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CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1855.
NO.
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From thc Southern Baptist.
Recognition in Ue.iven.
Many christians ure disposed to hesitate and
lojbt, as to whether the exp-elation of our p-r-roiuilj
meeting and of being reunited with kin
dred spirits in the future work!, is to be regarded
as a mere speculation, or whether it is to be regar
dtd as a doctrine distinctly revealed by Inspira
tion. We think that there are very valid rules of
tcripturo interpretation, which, when all put to
gether, give this sentiment nil the force of a doc
trine of Christianity.
We propose on this occasion, to look at theques
tioii from a single point of view, namely, the per
sonal experience ol the Apostle Paul, as recorded
in his writing, ll w can clearly and unques
tionably compreliend the person ! and men'al ex
. . . . . . . .
nenei.ee ot 'his IJ.ole writer, surrounaeii as lie
was wrh mi many ray- beaming upon him from I
the spiritual world ; nd ,1 the experience of such j
a mm cannot mislead us, when he was favored !
Hire than almost any other mortal, by special
nd freonem insights ol those unseen realms ol j
j v'ince which lie DU'Slde ol tl is natt-iial vail '
irhieh b'-umls our si-nse we may very saf Iv i
like lhe view which the aposile 1x1,1 as 't a reu-
n ion wi h friends in beaten, as hating all the nu-
thurify of an inspired ikactrine. are on the 1
ride id eomfort and of safety, when we can he
p-i,e!rated with the same ronvicin, andean hae
ih - same bmnda ion (or our lai h, which P.iul real
in his own r specie net.
1J. ronniring manv h el r a lion in his Ems.
t Im, r i- brynnd a do.ibt that this apoi!e f- l( un
intense dt-sire ami ep- ciafitn f seing his breth
rea again, no? only in ih ll sh, hot in lhe spiiitu
i, nrM. II' p"k", not on'v nf being viih them
i:i h- ait and -piiit, hir m ot iny instances, his Ian
"Uill" pmntu t'raid to ih ! pirifial r -union
which wthe essen'i al intern HtrM! of all R0ctinn. ;
nte ai-rl spiritual t.-iiijs. There is wrapoed up
wi:!'-i:i our inteii-ir faenltn-s and ;;tT.-ctiiin, lhe
pred d ionnr'af bein. i is npnn
this ! r
lC!th si-tise of ihe s. iti I s (cliselMiisne-s
ih at the primary ai.d imnMtr-hi eonic'ion rests,
nf ""r e r"n.il imn ortaii'v.
in 'he i -xperiei-ce i! the Apost, Paul, there
i. an i mini nt xamplr id lhe iiiM'ying pwr ol
sff-c'i n. w h eh trui-l rs the atta. hmeuta nf tlie
til in Mi i- state. In a stale beyond lhe grave.
Tims ianc iln d by n-ligi n. our attachments may
l-irn.id. n- t hi ban- i heir ol j -! h'al fwrever,
I, a heroine the U s In bind all pure anJ hiving
spirit ti' iher in a tale id ning where Ihs Can
r .. !UP 'er d. Thi- is lhe hgiim le use of our
c:uiii. a-i iweneh in u- ;-. irth, but l fioi
I, i..! fr nit- icnrs-- b- nnd tie prerhtets of de
, y. When true aff ciin i- gnvermd bv ehris
inn pr i rtple, ;i i b i- d up what is im p i ishable
in a km ! j.s mil in th olj e!s of our love.
'I".iete is t fine I'lii-t'itiino t I 'his aentmtenl in
tl e p i i i c- id K chard 15 x'er, nhichinnmni
h 1 r re-perts. se. o- 1U0 ii Utnell on points of
t s m
alter,
earth.
lac hi fie Apo-tie t'.t ui . rnararier. lie
the xp ctati'Ui of loving my ftiends hare
principally kindlm n.y hive In them on
ll I 'li Ugh I I should never know llem.
Mi l runs, qm-n' ty n ver bre thm after this !if;. i i
rtid I. I tlii.nitl niiiiile r tie in with temporal things ,
and love them as such; bat 1 now converse wi h
mi us Irv m
in firm pfmasii n that I shall
i-.Hiver.-c wi h "hem t rev. t.
ibe loss ol lhe deal or aisent,
al.oitlv sacet them in lic ivcn."
There sre arvmr ch:i-:i r.
J s rsitivcncS3 concern
I t . i U comfort in
b I lev inj I shall
'. m! t.i a
ii :: r of
th
(bri-t, a Inn ant thing U iulnalnc-d as an ingre
d ent i l h aveolv j v
a
r lli
P
' CC
and
eli.rv o. '.
,i
R ih liter. Mu re
ur iioiiorioy I 'linst too h-ghlv ; Irtl
we
in rst take
W- (hi ,
h s nran-
1 1 . I ... 1. II.. -.. mimm '
le eu
hit while We Vin-liet his h-moi
I tirade and o'l-C'ire ih- ft lint nu he
tr i us. Ami
Chri' b S :isn
rer it.
that he will
he wliMined in Ui lima ; his diaeipl
g'lMT
both
her" and her
The i w
.li IT.
ill the a p ! in x;eta'ion nl reu-
nion a iih hi b
Kt-d fiends. v.is I'irbiiised by
("hrisi oin If. Thus w find ih.. apostle saving
thai Chvil shall be lui(vrtl -. his s tints."
It is bis prayer for the Tb-a Ionian C'lri-ui'ins,
il it the name nf our Lord Ju fThri- mav be
glorified im yon and t r in Lim.' T the ( i In
n. in Cb ns' m ns, Paul sa s. in sneaking of himself,
"and ihey elorili-d God iii me." In b"fd, so far
vi as lhe apotl- from repirdins i' as anv detrac
tion linn lbgtorv of Chrii, that le h'dila it forth
as no animating incentive tn himself and o'hers.
that the ghnrv of h ri -f Wnnhj be onnifntrd bv
the mutual j iy of the s ived. when ihey h ni l re
owt.ise each other in bis ir snce. i nnun itec
rs
Ins own preaching, as when he snvs tn 'be Coins
m ins, in thee words, "vhain we preach, warn
ing every man, and teaching every man, in all
wisdom, that we may present every man perfect
ia leans Christ." To the Phillipptan. Im- says. :
'That I mav rejoice in the day of Christ, that I j
hive not run in vain, neither labored in rain.
A strikine; illustration of the I alief of the npn-
He.
appears in bis epistle to lhe Thessalonian
Christiana, who are described as endeared to him
in a threefold respect, which rises in the order of
climax before the apostle's mind : ip,,r what
is ur hope, or joy, or crown nl rejoicing? Are
nol even ye in the presence of our T.ord Jesus
Christ at his coming?" They were his 'hnpp,"
for he hoped to see ihem again ; his "j'vy," for he
expected to be hnppy with them in ihe presence of
t'hrist; his "crown of rejoicing, for he looked j
forward to his reward, as the victor in the Greci
an games was crowned with lhe garlands of eon-
quest ; nnd tins honor he should receive for his I
jmtr meitaiity m tt e r conversion.
Hut what this inspired apostle was thus so sure ;
nf, concerning those whom he should reeojrnisein '
the presence of Christ, our Lord declares shall be ;
equally verified in every one who shall have ac
ted a faithful part towards the poorest of his chil- i
dren. in this world. hen ihey shall all be gath-
ered into the presence oi v nrist, in his glory, th
Lard will say. "Come ye blessed of my Father.
inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from before
the foundiiion of the world. For I wns n bun- i
gered, and ye give me mea' ; I was thirsty, and
ye guve me drink ; I was n stranger, a--d ye took i
nte in; naked, and ve clothed ine. I was sick, i
unto me." And our Lord speaks all this, con-
r . IT- I
c iisurii inc. I i hi 101011, oi'o vetniic'
"oiiii iiiuc mi'i jiiii4a;(jinjt,- u'ier wni- 1
........UI. 1 II 1.: . t.
-- 1 1 u IIIU-WIll, III m " J-llll'- , III IS III Ui. II J
M ye Inve done it' unto one of the least ol thef
brethren, ye hve don it unto me."
From the Reading (Penn.) Gazette & Democrat.
Aii Infamous Outrage.
The case of Passmore Williamson, charged with
abducting three slaves, the properry of Hon. John
II. Wheeler, V . S. Minister to Nicaragua, while
in transitu, from Philadelphia to New York, was
he.rrl lnei Fnrt-iu ..f. IT : 11
" - - ..j, w,c JUuB in me, i.
i I I r IT I i l I l r I I I n n . . w. I I . .
wru served upon him, made return that the slaves
were not, nnd had not been at any time in his
7 " """""""i o
power or custody, and therefore he could not pro
duce ;hem. The prosecution objected to this re
turn, and offered to produce evidence to show that
it wa9 false. Judge Kane decided to hear the
evidence, and if a jirima facie case was made out
he would holJ the defendant to answer for perjury.
The testimony was then gone into, and when it
ivny saiu ine case was m so grave
( t
" consequences so great to ine.
"e eanwi iaKe ume to consiaer anu
"IT J roa,,er- Io ,,,e meantime he was held
" f 0000 lor fr,h'r hearing.
., , .. ... i . " . , , V " 0?U"'Pr" r
nouiu he more clearly ascertained
II ihey are
i i
to be constantly subjected to the same indignity
and wrong which Mr. Wheeler suffered ut the
hands of this bold abolitionist and his blaca ac
complices, without any power of redress, thev
should know the fact, and shape t li- i r intercourse
Willi the free fslaies accordingly. Whatever may
I be .he feelings in other parts ol the North, we are
i .satisfied thai the conservative, law-abiding, and
Union-loving people of Pennsylvania, do tiot ap
' prove such acts ol violence and flagrant injustice
as the one commixed upon Mr. Wheeler, and will
rejoice to see its perpetrators punished io 'he ex-
trt meat law lul point. They may have no love
lr tl very ; but this does not make I hem less wil
: ling to respect th.laws of their sister States which
lob-rate it, and the rights their feiluw citizen
have acquired under llmm. When they go lu
the South, they expect Southern lws to protect
tie rn in their persons and property ; and when
Sou herners come here, ihey would extend the
same protection, even though the properly ol the
latter may consist in that which uur laws do not
r- cognize as such.
Ii has been decided we believe, by i ur Courts,
that slaves hiought voluntarily bv their owners,
into a free State, are entitled to their freedom, if
iliri dioobc to claim it. But. we apprehend,. there
is noihmi in these decisions which sanctions the
forcible seizure and rescue of slaves, or their res
toration to liberty, against llieir own will, by a
riotous mob. In this case, it was clearly prov d
by sevi ral witnesses, m corroboration ol Mr.
Wlieelcr's own statement, thai the slave worn n
and her !wo boy s "were forced away" from theii
master ; that "she held back with all her s reng h
and the boys were nlso struggling and crying to
get away from the negroes who held th' in ;" thai
"ire boys and woman kicked and cried to g-t a
way, and said they wanted to ro to their master,"
and that one ol the mob "threatened t cut Mr.
; Wheeler's throat from ear to ear if he interfered."
Surely there is no decision of any Pennsylvania
i Court on record, to warrant the commission ol
' such ar outrage ! Our laws, though ihey ignore
'he existence of slavery, are certainly not so de
fective as to provide no punishment for a flagrant
ict of violence like this. Tle-re must be ample
leffd means to bring Mr. Williamson and the
' black scoundrels who abetted his riotous proceed
; ing, to a s'riet account ; nnd we hope lin y may
1 be made to h-el, in such a way as will cause them
i nol soon to f'rget, that even slave-holders liavu
nghts in a free Sta'e which cannot be invaded
w i:h impunity.
I'h s negro woman and her two boys whom
Mr. Wln eler intended to take to lie ir mistress, a
native of Philadelphia are now free, whether
ihey will or no. It sliould lie the duty nl their
liberators, if thev have the common feelings of
humanity, to feed, clothe, and provide for lb in.
as Mr. Wheeler aa bound to do. They need
Mi.-h care ; for ihey are among strangers, and
helpless as slaves usually are when obliged to d-
pend upon themselves. But the philanthropy of
abolitionism goes no farther than to give slaves
freedom whether to beg, steal, or starve, they
care not. Liberty is a shrine at which it is a wor
thy deed to offer sacrifice ; and what m re ac
ceptable victim can be immolated than the poor
negro, just fr-ed from the chains of slavery So
the abolitionists reason, as their practice V lis us.
What. then, is to be the fate of these liberated
slaves? Will any family in Philadelphia t;,ke
them into its service ? We doubt il. Our Nor-
j them housekeepers are not accustomed to hire
servants encumbered with children. The "cruel
aci" of seperating this mother and her little help
less boys vv'-ich would cive the Tribune and
other abolition iournals material for a whole col
umn of "the horrors nf slavery," if h were tone
cur at the South must therefore he their first ex- :
nerienco of freedom II. able, separately, to earn
t m I
bread enough to keep themselves from starving, !
they will probably find a lodging in some misera
ble garret or filthy cellar, and drag out a burden- then up tow n, met wstcho.an, Damphool and he ; bound each v ilh?y strike into the sea, it not unfre
mmmmm ..vl-ii-nee in ilm midst of the soualor. disoas". i inriiHd round three times : then stood on one lea. Qin nllv h-.pner.s ihal adj c nl valleys have nu
and loaihfome vice, which mark the haun'sof fid
negroes in our Northern citis. Will William
son and his confederates be remembered in th "it
dying prayers .' if indeed their prayers be not
turned to curses.
Use of TonACc . "In tha United S ates, phys
icians have estimated that twenty thousand per
sons die every year from the use of tobacco. In
Germany the physicians have calculated that, of
M tDe rjeaths which nccui between the ages of
eighteen and twenty-six, one half originate in the
waste of the constitution by smoking. They say
that the article exhausts and deranges the nervous
powers, and produces a long train of disease, to
which the stomach is liable, and especially those
forms HimI mn ondr lhe name of dyspepsia. l
aUo eKer a disastrous influence n the mind
riiilad'Ijdti'i Ledger.
Sav twice, wiihout a mistake, 'P-ter Piper's
o acock pecked a pei k of pepper out of a pewter
planer ; if Peler Piper s peacock pecked a peck nf
iiepper out of a pwtei platter, arbere'a tie p- ck of
pepper Peter Piper's pc.- cock pecked?'
- 1
'I thought you were born on the first day j
A nr.!.' -an! a benediet to bis h.veli wife, who had
- -1 - - - 1
n.,i,m(l the tvvel.l v -first her f.irlhdaV. 1
J 1
,M,)9' l,f "P1' lmnk &l '"oni choice I made ol
a huabiud,' site replied.
Patriotic Senliuaenfa.
If the people of the North could be imbued With
such sentiments as the following, from one of the
great statesman of Pennsylvania, there m'ghi he
some hope for the South. BjI three weeks after
their delivery the flagrant outrage of robbing a
1 . i .. o n
, .southerner of his property, and seizing him bv
. . .
the throat, happened in the ciy ol
ppened in tlie city ol brotherly love.
On the Fourth of July, .Mr. Dallas said :
That having been kindly invited, he would ven
ture to express a lew thoughts suggested by tlie
occasion.
Our object, in celebrating this day, should be,
not merely to recall the names and eulogize (lie
exploits of those who gave r universality ot inter
est and immortality of renown, hut at .he a mi-
time, under the inspirations of the 'heme, tn lay
,,r,n ik. ,.w.,r r.f i.-i.,...i .......,., - .........
i mi'wii iiiv mmiii oi oui uv,i.;u.u li'hii i ( .iiiiih inine
, seUtinvni applicable to her exiling condlilon. and
. harmonizing WiiU lhe t.,SOIia a(ld ujuis of
founders.
j Tw , . f)f America, over their vast domain,
i in " 'heir eonmleas rit.es. towns, villages, h.-n
and settlements, are, at this moment, spoilt.
neously and simultaneously, rendering grateful
homage io the faith and the lathers ol '76. Whit
millions of voices, on the height , of our mountains
in the depths of our vullets on the boundless ex-
pans of our wulers, amid the shades nl uunumbe-
ed fon sts, of the sunshine of endless prairies, are j
repeating, w ith never dying sympathy, the solemn !
and sublime truths of the Declaration nf Indepen
d uce ? N iy, this political hallelujah ries in ev
ci v I itid ; it behs Ihe earth, not nh an idle drum
b'-ni, but wi h an anihem of i nthn tl exultation;
for, into what unknown corner his die enterpris
ing genius of le-r citizens f.ileJ to n -netrale ?
And where, and w hen, can h
OCT
be found unmindful
to hail and glorify the Fourth of July ?
ll is in contemplating this i-xci, unexaggera
led, yet vivid, pic ure of a world-wide choir, that
we are made to leel and rea'iz the value ol our
imni use inheritance of freedom. N r does it fail
to Strengthen our firm pur post; to maintain that in
heritance unimpaired, within the great bulwark
specially d-vised by its venerated au hors lor iis
preservation. Need I tell you what the bulwark
is ? What thrt only unfailing aud infallible citadel ' ' peculiar. ihe dark clear blue water ol the un
nf security is? i is the Cons i-utiona! Union of; ' homable ocean rolls around ihem, kept in long
the sovereign States. Tim is He- panoply under g""1 undulation by the perpetual breath and
hose shelter tin infant offsimn" ol our revoln- I impuhaj ol the trade wind. This long, lazy swell
I ijonarv f.ihers has matured in'n bemulean
strength. That i the sacred conservatory within j wall ol die pel, lifts itself into vast, wide, contin
which the fruits of liberty, order, progress, valor j " -us ridges l blue water, that ri-dng higher and
and law, have aerminali'd, bloomed and lipened. 1 higii r. al las: roll over and I ill on the outer edge
And ou, Pennsylvaiiians, in whose midsi i-nii ! of the :eel in broad cataracts of foam. One great
stands ihe hallowed edifice whence came both the I ring of auow white surl thus environs the whole
orach- of ludi peudeuce and the organic fram- '!
our Government you, the central, us'aining
i .i i )
power oi i lie great arch, are yon in i, as Hereto- i
(ore, heart, soul and hand devoted
as well to the :
principles of 'he revolution as to ihe
sanc'u try ,
reared lor their perpetu J protection? V-s. 1
know you are ; and, therefore, it is thai I remind
you that you possess a quiet latent hut resistless
force which, justly and appropriately exerted, may
gi f,ir to arrest the ruthb-ss assaults of fanatic and .
fantastic ethics, may awe back the aggressor, and I
letch him, how ever reluctant So learn, the widom i
of loyalty to our common ancestry, loyally to our
common covenants, and loyalty to the peace, hon
or, and hinnirvss nl our common country. It is
! he proud mission of our noble Common wealth to
j he ever vigilant as guardian of th" Union ; and it ;
wouaj be well or her, in Ihe spin1 ol preventive
nd admonitory pitrio'ism, to announce her pre. !
dctermim d p'irp sa to live under no other than j
the existing I'ed-ra ive Constitution ; to apprise, in
advance, the rash invaders of thai palladium, thai j
she can never link her destiny with any snver-
eignly or section stained with the opprobrium of;
mifailhfulness to recorded obligations; to point,
significantly to the current ofh-r rivers, the di
rertion of her highways of trade, the tribti'ary
sources whence comes the aliment ol her industry
and to lei it be understood, finally and lorever, j
that wha'ever may be the cheerless fate of ih
j hinnhd. nroscrin'ive, disorganizing, and disrupted
pi.rfionsof a violated compact, sh (Pennsylvania)
j wjj g,.,. ,pr prosperity in alliance with those on-
prospi
Iy w ho remain true to the past, under the old
matchless and masterly Con -ti'ution, and wiih the
star spangb d ll 'g floating over her, an unsullied
embb in of uubrokeii faith and uncorr spied honor.
At the conclusion ol Mr. Dallas's address, the
meeting adjourned, with nine hearty cheers.
Friend of D weal Icks- Inst ism ted by
lUini3iool :ind tlie S e 1 1 Jo I iia t lie
Know iitliiii.s in Georgia.
Knowing more about selling groceries than a
bout politics or religion, was scared to d- aih by I
Dam phiKil and others ol his kin and name, told me!
o I aidn'i ' in tie- K. N's., be burnt un. broiled on
gridmms by lhe Catholics, also lh-1 lite Irish
burked natives, then hricaseed them as a choice J
f,.rei"n lunch : didn't like to bo burnt or fricaseed. I
C3 ' I
lobi him I'd join. j
Starred, 12 o'clock at night, went dow n town, '
Damphool said, " II irum Scorum," watchman
I said, " II ighc Ualarum, go ah -ad." Dimpaool on
said, watchman was "one of 'em." Went through
seven hick streets, ihen along crop street, to m ar
where we started ; dived down cellar steps, door,
Damphool yvhoo-whiod like an owl three I'm -a.
knocked d or nine limes, somebody insid squall
i ed like a Inm-cat twice, knocked door three nines,
door op'
liei
dark as
Egypt.
tied handkerchief
over my eyes, another uor opened, rattling of
chains i ud si mug smell ol sulphur ; thought my
lime hid come and tried to pray, but couldn't
think ol any ihing but ' uow I lay me down ro
sheo." Thev led me in, threw ine down on all
fours hit me nine cracks with p d He on umnen
tiouabie place, snick two pins in same, blaied like j
a Billy goa', w hen general caterwauling by the j
whole company. Kaised me up and took oo
handkerchief, saw large crowd with fools caps no,
big ears stacking up. Big picture hanging on ih
rati, Christ cru -ifi-d; underneath in large letters,
the word, 'The Work of Catholics;" thought be
fore 'twas the Jews, wasn't certain now Dun
phool led me up to man wim biggest ears ol any,
behind a tuble, nude ma kneel down, man with
i i
the bigg at c rs .aid. l uu uo soieminv swear
told htm I'd swear to any tiling ; don t know wh.t
1 ti... ,..;,u ,u i.;
I dl I SW. ar, W SO Tll. Mall With the btgj
t i- .l- . 1 1
ears toUl mi I Was a nKinirr ui ine ir-naiuiu ana :
bonurabTc Order of Knuw Nj:h:ng made h in a !
bow, and told b,im I was much nbleeged and took
I a teat. Son bv the whole house
' Possum up a gum stump,
Raccoon in a holler," &c.
After the soni!, the man with die bir ears of
fered up a short prayer, that the land might he
delivered frem the Pope, the devil, and from fur
timers in general," to which some said, ame.i,
some bravo, and a few, encore. Man with the bi
ears ihen stao d ih business for th;i! night was to
decide upon a candidate for Congress ; aid "ihey
had nine hundred members, and there were nine
hundnd nnd twenty-seyea candidates. Didn't
know how it was, didn't understand it ; hut one
thing he knowed, he wern't going to give up his
claim, wished he might lie leelotally exfluncticat- j
d if he did." Several with smailer ears then
said, '-them was exactly their sentiments," but
thought a little delay wouldn't hurt, better count
noses first.
Meeting then broke up; went home, and sen:
to apothecary low Jew David's Hebrew Plaster ; i
coudn't set down for three days. ( ff cts ol pad-
die.
D-tmphnol called to see me; talked poli ics:
fold him I should vote for Stevens. He s:iid I
shouldn't, bad sworn not to
told him I'd quit ;
said if I did I'd lose my custom, K N.'s wouldn't
tr id-- wiih ui", call me 'tnifor, perjurer," and all
iha. Don! know what to do; reckon I'll have
to stick to 'em.
A ngt'.st Co "Slitulionalist
Coral Steel V.
In lire grea' archipelago of the Radack and Ra
dick l-larr's. (or ihe Marsha! Islands, as they are
sometimes Culled) extending over a ppace of four
or n v ' " ' wn iragmem o.
? i -i -i i . . . . i . a
a rocK is io ne seen o'ln-r man coral ; an me oiu
binds, with their hard rocks, have disappeared be
neath 'he sea; and s i valuable are even the smal
lest pebbles ol hard rock that whenever a drift
tree is thrown ashore on one of the islands, its
roots are instantly searched, and any little stones
that are entangbd therein are carried to the duel
as "dioits belonging to ihe crown."
The aspect nf these "atolis," as they are called
i meeiinw suddenly with the obstruction of the steep
re I in iss except at I he leeward opeuings, forming
a well marked boundary between lhe de epblue of
the ocean and lhe bright grass green water of the
tranquil nnd comparatively shallow lagoon i.is;de.
The little. i-lt;is on ibe ring of lhe reef are margin
ed by beaches ol glittering w hite sand, covered
with or- en teishes, acd often crowned by the pliant
siem nnd g ntly waving plumes ol the graceful,
fi-a'hery cocoa-palm. The elements of the scene
ar - few and simple; yet it is not only beautiful,
but most unpies-.ive. The hiiglit contrast of the
color s i n under a tropical sun, with the clear
j deep sky overhead and the lew piled up, moun
rainous mid station try clouds, looking like lowers
of woolpieks. which are characteristic of the Pa
cific h'rizou, pleases and satisfies tha eye, while
the mind cannot fall Io be movi d wiih the contem
plation ol such wonderful results springing from
the apparently antngonisic, but re a 1 1 y uni ed ac
tion of the great forces of nature. The great in
ternal distuibin" agencies, and the destructive nc
lion jf waves and winds are logeiher set "t d fi
ance and overcome by ihe vital energies and pow
ers of such an insignificant animal as a little
poly p.
The high islands of the Pacific, whether sur
round d by i.n encircling barrier of reel or not,
have likew ise generally many features in common
They ris;: into
lofty peaks and ridges in ihe inte-
nor, grass grown but bare of trees, from w Inch
radiate many buttress like ridges, separated from
each other by deep and precipitous ravines that j
j open into valleys as ihey proceed towards the sea.
Bach raoiniin" ride has its imb-s also closely and
deeply furrowed by rocky gb ns that run straiglil
from ils crest on either side into the valleys, and
each ends freq tently in a craggy promontory thai
jus into thesei, with dark precipices of da k roik
separating ihe valley from each other. Over nil
the lower pirts of tlie ridges, as well ns in the
depth of the valleys and ravines, spread d irk, um
brageous forests, while groves ol cocoa-palms,
b-mboo, breadfruits and lhe bioid leafed banana
extend across the more open and level tract.s.
Under if) se trees ihe inhabitants build iheir hu"s.
ruttivau
'tn iln-ir ct i r n . r w -inil l.-.n I if-ir h i r i-. m in I
lijfhi hearted lives. If such an island have anen-
circling reel the lagoon between it and the land
forms a tranquil sea-lake or natural harbor in
which the nativi s may disport thamselves, while
, "
as ihe reel often cloS"s in upon
the land and cut
this off w here
precipitous dividing ridges that
easy method ol communication either by land or
water, and are thus api to form isolated districts
the inhabitants of which are often at enmity wnh
each other. Dublin XJnivcrsi'y Magazine.
The Japanese. Captain Adims, of the Unit
id Sales Navy, who r c ntly returned with the
Jap no so treaty, found thejip.ne.se ofB'lals ex
liemly courtom and frn-ndly, and ihe p-ople so.
c-il and communicHlive. Their former ui-trust
and j alously seemed g'ea'ly dimintrhed. There
was some difrieuliy in procuring the signature ol
the K nperor of the treaty as i: was the custom for
lhe supreme council to act in bis stead; But the
difficulty w-ig over com, and ihe treaty with the
United States is lhe firs' that Ins ever received the
signature of a J ipaoese fjmperor. The privileges
of trade s cured are more i lOeral and ndvanmgnu
than have been s- rur d by any other nation that
has obtained access Io this isolated people.
Tin. l,inniM -ftieiHls mad:? manv .1 nuiries af-J
t. r Commodore Perry, to whom they sent messa- !
ges of reme,hrance. The e rcular railroad and I
loc .mot.ve he 100k out had been put in Wdo, and j
the Japanese eontd now mma2e them very well. '
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. . r . - - . - ....
Thev
tlie locomotive making it trips every u iv. i ney
had also the Iii'- -b it in the water, witli a special
erew d tailed for her. The magnetic telegraph, j
t .. t.tn .1 rn..,,n ii.,n uui '.
miwewii mni'i " ivn iui mh m, uu
they hu no; t.ucce ded getting it to work pro-
perlv. Durins the visit of Commodore Perry's
squadron they ond me isui em n's ()j t iir storesbip
Southampton, and ihey had a vessel of the same
model and dine nsious nearly ready fu launching.
The old J a pa new law risirictng the s aid
model of their j nks bus re ntly be ti abrogated,
and the Government is now ambiiious f po-iss
a naval squ.idion similar io ours. From ibis fact
it will be seen bow rpid is lh groath of new
ideas in this S eluded nation, anil what vast chan
ges must necessarily result Iroru ihir fuither in
tercourse with Americans.
The only American article ihey oljected to the
introduction of was religion. They preferred
their own, and 'he Commissioners returned Io f'ap
tain Adams a bundle of religious hooks and Unc's,
which oho of the American chaplains had distri
buted among lhe people, requesting bun to take
them back to Ami r ten. They remotistratrd at
this attempt to proselyte the J panes', as in viola
lion of lhe principles of tlie treaty and contrary to
Japanese law. Washington Intelligencer,
Jew In Hew York.
Th" Jews are a piCuiiar people, though their
exercise at llieir '-inauguration dinner" last even-
! inn was nol an neeuliar hut ihnl fhris; i ins nreseni
j ,houi., ;, (1 v,.t v excelb n'. and h. isiianl.ke en-
lertainment. There are said to he some 17,1)1)0
of the Jewish faith in the Unred Stales. Their
churches number 31, and their chinch accommo
dations perhaps may be j .sily ink' n as an index
io their strength. Probably G.000 Jews are to be
found in the city of New York. Their children
attend the same schools with our children, and
until we reach their religious peculiarities, there is
little to distinguish ihem from others of our citi
zens. And yet they have some peculiarities.
We seldom find one in our prisons ur penitentia
ries. When one is seen in a prison, he is there lor
some petty offence, the charges being seldom
graver lhafi of false pretences of receiving stolen
goods. Some years ago, we remember one was
sentenced io the State prison for arson; but it is
true l hat, to a remarkable ex' en t, Israelites a re sel
dom offenders againt society. They are not fre
quently found in our hospitals, and never in our
poorhouses. At Ward's I-Und, where so many
hundreds of the poor, drifting across from the
shores of the Old World, are continually gather
ing, we find' all classes ol Christians Qu ikers
i.e. bans are excented and all shades ol infidels
represented, but never a Jew. When the Jewish
migrant arrives, he does not commit hims- If,
though poverty has chased him from bis old home,
and met him on our wh -rl, to Commissioners
of Emigration for lhe receipt of that assistance to
which his commutation fee entitles him ; buj he ;
qu-rr s first. Where is tieea Jetc 1 His brother
lound, leads him to the in in w ho, by appointment
of the synagogue or otherwise, assumes the speci
fic task of curing for such.
Aid for the stranger is solicited from his own
people, and by conti ibut'ons wi'hin tln-ir circle
all his immediate wants are relieved, and he is put
in the way of obtaining a livelihood lor himself.1
From lhe xfraordinary amount of Jewish emigra
lion to and through tins city, we judge !but there
must be laree disbursements m-de by om of .
them in charity. Thirteen hundred ions ol coal,
we nre fold, have been given Io the poor by one
society of Israelites in N w York dining the past
winter. this early and untaiiiur at ention ol
those who are abb-, to the wants of lhe poor, must , v aMongum s, :vir. j tierson s, nna !ir. I'olk not
greatly tend to prevent the commission of crime, i excepted. People seem to be opposed to it, be
sir.ee "crim stalks in nowhere so surely ns when j cuise there is really nohing to find fault with.
hunger and nakedness op-n the door, and want j Tha Southern people are bound, by honor, grnti
perpetually beckons on. tude and patriotism, to sustain it with nil their
Here is a fact from which Christians may pro- ; "light. fCatholic Clmrch ond Foreign Emigrn
fitably accept n hint. Meet poverty hile it is in- j Wft! pretences the Administration has
nocenf, relieve it, and you remove the lemp'ations nothing to do with either. The first has e xisted
to vice; for huncer has a t harp tooth, and cannot' H '" without complaint; the second h is not
but soon gnaw through the restraints of virtue,
when that which must relieve ii lies only on the
other side Christians, loo, might learn from the
Israelites some noble lessons as to the policy of
supplying the wants of those who hold the same
faith.
Much that is obi cted to the Jewish character;
s- ems to have been imparled to it by the hard Io. ' ffices at the disposal of the President, when coin
in which us lines have been cast. Persecuted for Pred wi h the very great number d iboe who
c n un s, driven into comers of the earih, their I ek ihem ; 'J. The faiihful and unfaltering inleg.
i a oral acquisitiveness has been sharpened, and
(tie angles and points of their character strongly
brought out. We have often thought that their
t ilth must be stronger than that of most men.
Their strict observance of the Jewish Sabbath,
none the less strict where stringent legal enact
m tits, and Iheir dmies as good citizens, restrain
them Irinn business avocations upon the Christian
Sabbath, his peculiarly impressed us; and it is
eur ous, 'oo, ihal with five onl . of the seven days
devoted n business, they so generally prove suc
cessful business men. Neu York Tint's.
S.vnviNG THKIR N' SKs. The Chariottesy lib;
Advocate is authorised to slate that the State Coun
cil of Kistern Virginia will hold i:s annual session j
in liichmoud on
lhe 4ib Thursday in August." j bad appointed to two conspicuous effices to prom
azeoed little par air ra ph. fsays the inent men, one f.iiling in his duty, and the olher
1 lie above weaz
Winch'-ster Virginian,) which we find in acu'umn j
of odds and ends in an exch nig, is about lhe first
notice we have h d of the activity, or lhe existence '
of the Know Molding order of Virginia since the
election. It comes to u, therefore, wnh ail ih
zest of novelty.
This meeting the Advocate is "ruihorised" tn
announce . Hera we see the beneficial results of
a sound drubbing. Nobody was authorised to an
nounce beforehand any previous in clings of the
order. Perfect and portentous secrecy was main
tained, whether Ihe ga'hTing-as from every par' j
of the S ate to n initiate a candidate for G ivenor
or from o corner of some town to swear in a new
dupe. Now, 1 hit is measurably changed. TKe
public are vouchs !' d ihe information that such
and such a meeting of the frsternity will take
place at such and such a time and place. Who
are to comjvosn the meeting is a point on which
reserve is still cultivated, A few more weeks snd
months, however, and that too will be conceded.
We cannot expect the disguise to be hken off at
. -.i . 1 -
once 'l 00 reluctantly oroppea, piece.
Whe nM the utaide is gone, the order will be left
,n the fCu?f nakedness of us principles, as ug
!y aQd worthless as the superannuated brooms-
l'ett or dilapidated dung fork that forms the nu
1 cleus ol a tcaru crow.
"
I be K:insa T.ems aliire nas met and nrrrnnized
r- o
Stnr.gfellow is Speaker 0 the House.
Art; I bey all Sworn.
A very instructive aa well as amusing incident
occurred al Crawford, Russell county, Ala., dur
ing the discussion there between Messrs DbwdeJI
and Waits. Mr. Dow dell charged that the Know
Nothings took critain oaths in their several de
grees which a free man ought not to take, and
was making it b?il against hti adversary when the
following dialogue occurred :
Mr. Wat's. "I never took an oath."
Mr. Dow dell. '-If there is another Know
Nothing in the house who has not hern sworn, I
hope he will rie and make it know n.
Mr. II. II. Baker. "I never was sworn.
Mmy Voices.
e were ,
wo
were.
Mr. Dow dell "How is thi. fellow citir. ns ?
The chiefs of the party iho wire workers.il seems
are not sworn ; their pb dge of honor I ptestlme. i
stiflicienl ! Bui the wool hnt boys, the honest yeo
men ol the cou. try nre contpcllmi to take an oith
before ikey are permitted to erj. y the benefits of
Know Nothingism.
The i ffect of ihi hit may he better imagiii' d
i ban described. 'I be house rung with applnflae.
How is it ? Are they all sworn, or docs the or
der discriminate between its membership and ink
the words of some, nnd pin others down by sol
emn o'lths? Columbus Times .)- Sen fine?.
A Letter from Gov. Troup.
The Albany Patriot of Tuesdiv l&t Contains
two letters, written by the veteran sialism in nod
patriot, lieu. If. Troup, io J ha (J. Slappey, Bq.
As one of these letters gives lhe opinions and view
of the Venerable and distineiiished author in rein
lion to the issues now before the country, ami hs
we feel asaured that our citizens, of nil partus,
will desire Io know the semiments of one whose
tried patriotism; and devotion to their righ's, in
time past, has ranked him among tiie wisest and
purest un ii of lhe age, and given to his name a
historical fame of which every true Ge orgian w ill
ever bo proud, we have transferred it to our col
umns. Mr. Slappey, in introducing the letters to ren
ders ol the Patriot, lemarks :
"Cov. Troup, now nearly eighty yenrs of age,
ought to be becoming superanuated, not so, how
i ver his letters show I hat his mind is as clear til
crystal water, and as firm ns adamant. He is
UecuieiMv the most mien, cmai Hil-smsn anil pur-
i politician of ihe age. IJeotgia'a most filled
1 citizen, an original, free, bold, independent think r
1 unfaltering and vigorous ! He is ready for any
emergency and every ciiis ; he stood by (J- orgia
' X'tcMy thirty years ago (in IO ; IM :J stand
bv her in 155.'
The following is the letter :
Yamiosta, July 4. 15-).
Dear Sir : You arc quite welcome lo do as you
phase with anything of mine you may have in
possiaston, provided j ou think good may come of
if.
I have neither tatd, inclination or spirits for
controversial politics, but am notwithstanding, fur
from being in different lu the welfare of oiu coun
try. If a word from me could subserve itt inter
est in any sense, it would not be wanting. We
se e with different eyes, or I would bo anuz'-d al
the opposition io lhe present administration, espe
cially in the Southern country.
The present is in iruth, the least exreptianable
v i . f a i , i a it ii i
oniy existed, out nas neen inmost uunormiy en-
CO ti reied by people and Covernment ; and now a
parly is formed, to destroy the Administration be
cause it will not destroy the Roman Cutbohcs ai d
put down foreigners.
This in not to be believed. Tic Irue crnunds of
opposition are 1st. The very small number of
i my wnh which ihe public treasure is guarded a
! grinst the thieves who prowl by nigh: and bv day
to break in and steal; and 3. The inflexible cour-
age with which the President in defending iho
Cons'i'U'ion, defends the dearest rights nnd most
saered in teres) of the Sou'b. The most formida
ble power against ihe administration, is the pariv
occupying the latter ground n rid what a spectacle
I here presennd for the Southern country ; Mr.
Pierce and Mr. Halo bo h are from Nw 1 n.p-
shire ihe one an honest man ; and the other a
bigot and fanatic aboliuonist 7 What a contrast !
W1iat an effulgence ! What blackness.
And yet there are Southern men acting with the
I itter to humble and prostrate the former, and will
scarcely Inveimy better pretext th in that the form r
doing bis with honor and Advantage to the couu
try. Miit ik-n and deluded men ! Uur very safe
ty d pending on union among ourselves, thry
would sow discord and division. Our higher in
terests depending on the veto, they would lake tha
veto from Mr. Pierce to bestow it upon Mr. Hale,
or Mr. Anybody. Such men seek 10 restore tha
administration of the past, when peculation and
plunder and swindling were the order of the day
in every administrative department, and when tha
only security of the public against rapine and
.poliation, was the exhaustion and beggary of tha
treasury.
Very respectfully, dear sir,
G. M. TROUP.
Dn. John G. Sl a fpe y, Newton Ga.
P. 8. The President has hid nothing lo do
with the disgraceful bidding for tha Presidency
going on for some time in the Senate of tha United
States, where the public lands snd the public offi
ces have been ordered to any or everybody who
had a vote to give, and any or everybody might be
qualified.
Elected by a vait majoitty of bn countrymen in a
manner most honorable to himself.be is threatened with
overthrow by a majority almost as formidable, for (as I
think) not plausible reasons.
t l his Church is more innocent now, in the ayes af all
Protestant sects, tbau it has been before for two b r.
dred year, acd there is not beneath tha nat a f er peo
ple than the people of Maryland, who are jnade to faU
under the eomaion proscription.