North Carolina Newspapers

Hi! Debate In the Houseion tneTFayettevllle and Creens - boro RaliroaBU!. In the House of Commonsfgn Saturday last, the bill to charter the Fayetterille and Greens boro Railroad being on its passage second time, the foITourxi)ate occurred:. Mr ShepTicnFhad often addressed his fellow countrymen on questions of life and property, but had never before on such an occasion felt more agitated than at present. He had to lay the ease of Ids constituents before the House and to ask their aid for this Railroad from Fayetteville to Greensboro'. Mr S. explained the object intended to be effected by this WOrk, anil Uiew aneunuji iu uic manner jraj- etteville was surrounded by Railroads, encir cled as it were from Charlotte to Greensboro' with bands of Iron. Impoverished by those improvements which enriched other sectious; she asks the General Assembly to give her that aid which will enable her to build this road which is necessary to her existence. The time was when Favetteville traded with the towns i i .,...,;.. i , .. . . i. . at the foot of the mountains with Rutherford and Mecklenburg; but the North Carolina Railroad had cut that off, and Fayetteville, after being devastated by successive fires, is left to contend with the State and the sandy deserts around her. Mr S. at great length and in the most impressive manner advocated the claims of Fayetteville on the consideration of the General Asstmhlv, and contended this Railroad uiroau would t lnterter 11 . A with tkeIliTcri,e(1(J inii?rovejiifc iiJ alJudtw l i .. :.....!. r lu lll?I,eMti0n'?1 the JN . O. Kailroad uigcu oy ii ieiius ui ine . j. ivauroau j against the bill under consideration; and said it had been said by a director, he understood, that if the charter was granted, the iron on the central road might as well be torn up. Mr Dortch arose to explain. lie said he did not specify the road under consideration; but he had said if all the charters claimed were grant ed he would prefer to see the iron torn up on the central road. Mr Shepherd continued his remarks and concluded by saying they claimed it not only in generosity butin spirit of justice Mr Mebane opposed the bill with great re gret, lie never willing!- gave a vote against interna! improvements, but a strong sense of duty is paramount to all such feelings. In the course of" his remarks Mr M. gave it as his opinion that when a Kailroud crossed Cape Fear River, the destinies of Fayettevilje were scaled. Mr Humphrey spoke at some length in sup port of the bill and advocated its passage. After some remarks from Mr Gorrell in re ply to Mr Mebane, Mr Turner regretted to be compelled by principle to oppose the bill, and gave his rea sons for considering it as injurious to the gen eral interests of the State. Mr Houston was in favor of the bill, - and at considerable length gave his reasons for believ ing that the State could never build up Beau fort as a large commercial City, with only one Railroad terminating there. Mr II.. supported his position with much ability. Mr I). F. Caldwell said he was not only a friend to Fayetteville but to every other town and seaport in the State, and had labored hard to develope her resources and make her people prosperous and happy. Mr C. spoke with warmth against the project which he de scribed as a road parallel with, and obstructive to our public improvements. Jlr.C. alluded to a variety of topics in his usual earnest and discursive manner, and concluded by calling upon the House to vote down the bill as a scheme destructive to the best interests of the State. Mr J. G. Ryrmm addressed the House on the bill. He spoke of the'propositions of the bill. He inquired who it was that opposed the bill and adi'ised the Legislature to not embark in this enterprise. -They are, said lie, gentlemen living on the central road- and who had made large drafts upon the public treasury. He thought after involving the State in high taxes, they should not arrogate to themselves the posi tion of lecturers to others. He preferred to be lectured by others. He said the opposition was based upon the supposition that it. would oper ate against the Xorth Carolina road. He thought the bill should be amended so as to provide for the completion of the same by sec tions iu a manner to secure the State against loss. 1 le thought the scheme practicable and would prove advantageous to the State at large, lie thought the argument, that when the cars crossed Fayetteville.it would prove disastrous to the interest of that town, untenable and fallacious. He thought it should be continued beyond Fayetteville. In relation to the trans portation of coal, he said if the river alone was sufficient to carry it away, lie would not turn on his heel for tile supposed riches of the mines. He said the State should build up her towns. He had an abiding affection for Wilmington he regarded that town as the mother of internal improvements in the State. He said there was no town iu the State or iu the Union that had done so much in proportion to population and means. He said it seemed that the public eye was turned to Beaufort, yet to make it a mart of any great importance, the capital, the inhabi tants and the shipping all had to be brought to it. II e concluded by saying he was decidedly in favor of the construction of this road he did not wish to see old Fayetteville destroyed the town which had furnished the gentleman from Alamance with the delicacies of life so long. He hoped the bill would pass. Mr Singeltary moved to strike out Greens boro, and make the terminus of th road at the Coal Fields. Adopted. Mr Barringer could not vote for the bill iu its present shape, he wished the terminus at Warsaw. A motion to lay on the table being rejected, the bill passed its second reading ayes 51, nays 3G. In another column it will be seen that the bill was rejected on its third reading. A Train- fuozkv in- on- the Prairies. A (III..) savs: The dispatch from Chicago, train on the Chicago and Mississippi Railroad, with a large number of passengers including several members of the Legislature, froze up in the prairie on Friday, in nearly eight feet of snow. The passengers burned the ears to keep from freezing and robbed the express car of a consignment of oysters to preserve themselves from starvation. The "Upper Tex "The Rahway Advocate tells the following good story at the expense of one of the "upper ten" of New York : Mr is one of the "merchant princes" of the Empire City and though living in one of the most spacious mansious on the Fifth avenue, his entire family consists of himself and his wife. Meeting a friend from the country one day he invited him up to view his house. The friend was shown the gorgeous rooms, with tessellated floors and magnificent frescoed ceillings, and finally was taken into the lower rooms, in one of which he found a small regiment of colored servants seated at a bountiful dinuer. On his return home he wasasVed if he had seen Air So and-so? ' Oh yes." "What is he doing now?" "Well, when I saw him he was leepivg a nigger hoarding house on the Fifth avenue!" Effect of a Bold Foreign Policy. The influence of a bold and vigorous foreign policy, and the effect of such heroic exploits as the rescue of Koszta by Capt. Ingraham, in secu ring respect to Americans abroad, are made the subject of a brief, but pointed article in a late number of the New lork Sun. An in- cident, says the Sun, illustrative of this influ ence, is reported to have occurred recently at Leghorn. A young Arnericau traveling in Eu rope happened to permit himself to talk freely in a cafe to some Austrian soldiers, contrasting the prosperity enjoyed under republican free dom in the United States with the coudition of the people under Austrian rule. The soldiers, or some of the many spies who frequent every place of public resort iu the Austrian dominions, reported the young nianis,, language to the au thorities, and he, was arre'sted-and thrown into prison. He was':, afterwards carried before a court-martial and tried, and convicted for at tempting to seduce soldiers of his Imperial Majesty of Austria to desert their duty. He was conueinnea to ue shot, lhe American Cousul at Leghorn, hearing of the affair, promp tly interfered Jo obtain a stay of proceedings, but for a time all his renioustrances were made in vain. He continued urging his plea, till at last the Military Commandant asked, "What end the Consul had in view in demanding a stay of the proceedings?" The Consul replied that he anticipated the arrival of Commodore ! Strinjrham and Captain Ingraham, with their i . i U,fainl tier TTudltl'tJt) gll to "ac tbosc officers present at the execution.' T. fnmni.,ri.ionf. UnnncA ,.,. ,,,,! dismissed the Consul, saying he would think of it. The Consul was astonished the next morning to see the young man entering his office, at liberty. He had been discharged from prison with a reprimand, and a notice to leave the Austrian dominions, given by the commandant in person, who was at pains to impress on him at the same time that his liberation was not in any respect due to the threats about the visit of the American fleet, but a consideration for "ids extreme youth und consequent indiscretion." Thus, if Koszta was only an "inchoate citizen," the protection extended to him proved the safety of a "full native." A few examples of energy, like that displayed in the Koszta case, would save our citizens, visiting foreign coun tries for business or pleasure, many annoyances, and teach despotic powers that an American citizen could not be made the victim of their suspicious and vengeful spirit with impunity. Wash. Sentinel. Funeral of Bishop Capers. From the Columbia South Carolinian. The death of this excellent and distinguished minister has been already noticed. On Friday morning, the body, enclosed in a metallic cofliu, was removed from his home near Anderson Court House, accompanied by his bereaved family aud several friends. Judge Whitner, Mr Osborn and others accompanied it on its way to Columbia, as far as Beltou. At this point they were met by the Rev. Dr. White ford Smith, who had been requested by the family of the deceased to accompany the re mains to Columbia, and preach the fuueral sermon. On arriving at Cokesburv a large number of weeping friends visited the car in which the body was conveyed, and gazed for the last time upon those features so calm and placid iu death, and which had been so endeared to them in life. A committee, consisting of the Rev. Pr. Boyd, Rev. Messrs. 4. W.-Towsendj at an angle of ninety degrees into: what G. II. Round, aiid J. W. Wightmaui had Ifeentrmed the chiiouej, thence cktendifnr w'pvbirds appointed by the community of Cokesbury to unite iu the procession. The funeral escort reached Columbia at four o'clock, p. m., and was met at the depot by a committee of the clergy and laity, where a pVo ccssiou was formed and the body conveyed to the residence of the Rev. X. Tally. And here we may mention a singular fact, that Bishop Capers had passed the night at this same house of his esteemed and valued friend just two weeks before, as he was return ing home, in unusual spirits, from his episcopal duties at the Florida Couference. On Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock, the body, accompanied by his family and the clergy of Columbia, was conveyed to the Washington street Methodist Church, the following minis ters acting as pall bearers: Rev. P. J. Shand, Rev. A. AVigfall, of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Rev. Dr. Boyce and Rev. Mr Curtis, of the Baptist Church. Rev. Drs. Lelaud and Howe and Rev. Mr Fra7.er, of the Presbyterian Church. Rev. Messrs. Crook, Gamevvell and S. Town send, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. At the church a large and sympathizing au dience had already assembled. The solemn services were conducted by Rev. Dr. White ford Smith, and opened by the Choir singing the 737th hymn "What though the arm of con quering death." This was followed by a very impressive prayer. The 739th hymn "Ser vant of God, well dene," was then sung. Th i lessons were the 90th psalm aud a portion of the 15th chapter of 1st Corinthians. Dr. Smith then read his text from the Acts of the Apostles, xiii chapter and part of the 3Gth verse : "For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleej)." Of course it would be impossible for us to follow this eloquent minister throughout his discourse. It was one that would hiTfe to jc heard to be fully appreciated. We are glad, however, to notice from the proceedings of the preachers' meeting that a copy has been asked for publication, and to learn that Dr. Smith has consented to comply with the request at his earliest convenience. The Practices of England and France vs. their Professions. The Baltimore Sun of Thursday publishes a letter from a Constanti nople correspondent, which contains some sensi ble observations upon the probabilities of Hun gary, Poland, and Italy obtaining their indc pendence by the aid of the Western Power. The writer says that both England and France, whose statesmen and Journals have been and are still using every effort to convince the world that they are the champions of liberty and civilization, have, so far, employed only words. They were the first to reject the over tures of the European patriots who flocked to Constantinople to offer their services to the Turkish government; they not only disappro ved of every inclination the Porte had at one time entertained for esponsing their cause, but, in order to enlist Austria on their side, have promised to use every effort to suppress any revolutionary rnovemeut that may be made either in Italy or Hungary; they encouraged the Porte to form a treaty with Austria, by which she was to occupy the Principalities, and no sooner did her soldiers take possession of them than all the refugees in the employment of the Ottoman army were ordered to leave at twenty-four hour's notice, unless they wished to be seized and shot, lhe cause of Hungary, Poland, and Italy, is indeed hopeless, if its sole dependence be upon the Western Powers, THE NORTH CAROLINIAN, FAY E T T E V I L L E, N. A Doable Baby. We stated, a few days since, that a strange case of malformation had occurred at Lancaster; in this State, and promised a more full dcserip- tiou of the curious production, which we hoped to gain at the hands " of some of our medical friend., As they, however, fromsome cause $r other, ao not incline to ao it, we have put sev eral of them under cross-examination, and in tend to embody in our own language what we have learned. Our friend, Professor X.I-T. Marshall, of the Medical Coliege of Ohio, aad perhaps others of the city, have seen the po digy, which is, beyond doubt, one of the mt remarkable freaks of nature kuown to science or recorded in history. The February uuuiber of the Western Lancet, published in this city, will contain, as we are informed, a full scientific description of the wonder. V From the lower extremity of the breast-bone where the junction of the two bodies lake place upwards, there are the upper parts of two perfect and well developed infants two heads, two pairs of arms, two chests, two stort achs, two hearts, two pairs of lungs, and two livers. From the same point downwards.-.&e blending of the two systems into one, becomes more and more intimate, until it seems almost perfect and complete. The iustcstines,anda!l the lower organs, are iu common with conjniou lernnnii. anu me legs maue up oi the ri:jntier standing in the proper position relative ta of one, and the Iett leg of the other, are a thr, and to the. orgaifiT In -tKelrvi the rear, however, the union is less oertect. tlMfre being two well developed spines, each terminat ing in a separate os coccygis; and, what is pecu liarly strange, the two inner legs, dislocated at the hip joints, are thrown .backwards and up wards, and joined together, are found passing under the true skin of the back of the body upon the right, the feet being extricated, and standing np heel to heel, nearly iu its face. The child is a female, with apparently a per fect sexual organization. The bodies do not exactly face each other, but are more nearly face to face than side to side. One is apparent ly somewhat more robust than the other, and it is evident that in manv of the characteristics of their constitutions they are different. As one is capable of suffering while the other is un conscious of pain, it follows that their nervous systems are several, from which it is, we sup pose, to be inferred that iu case they should survive, each will possess a character aud in dividuality of its own. This strange phenomenon is the offspring of respectable parents at Lancaster. Although delicate, it is thought the chances are in favor of its surviving. The case is in the bauds of Dr. Boestler, one of the ablest physicians of the State, whose skill in its treatmeut is spoken of in terms of high commendation. Cincinnati Commercial, Jan. 30. Steam Engine Without a Boiler. By invitation of Mr Wrn. O'Brien, on Friday last, in company with several others, we witness ed the operation of a "steam engine without a boiler," in the yard of a blacksmith shop, in Twelfth street, below Locust. This engine is said to be of some five horse power, is very sim ple in construction and mode of operation, and occupies but little room. The furnace is about the size of an ordinary cooking stove, and in the midst of the fire are two cast iron steam generating cylinders, about five or six inches in diameter, lying horizontally and arranged longitudinally, and at the rear end turning up to about the height the flames are supposed to rise trom the lire, lhese cylinders oeius: entire ly surrounded bv and within the fire, are kept constantly red hot. Near the front end of these cylinders, from a water tank above, a given quautity of water is ejected into each alternate ly, by means of peculiarly contrived vavies, worked by the engine. lhe water in certain definite quantities being thus thrown into the red hot cylinders, is in-! stantly converted into its appropriate quantity J and bulk of steam (or decomposed into its ori-! ginai gases) at a high temperature, and is simul taneously therewith worked off through the up right part or end of the cylinders in the chim ney, to which the two working cylinders of the engine, which n ot smaller size, ana situated in the rear, are connected. What is here-stat ed, with the piston, connecting rods, cranks and shaft, comprise the entire apparatus. Ow ing to its simplicity of construction, ot operation, the little room it occupies, the small amount of metal used, it must be much less expensive in first cost than the ordinary steam-engine with its cumbrous water boilers, &c. How safe might be its operation on a large scale, or even on a small, without much care, is more than we can tell. Mr O'Brien seems to have worked this oue with perfect safety. One thing, how ever is quite certain, and that is that iu case of explosion or accident, the terribly disastrous consequences attending an explosion ot the or dinary large si earn boilers could hardly result from such an accident to this. I'ul. Ledger. BSr A State Council of the Know-Nothings of New York, held at Scheuectady on the 10th January, resolved : "Slavery, like Papacy, is a moral, social and political evil at variance with the spirit of onr republican institutions, and repujruant to the principles of freemen; that it is our duty to resist its extension, and that we cannot, at Americans, consent to the admission into thel Union of any new St )i any new oiaje whose Constitution recojrmzes human bondalrerH Upon which the New lork Times pertinently ' remarks, that "it is not easy to believe that men who adhere to the principles thus set forth, will concientiously lend themselves to the re pudiation by the State of New York of the man who has stood up so nobly and so boldly in their defence" meaning Seward Seward has been nominated for re-election by the whig Know Nothing Legislature of New York. And yet we are told that the Know Nothing party is the Union party, and favorable to the rights of the South. Kal. Standard. Women's rights in New Hampshire. A Miss Caroline S. Freeman, of Manchester, New Hampshire, avows that she has certain inalien able rights, notwithstanding she was not born "a boy baby," and among others the right to seek as well as accept a husband. She concludes her declaration of independence as follows: " Against those exclusive privileges on the part of the other sex, I, with thousands of others of my own 6ex in this city, earnestly protest. And l am authorized id their name1 and in their behalf, to declare that, on and after the 4th of July, A. D. 1855, we proclaim and publish to the world oar independence from all such cruel and unchristian restriction. And this is to give timely notice to all single gentlemen (widowers excluded) of iudustrions and temperate habits in this city that they must improve the few remaining months to the best advantage; for, after the incoming of the immortal Fourth, we the working sisterhood of Manchester, will show what woman candojin this great, heretofore restricted 'commerce of love by gallanting around modest youth, making declarations and popping questions." Cariosities of Science. The following interesting facts are from an address delivered by Professor Mapes, before the Mechanics' Institute of New York : The feathers of birds, aud each particular part of them, are arranged at such an angle as to be most efficient in assisting flight. The human eye has a mirror on which objects are reflected and a nerve by which these retlections are conveyed to the bram, and thus we are en- : abled to take an interest in the objects which j pass before the eye. .Now, when the eye is loo convex, we use one kind of glasses to correct the fault, and if it be not convex enough, if we wish to look at objects at different distances, we use glasses of entirely auother description But as birds can not get spectacles, Provi dence has given them a method of supplying the deficiency. They have the power of con tracting the eye, of making it more couvex, so as to see the specks which float in the atmos phere, and catch them for food; aud also of flattening the eye, to see a great distance, and observe whenever any vulture or other enemy is threatening to destroy them. Iu addition to this they have a film, or coating, which can be suddenly thrown down over the eye to protect it; because at the velocity with which they fly, and with the delicate texture of their eye, the least speck of dust would act upon it as a penknife thrust into the human eye. This film is to protect the eye, and the same thing exists 4lo sora,e extentrjlie eye of the horse he has a HrsyjH liable to take dust This coating rlheuorse's oyes c Ailed tlfc 'haw, o third eyelid, aud if you will watch closely, you may see it descend and return with electric, velocity. It clears away the dust, and protects the eye from injury. If the eye should catch, cold, the haw hardens and; projects, and ignor ant persons cut it off, and thus destroy this safeguard. You all know, if you take a pound of iron, and make of it a hollow rod a foot long, what weight it will support; a weight many times greater than before. Nature seems to have taken advantage of this also, long before mathe maticians had discovered it, and all the bones of animals are hollow. The bones of birds are large, because they must be strong to move their large wings with sufficient velocity; but they must also be light, in order to float easily upon the air. Birds also illustrate another fact iu natural philosophy. If you take a bag, make it air-tight, and put it under water, it will sup port a large weight, say a hundred pounds. But twist it, or diminish the air in it, and it will support no such weight. Now, a bird has such an air-bag. When he wishes to descend, he compresses it at will, and falls rapidly; when he would rise, he increases it, and floats with ease. He also has the power of forcing air into the hollow parts of the body, and thus to assist his flight. The same thing may be observed in fishes. They also have an air-bag to enable them to rise or sink in the water, till thev find their temperature. If they wish torise, they increase it; if they wish to sink they compress it, and down they go. Sometimes the fish, in sinking makes too strong an effort to compress it; then dowu lie goes to the bottom, and there remains for the rest of his life. Flounders, and some other fish, have no air-bag; and so they are never found floating on the surface, but must always be caught at the bottcm. In this way are the principles of science ap plied to almost everything. You wish to know how to pack the greatest amount of bulk in the uiallest space. To form of cylinders leaves large spaces betweiu them. Mathema"ticia'ns labored hard for a lotog time to rind what ngbret could be used so as to lose no speck: and at last found that it was the six-sided figure, aud also that a three-plane ending in a point, formed the strongest roof or door. The honey-bee dis covered the same things a good while ago. The honey-comb is made np of six-sided figures, and the roof is built with three-plane surfaces com ing to a point. If a flexible vessel be emptied of air, its sides will be almost crushed together by the pressure of the surrounding atmosphere. Audit a tube partly filled with fluid be emptied of air, the fluid will rise to the top. The bee understands this, and when he comes to the cup of the tall honey-suckle, and finds that he can not reach the sweets at its bottom, he thrusts in his body, shuts up the flower, and then exhausts the air, and possesses himself of the dust and honey of the flower. The feet of flies and lizards are constructed on a similar principle, and they thus walk with ease on glass or ceiling. Their feet are so made as to create a vacuum beneath them, and so they have the pressure of the atmosphere, fifteen pounds to the square inch, to enable them to hold on. The cat has the same power to a less extent. Plants require the sunlight, and some flowers turn themselves toward the sun, as it travels ronud from east to west. The sunflower does this, and so does a field of clover. The facts, though we have not yet got at the reason of them, are still extremely interesting. The Virginia creeper throws out tcudrils in the form of a foot with five toes; each toe has a large number of hairs or spines, which enter ing the small opening of brick or lime, swell and hold ou; but when decaying they shrink and the plaut falls off. The vanilla plant of the West Indies exhibits a similar construction, ex struction, except that it winds itself around other objects Tnr TIai-ps nr Tirok A liill lias hften in- . , . tn tUa x- Ynrt Tnrwlnt,. wl.irfct . i .,-.r.-...r, . i fun i :i i iip.m' im ii vi.miiii : Sec. 1 Makes ten hours a legal day's labor in all cases. Sec. 2. Xo one shall employ a child under ten years of age. Sec. 3. 2no one shall employ a child under fifteen years of age to work over five hours a day. Sec. 4. Persons employing children, shall see that they attend school five half days each week. Sec. 5. Guardians shall bind out children under the above provisions. Sec. 0. Agriculturists shall give children in their employ at least four months schooling each year. Sec. 7. The penalty is five dollarsjfor each day's violation. The act to take effect on the 4th of July, 1855. A KCNXiNii fight. A Philadelphia paper tells the following story: " Ou Thursday afternoon one of those ridi culous exhibitions, styled, satirically, 'a hostile meeting,7 took place between iwo young men Of this City, one a uoaruer auuucss noiei, and the other a sojourner at the Uuited States. The two young gentlemen had a quarrel on Thursday morning, in the course ot which one of the parties called the other 'a coward., llereupon the gentleman to whom the epithet was applied felt called upon to send a challenge to 'pistols and coffee., The challenge was accepted, and a meeting was arranged to take place. The seconds resolved to treat the affair as a joke, and put nothing in the pistols that could by any possibility do damage. Bat after coming ou the ground, the challenged party was so terrified that he can like a hare." , C;" Horrible Sassaere and burning of a Ship. Information has been received of a tragical occurrence on board the British ship Berenice, the matter of which, (Captain Cundy) with his wife, chief mate, and others, have been massacred. by the crew, who afterwards set fire to the ship and destroyed her,to prevent de tection. The Berenice sailed from Shanghai, on the 15th of July, 1S52, with a. cargo of tea, for Sydney. Her crew, shipped at Singapore, consisted almost entirely of men from different parts of Netherlaud India, who thinking that there was much gold on board, conspired to take possession of the vessel. The captain, mate, and three seamen were killed at the out- 'i " "v. v....,... uccks, nunia-i sue uuu uu", uuu iuiuu board. A Irencli passenger is also unac counted for, aud three Bengalese and Atuboy naineu . who were among the crew. All the money that the wretches got consisted of one hundred florins and forty Spauish dollars, which they divided among themselves, and it was agreed among them to sail for Turban, there to abandon the vessel after having set fire'toit. The ship gaining Tagal, which was taken for Tarbau, she was set on fire, and they took to the boats. Several were left behind and were burned iu the vessel. Finding their mistake on gaining the heights of Tagal, they were com pelled to get rid of most of the plunder by throwing it overboard. The authorities, how ever, caused their arrest. Some of them cou- essfed. four of tbe ringleaders were executed, others seTU teted tp twenty years barfi- The Revolution in China. The latest ac counts from China are unfavorable to the cause of the Insurgents. Extracts from the Pekin Gazette, extending from September 8 to Sep tember 30, chronicle the recapture of several towns by the Imperial troops, and the destruc tion, in the aggregate, of some twenty thousand Insurgents. This last is no doubt a great exaggeration. But after making all due allow ances, it is evident that the prospects of the insurgents are at present discouraging. They are scarcely less so at the south than at the north. In the neighborhood of Canton, the in surgents have suffered serious reverses, in con sequence of which the vessels of the imperialists, which had been confined within the Bogue for several months, now ventnre out The gentry and merchants have contributed largely towards the defence of Canton, and have subsidized ten thousand men for the relief of Shun-teh. Poor Young Men. Be encouraged my young friend, though you are now at the foot of fortune's ladder, weighed down by the many cares and privations attendant on poverty forced to endure the taunts and scoffs of the aristocracy of wealth, and obliged consequently to move in the circle far beneath that to which you are entitled the time may yet come, and will come, if you are faithful in the discharge of your duty, when yon may be enabled to look down with supreme contempt upon the proud bewhiskered poppingjays, who now give you the cold shoulder. Some of the most distinguished men that ever lived were born poor. History points to many, very many, who from the lowest depths of poverty, and the darkest obscurity, rose to the highest posts of honor and distinction. Rome was not built in a day, neither can fortunes be acquired nor great honor and reputation be obtained at a single grasp: time alone will perfect our hopes. A continued perseverance on our part all that is required to ensure success in whatever we may undertake to accoiimiish. Is Then be encouraged, and despond not be cause you are poor, but rather thank God that your lot was not cast among the nabobs of the land, for had it been, perhaps you might never have risen above the sensual enjoyments with which they squander away the precious moments of life. It is a notorious, but lamentable fact, that few men who are thus brought up in the Map of luxury' are ever known beyond the immediate circle iu which they move. It is the trials and vicissitudes of life that makes the man: if he has not passed through some 'fiery ordeal' he is not a fit subject to be moulded into a great man. America would never have proudly boasted of a Patrick Henry, an Adams, a Washington or a Jefferson, had it not been for the trying time in which they lived. It was the American Revolution, the Declaration of Inde pendence, and the weighty responsibility resting on the leaders of the infant Republic, that caused great to be written opposite the names of Washington, Franklin, Adams, Henry, Jef ferson aud Hamilton. Spirit of the Age. Later from Liberia. ton Monrovia papers to -By an arrival at Bos the 15th of November have been received : "We perceive that Liberia is making due progress iu at least one of the arts of civiliza tion. The Monrovia Herald informs us that at no period in the history of the colony has there been manifested so strong a tendency among the people to discuss politics aud to form party combinations as at the present time. An op position has been made to the re-election of President Roberts, who is a whig, but the op position party seems to have assumed no de finite form or name, and to have laid down no distinctive platform of principles. It is inti mated that President Roberts will not be a candidate for a fifth re-electiou." - LtM Pckch os Sleeves and Sauce. The most stn- I pid and nirlir f-tctimna a!uroirc Trio lnnrrncr How many years the long dresses have swept the streets! For the last twelve months bon nets have been Hying off the head, and so prob ably they will continue for twelve more. How ever, the bonnets are simply ridiculous. As to long dres'ses, there is something to be said for them. They are convenient to aged ladies. They enable them to enjoy, without attracting remark, the comfort of slippers and laced stock ings and rollers for their poor old ankles. They render it impossible for young ladies to wear bluchers and highlows, thereby avoiding damp feet, and to save washing, by making one pair of stockings last a week. So they will doubt less continue to be worn whilst the laws of fash ions are dictated by splayfooted beauty, or a lady troubled with bunions. But this kind of apology cannot be made for hanging sleeves. They are not only absurd, but inconvenient. They are always getting in the way, and the sauce, and the butter boat. Your wife cannot help you to a potatoe across the table but she upsets her glass, and breaks it with her dangling sleeve. It may be said that your wife has no business to help potatoes that there ought to be footmen in attendance for that purpose. Certainly, or else she should not wear sleeves. But ladies must of course follow the height of fashion whether suitable to their circumstances or not. Could not the i leaders of fashions, then, iu pity to the less j opulent classes, devise and sanction a kind of sleeves, adapted to life in a cottage whether near a wood or elsewhere to be called cottage sleeves, and to be worn by the genteel cottager-classes without prejudice to their gentil ity? BLANKS for sale at this office. j i I lshmeut ! Pnblttlng the Law. We concur in the following article from the Wilmington Herald : We notice that our Representative, Mr Mc Millan, has introduced a bill in the Commons, concerning the publication of the Laws of the General Assembly. We are not advised of the : provisions of the bill, but we think that some : method should be adopted by which the people jean know what has been enacted, at an earlier date than by the mode now iu force. By the j present system, the, acts of the General Assem bly are published in pamphlet form, and, after an interval of months, are distributed to judi cial officers and members of the Lririshiture uiii ,111 me various counties, at neavv exutiise i ue great body ot the lie people are igi orant what laws have been passed, anu they can only ascertain by borrowing from the privileged few a copy of the Acts, or when they are made to realize the fact of new enactments by transac tions in the Court House. We have thought that in addition to the mode of distributing the Laws now in force, (in pamphlet form,) that provision should be made for their publication, (each session of the Legislature,) in the newspapers of the State, or a portion of them, at least. By this means, the lavvswonid be more generally and effectually distributed, greater publicity would be given them, and the public would have early informa tion of what has been enacted. This subject is . . now under discussion in the l ennsylvania and the idei shadowed out about, is warmly ad voeated berer it if maintained that the lajji ublymed m one paper in each comity e. We do not tfiink that it wonld shoul in the State be necessary to have our laws published so ex tensively, but they "might be published in a lim ited number of papers, judiciously selected over the State, by which the object in view could be gained. Dind't Get Married. Less than two years since, a lady and gentleman, residents of a neighboring town, were engaged to be married; When the time for the union arrived, however, the fair one proved false, and refused to fulfil her part of the obligation. Since then they both came to this city; where the engagement was renewed, and the lady was promising her self the bliss of a bride. Last Sunday was tlni appointed time for the twain to become one flesh; and the church the place of the ceremony. After services in the morning, more than fifty persons waited to witness the scene, und the priest was at the altar when the man quietly remarking to the lady "Before, 1 wanted to get married and you sacked me, and now you want to get married and I do the same," left the house, to the no small amazement of all par ties, and the great disappointment of the spec tators present, to say nothing of the lady. Petersburg IZrprcss. For weeks and months the know-nothing organs in the South have labored hard to pro duce the impression that their parly utterly repudiated all connexion or alliance with free sodists. To show how profession, iu this in stance, squares with practice, we invite the attention of the reader to the following extract from the Boston Post : "The uext great step of the know-nothing-party has been the election ot Henry Wilson senator. What does this demonstrate? To answer this it is only necessary to ak, how does this politician stand iu reference to nation ality? Ilis speeches ami letters and there are enough of them to satisfy anybody will show this relation clearly enough. It will an swer our purpose to remark, that on a hundred occasions he has pledged himself to be ready to go the full length of t lie fiee-soil programme, come what might. He is oue iu whose cars the cry of disunion heralds no real danger, and who advocates the very worst of free-soil mea sures. It may be safely avered that it is not possible to present a stronger demonstration that know-uothingism is frce-soilism iu disguise than this election." GRASS SEEDS. Red Clover Seed, Timothy Seed. Herds fJrass Sred. Also. Comstoek, Ferre & CVs Wethers-held Garden Seed, fresh and genuine. Fehy 1, 1H55. 4t SAM'L J. HINSDALE. FOR SAL li A T R E 1) U C E D P R I C E S, For CASH or on SItort Time, 250 Carriages, IIu t oih Im v, ROCK A WAYS t BUGGIES of every description , Many of which are iinislied, and tbe l:tl;mce liein finished daily; among which are many new and beautiful styles, and one very fine Caiiingr. Some of them very light, and all made in tbe best manner and of the best materials. .My facilities for doin Carriage work are greater than any rt:talishment south and I can afford and am determined to sell work of ihi best quality as low as it can be built lor by any one. JfrCr Those -who areindebted to me will please jiay up as my business requires my out-standin; debts t be. collected. a. A. McKETJiAN. February 3d,. 1855. tf NOTICE. All persons indebted to W. F. MOORE, either by note or account, will confer a favor by settling at once, as longer indulgence cannot be given. ALSO. All persons indebted to W. F. A E. F. MOOIfE. are requested to settle, as they arc anxious to have all tiieir accounts closed by cash or otherwise. Jan. 20. 1855. 2H tf COPARTSERSHIP SfOTlCE. The undersigned have formed a copartnership under the name and style of H. A. ADAMS t CO., for the purpose r merchandizing and distilling turpentine, at JohusotTs Cross Roads. Johnston county. N. C. A share of public patronage is respectfully solicited. R. A. ADAMS, Jan 23. 18."5 4t-pd W. B. SURLES. SPRIXU HILL. ACADEMY. The Exercises of this Institution were commenced on the lUth January by Mr A. Mcliryde. a. young gentle man every way qualified, as Principal. The buildings have just been completed and the ac commodations are ample for sixty pupils. Tuition, SG, $9, and $12 per Session; Board frora $5 to $7 per month. GILES WILLIAMS, JOS. C. LEE. SAMPSON SEALY. BRIGHT WILLIAMS, FRS. R. FLOYD. Trustees. JanV 17, 1855. 2t-pd A CARD. MRS. J. B. WALTON tenders tbe citizens of Fay etteville and surrounding country her thanks for lhe liberal patronage aud encouragement they have here tofore bestowed upon her, and solicits a continuance of their kind favors. She likewise informs her custom ers that their bills are all made out, and the would be glad they would call and PAY them. Fayetteville, January 13th. tf LOST, Somewhere between Lumber Bridge Church and Rich land Swamp, a Morocco POCKET BOOK, containing two Notes payable to Murdoch McRae by myself, which I settled: Also, a Note payable to me by Brown 51c Callum, for thirty dollars, dated about the 1st Decem ber last. Also, a Note payable to me by DougaM McCallum, Neill Leitch and Alexander McLean, for fifty-eight dollars and some cents, dated 28th Dec. last. The public are cautioned not to trade for said Notes as I have not transferred them to any other person. JAS. PATTERSON. January 25, 1855 2t-pd QPASiO. 40 Tons PERUVIAN GUANO, warranted gen uine, for sale bv A. AV. STEEL. Jan'y 26, 1S55. S0-tf i