North Carolina Newspapers

,r " V V' ! , .-.: " i. ' . i , " . ' "' ' ' ' . " i. '. ' ' - , . - n 155 i 1 IS IT TRUEt ' ' We cut the following from the New York Her- aid. The public, as well as ourselves, win uo.t," ous "to learn whether the sUtement is true, and if W whether tlie Administration has had anything to tlo with it. We are very much disinclined to believe that the Navy Department, at Washington would sanction Anything of the kind. . It is, how ever, quite probable that the commander of the steamer Michigan did, without authority, show oft bis extraordinary gallantry in the manner described by the Detroit Tribune. There are too many offi cers both in the Army and the Navy, who place an undue estimate upon titular dignity, and are ever on" the quiwive. to render an obsequious liom nge.to rank. A plain, American bom Mr. Smith, or Mr. Brown, on his way to some cuit:of-the-way field of inisMouary enterprise, with a pure gospel to teach, would hardly meet with so much courtesy at their hands as an AcIibish p, with a Right Reverend prefix to his name, and a commission in his pocket from a European Court. ;".,'"" For our own part, we are becoming more and. ruore democratic every day, iu our aversion to those pompous distinctions- aud arrogant j pretensions r'uhich have been imported amongst us from abroad, for the very purpose of shaming our people out of their republican simplicity. These high sounding titles with all their fanciful associationsj are foreign to our habits, and inconsistent with (he spirit of our institutions. We should not be misled by them, or forget tltat ' ' . t " The rank is but the guinea stamp ; A man s a man for a' that " . . , Archbishop Hughes Pleasuhixg in a Government Steam EK-The Detroit TiHbune say, t hnt " An-hftl'hpp Hughes ; rrived in lown yesterday, on bo rd f lie Unhcd Sia.es iron steamer Michigan, from the Lake Superior country. We understand tiiat the Mii-big tri, which had been on a cruie to the upper lakes w:s returning to Detroit, and touched at Mack inac. Here sh found the Lord. Bishop of New York, vihure he was in disch rge of his offici 1 du ie. As certnii.i. g that he was iinehding to visit Lijttle Traverse and other places piofsionadyihe gu'liiiit commander tendered him the ue of thee government! vessel, took him on bnr.pl. ::nd about ship, waiting. -at all ports he desiredlo visit un il he h id .erfbrmed the necessary reli'dous ceremo -ie", and brought him op his way to tiihfevy. We. presume the seamer is now waiting at this port until kis Lordship -hall have completed ihe oltji-ct oi nis mission neits. m oruer iu urnc ouu iu uui- ; txpres tug ine iews of the conven ion. Mo, or whatever, other point he inay de-ire t. visit on'j Besohed, That, where s most of the States of the the lakes. If it be lrug. as w sre informed, that a j Union are provided wi h ins-tiiui ions for the edu Ifuiie'd States othcer has thus ptnced a tjnited Siates cation of the blind, this Convention, representing such esMii at me scmtc ui a. ;b bu ine-s strictly c nnected wi;h the in erest of t -e I!oman "CalhoHe Church, or any -other church, or any object ol a sectarian ch. r .cter. it u cert.-.inly something new under the sun in this country at le ist.'? We pre -n me vhnt this affiiir has been exaggerated, or else the admi' i-tratio i .re f.irly open to the hu picion of 'electioneering for ihe Citholic jt. But. in any event, we apprehend lh .t a government steamer might be wgorse employed than in ; idi' g;ihe spread of the gospel. Peih ps hey a e in need cif missionary en'erpii-e klon the lakes, and ii would he a sorry thin- if the government of this great Ci.ris:;an nation could not afford one li'tle war st amer fK missionary purposes. lt Archbi hop lluglu-s proceed. Ills cause is wod.. Pass him abm, Cap aii?. All righ;. Fire. A small unfinished frame bjuiUling. near fthe site selected fo'Mtlie L)ot of the Central Rail- froadin this city, was destroyed by firejotr Wednes day night last. - It was the propeit of Caroline Konell, and the fire is supposed to have been the ivoik of an incendiary. j I The " Watchman and Obseuver" of Richmond, A a., comes to us in a new dress, and is very much mproved. We wish its esteemed conductor," Rev. Ix Gildersleeve, much future success iin the man aernent of a rcli'ous J jurnal so perfectly identified with the jest interets of the Southern portion of the Church. . i I We do not admire the name " Yellow Jack," a applied by some of the N'ew Orleans papers to the Yellow Fever. Coining from men ui itheir circum stances, it' expresses a-' levity which they certainly cannot feel. There is, saith the pie.ijcher ' a time for everything 'under the Sun." . I The Chinese rebels having succeeded in dividing laVvast territory,, wjiat now Incomes' of the " Mid die Kingdom ?" The "brother of the sun" hiss gone down rapidly from the celestial zenith, arid ieems about to stt forever. All the rail-roads are becoming Mtuierground railroads now-a-days. They carry their passengers jwith frightful velocity to the prove We suggest iiat the cars be hung in black like ordinary hearses. The insane boy mentioned iij the news column Jo dayT is perhaps the individual. -who excited some ittenti -n last vear about Fredericksburg and R'cb- lond, Va. Dr. W. W. Parker of the latter place iav know somethmir of liim. We have in type the "Circular" of the Super intendent of Common Schools, but are compelled, ,for want of space, to defer its publication for an other week. LITERARY NOTICES. THESeptember nuniber of the " North Carolina sivERstTY Magazine," is before Us in good time, and oes credit to the early efforts of the present editorial , orps. rhe- historical article of Mr. Hooper on the ritish attack upoiv Sullivan's Iland, will be read with nterest. Those headed '"The Worthies nf Demorra- v " will be examined as "curiosities of literature." e think the writer .seems rather too much disposed ' spurt with0 language, and too reckless in some of I is his'orieal statements. He has ceriainly deparied r ra the universally understond meaning of the tenn ! f democracy," and by employing it in an exfravarantlv ! anciful sense, may throw the mvid of the reader as Fell as his own, into positions calculated to confound 1 proper perception of historical truth. When. oreover, he asserts that Bacon, or ratTmr Aristot le " ive Newton " the laws of the induetive philosophy " Fe think he manifests a remarkable disrer:ird of, the al claims' of those two celebrities as if the revolution philosophy introduced by the genius of B icon did ot .consist essentially in the substitution, by him, the inductive philosophy, for that arbi rary system hk-h imd descended from the G recian Sage. But we P not desire to carp at the whole article. It display uu research, and cannot f.iil to entertain and instruct reader. It is so seldom that such a topic is intro- Pe i into our M.-igazines, that we congratulate the resent editors at the University on this valuable Jilion to their contributions. ' "Go'dev's Ladt's Bool " fcr September, is also on ir'd with its usual attractiona for the ear and eye of Vat NATtfljUAL " for the same month has reached vith a fine supply of choice reading, and a choice ROary of recent iutelligenceL M Arthur's Home Magazine" for the same month embodies the best articles of his well-known weekly publication. It u of course one of h'gh character. The August number of the " Westers Horticultu ral Review," is also acknowledged. ! THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND. THE SCPERI5TENDENTS AND TEACHERS OF INSTITUTIONS FOR THE IRSTRCCTION OF' THE BLIND, IN CONVENTION, j This -Convention was held on the 16 h, 17th. and 18th inst., at the New York Institution for i he Blind, anl wa calU-d to order1 by Wm. Chapin, Esq., of pid ladelphin, wh nnmina'ed T. Colden Cooper, Super intendent of the New York Institution, as chairman pro tempore, nd Jas. S. Brown, of Louisiana, as se cretary1, j ' All superintendents of institutions for the blind, and teachers of the .blind, in such institutions, were declared enti led to s-ats in thi Convention. The folio w.ng Lfentlemen were appointed the per manent officer of i he Convention : v For President, Dr. S.G.Howe: for Secretatyj T. Colden Co-'per. ' The delegates present were : S. G. Howe, Director Perkins Institution, Mass. ; Win. Chapin, Princip d Pennsylvania Ins itution; T. Colden Coper, S iperintendent N. Y. Inst.; R, E. IL.rt, Snperintende t Ohio Insti u ioii; Dr. I. Rhoides, Superintendent Illi iois Inst ; Dr. Merillat, Superintendent .Virginia Institution ; J. M. Siurievant. Supeiintendent Tennessee-Inst. ; W. H. Churchman, Superintendent ndiana liis'i. ; C. B. .Wuodruff, Supeiintend-nt Wisionsin Inst; J. S. Brown, Superintendent Louisian i Institution; Samuel B:icon, P.incip il Iowa Asylum ; Henry Du'ton, Piineip,d Georjji:, Institution ; i D .vid Longhery, Piineipal Maryland Insiiiutioil ; Edw. Wlieel.inSuperiii'endent'Misf-ouri Inst.; B. VV7. Fay, Teacher Indiana Insii'uiion ; A. Reifi; Teacher New York Institn ion ; J. W. I'lih, Teaeher New York Institution; !: Invi ations were ex ended to Messrs. Rus, Jones, and Chambi r in,, former Superintei dents of tte New lorit li sti u io:r tor the Blind, to attend the meetings of the Conven ion, aiid to are its dtihentions. A resolution was also pased, invi;ing the managers of the New York Insiitution for the Blind, and Mr. E. W. H. Ellis, Trustee of she Iiidi m i Institute, to at tei d the sitting"of tl is conven-ion. On taking Hie chair,-L)r. Ilnwe. addressed the con ven ion. The convention .thep proceeded to business, and discussed the several resolutions and propositions sub mitted by the committee or by in livi.lmds. An ani ni.ted debate ensued, in which sever.-,! blind persons, cduea e l in the various jnti; ulions, took prominent parts. and ifi.ve proot oti.innr talents and ai;quirernentH. J he tollowinfir resolutions were finally d tinted iiistuuii"ii-i, recuuimenu uie loiiowinj' resolu ions: Jiesolred, That a perm iuent provision in aid of '.he education of the b!ind,; and for a sui able lilr.iry'in the r..i-ed U tters, should be regarded as a subject jjf naiio al concern. ! litolvel, That as Congress has appropriated lage p rti ns of the public ' lands for geoeral education, from the, benefits of which the blind tuve be.-n and i.ecessuiiy are excluded, their claim f.r a portion of the proceeds of th;-se lands to aid in their education is bolli just and reasonable. Resolved, 7'hat a. memorial in beh df of the institu tio s fr the blind in the United iStries be presented to the next se sioa of Congress, askinjr for n. tipn d aid, by an appropriation of public 1 nd a por ion ;o he equitably . ppbed to all the States for the education of their blind, and a portion for a specific fund lor printing b' oks in rai-ed letters. Hesehed, Tiiat Messr. Howe,(hapin, Cooper, Brown i.nd thurciimau be a sj'it.ble Committee to "prepare, such memorial previous to the 1st day of January next. I' Eesolred, Th' t ir. will be expedient for a delegation of pupil from' several institutions to visit Washington o i tne presentation of; ihe memorial to give pub lic ill o.s: ration of the iuueces uf the sys.em of in structinir the blind. . j ; Rcsoked, U bile tin's" ConvcnUon wonldjiot discour age the use of any type or character now in existence, they decidedly recommend a u- iform type or letter fr all tutu re publications for the blind. Resolved, That tne Bos:ou let er." so called, in whiih the jfrea; bulk of books for the blind' have been primed, be preferred as the standard type for ail fu ture books prin.ed for the blind, su! jeet to the ainehdr men s ptoposed iu the foliowiiig resolution. . . ' I Resolved, That a Comtni tee of three, including the President of this Cinveu.;ion, be iippointed at tlds im-e ing to i-sioine the "Boston lener,"' to nscertain whether any 'alteration'; in any of said letters he expe dient, and if so lo recommend i s general -ad"p ion. . Resolved, That a Committee of ihree be appointed by the Ci air, to con-idi-r upon"' and report to the next Cojivenion a plan for. the 'publication ot a periodical devoted to. the advancement of education among the blind. 1 ' " : Resolved, That such comtnit'ee, if the' find it prac ticable to procure tbe pubuca ion ot such peno in-al. as a private entt-rpiise, be; authorized, in behalf of this Convention, to secure the commencement of ihe same under their own general 6upui-ii n. Resnlced, That in the event of he commencement of such a public i ion. the instructors and pupils in all exisiin,' institutions for the bl'n.d, he invited to-contribute to it column.; j R solved, That a committee he appointed to corres pond w th the American Bible Society, wi;h a view of obtaining from said Jiouie' v a copy of the iew Testa ment j nd of the Psalms for every blind person who .ha'l pipsent to them a certifici te of the principal of the i s itutii n where he or Xe was educated, that he or she can re id. and is u;tab e to pay for smh hook. Resolved, Tiiat this Convention do not appiove of the present method of binding the Bible for the blind, -by the Bible Society, which unite ihe leave so as to present the printing on both sides of the leaf, and ac cordionljr suggests the expediency of the Bib'e being bound as formerly, and th t a copy of this resolution be s n5 to the officer of the Bible Sociefy. Messrs. Wheelan Churchman : nd Sturtevant pre pented a report upon Mr. Mahony's system of musical no a ion, hit h. after some debate, was adopted Jay the Convention : P Resolved. That this iConven'ion recommend to the various iostitu'ions tor 'he blind, md to all bl;nd per sons interested m the subject of music, the new sys tem of notation devised by Mr. Mahony. as possess ing many advantages. - Resolved, That Mr. Mahony merits the encourage ment of this Convention in his laudable efforts to sup ply ihis desideratum, Jn the 'education of ihe blind.! The quesiion of discipline in schools for tbe blind was discussed at some" length, and it was remarkable that nil the speakers who wercblind insisted that chil dren should be subjected to an open strict discipline as seei g children. It was finally" Resolved, That the fact of blindness should make no differmce in the discipline of children. A highly interesting debate followed, on the nefes ity of. connecting manufacturing departments with all institutions for the blind, and it was Resolved, That in the opinion of '.his Convention, : every institution should offer employment to all Un graduates of go.d moral character. it was then resolved that a committee be appointed to call another Convention of superintendent 81 Q teachers tf the bli .d,! and ihat in such Convention each institution shall be entided to but one vote. Mr. Churchman was invited to furnish to the next Convention an essay upon the best plan of public buildii gs for the blind. The thanks $f the Convention were then offered to the directors, superintendent, and other officers of the New York' Institution for the Blind, for the hospi talities tendered, and the courtesies shown the mem bers of this Convention during the session. s A Mas nisf. feet High. A giant, ne:.rly rune fet in height, is shortly expected to anive in Madrid. He is a native of Lachar. in the province of Granada, i and is only twenty-three years of age. He enta a mucn a nvemen, walks with extreme rapidity, ana ha be-n twice married, but Innh hi wive are dead. His object in noting Madrid is to demand the band of a female of great beau'v, who keps a coffee house. He is desc.ibed as so great & coward, that he will al low a child to illtreat him. Yellow Fever at Moan.E. JfoMfa, Ang. 17. Tbe ye low fever is prevaUing in this city to a considerable extent but the board of health sav it U not an epi- finiiTDniT i llimnT t inniTnn - ItH.IU H.K H I . i 1 H i I . ItH H 1 ULJiiutuiU i ill lDLIJJlUUilUIJ. 1 " ; ! The Population of New Orleans and the Ffver. The New Orleans True Delta estimates that three months ago there were in that city 150,000 people. This number was, as usual, greatly reduced in the early part of Jim", as the more weal thy of both the acclima ted and unacclimated, at this period set out on their Northern tours. The summer Visiters to the North, previous to the appearance of the fever, were unusually numerous. Ihe same paper says : As soon as the first few case of yellow fever oc curred, the run-a-way army received, new recruits, till the city was reduced to little more than half the ordi nary w inter popula ion. All who feared the fever. and were wealthy enough to travel, left, and it will perhaps not be considered an over-estmvite when we set (lown 85,000 s 'he population of the Hty when the yellow scourir commenced its ravages in earnest. Of this 85.000 at le ist 60,000 were natives of the dry or act-limited, and, of course, for themselves, had no fears Jof Yellow J.-;ck. It followed that amonir the re m .ining 25,000, the pestilence was to find its victims andamong these its ravages 'have been truly fearful. f the 2r,000 of unacclimated, more than 5,000 are already sleeping " the sleep which knows no waking;" anoihe; 5,000 have recovered, and still another 5,000 are at tjhe present time sick. Thin will leave but lO.OOOjat all likely to be attacked, and of that number perhaps a third will !e entirely passed over. All old residents know that these statements are founded in reason', and they further know, that, no person can b looked upon as a permamenf. citizen of New Orleans until he has undergone the acelim iting process. The True Delta, in order to hoW th it busin ps is not sO entirely suspended in that 'city' as represented, goes on to say l hat all of thfe ,60.000 acclimated per sons who can be spared from the good Samaritan work of watching over the couches of the sick, and attend ing to the interment of the dead, are busy at their usual avocations, buying and selling; and getting gain, white they cast freely of their substance into the urn of benevolence. It is also added, that while hundreds and hundreds of .those, who' have died were mn. good and true, yet it is at the same time a well known fact that among the worthless, the dissipated and the vile, the fever has been most exacting and the victims most numerous. An Insane and Fugitive Bo v. There is a remark able b"j, aged II or 12 years, insane, at ihe Insane Asylum, Utica, N. Y. He was found in September. 1851, in an orchard in South Farmington, Ontario county. N.-Y., dressed with exceeding' neatnes h's dress fitting wilh exactness and his clothes having none of the marks of traveling or wandering through the country. It was supposed at the time, that he had run away and came by the railroad to ihe neigh borhood where he was found. He was detained for a time at the house of Mr. Edward Herrendeen. a far mer who then had charge of the poor of ihe county ; bn.t his restlessness and his efforts to escape, caused him to be sent to the Insane Asylum at Utica. No clear and satisfactory account could be gathered from his statement. He stated that he came from Virginia or Maryland," thai his name was Edward Radehffe, (some imes'Topliffe,). that he had parents and a li'tle sister living there, who thought he was dead; he fre quently fpoke of being in an asylum. He is remark able for his knowledge of jreoirraphy, par icularly that of Virginia, and is evidently fimiliar with several lan inajres. and with ancient and modern history. It is supposed he came from the South. Any further in formation can be obtained from Edward flerrendeen, near Manchester, Untario county, N. Y., or at the Asylum in Utica. Awful Ravaoes Of The Cholera. In Europe. The Asiatic cholera, we see by our European filen, i making fapid progress westward, dealing death on every side, and in some places creating the utmost consternation and dismay. Its, march, on this occasion, has been from Persia direct, and the last accounts left it at Copenhagen, whence come to ns the most melan choly reports. As many as thirty thousand of the inha bitants are stated to have fled from the city. The frequent passengers in the streets are the carpenters, people carrying home the coffin; omnibuses convey full loads of orpes to the burying grounds, where hands are insufficient to dig the graves, and clerjjy are want ing to read the burial service. -On Sunday one hund dred and seventy coffins were lying in the churchyard exposed to the broiling sun, and had lain there since the Thursdtiy previous. Some caes of cholera have made their appearance at Flensbnrg an I S mderburg, but the persons attack ed had either come from Copenhagen, or been in con tact wi h such persons. Tlie St. Petersburg journals states that the cholera is at present raging in the new governments of Kiew and Tolyw, and that ft has also broke out in the great commercial town of Bervezew. . Tore ino Case of Conjugal Affection. A totich nx ca-e. illustr;itive of conjugal love, occurred at Memphis, T-nn., a' few d.ivs since. A man and hi wife were coming up ihe river, when the husband tO"k sick .-nd w;s supposed to h:ive died When they arrived at ih;it city, the wife had a coffin purchased, aod her husband was deposited in that last home of the de;id. Just before the moment of closing the coffin, however, and the fin d interment of the de ceased, the bereaved Mod agonistd wife insisted upon once mre looking uko. and embracing the cold re mnins of tlie decl ascd partm r of her boom Whe'.h r it was her warm emhr.ice or returning concious nnss. cert: in it is that the supposed corpse suddenly evinced sii'ii of life, and the proper res' "raives being applied, within tweutv-four hours the invalid was en abled to proceed on his journey, with every prospect of a speedy recovery, owinir hi- life to the unuring devo.iouand love of his true and fiitliful wife. A statistical paper on swallows. he French enter I deeply into all kinds of statistics has retvntly been published m Paris, from which it appeo-s that these birds are of the greatest service to t he farming md gardening in erests. At a low estimate it ii said tiiat e.'ch swallow destroys nine hundred iosects per day ; iPid when it i con-idered, says the au horof ihe !apcr, that some of these insects produce as -many as nine generations in the cour.-e of a sumnn-r, iht- s':e of the air but f r the swallows may be re dvy conceiv ed. So deeply has the writer gone into the science of entomology, that he has proved that a single in sect, of one particular species, may paoduce 56i,970, 480, 000,000.000 of its race in a single -year. One does not e:re about disputing tlie accuracy of such a long row of figures. Th- negro tragedian, Ira Aldridge, was performing at Dresden, at last d .tes. One of the p peps says that while he was playing Othello, of course wi bout paint, Desdemona was presented in the lat scene in a real bed and with no other than real night clothes on. The ladies were greatly shocked, and scarcely ventured to look any further at the proceedings of the Moor Some cried, some fainted, some left the tHrea're ; oth ers looked up with becoming lovalty to the royal box and seeing that their gracious Quetn never took off her eyes for one moment from, the interesting negro, they managed to follow her example. The Chinese iw New York. The Chinese dramat ical perlormers are still quartered at the Shakspeare Hotel, in New York, and' living'on charity. Their manderins have Srparate rooms, but the company oth-erwi-e, some 120 or 30, occupy a large room together. The walls are hung around with their clothes ; their temple, before which, as an offering to their gods, are set every cay te , fUh. chicken, and so forth. Efforts are making to collect oaoney sufficient to send them back to China. The entire cnpial invested in the various manu fac tures in the United States, on the 1st of June, 1850. not to include any establishments producing; less than the ainual yalue of $500, A moun'ed in round numbers, to $530,000,000 -Value of raw material, 650,000,000 A mount p.dd for labor, 240,000,000 Value of manufactured articles, 1 ,020,000,000 Number of persons employed,. 11,500,000 The Japanese Porcelain remarkable. A late writer says : "The tesi-cups areesjiecially worthy of a tention. 1 have seen tea cup, a dozen of which, with the saucer, would not weigh three ounce. They are really tran-p.ireut, and so thin and delicate that one would lel:eve the dropping of a piece 6f sugar would br-ak them ; nevertheless, this very thinness gif ea them a extraordinary eks-kity." Dress for a Widow.' A censorious lady, sys lor of " Mary Barton," remarking upon the the autnor oi Aiary minon, remartine udod dress of a recently bereuTed widow, said That black silk became her extremely well, but bombatuu wndd Xaocyujun a deeper $am of her foai. The Destruction of Shiraz by Earthquake. A letter trom Persia give.j.0me further p iriieulars of the terrtble earthquake at Shiraz on the 2lst of April lasi. The shocks continued, up to the 14th of May, at short interval every day. The first shock lasted fire minutes, when the inhabitants were ateep, and laid nearly, the fwhjote city in ruins. The writer, speakinff of the scene next morning, says : ' " On every side the eye could see no.hing but a heap or rums, street blocked up with stones, and dead bodies being carried on litters without the walls f the ci. It made the heart bleed to see the limbs of persons tiho wing themselves from beneath piles of ruhbisb, and men,- women and children endeavoring to withdraw the mutilated bodies of their friends and relations from ben ath the ruins, which in their de spair, tney were tearing away with their teeth, th hands, and their nails. Out of several thousand victims the lives of o-.ly a verv small numler wpr Kvid eir Severe shocks occurred for five days, during which it is calculated that twelve thousand persons perished. On the fourth day large bands of brigands made their appearance, : nd plundered the unfortunate inha bitants, wqo were without defence and without asylum, of what Utile :hey had been able to save from the ruins." !: . . " Fugitive Slave Case. Cincinnati, August 18. Jud;re McLean, in the U. S Court, in his dect-ion yes terdtiy, surrendering up a fugitive slave from Kentuc ky, to his owner, answered several points nnd by the counsel for the slave, by saying, in substance: that the fugilive slave law of 1793 and 1850 are constitutional, and that no State has power to pass a law preMn inw fngi ivesfnun being-delivered up to those to whym they o servioy. That no proof wa3 necessary before, the Supreme (?ourt, that slavery existed in the Ssate from which thejfugi:ive escaped, as it should be taken for granted that the Supreme Judjje knew the laws of all the States! That the State could not be compelled to irive np fnVi'ives by a law of fonirress, if the provis ions hrrhe constitution' did not" do so. That slavery tan only exist by authority of law, and as it so exists in slave States, said law not being an infringement of the constitution, the free States are bound o ree:r nise it in delivering up .-laves from these Stales, upon clear proof that they are such. The Yellow Fevkr. Xeio Orleans, Aug. 18. The Picayune says that the di-ease is still on the in crease. The total number of deaths for the past twen ty four hours., as reported by jhp Bo n-d of Health, is 219. of which 188 were from fever. The disiress and suffering is beyond description. Dead bodies are iy inr in all directions, putrid and offensive; The citv is a solemn scene of death and d"so'ation. The total number of cases of fever, including deaths, since the commencement of the epidemic, is oyer twelve thou sand. The fever shows no abatement. August 19. The total number Of deaths to-day was 242, including 227 from the yellow fever. This hnws a large' increase oyer the last return. The dis tress prevailing among the poorer classes is very great. The Howard Associa'ion have opened four new hos pitals, and appeal earnestly for further assistance. August 20 The interments to-day were 295, in cluding 260 from yellow fever. . At Mobile, Natchez and Vickshurg the fever is pre vailing to a moderate extent. Murder at Staunton, Va. Wm. Coleman, an old and inoffensive citizen of Staunton, Va., who lived alone, was found murdered in his own house on Sun day morn in ir last. It is suppb-ed he was .murdered on the Thursday night previous, as the house had been fastened up from that time until broken open n Sunday by the neighbors, who suspected soneihing was wrong. A scuffle was heard in the house by some female, on Thursday evening, nud a str anire man was seen at the door, but lit: le was thought of it at the time.? The deceased was a cabinet maker, and it was thought was makii g money, which he kept in Ihe liouse. The'sum of .$25 has since been found Under his work -bench. The murderer probably obtain ed a considerable sura, and escaped The hammer wi-h vvliich Ihe murder was committed was found on the floor, clotied wilh blood and the grey hairs of the murdered man. From Tttk Fishino Gkousds. Boston, Aug. 22d. Advices from the fishing grounds st ite that the U. S. sloop of war Cynne. was off Holmes' Hole on Thurs day in a foar. Tiie steamer Fulton left Portsmouth on. Frid iy?f"r Halifax. The Bri.ish steamer Devasta tion last week p issed by a fleet of 14 "American ves sels wi; bout no uit:g them, and proceeded two niile further where the S arlight and another vessel were lying becalmed. The officers of the Devastation took possession of the Starlight, but suffered the other one to go. The person who brouirht thi information does not know what was done with the captured ves. el. He was told at the Gut of 1'anso that "tvo arm ed ves-els hed passed through, but he saw nothing of them. Yellow Fevf.r at Natchez. Natchez, Miss., Aug. 20. The yellow fever has been raging here for sever 1 days. It is supposed to have been brought in vessels from New Or'eans. Up to the present time, o,rer 200 have died since the epidemic broke out. The exci'e- ment is very great m;;ny have lefi the city, a d o I ers are leaviosr every hour. , A large buildi g has been proided for a hospital, where ' the indigent .sick are taken having the epidemic. Chol ra atCumbf.rlanp, Md. Cumberland, Ang. 19. Great excitement prevails here amb nr the resi dents, 8 or 9 deaths 'having occurred in the la-t 24 hours from .he cholera. The di-ease is confined to the lower i at of he town, and ho cases have occurred near ihe Ho els, which ae well filu d with passengers passing to and f om th West, over the Baltimore and Ohio r ihoad. Mmy families isre, however, leait g ihe place. Cuban Ploughs at the Cutstal Palace. Col. Wm. M. Rcdertson. the a- ing U. Consul at Ha Naa. has sent f r exhibition at the Crystal Palace Fair, a Cuban p'ough. wi h all t'te implements con nected with it ue, which may oive us some idea of the advance of agricultural science. The Cubans will not touch a Yankee plough, although it is one hun dred years ahead of the tSpatush in convenience and for quick work. Miss M. H, Mowry, M D..of Providence, Rhode Island, has been elected ProfeKSor of Obstetrics nd Diseases of tromen and children, in the Female Medi cal College of P.u ' THE LATEST MARKETS. RICHMOND. MAEKET Wb-olesale Prices. aEPORTED EXPRESSLV FOR THE WEEKLY POST, By J. N. GORDON & SON, Grocert and Commission Merchants, RICHMOND, VA. Tuesday. August 23, 1853. acon Western Sides 8 8c : Shoulders 1 7; Hams 12 13. Iiee5waxLan sales 27c. Coffer V e quote prime Rio and Laguira at 10c : inferior qualities 9 a 9iC ;. java i iz 12c Cotton Sles 11 cenu. Candles Mould 12 13c; Hulls and Jackson's pat- em nc , Auimantine Z5 t$ 28c : Ppenn 33 34e. Floor Within the past week receipts have been extreme ly sn,l. e ock of old is now advanced to about 1000 brre-,,S' .9? 18 "'"g at 5s & ; New $5- $6 ; Family 9)4 Hiuea g Sales at 45c. Grains WHi-at in a dry order sells at f 150 $1,35 for Sriroe red and white ; Corn 65c. with an active demand ; lye 80c; ats 37 40c. lrn-&&lttV7 $100; American rolled $90; English $70 (g $75. Leather Good stamp 17 20c ; damaged 12 16 as in quality. Moiasse- IV ew Orleans in barrels 31 a 32c: Cuba 23 2-i Rosin Ifcice 4?c. for prime new. Salt-Liverptwl fine 15 from wharf, $1,66 from store. Surars Porto Ribo 6 Z 6 ; w Orleans 5 (af f. far mmoo to prime ; CofS Sugars &i i ; Cruabed sad palveitted 9 V 9 yg. Tooaccw mienor Luxe V ferior Log (Hi $S ; good and fine f 6X" $8 a ; conraon and middling Leaf, 1M A 10 : Good and fine smpung 10W a 15; Manafactoriig $15 ' $0. Wwt"l ub waebed 3 33c ; unwashed 25 28c. J. N. GORDON &. 80N. 'ra'" ' ; 5 at 4i (d. 43c. tor live ge-se. nTt?h. Carolina Gross Herrings, 85 V (g fX o. 1 Cut 7; Ua-iikx Cat HrHn( Kn 1 No. 2 .-v i. c j ougar nouse in Uerres and hojaheads 20 Nails 44 (as 4, with an upward tendency. Naval Stores Tar from su,re al a harrel : JUST PUBLISHED. REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA. : - THREE LECTURES, BY REV. F. L. HAWKS, D. LL. D., HON. D. L. SWAIN. LL. and HON. W. A. GRAHAM, LL. D., WHICH IS PREFIXED A PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF BATTLE OF THE ALAMANCE crvt WAR OF THE REGULATION) COMPILED BT ILLUSTRATED BV TO THE A SUPPLY OF THIS VALUABLE WORK HAS been received. Price, one dollar. The work , will be mailed to any part of ihe United States upon the receipt of one dottar ana five .three cent postase stamps. Address, WM. D. COOKE, Raleigh, N. C. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. FROM THE " NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH HERALD." The compiler nnd publisher, to whom we are indebted for a copy of this truly interesting .voIuiua. is a resident of the city of Ral-uih, and a member of the talc. ted corps of the newspaper press of that city. He merits the public thinks tor its publication, and for the handsome Myle in which it has been produced, being alike worthy of the interesting character of its contents, and complimentary t- the distm g lished sons of North Carolina whose Lectures on the Rev olutionary history of their noble State it is intended to pre-rve- : The first of these lectures gives a full history of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, which should have a place in every library : the second narrates the inva sion of North Carolina by the Biitish in 17T6, and the third that of-1781 Abounding as ihis volume does with relations of personal anecdotes, thrilling revolutionary incidents and reminiscences ot old tiiws, it will be read with lively interest every whWe, but especially in those localities in North Caro lina to which the occurrences narrated wre incidental 56 hartily commend the work to the patronage -of the public " FROM TUB (PORTSMOUTH) " TRI-WEEKLY GLOBE,' The best criticism of the country has already pronounced the Lectures a9 excelling, in their kind, m-st previous efforts' upon similar subjects'; and t e publishers have shown their title to good judgment and the thanks of readers in giving such a handsome, durable form to these historical episodes s episode's however, which tnken together, make an excellent complete history of the exciting. and interesting tim to which they relate. FROM THE NORFOLK COURIER. j In point of typography, it will compare lavorably with any . j work done at the North ; in fact, the execution is beautiful , as an addition io tlie History of the Stato Toe work is pre t I tdy illustrated with Engravings, and should csmmand an. cx ! teusive sale. f J ''' FROM THE "UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE." ! Revolutionary History of North Carolina. A copy ! of this work, recently compiled and issue I by W. D. Cooke, b'.sq , is now upon our table. It is handsomely bound, print- ed m beautiful type, and with appropriate illustrations. The j work consists of three consecutive lectures on the history of I the State at different periods, by Hawks, Swain and Graham, f Emanating as it does fro i the pen of three :-nch highly dis ! timmished sma of North Carolina, it will certainly be wel ' corned, imt only in every portion of this State; but through ' out the whole country. Ampie opportunities were afforded ! each wither in the selection of his material, and consequent ly the work cannot fail to command the attention of every ! lover of historical re.-earch Further comment would be un . necessary ; since the names of the authors will suffice to re commend die work. I FROM THE " RALEIGH REGISTER " j We acknowledge th" receipt from the publisher, Wm D. j Cooke, ot a copy ot the Revolutionary History of North Caro : linn. In point of typography, it will compare favorably with j any work done at the North ; in fact, tho execution is beauti ful as an addition to the History of the State. Thee com pilations are invalunhle. The researches of men so learned as Hawks, Swain and Graham, could not fail to disentomb from the records of the past, evidence enough to place North Carolina first in the ranks of patriotism, and to bring to' light facts for the establishment of her claims which her supineness had permitted to be in darkness. The compilation contains the lecture of Rev. F. L. Hawks, D. D., LL I)., before the Ii storical Society of New York, having fcjr its subject the Mecklenburg Decla-ntion of Inde pendence The lecture of Hon. D Li Swain, LL. D.. before the H storic-1 Society of the University of North Carolina, the subject the British Invasion of N.orth Carolina, and the lecture of Hon W. A. Graham. LL D., before the Histori cal Society df New York upon thsame subject ; to which, is prefixed an account of the battle of the Alamance. The work is prettily illustrated with engravings, and shouid command an extensive sale. . FROM THE BILLSBORO RECORDER. The above i? the title of a neat work just printed at the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, and publish ed by William D. Cooke, Raleigh, and Geo. P Putnam & Co , New Yoik ; with a copy of which we have been po'ite ly furnished by the compiler It is hardly neces-ary tor us to pay anything in commendation of ihis work. There are but few North Carolinians' who will not desire to have a copy of these lectures in a permanent shape f-r preservation; and they are hre furnicrwd in a neat volume for a library well printed aiid handsomely bound. Price SI. FROM THE " NORFOLK ARGCS." The compiler has politely laid a copy ot this exceedingly nttractive work upon our table, and we feel both pride and pleasure in calling the attention of the public, thereto. It is goiten up in a style that does credit to the compiler, as well as to uV'authors f the able and deeply interest!- g lectures whch comprise the greater part of its contents The illustra tions are elegantly executed, and the name of the celehrated artist Loss'mg is a sirfficient guarantee fr the correctness of the buildings and seenps delineated. The book abounds in personal anecdotes, thrilling, revolutionary incidents and .ld reminiscences, which will be. found to be of the most enter taining awd iostiu t:ve character, especially wi h regaid io many localities in the Old North State W e cheerfully com mend tho work to the patronage of the public. SALES OF LOTS ON BEAUFORT HARBOR. rHG Carolina City Land Company will se'l to t ahigh-St 1 bidder on their piemises, at White Hall, on Monday the 31t day -f ctoher next, a Urge number ot valuable Lots. , Th lands ot this Company front a!out two miles on the most accessible and beftpartof he Harbor, nnd are consid ered the nio't valuable on it Thy ate in fid I view of the cean. and will be handsomely and conveniently laid out for buine!s and pleasure. No improvement can be made with Central or W ertem Carolina, or U.e waters connected with the Harbor! without benefitting these lands. "The Carolina City Company, aware of this fact, beg leave to fay that they have no"'agen's or drummers in the Western part of the Stat " or a-iy where else, offering to sell Lots at low rate to secure influence, but that all the sales of their land are requir ed, hy the articles of agreement , to be to the highest oidder. The gentlemen who eomposo this Company have made r ran iemcnts to improve their lands to the amount of about $50,000 . During the winter and ensuing spring, a large Ho tel will be built. Wharves, Turpentine Distdleries and a Steam Saw Mih will be put in operation. There excellent cl.iy on the premises for making brick also on the adjacent waters ; and as experience has proved the importance of tire proof buildings in a commercial place, the board will not allow any but substantial fire proof build ings to bepermanent y erected on any lands they may eeu. To persens who may prefer, the board will lease lota for term of years They reopectfolly invite all person in any way interested to be present at the sale and see for themselves. Especial'y mechanics', ship carpenters, brick maaops. &&, M for theni no richer harvest can be promised than the'futare prospectaf Carolina City. TERMS OF SALE: One-fourth cash the balance in instalment at 12, 18 and 24 month, interest from dnte. All letuers on business of the Company address to John M. Rose, Secretary, Fay etteville, N. C. by order of .he Board, T. R. UNDERWOOD, President, j August 13, 1353. 39-td. THE NORTH CAROLINA EXECUTOR. C CONTAINING the Statutes and Common Law of th J State, together with the Decisions of the Supreme Court and ail the necessary forms and Precedents: Intended as a safe miide to Executors and Administrators mi their Practical Distribution ol Elates, Descent of Land, ParUtiOii.uaaraian 1 BENJAMIN SWAIM.ESQ., ATTOKyET AT LAW. For sale by HENRY D. TURNER, North Carolina Book Store. Raleiph, August 27th 1853. 39-tf. SWAIM7S JUSTICE. THE NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE. CONTAINING a summary Statement of the Statutes and Common Law of this State, together with the Decisions of the Supreme Court, and all the most approved tonnsand precedents relating to tbe office and duty t Justice of ins Peace, and other public officers, according to modern practice, By BENJAMIN SWAlM- SECOXD EWTIOX REVISED AJTD CORRECTTP. . : For sale by HENRY D. TURNER, North Carotin Book Store. Raleigh, August 27th 1353. 27-tf. NOBTII CA KO LIX A ' INSTITUTIO If 1 FOB THE DEAF AUD DUMB AUD THE BLOD. THfi Sessioos of this Institntion eotmneoee oa the Fir dav of September of each year and continue tea months. Anpheitions for admission should be made to mnei- pal of toe losatauoQ. W. 0. COOKE. JtMh,An$fu,lgflL Management of Estates, according to the laws now in iorce. With which is necessarily counected the kindred subiects ot Wills, Legacies, Dower and other Provision for Widows V1 BETWEEJT - f -.JL?LS AND NEW YORK: . PASSAGE FARE ONLY $8, STATE BOO T&CLOtm THE SWIFT AND ELEGANT STEAlfSHlrS ROANOKE AND JAMESTOWN, BEi!? TkITTD EVERY RESPECT ACCORD AJ ing to the Act of Congress, will leave Norfolk for New X&k l" Scrday mornings, at ten 1vK:tT ithc U.mted S",es Mlil- rrlrin in New York early eXt day returning they will leave New York everv I iesday and Saturday, aite.noon. and anive at Norfolk ihe tolUiwing day. 1 For passage apply on board, or to T ,Q J- M. SMITH & BRO. 1 June, 1853. 29-tf- IN PORT AN T AND CHEERING NEWS! PAEISEN & KING'S PER ROANOKE A,D J VMESTOWX. REDUCED RATES & INCREASED EXPEDITION. THE PROPRIETORS HAVING MADE NEW AR-( rangemenpj for the still better dispatch of their Express by the steaDships " Roanoke" -nd " Jam sp-owN," from New York, they wish to keep it before the pnbhe, that $ ARISEN &' KING'S POPULAR AND SOtJTllKRN EXPRESS is always on hand for the accommodation of their friends at he lowest rate and unparalleled dispatch their Express leaving' New York, is generally deliv-ivd at' almost every point of Virginia in 48 boors, and throughout North Carolina in 56 hours, and at focr per cent below tbe old HUM BUG MONOPOLY. :1 " .Paeisen St. Kino's facilities for the expedition transport lion of Freight and Packagescaflnot be beat bf tWf EPr Company in existence, and they pefv any compwitio, there fore, in the shape of Humbug, Imposition, akd Mono poly ! (Or Be sure to order your goods bv PARISEN & KING'S EXPRESS. 2nd Barclay Street, New York. , Rett assured, that " all they promise," they will faithfully fulfil! V PARISEN &. KING. 2nd Barclay street. N. Y; and Bollingbrook street, Kctersburi!, Va. AGENTS, - Norfo'k, Virginia. , Farmvil'e. Va. V. D. Groner. . J. VV. Womack. William Bailey. ...... Wm. L. Mafle. W.Bagby.... ........ . Mr. Minor i . .. . . .. John Campbell. , , John Nutt. H. D. TCRNER. James L. Reid. TCRXBCLL &. StALLIMJS, S. H. Hamlet. Stark &. Pierce. J. H. Whitfield James L. Duke. ........ Fredericksburg, Va. ...... .Richmond, Va. .Lynchburg; Va. ,. . . .Charlottsville, Va. vWeldon.N C. . . .Wilmington, N. C, Raleigh, a. C. . . . . . Henderson, N. C. .. . . .Warrenton, N. C. .. . . .Goldsboro', N. G: . . .Fayelteville, N. 6, . . Franklinton, N C. e. . . .Ridgeway, N. C. Littleton, N. C. C. Allen. . . .. . , .'. NOTICE. Express packages for Nn folk, Petersburg. Rich'nond and the interior, intended for shipment per steamers Roanoke and Jamestown, will hereafter be received by Messrs. Pari- sen &. King. 2nd Barclay street, New York, who are tha only Authorized Agents to forward our Express packages by thosp steamships. June, 1853. n'29-tf. IJIPORTANT EXPRICSS NOTICE. beware of IMPOSITION AND HUMBUG MONOPOLY!! We FEEL CALLED UPON. PROMPTED BY A sen-e of duty to the public and ourselves, to caution the nu merous Patrons nnd Friends of Parisew. &. King's Ex- press, throughout Virginia. North Carolina and Tennessee,-, against " Hand Bills" and Advertisement, issued by a cer tain Express Company, long known to the Merchants ol tho" South, especially of Virginia and North Carolina,! as ihe "TARDY AND EXORBITANT MONOPOLY." This fast ExpREsj? wishes to impress upon the mind of the publie, that thv have effected arrangements for EXCLU SIVE EXPRESS PRIVILEGES on the steamships Roanoke . and Jamestown.' and thus lead the public to suppose that no other Express can run on theships. To settle this matter definitely, and to place it in its " true light" liefore the puf lie at large, we will only sav, that we have been running our Ex press on the steamship Roanoke since she made her second trip, and will continue to run until she makes her last trip ; and, on tho 16ih inst!., -will make our first express shipment on tvnrd the new and inagnincent Meamsmn. JMrTPWN. cjnq which expres!?es w It be. under the charge of OL R OWN- SPECIA1 MESSENGERS. Freight and Packages wilt be taken and delive:ed with our usual promptness and at the same low rates as heretofore, which; will be almost 40prr cent, below the charges of the Self -"Styled Exclusive Ex press Company, as we are aware they mugli a large busi ness, and their patrons pay big prices.for the privilege f hav ing a small room on board the ships, for which PA RISEN 'Si. KING offered the sum cf 47.O00J Forty Seren Thousand Dollars for a five years contract. We will again and lr-.stly state to the public and our patrons, that as OUR interests are largely identified with the increas ing enterprise of the South, and the general direction of the business under the jpersonal superintendence of one of the firm, who permanently resides in Petersburg. Va , we call for a continuation of thai liberal patronage as heretofoie conferred upon n, and a general support of thnt principle and ystem of ECONOMY, PUNCTUALITY find EXPEDITION, as first introduced in the Express" biisint-ss bv u, and upon which ail may depend on its being carrieu out to the let- ' ter. . i PARISEN & KING. JAS B KING, Second Brclny'strei-f. N. Y. WM. R PARISEN, Bollingbro'.k nnd '2nd St. June, 1353, i2!'-tf Pefershnrg. Va. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. rumr seemato be going the rounds lhouehj.ut our en V tire Line -of Exiirew, that P.'kisfn tc Kli8 have sold out thpir tusi'icss to Me-srs Apams Sl Co., and aiu-h rumor tends tj the injurv of our bnsin-sp, we hpr' y notify the public that ail rumor they may bear in that r-s(ect. are es false as ihey are mnlicious ; and furtherm. re. that Mes-r Adams, 6c Co.. never had n.r never wi 1 hive ?--t;fnci-nt mean-' to buy out the enterprise of Parisf-n &, King But. on the other hand. Mess s. P.&. K intend ton eet and fight .the enemy on their own ground, until they are obliged to thfir business on the economical and expeditious principle ot which thc-y have been so deficient. PaRisen &. Kins having their arrangements throughout of the in st complete svrtem, co 'tfnue tr receive and forward every description of Merchandize, Freieht and VauabW, to and from New-York, Virginia, North Carol na and Tennes see, with the utmost dispatch and at low rates. - PARISEN & KING, BoJlin7brook street, Petersburg, Va., and 2 Barclay street, New York. J July, 1353. j 32 tf. A B00E TOR THE PEOPLE. JUST PUBLISHED NEW & PRACTICAL FORM BOOK. 10VTA1NIN- Forms of all those legal instruments im- pi.-i to be known BY THE PEOPLE Or 2T0ETH CAHOLtNA, and designed, also for the use of . ... . Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Clerks, Constables, Coio i ... - mam, . n , lied and arranged rontbeoest aotboritieft .;. v eoinpu Bt CA1VIH H. WILEY. Esq. . To which is added, The Constitution of tie United States and of North Carolina. . " The number of Forms m this. work is much larger thau eaa be found in any Form Book heretofore ( pubhehed in N orth-Carolina ; and while it is hoped tbey will meet tbe wants and exegencies of the public, it is also believed that their ac curacy may be relied on, having been examined and approv ed by some of the most eminent lawyers of the State.. From tne alphabetical order of the subjects, and tbe complete alpha oeticai Index, it will be easy to find any desired matter con tained in the book. - 'I V price of the book will be One dollar, for which roro it will be nt to any part of tbe State by mail freeof postage. Tl.e trade will be supplied upon the usual terms. J rpHE GREAT DEMAND FOR THIS VALUABLE JL work, and the 'many enquiries we receive, indnee us to state that this book is not for sale at any place in Raleigh, except at Mr. Pomeroys Book Store, and at tbe office of tbe Weekly Post. , , r Any person enclosing one dollar in a letter, or that anoar t in ostage stamps, will receive a copy ol the book by return mail free of postage. Be very careful to send tor " Wiley's New Fowjt y g NOW OPKNJNG AT HARDJNG'S A5 SPLENDID asortineot of Ppriog and Summer Cloth ing, and Genu furnishing Goods, cooiting of all" tbe new styles fants, Utais, an wewu. Ralsiga, April tad. 1853. E. L. HARDINO. IS W. WATTS, . !' SEALER BOSTON AND MAINE ICE, QUEEKiStKEET, PORTSMOUTH, Y&J ggr All ordtrt jrom the country promptly at tended to. ; - ' BAagoat 13. 18S3. , . I Ut:r a. jtca&AT- I a.a.e4jrT. - ' MURRAY & GHAUT, . COMMISSION POlWiRDI.HStRCHAm WIL3ILNGTON, N. C. . j . : : Abgnattf), iStl,