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''"' '"" '- -- VOLUME LVl CITY 0F;RAg$L t'.i ft"" -'-v' . 5 3 ' '--fld-!tfs 4 - ; - - . ; . . . : inn MLEIOraGISTM tPlVOft ilBttOrillTOK, XX $2 W IN ADVANCE i OR, $3 00 AT THE EK0 OF THE YEAR. - Qr art Ae pa fair, tUtightfia peace, ffMryfrW j parly rage to live fO brother" BALE I G H, N . C - 'A S.TURDAI MORNING, SEPT.. 22, 18W. Tmt Natal Jtrmtsta BoAKD.It U stated the Naval Board have named in their report ji lest one hundred and fifty officers, who they pnninond shall be "retired, and amqng these nue of "the brightest ornaments of the ser net," and that howcrer conscientiously the board have discharged their trust, their decisions 001 likely to give satisfaction, especially as tbe council was a secret one, aad the parties ac (Ktd bad no opportunity trf bemg heard ; mad at this moment there is not an officer of the navy, ccvpt the members of this secret tribunal, who kooirs whether or not he has been selected as one 0f the victims ; a, proceeding altogether novel, in this country, and the cause at present of much jjniety aud surprise. The Washington correspondent of the Courier and Enquirer states that the Cabinet have had veral meetings for the examination of this very tording report, without as yet having come to tujdecbion. It is mentioned as a rumor that the Prudent aud the Secretary of the Navy are as ttuntkd with the results of the "Star Chamber" investigation, and art now somewhat dubious in xtprd to the propriety of entrusting the reputa t, and the personal interests of all the officers of the Navy to a secret court of fifteen member?, who are possibly in no degree more distinguished for services rendered to the country, and who can show perhaps no superior claims, on the score oi mfrit, over those persons upon whom they have passed summary judgment, based altogether upon apart testimony, it is suspected that the pro ceedings of this "court of high commissi on" were mm remarkable fur haste and personal prejudice, than for that calm, deliberate, judicial inrestiga t n which the law authorizing it clearly intended. Amongst those whom the Board have ostraci zed, the (uricr & Enquirer says, is the veteran Commodore Stewart, the senior officer of the Xivy, and the victor in one of the. best fought lutles of the last war, when he commanded "Old Ironsides" and captured the Cyan and Levant. The Philadelphia Inquirer., in some stringent ob servations upon this secret naval tribunal, makes the following remarks : "The Board has, from the first, conducted its proceedings in a secret and inquLatorial manner, and the arraigned have not had the slightest op portunity of being heard I -Even now the names oi the victims have not been pomul gated and as if to avoid the storm of public indignation that would so naturally be expected, the report will K' be made public at all. It will be remembered, that, some years ago, a similar outrage was attempted to be perpetrated upon rrrUra officers of the Mjrine CurW atxt quite a number were summarily dismissed. The art created so much feeling throughout the coun try, and such a lively sense of sympathy for the muTt rera, that Congress at the very earnest op-p-rtunity rebuked the tyranny and restored the officers. And such is likely to be the case in re lation to the recent secret tribunal and its decis The American people will never tolerate a ystcm which drives into poverty and disgrace the men who at a critical moment in the history of the republic shed their Mood in the defence of the nation. The latest rumor is that the President has ap proved of the report of the Board." Political Detebexce to thi Papacy. The Hon. Esastcs Brooks, who waaj-nominated to the Senate of New York by the American party, bis failed to receive the endorsement of the Whig Cnvention of the district Ty one vote. The ChrUtiam bttdLigtmer, of that city, says, " this rwilt is understood to have been reached for the take of gratifying Johs Hcohes and securing hu political friendship." If such be the fact, the people of the State, as well as "the voters of the district, have a direct interest not only in the re- bouination but also in the re-election of Mr P.aoons to the Senate of the State. It has been again and again asserted that the Irish party rules tbis city, that Archbishop Hc?HE8 is the most powerful man, politically, among jos, and that wire-pullers of the baser sort pull in obedience to the nod of the Irish Jesuit. Hitherto, we have likened with some incredulity to these statements, tmt the miscarriage of Mr. BftooKS re-nomina-tion would seem to confirm them. Of the polit ical views and party predilections of Mr. Bbcoks e know very Utile, but every intelligent man in the Union knows full well that that Senator, with lingular courage and ability, exposed the grasping -lime of Archbishop Hushes, and let some ray of daylight into his crafty poKoy. For this irvice he is entitled to the gratitude of his coun trymen, aud for this alone ought to be returned triiunphantly to the Senate. If be be not re tunwd, it will be a most damaging precedent, and our politicians will be encouraged to catch the f reign vote, assured that such truckling to Rc 'uatiisnj will not be unacceptable to native bom NKStiiviNO Dat. Gov. Bragg has recom nei,de,l Thursday, the 26th day of October, as a day of solemn and public Thanksgiving to Al n.hty find f past blessings, and of supplica tion for lus continual kindness and care over us a State and as a nation."' taT The St. Nicholas Hotel, New York, wUl in tiinp become notorious for scenes qf violence. Anotlier fatal stabbing case has recently occurred there. A Opt. Wright, of Texas, and a Mr. 1 fc-an, of Baltimore, had a personal collision jn he bar room of tlie hotel the other evening, wheo the letter drew a bowie-knife and stabbed the for- mer, wounding him, it is thought, mortally. The difficulty grew out of a business transaction. v.vuuub WH ranted- Chn WJuh natMHi EV.nV- ns, Mads a, Shermans and Hamilton that made it, deemed it their duty to provide, IsTlmV.the int of the United State ShouW be a native, born cituen. 2d. That the Armvrtf th T7r;-1 Ct- - nt his native fcora American hands. M. That the" Navy of the United States ahoidd - und' wtfve born American coritroL 4 That Treaties should be organized and made bya native born citizen. " 6th. That Federal appointments and patron age should come from this native born" American source. th. That the. militia of the several States, when called into the service of the United States, , should be under the President's native born com mand. 7th. That only a native born citizen should have the Federal veto power. 8th That the Vice President of the United States should be a native. 9th. That tjius that branch of government, the three branches of the Legislature, which makes Treaties and confirms Federal appointments, should have a native to preside over H, : 10th. That in case of a tie vote in the Senate, a native only should have the casting vote. 11. That Congress and the President should make uniform naturalization laws, that Presi dent a native. 12th. That to be a Senator in Congress one must have been naturalized 6 years. '18th: Thar to be a representative one must have been natumlizwi 7 years. v . The President, having the appointing power of the Supreme Judges a native alone can name the men who are to expound all laws, and cases arising under the Constitution, Treaties, and the Laws of the United States. Now our fathers, when the foreign emigration was only 6,000, vested in a native, or natives, all their high prerogatives and august powers and uot even foreigners among us, till of late years, have complained of it. The annual immigration is now 600,000. and what was necessary in 1787 thus becomes, in 1865, a hundred times as necessary now, that is, in the ratio of 6,000 to 500,000. If, then, as now we see, foreign born people superseding American citizens as representatives of America in foreign countries, exclusive for eign born military companies among us, with arms in their bands, foreign born riots, and rioters murdering American citizens, as in Louis- vihV, (Ky,), foreign born legions organized to vote down American born citizens at the polls ; if then, we say, we now see, with the precedent of 1787 before us, an American Party organized to carry out American principles, is there any thing wonderful in it ? BEf'The English are casting shells for the Crimea three feet through and weighing over a ton each. Mr. Nasmyth, the great founder, is also casting guns which, with their carriages, will weigh fifty tons each. They require 225 pounds of powder for a charge, and will throw one of the immense balls of a ton weight four miles. One of the correspondents of the Balti- more Sun states the whole number oi aeatns in Norfolk, since the disease broke out, at 1,197, exclusive of colored ywncsiw. lnefadurg the lat ter, and' many children and persons buried in haste, of whom there are no accounts, he puts down the mortality at fully 1,800. An interesting article, (taken from the New York Journal of Commerce,") from the pen of a North Carolina physician, of fine ac quirements, on the subject of Yellow Fever, will be found in another column. THE MAINE ELECTION. The Black Republican defeat in Maine is one of the most encouraging circumstances of the season. The people are coming to see the true character of that crusade against the Union that insane endeavor to make a sumptuary law, and an abstract prejudice, a law of nationality. It may be true that, as the Tribune has it, "all parties had to declare themselves the uncompromising op ponents of the Nebraska bill, its principles, and its conseanences." What then could have caused the defeat of the Black Republicans? Nothing but the belief of their intolerance on the liquor Question, and the public conviction that they wnnid not be satisfied even with a repeal of the Nebraska legislation, but have banded together for other ulterior ana more aesirucave powers. In the slang phrase, "There is a nigger in the wood-nik." and the people see it. We are rejoiced that the line is becoming more and more broadly marked between those who wish to correct an act of legislation which they dislike, and those whose hatred towards another section impels them to embark in a war that can only terminate with a destruction of the Union. Tiu. leaders of this dangerous movement are greatly disturbed by their defeat in Maine.' It implies that their concealed principles will not v.o annotisvi of the n&oxAe. Thevjouehfc to observe a significant symptom mfhe defeat of the i:.nr Vrm hti out men neonate mo rownaea u. u ; t)u-Mff crusaders cannot enforce a sumptuary law involving onlv a few millions at home, how can fkvhnw ouzht thev nope to eniorce a sump tuary law involving not only habits and associa tions, but an investment of more than fifteen hundred millious of dollars ? Greeley & Co. may t&irfer over the difficult task undertaken, oy them If they wisn any cauae w uwu merica, let them satisfy the people that they have nothing to do with, jt, and it will have a fair chance We observe the administration claims the Maine result as a victory. It U a victory over an obnoxious liquor law, and a sectional combi nation. The basis of success seems to have been an union of all who dreaded the consequences of such conspiracy against the Union and public peace. Keep the ball of defeat rolling. We don t care who has the merit of having defeated disu nion in disguise. Amur. Organ. i - - - BnnCTKO Alive. The Louisville' Journal says : "The Sag-Nichts are actually talking about w.fein0 "Ham " ' We have often heard oi peo ple's huddling poor victims into the ground be- rfcir fWoafh was fakir out of their bodies, but fore IMS' idea, of burjing a strong ana romping gian in the very flush of health ana sirengin m v x. nt tfiA most monstrous things we ..,At nf The Sac-Nlchto had better be- i.'--v,.t v..v ioiild find him difficult custom- a. t rfnCk Triabmftn who leaned up from It- -vJir.7-hnrd" and seized his shilleUh and broke the bead of the drunken rascals that were v i ntrmm fiina vu.i auiet corpse' in ZnJLrm with what our "Sam" would just at present show himself 1'' TALITY-MODES OF BORIAL AT. NEW ORLEAN S-r:EMETERIKS OF .THE. EAST IS THE YELLOW FEYER ADVANCING TO THE NORTH ? . - . At present there are two epictcrnics of yellow fever prevailing at the South, oneat Norfolk and Portsmouth, and the other at". New Orleans ; the fiwaer imported, and. the latter indigenous. It does hot follow that th M114M' -wlitf'li nrrwl.wa bbtb are not identical, for the same disease must have a community of oricin Tn tle luff VJ Beport of the Sanitary Gomrnission at New Or leans, the local origin of yellow fever may be con sidered as definitely settled. Wherever the dis ease can be. propagated, there it can originate. The Report of the London Commission on Yellow Fever confirms this statement. It is now almost universally admitted that in order for yellow fever to prevail, two meteorolo- gkal conditions are necessary ; a high dew point and an elevated temperature. They must operate also in conjunction, and in continuity, for some time, when, supervening uptm them, cuneon those sudden fluctuations and alternations of weath er, frequent showers, and a hot sun, all of which predispose to the existence of yellow fever, and without which it cannot prevail. If the essential atmospheric requisitions were , in operation in Norfolk and Portsmouth, the fever might liave originated spontaneously in tlvwe places, as well as in New Orleans ; but the accidental introduc tion of it by the steamer Ben. Franklin hastened its development, and communicated ignition and impetus to the combustible materials which al ready had a lodgment there. Tliat tluwe facts are not only probable, but true, appears from the cir cumstance that a case of yellow fever lias already occurred in this city, which was brought froiu .toriqia, out iirenuuuea an lsoiatea case, as iiotli ing favored its propagation. Although the fever in Virginia is the same as that which prevails in New Orleans, yet the social circumstances attending it are widely dinereut All the native population of Norfolk aud Ports mouth are liable to be attacked, for they are a new generation sprung up since the last visita tion of the fever there ; but in New Orleans, the native born residents are always exempt. There, strangers only are exposed to the perils of the scourge ; and these strangers, unknown for the most part to the citizens, constitute that indiscri minate, class of adventurers,, aud new comers, which the French Creoles usually denominate boit fotiani, or drift wood, who collect in the Southern cities Lrora all parts of the world. bold adventu rers in pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or means of live lihood, who are unaccustomed to the climate and usages of the country, and who are doomed to be the certain victims of the pestilence. Ha bituated to epidemics in New Orlearns, the in habitants ai prepared for them by the experience of. the medical profession, the organization of charitable institutions, and a thoroughly practised corps of competent nurses. Violeutly as the fever may rage, there is no necessity that the business relations of the city should be subverted, aud no dispersion of the regular population ever takes place. But it is far otherwise in a Northern city, where the yellow fever is only an unusual visitor, and the whole population are unacclimated to it. The consternation and affright become appalling, and contribute materially to the fatal havoc of the disease. These considerations suggest the ef ficacy of sanitary regulations, and render an in quiry into the nature and causes of yellow fever a matter of some moment. It is, properly stM&klug, a tropical disease, and, as before observed, finds its natural pabulum in the maintenance of. a high degree of heat and moisture. The greater tlte predominance of these climatic elements, the more virulent is the disor der, when operating upon constitutions unhabj- tuated to them. W hen it is ex-tropical , it becomes subintrant, and identifies itself with tlie customary diseases of the locality. Thus, within the tropics, it usually commences in the Spring ; but beyond them it is associated with the Autumnal maladies of the place where it occurs, except in equatorial regions, where it coincides with changes of the monsoons. The worst locality for the yellow fever in the world is the city of Batavia, on the island of Java. As the writer of this article is familiar with the ravages of this dreadful scourge, as it prevails in the Last, in Africa, within the tropics, and in New Orleans, he begs permission to re cord, without presumption, some reminiscences of his experience. With a heart too otten saddened by the most terrible work of death, with all the painful concomitants of human desolation and sorrow, he Is influenced by no otner motives, iu making these remarks, than the' hope of suggest- ing something for the public beneht. The city of Batavia, located far to the East, lies in the 6th degree of latitude South of the Equator. The coast line is low and alluvial, the city is ex tensively intersected by canals, and the waters of the bay sluggish in the extreme. When the commerce was more flourishing than it is now, and the East instead of the West was the El Dorado of the world, the adventurers of the society flocked thither, and perished by hecatombse very year. Ne ver were such holocausts offered up to the Moloch of disease and to the spirit of reckless adventure. In one year alone, thirty thousand men, of all na tions and climes, were swept from the ranks of the livins. and hurried into eternity. We read that m Norfolk and Portsmouth there is a lack of coffins to receive the bodies of the dead. In Ba tavia. such aexcanmodation was impossible and never thought of. Deep trenches and ditches "were excavated, to contain the indiscriminate heaps of reeking mortality. Sometime subse quently to this, a mercantile house jn .Boston, as a source of profitable speculationj shipped a cargo of coffins to this devoted city, vv nen iney arnveu, the "health of the place was in a great measure restored, and the consignee refused to acknowledge tf.A nnsisrnnient. nor could any other merchant be induced to accept it. lue consequence was, that the coffins were finally tumbled into the bay, to be the sport of those huge sharks and alligators which prowl with unaisturDea impunity m-uiose tapttiri arwt nestiient waters. , la the worst levers at jNew uneaus, mure ie never wanting suitable Jind decent means to inter tha den1. Sometimes only they are a little push r " . ,T n i ed for' want of time, and are co'mpelled to practise rather too ereat haste. At the Uianty ..Hospital, number of carpenters, during mo sicsiy season, , ,T 1 l are kept constantly employed in manufacturing plain pine coffins. As.iasi as iney are ull.-4o the number often or fifteen at a .time,, they . are piled, like boxes of merchandise, into carts or tum brils, and so borne to the Potter's . Field near the Metairie Ridge. Here eacu comn is nuuiuerey, and the corresponding number is inscribed upon a thin headed-board, and the interment takes place in long snauow trenches. , As the soil at New Orleans is .subaqueous, and such a thing as a celiar'never heard ofr (although tn Boston Medical Journal advises the people there to keep their cellars and basement rooms drv and well ventilated,) the consequence is, that fiiA mrwt moderate: excavation of the sou gives ,iUbia fvmious flow of ' water : The better clas ses have their tombs built above ground, but the ppdrW necea&rfrr wnsjbwi iwmUrr earth.-In tha latter case, in5eth3eriklrH and pails are as loiispniirsr aoi mat tocks; and where the fevves K one another, it is often necesssrv -ball out large quantity of blooded watV tafcr consign ing xne mortal remains te th ground. It is customary to inrlose"nearrv all the ceme teries with parallel double Walls, separated about seven or eignt Wit apart, and then to intersect the intervening space with a series of vertical and horizontal partitions, so as to form convenient re ceptacles for; the dead above ground. These re ceptacles are commonly called "ovens," and are extensively patronized. The price for an "oven" is fifty dollars, which makes the cemetery business a prontaoie one. Although there are some points of resemblance between Batavia aud New Orlearns, yet the na tive cemeteries of the former present -none of those revolting aspects which those do of the latter. . Spacious in point of size, the oriental cemete ries are studied with tlio original growth of the soil.- Betel ,nut trees, aricas, palms of various kinds, teaks, -cinnamons, salsa wood, and wild pepper vines clambering over them, together with a prolusion of fragrant flowers, which often per- tume the air, the iuisterti repositories of the dead are usually celebrated lor their picturesque beauty, and rural attraction. In very sultry climates, such as Asia aud Africa, and within the Tropics-, tle fever assumes a more malignant and virulent type-, WtJfirdaaally more typhoid and congestive. The mortality is conse quently greater. According to the popular nomenclature, such fevers are frequently denomi nated ship fever, coast fever, Panima fever, and so on, in which there is a great deal of visceral congestion and obstruction, the cerebral conges tion being mostly correlative. Still, the distinc tive feature of the yellow fever, as usually recog uized, is its hemorrhagic character, and its des tructive lesions of the uervo-sanguineous systems, by means of which, the blood, in a defribinated state, frequently oozes from the capillary vessels of the mouth, gums, eyelids, nostrils, ears, and from the coats of the stomach ; in the latter case, constituting the fatal vomito, which extinguishes life and closes the dreadful scene. During the present visitation in Norfolk, the greatest daily mortality has been 70, out of a population of six or seven thousand. At New Orleans, during the severe epidemic of 1853, in one week there died of the fever 1,036 persons. it is a remarkable tact that, towards the close of the last century, the yellow fever prevailed at Irequent intervals epidemically at the North when no apprehensions were entertained of it at the South. Mr. Keif, one of the oldest and most re spectable citizens ofN i 0riJ , naerts that he never knew of the vellow fever being there before the year 1800. Nevertheless, there was a mode rate epidemic in 1792, and then a severe one in 1817. But it is undeniably true, that in this early history of the disease, it was more prevalent at tne .orth than at the .South : nor would it be difficult to account for this upon rational and philosophical principles ; but thecolumns of a newspaper are not adapted to the discussion, and we must content ourselves with glancing at a few practical tacts. About the time that the yellow fever died out in New York, and at the North, it began to man ifest itself pretty regularly in New Orleans and the South, and generally in the latter city, (more particularly since 1837,) on every alternate year, and in the odd years, as '87, '89, '41, '43, '47, '49, and the great epidemic of '53, and so on, un til now, in 1856. It is also a well known fact that patients generally die on the odd days, or on the ternary revolution of the disease ; thus, if a person should be attacked on Monday, if fatally, dissolution will be most likely to ensue early on the morning of Friday ; but there are occasional exceptions to this, as there are also to some of the hemorrhages which take place, as recorded above. The last fever in New York was in the year 1822. and Ahe. last epid- yellow fever at the North was at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1825. It was brought there from the West In dies, and occasioned as much consternation, mor tality, and dispersion of the inhabitants, as the present fever does at Norfolk. Up to the year 1798, the yellow fever visited Boston, Providence and New Haven, to say noth ing of New York aud Philadelphia. There was a terrible epidemic in Baltimore in 1800, and another in 1819, and still another, but not so de structive, in 1822, the last of its appearance there, as also in New York. The same year it visited Norfolk, which thenceforward continued exempt until the present time. In the year 1720 it visited Charleston and Savannah. The epidemic of that year at Savannah was unusually severe and fatal, and it is still called the " great epidemic." Sa vannah enjoyed a long interval of exemption, un til last year, when the fever recurred with fetal and terrible ravages. It extended that year to Augusta, where the fever prevailed in 1889, but it did not reach Savannah on that year. The dry culture was adopted at Savannah in 1838, and it was relied upon as a measure of security for the public health. From these data it appears that the yeilow fever is erratic, capricious, and uncertain in its visita tions ; but, upon the whole, it has ceased to ap- pear at the Worthy 5-vt4wnea itseu with some degree ot perkxlic certainty at the South. In the horticultural perfectionment of fruits and flowers, Linnaeus characterized their more per fect developments as " the taming of the wild fruits." There can be no doubt but that climate, . j ; ui! a: ll&e 80ClCiy, undergoes progressive inouiucauons and meliorations, and that it is equally suscepti ble of civilization and improvement. The North ern cities, in point of salubrity, and in the facili ties of under-ground drainage, possess great advan tages over the Southern, more especially New Orleans. Still, no ett'ort of public vigilance should be relaxed, and the public health and safety should never be jeopardized by private interests. In speaking of the etkAogy, or cause, of yellow fever, we. have adhered to the meteorological doc trine as being the most rational, the best establish ed, and the most generally admitted by the high est authorities in the medical professon. Never theless, other opinions have been and are enter tained. Professor Kiddell of New Orleans believes the cause of epidemics to be an organic one, but: does not know whether it is vegetable or Animal. He maintains that they have their " pe riods of incubation," iikoJs and insects, and therefore are not allied tl-lftfo jninoral or me- teorological causation, which, (he says), acta at once. ili locs; not believe with Van Sjreiten, that a cloud hovers over the locality of the plague, as it did at Jessore, Wlien the Cholera broke out as it did at Jessore, wnen the hoiera DroKe out fae would remain) -m fr of the most eruext so there m 1817. By expon ' ho, concentrated i;:f;lf:nna frfffn rdativM. abroad, to abandon the sulphuric acid," to a current of; air Professor Rid deU was enabled to-detect, spme o the spores. If such is. the specifid tes. we may aHow the spores" to pass, on, -.They are not hkely to much damage to the human organization, ' Such a tueory oi- disease is uriy unpreunwiuiu, would be extrt-inelv "difficult to workout. But the next in unison with it is the animalcular theory. This theory, together with the " Insect hypothesis" of Sir Henry Holland, are advocated by Doctor J. C. Nott, of Mobile, who has recorded bis testimony in favor of them, in his contribu tion to the Report of the Sanitary Commission of New Orleans, before alluded to. Dr. Nott finds somuxorroboration of .his views from the fact that Professor Agassiz had informed him that he had not assigned the infusoria a place in his classi fication, of the animal kingdom. ate ma v consult bis tjleasure in regaitf tsfiatnd assign to therji what soever pos&Of he- pleats 1 but they hatVncth inf Kxve to do with yeUew fever thiatl Istogh tag geese Wtb"rtfar When it is con sidered hojpably mntenable this sjumalculAr theory has been rented by the conclusive and satisfactory, expermwnts oi" Professor lidy; who pTotnces it absurd, and -who has utterly annihilated it, we should be disposed to regard these views as least tenable of all others except the doctrine of " spores,'' which is an offshoot of malarial sni. It is this same physician, Dr. J. C, Nott of Mobile, who, in a recent letter to the Natonal In telligencer, reiterates & prediction which he had hazarded, that the yellow fever was gradually ap proximating the North. Very few predictions are entitled to much credit, unless we know the facts upon which they are based, and the-calculations which justify them; otherwise, their authority is nugatory. Now all - the facts b1kw that the yellow fever, for many years past, has disappeared from the Northern cities. Its true home is within the tropics ; and it would be much more philosophical to assert, and more encouraging to humanity to believe, that those meliorating causes are at work which will ultimately banish this pestilence from our en tire country. Great local improvements have been and are taking place in New Orleans, and our Southern cities have too much at stake to be unmindful of their sanitary condition, their pros perity, and their safety. 1 here is no benefit to be derived from attempts to create a panic without cause, and every com munity will perceive the necessity of yielding neither to a presumptuous sense of security on the one hand, nor to a spirit of neglectful indifference on the other. It may be worth while to allude to other opin ions more rational and philosophical. The cele brated Dr. Barton, of New Orleans, believes in the opposition of a terrene and atmospheric cause in the production of epidemic diseases, and deno minates their conjunction very expressively, as the " Shears of Fate." To show the certainty and reliability of meteorological calculations, Dr. Barton, in a recent letter from New Orleans to the writer of this, observes, " There is no more unfailing evidence of the decline of an epidemic here than the fall of the dew-point. A few days ago, when it began to descend, I pralictcd a de cline of the fever, and it has continued to decrease ever since." New Orleans papers confirm this in telligence. It is true that epidemics court the presence of large cities, and to ward them off, of all descriptions, the most attentive and. careful supervhnon should be exercised. In superstitious times, the belief was qurrent that epidemics were signs of Omnipotent wrath, and that an avenging Deity was hurling the ar rows of destruction against the guilty children of men, in punishment of their transgressions. But science regards these dreadful " visitations oi Providence' in a far other light. It looks' upon them as occasional results of those natural laws and principles of the universe, whose general and ordinary operation is replete with benefits and beneficence to men. From occasional juxtaposi tions, and not unfrequently from local causes pro duced or unheeded by man, the generation of pes tilential diseases takes place. They serve to create inquiry, to foster vigilance, to twine the cords of sympathy and affection closer round the human heart, and to notify mankind of the value of health, and the uncertainty of life. They record their monitions in agonies of suffer ing, in grief and tears, and desolate the fairest and fondest hopes of life ; but such are the unavoida ble sequences of human existence ; while, in the end, their influences are salutary and corrective, and they may be likened to storms which scatter the sen with wrecks, and the earth with ruins, but are still necessary to purify the elements, and to adapt them to the purposes of life. It falls more within the province of some per sona than others to study the phenomena of dis ease, but, for a thorough comprehension of morbid relationships, a careful consultation of the ther mometer and physometer is indispensable. The Committee for Scientific Inquiries, appoint ed to investigate the epidemic cholera which pre vailed in London in 1854, concludes its Report with the following language : "Opportunities, therefore, ought not to be lost for establishing a better normal standard than is yet discovered to measure the chemical and met eorological anomalies of an epidemic period." ACTON. N. C. ORATORS FOR KING'S MOUNTAIN. At a meeting of citizens in Charlotte, J. W Osborne. Esq., was invited to represent North Carolina, at the celebration at King's Mountain. Dr. Hawks, being a North Carolinian by birth, had been selected as our State orator on that oc casion f but previous engagements precluded the possibility of his being present at the time ap pointed. We learn from the Shelby Intelligen cer, that the Committee of Cleaveland have writ ten to Hon. David L. Swain, President of the N, C. University, soUeitirig his presence as an orator at the celebration. We know of nx man, in the ranee of our personal acquaintance, that would be better calculated than Ex -Gov. Swain to throw light upon the theme ; none who would better explain to posterity the part which our own na tive State has borne in: the many struggles of the past. Should both of the gentlemen above na med accept, North Carolina will nave no cause to feel otherwise than proud of her Orator on the one hand, and" of her Historian on the other. Asi. Nrws, I" In the Norfolk Beacon office, not only were the printers, apprentices, reporters, &c, all, or about all, swept oil" but the editors in chief, both, have followed, are now in their graves I The cases of these Editors, Mr. Cunuinglam and Mr. Gate wood, were particularly harrowing They were well connected in Nortbik, but both single men, and both couki have left ; but their coniiectious began to be sewed, and they would not fly aud desert theiu Mr.. Cimninghau at tended upon and huvved. a tleax friend and rela tive in Mrs. (JouvuuUjr,. lron, in her daj one of the most UiUiajuA o tl Southern belles ajt the Ballstoit Sjjia,. Almost aloue, and in the dead of night, Ue- tuuriod her iu the Barron fcimily.grave yard.; and subsequently her daughter, and Capt. Starke, of the United States Marine Corps, a re lative by marriage, and then lus wife and her daughter, aud then a near and dear cousin to Mr. Starke's sister, all of whom he nursed, and cared for with the tenderest mteretyL mkJ p,tix whom - ife place ; but while nursing the last of :h-fntvll VaVorite coii.4n the disease seized . . hurried him to the trrave. Another do L., .M, natwl his rartnpr doubtless j waited upon nursed him, but now Gate-' u. j wood & Qe jani niy the old and worthy father and mother remain of a mice large circle of re latives ! The branches are withered, but the trunk remains in. Norfolk. Death so interlaced the destinies of one with another that no one could leave without deserting some other on the bed of disease and death. ggF" " Cown down from that building, you rascal, and 111 knock your head off 1" " You will, will you?" " Yes, you scoundrel, I will." "Then, I guess upon the whole I shan't come downu ruiessor,. 1 1 r v v Aanxsrarys, oepi. r looo. "Dear Dispawh: YdTrc'tlttiJigkie VTiAt adflst the action of the Ute Navy'Bc5ard haiklti uj among tb dry bones ofthat right arm 6fth na tional defence. Asthe reporters say; thete is i "profound sensation:.'' From "a HStle nivy,"fcum tiering 711 officers in all, 201 have bfcfh' struck; down as if by one. of the plagues of Egypt.' "la this hapless fate men of all grades'are included, from octogenarian postcaptains to passed mid shipmen, who have; now passed a" bourne froth; which no traveller returns.". SweetpheTubsTMif so soon they're done for. wonder what thev were begun for.'' However", it does not follow that un-v less an omcer is 'fropped outright, he has reason for mortification Those retired on leave of ab sence may occupy an honorable position. (Lieu tenant Maury, of the Observatory, ls.ihcluded in this list, the law beingimperative as to the amount of sea service which an' officer' must' have seen, and his competency to take command "of a sea going vessel. Maury's duties have kept him for many years at 'the Observatory.) Retired on furlough isn't quite so good, but that does not necessarily imply any thing dLscreditable ; "but wciug wvjjjxu, euureij mat s uie great, ooitoiu less abyss to which the Board have sent many a helpless soul. I wouldn't be surprised to hear of a great demand Sot coffee and pistols; and, indeed, it may be possible that the Board has committed some errors, but, on the whole, I suspect they have done right, and delivered the Navy of a good many inefficient and lazy devils who were not worth the powder and shot it would take to kill them besides some dissipated and worthless char acters, who, it is a great pity could not be drop ped from the planet as well as from the service. Notwithstanding the purging of the navy list, there must be a few more left of the' same sort ; at all events, there ought to be a periodical over hauling putting out the bad men and promoting the good ones, and extending the tiimrning pro cess, not only to the regular officers, but to the non-combatants some of whom, like some of the regular officers, have an unconquerable antipathy to water, whether salt or fresh. I have recently had the great pleasure of an interview with Mr. Gales, the Senior Editor of the National Intelligencer. The office of the Intelli gencer is an 'humble and unpretending "brick building, only two stories in height, but with a venerable and substantial air. On the whole, it is not as imposing a structure as the"White House, but, whilst I have passed the White House seve ral times a day, I have never felt the least curiosi ty or desire to enter it. I have no disrespect for the present occupant, but I have aanuch greater respect lor such men as Joseph dales than tor all the office holders in the United States put together. The press has become the fourth estate of the realm, and at the head of this estate Mr. Gales is enthroned, a monarch worthy of a dominion be fore which the power of kings and aristocracies is turning pale and passing away. l naa expected to nna mr. uaies, wno nas now reached his three score years and ten, somewhat infirm, but was greatly pleased to find him in good health and excellent spirits. Except the inability to use his right hand, (from a neuralgic affection,) which compels him to employ ah ama nuensis, his editorial vigor and efficiency are m no degree abated I found him in his sanctum, a neat apartment in the upper story, adorned and made useful by a library of choice volumes, and having, to my eyes, a most impressive aspect, as the field of labor for so many years of the Editor of the National intelligencer. Mr. Ciales is m stat ure about hve feet nine, very stout, with grey hair, (once, I am told, as black as the raven,) and a dark eye still beaming with thought and anima tion. In social intercourse, he is one of the most easy and cordial of gentlemen, his conversation so replete with the blended charms of soul, that I found it hard to break away and cease to encroach upon his valuable time. Hanging upon the wall, in a frame, was a small and ancient newspaper, to which Mr. liales direc ted my attention. It was the first number o the National Intelligencer, which, judging from my eye, would measure about fifteen by twenty four inches ! I need not say with what interest I looked upon this seed of the great tree that has since, in its strength and dignity, overshadowed all other trees of the forest. j The National Intelligencer was first established in 1800 by Samuel Harrison Smith. Mr. Gales came to Washington in 1807, at which time he be- came connected with the Intellegencer as Con gressional reporter. At a subsequent period he purchased the establishment 'of Mr. Smith, and some vears after, his nartner. Mr. beaton. (now in Europe.! became associated with him. What kind of a paper the Intelligencer is, the country daily sees, and I need not describe. In its uni form dignity, and the calm and dispassionate manner in which it discusses the most exciting topics, it has no equal in the world. Great Britain cannot produce its equal. The proudest. and most courteous peer of Parliament could not more carefully observe the proprieties ot debate than this high-toned and manly journal. If you may judge a man by his companions, you may judge a paper by its readers; and you have only to go tnrougn tne country ana ooserve wnat manner of men the readers of the National Intel ligencer are, to know something of the character of that paper. They are. almost always men of education, intelligence, and of high political and social influence. It was once remarked by a wit, that if a man were found dead in the road, and no one knew anything about him, yet if a copy of the National Intelligencer were found in .his pocket, it would be prima facie evidence that he was a gentleman. . But Joseph Gales is more than a great editor. He is one of the first statesmen of the land, and has shared the counsels , and the" respect of the leaders of the Whig party. If he has not been seen upon the rostrum, he has been always at the: helm,,- Palinurus, whose steady hand ever guid ed the ship in a safe channel, and, unlike them, never shadowed the clouds. Clay, Webster, Crit tenden, ever entertained the greatest respect for the solid judgment of the veteran Gales, i rh his next book on "Party Leaders," Joe Baldwin ought to give us a sketch of the editor of " the National Intelligencer, wjiose serene wisdom, whose vigo rous pen, aud sound political judgment, have for so many years guided, strengthened and sflfctaiiied a great party, ror now many yets nas ww , , - . ... iJatioual Intelligencer been a vast, artnory,' from wnion vv ins cuieiuuu uu . vxuii.to&iucii io.vg obtained ideas, facts aiid arguments, to sustaiu their cause in Congress and before the country I How rarely, during itsXhole existence, has .that paper ever taken a position, which, however un popular, has not been,siined1by. the enlighten ed" public sentiment of. the American pooplel It is pleasing to leam that, in benevolence character, this truly treat man is as emmvhay distinguiiiied as. by his fine intellectual qualities! A more compassionate Heart never oeat ; a more liberal h3ud was never opened to tne appeal oi sufferiug humanity. . . . The health "oi Washington still continues good. Great pains are taken to preserve the cleanliness of the'city.' The politicians arc weavingtheir webs for the next campaign. ' Among other Democratic tickets, which I have heard named, is that of Dal las, of Pennsylvania, for the Presidency, and Jeff. Davis for the Vice Presidency. I have also heard some interest expressed as to whowiH be elected U. S. Senator by the next Virginia Legislature. UfwUetf ;' :Iapsorn -Monday tfUr bdiognT violent orn:fi&to&tii (and we return thera;ar sincere thanks) w hatfe it in our power thi morning- to give the fitnfjor of deaths inthe ffl-feted dry oiTeaay? adTfii names of many who have. summoned fern this to the untried ralUies of .eternity; , Smm It is stated that the number of mterments Say' before yesterday1, ranged between tWrty-W and forty. The precise number; pur dormant COuM not ascertain." ", " . L v. ' ; s FROM PORTSMOUTH. " w i "As I supposed, says . a cwespondent 'o the same paper,) and so stated, the icooLdampveath r uas aaaea largely to the bills of mortality.' From sun-set yesterday to the same rWtA- day, there have been TWENTY-FOUR deaths! oviwuug MiMwiatne avatiiospitaL': , The Editor of th Iaimni J i . all the spoeificsflere.l,i'or the cmr. mt lWmJ. plaints we have the greatest faith in. . , Wiatar's BaUam of WlM Ch Free from those narcotia inrmtri;. so largely into ta-a-J. -""w, " witnout tnjaryto th or- cine from personal nowUdge of its eff. ly two years have lapse'! sine a memb-rof ear ."'"w trem the vy brink, of the grave through its om ; aad La several subseque at cases, where it hasbeen ftdm5nlti Jil,?'? r once ofXi" ffwt- nKliy 00 ,urnnq 11 to, our friends in the British Provinces and ininn itii x "" land, s certain remedvforinMr;. ,i the lungs.'- ' - " ror sale by WILLIAMS Jt HAYWOOD. A ProolamatloD. By Bis Exeellencff Thomas Brao. Governor ef the atate of North Carolina. , . fTTHEKBAS, BT A RESOLtTTIOlf rtF Ttrv GeneaAaiASWy, it i mde the duiy of the Governor of the State, for the timebemr : to TOt part a day in rrii:year, andto give nbkoe t,. ""uw, ! day of solemn' and pubho TaiwkjgiyiasS to AUnigMy God for pst blessings, and of supplication for his continual tundness and cars over us as State and as a aa- uon : " . . , Kpw, therefore, I do by this, my PrWamation. set apart Thursday, the 25th day of October next, as such day, and do most respectfully and earnest ly recommend that it be observed actfrdinriv by an the good people of this State. , Given under my hand and the great Seal of L. S. the State, at the Executive office, In the City of Raleigh, on the 17th day f Sep tember, r8r,5, and la the iBOth year of Americaa IodependeBiee. - r " - THOMAS BRAGG. By order of the Governor: Pulaski Cowpkr, Prioate Secretary Raleigh, 8ept. 21, 185. -.76 4W. LOST OR STOLEN ! ; ' QN the gthiuitl a small leather Rocket-Book, oontainiag the folio wing notes: note givea by Qnn Banks to R. 8. Bryant, and endorsed t W. G. Banks, for $91.'50; oas given by Nathan CruUy to the estate of A. G. Banks for about also, several accounts. ' -. A suitable reirard will be given for their delTvs ry to me, and I forwarn all persons from trading for any of the aforesaid notes or accounts: ' iWMrG. BANKS, Wake Co., Sept. 21, 185ii. 76 itp Moore & Taylor's ' " - PASTILLES J PARIS. .. THESE PASTILLES are an invnalable remedy for the ear of Corona, Coli ajtd BaojrcHms, as, by their action on the threat aad lungs, they re move all hoarseness in a few. hoars, and wonder fully increase the . power aad flexibility ot the voice. Hence they are of great service to d highly recommended, by Clergr&ea, Auetioaaara, Public Speakers, and all thoae whose calling re quires such frequent use of the vocal organa, , N. B. Ask for "Mooac & TAifcoa's Pastiuss Da PAais," and observe that each box bears their written signature. For saieby thepriucal Druggby and Apothe caries through -out the United' States and Canada, and at whole sale by " MOORE TAYLOR, Importers, 8t Maiden Lane, -New Tork. Sept. 19, 1865. -f 5 . m. '-tm 75. STATE OF NORTH C AROLIIf A, . GaAavtua oujtty. Court of Pleas & Q. Sesaions, August ' !" Terml8S5. Johnson Levisler vs. William LevisYer SuoUieBa Petition to setl-Lindfbr" Division It appearing to the satisf actiott tsf fco Court that A. G. BrRg; tme of tire1 delendants, la this eanse, resides beyond the-' limift ef this State, It is, therefore , o i motiioa ordered hy the Coart.'thst advertise nent ba made fo 4x weeks MeoeMtrf ly attha 'urthouieiaxijuord, and at three ether pubho fMaoes in (IraArijUef Couatty, andwalao n the Kalmgh-v Kegister, notifying the aaid defoa dant of the, filling of. thii petition, aad that un less he agpear at. the next Teria of this Court aad answer the petition, the. same will be taken pro confess, aad heard ex-parte, as to him , Witness Augustine Landis, Clerk of said Court. st office in Oxford, the lint M pal Ay of August, a. v: i&r. ; A.LANDIS, Cl'rk. Septr20, 1855. w6w pd. 7B. . s TATE QF NORTH CAROLINA, .Gasvu.i Cocktt, Court of Pleas and Quartet Sosaiens, August Term, ui&j ; tfancy Anderson and others , pft to SeU Meredith Crewand others. J . sin , It apnesuring to the sapUfactum of, the Covrt that Jebn Valentine, and Parjth,ena, his.jrifvtwo of the defendants in this cause, reside beyond the limits of this State;, it is. therefore, on motion, ordered by'the Courts that advertisement be made lor six weeks succeflrely at the Court-House in xford,' and at three other public places In Oran fille County, aotifyiug the said defendants ot the l aiiBgortms f eutwn, ana uat nmess tney-appear Petition, the -same will be takes pro eonftsso - aad iie&rd ex parte aa to them.- ' - Witness Augustine Landis, Clerk-of said Oourt, at office in, Oxford, the first Monday of Aagn st, A. D lSiio., - - A.LANDXS, Cl'k.; n. SeptemborSO, 1855. ,J srfiv, pit iJfJaSeaf DieM&ootoLi r . r RICH Black and White Watered 8ilk d , iiuid. P-rfUlt Do 3oi i.do Striped do MoHe Autwae--somethittg new.; Drooaded SUka . Alw . r i . . . i r i : m Ifloreuce Silks, , ' . " , -.hiJ i I 1 4: i ! 5 r v. . .! ri fe k i fin
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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