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EI L T PCS 198 TH E ' .S O U T CAUFORHIA.i Shocking News fbom th ' Piaiss. Mr. Henry Liungston, ;wbo reached San P'eg" short time since, i company witli Mesr. John Stein and Samuel Simori; furnihed ,lhe San Diego Herald with tbe 1b!lo'g important in teliigence : "During the two days' stay of Mr. Living ston at the crowing of the Colorado, a report hr..rl,t to tbe fflect that a company of .mrant, romoosed of fifty persons, all from I Texas; were . murdered near the Pimas villages, j by a band of Apaches, on the 31st pt August.; There Were several women and children in the train, w ho, it feared, were doomed to a more borri'd fate. AH the cattle, six hundred in num ber, together with the pruvi ions, were carried off by the Indian?, leaving the wagons in the "road. This news was brought by a train which was at the time few hours' travel in the rear, " but which happily escaped attack. ; 44 Kear Tueson, about the same time, a party ejf "twenty Americans were eating their dinner, when a band of fifteen Indians made a descent upon tbem, and carried off seven of their finest horses, without a shot being fired by either par ty, although' the Americans were well-armed,: outnumbering uiem, auu wnucvu ( " Another party, a few miles on the other side' j of Tue-Hn, were attacked, one American tilled, and 27 horses taken. The parties mentioned were all from Texas. . "The Apaches are becoming more trouble some and more formidable every day, and. al most every train which enters within their range will be more or less harrassed by them. It is rumored at the river that more immigrants are now on this routJ through Texas than has ever - been before." Fbom Oregon. Outrage and Massacre. The San Frai.ci-co Herald gives the following horrible details of the bWly massacre commit ted by the Snake Indians upon a party of emi grants, near Fort Boie, in Oregon : " On iheiiioruiug of the 22d of Au.ust last, a rartv of eighteen men left Fort Boise for the purpose of rescuing three ladies and a number ef children, who were supposed to be in trie hands of a party of Winnass Indians, (one of the sniall trif.es of Snake Indians who live on Boise river,) who attacked Mr. Alexander Ward's train from' Missouri, on the 20th of August, about Jio. in, twenty five miles above Fort Boise, on the' south side of Boise river. This party, on arriving at the place where the first attack was made, found the bodies of Alex ander Ward and his eldest son Robert, Samuel Mulligan, Charles Adams, William Babcock, and a German, name unknown. ' From the statement, of the surviving boy, Newton Waul, it would appear that no effectu al resistance was offered by any of the party, exce t Dr. Adams and Mulligan,' who fought bravvly. Following the trail, in about three hundred yards, the body of young Amon was found a lad of seventeen years of age. He was one of the seven who came to the rescue on the day ot; the atta. k, with William Yantis. This young nian fought with great valor, pursuing the In dians t the bushes where he was killed. About one hundred yards farther on, the body of Miss Ward was found, having been shot through the head witli a musket ball. Her person w:s much bruised, her hands showing signs of her.- . . i . i.. i . : . 4. it. having toughl most uesperaieiy to resist iue, fiendish attacks of those savages upon her youthful person. The marks of teeth were plain ly implanted upon her left cheek ; a hot piece of iron had been thrust into her body, doubths while alive, to' punish her for her resistance, and their being unable to accomplish their helli-h ends upon one so young. Within a few rods of this spot a wagon had been burned, aud the bodies of two dogs found crisped up. . About fifty yards on, in the brush, three mow? wagons were burned. The trail was followed up. and in about six hundred yards the body of Mrs. White, the wife of William WhiteJKvho lives in Looking Glass Prairie, Umpqua Valley, was found stripped of her clothing and scalped. Her head was beaten in by clubs, and also a musket-ball had passed through her head. Her person showed signs of the most brutal violence. The trail was followed from her, and in about; half-a-mile, through a dense thicket of brush and undergrowth, the fifth wagon was found, having been run into a deep ravine and left. In about thirty yards further, they came to the river, upon the north bank of which was discovered the encampment ; it consisted of six" teen lodges mad of willow bushes. Here the bedy of Mrs. Ward and three children were found. Mrs. Ward was lying in the encamp ment, in front of a fire, her person having been robbed of all its covering, and her body much cut and scat red by brutish bruises. Her face bad a deep wound inflicted by a tomahawk, which probably caused her death. The children .were lying upon the fire in front of her, having evidently been burned alive, as a portion of the hair still remained upon their heads, showing that thy had been held by the hair ot the head until burned to death, in front of their rhother, and she, doubtless, compelled to witness this while the savages had their war dance, and vio- j late4 her person. She was soon to be a mother, which rendered the sight still more shocking, Several parts of limbs were picked up some dis tancefrotn the fire, having been dragged away by the wolves, or the Indian dogs, several of which had been left in the camp by them. : Having scarce any implemt nts, the bodies were interred in the best manner possible under the ciicumstances". Theie were still a lad and three children mis ting. A diligent search was made for their bodies without success. From tbe statements of the surviving boy, it was known that this lad was: wounded and ran 'to the bushes, and has probably since died ; and it is more than possi ble that the three children are still captives, or reserved for some future barbarous ceremony. Tue following are the places from which the above' named party emigrated Alexander Ward, wife and seven children, Samuel Mullagin and Mr. Babcock. (lawyer) from Lexington, Mo. Dr. Adams and brother, from Michigan. Mrs. White and children from Missouri. ,The bus band of Mrs. White is supposed to live in Ump qua county. ; Mr. Araonrfronv Missouri. Two Germans and a Frenchman Dames not known. This, massacre has created great excitement in Oregon, and the Acting Governor has issued a proclamation calling-for two companies of volunteers of sixty men each, to arm, equip, and mount themselves, to chastise the savages who have committed ibis bloody deed. The two companies were quickly raised, and were ready for action. ,r s Indian War at Hand. The Oregonian learns by immigrants,' just in from the Plain-, that a party of five hundreds Indians, well arm ed and mounted, had collected near the immi grant road, and proclaimed their intention of war against all whites who might fall in their way. WTe ay reasonably expect to learn of some hard fighting between Major Haller's com mand and these Indians. " ' Profitable Gold Diggings Discovered is Washington Territory. A correspondent of the Oregonian, who is vouched for by the edi tor, writes from St. Helen's under date of Sept. 11th, that a profitable gold field had been dis covered in the country embraced by the north and east forks of Catapoodle river in Washing Urn Territory " . Sandwich Islands. No new movement in the annexation negotiation had taken place since last accounts. The Government is await ing the action of the U. S. Administration upon - the treaty sent to Washington. THE HORRORS OF WAR. For want of space we have not heretofore given the particulars of the late battle of Alma fought be tween the Russians on the one hand, and the English and the French Allies on the other. The engage ment was of a terrible character, and although it did not last but about two hours there were left on the field iu dead and wounded more than ten thou sand. The Russians were routed wijh dreadful loss, es timated at from 6,000 to 10,000 killed and wounded. 3,000 taken prisoners. The English loss in killed and wounded was 2,128, of whom 96 were commis sioned officers, 114 sergeants. The French los3 kil led and wounded. 1,400, of whom 60 were officers. We have no disposition to comment upon a tra gedy so dreadful and bloody. That the reader may form some idea of the scene after the action was over, we subjoin the following sketch, furnished by an eye-witness, which we take from one of our exchanges- A DREADFUL SIGHT NEARLY TEN THOUSAND DEAD BODIES. " It was a terrible and sickening sight to go over the battle field. Till deprived of my horse by a chance shot, I rode about to ascertain, as fur a possible, the loss of? -our fiiends, and in doing so I was often brought to a standstill, by the difficulty of getting through the piles of wounded "Russians, mingled too often v ith our own poor soldiers. The hills of Green wich Park in fair time are not more densely covered with hiiman beings than were the heights of the Al ma with dead and dving. On these bloodv mounds fell 2,196 English officers and men, and upwards of 3,000 Russians, while thtir extremity was covered with the bodies of 1,400 gallant Frenchmen, and of more than 3,000 of their foes. Thejsurgeons remarked that the tenacity of life of the Rtffesians was very remarkable. Many of them lived 4ith wounds calculated to destroy two or three ordinary men. ; I saw one of the 32d Regiment on the field just after the fight. . He was shot right through the head, and the brain protruded in large masses at the back of the head and from the front of the skull. I saw with my own eyes the wound ed man raise his hand, wipe the horrible mass from his brow, and proceed to struggle down the hills to wards the water. Many of the Russians were shot in three or four places ; few of them had only one wound. . . The Minie ball makes no slight wound. The ef fect on the Russians, judging from their dead, was awful. When it struck it tore and broke all before it- The immense majority of the enemy were wound ed through the head, generally struck about the throat or under the chin, for the men fired upwards as they were ascending the hill. The common mus ket ball at such a range would have done no great damage, but here the balls had come out through the top of the skull, rending the bone as if done with a hatchet. The wounds were awful. SICKENING INCIDENTS. As our men were passing by, two or three of them were shot or stabbed by men lying on the ground, and the cry was raised that the " wounded Russians" were firing on our men. There is a story, indeed, that oue officer was severely injured by a man to whom he was in the very act of administering suc cor, as he lay in agony on the field ; be this as it may, there was at one time a near chance of a mas sacre taking pfijce, but the men were soon control led and confined themselves to the pillage which al ways takes place on a battle field. One villain with a red coat on his back, I regret to say, I saw go up to a wounded Russian who was rolling on the earth in the rear of the 7th Regiment, and before we could say a word he discharged his rifie right through the wretched creature's brains. Col. Yea rode at him to cut him down, but the fellow excused himself by declaring the Russian was going to shoot him. Many of the officers had portraits of mistresses, of mothers or sisters, inside their coats. The pri vates wore the little money they possessed, in purses fastened below their left knees, and the men, in their eager search after the money, often caused the woun ded painful apprehensions that they were about to destroy them. Last night all these poor wretches lay in their agony ; nothing could be done to help them The groans, the yells, the cries of despair and suffering were a mournful commentary on the exultation of the victors and on the joy which reign ed along the bivouac fires of our men. TF1E BATTLE FIELD AT NIGHT. . Long after the night had closed faint lights might be seen moving over the frightful field, marking the spots where friendship directed the steps of some of ficer in search of a wounded comrade, or where the pillager yet stalked about on his horrid errand. The attitudes of some of the dead were awful. One man might be seen resting on one knee, with the aims extended in the form of taking aim, the brow compressed, the lips clinched the very expression of firing at an enemy stamped on the face and fixed there by death, a ball had struck this man in the neck. Another was lying on his back, with the same expression, and his arms raised in a similar at tiiude, the Minie musket still grasped in his hands undischarged. Another lay in a perfect arch, his head resting on one part of the ground and his feet on the other, but the back raised high above it. Many men without legs were trying to crawl down to the water side. Some of the dead lay with a calm, placid smile on the face, as though they were in some delicious dream. ' ARRIVAL OF THE WOUNDED AT CONSTANTINOPLE. It was a moving sight yesterday to see the long trains of wounded borne from the Andes and Yulcan to the hospital. From dawn to evening the labor was incessant, and the officers and medical men seem ed perfectly worn out with fatigue. The men car ried down mattresses to the beach; the wounded were lifted on them, and were slowly borne along. A few of the wounded were well enough to walk, and crept along supported by a comrade, one with his arm in a sling, another with his trowsers cut "open from the hip to tbe knee, and thighs swathed in bandages, another with his hair clotted with blood, and a ghastly wound on the face or head On many the marks of approaching death were set, every now and then there was one too far gone- to be carried to the hospital, or who asked to be laid down for a few moments' rest on the wayside." The Mormon Temple at Salt Lake. The great Temple which the Mormons are building at the city of the Salt Lake, is described as pro mising to be a wonderful structure, covering an area of 21,850 square feet. The block on which it is located is forty rods square, and contains 10 acres of ground, around which a lofty wall has already been erected, to be surmounted by an iron railing manufactured . by the Mormons themselves at their Iron Works, in Iron county, Utah Territory The Temple building will have a length of 186 1-2 feet east and west, inclu ding the towers, of which there are three at the east and, three at the west, and the width will be ninety-nine feet. The Northern and South ern walls eight feet thick. The towers spoken of above are cylindrical, surmounted by octogan turrets and pinacles, and having inside spiral stairways leading to the battlements. Besides these, there are four other towers on the four principal corners of the building, square in form, and terminating in spires. On the western end will be placed in otto relievo the great Dipper or Ursa Majors As regards the interior arrangements, there will be in the basement a baptismal font 57 feet long by 35 feet wide, and on the first floor a large hall 120 feet long by 80 feet wide, while on the third floor there will be another of the same size, besides numerous other rooms for various purposes. Around the outside of the building will be a promenade from 11 to 22 feet wide, approached on all sides by stone steps. From the Soil of the South. MAKING MANURE. Messrs. Editors : In your Journal, (the Soil of the South,) I have seen various articles from time to time on the subject of the improvement of our worn lands', and the great importance of keeping up the fertility of our. fresher lands. By those articles we were persuaded of the ne cessity of such a course, but there they invaria bly stopped, without giving us the modus ope randi by which so desirable a result might be accomplished. They say manure manure I admit manure is good and pays well, but what I have been anxiously looking for in your pages, I have not seen as yet, viz: a treatise on tnak inr manure, giving in detail the best mode of making the greatest quantity that will pay the trouble of making, hauling out and spreading on the land. The usual mode of making ma nure through the country as far as I have been able to observe, is simply to have a mule lot with a shed in it barely sufficient to. shelter the stock from rain, and a cow lot, with rarely ever a shed in it. Such is the fixtures for manure making generally, if manure it can be called. For my part, I hardly think it deserves the name, for having been exposed in the open lot the greater portion of the year to the evap orating influences of the sun and the leechings of the rains, it is scarcely anything but the rotted pine straw yet; all of the most valuable portions of the droppings of the stock have ei ther been evaporated by the sun or leeched out by the rain ; many in this vicinity make largely of it, others have ceased to make it, believing it does not pay. As for my part, I would rather have it than none, although- it scarcely pays for itself, but bv adding ten bushels of cotton seed to a four horse load of it, and spreading it on an acre of ground, it will make you from one hundred and fifty to seventy-five pounds of cot ton to the acre more than it would have made without, and by continuing it on and, it will not deteriorate from cultivation, but will slightly improve. Such has been the result with a field I have had in cultivation for the last five years- Not being a ch mist, I do not know what portion of the fertilizing properties of manure made as above mentioned, is lost from the ef fects of the sun and rain, but believe it cannot be less than three-fourths and probably much more. This opinion may startle some and be laughed at by others ; but judging as I have, through observation alone, I am constrain ed to believe it. I made such several years Of my life, and if you think my estimate is too high, try the experiment. Take one load of manure from under a shed where it has not been exposed to the sun or rain, and put it on an acre of ground, and then put four loads that has been subjected to the inflnence of the sun and rain on an acre by the side of the other, and you will find that the acre with one load on it, will show the effects of the manure most, and yield the most in the end. Were the yields the same, it would be economy to make manure under the shelter, as it, is just as much work to haul out and spread a load of sorry manure as a load of good manure. We not only want the best manure we can make, but economy sug gests that we adopt a plan by which we may be enabled to save the evaporation and leechings of our manure yards, though we should make less in bulk ; but let it be twice, aye, thrice as much in fertilizing properties, the nextqnestiion is how are we to gain thajt point ? I answer, by shel tering ourjnanure yards at least half, and re-j cluciusr them in many instances, to less than half their size. I believe in the benefits to be derived from a :-hed, so strong, that I have con structed one, the body or winch is twenty four by forty feet, and a four foot story on it. The floor is eight feet from the ground and a large door in each end. It also has sheds on each side, eighteen feet wide, making in all forty by sixty feet, under shelter, for the benefit ef mak ing manure, and the body, a half story, forty by twenty-four, will hold my entire crop of fodder. My lot is enclosed with a plank fence, and it one hundred feet long, by sixty wide; the posts of the shed being posts for the fence also ; the eves extending on each side over the fence, there by running the water out of the lot from the entire roofs. My plan for making manure in it is as follows: In the first instance, cover all over a foot deep in .straw, in the course of two or three months thereafter regularly, rake up that which is not under the shelter, and put it under at a regular thickness, and fill up the open yard again with fresh straw ; by spring, I expect to have my manure from two to three feet tinder the shelter, a load of which I think, will be worth as much as four of what I have made heretofore. I have usually succeeded in making manure enough, with the addition of roy cotton seed, to manure ten acres of cotton to the hand, which' I follow the next year, with corn without manure. The balance of my cotton land I shall plant hereafter, one year in peas and one in cot ton, plowing the peas under always in the fall. I have my first crop of peas to plow in this fall as to how much the peas will be worth as a manure for cotton, as yet I have no experience, but I think they are worth a trial. Having spun this article out much longer than I expected, I will close. I do not offer this to the public as deserving any merit; but that it mar induce others to give their views on the improvement of lands and of making manures. H. Houston Co.. Ga., Aug., 1854. COMMUNICATIONS. METROPOLITAN CORRESPONDENCE. LETTER LXIX. New York, Nov. 8, 1854. A. wholesale libel An innocent race vilified Licence (jf the Press Preten-ded dUitiieresteditess Triumphant vindication of the slandered Oysters O. K. J'erctrse ness Later news from the Crimea Anguine antifipa tihns Historical facts concerning besieged towns Posi tion of the Allies More Railway disasters ShaJcspeare illustrated Ihe best parlour Edition of the g reat drama tist A magnificent Family Bible "The Book and its Story" Mrs. Higourney. My Dear Post : About a fortnight ago some of our public journals gave utterance to the most false and shameless libels against a very respectable and populous community which had hitherto possessed the entire confidence indeed I may say the imost unqualified esteem of all classes of society. The members of this community had been everywhere welcome they were met with at the palaces of our mer chant princes at the festivals of bur most hon oured Societies (including the 'Historical') and at all the happy social reunions of the city and also of the country. They enjoyed the regard and confidence of the judge the alderman, the parson and the layman, alike. No one called in question either their innocence or their merit. In short no community under the sun coukl have been more universally popular. But sud denly a mighty shadow fell upon its fair repu tation, and almost in a day it fell, from its high position and from being an object of loving, be came an object of loathing to thousands, and this extraordinary blight was produced by the newspapers ! The Times and the Tribune and others of "the associated press" treacherously stabbed to the very vitals this vast and hitherto much cherished community and in a brief day laid it a helpless wreck upon the sea of public opinion! 'This wholesale and sudden destruc tion was not perpetrated without protest on the part of the public who loved the helpless vic tims of it too well to be entirely silent. Indeed the assailants themselves, shed crocodile tears over their work, and declared that they did it unwillingly and from a constraining sense of duty. The dear public was persuaded by these protestations and so this very large communi ty whose millions were strangely enough left out of the last national census was in a bad way threatened with a total loss of the favour by which they had hitherto thriven and grown fat ! Its most popular and esteemed members were all at once shunned banished from priv ate and public circles and even in tbe maiket places where all classes jostle each other per petually they scarcely met with toleration. If any liberal minded person dared to take their part he was counted a madman by his neign bours. If he made bold to demand the proofs of the vile charges made against this traduced community by those irresponsible parties the papers he was pronounced by them fool-hardy and preposterous. This state of things lasted for some days, until the slandered victims were fain to lie in their beds and keep out of the sight of those who had so recently lved them to the death ! There seemed a probability that the long favourite race would disappear from our midst when some patriotic persons who had been on terms of especial intimacy with the community endeavoured earnestly to clear up its character and restore it to the high place which it had formerly held in public esteem -and I am happy to say that their endeavours were crowned with complete success and to day the Oysters are as much esteemed and as eagerly welcomed amoi.g all classes as. they were before this iniquitous attempt to destroy their good name was made by the diabolical newspa-' pers. There is one anomaly, however, which I must not fail to notice in this relation. Iob serve that that notwithstanding they have been pronounced utterly innocent of the charges brought against them thousands of people, who felt indignant at the slander while it was promulgated now that it is triumphantly re futed have taken themselves to running them down on all possible occasions ! Such alas ! is the perversity of poor human nature! The con sequence is that the poor innocent creatures will be hereafter in a perpetual stew, and there's no help for it that I can see. In the absence of any thing startling from the Crimea, I thought a brief history of the illustri ous bivalve revolution in this section, might not be without interest to your readers. It is very tantalizing to read in the morning papers as we did here in the early part of the week, " Later from Europe and the war" "Sebastopol not taken" ''News from the Crimea Nothing!" It seemed just ;s if the entire newspaper press had gone over to the '"Know Nothing" party and I am sure that's the last party "any newspa per ought to belong to much less our city pa pers that are always professing to know every thing, and a few facts besides. ? Nov. 4th. The Arabia has just brought "three days' later news" from Europe. The siege of Sebastopol has begun, and some very sanguine correspondents anticipate the conquest of the town in three days. These writers are certainly unmiudful of the facts of history in reference to besieged cities and their, pow er of endurance, oi they would convert their three days into three months. A few statistics may serve to justify me in the opinion that Se bastopol will hold out for a considerable period, if (as I am willing to believe,) it must finally fall before the vast resources and energies of the allies. : Genoa, in 1800, sustained a blockade of sixty and siege of forty days. Snragoasa, in 1808, sustained a close siege of nearly two months, and again in 1809 for two months. Yerona,' in 1809, sustained a siege and blockade of seven" months, four of them being , of open trench. J "; . Cuidad Rodrigo, 1810, two months. Tortona, in the same year, sit. months. Badajos, in 1811, sustained a siege of more than forty days, open trench. St. Sebastian, iri 1813, sustained a siege nnd blockade of nearly three months, with over fifty days of open trenches. Now when it is remembered that Sebastopol is strongly fortified and that .Russian soldiers, (in the memorable campaign of Napoleon in Russia, and upon the famous field ofEylaw,) re sisted for more than half a day every attempt of the great French leader and his best troops to break their ranks it will not seem very pro bable that Russian soldiers will yield Sebasto pol in three days. We may look for a long siege and a hard one and when the city does fall it will be with a loss of life terrible to antici pate. The French General reports the position of the allies to be impregnable capable of re sisting effectually a quarter of a million of Rus sian soldiers. Without doubt the city is now terribly beleagured and the same thing may be true when the present year shall make its final plunge into the abyss of the past ! The end is not yet sanguine writers and reporters to the contrary notwithstanding. More railway accidents are reported in the papers two of them approaching in their la mentable destruction f life the memorable tragedy at Norwalk. One of these occurred on the Great WTestern Railway and the other more recently still, upon the Rock Island Rail way the opening of which was made the occa sion of that famous " excursion '' in the spring of this year. These disasters occur with fearful frequency in spite of the terror which they in spire in the public mind. Again and again it is asked, " Can nothing be done to prevent them ?" but the great question remains practi cally unanswered. Perhaps I ought to be able to tell you but I am not how many different editions of Shak speare's immortal works have been published. I have some recollection of seeing a statement on this point but its figures have escaped me. No matter I only wanted the fact as a preface to what I am about to say of a new edition of the great bard an edition superb enough to go without a preface. It is the enterprise of Messrs. Martin and Johnson of this city, and it appear ance warranis the belief that the time is close at hand when London editions of our great Eng lish authors will not always be the best. They are publishing in parts a copy of Shakspeare in quarto; printed from large type upon fine pa per and the text of the best editions with the uotes of the ablest commentators. But the pe culiar charm of this tempting edition is a superb steel-plate engraving in every number with portraits of great living actors in the characters they most successfully personate. Edwin Forest as Hamlet; Julia Davenport as Beatrice; Anna Cora Mowatt as Rosalind ; Macready as Shy lock and others which I have not time to name are themes of these elaborate and exquisitely finished works of art. Every number of the work contains at least thirty-two pages and one plate, and the price is only twenty-five cents. Forty parts will complete the work and there will be no edition extant to compare with it either in magnificence or cheapness. I feel no hesitation in saying that the publishers will ex ecute with unfailing care any order for this ele gant work which is sent to them from the coun try. Remittances may be made if preferred in instalments of two dollars which will secure eight numbers free of any other cost. I am reminded while noticing this beautiful publication, that this is but one of the costly works issued by this house and I must say a few words of a Family Bible now in course of pub lication by them in' twenty five cent parts of which sixty will embrace the entire Scriptures. The work is of folio size superbly printed and every number has a most admirable steel en graving of large size. The edition is known to the evangelical world as " Browns Self Inter prcting Bible." It presents the text of the com mon version accompanied by practical notes, copious references and indexes. No edition of the Sacred writings has met with a more cordial reception from good men of all evangelical creeds thau this and a more devout and pious com mentator than the Rev. John Brown is not to be found. The illustrations of this superb Bible are truly master-pieces of art, both in painting and engraving and I do not think there is or will be que in the whole series, which would not be cheap al the price of each part. Like the Shafayxare this serial publication will be sent by pibt to remote subscribers who may make remiltances in sums to suit their convenience. The, j! address of the publishers is Martin and Johnson, 91 Walker-street. I Jo not know when I have made a more valuable acquisition to my library of books for constant use than I did a few days ago in ob tainipg a copy of a handsome 12 mo. volume, recently published by Messrs. Perry and Mc Millan of Philadelphia. It is quaintly but hap pily jen titled " The Book and its Story" and is called further "A Narrative for the Youii"-." Wise indeed will be all the young who peruse its p!ages aud possess themselves of the varied and; invaluable knowledge which it contains. ButHjnot the young alone are concerned in such a bqok. It is for all classes. The old and the wisej;may derive precious lore from its treasury, and! do not thinK there is a family in the land which might not, if it would, find profit in its perusal and study. I presume that all your readers will have understood already that this book treats of The Bible. The History of God's wcr is therein traced from "the beginning" un til the year 1853 when the " British and For eignjj Bible Society" celebrated its "Jubilee," and thisvolume is a commemoration of that happy occasion. "The Book and its Story" is worthy to hi beside the Bible in every house. TJie Western Home and other Poems is a collection of new poems from the well-known penfof Mrs. Sigourney whose name is a house hold word from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the St. Lawrance to the Rio Grande.- Evey where her numbers are read and admired by ill who count piety an element of poetry, andtenderness a proof of taste. It is perhaps needless for me to commend this book to your readers. It is a handsome volume in the best styl of Perry and McMillan the worthy suc cessors of Mr. A. Hart of Philadelphia. Ay letter threatens to grow to a wearisome length, and there is no remedy except to cut :t short off b? putting right here the sign manual of X " COSMOS. - RALEIGH, NOV. 11, 1854. - WILLIAM D. COOKE, EDITOR AWD PROPRIETOR. Terms TWO DOLLARS FEB AHXTTTM, in Advance. CLUB PRICES: Three Copies, $5 full price, $6, Eight Copies, 12 " . 16, Ten Copies,. 15 " 20, Twenty Copies, 20 " 40. Payment in all cases in advance.) 83 Where a club of eight, tea or twenty subscribers is sent, the person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. S3 Postmasters are authorized to act as Agents (or the Southern Weekly Post. Mr. H. P. Doutiht is our authorized agent for the States of Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. "THE VENOM OF INTOLERANCE-" The impudence with which many partizan papers of the day set themselves up as the pe culiar advocates of toleration and charity, is one of those odd manifestations of absurdity and inconsistency, for which there is no accounting on any known principle. From one end of the Union to the other the democratic press is con tending with all its energies for the exclusion of all whigs from very important office in the gift of the people, and on the other hand the whigs likewise are exerting themselves with equal ardor for the exclusion of the democrats. By the common consent of both parties therefore, the whole American people are properly the sub-, jects of universal proscription, for opinion's sake, and may justly be treated as aliens and foreign ers under the alternate dominion of rival fac tions. This rule has long been settled, and is now uuiversally acknowledged ; and yet some of the most prominent advocates of this whole sale proscription, this intolerant spirit of party, which would exclude, during one presidential term, one-half of the American people from of fice, and during the next, would with equal right exclude the other, have the assurance to assume the garb of philanthropy and denounce in terms of unmeasured abhorence, the American party, because it would, to some extent, exclude the foreigner from participation in the govern ment of the country ! In all the history of par ties we have never contemplated a more enor mous inconsistency. It is absolutely shocking, not only to common sense, but to common de cency. The Richmond Enquirer s exceedingly bitter in its language. Perceiving . the rapid growth of theK .ow-Nothings in Virginia, and learning that a grand council of the order would be held in Richmond during the Fair, that paper gives the following rancorous expression to its feelings on the subject "It is not generally known, we suspect, that a State Council of the Know -Nothing Order, is to be held in this city to-day. In spile of the severe se crecy of their movements, this fact has transpired; and with it comes the additional intelligence that one Reverend Mr. Evans is present as representa tive of tl.e 'Grand National Council of Thirteen,' of which Barker of New York is President. This emissary brings along a redundant supply of the venom of intolerance, wherewith to inoculate the brethren in this region, and to corrupt the native generosity of the Virginia character. He imports also a copious supply of passwords and other ca balistic signs, and is in every way equipped for the work of drill-sergeant and hierophant. Is it not a shame that such creatures should conic here, and under cover of darkne-s, deposit the poison of in tolerance and proscription on the soil which Jeffer son has consecrated to civil liberty and to freedom of conscience ?" We have purposely italicised some of the words in this intensely spiteful passage, that our readers may see how deeply the Enquirer hates proscription. And yet it musi be remembered that the same paper would, if it could, for ge nerations to come, exclude from al) important offices of trust and emolument, nearly if not quite one-half of the American people ! And why ? Because they differ by almost an ima ginary line in their political views, from the edi tors of that journal, and the party to which it is attached. Let nobody accuse us of playing into the hands of the whigs, for we believe the whigs would do the same. But the .Enquirer proceeds from bitterness to blunder, in the following additional remarks "The movements of the Order are directed and controlled by a cabal in New York, and thus should Know-Nothingism triumph in this State, the Go vernment of Virginia will be the creature of the " Council of Thirteen." Esteeming themselves competent to the management of their own affairs, Virginians have been proverbially jealous of for eign infi uen.ee ; nor will they now submit, "to the usurpation of this conclave of New York Know Nothings. The sentiment of State Sovereignty and the pride of personal independence are equal ly outraged by the attempt thus to subjugate us. Rkh.Enq. 30th, ult. Here it will be perceived with astonishment, that this paper, which considers it so intolerant and proscriptive in other people to contend against "foreign influence'1'' from Europe, ap peals directly to the " proverbial, jealousy of Virginians" against "foreign influence" from the neighboring State of New York! It is all fair to excite the prejudices of the people against the designs of native bom Americans, who are engaged in this dreadful conspiracy to defend their country and its institutions, but it is bigo try, intolerance, proscription and everything bad, to make a similar appeal to their patriotism against the inclinations of a foreign party, the central power of which is located at Rome Well, these politicians can take their own course, but we believe they have wofully mistaken their interests as well as their duty. "We are very happy to be able to lay before our readers a timely antidote for all this concen trated venom. The Washington Union, in a very recent article defining, we suppose authori tatively, the position of the Administration in reference to the American party, and on the whole condemning the course of that party, thus mildly and fairly lays down what it consi ders the duty and interest of foreigners. We take our stand with the Union, so far as the following remarks express its gene ral views on this subject, and commend its sen timents, admonitions, and warnings to the sober consideration of the people ' In takiDg its position it should be carefully borne in mind that the democratic party neither assumes that the naturalization laws as they now exist are perfect, nor that foreigners have not on some occasions subjected themselves to just censures, nor that the Roman Catholic religion is based upon the true Christian creed. Citi zenship is a boon granted to foreigners by the liberality of our institutions, and this fact cannot be too carefully weighed and appreciated by our foreign citizens. They should constantly remember that the hih privileges con ceded to them have been granted upon the reasonable ex pectation that they would surrender their distinctive na tive nationalities, and become fused' and assimilated to our native citizens in all their feelings, sentiments, and devotion to eur liberal institutions. It becomes them now in view of the late significant expressions of popular ft eL ing, to consider well whether in their past conduct tWY may not hare given occasion to much of the opposition which exists against them. Native Americans are justly proud of their high prerogatives, and they are nature.Uy jealous of any thing like foreign influence upon their in stitutions.. In these sentiments and feelings we pattici". pate to the fullest extent, and it is because welo that we so earnestly repel the imputation that-the democratic vAr. xy has pursued, or will ever pursue ' an incendiary j,ii. cy," in order to conciliate the foreign rote. " Naturalized citizens ought to see, in the imnicn.4 in crease of foreign immigration within the last few jars legitimate reasons for an earnest investigation by native' citizens of the probable influence of this increase of fo reign population upon our institutions. This is a iniHj legitimate subieet for discussion imrl if if l,.,i i. . . ' "Tun in the conviction that our naturalization laws are lefetive uu io oe amended and retormed, the naturalized citizens ought neither to be surprised nor to compain. It may be assumed as a fixed fact that the native Ameri can population will never consent to any modrticaiiou of the principles which characterize their "institutions; and from whatever Quarter thev see iLm n.u .i. will be prompt to meet and reiwl it i, 4irtn is innla Ko .1. in A 1 1 tion .o u... iu.a uuuger lurss mxler the rcI ffi.nK creed m vumoncs, n is ngnt.and proper thajt the of the surestiort should he sift.H .1... v truth " luu UOljOHl( and to such an investigation none will contribute " more than the democracy." It is proposed by some advocates of a change in nr cense laws, that it shall be left to a majority of the voters" of each captain's district or each election precinct whether liquor shall be retailed therein or not 1.. ject to this awkward method of legislation. ou " . r, . ,V, , I Z , , t Ule precincts, wnetlier any otlT 1 iw should be obeyed within its limits. If the majority of voters m a neighborhood can more properlv be e'nti ti'sied with the decision of such a question, than' a majority f the Mate at large, much more appropriate would it ... uuivu iu in-due uic matter for himself.. We clip the above from the Southern Weckiv Post of this city. It is the first' response, we suppose, to the enactment suggested by the late session of the (iran.l Di vision. We have no idea that ui,y law could he proposed that would find no objectors, but if the above h the strongest objection that can be urged to this mode of dis posing of this question, it is indeed a u rai iy one. Tht. issue is not fairly stated, and the premises mi.M , pi . run ted, but they are so glaringly so, that it needs no correc tion on our part. Any one that has given it any atten tion can readily detect them. Spirit of tf!( Ave. The Age is in error when ii supposes our pa ragraph had reference to the action of the Grand Division. It was written before we heard of the proceedings of tbat body. Tlie truiih is, that our remarks were elicited by the sues tions of a contempoiary' in this State, whose course has not been distinguished for z.-al in be half of the temperance reform, aud our object was to oppose a mode of dealing with the enh of intemperance which we believed would be altogether inadequate. It is known that we are advocates of a radical change in our license laws which will cure the evil, as far as it can bo oured by law, without trenching upon' natural right, and establishing 'dangerous precvilonits in legislation. Our opinion is unaltered, and we feel quite unmoved by the withering scoin of the Age. It is at full' liberty to tire as inunv such harmless squibs at us a-s it pleases. It is always easier to reconnoitre a position than to assail it. A word for self. It is not uncommon for editors now-a-days, to occupy th-ir columns oc casionally with earnest appeals to the- liberhlity of the public in behalf of their respective papers. We have seldom resorted to any such method of increasing our popularity, and are rather "averse to the practice. It will however be pcrinittt-d to us to say that we do desire to see the I'ust more extensively patronized, and would remind our friends throughout the State that they have not yet done all they can in its behalf. "W.: h..pe they will not conclude that the-Post is so well established that it does not need; their friendly efforts to extend its influence. We are not ac customed to self-commendation, but there jisjio harm in saying that we have Lajjituallv endea vored to furnish our subscribers with an instruc tive, entertaining paper, of good tm'oral inlhueiice, bound by no party ties, and earnestly devoted to what we consider the best interests of the country. In regard to comnipti party poli tics, we expect to continue neutral, retaining however a certain degree of independence, with out which we could not be faithful to those great national principles upon which the safety of our country hangs. We are uncompromisingly . American in spirit, anl in the great issues be tween the North and the South, and between the:Triends and enemies of religious litjn-ty, we will ever be found contending for what we know to be the sentiments of the people of XorthCar olina. To them we again commit the IWaud its fortunes. Thanksgiving. Governor lieid has issued his proclamation, setting apart Thursday the 30th inst., as a lav of public thnnkst'ivinrr for the people of North Carolina. Vie hope this beautiful custom will be duly ohse-ved y our citizens, with a sincere desire to recognize and celebrate the goodness of that Providence-, by which we have been so sign xily preserved dur ing the last year from the two fearful scoiirges which have afflicted other portions of our conn try. Neither cholera nor yellow fever has inva ded our borders, whilst the cities of neighboring States have been thrown into consternation! and mourning by the havoc they have mad". Sure ly we are under the weightiest obligations To praise the divine clemency that has so kindly spared us a similar infliction. Hint on PKOPniEry. That judicious paper, the Saturday Evening Post, of Philadelphia, in commenting upon the trial of Dr. Beale in that city, 'drops some valuable hints in regard to fe male conduct which are worthy of attention. The editor thinks very justy that ladies should not closet themselves alone with profesionai men, of even the best character, any more 'than can by possibility be avoided. The case of Dr. Beale should be a sufficient lesson on the sub ject. The Mormons. It is now reported in politi cal circles, that Brigham Young will be removed from his office of Governor of Utah, and some less obnoxious person appointed in his place. We hope sincerely this may be done. The mor al sense -of the country demands it, and the ap parent intolerance of such a step would be by no means inconsistent with the spirit of our go vernment. Two Guns. The Telegraph reported! last week that the Allies had opened 6re upon Se bastopol with two guns ! If the subsequent re port of its fall be correct, those two guns jnust ; be wonderful pieces of ordnance. It has since stated that there were two hundred guns in operation. vte regaru an si cu propositions as dangerously radical They seem to declare that the State is too laf.ro ( he governed by one legislative body, or that the Legislature is less competent to perform its functions than the peimle of a captain's district are to decide it for thein
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