““■•Sl.tJ >Kl» I ,,..j ’ a '‘“‘Iroi.j «*>ur p„, 'or u. •*• rkti m “ '*^1 ill, in.\(;s •17-ti ■ ^ V .rk. »> *N. . , 'f. * Ab- *?> ''aiiiuej =• Id Jan, • •^®*'ksoi, f" t narrin i N-lly hi» tlec’t' '■ Ij'yoni r. 1, ih,; erti- i-rat,' and jp, ■>> for tht » , on thf I'lf-ad, '1‘«‘ «an,t .. s t- thetT), (Njurt, »i •’!frk. be the Oj)fu urpa«if(J •'■• "ithiii a, Pl>>'»ira. ai-mn'n o, fjar.tl ti. |).iii lo 11' -'** \\llo y fi-iiv of iiy 'ir., *•"" I ul r..iir 1 fi»liii t- -") ;it tl.« II ■ • \' r u - > iI I 'i n ?i- >■*■*' « ,itr i >])r i^Ior. !r. 1 mill . i in I) F, II, . \ . Ill •- .rr.k, J . I - U- ■ Nti' \ n ci.iurr V / . I f N :l^ . f^VUltY 1 I K1 > n»»• ,« -;l I! iU«- .a ii 3u,* W' i:. I w I ■ 4111 (Irlrr, \\ 1 i i r^Tiir ici liiiv lu^ I iinii - rs 11■>(>N US; I r"' »ti‘' I il iiiiiKirr*, AkC*f ; ll..rt ti. n S* ‘N- lul. jrt t tun a :iiii tli«t th* III th? «• .. CounIJ th. oriii* Ibfff lor fcaid ^ ^ PIeaf*'"^ , at the A»U miie'- inty in imI uits onrt and , at of- of th* l>. f)W /ade jtionary II of A. V - •A H. " i”' tfd to lg«nr*' ,ic (1 j» Hon. one of llj requ-‘*' r- j i:i;i 1 c lEiiesaT □ g f. WARING, Editor and Proprietor. ^ A FAMILY PAPER—DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MINING, AND NEWS. ; PRICE $2 PER YEAR—In Advance. u CijE Itiitrs—Distiiirt 115 tijc SBilloiu, hit oiif as tl)f |rn. jr )L. 3. CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY MORNllVG, JULY 20, 1855. NO. 52 From the Richmond Enquirer. KNOW K0TH1S«ISM IJiVEJLKD. We comply with the requust of patriotic Dt-mo- iltr, irj Norih C»r»'lin(i, to the President of the Nutiunul Council. lie shall conduct ihe necessa ry correspondence of tho Slate Council, and at- EEfaEsszsaaxBaa 9 \?C CUi*l|/ly »TM1I ilio I* VJU09V Wl L»Zl||V/VIVv I • ;,rits in N'>«th Carolina, «nd to-day publish at cleric«l business as the Slate Jl'-h the Consiiiution of tho “ National Council | Ke shall be entitled to re- h> rmicd Slates of North America,” Hnd the i “ervices such connpensalion as the , ^ ( ouiictl of North Carolin*, with the Ritual, | Couiicil may, from lime to time, deU-r.-nine I ;,r-e^Hud all the oiher paraj.hernalia of "“j *‘*ceediug the sum of $500 per year. | t. -nd „„«.rchy I 'iV .''.'cnorioX'oid''k\^^ ! shall have the cuslody | . .. ,clwJll .nd our Irit-nds are making > g-llaw 1 Louncil; keep accurale | fi'.lit -iL'v frcl ih.i llH. p.-opl« ol Nurlli i "" "‘"'".f r.-ccMVKl 1., I,.m Iron, Ihe (■^.ruhu. ciun.il h-sii«te a. lo Iheir d.ilv, «h.'ii : ““ i ,,ry .hall h., .nhgh.c.cd .o ,he irickjry .nd | ‘ ^ri.ikTnus r)iiri)"9*« “ Secret (Jrder, »hos«» m- „ , i , , , , , g; ■ j i^p ... moiK‘'.rous [iir, . , n • j • i i r * ** to he kept for iho purpose, at every re«Mi. ..-.ii-.i.l.. IS lo destroy all individual free-; , . ^ ,, ' !, . V ^ l,.ni of ftCiio'J, i‘iid to m»ke AmQric,-.u, th^ wii.d i Slale Coui.cil, and suhmil U.c.m srrv.le in„ru,„cnt. of an irre.ponsible, J»su,- I 1''''f,”'"®' «PI'"n.led lor : • 1 I I .„u„ 1 ! porpose. together with a wriiien r» portsenin2 I I. ill, prnfcrip ive nn } ra ni • o igm >. n | afTairsand condilion of theTrea- ' N'.rtli (^itrolma ihe UemtHiracy «rH wnjiiiig un- upon Know Notliingism, rx- piisiiig its (lurk uKjvf-mcnts and purpos«‘n, and i i|)':ilin}^ to lli« intelligence, lionesiy and pstriot- ,in of '1'** people. By puch h c«)urse the l)(’mo- cracv •'! Virginiu laid Sum ” low — a similar will be been in Norlli ('arolina. All that ,(• i) -ople wunl i« —and a Hood of it in khed eury. lie shall give such bond find security as : the Slate Council may from tune (o time require, j and in a sntn not jcjis than double ihe amouiii he j uill probably at nny one lime have in his hands ; ' ind he shall receive such compensfition lur his i services as the Slate Counci) may agree upon, not ' exceeding the sum of Sl(f() per annum. ! , , II- .• t\ Skc. 5. 'I'he Marshal shall obey ihe orders of the suhiecl by the toll«)wing puMicution oi ,i ,,, ,i „ .1 ,• . .1 Vim I • * resident in the governmeni ami proceediitg-i :ii ii*l Know Nothing documenu. 'I'hey explain l.i.'iixt'lves and lequiro no comment : '•ONSTITU I’lOX or TllH flORTIl i %KOMl(A ST.4TK € €>I XCIL. JAMJAKV 15th, lft55. Articlk 1. 1. I'his body shnli bf; known hv the name ol lU- N=)li rn f'MiOLlNA STA'I'l': COU-NCML; i;i1 »hftli he c«>inpr»?t.d o( deh-gnte8 appointed liy Miiljnrilinnl'* Oi. mcii?*. as hereinafter provided. Si;( . A person to becme a meniber of any '-''HinrU in lhi« Stale, nuisl be twenty ,,ur '> *’’*heTe in the •■xisience ,f« .S i(>r»rne C 'ng •* ihr- Crr«ior «nd I’reti**r»er (, ilir L'liivi r5f ; lie nmst te m native born ciliZ'Mi, Pr 't'"'’"!!!. rrf;f*r born oi Prdte^ilant pan nti, or ri-urril iii.;l'r I’rn'.i iiifiinnr''; and nol united ig in trt' g'- with a K'un tn Ciiliolic. . .T 1 h*" State (,'oiHKil be c 'inpo-?ed c,f l«^ ;->Uites fro:Tt 0)trh Snbordinale ('oup.cil in :;,r S.Ml*, lo be appointed at vhe ^\r^l reji;uUr mt ei- i^f )| ihi* snme, thai ^hall b* hel i tiler the lirst in ri'cit and* very yenr ; provided, that Kfiiion shall iioi hff--cl the tenure (d i.ftice, ■UK ilie li st d»«y olOcUtber. 1‘?.5-5, ofHtiy niem- rr (>r ihr pres( ill ('oi)iirii ; and provicii d furihvr, »: in Hiipi'inlmt nt m.ty he hI any r-puhr meet- -# .» .1(1 Siil'ordinite Councils lo lill vucJiicieH. ; E. 4. i hf S ate Ctiuncil shall bo ve»ltd with , '..'lit puwrr«, V 7, : I ‘hi.II b(* 'be chu I head and »uthurity of the ; ' t1rr in the Si«t«- of Xorih C*rolina, *uSj-ct l'» ■S' rrfi!» nta of the N »li'inni Council. Ii »Iih11 |,»T^ jHi«rr to f*'nl)lisb term ^nd »-xpiniiation p:i.s' «i.ro« !>>r llf Sute, and Subordinate Councils in h>* S'.nie. and such other secret wiirk as to it may w»in iieei !«s;irv, ll sbHlI have j>ow.>r to ex.ici r. Ml 'hf .'^iibi.rdiiifile (-'ounciis, annual or quarler of the Slate Council; shall present oHicjrs eU-cl for inslallalion ; receive :ind introduce delegates , and viiilur*, and perform .such other appropriate I duties 88 ihe Sintf^ Council m^y diiecl. ! Sit. 0. The Chapl/iiir^i duty »iil be toopf-n the) ■e$^^i()I| (i| the Stale Ct)uncil wilh praver, and to! lecture before the Subordinate CounciU, as may | be ct)uvenient. j Aktici.k IV. ' Skc. 1. All uffjcers of the State Council, pro- ' rided for in 'hi? Constii ution (except the Sen'inels, , who shall be appointed by llio I’resideni.) shall be ■ elected by ballot, at the regular annual meeiing oi the Council ; and shall on the last day of the se.s- ; sion of the snm»*, be irisf;illed in sucfi manner and , lorrn as the Naiionnl Council, or the IVesident j iherrof, may establish. i Skc. 2. A majority of ilie vot»*i cast shall be ne- cessary to nn election to anv ' Hire. 1 Si:c. y. in all sessions of the State Councii, , forty HH-mb rs shall conslituie a quorum, for llie transaction of business. | Aktici.l V. I Se(’. 1. 'J'he State Council shall hear and de- i eide r!1 ques'ions of appeal from the d« cisioiiS oT ■ Sub»rdin»'c Councils, and iiiay est iblish a form of app'-ni. I Skc. 2. 'I'he State Cniineil .shall have power to levy H lax Upon the Subordinate Councils, lor llie support of (be Ni«liona! Council, lo b*? paid in ^'ucb j innnnf-r and at such times as the N.-itional (Ji'un- cil shall det«rmine. It shall also have powfr !o | h'vy R tax for the support of ilie Slate ('ouneii, ■ to l>*« paid at Kuch lime ami in such manner us | the Slate Council shall d*-t*‘r.n'iine. j Aktici.k V[. ! 'I'he delegates to the N4tional Council shall be ■ *’rted by ballot at the regular annual meeting oi ;,trMn Ills as In ib- iiuml* r i>l member* under 1 thf- State Council, in Novetnber. '.r re^pic ive jun^dictii'iis, and also as lo ull !.cr inalier.'^ 11 n.ay dicin rss»*n i«»l for lull and i'i’p»sniy infoi'ination. ll shall have the s-le if Kiro.itig and r»t.ibiishing Suljordinate Artici.i: VII. The State Council shall liave power to adopt all 'uch bv-la»»s, rules ana regulations for itn own government, and nisn for the government of the Subordinale Councils, as it may di-em nece.^sary .'Vir uniformity and tho general good of the Older, not inconsistent wiih ihis (Jonstituiion, or the f.’onstitutioii of the National Council. ARxrcLr VIII, Skc. 1.—The political powers of ihe State Coun cil shall be limited lo the selection of candidates for Siatp oflicers, 10 be supported by the members of tills Order—which selections may be by b illot, i or I'iv I voce, ns the Council may decide ; provi- , el. (1. however, that in the sehciion of a candid ite I forCovernor of the Slate, (h»* Slate council may. { at its regular annual meeting next before th*' elec- | lion for such oflieers, either make the nominations j itnelf, or call a convention of the Order in ihe State, at such lime and place aa the Stale Council may ! ; decide, for the purpose of making such nc'mina- , ' tions—and in case of the calling of such conven- i I lion, the Subordinate Councils shall he repr» s(ni!ed j mav t'hink t'he itVlerest. of Vhe Order •"‘'h convention, as according to the provisions j ol lint Convention they are to be represented in the Slate Council, and subject lo the same manner 1 and proportitinate strength in casting ihe vote. Sec. 2. — In the selection of candidates for all oflicps to be filled by the (leneral As.semhly, the | following method shall be preserved, '■Iz : Tor United States Senotors, Secretary of Stale, Treasurer. Comptroller, Superin'.endent of Com- inan Schools, Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts, Aiioriicy Oeiieral, and SoHfitors, and all , other oiTicei now provided, or hereafter created by ' law, whose appointment devolve on the'General Assembly, a majority of the Staie Council sh ill , and in his absence the V ice Presiiient shall ' decide upon the candidate to be supported b\ the j rcsulf ; ani in the a’lsence of both, thr Council . Order. rn * i elect a Prt-sidenl j^io tent., and the presiding ' Sec. 3' — In llic selection of candidates for Con- ;iiccr may at all time* cull a member to the chtiir, j gress, the Subordinato Councils in each ( ongres- ^ 'Jt such appointnient shall never extend beyond 1 -sional District, shall each jjelect three dclegites, 111-' day. who shall meet on the second Monday in May, ol 1 -Ki . '2. The PiTs.dwnt shall preserve order, and ■ eacii year in which ihe Congressional elections tike ihe I’onslitution and Ians 'o be strictly ob- | place, at the places fixed by law lor comparing the ; tvi'd bv all iht> meinbi rs. llis decisions upon ■ Toles in th? said District, and proceca to select the j " 'oiiits of order shall be ohe\ed, unless revers- ' candidates for that Oistrict. A rnxjority f>f all th" , • II nppral. lie •hail have the casting vole 1,1 d'degatf** from all Uie Suhnrdin>*te Council in each ’’ He Kbail sign all orders on the Stale I and every county, shall cast the sanienum!)er of l>i*urer f r ihe p.ivtn.Mil of money, and all other ‘ vo'es the said county is entitled lo memi.ers in the iinentb r( quirin^: his signature, lie shall fill Il u^e of Commons in the Slato l,'*gislaluro—a ^ ' vac'iiciea in tin- Siato uirjoe, until the next m ijority of the whole number of vot' S cast beni*; | *; '' »r annual meeiing uf the I’ouncil. He shall ni cessary lo a selec ion ; provided, however, lh :t 'imt the ritual p.iss word?, or othey secret in ihosse Congressional Districts in which the law’ ife ;if t!»e Order, to the proper ollicers ol ihc provides that tl;e returns shall be coniparetl at sonr* 'riiiiiatfl ('ouncils—and cxfrcue g*Miernl su- place olfwr than a county town, in such Dis'.ricts the delegate** shall meet at the CJuntv' town in such county, instead ol the place designed by law. 4.—Tlie selection of condidat'-s for me.m- berfi of ihe Ijeneral A->ieinbly, shall be by th** tiulx rdinate Council* in the following mann-jr.Ai'/: Tor ntembera of the House of Commons, lt*r Joh'‘ri0,CI*‘rks of th« County atid Su{)erior Courts, i' > ovpr the same to the Treasurer; attest alL C\>unty Solicitors, aid all other oiljcf*rs 'lected by drawn on the I’reasiirer for monies appro- 1 ihe people nr tii^^ County Courts, if there be hut (»y liie Siale Council, and keep the accounts one Council iu the county,the Council shall uiake 'j the Suue Council »i'di the SubordinateCouncils. • the selection by the vole ot the »n *jority—it there ii“ sh«ii 1. . -. J .. J .. ! 1^^. Council in the county, then each Council shall select one delegate for eve.-y thirteen members, not counting fraction.s, in the same, an(J when delegates from the seyeral Coyn- ■ ■uii'-iIh in the State, and of granting di>*p«-nMa- :i(iii* ur c*Mrtera lor lh^• stme — proviiiid, how- fwr, iliHl u Ik n the S:a'.e Council is not in « s.sion, '!>• I’le^idenl iheieof may t^r.ini »ueh dis()ensa- , Hi—Hiiil provid'd, further, thil no dispensation 01 iiii'er shaU be i.isued her«:Mller for the forma- i: r i)/^ a Suliotdinate l^iu.icil, unless the applica- ti ihcr-for b.- ^i^>ned by at 1-ast tliirteen full lie- «• Mil inhers of this Order, who are in good and •I'indmg. It *h ill h«\e (lie power to de- on a lu.ide ol punishm« nt in cas*- o'" a dere- III of dutv on the part of i’t oHL-ers ur mem- ’ f = . I'he S ste Council shall hold it« regu- If ihiuial m’eting on the th^rd Monday in No- 'nnti.'i »,f cath and every year, nt ^ucb plac- in ir ' Nie, 3»» may ud agn ed on bv the same at tti'* |irfceding regular aiinu tl s'‘s^;ion — provided, iliat the Presid'-nt of the State (’ouncil - HV i .nvne the ^ame in the city «if Kaleigh, at i.me In 'iiprfy reiiuire it. | Aktk i.k II. i Sr. . 1. The oflicer* of the Slate Council shall | ' H 1‘residenl. Vice Piesidenf, S'-crelary, 'Freas- ! •r, .M ir..tlml, Chaplain, Inside Sentinfl, Outside | '''iitim I, and auch oilier officers ns the State , uiie.l nny •* t: fit lo appoint front time 10 time ; ' tl the Srcretarv, Treasurer, and Sentinels shall : ‘ ;.v; »u^h eoni})ensation lor their services, as ' mncil may determine. } Auticle 111. '"Kf. 1. 'I'he President shall preside wLcn pret.- ; f^fVii,.ii over the Older thrt>ui:hoiit the S^ate, ‘‘Ci'.irifnj^ to its ('ons!itution, Jy iws and usages. . H. Thu Secr'tiirv shall keep a record of tl‘o [>ri.ceedingf= of the State Council ; tile j^ll duc- ■ininti connected therewith ; preserve n'l books ‘ ‘' p ;prrs b'-Iiinging to the same. lie shall re- ' ull monies liue to the Stale C'ouncil, and ^ shall attest all dispensations and orders gf the ‘'jiincil, and when directed, summou all to attend its special meetings. He shall ;.n annual r^'port of the stale of the Or- cils s.hall have met at such lime and place as may , be agreed upon, the majority shall make the se- leclion ; provided, however, that where iht-re i« njore than one Council in a,county, the Council at the county seal shall have the pi^wer to iipfiomt ! the time and place for,the assembling county con- 1 veirioiis for the nomination "of candidfites, and | culling general m“eting^» ol ihe Order in said coun- j ty for the good of the same. In the selection (d'l candidates ol State Senators, the same rule shall ■[ prevail, e.xcept lhat the delegates fron^ ihe Coun- j cils !n M;e Disiric* is composed of more counties * than one, shall meet at such time and place ns ■ may bo agreed on by them, and ilum and there nmke t/ie tiomination. i3tu. o. — Jti the eh'Ction of candidates for May- or, ol Inlendant of towns, and commissioners lor the slate, the Subordinate Cfiuneil in su(!h town shall make the ''ominations by billol;andin those towns v\ here ihe several wards vole sepemiely for Commissioners in the same, the candidates shall be nominated for one ward at a time, instead of nominaling the whole Board by genera! ticket a majority ol tlio v\|iole number of ballots cast be ing n(-ce>sary to a choiee. Sec. G.— In ihe .‘-chciion of candidates for e- lectors ol Pj«'.>-idi'nl and Vice Prendent, the Sub- ordintiie Councils in each I^lectfjr-il District, shall each select litiee deleg:iies, who shall rneei at such lime as the good of the Order mav require the lickrl !o be fornied, at the places fi.xed bv law for comparing the votes in such electoral Disuirl anil pi-oceetl to select ihe candidate lor Elector in that electoral District, 'i'he same rules, regj,la lions an.] ji/ uvi.sii)/is shall be observed, as to ihe pl.ice and manner id’ making the sehc ions, as are provided lor the selections of candidales for Congress. Skc. 7.—In a iy noinina'ions nerein provided ! for, whelher by tiie Site or Subordinate Councils, ihe vote shall be by ballot. Sec. 8. — .\lember.s of this Older who sliaP fail to i>u>tain ihe nominations oftfie s.ime (or ot'iee, i shall lie dtall with in the followiii'i mann'-r, viz;! A member (d the Older w ho shall merely fail lo 1 v()t(? for the candidate ol the Order, vviihuul voting I for any one else, shall, I >r ilie rir-si offence, be re- { primindedby the President, in ihe prf'sence of llis Counci'.; luid for ihe second oli'c-nce, shall b-‘ j exp' lled. 'I'll ise voting against the candidittes of j the Ordtr.or vv ho allow tlnin'elvis lo be run as; opposition cuididaies against the smne, shall he ex()elled. Members of liie Legislatnre who'-liali refuse to suppor the nominees of the Staie Council for oiVi res to b»' fi.led by the Clt-neral Ass ■nibly . • hall be reported by the President of tfie Stati* Council to the Suboidinale Council lo wliich such member may belong, lo be dealt «uh ; j)rovided, iiowever, that in all these cases here jnovided for every such recusant member shall, before b' ing I dealt with, be duly notified lo appear before the ■ (Unineil, and be heard in defence—and if threej- lounhs of ilie Ctiuncil then prekent. shall »;upi)ose ; that tiio recusant member I.as acted ignorantly, or : from a w.inl of a full appreciation of his obliga tion, the Council may, by a vote of thr^'e-^our^hs, e.xcuse him, U[>on the promise thal he will not eo oilend again. Skc. y.—When u member is expelled by any ^ one «»l the Subordinate C«»ujicds, ihe same shall be notified '.o the President of ihe oiate Council, wr.h the ti im*’, age, and occujialioi; of ihe person ex-) j)» lied—and the President of Ifio State Council shall immt diately notify every Subordinate Coun-i cil in the State. 'I'he pcson so expeled to be . thus publi»lied as a perjurer and traitor, unworthy ■ the no:ice or regard ol good men : and the Piesi- j dent ol ilie State Council shall keep on hand blank I notices printed, for immediate use. 1 Akxicle IX. i In the decision of all disputed questions that | may arise ir, the Slate C'ouncil, the vole shall 6e | taki’ii jirr unless a call lor a division by j counties itt 3eC'nded by one-fourlh of the members i present — in w iiich case the vote t«hall bt; taken hy j counties, a niajority of the delegates Irom the Sab- | ordinate Council or Councils in each county re presented, casting as many voles as ibesuid coun- IV is j-:i'iile(J to members i"^ the House of Com mon.^ jf the State Legislature. hi ihe deci-sioii ul all qu'-siioiis, ihe vote of the m;ijority .shall pre- v;»il. 'i bis method ol voting shall equally »pi>ly in the eleciion ol oflicers of ilie Siate Council, and to nominatijns for poiitical ollice or place. Akticle X. SEC.--For the entire work of the Ord^r, inclu ding Ritual, the Constitution of the National Coun cil. the Constiiulion of the Stale Council, and the C(ms!itu:ion for Subordinate Councils, each Stib- ordinite Cmncil shall pay the sum ul live d diars and for every dispensation aPc‘ charter for open ing Councils, the applicants therefore shall pay | the sum ol tfireo djllars. | Sec. 2. — J^ich Subordinate Council shall pav : an annual contribuiion ol 25 cents for each mem- ' her und*'r iis j irisdiction, one half to bo paid inio I the 'i'reasury of the State Council semi-annually, to be paid over by the Secretary to ll.e 'I'reas i urer of the Stale Counci! ; provided, however, ! tint the Subordinate Councils nny be exempt! from the payment of this conlriiiution, such of its | member* as they may suppose it would bear 1 heavily upon. Akticle Xf. | No alteration or aniendmenl of this Constitution shall bt? made, unless proposed in writing and signed bv at b-ast seven members of the State | Council, .submitted at least one day before in a- ; doption,and alierwardn concurred in by iwo-lhirds of the meinb(;rs present. OFHlCi:US OK THP, | NOKTH CAROLINA STATL COCNCIL l l'i5Ksn>i;NT, ! P. F. PlvSCtMj, Raleigh. I VICE patsiDENr, JOHN M. MA I'HEU S, iiiizabeth City. SECRFTARV, W. H. HARRISON, Kaleigh. TKE A.!1:RER, i E. L. IIARDIN(;, Raleigh. MARSHAL '■ S. E. PHILIPS, Raleieh. I ciiatlain, UEV. JAMES REH). Louisburg. | O::^- ‘ Live for iho present exigennj !' as the Advertiser says while it physics the administration I to keep ij ali»e till after the August election. [ f.,clter. | tarctic, it would present a scene rugged and grand 'ihe veteran Genera! Swifi has, from his retreat 1 beyond all description. The very ribs of the solid on tae banks ol Luke Seneca, written lo a friend earth would he brought lo light, and we should a leiler abounding with r'-miniscences, which are behold at one view, in fhe mighty cradle of the rendered ihe moie interesting from the distinguish- ocean,the sad remains of a thousand fearful wrecks ed character ol the narrator. The gentleman to | with iheir countless human skulls buried in heaps whom the letter was addressed inserted it, with of pearl and mestimabla stones, which lie conceal- Ihe jM*r(r.i3sion of tiie writer, in tho New York forever upon the bottom ol the deep. From Counei, Ifom which paper we copy il: i tlie top of the Chimborazo to the bottom of the Geneva, May 16, 1655. i at the deepest place yet reached by the Dear Sir: I have vour noie of the 14lh | *n a vertical line is nine miles. The sla.t,with VIr. Piumer’’. remarks about the pro- 1‘^‘^^pest part of the North atlantic is probably some- lainiy of Washington, and . specially as used to Bermudas and the Grand Li'O.at the ballle of Moiimoulh. aul/jr-vii V.al- I liestny mind back toschoolb iy days, when, with I oiher boys, I had a place m the procession at ihe j obsequies of Washingion on Taunton Green. 'I'he j im;jression then made promolpd inquiry in after here between the Bermudas and the Grand Hanks, 'rhe waters of the Gulf of Mexico are held in basin, whose greatest depth ia ftiioul ■'A mile. life, I have among my papers ihe trial of Gen. Chas. Lee, of w hich court-martial your grandfath er was a member. 'I'hat t'^ial records no unbe coming languagf^d in anv interview between Wasliiiglon and Lee. I had long ago heard of | sudden bound, and its deductions are almost intui- Wushirgton’s usini'fiarsh lanr>ia>;e to Lee al .Mon- | The Frcucli. BY WASHl.NGTON IRVINO The French intellect is quick and active. It flashes it* way into a subject with ihe rapidity ol lightning ; seizes upon remote conclusions with n mouili,and, having in 1804 a letier of introduc tion to G* n, Marshall at Richmond, I inquired as lo tliJ hcts. The general said that ihe story of coarse language between VVashington and Lee was not irue. General Marshall was a captain on i!ie fifk ol Monmouth and near Washington. He I meditation slated ti lt Lee’s language was decorous, and lhat Washii'gtons’ manner and language were austere, liut not ruofane. My father was introduced to W.'ishiii^ton by (Jen. Lincoln in 1784, at .Mount Vernon, and saw (i- n, W^ishington at Gen, Rob- erdeau't and at Mr, Hoe’s, in Alexandria. Mis rmark on Washiogion’s manner and conversa- lii'-ii was that iht-y were far from familiar, though p ilite, and ihal there was a grandeur in his aspect. In ihe presence t»f my faiht*r I ht'ard Gen. Cobh, an aid (iNC.'tDip of Washington, remark that it was not ensy r> ue familiar with Waaliingion, and thit be was choi'^e in his language and very rare ly. personal in his ohst rvalions. In the year 1802 I was in Albany with my then chief, (J'ol. Williams, and iherc heard Gen. Alex ander Hamilton say to Gi>n. Schulyer and Ct»l. Williau'.s, that the .siory t)l Gen. Washington’s I'lo'aiiiiy at Fort Let* on a visit ol inspection jcut not tmc. Washington was disajipointed at not finding the cornmaiidunt at his post, and express- (d his displeasure in .«trr>ng language, but not with an oaili. While a member of Gen. 'I'homus Pickney’s ndllilary family in Sou.h Carolinn, in 1812, I heard his brother, Gen. C. C- Pinckney, Irequenilymention onversations with Gen. W'a«sh- ingion. He jaid that he was habitually grave in discour>e, cautious in expression, slow and ac- cura'e i;i judgMK’ul, hut w iih intimate Iriends ea^y, though rarely j icose. Now, Gi;i), C. C. Pinck- >)• y was rem trkab'e for faceiiousiiess and butnor and iit the table of his brolht-r w fond of con- ver.-aiion v\iih young m-n ; neiiher of these bro thers b( lieved ihe sU)ry of Washington and Lee, the language of”ihe- lorm^r wooKl be more to un do'he evil then in progress than to expend words OP L“e, It is fair to conclude that Washington’s mind, so well knowti for coolness in ballle, would be far more engaged in restoring the order of the day in the pursuit of ihe enemy ilian in applying epithets to L»'e. At ihe battle of Brandy wine, w hsre Washington had many l>-ials of patience and a disastrous day, no words unbecoming his position were then re- mi-mhieretl ; Mid, though a.s.sHilcd by cahal, in and our i;t ('ongress, for not w inni ig that day, no iiiibicoining word or action wasll.in attributed to h m. When Ftia:t was portraying Washington ai Mount Vemon, the servant had been told to main tain a fire all night in the studio. He failed in his duty. When ihe General came in and observed 'lie failure, Stuart sai.i ‘his countenance fell.’ SlU'T I'egan lo excuse the serrnnt, but the Gen. said, sternly. *.Mr. Stuart, my servans know lhat I expect t.bedience.’ We have here an item ol the lone of Washington’s mind in every day life. Wiih Gen. Cobb, Colonel IIumphries. Major Bay- les, and Col. 'rrumbull, all of the^military family ol Wiishinglon, i had the acquaintance which a subaltern may have w ish aged 3up> riors, Of them I asked of their inlercoursts with Washington,and though it may be presumed lhat such persons would not recount .«mall defects, which, if existing lh: y may have observed,still I learned from them many interesnng facts of intercourse in camp, and t;enernl!y lhat, wiih kind fetding for nil dependant upon him, he was sometimes vehement in lan guage lo delinquents, bul ever just. Indeed, from those great m»*n w’lo have the natural gift of com mand, and w ho possess strong wills, we are not lo expect a uniform flow' of quanimity. I have no doubt that when ihc occasion made it proper, W'a>hington denounced a delinquent in the field wiih nn awful severity, bul not with profanity,— The first and third articles of w’ar of 2Gth Sep tember, 1776, commend divine respect, and for- hid profanity, and it is not probable ihdt VVashing- ton would have set an example ol disrespect lo a law, iho enactment of wluch lio had himself coun selled, I am vour friend and humble servant, J. G. SWIFT. Damel Hu.M'iNtTo.v, Esq., Nt‘w Yt>rk. by passing the three first fiingers beyond the palm on to the wrist of tho brother, then withdrawing the same to the gripping only of the fore finger. 'I'he salute of the Third degree is to grasp the lap* pel of your coat with the right hand, clasping only with the thumb and little finger,throwing the three first finger* forward. It is answered by the per son seluted going through the same evolutions with the left hand. The pass words to this third degree are as fol lows ; You rap an alarm at the first door. Tho doorkeeper responds by opening the door or wic ket, 'fhe applicant says ‘u.’ 'I'he sentry respond* ‘ni.’ 'Fhe applicant answers ‘on,’ which being pnidiicf (1 -in fnll •« u-ni-on. 'Fhe appIicRnt is then ^ admUied into the first room. He then approaches I the .second sentry, gives his name and council to I which he belongs, and, in connection with the j Quarterly pass word, gives the word‘safe,’ which makes the ^ Union 50/c,’ (!) Tlie Uedaii and tlie I^lalakofT. These now famous towers, that may bn said to guard tho gaies of Sebastopol, are already cele brated for deeds of valor, on the part both of be- tive. 'I’he English inlelleci is I.'ss rapid, but more j)ersevering; less sudden, but more sure in its de duciions. 'Fhe French enable ihem to rintl enjoy , , ,, liplicity of sensations. 'Fhey speak vt act more fi 0111 i sinct. immediate impressions than Irom reflection and) quickuM. and mubilily of i "'-"“s'fiv.l ^ Mil .0 r,ml ,M ,he mu|. 1 before ll.e walla of Iroy. Ihou- Fhe first ol thes8 towers, tho Redan, is a hugo -p. .1 (• .. -I J : semi circular earth-w’ork, forminn, in fact, a part I hey are tln‘r« l(>re more social and , , ^ , “I . , , I r■ , i i i '-> the main foruhculions on the lanu side ol tho communicative; more lond oi society and of places , of public resort and amusement. An Englishman j is more reflective in his habits. He lives in the world of his own self dependent. He loves the quiet of his own apartment ; even when abrt)ad, j he in a manner makes ii liiile .solitude around him, ! by his silence and reserve ; he moves about sihy ^ and solitary, and as il wore, buttoned up, body and soul. | 'Fhe French are great optimists ; they seize up- : on every good as it flies, and revel in the passinjjr j pleasure. The Englishman is too apt lo neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil. However adversities may lower, let the sun shine bul for a momoni, ami forih sallies the mer curial Frenchman, in holiday dress and holiday spirits, gay as a butterfly, as though his sunshine were perpetual ; but let the sun beam never .so brighllr, so there be but u cloud in the horizon,the wary Englishman Tentures forth distrustfully, with his umbrella in his hand. 'J'ho Frenchman has a w'onderful facility at turn ing small things to advantage. No one can be gay and luxurious on smaller means ; no one requires cily just outside the walls. Il was originally of sione, bul since the invesimcnt ol the city by tho French and English, immense earth-works havo been added to it. 'Fhe MalakolT Tower ii next north and east of tho Kedan; between tbeni are the Ochakoo ravin® utui earth-works. The MalukofFstanJa upon low ground, near the head of Careening Bay, but on the southern and western siile. 'i'he Mnmelon stand« 4UU yard* in Iront of it, in a «nore commanding positiim ; and when it was taken by the French*, the Rus.-'ians hauled their shi|)s out «>f bay, us they wereex|)osed to the guns of the Mamelon in tin* hands of ihe French. 'Fhese three work wore in fact all outworks, and havo been tiirown up sine* the commencement ol ilie siege, almost in the [)re»- eiiCt! of the French and English, 'out still they may. be coiiS dered as forming a part of the main defeiMitf of the city ; whilst the Mumelon, although impor tant Irom its commanding position, was nevcriho- less a detached work, separate and distinct froiiv the Russian main line of defencff. It is a noteworthy fact, lhat the unsuccessful as sault on Ihe part of the allies was made on the I . u u II .• 1 ■ J r sauii on iiic oiiii ui mu aun-o tvris iiiiior Ull iiitj less expense to be happy. He practices a kind ol ■ ^ ^ , /■ , i. ..i i- , I - J L . ; 18Ji (ff June, the anniversary of iho Battle of »lidinir m his style ol living, and hammers out j ,,, , i, , ,i f ^ ,j rri... I,... I W uterloo. Possibly the purpose was to cement still closer the union of England and France, 'i'he En(jlishman, in his enjoyments. every guinea mio gold leaf, on the contrary, i? expensive He values eyerything,whctht:r useful or o:oaiiicii- ( tal, by what it cost^. He has no satisfaction in | show unless it be solid and compleie. Everything I goes with him by the sqire foot. Whatever dis- i play he makes, tho drp:h is «iirc to equal ihe sur-! face. I 'i’he Frenchman’s habi’ation, like himself, is | opt n, cheerful, bustling and noisy. He lives in a ; part of a great hotel, wiih wide portal,paved court, : sinking the rnomorifs of lhat memorablo day ii^ the storming and reduction of Sebastopol. A hap py ihoughl perhaps—bul terminating in a melaiw ciioly disappointment.—New Yotk ILu nrcis. llow it SeiMiied to ]\ortlioi‘a men. We extract tho follow from tho New Haven Register. 'Fhe Palladium, to which allusion i» made, is a Frcesoil Know Nothing organ, publish- a'spaciouVdiM’v sVone slairc7s«^. »'nd a family o^ I M 'ven C.mnecticut. U may bo seen every floor. Allis clatter and chatter. He i, ; from this extract what impression was produced every good humored and talkative with his servants, so ciable with his neighbors, and complaisant to all tho world. Anyb'jdy has access to himself and his apartments ; his very' bedroom is op^*n to vis on the minds of the Non hem people by tho con' duel of the Southern delegates ai the Phi!adeIjWii» Convention : ‘ Ax Affecting Sckne, — \Vc learn from tha ilors, whatever may be its slate ofconfusion ; and ■ P^H^dium ihai when ihe Southern delegates in the all this not from any peculiarly hospitable f eling, but Irom lhat communicative habit which predo minates over his character. 'Fhe Englishman, on the contrary, ensconces himself in a snug brick mansion which he has all to himself; locks ihe frtmt door ; puts broken bottles along its walls and spring-guns and min- traps in his gardens ; shrouds himself with trees and window curtains ; exults in his quiel privacy^, | and seems disposed to keep out noise, daj'ligfit and company. His house like himself has a reserved j inhospitable exterior ; yet w hoever gains admit tance is apt to find a warm heart and wurm fire- i side within. The Fiench excel in wit, ilie English in humor; the French have gayer fancy, the English richer imagination^. 'Fhe former ars lull »>f sensibility, easily moved, and prone to sudden rnd j>reat ex- cilement, but iheir excitement is noi durable ; the English are more phlegmatic, nol so easily afTcct- ed.but capable of being roused lo graal enihusiasm. ; 'Fhe faults c»f these opposite temparamenls are, I lhat the vivacity of the French is apt »o sparkle up and be frothy ; the gravity of the Enyli-^h to j settle down and grow m.ud.fy. When the two characters can be lixed in a medium—the French | from efTervesceirce and the English from stagna- i lion—both will be found excellent. j I This oontraet of ehHr:«ct«r ni«y ul-jo bo noliccd ! in the great concerns of the two nations, 'i'he ar- : den' Frenchman is all for niiliiary renown ; he : fights for glory, lhat is lo say for success in arms. For, provided the national flag be victorious, he cares little about ihe expense, ihe injustice, or the inutility of the war. It is wonderfully how ihe poorest Fienchman will revel on a triumphant bullcntin ; .md at the sight ol a military sovereign. The XSii*>iii of Ilie Aflanlic. .Modern science Ins made muny discoveries in relation lo ihe ocean, ils depths, and its beds or basins. According to Mr. Charles R VV’eld, who recently made a tour through the Cniled Stales and Canada, the vast sea-weed meadows of the Ailaniic. which cover a space of seven times as large as France, li,-em with li.'^e, and deep 3”a- soundings which reveal the sta-floor of the great est depths, show lhat the bottom of the ocean is I r* quently paved with calcareous and silicious shells Fhe .\tlaiitic hasiu is a vast trough, bounded on one Hide by Arnerica, and on the oiher side by Af rtca, and using out of this trough are mounta'ns hiuher than the loftiest liimalayahs, from peak to peak of whicli huge whales hold their course with ihe s line pr* cisi.iii w iih which eagles pass from cragii.? crag ; and valleys d-eper thau any tr(»d- den ijy the fool of man, w ithin whose oozy folds ihe great waters lie in perpetual repose. Depths have been sounded in the Atlantic ;»reater than the elevation of any mountain above its surface. Another modern writer, speaking of this great basin, says, lhat could it;! waters be drawn ofl'' so as to expose this great chasm, which separates continents and e^iend^ from the Arctic to the An- P'liladelpbia Hind >o Convention Saw that they were !o lose their Northern Freesoil brethren, tliev ‘ best)Ughl them to slay, with tears in Iheir eves but tho Abolitiorsists • shot)k ofl'thedust from their feci,’ and departed. We should like to have seen that lacr>n>ose parting — that rending of soul and body which must have charactejized ihe parting scene among such denr friends! 'Fhal of Ruth and Naomi, ihougii remarkable lor its disinteres tedness, did not nppioach this in subjimily. VVe think we see Rayn,'r and Cone hanging upon the necks of \N’ilson and Sperry, and sobbing in that agony of grief which knows no consolation, b^'g- ying them not lo desert, and ‘ ofr ring to give up everything posj-ihh^while the Innvr, erect at iwo columns of granite, are impervious to the bri ny ellusions and agonizing proleKlations of eiide.Tr- ment. ‘ Il was too !ale !’ the ‘ Rubicon was pas sed and wiih a si licism worthy of patriarchal days, Aboliti.mism filed out ttf tho hall, leaving its d» jecled Southern fi icnds, ‘like Niobe, all tears.’ We trust the sweeper of the hall respected the sa- credness of lhat f*iief—and allowed tho weeper* to dry their tears, before ho turned them into the street.’ Fioiit IV A Pkeshvteiuan Church.—'Fha Gallipolis (Ohio) Journal tjf last week has the ful lowint^^ local religious intelligence: “ 'Fhe Presbyterian church in this place has been in possession of the old School body for tonuft weeks past, and the New School, thinking they had occupied the building some leng'h of lime, ou Saturday evening last rnide an attempt to retake it from the body. 'I'bey succeeded it» breaking a pinel out of the back door, hut iho hole w'as not snfli -iently larj/e to ndinil a man’s body. Il oppearfl the Old School m mhers were absent at the time. bringing home cap.ur.'d Maudnrd.,, I.e lhro>v» up S.n.ll.crH was eildeavoriNK lo h„ greasy cap m Ihe a.r, and „ ready lo jump i.,„rance. Mr. Il.nry Miller, an ouuida out of his wooden shoes for jov. . . . j • , .■ •* member, remonstrated against the proceedings, and finally struck Mr. .S, a severe blow on th^ John Bull, on tho contrary, is a reasoning, con- I siderate person. If he does wrong, il is in the I most r.^iional way imaginable. He fights bacause ■ the good of the world requires it. He is a moral { person, and makes war upoi: liis n'*ighbor for liie I maintenance of peace and ^ood ord-^r , and sound ! principles. He is a money making personage, iind fights for the prosperily of commerce and ma nufactures. 'Fhus the two nalitms have been fight ing, time out of mind, for ghirv and gold, ’I’he* French, in pursuit of glory, have had iheir capita] twice tak**n ; and John Bull, m pursuit of gold, , has run himself over head and ears in debt. ^‘Uiiloii Safe.’’ 'Fhe Cleveland Piaindealer gives the following exposition of the grips and passwords of the third or Union degree ol Know Nothingisin : • what’—‘ fidelity’—thire degree, j 'Fhe above arethe*pass words’ to the Know- i Nothing State Convention now in session in this . city. By means of these our special reporter was ! enabled yesterday to enter wiil.in the ‘inner tem- j pie’ and note the doings and saying* of these dark j lantern gentry. We also have the grip of the j ‘'Fhird Degree,’ M'bich consi&ts in shaking hands J head wiih his cane. Finding an entrance mors diiFiculi ihan they bad inngined, they quiell}'dis persed, For the past ten days or t^vo weeks the church has been in charge of Capl. J, S, Myers. Oil Sunday Morning the Rev. Wnrren 'Fuylor, th ^ New S;hool minister, took occasion to walk in while the door r.f ihe church was temporarily open and atcf nded to the pulpit, Myers peremptorily ordered him to leave the house, but no attention was paid to him, when he repaired to the pulpit and ejected .Mr. '!’, by force. Mr. '1'. cflTered no re.-iislHucs further than to hold on to a knob that v.'.is a ttached as an ornament to the pulpit, and in br -rtkiii;' his hold of it he lost his balancc and fell over the railing lo the floor, striking on his back. We do not know that he sustained anv serious in jury. Fhe church his not been used for public worship since the Old School body has had pos session (f i\ since the difficulty, and it it iheir dettirmination lo keep it closed until a legal deci sion may be had as to right of property.” Why are postage stamps like lazy school boyat Because you have to /ic/: ihoir back# lo make them slick to their letters.
