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METBOFOUTAH COEEESPONDENCE.
LETTER XIV.
. New York, August 20, 1853.
Diet Patent Boiler-PUite Shea7s??L V, PW
Sewing Mackines-Th BelihTedniTr hach
Statuary-The Greek Slave-The Sf Ap-p"
viuMnri.l. P. xr , , Ae tisher--B'JV-Proser-
den CT&?'f CpuUiS-A Hid-
- Salad for the Soliin" Weather New Books
ton'.SyttVofPhty-: Wm Ham
by "Cousin Alice ' MtUtrdand Hekise-Neu, Book
Mr Dear PP8T :l ,Jave
Machme Arcade of the Crystal Palace, to inspect
the machinery already erected and to be puYin
Kot.on .next week- Two ponderous, but still exl
ceeu mg.j compact and beautiful Steam Engines
each of sixty UOrse power, are to be the grand pro
jell.ng force of the department. One of these is a
double, cylinder horizontal engine from the Law-
gaciiine Shop in Massachusetts, and theoth
r a verucal btam Engine made by Carliss and
ififfifi! ? Providence, Rhode (Island. Jt is
calculated that when the whole svstem nf,;
a ft T n
f?laA 1. if t -
, Z t ' lw??ac,,Ustt. engine is another hori
zontal engine which cannot failto arrt the eve of
very vwitor, and which merits more than a pass
ing notice from me. hs it mmM frm f.,- oLa.
vtntp t labatna. It is the product of the
Winter Iron Work, at Montgomery, and reflects
the greatest poss,ble credit on the skill and enter-
E, T mtken eae of design and in
beauty of workmanship, it surpasses every other en-
i. beautifully derated, and highly polished . It
of thirty horse power, and is valued at $7000,
the sum actually expended in its production.
- Comparatively few! of the machines embraced in
"7 Vnu Vl- of the Official Catalogue are ret
in their places ; but the Arcade is a SCene of bustle
and labour indicative of speedy progress in perfect-
'?? I shall not be able to give you any-'
thing like a ereneral view of ;..., ;
letter, but there are some machines already: upon
the floor to which I will devote a few word '
Carey's rotary pumps strike me as possessing
.advantages over . every similar' pump I have ever
wen. There are several of these curious machines
ready for motion and being connect, d with the
main of the Croton Reservoir, will continually dis
charge water .in practical illustration of their effi
ciency. The rotary pump as generally con
structed is a contrivance fr throwing watr with
out the action of reciprocating pistons ; but Mr.
arey has ingeniously constructed what appears
to be a physical paradox-to wit, a rotary pump
vnth reciprocal pistons-the pistons being mad. of
astic leather and kept tight by the action of the
water Diagrams would be necessarv to make the
bow of this operation- intelligible to your mechani
cal readers-a norattempt , it in mere
words It ,s, however, a very simple process, and
it enables the operator of the pump I am speaking
of, to produce with a very slow rotary motion, a
continuous and uniform flow of water. Mr. Carey
claims to dq this by ten revolutions of the pis
tons, m a minute, but assures us.that he has really
r..... .y KIJ ,j ttt;w revolutions in th
rapidity in the naves of the building. There is one
from Italy which may be called not inaptly perhaps-
a marble statue of Cupidity for it i cover- .
ed all. over, with Cupids, which appear to have
swarmed but of a riest in the cettre, still, full to
overflowing of the little mischiefs. The chiselling
of this mantel-piece displays all the care and skill
of an artist, and is truly an elabor-le work, j
. There is one Court in the .French Department,
which is at present jealously, curtained from the
public gaze, but which will soon be thrown Open,
revealing all the magnificence and wonderful beau- f
ty of the Gobelin tapestries, and the Sevres porce
lain from the Imperial manufactories in France. I
shall occupy a considerable portion of my next let
ter witn some account ot these works, which have
filled the world with the merited reiii wn of their
surpassing beauty and richness of design and fabri
cation. 1 have no doubt that hundreds will daily
linger anxiously about this Court, waiting their op
portunity to inspect its rare and costly treasures.
l am glad to see in the Times of this morning, a
letter from an officer " of the Crystal Palace, com
plaining, in severe but merited terms, of the impo
sitions practiced upon the visiters, at the Refresh
ment Saloons. The Editor, in protracted, comments
endorses the complaint and insists upon the reform.
l,;j. .I.-.:.... tii,. .!
machinery is in motion iXiXV ifJt I " . . . "" aeciareu in your columns
carry not fewer than T'l n"dH ? of the pres..
, . . ""7' OI snaiung. eui purveyoruj-rnsratiabie. and
A firm
A - r - OUOLC
n iml I- i. r
.n,iu.en stream ot water was recent
ly discharged by one of these pumps from 'a pipe
an inch and a quarter in diameter, to the height of
".f ;f et' P.umP working 1 20 revolutions per
mjrmte.Jhui is a.veiy remarkAbJe performance.
IhrfTf r tv a-stillmore powerful
ArcX wnn9 0t PUmP RO- -anged in the
Zi f Us ny tractive sights.
- vy,,,,,, engines ot th
there
called
cut v
is now erected a ponderous machine which is
? .u-i ''er;rlate Sliears,'" and is desired td
ery thick iron nlntoc t h u..
Liin in u 1 1 iran r w x i A . -
o a. j ", . "f""ienaent ot the Ma-
-1. . . o
crime Arcade, Uiat it will
Ion
I ( lit n nUto 'f e .
w,,h pa r 6f seizor, ! TI..C k rt, ZlSr.
ated, and perform at eei-tain .u:. 1 .
wrt,i 'i..! ... . - ..1 luis.mammotli
. t " 8 i ine astonishment of all behoKl-
- uut.ceu on tue door and ready for the En
fc j cotton ; spinning,, made by Benjamin fc Rev-
HSf hUo iSnn4rme from
Massacl,usottsf:know as the - Dodge CanSpinner "
botli of which exhibit novelties of construction. '
1 here-,s a Jafge amount of competition going on
in the immediate vicini.y of the Arcade amontl.e
va nous propne(ors of Swing Machines. The eter
Iclick,pl,ck,cl.ek, of the busy needles, is hear I all
.- around, and curious visitors by scores crowd 'about
the irou n-libng which encloses the space appropri
atel to each rival exhibitor. There a.e already
Ave yarioumachines.in motionand still more
prom.se-1 which" will astonish you by the rapidity
and precision wuh which they carr the cotton Ir
the M.k mtra,ght. orcunved lines acrcss ,he clolh
or leather continually worked up in st.ips for the
gralification of the beholders. Observe with what
7" i UV f 'n4ai Soon old lady from the coun
try looks at the automaton needle in its rapid mo
tion, making ,n one minute, a beautifully uniform
seam, wh.ch she could ot sew with her lingers in
Jirc m.nutes. She will carry home that little be
.Utched piece o( muslin, and show it to her ne gh
bom for a twe ve .month to come, expatiating all The
while, upon the wonders of the Crystal Palace in
, Peral, and the sewing machines in particular.
lliey are remarkable, by the way, and constitute a
Yankee feature of the nineteenth centurv. Of the
rnach.nery, you shall hear further at another time
I have more to tell you cf the ever-changing
aspect and attractions of the naves.
Since my last was mailed, a very great addition
Has been made to the creat rem
j j , . O w- V-'W .y UIIUCI LIJ
bnrveyoOtiableTand the 'huhM will not i
uug euuure iw exwruons; i wouW?not desi,.
larger fortune thatiluld realize in three months,
by supplying a respecto&U lunch for one shilling W
each of the hungry vis'torsho throng the Palace.
At present, those who are betrayed imo eating at
the Saloons, get nothing, and pay two shillings lor
it which is rather ban! fare ! - '
The weather has become reasonable nay, charm
ing. The nights are of a delicious temperature for
sleeping barring (out) the mosquitoes ! and the
days are not Lot enough to create a feeling of las
situde at the slightest exertion. The change. of
temperature has already operated to double the
number ot isiters at the Palace, j I peiceive that
there were nearly seven thousand registered yester
day. j
J 3o not find mueh leisure for books at present ;
but I snatch an opportunity now and then, to in
dulge myself in looking over the novelties. A! very
pleasant and leadable book has just made ills ap
pearance from the press of Lamport, Blakeman &
Law, entitled, somewhat quaiinly, " Salad for the
Solitary." It is known to be from the pen of an
amiable and accomplished gentleman of this City, .
whose varied reading and fine taste admirably fit
him to make a " Salmagundi " for the dainty read
er. His Salad " is truly appetizing, and satisfying
withal. It is to be republished by Bentley in Lon
don. -
I have recenlly read, with much interest, a vol
ume'of Sketches entitled "Cranford "published
by Harper & Brothers. j
Messrs. Appleton have just published a very val
uable book in Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy,
lirranged and edited "by Mr. Wight. The- meta
physical system of Sir William Hamilton is perhap
the most logical, brilliant and evangelical of any of
the great polemics of modern time.
Mr. Wight has given us, recently, through the
same distinguished publishers, a very glowing-aiid
fascinating book, entitled "The Romance of Abelard"
and Heloise,'! in which, however, he exhibits more
leniency towards the unblushing immorality of the
learned monk and the beautiful, object of his pas
sion, than is altogether consistent with the standards
of the present day.
Messrs. Evans fc Brittan announce for immediate
publication a second volume of -heir new juvenile
Series, so beautifully commenced with Mrs. Manners',
-pleasure and PnJJCifc frHdentV
FenWoa-,n Alice, (Mrs. Neal.) of whom it is said I
mat Mrs. Manners is an nwn &tar i
I have gossipped long enough for this week, and
shall not trespass further upon the patience of those
readers ol the Post, who lend their attention every
week to, -
COSMOS.
ganists played with more vigor, the choirs muster-,
ed in greater for tli truant clercrvmen reaPP"11'
. cr- , - o. , .
ed in their ouloits. and altooret' er Sunday JooKtor
. i w 0
more like itself than it has Hon for some lime.
I trust, a fueAX ri r iaVAII 1 (ImribfillnMa nrPV!
throughout the Christian temples of this Metropo
lis, for the manifold mercies of God: towards , oar
people, in keeping them safe from u the pestilence
wnieh walketh in darkness " and which also "
eth at noon dav." Our sympathies hate been
wrought up fitly for the doomed -City of the
Crescent," and we have sent money freely to telp
the poor in their dieadful sufferings but have;
also offered to God our grateful, humble and pa
tent thankcriviriffs for His modiiess to us f : bare
ly we have occasion to do so, and that too jo a
public-and reverential manner, for Ilis mere; has
been great to the Metropolis.
The chif vpnt if nt week was th bilrri! 12? of
the steamship Cherokee at the wharf, on the.very
eve of her dav for sailing to the Isthmus. ' She
was burned to the water's eclge, and her cargci Tal
ued at'half-a-million of dollars, was totally d itroy-
u. -opontaneous eomoustion a me su j posct
cause of the fire, and if this be true, it is a rovi
lential thing that the catastrophe was not defer
red until the steamer had sailed, for then It might
have pioved fatal to human life in a : terrible de
gree. " .
I have taken a hasty survey "during, the b?st
Lweek, of the operations of the busy b ' world.
koi mucii nas-'yet-.iawarfof of the l.i L .:jofthe
quiet labours of the Summer. ''iirtUTishers
have been preparing books for the, fall ,'rade the
titles of which aie ' announced but they are not
yet 44 read," as the phrase. goes. Thereare, of
course, some new books issued every, mo:: Lti ; but
the busy trade season does' not fairly commence
until after the Fall Trade Sales. I shouH not for
get that these are now in progress at Phi' .delphia
perhaps just over but I allude to te JNew
York sales of Bangs, Brother & Co. wi ich are
just at hand, and which give the key-n f to the
tune of trade for the whole season. I ill srive
your readers some account of. them as so as they
transpire. . , : - ,-.
In the musical world there is a little tL.rring of
the reeds and quivering of the strings, as f- there
were a noise at hand. To-nitrht. the celel i ited M.
Jullien commences his grand Vocal and In irumen-
tai. concerts, at Castle Garden. Beside us own
immense troup of performers, he has Sec red the
principal orchestral aid of this great city. The spe
cialities of his concerts will be the vocal erfortn
ances of Madame Anna Zerr, and the inf menta
tion of the other great solo artists of L tmupe;
Botlesini on the double-bass viol, Jielci: VColli
net, Koenig, Lavegue and Wuilf, on theie Vi rious in
struments. These artists ill iieveraWappc togeth
er, but will distribute their great powers wk' Jiscrim
inatioii through the programmes which e to be
changed every night. These will alwavs unbrace
a grand classical overture, symphony fu : ements,
operatic selections, with quadrilles, waltz . polkas,
and other light music. Madame Zerr ilL sing
every night. These mammoth music..! f stivities
will, of course, create a great furore, an J the capa
cious saloon of Castle Garden' will sv :i v ur its
eight thousand people every night cf JuUien's
montn ; tor with a hbeial forethought, Ilr. Brough,
his judicious manager, who is a well k:,own musi
cian, an amiable gentleman, and of great experience
as a manager, has put the price cf tW i wfthin
the reach of all tlie choicest seats be" - onl v one
dollar, and promenade tickets only fifty .r.ta.,
With the Crystal Talace at one ex'r ...ty of the
city anu asue garden at the other, w .t more at
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METROPOLITAN CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER XV.
dome. It is a group of Powers' exquisite statuarv,
embracing J; Eve, the Greek Slave, the Fisher
bog, and the bust of Proserpine. As you may
suppose, there is ever a crowd about this attractive
. jpot, and the genius of the great American Sculp
tdr i. not lisjilayed to a wholly unappreeiative
publ c. I am, indeed, highly gralified to see these
beautiful works placed in juxtaposition with the
fine productions of Italy and other parts of the
old world, for they will effectually sih nee the ill-natured
sneers of those, who say that the new
world whatever she may be able to do of mere
utiiiiy can do nothing of lofty, artistic beam v.
We uve "ly to point such cavillers to this group
of works in marble, and say, " Behold our denial 1"
The master-piece of this exouiaita trrnim
, Eve ; fcr beautiful as the Greek Slave unquestiona
bly is, it does notso unconditionally fulfil the demands
of the subject as the statue of our first mother.
This admirable work was executed for Col. Preston
of South Carolina, by whose courtesy and generos
ity it is now exhibited. The statue has an addi
tional interest from its association Vi'th? the melan
choly and fatal shipwreck of Margaret Fuller
a" 0sli, on her voyage from Italy to her native land.
The "Eve", was on board the ship, and was foi
ome months submerged beneath the salt w avea
from which it was eventually recovered, having
sustained no injury.
-The Greek Slave is the property of the sculptor;
th Fiaher-boy which I have seen here for the first
timeis a very pleasing work, and rivals in the
mingled grace and.freedom of its outline the best
c-751 V8"811 rtist8- h the property of
bidner rnrli tv , , . 1 J,
.u. u , , me D.usi or rroserpine.
impress me
s New York,' Aug. 29, 1853.
Aproach of Autumn A homily upon the Watering Places
- Paying dear for the Whistle "-Fashionable folly
Sunday changes in the pity-Cause for thanksgiving
The burning of the Cherokee -The. Book-World-The
rJZ-M f 1Iustcal Matters-Jnllietfs Monster Con
' cftMe'rilta"fxtre7nes of interest Crvstal Palace
Machine A,cade-The Picture Gallery and the hangmen
wJrte Gu dm Tories Sevres PorcelainLast
, My Dear Post, You are not as conscious
probably, away down in the Oid North" Slate, of
the rapid lapse of the Summer as we are in these
more northern latitudes. The premonitions of the
tad are already visible with us, and very soon wo
may take up the ii.ournful clwunt of our Metro
poiitau lard,
" The melancholy days are come
The saddest ol i he year."
Verily, the Summer; has' sped its flight with astart-lnfelocity-of
wing1, or foot, according as you fill
j n cr io an jagie, or to an Anteloj.e. The
winds cf autumn are already pitching-the key note
ot her requiem tuning their pipes in" preparation
tor the melodious wail which they will speedily
take up and prolong over the grave of the depart
ed Summer. 1
. The crowds who have, through fervent August
filled to repletion the fashionable hotels of Sarato
ga and Newport are departing returning to their
homes and to tlieir toils. The latter word sug
gests a reflection which .nay seem a little comical
but I assure you it is not so. It is this how many
of the gay throng at the watering places the last
ic eeK, nave p.na, as " loor K'chard " would
say, " very dear for; their whistle I ! " Doubtless
hundreds of those who have sported in the sushine
ot fashion and pleasure, at the above places, have
spent the hard earnings of twice as many weeks in
their shops and offieles. It were well if they had
the good sense to piit themselves on short allow
ance for three months previous to their "splurge"
for then the pleasure coming last, might some
what atone for the pain ; but in nine cases out of
ten the pinching has yet to come, and I have no
doubt at all, that women have sported at Saratoga
and Jsewport-Paris bonnets and fancy dressl
which if honestly paid for at' all, will inevitably
abridge the supplies at the family table, the fuel in
the cellar, or tne comfort of th m;m..
for the coming season. Men also have sported
white kid gloves and champagne at their dinners,
W vaj penalty ot the indulgence, bv
borrowmg money to. pay the wages of their em
ployees, or the expenses of their households! Now
all th s ,,s absolute folly; nay, worse, it is down-'
nght sin. Such people have no business to go to
Saratoga and Newport ;-the pride which impels
Uiem is as, wrong as it is weak. If they need the
country air let them .seek it in'a quiet, inexpensive
manner, wtthm their means, and come back to the
city, r freshed, bodily and mentally, to command
the confidence and-support of their neighbors for
verily, my dear Post, people are respected accord
ing to what they have and spend judiciously, and.
. not what they pietend to have ! but pardon my
sermon. It is quite ted late to preach it, as far as
the present season is concerned but it may be a
nail driven home somewhere for good '
The approach of the Fall is indicated by the ebb
of the great travel-tide from the interior. Our ho-
-lets are n.led to overflowing. The churches yes
terday exhibited a ereat contrast to. th;
he was trying to grasp the theory of Purbeck. to
wn : Uiat the spheres were of anfiIal
enty in number, and ail revolving together by some
mysterious law, exclaimed in despair,
y-hin mv ears 1 hear 8 SOunl.
hty mill-wheels whirling round !"
The Picture Gallery is now i the hands of the
hangmen who are doing their dutv on the van
number of pictures accumulated there from all parts
ot the-civihM world 1 say they are "doing U.eir
duty. It I speak the truth, they will nof hang
them all, for certainly some of them do not deserve
so mild a fate as hanging. They ought to be cut
up-into shreds, and sold for old canvas! There
now e, many very choice pictures in the col
ection hch w,i, go far to redeem thecharacter of
the inditterent ones.
An entirely new court has been thrown open
sM.ce I wrote ifist It is in the French section, on the
V !1 IK lAiinia nnJ 1 P .1
im the royal work, at Sevres. There are four
. ec-es of the Gobelin Tapistries, and six of the
lWais. The former are of exceeding beauty
and the latter would be wonderful, if the others were"
unknown. Do your readers know that the Gobelin
looms, ,n which these wonderful cloth-pictures are
fuTr"! ade,1CaC1 b,i,lia"Tl.e mostsk.l
ful pencil-were established in France in 1667, and
are controlled by the Government? Their products
are very rarely sold, but made chiefly for presen .
and for the royal halls. Tho, nJ,,lTZ-
tion are designed by Louis Napoleop for his palace
Die greatest marvel of these picture is, tUZ;
are woven from the wrong ,4-the anist ha n,
to go round at intervals to inspect his work.
lhe Sevres porcelain in th puu. :
matchless in its beauty as I supposed jt would be.
have seen Dresden porcelain of equal excellence.
r..v-.o suiue C5evres beiTi - ir.
II Court is, of course, nearlj aav. lhro.
thiiilr tli or i i e lest vour readers should
lliiiiK Uiat I, have forcotten Imo u l
tbU mtrniiie . V'feuaen llow much there is in
mis metiopolis, besides it Th i
. ' j ' lu ADe atlendance is in-
com S J aVeri,geS thousd dniiv, not
counting, of course, sisou and free admissions!
Aurevoir,
. COSMOS.
rOR THE SOUTHERN WEESXr mST
Messrs. Editors: My attention has been called
to the fact that, in the list of premium, offered by
the State Agricultural Society, the various Manu
factures and specimens in home" industry and in
m.Ihnery, and perhaps other branches, have been
overlooked. Beinnr satisfied that c:. :n
concur with me and sustain my posn 1 w
ventures one of its officer, to iiffi have
any thing which they may wish to exhibit, to bring
LZa 80 VrCC,al PrT.,U,,m wiI1 awarded if de
"Vld- tlnnk that I have here assumed
iw iiiu.ii, out as ouroincers
or n .' I' .
from each other: and th. tlml " f?"".00
of Uk rrWIt. d run .l ri
Yours respectfully
. : J- F. TOMPKINS.
u papers inroughout the State will please c
though a work of much merit, does not
wuu iue iuu Jorce Of t ia bi. ' J uieir appear-
- d;lArd ? thi JXl0' L. I lnce for weeks past. The pew, which had bin
i. -. . lonn fit e. i viun X, ..n,i s;'j :. . . . i r .
MVWfi auaW-pieoei multinlvin .;,T, "1 ll?9. S occupied- ture he wielded his C
copy.
IRELAND.
It appears from recent intelligence that this un
happy country is undergoing a rapid transition. Em
igration is thinning the population on the one hand,
and conversioi.s among the peasantry to the Pro
testant faith are so numerous on the other, that
many confidently expect that in ten or twenty years
her condition will be entirely changed. There is
much reason to beljeve that Protestantisrii is deci
dedly on the increase in Ireland. But a few weeks
since nearly a hundred missionaries held their ren
dezvous in Dublin, preparatory to an invasion of
the strongholds of popery, and an extraordinary
zeal in the cause has been manifested in many oth
er quarters. We see reports of conversions by
hundreds in various parts of the country, and when
it is remembered that the emigrants are almost ex
clusively Catholics, it appears extremely probable
that the supremacy of the old religion in that part
f the British dominions is dot nie'd to a speedy
termination.
We anticipate from these facts a bright future
for the Emerald Ide. For centuries her condition
has been an enigma to the British government, and
a proVerbf misery and degradation in the eyes of
the world. Deluded and misled by their teachers,
her ignorant and unhappy children have .been in
duced to occupy "an attitude of con-tant hostility
n i w 1 1 1. -.. .... . . . j
"",", "uro; nt luesnnre tunc ttrr l,... .
been kept by the same influence too degraded lo
recover their indeen.lence. Too fierce and bigot
ed to.submit, they have also proved too impulse
and reckless to contend successfully with the vast
power of the con.meror. A people of a different
faith would long ago have either secured their free
dom, or coalesced on equal terms with the more
powerful party. Such was the case with Scotland
more than two centuries ago, with a population not
more than one-fourth that of Ireland ; and such we
doubt, not will be her !estiuy,as hei people become
more and more assimilated in character and fodintr
wuu mose ot England.
But all this relates more to the soil than to the
Irish race. Ireland, Celtic Ireland, is in fact emi
grating to America, and not many years will elapse
before the majority of that part of'her population
will be citizens of the United States. Ireland, with
all her characteristics of ignorance, bigotry, lawless
ness, and poverty, her wit, generosity and frankness,
will then be here, under a regime entirely different
from tlmt CZf,.nt TJ:.:.. i .
" " ""b LMiuuii, out, quue as incompati
ble as hers with some of those habits for which her
people have become distinguished among nations.
We rejoice in that open hospitality with which
our eonnt.rv line rc:,-o,l ... i .
"vu.ui uicsB umiappy rerugees
from the land of their nativity. It is "a g'orious
privilege we enjoy, of affording-an asylum to the
oppressed of every clime. We would not sptirn
from our shores the meanest offcast' in the world,
far less the misguided, but noble-minded, brave,
and warm-hearted people of Ireland, whom we pity
more than we blame for their misfortunes, and in
whose fate every generous heart must fael an inter
est. No! We would not repel them1 from the
only country that offers them a refuge, but continue
to receive them with all the cordial kindness witli
which they have been accustomed to .greet the
stranger in tneir native land;
But when Ireland is ' translated to America, it
becomes a question of the most serious importance
whether she will ; adapt herself to the nation into
whose bosom she is received, or require the people
of the, United States to adapt themselves to her
whether she will expect the institutions,! laws and
public opinion of this country to be modified so as
to suit her old prejudices and e,rors, or more wise
ly choose our institutions" and principles as the
means indicated by Providence for her own regen
eration. It is clear that her people and ours cannot
hve together harmoniously and prosperously so
long as each party clings with bigoted attachment
to its peculiar opinions and habiu. One party
must change, and shall this -necessity fall upon the
.... Illl,er . w e Umik tf)at even Irfgh
men themselves must see that it devolves upon
Uiemselves Received into the warm bosom of
that we w,d abandon our national habiu and cus
toms simply because they prefer habits and cusioms
o u.uereni Kim;. -When th
our shores, they know
The duty of Ireland to Americans plain enough.
Our country is the freest and happiest land upon
which the sun has ev er shone. If it is the duty and
interest of her own sons to keep fast hohr'of the
blessings they now enj y, and to defend the insti
tutions by which they, are secured, a still mote sa
cred obligation rests upon the children of Ireland
to preserve and defend the same, as treasures bought
with patriotic blood, and offered to their participa
tion on condition of their fidelity. We believe that
if it were possible for our institutions to perish by
foreign machinations, the justice of Heaven would
pursue with its vengeance the authors of the deed
to a yet more dreadful eloom. Here are our free
Common Schools, our free unfettered press, our lay
participation in controlling Church property, our
right to listen in our own churches to speakers and
lecturers of our own selection, and a multitude of
other privileges which our fathers secured and we
are determined to defend. All these are ours, and
no bodv of strangers can have a right to undermine
or weaken tln ni. We say to Ireland, our . guest,
whom we have received on eq'ial terms to all the
rights and privileges of American citizenship, lie
ware how you interfere with our glorious inheritance;
we have invited you to enjoy, and not to destroy it-
The-duty of Americi to Ireland is equally obvi
ous. Here we have in our midst a numerous race
of strangers, who being the rightful owners of their
native land, have been subjected for centuries to
the double curse of priestcraft and oppression, and
reduced to such a state of abject poverty and de
spair, that they have been compelled to abandon
their native island to- the conqueror, and seek pro
tection and a home in this distant hemisphere.
Like ship-wrecked mariners they cling by thousands
to the shores on which Providence has cast them,
and we give them in return a warm Irish welcome
o our firesides and our boui tiful board. We know
the causes of tlieir suffeiinrs and iuin. Ignorance
and superstition have conspired with misgovern
ment to make them what they are, and their only
hope is in complete emancipation from them all.
We are bound by every obligation of humanity and
self interest lo rescue them, by every proper means,
j from that thraldom of the mind which has prostra
ted them so long under the foot of power. We
must point out to them their oun past errors, and
explain 10 'hem the Secret of our national prosperi
ty. J We must open to their children our free schools,
where they may be instructed as freely as our own,
and where they may learn to think and feel and
act Mih' a manly independence, limited only by
j th revelation of God and the dictates of reason.
I We mut approach them kindly, as their friends
I who desire to see them 'as free, happy, and prospur-
ous as ourselves. Such we conceive to be t he dutv
' of Americans towards their Irish fcllow-eitizeiK
and if our people would keep it constantly in view
ami act accordingly, we feel confident that'iii a few
generations, the peculiar faults and blemishes of the
Irish lace would be obliterated, and their nobler
BAILEY'S GRAMMAR
Tub following extract from B u'ley's Qr
the Enu'lish language, contains som.. .(...?m'Ilaro(
Th idea of reading a dictionary ,.ls t Y
as ridiculons. But we serioudy and e ir e!",r
mend ti English 'eholrs 10 read Wel fV re
ry, and 10 study it well ni.t the 4b';I s 'K
the Quarto. About four pa.es a dav n''
KtudentjtliroitgU the whole of it m .f Pa s (h,
excepted. It is not a book of mere defir,:
e'ymoio.i'y ana analysis. v e floubt wk- i N
oflanuae, of p ulo ophy, of histo.v .i
alle:.rii'g, useful 10 the scholar an! . I
M.mdor busines man, cm.be learned "in Vt
Mine in ny o ner way. it ls r:iTnttU. " "e i
to parents t supply iheir el.ilJren V r' I
stand od work, at the sin..ll ost of 4r " '"'liil
now furnished. The yu h wi o re '" Wlliltit, l
tively once a yer. will find it .k Triu it .?
. . ' me nit r. ... 1 .
mand as a book f reference. :.nd will fi ,". Sp
company witn some eiuine. t s. holar, ' 1 INfif
ed the h dut: at any r..te, he will inJ! t'
this advice. 1 - c . 1 ;'t tntrl
The language of a n ition indicate
ccurary, its eharac er, i s eiviliza i.,
w.ih-o'4..ra'
pioress in science .mid the arts, jts In,nn ' Ul-'n W
its, and, at different pe-iods, its-rise. iu 1 ' nin
aeciine. Jims we may red -nati..
nuiu-, cycu auiiwugu j nave no histor
,olurV In r.
. : 'i.-.. 1. ., . u. aim k..
tiner wimen History t':au its cLvssie r ""'"t
icon. With their Jan.Mia.rp if ,v k rien ' s l
nienvrhd of them-all eise j0sf 'nn
most i:neirinL' accuracv, dtcii.her , a w,tl4
..II.. I 1 . t:;; 1 .' .. . Cllflr-'i.!..
wiiciiuiu, uiwiiii, p.-iiiiiai, junic i:il. -domes!-. 7
manners, pursui.8, progress. . Ilavir ihoir 0t!
at different peri tds of ,heir exis'erCe w
their begmninir, their proi?rPSS. th; .,'5 00 . d ci
their decline, their refinement or denm e'CTS
tney no name lor a Supreme Bein r? u n T
ists. Nanien are thii e-s. What tl,p,-' i y are lt
has been low, affeciion, hatred, ciime -lai "',,6r'
lionor, mor Is, religion, science. , uw'Juskf,
So the dictionary of a nation reveal, t!;r ,
We may, therefore, read a nation's I bZl
The study of words, therefore i ti... ... .j-0'?1'!
and eery scholar who p-oduces anvii inV;n!- :Sor?
ihat may live af er-him. become e,'...'lte'.i'i
ry, and will instruct posterity lit; i ,., V1
contribu:or to ener. 1 lcruine arid t.. e,ri'0e
itself wither he .uses it onlv-or n.ouhK afei
lies its loriiis. Hence, he should he mik
ue.s.anu. anu u.e pjoperiy, ihe lanjuaa- he"
m Thfrt$dy ot L-nnge, when hn.ited ? t
i s ou,m, its r.d.pt-nions, ,es, arid princio'e, "
and of ihe languagt-as H.ere defined ":!nd nunSr
a department of poiite literature mul yennJlll
In its ril-itirn tr e l... 1.
... . v . ...uguages-1 s eon 0.a,f
of words, i s idioms and acci eivs-i- 1V-, jP"
The whole sclieme of language- k phiWphj! I
e i-at.iral develop,,,, nt of e tal.li.,,,,) ,4,1
The entire structure of
ai cu.i"e is Html. ,.,;,..(. . . r
ture, hi i-s formaion; toother languages an;1 (0 it 1
in i spr..ces-es. These arc subject ofUmu
depariment of gritnma.. -
The English studelit has a min
e wiru: but to aid Jnrn in lmi-rr iL . . i
qualities of head and heart become a part of our ; -words, and the ueneral uses to which the best aula
j,...?.. iuuBin na a mine ei trcnmiroi ,1 .
tare to exp'ore in ;he received t! ismcs the wrt
nent reco.ds of the nation. Our bu,.rUa e t,H
a football, to he the sport of bovs: it is ht.mt
v.xn of uiiiid :he 'yreat arena ..f vi'or.-us Vl oil"
Men w resile and contend ihere. Giaois en r'i,1
con. b its. The claries of Enl tri.l -and the d I
of Ameiic i pre.-ide and give jndgmerii. I
'Ihe student, therefore, should have ihce c'as,,
before him, and study them. He niusi h.ve I is f
tlMi .iictionary, not so inueh t. learn the mt,
speech, which must be rather de.-irhxl" hv ii. "
. . - - I ".v UT,
in
national character.
ides have applied.
Henry Ward Beecher aV. "There is a ereat deal
more Crospel 111 a lo.it of bread some.inies, than in an j is it will continue several montiis 1-ner Ihe
" k1'10!':' ! ircr. vve perceive, has announced it foAhewhol!
mis nine oit 01 ah cflort ai clerlcarv1 i going
the founds of the papers as an evidence of wonder
ful smartness in the Beecher family. The senti
ment is as old as Meihu-aleh, and "we can see a
great deal of truth, whilst there is very iiule ori
ginality in it. It is susceptible ofmany applications.
KV.r MV'jiiirtla kil-i..wi . 11
i'-"' v 10 q viral uwii moie i,gu. In 1 ,. 1 1 t.
" r"WM,"ei"'S ' irnorniance ol iboli.wn itKC
" Uncle Tom's Cabin," eom&letes it seven hwn1
it the .National The-rio in nikr .n.l 1 .. . 1 1; J
J ---wnv L I W I tiMC n IN IJU .
01 September. I la iV nw.Ju. nyl w
Aew V.-rk, and istiben.lly patJoni3J4J OvvhtiW
" o':greg.uuns. uo see tne piece fo-:iirl
Wn ..l.t-jl., i.;., .1 :. 1 . r- ,.
-- v.aH. v.ii.t iiie.oiieai nofce 110111 a M
lork exchange. Is it true that - "the tit
r"i;
' -viis m mat city co nv rk-
pahonize" the National Theatre, for the mr..
a IWofhr tl.,n 5,, n ,..;i.i u . . .. "lc T oi uiance
t- V ; "oouuomsi s iiea.l," or reseiitatlous upon the 1
hi "Lnele Tom's Cabin," or "in all the extrava- !
gant and foolish speeches by which Henrv Ward ' Dav"son Collkge. At tli
needier lias sought to make himself
famous for ec-
e recent cm ire"
incnt of this institution, foil, teen young g.-nk
centricity and wit." There iscertainlv more gospel j Wre S1'11'-. Rev. Jamks R. Cuflu
iu a cup of cold uaUr, than in a reli.nou
per flaming with fanatical fire, suc.h as the New
York Independent!
W We invite attention to the communication of
Dr. Tompkins, the Corresponding Secretary of the
State Agricultural Society, as it involves a matter of
considerable interest to .persons desiring to compete
for premiums in the approaching Agricultural Fair.
W e l ain with pleasure that an extc-'sive theatre
tor its operations has be'pn
. - ...vj lu tIlc jinme-
diate neighborhood of the city, and that building
and enclosures of the requisite number and charac
ter will soon be erected. We sincerely hope that
the effort thus about to be made to promote the
agricuhural and domestic industry of our people,
will meet with h arty .encouragement at their hands'
and that the 18th off -October will be "glorious! v'
memorable in our annals.
s newspa- j aPP,ntw to tho professorship of Uml
u,reh "wrature, and Maj. -Hill, now .of Win;
lun College. Va, to that of 'Mathematics a..JP Y
y. Piof. Hill has a 1 irh reiuita:ioii in.-
oso
tern Virginia.
T We are sorry t hat want of space cotif'r
to Kstpone tiW next week the interesting
the proceedings of the Convention of IiWrart1
of the Deaf and Dumb, recently' held atWtraitt
LITERARY NOTICES.
The Daily National Democrat, published in
.New ork, is now regularly received at our office
and we find it to be a vast repository of the most
valuable information. It is printed like the HemU
on a large double sheet, and in general appearance
resembles" that paper, but in decency is decidedly
ItS Opinions WA bnra .tl i.. 1
t -- - V IVblJIIII fco UO
iigeuce it is an ex-
supenor to it.
with, but as a medium of intell
cellent journal
The New York Aikmca. is another neW paper
which-we have just received. It is devoted to the
defence of great American interests and instiui
tions, and we wish much success to its labors in
the cause.
Wk have received from the author, Rev. I
li'iiey, A. M., and the publishers, Clark & 1H
'"ladelphia, copies of Bailey's new "Eigli h6
mar, just pubhslied.- We have' Ion' honn
author-of ihw valuable work. nd have alwars7;
tained a high opinion of his moral worth r.mlraJ
tucl abilities. His long experience in teachkfl
Keen analytical powers, and. habit of clse iu
tion, seem to fit him in an eminent degree fr '
contrjbuiion to the science of language nshebii
jiven to the public.,
We have long fejt that an EnHi-h Grammar s:
would instruct the learner by means of iheii?
process, and step by step unfold to the undent1"
of the younjr the principles of our tongue, prese'j
in bold distinctness the great outlines off
work upon which it is constructed, was p
u.ore wanted than any oi her text book wbkrHtlKpj
gressive spirit of ! the limes could inirM- I
thanks ol the public are du to Mr Ba
laudable effort to meet this nJ Tlie pit" 1
Grammar we cannot too much admire. Am"f
successive Pi?rt, by which the mind of thepup8
'u K e"'-jrleans. At a nuhh... mwi,;..J8UW
of our citizens on Tuesday W ihe Mavnr f be Srad,,a"j fami i.rized wi h his
- 7 J VOIU
mg, -Messrs. Alfred Williams, James M. Towles,
and Geo. L. Gould were appointed a commute tA
solicit contributions from the peophrfor the relief
of the sufferers at New-Orleans. anl tL minister,
of the different denominations were requested to
w" UP a collection next Tuesday in their resneet-
ive churches for the fame object. We hope that
mis can upon the liberality of the community will
not be in vain,
subject,
it h1
signed to follow the natural laws of the hu'a
lect, and instruct the meinorv ihrh the roifl
the unders-anding. That part of 'the bK.k 1
ireais CI laiOtn-i." - U l.KriDS ti
kboit;
ey leave Ireland for
,or ousht to fc
r of .h. cou,fv to ,lid, , e
ought lo eo,pe willing J
uboUt underuking to r,olutiiM .W ructu
r fo OVWUr" ''"""Umion,. U i.
noUnnglraj than base bmi.!. i .v .-.. ,
A London witness harinff deseri! A irr.lt . yr chery, to accapt a horn .t u ...
nan man i . " . . . . . or u uaaus oil
inr. C JLmJ? , ,Q Wht dePrtnent of litera- r nd then endeavor tO fret thA nnrwr
replW that be band of tba original owners, hv -
t"gue ud political combUaiaona. i
XT i ....
arrangement. We learn that a dispatch
has been received in this city, conveying the infor
mation that the Post Office Department and the
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad 'Company have en
tered into an arrangement by which the mails will
be transported ot, that road, and arrive here at
half-past 6. P. M., thus allowing lirae f0l distribu
tion on the day of their arrival.
We are inarmed thai PresidenTs..;" h.- . -
propria .1, apartment at the Uniyersit, Z
It would be well for Jt,
anon and independence of thoudit. iid
OiHer from the author in r,.,rrd to some of I
ClUMons. ve tr.. :- . . . . . . :. -no$1
, - ....nv! especial attention io v, r i
mg uncommon interest for the general re3
ir. uauoy, has not succeeded fully in p"
lext-hook, the execu;ion nf which, in detail
correspond w-irh tu j:.ki Kha9adW1
he has fallen nnlv.
SUeh dfo : l; , ... : J...I.1 tO
.wu iu uii wora as are ineiacui
every new system. "VVe cordial I v aeree with V-
Guffey, that " it is superior in some respe-! :
Gramma. i i.-r.. flie DU"
and we add to this our confident xpeclsiJ011
will become, in i the end, a general favorite.
The September No. of Gkaham's Mag'P'1'
been ieceived. It is as handsome as ou;
a Keadmg Room
srenerallv in ih fit
of .b, ' ru:: " BeuU ine,r PaF K it free
- . 4.ui can bfl dMio k a:- . ..
Uniytrshr U.; to tbe
:.l,'1
table of Cfintanlfi is full anA inriliw We
iirilAlu Imm i. vi: .1. ,.r r..:no metlioryi j
..U..I k-UJ UI1V& VI lilVetlW , i
niimlu. if Ak . .L . .niiriv.ll B'D"1
guarantees of excellence.
.ne September Ko. of the "Ladies J
on hand. It embodies raoch useful and agii
rdiifOT Uialadiaa, and ought to bewco