Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-11-19
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Mature is very respectable young person, and
deserves puff saith Mrs Partington and We .
gree in opinion with that sage and erudite matron
Nature eertanly deserves a. FIRST rate notice. and
we are only surprised that her Summer prime
and her Autumn gorgeou.ness have been allowed to
pass her away-hef charms to wane and wither, and
her face to become drear and desolate, without at
tracing the attention. employing the pens Of our
enterprsing and romantic cotemporaries 1t is said
that during great battle between the Romans and
Carthagenians, Thrasymene, we believe, an earth
quake shook the ground, unnoticed by either army
occupied they in the pleasing recreation of
killing each other It may be, that the excitement
of the Presidential canvass has been equally engross-
ing and prevented the usual crop of autumna arti-
| cles in which the fall of the leaf would have been
likened unto mans decay, and the cold and frosts of
winter to death and the tomb, with the advantage
4 on behalf of Nature, that Spring will soon come
again, and the leaf burst, and the bud bloom into
] the blossom: while the grave knows no Spring on
earth--no blossoming. save in etern ty.
Verify, the harvest this year has been bourtiful
beyond precedent and plenty has crowned the labors
of the husbandrnan; but the harvest of death has
been still more abundant. and richer crop has fallen
before the sickle of the dread great and
the mighty have been stricken down. and the names
| Of Clay. a Webster, and Wellington have been
added to the list of the mighty dead, and live but
ON the page Of history OF in the recollection of their
grateful countrymen while many an humber hearth
has been desoated, and the eye of the bereaved pa
rent will fill with moisture the innocent prattle of
infancy brings to mind some loved ard los, one whose
little strong embrace can be theirs more for
ever: or the widower in his darkeped home, will
seek in vain to find that glance of love which made
sunlight and then turn him to the cold occupations
of life motiveess and detected. yet hiding his feel
ing in his own bosom as things too sacred for the
vulgar gaze; again, fancy may picture the lone
widow in her solitude, bearing up with that fortitude
which is among woman's noblest attributes yet re-
minded, at every turn, of her bereavement some
| Slight attention some casual glance of love from
husband to his wife, may bring again to her mind. all
that she has lost-the hand that should have sustain
ed and encouraged her-the eye that should have
.bcamcd upon her with affection. and the heart upon
which she could have reposed with confidence in all
the trials of life Then will the unbidden tear start
and the utterance grow thick with emotion.
+ These--all these, and much more have been among
the doings of death in 1859 And the same has
+
tnuo as long as it exists Let then mourn not
for The dead but for the living. The earth is ore
great grave yard, and in many land every clod of
dust has been part Of human being.
very jolly. gay. joyous world isn't it! Profta-
BILE. certainly since mediate among the tombs
and meet death at every turn
"SoME TArER." -James Dickson, Esq: of Dup!in
County, sent sweet potatoe, a few days since,
that weighed, when taken from the ground twelve
pounds. In his note accompanying the regeta9e. he
says that it is intended for Thanksgiving day. We
shall obey orders and have it served that day,
with that large turkey have been promised by
some else for the same occasion. Bea, that pc.
tatoe if you can, the world over. 49,.
Il HP Gov. Reid has issued his proclamation calling
upon the Democratic Electors Of this State to meet
at Raleigh on the first Monday in December next
to form electoral college and to cast their vote.
for President and Vice President of the United
i States.
Bea~ The vote of North Carolina for President and
Vice President is given officially in the Standard
the 18th inst
Pierce & King. SCOTT & Graham
i 1914 39,O58
i 3905S
Mai for Pierce & King CSC
/, The tabular statement of the vote of North Caro-.
lima will be found in another column.
AccEprED.-Georse F. Comstock has accepted the
appointment of Solicitor of the U. S. Treasury vice
Clark, deceased.
DELAWARE The lates, accounts from this State
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