North Carolina Newspapers

CHARLiOTTB, 3X1". G.', SEPTEMBER. 6, 1833, VOIjTJME q. HOLTON k WILLIAMSON, Editors and Proi'Metoiis. TEIlM: The North-Omilina Whig will he .(Torni-d to .(werilurs ul Tlvl IM'I.I.AfiS in advance, or VVti DULLAKS AMI 1 U i Y fK.NT.Hir .y. , . iieuivcd lor three in.ntli. unci TllliKK DOLLARS at the end uf the year. No puj.er will be U,6,itnued uiiiii UII urruurjgi are i-un, c- . . .1 I' ,... l.Mil,.ru ttpm u, i Advcriiomciii.,ii.irlaitMiri..i nr ,..u,uC line, or le, u.d t,, ) .,r tlie li'i'i;'- ........ i n - - , uii '.i ii'lllri nr ran fill 1 1 Ud t;r. tiiirtau- vrrtiwuH'iiU and Shinn"' Sl tlmreid Tj r cent, hiitlicr; nnd adcluLln.il of. -I.'li r cnit. will Ik- made from the rvfuUt pn., for udv.rtiM r. by the yir. A.lvfrti-cm. hU iii..ru-.l mouth y r qu,rter ly. t . 1 "t "I" ' ' J-)- ll I, tier, on bu,cii li.u.t Im: dirtcltd to the Editor. lUrr mul U pol-paid or thty will not be alft udLd lo. IT t'aynicnti can be nude to cither. j j- Po,tiiinU!ri arc atithorucd lo act a agt nta. 'Ikfrn. The Dyinj Boy. Y THE I.ATE 1. Ill ?sTiVfcf o-t IfioiiT, Kq. It mupt ht wi I ti childhoftd to pur lac k 'I .r iiint to it MjMI, r-M- 0 In-Jit llatN gruwti fimih ir Willi the p.itti ut mn, And iii to ydttKr up iU tilti r fruit. I kntw ii tM'V.wliu!1 intent it t hail tied I jn Mh bliK'Oiu uf -line ncviii ftrnt., And hi n Uii- f't,' canit rriititfj smJ clt'tl him out 'J u fevi-1 in iU lii;ht, hp iurneU -y, And oiil his i liuititn r to lit- oi n a Uii dir. "i'w it night ; iu- udniittiit ii hiRdct utin ' CrKnCi And hi tim m ,ni! bi r lwr lam l-t rejn t : M-it'ii r, I'm dyu n IHtft T h rc' a d t j' Riitl fcjtitiii tit itiy hrfaiit. At if Bufuc hc-ivv 't'hd hiv tiutMi (rf'if, Ahd on my !ifu I Ii i I tur c Id mul ftiaiii, SjV mother, in Him df tii Miin r, v'ir It fii(i ! thtv, iy il on fti) ril. And pUtC l he other lhu, t i n th niv hud; ( Aiid '', uiolhrr, y, whin I ni (Jtc i f)ia!l J be iiuptd " " Nurr 1m in!i' Tour nt? hhrfii 1 kiM i ! down 1 njghl and pr 'T N it in tUe iDorinn w ike, &r,d ing the iy 1 oil t lit ht I in'. 1 Oil ! bi thr 1 1 tin of prjyrf, U hn you hwtk round and l- a vacant ral, Voit wHl not wilt then tor ty coining tcil Vou'i! miii nit thTi- ! FdlhiT, I'm C,,inJJ hoinr Tu tht al noun uu (Kik of, that hit n'd land, W'htr? I' a tL i out' hri'itt viuiMiM-r, aUn y a hUnd, Ah t'trltift do iutt comt ! From r..iii(n-Ha jiU trttto pain, Frotn troithiio, fear, you y I ahdi lv iVrc That a irknriiH ti net ml r thi re, and w c St.aiJ intr aain ! " lrt! r, thi lilik- iot I uU lo call my c-rd n, nrrr Ion; iioura We've (ujtt' J to wtf-U liic coming hud iittd lion 'ra I""rL' t it not I I'llflt ll.rH' Bum Of MIH , S"rnt thing l'i .1 in w inU r, a hd w id he A trrdant o:V ru g l-i my inrnior, And Cdlt it hum . Siifrr, thi; voting rof-trpr Th.it all tiu; ai-mn; Iim ltt n ny d annl rarr, Juiit itItlug' h-flli it ao rrrii wl.d 1411, I gic lf thr ; And whi n i(a roar a hhx'ii!, alutl l ijfiii: aw.iv -inv inrl curic run And w ilt ynti n. h-tw j a:n,f mit, L'kh my tomb ? Niiw, m tVr, amij the tun? Y'JU m if I at n i j; hi, t in r . nd in-iat alt t p: 11 h 9 iri K ra'ttd my name Nty do not wcrp. You'll all cu c aon ! M'trnmu (rt nda t r irth hrf rrry wni. And th.it met k miff n r, cold and itry p I , f.iy nn hm una It Th,r morning air ' ine through thr ti; n wnjiiow , t'rri g t.tt d w ith Tlie fragfJnt ni!r of lh ly aprmi;. Il- hrr-thcl it n- t. The Iugii ol pup.-'r-ly Jjrrrd like a dinmrd tu "jm mourntul nutt , Hsjt w?rnnl nut hia aluttilxr. llr wa dtd ! 3iliscfIlancous. rim. i thr llistnn ftift j'". Th3 Greised Pole. SlIOWSNli iV 7.KKE I'lllf.l'OT (llT M'l Kill IN', AMI HIK.V AUAIV lloV lit UIKN' T. Klekiel I'hilpot wai born in America, somewhere near the head waters of the I'e- nobeot, and when he arrived at the ape of nineteen, ho had ' got 1,'n growth ' ami cut his 'eye teeth,' a i-ircuiiiMancc which was generally admitted by all who knew him. One bright morning in June, Zeke placed his long body in a shirt, run Ins long legs through a lii.iv pair of striped trousers, wrapped a sj,n m.w -w jait- C about In i breast, hauled up bis stiff starched cotton dickey, and tied a check gingham about his neck, and then donned the .swallow-tailed coat, the brass button of which looked like a row or newiy risen stars. ,ckc w as me- rally a (.ioiiecr in the " liloonier Costiiine," at least so one would have thought to have seen him gs he stood now. I If ilisdrdiied (o have his trousers" legs dandling iu the mud, or to have the cuffs ot his coat ilangling in the wash bowl ; so his blue stockings peep ed forth from beneath the tops of his cow hides and looked up full six niches to the trojscr's bottoms, whilst his bony wrist had perfectly in working plows by steam power, free scope II im cith.-r shirt-sleeve or cuff. The distinguished F.nglish Agriculturist, Mr. Zeke's hair, which was of no color in parti- . Mcche, in a late mtiele, says : ''There can eular, but bore all the lighter shades of the ! be no doubt but that very shortly every ag vegetable kingdom, was dow n flat with pure J rivulturist must use steam power if be is to bar's ile, and directly on the top "f his head j stand his ground in the race of agricultural be put a w hite hat, somew hat resembling ' competition. The w ant of it is already felt , uu inverted butter firkin, and after gazing ' if not seen. 1. v those w ho have not the means at his presentment for four and a half miu utes, ho was heard to say I "Thar, Mr. Zeke I'hilpot, if yeou don't slide on thut, then I guess irnit ain t what, that's all." Zeke was hound for Hosting with a load ef gencoiue apple sass, and ho expected ere he returned to make a slight commotion, if not more, in the great metropolis. 'The old maro was harnessed, aud in duo course of time, Zeke and his load arrived safe in Hos ting, w here the nass was disposed of to good Rdvantagi., and with evcDty-fivc dollars in Lin pockit, our hero began to look round to see the nights. VcV-low !" exclaimed Zeke, as he stop ped one morning before a blazing placard. winch adorned one ot tho brick wall in j,, A)) wat' tarnation' that? -1 .. P. ,J ,, , , , , ofn Laihlrr -a I cut to fortune oh, turttii, that it a rouit tolorlin. eke went to decyphcr the readinp be Df, ath. niitl uraduallv obtained the ilitclli- ponce that on the Hack liav there was to be a nee that on the Hack Hay there was to be a o tw,.Ilt.. f,.ct i,;,,! Up,m t,e top of w hieli . ..:,. -...a a na..., ,iZe f c-.'iKI. - i - - - i , to be retained by any one who could obtain ;t Chances 8:t. y- jlu,rcj J0UarK is anme nun- ,, . , ,. . i V1, .,,.. ., , ,.:,. ,eg :u . ,la., j ii :C1). wa;k Miter that tclkr tew UunUl don t. r" With this feclinir of cupidity eJ for the dceiie ot action, ami it wai not until he had run down a doien apple women in his course that he reiueiubered his entire ignorance of where the Hack Hay might be, and when this information was trained, he habi.eucd to remi luber that the " old mare" uadn t been seen to. Zeke was economical in his burse keep- Uu hired a hiiipW htall in a Miiall hhtd liiear the I'l-oiith-uco Lpott ouht hi.-s own I.av.ai.d cared forhinown animal. Thith er lie ha-tened Lis st. i a and hav ing watered hit ben-!, he took fu.m hi waguu box an 1 old wool card, and raked down tlie old mure iu the n.oht a .roved manner; to he mre the Meel teeth moved a little more har-hly over the Loliea than usual, hut then Zeke Ban ill a hurry, (or that "! hundred ' vra iu Lii ec At length, ).y dint of 11.10 h i ;i :irv, Mr. K iii I J'hil.ot found ou; his way t the .iot where the n. .'!. had alieady began t ) eoileet around the "tiolden Ladder." " ' low !" ex. laiiii. d . ke, ut In- eanie , up, " har s the i hi.pvvhat keep.' thii ere I ';' ' ' " I iu the man. Brewer.-. the loiricy f. l :low with a red no.-e mid pin. pled .'nil., h.. !oeeuied a chair near the pole; ' t to (try a ehanec ? Walk up p-nt!. u. n, aii up i ut.ly three doihir-t. Who want- t!;e l-.vo ( hundred ; Wh-i ' " II-jIc on, oi l f. liei," int. iriipted Zeke ; ' d. yer mean to yj as heow t tl.L-ie'h t.-w i hundred dollars iu that ere L.i up l ti ! t-fp o' tha'. J.uie T ' t ei t.in.ly. " An' if I kin j;it it, it's mine ?" " Xaetly. W'al, m ow, tin re's your three dollar-, an' in tjir ht re what roe. slur the hull lot ' . ke divest.- l bim-eif of hi-, eoat, rolled up his hhirt i.ieevc., and (;iviliL' a puvviriul leap, he grasped the pole about ten feet from the ground. A .ni;lo eeond not loiiU'er he ftaid there, ami then slid Lack upon iff hi Jirmn. Zeke l.jkeil ut hi hands strain, and, rai-ing tuem to his noe, with a de p Ion;; suit II, seeui'.d to Ml I. is doubt and .pierieit at ri-st, he uttered f. Jlr-(ot ' hokrii." A broad laiiizh fr-un the erowd vein br .'t Z ke to bin H'li-eii, and con-, ineed him that he had been inl,l. Hut ere he could rind hi tongue a-.'sin, an old a!t, about 'three bhei-tt iu the wind,' paid fir a chanre, and essayed to climb the pn'e. '1 he aihr hum ped and tiifced, c- t half way up, and then Biid. The crowd laughed ajain, but thi time t'leir attention was turned from Zeke to tho new aspirant, and alt. r waiting a moment iu a sort of 'brown study," our he ro .pii.-tly slipped away, remarking tj the red nosed man that 'he was -un' to pit three dollars more, aud then he d be dang td if he didii t try it aaiu.' In au hour Z. ke was a.i :i tij ju the ground. 'Neow, old feller,' said he to the man who took the entrance money, -I want to jn' try that 'ere tiling once more, an, I want v-vv t' ui.derstan' at I shall jis' l ike iff my .-hews this time " 'lot nothing in your stockings!' :it;"s ted the red no.-ed man. , 'Nothinp but ni) feet,' return, d Zeke, as he planted thiiteen iuehes of tle-h aud b ines into the Inp of the iiucriM. Zeke paid his thr. e dollar-, and minus foa, vest and xhews,' be pra-ped the pole. Slowly, y. t steadily he crept up from the ground, lie hupg.-d like a bloo ' I - mi ?: r t the ercav Pole, and by d.-prees he Iieared the top. Ilis hand was within a few- ti it ot the ban of dollars, and he st 'pp. 1 to get another, breath. One more lift and tin u and the prize was within his l'ts-p Zeke slid to the earth with two hundred dollars 1 " Thar ! 1 know d I could do it 1 I hain't clutn spruces and white maples all my days for nothin'! ioo.l by, folks an' f enny "of yeou ever come down cast, give us a call.' Zeke left the rrovvd iu wonder, and made the best of his way to his stable, lie .shut the door of the siied, and then pulling up hi,, trousers, he untied from the inside of each knee one half of the steel toothed leather of his old horse card ! " Wall, old Iobbin," said Zeke, patting . the mare attctionately on tlie I'ach, while be held the pieces of the card leatln r iu bis hand, the scattering teeth of which had lien filled sharp, ' rather giirfS I kin ford to buy yeou a new keard now."' ST F.AM I'OWF.K ON FA11MS. The Marquis of Tweedale bus sucee. led or inclination to use it. 1 lie time is ap proael.iiig w ben a Men.ii engine on a lai n. will he as common ins ttie urui or uiresn.ug machine, although, like them, it has to pass through the ordeal of disbelief, doubt, and prejudice. A committee of the lloyal Agri cultural Society give the most extraordinary accounts of the rapid introduction of farm locomotive engines during the last three months. A vessel arrived nt I'ctroit with 200 tons of mass) copper from Lake Superior. Common Scbools. Letter ft ornHr. Wiley. To His V.xt Kt.LEM y, David S. Reiii ' Silt : Since my appointment as (iciicral Superintendent of (.'on, moil .Schools for the State. I have occupied mv time iu travclin.', iu corresponding with ti es friends and sub- in cort'e.-noniliiiir w it ii tl.u lnenUs ami suo- . . . ordinate officers ot the sy.-loin, and in the btudv of noDular svsti ins of Educatiou in : . ' other Mates and countries. 1 de.-ire to go into each County in the '.Stale to examine the records of the Com- '.., Schools, to see for lnvself what ha- been ! day, I il jes' walk done, what is doing, and what are the oiih- 'generation are total grangers. Men in the ,,onb c'';" highly interesting facts of ,)a idied, rot uio if I culties iu the ay 'of greuior eucoess ; and j middle and huinbltj .walks, desiring good ' pao bistory that would seem to allord I while traveling; iV the' different Counties I i education, had to couiend against public them justification for their sclli.-h policy tiidity, Z,l.c start-! wi.-h to diffuse all the information I can as I opinion, often against parental ni-hes, and n seclusion. We commend .-:he translation ,,J11(, wlllt is doi,, allj ,vlilt aru t1L. riiff,. ' well as to obtain tlie news ot other Hit iris of the cause. On thi account I have made an hi i.ointinent to deliver a discourse at! t Ii j County seat of each County visited ; a piau w Inch very materially impedes my mo- , tion - , but which I nevertheless deem best to pursue, even if Lut few persons attend my appointments, und if I should, as I ol ten do, Iiaw to tioo tn)?-.f a good deal to all : kiinU of weather to t'uliil engarinciits made without the t oner of forekuowiui' the eon- I tiupeiieies of the future. Mv object, in makitiz tmLlie talks, is to ' diffuse information, correct what I conceive to 1 ;e erroneous) opinions aud to stimulate , to renew ed efforts the friends of popular en-' ht.-iini.nt and improvement; an to pive 1 . t! f these talus the wi.iest J'ossil 1 ad. Ires to Sou hoi.inz : ciieulatioii, I have concluded to th' in to you a- a mark of ri.sp.ct a.- the olh.-i.i! Il'-a I of tin: .;t;.te a'- . that V i:r interest in tie- success of our sv t .tii of Common Sen- s v,j'; in- il'i.-e yotl t j . ul j,.ur aid to all . iloit re. t. '! to it- im r.o. i mi nt. The l.a-t piaii.tai.ee with human nature t.-aeln-: tl.at mi ii will not labor Ii f.j ily iu ilalk ; and eve.i slave", having t. ii.te in the I i-.-tiit of their labor.-, wiil souii ac l us the re-t . re and j.::t forth but feel le e-serti'.l.s vvh'-n th.-y cannot see nr know, i:i any way, t!i" itb-ct -if the blows wl.iihtliey strike. To know that we ar ' in.-iLini' progress is the preat stimulus! to human cicrtiou; and j.t. iu n-L-ar i to the "p- ra'i .lis of o ir s -t.-ui of Common Hehools we have, fur ten yean and more been In 1 1 ill profound ignorance. The ejpi rimei.t b. inp a novel and an ar duous one meded all the -r.eouraeinei.t which the fullest light could r.lforl as well t) stimulate nur wal as to K am us to avoid err' r-; but the curtain has uot leen onee lifted to give us even a glimpse of our gen eral progress. In such a state of tilings it is but natural that doul t and ini-u-ivin-.'s should ari-e ; and among any people less teii.-u-i n of purpose, a system rtijuirinjj o niueh lip!, t and so inu' h nur-ing care, ou!d u t have numbered a decade of years, en- vel-p. I as our- has Lien iu almost t -tal darkn. s--It wi'i by the :i affr 1 me infinite p'e.i-ure t - liff, I of re e i . t laws, the veil w has ci)ii,-e:i . f the Ur. soinf until id the giMVth and development it II. qe if the State; and altho' a-ant defects may be exposed. the necessary result f circumstances, I feel sure that every true fri iiess wiii be gratified at of human l.appi- progress alr.-a in au r, ami nt tlie cliecnug pru-pect ot iu ture advancement. Vi account of the ign -ranee prevailing iu regard to the L" ln-ral results of our sv-- th t.-ui of Common Sch -i.-coti-i Iclcd it a failure agreed tiiat our faiiur. is t ) be attributed to tl I fed mys,.!f al.K- t. place, that our system has not been 1 failure some p. r-' ns have and it is generally if v.e have failed, - w ant of funds, prove, iu tic first f I 'otnmon Schools and in the s. eon l place t i demon is ii 't the true great.-r success trat that t!i- cau-e al!ged c.'ise which has prevented And I tru-t that if vour Kxeelleliey should v lew s brought t the they will be s.-ri oi ee fit t attention v read : hav, t: f the public, nil . x.iiiiined by all interested, whatever side they take ; that the Juf'x and arguments .vi-luc I will be well considered, and if found to justify the conclusions drawn, be generally recor ded in the minds ,,f the people. I bis is said to be a sitrrwt: age- it is certainly not remarkable for its memory of former mi-fortuiies, lde. seil a it is with so many ailvanta .nd plowing with anticipations of still bitter things iu th" future In tli-" multiplication of Colleges and A cadciuies, we have forgotten our former dearth of Literary I n-tit ution : and hav ill:; .1 school, not as p rfoi-t as we could wish, near every man s door, we get easily irrita ted at littl" difficulties, and talk of falling back on our subscript n sy-te'ii. as ! we had. ever enjoyed such a system '. Sir, although you have re ape. I many pop ular honors, i' is neither improper nor dis respectful to call you a comparatively young , man; certainly I am one. and cannot we both ri -collect when there was ti-'t a Sell -vol- for every twenty miles square of ter-! ritory in the State T When in the ini-t en lightened country n.-ighboi ho ids the lead ing; licads of families co'.ild not succeed of-teii.-r than once iu tv years in getting made up a siib-eriptioii school for the three winter months? And when the "articles" of the teacher were often written by the chief men in the neighborhood ; and when I i rauimar, t Icography, book-keeping, sur veying, e., ,v.c , were tilings never heard of beyond the precincts of Colleges and A cadeuiies! I renumber these things dis tinctly and 1 distinctly remember that, though raised iu one of the best educated country neighborhoods in the State a mor nl Presbyterian community which has con tributed a number of distinguished men to tltt. lefiroe.l tirof'essi.iti-i 1 leid tin. milt. , , from iut,im.v , o uf .( wien i ( Lutil at nl Al..,,.lliv of te,,,!;,,,. just seven short schools of about three months' duration each, and at two ..f these I was hoarded out from home. And it was thought that my neighborhood enjoyed tin- usual advantages in this respect ; and fuel my ue.iuaiutiMCO with the progress of things in this State satisfies, me that, my own cxperiencf! is a ninth more favorable test of our obi subscription sytem than that of large maoonty ofirny cote'i.por.irie.s. I wan examined to test my qualification to practice Law with n new distinguished Ed itor of Raleigh ; I think he told nic he nev er saw a Grammar before he was a sub-editor, and in fact be picked up most of Lis education in a printing oflicc. He is one of thousand, all perhaps not equally encr getic; and tho history of a vast majority of our most rising men would put to utter shame the present complaint iu reard to : the facilities of education. the facilities ot education. ... - Sir, till it lull the last few years, men in Poor or moderate circumstances had no .. .. .... facilities of education hi North ( arolma ; a few mighborhoojl es, pted, they had to shift, and n.-uflle, and work with an econo- in v of means and time to which the rising generation are total Mranirers. Men in the against wiiat wouiu now be considered, in view of the cost, a hopeless poverty of pe cuniary resources, i he co-ts were (treat. lttiiys including loirtl and high tuition, at jdi-tant Academies; and to raise the moans by teaching was then much more difficult Jthan at present as there were few schools to be taught, and a general aj.athy on the subject, and little pwnputhy t'clt for dueh ; 'persons. This is a verv faint r.ieture of the former ! condition of thinp.s of the Dark Acs in 1 North Carolina, of the Kzvutian toiidaze ! 'for a return to which some are cii;hiup. t-ir, we had system of subscription schools, to speak properly five men iu six could write their own lond, and not one in fi-.c hundred could under-tan. I (leopraphy, the prent science of modern times, write a praimnatical article for a newspaper, survey a piece of land, or demoiistr; te the simplest rule in mechanical pcoinetrv. To be able 'j to read a plain text and write their names b was the l.i.'hest femahj a.-complishnient cf the middle classes; the f. male A'-H'chius were very few and expensive, and the asso ciation hiphly arist cratie and exelu-ive. We had a 1'nivc r-ity, modt-rately success ful and well conducted, but putherinp fonr iiiths of its pupils from the hiphe-t ari-toc-l aey, and seudins ofi its best scholars tooth, r lands; and we had no other mule ("ollep and the Female Ili.di Seho d at Salem. a eoriseq-icrice "f this state of things tin lines in soci.ty wire broadly marked, and the high aristocracy had hereditary claims upon all the grer.t offices, distinctions, and good pecuniary speculations of the State. No reflection is meant on them ; it was not their fault which cave them the ascendency so long, but th ! . lit of i-i.-tv as rei Is education. 1 hey were shrewed, appreciating the ad vantages of enlightenment, began iu their t.-uinhes long before ; genius and iiitcrpn in .the middle ranks would al-o sometimes break the';.- fett.T; nd climb to the highest position in the .".ate. Hut ignorance am! consequent : offering aud social inferiority were the hereditary doom of the masses; our van'.'l aud vast resources, needing the eye of intelligence to detect. wep tiegh eted and unknown, and every Autun.ii wi'ies.s ed a flight of cart" and wagons transpor ting our l.iboiing masses to more hopeful r-gioiis. And now when we began to have kno.vl- 'cdge of the existence of our resources, it s i m- that we have to borrow th si ill no- eissary to develop them to get our en gineers, teacher-, skilful machinists, ic, Ac , from other State". In short, till a T. ry recent period gene ral education was in an almost hopeless cor lition in N. Carolina ; nu.'h so that one of the Historians of the Statj records the incorporation of an Academy as an impor tant incident in our le gislative experience. And notwithstanding the efforts of reli gious, societies this backward state of things remained until a very recent period ; and then, as I shall show in my lint letter t . your Fxcellcncy, a general and powerful movement began, producing in a few years resu'ts without a parallel in any country. Of this movement, I do not propose now to speak at all ; and will conclude this let ter by a-siiiiiig you that it gives me no pleasure .o allude to the present ignorance of our Stat.-, lint I am speaking in the State and to N. Carolina, aid I hope I am telling whole-. .me truths, necessary to be know ii to enable us to choose our course in tlm future. . With much respect, i I am very truly yours. ' C. 11'. WILKV. ' Thr IMitor tn 'mm 1 Miuiir .tinciiii.hed in liti r tun. i. wt 11 as politic- m uoi ;i aitiyh- in t.t.trift in In tr.it rmty in tin- Sttr ; I hi I'.. titer ut nitt'thtr hut link clutr, a clcir, wtor-mi". And pinIoMiphir.,1 riti r, w.th si id t ut, Mid lh r -tni w ,m h'it with an ohl llulfniiry wlrnhhi' studs d tit mid inttTViU, und wisifh (.id the fiund..tim nt' I his iidv.ihct'mcnl in hit . Them urt- rt ni.irk.thU' in Mil net p ; but lhtuy-ihiiM -t' othi r ntij-iht Itui-ind ht'Wiiiii uni.t-r wli- t tii'dUultii. the ikt uuibUi-d Knowlcd'e 111 thin St .tr. F.LKCTKICAL FlIFM i.MKN A. Tho Fitchbur lleveiile, in noticing the thunder storm .1" Saturday evening, say s : "l'he atmosphere was so thoroughly eliarged with eb.ctiieity that every nn taiic Mibstaiiec was illuminated. -V iVicnd who was dri ving from West Fitchliurj;, in the liiid-t of the shoner, inforuis us shat, as he was pas sing under the rail road bridge in that Mo tion, he w.n completely surrounded with electric. d lights, every nail head in the bridge being brilliantly illuminated, as well as the buehies ou the hanu-s-. of hi- lior-c, while the lighti.ini; played silently along the iron bolts of the bridge, contrasting most beautiful' with the intense blaek-lies-i sueeceiliiig each flash. lie experi enced several slL'ht shocks while passing the bridec." A I'll. I. roil TH K DOCTORS. The celebrated Dr. .1 aincs Johnson, edi tor of the London Medieo-Chirurgieal Re view, thus unbosoms himself; " I declare my e.inseieiitious opinion, f. in ded on long experience aud reflection, that if there was not a single physician, surgeon, apothecary, man -mid wife, chemist, druggist, nor drug on the face of the earth, then would be less sickness", and less mortality thau rjo'v prevail " 3(nffrfstiii(T of 1'iniit the Washington ll'-piMiv. TIIK JAI'AN F.XFKDFITON'. V e have received from a distinguished and esteemed correspondent, the lion. 11. Jj' 'Joins, L .large il Affaires ot the t nited States at Xajdes, the following translation " ""l"v' i 11 ""-''on . c - : i. - . ul ruociij inierusiiiij arucie, sug- f-'"lU(l ''y tho Aim-nean expedition to Japan, .. I I. . . .1 t. . ii .i , "lu " "I.'' . " ,v " "K " j penuanee i-eige, oi Drussei-. oi ine nr.-t of 'u,y lnt' 1 '"- :i ' tifle is philosophic iu reasoning, lib. ral in its views, and brings ,for,b c,r,i,i" '''-''b' interesting facts of Ja. to the attention of our readers, satisfied that, a perusal will a-i.ply r. pny the time it will ' hell " ihei.is, lve sliouhl vi-it his kingdom I mi di.Lle means of resi?tance. 'J he popula oecupy : ' they v.ould be treated as ''a n.cl, of heaven,,' tioii is jepre.scnted by travelers of the six- Tianibiird for ii,- W,;,,f( Itrpuljir. f,m tht ! b'tig a- they conformed to the estiib.'i-heii ' teentli c. ntury to he exceedingly fierce and . rltiHtt. Hilar, w July 1, K-.'i.'t. ! laws, i inallv, anoihi r Spani-h deputation ! a r like. It w ill not yield to a foreign yoke The J.tt'ANl.-t. CsI'Li tV 1,11 i:.. n f. N or MKAvr.ni.- j in. ami.khas .v hi i iu. i It know!, that a wvm Ann vicnn fniri'l- ron, under Commodore- W-vrv, lia- -.iM tor laoan, tor tlie purpose ot i-t.eiiin-.' relations with tlu.t country, which continued to con- fine itself within an almo-t absolute isolation. heartily wish that the attempt may be crowned rith success. V wish it more on account of the very libel. al instructions given to the Coinuudore, which enjoin upon him to seek the opening of the port.-, of Japan, not only for the citiz- t.- .-f the American l i.ion, hut for ail eivili.ed nations. We have thcicfoiu a iiir.it interest in the suc- ee.-s of the Amei cau mi-.-i n. I'nfortunat-- Kurop cans have Ii it th" mo -t unfayora- reineiul ranees anions tlie Japanese, anu we tear tliat ti.esc . " mis will ii:mt;,te much aaiu-.t the Ueg'.-utiuiis of Coiiiinodoi i l'irry. 'I he poliey of exelu'.inp strangers ha- not always prevailed at Jap'.n. When that en-pire was discovered in lol'J by the I' r tuuese n.ivigatorvMeinler l'into. Kurop.-ans' wt re at first admirably received. Kv.-ry part of Japan was open to them ; they could s freely traffic, and vcli propagate, without any ob-tacie whatever, their religious taitns Iu a f. vv y.-ars chri-tianity made prodigious progress among the Japanese people, and, at the close of the sixteenth century, the number of convtits amouiitcd to not less than tw .. or three millions. St. Francis Xavier, the mo-.t distingui-hi-d propagator cf tlie faith in Japan, was enraptured at such hntpy result.-, and he never could tin I terms too strong to expre-s I. is admiration of the good and solid iiua'ii ties of the Japan- esc. '" I cannot finish,"' I speak of this p.-opl, ; the of my heart. ' Ai.otht w rote, " w hell I are the delight missionary, the Father Lewis Froi-s, who had resided for a long period iu Japan, declared that r.o na tion of Kurope was more highly gifted with iutelh etual endowments. Li. fortunately, re-. ligious intolerance and comiiH n ial je-ilousics soon iiitcrruj't-.-d the harmony which reigned in the outset between the J ana net' and thi ir Ktiropern visitors. The i':i.siouaries, who had so largely profited of the toleration of the government to introduce ti -ir faith, manifested the most deplorable intolerance n'"' soon 3 tlu-y Lad landi-a in the country. ut contftit with tho Lht rt v gratiU-d tlu-m of making proM.htis to the r-rvjiuliee of the ancitMit rt'lijiyus uf their country, thov s-ti m -ulatcl th -i r i;-o.h tcs to --reut tliu T riits of Siiit", eIk' national 10-!, ami to do- l'or sev.ral years the govcrinnciit pan! no attention to the complaint-, which were addressed to it a-'"iir.st the Christian mis sionaries. "We have," responded the Km peror Taico-sprna, to tho.-c who iaiiirnud the progress of the new worship, "thirty four sects iu Japan, cxclu-ive of the state religion; why nut permit a thirty-fifth';" It was only wh-'ii the complaints against the toleration of the Cbri-tiai this same sovereign decide im-roa-ed that to direct rcpro seiitations to fhe uii-sionanes. In lo-ti he sent two i n - j erial commissioner-- to the Fat tier Cil. lh Vice I'r av ineial of the l'oitu-juese, to impure of him 1st. Why he and his associates impo-ed their rcliocoii upon his subject-? "-'.1. U by they excited their prusclyics to oveitiiru the national temples. HI. Why they per secuted the native priest-. 4th. Why' they adopted for food tlo- tlc-h of animals Useful to man, such as the i-s and the c.-w ? The Vice 1'rovincial defended himself in a lengthy meliiorial before the commi-sioiicrs. He pretended that the missionaries did not impose their faith, and that they employed only persuasion for its propagation ; and thai, if Christians had p.Tse.-uicd Japanese p'ir-ts and ruined their temples a charge which the provincial did not deny it .. done without the cognizance ot the mis sionaries. As to the law against eating the flesh of the ox and. cow, they ii id tiaii--1 gre-scd from ignorance ol its exi-tenee. 1 These explanations do not appear to have satisfied the commissioners, an.t perhaps not t without reason, tor, at thi-. same epoch, the missionaries commended i u the w a rim -t terms a feudatory I'rinee of liungo. of the bab- ti-uial name ot I-rai.eis tiiau,, .t.-r having icvih-d to the earth three th uisand temple.-. and inona-terics l.el'.iigiiig to the hoiue-, (prii-ts of the country ) The practice ot tlie Chri-tiaii r.-'i. i-oi vv a- prohibited tl-.roii-h-out Japan, and th.- nu--.ona rii s v , re or dered t-1 have the country within twenty dais. Thi- first edict . how e . r. aain-t the Christians did not :;o ii.t . i i cut! oi, and a second i-di. t i-sucit rive years 1 u. r 1 1 !'.' w as likew i-e not et.f u eel . ait leoi -h n.-vv pro testations more or b -s founded, were rai-ed aoainst the p.-rseeutiii-' bigotry of foreign priests and their e-oiv cits. The moiiopoii.-.iiig spirit of Fnropcaii mer chants was t xhibited in an cpially disust im' form a- the int dirauce .-t the inis-ioiia-rii s. The Spaniards intiigucd t. obtain the dismissal of their I'ortiigue-e lival-, and both united to seek the rx pub-ion of the Dutch, who had the tnpl mi-fortune t) " heretics," very enterprising traders, and rrK,.U to the Si.imi-h crow ii. The Japanese I'overnmciit coii tintly rituscd, with the uio-t li.ud'ible firmiiess, tossti-fy th.-sc aw ri.-iouj bats?.'.'. Tl'.e F:"rvrr.'i-c:h .-; - - ma, rij-lied emphatically to a deputation of Spaniards who tent:, ikI. U the ex.-lu-ioii of the Dutch as rebellious MiLjccts of Spain : " that he would not permit any gov.-i nmeiit to dictate to him the policy he should pur sue toward., the .-tranters visiting hi- m pile ; that tie did hot believe it wie in cc-sa-rv for him lo meddle in any manner with the rilalioii.s existing between the people of Europe ; that ail his i ffoi ts iv. re cons, crated to the promotion of the happiness of hi- peo- to the promotion t the happiness ot l,i . . . . pU. .Ul, the preserv atian ot domestic tr.m- nuilit v ; that so Ion.' as forei;M,crs eontrihu- . ' " ted by a legitimate comim ree to the pr perity or his .subjects, it iniporteil to huu Very little to know to what nation they be longed, and of what stveroiti of the West they were nominally subject.'' As the pe titioners, despite ot this peremptory reply iiisiste.l upon their demands, ignominious, y .li.-n.i-scd them bement deel.iratioii that, if "the devils ofiluu. il,uu Clnua, possesses much more for- lia iiir nrirut'd that tin: !titc!i Luii uit t!i i.crinisM' n ft iluii -'-MMt i ai to it -nl' iu J;ii;tn, t!ie KihimT"!- 1 1 - in Ir- t).tiii ;i ;iin, with the n.,d.Io declaration that ""! vas tin it: illl,,I for tltC iin ihl- ot till nations C. rtainly, if we compare the religious and commercial policy of the Japanese of the tilt. -ei th century with that "f the Kiiropeans ol the .same age, the superiority will be found to lie with the loini' i-, and the civili zation of Kurope to be decidedly iu the rc.ii". ."s'uch al.-o w as the ..pinion of Kur i-p.-ans them-. 1 v es, wh) Htr-' a-touud.-d at the spectacle of the sivarmilitT population s ii -1 marvelous wealth of that powerful em pire, and inn. h more at the spirit of equity ,V)d modi-ration of its i-.J.-rs. Jtown t) lU-'l? the au'lioi itii-s of Japan had ti"t change 1 th' ir l.j.-j itable and liber al comlu'-t t I.'.,. r, I s -.ur"iieiins. tint al-out tliat j'crioil the governor A M im: i sent to pan an t mlei-sy coiep- of 1-1 anei-ea n lu st r ks.who s. t tin rii-1 Iv.-s topnachiiig in the cts of Miaco, one of the imperial capital-, ill .iefifinc" of the tie-. Iu vain the' "llil.iliolls of the w . re or b. red t-j ;u:t Ii u i qilit the country ; they ..p. n'y rctu.s. d t-i ol.ey, ami itc.l the "iiri-tiaii- to volt. J l.e I'uteli, in their ti.au.pii nml'l ha'.e 1'ieiita- biy hi. mght a diciie of ixpulsioi:. suiniiit-t.-il to the in-;. i . ti .ii ..f the authorities the correspoii'lence by which the mi iotiaries in . ite-l the Kuro can govei nn cut- to unite with the i.ati-.e hii-ti.in- to ttUit the cou- I'i.-st f the country. I In? J a pa iii-sc g riiim iit t.ovv lo-t all patience, and its policy hii-aiiie as restrictive as towarus l-.uropeaiis il had hithi rto been liberal. All the Kuropcin residt nt.-, w ith ti.e ixc.ptioii ot the Putelt. were obliged t-j leave Japan. A fearful persecution com menced against the Chri-tiuns, Thousands of scaffolds were erected hi every the empire, and the new t.uth was ill Mood. It was nrohibited. under in :i in of i.'.-ath, to Japanese, suijects to .put the na tional territory , , r to return a, ter having cn.i.rateij. 'I I.e city of Naiignski. on the small island of l,'.-. ina. vr.i- -i--iii.ed t" t'); I'utch as tin ir l.n-i ot rc-i l.-nce, and the ino-t rijoro is reguh.ti -in- were adopted to prevent them from int. i fci ing w ith the pop ulation. The coimaei':.. hieh it vva- per mitted tliciu to eairv on was also limited. Henceforward they were Hot allowed t send tn i-rv than two ve-.-. ls a year to Japan, and the total value of the two cargoes could not exceed two mil'.i n- of (Van?. Th- Spani-h and l'urtugue-e historians add that the I'utch navigators were ordered, upon their ni rival at N-iinjaski, to trcid under foot the image of Christ an-l the irgiu Mary ; but this e.i t mi, if it e.i-:iil, is i, longer ob served. The I'utch arc only bound, says Mr. T. 1'iuiidall. editor of Memorials ot thr I'm) iir i;t' Jtijhi,', to be the Lcvv--inongi I" of the Japanese g .-. eriimti.t. "All that you shall learn that is new among the na tions with whom vou are in iiitercuir-c, we 1-t you to N aiiL:ii.i." imniuiiicato t . the Lr"Virnor of Such is the recommendation that is made ts. the I'utch residents every time tie y are auth--ri."d to eoniuiuiiicatc with the Comt -d J.-ddo. Mr. Iluiidall is gr.-:ti!:.-d t. be able to niio-iik tl.iit the l'-.it h have ncu r abused t sn ir position to create di-tru-t ui. on th. toirt of the Jaiian- cs'e i.'ov eriimcnt rain.-t ut In of the West. Thus, then, for n. arly a century from lo!'-, to lti:ti Japan was freely opened to Kuroi ciins ; and from lf.M? to the present that is to say, for more than two centuries. This deplorable change of policy i- rather t" be imputed to Furopeaiis than t" the Ja panese them-elv cs. 'I he latter repelled the lorun-r only when their independence wa nt stake. Their conduct since the decree of expulsion proves that th.-y are ii"t animated by a blind and brutal hatred aoain-t stran gers. Thu-, w hen the 1 'iiteli -t abii-hed at I'e-cina were cut i ll fr on all c ouu.ui.ica ti"ii with Kui'"pe in i-oli-i .Ueuee . f the con tinclit.al war. the Japanc-i- g. ml .-u-ly siip pln .1 tin-in with means until (lie r. t-.irn of p. a i'c 'ii differ, nt occasions Knji-h and Aimrtcaii ves-els, whi Naiiaski. for rev h-;i;a plied w it'll J r -V i-i -lis "tu. tin. I--, evil:, pi ov id -lied them gi-ati-. S the Saiinlra'C". of 'he . h have ! ling, have -d at sup- vv.tiij-it itillicil.ty. i-i -ii- I.av e l i ell f ir ue h v :.s the ea-c v. ';n F:uHsh liav v , w hieh. vi-ited I'li lil , r the lie the aut N ,in-a-i.i in 'I lie i .'lull kind and IM".. un.'.u-a!i-iln' olhoer ; t.un -t -co pt i ui t: in ,(- ei.ll.i- I t" i-laii.l in the j r o i.-i li- fur- in; it s hiil.s, .,!' Nil pel miss, t 011 a s naski t ,: a - nn nt mt.'K r-i -ii iiat it c-t..! 1 1-ti vicinity . servate i iii-hcd w iini lcs us -.i, t'.e .' .ipat.c-c w as. not their eis oii t'n ir v i-it o-s. have .Lo. e nothing n which th. v lett udvin for ici-.-i tjm to receive in a ", Ir-. Kur ip.-ans, m-v i r. 1 "pin ti c the behind them at J-ipan. Mr. Rundall allud.-s t three . irciim-t.aiices in which thi y hive not conducted tl'.'-ui-ehcs in such a manner as t., jrivo the Jiipatii'sc a very hi.h idea of their civilization. In lt, for example. be1 t'ount Kesauofl'. K'isian envoy, entered up- on negotiations with the authontie , ...iski. to obtain the opening of th of Naii ports of Japan. These nt otiatiop? which at tir-t i ; prcssnted every prsspc. t of !'icee;s. hav ' c:i i--rrupi l y nxiTtA ta- !":s? 't. qu.-ttc, a Rus.-ian flotilla made a decent tip- uii one ot the Kuril Mauds and covered it with blood. In the tame year an English .-hip brutally, and iu violation of the laws of nations, seized and carried off two Dutch sailors fium oil board a Japanese -.es.-cl. In l-:i7 tht: American vessel Morrison ea.-t anchor in the bay of Jcdd-., at a little (iis- taiiee from the imperial residence, in iol, tioli of the the orders of the Japanese au thorities. Driven off by caution shot, the . . i i -Morrison pcrsi.-tcu nevei Unless, in remain, ins for some time in the maritime rei-iou iu- tcrdicted to foreigners. 'I he.-e affronts are not forgotten at Japan, and they will not facilitate the success of the ini--ioii of C.iiimodore I'erry. Un doubtedly, if negoeiatii.il fails, the Ameii- Mt t. tln ir cannon, alter tho the Emperor example of the Kuglish in China, lint Ja with the VI-. pan. althoUL'h less extensive and less poiiti- itliout nu ;ittt lui.t at Mclt-dctmro. 1 li-i .Vinci u aii. the uilivr hand, nro much less intcre-ted in opening Japan than tho Kngli-li in oi.ei.ing China. J'he Chinese are the principal eoiisuiners of opium, the uilip..'ly of which constitutes one of tho principal resources of the Ka-t India Com pany ; th.-y furnish also to Kurope tea, an article the consumption of which every day b. conies more general. Japan, ou the con trary, requires from abroad only a few wo ven slufl- ; also cotton, wool, and silk are among its products and are manufactured at a very low cost; and there is barely any production to fiirni-h in exchange. In tho sixteenth aud seventeenth centuries the n turns of Japan ejiei-ti-d almost entirely of pr. cious nictals, and at that epoch its ti I iff u -cii-rs were not, as it appears, more enlight ened than their '.imfrrrts of Kurope, as tin y complained bitterly that strangers exhausted the country of its specie. Now the produc tion of -.old is too abundant iu California and Au.-tialia to render it advantageous to seel; it in Japan. It is evident, in fine, that the Amciicaiis are but indifferently interes ted to engage in war with the Japanese, be-eaii-e that war, which moreover would le in c 'l.H-et with all the rub s of tLe law of nations, ennot fail to le one of great ix petise. and u iihotit indemnifying advantages. ' We hope that Commodore 1'ciry may ful fil Lis mission without resorting to arms The American .-quadioii will give to the Ja- pat, esc the novel .-peitac'.i- for thi in of loeo- .motion by steam, and the r.ppaiatus ncees- Si.ry io me esiauiisumeni oi au eieciiie io egraph. These admirable inventions, which give to our civilization such an imposing character of superiority, cannot fail to mako a .strong impression upon tho imagination of the Japanese people. They will prove ill a, part of ' convincing mtmncr that they have some rowiicd thiuii in future to gain fr un contact with -ur nv ihzat i 1 1 oiiiiiioi. oi e j err v . Louo! e aPle, at the same tunc, to ocmoiistrnte ti the Japanese go ci liuient that Christian plies!-, who-c ii.toluai t ,-pirit und thii.-t for domiiiatioii lion-lit about the decree of ex pulsion of lfillT, are nut in the nineteenth i-tntury what they were in the sixteenth cen tury ; that they are animated by more en larged sentiments ; that they detest Monop oly, wne it even profitable to them; that they avoid with the greatest care all that has tin! sv ml.d a nee of temperal power; final ly, that th.-y hare the ino.-t profound abhor rai.ee of political intrigues. If, wo say, Commodore Ferry could on these points re move the prejudices of the Japanese author ities, his mi.ssiuu would -Mcjuestiohably ob tain the most auspicious chances of Fiieces-i. Iu every event, be the issuo what it may, we must thank the Americans for having made this nciv i nort to cite ltd the domain of civilization. We are further informed that it gives the nio-t unbounded si.titfaction to AmericaiH iu Kurope to hear that the linij'in'j San Jacinto, who.-c engine-, break down every trip, is ordered home; aud that our nation al pride will be saved from further humilia tion on that account. " I liiveisal sympathy," says our corres pondent, " is cxpre-sed in .Naples for our vcm l.iblc and highly-, spceted Consul, Alex. Ilaniniett, who after t uty-three years and tu. .re of hard service, iu his old age is left without any means of support, liy the late circlar of the Secretary of State, transfer ring the isi: of passports to the legation, the income of his post is reduced so low that it will not yield enough to pay the rent ot bis otiicc, which by the way he is ordered to keep opi n from 'J to o Tho duties of Consul at Naples are very vexatious as Weil as important, aud it is tolly to expect any man to discharge them for the .'loiox". Cer tainly Mr. II. should ltccivo a fair salary, or rather Uic ns'S should be returned to him. as I see the consuls any where else but at Koine and Naples are expressly author ized to demand two dollars for the same. There is not an Americau traveler or naval otKeer who lias ever known Mr. llimnic't but will su-taiii me in the declaration that he is one of the nu-t honorable, f.i'uhfal, ef ficient and valuable men that evi r represent ed hi- country abroad, and that his resigna tion or removal would be a seriois) public 1 iss, 11.- i nj .vs ti.e highest c-'ii-idcrati ou hi re. a-id law-, cu-t and de-i r . i liu.ei.t vv a century I-'""'-- ' th tw;; 'uvcrsaut w it! ,i. .t.- ui at.'l ianjuae ol tlie country. - bitter treatment from a tio. :. . he has M rved for in arly h.i.f with Hit a dollar of pccuLiary A C.i'.if 'rni;i l.ette many i- liar s'ulits and iucidciits, one of which Is a- bout a rich crw oinati. u:ig man having to turn na-h-I have met a v..-:iug man wlij at home moved in the best Circles ot - rv nml i-i ..nflen.an evll'V ilicil him oeie-fail- io.i i n,:.V.' v thin in tin" mines, went in to a ci i tain tow n, .in i a. in-:, an-l cleans, d t.-r 1 liiiiv tooK in wasu s I read, the filthy armciits i f th '.- h.i, at hoiiie, ho would not ackn wledgc as aeipiaiiitauecs. it was - rather nn amusing iniii.-ing -.iut to see nun ai uic wash-tub, soaking aud scrubbing tlie uirty (' i,i motley patrons, swi.-rmg at uu ij.'.y aint up! ihr.aidiDs ai luck. 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