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Lincolnton, North Carolina, Saturday Worming, Sepiember 1, 1849.
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A discount to clubs of 3 or more.
sements wiii be conspicuously insert-
?ei square ( 14 hues) lor the Lrat. anA
for each subsequent insertion. j
Iie Old Love Letters.
ere treasured up and hoarded,
oy one, and day by day ;
.very letter bor? its record
Of the hour p- sed away.
They wete gathered" there in hundreds,
Tellir.gr Sti f ri0peg apjj fearSf
Breathing still the same deep tenderness
They breathed in other years.
Some were soil'd and tattered fragments.
Joined with care where words were torn.
Some were crumbling into atoms,
By incessant readings worn.
There were others fresh, but blistered
Little worn, for little read ;
But on them the stifled pages
Told the tears that had been shed.
The ink, in many places
Where a hasty woid was traced,
And a phrase of thoughtless bitterness
Was blotted, steeped, defaced !
Yet all precious, and all priceless,
la their hastening decay,
Wer. those love and 'voiceless w itnesses
Of hours passed away !
Correspondence of the Register.
Paajia, July 25, 1849.
I wish 1 cuu'd convey to you seme
faint idea of our appear ir.ee, on our en
trance into this City, on the even ng of
Saturday, Ju!y I4ih, as "misery likes
company." Suppose we felt sustained
by looking at each other ; but we need
have bestowed but little thought upon
our appearance as daily entrances are
made ful as pitiable.
Pan aha ir; about as unlike what I
had anticipated, i! cn well be. It is
a wall d rity ,on almost anlsjatid ol In m
it io J o rt mil in diamner. W'ith"Ut
he wali, on the sub- by which it is ap
proaciied by land, it is qui e a town but
, iit.out and within. is a h ap of ruins.
A pictu e of he-g. ne dys, it bears in
i!s appearance an antiquity far greater
than it re.illy has. One hundred ur.d
fiflv years ago, and it waB-in its prime;
and yet I do not thmk that the cities
of old iu Europe, wh se history dates
dates back a thousand yoars, can pre--Sent
the apre'rnrp of greater age
th n this ph. re comparatively ofyegicr
day. Ore third of 'he place seems ded
icated to churches aad convents, ru stly
masses of ruin, with rank egetation
clambering to their mossy lops, and
heir doorwas choked wnh crumbling
nrches and fall' n rob mn-. Two ot
the cathedrals, whose exterior would
bespeak absolute ruin, retain inside
some n arks of their tormer greatness.
The buildings are all of stone, strongly
built, wt'h lofty ceilings, doors enor
nioi siy wide, and large windows; I have
looked, in vasn, for a s ogle house or
shed that wearsantt,pectolmoderntsn.,
but all are mooense and fat falling to ,
docay, so extremely injurious he cli- j
mate to all that ,s perishable.
1 BUU,7 we occupy , ..- ,
ries h.gh-the entrance through a mas-;
fiive porch stairs of stone, heavy, damp,
dark and gloomy-and we have just dw
covered that it has been a convent. O-
ver the door is I. II. S. and the Cross)
.
and
aoove. on uinv are me siuus uuu
L O .1 .
walls, so di-mal and so black all around, j
that you ulmost lear to enter I he
iront that laces 'he Ocean is South; and
on our East is a Cathedral, which we
though unoccupied until this morning,
when i. earing the sound of a violin, 1
hastened there, and found that mass
.was being celebrated. Some dozen ta
pers were dimly burning, and a number
of wretched beings were on their knes;
but what a wrei k is the Church! 'I he
columns aie almost dropping to pieces
some rich gilding and plate alone re
maining bright, amtd the geueral de
cay. .
The Catholic religion, you are aware.
alone holds sway here. The Pi tests
6ay mass in the morning, and play
monte at night. Jutmsid- the wai;,
on the first entrance into the City, is a
small temple, open mghi and day, and
the bead must be uncovered when one of
the Creed passes. It contains a picture
of the Virgin in silver frame, with dia
mond necklace and ear rings, decorated
with flowers, and said to be a magnifi
cent painting altogether worth 80,
000, and the only splendid relic ol the
ibrraer Catholic greatness of the Coun
try. On Sunday, we attended one of
the Cathedrals. It was a celebration of
one of their numerous holidays, and
high muss was perlormed but what a
u-.u:k-t and humbuggerv ! The laded
i i i .
h18n. wh,ch traces only of
U ' ,r ,ornif,f splendor were dinglmg in
rag8' nd ,he n,8",fi(,en, banners, with
'heir sacnd insignia, were greatly worn
and derived. An a!tr, reached to the
vt ry ceiling almost, and containing even
now ninny elegant mlver ornanients,
whose lustre unie cannot dim, and light
ed by upward ol two hundred candles.
ik still to ood keeping. It wag here
that I hsid my only opportunity of see
ing the remnants of that race, in the e
male lire, whose Faihers reared these
spiendid monuments ol Papal despotism.
I had heard of the beautiful Senorilas,
hut they are not to be found in this
place. Th grandee Ladies were there,
wnh veils t.i.d rugs, (which latter ate
brought b servant.- end together
presented an imposing appearance bu
when scanned closeiy ; "he group apt
pea red most n.otly. The winding up
( f the whole affair wpuld be most splem
did, if properly conducted. The violin
and drum strike up, ihe bells ring,
cannon, just outside the Church, fire,
flud ali the clatter possibly is reserved
for a grand effect at the last moment.
One cannot wonder that the Catholic
church should have wielded such rm
mense power an ong the unenlightened
and ignorant, when you view the impo
sing effect of their mummery. But
then what can be said of the venetab.e
Fathers, who have the precinct vf the
Church to v. en iheuckpitt Almost
any evening, you may find the Priests
sitting at the card-table, in their gowns.
In trnth, gambling is the order of the
day here. W hat it must be in I alitor
niM 1 cannot say.
The monotony of such a place as this
could be endured only by the people
who inhabit it, and by no other. At
present however, there are nearly 400
Americans hue, and in eaunteung out,
one meets an acquaintance very frt quenf
On Friday last, the "Oregon" arrived
fiom tan Frnt.ciMO, and ol course
grrat excitement here was he conse
quence. 'I he news, n the whole, was.
tiot very favorable.
In nothing hve I hern more ogreert
bly disiip) oiiiiftl th-ni in th climate ol
this place. .Many complain ot tin ex
ccssive heat, but, although there is some
thing in the atmosphere debilitating and
enervating, 1 do rot find it uncomlor
tably warm. To ot our fellow-passen
ger dv the v resrem have u q h re o:
Cholem, and quite a number have been
sick, but all the caJWcau be traced to
great imprudence, rather than to the el
feet of the climate.
Tiit-KfcDAY, July 26, 49.
I left offon yesieiday. to ppratntulate
the spi uibti ol this place riot my first
vie t, fu wevei; as I have lound quite as
much pleasure in a visit by myseif, as
in co.i!p;r y with those whose tastes re
lish no' so oU'Ch he siien- yn)ves, aid
the remains ot princely residences which
skirt the surrounding country. What
ever may be the present condition ol
this place, one has but to visit i's rums
to f e l di d know I hat a far differe nt rare
once anima e-l its now decayed battle
nunK' A hunt t. half miln friim the
walg fj a bve.ro,d OII whlrh are lne
ff build, s ,rom whicn tnere
a (,ne View D, M Pacific
Th. remains ol beaut.-ul Publ.c-baths
anJ fihh d are heref 0Ter whicn
m be E'een befidi th(J washerwo.
wretchpd operJator8 ever saw. The
i nt. Aax. n c , th-m . mD
... .,f .... . " .f ' j
1 and m half an hour they vere soused
. if . .i i i n a.,
,. pn.fi, N...
lure's great wash bavin and when
properly dried, they looked very tes
pectable, Ypsterday, the balance of the tickets
by the "P;na.ia" -were drawn for
the only way apparently equitable and
you can rest assured, it was an exciting
time. It was di ne in the open street,
some 50 tickets among 103 applicants.
Alter ad was over, Ci ii.nu need the spec
uivtion. In regard to tickets, i is like
the exchange of stock one day op and
the r.exi down. A greai deal of money
has and can bp made in the business
ProvisiOi. of every kind is very high;
sugar cannot be had save ol the mos-
miserable kind.
1 here is but one sty le of dress among
the female natives have. They do not
appear to have the fancy for high colors,
sueh as 1 suppose they had ; white is
thetavorrie, but no mat er what the ma
tenal, a flounce, similar to those worn
some two years ago with us, appears to
be the rage. Sucn, with 'wo capes a
round the neck, one three tncnes below
the other, and short sleeves and you
ean see any of the women by imagtna
tion.
1 have juet iearned that the Steamer
will sail on Sunday morning early, and
all baggage must be on board by Satur
day noon, and I hasten to finish this..
Farewell.
RERY CLAV,
Who would have thought it.the great
Harry ot th West, the embodiment ot
W hig principles, and the soul of the
W hig party, would have succumbed to
a sectional party, or that his ambition
would have blinded him so far as to
yield to a principle hostile to the inter
ests ot his own state, and to the whole
southern section of the Union? Ytt
such is the fact. Henry Ciav has adon
ted the doctrines pi free-soil, and stands
side by S'de with Van Buren. Both
have fallen from the high position hey
eujoed in their respective parties, and
from me:, iooked to by ihe wnple nation.
have yielded to the ephemeral influence
ol a faction, and become proselytes to
sectional feelings.
Oti the 13th of July an extraordinary
Convention of Fiee toilers assembled
at Cteaveland, Ohio.to celebrate the pas
sage ol the Ordinance ol 1767 an oidi
nance passed under the id articles ot
Confederation, before the adoption ot
our present constitution and winch ex
cluded slavery iron, the INorth Western
territory .since lormed into st vera! states
ol tin Lit.ion. An luviiuiion to attend
was sent o Mr. Cia), which he decli
ned; hui he repino to the 1 omrni'iee
b a let t r , in w hich, wiuie pYprti aiiug
turn. t r excitement on the Proviso, he
ceclares that "no one en bt more op
posed than he, to the extension ot sla
very into il.ost iu w territories, (Califor
nia at d New Mexico,) either by the au
thorny oi Congress or by individual en
itrprise." Thus is his position tuk n
positively, sud at distinctly as any Frre
Soiler can desire.
We legret that the fact is so. The
defection of one, who lias nig been
looked up to as the leader ol a gieat and
intelligent part, who is a native and a
rtsiuent of a Southern state himself, is a
cause ot sorrow to the South, and to all
who believe her dearest interests to be
involved in the question between her
and the North. W hen the corner stones
give way, there is danger that the whole
nur.dinii wtii lad (.own. lei e find
even in Kentue kv , Air day's Vitvvbio
emancipation condemned by the masses
oi t be people. Not a single emancipa
tionist tits been chosei a member ol the
Convention to an end the Constitution.
The lenders may be influenced by am
bition and itid their v . ws .'or ihe sake
of tutuie selt-aggraudi?tnieni, but we
find toe massent souoo. They under
stand iheir own interests, and knowing,
dae maitnam them. It Mr. Clay's
vievtson emancipation have been con
den ned, much more has Kentucky con
demned his views on the . extension oi
slavery.
But we have alluded to this detection
for anO'l-ei purpose. Van Bui en is uu
itistame ol a man, who turne ;rau.,i
to the views he had expressed beiore on
many occasions ; he deserted the nation
hi party ol the Lu-iiiocracy to revenge
himself upon it, by deieating its regular
ly nominated candidate. Yet even he
was true to ah his pledges so long as tie
re. amed tho position gained through
those pledgee. Now his treason is vis
ited upon the Democratic party, and
they are neid accountable lor the uelec
lion ot a 'n.aural ahy." Cannot that
parly now point to even a more distin
guish d instance in the ranks ot the
higs to lienry Clay, uoi a northern
man who had been lavish ot pioitssn us
to his It lends at ihe South, but a native
and a tesideni ol a Southern datt, wno
nas fcivtn way and yielded to his amOi
Hon? 1 he loruttr uubt to cause the
feouth to stand hrmei for her own lights;
but the latter opens the eyeaol the world
to her weakness, by exhibiting the Iree
soil tendencies ot oneol her leaning pol
iticians. 'if the JJemociauc pariy are
to be held responsible for Mr. Van liu
ten's treason, then wilt that party hold
ihe V hig responsible toi Mr. Ciay's
de-eruou. l he latter is by tar the
most heinous orlence ; Mr. Aay is a
United Mates Senator ; Mr. Van ilureti
a private citizen. 1 he latter has yield
ed to the current around hi in ; the for
toer has deserted his Iriends and gone
over to the enemy. Aitwbern Kepub
The women ought to make a pledge
not to kiss h man wno uses tobacco,
and it wouid soon break up the practice;
and a friend ot ouissajs they ought
also to pledge themaeivea to kis every
man tnat don't use it and we go lor
Uiat, too.
Th higher a bud soars the more he
is out 01 the reach ot danger, and just
so is it with the Christian.
THE NEXT CENSUS.
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The seventh Census of the United
Stales will be taken in 1850, incompli
ance with a tequtsttioti ed tbe Constitu
tion. 'Ihe t;me tor ihe performance of
this important duty will soon be here ;
and as Congress has wisely provided lor
gathering at the same time important
statistical iniormatinn, jt is necessary
to call the public attenttou to this sub
ject in advance, mat the people may
prepare themselves to give ibe required
information. At the taking ot the last
census, the matter was not understood
by the mass of the people ; it was geu
eraily viewed by them as a troublesome
and tmpenmi nt espionage ; they often
refused to give the proper statements ;
and the objects of a wise and salutary
law were thus defeated. Some were
ready to aim themselves to the teeth to
lesist the marshal, and others fled from
his presence.
Let it be remembered, first, that our
repiestrii&iioii ,u the National House ol
He preservatives is apportioned on he
ha-1 ui population ; thai our just pro
portion in thai body depends upon an
accurate touu t ration ; and that no in
dividual who desires ihe State to have
the weight to wbicn it is, entitled in the
National councils, shoulc otmt to gue
the number ot persons in his (amity.
The first census was taken in 190,
when there weit but 13 bta.es, ai d 30,
0U0 was the ratio of representation.
1 1 e lepiestn aitun tt.en stood as follow :
New Hampshire. 3 Penusy ivantaa, 8
.iiassacnuse.is, o
Kl.oue l.n.inu, 1
Cuineciicui, 5
New oik, 6
New Jtisey, 4
Georgia, " 3
Delaware,
Maryland,
Virginia, 1U
Norm Carolina, a
South Laeoima,
Had not the ratio been enlarged, the
House would now contain more than
6U0 representative s ; but it wa wisely
tixeo at 71.UU0, which gives. 230 mem
be rs. evemeen new States Uove miico
been t.cueu, some ot which ure increa
sing hi population, wealth and unpor
lanct wnh rail r ad celerity. The cen
eus oi ipou win no doubt show a more
astonishing increase in our national
wealth and population than any ever yet
taken.
to the second place, iu regard to the
co, n et on ol 5 hliieai 11. 01 mutton C011
nttieu witn ai toe muusinul pursuits of
our people, lne V uginia Patriot, which
bus some excellent remarks on the euu
jt ci, say s., "there cannot be a doubt of
its immense utility ,11 carcluny and thor
oughly perlormed, and every nioti who
lee.s a jusi pnue iu the growth and pios
perity 01 Ins nvtuve land, should laciii
la e by all the means in hts power, the
my esi:gations authurizeu by the low.
Ordinary inindimay not be able to educe,
order out ul the rude, shapeiess anu 111
digesieu mass ot census statistics, but ;o
the staiesmun, the political economist
and lie tmigtittned legislator, they are
mvaiuabie. From lne heterogeneous
materials, . n rt oined nuu analyzed by
the uoitiei iiitti.ecis 1 1 the iand re
eiitmiiuieo the great truttis oi political
economy, and when property unocisiood
they lurnish the only basis ol prudent
and rational legislation."
Wecati'iot 100 oitcn, nor too earnest
ly impress on our friends the importance
oi a tmerai and geutious support ot
their local journals. It is a duty which
we regiti to guy, is ton apt to be neg
lecttc perhaps less now than in loimer
times, but still the evn exists, this
should not be. The laith'in eemmeis
on the watcn tower ol lretd m must not
be left to icimistt on their posts. Ihe
city jouii uis wilt Jo wtsii fcnougii With
out any systematic txertious in iheir
luvor as a maner ol duty ; but tuners
re tar less fortunate. Vv c have kuowu
many a worthy and talented man wc-ai
out the best years ol Ins ltie in arduous
and untiring advocacy ol Irtith, and
Good Oovemmeni, as a coumry eottoi;
uniting the most rigid ecenutny to up
most persevering industry , and at lust
re ire from the held penny te&s anu hope
less, when the same exercise ol his (ac
uities m almost any other sphere would
have secured him competence slid a
settlement in lite.
There are many very food people
who are not aware of the value ot a
reUiiable and well conducted journal to
country towns. J hat no lamiiy can al
ford to 00 without a newepaper, simply
as a matter ot economy, in view of its
tnousand valuable items ot practical in
form mon and its importance as an aid
to tbe education 01 cmldreu is undoubted.
But this is not ail. The value ot land
property generally m a country village is
euhanceu by a good looking journal. A
country or village so privileged it con.
stautly in the public eye, abroad or at
nome. en may ootain any ariicte
they need by simply looking in the
newspaper to see where it is sold.
This soon attracts trade from abroad,
and creates quicker demand for all
products. Jn a hundred way s, ativanta
ges accrue to merchants, mechanics,
professional men and larmers ; and we
CO not hesitate to aflirm that if every
merchant, p otessional man aud manu
facturer were obliged to advertise to the
amount of ten or fihv dollars per annum,
accor. ing to his business, so a amply
t support the best kind of paper, it
wouid be for the benefit ot all and each.
"NitiH out ol ten ol our country jour
nala ate me;gerly supported, lueir
editors cannot niocure new materia is
for want ot money they cannot print
large papers with only a few huudred
subscribers and few col u tens ol paying"
aaveiiiaements. I hey cannot intortn
themseivt s lully on the multilarious sub
jects which demand their at entiun, and
write as they snouulj because they must
work like slaves over their ypea and
press '1 hese things we know, and we
speak feelingly ol them. If those who
complain that their neighborhood paper
is inferior or uninieres'ing, wouid just
set to work add procure three or tour
hundted advance subscriptions and a
piopotnotiaie amount j! advertising wo
will guarantee ai. immediate and sans
lac'ory improvement.
Beautiful St nutrients John G W hit
tier, u qo ke, p' et, m writing about th
Irish emigrants among us, says:
"For myself, I comess 1 feel a sym
pathy lor the itisnmau. 1 see him as
the representative ol a genenus, warm
hearted, and cruelty oppressed peo
ple. 1 hat he loves ms native laud
tnat Ms patriotism is divided that ha
cntttioi toi get the Claims of ms mother
islai.u tna his rei'gioii wall all its
abuses, is dear to him does not do
ctease any esuma'ion oi mm. .A stran ,
ger in a strange land, he is to me al
iwijs an object ot tniereet. The poor
est and rudest has a romance in his his
tory Amidst all his apparent gayety
ot heart and national drollery and wit,
the poor emigrant has sad thoughts ot
ihe"ould niotner of him," sitting lonely
in i.tr sobtary cabin by the bog side;
rt collections ul a father's blessing, and,
a sister's farewell are haunting him,
a giave mound in a distant church yard
lar beyond me "wide waiiiers," has an
eleitiui gicenntss in bin memory lor
there, perhaps, ties "a darlmt child," cr
swate crather who once loved him.
1 he New v orid is lorgotten lor the
moment uiuts Kularny and the Lifleya
sparKie btoreiom-Gleudalough stretch
ts oeneain hun its dark slili mirror ho
sees ihe same evening sunshine rest up
on .nd huiiuw unke wit it Nature's bles
smg the turns en ihe ibeveu Churches of
lietand's e;posioiic ae, the broken
mounu ol the Druids, and ihe Round
itivveiM 01 tie pneincian sun worship
pets, ofcauiiiui oiid mouiniul recolleu
lions 01 i.is hojit wuKeu within him-
and the rough anu eeemmgiy careless
and Hht nt..rteu laborer mtlts into
le-iiri. ii is no iigut thing to abandon
one own louiui and houscboid gods,
louchiug aua be .uiilul was the injunc
tion ol ttie Pioptiei oi the Hebrews;
"le shall not oppress (he stranger, tcr
yt know the hturi oj the raier, see
mat ye weie grangers in the land of
fcgypi."
A 'A t&t Question. A few months
sinee, ds a number ol gentlemen were
it.uoed round a comer ol one oi the
great thoioughiares ot Ioweil, the con
ersatiou turned on the jutsiion wheth
er :he Irish reaiiy are more witty than
oini r people 01 not. The contest ran
1. go tor iome nine, and the parties be
ing pittty equally o.v.ut o, it was agreed
to test tnt; oii,t on me fust Iri&nman
that apperreo. iNo sooner said than
done. As it ne nad b en suit by
special coaimiss.on, aiound the corner
came a son 01 linn, apparently tresU
tr Jin ttie bogs.
C.-td cay , Iriend,' said one of 1I.0
t u.pny.
-., ,u oay , and the lop of ihe monw
in- to y tr nohur, inter the bargain ! 10
tnieu i'al drawing up.
'I snouid like to ask you a question,
pursued the other.
1 rue lor you, an' isn't that same jtst
what 1 expected all the way, till 1 cum
lornerisl y e V
'Listen, Iriend, fur the question is a
very important one. It is this 1 the
oevn snouid be told he might have one
oi us, winch would he first choose ?
W hy , rue, 10 be sure,' responded Pat.
Ay ; and why so ?'
He knot 5 he could get mher of y ou
any time 1'
The ciub adjourned sine die.
A careless compositor lately f'iesolved'
i the union by transnosin? two Uil
! whereby u.e United Siaiet became 1I9
j Untied 5utea.
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