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Attorney t T.aw, Paj tl t e villc, X. C.
OHiee at the corner f Bow and Green streets.
lbv 3. lft."3.
.1. A. SPEAKS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ATTKXDS the Courts of CumberUnd, Harnett,
Wake and .lolinston.
Address, Timmer, Harnett Co., N. C.
Feb. IK, 1K-)C. 85-y
DR. K. A.
UliACIv.
OFFICE Front Rooms over
Jheinist and Drug Store.
Feb'y 7. IS.'jO. -tf
Dr. S. J.
Hinsdale's
JAMES C.
a t r n x r: y
DAA'IS,
AT I. A W .
be nromntlv attended to
All lv.Tn(. intni-ded
iatnut'
Ad lress M.;ilp.dier post o lice, Richmond county
October 1. 1S". ly
N.C
31 A KliliK
!V CEO.
FACTORY,
LAUDER.
Nearly opposite
O.t. 1. 1855.
to E. W. Winkings'
Fayette ville, N. C.
y
Auction Store,
.IA31I:S KYLE
IS now receiving his SPRIXG SUPPLY of CnEAF
GOODS, among which arc
Trisli Linens. Lawns and Diapers,
Fronch, Scotch, and Domestic Lawns,
Calicoes French. English and Domestic,
French. Scotc'i and Domestic Ginghams.
Kmbroid'd and -Plain Ci;iie 3'ial and Scarfs.
3-1 t) 10-1 Uleached Shirting swid Sheeting,
Fi-emh and Irish Linen Drilling,
P. lack a:id Colored Silks.
Bonnets and Bonnet Ribbon.
Bolt inn Cloths. Xos. " to 10,
Joseph Rejka"s Cottonades.
Colored ( Irana line and B u-ege.
Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs, assorted,
P.lav Linens. 3-1 to 1-4. very chea..
With many other articles, -.ill of which have bern
purchased bv the 1'acka-e at the lowest rates, and will
be oll'ered at the lowest prices. Iy wholesale or retail,
for Cash or on time to punctual customers.
March '.), 1S515.
NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the firm
of W. F. . E. F.
Moore, are requested to come forward and make
payment, as their copartnership ceased on the 1st of
M;"Vh 1S",(;" W. F. .v. E. F. MOORE.
June 9, 185fi.
2-tf.
SO Uri'EHXOXG GRA PES.
We wish to contract for 1.000 or more bushels of
Seuppernong (J rapes, to be delivered next. fall.
Apply to J. 11. Roberts .v Co.. at Fayetteville Hotel.
ROBERTS .t BROTHERS.
June 12, 185(.
2-tf
T25 Itcwartl-
Ranawav from the subscriber on the 1 st of April
last, a negro man nam 'd Rand, about six feet h,gh,
about :V) years of age. and black. Said negro is sup
posed to tie lurking in the neighberhood of John Boll
or James McKcthan.
The above reward will be paid to any person de
livering said negro to me at Locksville. Chatham co.,
N. C or confining him in any Jail in the State whore
1 can get him. ' NATHAN KING.
June 25. 1850. 4-tf
I, U M r E n
A lot of Seasoned
Mav 21, 185(1.
FLOORING BOARDS for sale.
J. & T. WADDILL.
EDJVLY GLOVER,
Watch Malcer anil .Jeweller,
At the old Stand, Xorth side of Hay Street.
A VKTTEVILIi K .
HAS jnt returned
from the
North with the largest Stock of
('nods he has ever offered in this
market, which he will sell at
very low prices. Anions his as
sortment may lie found Gold
and Silver Watches of all kinds,
some very line: Gold Fol. Vest
and Guard Chains; Seals and
Spectacles of all kinds; IJreast
in sets, something tine: all kinds
Jt'A
V
I1V X
Kevs; Fob IJuckles;
Pins and Ear Ilinijs
of I nijjer limirs; lr
CJold Lock't-; Studs
icelels; t.om i ciiciim nun . t-u,
; Collar and Sleeve Duttons; Gold
Pen ami Pencils with India Rubber i.ases, a new
article: Fine Pearl C; rd Cases: Pocket Compass, with
Sun Dial connected: Coral Beads; Port Monnais: Jet
Necklaces; tine Jet Pins; Aecoidrons; Music Boxes, Ac.
SILVER YVAIIE: Silver Forks; Silver Table and
Tea Spoons; Mustard and Salt Spoons; Silver Cups.
Butter Knives. Fruit Knives.
PL VTED GOODS: Forks; Table and Tea Spoons:
Butter Dishes; Castors; Card Baskets; Ladies' U oik
Boxes; a good assortment of Military Goods; a line lot
flocks, anil very many other articles which his triends
and the public are invited to examine.
Ktriet. attention paid to Watch Rkpaikixo.
Strict attention pa
June 14.
J-:;m
Ijaiifl fi Sale.
The subscriber offers for sale all his lands, viz:
Half of the Winslow tract, east of tlm C ape I-ear.
The Dailv land. 122 acres, adjoining Evans.
Tlie Half and Edwards lauds in Bladen and Cum
berland. (540 acres of the Snmmcrville lands.
Moore County lands. 2,5 (0 acres.
1!) lots in Averasbqro'.
For particular, apply j,
June 24rl85C 4-tf
w a it si i: p Uio it
WATCII M AKKR AND JEWELER.
HAS just received a large and well selected assort
ment of --GOODS in his line, which will be sold at .the
v ry lowest prices, consisting of Gold and Silver
Watches of all kinds; Gold and Silver Fob. Vest and
Guard Chains, Seals and Keys; Breast Pins Ear Rings.
Finger Rings, (some Diamond;) Bracelets; Sleeve and
Col lar Buttons; Studs; Lockets: Gold Feus and Pencils;
Gold, Silver and Steel Spectacles; Gold jaml Sll?
Thimbles; Pearl and Shell Card Cases; Port MoUe
Sacks; Accord eons, Flutes, Violins and BoWi'Lf!?c
Music Boxes; Fine Cutlery, Pistols-and , Flaslse,
Parlour Pistols; Game Bags. Shot Belts, Percussion
Caps. Musket Balls; Canes; Mathematical Instruments;
Surrevors' Chains and Compasses; Silver, and Plated
Forks. Spoons, Cnps, Butter and Fruit Knives; I'toW
Castor, Cake Baskets, Candlesticks. - , ' ' - . i - -: .v
- A good assortment of MILITARY GOODS. Swords,
Epauletts, Buttons. Silver and Gilt Lscet Plumesj
Drums. &e.
A large
number
Purchasers are ttrvitttJiftAu.n 'nnT . ittf
asers fire iii i i t iT I ii i nil n i il 'hit "'r'
jobbing htrietlv attended td.-l"-" '
August 21, LS5G. 12-3m
NOTICE. '
All persons indebted to C. C. BARBEE & CO." by
note or account, are requested to pay, within three
months, we shall ell goods in the lutiqe for cash or
produce. Highest cash prices paid for Turpentine.
C. C. BARBEE. C. S. BARBEE.
Barclaysville, Aug. 23, 185C. ' : ai2-tf
fTyIctte yille 1
classical acadk31y.
The Subscriber, having been appointed Principal of
the Donaldson Academy, announces that ihe Institution
will be opened on WEDNESDAY, October 1st.
It is his wish and intention to establish a Classical
School of the highest grade, adopted to the wants of
thiscommn.iity, and worthy of patronagt troin abroad.
The location is healthy the -buildings and grounds
ample and commodious. Strict -attention will be paid
to the preservation of proper discipline among the
students, and parents and guardians lesiding at a
distance are assured that the Principal will use .us
utmost efforts to exercise a salutary control over the
morals of those entrusted to his care.
In the department of Instruction, he will be assisted
bv one or more aide and experienced teachers.
Information concerning terms of tuition and board,
may be obtained by addressing.
Rev. GEORGE "McNEILL, Principal,
Fayettcville, N. C
August 22, 185C.
12-tf
L.AXD SALK.
The Subscriber will sell at public sale, oi Thursday,
the lth day of September next. Two Tracts of Laud
belonging to the Heirs" of Stephen Ilollingsworth,
dee'd on a credit of Six months. Both tracts lying In
Bladen county, on Harrisons Creek. First, a Two
Hundred Acre Survey, ajoining the Lands of Peter
Munroe aud others. The second is the half of a Two
Hundred and Fitly Acre Survey adjoining the lauds
of the Heirs of Geo. F. Barksdale, dee'd and others.
Sale to be at the Ilollingsworth old MB1 on the main
road, on t he east side of the Cape Fearlliver, opposite
the mouth of Willis Creek.
Further conditions will be made known at the time
and plaee of sale. .
B. CULBRETII, Am'r lie bonis ?ion.
Aug. 30. 185(i. 913-2tvpd.
STORE FO 11 KENT.
The Store on the corner of -GHlispie and Franklin
Streets neat the lTank"oTtfii IState apply-tir
JOSEPH AREY.
Ail" 28. 13-tf
JYJSTV MACKEREL.
50 Barrels Mackerel Inspection 1850 just received
ALSO.
50 Boxes extra good Cheese for sale by
PETER P. JOHNSON.
Aug. 28. 13-tf
irfossor
Wootl's II; ir
s.
liestorati ve,
J. HINSDALE.
for s;ile by
Aug. :J0, 1850
y 13-tf
A CARD.
TIia snl.sei-ilier he-s leave to inform his friends and
aciuaintances, that he has entered into business for
himself, and taken the store one door below Mr
Draughon. on Gillisp;e Street, near the M irket. where
he intends to keep on hand a general assortment of
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Trunks,
Hats, Hardware, Cutlery, and
Fancy Goods.
L. BRANDT.
Aug 28. l'.5-2m
and Black Teas, hest. quality,
S. J. HINSDALE'S.
l.S5fi.
913-tf
JAMES B. FERGUSON,
AUCTIONEER.
AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Favettevim.e, N. C.
Solicits sales and consignments, to which
he will
give Ins personal attention
1 KFKlSKN'f'KS
Tillinirlmst.
April 21, 1S50
II. & E. J.
Lilly,
fim
E. Y. Willkings, S.
'nim KLOATIJG BALLS Oil IC3il.:CKL.E
WASIII.(J 31 AC! I INK.
The subscriber having purchased the Right of the
almve Machine for the Counties of Cumberland and
llarm-H. is now ready to furnish such as may le
desirous of obtainin; a Right.' The machine is simple,
both in its structure and operations, and should any
portion of it fail, can be easily ami speedily repaired
bv nnv nerson havinsr the use of tools. I do not claim
for this machine more than what it is able to perform
with that description of labor which almost every
able to suniilv. without at all interferinsr
with "tl oiilinarv duties. In the first place a child
12 or 15 years of age can perform all the labor, aftei
l. iv Jtiw Ki.'.n it onerate a few times, and if the direc
tions are adhered to, will do as much work in one day
as three or four women in the ordinary way. and the
work will be much better done. Below will be found
a certificate from those who have purchased and now
have in use one ot these macnines
ISHAM BLAKE.
A m il 12, 185fi.
o:;-if
Fayettk vn.i.E, N. C. April !. 1S50.
We. the undersigned, having purchased of Mr Isham
Blake one of the above machines, cordially recommend
it to the favor of the Public. It washes very rapidly,
and the work is much better done than is usually done
in the old way. and with less wear to the Clothing.
It far exceeds' our expectations, and has only to he
seen in operation to satisfy the most skeptical of its
ntilitv ami economy. We have no doubt of its being
generally used wherever introduced
I). U. McK.vk
.Txo. D. Williams,
W . J . A XDKKSOX,
Wm. McLArnix,
A. P. Hurt,
Jas. G. Smith,
Johx I). Starr,
Joseph A. Worth,
A. J. O'IIaxlox,
David Wemyss.
We in company "with several other gentlemen, saw
a four dollar bill which was. very dirty and much
defaced, put iu and washed out by this machine, re
moving all the dirty appearance of the bill, and leav
iii" imperfectly legible, which shows there is little or
no"rubbing produced in washing tine articles.
Frank N. Roberts,
Jas. -G. Smith.
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
&c.
FALL STOCK.
now receiving, by
S. J.
913.lf-
HINSDALE.
(ii een
Lit
Aug. 30
Aug.. 30, 1S50.
I
NORTlL-CAllpLIIA
. r x
ll a n r jaoh ths' heirtfift ,fopar i
was soarwltrthfonihont the; larrt.e"- AmetJv j
faf? rtetqhen Jfnnny - persons tf T$: silty
Rtftt.tiat'itn ainr nothinss ' this party "KM'.1
A nniit.fnl of the Xational Wasliinfirton mjs
menVAssot'f a tiojtot.irie Federal Cap
mode by; which irs. was. accomplished
fresh in 'the ,WmmYf rea
'fetfow'Ttoftirret.
r Jf "r . ' rVrpv-
eaf
tnxgyjfit
to Terwta moH'omeiwljiv-ionor of W asTTTifton
it , was made .n. object of party scramble.
The disraeefuthem sneceeded the control
of tlie Monument A-ssociation was thus surrep
Utuously obtained, and Knew Nothingism was
substituted in place of a general National senti
ment as the presiding influence over this grand
ovation to the Father of his Country.
The name and the memory of Washington
having been thus desecrated for party purposes
it might reasonably have been expected that,
from very shame of failure, the Know Noth
ings would have bee stimulated to some cre
ditable exertions to redeem their loud promises
to the public. The merest dictates of party
interest, any one would have supposed, would
spur tltem on to do something toward the grand
result, and stave of the ignominy and disgrace
which failure would entail on Know Nothing
ism. But the party which could violate the
sacred pentiment of national gratitude to the
illustrious dead, seemed incapable of realizing
the disgust which a gross neglect to redeem
their promises would inspire.
The Washington Monument, it was vantif ing
ly said by the Know Nothings, would rise
rapidly to completion from the day that 'inten
sely American' party took charge of the work.
It was to lift its towering summit to the skies
by means of the voluntary subscriptions of tlie
Know Notftings alone. From every member
of their lodges and Councils throughout tlie
land was to be a contribution to the work.
This, when completed, was to be not solely, and
we suspect not chiefly, a monument to Wash
ington, but a grand electioneering sign-post to
which Know Nothings were to point, aud boast
of their superior patriotism.
Behold now the' fruits of their ridiculous
arrogance their impertinent folly. Silern-e
broods over tlie spot the hum of industry is
hushed the sound of the artizan's hammer is
no longer heard. -
The blocks awaiting the disposal of the self
constituted guardians of the monument, elo-
yinehf"t:6fceiis-6Fa'
for their great champion and hero, stand there
untouched, mute but scathing witness of Know
Nothing factiousness, presumption and impo
tency. The melancholy Sphynx the broken
columns and crumbling arches of of ancient
Thebes as they- rise from their sandy beds
in which they are half buried bespeak a glory
once resplendent and complete, and the modern
traveller bows his head in honor to the mighty
deeds of the past. But what must the traveller
think of Know Nothingism as he pauses be
fore the Washington Monuirent, and beholds
that eloquent evidence of the delinquency of
this grandiloquent and loud vaunting party.
That party which proiessed to have risen up
from the ruins of the two great parties that
preceded it, and would not hold itselt respon
sible for the obnoxious nets or violated pledges of
either, is itself now a nniq.ie, broken and scat
tered ruin. Its dismembered fragments are
i. f ii.. it..: i....:
seen in an pans oi me union, iiann home
peculiar characteristics common to all, but in
most respects dissimilar, disjointed, discordant,
irreconcilable, repugnant. I hey never could
have formed a homogeneous and symmetrical
whole. They were from the beginning incapa
ble of being moulded into a shape that would
be either useful or ornamental. The part7 has
turned out a miserable deformity a hideous
monument of fanaticism, demagogueism, pro
scription and intolerance.
WliQ is.to-be responsible for the obnoxious
acts and violated pledges of the Know Nothing
pui ij : ( i.rii: jLjinjuie, inline.
Antiquity or the I. O. O.
We find the following in an
F.
old English
Mr Cooper,
paper, liom a speecn delivered by
at a meeting of the order of Greenock, Scotland.
Mr Cooper said:
The origin of the order of Odd Fellows
is of very great antiquity. It was established
by the Roman soldiers iu the camp during the
reign of Nero, in the year 55. At that time
they were "Fellow Citizens." The present
name was given them by Titus Caesar in the
year 70, from the singularity of their meeting
and from their knowing each other by night or
by day, and by their fidelity to him and their
country. And he not only gave them the
name of Odd Fellows, at the same time as a
pledge of friendship, presented them with a
dispensation, engraved on a plate of gold, bear
ing different emblems, such as the Sun, Moon
uid Stars, the Lamb, the Lion, and the Dove,
ami other emblems of morality. The first ac
count ot tlie order being spread in other conn
tries hi the fifth century, when it was established
in the Spanish dominions, and in the sixth cen
tury by King Henry in Portugal, and in the
eleventh it was established iu France, and af
terwards by John D. Neville in England, at
tended by five knights from France, who formed
a Loyal Grand of Honor in London, which
order remained until the twelfth century, then
a part of them began to form themselves into a
union, and a portion of them remain up to this
day the lodges which are now very numerous
throughout the world, and call themselves the
Loyal Ancient Odd Fellows, being a portion
of the original body. The Manchester Unity
is of a more recent date, although there is no
doubt of its emanating from the source. Its
first introduction into Manchester was about
the year 1800, by a few individuals from the
Union in London, who formed themselves into
a lodge and continued in connection with them
for some time, when some difference caused
them to declare themselves independent, and
thus far have kept their work independent. -
r Inherit a ore of Talent. y ; - !
A cotemtWrurv savs that great men usually
inhrrit thfir rollouts from the mother. i his
is a jiopular belief, but not the less erroneous.
The mistake has arisen from attending only lo
those cases in which the mother had a spperior
Oiind, to the neglect of the equally inimerqug.
eAmples where the father possessed remark aU
abilities. Everybody qaotes'thivl that Na
poleon, derived his trei"s & Htiiother.
Nobody "mentions 'that Lnrni -hia.'Vjasj
abilities to his lather. A traoldoni
init a simitar blunder who slioWtf.rfesariiaH
.Americans'.: 'as li-rht-halred.
"eiuci dat j n it Th e t ru t h T v owl5;
we haveho doubt. Wytind controversy. For
it is well-known thstf the child takes its mental
nature in about equal portions from its parents,
and1 this fact at once leads to our conclusion,
as .well as explains why brilliant parents often
hav&dnnces among their offspring.
Let us Illustrate this. A man has the purely
intellectual characteristics in great force, but
is wanting in will; he is consequently a dreamy
philosopher, or a visionary speculator. He
marries a woman, who, with but ordinary intel
lect, has immense energy. One child of this
pair may combine the weakness of both parents;
and will be in that event an irreclaimable fool.
But another may inherit the, mother's will,
with the father's intellect; and tiiis child, unless
ruined by a bad education, is certain to become
distinguished. Or take another example. A
woman with no remarkable abilities, but with
a fine moral nature, is married to a man with
out principle, but --possessing shining abilities.
One child of this pair may have the good quali
ties. of both parents, and become a Bunyan, a
Nestor, or even a Washington. But another
may inherit the deficiencies of both, and
grow up, unless carefully guarded, to be
come a brilliant villain.- Or take a third
instance. One parent may have much imagina
tion, but little else, and the other nothing re
markable, but great perceptive faculties. The
union of these two characteristics in a child
will produce a poet. The transmission . of
either to excess, unless balanced by strong
reasoning powers, may make only a human
monkev or a romantic tool.
The" law explains also why so few eminent
men belong to the same family. .There have
rarely been two distinguished poets, painters,
generals or even statesmen, who were father
and son, or even brothers. The elder and
younger Pitt, though both prime ministers, and
both'famous speakers, were strikingly dissimi
lar in their mental constitutions, so that this
example, which seerns at first to oppose our
theory, in reality sustains it. In fact, wheu
we,coiisider that the mind lias so juany auu so
qissijjiuar ingredients, lueunij, wuoiuj,
fissjmilar ingredients
ifevolcnce, reverence, destructivencss, coiistruc
tiveness, and that these are combined in mil
lions of varieties in as many millions of persons,
tlie wonder is not that two individuals, even of
the same family, resemble each other so little,
but that they 'resemble each other so much.
Given the score and odd of separate bumps
into which phrenology divides the brain, and
take tlie child of any two persons whatever
and who shall say in what exact proportions
out of the ten thousand possible ones, these
qualities ought to unite ?
There is loo much falsity taught for truth on
tiiis and similar subjects, not only in news
papers, but in elaborate books. The reason is
that few persons think soundly, or dare to
deny preconceived or popular ideas. We would
have all men, however, rcllect each for himself
"Prove all thing; hold fast to the good."
Hiotosrrapy in Forging.
A curious circumstance happened on Satur
day, which, says the Paris correspondent of the
Atlas, may be just as alarming to you as it
I roved
1 to us. I he science oi pnotograpny nas.
for some
time past, been the rage amongst the
vonM!r men of fashion in Paris, and has lieen
carried to a great perfection by many of them,
biit'iione to a' srreater extent than by M. Aguado,
-i.sw c.w.-pssfnl studies from nature are well
t-nmvn anions the artists of every country. Oi
Saturday morning this gentleman scut word to
. .1 A. ...... t A
word
j the experts f the Bank of France, that he had
,t lon.rth succeeded so lully in tlie imitation oi
one of the thousand franc notes that lie defied
them to detect it, and to show his perfect con
viction of the impossibility of discovery, he
warned them that the note would be presented
,it the bank between the hours of one and three.
According to this intimation, the whole of
the experts were assembled at the caisse, and
each note brought in was submitted to their
examination before it was accepted. The hours
passcjl bv, and no false note had appeared; the
whole of" those presented during the interval
specified lay in a row spread out before the ex
perts? who already crowed over the idea that
Mr Agnado had not dared to hazard the ex
periment, when just as the clock struck three,
in he walked, smiling ami triumphant, with a
thousand franc note in his hand. " Well, have
yon detected my forgery," said he, with the
greatest coolness. "No," replied the head ex
pert laughins. "for a good reason yon never
sent it."" " Why, there it lies right under your
nose the third'to the left, and here is the ori-
ginal I took it from." I he dismay oi inc ex
perts may be conceived, when even upon com
paring the two they found it impossible to say
which was the genuine note, ami which u; lunc
A committee was held to determine upon the
course to be adopted, as, according to report,
an immense number ot these photographed
notes are in circulation, and M. Agnado de
clares himself able to manufacture any quantity
in a o-iven time, and that none shall be detected,
either by sight or touch. The consternation
created bv the announcement is not to be de
scribed, and the report tells us that the bank
has already accepted the offer of a learned En
glish doctor resident here to furnish a chemical
preparation of his own discovery which shall
immediately decompose the photograph by the
touch of a camel's hair brush dipped in the
liquid, and passed light!yover the printed lines.
The adventure has served to make us laugh,
although rather grimly, when it is- considered
that already the greater proportion of the notes
in circulation may not be able to withstand the
test of the learned doctor's brnsh.-
Blest Mme indeed I For what pleasant associa
tions coiaewith Jrtff advent! ? ..Who that ha
worried thetoiig wei:J through, but feels its
corning a blessing; fSjrthat it brings sweet re
lease from labor, andVthe consciousness yf rest
rest WJie that fellows
s-e 7 :-;"Loii ys oflalior, '
irli2ltt-"detd . of case.?
but Welcomed tlie eVe? as the child the soft gown
that is to cover It a wy to - "beautiful dreams?
"Aft;' it is Ilessed itji! not alone fqr its re
leas from labor, nor,iHn u sense oi res.
but
d..nt wtec Tins, n-t.a
"''.i- r w "--
TTave go i S" wTttt -both e "to v eu one away, r,
per
haps, with some lost one whose days -are" writ
ten in darkness that it gathers children around
the hearthstone, and makes tl(e family feel that
it is one. These are ,some of the exquisite
gifts that time drops upon the thoughtful heart,
thus rendering it full of the consciousness of
sermons. . .. . ,v .
It was a poet-lieart that thiew these sweet
memories of the hour upon the canvas, lius to
give tlie graver a theme upon - which - to vent
the toil of years, in its reproduction npon steel;
that all then might have the embodiment, not
only of their lives, but also of their "dreams, to
study and be a constant companion. Faid was
that poet-artist, and Lemon the engraver who
executed it on steel, in the highest style of the
wonderful Art that now reposes in the burin.
And here, like the magic mirror which revealed
to Salathiel his buried years, the embodiment
of that "Saturday Night" is before us. Look
with us, reader, upon it!
It is a cottage scene. The slanting rays of
the decreasing sun come in at the low windows,
and give to the tiled room the dreamy air that
always bodes rest- peace. The wheel is still;
the dishes stand untouched npon the side-tables;
to the centre ot the floor is drawn the large
table, over which is spread the clean, white
cloth ; and around it are gathered the "loved
ones at home" all except the father and son,
who were away on the sea, and this nightly
gathering is for prayers for the absent. The
parish curate occupies the first seat, and the
Holy Hook is raised in his hands as he reads.
The old grandatn sits next, in Iter highback,
splint-bottomed chair. Her attitude is one of
intense attention; and yet yon see through her
wrinkled features that light glowing which be
speaks the God-l'rke woman. Few faces wrought
in steel ever gave more expression. It is a
triumph, indeed when net' only the finely
wrought lights and shades of the -Tea litres can
be thrown updtr th expiate, bnt also the soul of
the subject, which gleams out even -beneath the
wrinkles of age, and makes us admire the ehar
atCTtnmall -ftS ihe rAuttk of-tUe old
lady, and standing in the attitude of a meek
worshipper, is the wife of the absent son. Her
face, still smooth with its yonth, is yet perva
ded by that sadness which shows, that if her
thoughts are on the Holy Word, her heart is
away" with him on the sea. Next at the table
is the grand-daughter of the old lady a sweet
creatnre, with full round face, and the embodi
ment of purity and innocence. It is a tace lit
for eves to gaze upon, and we find our lips
murmuring, "God, give us children like to herl"
Her attitude of reverential listening 4s very
finely given. Next sits the good curate's wire,
who has come with him on ins visit, oi com
fort. She is clad in hsilf-cloak. tier taee is
one of the purely English contours, which the
Briton regards as most national ana ocautiiul.
It is in a thoughtful mood, and form a very
charming feature of the group. Before the
table, sitting on the floor, with a puppy on his
lap, is the boy of the cottage a little chap of
some five or "six summers. His -playmate is
struggling in his arms, to get at the old spaniel
of the curate's, which sits near by, looking at
the voting dog very archly, as much as to say,
"don't you wish you were the curate's dog?"
By the'spaniel's side lies a little terrier, who,
from his shaggy eyebrows, is looking upon the
puppy with some interest. This second group
is one of the features of the picture, and w ill
attract attention.
This is no outline sketch of that family group.
Of its air of repose-and innocency of its pas
toral surroundings,' we have not space further
to sneak. Suffice, that it is a perfect daguer-
reotvne of an English cottage, of English peas
out i.o .ntv of :i Potter's Saturday Night: and
in its bonntv and the lesson it impresses upon
i.. ,lu , - - B -
every heart, its mission we know will be one ot
-ood. We can wish the subscribers of the
Cosmopolitan no better gift than that they may
become possessed of this picture, to let its lesson
of "Saturday Night" sink deeply into the heart,
and aim it to gentle" aud ennobling thoughts.
IIf.sistaxce to Improvements. The follow
ing, from Archbishop Whateley's Annotations
on Bacon's Essays, is a rich literary and scien
tific gem :
"It was the physicians of the highest stand
ing that most opposed Harvey. It was the
most experienced navigators that opposed
Columbus's views. It was those conversant
with the management of the post office that
were the last to approve of the plan of the uni
form penny postage. For thegreater any one's
experience and skill in his own department, and
the more he is entitled to the deference which
is prorerbially due to each man in his own pro
vince, the more likely, indeed, he will be to be
a good judge of improvements in details, or
even to introduce them himself, bnt the more
unlikely to give a fair hearing to any proposed
radical change. An experienced stage coach
man is likely to be a good judge of all that re
lates to turnpike roads and coach horses, but
you should not consult him about railroads and
steam carriages. Again, every one knows how
slowly and with what difficulty farmers are pre
vailed on to adopt any new system of husban
dry, even when the faults of an old established
usage, and the advantage of a change cam be
made evident to the senses.
The know nothings and Black republi
cans of Illinois have fused their electoral tickets
in favor of Fremont. A nice example for their
LSouthtrn bretheren.- . -
Worbinxmaa
AniealtOv"orkin!rinen are irencrallvh um
lings of t hcM" ta t'ift knd. Jii ost cont em p t ible Soft.
They are filled witV f-laptrap, misstatements
aiid'b'uncwiiibeTV They start withltiTsniiiKwi-;
tion that all workinginen. arefooisahd require.
to be coaxetl or titled. Itniay fiiswer In
Emriish rJVenchVecKn8to,niake great shor
and pretense Of flfmpathy;. and ; lo:yefor the!
"aliorinjrxlasscs ; Mot tluMo:: : Iases'areoo In-.;
telliffntaiMlJweU inrormea in tnis
ntrjt to
be
by snrh fulsome and in
ting ap
teals, ,
to them
apt tea la
vCtablc. newpapcr co
escends
pi Recti-
iblic sjieaker will att
Jra ridicule and regar'
' . t. .A
nimseit. f
mall Ut$
Vet In hca
ainpaigns, wnen iu
of parties
tive in the cans
e occ-
sionally sc
ar something of tl.
e absgrdr
"appeals
to
gmen,",aitd we presume
V? uclKnfceals fcuauy wp-
jtliem to the.r ovn cause.
have made them.
I''
ivte inv
oome diny partisan siets havte invented a
story .that Mr Buchanan wg not 'a friend to
the workingmcn." It is cangh npand repeat-,
ed by the less decent of the Black ljiepublican"
and Know Nothing press. The democratic
papers have as yet scarcely noticed tl ridicu
lous slander, deeming i., doubtless, beneath'
their attention. We do not propose to ex-.
amine the allegation, for that were Aoing it and
its authors too much honor: but we place upon'
record simply, the following letter, written by
Mr Buchanan some nineteen years ago, when a"
V. S. Senator from Pennsylvania", to the Hon.
Mahlon Dickerson, then Secretary of the Navyr
" Washington, Dec. 26, 1837.
"My Df.au Sir : Permit me to address you'
on a subject which has excited-much feeling
throughout the City and County of Philadelphia,'
and has enlisted iny warmest sympathies.
". Five hundred mechanics have been suddenly,
thrown out of employment in the Navy Yard
in Philadelphia, at this inclement season of the'
vear. Most of them depending on their daily ,
bread, yon can easily appreciate what must be
their sufferings. Their large families (as a
friend informs me) are in a most lamentable
condition, and God only knows what will be
come of them unless Government gives them'
employment.
. "Now, ir, allow me to remark that nothing;
short of necessity ought to compel a paternal'
Government to place such a body of mechanics,
who have faithfully performed their duty, in
such deplorable circumstances. I know that
the feelings of your heart will respond to this'
sentiment. Why not, then, make an effort
for their relief? They ask ho favor but to bo
permitted to give, in their labor, an equivalent;
for bread for themselves, their wives, ani their
children. I understand there is now a frigate
in the Navy Yard, on which they might be
employed. . .
"Even if the Department, nnder other cir
cumstance, should deem ittnore advisable, for
the present, to lelay her completion, Still a
mere question of a few months in point of time
becomes comparatively insignificant when weigh
ed in the balance againtt humanity and justice.
Beside, unless the Navy Yard at Philadelphia
is to be abandoned, which I trust is not con
templated bv the Department.it is of great
importance to the Government to prevent such
a body of faithful and skillful mechanics from
dispersing.
I therefore appeal to you with confidence,"
to grant them employment and I almost envy
you the power of conferring blessings upon so
many industrious and nicrnonouscuiiuun, ...v..
out doing injury to the Government.
I feel confident von will pardon me mr re
questing as early an answer to this communica
tion as may be consistent with your conven
ience .TAMES BUCHANAN.
" Hon. Mahlon Dickerson, Secretary of the
Navy."
If the writer of that letter be not a friend of
the laboring men, then we have only to hope
that they have many such enemies among the
public men of America !
Can the North and South Remain To-
g ether? The progress of events is daily
answering, no. The North cannot be made to.'
believe that the South is in earnest, and will'
abide the consequences of disunion rather than
submit to the arrogance of Frcesoilism, or the'
wicked schemes of Abolitionism. IleDce, like'
the North American, of Philadelphia, they scek
constant opportunities to taunt us:
"Slavery, in the abstract, if wrong docs no
harm. We do not contend with abstractions.'
We do not even go beyond Mason and DixonV
line to choke the viper in the bosom of those'
who hug it there. But we protest, in the name"
of humanity, in the name of patriotism, against
such a spread of the evil as shall make this
.rroiit nil tion in nil its nilblic acts, but the
defender of human chattels. We protest against1
a slavery preponderance in our national coun
cils. We will not have our character as a na
tion tainted with slavery as a national sin, and
our treaties, our policy, our governmental rela
tions, domestic and foreign, forever impeded
and disturbed With it. The Kansas struggle'
has opened the eyes of the slowly awaking
North, and the determination is fixed that,
while the present Slave States may keep th?ir'
own, slavery shall not be fastened upon us as a
.... I. .. I I ti t An "
lltlllUHUl Ili.'M.UULPMl.
"In all kindness, we warn fhe aggressors to
forbear, lest, in grasping at the shadowy visions'
of the Calhoun school of politicians; they lose
the substantial protection Which iS now their
safety. The North can endure much, for the'
sake of peace and brotherhood, but it vfill-not.
endure complicity in the evils oi slavery ex
tension." . .
Protection I "ay. snclr protection as" vultures;
"ive to Iannis, covering aim ic ui m-....
' . T , . I 1 I I . .
The time rapidly approaches to nispei ine illu
sion, and show the unanimous feeling of the
South to resist the aggressions of the North at
every hazard. They have nd' fear df the re
sult. South Carolinian.
&0 flSl-P-
Mr Buchanan not a Friend of tne
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