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sutliv tiOTl?' From the Journal of Education tor Upper Canada. OLD CHILDRKX. ^‘ChiMnn trill he Children." No, not always; sometimes they are forced into little old men and women. We know well that the ul.ov),' is a time-honored adage, but like too many of its family, it is not infallible. A late adniiml author says: “The children of the vrr;/ p.mr do iiot prattle.” It is none of the least fri^iitful features of that condition, that there is ni> childishness in ita dwellings. I'oor people, said a sensible old nurse to us ouee do not hrnnj up their childr(?n; they lraj them up 1 he little careless darling of the wealthier nursery, in their h 'vol, is transformed betime:^ into a mature reflect ing person. * * * It was dragged up, to live or die, as it hnppened. It had no young dreams. It broke at once into the iron realities Ilf life. It makes the v-'ry heart bleed to over- iiear the casual street talk. It is not ot toys, of iiur'iTv liooks. of Summer holidays (lifting that ■fthe promised sight of play, of praised •K'licy. It is of mangling and clear stareh- >f the price of coal and potatoes. The|Ui's- • *f thi' child, that should be the very out pourings of curiosity in idlene.ss, are markei! with iiireca^t and melancholy providence Ithasoine to bi‘ a woman before it was. a chiM 'rtiere are two classes of old children:—I'irst, the precocious, or those who are thougtif by tlieir friends and thenisolvos to l>e such; who never s ly anything in baby style, but in the precise words of their parent or teacher; who, from hearing their saire remark', and wi-^e doings, repeated and re peated, bee.'mc artful, and angle for prai.se, as il'j-. the tisli'Tman for a bite; who, knowing they Lave a r'-putatiun for idd age, struggle against nature to maint iiii it, by ali.staining from play and riuiipiiiir. which i-^ as much the lawful busi- ne« >d\-liildlin,Hl. as are mercantile pursuits, pro- fe»i'>iial hiln«r, or manual toil, that of riper years. Sui-li children we have met, who made it a point ti c.xliibit their remarkable powt-r? on all occa sion-; who, when visitors entered, .-lippfd away ffiiiu play as if caught in a theft, and would be .su'idettly lot in the pages of a big book. Tiiis i las' of chil.lren are as disagreeable to (he stran ger. as truly precocious ones—ot whoiu there are j Vi-ry few—are painful. The last by the untimt-ly ' di Vrlopuieut ot their minds, forliid us, a> does i the {irciiiature blosMn), t > hojte it Iruit Such j {•rceccity is the effect of an imperfect phv'ical I structure; or of the injudicious, hut-house, forcing I systctUj to which vain and ambitious parents re sort, and from which they must in the cud gather blighted fruit. i Hut there is another class who iiave no child- I ho > l—no budding time. It is hcart-sickeuin_' ' to see little children made oid by poverty, sick- : nc'.', or sorrow; but sadder than all, by cruelty, fear or unkindness. About twenty 3'cars ago, there lived in a neigh- buring city a couple, having one beautiful child— • a pale little girl, at that time about six years old. : The man was a pompous boastful person; while the wife was meek, retiring, and exceedingly sen sitive. Her humble neighbors, won by her gen tle ways, .sought to extend to her those little ! kindnes'os which nature prompts toward the i stranger l^ut they were often rudely repulsed by the husband for “their officiousness.” H r home-sick heart fully appreciated such attention, and she expressed deep gratitude for what seemed to them but commou civility. It was wonderful, : to one who seldom heard a gentle word addres.>!ed to her at home, to receive such from utter stran gers, Her husband was a perfect tyrant in his ■ own narrow domain. She felt it in her inmost heart, and showed it in her very look, and tone, and step. The love which had found no answer ing chord in the heart in which she had a rii:ht to tind it, soon shrivelled up, and changed into submission toward him. Hut it still bloomed warm and fragrant in another direction. All the strong, pure, undying affection of her woman’s heart centred on E«sic, the pale, beautiful child. The daughter wa.* never a moment absent from her mother’s .-ide throughout the day; but the moment she heard her father’s >tep at nightfall, she drew her little chair into an oppo>ite corner, folded her tiny hinds in her lap, and wJKtcd his entrance. So soon had she learned that any show uf afiection toward her mother was disagree able to him. She grew old, wise, and calculating. By her acutenes-. she warded otl' many a storm of passion, and diverted the thoughts of the angry man away from his poor victim into other channel:^. •''h' grew .'0 rupi'ily in wisdom, and took upon herself .'o naturaliy the cruel burdens of her luothcr, that shn began, ull crushed as she was, to lean up lU the child for support, and to trust to ! her as a peace maker in all domestic broils, if such they can be called, where all the bitterness and railing are on one side. Hut even woman, yielding and hopeful as she is, cann..it alway.-^ be {lierced and trampled. The time must come when nature can endure no more, when the iron wheel treads out the lib', and the barb' d arrow strikes the heart So it was with this true wife, this doting mother. Her bitter cup wa-* tuil, and when it could hold no more, it fell to the ground and was broken. She ’."a' now beyond the power of sorrow. Her ear was pri.'ot against the words of cruelty anl scorn. i*'he had gained her inheritance among “the meek” and the “pure in heart.” He.'.date, indi'ed, wa> po )r little Ksie, when her mother was borne away. Ileal children soon forget ben avements, but she wa- no child. She emei'gi-d from baby-hof'd ii]tu care-burthened wouian-hood. No sj'ijrts ever beguiled Ik r time, toys evi r called forth her merry lau;zhter. r f.itiier “hated iK'isy chiMren, atid would no nonsensical trump(;ry laying about the 'r, .'he must learn to behave herself without STATESMEN AND LlTERAllY MEN. It is a frequent complaint on the part of secon rate authors that literary distinction does not re ceive. either here or in Englan.I, the same .social consideration as political station To achieve eminence in 1‘arliament gives a man, they say, a position in society in England such as no mere literiiry success can. Tf> write a [)opular book in the United States, they dcclarc, is regarded less lionorable than to make a great speech (]oniress. All this, they add, is wrong, ratiiro, they tell us, is of more moment as in Lite- than of had never had a doll, that magic companion of little girlsl She knew no children, and she rare ly ever walked abroad, as her mother bad long been too feeble to iiceompany her, while her father wa,s too selhsh to trouble him.self for her amu.se- inent. She looked almost compassionately at the giver, as if she thought a person must be simple to imagine that a lifeless, toy could give pleasure to her care-worn heart. Sad, indeed, the lot of children made so early grave and wise. Ood gives to all an infancy and childhood—times free from care, in which our powers may expand, and we gain strength to bear the burdens of life. politics I he poet, Jh-y ‘ . those uM through cruelty or avarice, roh chil- rhap.sody, is a ;hv,„oly into p e u f ,lnn of this season or chLje it into one of sor- the future. '1 he gn at writer they » n roic anrietu or toil. Let children children, flucnces all time. Matesmanship, tl c> contu.d ()ne day Essie said to her nur.se, “In heaven, is but a succc.ssion of teo.por.uy- expedient., whuc where my mother lives, every one is kind. No Htcratnre is the foundation of one ever ^^ets angry, or sj,eal:s loud (here. Every- lo honor the wise ruler before the d .,,u. nt ban body likes everybody; mustn’t that be beautiful’:' is, therefore, they ^^ay, a vuljrar. iirnorant, An-io Oh how much I should love to be there, Saxon prejudice he afraid an,, more.” She died. ■ From some unknown cau.se,—per- mansliip has been so honored lia. liberty ever haps in the hope of atoning for his past unkind- been preserved. The decadence of Athens sv.i the her.rtless man did one generous thing, contempvraneoiis with the elevatioi ol mcu He caused the lifeless form of the woman whose orators and t>oets in popu.ar re;:ar i a() .v(‘ t!i lieart he had broken, to be taken from the narrow far-.sccing rui.Ts, the ■rrc.it coiistrucnve nitclieo: bed, and then laid mother and child in one coffin. i which had laid, broi.i :uid .bep, the t .uml aioT.' It is true the care murdered innocent little heeded, j ct ancient democracy. I he l>e«t days nt in that deep sleep, the what in life would have : politically, preceded the worsljij. of lloracc and imp.irted such joy to her lonely heart. She knew \ irgil. All inoderi: repuldics h i\c bc;:un to de- not that her cold cheek was again in its old [ilace, dine from tlie inonu.nf th it literature u.i> exalted prc.s.sed cl.)se to that of her mother; or that he.- above statesmanship. In l-’ranc.-, wtieiv it gain-; thin wiiite arm lay across tlu‘ bosom whiidi used a man ni tc cn'ilit to bt* a fine \\iiii‘r tn.in if dot > to to be h'^r chosen pillow. No; but she tlid know, achicvt' political distinction; in I'laiicc, wheie t.ie in that blissful reunion, the joy of loving, unro- rejiublicaiis, wli'‘never they eouM, lia\e elrwi'ii bukc 1. tiiat aiiiz.d—of bein>: free from fear of the literary ;nen to i)o their ruler.'; in Franec, which violent man—of dwelling in peace, without carv* j ought to Ix; fht* tree-f nation on the ^lohe iJ lite- or anxii'tv, “where none are ever angry, whore i raturt' was a betft'r thing than ,'t itesinaii'hip. t!ii‘ none speak with th.j (Jod of love, .' very rcvTso is bidield. for th. re every exp. riinent I’ew sights are more significant and touching in favor of liberty ha-; f,iil'.’d; and, 'traiii; ’ to s i_\ to a teacher’s heart, than the group of girls gath- . if author.- are ri^ht, |irincip,illy because literary ered out of many homes around her table. \\ Irit men are held in greater c-^timation than s;at-. >- is to be the oarthly future of these youthful men, ;ind preferred to power in con-'ei|uence. being-'’/ That little sunburned honest face may : 'I’here niu-;* be a reason for tiiis .Nor i-; it be a wife in whom the heart of her husband shall | diflicult to discover Selt-governm'’n■ is jios-ible trust, whose clothing shall be strength and hon- ciily where a people are di'eipline j to it. 1 hat or; that other childi.^h form may yet be a mother whose children shall rise up and call her blessed; that little one with the fair rosy chceks, may, : alas, turn iuto one laden with many lusts, whose ways ar.. the ways of death. Another may be the good and faithful servant, so rare and so precious ’ in the sight of the Master in heaven, as well as i the master on earth; another yet may be the brawling woman who briut'eth woe on all around her, or a tattler and bu.-;ybody, spreading mi.schief : from house to house. Hut how soletuQ the juestion, though largely ' depending ou the other. What will the everlast ing future of these children be’/ Fearful is the ; responsibility, deep the anxiety of those who feel | how mueh of those two futures depend on their : faithful use and application of (rod’s Word, and on their earnest prayer for that Holy Spirit who can aloUe teach succ,'.'5sfully all things. fro:n the thiuL's that are of Je;ius to the performance ot , Commonest duty. Hut go on in the blessings of ; (lod’s grace—go on, and be of gooii cheer; go ou , to counteraet the evil tendency—to pluck out the i weed—to Sow the g>>od seed—to foster the spring- ■ ing grain—the ble.ssing is promised, and will come, ■ and will not tarry. tht country i* attention i-; p attention will ■itator-mansliip in (- /’/'• Luic uf ll'iine. — It is only shallow-minded pretenders who make either distinguished origin a matter ot personal merit, or obscure origin a matter of personal reproach. A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of his early condition. It did happen to me to be born in a log cabin, raised among the snow drifts of fV-'Cst. ac.oriiinjiy, wiuTt id to this di.'ciplinc. and m.-I natiira'llv be pai 1 to it where s held in luL'ii 'st honor. .^lak • eminence in literature tiic ]>a"j>ort to greate-t distinctions, and the lnv't minds of a nation will devote thcmselVC' to litiTatiuc. liisueli a e iiKitry the walks of pdiitieal life will be left to .'. cond rate men; broad and e unprehensive 't.it 'sinan'iiii' will langui'h. ,ind the people in the c!i 1 will come to know mori-. and really to c ire m-re, about opera- and poi try tirm law- an'l e >n'ti!uti.'u'. .Men who thiuk it n >Mer t ■ rid" ail th. ir la^-j in carria_'es iit'Ver walk a- u- tin- l ii iin ;s hunting niountaineer Ifpojiticil libtTtyi.' w .rth hiviii_'. it i' wortli 'Crviiif; an anpr' ntie'-'l.ip t'.r. The iii'tincts f i-lnu'H-shmi'n an 1 .\m rieni', theref ire, in hon ring a ^rcat st it''nriti more than a great ii 'veli't, ar ' > uu 1; iieeaU'*, after al . more of human happine', dejietids on the estab- li>hment and maintenaiic.- of free and 'jual law- than on the writiij^r of rven imm >rtal li.-ti.in-; Not that literature ,'hould be un K rvalii^'1 Hut its nii"i'>n, if wi' may use the w, rd, i- dif- ■ ferent fVoui that of state'inansliip. The' 1 a’t-r I pertain-: to the immediate, every-daj- interc't' of ' life, and tlioe inust, always exeecd in practical value every thin:: else. The j.riucipal aim of literature i> to amU'C, reline, an 1 sjoritualiz-’; to ' teach important ab.'traet truth'; to jirescrve the i tory of the past for the admonition of the present, i These two last, every bo ly will concede, are the ' most important, 'i'hey lia['peii, however, t > be literature run parallel . . - ^ those in which the aims of New ilitmpshire, at u period so early that when ; aim^ of statesmanship Milton, by hi noble “Defence of the I'eoplu of England,” did no 11.• hav 11..I such thiiiL's.” Aii'i she di'i learn; although it was a cruel less"U lof liei luioyatit >pirit. Hut after her only eonip:n,|.iu was gone she [.iticd away with strange rapidity hven the harsh man grew alarmed at the work lie was doing, and strove to arrest its pr'.gre.". Hut it was too late; as well we miglit cxp. et a tender severe.I branch to live, after the ti( from which it had drawn its life was uptorn aiid 'bad. j I'ain and weakness were for months the por- I ti.'U of little 14'sie, and then a deep hectic fever j burned on her cheek. One day, being carried to i the mirror by the woman who had care of ,ier, , she shrieked out, “Oh, my dear mamma, I look j jUst like }ou now; why can t I go away so.)n, and be always witii you :iga:n'/ I cannot stay any long, r 111 tl.i-, world without you.’' A laily wlio had known her mother, and svtu- puthiseU ill her sorrows called one day to inrjuire tor I'issie. In the kin.hiuss of her heart she ijii.>ught a gaudily dressed doll, hoj.ing it might amu.'c the lonely child. Essie took it in her hand with a wondering expression iu her blue eyes. “It looks just like a ciiild,” she s-.-.;d. “What 1.' It for''” “It Is t,r you my dear,” replied the lady. “I-ur me, ina’am'/ What must 1 do with it?” “Why, play with it, of course my love. It will amuse you and make you very hap[>y.” “Oi], tio, ma m,^ replied lassie, examining the loi^. lUis thiiii/ cannot make ////-happy. It can not smile on me, nor kiss me, nor speak tbu.lly to me. Hut it was very kind in you to bring it, ami 1 thunk you very much. Will you not take it home perhaps U will please your little girl,” Lssie was more than six years old, and yet she large the smoke first rose from its rude chimney and curled over the frozen hills, there was no similar ; evidencc of white man’s habitation between it and the 'Cttlements on the rivers of Canada Its re i mains still exist; 1 make it an annual visit. I carry my children to it, and teach them the hard ship endured by the generations before them. I j love to dwell on the tender recollections, the kin- I dred ties, the early affections, and the narrations 1 and inci.lents which mingle with all I know of ! this primitive family abode; I weep to think that none of those who inhabited it are now among the lining; and if ever I fail in affectionate vener ation for him who raised it, and defended it against savage violence and destruction, cherishe.l all domestic comforts beneath its roof, and through the hre and blood of seven years’ revolutionary war, shrunk from no toil, no sacrifice to .serve his country, and to raise his children to a condition better than his own, may my name and the name ot my posterity be blotted from the memory of mankind.—Daniel ]Vhster. ‘•^')fhinj to Do.”—The lioston (’ourier says that the success of Mr. liutler’s clever satire called “Nothing to Wear,” of course has provok ed imitation, and acconJingly we are not surprised at the appearance of “Nothing to Do,” g it up in a similar style, and purporting to be written “by a lady.” It is not precisely an imitation of the other satire, but seems in some sort intended a» a reply to it from the feminine side. The key-note is indicated irt tlie following lines, which we (juote from about the middle of the poem:— ‘•I’at ;ill styles liuvo li.Jmirers, so I've heard say; An'l thuse which Fitz Frivol admires, are thc3’ N\ ho spend all tlu-ir live.'* dressing, yet ever declare. As we lately liave heard, that they've nothin;/ to utar! llie cimse of this dresKiug I'll whisper to you— 'Tis to suit the young men who have n ithin;/ to /•-, 'Tis tact un.lispute.i, trom 1‘ekin to Cii.iiz, Til lit the tbste of the men is the pui.Je for the ladies; The i-'lora, McFlimiscys, betfouneed and belaced, -\re just suited to many a masculine taste; ^ic.” The argument is that if silly ladies are foolish and extravagant in dress, it is because they are tempted thereto by silly mcu who.se idleness is more criminal. The answer to which plea is that temptation may palliate but docs not excuse offence. Ao^.s o/ thr Hank of' Em/land.—A J^ank of England Note has some peculiar and interesting characteristics of manufacture, the paper being distinguished by its color, which is a peculiar white, such as is neither soM in the shops, nor used for any other purpose; by its thinness and traiisjiarency, fjualities wiiich prevent any of the printed part of the note being wa.'^hed out by turpentine, or removed by the knife, uule.ss a hole is made in the jilace thus practiced on; by its charact' ristic feel, a peculiar crispness and tough- nc.ss, by wjiich ttioso accustomed to handle it distinguish the true notes instantly} the wire or wafer mark, which is produced ou the paper when in the state of pulp, and which is easily distin guished trom a mark stamped ou after the paper is completed; the three “deckle” edge.s—the mould contains two notes placed lengthwise, which are separate.] by a knife at a future stage of the process, this deckle or wooden frame of the paper mould pro.iucing th« peculiar effoct seen on the cdge.i of uncut paper, and this edging being caused when the paper is in a state of pulp, precludes any successful imitation after the paper is made; also by the strength of the paper, which is made trom new linen and cotton. In its “water leaf” or unsize condition, a bank note ivill support thirty-six pounds; and when one grain of size has been diffused through it, it will lift half a hun dred weight. New flour was offered in the (Cincinnati market ou baturday at 85,50 for the fore part of September. more for human j>r >gress than by hi' “l'ar.idi-e Lost;” iu other words, ho rose in tru>' irr- atnes-. when he left the .strictly lit ^niry path and . i;t.T. 1 on that of statesmanship. i'his may sound like heresy to .some of our sccon.1-rate lit.;rati, but it is a truth which cannot be gainsaycd. Wc rever ence genius in a poet, but we reverence genius in statesmen mure. Who w >uld not rathvr have been a Washington or ,IefTcrs.)u than an Irving or a Hawthorne, great as these last un.|Uestionably are?—Biltimor> Sun. Tht Ainrican /..tjafiun tit J*ar>s.— The Eur.ipean corresp.nidcnt of Kus.scH's Magaziui— emiorsed by the Magazine as “an acc .mpii'lu'l ^•oung (’ar.diniaii, " “of distinguisho.l parontag.',” of great “talents, industry and enthusiasm” — gives not a very flattering .lescrijition of the coii- .iition of our legation. He says: I have much to say. but will just pause a ;n >- i ment f.) mention Mr. Mas.m. F ’s letter wa-^ very gratifying f.i him. I saw it in his face when he read it, especially the allu.si.in to his he:ilth. He is isolat.'.l here, an.l thankful for any a{.pro bation. He took occasion to pay me several c.un- pliments; promised to invite me to tea, and t.) in troduce me to his family, and begged me to at tend Mrs. Mason’s receptions. 'I'here it allen'led — I have waite.l iu vain for the promise.! invita tions to tea—they came not. The explanation is, that Mr. Ma.son, one of the best men in the world, is at present a paralytic, whose memory (ouc of the first faculties that old age yicMs to an incurable iliscase) is impaired. He forgot me in five minutes, and will probably never recol lect me again. A word more about our legation. It i.s current here, that I' the Secretary, having .sent his wife home some months previously, invited his creilitors to meet him on a certain moni’ng, at twelve, at his chambers. 'I'hey assemble.I, and had the pleasure of learning that their distin guished debtor had found it convenient to embark at Havre, some two hours before, in a steamer for America. He is about, it is said, to publish a work, demonstrating, from tiie records of the legation here, the absurdity and inutility of fore ign ministers. The last chapter will give a des cription of the model of a perfect minister. The picture is drawn from a Jjouisiana slave, brought here some years ago, who has ac.juired the Froueh language, and who is, they sa}-, iudispi nsahlc ar the legation; and whose services are not only de manded in Haris, but who has also been sent for, from Spain and Russia, to install our redoubtable diplomatists. Abraham Renchcr, of North Carolina, it si stated, has informed the administration of his acceptance of the tjoveruorship of New Mexico. He is expected iu Washington in a few days to receive his instructions, when he will leave for the scene of his labors. All Printers.—It is a singular fact, that not only the two United States Senators from I’ennsyl- vania, and the State Supreme Court .Judge, but the present Speaker, Clerk ami Assistant Clerk of the House, the Clerk of the Senate of I’onns3’l- vania, and the Democratic candidates for gov ernor and Canal Commissiouer, are all practical printers. To Doitroy Chinch Jlmjs.—The Hillsborough Recorder states that a farmer in that vicinity has u-^ed strong soap-suds, with complete succe.ss, iu destroying chinch bugs. An extensive rolling mill, for the manufacture of railroad iron, is about to be erected iu Atlanta, Ga. It will cost 8150,000. , ARRIVAL OF THE ANGLO SAXON! Queiskc. Aug. 12^}. The steamer An(f1o-Saxon^ witn Liverpool dates to the I’ith, artived to-day. Sales of cotton for three days 1 (,)00. Spocu- hitors and exporters 1,000 each. Closed firm Middling (jualities advancing tendency. Prices generally unchanged. Hreadstuffs dull—|Uota- tions barely maintained. I’rovisions steady. Con- .Hols !»0i a ItO.l. 'i’hrcf! liundreil miles of the Sub-Marine Ic.'lc- graph ('able were laid on the DUh. Everything working well. 'Phcre is a rumoro.l suspi'iisiou ot negotiations on the Spanish aii.l Mexican (jucstion. Lacks confirmation, Nothing from lii'iia. 'I'he Ain.'rican Sidiooner .luintir has becii seized on tlic coast of .V.’Vica and condeiiiiu.'il as a slaver. \Vii.\iim;t(in', Dk.i*., Aug. 7'irrihfe inl Fa/ d .Uai/azin*- K.if>'osi'tn.—A terrible exj>losiou took place here on Saturday evetliiig at live o’cbick. .^lr. Alcxi.) .1 Dupoijt. assiste.] by seven work men, was ciigag.'1 in removing ;i large heavy !io.\ fV..m a i’.iw.b r hou-c, wh.-ii the box coining ill contact with the wall caus'd friction an.i produced tire. An expio-^ion f.illowe.l, burnin.g ;ill hands ill a sliockiiii; nnnii' i'. Dupont leape.l into a race near, wiiile tiie lohcrs ni.ide every illort f.» extinguish the tin; ui tln'ir cl ithimr Dupont li isti'iied t'l see if tio* pre-s roof had ! eaiii^ht lire, and as lie ar»{.roaehi' !, ai..ith.-r t. rribie ' cx[.losion occurrcd, sh.itt.'ritiir tli.' buil.iitii: to I atoms. Dupont had his riglit tlii/ii fractured, ! three ribs br.>koii and on** lung p.'rforate.l. ' Si'Nii.w, .> o’clock, 1*. M —NJessrs. l>upont, I .\iitliony D .Uirbei'tV, an.l E Iw’.l Hu:it, toreman, icad liouis \'as.die mortally wouti'ied. .lohti : .^Ic('laficrty and (leo. i'l'her l)a.lly injun;d. Our li’ad —That a Kail R.ja.l is .lestin- cl til pass throii::h this (Jouiity, at no renii>t.“ p'. rio.l, a.lmits of littl.i or no d.iulit—it is a point of tUKc merciy. Ami, that a Hail Road w .uM ;i.-eompli'ii !n.)re toward dcvelo].ing tlic resource.s of the ('ounty, tii.ui anything el'C li’Kcly to iiap- jieii, is e.|ualiy 'l.'inoiistrativc. Wh. ti, t'lcref ire, -hall tlii'au'piei JUS event In- iiiauL^urate I?—when, wo a'k, siiall we have a K liiroa.]'.'' 'i’lii,' .juc'tion. p-M'h ip'. i' n.it easy nf present ' .luti m, but is nevertheless ]. •rtiu,.-ut, with a view to a r piication her.‘;ifter With Hail Hui'ls r.inninj; all r.uin i her, Fian- lolph, is become a kind of terra incognita because sh.- has not the iron-horse snorting :unong h.T hills and carei’ring thr.iugh her vallic-;. t.> bear away to .iistant markets with ra[iid dispatch her ,a;_n‘i. u!tiuMl and mineral prj.i'J.-ts and manufac- tur.'» We h.ive been lonj: . f the .>pini.)n tliat when t!i.‘ F ly. tteville Roa.l reaches the *'.>alhelds, it w .’i'. 1 be exten.b-1 thr.)u:rh tlii-; ’ ninty, t.i a f.oiiit .in the (V Hoad, whiidi wo’iM be the Very thin_'l 'r H indolph I l.-r (’itiz'-ns, tiierefor.-. ! .■:i^r|,r tu f’ei.l a 'leep s ilicitu le for the proseeution i and I'ompl.'tion of the Coalfields Rial. at:.I lend ; tli -ir aid by takitii: stock in tiie I’ouipany. It is j an cut. rp'i'C with whi.-h tlieir best interc't i' i i- niiii.-d. With a Kailr.aa.l pas-;ing throuirh the ■ ’ 'uuty, pr..{icr:y. that now i-; unsah abl", w.mld | d 'uM'' and tn ble in value an'l fin.i pun-hascrs ' wi'hoiit abati'inent in price. Such is the ease i wiicrever K lilro.id-^ have I'ciietrated, and there I is no reas.in t.> .loubt tl;e s uu’j would not obtain I here. — J'/(' h-, h llulhtin. ( iijf' r ir awl l>> > j> Hirer,—The people I of Wilmington are t.> vi»te on the 21st of Septem- i ber on the (|uestion of a subscription of •?i2;'),000 j to the stock of the (.’. F. ati.J I), li’. ('ompany. The J.iurnal, in noticing the matter, gives the following as the present state of the case: “It is no ase f.ioliuL' i niircr with the vari.ms Northern (’ ‘tnpanias of (i'ontractors. They flash in the pan, and do nothing. To drop the work novr is tantamount t.i an abati b'nmcnt id' it. What is t'l be done, is the jUistion. Thus then, the l>irectors come to this:—they have means of one kind or another, from sales of netrroes, etc . to put work in b.iatiniz order to the mouth of Deep River th'-msidves. Iveliable parties, possesscil of ade- (juate means, will take the contract from the m.e.ith ,>f !> ep Hiver to the centre of the Coal I'ields f.ir of this S^O.rioO to be pai.l in c i'h—the balance in preferred stock Of the 8.;(t,Mlii cash, difl'erent parties interested in the Ian I' .in D. ep River will take a part—perhaps .^•ji 1,(11 III; perhaps ?1.’),I(M»; perhafis onlv The t.iwn subscription will be renuired to till up any .leficiency. It may not all be required or it may. The Town is to receive preferred stock at I'i [ler cent. Now, if the work succeeds, it will, in every sense, be nimey well inve.steil. If it don’t, it may be so much gone. At any rate, it is the only hope for the work that the Directors can now see—the only chance to prevent its abandonment. 1 hese we believe are the facts. They are for the voters to think over and act upon. We do not usually shrink from responsibility iu .such cases, but now, wo must confess that we know hardly what to say. It is of vital importance to the work, but our people are depres.sc.1. It may help to relieve that depression—that is to be hoped for —it may fail—that risk will have to bo run, if the subscriptioji be made.” Cotton-—A bale of new Florida cotton was rcceive.l on Wednesday at Sivannah. From the ri’.iliiJelphia .lournal of July 21. Doifs, the Mode of their K.recut ion.—During the pre.sent week two hundred and seventy-nine dogs have been captured in eight wards. Of the.se but twenty-five were reclaimed. These dogs, as .so.)n as captured, are taken to a public pound, where they arc jicnncd up for twenty-four hours. If at the expiration of this time they are not claimed by their owners, they arc killed. A jteuahy of two dollars is imposed upon all indi viduals who claim their animals after capture, one-lialf of which goes to the city and the other halt to the individual making the capture. The modus operand I of disposing of the canine race is {uite artistic, so much so, indeed, that we are in formed that a number of city doctors are often present on the grave occasion. Death by hanging is the usual method employed by the catchers to dispo.se of their victims. A noose is fitted around the neck of the animal, the other end of the rope being attached to a beam overhead. The animal is then lifted up to a short height and suddenly dropped. Scarcely has he fallen again before he is struck ou the back of the neck with a large club, which puts an emf to his existence. The operation is a most simple one, not a drop of blood b- jg spilled, nor any unnecessary cruelty exhibited in the animal’s destruction. Hy this means dogs are disposed of at the rate of one hundred per hour. Their carcasses are then dis posed of to individuals for vaiious purposes. In the prosecution of this business a number of the “catchers” have received injuries in the shape of dog bites about the hands, arms, legs, iVc. In one or two instances it is feared that fingers will have to be amputated. I he Last illisism.—N. }’. Willis describes a sheetof blotting paper from Washington Irving’s desk as “the door mat on which the thoughts of Irving’s last book had wiped their sandals as they went in." FROM THE LONDON CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NATK.>NAL INTELLIGENCER. London, August 7, 1857. The people of England are beginning to under stand the magnitude of the disaster in India. They are now forming something like an exact notion of what is implied by the words “mutiny of tht! I’engal army.” They turn to their gazet teers and find that Hritish India has a superficial extent of more thnii (J0,t)00 sfju-ire miles, with a population of about 1.>0,000,000. ’I’he native States adjoining to or surnmnded by Hritish ter ritory have an extent of nearly 80(,(.HJfJ sijuare miles and a j)opulati.)u of nearly o00,0>D,t^00. The ag;;reg.ate military force of the native princes is about men, or about 10»,.'0(i more than the u.-ma' numerical strength of the Anglo- Indian army It must be remembered, however, that the native Hengal army has jeased to exist, either through having mutinied or having been disariwcl, thus reducing the .\iiglo-Indian army to considerably below iiu-n. bifty-eight re;i!ncnts, wh>liy or in part, have mutinied, atjd twenty-one have been disarme.l. Altliough the jisaffection, or at h.'ast the outwar.J expression of it, has ii>it, so far as is g. ticrally known, I'Xtctide l lieyouil the Presi.lency of iiengal, e.intaining about t4t>,00U '(juare mih's and a p.ipulation of nearly SO,OI>O,0()O, y(?t th(,‘ tone of ofFicial sjieak- ers and ministerial writers leads us to f’.-arthat tl;e private a.Ivici s »f the (jrovernmcnt ;ire..f a more gloomy character than those which have b.-.-n .submitto'l to the public. Thu t'lue of the .'linis- terial press has grailualiy deepened from levity to i seri.msncss, whilst we have an almost univers.al i assurance of journals of cv'-ry shade of party Opinion that great (‘flforts arid serious sacrifices I will be nweess.ary to restore t he disputed aut hority j and vindicate the arms of Hritain in In.lia. 'I’he ■ revolt niay, and many people thiuk it will. spr..ad thr.iULrhoiit the whole of Britili India an.l efilist , in the service of the revolters the wiiole of the j neighboring native princes. Sfi.iul.l tiiis unf.ir- ! tunately prove to be the case, Engian«I will be : plunged into a war with (including China; near- ' ly one-haif the human race. This is certainly an extreme case, but no m.irtal foresight can pro nounce that it is improbable. (>ue ihi:ig is cer tain, util'''S the next mail brings the news of the I capture of Delhi, anl the entire destriiction of i the revoite.l s ildiery within its wall.®, it wiil bring • intellig'-nce that disaffection has widely sprea.l in ! evcr\' direction, and that the temptation oflcred ; by such a state ..f affairs to the ambition of the j native princes has become all but irre.sistible. It ! wants only souie native Tamerlane to take the I command, and by his eouragc and enterprise to j 1‘ombine all India iu a deadly struggle against the I fiow.-r and authority of England. A letter fr.mi i‘aris, f.»uuiled it is said upon intelli^rence receive'! there, draws a very dark picture of both the pre- setit and the future of India. Tiie writer says: “I shouM presume, from intelligence which has reache.i Haris concerning Indian affairs, that, with few exceptions, it will be found nece.ssary even tually to disband the whole of the native army, ft is declarc.l that a spirit of rebellion reigns throughout the forces of Hritish India, according to the inve^tigatioas lately instituted. It is pro bable, therefore, that Sir (,'olin CampbeH’.s first despatch will ask for more English troops. The sooner we begin to recruit the better, and make every preparation f.ir the worst. The want of railways in India will oblige the necessity of something like 150,000 pjuropean troops for some time to come. The forces now in India are de clared to be only sufficient to guard the scats of government and government stations and protect the military depots of arms created by the dis banding of the sepoys. These observations are suggested by reports which come from a hostile source, but which, I fear, may be depended upon/’ The Times says that Delhi is a second Sebasto pol of England’s own creation, and John Bull seems in a fit of dumpish desperation to be pre pared for something very bad yet remaining be hind. It seems to be very generally admitted that the next mail wil! not communicate the cap ture of Delhi. There are hints also that the rainy .season, already we suppose set in, will put a stop to military operations and render Gen. Barnard’s encampment unhealtfiy and scarcely tenable, and expose the besieging force to very great danger. This would defer the fall of Delhi to Christmas. We may therefore consider it, we fear, as a settled fact that England has another L'reat war oti,her hands, and, if she has “a second Sebastopol” to con«juer, she will have to do it under much greater disadvantages than she ex perienced in the Crimea. The distance from England is four times as great, and the difficulty, danger, and expense of conveying men and muni tions of war will be indefinitely increased. In stead of the scene of action being four or five miles from the gea, it will in India be many hun dreds of miles, and under a nearly tropical climate, through a hostile population, and without auy good means of communication. The English soldiers will be opposed to a well-trained army, men whose chosen pursuit is fighting, who have been disciplined by English commanders, who have proved their prowess in many a hard-fought field, side by side with English comrades, but who are now actuated by a deadly hatred of liri- tish rule. As natives of the.sioil they are fightintr for their country, and as revolted troops theyarc^ every one of them, fighting for their lives. Every soldier in Delhi has his individual quarrel with British rule, and fights in his own (juarrel. We fear that with such defenders, and at such a very inacces-^ible listance, this “second Sebastopol” will prove a difficult conquest^ imposing sacrifices upon this already heavily-burdened country which the people will very reluctantly bear. But this is the dark side of the picture, and there is yet much which affords ground for con fidence and hope. Perhaps the best and most encouraging feature is, that as yet the other Presidencies remain firmly loyal. The native princes and the sepoys of Bombay and Madras have not sufficient cbnfidence in the result of the revolt to cast in their lot with it. We fear lest the holding out of Delhi should induce them to do so, but at present there are no indications of such a catastrophe. The fact too that the rebel lious movement has no great head, no central commanding authority, and that the mutinous army has not any officers of experience to com mand it and regulate its movements, are all cir cumstances greatly in favor of England. It is through their divisions, their jealousies, and in testine feuds that the Hindoos have become sub ject to British dominion. How more than pro bable it is that the same causes of disunion will again prove a source of fatal wer^kness to them, and that, from the want of head, the revolted troops in Delhi will fall an easy prey to a much inferior European force. Upon this latter pro bability our hope to hear very soon of the fall of Delhi principally rests. It is well that the Hin doos do not know their strength, and that if they did they have not the virtue to use it aright. These deficiencies, and the want of the requisite military genius, will, we think, enable England to combat successfully with her Indian opponents notwithstanding all thedi-advantages under which she commences the campaign. England will, we trust,^ trauquilize and consolidate for the present her Eastern Empire. But we fear it will demand a large sacrifice, both of men and money, before this can be done. Some English as well as other politicians affect to see the hand of liussia in this India revolt. No ciroumetaQcea are ad(im}«d, however, which give much pr .! idea. The jubilant tone in wi^i journals have spoken of th.’ [, . produced the following notice t, • “The .serious events whieh | . the power of Great Britain i, , municated fresh ardor to the , glish alliance. Certain j uni: f.>r England in E_'yj;t, I*, r- . t (ilrcece, Canada, and ..th.-r c.iiui’!, fr.)iu their conclusions, l>ii!.'iuii 1 ~ ■; bered. We cannot, for our put, v that our soldiers wear on their ' r. of honor, the effigy of ^i. ii \' revolt to burst out to-mo!r...v m \ God forbif], and we were t'ls.'o’li i over that event, and progu .srie should assur-'lly treat th.iu a.- I . should point out to flie-m tin; s^'t ' France at Inkerni itin at;'l ■•Isewh. ; • i reason ought also to r.'-train th ! from con.lemtiin.' tlie xi ' ! namely, the 'i:u[': ' f. -t t!j:it - . 'and unhurt. CaU!io. 1- ■ . ’ history of our ally, t'orni -rlv eaniiot forget tiio.se won.l' rl'ul -t, vvhich her energy had prepar d. immensity of her res lurces, the formerly sust.ained; an.i far fV m. present events as a blow, \vc I .mk .r i warning from wliich sue will ■[•■i i'. . glau'l will learn ; what the Cri;,i. i contests with I’ersi i and China i- . ; her) that if commcrce and !iii;.:. • ; auxiliaries, they must be sU|,'iiMri.'. ; I organization base.l on equality. 'V . ed that tlie I'ingiish will un i. r ; ; imj'ress that kii.i'.V)* '.iou iheir ;. i the time of oid Ira i.Lio'.is ha-; p;-' . that of a tortiMU' p 'licy. \ liaiiic . j policy is tiie only oiio .'uir-ii.ie i . f,.' , 1 We are c.mvinc. d tiiat the Eiigli': j to meet th-ir pr'-'^’nt .1 uie- i-'. W I in China how they can strike v.ie ■ . and certainly Hiitish patriotism wi.. j all that is required in iii'lia. W’lt i ! to prophetic poW'-i'. we fore-.- t :;- j suit of the Hindoo crisis v/iii :■■■ the adminifttration of liiaia from the t* I c.)Uipaiiy to thos-j of the iiritisii i. I India wiil becoim* an Eti;rlish e.ii..n\ .' Harj)(,‘rV .M;tuaziin' lor Ir L, .1. 11.vi.;. j August --J. 13-121 niKIi (ir LlAli 1 i)il [ Subscriber, ujieii lui_' I . - . ' Jl will sell t'l the iii^du-s: l.i.) i.a-, .^a ir . 17th ilnr of .i V'iMcr '.f L i:i 1 e. ;u . .acres. lyiii^ in K jheson C 'li n,>', j.iiri!n;r tlie of .M. .MclJryde. li. U. .Mc.Seiil, ;tH'i >ihei-.-,— eijrhty .acres of wiiieii is v i.u ible Su tui;. l. sad. w can Vie easily t.ruu-lit iato cultivit; .u: tiic 1. Woo'J L:in.ls. whi-li .arc uiis'arji isse 1 iiy :u.y : . neisrhborhoii I l' r F.uinin;^ l. ai ls, I'liere i ^ laud a Miner.il S.).i-in!’, eL»iitain’.n;.r vnlua i'.o i, properties, which cjal I b-.; urn le soui\-e >>f pv iiut little expense. Tiiere is .n the t.r.- fortable Dwelling, with ail necessiry oit-hoii^, Auy person w.antiiijf fui ciier inroria iti >u . , said L.and cau apply to tiie subsei i cr, t .v . m. - .. of flandalsville. .\ilCIl D .Mc.'llLi.. . N. liau'lalsville, N. C., Auj;. 21. -.r . Champion's .\guc .^!edicine: Shallc:;- : and Ague .\ntidote, and lljwand's fotii.- \i For sale bv S -I. ill.> Aug. 10. Fi>rii) AXi)CAMi’iii:M: L\^ 4 GOOD .V.SORT.Mi;.\T, for s lie r v.ance on c.jst, l>y .'.V.s. .N. s Aug. 3. Paints, \ ariiisli, iini' : sjile by .1. !! i Aug. 10. i . roR KHx r. r|l\VO i-'ToKE.'', on I ’erseii .'Street. . i.ave::’ Market anti witii jr.r..! b,-i -k y.n-i i i'i - - to A. .M. r.v.vll i: T ply to D. R. lluske, Es.i,, Aug. To llie ^c'litlt'iiieii ol' iPi WE take ple.isiire in intr..lu'-ii;.: t ;. ■ able notice .Mr. John IIii.zini;’ :: F t • our Merchant Tailoring Kst.ibii-hniciit wii., i ing your place for tne purpose t . r and measures of those who ma\ be n!c it.: ,v : with t leir patronage. The assortment of CI.OTH.s'. (’A.'^.'^l \!K I! ‘ . 1NG8, UND1:R-GAR.MKNT.. Hosiery. I'lanf.-. i . Hat tj'ases, and Umbrellas, wiil be uuo ;" ; :>•!. a'lvantages accruing to j'UrcLa.5ei-s ot t'Ui- excelled. Mr. H. maj' be found at the F.iy-.-tt vi. ^ Uediiesday ami Thursday, Sept. "J 1 and •’•■1, '> ■ will be pleased to take orders for anythiu;.; i:i Vours truly, o. .S. BALI ” City Clothin; Stork, No :’SM\HRr.! Si Wihuiugtou, N. C., Aug. . OILS, PAINTS, VARNI3HEs7 he. LlNSKElt, TRAIN, un.l LA.Ml’ UlLs White Lead, Chrome (Ireen; Red “ “ Vellow; I’russiau lUue, L'ltra Marine; V'ermillion, Lakes, ruiher; kSienna, Venetian Re.I. t^hellac; Re.I Sanders, \'.indyke Rrowu: Green nn.i Red .‘^niiilts. Oclires. ;iui s; Coach, Leather, Ilrown, Japan and (.’oi ‘ nishes; Paint and Varnish I’.rushes; Alohul, sJr-io' ' Blenders, and all oilier articles used by l’,iini. For sale by J.VS. .s.Mllil, Market S.)u,i August 'JO-ihi. FKKSI! Tl KNll* 8i:i D Large Fiat Uuteh, Large Ihiglish Norfolk, Large White Globe, Turjile top Ruta Raga, Karly Red Top. Just received -and for sale by S. J. IIIN.-^I'A: • July 24. o.,,.. K. H. MrRCUIBON. A. J. Houll MURCHISON cv: iio\vi:ij> Commission MerckunIs^ No. 10i wall street, .liKW VOKI4. tireat •fMalicine tor Hundreds of stimulants have been invent.. 1 an • ' purporting to be specific in the various di.-i, -;e derangements to which the .lelicate form oi'w : render her subject. The result of all these stii..u, has been to impart momenf'tr;/ aciivitij to t! iyntcm, and false vigor to the /uu.-clet; but thi' i- has been succeeded by a depression an.l iir..-;' ■ greater than before; and the repeated atteiiipts • valids to build themselves up by these ./'e- ■ have finally ended in destroying what l;t’'e vit- ganization was left. But iu using !' Bitters," you will tin.J uo such disastrous icsuit^ is a purely vegetable compound, prepared en 'ti: scientific principles, after the manner ef the ted Hollaud I’rofessor, RurLave. L’uder its iiiio*' tftry nerve and muscle receives new strcii^-t-i vigor, appetite and sleep return, an.l fni.illy, i s', health. See adveriiteaunt in another c'^umii. August 2m, jti «ti I 0!S PAYl 'iiiii:si)i\ Kl.dTol'l What a T mad’ '^i ‘‘ inlaii-l t.i_’lit re Baltim 1 h takitig t!i'’ Hay ness, V.' ■ w.i old, atri m il , plied ei tiit'.t li: the N .rth 'aro steady, wi^h so of that 111ost lis I’ort'uioutli t'^ lina, and tV."ii Jjoui'iana l>> difficul t - -!• ' !■ betw ui s*ble ni; ht s sic fresh.'.I instead land r.'Ute. The e .uiitry is beau-it It'■' the f ’■ ■ are ir. of the .- i' ^vl i- left I i- may ;i-' 'H of Fay tt: viU I bad th.- form 1 o'- is a 1' whe;. b. ’'"f pros).- t i part ■ '11 for 1 - * meii-'' i‘; und ,■ 1; :■ of nra! 1 av-- he count■! r' ettevil the C l} only 1 this ' ’ :: recei!*' .. - Jers' y. i ari-'./ sodj I it. as 1 dollar- -ih r . own'Is -.f N 'ith saUi expci'iui. n the rea.b rs ; t of D.:irl '11 I ■ 1 them w -h " r • owe iij. -•■n..ui:ii SO-c:!lle.l •' j.l It h,. SeeUiei fessor Eni:ii iiis’ in wiiieh tlieii du. '1 i; ar.pl near t . tl;- in, I ha\e tl; ii-..,;l o fieM. v.'liieli to i i' Pr..\ ir..,: U. l - .. se- I DQ:::i' ^ I th.' i' -itl wort'; ■ . !!• t! dr;tiii i .r t^ ;r foun.l ! Wh' r. ii !to- ni ha •] M !”Ui I ii: I i: un i ' buil-iiii', OtK Phil- :■ way . Wi . ar. t tc 'ioi pi n- be. h . Y..1I G fit; ■ ni kir. - fiiii'li. P. a, .- ■ bl- : ' el w i i is t:. P to v\ i t(-: ab; Coun I Ih’. orl' ?l i. a I eti . pr-t . ■11. .. t. r M . it. .11 ' iJ iMl Hi. . t i' fi. 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