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THE ?S O U T 190 1 Jar Fresh Batter, Mra. Ikrtha ,W. ; Rowland, 2d pretaham y V P Lof Bread and Roll, Mr. vYO. Greg-.," K ryV 1 premium, T ' - - r 2 Loave. Bread, Mrs. P. C Cameron, dip. 4BacOT"Ham,TIeBT3r Elliott, Ut pre;' 1 Specimen Beeswai Bleached, Mrs. Jno. Partridge, Prenoiuro, ; 4 , Tarn ind Manufactured Goods. I Dot-Tallow Candles, C. C. Rhodes, Wilmington, 1st premium, 1 Box Tallow Candles, W. II. Morning, Smith 6eld, - 1 Lot Sheetings, Cedar Falls Factory, Randolph co, 2d premium, .'. , 1 Piece of 4 Sheeting J.; Newlin & Sons, 1 Lot Twine, Cedar Falls Factory, " 3 Bunches Cotton Yarn, G. Newlin & Sons, 1st premium, ; . 1 Lot Cotton Tarn, Cedar Falls Factory, Randolph co., - 3 Pieces Doeskin Jeans, Shields k Nel son, 1st premium, Vesting, 2. Paterns, Mrs. R. A. Shults, Salem, 1st premium, 1 Piece Home-made Cloth, Mrs. R. A. Shults, Salem, 1st premium, , Household Manufacture. 1 Fiece Domestic Overcoating, Mpa M. Acock, Forestville, 1 Pair of Ladies Cotton Hose, Miss P. Anderson, Garysburg, . 1 National Flag, Mrs. R. Judkiqs.War renton, 1 Piece Cotton and Woolen Jeans,Mrs. Rebecca Coxe, Granville, 1 Pair Table Cloths; do do 1 Pair Woolen Socks, do do 1 Piece Carpeting, Mrs. Philemon Hawkins. Louisburer. 5 dip dip. dip. dip 3 dip dip dip 1 Piece Plaid Linsey, Alex. Cooper, .Oxford, . 1 Domestic Carpet, Mrs. M. S. Bur well, Franklin Co., 1 Pair of Stockings, Mrs. William Baird, Person County, 1 Toilet Valance, Mrs. L. Mitchell, Raleigh, "v 1 Pair Blankets, Mrs. R. A. Shultz, Salem. : Sheepskin Rug, do do Masonic Apron, Henry W. Dunkley, Clarkesville, Mecklenburg Co., Va. " 1 TinA Volanna f ra V. TTenthCOck- dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip X 1 JCU I BiailWC vj. m. - j Roxboro', 1 Piece Woolen Negro Cloth, A. J. My at, Wake, l Pnir Hlankets. Mrs. Marv Marriott, Wake, ' -., 1 Pair Silk Seeks, Mrs. Lucy Savage, Wake, " 1 Pair Blankets, Old North State Manufacturing Company, - 1 Worsted Hearth Rug, Mrs. F. B. Field, Warren, ; 1 Pair Ottomans, Miss N. Johnson, Caswell, . dip 1 Hearth Rug, Mrs. A." Arendell, Lnuifthuror. , B -'- Ntedle Work and Embroidery. 1 Embroidered Crape Dress, Miss Su san J. Maxwell, Petersburg, -1 Worked Collar, Miss E. Venable, ' Brownsville, . - r'.. '2 . :- t r pny, Clinton, 1 Embroidered Vest,Miss S.E.Rhodes 1 Box Needle work, Mrs. M. J. Lu cas. Favettevi lie. . 3 3 3 1 Tapestry, Miss H. Hammerscholdt, Lincoluton, Fire Screen, Miss Lucy F. Bagge, Salem, 21 Worsted Mats, Mary K Royster, WiUiamaborough, 1 Table Cover, Miss E. N. Williams, Oxford, 1 Piano cover. Miss Ferrel, Halifax, 1 Rug, Miss S. A. Reid, Montgomery, 1 Mantle and Cape, Miss L. A. E. Hunt, 1 Divan cover, Mrs. A. E. Mosely, Brownsville, Largest and best variety fancy work, Clinton Institute, Sampson county, 2 pair Ladies' Gaiters, Mrs. A. E. Mosely, Brownsville, Fine needle work, Miss A. F. Dupree, Wilmington, 2 Fancy Chairs, Miss Sallie Hinton, Ral. 2 Knit Collars, Miss Slade, Raleigh, 1 child's Sack and dress, Mrs. A. E. Wil 3 3 3 3 3 dip dip dip dip liams. Rait igh, , 1 cape and handkerchief, Mrs. S. A. Ea ton, Granville, 1 1 k T i lidd. iaiie cover, ranny a. x erry, Franklinton, I 1 Piano cover, Annie Winston, Frank linton, - 1 Lamp mat, Sally J. S. Reavis, Gran. dip , 1 Worked Collar, S. A. Phillips,Clinton, dip x luuiunu uariuno ueaiunil, uo. aip 1 Watch Receiver, B. H. Mclntyre, do. dip 1 Worsted Ottoman, Mrs. Luke C. uraves, Clinton, 1 aj-tltov PiitrtAini kTivsM dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip A VAIi UU7UQIUia A lAvU UV 1 'pair Cjiffe, M. A. Holton, do - 1 Ottoman cover, Mary Hunter, do 1 Eb. Handkerchief, R. T. Middleton, do 1 do Miss Holton, do 1, Piano cover, Charlotte Beaman, do 1 Embroidered Handkerchief and 2 col lars, Miss S. A. Partridge, Raleigh, 1 Child's frock Mantelet and Sack, Mrs. R.. A. Hamilton, Granville, 1 Silk Mantelet, Mrs. Mary Roan, Ral. . 3 Worked collars, Mrs. Mary A. Payne, Lexington. 1 Infant's dress, E. B. Deming, Fayette ville, "; 2 Ottoman covers, M.&E.L Piper, Ra- 1 Ladies Collar, E. Robinson, Wilmington,- ;:-:' . I Band, needle work, Mary St. C. Cooke, Raleigh, j 1 Lamp mat, Miss Ella Moses, Raleigh, 2 Head Dresses, Mrs. Irena S. Moses, Raleigh, ' - 1 White Bonnet, Miss Edith A. Vernon, YanceyTUle, ,, , " Chile's rWix. mnA 1.n.Ux. r dip dip dip Elijah Grarea,T0(7rfe, ; ( ; , ; ' , dip i - ! vvorstea worfliisa-ti. iiarpby, CamberJaAd . .. , dip 1 ;3 Pieces WorttedWork, Miss M. Black, Cumberland; ' ' i 1 Emlv Ottoman cover, Matilda Conner, Yancey vi lie, Ml Fire Screen, Lucy A. Bagge, Salem, 1 Tetlin Collar, Mrs. Jolin Smith, John son ' fc " dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip . 1 Lamp Mat, Mrs. A. C. Harris, Hen- - - derson, 1 Emb. Cape, Miss M. E. Colburn, Ral.J 1 Worked Dress. Miss Jane Carmait,' M 1 Table Cover, Mary Jane Thompson, Favetteville, 1 Child's Dress, Mrs. E. A. Jones, Hen derson, , , t' ' . ..- , 1 do Susan A. Tate, Fr. nklin, V . 1 pair Mate, Miss H. Hnrding, Raleigh, 1 Emb. Cape, Cornelia Lawrence, Oxford, dip Undersleeves, Handkerchiefs, fcc. Ann Walton, Henderson, dip 1 pair Uudersleaves, Mrs. W. H.Hughes, Granville, , ... , diP f 1 Piano Cover, Miss Virginia Landis, Oxford, dip 1 Emb. Ottoman Cover, Mary L. Haugh ton, Pituboro', dip 1 Emb. Ottoman cover, M. C. Haughton, Pittsboro'j dip ; I Emb; Skirt, M. A. Haughton, Pittsboro, dip 1 Em. Table Cover, do do dip " 1 do M. L. Deming, do dip 1 Infant's Dress, Mrs. L. J. Haughton, Pituboro', dip 1 Muslin Dress, S. N. Ruffin, Alamance, dip Needle Vroik, Ellen A. Peace, Granville, dip 1 Child's Dress. Mrs. Wm. BairdjPerson, dip Emb. dress and sack, Miss E. Freeman, Raleigh, 1 child's cape, Mrs. I. Procter, Raleigh, 1 emb. collar, Miss A. H. Kearney, Warren, 1 Needle Work Band,Mrs. Mary Graves, Caswell, 1 pair emb. Ottomans, Mrs. Nash, 71 years of age, Orange, , Emb. h'd'k'f, cap and lace work, Mrs. T. P. Devereux, RuMgh, 1 Band needle work, Mrs. Dr. John Arrington, Warren, 1 Bird and flower piece, Mary DeCar teret, Haleigh, 1 Worked Robe, Miss Ann K. Kear ney, War en. dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip 1 Table cover, Mrs. M. T. Haniss. Bladen, dip 1 Silk H'd'f, Mrs. Lucy Savage, Rnleigh, dip Crochet Work, Counterpanes and Quilts. 1 Crochet Tidy, of thread, Miss Maria E. Cooke, Raleigh, 1st premium, Tea set of Crochet Mats, Miss S. Tur ner, Oakland, 2nd premium, 1 Transfer Quilt, Mrs. John D. Fain, Warreuton, 1 Transfer Quilt, Mrs. W. H. Haywood, Raleigh, 1 Patch Work Quilt, Miss Lucinda Briggs, Raleigh,; - . 1 Patch work quilt, Mrs. Wm. B. Crewa, Granville, . 1 Tufied Quilt, Mrs. W. K. Kearney, Warreuton, . 1 Tufted Quilt, Mrs. N. Turner, Oakl'd. 1 Siik Quilt, Mrs. K. Rayner, Hertford, 1 do Mrs. W. H. Oliver, Craven, Worsted Counterpanes, Mrs. Philemon Hawkins, Louisburg, Worsted Counterpaues, Miss E. F. Cox, Granville, 1 Moss Counterpane, Mis. E. Mitchell, Warrenton, 1 White Counterpane, Mrs. L. II. Hun ter, Brinkleyville, 1 Knitted Counterpane, Miss Willie Hin ton & sister, Johnston, 1 Embroidered counterpane, Mrs. Bass, Raleigh, Paper, Printing, dec. 8 Specimens of Book Printing, Office of Southern Weekly Post, Raleigh, lst.prem. 2 Specimens of Book Printing, Jas. W. Chadwick, Raleigh, 2nd premium, Specimens Printing in colors, office of Southern Weekly Post, Raleigh, Specimens Printiug in Gold, do Specimens Rule and Figure Work, do Specimens Card Printing, do Specimens Printing lor the Biind, office of Southern Weekly Post, deserves great credit, Specimens Card Printing in colors, Jno. Nichols, an apprentice in office of S. W. P. very fine, worthy of commendation, Specimens Book Binding, T. U. Tilling hast, Fayettevilie, 1st premium, Spec.mens Book Binding, J. n. DeCar teret & Son, Raleigh, 2d premium, Specimen of Newspaper, S. W. Post, in colors, Raleigh, Works of Art and Taste. 3 dip 3 dip 3 dip 3 dip 8 dip - 3 dip 3 dip 3 dip dip 3 dip dip dip 1 Family Hair Wreath and Leather work Frame, Mrs. Wm. D. Cooke, Raleigh, 1 Fruit-Piece, Mr3. Luke C. Graves.Cliu ton, 1 Papier mache Port Fplio, Miss O. A. Burke, Warreuton,' 1 Papier mache Piece, Miss Mary Hunt ley, Clinton, 1 bunch Feather Flowers, Mrs. R. A. Shuhz, Salem, 2 plumes, Mrs. E. A. Jordan, Sunbury, 1 bonnet and hat, Mohair, Mrs. Cun ningham, Sali.-bury, 1 Hair Wreath, domestic Mrs. R. A. Shult Salem, 1 Leather Frame, domestic Mrs. S. A. Burke, Warrenton. Wax Flowers, Mrs. K B. W. Graves, Warrenton, 1st premium, Wax Flowers, Miss Laura E. Newkirk, Clinton, 2d preminm, - Wax Flowers, Miss Caroline M. Pew, Clinton, do Miss Mary E. Ireland, do Basket Pincushion, Annie WTalsh, Ra'. 1 Knitting Pocket, Mrs. M. B. Roan, YaUceyville, Case of Cameos Mrs. Dr. Mason, Raleigh, dip 3 dip 3 3 3 dip dip dip dip dip 3 t ine sj ecimens of Confectionaries, Anto nio, Pizzini, Raleigh, 3 Leather Key Basket, J. M. Spraggins, Hal. dip Miscellaneous. 1 Block Soap Stone, White Soap Stone Co., Pharr's Mills, Box Gold Ore, A. B. Stith, Raleigh, , : Artificial Teeth, Gold Plate, Dr. Carr, Wilmington; also, artificial teeth with continuous gums, Dentists Drill, Dr. Caison, Goldsboro' Copper Ore, Gardner Mine, Davidson, 1-2 doz. Brooms, WT.D. Cooke, Raleigh, Model Schooner. Jas. Cassidv. builder.1 dip dip 5 dip dip 3 T. J. Norcom, Wilmington, dip fc 3 I pair Felt Saddle Blankets, C. B. An drews, Chatham, jip 1 Tobacco Press, C. H. Richmond ,Milton, 10 Wines. 1 doz. bot. Cajtawba Wines, D. M. Lewis, 3 Trotting Match. Sorrel Horse, J. B. Askew, Fayetteville, 1st premium, 10 Horse, Charles, W. H. Holleman, Raleigh, 2nd premium, 5 ; The Committee on Trotting Match in single harness for a Silver Cup, awarded to D. Mc Daniel of Nash, a Silver Cup worth $10. I Ploughing Match. To Joseph H. Gooch. Granville, first premium for his improved wedge and twi.-t two-horse plow and pIowinp, To W. B.-WUifcrns & Co., Warren, tecond premium fer 2d best two-horw plow and plowing, 10 Unloading Corn from a. four horse Waggon. - i Tha' Committee appointed for that pur pose, beg leave to bestow 'High commenda-j Don upon ft simple, cneap, ana rapiu. uwuc vi unloading jCorn in the Shuck, put in?o execu tidh bf Needham Price, of Wake County. By this contrivance, a four horse load of Corn can be unloaded in one minute by the driver passing his waggon load under a cross beam, louping a rope $ over the hook f a suspended chain, and ihen driving forward the length of the waggon, and the whole load is drawn out The Committee can readily value this most simple labor-saving invention when they consid er that an open shed m the homestead wnn a beam of timber and proj.ting w. oden pins, to which to attach a cord, will enable the driver to unload a four horse waggon, sooner than a dozen able hands could possibly, , Five . yards and a" half of Gunny or other strong Cotton Bagging, with a piece of scantling with length to r st on and across the front part of the waggon rail, at one end of this cloth, and two inches in diame ter, and another piece at the other end of the same diameter and length, the width of the bot tom of the bed, and both well sewed to each end of the cloth, and ropes of suitable length fastened to each end of these pieces, forming loops in the middle of the ropes, one loop to be attached to a hook or pin above, and the other to rest in the bottom end of the waggon bed, is all that is necessary. The Bagging or canvass is placed in the bottom of the waggon bed,load ed upon; the waggon is driven under the hook; the hind gate taken off; the loop in the rope in back end placed over the end of the coupling pole of the waggon, and the waggon driven for ward until the canvass lifts all the corn out of the waggon. The exceeding simplicity of the whole affair makes it even difficult to describe. No pre mium to award being at the option of the Com mittee, they recommend to the Committee on Discretionary Premiums the conferring a Diplo ma as a mark of high, approbation. Mr. W. R. Palmer, formerly of North Caro lina, exhibited a Rotary Flail for threshing grain, whjch deserves the h ghest commendation ; but not having been properly entered no award of premium was . made and consequently it does not appear in the premium list of Agricultural Implements. E. A. CRUDUP, Ch. Ex. Com. . From the Standard. Roxboro', Person co., Oct. 20, 1854. To His Excellency, David S. Reid : It may appear paradoxical to maintain that a planter may diminish his crops by the use of fertilizers, still I shall attempt to show that such a result is possible. Theoretically and practi cally the doctrine is both interesting and impor tant. It is founded upon principles which I have h.id occasion to state while speaking of manures and fertilizers. The doctrine alluded to is based on two facts, viz : that each plant re quires certain inorganic elements for its growth and perfection of seed, and that the most impor tant of these elements exist in the soil only in smaller proportions. Now a plant, in certain respects, is like an animal. If a young or an old animal is supplied with a large quautity of food its growth is promoted, or its fat accumu lates. This is the case if the food contains all the elements of nutrition. It is not the case, however, if one or more of them are wanting. In the case of a young animal, for example, the milk which is the natural food, contains in its normal condition every element which the sys tem requires ; but if the milk shou'd be deficient in phosmate of lime or phosphoric of acid the animal could not grow, or if it did grow by means of a small amount of phosphoric acid or phosphate of lime, the bones would be soft and flexible. But this is not the point I am attempt ing to prove or elucidaie, and the allusion is made merely for the purpose of stating the fact, that in the food of both animals and plants there is a speciality which should be remembered by all, planters and stock growers. But plants are j unlike animals in certain respects ; their mouths, for instance, are placed in a magazine of food. but this magazine may contain a rich supply of certain elements of nutrition and a very scanty supply of others; but enough of all for the pres ent to ensure the growth of the plant and per fection of tlie seed. If now the planter resorts to the use of the mineral fertilizers, as plaster, the result will be for the first two or three years a greater growth of herbage as well as a greater increase of fruit or seed. If this magazine of food (the soil) contains a small quantity only of phosphate of lime, the employment of plaster or sulphate of lime puts the plant in a condition to use and take up a larger amount of phosphate of lime than it could, provided this mineral had not been employed. If this nvgaziuH contained phosphate of lime which would have lasted ten years with no fertilizer, it will not last more than five with it. By the use of this fertilizer the root is increased in extent, and to speak fig uratively, the number of mouths formed to take up food is proportionally increased also, and hence, the store house is more rapidly exhausted. We have now arrived at the point wh'-re we can see the consequences which accrue from the use of mineral fertilizers; the elements of food which exist in small quantities only become ex hausted in a short period under this system of cultivation, and as every plant must have every one of the elements of nutrition for the perfec tion of seed, the time soon comes when seed can not be peifected for the want of one element. The general effects of such a system of culture is seen at once, and yet the planter may perse vere in it for he saw in the beginning most grat ifying results ; his crops may have been doubled, and in order to keep up, and perhaps attempt to increase the production still more, supplies his favorite fertilizer in greater quantities, though he may have seen after the second and third year, that its employment did not turn out so favora bly as at first This result may be attributed to the season, it was too wet or too dry, too hot or too cold, or to any cause but the right one. The neighbors say he has killed his soil by the use of plaster, but the true philosophy is, he has exhausted prematurely and unnecessarily one of the essential elements of fertility. It is evident enough he can no longer use plaster he must find out what' has become deficient in the soil. There is no such a thing as killing a soil or ruining it, it is a simple exhaustion of one or two element. What chose lacking elements are must be found out, and the remedy becomes a simple application or restoration of what has been injudiciously removed. What is true of Gypsum is equally true of Peruvian Guano. The proportion of inorganic matter in this va riety is much smaller relatively than in the Mex ican. It is highly active upon worn out soils producing -keavy crops of tie cereals the first year. The continued use of this kind of Guano alone for a succession of years brings about tha condition of the soil I have alluded to, or ac cording td the expressive phrase of planters and farmers, the soil is killed. It may be inquired here, if these are the results of plaster and Pe ruvian Guano, what are they good for? I an swer they are the preparatives for a good sys tem of husbandry and are designed to save time. They bring about in one year what would re quire four , or five by the ordinary means, as the use of green crops or even stable manure. 1 he soil is brought at once in a condition to pro duce, but it is not by a re-application of the same fertilizer, even Guano. Now, the planter may use his straw, his clover crop, or his stable manure to keep up the fertility of his soil, and why ? it is because these contain a greater va riety or number of the elements of food which the plant requires. The intelligent English far .mer applies lime large. y once; by this, he ob tains a stock in trade to go on he borrows largely for once, and by it is enabled, if he un derstands the principles of husbandry, to pay back what he has borrowed. But he would not think of paying back in lime that would ruin him ; but he is now prepared for the use of the slower or more organic and inorganic fertilizers combined, and by their use he may goon with out killing his soil. So. Guno is to be used once to save time and prepare the way for the less active fertilizers. The vendor of this article wil) tell a different story, for it is a perishable article and must be sold the first season ; but the intelligent planter will find that he can go on successfully by one application and save his fif ty dollars per ton for other purposes. Most respectfully, yours, &c, E. EMMONS, State Geologist. METROPOLITAN CORRESPONDENCE. LETTER LXVIII. New York, Oct 28, 1854. Weather that is misted .'A visit to the Quaker City Its rapid growth Costly buildings An Architectural abor tion The Omnibus register The way it worts Lumin ous street names Travelling between, the two citi-es Tfte Camden, and Amboy route The Crystal Palace clos ing The Opera Season Barnum's Mermnrs Immense Copy ighi RedjUld victorious" Uncle Turn" to be outdone The "Newsboy" A new booh for the mitti&n The " Wide Awake." Offering Madame Junnfs great life of Napoleon Messrs. Appleton's New Catalogue Curious items. My Dear Post: The delicious weather of the past few days is literally mist this morning for the dampness hangs ahout us like a rain, and we are realizing the climax of a November fog ! I took advantage of the " bright October days" to make a brief visit to the Quaker city which has taken recently to rivalling Manhat tan in the rapidity and beauty of her "interna! improvements," and whicfa is apt to alter out of one's recollection, if he is absent more than a month at a time. Chestnut Street is really grow ing magnificent with stately piles of granite, of marble and of free stone. Of the last named material, by the way, I perceive that PhiladeJ phia uses less than Nw York while granite seems to be the favorite stone there, and cer tainly is well adapted to large buildings, im parting to them an air of solidity and massive ness which neither free-stone nor marble can possibly give to them. I noticed a new bank ing house -nearly opposite the mint with an ""elaborately ornamented front of marble than which I have seen nothing more beautiful in this country. A very large edifice, called Ma sonic Hall, is nearly finished upon Chestnut Street, of which I can only say, that if it were hilf as beautiful as it is extensive, it would be what it will not be now an ornament to the street and to the city. It has an uns'ghtly fron of brown stone after no particular order unless it be rfis-oider. Philadelphia is growing very rapidly indeed. Her commerce is increasing steadily and her wealth grows in proportion There is a large amount of vitality and of busi ness energy in the city of William Penn, which augurs well for its future greatne-s. I noticed some things in Philadelphia life which are different from those in New York. The Omnibus system for example is conduct ed upon a uniform plan. Each coach (or stage as it is termed) is provided with a pass nger re gisterdisplacing a dial inside. The fare which is five cents is payable in advance, and when paid, to the driver, a bell should be struck and the hand of the register move upon the di al, so that at the end of the route the register may show the whole number of passengers who have been conveyed along the line. As the driver is the operator, even th;s " clock-work " plan is not infallible and as 1 was cunous to observe its working, I paid close attention to the register whenever I rode in an omnibus. If three or four passengers entered the stage, and passed up their " fares " in quick succession, es pecially if change was required, the driver was almost sure to make a mistake and I must add that his mistake consisted always in registering too few! Only once in a half a dozen rides did I find the register faithfully kept I do not think that the drivers were generally dishonest in these cases, but I supposed they were per plexed. and indeed, I am told that they are in the habit of rectifying their register, by counting their money at the end of the route. Upon the whole, I do not see that this register is any check upon dishonest drivers, who can,, if they are inclined, omit to record entries on the trip. It is true, the pHssenge s are called upon by placards on the register to see that each entry is recorded but there is not one in a hundred of those who ride, who would take the trouble to report an instance or neglect or even to challenge the driver's attention to it. Somuch for the Philadelphia omnibus register system. I may add that it is now in use upon one of our New York routes where its novelty attracts the attention of the passengers. One good thing I noticed in Philadelphia, and it is this : The names of the streets are so displayed upon the gas lamps at the corners that they are illuminated at night Here the Quaker city is decidedly ahead of Gotham where no such convenient device nor any equivalent one is adopted, although it is greatly needed I think I have already remarked upon the immense travel between New York and Phila delphia. Six lines a day, I believe, connect ihe two cities, and these are all crowded with pas sengers. The majority of these lines go by Jer sey city but twice a day the traveller may take the pleasant "Amboy" route which divides the four hours of the transit, between railway and steamboat. Both of. these furnish the best accommodalioos'of the kind to be met with any where in the land The cars are ? elegant; well ventilated; Jri wiafer, well warmed and .the, con ductors attentive and courteous.' In the elegant, saloons of the steamboat John Potter, one can bury himself in the cushions of a lounge, and with the aid of a book quite forget that he is travelling at all. -This route, especially in the afternoon, is vastly preferable to" the railroad i ine, from Jersey City, which, however, with the exception of the track from that place to New Brunswick, is, like that I have before mentioned, under the efficient and liberal management of the Camden and Amboy Railway Company a Company frequently ma igned for no other earth ly reason that I can discover, except that it reaps the harvest of success to which its enter prise and fidelity entitle it The Crystal Palace will positively close to the public on Monday next. The great bills which announce this fact have the melancholy word "Forever" stretching across them. It is not probable, indeed, that this unique and beautiful building will again be open to the mul.itude at least in its present p sition and relation but what is to be done with it I do not know and cannot mianiue. It ought to be re-erected some where, for it would be a sin to have it disappear from our eyes forever. They cannot spare so much beauty, from a scene of such vast unsight liness as our Metropolis generally presents to view. I would cheerfully contribute, as I might, to any plan for perpetuating the Crystal Palace in our midst. The Opera at the New Academy, was most brilliant throughout the first series of represen tations. To the great delight of the musical public, a second seri.-s is announced and for a dozen niffhts more Grisi and Mario will rule the world of song. Mr. Hackett has afforded our Metropolis a rare delight by his libera! manage m nt, and I hope he will be abundantly repaid. We have had a little breeze about Barnum's Autobiography which was suddenly thrown into the market two or three days since. The opy r ght was offered at auction at the Museum, and twenty-'-ne bids were considered the highest of which being that of Iledfield, was ac cepted and the work secured beyond a doubt to that invincible publisher. The report of the Committee of the Trade declares that this bid was no less than $75,000 for the copy-right ! Let "Uncle Tom " hide his diminished head. Let him take the under-ground railroad at once for Canada, and be soon no more " in the States," where he is utteily - and forever outdone by by Barnum! Who else indeed could have outdone that sable hero of the nineteenth century whose imaginary w es (and equally imaginary virtues) created such a swell of sympathy in the sea of popu'ar feeling. Mr. Redfield anticipates a sale of half a million copies of Barnum's Me moirs and I should'nt be at all surprised if the aggregate of the sales closely approach that figiire ! Derbyof this city, has just published a book which it is thought will be one of the great hits of the season. It is called " Th News Boy and why it should not equal The Lamplighter in popularity I cannot conceive, and eventually pass like that work to the dignity of an. Ameri can classic, and an illustrated edition! The News Boy is a character sui generis and this new and handsome volume cannot fail to bring him still more conspicuously before the public than ever, notwithstanding the well known per tinacity of the genus in thrusting itself into the public eye. As a story this novelty has as ranch merit as the, most successful books of its class. It is as interesting fully as " The Lamp lighter," and a vast deal truer than " Uncle Tom's Cabin." So make room, dear public, for " The News Boy," and be sure and buy not his papers, only, but his book ! The Wide Awake, a Know-Nothing Token from Derby's prolific press appeals to a vast class of people everywhere, I suppose for these " Know-Nothings" are remarkably ubiquitous folk. Whatever may be thought of the name of the book, its contents are "first rate," being chiefly ou r most-honored memorials of the A- merican spirit gleaned from a vast number of sources, and here handsomely woven into a hol iday wreath intertwined with the blossoms of Art. The book will make its readers wiser and better, whether they are "Know-Nothings" or not. A brace of handsome volumes lying at my left hand, are waiting patiently their turn to be noticed. They know that they can afford to wait, for their merits are such that they cannot be ul timately overlooked. They contain " The Me moirs of Napoleon, His Court and Family" bv the Duchess D'Abrantes! This most admi rable and entertaining work has jusi been issued by the great publishing house of D. Appleton & Co., and they have not issued a book this season which will be more popular and more extensively read. It is safe to say of this great book, that no other memoir of Napoleon pos sesses half its interest and fascination. It is not a biography of the hero alone, but of all who were connected with him. It is moreover a history of France and almost of Europe, during the time of Napoleon a history descending in to those miuutiae of details which are never out of place, when they are connected with great names and grand events. Madame Junot, (the Duchess D'Abrantes,) is a most lively and en tertaining author whether she narrates a mil iary expedition, or the gossip of the court and the Scardal of the Salon. Her portraitures are done " to the life," and leave a vivid impression upon th(! mind of the reader. If these Memoirs had not been written, the life and career of Na poleon vrould have lacked iheir most agreeable, and perhaps their most reliable exposition. Not even Mri Abbott's exhaustless " romance of Na poleon" I approaches their spirited facts and gracefurembellishments. I must not omit to mention Messrs. Apple tori's New Catalogue of books, which they have for sale I in their unequalled establishment which is justly the wonder of all who visit it, whether they come from the new world of the great West, or the old capitols of the East This catalogue is an octavo volume of 250 pa ges, whiph was compiled by Mr. Henry Kernot, of the establishment, with a degree of care and skill anc industry,1 in the highest degree credit ab'e to hat gentleman. I cannot give your readers i i better idea of the catalogue, than by quoting ja few of the curious items collated by the Editor to illustrate its character and copi ousness, ! If I had space I would transcribe ihe whole ojf them, but this I dare not venture to do. ' VftB I.TRT. i 1 s "The number of Authors in this Cataloguers 4773, of which 1603 are;American. The num ber of Female author enumerated is 294, -of whlchf 1 48 are American. The different Works specified amount to 8241. The Volumes, ta king5' only one copy of each work, are 19,301. The estimated value of one copy of each work herein enumerated, is $40,301. The hand somest printed work is the New York editiouof the ' Spectator,' in 6 vols. '8vo. The lowest price book is 4 Anthon's Easy Chatechism,' 6 1-4 cents. The most expensive Work is ' Hoefhagl's Collection of Paintings,' price one thousand dollars. The most voluminous Eng lish author is Sir Walter Scott, in 98 vols. The most voluminous American author is 'Fen imore Cooper," 33 vols. The greatest collection of authors, in one set of books, is ' Chalmers' British Poets,' containing the works of 148 authors. The most profusely illustrated work is the ' Illustrated London News,' containing over 12,000 spirited engravings. The greatest variety of editions of any author, is of ' Shak peare.' The greatest number of any American Work sold by us, is 4 Benton's Thirty Years,' of which upwards of 50,000 were sold before pub lication. The greatest number sold of any fine, imported book, is the Abbotsford Edition of the Waverly Novels, in It vols., $50 which has exceeded 800 copies, making 9600 vols." The price of this admirable and comprehen sive catalogue is only 25 cents for w hich price it will be sent by post, pre-paid, to any address. It should be in the hands of every reader, and especially of every collector of books. So at least thinks COSMOS. RALEIGH, NOT. 4, 1854. WILLIAM D. COOK K, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Terms TWO DOLLARS PES ANNUM, in Advance. CLUB PRICES: Three Copies, $5 full price, $6, Eight Copies, 12 ' 16, Tea Copies 15 " 20, Twenty Copies, 20 " 40. (Payment in all cases in advance.) Jtt" Where a club of eight, ten or twenty subscribers is sent, the person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. 5CT Postmasters are authorized to act as Agents lor the Southern Weekly Post. Mr. H. P. Douthit is our authorized agent for the States ol Alabama. Mississippi and Tennessee THE BAPST AFFAIR. , The secular pre-s is everywhere teeming with indignant comments upon the late unjustifiable outrage upon the person of a Cathoiic priest named Bapst, at Ellsworth in the State of Maine, and at first seemed disposed to cousider the event as an effect without a cause a perfectly gratu itous and wanton abuse of that individual. Participating as we did m the general feeling towards the perpetrators of the crime, we never theless believed, from the first, that some sort of provocation had been given, which might ex plain, if it could not justify the cruel act. A paper published in the town where it was com mitted, makes the following statement which throws some light upon the origin of the trans action. Fully impressed with the belief that good order could alone be maintained by the absence of thf Jesuit Bapst, at a legal town meeting of the voters of Ellsworth, called for the purpose of seeing if the town would defray the ex penses of the vexatious lawsuit before alluded to, the fol lowing preamble and resolution were read, parsed unani mously,, -ind as town clerk we entered them upon the re cords of the town : Whereas We have.good reason to believe that we are indebted to one John Bapst, S. J., Catholic priest, for tho luxury ol the law suit now enjoyed by our School Commit tee, therefore, Resolved - That should the said Bapst ever show him seL again in Ellsworth, that we manifest to him our gra titude for his kindly interference with our public schools, and hi efforts to banish therefrom the Holy Bible, by pro curing for him and trying on an entire suit of new clothes, such as cannot be found at ihe shop of any tailor, and that when thus apparelled, we oresent him with a free ticket to leave Ellsworth upon thefiist railroad operation that may go into effect. If this statement be true, the Jesuit priest who ha been so hardly dealt with, has been tamper ing with the public schools in that vicinity, with a view of having the Bible excluded from thvm; an 1 when we remember the attachment of the people of New Englind to their system nf free schools, as one of their " peculiar institutions," we should not be surprised that strong feelings of popular indignation were excited in the com munity by an interference from such a qu trter. If an abolitionist clergyman from New England should come South and commit a similar im prudence against our "peculiar institution," many of those who most l udly condemn the people of Ellsworth, would no doubt heartily unite in administering to his person a st II more summary punishment. We detest " lynch la v" ourselves, and pray that we may never be tempt ed to countenance it, but we are altogether un willing to attribute to a scheming Jesuit priest a sanctity of person which does not equally bejong to clergymen of other denominations, nor do we regard that class of men as entitled to any peculiar immunity in this country from popular vi ilence. The affair at Ellsworth was truly a disgrace ful one, anl we hope the perpetrators will be du ly punished. A foreign Jesuit priest is entitled to safety and protection under American law, as well as the native citizen ; and to this extent we will ever unite with the general voice in their defence ; but it is equally the duty of the Ame rican press to condemn, at the same time, with equal zeal, the outrageous war waged in so many places by foreign priests against the puplic school and the Hib'e, and whilst it grows indig nant over the wrongs of such conspirators, to turn a portion of its wrath upon those who make bonfires in our streets, of the word of God. Some of our readers may like to know what sort of a person the Rev. Mr. Bapst is. The following statement is from a late editorial in the Lowell News, written after the Editor's re turn from a visit to Ellsworth. It will be seen that he threatened to keep the dead in purgato ry, until their friends complied with his arbitra ry requisition for money for his Church ! "During the week there had been a Catholic funeral, at which the usual great display of carriages was made. Father Bapst had been ' bleeding' the faithful at every vein which bad occurred to him, in order to raise the necessary funds for a new church. On the next Sunday morning, we heard him deliver a most severe tirade gainst the extravagance of bis flock and their want of zeal in regard to the new edifice. He concluded by giv ing them permission to have two carriages at a funeral, ano to pay for the new building what would be required to hire the other carriages. Incase of disobedience to his ardors, h assured wem be would not perform tha neeessarr Berries for burial, (without which a soul must: suffer additional ..pains jo purgatory as the least pumah meoO and. that they should uot be buried in the conse--crated ground. But if his orders were attended to, and the mooej paid over, the coffin might be brought to the church, and a certain number of masses should be read, for the benefit of the departed. Comment is unnecessary.; His right to do as he threatened was acknowledged." ' THE WAR OF SECTIONS. That man must be blind who does not see on our Northern horizon the premonitions of a storm which will shake the Union to its basej A great change has taken place in that section of the country since the adoption of the Feder al Constitution, gradually brought abojt by ag gressive legislation on the part of northern mar jonties, and the conciliatory disposition and mis taken counsels of the south. Without the or dinance which excluded slavery from the northi western territory, without the Missouri Compn mise, and the further exclusion of slavery from all territory north of a distinct line of latitude and without the application of the same pr ncit ple to the territory of Oregon,, all of which measures were the fruits of an aggressive spirit at the North, the two s. ctions of the . Union would now be standing towards each other in the relation in which the Constitution places them, and the present unnatural strife would not exist. Northern aggression has wrought this change, -and is responsible for that alarnih)r posture of mutual hostility which the two sect tions now occupy. The great popular movement now taking place at the north, to effect a change in our fe deral legislation ou the sul ject of slavery, has its origin immediately in offended pride. ' Orie of the trophies of the aggressions of the pak was last winter demolished by the repeal of tlie Missouri Compromise, and it is the ambit on f the conquerors to restore it to its place; not mere ly to defend the original conquest, but to perpetn ate the glory of its achievement. They are 111 ut tering their hosts for a tremendous conflict, atid it becomes us to consider wisely and maturely how it shall be met As citizens of a. great southern Common wealth, and cordial supporters of her rights and interest, we must insist npon a thorough union of onr people, independently of party, in the unanimous defence of the common cause. ie insist that the unnatural strife, going op in our midst under party names and party b.nuers, should be at least suspended, and the true friends of the south, of every name.'be permitted with out reproach to occupy an honorable place among the defenders of their country. Will the great crisis that seems to be approaching be a fitting occasion for mutual abuse, and for factious dis putation in regard to secondary issues? 11 rely the presence of impending dang r ought to ad monish us all of the folly of such'a course, anil teach us the importance of bur) ing the pcttv animosities of party in an oblivion that shall it least endure till, the Union shall have safely pas sed the tremendous ordeal. ' j We have no wish to play the part of alarm ists, and get up a crisis tor mere effect. We have confidence in the stability of the Union, and our hopes exceed our fears : but the Union cannot be preserved without defenders, and caij not be defended while its friends are. employe in the "strife of party. This conviction is tlie more necessary, because the p stmv of the South, must be a posture of stationary defence. Sjo long as a hope remains, we must continue plant ed firmly on the bulwarks of the Constitution, and laying aside all temporizing expedients, lie content to defend the institutions of our country with those weapons which the Cottsitntion has placed in our hands. All acts of retaliation r reprisal in such a contest tend only to lower trio dignity of the cause at state, and to diminish that moral power upon the preservation of whicjh its success depends. j We repeat that the masses at the North are mustering their forces far a tremendous as-auSt upon the South, and it is t me to bury the to mahawk of party, in order that we may present an unbroken front to the common enerav. Rossitek's Paintings Acain. Mr. Wilbur, the exhibitor of these beautiful productions jf American art, was in this city during the Faijr, but failing to secure a suitable place for their exhibition, proceeded to some points west f us. He returned according to -promise early this week, and has been delighting the public witjh a view of them both day and night. In com mon with many others' we have shared in the exquisite pleasure they afford, and although we do hotprofc s-to be critics in such matters, wo can testify with confidence to their extraordina ry merit as historical paintings. Mr. Kossiter is producing a series from scripture history, il tustrating the three cardinal Christian virtue, Faith, Hope and Charity, the two former of which are now exhibited, and the last is yet un finished. Mi. Wilbur has also with liitii his painting of Miriam the Prop'.eteg, exulting with timbrels and dances over the destrnelkm of the Egyptian host. The first of the regular series is the "Return of the Dove to the Art", with the Olive.Hraneb." This seme represents the triumph of Noah's faith, and embraces on the open deck of the ark, the family of the patri arch of three generations, surrounded by the various animals saved from the delude. Tlie second of the series, illustrating Hope, represents a group of the Captive Israelites by the river of Babylon, all a slarge as life, and in a varieijy of attitudes. We cannot pretend to a descrip tion of these splendid productions of the jenciil. They are characterized hy greai rich ness anjd fidelity of coloring, almost faultless perspective, much historical consistency, and a powerful mor al significancy. There are some defects in'thenb, but n. person of the most cultivated taste can contemplate them without admiration and won der. Many of the figures of the females intro duced are not only beautiful representations f feminine loveliness, but their forms and draperjy are so completely relieved" from the canvas, that imagination can with difficulty resist the illu sion. Mr. Wilbur will visit Wake Forest -Col-ledge to-day, and Warrenton on Monday. W'la bespeak for him full houses. Rev. W. C. Scott.- We deeply regret to learn from the Farmvire Journal that this gen tleman, the author of an eloquent book, en titled "Genius and Faith," died in Charlotte Co , Va., on the 51st ult. It is probable that iji this, as in too many painful examples, of young authors of brilliant promise early lost, the blade was too keen for the scabbard that con tained it. . r