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t! i A CHEAP NEWSPAPER FOR THE MILLIOK- 'SIKGLE COPIES $1.50 ; TO CLUBS OF TEX, ONLY 81.25 ; AND TO CLUBS OF TWENTY, ONLY S1.00 A YEAR INYARIABLY IN ADVANCE. VOLUME II. NEWBERN, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1S60. NUMBER 19. WEEKLY PROGRESS. THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 26. I860. ii v j. i peiVNiSfGTonr. Hate of Advertising in the Weekly Irogrc. Tiie following are the only Rates of .Advertising in the Weekly Progress, to all save thtse who con tract by the year and advertise in both weekly and daily papers : ' One square (12 lines minion) one insertion, $1 00. Subsequent insertions, each, f0 cents. Any number ot squares will be charged in propor tion. All advertisements marked ftf) till forbid, will be continued till ordered out and charged as above. Look to It. We have been requested to call the attention of the town authorities to the fact that the Oriiiidnte prohibiting negroes from congregating about snop doors or lounging in stores is constantly being violated in the vicinity of the Court House. As a matter of courtesy to our friends who have m ,.nr attention to the matter we allude to it. yuaw' vi with no expectation that the town authorities will take any notice of what either of us may say, for, notwithstanding the official publication a few weeks ago that all violators of the ordinance mention ed would be punished, we have not heard of a single instance in which it has been carried out, though it is notorious that it is violated almost hourly in many of the most public places about town. Only yester day a very modest gentleman, a comparative stran rer in the community, spoke in our presence of hav inf seen the publication and expressed his astonish ment atthe flagrant violations of the ordnance which came under his observation daily. Our own people having been accustomed to walk around groups of negroes at certain corners and to share the side walk with them so long, an 1 have seen them loung ing inaide the doors, about the counters and in the back rooms of certain stores and shops for so many rears that they have become accustomed to it and think nothing of it, but we can assure them thai to strangers who have been accustomed to well gov erned corporations these sights are anything but creditable to us as a community. : We are satisfied that our " city fathers" mean well, but to be honest, we think that they exhibit a want of reive in not breaking up old abuses of long htauding. I)iMturb(iiicc in Canada. It is well known that Canada is and has been for many years the great asylum for fugitive slaves, and we rejoice to see that " her Magesty's subjects " in that province, who have taught the negro to believe that he is as good or better than the white man, are begining to reap the fruits of their folly. According to their own teaching the negroes are their equals and should have access to their schools, churches, social gath erings and all other places as such. Tins is the physic that works and we are glad to see that Cufl'y is demanding his rights, social and politi cal, in Canada. A free negro is as good as an abolitionist, any time : The neighboring Province (says the Detroit Free Press of Friday) continues to be the theatre of ; larms and disturbances, occasioned by the overbearing insolence of the blacks, who seem to have a general organization throughout the west ern portion of Cauda, and to act in perfect con cert and with considerable success in their out rageous proceedings. The affair at Chatham was but a more violent and public demonstration, as simi'ating in character and purpose to those no ticed in other localities. Nor is the end yet reached. The negroes on the occasion alluded to im proved the event of the inauguration of a muni cipal government for the purpose of carrying on their work of intimidation. They were met, as they could only bo met, by a premise that their claims should bo considered. After waiting a day or two for some action to be taken, they again attempted to gaiu possession of the schools They were, however persuaded that sufficient time had not been allowed for the authorities to mature plans for the satisfaction of their griev ances. They therefore desisted, though threat ening violent measures should prompt action of the right kind not be taken. They now threaten that, if any distinction of color are suffered to ex ist in any department of the public affairs, they will burn the town. This threat has been made before, when disturbances have arisen, but as the present seems to be a more general organization, an J as they manifest a greater determination than ever before, tho whites are becoming very gen erally alarmed. Letters received from there yes terday state that the town is in a general fever of excitement. The blacks parade the streets in squads, abusing and insulting the whites, fre quently resorting to violence. Nor is their vio lence confined to the males. Females, when met upon the sidewalks, are roughly pushed into the gutters, to give place for the black ruffians, and the authorities of the town discreetly keep out of the streets at night, for fear of personal injury. In fact, the police magistrate, a short time since, was tired upon when passing along the sidewalk after dark. These outrages, and Tnany others that are of daily occurrence, in dicate a fearful state of things, and may well alarm the white citizens. A respectable gentle man, who has long resided in Chatham, and who i3 well acquainted with the disposition of these outlaws, writes that the citizens are arming them selves for defence, and says : " There is some talk of raising a rifle company. The niggers say they will bum the town up. If tuat is so, it is time something was done. I have no doubt we shall have some trouble with them this winter." The negroes are led on in this crusade against the whites by two notorious persons of their own color, J. D. Shadd and J. C Brown, both of whom figured conspicuously in the celebrated " Pro visional Gevernment" affair of old John Brown, which it will be remembered, was organized at Chatham. Shadd conducts a paper a Chatham, the sole object of which is to advance the inter ests of the fugitives. It is not a paying concern, but is supported by the contributions of Abolition sts of this country and Canada. Hungary. The Augusburg Gazette has the following singular article on the state of public feeling of Austria in general, and of Hungary in particular : As the national feeling of the Hungarians is becoming morbidly fanatical, it is natural that people in the Danubian city (Viena) should think of giving a constitution to the other laces of the empire, in order that a fraction of its population should not become preponderant. If we are welfiuformed, there is at present in Austria as well among the Germans as among the slaves such a very bad pessimistische) feel ing, that people do not object to the encroach ments of the Magyars, as they hope, through them, to obtain reasonable concessions from the State. Every patriot must hope that the Imperial gov eminent will give " a constitutional reform" to the whole empire rather than an exceptional po sition to the Hungarians. Government must be able to depend on the support of the whole em pire, the patriotism of which can only be roused by a fitting representation, as powder and ball are paliatives to which recourse cannot be had except in extreme cases. Valuable Land Fou Sale; We invite atten tion to the valuble plantation in Pitt county of fered for sale by Mr. Win. A. Pugh, and adver tieed in the Progress. Whenever we see zealots and fanatics going a long way to look up distress with which to com misserate we are wont to say. 44 look at home." This will apply very well to the class spoken of in the following article: ' Hot Bed PhilavthJiopv When John Brown lay wounded in prison, while he whs being well cared for, both temporally and spiritually ; while he was furnished by the authorities of "Virginia with everything he needed or wanted, from chick en broth to his darling New York Tribune, nu merous loud-voiced Abolitionists in the North and West were sending him delicacies, good books, religious advice, requests for his autograph, news paper extracts, Russian salve, Bad way' Ready Reliet. and bandages for his wounds. Lydia Maria Child, a nice old lady wc suppose her to be, wanted to visit the dear good old man in prison wanted his head to repose on her kind bosom, and to smooth back the grizzly hair from his no ble brow ! wanted to lighten his pathway to the tomb, and show to the world that she felt for sor row and trouble wherever it might be Oh! how sympathizing some of this class were! Promi nent lawyers flocked to him from different parts of the country as jackals gather where their prey is, and begged to defend the hero and martyr I They came to Harper's Ferry with Abolition sym pathy streaming from every pore, and returned to their homes after having fleeced their victim out of all his personal property except a Bible, for which they had no need a few copies of his text-book, the Tribune, with which they were al ready supplied, and a broken-locked shot-gun, which they knew not how to use. Generous Abo litionists ! A fac-simileof the old chap's hand-writing sold all through the North and West at the rate of two days' work, the price paid the poor white women of the North for making a dozen shirts, or two bushels of wheat in Wisconsin, for a " picter. In some localities, the cheaper and less worthy offering of prayer that the rope might break, was poured fourth in churches, halls, and on street corners, but the majesty of the law, and the will of Providence, allowed no obstacle to intervene betwixt the crime and its penalty A few days since, from Elaine to Texas, people held their breath while reading that a cotton mill at Lawrence had fallen to ruins, killing and mang ling half a thousand whiteslaves laboring therein: A hundred homes are made sad in a moment -hundreds of maimed, of mangled, of burnt, of bruised, of crushed and bleeding sufferers ; of old men the equal of a dozen of Brown s s; ot young and Coppic's men the superior of all the Cook's in the world, because they honored their pureuts and sought to make them comfortable ; of young women whose virtue was their only capital, were taken to the City Hall to live or die as God de crees. Where now is your kind-hearted L. Maria Child? Where is she,with her overflowing heart of kind ness her bosom on which to pillow the aching head her hands to soottie the wounded and still the troubled brain her' bundle of lint and band ages to stop blood and bind around the wounds Echo answers where! Newspaper reporters would likely to notice her, if there; but if not God would notice her in His . ook of Life and one line there is better than a column in the Tribune. Where are they who prayed long and louct on street corners? God is not deaf now, and surely their petitions would stand a chance to reach the throne, if mingled with the groanes of the wound ed. Where are the lawyers, noted for legal lore, to step forth and test the question as to the liability of the own. r.s of that dead-fall, the Pemberton .Mills.' Surely, there is need of sympathy nearer home for these Abolitionists, where they can do good to suffering humanity w ithout making them selves obnoxious 10 their brothers. Charity be gins at home. VISIT OF THE LEGISLATURES OF KEN TUCKY AND TENNESSEE TO OHIO. ClNCiNNATTI, Jan. Jo A meeting of citizens was held on Saturday night, when a committee was appointed to make arrangements for the re ception of the mcm'iers of the Kentucky and i'eunessee Legislatures, who are expected here on Thursday. The Ohij Legislature has passed a resolution inviting them to Columbus, and ap propriating ..",UUU tor their expenses. N. C. Railroad Co. At a meeting of the Di rectors ot this Company on the Join, a semi-annu al dividend of o per cent per annum was declared on the two million ot otate preterred stock i i. operations of the road during the last half year sliow a handsome increase oi business. 1 tie du ties of the Master of Road were divided into Eas tern and Western divisions, and it was resolved to appoint two Division Masters instead of one Road Master, as heretofore the salary of the one divided between the two. The saia.y of the Master Machinist was reduc ed for the new officer, the former one, Mr. Rob erts, having resigned. Resignation of Judge Caldwell. We learn that the Hon. David F. Caldwell, of Rowan, has resigned his office as Judge of the Superior Court of L,aw and Equity for this State. Judge Cald well was elected in Id-44-5, and has consequently been in constant service for about fifteen years. He is an able jurist and an honest man. We learn ttiat His Excellency Gov Ellis has notified the Council of State to meet in this city on. the 15th of next mouth Two vacant Judge ships will be filled at that time, occasioned by the resignations of Judge Caldwell and Manly. llal. Standard. Vice axd Luxury. The following passage on the relations of luxury and ostentation in Rome, and the vices of the empire, is taken from a work "on the strength of Nations," by Andrew Bissit, just published in London : There seemed to bean association between cer tain vices and a profuse and ostentatious extrav agance in dress, both in men and women ; but par ticularity in the latter. The Counties of Somer set, the murderess of Sir Thomas Overby, (and, as we suspected, of Prince Henry.) wore on the occasion of her marriage with the Earl of Somer set, a coronet which was valued at ."$400,000 : and the clothes of the Earl of Somerset, also, were covered with precious stones. Agrippina, the wife of the Emperor Claudius, who, like the Eng lish Countess above mentioned, was an adulter ess and murderess, appeared in public, on one oc casion, in a magnificent lobe, which, as some read the passage, was a tissue of pure gold, without any intermixture of other materials. Caligula was costly and effeminate in dress to such a degree as to appear in shoes oomposed of pearls. The ef fect of this upon the dress of the Roman woman at the time may be judged of by what appears at the present dav. when we see many women, with out regard to the means of their fathers and hus bands, striving to ape queens and empresses in the extravigance and costliness of their dress. It is not such foolish luxury that enables the women to produce the men who constitute the real strength of a nation men such as the Doric mothers bore Rev. R. J. Breckinridge has published a letter, addressed to his nephew, the Vice President of the United States, taking him to task for his late speech in which he alleged there was a possibility of a disolution of the Union on the slavery ques tion. The reverend gentleman scouts such an idea. ; The Manchester Mirror relates a " midnight marriage" which took place in that city on Friday night, between two French mortals. It appears that they had " loved not wisely but too well," and the fair one hearing that her affianced one was to leave in a hurry early in the morning for the Pa cific shores, regardless of the coming responsi bilities, sought the City Clerk, who was called from his bed, and compelled the false Gual to be united to her. She had pluck; and got jus tice and her husband. Non-Intercourse. The New York Independ ent, of the past week, reports as follows of the dry goods trade of New York: " There is more appearance of business ; pack ages are being opennd and ara attracting early buyers, mostly from the South. There is no ap pearance of backwardness on the part of South ern buyers to make eariy. purchases. The fact is, they cannot do without goods. This is the cheap est mart for the purchase of goods, and Southern ers cannot afford to pay too high for their gtods, which they must do if they buy elsewhere. The largest and best assortments are here, and at the cheapest rates Charleston jobbers, as well as New Orleans buyers, are on here at the present moment, making large selections, and expecting to duplicate them by-and by. French goods are coming into market at increased costs, if not in creased prices. Both British and French printed and siik goods are attracting customers to a fair extent for the season. The choice styles of dress goods are hardly in full variety, and the market price of desirable goods is hardly settled ; the full supply and demand having not yet met There is rather more doing in domestic goods. The ac cident at the Pemberton Mills will diminish the supply of stripes, ticks, denims, and other kinds manufactured there. These mills had to supply large orders on time, which now cannot be done. The goods in market ot this kind have been bought up Cotton heavy goods are in good de mand, and prices firm. Prints are active, and at advanced prices. Fancy cassimers are in grow ing demand. Poisoxors Liquors.. Dr Hiram Cox, official inspector of liquors, in Cincinnati, in a recent re port on the adulteration of liquors, relates the fol lowing : I called at a grocery store one day, where liquor also is kept A couple of Irishmen came in while J. was there and called for some whisky, and the first drank, and the moment he drank the tears flowed freely, while lH5 at. the same time caught his breath like one suffocated or strangling. When he could speak, he says to his companion : ' Och. Michael! but this is varmin' to the stomach !' Michael drank and went through like contortion, with the remark : " Would'nt it be foine in a cowld frosthy morning ?' After they had drank, I .asked the landlord to pour me out a little in a tumbler, in which I dipped a slip of litmus paper, which was no sooner wet than it put on a scarlet hue. I went to my office, got my instruments and examined it. I found it had 17 percent, alcoholic spirits uy weigm, wnen it siiouiu nave uau ?u ier cent, to be proof. the difference in per I t.entage made up by sulphuric acid, red pepper, j politory, caustic, potassa and brucinc, one of the salts of nucis vomiticie, commonly called nux vom ica. One pint of such liquor would kill the strong est man His Honor, Judge Caldwell, having received the appointment of President of the Salisbury Branch of the Bank of North Carolina, has we learn, resigned his Judgeship to accept said ap pointment. His Honor has doubtless been actua ted by considerations of personal comfort and ease, having attained a time of life for which the more arduous duties of circuit Judge are unsuit ed to him. Few men have been more laborious, with whatsoever duties charged, or more success ful. We think no better appointment could have been made. No body need try to counterfeit his signature they can't do it. Sal. Watchman. The Western Extension. We are gratified in being able to state that this important State work is now in a fair way of being rapidly push ed forward. The requisite amount of stock has been subscribed for constructing the second Sec tion of the road, which extends from Morganton west about -13 miles, and contracts have been awarded .accordingly for the entire section. The mountain portion of this section lias been awarded to Messrs. Crock ford & Malone. gentle men of long and successful experience in work of that character. The remainder of the work has been awarded to citizen contractors, amo ig whom are Messrs. Avery, McKesson, Patterson and others, whose character for energy and perseveiance needs no comment. The contractors will enter upon the prosecution of the work immediately. Salisbury Banner. Connecticut to Virginia. The Richmond Dispatch says : "Our citizens are perhaps not generally aware that there is now in our city a distingushed gen- tlemau of Connecticut, Charles L. Chapline, Esq who lias been delegated by tne large Union meet ing in New Haven, the capital of that State, to express to the Legislature and people of Virginia the conservative sentiments and fraternal feelings of one of the most enlightened and patriotic com munities in the land. Mr. Chapline is a native of Mary hand, but a resident of New Haven, and a gentleman of high-toned and dignified character. We understand that Gov. Letcher will transmit the communication with which he is commission ed to the Legislature of Virginia, and we trust that he will be greeted by the citizens of Rich mond with that courtesy and hospitality which are due to himself, personally, and to the conser vative and honorable gentlemen whom he repre sents. STYLES OF WOMEN. An English lady, Mrs. Murray, has been voya gii g among the Spanish Islands, and has written a book descriptive of the women she meets, par ticularly at Santa Cruz, the capital of Teneriffe. It is cleverly reviewed by an English critic, and we quote a passage : Th. y are pretty portraits which Mrs. Murray has given us ; but one bright, brave, English wo man with her enegy aud her courage, her self-reliance and her honor, is worth the whole bevy The marble skin and languid loveliness of the ha rem beauty, her glorious eyes, her matchless hair, her bewitching mouth, make her very effective as a portrait; so is the Spanish woman, with her natural flowers braided into her magnificent hair, and her dark eyes speaking so eloquently from under her arched brows Let the paim of beauty pass ; let the fair-haired English girl look pale and expressionless beside these beauties; but at home, w ho but she bears off ttie prize betore all women of the world ? Who so neat, so hourly well-appointed, so regular in her habits, so charming in management ;' who so sweet a home companion, so reliable, so truthful, so mate-like as she ? Not the Moorish maiden, ignorant aud to be protected by cage-whes and impregnable walls; nor the Spanish woman, who washes her babies on the dining-table, trails through the morning, dressed like a ragged beggar, and many do not go even to mass without her duenna and her guardian For our own part we would rather pay our ho mage to such women as we see painted in the Academy, in scarlet peticoats, iial moral boots, turned hats and gauntlet gloves, with that fear less look of honesty and daring which only exists where there is freedom, self-respect and social es teem, than to all the lights of the harem. Wilmington Health v. The Herald says of that town as a healthy place : One hundred and three persons, white and black, died in Raleigh last year. That city has a population of 5,000. Seventy-seven white persons died in Wilmington during the same period of time. How many blacks we do not know, but of course not so many as that. Wilmington has a population of 12.0UO Can any body call it a sickly place in the face of the above record We think not. Wilmington, in times gone by did have a bad reputation for sickliness, but at presenf, thanks to our steam mills, distile ries, and other unknown causes, it is one of the healthiest places in the known world Spiritual. Miss Emtna Harding is announc ed to Lecture in Wilmington on Spiritualism: Wonder if she has a reverend protector along Miss Dresser the lecturer on Mormonism had. ' FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 27, I860. Jinsiiif-as lrik. There are just row a larger nambe of vessel than usual in our waters, and the actiity about our docks and wharves indicate a visible and marked increase in our shipping ba.Nine3.?. The hotels have both been doing well of late as the lhts of arrivals which appear daily in our columns will testify, and the re ceipts of cotton, naval stores and other products con tinue to arrive quite freely. The receipts of cotton for the present se:ion will far outstrip any formei year's business. We intend to publish a statement of the shipments at an early day. Our retail Dry Goods trade is not only much larger than ever before but is tteadiiy increasing; and this is not to be wondered at when we consider the extent variety and superiority of the stocks kept by ou' leading merchants. We know that a general im pression prevails, founded on actual experience, that Dry Goods can be bought cheaper in Xewbem than in any other market in the State. We expect to see this brauch of business largely increased in the next lew years: Oar Grocers, though not doing as large a business as wc could wish, are doing well. The amount of sales at wholesale are now much larger than at any former period, and this branch of trade must still in crease, for the increasing want3 of the citizens of Craven and the neighboring counties and the de mand from the interior counties, whose people are pressing forward to Newbern for a market, t being the nearest point at which they can rench water,) will compel our Grocers to increase their wholesale facilities or give way to those who will. Rome was not built in a day, nor can a town resuscitate its bus iness and regain u trade which it has lost in a year. Newbern is doing well and her people have much cause for congratulation. Every department of busi ness is looking up; her mechanics are more energet ic and active, while the number is steadily increasing by the influx of new ones, her merchants and other bninesss men are throwing t.fF those old fogy cus toms, so antagonistic-id to progress, and a most grali tying change is gradually working its way through out our entire community. Eet us press forward , each one relying on his own strong arm and stout heart, and at no distant day we may expect au era still more bright and prosperous. Our readers (and we number them by thousands,) whenever they visit Newbern for the purpose of buy ing or selling may safely refer to the Progress as a reliable Directory, for the names and business of nearly all our leading business men may be found in its column; and those who expend large sums in ad vertising generally do a heavy business and can af ford to give good bargains. For Dry Goods, Groce ries, Diutrs, Hooks, lioots and Shoes. Hardware. Clothing and nearly every other article that may be uesireu our menus have only to examine tne columns of the Progress to find where to apply for what they want. Opposition ITIccting in Jones. We are requested to state that a meeting of the opposition party will take place at the Court House in Trenton, on the 4th of February for the purpose of j.ppointing delegates to attend a State Convention to be held in Raleigh, on the 2x2 J of February next, the object being to select a Can didate for Governor, to bo voted for at the ensu ing August election. Sl'TtTC Oil CnilniCl'. The Fayettaville Observer says that the follow- ing resolution was passed by a recent democratic meeting in Jiladeu County. We think it is a litte too severe on the war horse of the Guilford legion: '-Resolved, H 1. Th.-.t we can see no practical dif- firenee between Maek Republican Gilmer, oi Iorth Carolina, and Hiaek Republican Sherman, of O.iio, and the election of either of them would be au imsult " " IL Hand 11m Round A gentleman, that is, a man, tall and straight, with black hair and a rine mous- lacue, goi. ,;pou u:e nam ai viouisuoro a t-nort tunc since, on his way to this place who, upon exumiua 1 A 111. 1 . ' tion by the conductor, was found to be minus a ticket, also its equivalent, whereupon the conductor took iiis shawl in pawn until his passage could I e paid. On arriving at Newbern lie went to one of our respect able commission houses, who had been sel.iug Flour for John W. Thomas E-qr., of Davidson county, and told the proprietors that lie was in Mi. Thomas' em ploy and had got out of money, and desired them to loan him ten dollars. They after examining him pretty closely were persuaded that he might be worthy of sympathy and granted his request. lie took the money and redeemed his shawl with a part of it and supplied himfelf with liquor with the bal lance. Next day he was about "' how come you so." That night he went to another merchant and jockicd him to the tune of seven dollars, and the next day another uiMde him a donation of fifteen in goods, after which he fled to parts unknown. Mr. J. W. Thomas has been written to, who says he has no such employee, but that a man tilling the description and calling himself Watson, by profes sion a tomb-stone cutter, recently left that countiy for some misdemeanor, manifesting gi!ity superior to the Sheriff, aud thinks it likely that this is the same person, as he was notorious for drunkenness and rascality. Keep your hands on your pocket books ! How they Talk. Some miserable Black Re publican demagogue, anxious to be thought a big man at home, made a speech some time ago in which he threatened to have the North whip the South in a certain event. One of our Senators, Mr. Iverson of Georgia instead of laughing atthe fool or treating him with contempt, retorts in the following blood and thunder style : Now sir, when the Southern States shall in the exercise of their sovereign will and power deter mine to dissolve this Union, seperate from the North, and form h government for themselves, let those loud mouthed, blood and thunder, brag gadocio Hotspurs assemble their abolition army aud come down, through Virginia and the Caro linas, to Georgia, to force us back into the Union, if they dare They threaten us who may secede with the halter and the gallows. Sir, we should dignity them, such as would be so unfortunate as to reach us, with no such a decent exit from this world ; we should not show them even the respect extended to their faithful friend and ally, John Brown, but, by the Eternal, we should hang them up like dogs to the trees of our forests growing ready, to our hands. Sir, in such a cause and in such a war, the South would plant her feet .upon the firm basis of her rights and her honor, and, in the language of tho ancient knight, exclaim : 44 Coine one, come all; this rock shall fly From its firm base as oon as I." THE New York. Herald. The subscribers ! of the New York Herald here and elsewheriv are ! the lightness of their purses. Tho Sergeant .i . , a . j i a .i e f I at-arnis has advanced ihein about l0O,0UU, and earnestly implored to read and ponder on the fol- hij rcsu,. hw, exhnustcd he showsan empty lowing resolutions passed at a disunion abolition purso ;illd SOrrov. ful face to Congressional appli convention held in Buffalo, N. Y., a week or two j cants. Everything is banging upon tho organ ago. Read them and then say if you are ready I 'tion of the House. Little bills are to be liqui a . - i dated after ' tho House is organized;" new obh- to send on $7 for another year ; JZesolrcd. That we congratultte the friends of the enslaved everywhere, that in the New York Her ald they have found a safe and zealous med.um for the transmission throughout the South of the most powerful and tloqu nt utterances against the slave ysfean, of Garriou, Wendell Pmllips, Theodore Parker, Dr. Cheever, and many other champions of liberty m both tl)n hemispheres. Resolved, That tke thanks of American Abolition ists generally are due to James Gorden Bennett. Esq , for so earnestly espousing their cause in this hour of their trial and persecution by the Govern ment. ' " ' Light Gas entered the Press office, Raleigh, On Saturday night last lor the first time. Our Washington City Correspondence Washington Orv, Jan.23. 1SC0 Editor Progress : " No Speakeryet elected ! " I Are your readers as weary of reading this week ly announcement as I am of writing it ? It is no eay or pleasant task, in the absence of legitimate legislation which affords material and scope for the pen of a correspondent, to write n readable letter of general iutesest, and if my letters prove ! dull an i r-rosv the dearth of new mnt h in part, myexeuse. True there are delivered, daily, speeches of every complexion and shade of po litical sentiment; mild, conservative speeches aud rampant, rabid speeches: speeches conciliatory and speeches denunciatory; indeed we have all kinds of speeches from the reckless revolutionary oration of the fanatic down to the deprecating whiue of the so-called conservative, and the peo ple at a distance who rarely take time to read these productions of ambitious minds, would suppose that here was food for thought and ex haustless material for tho writer for the press. But if they would peruse these speeches, they would soon learn how difficult it is for the most adroit angler to fish up from this vait sea of words one solitary original idea or argument. They differ only in the drapery of words and when analyzed and stripped of the glittering tin sel, it is found they are all based upon the same ideas, each one of their authors trading upon the same capital differently exhibited to tho public eye. And even these when exhumed, galvan ized and re-decorated lose all their force under the treatment of these novices in political doc- tormg. Bullying and blustering; expressions of vindictive hate and indulgence in harsh person- alities; bandying of stinging epithets and drop ping of deadly weapons upon the Hall floor, we have more than enough of. Occasional episodes of this character are generally seized by the pub lic appetite with avidity and highly relished ; but a surfeit, such as the present IIjusc of Represen tatives daily offers to a people gorged with such exhibitions only produces a loathing disgust, and lessens the respect wc should feel for our nation al representative body. There never has been a Congress which has gone to such extreme lengths in these respects; none which lias over permit ted such license on the floor and i the galleries. Those members who are young in experience in State affairs and others too who should act dif ferently speak more to the crowd of spectators than to the Housse. and seem more elated with a round of applause from the galleries than they would in achieving some practical move towards an organization. These spectators do not confine an expression of their approval to clapping of hands and stamping of feet; nor their disappro val of any sentiment uttered to hissing tho speak er. Oh no, they take a more active part in the . nn-ifooil Inrfu mill n niift l!rfnnr onttd ?n tVin j Hery ud closing his eves, would think he was j in tUii Xew York Iiowery Theatre, or on a court Ureen ns he hears loudly uttered, " That's so " 'hit 'em again "" that's square tJk, give us more of it.'' I have not drawn on my imaginatioll ;n giving this sketch of the doings I f , . j of tho outsiders. 1 have heard all these expres- sions used in a tone audible all over the Hall, and when some declaration would be made which did not accord with the views of a portion of the j audience I have heard still more disgraceful Ian- gunge used. All these permitted demonstrations and this unchecked license on the part of visitors, only tends to increase the excitement, and urge mem bers to indulge in harsh language which pleases the crowd but is calculated to alienate and drive off men who might otherwise be induced to aid in effecting an organization. At present there is no probability of a speedy end to this strife. The Black Republicans, a minority in the House, are seeking by every conceivable stratagetic move ment to cram upon the Opposition the plurality rule, resolved that Sherman shall fill the Speaker's chair, or on his failure it shall remain vacant. There are those, however, who will never allow the adoption of this rule, resorted to by the lie publicans as an entering wedge to open a way for Sherman to reach the Speakership. Some forty or fifty have signed a written agreement binding themselves to use all parliamentary means to de feat it aud they can do it and pledging them selves to adhere to this resolve until tho expira tion of their term ot office in March 1831. There are numbers of others who did not sign this paper, deeming it unnecessary and impolitic, who arede termined to act similarly. The Southern men and their Northern friends arc in earnest and resolute, and the fanatical abolitionists evince their dogged determination in their unwavering support of Sherman. There must be something very pecu liar and mysterious in the influence of Republi canism. Poor old Gerritt Smith tottered under his load of that precions political faith till mind and body were crushed under it and he became crazy : and now Hon. Clark B Cochrane another disciple of this Republican church has been carried to a lunatic asylum. His friends say his lunacy is the result of prostration of physical power; may it not be the result of the lashings of an awakened con scienceof terror induced by a contemplation of j the probable horrors which are to follow on the i heels of Republican triumph. There are quite a number of these Helperites daily seen in the House who would be properly classified under the head of lunatics: unfortunately their friends and constituents are similarly atleetea and nothing can be done for their benefit. The Harper's Ferry investigating committee of the Senate have sent a subpoena to Ohio to be served on Joshua R. Giddings, and when old Josh makes his appearance here we may look out for another case " as soon as the -oinmittee take him in hand. Money i.s very " tight " just now. The banks are doing little and are exceedingly disinclined to accommodate. Honorable members feel tin: depression in the mou -y market aud begin to feel cations are incurred to be cancelled after 4 the House is organized; r boarding house keepers to ?- - .... be satisfied and their patient waiting rewarded after " the House is organized," and a thousand different plans and projects are to be initiated aud prosecuted after the House is organized." What a miniature world this Washington is and what dependents its people are upon Government pap! On the 22d of February the life-size equestrian statne of Washington will be exhibited to the pub lic" when appropriate exercises will take place. The miltary of this and other cities will partici pate in the ceremonies.' The statue will be placed in the circle in Pennsylvania Avenue,' half way between the President's House and Georgetown. The people of our si.ster city are much incensed that the horse is to be beaded Xvri b, thus turning the tail towards that place. They regard it i.s an insult and are very urgent to have it chanrrt-d. Quite a spicy correspondence is btiu carried on in relation to it On Monday Judge Doug-Ins is expected to ad dress the Senate, when we will learn wlnt he bids for the Charleston nomination. It i a :v ttiit i . r . ! in their own bauds and trust h me yeapie uo not rane me control ot tt.e ;e atrai.-H t poll- ticians. Washington is exceedingly gav r.nd c "s per plexed to decide which invitatiou to .vee;)t u h-:j so many are given. Mrs. Senator Sli lell and Mrs. Gwin give delightful mattinees every Satnrday which are numerously attended. Mr! Vance, of N. C, attracted considerable notice at the Iar mattinee of Mrs. Gwin, and seemed to Le quit- h favorite among the beauties present. The last mattiuce given was at Chevalier llutsc-ir.an's : tho rooms w ere most disagreeably crowded, and crush ed laces and torn dresses met one at tv-ry turn. A Philadelphia critic is particularly severe on Miss Rntt's "Leisure Hours," characterinvg it as a "namby-pamby, school-girl production." We cannot all be a Dickens or a Chariots J;-o"te. however much we may trv. SIIIULF.Y. TELL YoUK WIFE. If you are in any troub! or quandary, tell your sU that is if you hav-. one all about it at once. Ten to one her i men tion will so.ve your difficulty sooner f han r.W yo".r logic. The w it of woman has oven praised, but their instincts are quicker aud keener tli-r.t her reason. Council with your wife, or your root tier or sister, and be assured light will ri ishunon -..ir darkness. Woman arc too commonly a "'i iged as verdant in all but purely womanish atVr.rs No philosophical student of the sex thus jsuli' them. Their intuitious, or insights, arc I ! most , there is no t.ftt th-ore Jn coullSci,ilIt, a ltl.m t(1 tis!l j his trouble to his wife, we would further, and j advise him to keep none of his affairs secret from CU flT 1(1 CITl'I IT I l)iV (Ml 11 111 kr kii.i 'I T 1 rl T T f . , i . i . her. Many a home have been happily saved, an 1 many a fortune retrieved, by ?i man's full confi dence in his better half.'' Woman is far nmre a seer and prophet than man, if she be given a fair chance. As a general rule, wives eon tide th. minutest of their plans and thoughts to their hus bands, having no involvements to screen from them. Why not reciprocate, if but for the plea sure of meeting confidence with confidence ? Wo are certain that no man succeeds so well in tin world as he who, taking a partner for lite, makes her the partner of all his purposes and hope?. What is wrong of his impulses or judgment, she will check and set right, with her almost univer sally right instincts. '"Helpmeet" was no insig nificant title, as. applied to man's companion. j She is a meet help to him in every darkness, dif ficulty, and sorrow tt lift. And what she m.'-t craves and most deserves is confidnre ithe::t which love is never fir.e from a shadow. The Sons? of Temperance and the Pftci dent. The Washington Constitution thus des cribes an interview of the Grand Division of'tl.. Sous of Temperance with tho President of tl.o United States : Yesterday the Sons of Temperance, representing a very large and most worthy portion i f the peo ple of the United States, paid their respects to President Buchana. Upwards of one hundred and fifty gentlemen, with a freshness and health fulness of aspect and general appearand of vig or and elasticity which temperate habits only can produce, were introduced to him in th;Ea-t room. B. E. Gantt, the Grand Worthy Patri.-.rch of the Order, addressed the Presidi nt in a eoidi il and glowing speech. He refererd to th'' Tie.,, dent himself, significantly, as an example of tem perance. His apparent health, his vigor, his a.--tiviW, his capacity, and habits of labor, ail in dicated tempcranca in all things. The remnrhs of the Patriarch were to tho point, and w ell de livered. President Buchanan replied with his accustom ed readiness and felicity. He had always been a temperate man. Before societies had been thou;:: of, he had ever exercised moderation in eating a i well as in drinking and to this conto over both the appetites he attributed (under Providence; the health which he enjoyed. Although not si total abstinence man. ho be lieved that these temperance societies were cal culated to do the highest good; and if every man in the nation were to practice their principles, the whuie country would be greatly tin; better for it The gentlemen constituting the ord.T wcr then, individually, introduced to the President. A Chinese Newspaper. The Breton Traveller says : " We have received a coppy of th" IVkin fJa zctte, the organ of the government, issued daily, and the only paper in the Chinec language now published in that country of four hundred ami fourteen millions of people. It is printi d on lid' paper of a dinpy drab color, with a yellow p;iper cover Each page contains twenty-six lino, of seven characters each. In all there arrj seven pages of four inches each in width, and t--n in breadth. Its entire contents would not rid a unit' column of the Traveller. It is a re mat kable that this paper was received via Japan and Cali fornia."' Dances in Washington. An Ohio c J fives his views of several dances which he l.-.t 'i V witnessed ai a oan in asnm in. ne says : The want of variety in this metropolitan dan. dug was, however, fully made up by the fancy things such as the waltz andpolka. These were ab lutely barbarous. The old fashioned vtal'z. t!..: morality of which even Byron called in q-i .-t;o;,t is hereignorent as altogether too cold and di-t.-n-: . The lady lays her head on the gentleman's bo-.n, puts ono hand on his, and the oilier in his coat tail pocket, and resignes her self to his embtac-s, and goes to sleep, ail but her feet, which, when not carried by him clear off the floor, got pairing around on the toes. The gentlemen tints entv ine-1, throes his head back and his eyes tip, like a dyin caif; his body bent in the shupe of a figuro 4. !.e whirls, backs up around, hwooiis, to all appear ances, dashes forward, and leaves the ring to thj delight of all decent people. Transmission of Money ky Mail It Is sfa ted that the Senate Post-Office Committee t;av under consideration a plan or system id' great' r security tor the transmission of money and val uable packets by mail. The committee Lavi also under consideration other postal reiorms of great importance, with a view of making the departuicut self-sustaining. The Lawrence Calamity. The f nd fr the sufferers at the Lawrenco Mills has l .ache i the sum of about $5,000, of w hich not ! ss than four thousand have been raised in New Yoik city. The inquest at Lawrence continues, and the calamity appears now to be generally at tributed to defective iron pillars supporting tho floor. , Read It. Don't neglect to read the admir able Jetterf 44 Shirley" from Washington City. It shows up Congress and life in Washington as they are. Need a Town Hall. The Raleijh !)! v Press apprises the citizens of the Mtiri they need a town hall. We knew that years ago. . , Accident. On Monday lat, Mr: wrr -, . ver. a sailmaker, fell from the im sail-loft in Norfolk, and was badl :ijm-n i: fall was nearly thirty feet. Heavy Travel. The High Point Reportor represents the travel overtho North Carolina Railroad as-unusually hivy recently.
Newbern Weekly Progress (New Bern, N.C.)
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Jan. 31, 1860, edition 1
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