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i i mm 1 -. 1 i: 1 8 1 mm - 1 1 f 1 1 , -r : - --ar? - - - . . -. 1 jL- ' r' liirn i w lfTntnri CPA Tf VT WTTTflVK Si-S EiitAI l.Wi 171. AFFAIRS IN ITALY. allw, Remit-L& . Jto in. was. jonjieu tpio tr, Jvjnguum, nvi -.. , vtBiuiui, leah hafiTiimself crownM King atjliiao. in uot 1 iThe btirninSof a Bead bodv attoointag EuiBeauJUrndfc, uncle ol the presi Wisconsin, pnfiHHnaty to sepfciturV The following summary of facts and speculation, copied from the Journal of Commerce, exhibits the complexion of recent intelligence from Italy: ''While the Allies are marching in the East to ward Perekop, and the thunders which shook Sebastopol ars every hour expected to echo back from Odessa, the eye of European statesmen be gin to glance as uneasily towards the great South ern peninsula of the continent as they did a few weeks ago' towards the Crimea. There is no doubt that the state of Italy J4a the higb.e gree alarViingand that if i )extenuL -sure more powerful than the sence of asnvi sion oiiVeBeh"Bt)MieTarRcmes-TiotJ80TOrJttp plied, t blase of .revolution will agon break , forth moicy,apies,anffnHrontuc, wnicu , m , OQ Wg bKW,f..taying, it wUl require .all theenergy o France Joseph j v, .yen itto me woe to him who shall as well as ol Jouw JNapoieon, to quea or -airan. atten,pt lay hands on it.' About this time Agitated s i theer eountnes of Europe have IiLoriailJIlepuUk. asked to be united to the been within! the few years, there is not one rolEmvit hie the Republic of Lucca was whictams wmaiiy heterogeneous elements a prmcipalit J and given to his S -tr. if ijwikie,. in the Italian neonlc "In establishing the Usalpine Kepuonc ne iook what means he could to consolidate it, by ap pointing to the various office, to the Legislature and the Executive, men of steady character, at tached to- order, possessed of property, distin guished by scientific attainments or by eminence in the various professions. In 1802, at their re quest, he assumed the direction ot apairs, wiw the .title of President of .Xhe-Italiau Eepubuc At his subsequent coronation at Milan, Napoleon seized the ancient iron crown ot the om Juongo- have occasioned & srocxi'deal of eigntemeAt a that place, and one of the Milwaukie daily pjnt inveiehs azainst thTact as if it were a crime. We have never heard of any other example of such a mode of disposing of the dead in this country, by the act of man ; although Providence sometimes sees fit, in the conflagrations whifli in cities and, elsewhere, ,tp. permit human s to be redudeti to ashes by! fire. -' 6 J- fas' art &ei$artfbfair. idightfiil peace. JJmearped bt party rage to live like brothers' Ril LEIG H. N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV. 7, 1855. 33 it- m occur bodies For our Dart, we are very far from viewing the . . -i 1 I Til. 11 - lfitMawhin iil'illi suujeci m inruEmra wmva itic jbm-tuiu. i , , . , , . i i regards it. it seems to us that any moue ot uis- i ,m "' ""-v 1 i saefcusetts tor State otneers RAXEfeHiiNt; GASTON RAILROAD CO. , hewjRpAEd.yf Directors, of. this Company 1 TliefollOwini: Election WVjg take, place this week " $ In IuislanaonfibiyjorSjofll representatives to Congress. In Mississippi, Monday and Tuesday, for State officers and five representatives to Congress. In New York, Tuesday, for State officers, ex cept the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. In Wisconsin, Tuesday, for State officers. In Maryland, Wednesday, for six representa tives to Congress and some State officers. The wnk aftpr an election will beheld in Mas- chance of tranquility being preserved, notwith standing the dangers that every where exist, is that not one. faction is sufficiently powerful to both overthrow the .existing Governments and be iure of rising to power above all rivals. In Naples, there are, in spite of the follies and enormrbea of King Ferdinand, a large number of hearty royalists. Naples is a Catholic coun try, in some respects more devotedly attached to the Church of Rome and its principles than any , nation in the. world. The ultra Catholics are strenuous against rebellion, and if a Republic or a Mural dynasty were to replace the present Bourbon incumbent, it would sow discord, and in less than a twelvemonth create a counter re volution. A change in Naples, unless under strong external protection, would be the com mencement of such an intermittent civil war as But all these changes and modifications were effected by agency from without, and disappear ed with Napoleon, as might have been expected. The States of the Church were restored to the Pope, Austria reclaimed her possessions, and Na ples tell once more under the rule ot the Bour bons.'' noaine of the remains of the dead, which is con venient, which is not prejudicial tf the public health, nor inconsistent with the solemnity of death, is perfectly proper, ana cannot De ngni fully interfered with. At sea, the practice is to attach weights to the dead and sink them to the bottom, there to become the prey ol the creatures of the deep. On the land, they are placed in vaults, to be devoured by worms, or laid deep in the earth, to be resolved into the elements by a slower decomposition. Either of these methods nas something in it at which the imagination re-, volts, and which invests death with certain phys ical horrors, diverting the mind from the more important aspect in which it should be regarded -the great spiritual change it brings with it. The process of cremation comes in, immediately after life has departed, to intercept chemical de composition and the ravages of the inferior living I creatures. It resolves the body into the elements to which it must finally return, by a more rapid ceeided to ballot for a President of the Road, tesultine m the choice of R. A. Hamilton, Es., of Granville. We have no doubt but that Mr. H. will make an excellent and efficient officer. It is due,: at the same time, to the retiring j President, Dr. E. A. Crpduf, to say, that he brought to the discharge of bis duties an admin- j istrative talent, and a devotion to the interests of the Road, that were marked in their eflects upon its managenient ; and that no ond has alleged, or can allege, anything against the eminent success I which harf signalized his control of the affairs of the Company; We intimated in our last, the opinion, that the action of the State in the appointment of Direc tors needed- comment. We still think so but yet, from considerations connected with the sub- In each of the States of Alabama, Missouri, In diana, California and Pennsylvania, the Legisla tures will have to elect one United States Senator. has not been Vitne&sed for thirty years in Spain. 1 between what mountain millstones, whirled by Nevertheless, ? Young Italy" numbers its ad-j elemental storm winds on the bosom of oceanic herents by thousands in the secret Red Repub-1 torrents, the auriferous ledges were ground to lican clubs' bf Sicily, and even of the peninsula. I -powder : by what Titanic hands the coveted s GOLD AND CORN. The following beautiful contrast between the gold of California and the gold of Agriculture is from the speech of the Hon. Edward Everett, at K "NTatirmul A orriiiltiiral Voir at Tioston. and spoken of by one correspondent m our paper ot vuuuge, n ui-.ii unmn wunc i mc sequent action oi uie uirecury, we are ioui ioiu- aw.law. fJ V Pnrr I nor shocking to the imagination. There is no- . iwha. th tr. ?The grains of the Califorman gold are dead, m- v u. ,B u J"" ": which theri seems a disposition, on the part of the organic masses. How they got mto the gravei : i """"'""J j1" w "f i t , - Ul uraui, uui wiiu me iiucuiiuil wnu nuitu cic- oiaw;, yiivnvf . . x-. gard the remains of our friends. The ancients I ment, are too palpable, of themselves, to require gathered the ashes ot the luneral pyre into an was as dear and as sacred to the sur- sl ..r ;- r - TheV bave jtheir signs, their places of meeting, I grains were sown broadcast in the placers, hu- i' i mi ii I i . nr. ana even ineir press. j.ney are wen pmyiuou man science can out lainiiy conjeciure. vvuu- with. afmi, and are not destitute of money. ly know that those grains have within them no They are desperate in audacity, and contemplate rinciple of growth or reproduction, and that the scaffold as but one of the smallest dangers when that crop was to be put in, Chaos must which they are likely to encounter. Experience has made, them cautious, deliberate, and their plans are more ably matured now than at any previous period. 1 The recent address of Kossuth, Mazzmi and Ledru Rollin will be their political Koran, and they are disciplined to that blind obe dience to sometimes unknown chiefs which is so carefully cultivated among the successors of the Carbonari.' The revolutionary element in Sicily is aided by the consciousness of former indepen dence and of gross national wrong, and there are patriots who would aid a revolt on that island, whom conscientious motives would deter from action if dwelling in the continental territory of the Two Sicilies. The Sicilian revolutionists, un like those of Naples, have no sympathy with Mu- ratism. . . They wish for a restoration of the Par liamentary Government they once enjoyed, and are comparatively indifferent who is the nominal ruler, provided his" power is restrained within as narrow limits as are enjoyed by the Queen of England .- The English Government is the Sici lian's model. Muratism in Naples is regarded as an intermediary necessity between royalty and a have broken up the soil . How different the grains of our Atlantic gold, sown by the prudent hand of man, in the kindly alternation of seed-time and harvest ; each curiously, mysteriously organ ized ; hard, horny, seeming lifeless on the outside, but wrapping up in the interior a seminal germ, a living piiiiciple. Drop a grain of California goltjf into the grouud, and tliere it will lie un changed to the end of time ; the clods on which it (falls not more cold and lifeless. Drop a grairpf our gold, of our blessed gold, in the J 1 l . i i t r .1 : . . . , gcvuuu, sou K a mysvery . xu tfc jew uap ii tens, it sweus, it shoots upwards, it is a living thing; it is yellow itself, but it sends up a deli cate spire, which comes peeping, emerald green, through the soil ; it expands to a vigorous stalk, revels in the air and sunshine, it arrays itself more glorious than Solomon in its broad, flutter ing leafy robes, whose sound, as the west wind whispers through them, falls as pleasantly on the husbandman's ear as the rustle of his sweetheart's garment ; still towers aloft, spins its verdant skeins of vegetable floss, displays its dancing tas sels, surcharged with fertilizing dust, and at last pure Republic. The rivalry of the many leaders I ripens into two or three magnificent batons like f - . . 1 . .1 11.1 i . : a l.i . e t i? 1 l l l is so great, that they are compelled to unite on some one outside of their number, in order to hold together The difficulties in the Kingdom of Naples are not confined to the people. The Government it self seems resolved on its own death, and, if it cannot be destroyed by others, to perish by sui cide. -The enormities of the late Chief of Police at Naples attracted, as is well known, the atten tion of all Europe, the remonstrances of Austria, France and iingland, and a supposed threat from the latter rower that the crimes committed in the name of justice should be made to cease by force if they were not voluntarily suppressed by the King. Mazza was accordingly dismissed, but with the explicit declaration that the system he had originated should woi cease. On the contra ry, petty annoyances were instituted against En glish and French residents, and odious obsolete laws were revived for the purpose of insulting the Allied nations. On the 19th ultimo, for in stance, on the arrival at Messina of the British sloop-olvwar Medusa, for the purpose of landing 123 Sicilian muleteers, whose period of service in the Crimea had expired, that vessel was, under pretext of quarantine, kept for hours without be ing allowed to have any communication with the shore. Later, some person came on board for the purpose of conveying the muleteers, as he prom ised, to the lazaretto. They were, however, all conducted to the common jail and imprisoned ! The British Commander applied m vain for their release, receiving no other answer than that the outrage was committed by the express order of the Minister of Police at .Naples. He then offer ed to re-convey them to Malta, and by this means succeeded in procuring permission from Naples that they should be set at liberty; some of the men visiting the British ship and declaring them selves free. Scarcely, however, had ihe Medusa sailed from Messina when, some on one pretence, some on another, the poor muleteers were re-arrested and thrown into the already over-teeming State dungeons of Naples 1 It is not surprising, therefore, that a fleet should have leen sent to the coast of Italy, nor would the infliction of prompt chastisement upon the miserable tyrant who can perform such acts create any sympathy here or elsewhere for his sufferings. The Pontifical 'States have been kept quiet by no other means than the presence of French troops. That impoverished kingdom, yearly in creasing in debt, virtually bankrupted, and de void of all national energy, greatly needs admin istrative reform. The smaller Italian principali ties are hotbeds of conspiracies which await the hour appointed from Republican headquarters for general outbreak. Piedmont is distracted by the quarrels of the Liberals and the Church jarty ; but the noble character of the King sustains him; and has rendered him the pride of the Italian peninsula. In Tuscany there have been serious signs of impending convulsions ; but the heroic devotion of the Grand Duke during the recent scourge by which hft dominions have been af flicted has created for him, also, a degree of pop ular sympathy, which was possessed a short time since by the Victor Emanuel alone. -At a time. when the future of Italy is a topic of such interest, a f w words on the Republics of Napoleon's time are in place, if only for the proof they afford of the instability of such a form of government for a divided and deteriorated peo ple. The following extract is from the London Morning Advertiser : "The principal of these Republics were the Cisalpme, consisting of the Milanese and Man tuan territories ; the Transpadane, formed by the Lombards ; and the Ligurian Republic of Genoa. These arose during the Italian campaigns of Na poleon, and received from him constitutions and his' sanction. The Roman Republic was the work of .emissaries of the Cisalpine. Seizing the opportunity afforded by the anxiety of the Di rectory to avenge themselves for the Pope's hos tility to the overthrow of religion in France, they poured into the Eternal City ; and soon after the States of the Church were invaded by Gen. Ber thier with 18,000 men, who compelled Pius to dismiss his troops. . He himself, then a feeble old man, upwards of eighty, was dragged from the altar and the rings torn from his ringers. He was snt off a prisoner in the direction of Leghorn The Directory, however, fearing that he niigTit be rescued by some of the English armies, sent him to Valence, where he died. The Roman Re public was proclaimed in 1789, and the robes of the Pope and the Caniinals burnt for the sake of the gold lace. "Prior to this the Cisalpine Republic was re cognised by the Emperor of Germany by the treaty of Campo Formio. It then consisted of Lombardy, the duchies of Reggio, Modena, Mi Wodola, Bologna, Ferrara, Bomagno, the Ya'te bne, Bergamo, Brescia, Cremoua, the Polesine, and all the possesaons of Venice west of the Adige. Napoleon gave it a constitution exactly Ki uu ui i laucv j anu ii was pro tected, atits own expense, by a French auxiliary force of 30,000 men, under Berthier. This con- this (an ear of Indian corn,) each of which is stud ded with hundreds of grains of gold, evefy one possessing the same wonderful properties as the parent grain, every one instinct with the same marvellous reproductive powers. There are seven hundred and twenty grains on the ear I hold in my hand. And now I say, sir, of this transcen dant gold of ours, the yield this year will be at least ten or fifteen times that of California. But it will be-nrged. perhaps, sir, in behalf of the California gold, by some miserly old fogy, who thinks there is no music in the world equal to the chink of his guineas, that though one crop only of gold can be gathered from the same spot, yet once gathered it lasts to the end of time ; while (he will maintain) our vegetable gold is produced only to be consumed, and when con sumed is gone forever. But this, Mr. President, would lie a most egregious error both ways. It is true, the California gold will last forever un changed if its owner chooses ;.but while it so lasts it is of no use, no, not so much as its value in pig iron, which mates the best ot ballast ; where as gold, while it is gold, is good lor no little or nothing, ion can neither eat it, nor smoke it. You can neither wear it, nor burn it as fuel, nor build a house with it : it is really useless till you exchange it for consumable, perishable gxds ; and the more plentiful it is the less its exchangea ble value. . Far different the case with our Atlautic gold it does not perish when consumed, butiy a no bler alchyniy than that of Paracelsus is trans mitted in consumption to a higher life. "Perish in cbrjsumption," did the old miser say ? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die. The burning pen of inspiration, ranging heaven and earth ior similitude to con vey to our poor minds some not inadequate idea of the mighty .doctrine of the Ressurrection, can find no symbol so expressive as bare "grain. It may chance of wheat ofsome other grain." To day a senseless plant, to-morrow it is human bone and muscle, vein and artery, sinew ami nerve ; beating pulse, heaving lungs: toiling, ah ! sometimes over-toiling brain. Last J uue it suck ed from the cold breast of the earth the watery nourishment of its distending sap vessels, and now it clothes the manly form with warm cor dial flesh, quivers and thrills with the five-fold mystery of sense, purveys and ministers to the higher mystery of thought. Heaped up in your granaries this week, the next it will strike in the stalwart arm, and glow in the blushing cheek and flash in the beaming eye ; till we learn at last to realize that the slender stalk which we have seen beuding in the corn field, under the yellow burden of harvest, is indeed the "staff' life," which, since the world began, has support ed the toiling and struggling myriads of humani ty on the mighty pilgrimage of being. Yes, sir, to drop the allegory, and to speak without a figure, it is this noble agriculture, for the promotion ot which tins great company ii assembled from so many parts of the Union which feeds the human race, and all the humbler orders of animated nature dependant on man. With the exception of what is yielded bv the fisheries and the chase, (a .limited, though cer tainly not an insignificant, source of sunnlv.l ag riculture is the steward which spreads the daily table of mankind. Twenty-seven millions oi human beings, by accurate computation, awoke this very morning in the United States, all re quiring their " daily bread," whether thev had the grace to pray for it or not, and, under Provi dence, all looking to the agriculture of the coun try for that daily bread, and the food of the do mestic animals depending on them ; a demand as great, perhaps, as their own. Mr. President, it is the daily duty of your farmers to satisfy this gigantic appetite ; -to fill the mouths of these hungry millions of these starving millions, might say, for if, by any catastrophe, the snpplv were cut on tor a tew days, the life of the coun try human and brute would be extinct." urn, which viving friends of the dead as a grave is now. The most civilized and polished nations of an tiquity practised the mode of cremation, and there are still many who hold that they were guided to it by the same good sense and fortunate combination of the mental faculties which achie ved their civilization. How it happened that in embracing Chaistianity they laid this custom aside and adopted that of a ruder nation is easi ly explained. Their first Christian teachers, who conKictcd their funerals, were of the Jewish race, and would naturally prefer the mode of sepulture common in their native country. Another rea son is sometimes given, namely, that the early Christian converts were in daily expectation of the end ol the world and ol the resurrection, and could not think of consuming 03'' fire a frame into which the breath of life would again be so soon breathed. They laid away in chambers of the rock those who had f.Ulen asleep, in the hope of a speedy re-awakening. There is nothing. however, in the process of cremation; inconsis tent with-any of the doctrines of Christianity, as the western journalist whose invectives we have quoted in this sheet strangely seems touppose. If there lie, what shall we do with the ashes of the martyrs and confessors of the Christian faith who have perished at the stake, and whose mode of death the church counts among her glories ? Their ashes, and the ashes of these who from time to time are destroyed by the conflagration of dwellings, are as much in God's hand as the dust of those who decay in their coffins. If the practice of cremation had been general, we suppose there is no doubt that the health of the large towns of the Old World would have been more secure than it has been for centuries past. Crowds of the dead, festering in church yards and cemeteries, amidst inhabited dwellings and beside thronged streets, have been a potent cause of distempers which is now geuerally rec ognised. The law interferes and bids the citizen bury his dead at a distance from the haunts of men, except, perhaps, at certain seasons of the year, when there is supposed to be less danger. Here, tliere is a clear recognition of the common mode of burial as dangerous hi the public health. The ordinary process of animal decomposition is nauseous, unwholesome, infectious. Graves cas ually or purposely opened, have smitten down with their exhalations those who opened them, mil dinused pestilence. 1 lie process of decompo sition bv h re, on the other hand, is a tieahsintr and purifying process. We have put these considerations together as some antidote to the unreflecting intolerance which so violently condemns the example set the other day at Milwaukie. It is not an example- which is likely to be followed : and the aid of le gislation, which is invoked to prevent it from be ing copied, is quite unnecessary. Mr. Pfeil when about to place the body of his wife in compliance with her dying request, on the fune ral pyre, remarked that there was no law in Wisconsin forbidding the act. We are not aware that the practice of cremation is against the law anywhere. The body of Shelley was burned on a funeral pyTe in despotic Tuscany, without any interference from the authorities. If it lie in tended to attract attention to the practice, and awaken inquiry and open the way for making it eventual'y a frequent one, the "most effectual means will be to pass laws prohibiting it ; for the question could hardly l investigated without some persons becomig persuaded that the an cient methf.d of the Romans is most conformable to civilized ideas. eciflcation. YELLOWS FEVER IN VIRGINIA A SAD ' STORY. Reported for the Register. "OAK CITY GUARDS" TARGET SHOOT ING. On Friday afternoon last, there wds-a Tarjet Shooting, by the "Oak City Guards," for a beau tiful Silver Cup. The .Cup was the gift of our public-spirited and generous townsman, Doctor P. Babcock, who, though not a member of the "Oak City Guards'-partakes largely of the pride and pleasure, which our whole City feels, in hav ing in our midst so beautiful and gallant a mili tary corps. The successful competitor, on this occasion, was Private Ira Beckwith, whose shots were as fol lows first 9 inches second 2J thirdj total 12J making an average of 4 inches, the best that was ever made by any memlier of a military company in this place. Private J. K. Marriott made the best single shot (hitting the centre-spot of the Target) and the next best average, 7. After the shooting was over, the Company was NTS OF THE OLI rloofefcgWr the muSQH!ilt. fter,tbeeadewill fall upeff mffh toMi to divejck-many thiug:urkn TbTe pagSto invoke imaginings offte daysel fandalra'.srevetything to gratify thttevers of .the curious. We have recently lecu examining its dim records, and froin out them propose, from time to time, to cull some extracts fonihe edifica tion of tho.c who fee! pleasure in listoni'.ig to the voice of the ls; t. We have here, first, a week or two, ouly, af ter -tbe -etnhtihmgwt"t twytpor biiaut iiimouiRoiiicut thikt a new iiKu kisi hous vu-: i be built! Most of our i-itieiis will ren.-ni!-er the ungainly pig-pea (ir it w.is ii.U.uig iuyiv.1 that once disiigured (if anything, then, could have liisliguretl,) Ihtigett Street. "An order was made at the (.Uint Court lately held here, for the. i-iectiou if a market-houe in this i-itv. ;uid money appropriated for carrying the measure, into etllvt. This establishment will douldle.w be mutually beiiericiid to the citizens of Haloigh. aud the cultivators in the vicinity; She "RfgtfM 1 Timi Mlify f I Tail issue of the- ftA Genera since the latter will know' where- to j hnd 1 ready market for their surplus pr.xince. anjd the former where to purchase such ntxesxiiics as are now precariously supplied. The 'ounnssionera ap pointed to carry this order into eil'cet. :re Messrs. Tignal Jones, Nathaniel Jones, of White Plains, Nathaniel Jones, of Crab Tree. Dug.ikl M'Kethan, and li. Potter. The site of the house, we under stand, is to be- in l-vetle die ftivot, in the cen tre of Hargctt HtJVft." liileigh toyister, (hi. '2?, Turning a few paes, we hud the ani ouuc lueiit of the meeting of the Legislature, which ap pears, in those days, to have Ik-cu a greater event t'mn it is now regarded. We have, in that con- nxt ion, a brief statement ot a very interesting c institutional point very summarily decided : 'Yesterday, agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, the t'.!':!iNA't or THi; Lox- iii Hii intere.-ttog article in the Loudon 'Quarterly Review, we Compile the following interesting facts concerning 3, great "Thunderer" of the European Press, which, however hostile it has proven itself to the United State, yet.it must be confessed, does not only exercise a vast influence, but exhibit, a great and really, tremeiklouspt.wer: "The variety is perhaps as astonishing as the niiiiibtr of advertisements if the Tinn. Like the trunk of an elephant, no matter' seenis too jmnntGrtr gignweie, too 4diefoio xju sad, t 4e lifted udti uotorii't hyl)iCjgiajiL ? The par tittmjif Jtfny fiili iftjceLjsfcpirt it all fi,r the nfahf 'minf.'TsffoiA the sM ;eak? crV "f -the destitute geutlewouian to Ibe "allowed to slave in a nursery H'r the sake of a home.' - Vehement love sends its voice irarfeig flirengh th world after a graceless boy, siiUVhy side with 'the announce ment of the landing tf a cargo of lively turtle, or the card of a bug-killer. The oor lady who ad vertises for boarders 'merely for the sake of so ciety ' finds her want' cheek-by-jowl with sonic .Miiggletohian announcement gratuitously calcu lated to breafc.up sjciet.y altogether, to the effect that the world wifi conle to an eiid by the mid dle of next month. Or the reader is informed that for twelve postage stumps he may learn How to obtain a certain fortune,' exactly oppo site an offer of 1 lOnus of 500 '. to any one who will obtain for the advertiser ' a Government sit uation. The Time- reflects every, want and ap peals to every motive which afreets composite so ciety. - And why iKws it this?- Because of its ubiquity : go where wo will, there, like the house fly or the sparrow, we find it. 1 he porter reads it in his lieehive-ehflir, the master in his library; Green, we have no doiibt, takes it with him to the clouds iu his balloon, ami the collier reads it (i......fi Awi'ivd-ilv of this State The following letter addressed to the New York J jrawn up m single line, and Seaton Grales, Esq., Ukt,t" ut the State House in t his city, and, after iu the depths of the mine ; the workman at his Relief tomimttee tells a sad story. It will be I behalf of Dr. Babcock. presented the cup to seen that on the 1st of August, the population of Mr Beckwith, and made, substantially, the fol Portsmohth did not exceed three thousand, and iowmg address: that of thH number more than nine hundred fell Mr Beckwith : I have been commissioned, victims to the epidemic. Of eleven native phy- 1 Sir, by the public-spirited donor of this beauti sicians, &nrr died, and of thirteen volunteers from other places, six were swept away. The story is indeed a painful one, and the desolation aud dis tress mut be fearful indeed. ; Portsmouth, Va., Oct. 17, 1865. My Dear Sib : Yours of the 16th is before me. 1 can oniy answer your inquiries, approxi- ful gift, a gift that at once attests his liberality and conveys a fitting compliment to your hand some corps, to present it in his behalf to the successful competitor in marksmanship upon this occasion. It affords me pleasure to commit it to your hands. Fairly and honorably have you won it : long may you keep it, aye, and keep it brimming ! In after times, it will suggest to mately, aswe have not, amidst the gloom and you recollections of this pleasant afternoon, of desolation that has so long shrouded our city, had time to methodize and arrange the melancholy material into a regular report. Of the four ministers of the gospel, who remain ed in to wrfc during tie pestilence, three have died Christian heroes-in the performance of their Master's duty the 9.ev. F. Devlin, Catholic; Rev. Mr. Chisholm, Episcopalian, and V. Esk ridge, Methodist and Chaplain in the U. S. Navy. Mr. Handy, of the Presbyterian Church, remain ed until h was stricken down by fever, and at tempted tci resume duty after ajvrotracted illness, but was urged by his medical attendant to leave. I am not minutely informed as to the families of Mr. Chisholm and Mr. Eskridge. The former leaves but. one child his wife died a few months before hini ; the latter leaves a wife and several children. J They all need assistance. Of the Jeleven native physicians, four have died. tvo of them leaving large families perfectly destitute. ' Of thirteen physicians who came to our relief, six died; of their private history we know nothing ; yet, it is a melancholy duty we shall attempt to perform, to acquaint ourselves with the distressing bereavements and loneliness and destitution occasioned by their death ; and lastly of the poor orphans, about forty-five have been taken charge of-by our Relief Association, entirely destitute ; and of the number iu town, who have lost one or both parents, we cannot now form an estimate. A large proportion of our adult male population (at least twelve hundred) were in toe employment of government in the Navy Yard, as mechanics, laborers, &c. So long as they were so employed, their families enjoyed an easy competency, and whilst there are but few wealthy men in our town, I think, in proportion to the population, there were perhaps as few paupers. The solicitude of this class of men to continue work and support their families kept a large' riumlier of them in town. In all, about fourteen hundred men were employed in the yard. They continued to drop off, until not more than 225 answered to their names. How many of these deserted how many have sicken ed and died, we cannot tell ; but we know that more than 100 of their families are now supplied from the relief store daily, and that at least 950 (mostly; from this class) have been swept away the erateful scenes that surround its, and of these, your comrades in arms, who, although they have striven with you in generous rivalry for the glittering prize, feel no envy at your suc cess, but rather " that joy which soldiers feel, In meeting foemen worthy of their steel !" And whatever may be said to the contrary, such occasions as this not only produce positive grati fication at the moment, but they do lay the ground-work of delightful reminiscences. The object, sir, of the Volunteer association, of which you form a part, has a higher motive than the mere pageantry of a martial display. You wish to rescue the military science from the re proach into which it has fallen in our midst, to prepare yourselves to be useful to your, country, whenever it shall require your services. In days of other times, the toil of the warrior-knight found its cherished reward in the approving smile of his lady, and the wreath with which Beauty s hand encircled the soldier's brow repaid him for the perils and dangers of the battle hour. You, gen tlemen, have a higher principle of action than was ever possessed by knights-errant of old. They had the prospect of a possible smile from their ladye-love, but you have the lives aud honor of wives, children, sweet-hearts and friends, to watch over and protect. ' It is upon the citizen soldiery, at last, that our Country relies as the bulwark of her security. Although Volunteer associations are the schools in which the sons will be taught the science of war, yet the Volunteer does not look upon war as an occupation. He never takes up arms to in vade the rights and assail the homes of others. He looks upon it ouly as an occasional duty which his country has a right to exact from him, and he feels that every man should become a soldier in defence of his own fire-side and his own rights and privileges. Should the day of trial ever ar rive, I feel every confidence that the "Oak City Gtiards," under the command of their spirited officers, aud sheltered by the ample folds of yon gorgeous ensign waving in glorious panoply over their heads, will bear themselves as becomes men and soldiers. But enough : Sir, take this goblet : and whether, in the genial hour of social enjoyment, Now that the terror, confusion, continual em- I you quaff frm within it the sparkling beverage, Kentuck and the Fiddler. On board the Steamer Indiana, on one of her trips down the Mississippi, were a large number of good natured passengers. They were seeking to while away hours according to their several notions of pleas ure, and would have got on very well, but for one annoyance. There happened to be on board a Hoosier from the Wabash, who was going down to Orleans, and he had provided himself with an old fiddle, fancying that he could fiddle as well as the best man, aud, planting himself where he would ployment, and, I may say, a sort of recklessness, with the subsidence of the fever, has given place hi serious repose and calm consideration, the fu ture presents an aspect truly alarming. We know that the orphans, the widowed and the aged, ae to be cared for, and we are resolved to perform our whole duty in this respect. We do not fully apprehend the ways and means, but we will.Ruoeeed. Our scattered population will soon return to aid us in these important duties, and we shall then be more hopeful. By a; census, taken about the 1st of August, our population did not exceed 3000 ; of this number, more tljan 900 have died a mortality unprece dented n the gloomy annals of disease and yet I do not think that the type of the late epidemic was onk of any peculiar malignancy. The pres ent population (to any extent) had never before experienced a visitation of this disease conse quently were unnsed to, and unimpressed, as it were, witff the yellow fever contagion, (or what- ittract notice, he soraned awav. The fellow couldn't plav any more than a set- cver ym may term it,) and might be compared ting hen, and the horrible noise disturbed hisfel- to as many thousand persons transported from stitution was soon after abrogated and substituted a specified time Singular Testimony. In a recent breach of promise case tried at Springfield, Mass., in. which a man by the name of Dwight was the defend ant, the mother of the plaintiff gave the follow ing very satisfactory testimony : "At one tune, Dwight saw Eunice mopping the floor. He asked her to come to the door and see a big hawk there was there. She went out, and iu a moment I followed to see the hawk too. I did not see any hawk, but I did see Dwight with his arm around Eunice's waist. I saw him kiss her, and tell her he didn't want her to mop floors. She said she could do it better than mo ther." This evidence -was considered so conclusive, that the jury gave the fair plaintiff twenty-five hundred dollars damages. He, however, is 60 unreasonable, that he has appealed to the Su preme Court. A person in Mobile has brought suit for dam ages against a shoemaker, for failing to comply with a promise to have a pair of boots made at low passengers. A Frenchman of very delicate nerves, and a very fine musical ear, was especial ly annoyed. He fluttered, fidgetted, and swore at the fiddle. The passengers tried various ex pedients to rid themselves of the Hoosier and his fiddle ; it was no go "he would music just as long as he pleased." At last a big Kentuck ian sprang from his seat, saying, "I reckon I'll fix him." Placing himself by the fiddler, he com menced braying with all his might. The effect of this move was beyond description. Old Kain tuck brayed so loud that he drowned the skreech ings of the fiddle, and amid the shouts of the passengers the discomfited Hoosier retreated be low, leaving the victory to the unequal contest wiih the Kentuckian and his singular impromp tu imitation of Balaam's friend. The delight of the Frenchman knew no bounds, and quiet was restored for the day. During the night the Kentuckian left the boat. The next morning, after breakfas, the passen gers were startled by the discordant sound of their old tormentor. Hoosier had discovered the coast was clear, and was bound to revenge him self on the passengers. Loud and worse than ever screamed the fiddle. The Frenchman, just seated to read his paper, on the first sound, rose and looked anxiously around, shrugged his shoulders and then shouted "Vare is he ? Vare is he ? Queeck ! Queeck ! Mon Dieu ? Vare is Monsieur Kentuck, tie man vat play pn the jackass !" " y your healthful city into the pestilential atmos phere of Charleston or New Orleans, during the prevalence; of yellow fever all would sicken and probably a third die. I hope you will pardon this gloomy detail. I have only attempted to do that which your letter indicated. I will close by reiterating an acknowledgment of our gratitude for the munificence bestowed up on our afflicted people. Very respectfully, Geo. W. Peetx. Corres'g'Sec'ry Portsmouth Relief Committee. To W. E. Merriam, Secretary; New York. B3:Tn reply to the old argument used at the North, in regard to the inequality of representa tion in Congress by the States, in consequence of Slavery, the National Intelligencer observes: "Grantjali; that the most ultra anti-slavery man could akk let the slaves be declared free and counted as persons, and, so far from the slave States being the losers by it, they would actually be the aipers. Ibe number of their Represen tatives in-Congress would not be diminished but increased f, for, instead of counting, as now, only ftiree-fifths of the negroes, the whole of them would Jbe couuted. Then why is the fallacy urged, and why is the public mind at the North agitated by sophistry so flimsy, that it cannot bear the simplest test of truth ?" "I will give ten dollars to know how much T : -. : l 1 f- x iwtc in my cnu, sara a rarmer in our hearing the other day. There is nothing requi- rea 10 oe ascertained that is more simple. A barrel ot corn m the shuck is a bushel. Such bar-1 rel measures about four cubic feet ; therefore all ! that is necessary to be done is to level the corn in the crib, and multiply the length by the t breadth, and the product bv the depth this product by 4, and the quotient will lie the number ol bushels ot shelled corn m the crib. 8The Democratic National Committee is called together to meet at the National Hotel, Washington Uty, on Tuesday, 8th of January next. - It i com posed of one menber froneach State. I The member from Pennsylvania is the Jesuit Postmaster General. or whether you fill it from that cooling and heal ing fountain which Nature has opened to us all, remember, that it is the tribute of a gallant gen tleman to a gallant corps. Aye, Sir, and let- the memory of your association with that corps re maiu ever as unsullied as the silver thai rims' this cup t Qualifying the memlers present, the two. Houses - . . . , r- .1 ' il- ' .. . T i. proceeded to the election 01 ineir oujeers. oust lfooe the Qualification of the members of the Senate took place, Mr. Blount suggested a doubt as to the propriety of Gen. Smith's qualifying, since he cnld not continue to act as Governor, after he h;ul qualified as a legislator, as it wouid l,e blending the two offices together, contrary to the intention of the Constitution ; that he had, therefore, bettor waive the qualification, and con tinue to act as Governor till a new one was ap pointed, than thus cause an inrer-regnuni in the Executive office. Gen. Smith thought himself obliged to qualify, in justice to his constituents ; he considered his powers as Governor as expired on that tlav. when he entered iiiM'ii the duties of ' a legislator ; th:t he saw no difficulty in the bu siness, as, the moment a Speaker was appointed, he would become Governor, until the Legislature should exercise their authority of electing one. After a good deal of conversation on this point, the qualifications were proceeded with. After wards, Mr. B. Smith and Mr. S. Johnson being nominated for the office of Speaker, the former was elected, there being 27 votes in favor bf one, and 21 for the other. Raleigh Register, Nov. 19, 1799. The death of Gkorqe Washington is soon after announced from out weeping columns. We quote the simple mention of the event that was made, at the time, and the proceedings of a town-meeting of the then citizens. The names of the gentlemen mentioned as c-oni osing the Committee will recall, we doubt not, to our old est citizens, many pleasant reminiscences of those ancient days when thev all "walked together :" " It is our painful duty to announce to our country and to the world the death of their il lustrious benefactor, G kouue Washington". This mournful event occurred on Saturday evening, 1 14tn 111st. about eleven ociock. un the preceding -night, he was attacked-witl lent intlammaU in less than fui to his existence. Conscious of his approaching dissolution, he bore the excruciating agonies of a violent and painful disease, with that heroic and Christian latitude for which he was ever distin guished, aun expired iu the possession of that serenity of mind resulting from a consciousness of integrity and a well-spent life." Raleigh He- ! gister, Dee. 24, 1799. . j "A meeting of the inhabitants of this city was held on Thursday evening last, for the purpose of agreeing upon some mode of paying suitable respect to the memory of the late illustrious Washington ; when it was determined, that a procession shall take place, and an oration be de livered at the State House, on the 22d of Febru ary, (the birth-day of the deceased, aud the day appointed by Congress on which to shew public respect to his memory.) Messrs. W. Polk, J. Haywood, H. Potter, R. Williams and Peter Casso are appointed a committee to fix upon a proper person to compose and deliver the oration, and to arrange the order of the procession, which is to proceed from the Court House, at eleven night, he was attacked-with a-vu- that this great :ry affection of the throat, which,' vviiieh are supe ur and twenty hours, put period or r;lther its op AYLWIN'S OCEAN HOUSE, PORTSMOUTH. This new and splendidly arranged Hotel is fast approaching completion, and will be ready for the reception of company about the 1st of September. Portsmouth has reason to be proud of so fine a structure for the accommodation of strangers. It has a frontage of 180 feet on High street, bv 72 on Court street. It coutains about 100 rooms, the halls or passages are 8 feet wide, and it has the advantage of alk, the modern improvements so conducive to the comfort of travellers. Matthew W. Aylwin, Esq., whose name the House bears, is a large stockholder in the con cern. He has been for many years, and is now, connected with our Navy, and is personally known to most of the officers in it, by all of whom he is highly esteemed and respected for his many good qualities ; and it will doubtless be their favorite rendezvous when pleasure and pro fessional duties call them to this station. No expense will be spared in furnishing the Hotel in a style of elegance and comfort. .There is a private entrance for ladies on Court street, connecting with the lathes' drawing-room. Ther Hotel will be conducted under the man agement of Mr. Wm. J. Reynolds, late of the National Hotel, Norfolk, whose long experience in th business, his skill as a caterer, and his well-known politeness and attention to his guests, leave little doubt as to the successful business that will attend Aylwin's Ocean House. Ports mouth Transcript.- This splendid Hotel was prevented from be ing opened, at the time specified -above, on ac count of the prevalence of the Fever. It will be ready, however, for the reception 'of visitors about the 15th inst. Some of the medical journals are recommend ing the use of arsenic, in consumptive cases, to a greater extent than has hitherto been the case. H. W. Gcion, Esq., President of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Rail Road Company, ', has published a list of appointments to address the people at various points along the contemplated route, upon the merits of that work. Harper's Magazine for November has been received. It contains a Day at Pompeii, with illustrations ; Nicaragua, with illustrations ; Hints for Country House Builders, with illustra tions ; and a variety of interesting articles on va rious subjects. The popularity of the Magazine increases. We have received a copy from the bookstore of Mr. Pomeroy. o'clock in the morning. There can be no doubt, that not only every citizen in Raleigh, but the inhabitants of the vicinity, will unite in paying this last tribute of respect to the departed pa triot and hero. It is- understood, that all who join the procession will wear, as a badge of mourning, a piece of black crape, or ribbon, on the left arm." Raleigh Register, Jan. 21, 1800. The following extract speaks for itself: "On the morning of the 20th instant, a corres pondent informs us, a duel was fought at Fay etteville, between Colonel Davis and Doctor Jor dan, of that place. After each having fired one shot without effect, they fired a second time, and from this second shot, each received a ball in the groin, nearly about the same place, theextraction of which, it was apprehended, would be attended with some degree of danger. We most sincerely wish that this may be the last instance we shall have to record of this wan ton, this more than savage though, unhappily. too fashionable practice ; but while men con tinue to be guided more by passion, or what is falsely called honor, than by reason and religion, our hopes of seeing adopted a more dignified mode of terminating disputes by the rule of right, and not by the chance of war we fear, are vain. We will, nevertheless, hope to see it." Raleigh Register, April 29, 1800. And the following : "We have the pleasure to announce to our read ers the return from his embassy to France of our much respected fellow-citizen, General Davie. .He landed at Norfolk one day last week, and proceeded thence to the Federal City. Nothing has yet transpired as to his dispatches, though no one doubts their being favorable to the inte rests of this country. Nor have we heard the reason why Judge Ellsworth is ntit returned: Mr. Murray, it is supposed, will occupy his for mer station of resident Minister at the Hague. A few days, it is probable, will give us more com plete In fojmation on this subject. On the news of General Davie's arrival, tobac co rose at Petersburg to five dollars." Raleigh Register, Dec. 16, 1800. More ef these leaves from the Past anon ! bench, the lodger in his two-pair back, the gold- digger in his hole, and the soldier in the trench, pore over its broad pages. Hot from the press, or month old, still it is read. That it is par excellence the national paper, and reflects more thau any other tle life of the people, may be gathered from its circulation. They show in the editor's room a singular diagram, which indicates by an irregular line the circulation day by day ami year by year, t )n this sheet the gusts of political feeling aud the pressure of popular excitement are as minutely indicated as the force and direction of the wind are shown by tlie self-registering apparatus in Lloyd's Rooms. Thus we find that in the year 1845 it ran along at a pretty nearly dead level of 23,000 copies daily.. In 1840 for one day, the 28th of January, that oh which tjie report of Sir Robert Peel's statement respecting the Corn Laws appeared it rose in a towejing peak to a height of 61,000, ami then fell again to its old.number. It begau the year 1848 vith 2,M)0, and rose to 43,000 on the 29th of February the morrow of the French revolution. In 1852 its level at starting was 36,000, and it attained to the highest point it has yet touched on the 19th oi ixovemoer, ine uay 01 me memoir 01 tne Great Duke, when 69,000 copies were sold. In January, 1853, the level had risen to 40,000 ; and at the commencement of the present year it stood at 58,000, a circulatiou which has since in creased to 60,000 copies daily ! Notwithstanding all the disturbing causes which make the line- of its circulation prcseut the appearance of hill and dale, sometimes rising into Alp-like elevations, its ordinary level at the beginning of each year for some time past has constantly gone on advan cing, insomuch that within ten years its circula tion has more thau doubled by 7000 daily. This vigorous growth is the true cause of that worderful determination of advertisements to its pages, which have overflowed iuto a second pa per, or supplement, as it was formerly called. : That this success has Hl-en fairly won,- weliave never ourselves doubted, but a fact has come to our Knowledge wnicn win pretty clearly prove paper is conducted on principles nor to mere money considerations ; perations are so large that it can af ford to inflict upon itself pecuniary losses, such as would annihilate any other journal, in order to take a perfectly free course. In the year 1845, when the railway mania was at its height, the Times advertising sheet was overrun with pro jected lines, and many a guess was made, we re member, at the tune, as to their probable value, but high as the estimates generally were, they came for short of the truth. We give the cash and credit returns of advertisements of all kinda for nine weeks : Sept. 6 2839 " 13 . . . . . . 3788 " 20 3935 " 27 4692 Oct. 4 6318 " 11 ..... . 6543 " 18 6687 " 25 6025 Nov. 1 ..... . 3230 During the greater part of the time that the proprietors were reaping this splendid harvest from the infatuation of' the people, the heaviest guns were daily brought to bear from the lead ing columns upon the bubbles which rose up so thickly in the advertising sheet. The effect of their fire may be measured by the falling off of nearly three thousand pounds in the returns for a single week.' A journal which could afford to sacrifice such a revenue to its independence cer tainly deserved some consideration from -the Go vernment ; but, on the contrary, it appears to have been singled out for annoyance by the New Act which relates to newspapers." 14 12 0 0 7 6 7 0 14 0 17 0 4 0 14 6 6 Mr. John Van Bureri's letter to the Union is the political document of the hour. The Union mildly reads Mr. Van Buren, and its recent friends, "the Softs," out of the Democratic party. The latter affirm that they are the only really true Democratic party, and that, without them, the Democratic party would be no where. The South ern Democrats rub their eyes at this, and ask, is it so and is this the feast to which we were ir vited by the "National Democrats ?" Hobebt H. Cowan, Esq., of Wilmington, has consented to deliver an Eulogy upon the life and public services of the late Hon. Edward B. Dcdt,ey.- A Lucky Goveknob. Governor Wright, of Indiana, who, it will be remembered, took tb himself one of Kentucky's blooming daughters-; less than a twelvemonth ago, has been presented by her with a pair of bouneing boys. The Gov ernor, doubtless, had such a result in view when he issued his eloquent proclamation for thanks giving the other day. From the Paris correspondence of the Na tional Intelligencer, we take the' following ex tract : ; r "The public mind is gloomy "and it is now ad mitted that bread will continue to-be dear, which is a most unfavorable item in this country. The official estimate of seven millions of hectolitres (nineteen millions of bushels) as the deficit of the crop (if wheat is' underrated. In the community the lowest estimate of the deficit is nine millions of hectolitres, though some estimate is even high er thau this. It is uow stated that the wheat crop in Algeria has lieen so abundant that it will present a surplus of four millions tf hectolitres. If this should be so, it 'wilt be a most important relief. ' 1 "The receipts of wheat from the Black Sea be ing cut off makes a vast difference in the foreign supply. At the single port of Marseilles the ar rivals, even during 1854, 'during part of which year the war had already commenced, amounted to 72,000 tons, or nearly three millions of bushels of wheat. Besides this, the Atlantic ports of France received verj" large supplies, Italy also heavy shipments, and England still larger quan tities, all from the same, quarter. " I sincerely hope Europe may be spared the storm tliat seems to be gathering ; i but when we see provisions dear, the people uscontented, tax es increased, money -scarce, new loans required, manufacturer curtailed,1 commerce- larrgiushing, trade of all kinds? depressed; and a severe and bloody war existing, theend of which no one can predict, we need rt be surprised that the pul lic mind is anxious and alarmed. In France, much, I taay say everj thing, depends on the life of the exlraordinary'roan now" at the head of the -nation-!" 'If he falls under thh "knife of 'the as sassin or otherwise-, tone'pt Eis name would mount bis throne ; he alone Jimong them all can hold thelicrm in ttmt4 like ttise. Again, the loss of a great battle in the Crimea wonld shake his throne to the Verf foundations. The memo ry of the great Napoleon is idolized by the great body of the French people,' and one of the great holds that Louis Napoleon has on the French is the fact that he is "the nephew of his uncle." But even the great: Napoteon- notwithstanding all he did for France and his great wonderful victories, was neverthless abandoned by the ik'o ple when he was unfortunate, nnd so it would le again with the present ruler."
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