f iVIOlKUS' DEPARTMENT
Hyittrtes f m Jak f Cak
Tor years no one supposed that a piece of
soft coal dug from its mine or bed in the earth
possessed any other property than being com
bustible, or was valuable for any other purpose
than ns a fuel. It was next found that it would
;ifford a gas which is also combustible. Chem
ical analysis proved it to be made np of hydro
gen. vl process of time mechanical and chem
ical ingenuity devised a mode of manufacturing
gas and applying it to the lighting of buildings
and. cities on a large scale. In doing this other
iro.lucts of distillation were developed, until
step by step the following ingredients or mate
nils are extracted from it;
1st. An excellent oil to supply light-houses,
equal to the best sperm oil, and at a lower cost.
2. Benzoic. A light sort of etherinl fluid
which evaporates easily, and combining1 wjth
vanor or moist air is used for the purpose of
j citable gas lamps, so called.
:. Xci.ka. A heavier fluid, useful to dis
seize Gatta Pcrcl.a, Indi i Rubber, etc.
4 An oil excellent for lubricating purposes.
5 Jspiallum, which is a black solid sub
stance, useful in making Tarnishes, covering
roofs and covering over vaults.
f. Parrafine. This is a white chrystaline
substance resembling white wax, and which
can be made into beautiful wax candles. It
melts at a temperature of 110 degrees, and af
fords an excellent light.
All of these substances we learn by the
Plough Loom and Anvil, are now made from
the soft coal found in Kentucky, and manufac
tured by the Breckinridge coal company at
Cloversport, in that State. They have twelve
retorts in operation day and night, consuming
eight or ten tons of coal every twenty-four
hours. One can hardly realize ns he takes a
lump ol heavy smutty coal in his hand, that he
holds concentrated therein, all these different
ingredients chaiued witbin, and which a little
heat properly applied will liberate and present
in their separate forms, ready for the several
purposes to which they are adapted.
DctcriornUou of tbe Wheat Crop One Cause,
Your columns have been occupied occasion
ally for several years, with direct statements of
.the fact that seed wheat is materially injured
when threshed by machine, or with indirect and
incidental allusions tc this fact, in articles
treating of matters connected with it. The in.
jury thus done to seed wheat has been frcquent-
ly set forth as a reason why the Quantity of
seed formerly sown and deemed sufficient for an
acre should now be increased considerably, as
a large proportion of the kernels are usually
broken or otherwise injured, as to make it im
possible that they should germinate. The in
jury thus done, has also been presented as a
probable cause of young plants being feebler
and slower of growth, and consequently more
liable to attacks of insects, wevils, &c than if
the produce of sounder and plumper seed
Deeming the considerations above named,
and the changes in ripening and threshing,
wheat intended for seed, which would naturally
follow from practicing according to these con
siderations, of no little importance, I have been
gratified to see the question in my caption dis
cussed with ability and earnestness by a writer
in one of the best, and one of the neatest ap
pearing journals of the west, namely, the Wis
consin Farmer. This writer, who says he is
neither a farmer nor a man of science, lends the
sanction of his authority that of a man of
good judgment to the views which have been
named, as often presented and inculcated in
your pages. lie says that in Wisconsin the
question is often asked, "Why cannot our state
raise as good wheat as she used to do before
about 1850?" In reply to this question, this
writer, who uses the signature of J. C. L ,
Juneau, Wis., states that when the country
was first settled the inhabitants threshed en
tirely with the flail, and were accustomed also
to save the ripest and best of the grain for seed.
To secure the ripest and best they were in the
habit, ttiav of them, of throwing down the
basd.'es and beating the tops uutil that portion
thai 77dr completely matrrcd, nnd most easily,
therefore, freed from the hall, had been thresh
ed out. "The bundles were then thrown back
upon the mow and reserved for the mill."
By this course thc very best of the crop was
6aved for seed, and secured whole and uninjured
whereas it is generally allowed that the mach
ines now used break the largest and best kern
els, and injure a great many so as to put them
beyond all possibility of germinating.
I have been informed by those who have
been at the pains to investigate this subject,
and to examine wheat after threshing, that they
have noticed many kernels in which the little
germ towards one end seemed to be beat in or
scooped out, and at all events injured so as to
appear quite unlike its condition in a sound
kernel.
These suggestions will receive, I trust, the
consideration to which they seem to be well en
titled, some at least among your readers, and
by the farmers of New-York and other states,
as well as of Wisconsin. If anyf your readers
have reserved a patch of wheat for seed, and
threshed it by flail, of late years, or threshed
out some of the ripest in the way above men
tioned, we would be pleased to be informed of
the results observed in a subsequent crop.
OBSERVER,
Good wheat soil contains twenty times more
lime than old, exhausted fields.
Xo better time than oovr for-turning under
stnbblt ground.
THE FEMXUAL CRISIS ISO THE CEHttlL
rlMPBim 0F THE COCHTRT.
Freqneut record is still made in the journals
of New York, Philadelphia, and Boston of the
suspension of banks, merchants, traders, . and
manufacturers; but notwithstanding the wide
spread losses and embarrassments which these
suspensions have occasioned, they have as yet
produced no visible effect on the aggregate
prosperity of the whole country. Nature has
been too lavish in her gifts, our conutrymen too
prompt in availing themselves of those favors,
and the financial policy of the democrrtic party
has been too successful in confirming within
comparatively safe limits the schemes of enter
prise and the expansions of trade, to admit of
general embarrassment and suffering from the
folly, extravagance, mismanagement or ruin of
any class or eiasses of business men, whether
their transactions have been in a private or a
corporate capacity. hue the financial cir
cles of the three cities named are daily and
feverishly moved by partial stoppages and down
right bankruptcies by the depreciation of real
estate and by the hitherto vain effort of the
bulls" and "bears" of the stock market to find
a "bottom" every section of our broad Union
is gladdened with glorious assurance that
"plenty crowns the year." To quote from the
Albany Argus:
"The corn crop is now generally beyond dan
ger of damage from frost. On some low lands
and in the hilly regions where the soil is not
udapted to this crop, it would probably sustain
some injury, but in the good corn-growing dis
tricts it" is now safe. Thjs may well be a mat
ter of congratulation not merely among farmers,
but alro amo g all classes of people. It crowns
the year with plenty. All the other crops were
already most bundant, and now the usual an
nual supply of this valuable ahd extensive cul
tivated article of breadstuff and provender is
added to the luxurious catalogue. We heard
of no crop which can be said to be a failure
this year, except the potato. There was a very
abundant growth of that esculent, but the 'rot'
has done great damage to it in many parts of
this State. We cannot speak of the extent of
this injury i.i other States -and think it proba
bly that the West, which is said to have a
large extent of acres in potatoes this
year,
has
escaped this blight."
In this connexion, another New York cotem
porary also remarks:
The crops of the country arc the largest ever
known; almost every section of our land reports
bounteous harvests, and there is every pros
pect of a good foreign demand at fair prices for
all thc grain and flour we can supply. Through
the troubles in india, and the general increasing
foreign demand, our pork and beef, which have
become important articles of export, will com
mand probable double their average value, and
we shall have a greatly increased supply The
prospects for a fully fair crop of cotton are
promising and prices are nearly or quite dou
ble those of average years. Throughout the
length and breadth of the land there is an un
usual prospect of late fall pasture, and roots
for the sustenance of cattle, which is a matter
of more importance than is generally consider
ed. California is sending us regularly more
than forty millions of gold per annum, a con
siderable portion of which remains in circnlation
in the interior of our couutry. Emigration to
our shores of a more thrifty class of people is
steadily onward, and through the money they j
bring, together wita their industrious habits,
our western states are reaping a rich harvest.
The time has happily passed by wh?n the
agricultural and manufacturing Interests of the
country can be almost ruinously affected by
the operations of State bankers and brokers,
or the corrupting, overshadowing influences of
a "great regulator" or of the national currency
and the exchanges. That there has been a se
rious financial crisis in several of our largest
northern and western cities admits of no dispute
but we suspect that thc losses complained of
are, to a very considerable extent, more nominal
than real. I he enormous decline which has
taken place in the value particularly of rail
road property is the natural scqnence of ex
cessive speculation of stimulating unsafe and
unknown stocks to the point of gambling prices.
As far as we have observed, the crisis" has
not forced any railroad stock to any serious ex
tent below its real intrinsic value, or prevented
any company from declaring an honestly-made
dividend. The decline, we fancy, has been from
tbe ruling, fictitious figures of the speculators
to the trying standard of real capital and real
investments. In other words, no considerable
shares of the enormous losses of Wall and
Third streets must be counted as the anticipa
ted profits of the "bears" and the unsettled
differences of the "bulls."-
There is no occasion for alarm or distrust,
but abundant and abiding cause for joy and
gratitude. As long as we can draw upon the
cotton-fields of the South and the factories of
thc East, upon the teeming granaries of the
middle and western States, upon the gold de
posites of California, aud the iron and coal de
positcs of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and as
long as our industrial interests are blessed as
they have'beeu, and continue to be, in a re
markable degree, by a kind and beneficent
Providence, it is cuite likely that the great
mass of the people will not be seriously incon
veueed by the money panics and money disas
ters oi any city :n The Lmioi!.
Lfct of Lost KtraTrdo'pr,
Taking a retrospect, with a view to recount
the various catastrophes which have befallen
ocean steamships owned in or trading with the
United States, we Gnd that the following have
been entirely lost.
uYivie. luitc. I'aluatimi.
President, ' Xever heard of 350,000
Columbia, Ail hands saved 300,000
nuraboldt, All hands saved 500,000
City of Glasgow, Xever heard of 200,000
City of Phila. Ail hands saved 300,000
Franklin, All hands saved 480,000
San Francisco, A few saved 300,000
Aictic, A few saved 100,000
Pacific, Xever heard of 680,000
Tempest, Xever heard of 300,000
Central America A few saved 140,000
$4,250,000
E.clusive of about $1,600,000 in specie.
All thc talk about "temporary suspen
sion," "speedy resumption " etc.. by the Phila
delphia Banks amounts to just nothing, in the
face of the fact that they are urging upon the
Governor of Pennsylvania to call an extra ses
sion of tbe Legislature of that State, for the
purpose of giving them pardon for the past and
security from the future Tbey want the Leg
islature to repeal the enactments by which the
banks forfeit their charters and incur other
penalties in case of suspension. They want,
not only to escape tbe legal penalties of the
existing suspension, but also free license to stay
"suspended'' as long as tbey please. Xot much
like "speedy resumption." Wil. Herald.
hufiTH CAROLINIAN
l fi.C
Trial ofSrs Gardiner, Charged with Poisoning her
Husband Her address to the Jury.
The court room was crowded nlmostto suffo
cation before the court came in. Before the
Jujge's charge, Mrs Gardiner, with great emo
tion, aud with tears and sobs, spoke as follows;
"I have much to say, but I do not know how
to say it;
T am here, teeltle ana iow, uui i nave
ow, but I
done nothing which should pumieiu i.napiace;
' ' .... .-i . :!.: i
I feel that I have been greatly injured -and
si
me; I Know mi i ' " "ce .vherl
business to be here; but I am in a pl;ce w here
Icanuot help myseit and 1 teei mat i nave
no
one to sav a word in my defence. ( tears
enh, I fwi likft one all alone in the world
with nobodv to help me at all; I am so faint
and weak that I am hardly able to be here this
morning; I. thought last night that I should be
able to speak and to say considerable, but I am
not.
."It is not because I am guilty that I can't
say what I want to; I don't feel that I have
done anything which would put me here; I jan
declare before my Maker, aud before you yill,
that I am innocent of thc charge which is mide
against me; I tell you here I am innocent, s j
have done everywhere; some one has done ,tbe
deed, and lays it to me, and I alone hav to
bear it; I feel like one dying by inches, and
have felt so all the time (Renewed sobs.,
"As true as you are a judge in this cofirt,
(looking him in the face,) remember, too. fftat
you have a Judge in Heaven, who.
judge yon for what you tier,- on the ' lfcstaay
Deai mercifully with me, and spare me for the
caI. ..r ..... ..V. : l.l ...... . 4 I ... . tA o on r jinn - nAfli !
to mens my own life; they hare been disgraced
by what other have brought upon me; I do
nt feel that I hnve done anything wrong my
self; I know I have not done anything, there
fore, I feel hat I have been injured by the ill
feeling and prejudice of peojile against me, for
which I am not to blame, sir, (great emotion.)
"I would that God would reveal from Hea
ven by His pure spirit, to your minds and
hearts that I am innocent, and that you might
know the s-wilty one."
Tiic accused here took her seat, apparently
prostrated by fcer leehngs, but soon rose again.
She continued "I wocld ask that
you judge
me rightly, be careful that yon" do not condemn
me, not knowing Trhat you do.'-
Loafers ix a Fkinti.vg OFficE. -The com
posing room of a printing office is not the place
to tell long stories, or arue abstruse points in
metaphysics. Head, ye loungers, and ue
advised:
A printing office is like a school; it can have
no interlopers, uaigers on, or twauuiers, witn-!
out a serious inconvenience, to say nothing of
loss of time, which is inst as good as jjold to
the printer, as though it metallically glistened
in his hand. What would be thought of a man
who would enter a school, and twaddle first
with thc teacher, and then with the scholars
interrupting the discipline of one, and the stnd
ics of the other? Aud yet this is the precise
effect of the loafer in the printing office.--IIe
seriously interferes with the course of business,
distracts the great attention which is necessary
to the good printer. Xo gentleman will ever
enter it and presumed to act loafer. He will
feel above it, for no real man ever sacrificed
the interests of interference with thc duties of
others. The loafer does both. Let iiim think
if he ever has, that the last place he should
ever insinuate u worthless and unwelcome
presence, is in the printing office.
From the Philadelphia Press.
From numerous poetical tributes to the
memory of Captain Herndon, which crowd our
table, we select the following, contributed by a
Philadelphian. Its earnest truthfulness and
simple pathos combine to make it most touch-
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IIERXDOX.
Ay, shout and rave, thou cruel sea,
In triumph o'er that fated deck,
Grown holy by another grave
Thou hast the captain of the urecJc.
Xo prayer was said, no lesson read,
O'er him, the soldier of the sea,
And yet for him, through all the land.
A thousand thoughts to-night shall, be
And many an eye shall dim with tears,
And many a cheek be flushed with pride,
And men shall say here died a Man;
And youth shall learn how well he died.
Ay, weep for him, whose noble soul
Is with the God who made it great,
But weep not for so proud a death
We could not spare so grand a fate.
Nor could Humanity resign
That hour, which bids her heart beat high,
And blazon Duty's stainless shield, ,
Aud sets a star in Honor's sky.
Oh dreary night! Oh grave of hope!
Oh sea, and dark unpitying sky!
Full many a wreck these waves shall claim
Ere such anothcrs heart shall die.
Alas, how can we help but mourn
When hero bosoms yield their breath,
A century itself may bear
But once the flower of sueb'a deatfc.-
So full of manliness so sweet :
With utmost duty nobly done , ' . .
So thronged with deeds, so filled with life,
As though with death that life begun.
It has begun, true gentlemen! '
No better life we ask for thee,
Thy Viking soul and woman heart,'
For ever shall a beacon be
A Ftarry thought to veering souls. -To
teach it is not best to live:
To show thai life has nought to match
Such knighthood as the grave can give.
Thee "Bible Twaxg." Once upon a time
an elderly Scotch woman gave her grandson the
newspapsr to read, telling him to read aloud.
The only reading aloud the boy had been
much in the way of hearing was at the parish
kirk, and he began to read in the exact tone in
which he had so often heard the minister read.
The good old lady was shocked at the boy's
profanity, and giving him a box on the ear,
exclaimed, "What! dost thou read thc news
paper with the Bible twang?"
Many a minister has a twang or a tone for
the pulpit that he never uses in conversation. If
a lawyer at the bar should address the jury in
the preaching tone he would make them laugh
when he wished to make them weep. Preach
ing would be far more efficient in the ordinary
tone, such as used between man and man; but
many preachers pitch on a key so varient 'from
their natural voice that they would not be re
cognized unless they could be seen. Ncu York
Observer.
F AY E T T E V IL LE, M. C.
The Launch of Che Great Eastern.
The London News says:
- As we have said, it is expected to take place
in October, and will begin at 2 in the morning
when the great Eastern will be moved down as
the tide ebbs till ebe reaches Jow.-water mark
exactly at low water. As the tide flows again
she will, of conrse be floated off. moored in the
centre of the riverand continue her fittinsrs. so
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l USeif'- tbe histant thc shores w. knocked
aw n , . h , -
probably strand itself on the opposite side of
the river. To prevent this catastrophe massive
chains are fastened to the cradles, which are
passed through double sheaves secured to
clumps of piles driven 35 feet into the solid
earth. The ends of these chains, after passing
twice through the sheates, will be attached to
windlasses, so that men working on them may
slacken the speed of the ship, or even stop it al
together, if required.
While passing over the first 200 feet of the
"ways" great care must, be used; but that dis
tance once safely accomplished, the Great
Eastern may be safely left to find her own way
into that element on which for year's to come
she will be regarded as a marvel and a wonder.
The great extent which the launching "ways"
cover diminishes the weight per square foot
which they will be required to bear to little
more than three-quarters of a ton. The ordi
nary weight over launching "ways" is 2i tons
the square foot, though launches are frequently
matte in .London at three tons. A tell-talu in
dicutor wrl be faxed to the two c'rarlls kv that.
any difference that may occur in the rate of
descent of each will be immediately rectified
by the check tackle.
In Austrian Tlew of England's military Spirit.
The following is an extract from an article in
the Oeslerrcidiische Zieiluni
"The cry of vengeance which was raised in
England as soon as the cruelties committed by
the Indian mutineers became known was but
natural. Women and ebildren can cry for ven
geance, but men ean do more. It is a remark
able fact that not one band of volunteers has
yet offered to proceed to the seat of war. The
universities, the public schools,- the factories
the cottages of the peasants, have not sent
forth one man with his gun or sword in his
hand. In any other country thousands would
have been carried away by their feelings, and
offered their services at such a highly-critical
moment. When the United States Were at
war with Mexico ten times as many volunteers
presented themselves as could be accepted,
Tot oulv vouutr men belonsrinir to th first nnrl
richest families, but even gray-headed fathers
of families hurried to the scene of action ad
served in the ranks. The taste for deeds of
arms is almost extinct in the Luropean- brach
of thc Anglo Saxon race. It is only for lucra
tive applicants. The lower classes, when en
listed and paid, do what they are bid; but when
the times are prosperous and wages high, re
cruits are not to be found. In fact, the English
army has almost become a myth."
JBgylt will no do-nbt be gratifying to the
friends of Mr Jno. V. Dobbi, of Fayetteville
late Purser in the Navy, to know that he ien
dered the officers of the ill-fated steam-ship
Centra! America important services, and did
all that man could do, ere the waters of the
ocean swept over the decks of that luckless
ship and engulfed him, with hundred others,, in
its waves forever.
The testimony of the chief engineer of tbe
ship is to this purport.
Mr Dobbin was returning from the Pacific
where he had been engaged as purser on board
the United States sloop of war Portsmouth.
He is known to have left the deck of the steam
er a few minutes before she went down, and, it
is supposed, was in his state-room at the time
of the fatal catastrophe. Wil. Herald.
V IEUXTEMP3 Comixg. The announcement
that the greatest living master of the violin,
Vieuxtemps, is about to give a concert here
next Tuesday will be hailed with delight by
those who appreciate the highest order of mu
sical genius for Vieuxtemps belongs to that
class. What wonderful compositions are his!
What soul as well as science marks his works!
Well may people wish to hear him recite them
since no one but himself can do full justice to
them. He has no rival as a performer, and we
find that he is every where appreciated as poss
essing a most remarkable musical individuality.
Thai berg, the king of pianists, and Madame
D'Angri, the famous eontralto sin-rer, Rocco.
wmi oiiinrs, win be associated with the
owned Vieuxtemps in the concert, which
ren
will oe a Dnuiant affair Wash. V
imon.
Attempt to Escape.
1 he J5r. brig Sigone, which cleared from this
port for St., Domingo, came to anchor at
bnnthville, and, one of the crew hearing a noise
as of some person beinsr in the hold nf tl.
sel, informed the Cantaiu of the fact, trim wont
ashore and reported his suspicions to some per-
ai.o mure, inat some one was concealed on
board. A party immediately went to the 1 rib
and made search, when they found a nero be
longing to Mrs Piatt, of Smith ville, named Jno
ljong, tine stevedore who stored the vessel )
ma wiiu, u uegro woman named Kose, be
longing to Air J. L. Hewett, of Brunswick
couniy. jonn liaa hxed a nice place for him-
seii anu wile, and had laid in a rood snpply of
piuviaivus ior me passage. Wil. IJerald.
What a Newspaper Ought to Be. The Bos
ion meager, in noticing a wordy warfare a-
mougsc its cotemporaries in regard to what is
termed a "leading" newspaper, says very troly:
"A newspaper is not necessarily a bomb
shell to blow everybody to pieces that happens
l ut, wuen it goes through its morntnir
ana evening explosions. It ought to place be-
me ...ac, ii.gnest and most dignified pur
poses, and to put forth all its exertion and en
ergy to suceesstuliy work them out. Wrang
ling ana snarling and personal quarrels the
mass of the reader do not desire. They re-
tuse to become parties to these practices. They
want, opu auu rair comments on all transac
tions ana events that can possibly interest
mem; iney are ior tne earliest news from all
quarters of the globe; they are fond of good
temper and ganiality and common sense in the
general make up of their favorite newspaper;
and they very soon go to the right quarter to
get these things.
Raising the Central America. It is re
ported that negotiations are going on between
the Boston Sub-marine Armor Company and
the underwriters of the Central America, to
raise her hull, which is supposed to be iu about
28 fathoms water. The specie in her alone
would furnish ample inducements for the ex
periment, if her position can be aenrately fixed
nrf that it can is Drobable, from the fact that
Captain Herndon was reported to hare given.
her position to the vessel wuicu rciutcu lums
to his relief.
THE NORTH G AROL.I Niil IV
FAYETTEVlLLE, N. C,
S;if m-M;fy, Oclober 3; t 85 . '
AV31. K. WISHT3IS. EDITOR.
G. C. McCrcmmk; is our duly authorized
agent Tor the collection of all claims dtfu this office.
- TO ADVERTISEBSk
Perfffns deirou? of the immediate insertion df their
Kdvertlning faivtfru mut hand theirt in by THURSDAY
AFTERKOOiN. tftltervfrise they will not ajtycitt iifit.il
the succeeding week. Oiit ffie'rids tritl please hear
this in mind as wc intcrtd tf make it a rule vsithvu
exception.
Frignteaed him Enujb.The last Spectator to'fnes
to us freighted with nearly rt half dozen col
umns of personal matter relating la ourself.
"VVe will not again sacrifice cfhr self respect
and forfeit that of all true gentlemen, by giving
the slightest c'onfideration to anything emana
ting from so profoundly contemptible a source-
Our presence at Saluda Gap in spite of all
his efforts to have ts arrested has already
frightened hrn out of the few ;;wits originally
possessed by him and we are willing to let
the poof devil go with the "scare" we hare al
ready given him. Rave On1,- my sprrnky liftle
friend! yOuY size and age protects you!
ABOLITIONISM IX IIOfc'TH CAtfOLIffl.-
We have observed under the above and sim
ilar headings a number of articles respecting a
proposition1 lately submitted througn the col
umns of the Askcbortt BidUtin atfd endorsed by
the editor. What with our Rayners, Stanlys,
Iledricks, Helpers and, Tast find Teast too,
Asheboro Bulletins, the old North State must
present a queer picture to the conservative men
Of the Northern States. We at home do ho(
consider them uanjrefous beca'iiR&
that they are powerless, men witl'ibut .moral or
political influence. They stand alone, a petty
band of partizan fanatics wlrose whole' confes
sion 6f potitical faith is conrpreh'end'ed iu the
one sentiment, opposition to democracy. They
exercise no influence; their opinions do not
command respect,- and the public expression f
their sentiments, no matter bow adverse to
patriotism and good sense tlrey may be, is al
lowed and riiichepked by any overt constraint'
merely because of t'heir profound insignificance.
But it is abroad that the pernicous influence
of these irefY is felt. Weight and consideration
is given them by those who do iiol know thi'm:
Importance is attached fo their positions
and professions of principles by those who man
ufacture fanatic capftal out of the treachery, fol
ly and. madness of sonthern notoriety hunters;
tbey are held up as exponents of the public
sentiment in thai; sectioW of country which itf
cMshonoTed by their residence therein, and are
declared to be the representatives of the man
ly, independent, conscientious, intelligent por
tions of their respective ccmmsiuties. It is
thus that northern mxrn who aft inclined to dt
us justice and whose' Conservative patriotism
wonld otherwise overcome their m Or bid hostili
ty to our institutions, are misfed and in thou
sands of instances induced to join the fan&s of
the Sontb's opponents. If we rebuke them
for their fanaticism, they point us to these, our
own fellow citizens, and tell us to convert our
home iuGdels before we preach to the heathen a
broad. A fools folly and a knave's knavery
are never hurtful where they are known, appre
ciated and guarded against but they are fre
quently the agents of wrong at a distance,
which wrong is ultimately reflected upon the
interests and weitare ot those whom they can.
not d'rectly injure at home, borne of these
men are knaves, some fools and others both.
If our cotemporary of the Southern Light,
from whose paper we make the annexed extract,
knew as well as we do in whicn category to
rank the Asheboro Bulletin, he would not have
complimented that sheet by noticing it even
in such terms as the following.
We have before us the North Carolina Bulle
tin, of the 5th instant, which contains one of tbe
most disgusting Abolition effusions that has yet
disgraced the columns of a Southern journal.
It openly and boldly proposes that tbe Federal
Government shall tax the peoplp the slave
holder as well as the Abolitionist, and turn
slave trader with the capital thus raised, and
purchase the negroes at two-thirds of their as
sessed value, and colonize them in Africa. Jt
does seem that the Federal Constitution has
become absolutely obsolete, for no one who
ever read that instrument, from which, the Fed
eral Governnrent derives all its powers, could"
come to the conclusion thfft stfch a power was
conferred by that instrument on the- Federal
Government. Stich unlearned traitors should be
hung upon the nearest tree that would bear
their weight. Argument and reason upon such
would be tnro-wn avra.f.-Lynchburgh ( Va.)
So. Light
Heavy Rates or Interest. We have it
from unquestionable authority, says the Fred
ericksburgh Herald, that three per cent, .and
three and a half per cent, per mouth, have
been demanded and been paid in our streets
within the last week! What pursuit, business,
or engagement, will justify such rates as these?
JSf-Presidcnt Buchanan declines visiting the
St. Louis Agricultural Fair, on account of pub
lie duties.
jr-lt is said that the
Roanoke, broke her back
at Norfolk,
new steam
frigate
on being launched
Tbe expenses of tbe Cincinnati Fire De
partment for the past six months, were 62,000.
More Paper Makebs FjiiLiKo.Messieur
A. C. & G. Curtis, paper manufacturers at
Newton, Lower Falls, Mass., have f aapend
ed operations,
; , .
V n Vermont one person to every fifty-three
is usable to read or write.
That ia the black-repablican banner State,
JKLITII Lifts -
The jafrd Tor the organisation, euiptiiefit and
other means of rendering effective he raiiitia
in onr state, are either wilfully defective of cul
pably neglected in tlieir enforcement. A mili
tia parade is about as ridiculous a burlesque
upon military science ns cbuld well be conceiv
ed and if some improvement cannot be effected,
it would be far better if the vh6le system wefe
abolished. The arms employed on 6nch occa
sions comprehend every species of gnn invented
since the matchlock was superseded by the an
cient flint and steel, from Jbe old revolutionary
fusee, requiring a handful of pdwder and ft
"pfrit df shot for charge; down through - every
gradation of musket, riffle, single and double
barrel to the little penny pop-gun with no lock;
and a difa'jdduted stock. The tiiert are neith
er furnished with nor rcqnired to Iiaye any ac
coutrements, bayonet, be!t nOrtaftfidge box -rind
when on rcgiraehtal parade the inspecting
officer goes bis r6ufid, a brilliant report of the
efficiency of the armament Le would make to'
the commanding officer if he were a conscien
tious, truth-abiding man, which is unfortunate
ly seldom the case. A march of six or eight
hours through the hot sun, or rain and mud as
(he case may be; a few stupid evolutions which
the men perform mechanically,- with no rooro
idea of the word o'f co'mman3 than if it were
spoken in high Dutch to the field bands on a
Georgia cotton plantation; the discordant
mnsic of a half dozen different old field bands,
fevery soldier (?) marching to suit himself, and
carrying his gun just as it may be most conven
ient; a wearisome, straggling march through
the dusty streets; a highfalniin speech from'
the 'Gineral in Which he pays more nnderserv
ed compliments ib' fiifT dirty battalions than a
fashionable beau lavishes upon a ball-room
belle, and tens more fi'bs than the "agonizing
supplications Of a half dozen heaven-storming
camp-meetrng cbuld gn'ih' forgiveness for; a far
cial inspection cf arms; a blas't or two from a'
trumpet or two; a' rattle cf the drnms, and the
"muster" conclades the invariable after pieces
being a general drunken frolic and a few dozeii
roush and tumble iichtff. As t6 the nraetionl'
benefit accruing from the present militia system
as it is enforced in this state Ve would like to'
see them ptjinted otrt. The manual of arms is
not. and cannot be. practiced.- OWincr to the
lack of suitable arms" a'n'3 accoutrements; the
ordinary manoeuvres of a regimental' parade are
not, and cannot be,- understood, because of the
unfrequency of the occasions upon which they
are practiced and', the fact is, the whole con
cern is such a burlesque, such a mockery of
tactics and military training that every mart'
who can possibly afford it, and a great many
who fegitimately cannot, will pay their fines
rather tliari be subjected tolhe ridiculous or
deal df a regimenfal parade. There ought to
be, in ustiee to the. interest of the peojile, fbr
which interest these militia laws were enacted1
(els' why their enactment or enforcement at
all?) a remodelling of the entire system". The
state should furnish niusKets and accoutrements
to at least tftose portions of thd. militia forces
within a reasonable" distance of any state arse
nal. Commanding officers should bd compelled'
to' fulfil the duties of their respective offices" to'
the letter. Amid the multitudinous hosts of
G'enerahf, Colonels' and Vnjors, to say nothing
of thd myrmidons of inferior officers, with which
the country" abounds, we venture the assertion
that not more than one out of fifty" can put a
copor'ats' gu.ffd' thr'Ough die -manual df arms,
and that h a very liberal' Calculation of the rela
tive amount of military capacity on the part of
those upon whom devolve the dnty and' obliga
tion of instructing the rank and file.
If we are to be at all benefitted by the mili
tia system, pray let us have one .whose opera
tion will be productive of something more than1
trouble, inconvenience, annoyance and r dicu'e
or else abrogate the whole concern, and save
people the unnecessary tax now levied upon
those whose time is consumed and whose con
venience is sacrificed for a miserable pretext, a
ridiculous, contemptible caricature upon mili
tary science. A week or two hence there is to
be a regimental muster here. Nous Verrons.
The Monetary Crisis. Dye's Wall Street Broker,
speaking of the bank panic says:
"Dark financial clouds have frequently hung
over Wall Street. But the oldest broker has
no recollection of ever, seeipg the horizon 60
completely blaekas it seems this tuornitig. ot
a single" bright spot yet appears, and tbe Fi
nancial Storm continues to increase. Many
had been gazing at the dark cloud which hung
over the little state of Hhode Island, fof it is
weJJ known that the banks of that state bold a
very large share of our railroad bonds, and it
would not create any 'very great surprise to
hear of a general suspension of all the Rhode
Island Batiks. But while the multitude were
gazing to tbe Eastward, behold a darkef gath
ering is seen hanging over the State of Penn
sylvania some of the oldest buttUs having al
ready failed, and a great run is feeing made ort
nearly all the rest iu the City of Philadelphia,
All this is going on, and yet there appears
no abatement in the fury of the storm. Darker
ness, thick financial darknesss, surrounds us,
leaving not one single spot yet visible. Tho
only hope left is in the old saying The more
violent the storm, the sooner the calm. Con
fidence has received a severe shock, and in fact,,
no bank can exist or benefit the community
without publie congdenee. This prop is now
craekinfir. which indicates tbe crumbling of the
whole superstructure. These are no idle words
but what we firmly believe may be looked for,
and that before long.
It has now gone beyond the power of the
Press to allay the excitement, and it is ouly
child's play to attempt to deceive the masses,
because, iu so doing those attempting it
deceive themselves.
The whole financial world is sick, and we
may look for frequent spasms before it revives.
It has within itself mil the power to heal, and,
with wise counsel, will soon choose the best
remedy; and the diseased power will soon a-
gain be on its feet, purgtd, cleansed, purified
and more powerful than before.
Something or a Yjl. It is estimated that
the decline in the market rallies of Railroad
Stocks in the last three months amount to ao
aggregate of $00,000,000.