith, you have need to tell ,-f a.
s-1 X oure not, by any means, an 6 ultIa one ..
-.,r 3 10 g.f oi s.,sH b ,ira Boston POsf.
BIDE YouR TIME Every man must patiently
bide his time. He must wait More particularly
in lands like my native land where the pulse of life
beats with feVerish and impatient throbs, the les
son needful. Our national character wants the Dig
nifty of repose. We seem to live in the midst of a
battle, there is such din-snch hurrying to and
fro. In the streets Of crowded city il is difficult
to walk slowly; you feel the rushing of the crowd.
and rush with il onward In the press of our life it
is difficult to be calm. In this press of wind and
tide all professions seem to drag their anchors, and
are swept out into the nlain The present says,
Come! But voices of the past say, Wait! With
calm and solemn footsteps the rising tide bears against
the rushing torrent of the stream, and pushes back
the hurrying waters. With less certainty, does
great mind bear up against public opinion and push
back the hurrying stream Therefore, should every
man WalLShoulQ Df0e MS tlme Nor III l1StleSS idle
nessnot in useless pastimenot in querulous dejee-
ton but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, al
ways willing and fulfilling, and accomplishing his
task, that, when the occasion comes, he may be
equal to the occasion. And if it never come what
matters it to the world whether or YOU or any 9TH
er man did such deed, or wrote such book, SO be
it the deed and the book were done - 7lt Iaia p
ltis the part Of indiscreet and troublesome am
bition to care too much about fame-about what the
world says of us to be always looking into the face
Of others for approval to be always anxious for the
effect of whatwe do say to be always shouting to
hear the echo of our voices! If you look about you
you will see who are wearing life away in fe-
verish anxiety Of fame and the last we shall hear of
them Will be the funeral bell that tolls them to their
early graves! Unhappy are men and unsuccessfII.
because their purpose is not to accomplish well thsf
task but to clutch the trick and fantasy of fame 80
and they 60 to their graves with purposes uuaccom-
plished, and wishes unfulilled. Better for tf,em
and for the world in their example, had they known
how to wait! Believe me-, the talent of success is
nothing more than doing what you can do we'll and
doing we'll whatever you do-without thought of
fame. If it at all; will come because it is
not sou ght after and moreover there will be no more
misgivihgs-no disappointment- hasty, feverish,
exhaustihg excitement. | LongfelOsO's Hyperion.
haFIRsT METHODIST MEETING HoUsE. book on
" Church Architecture" recently published in Lon
den contains the following interesting notice Of the