THE OLD U. S. SENATE CHAMBER, i impetuous and ardent nature untamed by age,;
OiTTuesday last the Senate to«>k possession of | exhibiting in the Senate the same vehement j
. , . . nitrintisin «ni pliiniience that of yore ' sat one Sabbath evening ut an o]>eu window, and j declare that
Its new Chamber, in the North ing ot the Capi- i House of Kepresontatives and the ; watched the sunset light fading out of the calnj “Golden lads and lasses must,
tol Extension — '—’— - ^
ASPIRATION AND GROWTH. j Burnt Offtringt to the Moloch of Fashton-—I GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF N. CAROLINA.
Three vearsl” mused a vouns n)other, as she*! W hen the poet made one ot his ideal characters | condense from the Standard some items of
' .1 1 ' i_,.i *i,«* . 1 • •
interest not embraced in onr Kepor^er’s letten* in
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust,”
Before leaving the old one, ; country. His extraordinary personal endowments, September sky. ^
Crittendetfc spoke a.-^ follows;— i his courajre, all his noble qualities, ini^ested him ‘-’rhree years ago, I was but a school girl, my ■ it is not supj^sable that he meant ashes
‘ I move you, Mr. PVes- with an individuality and a ciiarm of character , course of study just completed, niy plans for life j ders.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
• Halifax, tJuii fj
The North American, fruju Liverpool on
22d ult., put in here to-lay.
The President’s message had been roceiv,.,}
Mr. CRITTENDEN.
ident and Seiuitors, that we proceed at ouee to the *which, in any atro
eonsideratlo’li ^f this report, and th^^ ’ ’ ' “ ^ *
ed. That is tlie purjH)^e for which
fore, however, submitting that motion
of the Senate, I hupe that I may
a few words of partitig from this (
8 to be the flist^duy of inir session here: and this
plu«i^, which has known us so long, is to know us
Duuore fbreter a.^a Senate. The parting seems
to me, sir, t» b^ sjmewhat of a solemn one, and
full of eventful* recollections. I wish, however,
only to say a ^ew words.
5lany
and our
their in
lot it hati
than an^
should all be attached to i^, that my longer asso
ciation should attacii me fo it, is most natural.
Mr. I’resident, we cannot cjuit this Chamber with
out some feeling of sacred sadness. Tiiis (,’hain-
ber h:is been the scene-of great »*\..;>vs. Here
questions of American constitutions and laws have
}>eeii debated; questions ot' peace and war have
been (lekitcd and doculed; questions of empire
have occupied the attention of thi? a.st in blase in
times past; this was the i:ranl theatre upon which
these thinirs have been onacted. They 'j:ive a sort
ot consecrated character to this Hall.
Sir, great men have been the actors here. The
lid have made him a fav
lowluii with iiope and aspiration. Life itself was ; .seem to be too often courting such
would learn its les- | last Euglish niail brings the sad iutellig
l^ady ljucy liridj^euiau has followed lier .sister.
Lady Charlotte, to a prematifre grave, victims both
to th(* habitual carelessness with which a costume,
daflgerous in itself, is worn by the fashionably
declininji sun, as it hastened down the west, tnrew tne wovivi must ue .so ut >jauiz:euas to aiu oui i clad, (jreat must have been the uloom falh n
back ifs'~level beams, in hues of mellowtni splen- Whatever was great or {mre, or noble or loveable
dor to illuminate and to cheer the land he loved must be attainal>le, and 1 would attain it.
and' .served so well. | “Those days of aspiration, how vividly 1 recall-
- All tlie States may jxjint, with gratified pride, | ed them to-day, as 1 opened an old book oi ex-
tii fhi* services in the Senate of their iiatriotic , tracts, collecteil them Ironi favorite authors, ilere
the last Observer
!, I upon Western Hall, in Staffordshire, the seat of “,\nd for th- i>-rter secu
I the Karl of Bradford, since the **^gbthen these | i„j^f,rest upon said be
' his two daughters were suddenly transferred from ^ cnnpletion of .said road, the company
A lon^ disetis.sion took place ..-n th«^ nianag-e-
ment of the State Roads, as heretofore noticed,
and then the Senate took up the special order
ThK. FlKLItS HaILR 'AV- i
Mr. Jiledsoe offered the foUowlii^ amendment
urity
bonds
.. cherish it with icrateftii acknowlegments to tin*
l>ivine Power who controls the destini»‘s of em
pires and whose goodne.s.^ we adore. '1 he struc
tures reared bv men yield to the corroding tot*;li
illustrious 4ead, that hav.- distinguished this l.odv'These marble walls must moulder into
in times past, naturally rise to our view on such i rum; l.ut the principles of .•oustitntioiial liberty
an occa.sion. I sj.eak‘ only of what I have seen. | guarded by wisdom and virtue, unlike material
and but partiailv of that, 'when 1 say that here, |‘dements, do not decay. Let us devmtiy tru.-t
within these^walls. I have seen men whose fame j that another Senate, in another age, .shall bear
is not surpassed, and whoso power and ability and : ^ iarrer ( haniber tni> ( on^titutiun
to awaken emulation or to plunge In despair! j the past, the .li.>tant, and the future jiredoniinate
Fortunate wiH be the Ann rican statesmen who, in ; over the ].resenc. adv.1i.ees us in die dignity ol
this age, or in'succeeiling times shall contribute j thinking beings.’ Tbo dignity of thinking beings;
to invest the new Hall to which we go with his- j alasl 1 have fallen from that dignity. My thoughts
toric memories like those which cluster here. 1 are, of necessity. enj^ros.-eil with the petty details
And now. Senators, we leave this memorable j of the jin'.‘>ent: and “the past, the (listant. and tiio
('haniber, beariiitr with ns, unimpaired, the Con-1 future,' are quite beyond niy sphere. If only
stitution we received from our forefatliers. Let
palatable.
It is also stated that the Freueh forei'^n hurt-
had heard with some surprise Mr. Buh-uiH't*'^
recommendation to purchase (’uba, France h- ’ ^
already notified the American Minister that^Jh^
in conjunction with England, liad entered into*^'
determinaticin not to tolerate the secession !
Cuba, \;ven with the sanction of Spain!
'Comnurcial.—Liverpool, Dec. 22.-
the gay insouciance of a drawing-room Vo be«s of j ;i“j^,osirwi't h”the public treasurer good"and cotton foVth^ee dliy8,’"22.0U0 bSs—
thence to be moved only to the tanii \ bond made by individual stockholders | 2000 bales; exjtort 2000. Closed at a sli
jr persons int'rested in said road, amounting to j eline, syme say of a sixteenth, t>tliers sav
]tavab!e at any time prior to the completion of said
vigorous and inviolate, and that tlie la.st genera
tion of posterity shall witness the ifeliberations of
the Kc]>resentativetf of American States still uni
ted, prosperous, :nid free.
patriotism are not surpa.ssed, by anything of (.Gre
cian os of Uoman name. 1 have st'cii Clay and
Webster, and (’alhoun and l)enton,and Leigh and
Wright, and Cluvton, (last tlumgh not le;cf,)
mingling together in this body atone time, and I _ ~ , /r- - r
unitinsr their counsels for the bt iiefiT of their coun-: Thr 1 r> sil> nt mul tin- S>i^n(iry >n unjjs.
try. they seem to our imagination and sen>i})ili- ! —A c.rrespondent of the Alexundna (.azctte
ties, on such an occiLion as this, to have left their tuvnishes that pa]>er with the following extracts
these very walls; and this niaiestic ; the President s niosage and the report ol
his Secretary of the Treasury:—
Pr.f SI1>KN'T.
••SpECinc duties are the
1^-st, if Hot the only means
for securing iht»revenue a-
(Tdinst faNe nnd tVadulent
invoicc-*.
impress on
dgme seems almost yet to echo with the voi.-e of
their eloquetice. 'I his Hall seems to lie a local
habUation for their names. This Hall is full of
the pure odor of their justly-earnetl fame, 'i here
are others besides those I liave named, of whom I
will not speak, because they have not yet i-losed
their career—not yet ended their services to the
coun5fy; and they will receive their reward here
after. There are a iiost (d‘ others that 1 ml^ht
mention—that deserve to be mentioned—but it
would take t'» louir. Their names arc* in no dan-
srer of being forgotten, nor their.s. rvices unthouirht
of or unhonored.
Sir, we leave behind us, in going from this
Hall, these associatioF>. these jiroud imaginations
80 well calculated to ]>rompt to a generous emu- ! j>rp-fnt sysioiu is a sliding
lation of their t»t'rvices to their country; but we | ^cnle to his disaiivantatre. j
will carry along "with us. to the new ('hamber to j  Uir readers are very
which we ase to go, the spirit and the iRetnory of
.m:ckktaut.
••If traudd have been
[iractioi-'d upon the reven ie
it is mil owiu^ to oiir jn-e-
soiii ,M) v.vLo^^:^i system.
•■Adheiin? lu t!io priii-
>{H‘citio duties wmilJ | cij'! .; , iid viiloron; . of ilie
j'lfsent t.-irifi' net. 1 would
leciiTiiinftid sufli
will produce tlie atnoum
reipiired for the public t-r-
vice.
•‘Hy fntingarticl*-- inadt.'
al home, tliec nwiiuer px\ ~
the euhan*.'e>i vnUu- imt
n tin* ipiHiitity iin-
1, hut on the iumitity
afl'orii tothe .\merici*ii inau-
ni'actuver the isen>t.M.\L
filvantaire to which h« is
fairly entitlf-d.
■•The im-ideiital pn>tec-
tion art'orded hy a revenue
lariti'. would, af the preseut
inoiiieiit. to Some extent,
iiicrer»-ie th« confidence of l*onl_v
the manufacturer. The j P"rt
all these things; we will carry with us all the in
spiration which our illustrious predecessors are
calculated to give; and t^herever we sit we shall
be the S*nate of the Lnited States of America—
a great, a powerful, a conservative body in the
government of this country, and a bodt that will
maintain, as 1 trust and believe, under all cir
cumstances and in all times to cime, the honor,
the riiiht, and the glory of this country. l>eeause
we leave this Chand>er, we shall not leave behind
us any sentiment f>f patriotisni, atA’ lievotion to
iiinde at home.
well aware, sav-^ tlie
Hichniond Whig, that the principles avowed in
these two extracts formed the dividing line be
tween the old Whig party and the modem Deino-
cracvl We iind the President asserting in the
broadest terms, the very doctrine for which Mr.
Clay contended, during at le:tst twenty years of
his legislative life. Mr, Cobb still contends, that
by taxinir the article madt* at Ikuiic, the consumer
jiays the i-nhanced valiu- not only on tin-tjuantitv
•:r.*at objects’ of thoutrht make trreat minls, then
mine niif't necessarily lie cramped and diminutivt;.
And yet it is ail true; 1 felt that it was true, in
tho.se’days of freedom. Hut amid the worry and
fref of «'very-day life, how can one maintain these
attitudes of thouirht?’
•••The breezy call ol’ iucuiise-brealhiiifi morn.’
siinuimns me only to the duties t>f the kitchen and
the dairy; the •rolden iiuurs of mid-day find me
still enorossed with the exhausting routine of me
chanical toil; the calm serenity of twilii^ht .scaroe-
ly brinirs a reprit've from the labors ol“ the day;
and when the holy hush of ni>rht would whisjier
to the soul, of
•• “Tlie high,
,N!y>turioU' lliii>;rs of (Jod'-i iiniiu-ii'iity.'
the over-tiisked nerves and weary brain refuse to
admit the elevating influence.”
A slight vu>llinu. in the cradle b\ her side, in
terrupted t'.ie soliioqiiy. ••'! his would be quite
like one of tho.-ie thoughtful iunir.'. in the olden
time, wert- it not for this little interrujition," said
the mother, a^ she quieted the little sleeper, and
r»‘'-iuiud her jil.ice l»y tin* window. 1 his time
there was a >mile of qui»‘t hajitrjiie.--> upon her tact,
and the .'hade of inelaiichoK had disaj-pOated.
•• Aft« r all. is not my life lieher ami noisier lor
this -^niaii le'j oiisil.ility, with all its cares and
ve.\.alio!i'.' ( oiiKi all the deliuht oi calm, un
troubled tluui'/ht compensate for the want ot thi'-
Wfll->prin- ol ; this decj«er. j'ur^ r fnuntain ol
j h;ippine« fli.iii e\er earth b»‘Stoweil belbre!'" i
I Just till II thi v\>rd-^ echoed in her mind, a.- ii j
I a voice had fallen through th- clear air; •■.''o is j
j tiu‘ kiiiirdoin ol’tloii, as it';i in:in should cast seed
j into tie- jrrotind. and ^h'n^ld 'k-rj» and ri>e. niiiht j
I ;iiid ilav, and the 'ced >liould spriii-raud ^'row up. j
I iie knoweth not how.' .Vnd a voici in her inmost !
' soul i-cl'oed the iiiterpretation: '-’I he kiriL'doin of [
(iod i". within you; ilie seci is the truth, the soil |
is ihe hard and cold >ui roundings of thy earthly I
lit'e; the i;rowtli i-^ not tor thee to measure. iJod's
•rrandcst procose- of nature and ol grace arc be
neath the suriace of our obv,.rvation. How eanst
thou numbcT the niillion pro* e.'.s*— of j^ro-A th that
are ifointr on in the \;t.'t lab.ir;itory beneath the
irroiindl' I low ciUi-^t tliou know ttie deep desi*:n
of (iod in th' edueatioii ol thy soul, thr>tULdi sut-
agony
mausoleumi Js it not also a strange coincideiict
that the grHiid-inothcr of these y^^^ng htdies, the secure the payment of interest as ! ljut unchanged. Manchester quotatiuns n 1 •
hite Lad}r /jlizabeth . lonenef, lost hei i e ) a i vvliich said bond shall be jiayable to the I firmer, with an advancing tendency.
similar catastrophe iiot many \eais ago. am " : pnl,H(; treasurer, and shall be deemed due and ; duli. Wheat firm. Provisions ’ ” ^
thi«> sad tale may still be addeil another, drawn |
Ironi the same walk in life. A few weeks ‘ago ,
at lirijrhton tln‘ Hon. Mi.ss Plunkett, daughter ol |
Lady Louth, ignited her dre.ss while .standing be- ^
fore the fire. She was dreadfully burnt. 'I’er- i
rible sufiering in such cases is certain; recovery is '
very rare. llers rs~oonsiderel doubtful. \\ hen j
i rlara Webster on the English stage, and (’ar-j
oline Lehman, of Niblo’s, in this city, perished by ■
accidents of this distre.ssinir naturi', the peril was .
perhaps thought to be incidental to the profe.'ssion. '
t’an tiiere be the same delusion now' U hat fol- ^
lows? ‘After the storm of ridicule which the vo- 1
taries ot fashion have braved in defence of the i
“trouble.some disguises that they wear, ’ it is al- |
toirether hopeless to expect that they will throw '
aside their crinoline merely because the prevalent j
style costs now and then a lew valuable livt's. i>ut j
we men can’t afford to let our mothers, our wives, i
our dau:rhters sacrifice themselves thus reckle.s.'-ly. i
A remedy must be found. Tlie miner has his '
safety-lamji; we must have .safety fire-grates in our j
houses. (luards and fenders need not now be in- |
vented; but it behoofes hou.sekeepcrs to have them j
fitted.—AUtiuu. \
■Ota
imported, but on the quantity made at home, i
fW Cobb: He is altoir^ther beyond the rea-h | ferin-r, throu^di c:ir. . f hrou-h hd.or, tlin.ULdi the iie-
of rea.son. and there is no good to result from
.ssiirv tiials and vexations of thy daily life' Am
the country whicli the illu.strious exemplars that ' ariruinir ^Y'tb him. He lias a /A,and what I
have gone before ;is Iny^'e set to us. 1 hese. like ! arc facts to a man who htts a theory oi' his own'^ j thou recallest with rejzret, may be included in the
our household gods, will be carried with us; and i — — — 1 general l;iw: ‘hxcept a corn ot wheat t ill into tin-
we, the^representatives^jf the States of this niiirhty ' tht Oumorrun/ nr> hoiinj.—The W ;vh- i ground and die. it abideth alone; but if it die it
Cnion, will be found always cqiiaL 1 trust, to the ■ inir I nion says that the Pension Hill lately pa.'sed i briiiL'cth forth min h fruit. Ii there were \ilulity
exigencies of anv time that may come ujjon our [ by the I >enio«-ratic House of Ueprest-ntativcs mitrht [ enouirh in the seed to .-•urvlve planting, it will d»--
eountry. No matter under what sky we may sit; . properly be ‘'(lenominated a bill forgiving a little j velop by the meati' to a larger life, and a nobler
no matter what dome may cover us; the irreat I of the jmblie money to everybody who will take | irrowth. It it were otiK a sickly fancy, it was not
patriotic spirit of the Senate of the Cnited States 1 the trouble to a]i{)ly for it, and for e-;t:iblihing a
will be there; and I have an «bidinr confidence ] perpetual High Tariff.',’ “It is no other than a
that it will never fail in the performance of its i uica>ui*f for taxin/ all the ptnjpl** for the pur|>ose
duty, sit where it may, even though it were in a ; '>f givinj.' some of them pensions from the public
desert. ' purse. It rivals in wisdom and eci^^jiomy the
Hut it is yet, sir, uot possible to leave this Hall j policyof robbing Peter to jiay Paul.” *
without ca.stinfr behind us main- lonvriii'r and
gering looks. It has bee'u the scene of the jKi.^t;
(ibl \> tr.-^fiirjit rs.—The oldt >t r»‘rular news-
the new Chatnber is to be the scene of the future’; i En^Ldand is sai.l to have been establish^
and that iuture, I hope, will not Jbe dishonored ‘ and the oldest in 1-ranee in lb
by any conqiarison to be njade with the past. It ! Hutch journals completed in 1
too, will have its illustrations of^reat publi
1C ser
vices rendered by great men and great patriots; |
and this body, the great preservative element oi i
the Government, wdH discharge all its duties, j
taking care to preserve the Cnion of the States
which they repre.sent—the .source of all their hon
ors, the Source of trust which they sit lierc to
execute, the source as it has been and as it will
be of their country’s gr^^itness, happiness, and
prosperity in timet to come, as it h;is been in the
time that, is past.
Vice President Hrecklnridge foll(4,wed with a
long account of the different places of meeting of
i its two hundredth anniversary, on which occasion
the publisher issued t» his sub.scribers copies of
the first number as it appeared on the tith .Jan
uary, !♦).')). It Contained two small folio paires of
news, and declared its purpo.se to be to .supply the
public with a digest of the most important news
conveyed to the publisher either by private or by
.special comniuni(;ations. The first Ru.ssian news
paper w;us established in 170:{. Peter the (Ireat,
it is affirmed, not only took jiart personalh' in its
editorial composition, but in correctini; proof!s, as
apfiears from sheets still in existence, in which are
mark.s and alterations in his own hand. There
is said to be two complete copies of the first year's
Congress, and closed with the’following elX|uent | edition in the Imperial Library of St. Petersburirh
remarks:—
The Senate is a.s.scmbled for the last time in
Ani>'rliini XeirsjKtf»rs.—The first paper pub
lished in North America was the Hoston News
this Chamber. Henceforth^ will be converted j Letter, established in 1704; and the second was
to other uses; yet it must remain forever connect
ed with great events, and sacred to the memories
of the departed orators and statesmen who here
engaged in high debates, and shaped the policy cf
tlieir country. Hereafter the American and the
established in that city in 172d, about whicfi time
a jiaper was also started in Philadeljihia, and there
were four other.s in other parts d‘ the .Vmerican
(’olonies. When the Hevolution began, in 1775,
there were only four papers published in the city
stranger, as they wander through the Capitol, will of Hoston, and* the whole number in the rnited
turn with instinctive reverence to view the spot States was but thirty-five, viz: seven in Ma.'^sa
on which so many and great materials have accu
mulated for history. 'I hev will recall the images
of the grci^ and the good, whose renown is the
comtnmi property of the Cnion; ami chiefly, per
haps, they will linger around the seats once occu
pied by the mighty three, whos* names wid fame
assiK'iated in life, death has not been able to sever;
illustrious men, who in their generatifin sometimes
divided, sometimes led and sometimes resisted
public opinion—for they were of that higher class
of statesmen who seek he right and follow their
convictions. ^
I here sat Calhoun, t/u- Seirator, inflexible, aus
tere, oppressed, but not overwhelmed by his deep
sense of the importance of his public* function;
seeking the truth, then fearlessly foUowing it—a
man whose unsparing intellect compelled *^all his
emotions to harmonize with the deductions of his
vigorous logic,'and whose noble countenance hab
itually wore the expression of one en>ra'ed in the
performance of hijrh public duties.
This wa.s Weljster's seat.’ Jfe, too, was even
such a Senator. Ctmscious of his own vast powers,
he reyiosed with confidence on himself; and scorn'-
ing the contrivances of smaller men, he stood
among his peers all the rreater for the simple dig
nity of his .senatorial demeanor. Type of his
northern home, he rises before the imagination, in
the frraml and granite outline of his form and in-
chusetts, one each in New Hampshire and (it'orgia;
two each in Rhode Island, Maryland, Virtrinia
and North Carolina; three in South Carolina; four
each in Connecticut and New Vork; and nine in
I’ennsylvania. In 1810 the whole number in the
United States was 8o9; in 1820 it was 8;')2: in
1x40 it had increased to 1,(».‘>1, and in ISoO to
2,.')2(). 'I'he aggregate number of copies circu-
lat3d in 1850 was 42(5,400,9 8. The whole issue
for one year, estimated upon the ba.sis of an ordi
nary country paper would cover a surface of one
hundred square miles, or constitute a belt of thirty !
worth nur>inL'—h-t it die. Hiirial i' the condition
d'resurrection; ileath. of life. Take heart, theni
It is not e>sential that thou -houldst watch the
irradual irrow th ol ;i.d— 1* >i:rn in thee. Whilst
thou art concerned only in tlic laithful, humble
jieribrinance of comiiuin duties, the good seed may
bespriiiirin^'amlgrow in'ru]>,tliou knowe.st nothow
In the cainuT flow of thouirht which followed
a little legend of the olden time recurrt'd to mem
ory, and shall bi- repeated here, if haply it may vi
brate with peace and consolation in >ome other heart.
A ho’.y monk oi old—for .such there occasionally
were—was surprised one day, during his hour of
secret prayer by thepersonalapjiearanceofthe Lord
desiisin his cell. Filled w ith raptureat thegracious
coridescens'uin, his whole soul ovevfloved in love
and gratitude, and he i‘xclainie«l, ••Here let me
breathe out my life; let me die at thy feet, if only
1 may continue to behold thy irracious counte
nance, my Lord .and my (Jodi” At that moment
Ijlie convent bell broke rudely in upon his trance
of worship, summoninir him to his routine of daily
duty. .Must he go':* Was there not sufficient ex
cuse for one day' absence from 1ms post!' No,
tho.se clear yet loving eyes that jicnctrated'the
dejttbs of his soul, and beheld the secret inquiry,
offered no enccmragement to jirolonging hap)»iness
at the expense of fidelity. They seemed rather
to say: “Now the labor, the self denial; hereafter
the glory, the reward. Fulfill thy round of duty
as a good soldier, it shall not subtract from the
eternal ages of communion with thy Lord.” With
tearful eyes, and slow reluctant .-iteps the monk
withdrew, eiisting a last look upiui the heavenly
vision. Longer than ever before seemed the
Inrurs of dull observances, and often the question
forced itself upon him; “/s this the way of holi
ness? Surely it is bearing the cross, but is it fol
lowing the Master'/” Ajid a.s id'tcn spake the an
swer of faith in his inmost he;irt; “The duty now,
the joy hereafter.” At length the morning’s task
was emled, and with beating heart, the monk has
tened to his de.solate cell. Lo! it was brighter
than ever with the pure radiance of that counte
nance which is altogether lovely. Words of gra
cious approval rewarded his self-denial, and the
joy of that hour shed its lighfon all the remaining
steps of his hard and lonely pathway, until the
Hlnze-ProuJ lJrcAs>‘s.— 1 ^e Medical J ime.s.says:
"The melancholy accident by which the ladies
Lucy and (,’harlotte Hridgenian and Miss Plunkett
have been such fearful suflcrer> teacher* a lesson
which must not be neglected. The light fabrics
manufactured for ladies’ dresses must be mad*-
blaze pro»f. Nothing can be more sitn[ile. 'J he
most delicate wliite lambric h:indkerchiei' or
Heecy gauze for the finest lace may, by .'imply
soaking in a weak solution otChli^ritli* ot zinc, b*
so protected from the blaze that if h‘M in the •
riauies of a caudle they may be reduced to tinder |
without blazing. l>res,ses so prepared mi^ht be ;
burnt by nccident without the otlier garment- ;
worn by the lady being injured. \\ hen jmor
t'lani \V ebster was burnt we inculcated the 'ame
moral, and now the dre.■»l*^ of >tagf dancers an
pp'par. (i in the way we reeommended. Whj :;re
fineing ladie' of r;ink to be exposed to daiiL'er '
t'rom which their dan-ing sister' by profe'-i.jn
are protected'/ The hint may be put to a pn fi-
table use by some enterprisinii manui’aeturer" i
lloo- Ciini-' to hf- ! S'if.— it i somewhat
singular to trace the manner in which an-^e the
use of the conimtju bcverag»;. coffee, w itiiout w hieh
few persons, in any half or wholcly ci\ilised coun-
tvv in the world, would .seem hardly abletoe\i>t
At the time (’olumbu.-'di.seoven d Amcrica. it luni
never beiMi known or u>ed. It only grew in
Arabia and upper l^thiopia. 1 fie di>covery of it'
U'C ;i.s a beverage is a.eribed to the Superior of a
monastery, in Arabia, who. desirous of pn vent-
ing the monk> from sleeping at their iioeturnal
services, made tfiem drink the infusion ot' eofiee
upon the report of .some ^hepherds, who observed
that their fioeks were more lively after browsing
on the fruit of that jilant. Its reputation >pread
through the adjacent countries and in al>iut two
hundreil years ii reached Paris. A single plant
brought therein sixteen hundred and fourteen be
came tin* parent stock of all the coffee plantations
in the W e.st Indies. The extent of consumption
can now hardly be realiz«‘d. The Cnited States
alone annually eoii'Ume at the co't of its landing,
from fifteen to sixteen million of dollars. You
may know the Arabia or Mocha, the best coflec,
by its small bean of a dark color. I jie Java and
K:ist Indian, the next in qualitv’, a larger and
paler yellow. The W‘st Indian Kio ha.s a blu.sh
trreeiiish grey tint.
.1 Rouuint e in I*uluUa.— )n»? of Texas’s dis
tinguished citizens, name not given, who has
figured largely in public life, first as a lawyer,
then as a .stldier in the .Mexican and Indian wars,
and then as a leading politician, has the i'ollowing
related of him in a sketch of his lil'e by the New
()rleans (’hri.'tian Advocate. He had been j»ut
uj> by his party in lx.>7 to succeed (Jeneral
ilou.'ton in the Cnited States Senate; but, feeling
called to the ministry, and di.strusting his own
:ibility to re.sist the temptations of Wa.shington
life, was unwilling to accej)t the nomination. He
laid the case before his wife, leaving to her the
choice between the Cnited States Senate and
destruction to his morals, and the pulpit and
salvation:
“Taking the letters and papers from all parts
of the State, giving him a.ssurauce of election, he
roiid, if the said conipany .shall fail to.pay the in- ; From Jupan. Ihe Hong l*unu'corresiHjii.Icnt
terest on th*'bonds given in exchange for the ;jfthe London News, writing on the 2'Jtli oi
boinis of the State, wliii h bonds shall, upon the fber, .says:
jiavniirnt of the i'lterest to the completion of said ; “The news of the death of the Knip rur ,f,)
roatl, b* surrendered by the public treasurer to pan is confirmed. He died of cholera, which
the said company.” disea.«e was carying off great numbers. | '^j'
Mr. (lilmore aid the friends of the bill desired ; ted States Minister had returned n» Sliun.di-.
the Sta^e to be fully secured in her aid to the ' but some appreliensions are entertained t;,r 1),'^
work, 'i’hey thcieibre cheerfully accept the amend- IF'reneh Plenipotentiary, nothing havin.r
ment. • [heard of the chartered steamer Kemi, on bo:ira„f
'I’be amendment was then adopted. j which ve.s.sel his Kxcellency had  inbarked fr
Mr. Filedsoe des’jTeil to explain his present posl- j .jajian for Shanghai.”
tion on the (jiu stion. He hud formerly regarded j Kmperor of Japan being childlfss. i.pj'
the ]‘ill as calling for a virtual increase of the }^jj. adopted Foer-tsigo, Prince oi‘ Ku-sii
State’s liabilities, and wa-s therefore opposed to it. • arrgj sixteen years, as his child anri sttceessur ’
Such was-not-the case now, however, 'ihe pub-! " 1
lie tn a'iirer could not now be called on to pay | Wtishintjtoii It ms.— Tht-Xcw Sf-iuife If,,If.
either the jjrincipal or the interest. The princi- ^ The new hall allows .seats for a hundred Si'jiutors
pal was secured by the pnjvisions of the bill, and 1 Two-thirds of the space in the-hall is approprial-
the interest was e(}ually secured by his amend- ed for the public, which is a remarkable e.xoiiijj;.
ment, as it called for the forfeiture of 850,000 to ' fication of the progress of popularization which the
be due and payable on the first failure of the com- ^ Senate has undergone since it was first ori:aiHzel,
pany to pay the intere.st on the bonds. He would At first, the Senate held its session in .'ecrot, and
vote for the bill. ; for a long time the public were excluded iVuiu it>
Mr. Walkup had voted for the bill becau.se he j chamber. Its proceedings were those of an Kx-
believed it dead. lie would now vote for it under ecutive Council, rather than of a legi.-^lative IhhIv.
its alten d circumstances, because he believed it Speeches were not addressed then to the j ubli'e,
would develoj) a great source of wealth for the State neither were they reported.
Mr. (ruvther felt bound to go for the bill; the : ^ Cor. X. }'
interests ot this vast eo-al region should be de-| Tfu: ln>:i Jutfrest.—Thejron interest i> about
veloped. Lv»Ty thing tended to call for the pas-, uiake a .strong demonstration upon Cniurress in
sage oi the bill, and the letter of (’om. ilkes , f^yor of specific duties. If it be ciirdially sup-
'hould -settle the question in the minds ol all. ported by the cottoti. woollen atKl other iIltt‘re^l^.
Mr. Leach said tbo question was to extend a the movement, .«trongly aid(*d as it is by the Fre-
I'rieiidly band to a prai.seworthy company who had .sidcnt’s influence, will come to something. The
already doiie all in their jiower to lielji themsel- Pcnn.'-ylvanians say tliat they will be s,ui.sftt-(] with
ves. He did not kii .w what his coii'tituents a specific duty often dollars a ton on iron. lh;>
Would tliink of it, but he wa.s willint: to go down jj.; actually a b?s degree of protectnui than the
as an indivil.ial to raisi‘ up the State.
,Nlr, Miller had voti'd against the bill, but it was
not becau>^ ot a fear of his co!i>tituents. If they
'end him liere he would do what he thous^ht right.
He Would now vote for the bill.
['I he bill pa."ed. a.~ stated in the last  )bserver.]
On Wednesday. Mr. Walkup offered a resolu
tion to loan >12.iaM) .jut of the literary fund to Jj-qi, interest has undoubtedly the | nlitical n
Carolina 1 emale College. Ansoti county. Refer- uf I’ennsylvania and of New Jersey.—//.
re>l to the Committee on education and literary
fund.
Mr. Leach, a bill to increa.so the revenue of
railroad'. He moved the bill be printed and made
the special order for .^londay next. [^The bill
proj.o-e' to kill the dead-head system, and im lu-
des in it operation even the ijfficers of the work.]
Ket'erred to the comniittc(“ on internal improve-'
: nieiit.'—the proposition to [irint being rejected.
present tarifl’affords when iron is high. Political
interest are to )>e combined with this iiiuvcment
in a greater degree than has been sujipo.sei!, Tiie
llepublicans find it their inti^^ist to go with it. 1m--
c-anse it may fail in effecting any legislation, and
leave the iron interest in opposition to i'(.inutrfitii-
a.'-eenlancy, at tlie next Pre.sidi,'ntial election. 'Iht'
i-o/iiro!
feet wide around the earth, and weigh nearly 7ir. heavenly city opened upon him, and
000,(.»0O pounds. These facts I gather mainly ^ swallowed up in the exceeding
from the census stjitistics of 1850. What the in- ‘
crea.se has been since 1850 I have no means of dc- i ^
tellect, like a great New England rock, repelling
New England wave. As a writer, his product
tions will ’be cherished by statesmen and scholars
while the English tongue is spoken. As a sen
atorial orator, his great efforts are* historically as
sociated with this Chamber, whoSfe very air seems
yet to vibrate beneath the strokes of his Jeep tones
and his weighty words.
On the outer circle, sat Henry Clay, with his
termining; but the whole number of newspapers
and periodicals in the l.’nited States at this time
is probably little, if any, less than four thousand.
In Europe ^ind other ]>arts of the world the
number, in prdportion to the population, is much
less than in the Cnited States, if, indeed, in all
the world beside there are a.s many as in the
United States alone; although in bWigland and
Oermany. in the business of book-making, they
*jre doubtle.ss in advance of us.
The New Orleans True Delta says that the fol
lowing verdict was rendered recently in thecrimi-
dal court of that city; “We the jourey find the
verdict guilty.” Wonder if an action could not
be instituted against that “jourey” for murder—
of the President’s F^nglish';'
The al>ove reminds us of the finding of a jury
in the “third of Baker,” many year#fego. It was
a case of forcible entry and detainer, and the ver
dict was, “We the jury find this case are flung.”
Macon Telegraph,
blessedness, when it is not :i rcuitine of dry and
useful observances, but the active service of a
self sacrificinir life, that robs us of our quiet hours
of thought and communion. Nay, it is not alone
when we are privileged to enter into ourcloset and
shut the door, that we may enjoy the real presence
of our Lord. Lven in the midst of’common daily
toil, does there not often fall uy>on our path a
brightness as it were a light from heaven—a glow
of (juiet joy, a peace which passeth understanding
—whose presence we could not explain, did we
not know that
All unseen thf Master walketh,
By the toiling servant’s side.”
In these hours, mechanical toil is no longer
exhausting, or petty details too contracting in
their influence. 'The path where (!hrist can lead
is not too narrow for his disciples to follow. And
we are .satisfied to labtir on, in faith and patience,
saying to ourselves, as did the monk of old:
“Courage, courage, O weary heart! the duty now;
the rest, the joy, the perfectness hereafter!”
Advocate aiid Guardian.
j Tariff.—We are to have no diffieuhv on the
' .“^core of our foreign rekitions. but it i.' uii(iouht-
edly true that we are in Some financial trouble
The present-Tariff will afford revenue enuuirh
alter a while, but the question is how uicaii' :irr
to be supplied for the jirespnt.* 'Another loan, if
it be neces.sary, would be the proper report, hut
I both the Administration and ('ongress arc n.liic-
I tant to adopt it. The Tariff question is, tliere-
wii.Mi.\r,ToN .\Ni» HI.THKRF0RI) RAii.RuAi). fore, to be a more serious one, even at this >edon.
The bill t * amend the charter of the Wilming- ‘ than ha.s been supplied. Arrangements i f a p--
ton, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad Company, litical character are forming which may en>;ure the
beiiiir the sjiecird order of the d:iy, was now taken pa.s.sage of a bill for the increa.se of diitic' hi the
up on its second reading. The ( ommittee report-: House, but the friends of this incipient measure
ed a substitute for the bill. This proposed to is- ; say they have but little hope of passing it in the
sue .''tate bonds in lieu oV the bonds of the com- ; Senate.
pany indorsed by the >>tate. to an amount oi §8000 I The IIou.e Committee ol Finance will cnt
jier mile, as pledged in the charter, secured by a , down the appropriations called for by the diilerent
lien on all tlie works; and also empowered the j departments, and propose such an increa.se >1 the
State to sequester the receijtts of * road to pay ,
the inter(?st. and gave the Si;ite further pow- ;
er of making a purchase in the cv *nt of the com- j
]>any failing to meet tjie interest for two consecu- j
tive yt*;irs.
Mr. Steele said the substitute hi d been dmwn
up by himself, and as a friend ol t ie road lie wa.s i
satisii(*d with it. lie then |)roceeJed to explain !
the charter and its provisions ai:d pointed out the '
})art>i amended by the present bill. He alluded
to the difference between State bondt and bonds
ofjirivate cor]>orations endorsed by the State—
giving the rea.ons for the difference in their value
in the money market of the world. And in this
connection he read a letter from J (din Potts Hrown,
Ksip, of the firm of DcRos.set i lirown. New York,
in which the question of the difference in these
bonds and the effect of endorsed bonds on State
bonds was clearly and aldy discussed. Mr. Steele
also alluded to the loss on the endorsed bonds of
the (’ape Fear and Deep River Navigation Com
pany—auiounting to some thirty per cent., while
at that very time our Stiite bonds were .selling at
1*8 cents. It was not proposed to add one cent
to the Suite's indebtedness nor to affect her inter
ests in any way, save in one, which was to her ad-
\aiitage. 1 , • , • , I lows; Auburn 747, Sing-Sing 1,110, Clinton
An irregular discussion followed which elicited o‘>15 ^ -
Tariff a.s will afford .some addition to tfie revenue.
Hut it is quite as likely that the appropriations will,
in the aggregate, exceed the estimates, as fall 'hort
of them.—Jour. ('om.
.4 Xftr Territory in l*roApt‘ctiv.—Colfax’s
bill for the organizatiitn of the new TerritorA- ot
Coloua, embraces in its jjrovisions .all the recently
discovered Gold Regions of Pike’s Peak. Cherry
(’reek, etc., extending fropi the parallel of longi
tude 180 deg., to the cfest of the Rocky .^loun-
tains, being ft>ur to five degrees in width; and fn'tn
the 37th to the 42d paraliel of Jatitude. including
parts (d the Territories of Kansas, Nebraska, 1 tah,
and New Mcxico—the larger part of which lies
in the present limits.
York Items.—The expenses of the piiKiic
schools of the State for the last year were
t*49, teaching 842,137 children of all sizes by .)1,-
747 teachers. The State militia enilMidies otii
t)13 officers and men; of which 17,t^lo are oriran-
ized, uniformed, and equipped, and are divided
into eight divisions, twenty-six brigades, and sixtj-
two regiments, all in an efficient condition.
The number of convicts in the several St,ite
i prisons on the 30th September, 1858, was tus fol-
went to his wife and said: ‘1 can go to the Cnit- i irregular uiscussion loliowed wnicn encited 2,21.5. Of which were"insane- Auburn lo.
ed States Senate. Here are the evidences, [f I "othing of import.ince, but in which Mr. Steele | 21, Clintoii 3. The exiienses therc^of
you wish it, 1 will go. Kut if 1 go, lioll is my | Mnestn)n that the Finance ; 30^1^ j^eptemhcr, were:
doom. I shall die a drunkard :us certain as I go j (-"nimittee were providing in the revenue bill for | Aubunl S77,G74, earnincrs S59,S40; SinL-Sing
to Washington. I can yet e.scape. If I pa.ss 1 '*'! ?^^00,00tt—the sum likely to be §119 900, earnings 87o,91G; Clinton 855.781.
this point, I never can. 1 can enter the ministry, | within the next twelve months. | j.arnino^s S‘^1 4''*0 *
which 1 ou'dit to have done lono- aro. ami .s;.ve ^ Hledsoe oflered an amendment providing ;
could not be a great man and a (’hristian too.
Hut, after prayerful reflection, she would not in
cur the fearful re.sponsibility of deciding against
his conscience, and told him to go into the itin
eracy and she would go with him. To the a.ston-
ishment of the whole Stute, a letter from him
appeared in the papers, just before the meeting
of the Jjegislature, declining the office and an
nouncing his retirement from political life. Th
Monday. . , 29th of July, partial and very small—it w ill end
Sxprnuf' Court.—T\ig tbllowing gentlemen minutes p^t six in the evening; anotker
have been admitted to the practice of the law in 1 \isibleonly in the Great i..out ern
the Su]ierior (’ourts of this State:
Jas. B. Averett, Craven; ]j. W. Humphrey
and J. F. Murrill, Onslow; G. W. Whitfield,
j FMgecombe; Thos. W. Brown, New Hanover; J.
I W. Roberts, (i ates; ^sa Ross, Brunswick; E. J.
(Jaines, and A. H. McEachin, Montgomery; J.
next thing that was heard of him was that he was vr lmi- 1 i i m ■' v .
preaching” ^ Columbus; J. f. Fi«)te, Warren; J. A
Ocean.
There will be two eclipses of tl^e moon; the first
on the 27th of February will be total. It
commence at 13 minutes pa-flt 4 o’clock in the
morning—middle fi o’clock—end quarter before
8. The other one, -\ug. 13, will not be visible
All eclipses of the moon are eclipses of the sun,
when seen from the moon, and a total cclipse oi
the moon is a total eclipse of the sun when seen
Hampton, \ adkiii; A. G. Waters, Cleaveland;
Line oat A furmtr iiicmWr of lli. ,\o« ■'“taAiithmiy, Ualifax;.I. . Stevenson, Craven; | of the Jaratioii
Haven Count}- Har, now resiaent ill foM, ui u I o£ the solar eclipse of the earth and moon is tli'
1 "i'"' “‘■'’r ■ ''»» the eoiineil of 'State to meet in this
r " r;. Vh t ^ i Citv on the l.>th instant.-/f„;.
we give it publicity, ihe writer says:—“There j * _ _
are but three classes of people here, 1st and the j A Had Bnxiitess.-^On Saturday last an affray
most numcrotis, the bankrupts; 2d, the cut-throats, I occurred in our midst, which came very near
common, and 3d, the refined cut-throats. The j bringing to a sudden and bloody termination the
courts here are got up on the Mock Auction prin- | life of Mr. Henry May. We know not the origin
ciple, to save the time and trouble of legal inves- j of the fracas, but the result wa.s the stabbino' ot
tigatmn, and their judgments are knocked off to Mr. May, in the right breast, by a young man
the highest bidder. Ihe Supreme Court here j named C. Kirby. He was arrested and taken
re\ersed it.s own decisions once a quarter, at least; before S. AV. Neal, Esq., who caused him to enter
sometimes onener. It is said that the only briefs | into bonds for his appearance at the next Superior
used before them, are negotiable paper, and the Court. At night, however, Mr. May’s wound ap-
‘authonties are responsible endorsers. I pcaring more dangerous than was at first supposed
Mr. Kirby was again arrested and committed to
The Japanese have a very excellent clause in • -i * i* /. 1 1
the obligation which is assumed by the husband ’ ^ I progress of the wounf
at the miirriaw ppr#>n>r.nxr A ^ 1 e are happy to say that the wounded man is
at tne marriage ceremony. Among other vows, ' dmn» Tr«ll
he agreec to “find plenty of tea and rice for his '
wife during iife.” The Japanese are not confirm
ed heathens, afler all,
Wadesboro Argus.
The population of San Francisco is estimated
at seveQtj'five tbousaDd or eighty thooMnd.
Large Payment.—The U. S. Government, on
Monday, paid a niillion and a half of interest
which accrued on bends. It leaves the treasury
nearly emp^,
difference of the magnitude of the earth and moon.
First Item of Pacific Railroad E.rj» nditnre.
—The Washington correspondent of the Alexan
dria Sentinel, in noticing the report^of Gen. (j
. Bowman, Superintendent of the public print
ing, calls attention to the fact that the printing of
the Pacific Railroad Report, will cost ortr one
million of dollars.
Rt-elerfion of'Hon. S. A. Douglas.—Hon
Stephen A. Douglas ha.s been re-elected I S
Senator, hy eight majority over Lincoln.
Russuin Serfs.—The Rus.sian nobility have ex
pressed an unwillingness to emancipate their serfs,
in accordance with the wishes of the Emperor,
without full indemnification.
OBS
" _FAVI
moxd.\y kv
^UJTICE.— '
tiibscrijjtion list
teili the paper h->
longe-r time than
Such of our ol
the paper on th*:
us u-hen moking
M-A.IL ('O.VTU.
contains the usua
carry the mails ii
July 1st 18;')9 to
of the various roi;
which this cumni-
unchanged. Tin
P. M., instead of
at 1 P. inste
saw mail is to be
times a week.
So far as we cm
without roferenc
mail.s are to be’
chooses to tjike t
line, he may car
pleases. This wi
inconvenience in
pecially in the J
are not so genen^
Statistics.-
gests the proprie
soon to be taken,
have heretofore I
that if the quest
riculture were di
surplus product!
tion, the informs
tain and useful,
mueb wheat he 1
he sold. So of (
.quantity of corn
sus; so is the po:
sumetl by the ho
pears twige in th
as pork. Again
crop is made, bu
consumed upon
it the next crop
an element in fai
it reappears, like
cattle and horses
our correspond01
—this is a fact \
ceded. The qu'
is, how much so
they afford?
Aeain: Nortli
for the delivery
States, does no
credit. It is co
of cotton; but tb
quantity maiiufi
smd perhaps uo
lina. So of tob
We scarcely
eoiujdisb our c
ago there was 11
Southern opposi
ing, from the
are ii.sually take
other s(^ctions a
views were ovo
inquiry provide
before been thoi
in the act p^o^
be passed at tl
range of iiiqiiir
duction, but als
Or. is it not
our State shou
casloual censiu
in which any b
ourselves, or of
be obtained'
Thk Rllks
TIVKS.— It ha.«
ing the proceed
are calculated,
obstruct and no
also to be the
for at the last .s
ing of .^^‘ss^s.
Grow of i*enn.
appointed to re
this committee
the workinj.
fered to pre.seii
imous consent
is not yet bei
printed. We
highest author
that Mr. \\ 111?-
tarian in Cong
on the commit
When Mr.
time in the ei>
a new code of
if the aniendn]
three days of’
consideration
the aniendme
new Constitut
be presented.
One of its
bate to the si
^'b(de, and thi
speeches, whii
to infiict uj.on
constituents.
Trlstkksi
:«4d M. \V. R
elected 'fru.st
I ab(mt one hui
cancies, and t!
11‘ajorities.
are not report
Hated and vot
been merely 1
Legislatui