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KETEOPOLITAN CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER XXIV.
j New York, October 31. 1853.
Crystal Palaces-Warming for the Winter; Our
Crystal Palace Letters Quilts -Needle-work
Carpets; The -Past and the Present ; More about
.. Quilts Worsted Work; Wearing Apparel; Wax
Figures; A Widow in Wax ; Geniria. Case ; Cut
lery and Hardware; Brilliant Courts Excellent
Quality ToolsChandeliers Iron Safes Bells
Ten o'clock at Kight Antithesis Iron, Gold and
Silver Works A Costly Tea Service Pearls, and
DiamondsGold Pens Gold Foil and Dentists ;
Lectures by Dr. O. W. Holmes.
My Dear Post : It is now rumoured thai the
Crystal Palace will be kept open during the win
ter, provided the arrangements which are now be
ing carried into effect for warming it, should prove
mccessful. I think it not unlikely that some of
your readers are begining to think that the Crystal
Palace letters of your correspondent, will continue
all the winter, at the slow rate of their past pro
gression. I must confess that I am somewhat
alarmed at the' magnitude of the task I have im
dertaken- that of giving you a general review of
the Exhibition, in all its parts. I will persevere,
however, unless you bid me stop, and I will go on
with my notices as rapidly and briefly as possi
ble.
My last letter but one eVed with class 17, o
the Official Catalogue. I had, however, embraced
class 18 with previous classes. Class; 19 includes
all dsQcriptions. of Tapestry, Embroideries and Fan
cy Needle-work, and I need not say that it is very
largely represented in the exhibition. It would
astonish you to see the multitude of quilts which
hang from the girders or lie upon the tables in the
(rjilWv ' Not 1pr nnnipinua am the snecimens of
iit-edl-work especially . in Berlin wool which
everywhere stare yr u in the face in the section de
voted to this class. The products of the loom as
carpets, druggets, and rugs are not very numer
ous," but the few contributions I have noticed, are
highly creditable to .the manufacturers. I would
mention particularly, 'tapestry and velvetrcarpets
from the Troy (X. V.) Carpet Mills -a beautifu
Brussels carpet from the IVigelow Mills, of Mass
ach.usetts, and some excellent printed Felt. carpets..
from thefBav State Mills. These manufactures all'
indicate ft decided degree of improvement in this
branch f industry. It is quite a feature of. the
age in which we live, that carpets are now regard
ed as a necessary of life of comfort at 'least- and
not :is they were a quarter of' a century ago, onl)
quite a luxury. .We have not to go back many
such periods to lind carpets unknown, and even the
floors of palaces strewn with rushes! Talk as
they may about the "good old times," I eonfe.-s
when I gOrback far enough to see rush-strewn
floors, windows without glass, wooden trenchers,
and woodeu cups and -saucers upon-the breakfast
table, and people jogging to the Jfcarket town at
tbo t'tA of two miles an hour, I
riietsrgiazerinilshriCVe-;
I consrratutate m
rTe'at crockery, and
stands upon the line of a railway track, affording
its inmates an opportunity to go to town three
times a day, at fhe rate of twenty-five miles in the
hour. G'.ive mc the present let them (who ivish
it) have the-past.
But to g back to quilts which are very com
fortable things in cold weather, and we have had
s-ome of it here already. The quilts in the Crystal
P.Ia e.are legion ! There are quilts in' silk quilts,
in .satin-quilt? in muslin-quilts in crochet, -and em
. broidvi-ed quilts. There are Washington nnilts
i
" Clay quilis, and I am not certain if there are not
Kossuth quilts. The ingenuity of woman, in de
vising odd shapes for the component pieces of-patch
work quilts, is most extraordinary. . It is amusing,
moreover, to read the elaborate essays which are
appended to some of these specimen's of handiwork
detailing the number . f pieces they contain, the
number of stitches taken, the age of the maker
and all such delightful particulars.
,1 hope ou will not think me inclined to depre
0! -.10 quilts. I have, on the contrary, great respect
. r quilts, I believe in them. I " cotton " to them in
November and its four subsequent, months- but I
confess I think 'we have " something too much" of
them in the Crystal Palace.
And the pictures in worsted work -I should not
like, to have to count them ! They take up only
wall space, fortunately, and many of them are
charmingly inconspicuous. But what a variety,
ranging from a ferocious looking pussy cat, to a
locomotive engine, with very black and very palpa
ble smoke. .
Lot me do the fair artistes in this line the justice
to say, that some of the pictures are admirable. I
noticed, half dozen .works of great beauty, among
.which is the Descent, from the Cross,'and''"Ra-,
phael sketching on the Vatican. .
, A novelty in this class is called by the exhibitor
" imitation tapestry " and consists, really, of paint
ing upon silk and. velvet, in such a manner as to
produce the appearance of needle work. There are
also some beautiful specimens olHonitqn lace, made
in this city.
But I have; detained you long enough with " ta
' pestries,' embroideries,' &c," and 1 hasten to notice
th twentieth class of objects in. the Crystal Palace.
This embrace all descriptions of "wearing appar
el." There is certainly verv little room here for
the display of genius, and we have to be content
with ingenuitv. This is exhibited in the multitude
of shapes and styles and stuffy applied to hats and
bonnets, shoes and slippers, coats and corsets, hose
and handkerchiefs, and in short every possible ar
ticle of dress for men, women and children.
The milliners have turned their section into a
garden of roses and butterflies, so gay are the
ribbons and flowers they display. The clothiers,
the bottiers, the hatters, and the haberdashers have
spent themselves in rivalry in their ' several depart
ments. Wax ladies are dressed for, the ball room,
for the parlor and for the street. There is one case
which attracts much notice. It contains a blooming
widow in wax, all clad in sable, and looking the very
personification of fashionable grief. .
The most elegant display in this class is' made by
Gexin, the illustrious hatter and the founder of the
famous Bazaar, at the St. Nicholas Hotel. J think
I have already alluded to his magnificent case in
v north nave. It is filled with very rich and
beautiful articles of wearing apparel, chiefly for
ladies and children.
Classes 21 and 22 embrace Cutlery, Edge:tools and
general Hardware. The number of exhibitois in
these two kindred classes is nearly one hundred and
fifty. They have an almost infinite variety of
wares, and ! must glance at them with exceeding
brevity.
The courts devoted to these manufactures fairly
glitter with the brilliance of the steel. The blades
of axes, adzes, cleavers, carvers, razors and draw
ing knives seem sharp enough to make you dread
to have their shadows fall upon you ! The cutlery
exhibited in the American1 department of the pal
ace will certainly be hard to beat. The New York
Knife Company and the Union Knife Company of
Connecticut, make very extensive and beautiful dis
plays of pocket cutlery rivaling in the fine finish
of the handles, the best examples from Sheffield.
It is gratifying to see how great the improvement
in these articles has been within two or three years.
The tools for almost every mechanical process
are abundant and very excellent. I do not speak
rashly when I say that it will soon be unnecessary
for Sheffield to send us her iron and steel wares.
We sha'l have plenty, of equal merit at home,
forged out of our native iron and mounted in our
native woods.
The lamps and chandeliers are both numerous
and hi.rrhlv beautiful in their freneral style. Cor-
O J
nelius, Baker & Co., of Philadelphia, are far in ad
vance of all competitors., They took a gold med
al in London, and if they do not. obtain one at this
exhibition, there is no advantage in being pre-eru-ineni
!
The iron safes are an important class of objects.
They are exhibited by several rival houses but
there are few to call the general superiority of Her
ring's Salamander Sates into question.
Bells of small sizes and of all sizes are to be
found in the Crystal Palace, and wo to the unfor
tunate couple who happen to be conversing in the
Palace at ten o'clock at night. Their speech is
suddenly rendered vain by
"the clamor and the clangor of the bells."
which continues' until the last; visiter has fled af
frighted from the horid din I
What stange antitheses these classes afford.
Here a locomotive driving wheel, and there, a nee
dle or a pin ! Here, a chain cable, and there a
row of merry sleigh bells !.- Here a huge sledge-
. hammer, and there a cork screw ! i:ere a vast
sugar boiler, and there a polished coffee pot. I
must not pursue the strain for I find my. paper
fill i g ith a strange' rapidity.
Iron is the great staple of these two classes and
the great agent of human industry. The pon
derous and mighty steam engine that propels the
ship across the ocean, and drives the ten thousand
spindles of a cotton mil! is made of iron, and from
this grand exemplification I might pursue it down
through every link of;. the cain which labor has
forged. It is either altogether or in part of iron !
I hasten to notice class .23, which includes the
works of the gold and silver smith, and of the jew-"
ll.u., mOiit m"i i .I hi i-rn ft v I n ntit tt-tlfr-Jiiai: in tl. ' j
in tlie utuitauan arts jalone Jiat our artizans are
pressing close upon trie heels of foreign artificers.
I will not claim that wje already equal the English
gold-smiths in their lie,' for that would be folly
with their magnificent' examples in the opposite
gallery, but I do think' that in a very few years we
shall have no cause to -blush upon comparison with
the most skillful of these "cunning workmen."' The
most noticeable object in the American gallery is
atea service of solid California 'oId, consisting of
twenty-nine pieces, richly embossed, with n wreath
of vine leaves. It is valued at 15,000, a sum of
money which, if were rich as Croesus, I would
never invest in golden tea cups! There is an im
niense display of silver, and of silver plated ware,
as also of jewelry. A set of pearls worth 615,000,
and parurcs of diamonds" of great value, are exhib
ited by two or three manufacturers.
There is a set of -chess figures in xold and silver,
of very beautiful workmanship. ' :
The display of gold pens is qiiite;a feature in this
class. Sot very many years ago a gold pen was
utterly unknown, and for years after it was intro
duced, it was only the favored fewi who could ven
ture to possess one. jN'ow, they 'are within the
reach of nearly every one vho canjguide a pen.
Gold" foil for dentists' use, and gold leaf for
book-binders' use, both glitter profusely jn, the
American gallery. The increase of dental opera
tions is another wondei of the age..; Peopled teeth
get out of order with a wonderful celerity in these
days of local and itinerant dentists. There is a
meaning in this fact, depend upon it my dear Post,
but pray let your readers guess what it is.
I must not enter upon another class in this letter,
but in my next I , hope to complete fully my obser
vations in the American department, which occu
pies, I should .judge, rrjore than" one third of the -entire
space In the Crystal Palace. l -'.-v-r.
v There js nothing in the way of local intelligence
of tctAJm than ordinary (interest. A pleasing item
in our Metropolitan chat is the Course of Lectures
now in progress by O
physician poet, upon
Eighteenth Century.
liver Wendell Holmes, the
the British; poets of the
lie began,- brilliantly of
course, on Friday night, With Wordsworth, one of
the noblest, certainly -though one of the" least ap
preciated of England's great bards. ! It is a b eat to
listen to the Doctor's fjne critical analysis of the
character and Vorks-ofjhis subjects.!
I shall "not venture ujpon book notices this week,
although I desired to commend a few to the notice
of your readers. Pardon -me if I am too abrupt in
subscribing myself f
' COSMOS.
. For the Southern Weekly Post.
WilmixgtoxS N. C., Oct 11th, 183.
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and giving this paper a large circulation. Please
subscribe and help us. Let not this paper fail for
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: Every true Temperance man ought to subscribe,
and especially when it is 50 cents, 75 cents, or $1
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WRITTEN FOR THE SOUTHERN WEEKLY POST.
WORTHIES OF PEDANTRY.
Class of the University.!
! There is a class of individuals in- every com
munity; and even iu learned communities, many o
whom have never received that notice wincti lueir
actions . deserve. Appearances have been so long
confounded with realities, the shadow with the
substance, the sh"ell with the egg, that to seperate
the component parts, divide the " simou pure,
and pierce the bubbles, disclosing their emptiness,
raises no small cackle and clatter amongst the
world's eese."
! But such notices " en passant " are almost nec
essary, otherwise " vaulting ambition would over
leap itself, and the self constituted "lion" in hit
imaginary greatness, would
; " Bestride this narrow world like a Colossus,
I And we petty men might creep under his legs
And seek for ourselves dishonorable graves
! Already tire exponents of this, ly no means rare
character, -are'to be found iu almost all countries
and callings ; a statesman his unsound meas
ures, Utopian schemes, borrowed' speeches, and il
logical plans, render him too conspicious to require
particular description. As a man of letters, his
"wars of words,"' his mote than oriental quota
tions, his mystic passages, his profuse interpolation
from antiquated authors, all bear the impress of his
visionary greatness. And yet strange to say witli
all these jnjqn-recommenflations, this class have ex
iteddo still exist, and though too many of them
are found in ail places, their favorite resorts seem
to be the haunts of the "literati" where breathing"
a minimum quantity of literary atmosphere, they
verify the "adage," a little learning is a dangerous
thing.
Yet how strange it is that a class so disreputable,
so entirely useless, should so long exist, and not on
ly exist, but constantly receive new recruits to its
s'w. hin" numbers. Strange that men should so
oivj; permit such a dead weight to society mat
they should so long allow amongst them those who
are a bore to themselves an lye-sore to all, save
haps, the " diminutives of nature."
But strange as it may seem they hay
t'bemsplves forward, until they have actu
and they have imagined, and they hv
they have plagHrized, and Jiave eveti e
world to be brought up a standing by
tounding quotations. The world however is dete
mined not to be astonished, for already has a
" Mahomet " a " Miller" and a "Joe Smith," the
"prophet," the "fanatic" and the " Mahomet of
the west" presented their claims to the notice of
posterity. Prompted by what they called a mes
sage from God, but what time proved to be a mes
sage from any other source, they devoted their "tab
euts" their "welfare" and their lives to humbug
ing the deluded victims of their visionary schemes.
Arabia stood spell-bound when the prophet told
of his nocturnal visits to the third heavens, and
yet 'twas all naught but a cunningly devised fable.
The name of " Miller," too, has been familiar as
"house hold words", from the' rivers "almost to
the ends of the earth " and his crazed followers
were daily anticipating their final exit from this
"! terrestrial sphere," but unfortunately for them,
perhaps very fortunately for some of us. his nredw!
tions, their expectations, came not true ; and hef
and his followers were consigned to their merited
oblivion. Jtjj'"
; But "Joe Smith," the last of the immortal, tfio
practiced one of the most successful h& the
world ever saw by some fortunate accident, dis
covering. the well compiled works of an able au
thor, and emitting them as the productohis own
brain, it might be. well looked upon as a miracle:
who could believe that "Joe Smith," uninspired.
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could produce such a work? Who woutd believe j ten(mo blasts. So it is with man and his .'corn
that such a chain of reasoning could bo extortedfj n3"11'1)'-
by any process, from the caverns unfortunately
formed by the absence of his Wain ?,., Religion, car
ricatured, was the necessary consequence forming
one of th most powerful associations f fanafic
now .ex
" I These, 'bqyrevt are'int ucil(6rum
numerous individuals might be, mentioned. fully as
striking as those, numerous - instances might ie
brought forward far less worthy the. 'notice "of a'u
enlightened mind. But why multiply examples
since such a class have, from time almost iromemtf
rial, forced themselves on public attention. In all
parts these worthies " are observed, sometime
seeking the applause of the world in elaborate ad
dresses " full of sound and fury, signify ing - no.
thing " or culling from the worm-eaten yolumei
of the past, some potent idea, a perfect stranger to
those of their own coining. - ?
But a minute description is unnecessary, of char
acteristics too striking to require it. Pedantry
speaks for itself, and we will only introduce on
individuabfrom the " worthies," and leave the o Ji
ers for a future time : . '-:
KO. 1.
YOUNG AMERICA THE UNIVERSITY FOP
Words, the usual vehicles of thought,7 fail to
convey an adequate idea of this tragi-comiccharac
ter proud, pert, and precocious, with too much
f .A A. t ... ' . i.
seu-esreem to oe respected by others, he vainly im'-.
..v uaisaua no superiors; in short;
he is one most aptly described by "Torn Moore's "
bitter pleasantry . ''
"The best Bpeculation the world holds forth - 5
To any enlightened lover of pelf, ' "
a H ?? at.th Price W worth
i mai mey put on thenueh
iives.'
He whistles oft for the want of thought, he speatii
he cares not what, he smokes, h
he sings ; in short, he is a gentleman of all parts.
First in all public places, anxious to attract the no
tice of the multitude, yet apparently totally uncon
scious of its observation-winning a passing notice
by his, as he thinks them, very witty sallies ye
holding the unenviable distinction pi cm
er to all his stale jokes.
At meals he is especially conspicuous, rendering
himselfso,noHessby the number .man cue uu
reasonableness of his wants; considering ma,
ness knowing, and a total disregard to the wants
and feelings of others a mark of an aristocratic
turn of .mind, he is nervously apprehensive or snow
ing the slightest attention to any one, even to a
lady how pedantic !
But should the generous spirit of giving an en
tertainment ever seize him, then the witless, brain-
e most i
leSS SlUDiaS must Ue wiivub, v. -
, , , . . , f nr i I
uuucainjjf.vji oupjcid, .
and tell the poorest of second-handed jokes, or sing
over and over again the most witless of songs, all
of which are O. K.,no mention being'made of the
next morning's sensations.
But at times, terrible as the thought may be, he
is inspired with a "writing mania," and then "Ye
gods" what a "wreck of matter and crush of words;"
the mifhty arcana of the forgotton past is ransack
ed, and the entombed dead are not spared, but
fdrced to .add to his swelling stores of useful com
pilations ) books that have long been held sacred,
from their antiquity, are dragged from their mouldy
hiding places' and again launched on the world's
cold charity. The great of the land to whom the
world has long looked up as to an oracle ; and on
whose words listening senates have hung with ec
stacy of delight ; whose works are their nation's
pride, whose name is their nation's boast, even these
escape not his "scathing criticism." In literary taste
he is a perfect connoisseur; no'matter how able the
work may be, how well the author may express
himself, how much it may be admired by others,
he never finds any thing so good but that he could
" better it."
lie imagines he will be one of those with- whom
wisdom will persist, and wonders the stupid world
"can't" see it ; in fact he has long supposed that
Government had her eye on him, and that he is
yet to wield the destinies of his nation; it is likely,
very likely, that this crack-brain, that is if he possess
in any shape or form that essentiab this bundle of
self conceit, daily squandering means that would be
a boon inestimable to some faithful, slim-pursed
fellow student, is to rise to eminence, and hold in
his hand the silent wand that sways the great and
good. If this be our country's destiny, " tell it not
in Gath, publish it not, tc." But fortunately good
sense, common sense is yet too prevalent for such
an event. And now, he who wishes to be a leading
spirit in the affairs of his country, must become so
by thought, deep, earnest, penetrating thought, such
as will rule with' a power more absolute, than the
sceptres of purpled authority.
, vanity, pride and dissipation miist, will
reward, but not more certainly than
eekness, constancy and virtue.
not, grRve senior, tliaTrioTTouF
cvpii a v : Atc
errea to in tne above, but only that
1 . 1 -
detect such a one should he appear to
e'has to the author.
Yours, ttc, S.
For the Southern Weekly Pest.
! , MAN COMPARED TO A LEAF;
It is but a few days since we gazed with an eye
of pleasure and admiration upon nature, ajparrelled
in her richest robes and decked in her liverv of
green, and now feelings of a melancholy cast reign
in our bosoms, when we survey valieys and 'hills,
late clothed in beauty, assuming a dusky brown, a
prelude to the end of Summer's reign. The flow
ers and leaves lafe blooming 'upon their .'boughs
and shedding fragrance on the air, torn by the
ruthless hand of Autumn, now lay withered in the
dust.
V The winds that whistle so sadly now, seem to la
ment, in plaintive strains the fast fading glories of
the passing year. The withered and dishonored
leaf, that late hung suspended on the bough, should
teach man a lesson of wisdom. A leaf is an hum-'
jble teacher ; yet he acquires mo.t knowledge who
is ready to receive a lesson from every instructor.
;Itis but a day since the green leaf, all unconscious
-of its approaching doom, fluttered iingayety upon
its stem; yet the first breath of Autumn hurled it
to moulder in the dust. The tree may stand for
years, and stretch forth its brawny arms, though
rocked to its deep foundations by a thousand con-
ie lives but a moment, compared to vasteterni-
ty, the spring time of his existence must yield, and
th,e frost of wintry age must w hiten his brow.
Though he too may survive to a good old age, even
as-the leaf clings with tenacity to its stem:, some
times through winters stay, yet how isolated his
position, a boding owl amid wai'bling nightingales.
But the leaves, while they bud and bloom, perform
the duty assigned them by Providence. They con
duce to the health, strength and beauty of the tree,'
and how vain would it be for an humble leaf, amid
its myriad of brothers, to aspire to rear its head
higher than the rest.
How vain and futile is man's ambitions How
vain the desire to become the observed of all ob
servers. How vain the wish to stand apart from
"his fellow men, an object at once of envy and ad
miration. But if he were to aspire to fulfil his du
ties as a human being, to be useful and beneficial
to mankind,, to render to his community more than
he received from it, that were in ambition more
Jaudable than that which sighs for a Cesar's wreath
;or an Alexander's sword.
JULIAN.
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.Murfreeslwrough, N. C, Oct. 1853.
m Something New. A company of colored sold
iers of Newark, N. J intend visiting New York,
on the second Monday in November.
, A Dwarf. They have a dwarf in Columbm
Ohio, 24 years old, 30 inches high, weighs 30
pounds and is a moded of strength and activity.
On a Strike. The doctors of Norfolk are on a
strike for higher wages. It is very healthy down
.there just now.
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THE NORTH CAROLINA LUNATIC ASYLUM
We had the pleasure, some days ago, of visiting
this interesting establishment, in company with Dr.
Fishek, who has now entered upon his duties of Su
perintendent. Wc were very much gratified with the
thorough examination of the buildings, which, by Dr.
F's kind assistance, we were enabled to make. The
work is going steadily forward on the eastern wing,
and it cannot now be very long before the whole front
will be completed and covered in. Two of the most
important of the out-buildings are also Covered, and
occupied by the contractors and workmen. The main
edifice of the Asylum extends along the summit of
Dix Hill, fronting eastward toward Raleigh, and com
mands a fine prospect in that direction. Two miles
at least of the Central Railroad will be visible from
the portico, and the scene presented by the frequent
passage along the horizon of smoking engines, and
their attendant trains of freight and passenger cars,
will be one of uncommon animation and interest.
The whole front is 726 feet long, and the width of the
wings 40 feet. The central edifice has an 80 feet
front by 140 in-depth. It is surmounted by a beauti
ful observatory, from which a noble panorama can al
ways be enjoyed, which will richly repay the visitor
for the trouble of ascending to it.
The two wings are designed for the accommodation
of the patients, one for the males and the other for the
females, and the two sexes will thus be completely se
parated from each other. Each wing consists of a
basement and three stories. Each story is divided
longitudinally by a corridor, with rooms opening into
it from both sides, and is also divided by aline inter
secting the corridor, into two wards. Each of these
wards has a parlor, dining-room, bed-rooms, &.C., for
a class of twenty patients. The whole building will
therefore accommodate at J east 240 insane persons,
and will be amply sufficient, we imagine, for the wants
of the State for many years to come. The centre
building, consisting of a basement,, four stories and
attics, is designed for the various officers of the insti
tution and their families, andisTonstruetcd on a scale
fully commensurate with it objects. Therhifloor
is divided by a very wide Pissage, or rather, an ij
mense hall,, into two suites olfwrge, well lighted rooms
and offices. The second floorreVfransed very much
in the same way, and will be used lor chambers, nur
series, and . other private purposes. The upper
v, .j.., mi,, i,uuii;, ue various, or ucn as cir
cumstances may require. In one of them is a fine
large room, intended to be used as a chapel. In others
tanks are to be constructed to maintain a head of wa
ter for the whole building. Just over the fourth floor,
the dome, lighted by the windows of the observatory
above, expands in noble amplitude, and will, when the
work is finished, give an aspect of lofty and cheerful
m.-ignificence to that part of the structure.
It is proposed to light the Asylum with rosin oil
gas, and to furnish every part of it with an abund
ance of water from the stream flowing in front.-
This wjll require a considerable force to raise it to such
a height, and the character of the agency to be used is
not yet determined upon.
: It is also contemplated, we understand, to heat the
whole establishment through the agency of steam.
Along the middle of the basement, the entire length of
the wings, run three parallel chambers, one designed
to, contain the conductors of ht air for distribution
through the edifice, another for cold air, water, and
perhaps gas pipe, and the third to be used as a pas
sage way by which the dumb-waiters will convey their
edible contents to the extremities of the wings. There
are, chambers in al? the walls, by which the several
meals will, by this means, be carried' to the dining
rooms, in the various wards. There are also a num
ber of dust holes communicating between the passage-way
and all the floors, through which the sweep
ings will be removed.
The top of the observatory winch adorns the cen
tral building is 100 feet high. It is very evident to
the eye, viewing the whole from a distance, that this
height is less than architectural symmetry demands
The great length of the front causes the structure to
look much lower than it actually is. This excess in
length has, however, some advantages connected with
the treatment of the insane, which ought to be consi
dered, before any serious objection is made against the
plan upon which the buildings have been construct
ed. ;
Eighty feet in the rear of the central part of the
mam building, stands another large edifice called the
kitchen, but in reaKty designed for several purposes
It is 8 1 by 46 feet, f n the lower story there is a lare
chamber to be used as a reservoir for hot air, which
will be distributed over this and the main building.
Above this will be a large kitchen, bakery, pantry,
matron's room ; and in the apartments above, lodo-!
ing rooms for servants. One hundred feet in the
rear of the kitchen is the laundry, in the basement of
which the boilers, for the generation of steam, will be
situated ; and above them washing, ironing and drying
rooms. The latter process will be effected by hot afr
introduced from below. 4
All of these edifices are to be handsomely stuccoed
externally, and appropriately furnished within. The
estimated cost of the whole when completed will be
about $140,000. The work appears to be substan
tially executed. Mr. McKnight, the contractor for
brick-work, and Mr. Conrad, contractor for wood
work, are both generally on the ground, superintend
ing the progress of the hands in their respective de
partments. We do not doubt that they will finish
their job in a manner creditable to themselves and sat
isfactory to the public.
The number of insane persons in the State according
to the census of 1850, is 449. Many of these are lan
guishing in private confinement, or in the common jails,
exposed to the neglect or caprices of ignorant and un
feeling persons, and it is therefore very desireable
that the Asylum should be opened for their admission
as soon as practicable. We hope, that under the effi
cient supervision of Dr. Fisher, whose zeal in the dis
charge of his duties- does him so much credit the
work will be pushed rapidly on to its completion
When finished and in operation, it will stand an en
during monument of the beneficent legislation of the
ts$l
FALSE PHILANTHROPY
It is ;m unfortunate feature of uenrly )
atory measures of our'day, that Vhey "arc atf"
a turbulent, overbearing, and denunciatory T''
the part of many of - their hi ore z.-alous T' :
The main spring of all sincere efl'nr-sto ' '"v
kind, is charity; and yet it seems to us tlatT
ly and gentle sentiment is very apt to ho V ''S r':-
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the enthusiastic apostles of nisliiouaW'
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a snarling, spiteful sort of doizniatbin
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their words andconduct, altogether at
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ry, and abundantly confirmed by every- d V'' I
tion, that a good and holy cause is often" tn .' t
theatre upon which the worst passions of " I
are displayed, and that it is a 'favorite habit . '''' r'r i
to justify bad means, by ung them for tlu.pr ",' ltf
of good and noble ends. Many 0f rlv ... ,; '
our country might read their own coiilvrhp.".. i -that
passage of scripture in which t he-van,,,'1'.; "I?"
utes of genuine charity are enumerate,! j,. v
are envy, boasting, pride," peevishne. a , ?
opinions iounu u cnaracierize t!io-e wh,, i
themselves up as the peculiar ministers (
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er than faith or hope! Such is their pcrvL.r.";'
that the world has come, to regard profesl "'
asts in philanthropy, as the most undrit-n' ""-''l-
of men. !
Zeal is a very good thing, we know a . t
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not have too much of it in a good cause, if :' " '
aiienueu ami Buauumu rjy muse traits f,f
which are necessary to render it, in appeara-" f '
least, sincere. But where the gr.-at i-ardin i v - '
are wanting, or kept -in abeyance by an k..,v
spirit, the most flaming zeal is always liable t,, !
cion, and the cause for which it burns sut);N , ' V"
ingly. . '"
"Let your moderation be known unto a;i n,,, - jk
an injunction of a high authority, and it .it..Vr f
be inscribed with special emphasis upon tl. ,r, i
of all modern sects and parties.- h is ea!cia.
rebuke that spirit of agitation that is abmel
land, enkindling through all the frame-work -
tv the flames of social discord and
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Would that its infltience might be siftta,;
the vehemence of rckless' enthusiasm, av; . ..
check upon the impetuous career of our bc;; ......
apostles of gentle and long suffering eh-.r'.:v.
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F.VVETlKVllj.f:, ( ct. 1.'-
To the Editors of the -'Post
Gentle ex : , Allow onp of your real. p,.,..
you a feyv friendly suggestions. S .j ,.-,
yvhicb have appeared in the l'o-,t. hav. .
cause of much mortification and Miij.i..
Cape Fear section of the State. In an nrtu - -weeks
ago, you sXke of the new anj a;---,,
stocks of merchanclise oflered in t!..,- iu .rk -
Richmond, Petersburg, Portsmouth, ic. a ; i :
ginia towns. You further, I think. JtiivN .i
chants to. look over them before goii;,-
This was, no doubt, good advice, but it -lk . I
tie smirular that you, situated in the Ij.-art -t'X - I
Carolina, (and by birth a North Carolinian. I - I;
pose.). should advise your fellow-cito -n-'to ; j ,
Virginia with their trade, when your nan S ir- f "
boast as good markets fur country niKc4n:.x f ,
supply themselves, as ner very resjxYta: K--U--
nnia. 1 lie erlorts ot every North Car ii J
artieularly the press, should be .in:- .:
wards concentrating the trade ol the Sta'V 'Pri
her own bfijers ; then we will connnetiit
yvard course,Kand not be sold utterly to Xirtaf
4 aiA 54mii.lv- Camlina. r
It you intend your paper for h. Soiitu',--.'
ly, and not for any one particular Stute or r.-i-i
(as I suppose you do,) you should be car.-:ti!
'you recommend a particular' market, wli-u
places are in competition f r the same trade.
The merchants of this place sell larg.- ju-.r-fi;.
of goods by wholesale. JNIany nieivliar;- i :t -back
country buy entirely here, and say ;ii -. ;V
do better than they can by going North! wU: fff
want only a small stock. We "also feel pr.rj
the only literary paper published in the ta'. -. -1
shouldi deeply regret to see it use its whole rfj;
ence tosend our customers to ViriLia. fy
The writer has for some time been a. payinz-m
scriber to the Post, and only hop. s that it . t,
in future be conducted so as to operate ao;a..-
interests and that of the State, by sendin!: tf;
zers out of the State to trade, and aii"":i: ?
own towns to go to decay. i '5
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ltns letter is yvritten in a spirit ol the n '.;-'
feet friendship, and is not intended t"i '.
The writer hopes that the Southern-W.-ii;- i'
will continue to receive what its Wvi :
and lively literary character entitle it I ,;f
port of every Southern man.' . MF.fr ;IAN1
if --
The letter of " Merchant," yvhicli w.n
-last week too late for reply, on accou ;t f i- rd'.-
of matter already in hand, is publi-heil te ;
withstanding the assurance of the writer 'i.a:r&
n t intended for the, press, because w.e c-r.?:-i-:
sutject to which it relates an important or,e.:-V;
manner in which our attention is called to it
unexceptionable. The writer has oar lh.wk fir-
kind and comnlimentarv terms-in which his acP-
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is made.
In regard to the subject of his diss-itiMyt:1-can
assure him that t h? ntimlv hii.aiicnfi'
us. Nothing could be farther from our purpo
to d isparage the claims of any commeiyi A '
North Carolina, by commending the adaBt ?
the Virginia markets. The article to Wi.ic'.
tention has been recalled had reference only'-'11'
of our merchants especially our Iinl'ijihw'' ;
who are in the habit of nurcha-injr their good-
North. We think a second reading of it wili
our correspondent himself, that this is itsnatiw--terpretation.
We thought it d e to our '"''' ';"
terests, to institute the comparison we did. be:fat''
Virginia and Northern markets, ai d to urg"
fellow citizens the policy of encouragin"th; xWd
in preference to the latter : but we had not f e o
remote idea of doing an implied injus!i c to "
commerce Sn foi- ff.m th a-c would havi' "uPi
ed, had riot our friend convinced us ofJ ''-' C"T'' ;
that a preference for North Carolina p"r:'
nave been suggested as an obvious intercut -remarks.
If yve saw' reason to sp-k fao-ad-Virginia,
jn comDarison with the North, n ''
more reason there must be to advocate yet mure c-
phati cally the interests of our own State '.
The truth i that we were not aware that 'A
tion was carried on to any extent in Fay6ttei f
are happy to learn now that a flourisiiinj
business is sustained there by several cow
houses. The merchants of that place o.u-
ht t;
the fact more fully before the commu
litv byJ
ing more extensively in other parts.of the 3
hope that our friends who go northward lKe
for goods, which can be purchased just as
geously in our own ports, will consider the lOjr"- .
their rnnru nn r,n rrur Hil5'01iraLre 'ihC U
terprise of their fellow citizens. It wotiW n' r
-UUi ac, ue tMpCCLCU, lllill. llic niv..
or other towns, connected by railroad witn
ginia markets, would, for mere patriotic rtJ , ;.
chase goods in Fayetteville; but there is a-
portion oi trie iaiaie wai can unci ota?!
and yvhos merehants can e-ive no ouki
habit, for neglecting the commercial interests
Carolina. i . -
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