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v WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG. 24, 1853.
" Mr. Madison remitted tome, that the United
States had been useful' in. proving thing", be
fore held impoeaible"-r-JfiM Jiartineau." V
Up to tffe preVntligei politicians liave labor
ed under the delouop. that great empires could
only be held together by Monarcuy, in some
form, while the domain of Republics must n
cessarilybeoomprised within a very narrow eomT
i-pass. We think tbat the reTerse of this propo
sition has been demonstrated by the history and
career of the United States. A Federal Repub
lic is unquestionably the form of government
which is best adapted to a vast empire of en
lightened freemen, extending over widely dis
similar regions of -the earth j and this, for the
reason, that the constitutional equality of the
several members of the federation- gives to
every portion of it an equal share in making
the laws, and electing their rulers.
; But it is the glory of the republican form of gov
ernment, that it can only exist where the people
, are enlightened and virtuous and not prone to ex-,
firmer. An ignorant, degraded, and long oppres
eeLpeople,whobaveneverexerciaed the privileges
of discussing and voting upon political questions,
are unfit for this noblest form of government
Ignorance and barbarism- can only be held in
check by the hand of arbitrary power; and hence,
in ages of almost universal intellectual darkness,
- the maxim we are controverting was true, that
Republics could only exist in a-small com
munity. -But, in an age of progressive intelli
gence likehe present, when the schoolmas
ter is abrqfcdi? d when the printing press is
shedding its rays of intelligence ever the earth,
penetrating into the darkest corners of igno
rance and the remotest regions of superstition,
dissipating their gloom, and. breaking their
chains, the mora generous maxim is taking its
place, that republican freedom Is the only sure
guaranty for the peace and order of society.
In a Republic (using the term in its modern
sense,) the governing power is co-extensive
' with its territorial limits. It is not concen
trated in the metropolis, as in the mis-named
republics of antiquity; or in a Parliament rep
Resenting a fifth of the nation, as is the case
with Great Britain ; bat the remotest district is
conscious of exercising . as much influence in
making the laws as that which surrounds the
National Capital, The so-called Republic of
Rome never extended beyond the. city limits.
Gradually, as the 'adjacent tribes, states and
kingdoms were conquered and annexed, they
. were conciliated by extending to the principal
lnanuittnis, uy wc mic, ura pu.irogv vi
Roman citizenship; bat the privilege .could on
It be exercised in the city. Paul boasted while
in Judea, and when be had never been to Borne,
that he was "a Reman citwen." The chief
captain answered, with a great sum obtained
I thU freedom." There was no voting, no
" stumping," no "Buncombe " speeches made
beyond the eirv limits. The vast countries
which in the course of time came to be em
braced within the empire, were all provinces.
dependencies" of the city of Rome, and governed
by a gigantie machinery of force, fraud and
official influence, such as has been employed in
all aees bv the despots of the earth. The Gre-
cian Republics, on a smaller scale, had the
same leading features. Each city governed
the adjacent territory, with its .inhabitants, in
the most arbitrary and despotic -manner. All
voting and governing was done in the city
there were no election precincts in the country,
and none but citisens that is to say, inhabi
tants of the city could vote. Such were the
models of Grecian and Roman republicanree
dom which we often hear lauded to the skies,
in Fourth of July orations I
Great Britain, which is the best type of mo
dern European government, approaches much
nearer to the standard of true republican liberty
than the boasted Republics of Greece and Rome.
Civil liberty, and the franchise Of full citisen
ship, are more secure, hive a larger scopednd
are extended to a greater number of persons
Among the ancients, representative assemblies
were unknown, and " when laws were made
with the consent of the people, Tt must be in
their presence, and by acclamation ; hence, on
ly those present in the city and . entitled to
citizenship could be. heard But by means of
representative Assemblies, the. remotest dis
tricts can exercise an influence equal to that of
the metropolis itself. England is perhaps en
titled to the merit of inventing this most in
valuable governmental machinery, and has ex
ercised it for ages. By means of it, the gov
erning power is made co-extensive with the
British Islands. But it extends no -further.
The narrow exelusireness of monarchy and
aristocracy will not admit colonies to the honor
of representation in Parliament.' The vast
foreign possessions of that Empire, embracing
five times the population of the British Isles,
have no voice in the government of their exter
nal relations, but are arbitrarily subjected to a
-foreign yoke. Indeed, the largest portion of
them, India, has bo voice in its domestic govern
ment. This exclusive; system will eventually
prove the bane' of British Empire, and cause it
to tumble in pieces, as did that of Rome.
The question is freely discussed in England,
whether colonies are of any real utility to the
mother country, and tlje bolder and more vigor
ous class of thinkers have maintained the nega
tive. We incline to coincide in this opinion ;
nd while we believe that not many years will
elapse before the North ; American and Au.
cralian colonies will become free and indepen
dent, by the voluntary relinquishment of the
mother country, or by asserting theft Indepen
dence, after the example of the United State,
ere by no means draw the inference that Great
Britain will decline, as Spain has done- within
the last century. We come to this conclusion,
from 1 the established historical fact that, the
colonies and possessions of England have never
been a source bf revenue ; but, on the contrary,
have brought the mother country in debt The
real advantage of colonies arises from the un
restricted market they afford to manufacturing
and commercial industry; -bat tren this advan
tage may he enjoyed io equal or greater degree
between nations entirely independent of' web
other. The commercial benefit -conferred np
on tngiaoa oy tn thirteen American colptiiea,
prior to the Declaration of their Independence,
bear no comparison to those hiefcsW
rivet frW;trng' V
iui uiuerence lu vis vuuuui vj uumuicrco ue
tween" the' two countries ' before; the. war, and
that of :the: present "' day.'woald, perhaps be
twenty fold in favor of 4he latter'-Xet.1 trade
hai always "been fettered by tariffs since ' the
Revolution, whereas befurs.iC'was entirely bee.
No better illustration could b given of the in
jurious effects of colonial dependence..; "
SAo enlightened Protestant, Christian nation
of freemen, inch as England, will never retro
grade4 in civilisation, wealth .and power ; our
faith in .Christianity, in freedom, and in the
glorious destiny of humanity,. which the- past
half .century, more than, any' other, has reveal
ed to ot includes it hope, amounting to certain
ty, that her career will be upward and onward.
England basgrievous sins to. atone fort and she
has and is atoning for them .in bearing the
burden of a public debt which no other .country
in Europe could sustain. But, after all, she is
the mother of civil liberty, bf the common law,
of the English language, which, on the wings
of commerce, ber's and our's, is destined to com
pass the whole earth, and perhaps to become
universal. . Her Shakespeare and Milton, in a
century, wilK become ''household words" in
half the families of the earth ; and the whole
body of her noble literature, unapproachable
in richness and depth, in interest and useful
ness, because warmed, and invigorated with the
spirit of civil and religious freedom, will be
come, the 'common inheritance of mankind.
The tree which has borne such fruits cannot
have been destitute of great virtues, and de
serves to enjoy, as we are happy to believe it
does, a permanent vigor of constitution, which
revolving ages will only serve to prune, correct
and purify.
But . the United States, an off-shoot of the
British stock, with ampler space, if not a richer
soil to vegetate in, will, in a few years more,
far transcend the mother country in wealth,
power and population. ' Republican equality,
entire freedom of trade among the several mem
bers of the Unidn, and the mercurial activity
which is inseparable from- perfect freedom,
have a tendency to produce one homogeneous
people from the most discordant materials.
Millions of foreigners. are constantly pouring in
upon us from all parts of the world, but being
cast into the Anglo-American mould, in a state
of fusion, the result is, after the lapse of a few
years, the genus American, with American
ideas of law and government and brimming
over with American patriotism, prejudices and
passions!. - - -
Such is the ' rapid and certain progres
sion of this country, in wealth, power and
population, and . industrial achievement that
oar strength, number and resources, at any
given future day,1-may be calculated with
almost mathematical accuracy or, if san
guine, and apparently wild calculations have
sometimes been put forth, they have invariably
fallen short of the reality. , We remember to
have seen, before the publication of the late
census, what were regarded as rather extrava
gant 'estimates of the results of the enumera
tion; but we believe that in almost every in
stance they were below the actual returns. In
this way, it may be demonstrated, that in less
than a century in less time than has elapsed
since the birth of Washington, or even of Jef
ferson this country will number four hundred
millons of people ! that is to say, as many as-
balf the present population of the globe f
Truly we "have the start of the majestic
world," and Providence seems to have placed
its destinies in our bands. He has given to the
most free, the most commercial, and the most
enterprising people on the earth, the fairest
portion of it for a possession," and seems to
have said to them, in language too plain to be
misunderstood, " Your mission is to teach the
nations, by example and precept the arts of
civilisation and self-government, of union and
peace, and to diffuse among them the life-giving
power and saving influence of the Gospel not
a State- religion of tonus and ceremonies, of
superstition and bigotry, but the pure free Gos
pel of Christ whose bond of uniformity is love
and good will to men."
The feature of our Government which, when
it comes to be understood, is to exert a magical
influence upon the nations, is that of Federal
Union. Leagues or Unions have existed in all
ages, but so imperfect in their nature as barely
to resemble that of the United States, and from
their ill-success, not to invite imitation. But
si inimitable baa been the working of the
American Confederation, that we are inclined
to indulge . the dream of Victor Hugo, that "the
United States of Europe " is a possibility.
Certainly no other form of Government would
be so likely to bind together so many discor
dant States, as a European Congress, with
powers similar to those possessed by the Ameri
can Government.
But our admirable system is as yet only
known to the enlightened few : when it quietly,
honestly and peaceably becomes the overshadow
ing "Power on Earth,". which it requires no
prophet's ken to predict as certain in the
not distant future, its example of harmo
nising and reconciling the most discordant
States and interests, will be seen and read of
all men, and its influence will be felt in the
remotest corners of the world 1
A Railroad Convention is to be held at
Asheville, in this State, on Thursday, the 25th
inst The object of the Convention is to devise
measures for the construction of a Railroad from
Lexington, Ky., via Cumberland Gap, Chick
Mountain, Bean's Station, and Asheville, to
some one or other of the South Carolina Roads
leading to Charleston. ' .
We acknowledge the.' honor of an invitation
to be present at the Convention. We wish its
members a harmonious co-operation. That will
secure success
,vf& When the full returns from all the Con
gressional Districts shall have been received, we
will publish a revised and corrected Table of
the vote in each.
.;i. "- v " ' ' '
.10 The Editor has returned to his post, af
ter a short absence,
Tax CttaI.Palacs. The fsllowing table
shows the number of visitors and cash receipts
for the third -week r
Monday 950.,-' 2824 $1177 10
Tuesday . 1136t; r& 3200-.- J679 75
Wednesd'y 12. ''3280 S159T 25
Thursday 1328 ,3490 V r . 1712 00
Friday V. MSe';,!. 3658 ,-,1190 00
Satn4J ,85. " . J425. , . ?00 00
V: Total- 7072
17,907 $8556 00
The crazy editor of the NeV ybrkrJ,Tribnne''
has discovered, in the.-present, Horrors in New
Orleans, a new" element in the evils of slavery
His argument reduced, tothe naked fact that
the7exuerant fertility of those lands suitable to
slave labor ie such,' that they are taken up and
settled 'before they are properly prepared for
the healthful occupation of man ; consequently,
those lands have been occupied before their
time and as lheycould only be cultivated by
the slave, slavery is responsible for the disease
and death incident to the settlement of new ter
ritory. And as New. Orleans is the great ship
ping port of these vast" slave regions, thereby
attracting a vast number of unaccmated Yan
tees, she is particularly the victim' of those
curses. And for the preservation of life,
Northern men are warned to abstain from all
association with slavery and malaria. Really
the charity of the proposition is commendable,
but the spirit most despicable and cowardly.
What would be the condition of the United
States now, if the Puritan settlers of New Eng
land, and the Cavaliers of Virginia had followed
the sanatory precautions of Mr. Greely T Those
early settlers had climate and the savage to en
counter. Health and comfort were not ready
made to hand. Nature, then and there, as well as
now in Louisiana, had to be overcome. Salu
brity was only attained by slow degress, and
yet because a deadly scourge is now sweeping
the metrooolis of the South, " the working
men of the North and West should resist this
annexation, this tropical annexation with swamps
and slavery." Why, it would require something
stronger than such suasion to keep a Yankee
from where money iy to be made. The poi
sonous coasts of Africa have no terror for him,
while a penny can be turned by the slave trade.
The pestilential shores of Yucatan will not de
ter him, if an Indian is to be profitably kidnap
ped into Spanish keeping. Surely Louisiana
and New Orleans will not frighten him, when
rich profits might be made from the products of
slave labor.
New Orleans, and, it may be said, the whole
State, received their firit impulse from Nor
thern men and capitalists, and they have
not yet quit their hold. Louisiana was
peopled by the French, who were more allured
by the softness of the climate, and the richness
of the soil, than by any prospect of wealth.
The golden visions of the first settlers gave way
to more moderate expectations, and, previous to
the cession to the United States, she had become
somewhat thickly interspersed with Sugar plan
tations cultivated by the laborof the slave. Man
was then attempting, what time may perfect, the
amelioration of the climate, but a tropical region
will never become so salubrious as the hills of
New Hampshire. If enough Northern men
have yielded up their lives in building up New
Orleans, to have filled several Northern States,
it is only another argument for Northern ener
gy and greediness of gain. It does not argue
that because thousands have died, that others
will keep away. They will go where money is
to be made, and will go even if slavery is the
concomitant of their emigration. Miasma will
not frighten them, if the labor of the slave throws
a few bales, more, of cotton or hogsheads of sugar
upon their commission lists.
INTOLERANCE.
The St Louis "Intelligencer" comments, with
what we regard great mildness, upon the course
of certain men, who aim to suppress freedom of
religious opinion by orders to 'stop the paper.' It
would appear though the 'Intelligencer' makes
no allusion tothe fact--thata Roman Catholic pa
per, called the 'Shepherd of the Valley,' has been
published in St. Louis, under the auspices and
authority of the Bishop of that Diocese. Embol
dened by the strength of the Romish denomina
tion, and encouraged by the presence of almost
an army of newly arrived emissaries from Rome,
that press has. reached a degree of audacity
which might justly alarm the Protestant and the
Republican. It goes 60 far aa to say, "that
when Papacy is in the ascendancy in this coun
try, and it soon will be, there will be no tolera
tion for any other Religion." And again :
"There is no such thing as liberty except what
is granted and permitted by the (Catholic)
Church." These are not the words, but the
sentiments were endorsed by X John, Bishop
of St Louis. In this state of things, when a
direct attempt was made to subvert the govern
ment and chain tho exercise of religious belief,
the'Intelligencer.'than which there is not a more
faithful sentinel of liberty to be found, sounded the
alarm, and drew down upon it the wrath of the
"Shepherd," the Bishop, and many of the faith
ful among its subscribers, who ordered their pa
pers discontinued. We are no alarmists, and
therefore attach no great importance to what may
be a mere local matter. But it is a bad sin.
that a creed which was so hateful in this Sute
as to be almost under the bann of the law, which
has always been regarded as the right arm of
despotism, should make the first uso of its re
covered power to advance doctrines so danger
ous to liberty. They ore not confined to St. Louis,
but have developed themselves in New York
in an attempt to obtain exclusive control of a
portion of the school fund, and in Ohio for the
same purpose. Tbey were defeated, but the
leaven has worked more successfully in St.
Louis, and we see it in the attempt to stifle a
press in the rightful exercise of its duties.
Surely our foreign brethren (for we hope they
are not Americans) cannot become so soon for
getful of the privileges and immunities they en
joy in this land pf freedom. They will not for
get that while they are protected in all their
rights, the same are guarauteed to art denomin
ations. They will not forget that while the free
dissemination of their principles is accorded
to them, that the connection of religion with
politics is repugnant to the whole spirit of our
people. We confess we are not prepared for
this glaring and infamous spirit of intolerance.
The "Intelligencer" takes the matter coolly,
but adds i
"Let the priest worship in their temples, and
instruct their nocks in the way of Eternal Life
in the attributes of the Divine Being, and in
the cultivation of those moral beauties which
He delights in in the merits of the Atonement,
and the boundlessness of that Divine Love which
offers mercy . and eternal happiness, to the rebel
and the fallen. Let them discbarge these and
all other missions which pertain to the service
of God in this world and the enjoying of His
presence in the next and wo interfere not with
them. Bat when they leave the altar, and em
ploy the rostrum or. the 'press to wrest from us
the same fights ef conscience we haro so freely
accorded to themrahd to desecrate or destroy the
dearest legacies left by our republican fathers, I
we will ose whatever power nature or circum
stances may have given us to wield, in ODnosinr
rn,,a to bitter end let the consequences be
what they may- The cry of "stop; ths 'paper,
will have to be heard many a great jnany
limes, before it will frighten our pen out of our
band, while it may be employed in so good
cause. : '
MEN AND THEIR DOINGS:
so. ixv.
.WASHiitaTow, Ato. 19, 1853.
Is there no remedy, no way of protesting the
public against these frequent and terrible rail
road collisions ? Must travellers always be at
the. -mercy of those who value not their own
lives, much less the lives of the hundreds of
thousands entrusted to their tender mercies T
I. fear so. After each collision public indig
nation is excited to the highest pitch, and per
haps conductors and engineers Are arrested ;
but there the matter ends ; the public forget
the circumstance which killed, as well as the
dead who were killed and no longer calling
for justice or punishment, the officers of the
law do not feel it. incumbent upon them to be
very active in prosecuting those who were only
guilty of criminal carelessness, not of any in
tention to destroy life.
The catastrophe of the II emit Clat cannot
have beed forgotten, and surely the public in
dignation at the time ran high against the offi
cers and directors of that ill-fated boat as
might justly have been expeoted ; hut what sin
gle individual responsible for the lives of those
who were then, apparently, wantonly sacrificed
has been prosecuted or punished ? not one ; nor
do we bear any thing more of the affair: the
dead sleep in silence, and their living friends
ssem to be equally dead and silent.
You will of course understand that these re
marks are made in allusion to the frightful rail
road collisions upon the Camden and Amboy,
and the Providence and Worcester rail roads ;
both of which happened in open day, and from
the most criminal disregard of all those rules
which cau alone ensure the safety of passen
gers. In most cases of this kind there are
some extenuating circumstances, but in these
there were nong not one: the lives of the un
fortunate victims were wantonly sacrificed, or
thoughtlessly thrown away. In the first place,
a company possessing a monopoly of the routes
between the two largest cities in the United
States, and between the north and the south,
whose stockholders have become millionaires by
means of their impositions upon the public,
has no moral right to economize at the expense
of the lives of that public, or at the risk of the
bodily injury of thousands; hence there is no
excuse for the company's not having a double
track on a route so universally travelled, and
which yields such large profits to its stockhold
ers. Tbink you that the British government
would allow only a single track upon the road be
tween Liverpool and Manchester? If I am not
misinformed, no single track road ia allowed in
England at all ; and in addition to this precau
tion, upon every road in that country are sta
tioned sentinels within a mile sometimes
half a mile of each other, to see that the track
is in perfect order, and thus to prevent acci
dents- The consequence of this is, -tbat tbey
very rarely happen, but when they do, all con
cerned are held to a rigid accountability to the
law, which is there enforced.
Whether any prosecutions will grow out of
the Camden and Amboy collision or the Prov
idence and Worcester disaster, remains to be
seen, but I trust there will, the only way of
punishing the companies for their criminal
economy and penuriousness.
A most refreshing gust relieved us lost even
ing from the oppression of the oven-like tempera
ture, under which the community here and
north of us have been sighing, fainting, groan
and melting for several days past. The deaths
resulting from the oppressive haat have been
unprecedented in New York, Brooklyn, JLc,
as you will see by reference to the New York
papers of yesterday over one hundred victims
in New York alone ! This, and the destruction
of life by railroad collisions and accidents, and
the terrible scourge of man now sweeping
away such numbers at New Orleans, present a
bill of mortality truly frightful, for the last
week or two. And yet, such is the rage for
rushing onwards such the disregard of every
thing, and the indifference to all things save
the great and absorbing thought of annihilating
time and space, in order to arrive a few days
sooner, at the desired goal the golden palace
that all this mortality will scarcely cause a
single individual to stop one instant, or enter
tain the thought that bis turn may come next.
We are " a fast people," but are we the hap
pier or the wiser thereby T I remember the
time when travelling between New York and
Philadelphia was chiefly by stages, and fine
stages and horses there were on the road. The
distance was travelled in one day with tolerable
ease and comfort more pleasantly and sociably
than it is now in those unsocial things, rail-
cars. True, we did not go with the speed of
the wind, but it is true also tbat witn less speed
there was more security for life and limb.
I can give you no local news other than tbat
which finds its way into the papers through the
telegraph. What the President and his Cabinet
are about, I know no more than any one else,
not being of the number who are admitted to
confidential interviews with any of them. It is
said they are considering the various questions
that have arisen in our foreign intercourse :
those between us and Mexico, between us and
Austria, between us and Great Britaiu, tc.: and
I have no doubt they will endeavor to make
some capital out of these to make up for the
large amount they have lost in domestic mat
tcrs. Whatever attitude the administration
may assume towards Austria, itcan never make
her feel her own insignificance, as compared
with the United States, more keenly than did
Mr. Webster in his letter to MM. Hulseman
a feeling which still rankles all the more for
her inability to resent it. It is said that Mr.
Gadsden has been furnished with quite a va
riety of topics for discussion, t and negotiation
with Mexico, enough to get u a serious differ
enco upon, if it should be desirable to quarrel
with, our neighbor, either for the purpose of de
priving her of more territory, or for the pur
pose of once more uniting the scattered and
antagonistic fragments of the late united, or
allied, but inharmonious democratic party. At
any rate, these foreign questions will afford
materials for some ad cap. paragraphs in the
Brigadier's first annual message, which will be
full of clap traps. .
It is reported that arrangements have at
length been made, by which Mr. Forney, at
present clerk of the House of Representatives,
is to take charge of the New York National
Democrat become the administration organ in
that State, and, by the magic of his wonderful
powers, unite all sections, abolitionists, free
soilers and old liners, into one harmonious,
passive, and well-drilled body. We shall see
what wonders he is able to accomplish: if suc
cessful, the President had better send bim to
Pennsylvania, where discipline is quite aa
much needed as in New York, and where muti
ny is quite as apparent OBSERVER.
F. & W. Plank Road. We are exceedingly
gratified to hear of the increasing prosperity of
this valuable road. The tolls for June 1853
amounted to $1,152, against $537 received in
Jnne 1852 for July 1853, $1,424, against $753
received in July 1852.
This shows an increase in the receipts for the
two months -the dullest months in the year
of one hundred per cent, whilst there have been
only twenty miles additional under tolL 06.
Que of the latest Paris fashions for gentle
men is the "barber pole" pattern for trousers;
the stripes ascend spirally round the leg, "giv
ing the wears the appearanos of a double-bar.
relied or screw.
CORRESPONDENCE IN - RETERE5TCE TO
;: DR. rVES. 'li -
Wdccpy fronTthe "Protestant Churchman''.
the following letter. A simular one. has been
sent to the Freeman's Journal (Romanist) for
simultaneous publication.'-. ' ' u 4r ' .
St. MAa ligByAugJ lgSS.'
To the Editor of the Fremont Journal
Sin, A recent number of your Journal con
tains the following language, purporting' to be
an extract from a letter of the late Bishop of N.
C. to his friend, the Rev. Dr. Forbes, of your
city : "A few weeks since, to my utter astonish
ment after, as I told you, havinrmade arrange
ments for settling every debt in North Carolina,
I received from the Rev. Mr. Sme"des a letter,
saying, that an account had been made np a
gainst me of sums contributed as gifts to Valle
Crucis, and a process served upon my library
and Mr. Ices' personal articles, left behind. So
it seems they are determined, if possible, to
make a clear sweep of character, property and
all." -
As this language, sir, places me in the unen
viable position of a slanderer of friends to Whom
I am bound by very strong ties, thus reflecting
very seriosly upon them and upon myself, and
as it is a misrepresentation of any facts ever de
rived from me, either in writing or discourse, I
feel I have a claim upon your columns for such
a statement as may do justice to the parties
whom, by the hasty publication of a private let
ter, you have assaulted and injured.
Some time in February or March last ' I re
ceived a letter from the late Bishop of N. C,
written from Rome, but without date, in which
he says, "I shall be obliged, dear friend, to ask
you to act for me, in some worldly transactions.
I think I have property enough in N. C. to pay
my debts." -'There will be" the writer
here specifies certain funds, the whole amount
of which "will make $1,600." "My debts, as
far as I can recollect are :" here follows an enu
meration of them, specifying the names of cred
itors and the amounts due, "in all, $1,030, leav
ing some five hundred dollars, which, with the
furniture and libary, I hope will pay you."
"I hope to send you a power of attorney to
act for me." These extracts are from the first
communication between the writer and myself,
after his abandonment of his diocese. My claim,
alluded to in this letter, is for $2,000, loaned to
him in the years 1845 and '46 ; upon this debt
interest has always been forborne. In answer
to this letter, I stated, as well as I can recollect,
that I had heard of two or three other claims,
pot enumerated in his list and "mentioned the
amounts and the names of the creditors. But
I did not say that this information had come
from these parties ; still less did I intimate that
they intended to press their claims legally, or
otherwise. Neither of these is true. I had
barely heard of the claims, in conversing about
his affairs, and that is all I told him. In the
same letter, but not in the same connection, I
stated that as I had heard that ono or two of his
criditors had spoken of attaching his goods, to
secure themselves, by the advice of judicious
friends, I had determined, myself, to take that
course, not for the selfish purpose of securing
myself at the expense of others, but simply to
Fut myself in legal possession of his effects, that
might be in a condition to carry out the pur
poses of his power of attorney when it should
reach me, and be his agent to do full justice to
all who had claims upon him. His answer to
this communication was dated April 10th, ac
companied with a full power of attorney, autho
rizing me to dispose of his effects, and arrange
all his affairs as if he himself were present, lie
made no complaint of the legal step of which I
had advised him, but only begged that the ef
fects of Mrs. Ives, which he pledged himself to
redeem, might be exempted from seizure. My
answer to this, sent in the latter part of May,
or early in June, was a proposition to assume,
myself, the settlement of all his affairs with his
creditors, and hold his library and all his effects
in my hands, subject to his demand, upon his
satisfying my claim, and indemnifying me for
any outlay I might be called to make beyond
his means in my possession.
This proposition, if he has received my letter,
is now before him. Permit me io add, sir, that
the proposition is also before his new friends.
They have only to assume towards his affairs
the relation which one of his old friends is wil
ling to take, to rescue him from this " clear
sweep of character, property and all !"
But I must not allow my pen in a remark
which shall inflict an unnecessary wound upon
an unfortunate man, who is to be viewed, I
think, more in sorrow than in anger, even by
those whom his mistakes most pain. -One of the
most unpleasant of the circumstances connected
with his fall, to me, Mr. Editor, is the necessity
now laid upon me, of seeming to lift up a hand
against him. I have always been one of those
who have cherished the kindest feelings towards
him, and have endeavored to maintain with him
personal relations uu altered by the change he
has made in our ecclesiastical. My feelings are
still of the kindest character. You, Mr. Editor,
and his injudicious friend, are alone responsi
ble for my appearance here, in an attitude in
which, in assuming the defensive, I am obliged
to use weapons that cannot but inflict painful
wounds.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant
ALDERT SMEDES.
AWFUL RAVAGES OF THE YELLOW FE
VER AT NEW ORLEANS THE DEAD
BURNED.
New Orleans, August 16. The total number
of deaths during the last 24 hours have been
213, of which 187 perished by the yellow fever.
New Orleans, August 17. The fever con
tinues to rage frightfully, and owing to the un
favorable weather, is rather on the increese
than otherwise. It has now become a matter
of difficulty to find workmen to dig the graves,
and 125 bodies have been burned this week for
want of places of interment. The distress ex
ceeds any thing before witnessed, and the af
frighted inhabitants are flying to escape the de
vouring pestilence. Business is almost entire
ly stagnated, and many merchants have closed
their stores.
The number of deaths for the last 24 houip
was 232, of which 206 perished from the fever.
The total number for the week sums up 1,532,
of which 1,361 were from the fever.
The Howard Association during the last four
weeks have ministered to the wants of 3,000
unfortunates, and they expect soon to have un
der their care 1,000, at a cost of $10 each.
They earnestly appeal to the citizens of the
North, and the friends of humanity everywhere,
for aid.
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.
Boston, Aug. 18. The steamer America,
from Halifax, has arrived. Among her passen
gers is H. G. Sunerby, who is the bearer of the
ratification of the treaty of Claims.
second dispatch.
Boston, Aug. 18th. The Liverpool Commer
cial circulars materially disagree as to bread
stuffs. Richardson quotes very fine weather
since Monday, bat says that the prospects of
the wheat and potato crops did not indicate an
average yield. Pennsylvania while wheat 7s.
lOd. a 8s ; red 7s. 6d. a 7s. 9d. Phi lad. flour
27s. 6d.; Ohio 27s. a 27s. 6d.; Canal 26s. 6d. a
27s. Corn unchanged.
t- Imports of wheat for the week, 31,000 quar-
ters ; of uorn, i,uw quaners,.ana 01 lour zo,
000 bbls. and 5,000 sacks. -
McIIenry says speculation'had entirely ceased,
and the markets more active.
Flour had declined Is. per bbl., and Wheat
3d. per bushel. Corn had an advancing tenden
cy. Lard bad advanced Is. per cwt Tallow
advanced 2s. ,
RAILROAD IRON.
We have just learned from the President of
ths N. C Railroad : that he nas received inter-,
mation ef the shipment of three cargoes of Rail
road Ire, -to,be delivered at the port 6X Charles
ton. S. C-, far the. western end ef ths Road.
Ws are gratified with' tiuf tngibl svideJfM of
the progress I tUe treat wers- ureens. rar.
' Lowstxtti, Aug. 18vThe official? majoritf
for Jwhnsunv democrat for Governor. isv 2.2 io.
The rhir hare elected 'fl iftemtor' bf 'Cn-
gtefta, th democrats '4,, with the first district , in
dtmht - Th Ijxrlfilfltnr dhaii.la thtia".- ; V" "p:
Benito
1- . . .' -.. - '. . . .- fa - ,o- . -
12
13.
House
4f
31'
44
58
Whig majority on joint ballot 12.
. Gen. Pierce succeeded verf welT in riding
twoborses. Old Hanker ism and Barnburnerism,
when the-two were coin the same war, but
how in the world ean he manage tb stick to the
backs of both woea tbey are going in different
directions 1 Louisville Journal'.
FAYETTEVILLE MARKET.
Aug. 20, 1853.
Bvson 9 ; Cotton 11 ; Cotton Bagging
Gunny 14; Dundee 12al5; Burlaps 10al2;
Cotton Yarn Nos. 5 to 10 17 ; DomesticGooda
Brown Sheetins71: Osnabures9al0: Flour
5 25a5 50; Grain Corn 75; Wheat 80a90j
Oats 55; Peas 90; Rye 90 ; Tobacco Macu-
lacturea, aou. '
Remarks. Sales of Cotton at quotations.
Flour has sold in some instances above quota
tions. Corn, sales yesterday at 75 to 78 cents
from wagons. Bacon, the supply is abundant
and sales have been' made at 9 to 9. We
have to report a further decline in price of wool
sales at 22 to 23 cts. and dull. Carolinian.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
August 20th,-1853.
Naval Storks. In Turpentine we note fur
ther sales yesterday of 150 bbls. at $2 70 for yel
low and $2 75 for virgin dip ; and this morning
we note an advance of 5 cents on yellow, with
sales of 150 bbls. at $2 75 for yellow and-virgin
dip all $ 280 fts. There is none offering
that we know of, and market firm at latter quo
tation. In Spirits of Turpentine we note
a small parcel (50 a 60 bbls 1 having changed
yesterday at 37 J cents per gallon.,- ,
No sales of Rosin or Tar.
Timber Sales' yesterday and. this morning
of seven rafts at $5, 5 50, 6, 6 75, 9 50 a 9 75
M., inspection and measurement. (Journal.)
PETERSBURG MARKETS. .
August 20, 1853.
Tobacco Brisk, but we do not think prices
of last week quite sustained; in leaf no change.
Cotton We quote nominally at 11 J. Flour
$6J for city brands. Wheat We renew our
last quotations, though prices have a downward
tendency; Red 100 a 110c ; White iy a 115c
Corn We quote small sales at 6O0 for white.
Bacon Shoulders 7J a 71; Sides 8 a 8Jc;
prices tending upward.
NORFOLK MARKETS.
Norfolk, Aug. 20, 1853.
Bacon Va. and N. C. hog round new 10 Jail
Hams 12al3 cts.: Corn White 62a63; Yellow
70 ; Mixed 62a63 ; Cotton per ft) 9Jall ; Na
val Stores Tar, black, $3 ; Bright $3a3 ;
Turpentine, $2Ja2 ; Spirits per gal 45a47c ;
Pitch, $1 50al 75 ; Rosin, $1 15a 1 20 ; Peas
Black Eye, 100al05c ; Steves W. O. Fipe, 50
a52; do Hhd. 42; do Bbl. 30; do Heading 53
a55 ; R O Hhd., 33a32 ; Shingles Cypress 22
inch 3 25a4 00 ; Wheat white 10Sall2c ; red
104al08c.
To Editors and Publishers.
A MAN. haying a knowledge of both branches
of the business, wishes a permanent situa
tion as Foreman in some printing office ia either
North or South Carolina ; or would be willing to
take an interest in some office already established.
Address Printer, "Register" office, Raleigh, N.
C. Aug. 23, '53. .69 tf
L. B. BALLARD. B. KTHOBBRTSOir.
BALLARD & ROBERTSON,
GRAIN. FLOUR AND GENERAL PRODUCE
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
75 Bowlt's Wharv,
(Over Flour and Corn Exchange,)
BALTIMORE.
tiriiiNCts:
Whitmcl J. Hill, Esq., Scotland Neck, N. C.
Jno. II. Anthony, Esq. do do.
Hon. Francis Mallory, Norfolk, Va.
Messrs. E. P. Tabb & Co. do
Messrs. J, M. Smith & Bro. do
J. Hall Pleasants, Esq., Baltimore.
Col. George P. Kane do
Messrs. F. M. Brune & Sons do
Baltimore, Aug. 23, ' 53. 69 3t
LAW SCHOOL
OF
HARVARD COLLEGE,
rilHIS Instisution afferds a complete course of le
1 gal education for the Bar in any of the Uni
ted States, excepting only matters of merely
local . law and practice ; and also a systematic
course of instruction in Commercial Law for those
who propose to engage in mercantile pursuits.
The. Law Library, which is constantly increas
ing, containe now about 14,000 volumes. It in
cludes a very complete collection of American and
English Law, and the principal works of the Civil
and other foreign Law. It is open to students,
and warmed and lighted for their use daring both
Terms and the Winter vacation.
The first Term of each academical year begins
in the last week of August and the second Term .
ia the last week of Feburary ; each term contin
ues 20 weeks. Students are admitted at any peri
od of a Term or vacation. The fees are $50 a
Term, and $25 for half a. Term. For this sum stu- j
dents hare the use of the Law Library and 'text
books, and of the College Library, and may attend
all the courses of public lectures delivered to the
undergraduates of the university.
The instructors of the Law School are Hon. Joel
Parker, LL. D., Royall Professor ; Hon.-Theophi
lus Parsens,' LL. D. Dane Professor, and Hon. Ed
ward G. Loring, University Lecturer. Instruction
is given by Lectures, recitations and examinations
and Moot Courts.
For farther information application may be mads
to either of the instructors.
JAMES WALKER, Prd't
Cambridge, August 23, 1853. w3w-69
FALL AND WINTER
MILLINERY.
NC. BARTON, 109 Main' Street, Richmond.
, Va., will kep on hand, through the Tall
and Winter, a full assortment of choice Silks, Vel
vets, Ribbons, Flowers, jtnLKiiEnery Goods gene
rally. - .
Dress Caps, Head Dresses, Silk and Velvet Bon
nets, Cloaks and Mantillas, made to order at short
notice. , " - ': '
Orders by mail will be met with prompt and
special attention. " . - ' ,
Aug. 23, 53. - 69 18t ,
" " CLOTHING '
ton THS
FALL OF 1853.
XjUBCHASERs of Clothing are informed that we
t are manufacturing the Largest Assortment .of
Clothing (at wholesale only) suitable for the Coun
try Trade, to be found in the States. - t
- tgAWe do business on the
ONE PRICE SYSTEM.
Orders promptly filled. An examination of our
stock is solid ted. .. " . J -- - .
y' HANFORD- k BROTHER,
29 Park Row, (eppeeite -the Astbr B euse, N. T.
.N-B. We are the largest mMufaeturers of '
- -OILED CLOTHING
in the country RUBBER CLOTHING at th low
est ke4rteaA ' tJv-. t-'v 1
w3os:4d
MJr'H. .Io-reJov' - Aoadexny. '
fTTHE 24th. Weapon will comnrsuee ea the 7tk of
I -' rniw iftjut -- . - , v ,. r-' r-
"Ttsleijh, June 14th, 1852. 49 ly
Books, stationery and- piano fortes.
-TAME-t WOQDHOU8lft-JlMk'iro4-f
I hotfcu) BfclasonaVTirgima, offerrfor sale, at
wuo ojrteUsn extensive stock of ,
i -MOhS AND STATIONERY y
Adapted the. wants ef the trade in Til-rim's,
North. Carolina and elsewhere, at pries as low as
can be obtained- in Northern cities. In coaneetiett
with his Book and -Stetiomery business, has ware
rooms appropriated to the-sale of
;l PIANO FORTES; - V? r
Filled with an assortment as extensive as can ' be
seen at any establishment of the kind iathe Union.
He has participated in the sale of over one thous
and Piano Fortes ia the States pf Virginia,, North
Carolina and Tennessee, all ef whiih have given en
tire satisfaction. They are warranted superior ia
every respect offered for sale - at manufacturer'a
prices, and will be packed securely to go any dis
tance without injury; - 1
- Hs has also attached to bis establishment
BOOCBlXOKBT AJTD B UHT BOOB? It AXtTT ACTOKT,
where all kind of Books, Perodicals, Blanks, Music,
&c, are bound ; and Blank Books of every descrip
tion, suitable for Merchants, Banks, Fublio Offices,
Clerks of Courts, Factories, Ac, are ntaaufactured.
MATO'S GUIDE TO BTAGISTKATXSj BMW KOITIOIT.
J. W. publishes Mayo's 43uide -,-tu Magistrates,
new edition, with practical Forms for the Discharge
ef their Duties out of Court, with an appendix,
containing Forms for Drawing Bonds, No tss Deeds,
Contracts, &o., adapted to the New Code jtf Virgi
nia. - K .
Jr Persons at a distance unable to visit Rick
mand can have .their orders as faithfully executed
aa if present":" .' -; V.
Aug. 23. 1855. 1 -V : v 6t 69
rr ' i. 1
Private Medioal Instruction.
NORFOLK, VA. ; .
DR. GEORGE L UPSHUR will receive, as of
fice pupils, five or six young men who pos
sess the preliminary education prescribed by the
American Medical Association: ' -
He was for some years associated with Drsv 8tt
VK8TB& and Mooas, of this city, in private medi
cal teaching. For this purpose, he purchased a
large library, a full set of specimens of the Mate
ria Medica, aa obstetrical Manikin, Papier Maou
anatomical models, and all the necessary Plates
and ether appliances for teaching the elements of
Medicine ia all its branches.'
Dr. Ursxos is Surgeon to OH US. AfarwM.ZToe-
piial, which enables him to afford to the students all
toe advantages of chemical instruction. There are
admitted into that Institution annually more than
one hundred cases offerer alone, besides the usu
al variety of other diseasca. , 1
No one need apply who cannot, bring satisfacto
ry references in regard to character and standing,
or who is not determined to devote hHa1 in
earnest to the study of Medicine,,- , '
For further information in regard, to terms, kc
address " '
. GEO. L. UPSHUR, M. D. r
, Norfolk, Vsw
Aug. 23, 1853. eh stj ,8t,69
UNIVERSITY OP MARYIaAND.
rMHE FORTT-SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION will
JL begin on THURSDAY, October 18th, 1858,
and end on the 1st bf March, 1854.-- ; ; ).,-
Principles and Practioe of Surgery and Clinical
Surgery NATHAN R SMITH, M. D. 4,
Chemistry and Pharmacy WM. E. A. AIKEN,
M. D. . ,
Principles and Practice of Medicine and Clini
cal Medicine SAMUEL CHEW, M. D. -
Andtomy aad Physiology-OSEPHBOBY,
M. D. - -v..'.- --t-wevs-"
Obste tries- RICHARD H. THOMAS, MD.
. Materia Medica, .Therapeutics and Pathology
GEO. W. MILTENBERGER, M. D. - x A -
Practical Anatomy BEE WICK B. SMITH,
Fees for the full course, $90 ; Demonstrator's
fee,. $10; Matriculation, $5 ; Graduation, $50. .
For purposes of Clinical instruction, the Faculty
have at their command the Baltimore Infirmary,
containing 200 beds. It belongs to the Univeamty,
aad is managed and attended entirely by the Fac
ulty, and is open to all matriculates of the school
throughout the year without fee. ...
Anatomical material is abundant and cheap.
Expenses of livingin Baltimore aa low Ju ia any
Atfantio city. ,
WM. E. A AIKEN, M. D.
Baltimore, Aug. 23, 1853. 4t 69
CE DAR GROVE FOR SALE.
W'ILL be sold, at public auction, on the premi
ses, on Thursday; the 1 st day of Sep torn ber,
that weU known residence la Norfolk . county,
called'4' CEDAR GROVE," and now occupied by
the-subscriber. .The location is pleasant and sa
lubrious, being situated on- the East bank of the
South fork of the Elisabeth River, immediately
opposite the Gosport Navy Yard, commanding a
beautiful and an unobstructed view of the whole
Naval operation, the Marine and Naval Hospitals,
and a:l the shipping .in the .harbor to' Hampton
Roads. Its contiguity to the markets of Norfolk
and Portsmouth, as well as the greatest Navsi
Depot in the United. States; ia also an important
consideration to a man of . business, being not more
than one mile distant front either place, end is of
easy access by land, owater.;. .. - . ' r
Cedar Grove covers an area of about 12 acres ef
land, a part of which is very fertile and in cultiva
tion as a Vegetable ' Garden. The improvements
have recently undergone i a thorough repair, and
consist of commodious and comfortable Mansion
House and all other necessary and convenient out
' buildings for the accommodation of a family..,;
Altogether, to one" retired or engaged in the ac
tive pursuits of life, M Cedar Grove " may: be re
garded as one of the most desirable of country
residences. ' '.v',
Also, at the same time aud place, will be sold
1 Horse and Carriage . : t .
3 fine Milch Cows
1 Cart and sundry Garden Implements. -Sale
to commence at 10 o'clock.
Terms accommodating. ' GEORGE REID. ..
Nerfolk, Vai, Aug. 23, '58. 69-6t
Splendid Lottery Sept-,' ' 1853.
GREGORY $ MlUHr, Managers Z
(Successors to J. W. Maury f Co.) '
$40,000 !
-V
J.OTTKET FOE TH BIXBrTT 0 Tfi ": V-f:
STATE OP DELAWARE;
Class 203 for 1868. V? - ; ' -To
be drawn at Wilmington, f Dei.,) ea SatMrdsy,
Sept. 3d, 1868. t . -
75 number Lottery 18 drawn ballots.
SPLENDID LOTTERY 1
1
Prize of $40,000,
do......... ............... 20,000
dO MtMmt sjbVsi Heif iise OyOOO
dOaa e oSH 8000'
do......... . 6,000
do .m. 6,000
do 4,600
do:.... a,Xr
' 150 Prizes oft.M lO0O
60 do : 600
111 do 2&0
Ac. &c " " ' '
Tickets, $10 Halves, ' $5 Quar. $2,60
Certfs. of Pkg's of 25 whL tickets, $140 00 '
do do ; - 25 half 4o T0 00
de, do . 25 quarter do 85 00
Orders for Tickets and shares and Certificates of
Packages in the above speudid Lotteries will receive
the most, prompt attention and an account of
each drawing wiR be sent uamediately .after H
ia over to all who order from me. - . -r"
Address P, J- BUCKET, Agent, ; .
Wilmington, Delaware. ;
FIFTY OOLLARl REWARD--r -'
13 UNA WAY, from the subscriber, tho last sf
XX, October I860, aear 'Luiaburg,.N. Cfvegf
man BOB-. . He is too well known to need description-
I have heard several time since Ilet tho:
- ... . . . . . . r
Diase, u bo- ww ia uie upper ymt -w
the lower part of Franklin .eeunty, 9visg with
tome lew wnite people. . :, :'., -. v r,- -
I will gfre Ue above' reward ef tttf dollari te
eny person who will lodge bim in tikejail of Frank-
i w: 2 : i - ar AxmAm I Vil fUw-
lis wC) toaftr fresl favor byiaving BOB so.
May 18, 1865. ' M