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ELY POST OUT 178 There is no, redress but the intelligence office, and in a sortof despair she . threshold. It i8 early in the day, a 1 there are few in, bet the acrent is busily engaged in a convena tion witha lady, and Biddy takes a seat at a re spectable distance to await his leisure. Mean while she fends listening ear to their conver sation. M'l've no doult I can suit you, ma'am. There are few in at present, but in the course f the day I will sendy one." " My family is large," replied the lady, ' and as my own health is poor I should prefer an expe rienced person, I suppose, however, it is more difficult to procure one of this kind on reasonable ,, terms. " A little more so ma'am, but help of all kind is abundant. Even the best girls, with lew ex ceptions, are continually changing their places. They are never contented." I "The fault is not altogether theirs," was the reply. "There is a great want of consideration on the part of 'the employers. They forget that their servants are members of, the same great human family with themselves, and that there .-; 'Biddy pw"s to'triuf. M in citement. jiNow blessing on ye tor a raiaiaay as ye are, and a Christian beside. It is Biddy M'Carty who will serve ye till her dying-day." I Though somewhat astonished, the lady could . not forbear smiling pleasantly at the mterrup tion, and said in a kindly tone: v i "I fear you are not experienced enough in household work to answer my purpose my good girl. You look like a new comer." - " Not long over ma'am but I've had a dale of experience in a short time, I'll do my best en deavors to suit you, ma'am, and iridade I would be happy to live with a lady like yourself. I've had a queer luck in Ameriky, an' that is the truth. The ladies have but little feeling for the poor girls. They must know that they were never teached, and what the .mistress does not know herself. They must do.everything at the proper time even when their hands are tied when they should be about the work. They must always be ready for every body, and never mind it all, if nobody's ready for them. In truth it is a hard life, all work, no play, and no kind words. That's the hardest of all, ma'am." i Biddy paused for breath, and the agent fear ing that she was' troublesome, signed to her to ' jetire behind the screen, but the lady interfered. "! "Let her step this way, if you please, I will ask her a few questions." j A short-conversation proved that Biddy knew how to do but little, but was willing to do a great deal. ' j " Only try mo, ma'am," she said earnestly . L " I will work day and night for one who can feel for a poor servant. My' very heart leaped for joy when I heard your kind words about the 4 obligations.' I cannot repate them, for I've not the laming, but I know the meaning well. It is the same as the rule in the Good Book, 'Do as ye would be done by." " Exactly so Biddy," replied the lady, quite affected by the. girl's appeal.' "That; rule ap plies to all in whatever station of life they may be placed. I will take you on trial, Biddy," she continued;, after a pause ; " and after you have been with me a week we will decide what - your wages will be if you -continue with me." " Little care I for the wages, ina'am. I will be content with whatever ye allow me." . "I will endeavor not to abuse your confidence Biddy. At what hour in the day shall I ex pect you ?" "Indade, an' I will follow ye home, an' it plase je. I -will not be after losing sight of the 'blessing which it has plased Providence to send Jme. Good morning to ye, an' many thanks ""for the trouble I've given you," continued Bid dy, as following her new mistress, she crossed for the last time the threshold of the door of the intelligence office. Her honest countenance was never seen there again, She had found her home, and happy in doing and receiving good she went on her way. ' . Following, the Leader. A letter writer, who sends jottings forth" from Cincinnati, tells the following story as one that accually occurred in that city " A very amusingjjjpcident occur red on Walnut street the other day, illustrative of the natural instinct of one sheep to follow ' another. A, small drove was coming up the street, and when they arrived opposite the Gib ' son House the foremost made a rush to go into . an alley, but a man suddenly coming out, some what frightened the sheep, and it deviating slightly from the true course, darted into a fan cy lamp Store followed by the whole flock. The ' crowd, eager to witness the sport, instantly blockaded" the door, so that there was no mode ; of egress for the unceremonious visitors, and as : said lamp store was too contracted to suit their peculiar notions, and wishing to regain their . t liberty as speedily as possible, they saw no oth er means of escape but through the window. One of them made a break, and leaped clear , through the show-window upon the pavement, : demolishing in its progress,; glass-ware, china, : &c. with an alacrity truly praise-worthy. The crowd, immediately fell back from the door, and allowed a free passage, but every sheep jumped through that hole in the windoic." California.: Rev. A. G. Register, in a let ter to the American Presbyterian says: "I stopped several days in San Francisco, I made all the observations I could of the business of this commercial city ; and from what I could bear, see and read, there was one general cry of . hard times, slow sales, low prices, bad luck, broken merchants, low wages and little money. Everything in the form of trade is fastly depre ciating. Potatoes are gone down to nothing, not in demand. Thousands of bushels are thrown out to rot : Farmers are offering to give them away to any person that will take them out of their way " It is generally thought, that there is enough of wheat raised in Santa Clara Valley to bread the entire - population of California. From al I can gather on this point, I am fully convinced ' that in a few months flour will be cheaper in thevalley, than any other part of the Union except Oregon. Flour is now worth les3 in San Francisco than it is in many places of the States, ; Several cargoes were shipped from San Francis co last spring to Europe and other places." 4 ORIGINAL POETRY. ' For the Southern Weekly Post. THE FAIR--A PARODY. Are you coming to the Fair? All the Public will be there ; From the mountain to the sound, And the counties all around, Every road will bring the folks To this cily of the Oaks, Where there's room enough to spare For the people at the Fair. Are you coming to the Fair? Lots of ladies will be there. 1 If you'll call at Floral Hall . There 's a chance to see them all, . With their handiwork of art And their charms to win the heart. There'll be nothing to compare "With the ladies at the Fair. Are you coming to the Fair? All the beaux are to be tiere, And their fascinated eyes Wili award the highest prize f To the fairest ot the train ; J Then, ladies, haste again To claim the highest share In the honors of Fair. JLryJooming to the Fair? They'll come front everywhere, With steeds of boasted speed, And bulls of foreign breed, . Sheep familiar with the shears, Asses young, advanced in ears, And such pigs you will declare They were fattened for the Fair. Are you coming to the Fair ? 'sA-ll '-he fowls are to be there Poland cocks to claim the prize, Brahma Pootras, and Shanghaes, P's and W's plumed display, In their rich and proud array Ducks and geese, of beauty rare, Will be vocal at the Fair. Are you coming to the Fair? Lots of good things will be there Fancy goods at fancy prices, Cakes, and candies, ades, and ices, Fruits and flowers will there unite To revive the appetite. Samples too of curious ware Will surround you at the Fair. Are you coming to theTair ? If you've funds enough to spare, Dont hesitate too long To join the happy throng. You 're ejected, and invited, And the public will feel slighted, If they find you do not care To be present at the Fair. Are you coming to the Fair? Something whispers you declare "To bo .sure we will be there," " We'll be there !" W. COMMUNICATIONS. METROPOLITAN CORRESPONDENCE. -I letter lxvi. New York, October 1, 1854. News by the Canada Landing of Vie allied Armies on the Crimea March im Sevastopol Prospect of action A Jtusslan peice r oe conquered not neyvtiateitZrelay of the ." Arctic" steamer The New Tori; State lair Mul titudes of Visitors Mammoth Cheeses Dissensions a mong the Baptists Ihe New version of the Bible So- mance of American landscape A new edition qf Head's Female Poets Bryant's Poems Mr. Giles' new book New Testament Synonyms Easy Warren Lqmartine's Memoirs of Celebrated Characters. My Dear Post : The British mail steamer Canhda, brings the intelligence of the landing of 58,000 of the allied troops in the territory of the autocrat. The debarkation was effected, without resistance, at Eupatoria, about a hun dred, miles from Sevastopol, towards which they were marching in full feather and in high spirits. It is exceedingly probable, I think, that they would not reach Sevastopol without encounter ing the enemy, who it is stated, were making magnificent preparations to oppose their progress. The, auspices under which this great expedition began its progress are such as to justify the ex pectation that it w ill achieve splendid results. The capture of Sevastopol and the entire posses sion of the Crimea are confidently anticipated as a speedy consequence of this great movement. For the first time, almost, since our ears have been saluted with the tokens of an European war, there is a prospect of earnest work. We have been disappointed in reasonable expecta tions before, however, and we may be again, for this important news from the East, is uot with out the appendage of a rumor, that Russia has accepted the terms of the four nations, and that peace will be speedily declared. For such an issue as this, to be sure, 1 1' r one, and doubtless the vast majority cf people, would be content to have the campaign suddenly ended, and the au tocrat get off with only a little humbling of his overweening pride and ambition ; but who real ly believes that a peace an effectual peace I mearn is to be negotiated between the belliger ent ; powers ! I certainly do not believe it. Such a peace must be conquered; it must be knocked out of Ru.-sia by cannon balls and shells, or let out of her by "thrusts of sword and bayo nets, with her rash and reckless blood. The Emperor is infatuated with his own estimate of Lis transcendent power and prowess, and until he is well beaten he will not have his ideas brought down to a just standard. It is a move ment worthy of the allied troops this Crimean expedition and if it is not subjected to disas ters which seem almost impossible, its exploits must be of a character to shine resplendently on the page of history yet to be written. The Arctic steamer, of the Collins' line, is now out a week beyond her time.. She left Liverpool on her usual day, with over 200 pas sengers, since which time not a word has been heard of her. There may not be -at present any serious apprehensions felt concerning her, even by 'those most deeply interested, but every day's further d'ilay will do much to create them, or to deepen expectation into painful solicitude. She has met with some accident, probably, to her machinery, and is making slow advances . homeward, say those who are sagacious in these matters ; and this, is probably the case. May her speedy arrival prevent our fears, and gladden the hearts of those who are deeply interested in . her coming. The New York State, Fair closed last night lor the two or three d tt3 very great indeeL Qn H 111 fx Tf it la Aatlmnt J .1 ...Jf.. u..uatcU mat there were thirty thousand visitors : tpn th ' """u i uiem 1 a vi gathered as early as nine o'clock. The rainy s I weather in the early part of the week hindered the progress of the exhibition, but afterwards the skies and the air were most propitious, and there could not have been finer days tharl were Thursday fcnd Friday. The railroad companies could not provide accommodations for the throngs who went up to the festival. Cars and coaches were crammed to suffocation, and twice as many would have visited the grounds had there been vehicles enough to carry them. The show of cattle and 1 orses was exceedingly fine, and much interest was also excited by the dis play of poultry and pigs ! The floral feature of the Fair delighted every body, and the fruit made every body's mouth water. In the dairy de partment there was delicious looking butter and cheese, much of it of the natural hue, but too much of it deeply tinged with ochre or anatto. The chief attraction fn this department were two cheeses of Br jbdignag dimensions, which might have been mistaken for huge mill stones. Tl.ey weighed about a thousand pounds a piece. I did not see the machinery by which it was pro posed to cut them up into available blocks for table use ! There was a good display of useful and ornamental manufactures, but of course this department was not prominent, as the r air was chiefly Agricultural It passed oft very satisfac torily.' Even Mr. Hale's closing speech, though a repetition, was received with favor and applause, and the multitudes returned home in excellent humor with themselves and every body else An unhappy difference of opinion and feeling lias arisen in the Bantist denomination. It springs out of the new version of the Bible, which a few of Ihe leading men in the Baptist Church are promoting. The vast majority of the de- nominatipn cling to the existing Scriptures, as circulate by the American and Foreign Bible Society. Both of these parties have been here tofore united in missionary operations, but a schism is likely to take place in the ranks of the Home Mission Society, in consequence of a recent decision of the Board of that Society, to occupy rooms for business in the new Baptist Bible House. This decision gives umbrage to the new versionists, and they propose a separate missionary organization. It is to be hoped that this schism may be prevented, and the grand union of this vast and influential church, in their great missionary operations, remain unimpaired. The new versionists appear to me to be some what chimerical in their views and aims. They cannot accompli;-h what they propose. If they could make a new version which christendon would adopt, it would be, perhaps, a most noWe cause ; but this is clearly impossible in the exist ing State of things ; so that this movement is oniy agitating and rending the denomination, to no valuable purpose. The Rev. Dr. Cone of this city, is the leading spirit in the new version ranks; but at least nine tenths of the whole de nomination take no part at all in the measure, and earnestly deprecate the evils which threaten to grow out of it. It is but just to say, perhaps, that the portions of the revised Bible, already issued by the " Hible Union," exhibit much pro found and critical cholarship ; but then, it should be remembered, that there are already upwards of a score of critical, honest and praiseworthy versions, independent altcetherT)frrrgen5fes which the christian world might have accepted in lieu of the latter, if they had been so inclined. If the new versionists wish to swell this number of disregarded labors, let them do so to their heart's content say I ; but do not let a vast de nomination be rent asunder thereby ! A very beautiful and entertaining book has just been published by Messrs. Leavitt ec Allen, of this city. It is entitled " The Romance of American Landscape" and is designed as a gift book for the approaching holidays and for al' seasons. The work is from the pen of T. Addi son Richards, Esq., the distinguished landscape painter of ' his city, who has already proved his claim to high rank as an author as well as an artist by his admirable articles on American Scenery in Harper's Magazine. Southern readers will remember also his beautiful volume of " Summer Stories of the South." The " Romance of American Landscape" is an elegant quarto volume, embracing sixteen superb steel engrav ings, some of them from the author's pencil, and others from no less distinguished artists of this country. They range over a large portion of American Territory, and are most agreeably il lustrated in the text, by sketches and stories. The plan of the book is unique. A party of ar tists assemble at the studio of the author, and there they examine a portfolio of pictures, and indulge in the reminiscences which ihey awaken. These take many shapes : now an essay ; now a legend ; now a comic sketch ;,and now a senti mental tale Tlte work is destined to a brilliant and enduring popularity, forit is a happy de sign, well wrought out. Messrs. Butler & Co., of Philadelphia, have just published a revised edition of their superb book, Head's Ftmale Poets of America. Several names have been added to the work chiefly the names of Southern fem;i!e poets. This is the most elegant work, of its kind in the country. Ihe style of the book is unequalled by that of any similar work. It is embellished with tine steel portraits of the writers, and is superbly- printed and bound. It is a matchless book for the ladies boudoir and such a gift would dis play the good taste of the giver. The Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant, have just been published by Messrs. Appleton, in two dainty,, volumes, by far the handsomest edition -extant. 'J hey comprise some poems not to be found in previous collections of this author's verse. Bryants status, among the American poets, is too well known to justify a critical notice here. He is quite aloue in the stately and statuesque character of his poetry which glitters as brightly (and just as cold also!) as an ice berg in the moon beams! His ad mirers; and indeed all readers of American poetry will find this beautiful edition just the thing for their book shelves. Illustrations of Genius is the title of a volume of essays, from the well known pen of Rev. Henry Giles. These are chiefly reviews of distinguished authors or of distinguished books in which the writer has displayed fine powers of discrimination and fertile resources of illustration. Mr. Giles is a good critic seeking neither to annihilate his subject by the severity of his blows, nor yet to deify him, by a vast ac cumulation of flattery. Some of the papers in this volume are truly beautiful examples of scholarly and just liteiary censorship, and the whole collection adds an acceptable volume to the three of its author's books already in every well-furnished American library of Belles Lettres. It is beautifully printed, and wears the junmis takeable brown-cloth livery ofTicknorand Fields, of Boston. Synonyms of the New Testament published by Redfield, of New York. This is a book for the theological reader especially, but it is not without value to the philologist of every school. It discovers the meaning of the related words m the Greek of the New Testament. The book is an expansion of the learned author's lectures on the New Testament Synonyms, delivered from t.b ft nil air rf Ti.polo.rv. in King's College at London. It is truly valuable to the biblical student and should command his attention. Another book from the press of Redfield is entitled Easy Warren and His Contemporaries, bv W. T. Cofrshall. It is a collection of sketches for thn home circle dedicated to the author's children, and appealing, ..with equal for tfi w'.m Minor render in the land. Nor , ..0 is it attractive onlv to children. Its graphic por traitures and its pathetic delineations will reach and touch the hearts of elder readers. No book of the season attracts more attention than " Lmnartine 's Memoirs of Celebrated Char acters," jus&Tissued by the Harpers. The bril liant French writer, has given us fascinating pic lures (for so his sketches deserve to be called) of persons already so famous that we marvel to think he should make them still more so. Be neath his touch new beauties and charms spring up around the characters "of Nelson, Columbus, Cromwell, Feuelon, Palissy the Potter, and half a score of others, even back to the times of the wise and virtuous Greek hero of the hemlock cup. Probably no one could have written this book so well as Lamartine. He has enthusiasm enough, tempered however, by a calm historical judgment, and even in tracing the career of France's great foe the gallant Nelson the Frenchman has shown himself to be above pre judice. The portraiture of the heroic maiden Joan d'Arc is a masterly piece of work and must delight the reader, while that of " The blind old man of Scio's reeky isle " w ill make the heart of every admirer of the Uiad beat with admiration and sympathy. The me moir of Heloise is just such as the genius and soul of Larrartine must necessarily produce for such a romantic and inspiring theme. Your readers, my dear, Post, should not overlook this brace, of delightful volumes, beyond the mention, of which I will not extend this letter. COSMOS. FARMER'S DEPARTMENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Cruelty to animals has recently been made the subject of legislation in several States of the Union, and, as we think, with much propriety. In our daily walks we are sometimes constrain ed to thick the subject might not inapropriately employ the attention of our own Legislature in some one of its future sessions. We have both heard of and been witness to repeated acts of inhumanity, from things in human shape, to- wara uie oruuj creation, ju our own cuy, ana think the payment of a fifty dollar fine, or the imprisonment of some six weeks in the country jail for each offence, would be a penalty conduc tive to the suppression of this evil. With the great majority the law would never find occa sion for enforcement, but, to the shame of hu manity be it said, thero are some natures so utterly barren of all sentiment, of refinement, of gentleness and worth, that it seems a very en joyment to crush out the life of the harmless insect to cruelly maltreat the mute, inoffensive, yet most useful domestic animal, to wreak a weak and pitiful vengeance on an object unable to comprehend '.he cause of its punishment or to resist its infliction. .Upon all such the law would exercise a salutary effect : not so much to correct t ie innate depravity of their natures, but to compel them at least to respect the in dignant sentiment of the public mind, and at the same time to shield the suffering animal from their brutal treatment. One who can, even under an imaginary provocation, torture his beast, is, to say the least, a senseless, pas sionate, unreflecting creature; and he, who, to gratify a devilish and debased disposition, will wantonly inflict pain on a dumb and powerless animal, the bearer of his burdens and the alle viator of his toils, has a spirit that would dis grace the beast he thus abuses. And we would ask no better test of a cowardly, cringing heart, than to find one given to cruelty, and inhuman treatment of his inferiors, whether among man or beast. Consideration for the feelings of the one, and kindness towards the other, are the marks of a man, as true as he is generous, of ja. spirit as brave as it is gentle. Cruelty toward anything incapable of resistance, is nothing less than cowardice, while cruelty to an object inca pable even of resentment, is evidence of a heart so foul, that it is fit only tor the scorn and scoffs of angel, man and devil. We read that men, in former times, did gloat over the sufferings of each other : did torment, with the cord, the fagot and the knife, their cap tive foes " And ponder still, On pangs that longest rack and latest kill." But neither in savage nor in civilized life do we find mention of mankind making merry over the bleeding body and broken limbs of dumb domestic animals. It is said : - The poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporeal suffering leels a pang as great, As when a giant dies." So that, in point of cruelty alone, the crime of its death is as great as the murder of a man. And it may be that we must answer for all the evil of our life in the day of final judgment, even such sin will cry aloud for retribution on our head, ihe angel standeth in a path of many besides Balaam of old, and the sword of wrath, though unseen, is yet suspended, and the groan of the beast, though inarticulate, is not unheard. In fine, domestic animals minister to the ne cessities of man, and, therefore, to abuse them is ungrateful ; they keenly feel the infliction of pain, and therefore it is cruel; they are incapa ble of resistance, and therefore it is cowardly ; they cannot know the cause of their suffering and therefoie it is fiendish. JVashville Gaz ette. RALEIGH, OCT. 14, 1854. WILLIAM D. COOKE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Terms TWO DOLLARS PEE ANNUM, in Advance. CLUB PRICES: Three Copies $5 full price, Eight Copies, 12 " Ten Copies, 15 " Twenty Copies, 20 . $6, ,.16, . 20, .40. (.Payment in all cases in advance.) 83- Where a club of eight, ten or twenty 'subscribers is sent, the person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. 55" Postmasters are authorized to act as Agents for the Southern Weekly Post. - Mr. II. P. Douthit is oar authorized agent for the States of Alabama. Mississippi and Tennessee. OUR STATE FAIR. Next Tuesday will probably witness one of the most animated scenes ot which this city- has ever been the theatre. Encouraged by the success of the first annual Fair of the North j Carolina State Agricultural Society, which was held here in October last, the people of this good old commonwealth have aroused them selves to the duties and enjoyments of another grand rally, on the same spot, with an enthusi asm which promises a far more brilliant and flattering display. The. evidences of a general popular interest in the approaching fete, are everywhere apparent, and it ought to cheer the heart of every citizen, to see the masses of the people forgetting for a while the distinctions of sect and party, and uniting in the nobler senti ment of a common brotherhood, availing them selves of such an occasion to meet on common ground. There is something in the month of October, as it is generally characterized in this region, which renders it a delightful season for these cheerful occasions: Day and night seem to vie I with each other in the chaste attractions with which they alternately clothe the face of nature, and the smiling aspect of the heavens invites a j corresponding cheerfulness in the world below. The air is for the most part temperate, at this season, the sky clear and serene, and the woods and fields arrayed in varied robes of rich and .harmonious dyes. The pen of an American poet has thus traced the beautiful features of the scene, which has no parallel in any other clime. We quote only a few lines " I roam the woods that crown The upland; where the mingled splendors glow, Where the gay company of trees look down On the green fields below. My steps are not alone, In these bright walks ; the sweet south-west at play, Flies, rustling, where the painted leaves are strewn Along the winding way. And far in heaven, the while, The sun, that sends that gale to wander here, Pours out on the fair earth his quiet smile, The sweetest of the year." Such are some of the attractions of this love ly season, which are calculated to entice the people abroad, and to render delightful an an nual visit to the gay scenes of a State Fair. The roads are good, and the facilities for travel are constantly multiplying, and by general con sent, these, occasions may become fixed in the pleasure, the return of which will b anticipat i.. vl -... 1 m,xu u ;; ed with ever increasing interest. The moral and social influence of such re unions of the people of each State, is vast and incalculable. Discontent is the great defect of the American character. Blessed by a kind Providence, beyond all other nations, with pri vileges, immunities, and various sources of hap piness we are yet remarkably prone to habits of dissatisfaction and complaint, and imagine our condition to be peculiarly deplorable. The rancor of party politics has contributed greatly to this acerbity in the popular mind, and politi cians who have any patriotic feeling remaining in their bosoms, ought to reflect upon the un happy influence of such constant agitation. The annual State Fairs, which are now becom ing common in all parts of our country, have a powerful tendency to counteract this influence, and to dissipate the painful illusions and unrea sonable prejudices engendered by political and sectarian strife. Men of opposite opinions meet her on friendly terms, and soon find the ice of party antipathy melting in the warm sunshine of a common enthusiasm. Put the great practical end of an agricultur al Fair, is, undoubtedly, to promote the cause of improvement in that art which is by far the mot. essential to the welfare of society. . The tie that unites a people to their native soil is one of thl most sacred which nature has interwoven With the chords of the human heart, and every country belongs in a peculiar sense to the race to which it has given birth, and which clings to the arth's bosom with a filial attachment. vgufuuure is me nrst great interest ot every eomrponwealth, and the progressive improve ment)! of the art. and the develoomcnt of the lateil resources of the soil, are objects which 1 commend themselves to the warm interest of every enlightened patriot. That they have been greasy promoted by annual Fairs, open for po- pula competition, and for the exhibition of the various products of agricultural industry, is the testimony of universal experience. The prini ple Upon which these exhibitions operate, is a uatual and1 obvious one, recognized in all de partments of the arts, and never employed in vain.j We believe that under its influence, should no unusual disaster paralyze the ener gies : our people, the next census will exhibit an i lerease of the wealth of North Carolina which, will astonish and delight her sons. The varic us works of internal improvement now in progress, are only subsidiary means to this great powr of an awakened popular interest in agri cultural and the kindred arts, among which we of cfeurse include the care and breeding of stock, Thejglory of such pursuits is justly represented in an ode by Bryant j! " Far back in the ages i j The Plough with wreaths was crowned ; : ; The hands of kings and sages Jbntwined the chaplet round ; Till men of spoil disdamed the toil By which the world was nourished, And dews of blood enriched the soil Where green their laurels flourished : Now the world her fault repairs The guilt that stains her story, And weeps her crimes amid the cares That formed her earliest glory." w Kkow-Nothixo " Nomination. The Know Nothing Convention in New York has nominat ed t)aniel Ullman, Esq., a " Silyer-Grey " Whig for Governor. A large number dissented. A JUST SENTIMENT, WELL DEFINED. " In my judgment, a native American citizen, under equal circumstances of qualifications and merit, is better entitled to tie honors and offices of the country than a foreigner, whether naturalized or not." The Hon: John M. Clayton, in a late letter published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, in rela tion to the " Know-Nothing" controversy con cludes with the admirable sentiment at the head of this article. It expresses in a few intclliinble terms the substance of that doctrine for which we have long contended, and we commend it to the conscientious consideration of our readers. rpi i i . i , , , Ihe only amendment we would suogest, would J ' be the substitution of "fitted for,''' for the ex- juessiou emitted to, la connection wiui rue more important offices of our government. Mr. Clayton draws the line between the na- ;.-. 1 ih - i 1 i' a. a 1 a nature and to the principles of our government. I 1 r "'v ao "w t.vu c tiiitTiJi.' ji uj"iu ill ii, uiu a simple recognition of the truth,; which so many fear to assert, and yet very few: have the hardi- hood to deny, that where two candidates for of- lice have in all other respects equal qualifica tions for its duties, the popular suffrage should fall upon him who is bound by the strong tie of nativity to the interests and liberties of the country. There is no such thirig us a riff it to hold office under this government. Office is a part of the public service, and ' those who fill office are the servants of the people. At least this is the democratic interpretation, and is ge nerally recognized in the administration of our public affairs. It is plain, therefore, -that the people have as good a right to employ natives in preference to foreigners, as they have to em ploy Democrats in preference to Whigs. There is no violation of the rights of the citizen in such exclusion. The people simply exercise their right to select from their own body such men as they choose to employ in their service, and this right is exercised at every popular elec tion without rebellion or complaint. It is the custom of our executive government after every Presidential election, to appoint to the subordi- n:tf fifflpPR ti thf varinnc ..rrt if . . ' i . . f -i t , , but members of the triumphant party, and we , ,. . . , he iPVft t int in .1 ore.'it m-mv . c 4i . , n' ,' ' . " " further, and actually turn out many unfortunate iij . i i . , clerks and agents, who do not happen to wear ... , . the necessary livery, this is jusuhed on the pnn- , e ' - ... . ciple of necessary retaliation, and this. retaliation " , -.ii, , , is now recognized as a settled rule with both parties. There is no injustice done to the Whigs when they are excluded from office un der a Democratic Administration, nor have De mocrats a right to complain if the Whigs make a similar distinction. Here then a wide differ- ! ence is created between two large bodies of j A ... ..l . : , , -1 ii ,vu1e.1eauc,u,enS,,.,e.e.y lor opwoa sate, ana -'11 il. .1 . ,11 1 uo one win say xiiaiine exciuueu party is shorn of any of its rights. As soon however as it is proposed to make a distinction of the same character between natives and foreigners, the cry is raised on every side, that such an exclu sion is a violation of the rights of foreigners, and in contravention of the spirit of our in stitutions. It depends, it would seem, upon the question, whose ox is gored, whether 'the judg ment of certain politicians shall be favorable or 1 Other things beinc lg eq'ual, a native citizen of. j. . -- k 1 the United States is always preferable to a foreigner, for several very obvious reasons. He has an attachment to the soil which no foreign er can possibly feel. It is the land of his birth, and the .mere statement of the fact is an argu ment snruriri. ir o'l 1...,1 , it. , . mn . , , . ,"' '1 . moreover heen ravod in tl... m , ti .-.r . . , , . . . , , , . tutions. nurtured nd faA with tha r,i,. o. : rr, i,:.k .1- -i - , ' ' . mem, nun u uisuuguisiies us ii'om other nations. , , s . anil mstrilMeH tr CAino i.. tl... 1., and principles of our government. All these I advantages of the American, imply n jvo disqualifications on the part of the foreigner ,! which ought to be remembered. But there i are, in the case of many foreio-ners, certain no- I Uiva A-4T ' l- ' , . , I sitive points of difference winch unfit them vet t mr.ro rl,.;,ii,: - . . , i- " , more UecKlecilV TOT imnnr nnt mil. w. i;,tc t Tl,,.,- v. ..... ,' vncii lyuoiauL oi our language, intole of j:- , " " .. ui ivoyious unierences, ana more disposed t ,...cf . . .... .V, mc tiuiiiontv oi a longn j.riest tiian mar. ot an American magistrate. In all such cases we hold it to be highly dan gerous to entrust the ark of our liberties to foreign hands, nor will we admit that such a preference for native citizens for office, invades any known right of our foreign population. We would be the last to impose an unjust res triction upon their newly acquired liberty. j The "Treat Letter." The letter of Mr j Treat, Secretary of the American Board of For -u,ss,ons wnnen several years ago to the missionaries among the Choetaws, aud endorsed by that body recently at Hartford, contained : ! the following paragraph ; Denying as we do, that there can be, morally and scripturallv, any right of property in any human tx-ins- j ""less it be in consequence of crime, and holding that the Slave is always to be treated as a man. we siiDDose that whatever is done in plain and obvious contravention of these doctrines may properly receive the notice of yourselves and your sessions." According to this lucid exposition of doctrine, it appears -that there may be, " morally and scripturally," rights of property in a human being, as a consequence of crime. This either refers to State Penitentiaries where criminals are confined to hard labor for the benefit of the State treasury, in which case the State should be considered a slave-holding State ; or it refers to the laws of some States, under which crimi nals are sold to the highest bidder at auction to private individuals. In the latter case we are at a loss to imagine how the American Board could justify a private citizen in purchasing a human being for money, when he has nothino to do with the infliction of punishment for crime. We can see how the selling might be justified but the buying puzzles us sorely. But " the slave is always to be treated as a man." Of course he must not be treated as property ; otherwise he would be treated as the southern master treats his negroes. Where then would be the punishment If le is treated as a free man, how can the mere formality of being sold constitute a punishment for crime Who will crack these nuts ? Jt3& Our friend J. II Moore of the Warren ton News, has purchased from Mr. Alston of the Norfolk Courier, one half of that paper, and they have announced themselves as the future conductors of the same. We wish Mr. Moore success in his new position. Hardships of Scotch Laborers. Tint nnlar writpr TTiirrh Afillr in ... 1 J"'"1 -j,-- v... ni.T rtUl(lll(..r-.,. jl 1' . J It, 4l. , C . I, U1US UCCilL:a mc mauuci ui H1C ot the ant stnnfl-masoilS. amODf whom 1... i: , ! ' o ,,v labored in his early days ' " In these barracks the food is of the pin most and Best description ; oatmeal forme its staple, with iniij- milk can be had, which is not always ; and a? t j have to cook by turns, with only half an hour or Po them in which to light a fire, and prepare the i,K..,j? dozen or twenty associates, the cooking is itivurin'l ' exceedingly rough and simple affair. I ),;,V(, j;, . A ; mrr.l tl: l i . Ij 'ir- lit'II 'ii ra 'n sou yen itea eut:itjl:u in iuy ouirti AlllMijaiJU in I bridges, not unirequently reduced, by a lra tf ,.tM ; cr, that soakea tne:r oniy iuei uie luit, and I,,, j , , ... . , ., .. ' u 11 "ht, , combustib e. to the extremity of e-n. .,. .u j raw, and merely moistened by a little atc ""r i.y ..uu,,, .,B,,fi..m.!.Liium.K. 1 nave ot;. n, i once seen our own supply f salt fa u us n f had been nfiordedby a Highland and j much smuggling in salt in tho? c "ays, ere tl r"!'Vl8 ' r My. ;'ui' lul 4'-1! I itie T Vinv liorrl u r-.i-. . ; . t 1 gardi"f !he ""r 'T at one i ni,inmd nskin mm w huth..r 1... . . dog to grumble in that way, seeing thru, after r u ;:,. v, i. -rr.- i i IIV.;. j liesu ni'uiutra iui t wcru, wo nad actually tl '-e 1 Illll.-I got porridge with salt in it. My experience of barrack-life has ennhled me t. without hesitation what has been said of the . merriment of Slaves in America and el;ewh. ri. r".'i ""' to credit the often -repeated statement that the ah, 1 ""' ot despotic Governments laugh more than the sJi,., f a free country. Poor fellows ! If the' British pv, ., Ja ' as ynhappy as slaves or serfs, thoy wonM. 1 d,. in time to be quite as.merry." ""'u t. , l .1 ... i 11 IS MUlUMUg lu uust-ne now uns (listti;, ed author accounts for the eheerfuhir-s ,, slaves ! Wo might give him a more mr,. explanation than that contained in the f(, remarks. It the negroes were confined u hard labor and such fare as he lu they would probably laugh on the wrung - their mouths. The "Ugly." The extraordinary prn; of the fashionable bonnets now w orn l y t., dies, has induced them to invent a Mipplem.. ry one for their protection. This is a iirg,. top" worn over the bonnet proper, or rather proper, which hangs upon the back of th,. , The. theory upon which this fashion is is that the head of a Jady is :i rounded'".!; placed upon the shoulders to support th. , , , , 11 j net, and that the calaii or "gig-ton" is d I t b lv T 13 i ed for the equallv important purpose of oi.t : . . "., . . 1 'l"-"1 f'"f ! "'s "'" .."a.t iiu-ui luu "earner, , , , , . , , , ; head and the calash are both a itnnrtcinti.r j , , ..... 11 i that charming little impertinence that iv i , , , between them. Ihe gentlemen, to be iu ;, ,1 l -.ll 1 1 1 iauies, snoum iy an means commtiice their hat-bores over their hats. j A New Mission. It has been stiesj, , ' and we think with great propriety, tha, mA v. aries should be sent to New England l. :.;;(h the Gospel. The pulpit in those Stat.-s L;;j,;, .. onerated into a rolitical platform, 1. : ! -1 1 vefend demagogues are heard Su'ndav .il' i ounuay, spouiing lorin tiieir lgnorane.' ;u upon the .Nebraska bill, lliat gospel wliiJi "peace on earth and good will to uu-n ...11 ' . I 1 .1 oieuiHoiy uegiecieu or pervenea in tneir eager ness to denounce the political sinners if South. Men who will follow the apost. Ji. ine tx-. ample, and preach Christ without abuj Csesar on the Sabbath day from the pulpiu ftra v. very much needed an New England. Dreadful SteamVot Disaster. The St XT' 1' "ili: l-.L 1 f. n , . .1 sim- ci jk. iy. nonius, wuicn ieii jernoi on tJieinprn- ing of the 9th iustant, with a large numb passengers on board, bound -from the Saul Marie to Cleveland, was discovered' t 1 fire about midnight, and before she coui.l 1 rof St. oil run ' I ashore was completely enveloped in tl.-ui 1 I t there were a large numb.-r pa 1 n., " ; board, most of whom, when tiro , . , . j by the fearful a! - i, "iitn .nous' w ll'.lll .tt. ,.. i t-. .... farm, ran wildly about th T 1 J the 1' V e or drowning. '11,. ::- C uM ; f tU dthP8 hib "" 0 ' j OEBASTOI'OL. PV this time the eXW'.H'.io: ai y - , ,,. " 1 armv ot the allies, compu-ed .t s. .( ir.M I ; I ' from the French. English and Tmk'wl II i' ! ... - , , , -: probably engaged in a bloodv strna de Wliiiitl , , ! enemy, under the walls of th:s keWo i p ussia. Hie armv. aniounfii)"' to ( ")'" n nh n, had, according to last accounts', landed at a i j about forty miles to the li'.rt h-we-t. :-i; mense naval armament accompanies tin- . dition, and it( is almost impossible h r !'.' I ian fleet to escape, whatever mav be tli' of the fortress. Vaizt Padies. The London Pmifb wv ously dec hires thai, those huge babies wbi.'h 1 been exhumed at some j -our a n icu fii-.n - ! are pampered m oil-cake for thoc a--.n. ! imagines the boasted beauties to b,- nri j adipose infancy. Punch may be half r : that conclusion, but we nevertheless this.k. withstanding the grave judgment uhhy! .rdV- UmPire. tI,at bi,bies are appropriate artii j i exhibition at arjricultural fairs', beeallse ); !' juvenile opinion has alino.vt universally ii ii: them under the head of vegetables. " Province of New York." Some !:' titled dignitaries of the Cathode Church a!,!" North, have been holding what th'' :4 council for the province of New York. liie word " province" is, we believe a pohtind i":i' and signified originally a conquered count rt. It is at least significant, that these vassals .!:tU- court of Rome apply it to one of the ir..-ii :! of our confederacy in preference to 'the Hni fetate or "Diocese." Well may th tlemen prefix daggers to their names. ifrli- The Exguavings with'-which the o:M'!f' the nresent, number of tl. l',.st i en.h. YvA are taken from the "Revolutionary His' ' North Carolina," compiled by the eir..r ! paper from the lectures of I)r. Hawk.-. I . -Swain and Gov. Graham. . This highh ing and standard work may be obtained at office.. Every gentleman in the State d have a copy in his library. &3T The New Era of Goldsboro' has considerably improved. It has a new lu-; jeer. two different senses. Owned by KciW' ttmnll onA . or.,1 aAUA I... X H 1 1 1 1 1 il i. l'' promises to contiuue advahcin- in its useful reer. $3T See notice, in to-day's paper, of 3 "Feast" to be dispensed on Tuesday evcfn& in the rooms below the Masonic Hall, AU ladies of the Methodist Congregation. f"' speak for the fair entertainers a crowded tab-
Southern Weekly Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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