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6 0 110 S 0 T W 1.1 KIT P OSf Hp- i Am-iT -:;f; A. ".V4 WW urn. t - -1 3 NEW YORK CORBESPOKDENCE LETTER V. . V ' - 'New. Mr DiAB Post : It York, June 7th, 1853. has been somewhere re- L ; marked that the greatest fully exhibits itself in th j; time of the greater general ehlig!,tenment,and 1 8UPPs not less true that the greatest impiety is often apparent in time's when Christianity co.u ' mauds themost universal assent. I have beeu led to thts reflection by noticing hi the daily paper,, - . of the oast few days, tl, report; of proceedings at a stalled Bible Convention t ilartf.rdal,ead . .ftqently notorious for its ,nv, ntions without tins n,uSt laou par(jon Wf j s,luuJ say -fa. uous of them all. 'j. . .'Ojille Wefd.- nr. A J 1 T . ' clairvoyant and "stihit I,. it" ur i 'i c4l (J an asembSe t Hartf H Tl I loyed the bible t2, - - , wiuic i jo utile to reioiea in its wi. h- "o"- Auurew. Jackson Uavis. ot i- j. urioiv-u in its n ue ; -r -f "S. '-"uusion and s influences !- These were '. th l'recie words of; th call; but I am sure they convey its exact animus. V ' Ttid!t',Ke hereto Andrew;Jackson Davis, r . garrison, and othersfof tbein iidnev, - held a convention as aforesaid, during v- . wa.cu they contrive' to heap as. much indignity' , Jpon the Blessed Book, which the christian prizes' - '"ag'ia-charta of liis eternal liberties as ' f ..y ot '".tidels has ever done since the pu- rVntyotiU .doctrines and the holiness oV its laws ' ; nrst provoked the hatred and uialiguity of uure . . generate man ! - V;, It is a melancholy speciacle,in this.the nineteenth , v. century, the focus of, the christian dispensation ! to uinan beings thus defy their Maker by casing contempt upon His Word. I do nnf. think the .blasphemous oracles of this fanatical convention s f . will ever come tube held, as Delj.hic utterances, - , by aiiy less deluded than their Authors. mourn -;;( to see such reck k-ss and gratuitous insults offered the B.b!ej less for the s:,ke of the Bible and iriian:ty, than tor the sake ot my fellow men ' ; j; jSot all the rude and malignant a s iults of iutidel- ny for many cetituries, have sulh'crd to .make: the - 1 lT 16 nP!e of Uod's truth even tremble ; and I d; ;'-r that a thousand uch itiful onsets as this1 Will tiioVe it lrom God's eternal f..un.lalious. It is the Sltaihe of our age that such-daring arid iinpi . ous hands are found to toucli the ark M ihe Lord ! ; i:. U'i", one of the l ad. rs of this infidel criisa le, ; is a leading cxpon-iKLr. of the new " spirittialiMii ' of the d.iy, and I li a've remarki-.i ic as a .si-niiticaut - . tact, that nearly ;,ll the phiW-phers of this schooi ; are inlide's; uudt-r some one or an ther of tiie '0 fl'"isy disguises which are asimied bv tri.e;wh.y ..A ; hate religion and virtlueand truth; ; The-spread" ot v : ; this new " philosophy iaiely s j caifed " i s n:ii- C.nt of the virulent "and VA "coii.-aled Ir-MiNy ot to-our .enhgi.tened ehriatian'itv, shzu tiou. the Very first made yar upon nh-Vavm-r and.di- -v,-mtu and witch cratt, and up n-'.dl Thsc d voices yf the devil, by which nivn' ui;e led asirav - Jiom ii sa e and reasnabie ciliriJehce i In tlie uiii- niscivuce and omnioouii t' vl i. i . were.e.er so iimdi mchi.ed to adpt the theory l ' the Spiritualists, i should absuiuiely repe.kd bv ihe atheis ioal character of tho-e w, Japi.ear a ii- i . -.sponsors nd suj. porters.. Ev:i mmuiiicauuu 'corrupt go. )d,in in uer-." ' ' . j j The great topic of Metropolitan invest at tins I ni imeiit is the probable UueoUhe measure;, w hk h ! ;r.have been put ni:bpe'ratioli to ei Wt a icf,iiii iu.Lka - admiiiistraii.n of the c tv "overumeiit. . in.r... i ! ;oU-lv .-corrupt ha the present administration p-.v, d ' k:e f to le, that di-gu-t .-its opeijlvm ti'.e iace of all ekar -sighled and true h arte men. BrtU ryoiiusloii, seib'-hiie arid jK cuiatKMi are lei b.e ; jterms with which to characterize the t.tfioiaf con ! duct of the " coin'niun scoun iiels 'alias the ' com ,uion council ' of our lnetroj.olis. The .u- ioi i nra u'e hiill lbs state of .thVgs ontinu : 'l.he interested and . -iin principled cry out,. " K-1 , p rtjttua "but - this, 1 would fain hope, wid not be Itie vie- " ,.r .. ' - ': . ', . , - --. .-... .eopte, iien the quest ton is BubiniUed, to them to morrow. Enthusiastic ineet irijis of t!:e fr iends of reform have been held already, sMid t-Mikjht another convocation will help to press lorwarvl tie g Mr cause. ' 'The Augean .-stable of mythology is but a Lint i linage of the great ch-triiel-hoiise of dea l an. I cor .ripted laws which lias to be puiifit-d to-ni-riow. J II ?incveiy hope that tht" Iriled and interested op ,'.i6siti which the sanitary measures-will certainly . - encounter, may not prove an overmatch for the j coaservatis-m which directs Ihem. ''A. failure will i ' be "fatal to the Wed-Ueing of the. city in botii pecu niary and moral aff ects. It woiiid involve us in si' iio-distaur tinttre bf- tlisgrace and shame, from jwljich m iv the good genius of Manhattan prvtserve " iii. With success to .rown the ctforts of the -.fr finds of good government, we may joy fully an ticipate better limes for the eitv when the rijjuts ami interests of the many will not be. sacrificed in the unholy avarice anLkambiiion of .the few ; and tyhen brilK'Swill not be the only argu-ments which van move, the, administrators of our-municipal af- airs. The multiplicity pf t4 amusements,'' in this citv, is iie'of tlnre salit nt features that iriut arrest the erejof the uvoi transient ojerver. 1 he columns -Mf. Hie daily paers attest the liberal j)iovisi..n . which is. here inade to enable strangers to while away the time, I need hot mention, to your reaVb j : v'ts, thec re of popular places which have more or less rank as j-esjxetabe ; but over and above i; these, there- are scores of haunts, in various part? of . i-t'he town, w here the lowest order of " amnseinefit '' .'.is; provided for the masses at ah rates, from a penny " t'o a shilling. Phave noticed recently, in inv wak liout the -city, a large number ,of these places. U Here, you will see a rude but bright colored can vas-f- painting of a Bear wrethng with a man,, an J the sound of.a hand-organ gii:al ng t with, amazing industry and pertinacity "0 l Fo'ks at II me, ' " issuing froiii behind a fciven, tells you tliat ture. for two cejib,'' mayr witness the original of this graphic picture. Euter.if you have temerit . 'enough, or have left your pocket b kk saf. lv a:' f ' hoeie, and Vjtness the Vxtraord-narv ,' fe its of the ' - " wrestling bar from Cdit'oniy.1' A li.tie further on, I -Aand ycHi heaf another 'organ-playing another tune, . and behind ;ui.; her scre-n, for another brace f Cjers, VO!i ,IH ay see the phen me!;oa. represent'.'vl 0;i the f;l wing transparency, to be a five egged rorei Irhi beyorvl the -l..ky M-.uiitains." . Still a few steps and "tire wonderful girj with whiskers " -will , lay another rtta'l eontributi n ""' rijion vimr s purse.. : So it w adifjifit'ini A list of the bv ' shows -this uretnpo.'is would fiii a small vi.iunie. might Irtt the t-uv.a.n wiiieU bides trom the stre. t- ar, model artists" and other impure an 1 in- Wnaus "sights;" ad aud to the calibre and taste bf hundred; ave of' thouauds,"who are inu:enf.! f " dres-s circles and ' reserved seats " at ( jeia. the Coocert, or the Hippodrome. I liave 'iiot had ccasjou. by die by, to revoke tlie cpiuiou I express ' etfof the latter piace of amusement. It las al ready unk, in the jnipular regatd. from the. dignity od a grand moral aiupilheatre to' an ordmary cir- There is a rumor of preparation for an English jjera,'aiid the names of M,;datjie Sontag. and Sim ' lb eves .are smken of in connection with the ts;hene Ij fear there is no reality in it ; the thing is too admi rable to :oine to pass. The niuical ctuntess is ag:ini . Jjn the tiiy. .but -here i no anHouncement ot h'er further vlaua. J4ada..e Aiboiii- having reajred a large harvest of fame and profit in the New World j Jjr: departed for Eurcre. The amiabletalented and deserve,lly p,puiar Miss Julia, Dean, is nowi laving at tl.e Brvad way J heatre, renewing and increasing ih. favorable impression she made n former engagements. One of the most interesting itetvs of literary in telligence is the announcement of a new edition of Shakespeare, in which the new readings and new paintings of Mr. Payne Collier are to be incorpo rated on the text. As these corrections number no fewer than 20,000, it is evident that tlie volume w ill be almost - new version of the great dramatist. Ir. Iiedfield announces the work, not a a reprint of Collier's edition of Shakespeare, recently publish ed in London, but as an American copyright Edi tion. The errors will be all corrected according to Collier, but the old readings and pointings will be in dicated in foot-notes, while in the English Copy thev are not referred to at all. The work will be jtublished in sixteen handsome cctHvo pai ts,'at two shij.ings each. Every one tvho would rightly uir-der.-ttnd the text of Shakespea;e will have to pos sess himself of the new- ed.tion which will render ail others of c unparatively small value ' Mr. Putnam's abridgment of Lavard's last vol- ! - -bg Lis researches in Baby lon---is a ve- ry handsome duodecimo. It is repletehh intert, i . . . , . 1 7 not. to the antiquarian alone, but to the general reader, 'abounding as it does in graphic details of the long-buried evidences of the old ci i:izatioji. The Harpers Irave published the f urth an r Voti ciudmg volume. of Limanine's ab'e, comprehensive and philosophical. " History of the ltestoration." I omitteo'in my last, to mention the prompt ap pearance of the June liumb r of Harper's and Put nam's Magazines, two journals on .which the entire public agrees in taKng a great d -gree of interest. . The' former has readied the extraordinary cirvu'a tion of 125,000' copies, and' wJl dt serves it i im mense success, h is, by no means, a 'me.e r hash of English and fm-ign matters in literature; rjut embraces every month ai generous share of oriirinal are always humorous- and frequently .profuse. They are among the best printed 'specimens of wood engraving iin this country. Mr. Putnam's Magazine is steadily going ?, up, up b th oh merit and and iiidaour. Never was .a bold expe riment crowned with a speedier success. Dull arti cles will now and then creep into its pages; bit generally.it is lull of life and character. A very unfidr bi.ofed review of the National Academy Exhibition mark its Editorial department for June, however. The editor should study Ait more inti mately, to the end that he may imbibe some of its liberaiiz ng influence ! - - I Th- work at theCrysial Palac " goes bravely on." I wa there an" In ur siiue and obtained a new ini pressioti of the grace and beauty of the structure. The artists art- already embellishing' the. ceiliifgs and the tiumler'.ess cobniiijs; which wi 1 begiv chough, with rainbow hues ;.nl go!d leaf. : The stok of the as-o-iatioii is again rising and will 'scarcely suf fer aiw.t er decline. - . ' " ; c")Smos. For th Southern Weekly Post. THE WEST IN CONTRAST WITH THE EAST B V C; II.. BHACKETTE. lr is usually not only supeifiii jus, but a bad tisie ,f.r a writer to seek 'to give on section of his cipiuniin country predominance, over others; and t':e-writer will n..t do so, . Yet it is not' claiming too in ch f r tlie Aesuto aver that 3n some res-.-.-t- it ha- ind -ed a proud eminence iu the physi ;d ;.n 1 in nta! ca'e. ,Tiie West is to some extent not "i'fy.ii laud of fame iu the. past, but it offers a hit nr.- a uncl'-n led an 1 great as any section of the wor'd can jpres. nt. . I'tre i:ai .-t too is yet to reap and to be gather ed. Th- Wt in quality of oil is far richer than tie-'fable land of the Nile: and iu ail of the elements to u-t;.in 1 fe, excels the world. K -ntucky, oh how giwn and lively ntnv thou art, with the ll cks of c itlle and hof.-es on manv hills and in m;my valleys.. hose genius can ad equately deseiibe rich an. I glorious Kentucky ? lujdiaua: land of the hardyi true h.-arU-d sons'of toil, who can w ithhol l'the nn-ed of approval and I ok at ali the elements of- civi ization now pro- -w.jniife ii igtii Kmt luThy IjorderS t And oh, to think of the Prairie State Illinois in May, is to think of ,a sea of ; fl! wers and of ten thousaud rich and rare colors ! Illinois too, like Kentucky and Indiana is mov mg on towards the c- nsiiminatidii of great eiioits to give the State liai! lloads and every kind of oads for e'liiveiiit-ncel . ' . An ) liiov ine-morv .recalls ' " The O'd North State"! Can the writer ever forget Carolina? 'Never-! N-ver ! ' The sous and daagiit.-rs of the goxl old S at' come to. niiii.l to recall pleasant scenes y a joy forever " to him. ' . North Carolina, too. is destined to occupy a proud posi'ion in this Union of stales. The'spirit of real earnest improvement is there, too, as in the, We-t. What though her trees be not '.pMite s.r large as in Yetern lands, and her fit-Ids m t piie so ri.h by nature as those of the brba.f praii ies of the YV.st : it matters not. The g.-nius of good an 1 true men is now behig exertetl t extend the blessings .of education .over all her land, a i 1 n doubt the efioi Ls of such men as Calvin II. Wiley, (who is. now iu the field,) will do more for the sons and daughters of the State tl an mines ot "-old and gems could. t he SaUus' of Mr. Wiley-havejbeen, the writer can say, too severe at a season inclement, (March.) and with such a la'ge extent of territory as .North Caioiina presents; there should be able assistants. , What 'could not such men in each County as D. S." Hi jhardson, of Nash, Uev. J. A. MeMaim'en, of Orange, and Mr. Foote, of Uavie, .lo in perfecting . a sy.-ttui of cduinion scho.:ls ? They would finish, Ierlct, ev.-rv rrangement promptly. ' In Kentucky. Rev. li. J. iJrecke-ari.lge. is Super iiiteudent of pub ic instruction, aide l by from one to tireeof the best men of each rounty, as Cm missiojiers. Etforts in K-Mititcky have leen m ide from year" to year to riiake people feel.and act, an 1 with real . succ.s-i. The people of this Stide are right ill I every cesjn ct in refcretn e to education tor ali. Tne people -of the West are learning that it is ; ; far cheajx r to educate tjie youth than to ctntrol anl regulate the mn, if he be ignoranL . Much coiiti dence have the observing iu native goodness- and capacity, but aprac icd educatioii is of the very . first inijortance. Wit may give joint to a stnti niei.l and beauty crown it wiih a smiley but edu cation for ai- ranks is of the first i injuria nee. Th ' Seabh'.- glorious show , is nowf to be seen ; here ; and the tr..-e and flowers t.-ll of'Mav. Mi II in .us' lines unii. ''--Foliage," come to mind and they in iv ;is well be u-'ed to cLse this bid eoh'ras'. T e- are as follows : Conw forth, and let us through our hearts receive The joy ol Ver.lure ! See, lie homed lime Sh .wers el green light o'er banks where wild flowers weave ; Th ck taprt-try ; and Woodbine teodrils climb Up the brown Oak fr rn buds of rnoss aud thyme. A Change as is a Charge.- Judge Jonah J les, a wet-rn jud eld dignitary, recently' deliv eitd the fi lowing charge 'to the jury, in the case of one EIiim Crunch on trial for steaiin. : Jury, you kin go out; and don't show your ugly mugs here till you .find a verdict. If y.ou can't find one of your own, git the one the last jury used.' . The jury r. fin d. and after an absence of fifteen minutes, return--d with a venlivt of Suieid1 in the - nftjlfi degne and fourth verse."' Then Judge Jonah Joles pioii. tineel . ujoii Cnfich this -seidence : Elim Crunch,, stan up and face tlie music You are Uhd guihy of suiewle for stealing. Now, this court sent-hes you tx jeay a fine of two shillings, to sha- e onr head with a- bagganet in the barrai-ks and if 'you try to cave in the head of any of the j-irv, you'd catch thunder, that's ail. Your fate will ta warning to others ; and. in conclusion, may the Lord have mercy on your ?soul. Slu rifl, gt" me a pint cf red eye ! Pin awful tbhsty. EXrEAOEDIN AKY JUGGLdQ FEAT- In the early part of the last century, a physician named Agricola, living at iCatisbbn, in Uertn-iny, obtained great celebrity by certain discoyerie which he declared he had made as to tlie multiplication of plauts and trees. Ue could produce, he said, from a smll branch, or even from a leaf, large foi- est trees in the course of an hour5, through the sole instrumentality of tire. He wrote several works on the subject, one of which was published at Amster dam, in 1720. Its title was, "ggciiUure paraite, ot iVout'eile DecOuverte" dec. It fife beeu supjros ed that he learned the secrets of. the? Hindoo jug glers, whose feats in the sa.ne line are of the m.st extraordinary character. They actually sow the seed of any tree the spectators call for, in the earth, and, after a few c balistic words pronounced over it, a muHrerry, a plum, or a walnut plant is grad ually seen springing upward until it becomes a large tree, with its natural fruit depending from U 'ranches. Nr is this all. The fruit is plucked and given to thi spectator to eat; and while he is engaged eating of the enchanted dates or walnuts, the branches of the miraculous tree's are crowded with birds of-every plumage, who 'fill the air with their melody. A signal is given, Nand the tree, with its feathered inhabitants, disappears in an in stant, leaving U liind it notrace of jtsexistence. The author of the Oriental Anual,"' an Eng lish gentleman -vf unquestionable vaeity, gives an almost incredible description of a juggling perform ance at which he was present i ffhe ouerator in j trodnces into the middle' of the ctr Ie a'named little ; girl abjut eight years old, in a wk-ker basket. The girl is shown to all the sjeetato-s. The operator . hen enters info a conversation. Si hr. ubieh rwm with. -a drawn sword ; she suph'cates for mercy, and while the piteous cries grow lou ler he plunges the weapon into her losoiii two or three times succes sively. The earth is dyed with blood, while her agonzing gro;ms announce dissolution. The -sjiect ators are ready to fall on the wretch whom thv believe to be guilty of so barbarous a murder, when the little girl enters tlie ciiclefroin without, dressed in her usual attire, and as gay as if nothing ha ; happened 'to lior ! - A still more extraordinary feat than that wa pei formed in the presence of the Mogul Emj.ero' Jehanegrie, who g.ves an ai count of it in his auto biogr phy. The performers produced a living man. whose head they cut off in , the first instance. Thev then divided the limbs from the trutik; -and 'the mutilated remains lay on the ground for some hue. A curtain was .then extended over the spot, audoiie of tin.- performers putting himself under the amain, em.-rged front it again in a few minutes followed by the individual who was supposed to have been su completely dissected ! 3 His Mogul Majesty gives the follow ing m;nute account of some other pel fomiaiic. s by. the ?ivu jugglers, which are very won.lerl'ul. " fhey took a sm all bag. and having first shown, that it was entirely einpty, one of them put his hand into the bag; on withdrawing his hand a-ain. out came two game-cocks of the largest size and great beauty, which immediately assailed each oth er, ami fought with such , force and fury' that their wings emitted sparks of fire at every stroke. This continued for the full space of.an hour, when thev put an end to the comb it by throwing a sheet over the animal-. Again they withdrew the sheet, and there appeared a-brace .of pat ridges, with the most brilliant and beautiful .plumage, which immediately began to tune their throats as if there was nothing human present, picking at ' worms with the same sort of chuckle as they are heard to use on the hill side. The sheet was thrown, as in the other in stance, overthe patridges. When again withdrawn, instead of those U-autiful birds, there appeared two frightful black snakes, with fiat head-, and crimson bellies, which, with ojien mouth and head erect, and coiled togeihpr, attacked each other with the greatest fury, and so continued to )o, until, as it appeared, they becatne'quite exhausted, when they foil psnwl. r, V y - " 'They made an excavation in the earth, inhe shape of a tank or reservoir, of considerable dimens ions, which they requested us to fill with water. When this was done, they spread a covering over the plnce, and alter a .short interval, having remov ed the cover, the water appeared to be one sheet of ;ce, and they -desired that some of the elephant keeters might be directed "to Ie;d the elephants a cross.; According! .-, one of the men set his elephant upon the ice, and the animal walked over with as much ease and safety as if it were a platform of solid rock, remaining f r some time n the surfa.e 'f the froz. n pond without occ i-ioning the slight est fracture in the jce. As usur.l. the sheet was drawn across the place, and leiug removed every vestige of ice, and even moisture of any sort had completely disappeared They procured a blank volume of the purest white paper, which was placed in my hands to show that it contained no figures or anv colored pag-s whatever, of which I satisfied myself and all around. One of the men took the volume ie hand, and the first opening exhibited a page of bright red, -sprinkled with gold, f .i.nnin.ff a i. mk j tablet splendidly elaborate. The next turn present j ed a beautiful azure, sprinkled in the sam-? manner, j and exhibiting on the margin numbers of men and i Women in various attitudes. The juggler then turned to another leaf, whieh appeared of a Chinese color and fabric, and -pr nk led in the same manner with gold, but on it del -neated herds of cattle and ljons,' the latt r'seb.in.r upon .the kiue in a manner' that I never blsn ved in "any other paintings. The next leaf exhibited was a beautiful green, similarly ow:derel with gold, on which was represented, in lively colors', a garden with numerous cypresses, roses and other rlcrwerihg shrubs in full, bloom ; and in the midst of the garden an excellent pavillion. 'Ihe next change exhibited .a leaf of orange, in tiie same manner powdered with gold, on which tht painter had delineated the representation of a great little, in which two adverse kings were seen enaged in the struggle of a mortal conflict. In shortiteverv turn of the leapa diflerent cnloT, scene an.l action was exhibited, sueh as was indeed most pleasing to behold ; but of a'l the performances, this latter of the volume of paper was that whiclufibrdt4 rne the greatest delight; so many pictures and extra ordinary 'changes having been brought under view that I must confess my utter inability to do jusii.-e in the description. " , " In observing upon the extraordinary nature of these performances, the Eniperor puts aside tl supposition that they were to le ascribed to a mere li-sUMl deception : ''"They very evidently partake," he says, "of something beyond 'the exerti6n of human "enerjry. I have heard it stated that the art has been cdled the Asniavnian. (celestial,) and I am informed that it is also known and practised to a considerate ex tent among the nations of Europe. It may ber sai indeed, that there exists in some men a'peculiar and essential faculty which enables them toaecom-plsh-tl rings far beyond the scope of human exer tibn. such as frequently to baffle the utmost subtlety of the understanding to penetrate." 'My German friend, how long have vou been marj-itl !' 4 Vel. dis is a ting vat I seldom don't like to talk about, but veu I does it seems to b: so Jul)"- ailj never vas.' ' f Said one to an ajred friend, - I ha.1 a letter from a dis-ant irresjKndent the other day who inquired if you were in the laihl of the living." jfjw re plied the samt-lik.. venerable uiau,1-but Inrn go itig lh-re. This w.rld fc alone the wrld of shadows, and th eternal is the ouly oue of Uring naliuei.'" ' HILK FOR BABES." ' Once in a while I have a; way of tldnking! an to-day it struck me that children should have minister; of their own. Yes, a child's ininiter ! i amid the "strong meat" for older disciph-s, th "milk for babes'" spoken of by the infant lovin Saviour, seems to be, strangely enough forgotten. Yes, I remember the "Sab ath-school ;" and God -Hess and prosper them as fur as they go. But there's vour little Charles he says to vu on Saturday ulghL Mother what day is it to morrow r Sunday; my pet.' " Oh Pmi so orry, Im so tired, Sundays." .; Poor Charley ! he goes to church because he is Ird and often when he gets there, has the most uncomfortable seat in the pew--ued as a sort o. human wede, to fill up some tri uiijular comer. O "... i from one year's end to another, lie hears-no; lung from that pulpit.he can understand. It is a.l bryek air t L itiu to him, those hig words ano: rhetorical flourishes, and theological nuts, thrown out for "wisdom teeth " to crack. So he counts the but tons on his jacket, and the lows on his mothers rionnet, and he Wonders how the feathers in that lady's hat before him can.be higher-thaii the pul pit or the minister; (for he can t see .either.) And then, he wonders, if the chandelier shou'd fad, if he couldn't have one of thoe sparkling gla s rops and then he wonders it Bettv will give the baby his humming top to play with-b f re he gets home and whether his mother wi l have apple lumplings for dinner? and then he explores his Sund iv pocket for the ab-ent string and .marble, anil then his little toes get so fidgety that jie can't stand it, and he savs out loud,. "hi -ho hum!". and then he gejsa very red ear from his fit In r, ana tne rest ot me congregation g -ie'ia ry. , Yes. have a 'church for ehildvii. if! c u ' 1 only fiml a minister who kn- w emi t ih to pre: ch to ill tn ! You needn't smile ! it n.ed- a very Ung head t talk to a child It is -much ea-i. r,-t. talk ;o ol :er pe.,j ie who.-e bra us are so o '-wt hind i h ' i.sin.- " and " ologies,' t'lat you can make them l.ise themselves when they get tr..u !es .in,e ; but that straightibrwaVd, , ch d.sh, tar-r. a bing .-u -t- i 'ii ! and the net and the ie-.t ! that ce.tr. penetrating, seatching. -t inu.-Cetit and .tius:i g Ve ! how will you meet lb- in ' v nil le ;is:cjii:i, s d to find how of.eti vu'll l e cotneie. .v lli-.it . little chi'd -how manv .iiili.. ulties he wiil iaist. that will refpiire all your keenest wits to ch ar - a ay. Oh volt I'liud gel ofl" your clerical stilts, and and drop vour metaphors and musty !oli"s, and i .-iii verihinr by its riht name wl;en-oii la k t. children. . Ves. I. repeat it. Children should have a nni.i--.er. Not ;i gentleman in a slid leck-eloth and 'lack coat, who -ays s . uiirly. in a sepulchral "iee. (onca a ear, 5m his parochial vis t ) S-a-m u e 1 my boy how : vol -do? but a gei.ia', warm-ireai ied, loving, spiritual father, who is neith er .wiser, nor gr -rater, nor better, than lb w ho took ittle clrldieti in his arms and said, " Of mi b is ihe kingdom of heaven." Kan ny FEk.s. iNCOKlit'I'TIOS OK THE NlW The aiguinent in favor f the ESTAMEN" r. Ulieoi 1 tn.td.iie preseixation of the l ooks of the New Te.-tam- m is short. They eoid I hot have been changed during the lives of iheir authors, nor dur.nr the lives ot hose who out-lived their au.hors. In a few'yeais the nun. her of copies was greatly multiple d and dispersed into various countries, so that a general oriuptiori of them was next to-impossible. Then was. moreover, an a Iditional securiiy, in the fact that Christ aiiity had m i-iy opposer-. Tli'-re wt-ie infidels and heretics in tiie early ag. s of Cbiistian t v. Such men 'as Corinthus, Maicioii, and other here tical teachers would have been glad to expo-e the 01 th.Hlox Christians, had they at tempted to change the Bible in any place. The Curissians would do the same with the heretics, as thev did in the- case of Corinthus, who did not' receive the Acts of the Apostles, because this Inok did hot suit his notion w uiiifgs.-a unastnus gives us this uiiormation. ah trie ancient, manuscrij u una versions a gree on imjKrtant jKints. The wFUeis of the tii-t three and succeeding cetituries quote largely from the New Testament, and these quotations agree with the text as found in the original manuscripts. Let it be noted, that there have always been men of sufficient intelligence and honesty to expose sin-h corruptions when they ihy were attempt, d bv designing men. The' number of sects i ne security against corrupting the Bible. 2e Wst Tei 's- in .1 . OMEN AND tLOWrJts. l ie editor of the L. uisviih Journa; has a very readable article under this head, from which we cut the c'osing paragraph. It is fid! of the true poetry of natural and termed sentiments: r '. "Blesings on tlie he-ids of those who send ilow ery presents to those vho.-e energies have b -. n d- s olated by disease! Flowers impart nor only fra grance and beauty to one's s'.cic r.H.m, but" they absolutely light :.' the go ni 1 hat hangs 'around it ike a daik urtain. and cause- cheeifu'iiess to take ihe pi ce of heaviness and oppre-sion of hear-. Oi'ten has our sou) felt exc-e littg'y grate'tti to these dear women-wh have cons'dend our l.'.w .'-s-are, and sent tlowers. fiesb, fiagrai t and b. autihaL io cheer our in valid -m. C -t 1 I we trvw th-ir p uh wayjlhrotigh life wisti fl .w.-rs. how eagerly w..nl I our h n i petf 'i-.ni the ta-k ! II ,1 j..vet "1 o ..th.-r office than to minister to th.- 1 l.-astir.- (,f'the s ck. dial -f i: -elr Wotr.l b- n .-hun suffici t.t HllV t! e - I!" o - . a in ,n. u. I ill! W l.-ll We rellletllSer I i ll 1 .1 1 1 . :. ..: 1 1 . 1 ndivat. d ,1 tii-y are not only an ever pleasant j .y to the c but are also true and gen'nd t.-achi iof moral tru h and exeeli. nee, as w.-d as f iid.-r p'ompters to -the high.-.-t a- weli as ihe liiot re fi tied seiitiineirt.-, we can jM-rceive of how gr.-at importance it is that'the ban. I and heart of woman's power is her loveliness, and sh--ought to do' everything to enc . rage it. Uer h..e!iness has broken the bondage in which many a .sinful man was Imund. and which has red-ted -ersiiasioii and force through many a rear, bet her increase her jM.wer by adding to hei 1 ive liness. and this she will leH fad to do if she gives h. r heart up to a love of the beautiful ik try of arth." -- Timx's Changes.-It is a very common occurrence tint when a nrto, after many years absence trom : he (dacf of his liirth and the scenes of his childhood, returns tn ihe dear old spot, he finds himself amoni; stra'.gers. Th m? whom he lov ed are g ne, and he sorrows th u the old familiar laces are no longer visible How much more poignant mil t be the sorrow ,e ; when not only the oM face hive disa pe reJ, but also ihe Jius where one ?im-!ed in all th joy .mn.-sj ot early youth. We hive beei led tr. these remarks by reading the annexed paragraph. W0 find it it, the Point, Coupee Echq. ofSaturdaj last:-.V. O. Picayune. We lately met a ferson who h d i ist returru..! to this parish, after an aUence of h ,.i1:.r .J . century; and who, although he had left it a!mjst m infancy,. still retained the liveliest and fondest r-ii:"'s l'.T'l'i'.T!:,. lw"s "f-" I ," :; - .. ""l",r.v " "'- rally after the house, tlie trees the irarden tn. in his wand-riugs his mind had so often revert When taken to the bank of the river, now brim ming and turbid, and shown a spot in the- watery waste, further out than he could throw a stone and told that underneath, "full twenty fathom deep," lay all that remained of his once "happy home an expression of bereavement and tewil.feim.-nt (which really painful to behold) passed oyer his face lie rtau not watched the slow insidious approach of the mighty element that was even at that 13 es mem rawing the soil on which he Mood. To hi it appeared that all had been swept awny at on fell sweep," and he sighed to think of th- vani one vanity . ... .. .p. c ., luu iiwmigeu of revisitiinr a place winch had actua ly been blotted ou: fruin the Uc of the world. THE 0itnt WittMv ost. EDITED BY t CALVIN H WILEY, WILLIAM D. COOKE, LYTTELTON WADDELL, Jr. RAhEIGH, JUNE 11, f853. I. Terms TWO D0LLAES PES AJTOTM, in Advance. ;i CLUB PRICES: 'Three Copies, S5 full price, $6, Eight Conies 1- " Ten Conies, . . 1D- .20, . 40. I wentv Comes -to (Payment in all cases in advance. 83" Where a club of eight, ten or twenty copies ia sent, the person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. ADVERTISEMEXTS Of a proper character will be inserted at the followinrj-avs ror 1 tj'iare of 11 line?, 1 insertion, .$0 75 1 do. 1 m nth 1 50 1 do. 3 months 3.00 I do. 6 fi-Ot) 1 do. 9 " 8 50 1 do 12 " 10.00 Business Cards, $5 for one yecir. For a quarter, half, or whole column a liberal discount uill be made. 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Doutiut i our authorized agent for the States ' f Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. WHAT IS EDUCATION ? Ki. ca Hon, in its largest s- use, -comprehends all h -;:ri.us means by which the moral, intellectual. :i d iilivsi.-id ooweis nf the xaTr urp develoned j I . t I . '". -0 . . j oal train, d for the duties of human life. In the per'o 1 of early childhood, the whole of this impor tant trust is necessarily retained by the parents in f their own hands. As tlie child progresses in grow.h and years, it becomes more and more im j pi rtant to systematize the departments of instruc ttion, and to cultivate his powers a -cording to rules j suggested or establi-h. d by experience. Certain i pottioti of time must be devoted to religious ai:d iu ra! iii.piie.eitn nt. and others employed, accord ing to a ju ii-.-ion's distribution, iu suppU ingaliment and ex--rci.se to the mental facilities and the various powers of the b dv. TJie first object is most prop- er!y promoted by parent.-. I teaci ing and example, j she privileges of the Cnristia-i S ti.bath, and the j iastructions 1 f the Christian Ministry. Intellectual ! .-oit'iri; is 111 ?i nrD-il iiii.iji . f . 4...i.t:.l .,1 4.. I . " - , " " .ii.' iivr,.-nii , wi.li.l'', llOIIJ LIltT necesdty of the case, to a distinct profession, w hich is at'the sam - time mk f the mot re-nunsiUt ..ad honorable offices to which life can be decud. 1 Tiie physical training of youth is, alas, almost en- j ' tir.-lv neglected in this country, as a branch of ed- ' - .s oi.ou eu ucau. n. an. 1 nee. is some earne.st-advocate to arou-e i a pupnc attention to it immense importance. i in tne m .rc hunted sense usual v emj 1 -ve 1 bv I American writers, education moans the instruction ! which children obtain at the schools of didercnt grades which they attend. ' One of ilje most seri j ous uyytiuiis. evi-r c::UrUt'nx-d-h h-rifaii.r. in i t,js country ami Europe, is that which relates to j the kind of edec.ttioii w hich s city may propel Iv i provide f r, in its orgatriz. d ea aei:y; in '-.m.o j Etnop.ean Slates, the right to control edti-atioti i- j usurped by the government ; in others by the C . 1 II I'lll u ltd ill ..tin ct It icl',.i,... , ....I..,! I i ! s v .. , ... uv.i. - ci.ii, :.in in.-. i i ills; IIIOU 1 .. . . , ... , . -..I 1 " , , , ! 'ii"nt, in comparison, to tn-a-on and U): ; in. d to suit the complex structure of society have j ci 1 1 . , , , , ' . , '- , ' - i ? Iiooi education therefore 111 our rouiitrv.t . been nisutuieu at iiitf-ivnt periods, w:th results!,. , , ,- . , . . . , . , 1 1 that. 1 itel.eettuil trimmr -o. I .-.i . I .. l , . . ... ., ... j ' ...v ..in-.. 1. .111 Lv:oir?t a. j ! i-diica ion i.i l'.ussia,!-; an arbdraiy sttem, !e-i ! ise i by the g-.yernm. nt, w'iih ut u 1 ch regard to ! I the wisln-s of the -o le. and carried into execution ! j with all t. e scriipiil us x tctt.ess of military rule, j j In England and Scotland the established churches, I iu conjunction with the government, are e itru-tfd j : t:i II ot I list i-nef :oi to f A iiium ...n ......-. 11 1 1 1 1 inr 1 rr 11 .ii 11 111 til 1 ins 1 111 in tit u ii r ci-ry-. n 1 . . - . . ,. ; " no . kj rt'iu 1 III 110 il ' i t t l I UT 11 Mti.' 111 1 i . - . . ' . . 11 . r a,v"IKe 07 ! . the iiisi:tu:ioiis of the co itinent. " It is i.ii' in the ! ! - . ,. , .. , ' - lue 1 L uited . States, we believe, that free, common j . , , i ie, common! 1 schooN properly speaking, can be said to e;st. i V , ., . , , ; and :t is he glory ot our country, not to earn of: r , ... ,. . , , ' o hers on this subject, but to teach them bv the 1 1 -,, - . . . . , 111 , , b si po-sil.le models, their value and efficiency. i , . . , 1 lie great Question here, is not liow mrf it... 1 o ,1,, , 1 t. 1 , ,,. , a,.- ought to teach 111 tne schools established fbr t .. C ItllllOll !ool. bllt what .nt.'.f .&; !'. , ' , - , , , , r. ,v " t m Inuits, ought to be emo raced in th tour e of e.i.i oi ,.,ovThd r . 1 1 'i-l e.iu-atioii pioM.ied for bv law. 1 h-re is 110 aues - , ,, : , , 1J(1UC8 t o.i as to the impropriety of teaching m such 1, 1 -, ,. . . 0 sch. ol-. either the iiecu iar nou: .. i .-.or the distmgutshmg doctrines of , particular ,. .- 1 , . . . 1 rt'Iigr tlciiuDiinations --. r to:" I le is a hxedand -immovable one. from American law cannot deviate, without violating the fui.d.uiiental maxims upon which our institutions rep-1 e. t We will not lisC:jsS the question how fir reli gioi. or ,h,1 li -s may be taught in our common scI..h,1. That nviy be regarded as 'too grave and j dithvult a th.-uie f ,r a short n-wspaj er arricV. It lean oidv U determined approximately, bv the j most comjH-tetit authority, and requires fur its sat- si.t.ioi a.ijuMmeni, more wisdom than the Brit- M. budget or the American tariff ever command- i , 7 commalul i . . , " peu,pon,unaertake. rt i ii i . . u 1 1 1 'j -1 r w. v .. . - 10 sn'v mw lttUe maI be Uught in these schools. i If tIie S,ate sllou!J Aink projier to establish com- mon schools for the instruction of the children of i dig i -.w- J I conwire that Ik. l,i f ,..,. ',., , violate any known principle of justice' or republi - -.-w.j vi vvuv i otuutra w UUiU canism. The United States government has insti tuted the military school at .West Point for instruc tion :n military science. If the professors had been forbidden to teach anything ii?. there would have been nothing in the prohibition contrary to the letter or the spirit of the constitution. And so we apprehend that, if our schools were ion ly de signed for elementary instruction, there would he no ground for objection to them on the score of partiality to one class of men over another, or for conscientious scruples al,out a participation in their benefits. The only complaint that could U made wo Aid U that the courw w too Umiud iuade I -'.jct,-tl,at parn, o, sectarian' pculi;ir- i LT, V P "' " """ ' ! i -die. 1. e,hl ,M . .. ..... ...... , . i 1 a"'"5t C.nsmu,,.;,, ,., L... ...... oMunoai aruLlllP'IIL IMT(lt4 tfta laoi. , i . ..v. mis niinci- ; ....j : e t ... . . . . . i r filiate to the wants. ;n.d "i ' ' '"-,3,l-isi.u-t,j,v , is of the people. If, theuthe legi.dauirc-s cf ,h,? should prescribe such a cour " in trucliuii under their :'resijeitiv. UjIk ' " Mf7 ' provetnent of the pupils, and n!0;.a tion in religion or o!itic but ti, u ,,, '' fairly ba consid .red in-id lltl t, ;lI1 dy in the English language, we Cour. Violation of the political or ivli r . IN : if tVi .ili-rroic w iiiil I i . . v win.- - . "i0'i'.i 1 t!o:r. iNo sect or party cutil 1 o.i,,.,' ( injury io its own interests, but v,Mt..v might le alleged would bt g'-n.Tal j.i . and arise out of a' question of . -xp0'i;u r 'f a questi u . t priucip e. ii - 11- vve are very unwuhng to see ,; horn of a 1 - religious an. hioial ii.fl,. good citizens ought to desire that tin- their children should be iious " u 1 and that the general j rin.-iples of UUi t , at least, should be, daily k cogi.i,., j ., ings. But if the S ate-houM vu. t absolutely exclude such st.bj- ets fiuin j' instrttctioii in the comini.n schy Is, Ul. ! . Kn, 0iK.l1 nVAln.i..n ... ..I . V 'Sift Mill UMi mivii y.ivi iisio;i woui.) 111 ike j "godless" or infidel" iiistituti.m if,, " true, the legislature of our; State ut.uld L fidel w legislature, bemuse it do- s ji,,i ;, chaplain ; the courts of law would , . "i,, ctitlltintis I'i-.I1N tll.-V do lii.t .... ... .1 . -1 - -- . -'J"-ll ll,-;r with prayer; and even the joint -stock - r(),,, WOllId la' subject tO delllllici.iti. 11, I eei.tv .j not invest their proceedings with re!igi.,Us ; If" the justice of sueh a chaige were ., it would go fir to prove that our c ii!!',n . what it h.as beeu represented bv iis, i, n 1 1 - t 11 11 lllle an lntuiet ami gouu-ss country hi-c;m ho established Citur. h. . ' . But, as before intimated, if osi;,,,. ;j , religions and arty political iii-tt ucti,,,, si entirely forbidden in the pulJit-s.-h,,- b: jf;!s beherealter tiiilawf.il (as has, ahi : iK ., : 1 ii 1 1 . nr.nea in mio-ie i-iaiii:; t..r the tern ,:i. 1 . .. 1. -.t. : 1 .- . . , .H.11001 10 iisK me t iessiugi.i Jis.n I t m . I lie 1: piis on. opening t-chooi ; -ti We Coli;e;.j 1' cho..ls cannot exist without a rciig-i u- ,-c: j, influence,' which though purelv in,-!,!,.-, c; j. possible to ..banish from .theui. l il t ii,tlH due to the English language, whii-n v',;f,j . there taught to read and repeat, fn.ni h , American writers. The lxoks wl.icii'iL , the constitutioh.'and the hoi. ie t .1 r, race were wont to r ad .and si u iv;' c . 1 ,; 1 ut of tlie bands of their .'.e.-cend u u insult to their menioii--s and a des-cia - u r;ncij!es. . There is one look, especial iv,w hich w , : panio:i and guide: of our ancestors (u,.u ,. . 1. i: .. 1 .. . : - . ! 1 t 1 01 ine ik - oiuiiou 10 us close, it w as , I I 1 ... 1. n nvy n.-i iieu on ir teiy n re. it; riva:-;iii in. conventions and the C .iigi-e,. i,, u, - .,, t H.-l ... i ... ....... ... ' ,. .1. wherever the American- lla ' g w a t' 'Vilnl J) - . . nience wa iieai 111 our own tongue was uiiiversailc t-.ut-, the Book of the IYoi-lk. -, :;k '. v. - ,f venerated men w ho found, d our ii t-; t,i:-- longed to no sect. or but j . lhey thought tlwrt tlie more j;s know n, and its spirit eu!ti at. d. the w.ul-l be our goveitiii ei.t and the f 1 -eej N ore el.C !e i iigs cured. To prohibit ti e reading of the ('.- . m ours -lnxds. w-liid be a cuiitiadictmn 1: .1 ;, To i'orb:d ihe re; dmg of the Engmhi II; ;di.l I --- .ouen, mi i-ii miii ie iesi. caictiiaieii to iii;ir-: imitators and worthy successors of those In r sages who achieved our independence and v; ed our institutions. SALMAGUNDI. The way things are mixed up in the?a ...1.;" 1 ii 1 1 ..... 1 ..1 . . . f - dint a I. . but R. r rn ia t '! ew ..rk just now may lN- inperino) fr . . in :. . 1 - , ceet proceedings of the "Woman's T inv c . ' 1. 1 Convention at Ii.K-hester. In this cud 1 11 ' t ' ... sllch cI1;,n,cters a Lucy StoneMrs. B!r.n,ir.. t 1 1 -" Douglas, and Antoinette Brown, li-tnvJ l.r;: 1.1 , .'..,' ''d the question was d:sc,issed at leienl. L-:' 1 111 .'. . , ..' " nien should be allowed to hold office it. the s -- Tl . , . . i - 1 . The majority report which admitted the mas i . . J r genrter. was reail l.ya woman; themiiiorirvrr' I ,vi.:,.i. J , I "imui mem, was read iiv a num. d ; t i v tl ittrac latter we supjiose. was intended to resent iter i- ... ' indignity which the Amazons rtvov.d at V 1 . niversarv meeting it, New York citv. 1 ln .1 c - , Y) , - I in this same citv of Koc hester, a "-ei -rc . - l' 1 vention of negroes fr. -.s.. ... . ' I . . . L .1 ! f 'it a " ... 4; ! States . iv, u - , , , J f Fred Douglas, who 0, tempora 0, mores ! INFLATION It is becoming very common for rj h'-v'-of persons to assemble at s.-iiie pr .iicneiii ..; and oriranizft thcm.l !-.-. ; . vi- O , v r I ii i -t - tion. They meet, say in Loud -n, a f-.; ; r f c.ergymen and professors from America, otic or .-r t ; dreamv ri, n.i-j.w fr i.f ' m;1-- i' T .ju i. imr ...i.iiii. ii - n i.j'-- i5spectacle Sc..ts from Edinburgh or Glego. :1, , ' ' ' l j and vocation, and forthivltli retire tint die "r' i ---ww-w- v ig in a bad condition:, need's mending an'.l tli i; neu'ling, aii'.i t-' r will be more zealous for the fu'ure in efforts to t fu'ure in store it to order. A few 'platfo: m speeches Jf livercd, the meeting adjourns and die AnriT- ft clergymen start for Switzerland or l alesime. German goes back to his smokv Uniitr-1 so ends your world's convention. Could w'f be more ridiculous or absurd ! The v. ry uf gests an association with Barnum and his m4?1 Cf-nt humbug. A Chinese im.igihaliol' tro'J hardly produce a more extravagant distorti'1" facts or represent the state- of mankind in delusixe co'ors. . ToCoRREspoxDEXis. The communicshpn sti. ed Stat Ph.l t ; .r 1.. ont.d. tbo;:is i tm late for this Number. The writer i'! P '.ess furnish his name rs a mere matter of form 44 P. F. R also comes too late, but Will cf tainly appear ia du time. ! c sv-.. viv.-i ll"t; l Ull III'. U i s" ' 5. i.i' I,.., i .. .. 1. it j ... -'i "oniitn r;iiiisanu UK- .i.tit " T tion hum do n the 1 folk eral fault J pilbl from faun nctei be n U: i 3nam' fwhic d-vo jp-ne term Vhi (ear; ight tlld jo ; rt Shan lame I j on 1 au; i P I"' 5ie v i . Jrati .Sa Wei Js'.'X'i Jowi :pp : 5'el em ine Jlie jits in. 'St. en.-1- I III Tb( v , I 1 it'h 1 mo 1. no v Jte cf tic t . f v. C r-ue-. h. fr el;! je( .TC-rt J R-,:..$t rid j j oi f. vl I t sl tt 'ift t i , f b. i ' 1 vi I I i an C 1 ;k c:j. re r :hat it !e 1 ran st ii ; t r 'tl . fc-.i 11 P 1.. .
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