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Miscellaneous,
Qur University. The next
session of Uie University of this
tate will commence on the 5th of
,1,1s month, and as this is a seasoti
when Parents ana Guardians are
engaged in instituting comparisons
between tlie merits offered by the
different Public Seminaries which
have been established in our
countrv, v. e would most respect
fully invite their attention, for a
short time. to die superior advan
tages enjoyed by our own. Wc
lielieve that this Institution, at no
period since the commencement
ef its existence, ever presented
fairer prospects to young gentle
men for advancement in learning,
than at the present. We farther
believe, that there is no Institu
tion, hi this country, the facilities
uhvhich can lay a broader found
ation for future usefulness. The
Professors in this Institution have
long been engaged in the instruc
tion of youth they have done so
ttith the most unceasing diligence
ad with the most trembling soli
citude for the happiness of those
placed under their supervision.
They are advantageously known
to those best qualified to estimate
their merits the literary and
scientific men throughout the
lountry. The result of their ef
forts to train the youth of the
Stale in the way in which they
should walk, is another substan
tia! evidence of their competency;
fir most of those who adorn the
Bar and the Legislative Councils
f the State, were educated under
their care; and we believe that
there is one bright proof of the
ability with which the affairs of
the Institution have been manag
ed, that tn;iy be found in the quie
tude, regularity and repose which
were witnessed in the walls of the
Institution during its last session
for with one or two exceptions,
the College edifices were marked
JJV all the stillness of n monastic
cell. We are satisfied that no
institution in the Union was dis
turbed by fewer and more trifling
infractions of its laws, as there
vere but two young men punished
the College authorities, and
lat m a very mild form and for
very slight offences.
We believe the course of studies
tare pursued is scarcely surpass
pd in the comprehensiveness of its
plan, by that of any College in
l Union. The Philosophical
i'-iid Chemical apparatus of the
stitution is allowed, by the most
competent judges, to possess a
fare degree of excellence, whilst
Library is furnished with ma
ny of the most select works now
Warn But there are other fa
cilities for literary improvement
"We provided, which should pre
S(jl!t a strong mark of attraction to
3,1 ardent lovers of improvement;
?'id those are the splendidly furn
,sed Libraries belonging to the
J,v Literary Societies, which
;ve been growing up under the
luerality of theyouug gentlemen
f the University for nearly half a
cctury. These Libraries, it is
Jau, contain about 10,000 vol
l!"es There are two other co
Pjus fountains of literary im
. Movement the importance of
which is not duly estimated by
ucated here, but which are most
highly prized by all who have
participated in the benefits which
they are capable of confering; we
allude to the two Literary Socie
ties connected with the Institution.
Hut in scanning the precious ad
vantages which will flow from the
University to all who may seek
refuge under its covert from the
ills of intellectual mediocrity, we
would be guilty of an unpardona
ble degree of negligence were we
not to mention the salubrity and
healthfulness of its location. We
believe there is hardly a situation
on earth better adapted to the
promotion and preservation of
health than this; and as a practic
al proof of it, we offer in evidence
the fact, that only six students
have died in their attendance here
since the first commencement of i
the University, which was more
than forty years since. When it
is recollected that the number of;
from 100 to 150 persons can hard
ly ever assemble at one point for
three months at a time, without
numbering several of the assem
blage among the dead, this fact
should fall with impressive weight
on i!e minds of all persons soli
citous to srure a safe theatre for
the education tff their sons. It
will be- recollected by all who
have been familiar with our Le
gislative incidents for some past,
that the General Assembly ofi
North Carolina scarcely ever ad
journs without depositing one ofj
its members in the grave-, and we
know a few instances in which
two or tliree liave died in attend
ance on their Legislative duties.
This has been the uniform fate
of the Congress of the United
States, and that of most of the
Legislatures of the States. No
place is supplied with springs of
water possessing greater purity
and permanence; none is furnish
ed with more comfortable facili
ties for boarding the students,
none presents more beautiful scen
ery to refresh the minds after the
exhaustion consequent on severe
study, and none finer and more
romantic walks to encourage that
exercise which should be uniform
ly blended with intellectual labor,
than this. We will mention in
addition to the facts already en
umerated, that the Chair of Mod
ern Languages has been recently
filled by a gentleman of distin
guished piety and morality, who
graduated with the highest honors
of this Institution a few years
since who has been subsequently
employed as a Tutor in the Uni
versity, and as an Instructor in
the Episcopal School, with a
large increase of reputation to
himself. We hope, therefore,
that those who value the welfare
of their children and the reputa
tion of their native State, will pat
ronize this rising Institution.
Columbia Repository.
The Kissers a new Sect in
Religion. I went to Church last
Sunday not the richly cushioned
Trinity not the gorgeous Duane
not the faslidrous Grace not
the incense-burning St. Patrick's.
I went to a private family church,
which assembles in a private house
at No. , Sullivan street, on the
same indenendent principle on
which Mr. Latourrette has creat
ed his congregation in the
Bowery. At half past ten I en
tered a gateway mounted a
stair oDened a door, and found
myself in a small neat rectangu
lar room, divided into two parts,
with about a dozen of ladies,
neatly pressed, sitting around a
large table with green cloth, at
the other end of the room. I al
ways consider myself in civilized
society, when I find myself in the
presence of colored bonnets with
feathers on one side, or a moss
rose on the other.
Around the table were arrang
ed about a dozen bibles and hymn
books. At the upper end, stood
a silver cup with two handles
and a slice of common bread on
a salver also a small box within
an aperture. Outside the enclo
sure a number of pews w ere erect
ed, each having also a bible or
hymn book. Beyond this, was a
stove to keep the apartment warm.
The heathen, the unconverted,
and the pretty young girls, about
two to ten years of age, sat out
side. I sat among the latter che
rubs as eager, as curious,, as
simple as the children themselves.
At the proper hour, the chief of
the congregation entered a tall,
good-looking personage. He
turned to the left, and after bes
towing a kiss on one of the pret
tiest girls present, (piety has al
ways a natural attraction to pret
ty faces) took his seat at the up
per end of the table. He imme
diately stood up read a chapter
of the new testament and after
wards said, "Men and brethren
let us pray." A very good pray
er was the consequence. After
this closed, he began a sermon
which was short and sweet. This
done, lie read a passage from the
new testament, authorizing the
"breaking of bread" then taking
up the slice of bread from before
him, he broke off a small, piece
put it into his mouth and handed
the remainder to his left hand
neighbor. The slice then went
round the table in this way, each
breaking off a small bit, as if it
had been wedding cake, till it
reached the Administrator, at the
head of the table. Another pray
er and another hymn.
The chief (hen took up the cup,
which was filled with wine re
peated a text of scripture put
the cup to his lips, lasted it and
then handed it to his right hand
man who did the same, going
round the table precisely as the
bread had done. The bread and
wine, it will be observed, go a
gainst the sun.
Another prayeranother hymn
another small discourse and
then came the crowning glory of
the whole ceremonies the "kiss!
of chancery.'' The leader got up
and said, "brethren and sisters,
let us according to the Lord's ap
pointment, greel rat h other withj
the holy kiss of chancery. I his
said, every person male aad fe
male, arranged around the table,
kissed each other right and left,
men and women women and men.
It was not a mere dry buss of the
cheek but a regular steam-power
smack, that struck home to the
ear most charmingly a real
meeting of lips. I almost said in
voluntarily "I wish I were a
communicant for one day, by par
ticular desire I should take my
stand right between those two
pretty girls in white feathers and
braided hair" but being only a
heathen, I sat and mourned among
the children, beyond the outer
railing, as the ancestors of Major
Noah did by the river of Babylon.
After the kissing operation was
closed, the whole church fell to
work and sung a pretty psalm of
praise for the mercies vouchsafert
in that delichtful ceremony. It is
remarkable that some of the prin
cipal ceremonies in every religion
are eating, drinking, kissing, em
bracing, &c. The natural func
tions of nature are invested with a
divinity which do hedge them in
for religiousness.
I know not the name of this new
sect, but they profess to reject all
Protestant, all Catholic doctrines
and practices with equal pertinaci
ty. They avow themselves to be
actuated as the early Christians
were before Christianity became
associated with politics, states
men, emperors, kings, or worldly
ambition. They deny any author
ity from heaven to build churches
nr pxoend monev in endowing
clergymen. Religion is a matter
of domestic use. Every man's
house ought to be his church, as
it is his castle every man, ought
to be his own clergyman, every
man, every head of a family, has
a right to take the Bible and form
his own creed and to construct his
own ceremonies. Religion, ac
cording to this sect, is not a mon
opoly, to be confined to a particu
lar set of men called clergy.
They are mere intruders upon the
natural rights of society, and their
conduct too frequently show the
effect of bad association. For
some time past, this independent
system of religious association
has been making great progress
among us. It is going ahead like
steam power. It is a return to
original purity. , In the first years
of Christianity every man's house
was his church, and the head of
the family the priest thereof.
What do parsons and priests by
profession know more than we?
We have the Bible can't we read
as well as they?
Such are the opinions of the
amiable Kissers, and we are not
sure but they are half right.
Would Mr. Lalourettc introduce
this interesting ceremony of kiss
ing into his family church?
JV. Y. Herald.
Discovery of America. It is
announced in a recent Paris pa
per that the Royal Society of
Northern Antiquarians, at Copen
hagen, are about to publish a
work relative to the discovery of
America, which will throw some
new light upon the subject. It
will be entitled, "Aiuiqnatee A
mericance," and will contain the
accounts extant in Icelandic and
other Scandinavian manuscripts,
relative to voyages of discovery
made to North America by the
Scandinavians in the 10th and
following centuries. It will com
prise most authentic and indispu
table testimony that they discov
ered North America towards the
close of the 10th century, and
repeatedly visited it the 1 1th,
12th, 13:h, and 1 llh centuries,
and some settlements were made
in the 12th by them as colonists.
It is said, moreover, that this
work will show, with great appa
rent probability, amounting al
most to certainty, that it was a
knowledge of these facts which
prompted Columbus to undertake
his memorable expedition.
Boston Sentinel.
From the Wilmington Advertiser. :
EXTRACTS FROM THE !
REPORT
Of Jf'alter Givynn, Esq., Engi
neer, To the President and Di
rectors of the Wilmington and
Raleigh Rail Road Company.
Gentlemen: I have the honor
to submit the results of the recon
noissances and surveys, necessary
for a selection of the route of the
contemplated Rail Road between
Wilmington and Halifax.
A careful examination of the
country led to the adoption of the
following lines for survey:
IVestern Route.
This route commences at the
"Drv Pond." in the South East
suburbs of Wilmington, thence
runniner nearly due North to the
,
head of Market street, it takes an
Easterly direction to a favorable
site for crossing Smith's Creek at
"Love Grove." After crossing
Smith's creek, the route passes
over a level plain, only broken by
Prince George's creek, which it
crosses between Mr. Burgwin's
dwelling and mill-house, to life
North-East branch of the Uape
Fear river, near the old bridge.
The graduation on this portion of
the route, consists ot slight exca
vations and embankments in clean
sand, and will be extremely easy
of execution. From the Cape
Fear, it may be run straight forty
,seven miles to Hackleberry poco-
sin, at the head of Bear swamp.
Within this distance, the route
will cross Rockfish and Stewart
creeks. With the exception of
the bridges and embankments a
cross these streams, the surface of
the ground is so very level, that
the ciief work in the road-way
formation, will consist of slight
cuts no where greater than ten feet
in depth, and embankments from
two to three feet in height. The
route traverses the ridge dividing
the waters of Long Creek from
those of the "North-East," and
passes about two miles and a half
to the West of South Washington;
and about seven miles to the West
nf Kenansville. From the head
of Bear swamp, the country con
tinues unbroken, until the route
reaches Goshen; which is one of
the head branches of the North
East. Here the first undulation
in the plane of the road worthy of
notice occurs, a descent and im
mediately an ascent of 30 feet to
the mile is unavoidable, and some
comparatively deep cutting, and
heavy embankments are encoun
tered. Immediately on ascend
ing from the valley of Goshen,
the route reaches a dry, level,
open woods through which it pas
ses to Brook's branch. The for
mation of the Rail Road on this
portion of the route will consist,
chiefly, in cutting down the large
trees which overspread the track,
and hewing and preparing them
for the reception of the iron rails.
After making a slight undulation
in crossing Brook's branch, which
is a very inconsiderable stream, it
arrives at the same level, on
which it continues to the head of
Yellow Marsh; along the margin
of which, jt descends to the valley
of the Neuse River, encountering
in its descent, some heavy cuttings
which consist, however, entirely
of st id. It crosses the Neuse at
a very favorable placejjust below
the bridge on the stage road from
Halifax to Fayetteville, thence
passing near Waynesborough, the
country wearing the same level
aspect, with the exception ofthe
breaks occasioned by the Nau
hunta, Acock, and Black, creeks,
the surface being almost perfectly
smooth. It reaches Contentuea
Creek about half way between
Woodward's and Rountree's
bridges. After crossing the Con
tentnea, until the route reaches
Enfield, the country may be char
acterized as bold, compared with
the uniform level aspect hereto
fore presented.
The soil also undergoes some
change, r rom sand, to a sub
stratum of clay, mixed w ith snnd,
which will be encountered in some!
ofthe excavations. On this por
tion ofthe route, Tossnot, Town,
and Cokey Swamps, the Tar riv
er, and Swift and Fishing creeks,
are crossed. These occasion a
multiplicity of low summits, and
an unauiatory pronie. ine
grades are, however, gentle, and
the cuttings and fillings nowhere
exceed fifteen feet. After leaving
Enfield, the route gradually des
cends to a favorable site for cross
ing Beach swamp, just below the
mouth of Bear swamp, along the
borders of which, with very little
variation from a level grade, and
no other expense in the formation
of the road-way, than the raising
of a bank two or three feet in
height, the route runs until it rea
ches Quankey creek. Here oc
curs the highest embankment on
the line of the road. It is howe
ver, very short. From Quankey,
which is only a mile from the ter
mination ofthe road, the route as
cends very gradually until it
unites with the Halifax and Wel
don Rail Road, about half a mile
from Halifax, and seven miles
from Weldon. At Weldon, the
Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail
Road crosses the Roanoke by a
bridge it also crosses the Peters
burg Rail Road about two and
a half miles from Weldon, where
the two roads can be easily united;
and thus a connexion of your
road may be formed with the Pe
tersburg Rail Road, or by the
Steam Boats which now daily ply
between Weldon and Blakely,
they may be connected. In any
event I can see no difiiei.hy in the
way of both passengers ai d
goods, destined for Petersburg,
passing from your road to the Pe
tersburg Rail Road, wtih as tittle
delay and inconvenience, as to
the Portsmouth Hail Road.
A description of the line which
was run on ihe West i-idff of Long
creek to Bear Swamp, and which
will be brought into comparison
with that portion of the Western
route, from Wilmington to the
same point, will appropriately
precede the estimates of the
"Western route," and will tome
in here. This line commences at
the Timber pens, and urns up
wards along the margin of tfse
river about a mile; dunce it cros
ses over and passes along the di
viding ground between the Cape
Fear and its North-East branch,
to nearly the head of Long Creek.
The road-bed in this distance will
be formed of alternate excava
tions and embankments, consist
ing entirely of sand. Thence the
line will pass on the dividing
ground between Long Creek and
Moore's Creek; and between
Moore's and Rockfish Creek, and
throughout to the head of Bear
Swamp, the ground is extremely
favorable. Stewart and Tuikey
creeks are the only streams that
are crossed.
Summary of the excavatioi., em
bankments and Superstructure:
69 miles, 1 191 feet at 433,
815 97.
From this, there should be de
ducted the cost of six n.i'es of su
perstructure, at $3,500 per mile,
this being the reduction which
will occur in the actual locatios;
which leaves $411,015 97, the
cost of this line. I bis, compared
with the first three items in the
following estimate ofthe Western
route, and tlie results in favor of
the route on the East side of Long
creek to Bear Swamp will be
in the first cost, $49,593 09; and
in distance upon the probable line
of location, 4950 feet. A com
parison of the grades and curva
tures, results in favor of the line
on the East side of Long Creek.
I have, therefore, based my esti
mates for the Western route on
this line, supposing that the same
reasons which have influenced me
in the selection, may also operate
with the Board in according it
the preference. I have now to
proceed with the estimate ofthe
Western Route.
Summary ofthe cost of excava
tions, embankments, super
structure, Locomotive Engines,
Coaches, Cars, Water stations,
Wharves, Shops, Contingencies,
and Steam boats:
1GI miles, 318!) feet of Rail
Road, and 150 milts of Steam
Boat communication, $1,500
000. Careful and minute enquiries,
with the view of ascertaining the
practicability of a route through
Uockyrnount, and also through
Kena isville, by Rockford, result
ed in the conviction of their being
less eligible than either of the
routes selected. It now remains
to describe the character of the
Eastern Route.
This route pursues the trace of
the western route to station No.
17G; thence it takes a more east
erly direction, and traverses the
ridge dividing the waters cf the
North-east branch of the Cape
Fear River from those ofthe New
and Neuse Rivers, until it reaches
the Neuse at Rockford. On this
portion of the route, we cross
Smith's and Prince George's
creeks, and several small streams,
which make into the North East.