North Carolina Newspapers

v A. C. WILlIAMSON, Iedito.. "lis U Got), fo Uojeoiwfirij, is jjour Dnfij." I. J. IIULIUn.X'LBUSHKU. CHARLOTTE, HXT. O-, DECEMBER 0, 1852. rr . HOLTON & WILLIAMSON, ruoriuETOits. TKUMS: Th North-Carolina Wh'ur will be afforded to ubacribir. ut TW( IHII.I.AKS in ad-ance, or im iiill.I.VHS AM) FIFTY fKNTS if im. mrnl he delayed I'.ir three uiuntlia, nii TURKU for twenty-five luilc away into the dim dis DDI.T.AK.S at the end of llio year. . tunce, until it is terminated by the South Alvi rii i I inserted at One Dullnr pcr,ao,uare LL'ubr ur c.', for advertiser Uf L- ...... A.U-..rf ..t. .... rln I1IIIII1I1IT Df . . . .. . quarterly. . ti per a.uire wr run - 1I,U1ly M ccU r .,UUr,- G,r each tunc. , 3T All I-Hera relative to the Kditori.l IT"'- mein mum ue uireeu o io in. r..,.,r. .. , .- l.d to the PuMiaher. Ail lettcra muat he poat.pa.d , -r rti niN 1 in i.j joa ora. cw. .i m ... en fa Job tfprk. O.C., mual ba lii.T- . or they will not bo attended to. JT Paymrnti can be made to either. J r foMinaatcra are authoriied lo aet aa amenta. 2: TEMPKRANC'E ODB. r? tt . Am. " the 'I routxtavur." f tjfrt. from the irnrVlifff nil, Wuid-.uf ihrotiirh lie Tnlr, Caity buniiinjr onward till, Krorn th? imuntii3 dulr, SmiliDj health i m ech wive, I li f f every heart ; rmi.t the d.'uctkorde douni 'twill stif, Tcac r,d jwjr tMpart. Who vrou!t mnke hit home ft vaatc Wba fend h arU tiuld brrak XV hn would live end Jtr ii;reccd, K ir tlie win ruti'fl dk ' Wl.fl would rum votith t.nd fcine. Who wnuld ftnJ despair Wlii would -H rtrfnul hme llo mil find it thrrc. Iih l.f cwr?d bow!, ruin lurk Vithiu, VM,Tiri(f rlmrine round the toul, I'tf wr trht dn ni in Dnnk oh! drink the cooling trm, A it puthf-e Irer !f-i!lhau4 trrrrjth around Will beam, iVarc and hai mon j ! K.illy I'li n a rMMy 4e your baniirf hrtjjht -H"rt lit tteart, and Hkud in hand. Onward lo t!ie fifht t'inififf the &rman On ward M re h I num nikca u vif'Mig, Victory, moil n'tiry, 4'ruKiii ih" hrjieftionc 'Mliscfllaiuous. VIKW OF THK TAPLE ROPK, IN' lil'KKK Ctil'MV, N. C. At a quarter before 7 o'clock, A. M., Oct. 'd, our small party left the Piedmont Springs on hor-chiick, for the purpose of vi-itina this eral wonder in pnturu. After proceeding a f.-w hundred yard we cros I'ppur Creek, a large pellurid Hream, which ruhes rapidly over numerous rocks, roanr.g defiance as it ! The sc nery, mirrored by the moun-; tain -rrrent, is siirpts.ingly fine. From its very brink immense bills, clad and crowned with lofty pines, loom up almost perj.cudicu- larly, while the laurel and thu ivy are pcrpet- ually hathini tin ir ever-green leaves in the limpid waters below. U.it what minature river is this whi' h we art now approach'"" ! I: is the same t'ppcr Creek, to be sure, which winds al.out in ail l.r. i tion, crossing ourpatl. us many as seven ., ..1 ii. . liTii.-s in tue (.r.tieot iwo ami a nan nines, 'i. we (ro.iureauing our way iiirougu (iciisciy wooded forests, ever and anon aM-unding and descending hilla, so steep and high that wc are t--mpted to dirnify tbem with the appella tion f mountain; hut, sayi our guide, this is what we call the tlut-icouitt. And now, after haiii j pone seven miles, wc find ourselvc (lli huea or leu, tliia "lied type) lot mu nr.i inner. eH fr0UJ eiirtn to hy, ,u frlca Huinuilt re . I (.'. ..... 4'..- :..l. Ki.nlillUnhPK fnurtnil. . , . v . . . 1 , I 7 u .. posing iu aubuued buiis uuc. 1 in :uu Terturiiwiil uii.l ShintTa Sulca charged 35 per ... ... . .fn .--..:h erccn liu tht &iiT.car&nca of liavini tint. Ilivher i ano a ucUuCM'.nui jjj r vim. win rr - - - ri - r he mjile 1'ronl tllC r at the bae of the 1 able Mountain; another ,t wa, ascertained that the attraction of the weary mjl,. p this ridge will end our ride, rth Fob-, on the heads of the nails in our The way i narrow, cr xikcd, and precipitous, craft, had become too strong, and we had but do not be discouraged, for hundreds have to abandon the ship, to take to planks, and passed over it before us. spars, and life preservers, and make our At a quarter past 1(1 o'clock we arc almost utape as best we could ; and some poor fel within a stone's throw of the rock of rocks, 0Wl4 (, bad metal buttons on their trow and ready to commence (he ascent on foot. ,.r) or nails in the heels of their shoes, are From this point the view is utartling and mag- there now, if they have not been draw n nifiei i.t: a solid rock, In length about nine t,rou"h.' Jim replaced his pipe stem be hundred feet, towers above us to tho hight tweeti hia lips, and groaned heavily, for the of six hundred feet. Its color is a dingy f,ltc 0f his ahipmates. Giraffe, black, reh-ived with occasional ppota and streak of white, places sheltered from tho j " rain, and eonsequi-ntly destitute of moss.! TIIK 1JITI.R ISIITLN. G.-izins al this irrt-at rock in tho distance, we ' A few vears ai-o. a farmer who was noted likened it to a In.ary monarch, seated upon for his waggery, stopped at a tavern which justly bear the charge of ingratitude were bis verdant throne, crowned with an axuro h was in tho habit of stopping at, on his we to withhold a proper tribute of thanks diadem, nd overlooking his dominions way from li to Salem. The landlady giving to God. The year I s.V.' w ill long be fprcad far and wide around him; but as wo "row near ami siirvayoil the aw nil ir.mt, it appeared more like the wall of some huge ctle which, forages, had triumphantly with- Mood the engines of wnr and the rage of the "dements. A half hour's climbing brings us "P at the western end, the only way ot ac- 'f-s, . k heing pcrpciid.eubir, or nearly 1 be nniarcmcnt ol the landlady may well uinanccs win not avail as a meritorious means freedom from all restraint. A mca '". a all oilier poic'.. Some black mould be conceived when, on taking up her dinner, ground nf justification ; yet that p-oi 1c who sure of restraint is essential to the existence j ih- summit mil. ports a few sickly shrubs, ghu discovered the unpabitcable addition possess and search the scripture enjoy intich of civil liberty. No man has a right to do j ith le re and there a dwarf pine. With ll'i-sc alter. Ilorons sei ms to have ilea t cru- 'Hy; they bend towards the South with tnt fn-ully in fixing on the aggressor, and she. God's preserving care, uud his providential happiness of others. ur relations to God, n s-diliiry limb pointing northward, so fierce determined to be revenged. Aware that he goodness iu a most fruitful season ; but that and to our fellow-men, impose restraints up !'s been the blust. The rock is a few feet would stop on his return for a cold bite, the ' which above Hi things else combined should on uatunil liberty, and form us for the o- '"gtii r in some places than iu others, being 'dc ciioiich fur several persons to walk "r.-ast. jtho table, among other cold dishes, but so Rut we have no time to look lit the slick- , disguised that he did not know his old ae mg rocks which lie in piles around us, or to quaiiitance. r-ad thc rudely carved names over which we ; lie made a hearty meal, and washed it ;'lk; the distant prnpoct ei.grossea our at- dow n with a glass of gin. After paying his ""tion, and Hven makes us oblivious of our bill, hc asked the lady if she had a cat she toils. The ilay is bright ami serene, only a 1 could give him, for he was plagued almost f-w fleecy islands are floating iu the blue 1 to death with mice. She said she could not, ceau R,vu , hence wo may feast our vision , for she had lost hers. the utmost.. from our idi'viited Position e can see a portion of the counties of Rurkc, ''Idwcll, Wilkes, Al, aiieey, Buncombe, zander, W atauga Ashe, and McDowell in North Carolina, together with a small part of tho Stato of Tennessee. Turning our eyes to the South, the hills act-in to have been brought to a level with the valleys, and there is spread out before ua a- vast plain, smooth and greeu. Or per haps, it is more like a lovely lawn, e.v'-cuding -Mountain, w Inch like an emerald wall, reach- immense been mown in aolne places, tiie IlclUS ami roads . . . . - . - .. . . r.i.mrv ri..clilii n .1 n i...a n .. -1 ...v.l...n I 1... towu u Ulurganton, Mtuatcd in the mum ot j -.. uu f iUry culip t,0 ,hlt loosr-t .ri,...8aj e- - . ,fiuMMi lhlln r... U:I.. '7 . . .7 ... .. . . ... 1 1 lio Northern view is peculiarly rom.nuc. in tins direction wo couia see nouiing , uut, mountain towerinif above mountsin, each ap- , .. . . t;Jfll.m parently striving to riae ahovc his allows, uutil filially the JHack .yiouutain.wnose cuzzy OJI .U.IUII 1 uu. .w.i ""ln to the northwest, takes the p!m, being 6 176 feet high. There it stands in solemn grandeur, .tJ l l enjoying the enviable distinction of be.njr t he highest la.:d ,n . North -; "' 1 v.lle, the lilue I.idge, and the Ko.n, are all overtopped, w.deY the Janndfathcrwlook- cd dovn upon, the ilue l.idgc has !a , . , , ... shaie and crace than any of its compeers. .' , T . 3 . 1 '. . Here, for three Lours, we stand or ;t, en- . . ., ...f . . . , ... chanted with the Mill, but vat and majestic .... . . . 4 . panorama: intialiug t.ie cool nreetes, and; r . 1 r .t 1 ,! 1, isK-mni.' to the roar of the Linvi.le rails,! two miles on, as tac souna uirnus 111 nsrmony .. ' , 1 1 . with the tinkiinsr of distant bvlls. What a ,, . . ,' 1 11 it it it i 1 . jr. 1.111 any suoitiu inis dp eanv.i 1 clmc itoca ; J ... .1 .. :. 1 I L -ill will agree i.iai 11 rrsersiijies any oncr piece of household furniture as much aa it, does tl.-t from which it takes its name in.y be that some one who viritad this nie moroble rock in d iv of yore, on reaching the coal, wsiattacLed with din tac to which : goal al! lovera of mountain seent-ry are incident, vie. hunger, and tbe law of essociation brin iiic' to bis n.iod the good things with which tables arc o!t:-u burdened, the term Table j Kox-k naturclly nugfrrted itself to bim. And now time, which never fails to draw a curtiin betwixt us ud the nio't delightful earthly scenes, btdi us ttke a fairaell look . . ..... anJ tu'rn our fWs hon.es srd. U.it, before' e o, if it be not pr.-nmptive , let us inquire 1 f-.r v oat numose tl.it primte mount was rrec - :ted here ft affords no bountiful t 'no precious mct.'s. nor even ehrltrr to the 1 exposed traveller. Then what valuable er.d 'd-M-a itamwrr? IVrh.rs it r. as reared up by the hand ef Omnipotence as a type cf that cternl Itock upon which the Chur. h is built. Here it has stood in mute magnificence for thousand of yoara. Kefir sii:c the flood it has witnessed the blooming and the hlit: t ii.g of the flowers which have decked the sur- .t . . . I in ti.rtu .. i n i , it- .lijili.v t'.fr. eot. tatfc and the mansion have ari.en, and have e,ved tokens f hi pr-n.dent.al goodncs, fallen into ruins; and, in itsenwrous, a bun- ;,,r,nt'; cf"c 1 'frl.". down your dreJ geuer.t.ousof men have lived ...d died,.",v.M ,bt'rore ,lle M-1 ' J'""" ""- but this impregnable bulwark f ! r-..,.,us praise hii,.-praie ye the Ij.rd "Oh that without even the semblance oi deeav, u.mov-P"" the Lord for Ins goodijc,., ed by the t, n.pest., unscathed by the lici t, n- ',J f' r..b,s "a"!ul works to the ch.ldrci. r n.. n a c. ,....i ir... ; ,of men. I-IK1 "I VM.V.I, Ul..l..lll Ol 11. 1. 1 ..I ... I,.,l.., ...I i viiioill ii.c 1 io.i"is pi.u .i;os..e.s i.u-.eo, and who will retnsin wheu all sublunary things "shall wax old as doth a garment." A. ti. S. Crw'.U nf Li'rrly X C. POWKR OF ATTRACTION, jovial aet of fellow, freah from a four years' cruise, were sitting together, one - Kt-n nijrht, r j-i nu: :ig; miraculous yarns A number of very strange iticidcnts had iccn related, as hawui; actually occurred Twthiu (H0 experience of the relators ; and alter Pllch (,,.,! p,,! his talc, suve .me, who sat i. short pipe in bis mouth, the others accosted him ' come, Jim, you're a dry fel- ow five us a (rood vim .e . . ..- .. ,liiii c.irefuli'- wttm:; his upc bv tns side, sa. , ' n,ithiii" in my Ion., h'c, has ever occurred to excite any sti,h,nent or admiration, but once; and that time was, when on a cruise north, we had got ao far towards the North Fob-, that our vessel suddenly teas, d t sail ; and bv no means, within our power, could we iui her off. After looking around some time. had got the pot boiling for dinner and the cat w asinng washing her face in the comer. The traveller, thinking it would be a good joke, took off the pot lid, aud while the landlady was absent, put grimalkin into the pot with the potatoes, uud then pursued his journey to .alcni. which was made to it. Knowing well the disi. - itioii of her customer, she had no ilil- cat was carefully dressed. 'Ihe wag called, as was expected, and pussy was put upon " W bat! said he, "tion tyou Know wncre she is !" "Oh, yes, replied tne laudlady, ' you bare jut eaten it." Sermon on Thanksgiving Day. . . The following beautiful and appropriate " 11 sermon, was delivered in the Presbyterian field And then a-ain a, if all these were and the wisdoin and power of the reprtxen Church in this place, on tho last Thanks- not enough he wilj di.ect special attention tattle primipte. I put these two together giving Day, y.0th of November, bv the liev. to our "utitutiotyt. of every nature, which by reason of their close connection. Within Cyrus Johnston, and published at the reounst vyrusoouiiswn.anupuuiisiieu at the request of the Congregation. The Bible the great National Blessintr 'What advantage then hath the Jew, or what 1 ' nrnfll la titer,, nf i-ir,-ii. I 4....i. ... . " . . " ""j ji i.un.1, uvuuunc Wi.il UIIUI llll'lll wem riiiim.i I.. ' .. ' . ' ' ..w- In 1.I.0 pro-din; eharitcr. the npos de3iontFHtpd thai i pos&cssiou ut x: appointed sacraments and other ordiuaucos'. could not be relied upon as the procurin of iustification. Hence thu nuestion ahiK'er of tho uxt. 'Jhe Jews of old . , - "r,ul people pec u 11:11 iv i.ivuureu 01 oou. ri ,,i,t4.(us ,overt.iutv Uod may bestow 1 l,l.in.r, ,,', ., no t;,.,. ,.,! withhold them from others. 'The Jews were a people thus distinguished. Wo have an ...L-. ....... ".!..,:. :.. ueaiivwieui:nic..fc u. bue.i ... d:iiti..eiii-v .11 : worJsbf $ ,hen he -.,or wh.t nation is there- so print, who hath God ni fc thcn m t,)e 0q; thi ti1!itwc'tlll , hilll tor And . "? . , ' ...... whrt nation is there so great, that hath 1 , . . . ... statutes and judgments so righteous as all . . . . r i.r ... .1 j t...a Jftw, vii. teu A i rj.c w.u lots uiv, .. .... . -. : 1.,'ut 4 : j-h. I he r.ri'-eii.iiienev ot tho ' ,.i.. Jctts is asent ed to the fact that unto " them . . . . ... , ,, .... ti ere coiiiuijiicu n:e 01 ae .es 01 ei ou. iineie ; ... , . .,. . . . . . ' . , ' . . ' i the people pf riah. The liib.lt- is the great ' fountain of liht and life to man. . . l AS a rciiL'ious people inc dews ortscrvea ,. , . . , , . ' . " , r . 1 .' t ' v.- , , j. , 1 .1 j , . . " ,1.. .1' fixed hours Among these the prc.t day of held a very conieuous place. , , , , ,- ' 1' J"3" 0il' t;ie 'n,ire n""on l'?'- atonement tvpical expiatiouand intlanks-ivin' l'r, L.vcurfe'us a11 ,bc vl"e mn of ' ecce and The reiresentMive principle stands j3 , tones of all the great clneltains of the earth, on that div the crtire nation iVrc.-aVded as f U au,"lultJr- M ,0 ,,,e ros"t,wio of , cIom connection with the privilege and pow- 1 1 Tards of five hundred dillerent nnpor-n-akn-' a tranter t hrou-h 'the iinro ed ' th Kreat IiriI, :I,1'"i ' ,rfc frovirument and er of self-government, 'ihe idea of a pure ,SIlt inventions and discoveries, have been bndsfthechuVprieM.oAhcirsir.s,tothe .witC, ,,slatit"n ,e"s 4 diin- liewocr.cy in its application to .ny extend- ' bU country in agricultural tools aciriro-t It w.4 a iitional aet of ors',in Rul"b''d pef pie, and s ve sty of every na- ! ed state, is utterly impracticable. The idea a" 1 I'l'plcmcms. lheold system of agri-.caiKo-t. nwas ai.ational a.totwors.np. tion who po, ar.d und-rstand the , of a representative, and federal Republic culture is utterly abandoned : with a mod lhese ,nta of,cwi-h history are sug- i;:bk. The lawyer. civilian or statesman ' wns ful'v dcvtloned ia the ancient .leive.!, 'rn alow more farrows can be turned over gcted by the tact- ot tun clay. We re '" ru in the sanctuary of tiod, to retder a TT "CmC ! " i ....j... .. . f'r upon us ,n all time to come Today i" J""'. ofl"''t of our f,-v v,r!ue f roclamation, under rcolutior, V ,eKl!jal,v? "thority hire suspend,, f ) l:u-","-i':" vc convened in their respective plsces o hav wc,rsl..r, setting the rt.y apart, as a day t be rcwarU.d (t FUli,i,ed acconlillg to ture principle of Church Gove rnment r.s re I '"'';""! ""?''J (to,. W e do tho (,eeds do,w in the LoJy. Amo the vealed to is in both dispensations. It wa rei'arn it a a Cay ot national w -rstiift. of national Kvery pulpit of the land this day pro claims to all who fear (iod to all ho have , ill It would 1 e mexcu-ame upon uns uay- ri , ,' i " . . ' . niHUKsgiving 10 pass, uunoin-eu tnc .-peeia itv .'-.. . '. . . 01 ',ou I'roienc lowaru, ut unu. r ,wo Miiivii..;i a- i.- i.i i . me uu.uierrupieu measure ot gooa .... -...w. ...,e i,,e .. righteous providential deanugs with n.ea s onen c .i.sira.neu 10 scnu ann.aa ' the terror hy night " I arrow tnut flyeth by day " the pestilence that walk- thl enlightened under the power of despo- wilds of America? an at length received sue cth in darknevs ar.d "the destruction .;., ;l,l.lMi,,,r And a know!- , fl ,,i.; l.n.K (,, rh,:,,l, 1 S, ti .i ......,.i, ... ,.,i,, - tv, ... r. i ,i ... ...,i.. .i , . ...... i(. i uidJ arc sent ;.;tli among men, and many arc often laid low in death. We give thanks to iod that we have been mercifully preserved from al! these during the past year. Jnd. 1 lie season has been most produe- ,lvr '" every kind of crop. Many of us have lived to sec seasons very productive in crops, sometimes o; one ..inn, ami men ot another. "1 Ins entire .unity, and indeed "'' l"'!c ctuoii country, H called upon j' P" thank to l.od that the earth has brought forth even an hundred fold in every ""'' 01 production. It is not to be forgotten that everv event in life, even down t the falling cf a sparrow, or numbering the hairs of every human head, falls within the notice of God s effec tive or permissive over-ruling power and providence. God has blessed the labour of the field and caused it to be productive under the good providence of God a mat ter of internal improvement, to the benefit its anc to c and the si ason ; and our co.isunnnntcd laclitn for coinmunicatioii with others ; we would remembered in the county ot .Mecklenburg 'r its good Health, its productiveness, and the completion of our Kail I'oud Hut let us pass to the more immediate consideration of the sentiment of the text, Though the pos e-wion of the sacraments of the church and other heaven appointed or- every way. c have just noticed our ob- ligations to gratitude aud thanktulness l..r excite au overflowing stream ot t h-i n ksmr- ig, is, OH! POSSKSSH'N OF THK HOLY RIRI.K. In our social, civil and political state, we are raised to an exalted height, because un- to us the ltible is committed in our Anglo- Saxon tongue. Kvery poet, every orator, every author throughout our world wide domain, loves to speak of Ainei ieau great- ness and glory. And to expand his noble theme be points you to thu loftiness of our towering iiKiintiiins; to the number, length and majesty of our rolling streams ; to the fertility of O'.tr soil, the variety of our climate aud luxurianoc of our productions And of our countv, has been brought to j .;,.,.. f ,k r...,. ,4 f..- . . ., ',,, , , , ., ' I thought to be an important matter when a contributed her full share to the inventions final con-uniHiation. And that the essence of good government fXwers of J .din Knox in Scoti a, d,rd ' X7 Y'er, " machine which of the country, she has atoned for it all by Having suspended our bus.ness for a day, nm, a!1 virtll, is ,0 ,,,,', in J Wid and i " . 1, I '- uc a,,d left it . (giving to the world William Russell Pal.u- l haMiig fought an opportunity properly rassjve obedience Ilenco the current say- ,...fi ,..f ,r,u,a ;.le i., A "ra"' "eaucu, snarpiy po.uic.i puis, wen cr s threshing .Machine. Uewihchccr- onsidcr our uninterrupted good health inr under the rei'-n of the Pone ' Inor- i ' ti ' 1 ' .- i l'r 'stuck in papers, and puttipattn.it. isut . fully undertake to communicate to any pcr- the most unparalleled Productiveness of : ,i,- ,,i, ,.r .i..,i.;., " ,! i,,.,,n 1 '. ' " .','. . . ., .1 ' . . ! men can live without pins, while they will . 0n who desires it, infermatiou on this sub- "cn more fully b illustrate our national ; greatness and gloy, be will point you to T wLich 14l'D rJ a,,,d,to " trior v of nur urniH iini-n .n 1. r.n. U ... u,u verJ eawKe auu "e-bIooU ot our the last lilly yearstraucc has repeatedly , ... , ktt.j A ,.., , ',:...,. , 1 f. ..... .1... ii'A .. . jt Hult of such expai.i- any man may be lrouS't to feel that be is safe under the pro- . ; eagle. The time was when the saying, " I """ti "i r.iirau .tiiik oi me American am a notnan citizen " vas a nroteetion a- gaiust insult and injury; ' the iW w ir0i, fitttrfi of despotism, and to establish of Ihble truth and principles by our own thine on the e.uth, from the flail, to the l,e.-t l h 1 1',en saving J. '.'' -American, is ui fTte imvernnieot hs been recently made 'people, than from all other causes combined, that is known, could have taken those ker--ie nau .'.. , r ,,,,, iiccbv.,.i, 1 , 1 ,n a 1. i..i.. : u . Lo ... 1. : 1 1 Tl, l..l tn ! -,ulh-il nut hv tlm '- lipe 111c wbenT., Il is iiQt our phys- . al,uc ' notour agriculture ' 1 oivi."" ( t k . ' commerce it is not our military power f f-'lury Jt 1!i llot o:lr institutions, which hsc made us what we are. We must look , , , . . - t"'"J ,lll'5e to fcfe t;jo fountain head of the ,Uem American greatness, prosperity aild L'lory. KlltX Jnmrs' Emiltk lllile has ?rt if.'e its u Atit ur are. Allow me in the sequel of this discourse to show iu a lew particulars, our obligations to liod for the HiMe. 1st. TiicDible hastughtusAcr - MV?i - da. at II till lirinctllt-S ft Ijrmslulive u:ienr.e. danuiitnl prtHviplen Upislulue scume. i.-,e .-cience 01 law, ne every other science,, has heen gradual in ts development. In! many parts 01 me eartti it is as yet tut little , . , - knou. e are f utprjrted by the voice of ... . . 11 a11 correct history wien we say, that the c . . , lound-tion principles of nr.tion;.l aw, and .-. . , .... en 11 juri-pruucnce, ar; Known only t those "hto whom the ora.in of (Jod are commit-! U-d. The books of Mcs contain the foun - .ln..n i,r-.r,r.;..!..d .11 1 '1.. These mu...... , . iiv . i ui it l; .si lion f......i :.... . j i r j . .-. . - ... ... .;... i n 01 'jo... u.:u iu . iik jo. ...'.i ill lou ... o: a law fir lartri nri iri ,!ie c'v" PolitJ' of h anient Jewish state. "... t. , ine ancient iev .... i..i f riue principles mere nveaif a p j of J fr(,ft .ra tlon ItU'of(io rm the basis lid all v.i- lei - isla - tion- It is of iud thit the wise leeislation ' of JMoscs so far s.m.issed that of Draco, of is not familiar vi h the Hihle. i-i ra..ieal - h-defective. -TikJ. Aeain, the l.ble has tauaht us the ttnt;irnti'e ri hti if man. Kverv man is a crcRture of (.iod. p'.;.ced here under his morr.l government. od has made of one blood all nations of men to dcadl upon all. the fsec of the fsrtl. Kjch humsu btina isre. pons.Me to Ooi ; must Mand in judjt - Inrr,t , ,.fore th, . whjte ,h j n,!;,l.' ,;.,i.i. 'r, ... -...t ..r... ... ,, K .omul -o' founder, of our Hcpuldi- declare, " that all n?n are cr-nted equal that they are en - doTrrd by their creator vith certain unalien - alio rights ; that am r. these are life. lib-. crtv rty a:, i the pursuit ..f happiness." That eoplo who understand the rights of man cannot he ilcprivcd ol tin right ot searching! the scriptures, of txerei.ing private judg- j mrnt, cf liberty of ronseitnee in the worship , of of U,e liberty ef thought aLd of ,,.,..i. v;.u - i. ... .. . r .i,... e,. v.11. ...til a. fcirjo . .i.i u o. . ... su speech, tilth a nn-ntary principles of i!;trlli ''!it nml ni'Pi.m .t-: being, you will niij a know ledge of the t'rstxn of bu man government; ol the rrspcnsiliilities and duties of rulers, and cfthe obligations of the ruled. Where will tvratiU force chains f mfneiunt t.rt..rtl. t.irr.d a m.iss nf iniuda . .. .. riU'O r I od s n-ApH ....i.'iih.t in un, iunn . ii rights cf man, the dcsigi of government, the duties cf bo-,h rulers ard subjects may for awhile be restrained or crii-hcd, but in its nature it is iuvinciblo. ord. Ag iin, the ltible, for us, has demol- ishrd the tttpttism$ which f-rm the basis of all tyrannical and de-anie government. There are but two know u leading principles w hich enter essiiili:iil r into the foundation of all government. Ti-e are truth an- virtue on the one band; and arbitruru puit-er on the other. 'J'je P.ible by pouring forth its rays of licavenl; light, sweeps aw ay the foundations from under every fabnek of ri.p.-t:c misrule. I spoke ot (cptitsm as forming the foundation of tyrannical rule. There are, 1st the assumed divine right 1 1, 1 ..l... 1' oi Kings ana crowned in'js; or m.-ti a in- fa voured tew, Py reason ot Mrtn ana pioou, j are born to command, -nd That the great mass of man are of a lower caste, and must .1 l . TU . nie i.n'iiu iu ly rai.iucai govci u.iit ins, im- more ignorance the more peace.'1 Not one i , of these sophisms can bear the blare of. --. ....., .'...ic ..........t... Hi...,, i rt.iiii d ai I in iiii.ir I ni m I iihaii flu. . . . . cr i:i.i. i: i. 1.. . ... . and establishes true ones. The Uible is the great chart of human freedom. Here we find all the principles of civil liberty. ;llt let none imagine that civil liberty what may seem ay seem lo be right iu the sight of eyes, irrespective of the right and j lus owu ctal state. Rut a needle s and wanton ; restraint of natural liberty, is tyranny. i Hence it becomes obvious that a free gov-j eminent must rest upon a few elementary principles; among which we find the fid- j lowing i That government i.s instituted for the good of the people ; that the people ; have a right to know their public interest ; that the people may enact laws by their: representatives; that when enacted consti- tutionallv, laws should be obeyed ; that he who supports the government, "nnd respects the laws has a right to protection ; and that truth and virtue arc the basis nf a free gov- eminent. Such are the principles which a ou-1 ceriuiuiy as ....- --"K I frccdom of their constitution." " d''l'cs the darkness of midnight, so J Mont-squieu savs ' Chri.-tiauil v is a stran does a knowledge cf Bible truth demolish i ,0 dl..,otjc p,CWcr.'' the foundations of d-spo:ism. And when, lit. Toqucville says, " The religion w hich removing false principle the Rihle settles ! ,i.,,.i.ir. ,i,.,. ,i rn c, -,,, I ;.. tl... i,.ht of lliblo loving people imbibe ; and which are repugnant to all tbe sophisms of tyranny. ' 4Ul' A-",in the tmphi us the . - ....... -.,... A,, . .. . .. but every attemnt has been a signal failure. j Why should the experiment prove success - I., ... , ! 1 iui whu our neonie, auu so viifnauv lull 111 j the hands of the polite and polished nation of the lreneh. T hi attemi.t. to iIwspvcp I he ... ..uua, iu iia.j) in iiunii. y , auu uiuti Europeau Statcbj but in every instance it has been a uignal failure. Their people were not prepared for it. The preparation can only be found in a wide spread kuowl- edwe nf I'.il.ln trnth n,..l ..ir. T . - l. - ...v. . . .. u recent publication, Dr. Dill has demonstra- ted that tho miseries of Ireland are owim- to tlP us.r,l r,f l' l,l Ln.l. .... ......... tl.?. grei.t mass of Lcr Catholic population. Thc true secret of self-government by the peo- people, is found in the fact that the inhtr. ic , rrtiJt ntttrrsrjurl ciml hived l,t Mc jienplr. l'lsce the liihle, and another vnlimm rnnlnnm.. ll ,.t volusie contaiuiuz the dfelaration of riir! us, the constitution of the I nitcd States, and of the several States, in all the families of our wide spread Imon; and let them there be read, understood and loved, and we may laugh to deCance any attempt seriously to disturb our domestic, social, or federal re - ' la'.ions and the armies of the world eon., inamleu t.y a i the desnots of earth, con d . . . . . - . ' ! not overcome in S'tn..sri.r ., I,uv tr.ilr.,1 in I search of a "rand conservative principle in " . . . i c- . . . .. . . . . . . our pjvc.ni::e 'r..r n'.t-nr. . .. r. i...a .......i.n ! to our view it is found in the knowledge f (jod's word, tud a rcard for his author- , itv. Let our people become iutclWnt. un. rL'bt, virtuous aLd holy men, and re are site. 1 fVminioi.wfo.ljh. Pm.-K TriK. within itself; aed yet the twelve were uni- 1 ted under the rov.-riiment of thv Ssnhedrii., ! or Jewish Senate V,...,, ir.rrod.w-pd t'-a : id. is of linliiif-Kldrrs nf .J.....;... r,.r. j scntation, and of federal union. They core . . 1 . . . - developed under jthe e Theocracy Hen re- sentatiun is the fundamental idea of civil , ,d cccle.i.stical i-ovcrnment as developed . , . , . . . . J -i . ..i. : . . . .. ., . i ma oi.iy principle Known to tne fathers in1 the (iovcruiueut of thu Church, until it was ; supplanted by tUe power of rci-aiii- ambi- j tion. corruption, and error. Calvin. (.,. n. ,m' udoi.t-d aon fV,o 1 f't century, remove.! tie rubbish, penetrated I the darkness, discovered the principle- of representation, an-i gave it development in its applicaiicti to the Swiss Clintons, h socn became known that the princi'do had lived during the long night of darkness. !ge of these cle-, among the Waldenses, and others in their re us a social, moral, tirenn nt and crpori:i n to Rome. From Geneva it jrted ir.to Scotland and successfully applied to the povernmoat of the t hurch ; producing at the same time mauife. t results ia Knglar.J r.r.d othfr lands Thence it v. as brought bv the mtirrim .. Hn.rn.nat.nf Vr.ro.. .... ' ' .' . . i . -j s...... The P.ihie has made us the people that we arc. It has taught us thu fundamental prin- cij-lcs of legislative scirr.ee it has taught u5 the utirUicnablc rights of man It has, for us, demolished the Sophisms upon which despotic governments rest It has taught us the secret of self government, and the power of the principle of representation. When assembled to give tiianlis to God for his bloss- tu- lei i.s refresh nnr m:nds ilh n ripen scire of our obligations to God for the Bible. The Riblo has made us what wc are. In conclusion, suffer rue to ay. that the general vics exprr-sscd in this discourse. are supported by a long cloud of witness-s " 111. .le i-l. Recorded f..ct upon t..e face of history mahe it evpient that the great champions of civil iinertv nave tern tne ucvotea lriemis r the Riblc. An intelligent belief of the octr.nes of the Hciormat.on the distinct- ivc doctrines of Christianity, has a direct ten dency to civil liberty. In evidence we ad ... . .. . ' r. .mt ' I toil in., iv spark of liberty had been kindled and was i . of l,dI1l.nS the f)r, ! preserved by the I untans alone, and that it j san j minion hulIiau Mw I was to tins sect the i.nghsli owe the whole:, ...,. ,i, ,i ... God, will not refuse to acknowledge that all citizens are equal in the sight of the law." lie savs again. " I'.cligion is the companion of liberty in all its battles and al' its con flicts; the cradle of its infancy uud the di. vine source of its claims." Jesus Christ has been termed, "The great u,.,,,,),!;,.,,, f his age p,.,,;,, Clinton savs Christianity is, in its essence, its doctrines, and its forms, Re publican." In a land of Ribles men can breathe free ly , speak freely, and view their fellow -men without distrust. Thus wo arc irresistibly lead to the final conclusion that as a nation, great and pros perous, we arc indebted to the lliblo for the I................ r....i.,., v. ..... . , and all our m-titutions. A ou may read upon the page of h.-lory. the many confiscations, , privations, conflicts, and martyrdoms thro j u.e.. in... ii....; ....s.,.., iV .v.. -..... """ adherence to ltible truth and principles. lleneo it becomes obvious that all that is tlbhgations of the world to tha Rev. tinrdencr Sprisp, !. IV Bible- fty the valuable in our civil institution?, stands con- grain and (seeds desire, for it threthes every -ncetcd inseparably with the cburaeter of our thing with eiiual j.trl'ection. people as citizens. The knowledge and fear Xnowl. It cleans the grain out from tho of U oil, are essential elements of political straw 7 " t'', so that theic is not a kernel freedom. or heed left that is worth saing. During liad men never can be good citizens of a the experiment at riatbusl.,bt-fore the Del free state. A nation of idolaters or infidels egatiun of the American, lu.-.titute, twenty uever can maKe iree-men capauiu ui sen nv..r.,.,.,.i,t. It is onlv when the mass of a i . . IV. ,r ...If ! Hible educated people forget Hod, and a- ! Ir.r.don the great principle of his holy Hook, I .i... . ..: e, ,.i...:.. ...1 I'o.,.,. il.... l""' j.ii v..... upon a nation. Our government and insti- tutions have more to lour Irom a Ueseition - oi.oum vuiuie conscience uecoine ueuieu, "'"I publiu morals corrupt, and tho teach- ing1 of God's word disregarded, we may then justly suspect that the foundations of our beautiful Temple of Liberty will give wav. l'otliin l.nt the liihle i-ini control th t n - - - - the rage of human passions, mold aright the public morals, cnlifhtcn conscience, awaken the ei.er oes 1.1.. I ilir. pl thn ..fl'..rfs nf .,1,... ' the way of national prosperity, glory, and happiness. " The people that do know their iod shall be strong, and do exploits." Let us stand by the lhble, and we are safe. " Kighteousness exaltetli a nation ; but kin ix n rerirn.n li .i nuv 1 r.l.. " j i- 1 (;0(, N-rwc, Tm. ,.,,,,,,, UOU E" 0 VmIMC AKMtl'S 01 ; . A.lr.l.llA. i ow ant tutn a ,nrin nppcars, who From the Herald of the Uuion. changes human affairs, and tflects the for- j.. c I : . r m .. 1 1 . .t .1 01 ins ienow men an oer me carui. Only a few such men have lived : nor has !t tlic Cicsars, the ilamiihals, or the .... . .1 ,.. 'tr . i 1 -. i . . .1 : l . .. FAii. uu. who ii.lic: uiusl ueei.it uiii't'.ri. buman fortunes. Arkwright's .spinning jen 'bcrt J ultons steam-boat, 1-rankliu's I'Khtuing rod, MeCormick's reaper, and tet,:t;r:i yacht and we have put forth more -iufluence upon mankind, that all the vie- in M.-w hours, and far better done at that. T;i:" sms!1. 'bat could be thirty J'csra a-ro w ith lour yoke ot cattle ill a 1 whole d.-.y. In the place of forty able bodied nien, now felliti.' the irrain w ith their cradles, ! '""uick's reaper goes into the field, and . i. . ... i . . . . . . i t- :.. . . i. .. '''10 bolc crop falls before it. So o vasr nas ' our progress been in every d. pari en-iino. The great English McCullock. says it'ii ..r U ,nr.r. -..rl- . l-"...rl..,l v - " . tV(-r' daJ.bJ' the power of machinery, than a" tllc Ult'" """c11 011 the face of the c'1;,1 reckoning them at eiht bun-. red ; millions could lo without It. . have watched the jirogress the age j ia tllcu resju-c ts, iu our own country and in mtiiv iorc.-'ii countries : and whenever we hi-ar of a great invention that saves human l.'.bor and human life it comes to us like glad ncis from a far country. There is something glorious and beautiful in the thought, that the mind of man can trample down even the curses of Heaven ; for it is the light God has given to the human intel lect, -hat enables it to triumph over what seems to be impossibilities. It was God himself who fir.-t said. 1st there In liht. and from that moment, Ins creatures have chine ever invented. Mr. Charles Shep hecn emulous of eating the fruit of the tree lcrJ a scientific farmer in North Caroliua, of eternal knowledge. It grows m Faradise, Lut lis .ruit tails upon the earth. At tiie World's Fair in Lot .den, McCor- miehs reaper made the world ring with the j inventor's fame, and we were all proud of, it; but another agricultural inv i.tion is now being brought before the public, which as far surpasses that iu another department of labor, as it surpasses everything that had j gone before it. A man from North t aro - 1 i n a , has invented a Ihrcshing Machii, ! !'it!l accomplishes the tollowin, objects. Vespca with some degree of confidence j about what this machine does, because we I hr.vo seen it operate repeatedly, and se er:.l I hundred of the most distinguished planters I r.i,., .:...!, .,,.1 r.,.,,.......!'.! v.oi, .. i.i. Ul im i.'liuill.ilUM l.l il.eis Ol nil. ..yiui, -nil , , , anJ . istillcui,ncll delegation of Alm.rican I.litute, at it, last annual Fair f a large and a distinguished delegation of . v . - ., ,.:, ...i .,.,,, :,i, ,i, !foU0 Jd,t u(ia hc , that " .. : rlllltrv. or on thcre is no community iu this country, or ou the face of the earth, that is not directly rncd in this great invention. It was without bread. 1 his invention we fortunes of one thou- is now living, and a great many thousand million that will live when we are dead. Man cannot live with out bread bread is made from grain, that ltows out of the earth this grain has to be separated from the sheaf, and no invention I national songs until they hoar their bus has ever vet been known that could do this ! bauds, fathers and brothers answer 111 m work so thoroughly, so quickly, so ceono- ! nncally, or so well, as P.u.mkk s Ihhiisiiim. ; Mai II in K. J 'list. It differs from and is superior to jail others in its rnpiirilii tn thrvs.li tvenj hi m nt 'groin nr ,v a! grow n, with the is iC. ptioii of Indian corn ; and the machines fur shelling corn are already perfect. This . Thresher can be so adjusted iu a moment. I as to come together close enough to thresh j out Timothy seed, w hile it can be gr iduall v ! i opened to admit other coarser grains aud j seed, until it will thresh the large field pea j j No other machine has attempted to thi. - ; Consequently, the rice planter, spends a vast sum of money on machines, and g' t-1 ' nothing at last that tliresiies ins rice, except (!u, iulM1.1M iian,i that growers ot grass , iin,l tim. grains, have bad the same am, iave elt nthiug for their ht,s pr (lu.ir '. v hilc all the ..,... ines that pretend to thresh wheat. oiitcs. barley, rvc, Ac., are dangerous in their operations, easy to get out of repair, and I limited in their powers of. execution. Palm- er's Threadier does all that the growers of , 1, ,. .-.., -I.-. .it tit.w.n.r ll... Irnvv .r fiei. bead ol grain that contained a kernel that not threshed out except a few shriveled, slirnnken. worthless prams, that had no c weight or su .stance, ami that it ground up uiu 01. .y u. e . ....... ut no ma- .- - ..v .- y j ...w thumb and finger to be got out at all. Here l'aln.er's thresher nceures an inimenre saving to tbe farmer. Several of the rich.-t and 'o.t suecessful practical farmers of .North . Carolina, sav in a certificate we oimte from. 1 ' - . . that they are warranted m stating tl,:,t H- siiviiil- 1 jirreii inf 111 is htin ittiic in 1 In !'. 1 a that is inixtnl hi utlivr mat-hints, i.s at trust limit 1 ju r crntt or one Jijth. There is over five hundred millions of dollars worth of grain and seeds raised every year in the l.'nited States, and not less than one hun dred millions of dollars worth of this va.-t treasure, which the hungry world wants, rots iu the ground because it i.s not thresh ed out of the sheaf. Therefore, the best judges have declared, that l'almer's ma chine, by saving this vast amount of grain, will add no less than one hundred million dollars annually, to the w ealth of the United States. 'i'liiri. Another great savins ouht to he Mn,.l-..,1 nt Tl.w TI Imr Ill ..; -;- - ' ....... ..v. ..... v.v... of every kind most perfectly from mint; for all the smut which is not taken eft' from the grain while it is going tbrou-1, (he air cells, i.-perfectly cleaned by passing through the air. Every fanner knows ln.v many thousands of barrels of flour are corrupted by a few bushels of smutty wheat. AVitli this machine smut conuot stay on the wheat it must conic olf. l 'uui lli, A serious objection against every thresher hitherto invented, has been the danger to life and limb in Working them. The tno-t approved threshers, and those generally in use, thresh out the grain by means of rotating spikes, w Inch arc very numerous, and which very frequently fiv off, piercing the bodies of the men who work ' them, aid often drawing tho ham!'', tin arni-. and soi ctimes tbe w hole head ami j body in maiming tie Iinii-aiiUs. ami knlni-r .... ........... .. .1.. . .. . -i ; ini.iu i cos uusiil'iii. 1 his in iichiiio has no such danger. It is fed on the sides, and does n.-t whirl towards the operator. More over, it has but a few flails, which revolve like the spokes of a wheel, and being of ; wrought iron strongly ch-uc-Lcd on the axle, they cannot fly oil. i'ittli. Uthcr thre.-ln.-rs arc liable to g.t out of repair, and arc soon worn out ; 1 ut 'this thre.-her is so simple in its construc tion," says Judg- Martelise, "f Long Island, 'It docs not seem possible f. r it by any ordinary usage, to get out of repair." S.7. It is cheap it does not cost n.utli it is not morn extensive than many other threshers, wbiie it can perform a great deal more w:ik, and do it Letter than any of them. It can moreover be transported with out difficulty from place to place, because it is so light, and can he so easily handled. It can also be adjusted and managed by the commonest laborer. Hrrrih. It can thresh much more grain of any kind iu a .lav than any other n.a- says that although his wheat had been se- riously damaged by smut, his sdiippii.g mer chant told him it was in better order than any wheat he got. and with one of Palmer's small machines he threshed over six bun- drcd bushels per day. Mr. Shepherd also says, after he had tried Palmer's thresher with fl:.r sec! th.-.i do l.:.t.,I, conl.l ;fli it ! beat out more flax seed iu a day, than fifty 1 without it, and so the certificates and the letters we have seen from many parts of the country testify to all tho various kinds of grain. " We might add a great deal more, but we must stop. This thresher is the greatest agricultural invention the world has ever seen, and stands alone in the history of labor saving and life-saving machines. Wc have dwelt upon it at great length, but we are impressed with its vast importance to tho human race. We rejoice too that thU in- ject, whenever they apply to us. 'Sl'PPKK S RKADY." One of our exchanges says that " In tho. mountains of Tyrol hundreds of women and children come out at tea time and sing their from the hills on their return h I'pon the shore of the Adriatic the wives of thc fishermen come down about sunset and sing one of their melodies. They sing thc fir-t verse, and then listen fr some time, when they sing a second ; aud s. on, till thev hear thc answer fr. in thc fishermen, who are thus guided to th. ir homes." In the rural districts of Yankee-land the process is not quite so poetical. When sup. p,.r s ready, the ' old women " or the " help " ol.s ou, 0' t,0 stoops and rings a little bell almighty smart till the l-n, all g. t in i and ,,c way" the folks walk hit", the c -.kies au I apple-sauce w h- ,i th-v do gel M work i a caution. lintf'iih -lU-erttsi r tSr We learn that a portion of the Lock al Jones, Falls, about IS miles above Fny etteville, w as swept aw :iv very recently, uud that the keeper, Mr. 1. N.Clegg, winUrowu- e.I, Ii i also stuieu tlna me pi . ....... hie from ahovc cannot pas through until the completion of the repairs, which will not !,, unid o.n.. time m-y summer l. II,. r 0 , , or ten minute, and not one ot them io..i.d vention comes from North Caroliua, one of the truc-t and be.-t sisters in the Federal I moll : and a thou gh ti 1 now. she had not.