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E H L Y 126 . COMMUNICATIDP. METROPOLITAN COEEESPONDENCK LETTER LTV. ; 1 New York, July 8, 1854. frauds on , Bmww , Bnd Company-other frauds lruendiarum checked Susqvehannah Rail of the Baltic" The Turkish, Victory at SUutriaItsprolalle results 7he fourth of July Firework The invalid The hottest day of the Season The Marquis de Castine's look on Russia. - My Dear Post: Nearlj all exterior topics ot thought and speech have been forgotten amongst us during the present week m the excitement occasioned by domestic occurrences of a very startling nature. It has been discovered that the President of the New Haven Railroad Com . . pany one of our wealthiest and most reputable stock associations has made use of his second office of Transfer agent for this city, to issue fraudulent certificates of the company's stock to the amount of nearly two millions of dollars ! By this act, the responsibility of which the com- nomr will nnt h able, to throw off and would tr j , not be wise if they sought to do so the stock has been suddenly depreciated from par to less than half that valueand many individuals who "had invested large sums of money in its bonds, -find those bonds littlebetter, at present at least, than so much blank paper. Through the same agency it appears, also, that two hundred thou sand dollars worth of stock on the Harlem Kail Road company have been fraudulently issued ; and contemporaneously with this latter discovery is another of large over issues of stock in the Empire Stone Dressing Company. All these things together, have .shaken Wall Street like an earthquake, and the acritation has snread it- self through every circle of the metropolis. In Boston and in New Ilaven also the excitement exists. ' Its worst feature is not the loss of money it involves, though -this is not trifling by any . means -even in our great monetary world but it is the fearful shock which has been given to public confidence in our founded corporations. v1t7t. nil ? .1 , l l iicie inn we uuuuuu s is uiu question wnicn trembles upon the lips of men who have hitherto . counted Robert Schuyler, a model of uprightness arid integrity. It is currently reported that this man who has thus monstrously enriched himself at the expense of many confiding victims is lying very ill at his residence so ill that it is not expected he will recover. By some it is be lieved that ho sailed for Europe last Saturday with much of his ill-gotten wealth. "Whichever cflTT lfl ffllrt T in . .lr,.I 7 1 T uu jiv io a lulin.Ul Jllrlll a j. alia u henceforward in the memory of men. Yesterday as if to add the feather's weight to the load upon the public heart a foul scheme of incendiarism was developed which if it had not been, checked the moment it. was, would have let loose the demon, of Fire to a work of riot and ravage most extensive and appalling. The proprietor of a large store house in the very centre ot vast business operations by the name of Peverelley and his "young brother of fifteen . -V,..r, ......... f., I . . . X . T ' 1 ' ' . 1 , .1 1 1 jcaio cie luniuiaieiv uiscoverea at tne dead hour of midnight in the office of the store house. . They were arrested and the police summoned to ; .examine the premises which gave startling ev idence of a most diabolical purpose to wrap the whole premises in sudden and resistless flames. Vast quantities of cotton saturated with turpentine . were spread in every direction, and precautions used to prevent the interior confla gration from being discovered soon enough to arrest its progress. There are rumors of various kinds concerning the object, of the incendiary, the most likely of which .is that he wished to , destroy the evidence of great frauds in his cotton ' operations. The wretched criminals are incai- cerateu in tne ioitjds. . Sorry indeed am I to make this letter a crim inal record ; but occasionally crime" breaks out witn such malignity and with such virulence as to command the attention and alarm the fears . 1 1 1 . . , of all classes. . Thecarnage on the Susquehanna Railway is ton tarriKlrt in lw nvjrlnrl-o1 iinil Anil,. . - . . - . . . 'IIIIIUI MV'lllV. l'LH, V . V citement, though it does not appal the public mind as did that of IS or walk. Is it because of the frequency of such disasters that , we hear of them-with diminished horror? The thought is itself a fearful one. In this new calamity up wards of thirty lives were sacrificed indirectly at least, by the inefficiency of those who had the absolute management of the circumstances and for this dreadful holocaust the only possible ; atonement is pecuniary penalties to the compa ny. It is well that man is a creature of great faith in his individual immunity from peril, for otherwise no one would venture, now-a-days, to trn from beneath "his own vine nnd fircfi-on" o o and especially not upon a Railroad? But as he poet has expressed it ' ."All men i Think all men mortal but themselves " and so one after another we rush blindfolded to The Baltic has just reminded us that Liver pool is not quite ten days from New York a fact so strange that we are apt to forget it in the i . i e i ' 1 r.i long intervals oi lue&e leuiiuuers. one was nine days and sixteen hours on the voyage. Not- withstanding she came at express speed, she has brought no news of interest none certainly to crowd out of our recollections the intelligence bv the previous steamer. That was really news of moment, viz. : The termination of the Russian - campaign on the Danube. I he raising of the siege of Silistria by the Turkish forces, without the aid of the allied powers, is a brilliant and memorable event in the present war. The Rus sians were driven back ; compelled to recross the Danube and probably to relinquish, one after another, most of their positions upon the left bank of the river. Thus has the power and pride of the imperial Czar been signally rebuked by . the sword of a foe which the despot ere while of the Turkish army are not to be told in a few words and perhaps not immediately calculated. It will seriously alter the whole plan of Russian OfffitlSlVA OrATjtiYia t.tV; it- (uirfm'nlTn.l J"w.(av(AAO TI A( KVJ lb WUllUn IllUSb 1 1J . spire the Turks with fresh valor and new antici pations.; ; I must not forget that the Fourth of July has come and gone since the date of my last letter, I was in the city all day and can speak feel- ino'lv rvf iha intonoa riAnf 4nA l j; o-j . " "V ycucrju uiscomiorx of the dav. The sun's ravs nonrui ,i y J r vLynu unix us with concentrated fervour and the ther- iuuiuctcis every wnere went up into the vicinitv of the century mark. As soon as it was well dusk the discharge of fireworks commenced from one end oftthe"city, to the other. I speak not of crackers which were exploded by millions all day long, in everybody's face and at everybody's feet frightening spirited horses and timid wo men, (though I must confess that the women who ventured out-of-doors, on that day could hot be wry timid) ; but of all manner of curious pyrotechnic devices. The " city fathers " enter tained their metropolitan family at several points with some thousands of dollars worth of fire works but beyond these, every house nearly had its own independent display. Every tree-box was made a temporary frame to support whirl ing pin-wheels or blazing flower pots myriads of Roman candles poured their golden showers over every flight of door-steps and shot their many-colored balls into the air and innumera ble rockets whizzed their way into the cloud region leav ing behind them a momentary track of splendour. By nine o'clock the sky as seen from the roof of my dwelling was ablaze with streams and showers of fire and the whole citv seemed as bright as if there had been a fearful conflagration of houses, instead of a harmless combustion of saltpeter, charcoal arid sulphur! Until past twelve o'clock the blaze and the din continued with little abatement. After that hour, the invalid who had tossed feverishly upon his bed praying that the noise might cease felt that he might hope to sleep, if indeed ner vousness would sutler him to do so. I think the sick of a city like this are indeed objects of the deepest compassion on such a night as that of the Fourth of July when evejy body ex hausts his patriotism and his purse together, in rockets, pin wheels, double headers, chasers, Ro man candles, flower pots, wines, and crackers ? The day after the fourth was the hottest of the season, and is almost unprecedented in the modern annals of the city. The mercury pass ed the century notch ! Fortunately the heat abated that night, and the present temperature though still high is not insufferable. The only book that I have read with any inT terest this week is the Marquis de Custine's quite famous work on Russia. It is the most com prehensive and philosophical account of Russia ever published. It was written in French and translated several years ago, and the present is a new edition, fully warranted by the merits of the book and by the general interest which is now felt in the vast dominions of the Czar. Amid the many books on Russia which have recently appeared, this of the Marquis de Custine is decidedly the most readable. The weather is still too hot to allow of long letters, and so I shall subscribe myself yours in a corner. ' COSMOS. For the Southern Weekly Post. NOTES OF TRAVEL- BY C. II. BRACKETTE. Dedicated to Miss R. E. Wiley, with respects. 'What a degree of patience the reading public . at this season of the year must exercise in refer ence to the various productions of the thousands of travellers, who are, just at this time, visiting the different celebrated places of the land. One aspiring young gentleman visits for the first time some obscure watering place in the Wjjst, and at once writes six sheets of the larg est class ; one entirely describing the loveliness of the location, the beauty of the buildings, the value of the water, the agreeable character of the company, etc., etc., and finally finishes by announcing his determination to give in a brief time a more extended description of the aforesaid Spring, company, ladies, gentlemen, etc., etc. ! ! Another has progressed far towards the North, is looking intently, while writing, at the glori ous scenery of the Hudson, or the Katskill Mountain, or possibfy is spell bound while gaz ing at the belles of a small road called Broadway, situated in a little village sometimes called New York. "Well so it is. Young ladies with port folios too, imitate the gents, or rather endeavor to lead in this sketching business. Now kind, gentle, clever or intellectual reader, whoever thou art, is it not presumption in the writer to attempt " notes of travel " ? It surely is, and it is only commenced to be a brief pro duction, and " only just this time," as the youths of hopeful promise sometimes say. A brief period of time only it seems since the hours were passing, oh ! so swiftly, looking at one of the most valuable and interesting schools for young ladies, at Wytheville, "Western Vir ginia, under charge of Mr. R. "W. Nowlin, assist ed by three or four superior teachers. And vet since the May day adieus were made there, the valley of Virginia has been traversed, the Ches apeake bay passed over, Eastern North Carolina fassed partially through, a due North through old Virginia and Maryland, to the Quaker Citv made, and now a return made to old North Carolina again. High, proud feelings of satisfaction are always experienced by the writer when he looks at the soil of this laud of .peace and hospitality. The ." notes of travel " he could make of jdurnevs performed in all kinds of weather and in all kinds of manner, might not be uniuterestinsr, but there are none so pleasant to his mind as those which have occurred in this same State. Reader, were you ever at Franklinsville, situ ated in Randolph county? If not, go there and behold the commencement of a manufacturing city. Look at it well, and if your mind is in clined to become tainted by the lust of gain, buy a lot there, and if you have a friend vou wish to give an upward lift, purchased wo. Frank linsville is a city, lacking only twenty years. Go and see it. If you feel inclined, during the heat of sum mer, to change for a few days or weeks your residence, and conceive an idea of visiting the Springs, u drop it " quickly. The Springs will mine your pockets, without giving you a return. The very o'eirest memory of Springs the writer has, is connected with one in Kentucky, kept a few years since by a man by the name of Smith, but no doubt, many of your readers have your own dear memories of other Springs, and recall vanished hours and dollars at Springs, fled ne'er to eoine back. Iudeed, seriously, the visiting of watering places does not contribute to happiness. .A day passed at South Lowell, or in visiting such a Seminary of learning as that of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson, at Franklinton, is worth in real satisfaction all the hours of the idle ones at nine hundred and ninety-nine Springs Saratoga, White Sulphur and others included. Don't forget this, and if yoa reside within fif ty, miles of Goidsborough,'go and see its Female School of a hundred fine scholars, at the - head of which you will find a gentleman of talent t " Notes of travel M should refer to mountains and valleys, rivers and lakes, forests and fields, orchards and gardens, palaces and colleges ; but the writer has no memory for these. Indeed, he has not thought of nature .much lately, at least, as seen in the earth's loveliness, but his mind has been with the living and dead of the children of the earth. Writing of Laurel Hill Cemetery, he found it printed with an 41 S." Visiting friends in Vir ginia, he was.congratulated upon his improve ment in the use of letters. However, let it pass' so. In the journals of the day, there is much to amuse as well as instruct. In Nelson Count)', Virginia, there resides a young lady of much original genius as a writer of poetry. Rarely does mind-evince itself in a more lovely phase than doeshers. It will be long ere the casual readers even of the papers forget Matilda. All writers who permit their names to become the property of the public, pay a penalty by be ing compelled not only to peruse divers and sun dry poor letters, from all sorts, kinds, and con ditions of people, but frequently they are assailed in the line friendly the way loveable the style congenial, etc., by those who would so fully play the sbj game as to steal their hearts away, and the fair lady it seems is now called upon directly or indirectly to respond to eight verses from the " Kanawha Salines," the last of which puts the question direct or indirect as you choose. Read it and admire its ingenious char acter : . "Matilda, should thy spirit twine t As round the forest oak, the vine, I wish that heart may be As free, as pure, as warm as thine, A fountain , full without decline, And should you think that heart is mine, There is a heart far thee" Well, tins way of proposing in verse is not bad after all,' and to a lady who is supposed to be an excellent judge of the article, it will not come amiss. Never having seen " Matilda " in proper person, the writer will not be assured as to the reception of the eight verses, but the por trait at the Rev Mr. B 's, gazed at so long in May, 1852, for its rare loveliness and display of intellect, and high feelings, rather impresses the writer's mind with a conviction that the lady will riot believe "that delay is dangerous." It is to be hoped, at all events, that she will not decide too rapidly, so interesting a question, as the world will surelv look for "other and fur ther productions" "of the same sort " from the "Saliues." . Here however, let " notes of travel " be brought to a close.' The subject will not be continued. July 10, 1854. For the Southern Weekly Post. MY MOTHER. What a thrill of pleasure and fond remem brances should rush to the mind at the recital of that dear word, Mother. The young are too often apt to overlook and neglect the kind ad vice of a dear loving mother, and very often when, alas, 'tis too late, they weep tears of repen tance at the total disregard they have paid to her pious admonitions : the cold clods of the valley now press4 upon her lifeless frame, and we are forever deprived of her soothing words. But, remember, young men, and women, too, her gentle spirit has winged its flight, where she would have you follow her. Let her mem ory be your guardian star through life, endea vor tp imitate her bright example, and you have naught Jlo fear. , The above thoughts were suggested to the Writer upon witnessing a scene iu the town of W , in our own State. The shrill whistle of the southern train was heard to echo through the tall and majestic pines and soon after the weary travellers were preparing to refresh the the ijiner man, over a sumptuously rilled table. In the ciowd might have been seen a beautiful girl, accompanied by a young man of an intel ligent and noble appearance. They were seated side by side, and her 'modest countenance seem ed to shrink beneath the rude gaze of mauy who usually throng a public house. The young man was evidently in a pensive mood, and said but little. Having finished his -meal he wa.- seen to whisper something to his fair compani on, whose changing color and manifest excite 7 C ment, showed that it was a subject of au un pleasant nature. Regardless, however, the young man seized from the table, a bottle, an pouring out a glass of wiue raised it to his lips The young girl rising hastily, snatched from her bosom a locket, and presenting it to his view exclaimed with a faltering voice: -" Dear broth er, remember our aymir mothers request her last prayer was, that you be not again tempt ed !" - The young man seemed greatly agitated, and with a trembling hand replaced the glass upon the table, and sobbed aloud. The young gir Overcome bv her feelings had sunk to the floor, The excitement was now intense, they were sur rounded by strangers, and the fainting girl was borne from the dining hall. The young man soon after left, with shame and regret depicted upon his features. The writer saw them no more, but was pleas ed to learn, some months afterwards, that the brother was an exemplar1 member of the Sons of Temperance and would soon enter the holy state of wedlock with a daughter, who would no doubt, with the true spirit of a loving wo man, endeavor to supply the vacuum in his heart, caused by the decease of a christian mo ther. Young reader, take a mother's advice, heed her wise counsels, and iu after years the recol lection of your early days will be rendered stil more pleasing, from the fact of your having act ed in strict accordance with the will of her, who so tenderly Avatched over your infancy. W. R. R. Jr. Love one human being with warmth and t purity, and thou wilt love the world. The heart in that celestial sphere of love, is like the sun in its course. From the drop in the rose, to the ocean, all is for him a mirror, which he fills and brightens. Jean Pacx. , What countryman must a miner necessarily be f An Abyss-imam. 1 MISCELLANEOUS. THE CZAfi. George M. Dallas, late Vice-President of the United States, and Minister to Russia, thus sketches the Czar : No admitted merit no length of service-J-no elevation of rank can avert the blow with which he is ever ready to strike the culpable or disloy al. To maintain the discipline of his troops, he is in the habit of suddenly visiting their stations, without warning when wo to the officer or private then detected in fault ! He has been known, in the instance of discovering remissness or inattention, to tear off, with his own hands, the epaulettes and decorative bandages of a vet eran and favorite officer. There revels in his temperament what may be called a dash of ro mance, which, set oti" by a form of great elegance and muscular strength, gives to his actions grace, vivacity and interest. When representing the imperial chief, his details of grandeur and mag nificence may be truly and orientally gorgeous his audiences, banquets and festivals, as im posing and dramatic as those in the Arabian Niglils yet often from them he breaks abruptly away travels through his kingdom, unknown and unobserved ; gaining, perhaps, admission to the palace of some neighboring sovereign, under a fictitious name ; or, as a mendicant by the wayside, claims the charity of his empress ; or, it may be, as an awkward captain of a steamer, affects to run down some lubbering captain of a small craft in the Baliic and, while supposed to be thus roaming over the empire, alarms his ministers by suddenly presenting himself amongst tliem. A few years ago an American frigate, alike celebrated for the beauty of her proportions, the solidity of her form, and quickness of sailing, entered the harbor of Cronstadt. Her arrival was at once commuuicated to Nicholas, and before her anchor was fairly down, one of his richly ornamented steamers was observed approaching across the wide bay. The steamer stopped at about one hundred yards distance from the frig ate, and a dazzling group of officers was seen to enter a barge, the course of which was immedi ately directed towards the ship. Acting as cox swain to this barge, and seating himself at the stern, appeared a consp:cuous figure with a small white cap, encircled by a red band, and attired in a single-breasted dark green frock coat, the attire corresponding with the individual's subor dinate capacity, and presenting a singular con trast to the epauletts and other finery of those under whose orders he seemed stationed. Always prepared to receive such visitors, our naval commander met them at the gangway, and gave them a cordifl welcome. Anions: them was the vice-chancellor of the empire, the min ister of marine, and a number of admirals and general officers, who went 'aft' in the cabin of the commodore, whilst their coxswain, as if con scions that he must look out for himself, walked 4 forward,' and mingled carelessly with the com .mon sailors. As he examined the battery and 'scrutinized the bulwarks, asking now and then some questions, the hardy tars trained to discern the air and tone of real -authority, instinctively touched their tarpaulin hats, and winking know ingly to each oilier, whispered their conviction 1...4- - I i.1 ,1 J 1. 1 " l j. i. mi . - LiiaL n as uie oiu uoy nimseti ; l his suspicion circulated with rapidity throughout the frigate but no one deemed it decorous, by the slightest word or look, to intimate its existence to him who thought himself, as he wished to be, abso lutely unrecognized. After inspecting this proud specimen of our naval architecture and arma ment, the splendid cavalcade re-entered their barge. And now arrived the moment when the Commodore was to decide whether he should crive the ordinary salute of twenty-one nins or thrice that number, constituting the imperial sa lute. The suspected coxswain was then . observ ed, alone, and leaning on the wheel of the steam er, as the man-of-war's heavy cannon thundered from her ports. He remained silent and sta tionery until, at the sound of the twenty-second gun, he started with surprise, gathered his ofli cjis around him, and after he had explained to them' that the ' cute Yankees ' had seen through his disguise, he issued his orders for the resump tion of his true character, signals were immedi diately noticed to be exchanged with the sur rounding forts, and ten or twelve Russian ships in the harbor. The star-spangled banner was then hoisted at the mast-head of the steamer, gracefully playing across the bows of the Amer ican ship, while every other armed vessel com menced firing answering salutes. When these ceased, the flag of the Union slowly descended, and Nicholas proclaimed his real presence by hoisting in its stead the standard of his house the dark double-headed eagle, on a yellow ground, whos3 appearance, as if by magic, awoke the cannon both on the shore and the bay, pro ducing the deafening roar of two thousand guns. The self-confidence which leads to those eccen tric movemeuts characterizes the deportment of the sovereign everywhere and at all times. A Crnious Incident. Mr. Flauddin, in his narrative of a residence in Persia, relates a curi ous incident, which occurred when he was at Ispahan : " The Persian servant of a European had been stung by a scorpion, and his master wished to apply ammonia, the usual remedy in such cases, but the man refused, and ran off to the bazaar. When he returned, he said he was cured, and appeared to be so. The European, rather sur prised at this almost instantaneous cure, ques tioned him, and found that he had been to a dervish, who, he said, after examining the wound and uttering a few words, had several times touched it with a little iron blade. Still more astonished at the remedy than the cure, the European desired to see the instrument by which the latter was said to have been effected. At the cost of a small pickech he was allowed to have it for a few minutes in his possession. Af ter a careful examination, finding nothing extra ordinary in the instrument, he made up his mind that the cure was a mere trick ; that the dervish was animposter; that the scorpion sting had not penetrated, and that his servant had been more frightened than hurt He threw the blade contemptuously upon the table, when, to his great suprise, he beheld it attach itself strong ly to a knife. Tne quack's instrument was sim ply a magnet But what power had the load stone's attraction over venom ? This discovery was very odd. Incredulity was at a nonplus, and yettheiman stung by the scorpion was cured, and he who had cured him was in great renown at Ispahan - for the treatment of that sort of wound. ETIQUETTE OF WIDOWS. Alphonse Karr, a French writer, thus gives directions for the duration and milinery of sor row : Those who shall scrupulously observe certain simple and easy practices, shall be considered to experience a sufficient degree of grief, lhus it is proper for a woman to mourn her husband a year and six weeks. (A man only mourns his wife six months.) That is .to say, the wid ow, on the morning, of the four hundred and seventy -first day (and the widower on the dawn of the one hundred and eighty -first) awakes in a gay and cheerful mood. Grief divides itself into several periods in the case of widows, 1st period. Despair, six weeks. This period is known by a black paramatta dress, crape col lar and cuff's, and the disappearance of the hair beneath the widow cap. , 2d period. Profound grief. Despondency, six weeks. Profound grief is recognized by the dress, which still continues to be paramatta, and the despondency which succeeds to despair is symbolized by the white crape collar and cuffs. 3d period. Grief, softened by the consola tions of friendsand the hope soon to join the regretted object of her affections in a better world. These melancholy sentiments last six months; they are expressed by a black silk dress ; the widow's cap is still worn. 4th period. Time heals the wounds of the heart. Providence tempers the East wind to the shorn lamb. Violent attacks of grief only comes on at rare intervals. Sometimes the widow seems as though she had forgotten her loss, but all at once a circumstance, apparently indifferent, recalls it and she falls back into grief. Yet she dwells from time to time, upon the faults of the beloved, but it is onlv to con trast them with his dazzling virtues. This pe riod would be tiresome enough for the world at large, therefore it has been decided to express it simply by half-mourning. 5th period. There is now only a softened melancholy, which will last all her life i.-e.' six weeks. This touching and graceful sentiment shows itself by a quiet gray silk dress, the sufferer less feels the loss than the actual deprivations of a husband. AVhen any lady loses her husband, it is re quisite either to pay her a visit of condolence, or to address a letter to her. It is customary in these cases to make use of such language as admits the probability of the greatest possible grief, that of Artemisia, for example. Fonten eville, however, thought proper to send a blank letter to a young friend of his who had lost an old husband, saying he would fill it up three months afterward. When he did so, he began, " Madame, I congratulate you." But this is quite contrary to custom. Therefore, when a widow loses an old avaricious husband, from whom she inherits a large fortune, you ought not the less to entreat her not to give herself up to despair, and take care to look as though you believed that it was law and custom alone which prevented her from burying herself with him. . Shakspeare's Females. Perhaps no writer, either before or since the time of Shakspeare, ever equalled the great dramatist, in his beauti ful delineations of the female character. Like the exquisite creatures of Raphael, Shakspeare's females are all matchless. He is never more enthusiastic than when describing them wheth er in the gaiety of the ball, their beauty hanging on the cheek of night or floating with silken sails and silver oars on the water that glowed beneath or hanging fantastic garlands on the hoary willow or in any scene where he can dwell on their charms. He paints them in every variety: in maternal fondness, in filial affection, in ardent, unpractised, or deep cherished love, in ambition, in sorrow, in despair; but in every situation they are his alone unimitated, at least unequalled, by any other pen. There is a delicacy in the females of Shak speare, which displays the true gallantly of the heart, and women should love him as their no blest advocate. He can soften their faults, till lie makes their very imperfections charming, their weakness lovely. lie introduces them to soothe and to throw gleams of brightness like stars in the tempest, over the wildest scenes of tragedy. He gives to them character and heart, which c;;alt them above all beauty. He shows them in all the purity of their affections and the tenderness of their nature. If h; exac-eiates their excellence, it is only to increase their fidel ity, affection and virtue. In their joy they are the brightest of mortals. In their sorrow, there is always that which melts and sinks into the heart. He is well called the "sweet and erentle Shakspeare," for he delights above all things to paint pictures of woman's sweetness, grace and beauty. Her vows of love become indeed silver soft, as they are whispered by night among trees, and groves, and running brooks, afar from pub lic haunts. There is an intense and striking fondness for such scenes, displayed through all his dramas. Indeed, in this, Shakspeare is sig nally without a rival. A Curiosity;. The Cleveland Herald gives an account of a curiosity in Bryan, Williams county Ohio, of which it speaks as follows: It is supposed by some that there is an underground lake at the depth of some forty or fifty feet, of considerable extent, as water lia3 been found when bored for several miles round. This also is apparent from the fact that every new well that is bored affects the strength of others in its immediate vicinity, un til its stream is elevated, by means of a stock, to an equal height. There are several that fill a two inch pipe to the height of 8 feet above the surface oj the ground, ;tnd others issue a somewhat smaller stream at the height of twelve or fifteen feet. Some of the larger ones frequently throw up small fmh,and we are told there is a very strong fountain about a mile east of this place, in which fish of a blackish color, of the length of three inches have been seen Water is found at an average depth of forty-two feet. The auger passes through a loose sand un til it strikes what is called a "hard pan," a bed of solid blue clay, of from two to three feet in thickness, and of such a nature that it requires a drill to penetrate it. Immediately below this w hard pan " lies the water. No season nor state of the weather has any effect upon these living fountains. RALEIGH, JULY 157 1854. WILLIAM D. COOKE, EDITOR AHTO HOfRIITOE. Terms TWO DOLLARS PES, AN2TTJM, in Advance. CLUB PRICES: $5 full price,. 12 15 " Three Copies . . Eight Copies,. ". Ten Copies- . . . $6, .... 16, 20, ....40. Twenty Couies. 0 (Payment in all cases in advance.) r Where a club of eight, ten or twentv subscribers is sent, the person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. 53r Postmasters are authorized to act as Agents lor the Southern Weekly Post. Mr. H. P. Dottthit is our authorized agent for the States of Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Chesapeake Hall, Hampton, Va., ) July 10, 1854. S This delightful summer resort for seabathing, &c, is becoming more and more popular as its advantages become better known. Hampton is one of the oldest towns in Virginia, and contains about 1500 inhabitants. It is about a mile from the mouth of Hampton Creek, which emp ties into Hampton Roads some two miles above Old Point. Chesapeake Hall is beautifully sit uated immediately upon the water, having in front a shaded lawn, where at all times of the day and night we enjoy the cool sea breeze. The bathing houses are large and very conve niently situated, having a depth of from five to seven feet of water according to tide. Very fine sail boats are always in readiness to take out parties for pleasure, or on fishing excursions. They are in charge of skilful and and the rate of fare is very reasonable. The names of these boats are the " Ilitchen," "Mary S. Cooke," "Cygnet," "Fanny Ellsler" and "Jenny Lind." The second named boat, was christened on Saturday night last by a party who took a moonlight sail in her, receiving the name of a young lady of Raleigh, one of the party. A handsome flag having on it the name of the boat is to be presented some time this week. Chesapeake Hall comprises two large buildings, one of them entirely new, three stories high, with a large ball room on the first floor. The rooms are pleasant and commodious and well furnished. The bible is furnished with every thing the. market affords, the fish and oys ters being taken fresh every day from the water immediately in front of the Hotel. We must not forget to speak of the obliging proprietor of Chesapeake Hall, Dr. R. G. Banks, who strives in every way to make his visitors comfortable, and he seems to have the good fortune to suc ceed admirably in his endeavors. There are in all about one hundred and twenty-five visitors here now and the rooms are not all occupied. To those of our friends who wish to change the heated atmosphere of the interior for the invigorating sea breeze and sea bathing, we know of no place we can more cheerfully re commend than Chesapeake Hall at Hampton. For the information of those desirous to visit this place, we will state, that the Baltimore stenmere loaviner Portsmouth, upon the arrival of the cars on the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad touch at Old Point, where hacks will be found in readiness to convey passengers to Hampton. There are also steamboats running from Norfolk to Hampton and Old Point, several times each day. We are pleased to be able to state that persons-desiring to visit this part of the country can procure tickets from Weldon to Portsmouth for five dollars, which entitles them to a return over the road, with the privilege of remaining as long as they choose. AVe wish we had it in our power to say that the same arrangement could -be made upon our own Raleigh and Gas ton road we hone, howevor, the directors of A ' this road will ere long be convinced that accom modations of this sort, while they are a great advantage to the travelling public are no less so to the road itself. AMERICANISM. That species of Native-Americanism which contemplates the exclusion of foreigners from all participation in the political privileges of our country, has never commended itself to our judgment, or enlisted our sympathies. We have ever regarded it as the glory of our system of government, that the stranger is not on ly received on our shores with a bountiful hos pitality, but promptly admitted to a full and equal share in all the duties and responsibilities of a free citfeen. It is our pride and pleasure to meet the most forlorn and wretched of our race on the threshold of the continent, and ten der to him a warm and encouraging welcome to our homes and hearts. AVe greet him as an equal, and embrace him as a brother, though the rags of poverty are his only clothing, and' the sweat of toil is streaming, from his brow, though ignorance, superstition and prejudice have combined to debase and stupify his nobler nature, and he comes with no . other recommen dation than his wants and his woes, to seek an asylum in the western wilderness. Such is the reception it is our pride aud our habit to give to the most abject masses of humanity which are constantly sloughing from the social surface of Europe, and floating as it were instinctively, to wards our hospitable shores. And such may it long continue, illustrating by a brilliant .exam ple never before presented in the history of the world, the generosity and magnanimity of a people truly great and free. But whilst we thus resist the .exclusive policy of a certain northern party which aims at a to tal separation of the native and foreign elements of our population, we cannot overlook the dan gers to which our institutions are exposed from the unassimilated character of the latter class There is an Americanism which is the duty of eveiy patriot to cherish and defend. There are sacred principles and truths inherited by our native population from their fathers, with which the newly arrived emigrant from other lands can have little acquaintance or sympathy. Against these it is evident that a large and in creasing party of foreigners are steadily hostile, and it becomes the watchful guardians of our natural trust to observe a faithful vigilance lest they be undermined and destroyed. .True Americanism consists in sincere devotion to thos principles and institutions which dis tinguish us as freemen from the people of other civilized lands. It is not sufficient to profess a vague and general regard for the caus. ,,f jjj erty.oj, It is' liberty according to the const;.; tional forms which it has assumed in the paint ,j process ot our national birth, that we are h I',!;, by every motive of self interest and gi atim, to! defend from violation. It is that libertv -i : . recognizes the true interests of the people as its chief end, and aims at their progressive t-l,.v. tion ana advancement, in au mat can contribute! to their highest good. That liberty whie, only another name tor license, which seek. mate our oonntrv t hfl theatre nf nim.ct..,.;.. i . j '-""iiiii-. jjj diligence in the vices, errors and abuses of Old World, which .exercises itself in brutal plays of intolerance and bigotry, anl 1m;si u,, w;,i ov.;; i . . i . . IIO C5llLJCCL10U lO llIU II1C111C aiiu Slinn,. spiritual despotism; the liberty claimed to l,UrJ t i ; i , . 'If our oioies, to imprison ana aouse A in ri,.;iIj children in obedience to priestly tyranny, XA to publish and promulgate among our peoj4 doctrines and opinions openly opposed to tl principles upon which our institutions repose.-; lnb 1-iVun.tv cou ic nt tV.. 1 - r. . 1 ..... 1. .1 herited from our revolutionary fathers, but is a togeiner lnuoinpuuoie iviui it. we may j1(J A i.1 ' . . . . i 1 . 1 . " . I ' . 1 I - consistently crush out these anti-American s. j timents and practices by legal enactments, Tint it becomes us to frown upon them with a witlu-i. ing indignation, to blast them with the scorn a free and jealous people. Freedom of speech, of investigation, tand personal judgment must le essential to that li! erty which we have inherited. To encoura-u general education, extend the blessings of Feli.'; ous instruction, and foster every instituti.,! which tends to make men' better citizens an vni luauD, jo mo wuij aiiu iiit; privilege l tlJe true patriot. Whatever, on the other hand, a tendency to darken the human mind and it upon it the claims of sujwrstition, topixJ. !,! its errors and foster its prejudices acquire circumstances less favorable than ours to t dom and civilization, must be regarded as b uiu iu uui cuumij. aim us lusuiuuous, aiiu in consistent with the, noble sentiments which ail mated the authors of our independence: Th is a foreign party among us which is govornil by precisely such influences as these, and thete are too many Americans who are disjtosed regard it as harmless and patriotic. -AVo lo( upon their indifference as the height of infaj uation and folly. A strong opposition to i principles and practices is the Americanism aesire to see prevailing, juuiic opinion, uiu-iiji bodied iu party forms, must be excited and man ifested, with more distinctness than it is atpil sent, against the foreign, transatlantic inlhieia-.. which control its counsels and movements, if wje would preserve from utter rum the precious h stitutious under which we live. The southern people cannot veil he iliffc . .... .1.:, j. : . - mi ii ... eui 10 tins gie;u issue. llleynieall rcpiiliiic.1! in their political opinions, and ;i larcril m ,e i .... . . . At. 1- oi mem oioioiaius in ineir reunions sriunin ntt They have no affinity nr association with eithv temporal or spiritual despotism, and will, w trust, long coutinue to be as true as steel to th .t. .1 : " i ,i carumai principles or uieir creed. Jet thcih therefore carefully cherish a strong Aineric; feeling. Whilst with one hand they extend a friendly greeting to the unfortunate Strang let them guard with, the other, from violation aucl rirni, the sacred depository ot their own lib erties. Colleges. AVe cannot avoid some feeling n ........ .1 1 ( r ........ . 1 . , . . . ... ,-. . . . . 1,,. 1 , ajjiciicin5ivu vii-ii nc now many COlM'"W are springing up in the Southern States. Y iiun ui mew.- iiiMiiiuioiiK too iur. ii tney weie. l. ; i ; . . r . ta.i intended as academies or preparatory school!;, it would be matter for exultation : but it seen ,i .... . t to us m tne highest degree impolitic to estab lish so many institutions with the power to co fer degrees, and thus to furnish so manj- sujtej- hcially educated young persons with the (lathi ing arid deceptive assurance that their educa tion is complete. AVhen colleges are so multi plied it is impossible to provide them wiijh ! . ...... 1 . 1 ........ i- ' . , I uioiuiiyinv cuiiijieiiii nisu uciors, wiui ample apparatus, large libraries, and various other ii- centives to literary aspiration which are found in larger institutions. In almost every respecjf, the latter are both bettor and cheaper than tl former, and whilst particulay neighborhoo' may gain by their establishment, society gen ii.. .i i .i. i i .i . ,1. rany, must uu im; loser uy ureal. We are al4 doubtful whether sectarian -colleges are wise adapted to the ends of a liberal education. T! arguments usually urged in favor of them a more specious than solid, and according to .,i observation they rather diminish than iiieiv.r luinitiiw m leuiHou.s societies oy wind. they are sustained. AV throw out tli.-r-e r? marts merely as suggestions, and hope that 'is such they may lead others to inquire more de. ly into the subject. CJ T. . c- ouuiiuu jutnAAusM. kome ot our cj : ai. - i .i . ,i - i leiiipuwtuea seem 10 iuiuk mat mere are tk many papers published at the south, am tj, this excess is the principal cause of the inadL- quate support which they receive. AVeheliev on the contrary, that if the money that is : all- nually sent JNorthtor Northern publication 1 1 V ,1 r, ,i 'f vveie ouy icianjeu in me outli to suppofrt southern papers, there would be no reason complain of the insufficient support of our ovln papers. The southern people, do not yet ; preciate, as they should do, the benefits of tie press. They neither liberally subscribe nor li erally pay for their own newspapers ; but this is uu fliguimwi ..v tint journalism is ovep done, or that the number of our papers shou i be reduced. What we need is a little mofe partiality for papers established in their midst and a little less facility of being imposed upon by the specious pretence of northern superiority. But let us not be discouraged. It will be found out after a while, that the South can if ; sustain a much larger periodical issue than she highest interest to compensate and encourage the faithful sentinels who keep watch upon luir walls. May this conviction be speedily realized, ana result in tne general advancement and prok penty ot the Southern press. "7 C II "l 1-1 inof winnAJ 1. - T 1 " ,i "a" juo" icwiicu uie juiy oi me People's Journal, it is a highly interesting aiid valuable copy, embellished with1 forty enoraf ings, embracing illustrations of some of die latest patents. ftW.,: -