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THE NORTH? CAllOLlNAhSTANl4R"Ir:"-WEDNSSDAVi SEFT'R.;i2i. -1855. THE FRENCHMAN AND THR K. S. , The following capital jtu tTerif, saysrlhe Rich mond Enquirer, from one of the most humorous and popular writers of the country, will remove "a wrinkle " from the hardest and longest phiz, even of a Know Nothing i A GKEAT LOSS TO THE KSOW-XOTUrXfiS. Mossieuh I&QUittE ! Put mc down of to wisdraw from U tcnow-Hotihg. He have treat me wis ver much dissatisfactions. Me shall tell you. You know when de Whig send me de lot of Whig principil for my countrymen de leetil cider-barrel and log cabin, and de rnccoon-I have ver much satisfactions of de Whig, and I join his partee. Well, I find him one ver strange partee. I cannot understand him. lie run here and he run dare ; he will be please at not ing he quarrel vid cbry body and ebry ting ; he take side vid de abolition, and he quarrel vid de ab olition ; he take aide vid de Mexican against his own countree ; but when de Mcricane get de gold coun tree, begar he de firs man to de diggin. He seem to have ver much versatilite. One half de time 1 cannot tell if I ain de Whig or some toder ling. So, as I tell vou, one time I quit de Whig and join de Democrat. Well, I understand him ver well. I always findhim one ting one ting at de Nort and de samo at do Sout. liimeby Monsieui Pierce and General Scott run for de President, and I links I vill vote one time for General Scott vid de Whig, be cause he be one ver grand General. Ph-e-e-e-w! when de vote come out, all do Whig vote vid de Democrat, and leave me dare by myself, vid ver great embarrassments and mortifications. Well, I say de Whig is all join de Democrat now, and we shall have great sociabilite and fraternite, and no more quarrel between de grand p&rtees. Well, Monsieur Pierce is make President ; and all dem ole Whig fall cut vid him right way, fore he do any ting to fall out vid I 'Tis most astonishing peoples. When I was one Whig, I have one I'rien who is ver partial to me; but when I join do Democrat, he turn cold to me he polite, but have not de socia bilities I have been use to. Well, one day last year, I meet him in de street; and he say, " Why, Mon sieur, how do you do ?" and he shake my hand vid ver much affections. " Ha," I say, " is you come over to de Democrat ?" 44 Oh, no, no, im," he say ; "I quit all de ole partee," (and lie curse dem vid much contemps.) Den he say, "If 1 join any par tec, I b'lieve 1 shall join de new partee." " Ha," I gay, " what is uat new partee V" He say, I don't know noting bout him ; but da say- he is ver grand nat'onal partee, which all dc Whig and Democrat is joining. Da tcil me 'tis de partee ot peace, of liberte, equalite, and fraternite. No electioneer in him, no stump speak, all quiet." Ha," I say, " dat is one crand partee. What you call him?" He say "some call him Knoa-Xoiing and some call him Sam." " Begar," I say, ' I ver sorry of to have such name for one grand partee. I shall suppose by his name dat he is one fool neeger." " Oh, pooh, pooh," he say, and he look a leetil red, and a let-til fret. Den he tell me da call him Knoie-Xoting, be cause he will not talk and quarrel bout do politic; and because he act like he Knoic-Xoting bout do matter. And he tell me Sam mean de United States, of to show dat de partee comprehend de whole na tion. Weli, I say, dis is ver good explanations. Den he sav, " Monsieur, suppose we join de Know Noting; it you will I will." "Well," I say, "he got any raccoon and cider-barrel and log-cabin in him V" He say, no, dat is de whig principel, and de whig is dead." Well," I say, " you tell em I and you join him." " Ah, but,"" he s.iy, " da tell me we cannot join dat way ; he is very select, and only take in genttemens of de firs lespectabilite." " Ah," I say, " dat H ver fine ; how den shall we get into him ?" He say da have meetins to kike in de members, and it you will go vid me to-night, I will go vid you and see if da will take us in- Weil, he come at 8 o'clock, and he take me down one. street, and up one odor, and into one dark alley, and come to ne big house, vid all de door shut, and he say tup, lap, on de door; and one man say tap, W.p, inside ; den he say tap, and toder say tap, and opeu hand. I sy to my frien, dis is not de Know-Noting house, it is de barrack. De man say, if you wish to join de Know -Noting dis is de place. My frien he does not talk, so I talk : I say, " Yes, sair, we wish to join him." De man say, "Is you twenty-one year of age Y I say, " Yes, sair." He say, "Was you born of Protestant parent?" 1 say, " When I was born I did not know noting.''' " Ah," he say, "you is de ver man for de order ; you was born a know noting. I don't tiuk it is nec essair to ask you any more question." Den he hand me dc book, and he swear me dat I will not tell what I see in dc house. Well, I swear, for I can see noting. Den de man leave us and go into one oder room ; and when he gone, my frien say, "Bagatelle, don't you say any ting, and he will forget to swear mc." Well de man come back and forgit him sure nu'j". He take us in one room, where is de grand assem blage, vid de flag and de book, and one man siting up bove de rest, whom da call" de orthy Vice President. I was very happy too see de Vice Pres ident, for I thought he was dead. So he take us to de Vice President and introduce us to him; and I say, "Mr. King, I have ver great satisfactions of to see you, for I tought j-ou was dead." Den all de company laff, and confuse mc ver much ; and one man say, I perceives broder Bagatelle will make one splendid Know-Xothing. Den de Vice President swear me one oder long oath, which I takes out of respect to de Vice Presi dent, and because I links all de foreigner in dis countree is de Meriear.e citizen. Den de Vice President sit down, and one man set above him, whom da call de President ; he knock on de board vid one leetil mallet, and all stand up. I look at him, and I know he is not Monsieur Pierce, for I have sec him two tree time. Den I know dc Vice President is not Mr. King, and I most drop down vid confusions and mortifications. Well de President turn us over to de Instructor, and de Instructor he tell me great many ting. He tell I must put my hand cross my mout so and go up to de President. And when I retire, I must put it so git. ard go up to Vice President. He teach me de word to get in de lodge, and two tree sort of password, and sign and greep, and how to put de hand on de coat, and to draw de finger and turn cross do eye and to scratch my fi ien's hand vid de forefinger, and to drop de paper about, and to cry t vn, anu mo, nio, n-i-o, ana great many tmg which I have not decapacite of to remember," when I am to use him. So I beg him to have de kind ness of to repeat some ting, to help my recollections. So I say, " what you call dat w hen you scratch de hand and hook de two finger togeder ?" He say "you scratch de hand" to find out when one man is a Know-Nothing, and if he is, den he wiil hook de finger. " And what you call when you put de turn and finger in de eye?" Here de Instructor get angryv and will not tell me over any more. "Parbleul" I tinks, " dis is de most fantastical partee I have ever see." Well when he get over all de sign, and greep and toder ting, I look for my frien, an he is gone, and I cannot sea him any where. Den de In structor tell me I must go back to de President. I say, ' Sajr, I have ver much fatigue, I have not 6 oppose it wasBuch difficultc of tojet into de Know Noting ; and I tink I will wisdraw." He says, "you cant wisdraw now, you have swear eternal fidelite to de Know-N 'thing, and you can't wisdraw wisout one regular dismission." Den I get very uneasy, for dis have dc appearance to me of ver great tyranni cal ness, and not cf de Mericane liberte. Well, he take mo to de President, and de Presi dent give me one long talk; and den I get into de Know-Noting. Well, what shall ' I do? I get in and X can't get out I stay date sixteen day, and I look at de book to see who is all my partee, and dare I find my friea hare join de Know-Noting sixty-tree day before he eome to me - to join ! Den I feel ver great jadignations, for he cheat me in ebry ting. Well, when de Know Noting meet, I get up and movelo expell John Smit, because he is not one gentelmans to be in de select partee; and because he cheat me all de time.- Den de President say to me, " Broder Bagatelle, dis is a society of broderly love, and you lay yourself liable to expulsion for such remark 'bout 9 beloved broder. But we ex cuse you as you is not well acquaint wis de rule of de order. If your broder has commit one fault, go and tell him his fault privatelce." I say, "he know all his fault before he commit em; for what den shall I tell him his fault? If you please, sair, give awmy dwuvttbnV He say, " not till air d Mayor's election, broder Bagatelle ; stay and vote for broder Jones before you leave." V " . ' j I say, " begar I shall not vote for him j he is de ole dead Whig.' ' , . , "But," he say, "you must vote lor hun; and he read to mc my oath, and what all do Knov -Not' in" will do to me if I dop't ; and he frighten mc ver j much. Den I wish le diable have all de Know Noting in de worl. Weil. I stay d four rucmt nd a!I de Uuie 1 have to vote for de ole dead W lug. He will not let me vote one time for dc Democrat. Begar, me quit him any how; and mc shall see what he will do. RUSK BAGATELLE. EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE. London, Aug. 9. Messrs. Editors : The latest the nart of the Western Powers is to draw Spain into the alliance, and it is stated that twenty-four thousand troops are about to leave that country, under the command of General Pium, for the Crimea. England and France will probably advance a loan, and offer the free use of a portion of their fleet in the Gulf of Mexico, in return for this aid. Russia has the King of Naples as a friend, and it is not unlikely that a Neapolitan Legion may bo speedily formed. The general 4ssault on Sebastopol is still post poned, though the contending parties are now not more than sixty yards removed from one another. There are complaints at the tardiness of the British engineers, and it is certain that the French works are in a much more forward state than those of the English. Division in the council is cvidi-nt, as the English maintain that from the French position in the Marnelon the Redan might be csaily destroyed, while the French have decided that nothing can be done until the English have brought their advance works close to it. Omar Pacha has taken the command of the army in Asia, as lie was resolved to resign rather than waste more time in the Crimea. At Kars the Rus sians lay siege, and as the defenders of the town are few and provisions scarce, they must gain, unless Turkish troops come to the support of the place Lord Joun Russell stated in the House of Com mons, on Tuesday evening, that the war expenses to England this year were 411,000,000, and he trust ed that the first favorable terms of peace would be accepted. He then regreted the present condition of Italy, and objected to French troops remaining at Rome though from the picture he drew, it was evident that their departure would be the signal for a general rising. One fact he wished to impress on the mind of the House was, the Turkish Plenipo tentiary at Vienna was willing to accept the Aus trian peace proposition as himself. Lord Palmek stox, in reply, said that what Turkey wished was now a secondary consideration, and the chief object of the war was to check Russia. The Times in supporting this iev of the war, cn tirely throws overboard poor Turkcj, and calls her semi-barbarous, corrupt and feeble. Gradually, one delusion is being cast aside, and we see in this case, as in every other mentioned in history, that when a country cannot defend itself, it has no mer cy to expect from allies or enemies. The partition of Turkey cannot be far distant. When the war assumes this new aspect, it appears to be a desper ate struggle of the oligarchs of England and the despot of France against the despotism of Russia; in other words, a mere war for supremacy in ty ranny. An attentive observer may note however, an un der current equally active at the samo time, and which can be called by no other name than revolu tion. On Wednesday evening a very striking proof of this was given. A meeting had been called, in favor of raising a Polish Legion, and th'j Govern ment was known to covertly support the measure. Some two thousand five hundred persons assembled at St. Martin's Hall, to take part in the proceeding. The Earl of Harrington, a personal friend of Lord Palmerston was in the chair, and Sir Robert Peel, the Under Secretary for the Colonies, made a long speech in the caused Poland. Suddenly, -two pri vate individuals arise and propose, and second un amendment. tu.-.i to mc cause vr liberty, ana declaring the movement a delusion and a snare. One of the t wo men supports this view in a speech of great eloquvuce ; the. Ciiair rnan protests, but all in vain, for the amendment is carried by acclamation. The Earl of Harrington, Sir Robert Peel, and various members of Parlia ment, make a precipitate retreat, and the tumultu ous throng are left victors of the scene. Cries ot dire import were raised from time to time for instance, when in the early part of the evening, Lord Ebring ton M as saying he feared, unless caution were used-, ali Europe might be in a blaze, a loud voice exclaim ed': "So much the better, the earth wants purify ing " Another shouted, " We want blood." At the mention of the names of Russell and Palmer ston, yells and groans lasted for several minutes. Meantime, while affairs look thus menacing at home and abroad, Lord Palmerston -has perpetrated a pun in the House of Commons. Arising to take pait in a debate, he said "he was not to be cariied oif the scent by the noes (nose) of the opposition." From the Ohio Statesman, August 52. A Catholic Church Blown n in Ohio. The fol lowing letter to a gentleman in this city will inspire the mind of every good man with horror and alarm : Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, ) August lath 1853. f, Dear Sir: Last night, about 11 o'clock, the Catho lic frame church of this place was made a pile of ruins. A keg of powder was put under the build ing, with a train scattered alom the street, which was fired with burning shavings-. There is no doubt her.e that the incendiary deed was committed bv a set of Know-Nothing rowdies, such as have just wrought devastation in Louisville. I trust, for the welfare' of our country, that the bet ter class of the American people wTd soon arouse to a proper sense of what this awful spirit of blind per secution for opinion's sake is fast leading to. The better class of Know-Nothings here appear to look with disgust upon these terrible proceedings; but who can tell whether they are sincere? The real friends of religious liberty in our community charge, without reservation, that the destruction of the Ca tholic church here is one of the fruits of the Know Nothing crusade. Yours, truly. We have also received the following from a promi nent citizen of the town : Sidney, Aug 20, 1855. Col. Medary Dear Sir : Our village ha been in much confusion since j'esterday morning, caused by the blowing up of the Catholic church on Satur day night. It was one of the boldest and most daring acts that I have known, being done about 10 o'clock on Saturday night the church landing only the width of a street from a dwelling house. No clue has yet been had to the fiends engaged in this outrage. A reward has been offered by the Coun cil, and a meeting of the citizens will be held to day. I will advise you again. Yours, &c, S. The Consistency of Know Notiiingism. Wo have met with more than one know-nothing who persistently denied the well-known fact that Dcr k'gny, the know-no'hing candidate for governor in Louisiana, is a Roman Catholic ; and yet this denial is made in the face of the ninth article of the Louisiana platform which is as follows : " While we approve the Platform adopted by the late national council of the American party at Phil adelphia, we reject the application of the principles of the eighth article to American Catholics as unjust, unfounded, and entirely unworthy of our country." That is the platfbtm of the Louisiana knownoth ings, and their candidate is a Catholic ! Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, also repudiates the Catholic plank in the platform. In a speech which he lately made at Frankfort as reported in the Com monwealth, he said : " Upon the Catholic question, Mr. Crittenden de clared that he was utterly hostile to imposing any penalties, proscription, or disability 'upon any man on account of his religion. He had, further, the ful lest confidence in our native Catholics. He knew native Catholics in Kentucky in whom, as citizens, or patriots, or soldiers he had as full confidence as in Any other faith whatever, and for whom he would vote if they were before him as candidates. He felt sure they acknowledged no allegiance to the Pope that was superior to their allegiance to their country, or equal to it. He would trust Kentucky principles against all the seductions of any foreign power." And thus know-nothingism breaks in pieces I The slavery plank is repudiated by tho whole of tho North, and the Catholic plank in Louisiana and Kentucky!; v., ;-y; V- ' ; l7Wfc ' . MESSRS. RAYNER AND BARRINGER. Raleigh, Sept, 4, 1855. To the &.litor of the IlaUigh Star : - You will please publish the following letters. My object in wishing them published is not to assail others but to defend myself. I wish to show that if 1 misunderstood Mr. Bamnger, others mi under stood him in the same way that there is nothing remarkable in piy having drawn the inference from his remarks which I did, since others do the same. To those at a distance who may not identify, by the signatures, those whose names are signed to the ac companying notes, I will say, that Mr. Haughton is a gentleman of well known reputation in the State as a lawyer, and was one of the most prominent Whig members of the Senate in the.last Legislature. Gen. Singeltarv, of Pitt county, is also a lawyer, and was a p-ominent leader of the Democratic party in the Commons or the last Legislature. Dr. Crudup (late of Franklin) is the present efficient President of the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road Company, and Mr. Cheny is also well known as a gentleman of repu tation and a prominent member of the Senate in the last Legislature. I forbear any comment, let an impartial public de cide. Respectfully, K. RAYNER. Caiituaoe, Aug., 2i, 1855. Hon. KENxrTn Rayner, Jy Dear Sir: In re ply to your letter asking mo if I heard tho Hon. D. M. Barringer, last winter while at Raleigh, speak of a communication made to him at Midrid bv the Pope's" Nuncio I state that I did, and the follow ing is the substance of what Mr. B. said. He remarked that before it was known in Madrid, who were the members of Mr. Pierce's Cabinet, the Nuncio said to him, th.tt he (che Nuncio) did not know who were members of the Cabinet, but of one thing he felt certain, that a member of the Roman Catholic Church had, or would have (I am not cer tain which) a seat iti the Cabinet I have no recollection that Mr. Barringer mom tioncd the name of Mr. Campbell as the person spo ken of or referred to, by the Nuncio ; but my im pression is, that Mr. B. himself mentioned the fact of Mr. Campbe'l's appointment, v as" evidence of a previous understanding between the Democratic par ty and the Roman Catholics, by which their votes had be.en secured for Mr Pierce. The subject of conversation was this alleged bar- ain, and I understood Mr. Barringer as referring to he statement of tho Pope's Representative as evi th dence of its truth. Absence from home at court has delayed this statement. Your obedient servant and friend, J. II. HAUGHTON. Ralemii, Sept 2, 1855. Dcir Sir: The statement Hon. K. Rayner,- made to me by Mr." Barringer was in a casual con versation, with which I did not charge my memor3', and I am not able to recall it fully. It agreed sub stantially with the statement he now makes. I un derstood him as intending to convey the idea, that it was a suspicious circumstance in connection with the charge against the President or his party, of a bargain fur the Catholic vote ; and I remarked that I did not think it amounted to any proof of such a thing. Upon which he replied proiupt'.y. that he did not mean to make any such charge but merely mentioned it, and it might pass for what it was worth. I think he also disclaimed any belief in the charge that had been n.ad' This is the substance of what was said. Very respectfully, ' G. E. B. SINGELTARY. Raleigh, Sept. 3, 1S55. My Dear Sir: Your note of the 23lh ultimo., I found in the Post Ollice on my return from the Springs, and in answer to your inquiry, I make the following t?.-""" . in the month ot January last, during the session of the Legislature, we h Id a culled session of the " North Carolina State Agricultural Society, " which mc-t at night, for several nights, in the Hall of Re presentatives, by special permission of the House. At one of these meetings Mr. Barringer, you and myself occupied seats near each other, to the left of the Speaker's seat. Before the meeting was called to order, b' the Picsident of the Society, we enter ed into conversation on the subject of the "Ameri can Order" and Romanism, wiu-n Mr. Barringer staud that while he was in the City tt Macrid, and bciore he knew who composed the Cabinet of the new President r.f the U. S. or wlm woula likely cio so, the Pope's. Nuncio told him, j,t a party, with ex ultant pride, that a Catholic would be put in the Cabinet ; and he (Barringer) therefore referred to Mi. Campbell's position as " Post Master General " as pi oof that the Nuncio spoke advisedly and know ingly in the matter. 1 understood Mr. Barringer in making the state ment as doing so, in confirmation of the charge made against -Mr. Pierce and his friends, of " bar gain and contract " for the Catholic vote ; and in re marks which frequently made in the Councils of tho " American Order," I invariably mado use of this statement of Mr. Barringer, with the same im press.on which I have since learned you used it, though you and myself never spoke of it together after that night. And I heard no one else speak of it, so that 1 am perfectly sure that my understand ing of the matter and I believe it ooes i:ot dili'cr materially from what I understand yours to be as I see published in the newspapers was obtained strictly from Mr. Barringer's statement in the Hall of Representatives before alluded to. With high regard, I remain dear sir, Your obedient servant, L. A. CRUDUP. The Oaks, Bertie co., Aug. 20, 1855. My Dear Sir: 1 have just received your letter of the 2tiih ultimo, asking me to give you " my re collection of a conversation, which I had with the Hon. D. M. Barringer, in regard to a communication to him by the Pope's Nuncio, touching the appoint ment of Campbell in the Cabinet" In reply to your letter, I will say, that I did hear Mr. Barriuger in conversation on the subject of Mr. Campbell's appointment to the Cabinet of President Pierce. My recollection of the milter is this. I do not remember that the conversation in which I - heard Mr. Barringer engaged, was addressed to mc particularly. I think tho conversation originated in this manner. The Roman Catholic church was the subject of conversation ; the interest the con trolling men of that church took in the political af fairs of this country, how closely they watched the movements of political parties, with a view lo.their own advantage ; and how well informed they were on these subjects. As an evidence of the truth of these things Mr. Barringer said that the first infor mation he received of the appointment of Mr. Camp bell to the Cabinet of President Pierce, was through the Nuncio of the Pope of Rome; the Nuncio in forming him at the time, that he (Mr. C.) was a member of the Romish Church. I think Mr. Bar ringer said, that at this time, he did not know Mr. Campbell, nor did he know that he belonged to the Romish Church. The appointment to the cabinet of President Pierce, his membership in the Roman Catholic church, the fact that the appointment had been made, were all communicated to Mr. B. by the Nuncio, in advance of any other information he had received from home on tho subject. Now in relation to your other enquiry, whether or not I understood Mr. Barringer as speaking of this matter in confirmation of a charge which ?iad jbeen made against the leaders of the Pierce party, that this appointment to the Cabinet was made in pursuance of a bargain before the Presidential elec tion, I will say in reply, that I do not remember, in so many words, to have heard Mr. B. say, that there was a bargain made with the Catholics to vote for President Pierce in consequence of which they were to have this appoitment in the Cabinet : Yet I will give you the impression that the conver sation made upon my mind, at the time, anfi which has been confirmed by subsequent reflection. Believing myself from such information as was satisfactory to me, that such an understanding be tween tho leading politicians of the Pierce party, and the Catholic Church, did exist before the Pres idential election, and hearing this conversation from so honorable and excellent a man as I regarded Mr Barringer, to be ; my convictions of the truth, of the accusations wero so completely strengthened ind ionfirmed, that I Lava atver feikd, when, ad verting to this subject, either in private conversa tion or in public addresses before my fellow-citizen?, to refer to this information communicated by Mr. Barringer as testimony too clear to be disputed, of the truth of a charge of a previous bargain between the Roman Catholic voters of Mr. Pierce and his Jeading friends that . Campbell was to go in tho Cabinet That Mr. B. said so, I can not say. But as this conversation embraced all the subjects I have hinted at, my impression was at the time, that all who were listening to the conversation, came to the same conclusion that I did in regard to the subject I think I heard Mr. B. speaking of the same sub ject again, at a dinner party at . 1 am very sincerely yours, JOS. B. CHERRY. Hon. K. Rayner, Raleigh N. C. ... ; ' I ' COLPORTAGE BY THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY IN NORTH CAROLINA. Notwithstanding the severe affliction of my my self and family during almost tho whole of the past quarter, yet havo I received liberal donations for tho Tract Cause. I have been made to praise God while confined to my bed, because of the deep interest shown this cause by the friends, that so kindly visi ted us, which they proved in handing to me liberal amounts witnout my solicitation. Tho people of Raleigh and other places whero Colporlago is un derstood, seeing that it readied every crenture with the great fundamental doctrines of the Bible, and that the Holy Spirit is constantly blessing the truth to the conversion of souls and the improvement and safety of our Country, give their donations to its support with cheeifu' hearts and follow them with much earnest prayer. And your Agent, seeing this in the friends from all churches and classes, is great ly encouraged to press onward in getting men and money until every family in North Carolina is visi ted and supplied with religious books by sale, at cost, if able to buy, or by' grant if too poor" or too wicked to buy. The influence of Colportagc is seen and felt in helping to e' eck the reading of trashy and danger ous literature, as the following remark of a Book seller will lead us to infer. Said he, " I am satisS?d there is not half the demand here now for novels that was two j-cas ago, and the demand for religi ous books and other good literature has greatly in creased. This I attribute in a very good degree to your system of Cclporta ge." It is highly cheering to witness the decided im provement in this part of my field. Within twenty miles around this City there are three new churhes just completed, and three others about being built, and it is a remarkable f-ict that they arc equally divided between three different denominations. In thw same tection there was not a single Sabbath School foui years ago, now there are fourteen indif ferent parts of the county besides the five City Schools. And during the last quarter upwards of 150 persons have been hopefully converted. God is constantly raising up men in different parts of the State, who are commencing to do a noble work in effectually reaching our poor, ignorant and destitute. Scores of families hav already been vis tetl by them who never had a religious visit be fore. By this means hundreds of our people, who are now clogs to society, may be made good and useful citizens; as is the case of Mr. G. whom I was advised not to visit 13 months igo because of his being delirium trcmr.n. I held a prayer meet ing nt his house, spoke kindly to him, and got him to attend Sabbath School. Soon he become inter ested, gave up his liquor selling and drinking, and at this School, with the aid of his wife, he has foam ed the alphabet and to spell. He is now a good, religious and happy man. To do this work it requires pood, self-sacrificing men, who are willing to labor for the usual salary of $150. These humble men and the bonks given 1 away by them an? tube paid for by money eiven 1 irom me peopie.as tney are not allowed to sell their books at a Mulit ! 1 , r-' . fit be hind supporting our own work $1,G63 56 which was paid by the people of Virginia and other States. Now I am persuaded that N. C, will not be satisfied for this so to remain. What then shall wc do this memorable year of great abundance in helping for ward this work which is helping us constantly and faithfully both for time and eternity ? Let us resolve in God's strength, at least, to support our own work and pa' the deficiency of last year. I know we have men, and ladies too, in N. C., of vast wealth, who have noble christian hearts and noble patriotic spirits, and I appeal to you to look to this work carefully, understand i;s principles and objects fully, be satisfied of its merits and claims upon you and then give accordingly to its support There are some of these persons of wealth, and wealthy churches. I that, probably, would be glad to pay the entire salary ol a toiportcur, as many do in other States, to whom the Reports of the Colporteur is sent One gentleman of our City has led off in this. How many more will follow his noble example? All con tributions liiay be forwarded to mc at Raleigh, or to J. Cross, Sup't. Richmond, Va. To those who may not have great worldly riches but rich in the faith, having Christ to dwell in them, and to all of every class, I appeal to you, likewise, to give your money to the extent of your ability for the furtherai.ee of this cause which goes every where with the one object f pointing all to Jesus, and teaching vital godliness alone ; and especially give to it your earnest prayers. Your truly, WM. J. W. CHOWDER, Agt of Am. Tr. Soc. forN. Carolina. Raleigh, Sept. 1st, 185. Painfully Neat. There are extremes in almost everything. There is such a thing as absolute slo venliness on the one hand and a painful neatness on the other both should be avoided. Journeying upon the high-road from town of late, we paksd the house of a citizen who is blessed with a wife whose ruling passion is a love of extreme order. She has a fit of horrors if a particle of dirt, from any cause, is seen in her house. No child i.s ever allowed to visit her premises, lest it should make its tracks on her cleanly floor, or place its sweaty hands upon the polished furniture.; indeed, for this reason, we suppose, she has no children of herown, and we would not bless or curse her husband with such troublesome responsibilities. A married old maid, that is, one who remains an old maid after marriage, may make a man a neat wife, rather a neat housekeeper ; but that is all the good she will do him. The lady alluded to refuses to open her doors to the calls of neighbors, or the visits of her husband's business friends, for fear they will pollute her floors or soil her furniture. So, though a house keeper for the last fifteen years, we presume ter persons never saw the orderly neatness of her par lor, or took a cup of tea at her table. The day we ' passed the house, wc noticed a profound - stillness about the premies. The grass in the door yards had received the impress of no feet, huxan or canine; none but the feline race was allowed this liberty. Not a stick, or stone was out of its place. All was exact and stiff to a fault The blinds of every win dow, above and below, except one in the back kitchen, where the lady kept her private throne, were all closed, and two sets of curtains within made darkness visible in every room, lest a fly should have light enough to live therein. It looked like a tomb so quiet, so orderly, so solitary, so painfully neat We do love to see some marks of careless freedom some tokens of active life some evi dences that the world is not all made for the mint and cummin, but that the weightier matters of the law are allowed a predominance in the calculations of housewifery. Drew's Intelligencer. Let Southern men remember that every man in Congress from the North who voted for the repeal of the degrading Missouri line was a Democrat That every member of Congress from the North who is not opposed to the repeal is a Democrat That the President who signed the bill, bringing upon his head a torrent of bitter abuse from the en tire abolition party at the North, is a Democrat That very man the Know Nothings have elected to Congrvss from the North, without exception, is a frecsoiler, ami many of them the bitterest, meanest Abolitionists in the United States. That not a Know Nothing Council North has op posed the repeal of the Kansas bill, but all demand it, and that the organization is exclusively in tho hands of the most angry fanatics. Southern Commercial CosTcxnos. Th next meeting of this body will take place in Richmond. do tha&I day of November. . - f STATE FAIR. . The time for ho'.ding the State Fair, (we woaM re mind our reader,) is rapidly approaching. We trust the number of persons who have already made up their minds to attend is more than double that of ; the tuousanas 01 spirucu anu patriotic tiuten, whose agreeable and profitable meetings and greet ings, on the two former 'occasions have sent an elec tric influence from' centre" 'to'-circumference "of the State, which will never cease to exert at most salu tary influence upon her greatest and highest interest; and that thousands more, yet undecided, will at once resolve to do themselves and tho cause of improve ment tho service to b present and. if . possible." to I itii thorn cnmolh-nir tfk r-nut rihll f In the ! ! Ul ..I kU U. .U KTW.... Q -V . ... - i hibition. There is not a moment to lose in making tho necessary preparation. Let every one com mence, forthwith, to make his arraugemcnls, and so dispose his business before hand, as to be ready to devote a week to his highly interesting and instruc tive assemblage of the friends of improvement. All may thus make it to themselves the most profitable, as well as delightful, week of the year. Wc address not only those who reside io the neighboring counties, at what is called convenient distances, but the people of the whole State in the most remote counties, at the most inconvenient dis tances. They arc all equally and deeply interested, and will be amply repaid, for any and all of the pa triotic sacrifices they may make to participate in this great and important movement Eeery County should be repretentetl, icilh sjeeiment and sample of men, and productions of slill and industry. Their delegates should be here in great numbers, with appropriate emblems and banners ready to take their p!ace3 in the grand procession, and contribute their full share to the onward march and ultimate triumph of the pleasurable and peaceful pursuits of industry and civilization. We therefore, call upon leading men in every county, who stand before our minds eye, whom we know to be public spirited, in telligent and influential, to see to it, that their respec tive counties shall be represented at the Fair. Let them remember in the West as well as in the East, that this is a GREAT STATE MEASURE. There is nothing local or sectional in it If anything, the weaker and more 1 emote sections are more deeply interested in its success than any others. We could easily demonstrate this, and if time and circumstan ces allowed, we should avail ourself or this occasion to do so ; but a little reflection will convince the intelli gent mind of its truth, and indicate to the patriotic his duty. The fact, that in this matter, all is to be accmplishcd by the voluntary action of the citizens, and that everything, in such case.-, depends upon the zeal and activity of a few leading spirits, makes it imperative upon that few to come forward and exert themselves in the cause, which of all others, of a secular nature, is dearest to the mass es, until the people all over the State -hall be fu'ly aroused. There are leaders in every county, who, like Roderick Dhu, in a political campaign, have on ly to give one sound cf their whistle, and the face of the earth is immediately alive not with " p'.aid ed warriors armed for strife" but with excited par tisans rushing to " wetting F If the re mark of Dean Swift "that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, deserves more of his country and better merits the gratitude of mankind than the whole race of poli ticians ptit together" be true, would not these ch'-efs be cmpolycd in a nobLr work, by sounding their whistle in the cause of improvement, and summon ing their followers to the State Agricultural Fair? That many of them are nut engaged in agriculural pursuits, is 110 excuse for a neglect of this duty. It j is well known that professional men have much i scientific, agricultural an I mechanical knowledge, and when they turn thei energies to it, nuke the j best farmers; and, moreover, tiie:r interest is so in- terwoven with manual labor pursuits, and the pros- Iperity of these pursuits arc so indispensably neces sary to the existence and support cf civi government i and society, it becomes the duty cf good citizens of a all professions to tK.c an active part in all measures intended for their advancement Before we close, a word t the citizens of Raleigh and Wake County. They have a peculiar pail to perform in the great work before us, and the State expects them to po their outy. They not only la bor under heavy rcspinsi!)ilit:e'S,'-U have a d.ep in terest in the success of the Fair and the permanent location of Lite Fair Or.m;idi at the Seat f Govern ment. Let all, therefore, -ct about to do their best to make the Fair attractive and agreeable. First, let all prepare something to carry to the Fair; se condly, let all become members of the State Society- find lhirdlv h-t nil hi lit-rnl nd zr-alniia in J . j manifesting their interest in this great State enter- j prise. Let the citizens of Raleigh make it known I beforehand, that their cousins, friends and acquaint- ances from the county will all be welcome visitors j during the Fair that the string of their latch will j be ever outside of the door, and the latch ready to , fly up at the call of visiting strangers from whatev- cr quarter. Let the people r.f all Wake County j open their doors, and invite the whole State. The 1 hospitality will be appreciated and reciprocated. J Xo thing teill bj lost much may be gained an in I expressible amount of happiness and pleasure at i least Arator. The Responsibility Cuakged Home. The Cour ier des Etats Unis gives a sharp but fair answer to the Express, which is bewailing the dischargcsof cannon, the blazing houses, the murdered citizens of Louisville. The New York News translates as follows : " Tho truth is that the excesses you enumerate (those of electien day at Louisville) were never heard of until the day when you and yours, at first under the designation of native Americans, after wards under that of Know-Nothings, sowed divis ion among citizens, and traced an arbitrary line be tween them, by making religion and birthpliee the occasion of proscription of a revolting character, in striving to create in the bosom of the free and democratic republic of the United States neiots like those of Sparta, and Pariahs like those of India. " If men of foreign birth now occupy an isolated position, it is only that which you desire to place them in, contempt for alljthc traditions of the Ame rican confederation and of all the rules of justice and reason. Men who, without hope of ever leturn ing thither, have quilted the land in which they were born, have come here to demand the rights of citizens, to become like to you the children of a common country. During the time that you have frankly accorded these privileges and we cite the history of a half century democratic and liberal principles have prevailed, and the elections have brought with them naught but the intrigues insepar able from all political contests and inherent in the manoeuvres of politicians. But from the day when your calculating intolerance and your egotistical cupidity have excited intestine dissensions in this great family from the day when we have devided into hostile camps the native born and the adopted children of the republic you have invoked all sorts of disasters. You have sown the winJ ; you will reap the tempest! It is, then, upon you, Know-Nothings, whether secretly leagued by oaths or openly avowed, that the responsibility "for the blood-shed at Louisville should fall. Why do you speak to us of cannon in the streets, when you yourselves only brought it there ? of houses given to the flames, when you alone were the incendiaries? of terror and anar chy, when you have produced them? of American citizens slain in cold blood, when you yourselves are their murderers? Leave to all citizens the ex ercise of those rights which the law confers, and ycu will not see the pacific and legal arena of the election canvass transformed into a field of battfe," Thi 4 French paper speaks words of bitter truth, and all the more bitter because, in other respects, its feelings harmonize with many of those now per secuting the adopted citizens. It places the terrible responsibility where it belongs. It impales the au thors of these murders, and exposes their false sym pathy and lyin tears in language of severe and just indignation. How forcibly it may be applied to Prentice, of the Louisville Journal! Ilion Sale or Tobacco Br Babksdale am Reap. J. D. Long of Caswell county. North Carolina, No. 1 $33 50 ; ditto. No. 2 at $23 75. Bought by George W. Gilliam for his celebrated brand "Wine Sp.n , . - .; , BicJLEnq. New Cottox bt 'Railkoap. The first receipt of new cotton by railroad waa . brought down from, Quitman; on Saturday evniog's train. It was con signed to Lewis & King. BT TCXELLA. I hare been 1 since we parted with friends wirm , , And ireely have lasted affeclion' pure dew tFue. 1 re ion-ed for ihee sadlj, nTy own dtrlmg oac. As the gem hath no bripbtneas wLen lipht is dmed. So dark m my p;r.t away Irom tbr s:dt For ihj K,ve is ihe .unligbt beneath whose warm rar The parties of ancy must brilltaatlj play. vu?u "ut.,he of 7 fS doth meet VV p.h the barrier of absence, it ;brow at iby fcet The treasures it bnngs from the depth of tar heart And " upraj-hko" doUi into - bright utterance " start. Although it may be we are parted forever, o distance the chain of afiectirn can sever 7i trong but elastic, and well do I kuow' Twill lengthen wherever my footsteps may go. Thn oh mar my portrait still hang in thv s ml The sweet butcs of Me-r'ry acn - it still mil, JJke the perfume Ihu lingers wh-n rjse arc crashed. The echo of sung whoa the music is hushJ. Oh ! let not Time's waters mv inge efface. Let me feel I bat another aits not in my pliacc. That uiy neat by the hearth where affecwoa djib bara Is vacant alt ho I mar never return. For in Ibe still hush of the calm ereu-tide In spirit I often will s.l by tbr aide, While wcct rctnupection the hour eball cheer. Willi the thought of a fneud who though absent is near. If ever ihy spirit hath moments like Ibis, When he Past and (he Future seesa geutlr to kiss When Memory is holding ihe torch-light of ilnpe,' And lime-wiihered pleasures bc-ui-a'.h it re-ope : ' When all that was sad iu Ihe pat disappear, And a bright-tinted future so vividly Bears, That the preset is lost in Ihe I ght that u cast By Mcin'ry and Hope o'er the luiure and past : Oh then, when lbee mingled rajs over thee suite Th.nk, think, that my p.nt is calling to thine, And let Iby suit answer conic back on mr ear So' sweetly distinct that tho' sleeping I'll' hear. IUleigh, X. C. RAILROAD STATISTICS. If there be any man in the country who hus not made up his mind to believe in the utility of Hail roads to an agricultural district at a distance fro:a market, we think the subjoined table, which seems to hve been prepared with great care and accuracy will relieve hin from all further hesitation or doubt! It is m long since we cut it from one of our Western exchange papers that wc have forgotten to who.a the credit for it sh.-uild be given ; but it will not be the less interesting either for its age orour: -no-ranre of its origin. The object of the table was to sho.v the comparative value of a ton of u heht and one of corn at given distances from market, as af. fectcd by the cost of transportation by railroad and over the ordinary road : Railroad. !ordiary hi war. j Wheat. Corn. .Wheat Corn. At market 10 miles 20 do $W 0 $24 7-H49 50 $24 75 4 23. 25 00f 48 On; 25 2(5 4V 20 4'J 00 4'J UOj 4S 75; 4S 50 43 45 48 30j 48 15 48 W 47 85 47 70 21 45! 46 501 21 75 SO 40 50 CO 70 80 PO 100 110 120 130 HO 150 ICO 17 180 100 200 210 220 230 240 230 260 270 230 290 S00 310 320 C30 24 15i 43 50 18 73 18 75 17 25 15 75 14 25 do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do da do do 24 15! 43 5o: 24 0 ! 42 0 ! 23 8-i 40 50; 23 70; 3:i (H! 23 55; 37 5o 23 40; 35 CO: 12 II 9 8 fi 5 3 2 0 0 23 r 23 53 25 75 23 to 00 23 25' 23 Uj 22 95: 34 50! 33 00: 31 50' 30 00! 28 0 ) 27 0 25 50, 24 00i 22 5fi 22 00 19 50 13 00: 47 55! 22 SO' 4.7 4.(1' 22 05 47 25 47 10 o-- 22 50 351 10 4o Ml 4C Col 4C 50' 4C 351 22 05 21 DO 21 75: 0 do 0 ro 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 O 10 0 00 0 CO 0 00 0 CO 0 00 21 001 40 20! 21 45 10 50 40 05 21 SO; 15 00; 45 90 21 15 13 50! 45 75j 21 OOj 12 00 10 50' 9 00 7 5'' 0 00, 4 50 3 00. 45 CO. 20 85 45 45! 20 70 45 30 20 551 45 15! 20 4o AX TiA- on o a TV VVt J iaj 44 85 20 10j 44 70i 19 US 44 55 19 80J 50 00 In is thus made evident that a ton of corn, if car ried 170 miles to market by the ordinary means of traniHrtaticn by wagon, will not produce one cent more than it has actually cost the grower, its whole value being absorbed by its conveyance to market ; while, if transported the same distance by railroad, the nctt proceeds of iu sale would be more than $22. The transportation of a ton of wheat, bv the same calculation, would exhaust its value at ihe distance of SCO miles if made in wagon, while lr the railroad it would be worth more than $44 beyond the cost of getting it to market. These are st ubborn and striking facta, which no ingenuity of reasoning can overthrow. They are sufficiently plain to be understood by every farmer, no matter what l.is distance from market may lie, and they will no doubt have their inllucncc in determining bin decision when called upon to subscribe to the stock of a rail road company passing within convenient r.-achf tho practical benefits to be derived from the extens;on of railroads to the Slates and Territories of the Union that have no navigable stream leading to the great markets of the country. In a political point of view, it might be readily shown that the advan tages would be still greater of multiplying such means of intercommunication; but they arc too obvious not to strike the attention of statesmen with out a word further from us Rational Intelligencer. Balloon Ascexsiox os Horseback. Mr, Eiliolt, who is well known in Petersburg as a daring aeronaut, made an ascension from St. Louis last week on horse back. The Republican says : "Agreeably to announcement, Mr. Elliott made his icrial voyage on horseback. The ground inside of the enclosure was thronged with ladies and gen tlemen, to witness his perilous voyage ; while out side the numbecs could only be enumerated by thousands. There were many who thought the horse would not go up ; but, true to ihe appoint ed time, he was harnessed to the arial car, and at a given signal, with Mr. Edi.nt 011 hi& back, off tluy went into the regions of air. The horse bchaveJ himself most admirably, and looked around and down upon the earth apparently in the most perfect astonishment. His hook never for a moment I clawed the air, but be contented himself by gazing, in most perfect horse wonder, at the peculiar situa tion of things. Mr. Elliott seemed as much at home upon his charger u if he were upon a macadamized road. As far as the eye could reach, . both horse and rider seemed to be getting along quietly but safely. This is the first balloon ascension on horseback, we believe, ever attempted in America, and in the science of aeronauts St. Louis ranks as the Paris of the continent. Last evening, we understand that the officers of the steamer Keystone, which arrived between eight and nine o'clock, saw the balloon and horse'eomiug down in the immediate vicinity of the month of the Missouri river, and from all appearances made a safe landing." The " volcanic repeating pistol is the name a iiewly invented fire arm in New Haven. It carries a Minic or conical ball, in a rifle barrel and will put it through, it is said a three inch plank at a distance of ninety rods. The receiving tube will hold ten ball-cartriges and can be deposited in two seconds of time. The pistol may be discharged thirty times, in fifty seconds. It is so contrived that it is not lia ble to accidental discharge. There is no priming, no caps and no recoil. The powder and ball arc in closed in the mctalic cover. Miss As drews, the lady volunteer nurse, is id to bo a Louisiana lady, but last from Syracuse, ew York. Her contribution to the funds of the Howard Asfttfetkm m siW tt bivt bttso $1,000.
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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