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T H 1 1S 0 U Y K L Y PO ST. 3IEIt)P0LITAN CORB1SPOBDEHCE. tctt&ii txxir. ,r rf 1 OC 4 iNEW lORlt, WW. ioui. " .. c..-xr ikttt Winter Sevastopol in Statu quo A.iect of the WarBard timet rediviwsDtfomfort Wgh raU for money loans Ifyh price yew iurk Historical Society Anniversary Mr. Bancroft' Sixth -volume of the History of the United States Poetical Wori of Wordsworth Harper and Brother Mr. Cur tit' Ifatory of the Constitution tfthe U. S. Wood't frustrated Natural UisUyry A New Novel The Rhyme and Reason, of Country Life Ida May Hie Bells A Qkime Poem for GMrtn Picture hinted at for no tice next week ! Mr De ah Post : The fickleness of our cli mate is beautifully illustrated this morning in the beaming of a summer day after a protracted rain storm. A June atmosphere surrounds us, and the sky is as softly blue' as the eye of a Saxon maio en. vvercoaw nug uc-ia, iu the hall, and the exclamation flies from lip to l,n what a charming dav F I think it wor- 0 rf tby of this brief commemoration, for surely our winter will not bring forth many like it, if in deed we see such another before next May. I Wotra nrfrtJiA tinrtniriAsa of announcing to vou. . . X A v this morning, thai Sevastopol is taken. Iam ... reconciled to the idea of further postponement of this expected intelligence, inasmuch as it will j justify my prediction of some weeks past, thai -he strong hold of the Czar in the Crimea would nc i surrender at the first summons of the allies by any means! The latest intelligence (unless indeed there be some by this morning's tele , : graphic arrivals) reports favorable progress in ' the seige. But really, my dear Post, this great Eastern War is h singular aff tir, take it alto gether. Its delays and complicities are without parallel. At this stage ot it we hear ot new movements upon the great military chess-board. Austria seems about to make herself a contes tant in the game and her position menaces the Czar with new danger. If she really joins the allies, it will put a new complexion upon the case, and how she can avoid it without subject ing herself to intestinal troubles I am not able to see.: I ra reminded, however, that such speculations as mine upon affairs so remote as ..; these, cannot be of any great interest to your icwjcin, iiw.Tt.ti itch oouaiiCTA nnrjr may uc to . read such fads as-1 can ?'ean for them from 0 time to time. I will therefore keep my specu lations to myself. There is a very general sense of discomfort in UUI LlllUol CM ijiu iiviu niiai w Ut- LJ V. C ' i t ft-w yeai ago " Hard limes. We seem to have fallen upon them again, and the renewed acquaintance is neither pleasing nor profitable. " However, I liave some doubt as to the proprie ty of my using the last term, for profitable it may be in correcting some of the extravagant habits which have contributed to produce the stricture in the money market which is now telt tnrough every .circle of society! Certainly it is not phasing to have an empty purse and no mean of replenishing it; to le obliged to put off your butcher, and your grocer, and your ba ker, and your gasman, when they bring in their monthly bills ; to have to avoid your tailors and your haberdasher's establishments 1 Toti jive opportunity to felmnd you 'that the duzens SsjPmqnth's bill is yet unsettled. These and. other gentry, of the shop genus have an unpleas ant manner of telling you, that the times are ve ry hard, just as if you did not know it already. It is all very well if you have a full purse or pocket book, and can respond to their hints by producing the minted gold, or the currvnt bills for then they grow marvellously polite, and ' times seem all at once to arrow, if not softer, at least lets hard ! I was told a day or two since ' that a money and note broker who had let out all his capital, was anxious to borrow ten thous and dollars, on ample mortgage securities, and had offered to give one thousand dollars premi um, or bonus for the loan ! With money bor rowed even at this extravagant rate he expected to thave notes and make twenty-five per cent profit by the operation. This argues a bad state of money affairs amongst us, and indeed tin- case is too. clear to neea argument. 1 he country is draind of its specie by the vast exportations of the past season, to pay for British'and foreign goodsj and the consequence is that our nabobs find themselves dreadfully pinched in the pck ; et, and all classes in their turn have to bear the eul of " hard times." The winter will bring 'discomfort, and even suffering to a large num ber of nnnr nponl who are either out of em- . , - . j r-- --- - : ployment i.r working upon short wages while every thing in the shape of food and fuel is extravagantly high-priced. It is said that coal and provisions will speedily fill, but I confess I do not see any favorable indications of such a result, greatly as it is to be wished fo Coal, it is tru, has receded from the high price of the arly autumn, but it is still ruinously high to the poor house-keeper, who has to buy it by doles thj bushel or the peck ! The New York Historical Society celebrated its semi-centennial anniversary on Tuesday last. air. UMicroii, tne Historian, niaae a very aarui- r&ble oration, and some tbree hundred gentle men and ladies sat down to a sumptuous din ner. The mind and the body, both are cared for at these great anniversaries especially the body." The name of Mr. Bancroft reminds me that I have t.ot yet chronicled the appearance of the sixth volume of History of the United States, . " It is the third volume of the Revolutionary an nals, and fully maintains the splendid reputa . tion which the whole work has justly acquired in both Hemispheres of the world. Mr. Bancroft has Utated his grand theme in a mas'erly and philosophical manner, and hits displayed equal power and felicity in his style. I do not think that the Hon. Edward Everett uttered a pane irvric when he said in his Lecture unon tb a j . - I Discovery of America that Mr. Bancroft had M without impairing their authenticity, conver ted the pages of our history into a magnificent Odissey of national adventure." The diligent J, research, tolerant spirit and comprehensive scope . ; - of this great history, fairly entitle it to the na tional favor, and stamp its author as one of the ..." leading historians of the age. The work is pub lished by the great house of Little, Brown & Co., of Boston, whose large handed enterprise is strikingly illustrated in their voluminous series ItSWkS - In A- a I. A 1Q lumes already issued, they have just published Uie poetical works of Wordsworth in seven vol wne with aa admirably written memoir of the (great Lakist from the careful and elegant pen of James Russell Lowell. " This will be, to me at least, the most attractive of all the series for every day, my admiration of Wordsworth's po ery grows deeper and stronger. There is a blending of powetfand tenderne-s of imagina tion and nature in his 'sonorous verse which car ries me captive. These seven volumes make the entire number now ready fifty, and there is no edition of the British orthology to compare with it for beauty and cheapness. Messrs. Harper & Brothers, it is said, will re occupy their old position on Pearl street next month. In one year from the day upon which they were burnt out, the vast establishment will be rebuilded and ready for their reception, and then we may look to see them speedily regain their leading position among publishers. Their magazine maintains its unprecedented popularity and circulation and the increasing frequency of their issue of new books indicates the rapid recovery of all their great facilities, while no one imagines for a moment that their energies are impaired. They have just published two or three excellent and important works, ffhtory of the Constitution of the United States by George Ticknor Curtis, is a work needed to fill a gap in our national literature. The first of two hand some octavo volumes devoted to this theme is before e, and it bears indisputable evidence of the fitne-s of the author for the responsible task which he has undertaken. It was the purpose of Daniel Webster to prepare such a work ; but the opportunity for doing it never came to the great departed statesman, and it was one of his parting injunctions to Mr. Curtis, th- the should accomplish the woik which he could not himeb perform. The first volume embraces the Constitu tional history of the country from the beginning of the Revolution to the period of the Conven tion of 1787. The volume to come will contain the story of the formation of the Constitution . Mr. Curtis brings to his task sholarship of the highest kind, fine powers of discrimination and great fidelity of purpose, so that the work will be done in a worthy style, nd take a worthy 1 place by the side of Bancroft and Hildreth. Wood's Illustrated Natural History is one , of the Harper reprints from a beautiful English volume. It contains 450 ensrravinjrs on wood finely executed and beautiful. y printed. The text, is exceedingly graphic, and the whole work simply but judiciously classified. is the best .popular work on Natural History now extant. The same publishers have added another num ber to their Library of select' novels. The Young Husband by Mrs. Grey a story in the romantic and somewhat melo-dramatic style of that author, whose tales I should like better if they had less melancholy endings as a general thing. Tiiey are certainly intensely interesting. Messrs. Putnam & Co. have just published a very delig'.itful book called " The Rhyme and R;asori of Country Life" It is a compilation by the hands of Miss Fenimore Co.-per, of a thousand exquisite, appropriate and memorable things sa d in prose and verse by the most distinguished writere of alj lyrfcnT cone -mi: g Qunirylife. f)"iey are gracefully done up into jj&plets or bouquets, or groups, or whatever the reader pleases to call them, and these are tied up, as it were, by a ribbon of the authors own viewing. Her taste in euch literature is im maculate, and she hs ransacked creation (speak ing comprehensively) for' suitable material to fill this elegant volume. Numerous beauu 'ul and characteristic engraviigs on wood adorn its pa ges and enhance its attractions. One miyht seek for a choice book as a gift for S"ine faire lad ye for days' and not find anything so chaste, so pleasing, so permanently valuable as this one. The December of Putnam's Mig izine is just out, completing the fourth semi-annual volume. Mr. Derby has just published in conjunction with Philips, S. mpson & Co., of Boston, a nw anti-slavery novel, which is said to be by Miss Beecher, a sisier of Mrs. Uncle Tom Stowe. It is called " Ida May, a story of things possi ble and actual," and has some exceedingly ro mantic ma;erial in it, I judge from a hasty in spection. I may find occasion, after reading it, to notice it more at length. It is having a large sale. Another book, bearing Derby's already fa miliar imprimation, is another volume of verse called The Bells a collection of chimes." A strain or two of their music will enable your readers to judge if the ;ruthor rings skilfully. His initials are T. B. A., but more than this I know not of him. FOREVER AND FOREVER. : Sweet Nea held her hand in mine, Beside mis rolled the river : ; "Wilt love me Xea V and she said Forever and loi-ever." And wherf'the roses blushed again, I stood jbeside that river ; But Nea, darling ! she was gone Forever and forever. She went with blossoms in the springs And shall I see her never ? Ah, yes ! for those who love, love on Forever and forever ! "There is another better world" Where pain and death are never ; , There .she and I shall live and love Forever and forever! Another volume of verse is before me with the same imprint. It is enti led The White Dove and other Poems for Children," and 'comes from the pen of Miss Elizabeth W. Townseud of Boston. The vere is pleasiug, simple aud grace- iul well calculated to fascinate the ear and heart of happy innocent childhood. j I have made this letter too long already, or I would tell you something of a beautiful picture gy the great French painter, Ary Schiffer, which is now upou exhibition in th.s city. I musi de fer it until next week, and subscribe my-elf here: with COSMOS. For the Southern Weekly Post. ANIMAL INSTINCT. We not unfrequently see the brute creation apparently acting in perfect conformity to the dictates of the soundest reason. Man, placed at the head of the animal kingdom, is blessed with the faculty of itasoning; this is the faculty which confers upon him all his boasted superiority. Deprive man of his reason, and he is inferior to all other animals, he is then the most incapable of self-protection .or of self-pr,eservation of any an imal in the wbole kingdom. AH the inferior animals are destitute of"rea jbn; yet they act in-accordance with the dictates of reason. The Creator intended that man should be a free ager.t, accountable tor his con duct, and therefore endowed him with reason, by which' he is capable of knowing what is ne cessary for Lis own preservation. But although man is endowed with tiiis high principle, he of ten departs farther from the ways that reason dictate than any other, animal, simply , because he is made capable of knowing how he sltould act. : ' - The brnte pursues a proper course without knowing why it does so, it is moved by a blind impulse which wc call instinct, that is, it acts in accordance with reason th0u2b.it reasons not. There ts reason, but the reason is in the Creator and not in the crtuted, as is the case with man. The brute is not freeit must act according to its ins'incts, but man has the reason in himself, while at the same time he is not compelled to act in obedience thereto. Hence although man is endowed with a reasoning faculty, he often acts the most unreasonable of any created being. Reason is an attribute of the Creator, and the Creator Jus blessed man with the same attribute But reason lelongs not to the lower animals. They are directed by an instinct, the investiga tion of which, would be curious and interesting The spider's web is constructed with wisdom; and it spreads its net so as with unerring certain ty to entangle its prey. Its house is erected in I the movuitable.docality, , displays the. nicest-i artistical skill, and the most consumit ingenuity See its hinged doors, they rival the skill and ingenuity of ma 1. The instinct of the bee is, if jossible, still more remarkable; its industry in storing provision' for winter, is well calculated to rebuke the indo lence of man. Whfti the king or queen is lost, the whole hive is in a state of confusion, tumult and destruction, but their instinct directs them to the reparation of the loss. Having sekcted a young bee, they prepare a proper cell for it and feed it with fod adapted to a queen bee But if there be neiiher eggs nor brood in the comb, disorder and death is the inevitable doom of the who'e hive. They then have no obj. ci to unite their labors, they cease to collect honey and soon perish and disappear. Who has not witnessed the admirable instinct of birds in nest building. The adaptation to circumstances, the apparent foresight manifested and the skill exhibited in the construction ot" the nests, are barely surpassed by man with all his boasted reason and high intellectual attain ments. The ostrich that strides over the wilds of Africa, far removed from the habitation of its enemy man', is lord of the desert ; it there has no foe that can cope with it ; consequently it carelessly deposits its egg upon the naked sands The eagle, the king of birds, that soars alnve the regions frequented by man, o- other destruct ive animals, generally builds in the cliff of some elevated rock, or other inaccessible place, and its body being large, aff -rds heat enough for the purpose of incubation ; therefore its nest is in differently c nstructed. But as we d cend in the scale, and psassJig nioreand -H?1 u'umnutive, we see more and more labor and skill bestowed upon the construction of the nest, and more sagacity and caution in the selec tion of a site. Each species has style of architecture pecu liar to itelf, alid it strictly adheres to it through all generations. The migration of birds from cold to warm cli mates as the seasons change,' is another lucid exhibition of a wonderful instinct. Also the mi gration of fishes. ' T. B. FARMER'S DEPARTMENT. Fall Plowing for Spring Crops. The fact nuntioned in the Rural, last week, that Mr. Emmons obtained over fifty bushels of barley per acre, on land plowed in the fall, and simply cultivated and harrowed without plow ing in the spring, proves at least, that in some cases good crops can be so obtained. If it were found to be the case, as a genen 1 thing, much advantage would accrue from the practice. The fall is the least busy portion of the firmer' working season, while lh-j spring is the busiest. If any work, therefore, which we are accustom ed to do in the spring, can be performed in the fall, without injury to the fallowing crop, it can not but be of a Ivantage to do it in the leisure, rather than ih ; busy season of the year. Barley is well known to delight in a warm, well pulver iz d, active soil, and if fall plowing, as a substi t ite for spring plowing, answers for barlev, it would be v.-ry likely to answe r for potatoes, oats, corn, and other spring crops. We fear, howe ver, as a general thing, land plowed in the fall is not in as fjood a con iition for putting in spring crops as though it had been plowed in the spring. It is true that English farmers plow one-fourth of all their arable land in the fall. Thev do this to expose it as much as possible to the me liorating effects of frost ; but we are under no such necessity ; our land gets frozen enough without being fall plowed or thrown up in ridg es for exposure. Then again, though, accord ing to American travelers at least, it rains in England all the time, vet it seldom rains hard enough to wash the land. John Bull knows nothing o: those tremendous rains which deluge our farmers late in the fall and early in the spring. If he did, we believe fall plowing, on sandy soil, would not be so popular with the old ; gentleman. Again, nearly everv farm in En- gland is thoroughly uuderdrained, and the rain j which on an uudrained field runs off in surface j ditches, carrying in solutiou and suspension j large quantities of the elements of plants washed out of the soil, on an uuderdrained farm, filters slowly through the soil to the drains beneath, leaving jn the sob all the ammonia it brought with it from the clouds. We caunot ci e the practice of Eugltsh farrm-rs, therefore, as an evi dence that fall plowing for spring ciops is a good practice iu America. A clay soil, properly under drained, would doubtless be much the better for a good, deep plowing in the fall. But we think it would al so need another plowing in the spring. On sandy, undrained soils, fall plowing may be a good substitute for spring plowing, so far as the mechanical nature of the soil is concerned, but we cannot but thiuk that the fall and spring rains would wash out a considerable quantity of the soluble and most valuable . portion of the soil, and more, if fall plowed, than if the ground were left undisturbed, compact, add smooth. ' There are' those, however, who hold a contra trary opinion, and we believe fall plowing for spring crops is becoming every year .inore gen era And certainly no stronger evidence in fa- vorof anv wactice can be adduced man me fact that it' is gradually extending among ob serving, practical, farmers. We should like to have the experience, the experiment, the ob served facts-not the theories of our readers on this point. Nev England Farmer. The value of deep plowing has been illustrat ed this year to an extraordinary degree. The land thus plowed resists the drought with great effect, and the farm 'of Professor Mapes, in New Jersey, is given as an instance. Not a single plant seems to have suffered for want of mois ture. This prolific fa bendmg under its fruits, whilst all the neighboring farms have had their crops parched in the fields, is given as a striking proof of the value of sub-soil plowing in a drv season. But how are our farmers to know that- the season will be dry when they plow! ' A New, Substitute for the Potato. In the garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick are growing two plants of a Chinese yam," which is expected to prove an excellent substitute for the potato. They have been ob tained r cnJhe art rfci Planles at Paris, ' wlieiPi.oSvefeen made the subject of ex periments that leave no doubt that it will be come a plant of real importance in cultivation. " If," says M. Decaisne, who has paid much at tention to matters of this kind, "a new plant has a chance of becoming useful in rural econ omy, it must fulfill certain conditions, in the absence of which its cultivation cannot le pro fitab'e. In (he first place, it must have been domesticated in some measure, and must suit the climate ; moreover, it must in a few m- nths go through all the stages of development, so as not to interfere with the ordinary and regular course of cropping; and, finally, its produce must have a market value in one form or an other. " If the plant is intended for the food of man, it h also indispensable that it shall not offend the tastes or the culinary habits of the persons among whom it is introduced. To this mr.y be added that almost all the old perennial plants of the kitchen garden have been abandoned in favoR of annuals, wherever the latter could be found with similar properties. Thus, luthyrux tuberosum, sedum telephium, fcc, have given way before potatoes, spinach, and the like. Now, the Chinese yam satisfies every one of these conditions. It has been domestic from time immemorial, it is perfectly hardy in this climate (Paris,) its root is bulky, rich in nutri tive matter, citable when raw, easily c oked, either by boiling or roasting, and then having no other taste than that of flour (fecule. It is as much a ready made bre?.d as the potato, and it is better jhTTlLe batatas, or sweet potato. llei'tiC'titurists should, therefore, provide them selves wiih the new arrival, and try experiments with it in the different climates and soils of, France. If they bring to their task, which is of great public importance, the requisite a monnt of perseverance and intelligence I have a firm belief that the potato yam (iqname batatas) will, like its predecessor the potato make many a fortune, and more especially alleviate the distress of the lower classes of the people." Such is M. Decaisne's account of this new food plant, which is now in actual cultiva ion at Chiswick; and, judging fro. p. the s;ze of the set from which one of the plants had sprung, it is evident that the tubers have a'l tin- r -quisites for pvofitab'e cultivation. One has been plant ed under glass, the other in the open air, and at present both appear to be thriving equally well. 1 he species has been called d'ws'-ona bitatas, or the potato yam. It is a climbing plant, bei ring considerable resemb'ance io our com mon black bryony, and when it is considered how nearly that plaut is related to the yams, the probability of our new comer becoming nat uralized among us receives support. Whether, however, it realizes all that the French say of it or not, the trial of it in this country cannot prove otherwise than intere-ting' and worthy of the society which has had the honor of intro ducing it. Let us hope, however, that it may indeed prove what it is professed to be "a good substitute for the potato," and in all res pects equal to that valuable esculent. From China. The Civil War is China. Rev. -Dr. Parker, Missionary of the American Board in China, in a recent letter to a friend in Boston, gives the follow ing picture of the civil war now raging in China The deeds of cruelty and suffering surpass all our accidental ideas of warfare, and show to what a depth of barbarism this has fallen : "China is at present the theatre of civil war ar.d revolution, and wi;hin the last fortnight all their horrors have been exhibited very near us. On the 6th of July, Fiehshon, a town ten or twelve miles West of Canten, embracing nearly a million of peo ple, fell into the power of the insurgents, and the imperialists have endeavored iu vain to recapture it. The smoke by day and fire by night, of burning vil lages, have been visible from my terrace. On the 18th inst- the first blood was shed on the North ot this city, a few miles distant, if we except that spilt by the sword of the executioner, the number of de capitations daily averaging fifty or sixty, and for the last ten years fifty thoesadd ! To-day these has been a second battle in this vicinity sixty-eight in surgents taken prisonerf, and one hundred slain. " Day before yesterday the insurgents were victo rious and three hundred imperialists were killed. It is said some of the captives to-day were brought in on poles, their hands and feet being tied like pigs; others were brought in on the points of sharp bam boos ; some have their ears cut off; others are ham strung. The panie in the city, as the gates were closed during these skirmishes, and the flight of wo men and children, it ia difficult to portray ; and from hour to hour we khow not what may become the condition of the foreigners. Alas ! for China. It would seem the declaration, that the nations that will not serve God shall be destroyed, is about to be fulfilled. Our only consolation is the Lord reigneth!" - " Spinning Women. Among our fore fathers, it -was a maxim that a voting wo man should never marry until she had spun enough linen to furnish her house ; . and from this custom all unmarried wo men were called " Spinsters," an appela Jion they still retain in all law proceed ings." r If the above regulation were enforced :4 the present day,' what a vast number 'ould die old maids. . RALEIGH, DEC. 2, 1854 WILLIAM D. COOKE, J. A: WADDELL, EDITORS. Terms TWO DOLLARS FEB ANNUM, 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 advanee.) 53r Where aclub of eight, ten or twenty subscribcrsis sent, the nereon making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. Postmaster are authorized to act is Agents tor the Southern Weekly Post. Mr. H. P. Douthit is our authorized agent for the States ot Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. n INTEMPERANCE AND CRIME- ere can be no question of the fact that in temperance is one of the most fruitful sources of crime. The records of our criminal courts, and the statistics of our penitentiaries, together with ever-accumulating evidence of the press, put the proposition beyond the reach of cavil or of doubt. Crime is a heavy burthen to the commonwealth. When we come to estimate the annual expenses incurred in the prqsecution, ; trial, confinement and.punishment of offenders, it is discovered that the; honest and orderly portion of the people are heavily taxed for the simple suppression of crime, and that they are driving a losing business bv licein-ing an immense number of institutions, ihe direct irluence of which is to increase the . stimates, and add to the burthen. The duly f a g 'od government and the interests of the l'Ople, not only moral but pecuniary, demand bevond a doubt that this source of crime and taxation should be staunched by some adequate and judicious remedy. It is a question of serious importance whether the legislature of the state now in session will, or will not, take this matter into careful consid e alion, and by a timely measure of reform, not ..nlv apply a wholesome remedy to this crying evil, but effectually prevent several consequences which further delay wohld very probably in- u.-e. One of these consequences which we would deplore, would be the formation of a temperance political party in X rib Carolina, which might copy the example of northern States,and by unprincipled coalitions defeat the political wishes of the people. The other would be ihe success of the Maine Lasv before the per ple, and the consequent enactment of a series f acts of an inq lisitorial character, which it is d ifficult to reconcile with the spirit of our fun damental laws. The long indifference-of the btw making power to the deurtndsof the friends .f temperance, will easily account for the final resort to an extreme measure which is the na tural fruit of too much disregard for so respecta ble a portion of the best citizens. We earnestly hope that our legislature will not adjourn without some careful examination of this question. It is no trifling conception of visionary brains. It is raised by the united voice of reason, economy and humanity. There are thousands of hearts now bleeding in North Carolina, which might be healed in part ly a moderate legislation, and thousand's more as yet unbroken,, whose happine-s ma7 be preserved by the same 'means. Let not their appeal be unheeded by the only power in society that can upply the proper remedy.' THE LEGISLATURE. Since our last issue this body transacted a good deal of important preliminary, business which we would report if we had space. A number of special committees have been appoin-. ted, xnd some important measures introduced, to be acted on hereafter. Anion; others we find it proped to enforce a ui ifoim guage ou all our' railroads, to amend the Con.-titution so as to elect the Justices by popular vote, to abolish ju ry trials in county courts, to subject railroad companies' to damages in ease of loss of 1 fe, &c. A bill was also introduced into the Commons to ascertain the will of the people in regard to certain alterations in the Con-titution. The committee on Propositions and Grievances, to whom a temperance memorial had been refer ied, begg. d to be discharged from its considera tion. After discussion, the subject was referred back to the c mmittee. The lec ions made by joint ballot resulted us follows : The Hon. Asa HiT.j8 received the appointment of United States- Senator to suc ceed Mr. ISadger on the 4th of March, by a vo e of 91 to 69 over the latter gentleman. Mr. Ste inn was elected to the solicitoishi j for the the 2d judicial d.strict by a vote' of 99 to 61, over Mr. Gieen. Mr. Biooks was elected comp t.d ler to u ceed Mr. Clarke, who declines, by a Majority of 136 over all others. Several in effectual attempts were made to elect a solicitor forlthe 4th judicial circuit. A laige number of reso'utions, bills, petitions &c have been introduced and appropriately re ferried. Escape from a Catholic Prison. Miss Josiphine Bunkley, daughter of a gentleman of Norfolk, made her escape last week, alone and in ihe night, from her Cntholic jailers in the St. Joseph Institute at Emmittsburg Maryland. She travelled ten miles on foot to Cieagerstown for 'protection. The statements of the young la dy,; powerfully confirm, d by the circumstances of,fier escape, reveal a degree of tyrannical op pression on the part of her superiors, which ought to arouse a general spirit of indignation. :), ye who object so much to secrecy, and to religious intolerance, where are your rebukes for outrages like this? Why are you so silent wlijen the personal liberties of Amer can ladies arej thus invaded by emissaries of the Roman pontiff ? You are as silent as the grave ! To Agriccltckal Societies. We have published a pamphlet edition of Hon. Kenneth Rayner's speech delivered before the 2nd annu al, fair of the State Agricultural Society, which we will furnish at the low price of three dollars a Imndred. Orders enclosing the money should be sent to the Editors of the Southern Weekly Post, Raleigh. , the D. Q. I's, or Raleigh Fantast'cals, wee ou in splendor last Saturday at the Fair Grounds, and amused the spectators with divers builesxjue performances. ; , , Ctermak Emigratio It is stated; that on? hundred and eighteen thousand Germans arrived iti New York city during the first eight months pf the present year By the end ofthe year this .number will probably be increased to two hundred thousand This enormous annual ad dition to our population, from Germany alon', is well calculated to awaken prof.und concern in the minds of every lover of his country. The great majority of these people are known to be long to the lowest class of paupers ;f they art- generally ignorant, superstitious, and stubbornly tenacious of their national peculiarities. We speak not of the educated Protestant Germans who form a very respectable minority, of this emigration. The latter are among the best of the new elements that are continually added to our population. The Catholic Germans on the contraiy, are next to the Irish, the least civili zed of all the various nationalities represented in our country, and present a social mass into which it is very difficult to infuse the light and temper of American civilization. The great ob stacles are the:r national p-ejudices and subjec tion to the priest hood. If this body, of emi grants could be reached by ordinary influences, and induced to lay aside their peculiarities, so as to coalesce with our own people, there would be little to regret in their rapid influx into the United States. Once enlightened and incorpo rated with the native population, there is no class of foreigners who would make better or more useful citizens than the Germans. The great problem therefore, is how to bring about this reform how to influence them t-0 as to break away the crust of nationality which sur rounds them. The perpetuation of the German language to the exclusion of hingl sh, is a serious fault of the Germans, and it is very desirable that this pre ference should be discouraged in every proper way. Nor is it less importaut that every pos.-i ble exertion should be made to evangel .ze them and thus deliver them from the thraldom of priestly authority. By these means this large clas-s of foieigners may be slowly qualified for their part in the great destiny of their adop ted country. Trial of Dr. Thompson. The trial of this individual for the seduction and murder of Miss Pharr, has been in progress at Covington, Vir ginia, during the last wek, "and on account of the awful character of the tragedy, has 'excited universal interest. The evidence was alton-eth-er circumstantial, but pointed with teirible con sistency to the guilt of the prisoner. If really guilty, he is certainly one of the foulest fiends ever brought to justice in a criminal court. In the midst of the trial, an event of a most affect ing character occurred, which invests the occa sion with a mournful interest. The Rev. Mr. Pharr, the father of the lady, a Presbyterian clergyman of high standing, overcome by the anguish experienced in giving in his testimo became suddenly ill, and died of a broken he The bel s were solemnly tolled at night in k n of the universal sympathy, and tlie' cc adjourned the next day for his funeral. I strongly suspected ih:;t auother daughter ofj deceased had previously fallen a victim to i play from tho tomo liAt.tIc. Tku. L tlicif thor of this tragedy of three appalling, acts, most utterly destroyed the family into whicl had been received with confidence and k ness, and accumulated on his own head a we of retribution which eternity alone can meauic out. Two Dwarfs and a Giantess. We had the pi asure one day this week of an interview with Genl. Clifford and Mrs. Briggs, the Cincin- nati dwarfs, and Miss Morchoue, the Nebraska Giantess. The two former are brother and sister, of German extraction. The lady is married, has three children, is 33 years old, and only 35 inch es h'gh. She is very sprightly and, interest ing little lad-. The General is 25 years of age, 40 inches high, of fine f rm and graceful carri age. The gianb ss is a girl of 18 years of age, nearly 7 feci high, with an amiable couutenance, and rather languid air. The party altogether form a group well worthy of a visit. Thanksgiving Accord rg to the recommen dation of Gov. Heid, Thursday was generally obsei v, d n this community as a day of Thanks giving. The Legislature adjourned over, the stores were closed, and appropriate services 'held in several of the churches. We had the pleasure of I earing a pointed and able discourse at the Presbyterian church from the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Lacy, which was listened to with deep interest by a large audience. j3T "We would invite the attention of those in search of appropriate gifts for their friends, in anticipation of Christmas, to the book-store of our friend Mr. H. D. Turner, where not only a fine supply of elegant books, but every variety of parlor, mantel, and centre table ornaments, and of novel and beautiful objects loo numerous to mention, may be seen for nothing, and pur chased for monev. There are few establishments of the kind superior to Mr. Turner's in the South ern States. Call and see for yourselves. The War. Advices from Europe represent tRe fighting under the walls of Sebastopol as terribly severe. The Allies continue to hold their gronnd, but the Russians fight like tigers. The army of Menschikoff and the garrison si multaneously attacked the English lines about the 5th tilt., but were compelled to retire, with immense loss on both fdde.s. The English and French governments are sending off reinforce ments with great rapidity. Congress meets next Monday. All eyes are turning towards Washii gton,and thePreident's Mes.sage will be expected with earnest curiosity. IIogs 42.000 hogs had been received at Cincinnati up to the 21.st ult. Drovers held them at 5 cents per pound. Change. The North State Whig will here after be tailed the North Carolina Times. It will be otherwise improved. We understand :that Mr. Elliott, the aeronaut has postponed his visit to Raleigh till the 11th of December. Mr. Soule has been permitted to pass through France to Madrid. canj Oil tv. Reynoklson in to-day's paper. Di . 1 , I . ' confidence in- the po.weH of the !neM,i( ence when applied to the cure of ,ijs s ''u' w 11 remain in this eity some time I... .1 '' " p(,s- of meeting4sui b eases as may be e, ,lt: him. lie is recently from Enl j fia .iig testimonials along ujt, Pr- !!!!.- CCNAKD MEAMKRS. S Vei;i ,,f bavi; been taken lY tin iKVl "et" liansM,.-. I... 1 roops v . in The U S Sloop Albany h.lS ,,-t ll , from ;,.. T'arl Great anxiety is' felt n.fire The People's Pns- co eso. inmourinJ-r ilia ..fit.,. .l5t... AC. 11 s"t IIH. lru 11 w 1,111 t:il!li .! I , I'l '111. LITERARY; NOTICES Colion's A'l las of the Would. i(!trir Physical and Political Gcr, 1,y structea from ojnciaf surveys, and ol thentic materials by Geortc IP. (' ' "if' I V !0h. York, J. H. Colton d- Co. 1 We have already briefly alluded to 1 nificent publication, but its merits an li as iojuslii a muit; e.iieiiBive notice 01 it tr had time last week to bestow. ' The. Aii j the World " is in course of publication in t twenty -set e'i7 parts, each containing ai l-asjiUT sheets of maps and the accompanying letter Tho Publishers intend to issue a part en tij,. j , aim loin 01 eacu inornn, unui uie w 1 , . j.letcd. The price of each part will b lar, payable on delivery. ! !,. We have been favored w ith copies of jijits j and 3. and have examined them will, jj,., ; 4 - 'I I. C. . . . .:. 1 I 1 e i" 1 eat. 1 ne uisi contains iiigiiiy Illiisli..,; j ., ,1 r- u m;ps 01 t!iii!Hia rvas, la-s.-uiiUM-i.ti l-ihoile Island. Mississiooi Sii;iiri .- n,l 1' ..I i';d with subordinate maps of interesting; ,H a iji,.v ,ft t ese States and countries, and five p;i,y 0( closely printed letter press, decriptiu ofii.jr geographical character. Hesides the y,-ii ,r,.,v graphical and topographical inf rrnali. n i;!Kl!r their groundwork. th maps exhibit roi.i lI,.,r... lions of all work' of improvement, enpi and pioje ted ; of the public siirvevs ina'ie in ,;.r the authority of states and government.. ,,f routes of v ravel in less explored p.-irts i.t earth ; and also a great mass of oih,-r j.;,,..)t .information valuable to all who are in ier ite.l in the development of the countries tit-: i s natb' I. rr in the progress Lf civilization. ! The descriptive pages accoinpntivin tl.,j ti ij, are exceedingly rich in the tno-t vahinl.lejs.tais. tical information of recent date, ai.d catnli-' laii to prove instructive and graiifviig to tlie;!,,',.. at and the general reader. We are highly pleased with the plan ai.J-o ecution of these maps so far as ihev ha ..rn issued, and invite the attention of the thep l.,'c i them Such., is the ranid t.r.rne tf .'..ir at Mr. Turner's books-jore, where ail orders i be cheerfully received. .1 The London Quai!tkri.v Iw-vew-, for i i i j ber, as republished by Leona.d S-ott i C. N'ev Yoik, is an unusually inteie-iii. iiiiin!r of that able periodical. We jia c;on!y n two of the articles, but these are sn flicieit t t,o givu chatacter to the entire liumher. The ar- a ie view of the "Ediise,of Faith." a veiv al io x'u. tlicatioti of Christianity, by Mr. lb.e'ts. tie- di tinguished editor of the Edinbtug Review, ami an article biographical and critical on the ivtit English satirist, Samuel Foote. .We v. eni piec ed to notice in the former a remarkable jtuimis sion for a British Reiew. Iii np'y -loan argu ment of Francis Newman,-intended to sluww i,!i; t the New Testament cannot be from (.ii i, V . cause it does not condemn slavery, the r-.jviewer uses this very just language, which we tnht nn j be regarded as an indication that even ' ',: ' Christians are beirinnino' to see what use iilifv.i l '.ty may make of the doctrine that slave lj i'i' is sinful : BV don that it is.jxrs'.a'i b ' al act, under all crrinnsonres; to k i What wjli Mrs. Slowe,,Dr. Way fan ; A: ' to that ? Fkeu Ykk' on ok the Victim of Avarice.-'-? th". author of " Minnie Gri ," d'c. A '? 1 '" ' Garrett ci- Co. Ti . i s is a popular novel by a prolif?.' i " t and .'proves on reading very eiitertaininir. j J li''r"' are a great many characters introduced, i'n'l ''l6 mora! tone of the book is good. The piiLii,llt'rs have our thanks for a cheap copy. Spanish Minister. This gentleman b now said to be better, and hopes tire en tertained of his recovery. An Actor Dkad. Charles Kemtle.tlie distinguished actor, is dead. -lie years of age. . Military Visit. The Young Guard ot Richmond, Capr. Jno. II. Kit-lidrd.s""-contemplate visiting .Baltimore on il'e 26th of the present month. j Beale, the Dentist. Previous ;K tlC sentence of Beale, the Dentist, in Pl"'a' delphia, for an outrage upon Miss.Mud-'e' he made a speech, in which he ast'r'cJ his entire innlocence.and censured the dis trict atfornevj,aiid the itu v. Arraignment or Rev. Theodore 1 sK' ker. Boston Nov. 20. The Revj dore Parker was arraigned before t1' nited States Circuit Court this niiii".'? on the charge of' inciting a riot, afd a'1" ing in an attempt to rescue AitfJx'J1? Burns. He gave bail in thesum ot'lc!" to answer at t lie March term. a recti cent (Jn. i-JVloses tarrifon. cJ with feloniously stabbing Joseph mey, at the house of Elizabeth Com'c' in Rocketts, not long since, was exsjnii1 before the Richmond Hustings 'our Monday, and sent on for final trial at th? next term of the Circuit Court. Bai'l as refused, and he went to jail JtST. We invite attention to tho
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