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a:, it . TJo search through . Heaven the sweetest smile N That lightens there is thine ; . . ... , , And through Hell's burning darkness breaks . , No frown, so fell as mine.. .. One sniHe 'twill light, one tear 'twill cool ; These will be more to me- ; ; .. Than all the wealth, of all the worlds, . , , Or boundless power could be. -V - . To part from, one I love, Sallie, . . Is harder than to die ; , , I see it by thy heart lady ; I feci it by thine eye. :.- Thy lightest look can tell ; , ,- Thy. heaviest thought to me, Sallie, Oh I I have loved thee well, But well seems ill with thee, Sallie. CaUare-of the Minds of Children. There is nothing, "perhaps, under, heaven, that is so pleasant to witness as parental I affection ; it is an instinct so natural and powerful that obstacles are surmounted and sacrifices made without remorse, nay with, pleasure, by those parents who see in their off spring the consummation of love, - But is it not sur prising, or rather, is it not a matter of deep regret, that with all this affection, while all this sincere and and hoet idolizing, one of the first duties and one or ine greatest pleasures snouia oe overlooked neg lected : that the mind of the child, simple, tractable. and confiding, should be left to derelop; itself under me oarsn mnuence oi ignorance to oecomea awanea by a mistaken kindness? So soon as the infant opens its bedazzled eyes in this , world, it ' commences to think r-to learn. . Its thoughts of course, are weak and'perbaps only half-formed ; but there is the mind, whose nature wUl pot allow it to rest, however much we may deceive ourselves on that point. The neces sity, then, exists for the attentive training of the in fant "mind from the earliest moment it deals with the things of this life. : Instead of this, however, custom has so far imposed her conventionalisms upon us, that the- child walks and talks for years without any attention being made to the directions of its thoughts; and when, at Jength, this duty .is undertaken, it is generally performed with such inexcusable laxity.'that the child's memory is loaded only v "th words of half of which it scarcely knows the 'meaning, and with warning against ; those enormities merely which in volve . punishment , and disgrace ; external propriety of behavior ,and politeness; the arts of reserve, dis- .-Bimnlatinn ; and ftaltprv? prtflin nrthrvloT notions nf -social !:"e,.fanq dexterity in gaming a livelihood are taught, matters of course ; while the formation of the . mind and the heart is estimated as a secondary 'Consideration. : This produces more serious consequen ces than may, at first appear.. One or. both of two f)licky. May be poisoned, and its openness of heart may be violated-: There are serious obstacles to the education of the iufant mind. -; r- For the understanding of a child to be healthy and properly formed, it must have been supplied with cor rect notions of things and- taught always to think in a way consonant with truth.. But this cannot be ac complished without much assiduity and care ; this is no exception; anything, the possession of which is valuable, is generally difficult to obtain. And what can be more precjou3to an affectionate parent than au intelligent chud?idrhat could more amply reward i nose parental exeruons-thosedutuul labors of lover through the bypath? and mazes of falsehood, without a guide to first teach it the shortest and safest way, and . a beacon to afterwards remind it of its instruc tions ? The. honest , little 'hearts of childhood are easilv causrht in the , snares of nonnlar prrnr? and for them once Jo be so ; entangled w perhaps the most melancholy accident that .can befall ; them ; conse quence, follows consequence, until the result is a de plorable, and may lie a fatal ignorance. To avoid this, the child should be subject to a systematic watch ing ; and whenever i- arrives at wrong conclusion, a conversation, kind and considerate, and of character to suit its age, may put it right, and so explain the cause of arriving at such unsound judgment. tht the error may, perhaps, be less frequent as the child be comes older." This may appear to involve an arduous undertaking on the part of the parent ; but it is abso lutely necessary; for by' no means can the child-be taught sufficiently early to pay attention to the opera tion o its -own -mind, which is one great object to be aimed-at and achieved. All questions should be patiently and carefully answered ; and by no meaus should curiosity be checked. " To reply peevishly and sharp to a child's interrogatories, is a fatal mistake, and neither con firms the prudence nor intelligence of the parent. It is to check the cravings ot a mind desiring to de velop itself; to refuse to labor, that you may be re warded a hundred fold ; to nip iu the bud the Iong degired flower; and to heap sorrow on your head, and xpect rejoicing. The injunction to "heavsee, and say nothing." is a mistake which must sooner or later be patent to the world of rjarents and tutors who have so long cherished it as an orthodox admonition to those intelligent little creatures who have .desired to understand ,what they have seen. Of course, there are times end seasons when silence should be required of them ; but these are rare, and not generally of long duration, Then, again, they should be encour- hear them, and so on, whenever it is possible for them so .to-, assist"-tbeir. aRderctandinsr.T-The "'beauties of heaven, and the wonders of the vegetable and animal kingdoms are very instructive lesson books, from which the young enquirervwill obtain rnany impres sions and thoughts calculated to strengthen his mind. But care should be taken that they do' not pass too raioidlv -.from' one sunieet'to another : for there is - 1 9 ;thia danger against which it is necessary to guard sthey may thereby become in attentive. Now it is only by attention that they can : obtain any solid in formatioo; and it is therefore of great importance that they should be trained to be attentive. ' Another ;; necessary precaution, on the part of pa- cub aim iubura, la iuuii ineir answers to queseions, or their explanations of objects, should be in language suGciently plain to come within the comprehension of the child to be instructed ; or else, as mtist at once be seen,, the child will be puzzled instead of edified, and the labor of the instructor be in vain instead of usefjd. It. were better that the little student's ques tions' be left unanswered, than they should be mysti fied by ignorance and prevarication. It is- not at all injurious to the - influence of instructors that thev should occasionally acknowledge their inability to ex plain maiiers upon wuicn tney are madequately in formed. One great reason why. they should not be misled, either intentionally or nnitentionallv. is that " the first impressions have a superiority of power over , those . -which 'may be afterwards received. -This ac counts,, la a' taeasore, for. the tenacity with which florae people retain notions absurdly superstitious. JFirst impressions therefore should be forcible and true. Another error not unfrequentry committed in the edu cation or the child, is that his tasks are, not within his power of comprehension. They are suited only for riper jears ; and the ideas he forms of. these sub jects are probably incorrect. In every day life we may constantly detect the effect of such loose and inconsiderate- training. , Children of larger growth are using . words, and sometimes phrases, of the- meaoiug of which they have a very imperfect .knowledge. Were the policy seen, and generally ;acted nporij of teaching the youug carefully and re gularly, instead ot by tpe . present yague and unsound system, the conversation of society daring the next .generation .would be of a much purer and intelligent i cbaracter than the present verbose and pithless mode . of communication. There is no better sign, perhaps, , of a;uUivated mind, than the nroner use of , words .witij a knowledge. The importance of this must be - ,PRerit to the reader, as also that the child's infor , iafion should be aisojid as is saitableltb its capacity, uu care . snouid Je tak$n that it is. sufficiently deliber- .iLie in arnvins' at rtnnolnofnna : . We,.. oe these, circumstances, is the culture of :XQB,mXVi mind p matter upon wbich the parent Bboajd Ced.jnduTereDt?w,It isaduty solemnly -uicum- uent, ana a task no Jess nqble than delightful. - Shermn and Can2olp!i. Mr: Sherman wasvrepresentativd i.in Conscresa from "vucui, iii3,uusjns3 juav ueeuDat -ot makj shoes. - John Randolph, who bad Indian blood' V It m , .and Wlt" hiajosual squeaking sound said, A Should liW4v 1- m,ko V,ii fenH,..- nis leather nnmn v, i .t. tr i- S rftnan7eP1'1 imitating the arae. squeak'.- J oJ.P; 8ir t0 mW moceasijMtor the deceiaaoXa w wanonias. ' Democratic Distribnlion.- yr The sham Democratic plan of distributing the pub lic lands, as practised . under the late Pierce adminis tration, and as proposed to be continued by hp pres ent dynast Ss most beautifully, illustrated iu the crotcing of the North-western presses : The St. Paul's Xdvocate thus announces the pas sage of the Minnesota Land Grant bill by Congress: BOUNDARIES LAND GRANTS RAIL ROADS. 1 0 TEIUlirHE ! 1 GOT XT AT LAST I Congressional Ifonor Vindicated ! Corruption bue! The Minnesota Land Grant a Law f 7,000,000 acres"(New Grant.) 5,000,000 (Old Grant.) Making a Total Grant to Minnesota of 12,000,000 Acres! Over Two Thousand Miles of Railway ! The Morning Dawns . Pitch in and Winl 500,000 Esiigr.aj.tj Wanted this Teah It must be very gratifying to the tax-payers of Vir ginia especially, to read such triumphant, jubilant congratulation's as the above, from the SC Paul s Ad vocate, to the people of Minnesota 1 Ff teen millions of dollars worth of public lands given by one Congress to a Territory, by which mean3 to build two thousand miles of railroads, whnst the squeamish, abstraction-ridden Representatives from the "Old Dominion" are making a sham fight in favor, of having the proceeds of the public lands go into the United States Treasury ? "Five. hundred thousand emigrants wanted this year!" says the St. Paul's Advocate. "Pitch in and win!" says the St. Paul's Advocate. In what manner "Congressional honor is vindica ted," and "corruption rebuked," by these grants, is rather incomprehensible to outsiders, unless it means that there is -no way of vindicating the honor of Con gress and rebuking corruption but by allowing the Western States "and Territories to tafaall the public lands with the. consent of JCongressional Representa tives 1 - v ;. In our judgment it is .simply ridiculous for any Congressman from the Old States to fold his arms and give a simple vote against a system "which he knows can in no other wav be defeated, than by adopting a general plan of equitable distribution amongst the States. The Old States, with Ohio, Kentucky, Ten nessee, and Texas, can now easily control the whole question of land distribution, and successfully insist upon a fair division of . the public domain, and no man is fit to represent any portion of the people who will hesitate uuder existing circumstances, to demand ' such an equitable distribution. WasTiington Organ. From the Richmond Christian Advocate. Gotthold's Emblems.; MAYFLOWERS. When in the season of Whitsuntide, according to the custom of., various places, the dwelling-houses, as well as the churches, were adorned with May-flowers. After.- public worship had closed, there were a few friends together ; one of them thus lgan : Of what good thing shall we be remind by thete May-flowers beneath which we sit? . A very aged man answered : I am reminded by them of my own condition ; as the May-flower?, placed in water, remain fresh and beautiful for a while," but finally and indeed soon, are withered. So it is also with us aged people ; we use the best means, we bring to our wasted powers all kind of food and drink, also seek help from serviceable medicines : these help as long as they can, but at last, it is said, man must away ! we wither and disappear. In the mean time, also, as the May-flowers, ere they wither, afford the richest odor, so will I busy myself to make the end of my life in the world agreeable, ly a good reputation and conduct. For it is my opinion that the old men ought to be examples of godliness and virtue to the younger, even when the time comes when they can do nothing more than di-vontly pray. God help me. that I, this my silver crown, with which it has pleased him to adorn my head, (at this he took off his cap,) may lay at his feet to the eternal -praise of his name (Uev. iv. 10., Prov. xvi. 31.) These thoughts pleased the company much, and gave occasion for farther, cheer ful pious conversation. One of the friends thought also of the May-flowers in the church, and said. Thwe are like inconstant, changeable and hypocritical Chris tians of whom a great number are accustomed to occu py the seats in the Church. As the May-flowers flour ish for a short time, but because they have no routs, soon wither, so these Christians .also flourish and le lieve a short time, but fall away in the time of temp tation. (Luke viii, 13.) They have the form of god liness but di-ny its power, (2 Tim. iii. 5.), and finally wither away utterly ; that is they find no comfort, die in their sins, and are cast into eternal fire. God grant that we may be footed acd grounded in the love of Christ, (Eph. iii. 17.) that we may flourish in the house of God ! (Psa 52. 10.) In conclusion. Gotthold took, then! upward and said; while we sit here among the lovely flowers of May and enjoy our selves, e.o may they afford us a fit memorial of tem poral and earthly joy. This is as changeable and fiejtine as the loveliness and beauty of the May-flow ers. Before we are aware, we are gone, and nothing remains of the May-flowers, except that they afford crood rods, with which to correct naughty children; so of vain wordly pleasure, after the enjoyment, noth ing remains but repentance and a heavy hi art ; yea, Gad often makes out of the sinful pleasures of youth, a sham rod: with which he scortrges many a one dur ing his whole life Therefore, let u be joyful indeed in the midst of the May-flowers, but in the fear of the Lord, that our few and fleeting pleasures be not changed into a great and enduring unhappmess. My God ! I am elad that it is thus with worldly pleasure. that we mav have cause and be urged to seek after .. something: better.; - I have my ioy m this, m my Jetsus, His grace and His Word. - These are the May-flowers which are al ways fresh and flourishing, and 1 have never yet, at any time found myself among them without refresh ment and comfort. - N. H. The Dred Scott Case-Letter from Judse Story. The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser relates that in the opinion delivered by Justice Nelson, of this State, he quoted a very remarkable letter written by -Judge Story in 1838, relating to a rasa analagous to that or Dred Scott. It seems that J udge Story was accus tomed to write at least once a year to Lord btowell sending bira a copy of his Judicial decision which the latter duly raciprocated. At length a case arose in the English court (of which Lord S towel was chief Justice) where an Antigua "slave", was carried by his master to Ji.ngland for temporary residence, and was subsequently taken back to Antigua. He brought suit for his "freedom," and he Inferior Court decided against his right to freedom." - In the Appellate vjourt, jjora oiowen, in uenau oi a majority oi uie Court, affirmed the judgment below. Lord Stowell sent his decision to Judge Story, who delayed reply ing so long taat Lord is- again wrote to him, expres sing regret at not receiving a reply, and a hope that their pleasant correspondenc of so many years stand ing, would not cease. To these letters Judge Story replied as follows: V - - ? ' '. Salem, near Boston, Sept. 22, 1838. To lit. Hon. Wm. Lord Stowell: :V:.-"vl ' My Lord I have the honor to acknowledge the. receipt of your letters of . January and May last, the former of which reached me in the latter part of the spring, and the latter quite recently. w t - I have read, with great attention, your judgment m the slave case from the vice Admiralty Court in An na, i Upon the fullest considerations which I have been able to give the subject, I entirely concur in your views. J It I had been called upon to pronounce a judgement iu a like . case, I should certainly -have arrived at the same result, though I might not have been able to present the reasons which - led to it in snch a striking and convincing manner. It, appears to me that the decision is impregnable. . : ; ' lo my native State (Mass.) the state, of ; slavery w nnt recognized as legal ; and yet, if; a slave should come hither and afterwards return ' to : his own home, we should certainly thiuk that the local law would re attach noon him, and that bis servile character would be re-integrated. (I have , had becasian to know that your judgment has been extensively read in, America, (whtre questions of this nature are not of iinfrtquent discussion. add I never have heard any other obinion but that of approbation of it 1 expressed among the fVoreioh oF the law. ,1 .cannot but that, upon .ques ions of this sort as well a3 maritime law,, it were well if the common lawyers had studied a little more exteh sively th principles of public and cival law; and had iooiieg oeyona tneir own muntcpai jurispruuence. . I xeiaaio with the bighlst respect, ' . , jTbnx tmbs t"obedfent servant, ; - , .Joseph StqbK 'Pvi.none but Americans jon. Guard!" THURSDAY,vMAY 14, 1857. JOHN COLLINS, Warrenton, N. C., is our author zed Agent for the American Advocate.; ; ; A. G. EUUANK, Esqr, Pollocksvillef is our agenf who will collect and receipt for us. Superior Conri--2d Circnil. t Judge, John Lt Bailey. - Beaufort, " Monday, May 18, Hyde, " " . " : . 25, AVilson, " " June 1, gffThe Editor is from home during this week. Our readers will please remember this if they should find many mistakes and blunders. . - Right of Secession. It is a most difficult matter to get politicians to de fine their positions so as to make them clearly under stood, on the many abstractions that they severally and locally set lorth. And there is no question upon which there is more mysterious, and vague nomenc latures and phrases which may "mean more or less, per- i haps, than on the subject of the claimed right of se cession. It may be that it results, in this case from the peculiar nature of the question, or other' cause. ,j . It is a matter we never could properly understand,, after having read and heard it discussed and dissected j by orator?, politicians and organs of all grades', bring ing to bear even the immortal resolutions of 98 and 9. We have studied it harder than perhaps any oth: er subject, and are free to confess the seemingly u ex plicable difficulties surrounding it. And the worst of it is, the very points which render it most mysterious and therefore the more necessary that they be made clear, as the ones keeping it la tte utmost chaos, are the very ones that seem to be most difficult of elicit ing the desired light. "We are certainly in this po sition in regard to our neighbor as it were of the Wilmington" Commercial. , He has stated his positiou that a Stale ha3 the right to secede Jor cause, but that the right to secede at will, cannot possibly exist. Now, it did, and yet docs seem to ns. that the same principle, as well as the same constitution, and the same nature of gov ernment, which warrants and supports the doctrine that a State may ' constitutionally secede for (any) cause, would also necessarily give that State the co extensive right to determine as to cause; and there fore to form and exercise the will the desire the determination. ,. Now, in as much as no State ever will think of quietly picking lip her. baggage and walking out of the Union upon a mere will, without the assumption of some co-,however trival, and of course our neigh bor fas it were has no design to "play upon the word" "will" merely, because lie gives U3 a sound rap for not understanding ..hie position better, in his ex treme "desire as expressed by himself to use as few words as possible, iu all our his compositions of an argumentative character ;" then without the mooting of this question, by some State not only no " argu-. ment," but really no "words" are necessary. We are therefore unable to perceive how he has relieved the subject of its to us difficulties, not to say incon sistencies. We do hope the editor will so explain this matter as to relieve it of these burthens. Wc do opt mean, now, the whole question of secession, unless it be necessary .to bring this point out. v : - We are pleased to see that there is a nearer approach to.the question, than at first. At first our venerable cotemporary, in reply to us, -byway of showing His aversion to a " play upon words," laid down the principle thaf'the act of secession avows the "! and that "no State can secede for cause without the will to do it"!! But upon our repeating to him the request to explain how and by whom the cause is to be. determined, and if the State wishes to secede has not this authority to act, aud that if a State could secede for cause, and if she could not in the exercise of her will decide upon the cause, &c, &c. In reply to this there is some im provement some nearer approach to' the points we presented. lie now comes as near to ns as to assume the closely trimmed point that, a State cannot secede at tri'Z uwitliout a. cause" that the right to secede on the "mere eccentricity of will without- any ca use whatever," is what he denies Oa State 1 Well, it surely would be verry decided "eccentricity" for' a State to attempt any such thing . as that. Is it hot a fact that all human action is based upon some cause, except that which is involuntary and this would have as little of will as cause ? Then we repeat what we have stated above, that no State would ever think of seceding without some eae. Now, what we wish to get at is ; has the State fall, complete and sovereign power and authority to decider-determine, and (con sequently act upon) this cause. .... If so, .then it does seem to us that her right of secession at will, is clear and unquestionable and that no other authority 'the State or the general government has the' right to say nay. If this is not so, then it seems equally clear to us, that the right of secession exists no wh$i e' in a sigle State. ; If .our position is not correct, then we wish the error to be shown us. Here is a great and important principle involvedj, and our political fathers should give us to the clear light upon it.., . The editor pf the Commercial we Sake it, is as fully competent to investigate this matter as almost hy other of his tennets in the State;? -His' age, hisxex perience, his jrequerJ discussion of all shapes of 'po litical questions and parties render him toe. proper; individual to place this doctrine of secession in its true lights. ; We have amongst us some younger men. perhaps more ardent, but these are sometimes consid ered rash and.abstract. He is cool, sedate and argu mentative, cautious, and therefore more apt to be practical.. To such authority we prefer to appeal .for instruction. - The Burdell Murder in New York. We publish to-day-a portion of sthe , trialjof-.JIrs. Cunningham, indicted for the murder of ; Dr. Harvey Burdell, (now notorious throughout the world.) We have not time and space to give the triaj.in full. In thirty-five minutes afte retiring the jury return ed, and gave in a verdict of "Not guilty." ..The N Y. Herald says "the verdict seemed to afford very general satisfaction. Judge Davis privately expressed himself pleased with it." ..... 1 On the conclusion' of the trial on Satnrday night Mrs. Cunningham, witn ner cnnaren, was conveyed in a carriage to tne nouse nit. 01 uonu Bireer, tne scene of the murder, where she proposes to remain until the rendition of the decision of the Surrogate touching her alleged marriage with the late Dr.: Jiur dell. This she can legally do; as the law recognizes her right to remain in the house' and use the furni ture until such time as the validity of the alleged marriage is passed upon by the proper ofucerg.." t, Eckel was discharged -without even exacting from him any bail (beyond his own) for his appearance, until the Conrt of Oyer' and Terminer lie ready to try the case. Eckel's recognizance was- taken, in the sum of $5,000, and he was discharged from custody. . 'A .. . T ' OI v "Tfc. l' 1 - A Free Nesroes The RaWightfanof outrage upon the patrolr by;a;lotof free negroes at some collection ofc negroes.? 'That 'article yyill be found on our first "page. 5" The unfortunate affair is one to be deeply regretted by all. But that it is the only one of that character, that taay occur again, or will probably occur again, can scarcely be believed by any one, observant of the 'tendency of matters and things as they really are. ; It is apparent that the ' spirit " or insubordination, f where the most complete anLper- fect. control is required for the peace, happiness and prosperity of all concerned, is more and more prevalent, every week of our existence.- Every slaveholder has undoubtedly observed this, various causes contribute to this result, some of which might and should be remedied. .Oue of these and a prorni neut one is Ihe existence of the Free Negro popula tion among our slaves. Almost all admit the great evils resulting from this cause, particularly tne siavenoiacrs tn ine coumry. n Towc8 and Villages, it is not so evident, or is not so readily admitted by all classes, or even to the slave holders there, narticuiarlv ifTents are enhanced by, or some cheap work is wanted oYHhis-sort of popula tion. We have frequently urged this matter upon the attention of our readers, and upon the attention of Legislators and our bretheren of the press? -Notwithstanding the universally acknowledged ne cessity for some action on thi3 subject, it has not had force enough to induce our, Legislators to act on this question, even during all this excitement and appeals to Southern prejudices and for Southern rights and the tights of slaveholders. This, of itself, is a suffi cient" comment upon the worthlessness and hollow- hartedness of mere partizan "Southern Rights" and "Southern rights men." We have beard enough, and read enough, and seen enough, of these tons con- temptible, beings, to sink a ship of sufficient capacity to carry to Liberia, all the free negroes in our com munity. Yet with this whole; mass, how little have they of the real rights and interests of the slaveholder at heart, where party cannot be advanced when some action practical and important, is proposed, of practical utility to those directly interested in slave property, and not votes merely. " J , We have before stated that the time was fast ap proaching when the people would be compelled to de vote the requisite attention to this subject. And we rejoice that i is so. We have used our utmost ex ertions to arouse attention to this subject while the Legislature was in session. But no ! Party was too important. "Southern rights" was too all-engrossing! Some party mancever was too urgent. .This small master, affecting simply the property (if nothing more) of the slaveholders throughout the State, is entirelv secondary! Particularly is this the case when we can charge it all off on some one else, if it ever is agitated, which is scarcely likely as long asjarty influence can be sept opl Reader, is not that a correct picture of the manner of the disposal of the question? You now it is. While occurences like the one to which we allude, are to be deplored, as calamities, it is a source of gratification that they yet point out or suggest the true remedy to prevent the future recurrence of these blooily scenes. The Standard has come to under stand this important matter, to some slight extent.-f- Much as it has said about'niggers, niggerdom, "South ern rightsV'," Southern interests, "the, rights of the SouthV'South in danger" and a dozen other similar phrazes during partizan campaigns, it has doubtless struck many of its friends as strange that it has never urged this question o the removal of : free negroes from the State. Forifis well known- that bur great est curse among the slave population is the free negro. Towards the close of the article refered to the Stan dard ventures forth, tenderly, it is true, it gets out the following : . ; Such an occurrence as this is well calculated to make our people reflect on the propriety of permit linsr free negroes to exist among us. A , few such outrages would cause the extirpation of that degrad ed class. They would be forced to remove or be sold pto slavery. ' . For this much, as a slaveholder, . we tender our thanks to that paper, and.sincefely hope it will ven ture more fully upon this question, give the commu nity the benefit of its influence in the pressing pro minent- y, its great importance. We state what we know, that it is a great fault of our papere, ana particularly tnose wnose posiuou render them peculiarly prominent, has been in refu sing to press . this matter. - Just go to the country people the slaveholding farmers of the State, and ask them their feelings-on the subject, and it will be seen that, popular as free suffrage is, there is more interest, more feeling, manifested to gefshut of the free ne groes, than of fifty acre qualification Try it livery farmer knows the fcreat eviWof this degraded class. The slaveholder whose business it is to work, or to obtain the services of bis slaves through his own at tention and supervision mainly, -as an occupation, knows the necessity for some action. As to the means of ridding ourselves of them, any one of -half dozen plana might be adopted. Virginia is adopting means to rid herself of them- ' She is not consulting abstractions on this subject notwithstand ing her proclivities that way, but she is acting, and from necessity. And what will become of her eject ed? She doa'ntstop to ask as some of us might- She well knows that while she ' is asking that- silly question, the evils are continuing. But we should be interested about this matter of her refuse nuisances, and should act, and act promptly. . Self defence re quire us to set to work; in. ridding ourselves of the burthen '' that may be placed uponus, as well as the one we already have. 7 We hope the press of the State nill urge this mat ter and make it more prominent than it has heretofore been. . . - A- ' All those who "wish a correct picture of themselves or families, had better call ' early at Mr. Randolphs Picture Galery, as.he intends leaving Kin ston; in a short-time. If you do not improve , this opportunity, you may never have another. - We have examined .Mr. Randolphs -Pictures', and find them superior to anything we have ever seen in the Ambro- type hue. Come one, come all, delays are dangerous Buffalo Harbor Still Closed. , . . . Buffalo, May 7, 1857. Our harbor still remains closed, and in the absence of a favorable windthere is no immediate prospect of its opening. The weather is clear. Fatal Accident at Boston. . - ' ' - 1 j Boston, May 7 1857, Henry Wfllard, a portrait painter, formerly of Boston bat lately residing in New. York-city, while walking upon the track of the Boston and Maine Railroad, in Maiden, last evening, was run over by the Portland express train, and instantly killed. 'r Treiaendous Storm in Alabama ; ' h "' ;H -.:. -' AcGfusTA; May 7. 157. There was a tremendous storm of wind and rain at Mobile on Friday and Saturday, . Two feet of water fell on a level, and the city was inunaated. ' Several persons were drowned. The supply of water and gas was cuv uu. -'The deDOsite with-North .Carolina was something less than a million and a half of dollars ian3 now con stitutes a large par,t of her fchool fund.;'; I have not perceived that she has been corrupted by it,'nor that she has since been any less watchful than before of Federal ' eucroachments. ; Her '-public and private credit are unimpaired, her people prosperous, and her public authorities vigilant and incorruptible. . I see this very Jund diffusing light throughout her bor ders, by educating a hundred and fifty thousand of her children in the principles of religion,, honor, and freedom teaching them reverence for law and order and submission to legitimate authority,"., ' .... , . :The above we clip from the letter of acceptance of Hon. L. O'B. Branch, the Democratic representative from the Raleigh District." It is hoped that we shall hear no more of that silly cant, we have heard so freely indulged by Democratic stump orators, of the corruption, which the money, arising; from public land sales or otherwise distributed among the States, would cause. That has been pressed very .warmly as a strong point against distribution (or deposits about the same thing in substance," but we wo'ut quarrel about mere words, we'll accommodate our strict con struction friends with the word deposite, in as much as they are compelled to adopt our principles to any extent to which the aforesaid Democrats can be of any service to the country. They seem to require some space to twist and "wire," to make fair weather with their consciences, an certain ones of their party, so we'll let them call it just what they please, so they will deposite the money with the States. If they .will just -go on and do that, we won't make much fuss about the Destributipn of it among the States.) As Mr. Branch has reclined the question of this bur then, the way is much clearer, and we hope our Dem ocratic friends will let us have the money, and then we will' unite with them in giving the bill the name of the bill to "DEPbsrrE" the money in question with the States. '. , "V- .r-,T'V-;V We like Mr. Branch's remarks so well that we shall have it "set up" in more conspicuous type next week and pkee it, as a motto, or something like that under our editorial head. Conviction ofMcKfm, the Murderer of Sam uel T. Norcross. Hollid aysbd rg. Pa., May 8, 1857. David g. McKim was last night convicted of mur der in the first degree, and was this morning sentenced to be executed for the murder of Norcross. He strongly protested before the' court his entire inno cence, asserting that his conviction was effected un fairly by the perjury of witnesses. , Startling TraVedy near Ncwburg. MYSTERIOUS MCRDER OF A YOCXG AND BEAUTIFUL ', FEMALE. A murder has been committed at a place called Hampton about six miles north of the town of .New- Durr, tna. is creaiiug me uimosi. c.t;n,ciiiciii, nuing the people living in that vicinity, on account of the peculiar snrrounaiugs 01 me crime. v - The victim is a young, and beautiful female, a total stranger to the entire neighborhood, and whose name is as yet unknown, while so-far there has been, no clue to "the . murderers, and the whole affair - is shrouded in an impenetrable mystery. It appears that on Thursday last, about dusk, some of the villagers descried the body of a young teinaie on the sand near the river side. She was entirely naked, and around her neck was found a cord, and from this circumstance, as well as from the distortion of her features, it was evident her death: had been caused by strangulation. It was supposed that the ruffians had first attempted to violate her person, and then murdered her. None of her apparel was bnud. and the only article belonging to her that has peen discovered so far was a large cameo broach, or breastpin, which the murderers had evidently dropped in the hurry of their departure i.-om the ecene of the murder. The features were those ot a very prepos sessing young female, of not more than twenty years of acre. . - - : - . ' -. :'"-V ' The news of the discovery soon spread, ancr in a tew 4 hours over three thousand persons visited the sceue of the murder, but 110 person was found who could identify the' body. The excitement at the last ac counts was still increasing, aud no solution had as yet been given of the fearful mystery. ' " On Friday afternoon the coroner s mvesiigauon commenced at New burg, and it is to be hoped that to-day will bring to light some clue to the perpetrators of this awful deed, so that justice may be .meled out to them. - 1 V :'r .' . - Hampton is opposite New Hamburg, aud some six miles, above Ncwburg. ; . " ? IH W. Hiliiard. The Sunny South, (Democratic) published at Aberdeen, M iss.. says : - ' : " "Henry W. Hiliiard the self conceited coxcomb of Alabama, has written a long letter, giving m his adhesion to Mr. Buchanan and his Inaugural. In deed, Mr Hiliiard turns a beautiful somerset into the Democratic ranks. He has the agihty of an India rubber man, and would make a capital performer as Mr. Mernman m the ring. We hop?, as we believe, that the Democratic party will sing, for Mr. Hiliiard, Quit that knocking. We nave no room in our household for eleventh hour saints. Mr. Hiliiard is just six months too late. : The Democratic. Church is full to' overnowing, and the aoor was ciosea - last November.: i ' ; r " 'r - ' v' 1 -' ' - Well, this is giving the cold shoulder , to Mr. Hil iiard with a vengeance. It is not only impudent but cruel. A stranger, one too, who has' . stood before Kings, is shivering at the door of the; "Democratic Church," exposed outside to the "pittiless peltings of the storm." - He meekly asks admittance and is rude ly refused "with ,squit that knocking, we have quit taking in." - "Eleventh hour saints !" For consola tion, WA. would advise him to read, study and iuwardjy digest that little song, commencing with "This world is all a fleeting show," or that good old Hymn "Hark from the tombs (loombs.) , Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer. ; A Fact. A young lady in Brooklyn, New York, has recently had her leg amputated midway between the hip and knee in consequence of a wound"- caused some unaccountable manner a broken 'point pehetra - ted to the bone.- The wound became inflamed, am putation was thus made .necessary We have the story from a young lady who is a friend of the now crippled-for-life victim of fashion, and can vouch for its authenticity. Wmstead Herald. 1 r. ' ;v Somethino : Rich. The editor of the Yicksburg Sentinel, (Col. W. W. W. Wood,) who is the newly appointed Collector of Customs for that port,: says the following is one of the numerous applications he has received for an "opening" to the custom bouse? yr Mister fore double yous I cee by thee - papers that u ar pinted collector of the grate" and risin cety of Yicksburg 1. shud like to bee pinted depity if soo beeit n will du it, let me here from u. Yours truili - . ,. "'. . ' . ' . , .-.- . P S. 1. - ijim a furst rate dimocrat and a hard shell babtist to boot kan giv you best recommenda tions from the led in ptdlyticens. u Orleens April. PS. 1 used to play with u onst. - - - - o ' :.' 'From the Christian Observer.' '.' - "Gpin? to a Belter Country." ? A christian does not turn his back upon tbe- fine tbings of tbl8world because he has no natural capac ity to" enjoy them, no taste for them; but because the Holy Spirit haa i.hown him greater and better things. He wants flowers that- will never., fade ; he, wants something that a man can take with him to another world. ' He is like a-iaan who has had notice. to quit his house, and having secured a new one. he is no more anxious to repair, i much less to es:bellith and beautify the old one ; his thoughts are upon the re moval. If you hear him converse. ' It is upon the house to which he is. going. . Thither b sends bis goods ; and thus he declares plainly what he is seek ing. CECJCL. : . , ; , J- - 'fMiliions for de feDce,w as- the darkey said when'a bull was chasing him through a field. Uistorjr-ofortk Carolina with Maps and Illustrations, - BY FEANCIs'l. BaWKS; D. L.'L. D Vol. Vembratmg the period between the fnt vom to the Colony tn 1584 to the last in 1591. fJJ ' ) : yH1c,-N. U., E. J. Vale If Son. , 7 e" In onr :first cursory glance at thiswork, we must confess, 10 common, we suspect, with many others t some little disappointment; - Knowing the high di tinctioh of iti author, as well, in the department 0 history, as in other walks of literature, and the crude attemv;s of others towards a history of the Stat we had been led to expect not only an interesting and readable work, but' one. entirely original both in plan and composition. On tiie, contrary we fiud the volume composed mostly of extracts from the "v0v ages" of Hakluyt interspersed with explanatory notes and comments, an origbal "biographical sketch of Raleigh" and a ishort "narative" condensed from the materials furnished by Hakluy which coacludia ii 1 a I 1 1 . ' 1 . , . . iuc voiuuic. jx. imuici pci usui oi me worK, however disipated most if not all Our disappointment, The quaint style, the naive ancl hearty manner, and the interesting narrative of the old voyagers, particularly those of Amadas and Borlowe, the second part 6l the first voyage of Sir jRichard Greenville and Hariots narative, caused as j to feel the full force of the re mark of the author in his preface. " We know very well that such documents generally have but little in terest save foil the historical antiquarian ; but we are writing ; more especially for North Carolinians ; and we cannot but believe that for them, such equiy and authentic memorials of their country will possess an interest,; independent of all antiquarian tate' and study." liThei pleasure we derivo from listening to tne taies 01 our miancy, cropping irom' tbe lipg of "narative old age," is one of the most exquisite of which our natures are susceptible. As individu a!s the narration of the feeble 1 effort.y the sports and ac cidents, the partial u?e SQi and the petty reverses of our earliest youth, touches the feelings with tht charms of romance, and tinges the fancy with the halo of pleas ant but long forgotten dreams ;affecting our memo ries with the twofold interest of that of actors and spectators of jthe scene. It was' with such feelings W6 read the account of, the old discoverers, preserved by Dr. Hawks: They tell the tale of our infancy as a State ; and , the low marshes, and barren IanJs of Roanoac Croatoan and . Woczocon the dense deep friue that hung upon the borders, and mirrored itself in the unfathomed waters of the Chawanook, the Maraloc, and our own Neus the dim glades anl vistas that here and there opened up, winding far away and losing, themselves in the then untrodden, strange and mysterious lands of Weapemeiocl;, Sea 'a 1 and Neisioc all are tbe scenes, that threw their enchantment around our youngest years, ami we listen with a sad interest to the tales of untoward iuciJjuts that marred jheir early promise. The peculiar features of the work, as foreshadowed by the autbof in his' j rMace, meets our hearty ap proval "A mere chronologically accurate narration.: of -important public events" he says, "does not iu his view constitute history ; though of it, such a narrative properly forms a part. ; He has supposed that tlie real history jOf a Stale is to be read in the gradual progress of its people in intelligence, re5ncnient, in dustry, wealth, "fes'.e, civilization &c. The public events that transpire are but the exponents of the condition of, the inhabitants, in these and other par ticulars. The "people" constitute a nation, not the Legislature merely, nor the courts, not tli? army, n.ir the navy." While North Carolina has in hir history,, perhaps but few comparatively, of startling public events, wherewith vauntingly to emblazon her escutch eon, or to arrest - the gaze . of the merely curious in acii leivs by floo and field ;" t.ere are none of the epochs that fllumiricher past, at which she has cause to" blush, aud to the even tenour of her way, she'uiay point with honest pride and satisfaction. And if the author will carry ; out his plan with good, faith as in dicated, we can safely promise his readers a work highly acceptable to " the sons of the good old "State,, and Lbt without interest, instruction and proSt to all. . The,smalj portion of original composition which., we have irr this volume, gives us full assurance of the capacity of the author for his task "so to tell it that North Carolinians, will not be ashamed of the nar ration." The graphic sketch cf Raleigh, gives a. promise of 'a rich t'eat in his portratures of Others and such as may be more peculiarly, called our own men.. While, in candour, we feci bound to express our dis sent from the taste (however the truth may be) that led our author into a rather lavish use of harsh epi thets, such as "uunatural wretch," "miserable o!J wo man" "egregious fooP' "despicable fool," "despicable thing" "royal brute" &cl, &c.; applied to King James 1.; wo would yield our highest commendation of the artistic, truthful aud vivid though rapid deliniation of the characters that make up the sketch. "Thosf of the two Cecils,; Elizabeth, and even James himself, with the exception' stated, are admirable. Indeed the whole "Biographic Sketch" will be read by none within our Slate without a feeling of pride in the zeal and ability of our author ; and of assurance that he Lai in truth undertaken the task of our history as "a la bour of love." There are many passages that would bear quoting as detached pictures, to show our readers the peculiar style' and meirits of the work ; but our limits confine us to ; giving one7 with which we will conclude. It is a contrast of the characters of King James and Sir Walter Raleigh, which for vigor and finish of style, striking- antithesis, and happy strokes of deliniation, are equal to the best things in Plutarch. "It was not difficult to create in such a mind as that of James, a dislike of such a man as f Raigh. "The one, profoundly impressed with a sense of his own Bagacityloved, by secret, though clumscf management, to astonish the court, as be supposed, with some rriaffnificent outbreak of royal wisdom, as assinine as it was pretending ; while the other, wb had naturally "high rthoughts ; seated in a heart 0. courtesy " fenew'jiot how td 1 gain honorable ends by any other, than honorable means, and felt contempt ' for the royal sagacity. James - was a coward Bal eigh'was brave; James was ready to purchase peace of Spain eVen on inglorious tenns Raleigh tbotijrht of Englahds glory, and looked, with no pride to hng lands' ships and sailors Raleigh looked far abead, and saw,;, wliat facts I have since, proved, that the strength of England must-be' in ships' anl pai, Jamts pretended to be a man of letters, and Ra'ei' was so. -The difference was betweeu one who n and one -who thinks . as well as reads. , Ja me3 "llu'' narliarvi ..l!,l,'ln Ut Ua ,A in DllllS BCOW" or Thomas Aquinas ; . and I'aleigh could tell hether Duns Septus and the seraphic doctor had written jense or' nonsense.. With tlve one, learning was the 8 end ot 1 tbousrht-with 4he other, learning was the material with which thousht bejran. Raleigh had a ITI 1U but the siriKingiy original tne rama 01 jainw f .npj t , r . ..... . . ,.tUr.r itllDW lunioer-garret in wnicn to stow awaj -thoughts." j. - , 1. 'j-- v'"r"v 'i 1' " . . "It may be necessary to remind the pnWicfh"' Queen and Prince 'Albert have been provide"1"1 ' blessed iri their family circle. They are now tne 1 rents of nine children, apd they have had to m the 1- of nore. The ' eldest of the royal dii the tuncess Royal, is 17 yeare of asre. the rnw. Wales is 16, tl e Princess Alice 14, Prince Alnjj the Princess Helena 11, Princess Louisa 9, r Arthur 7 and ' Prince Leopold 4. In all, four and. fiv& dapghters." London Star. . ' ' '
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