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IT F 0 ST 10 9 below, en fce lillrtbe clapped hi. hand,, and .bouted "Safe! safe J SAFk!" ' : ,.' -V . ? ; " What is the matter!" asked bis companions, who thought him crazy. ; We are ?afe, I tell you ! We are safe,'? he "replied, pointing to the village on the plain be low. : Looking down, the joyful seamen beheld a church, lifting its modest front above the huts of the natives. Then they shared in the trans ports of their companion. They leaped, they wept, they embraced. They knew by jhat where he lived, cannibalism must be dead. They according descended to the plain, and found, instead of a cruel death, a hearty, gener ous hospitality.- Juv. Mis. Her aid. ORIGINAL POETRY. For the Southern Weekly Post. MIDNIGHT MUSINGS. The hand of art may labor as it will, To trace the beauties of the autumnal-night, When moon and stars in bright procession move Along the silvered arch-way of the tkies, . And poets tranced in contemplation Of scenes so lovely , may express in vain The soul of rapture in a stream of song. No copies in the galleries of earth Can charm as doth the sweet original ; No rau3e, in inspiration's loftiest mood, v.' Can fascinate a contemplative mind, Like nature in her hours of revelry, . '-When all her host?, upon the plain of heaven, March to, the music of the rolling spheres. 1 The cool, still night, of cloudless firmament; Of full round moon, and liquid streaming stars, And mist-roved earth, with bright and shaded sides, To stones, and trees, and all she smiles upon, A witching speflthrows o'er the musing eye, And stpals into the chambers of the heart With influence gentle as the light she weaves, To captivate its powers. Qelightful strains, Of sweet nocturnal blandishment, are thrown Around young Fancy's spiritual form, And thus led forth along the shining heaven, Or by TbJ margin of the sleeping tea, She revels with the waters and the stars That dance their mazes on the lucid wave. How silent, how serene, and how august The midnight motion of the orb that shines . With light so coldly pure, so softly clear, Upon the sleeping woi Id ! Six thousahd years The same sweet fountain of celestial streams . Hath shed exhaustless, on the shaded side Of the revol ving globe, its flood of light, - Bathing in glory of the upper spheres This home of main; through each succeeding age That fountain playing on the earth and skies i Hath all -unheard its gentle torrent? shed, ' Nor waked a whisper iu the ear of time. . j Expressive silence ! Voiceless eloquence ! Oh, thereis meaning in these lovely scenes Which words could not convey. These glorious :i hours , i Of natures tranquil, passionless repose, f Wheu dome and pavement of her temple shine With chaste white lus:re&-and celestial gems, ' And hcatless radiance quivers on the'poiut iTOf each projecting pinnacle, invite ' The heart, the mind, the soul of thoughtful men To solemn musings, sen imeivts of love, ... And blissful, bright, imaginings of heaven. The earth oft seems a second Paradise, When vernal landscapes to the smiling sun Their wealth of blossoms and of verdure show ; But scenes like this, so pure and spiritual, Transport us to the Paradise above. ' Angelic beauty, more than flesh and blood, Were fitting tenant of a world so fair ; . : i Where light uncolored mingles with its shade ' To carpet nature for celestial feet. ,No sound should break upon the tranquil air But strains of heaven. Perhaps along the vale, In such sweef mome. its, gentle, anthems flow To mortal ears inaudible, but heard ' Iiy ears attuned to melodies divine. We know not but, invisible, the choirs Of purer worlds may sometimes celebrate, . On this low orb, the mercy that redeems. ... And shall restore it to its place again. Sua,dwell. " For the Southern Weekly Post. THE STUDENT'S DUTY. BY A. W. BOSTWICK. "Work work work! By the morning's earliest light : Work work work! By the silent hours of night, The student sat by his desk alone . And sighea o'er the grievous wrong ; And his flickering light but faintly shone, As he muttered the student's song. Dig dig dig ! At the root of an Attic verb ; Dig-i-dig dig ! For you're trying a stubborn herb. And when you've spaded it all around And you gather your strength for a haul, You wonder what alls the plaguy ground. To furnish a root so small. . Pour pour pour! Your eyes o'er the musty page ; Sell sell sell ! New life for a buried age. And so, from the morning's earliest light, ' I cudgel my weary brain, Till the gentle stars look down at night On a double world of pain. Look look look ! As the maiden trips it by ; Look look look! At the light of her azure eye : Beware ! or the theft may he too dear, If the wary spark should fly ! 0 shame, that a spring should be so near And the lips so parched and dry. Ilark hark hark ! To the voice of the Summer breeze ; List list list ! To the harpings of the trees ; But sunder the chords that used to wake The symphonies wild and sweet And turn to the thunder sounds that shake From the tramping of hostile feet. Strive strive strive ! For a breath of public praise ; Strive strive strive ! For the proud Commencement days. Then gather strength, as year by year, You delve in the buried past ; For your patient toil shall claim a square Of the old sheep's hide, at last The student sat by his desk alone And sighed o'er the grievous wrong ; And the latest ray of his lamp was gone Ere he finished the student's song. And still, from the morning's earliest light, He cudgels his weary brain, Till the gentle stars look down at night Aad whisper," tia not ia ?aisu" COMMUNICATIONS. METROPOLITAN CORRESPONDENCE. , LETTER LXXIV. New York, Dec. 9, 1854. TVUUr in earnest Snow and Sleighing lhe latest fo ,reim newt Dreadful SlavghUr in the Crimea 2 Jtiiny Lind Campaign Receipt's at thel concerts Bar hum's book Next exhibition of the National Academy Money Pressure and iU effects Reduction in prices of luxuries Rents Appletori 's Christmas display Tfe Lamplighter again Xeic books by Dr. CummingsH'e Mothers of the Bill lite Knour-nothing-rChiUrerCs lo-At-A preit lool for Odd Fdbms 11 ' Chen iviek Slmksptare. Mr Dear Post: Winter came among us recently with an aspect which left no room for any one to doubt that lie was in earnest, and up to this date he has not abated a whit of his determination. W have had a week of-uni-i fonnly cold weather, such as rarely continues ! for so many days together at the beginning of the season. I sincerely trust, for the sake of the poor, that this is not a sample of the whole jvinter, for there would be great distress in the i city and country also. Snow fell all over this region in the beginning of the week, and con tinued to fall in manv places until it reached the depth of two feet and upwards ! From all the cities north and east of us, we have reports of deep snow and capital sleighing. Here we have only the snow, for it fell on a thaw and left no foundation for the sleigh. The rivers and canals above as are partly closed, and alto gether there is no mistake in the season. . .. The foreign news received this morning leaves Sebastopol still standing, and in the pos session of its lawful owners. The details of the battles of the 5th ultimo, exhibit a lamentable destruction of life upon both sides. The British lost four general officers and four others were wounded, while several hundred men, of their ranks, fell victims upon the occasion. The Rus sians confess to a severe loss, including 109 offi cers killed and taken prisoners ! This Avar is certainly a bloody one, and will be-still more so as its progresses. What a reflection upon the spirit of the nineteenth century ! Among the interesting revelations of the great showman Burnum in his amusing auto biography, is a statement of the entire amount of money received dining Jenny Lind's musical campaign. The first two concerts which she gave in this city realized the large sum of $32, 067r of which amount Jenny Lind received one half, and gave 810,000 to Metropolitan chari ties. These two concerts were not counted in the number of one hundred and fifty -'which the contract embraced, nor indeed were anv of the charitv concerts which Miss Lind gave, through out the land. The contract was surrendered bv the parties . after the ninety-third nigh', and Jenny Lind paid Mr. Barnum thirty two thous and dollars forfeit money. Besides this, how ever, she received for the 93 concei ts over 175. 000. Mr. Barnum's total receipts after paving Jenny were considerably over half a million, of dollars, of which it is probable he made two- thirds clear of all expenses. Jenny Lind gave but one concert iu Rich mond, Ya., but the proceeds- of that one were about $12,4O0-much exceeding the proceeds of two concerts at Charleston ! Twelve concerts in the Crescent City yielded a sum total of $87,- uiu, aim scicu in iiumuu leiueu lue great ' . - v- o i amount of 70.383, an average of over 810,000 ate 1 ,.,. : 17,,. ."11,1 ii . a night for seven nights. This city, however, bore the palm, for the average income here for thirty-five nights ,vas over 8,000 making a total of 286.21G. These are figures which never were equalled before, and will probably never be equalled again in the history of musi cal furores. "Barnum's book is as full of amusin- and laughable incident as an egg is full of meat. His history is that of a genius, and his thousand and one adventures wiil create incontrollable ! mirth from the Atlantic to the Pacific shore. I But there is something more than fun in the' book-there is proof of the benefit of persever- ance and probity m business-two qualities wlrch cannot be denied to Barnum. I would not endorse- every acl of the great show man, in the process of his successes, but generally they -weiethe K-gitimate fruit of shrewdness, energy anil tact. - The Natiotyd Academy of Design announces its intention to hold its next grand Annual Ex hibition of pictures, at the galleries formerly oc cupied by the Diisseldorf Collection in front of Mr. Chapen's Church on Broadway. The ex hibition will be opened in March aud continue about, six weeks only. The Academy has not yet decided where to locate itself permanently. The pressure in the money market continues to be the subject of talk and lamentation. It has already oicaMoned numerous disasters iu I commercial circles and unless there is sneedv , . . ,. ' , 'Pv nun uihiiih iciiv.1 mtic luiiai uiouaoiy oe ma ny mere failures. The scarcity of money is al most unparalleled an I taken iu connection with the vast imports of California gold is certainly anomalous. All descriptions of merchandize ean be bought at exceedingly low-prices fur cash. I do not know that this is universally true but there can be no question that at scores of estab lishments, of every kind, a dollar will go as far again now as it would a year agol Silks, rib bons, furs, velvets and indeed all elegancies are to be had cheap of necessitous dealers, with whom.it is " neck or nothing." Those articles which are' actually necessary tor livinc ar but litth?, if any, cheaper however. The pressure in the pnoney market has not reduced the price of flourand beef and coal or at least the re duction is very slight. Ins said and I think it probable-that there will be great reduction in the rents of stores and first class dwelling next . vear. Thev were high enough, in all conscience - wuaciruLc, to bear cutting dow n at least one.-third. Dwel - ling houses of moderate pretensions will not he 1 iuuuii tucitpci oec.mau luev wiu oe in "Teat e'c"1 - demand eyeniftnose who are now living in brown-stone mansions ! Do you know, mv dearlost, that the reasonable rent of a neat and comfortable house for a ( family of five or six persons uf hundred dollars The M?zreason able -price hitherto .demanded for what are called "fashionable dwellings" range8 from $1,000 to $1,500! p I was injat the magnificent establishment of Wrs. Appleton & Co. this morning, and do not ihink lever saw a more imposing and beau tiful display of books. It looks like a r alace of .literary tairy-lancl. bplendid volumes stand in c - rows and rise in tiers like pyramids of gold and crirason stones ! Ten thousand is a low estimate, I fa icy, for the actual number of volumes in rich library bindings of the standard authors of England and America. I looked over a circu lar for customers,; in which were arranged gift books, at any price from $1 to $1,000. I sup pose that the sales at this princely establishment during the Christmas and New-Years' holidays will exceed those at all other bookstores in the city of New York put together! The astonishing sale which the story of The : Lamnliahter has mot with, amounting to seven- ty-three thousand copies in eight months is likely to be greatly increased by the issue of a new and beautifully illustrated edition. Tt is a very handsome volume in every sense and contains sixteen finely executed woodengravings from the designs of Thwaites. It is needless at this day, to commend the story itself, for it is known and admired from Dan to Beershe-ba or more strictly speaking from the St. Lawrence to the Rio Grande, and beyond them both for what I know to the contrary. Little ''Gerty1' a v m is one of the chief centres of interest to the ro mance re ding public, and he: fortunes have in teres ted scores of thousands of readers. It is worthy of mention that this book and "Uncle Tom"1' the two most successful of American novels are both published by the same house, (Jewett & Co. of Boston,) and have both risen to the dignity of illustrated editions. The same publishers have added two volumes to the nine already issued, of the works of Rev. John Cum ming, I). D. They contain respectively brief expositions or familiar commentaries upon the Gospels of Matthew and Mark. These are char acterized by the simplicity and earnestness trf the distinguished author's manner and are im bued with a fervent evangelical spirit. They are admirably adapted to family reading at daily worship, or especially for Sunday lessons in the home circle. Another book, from the press of Jewett fe Co. deserves warm commendation. It is entitled The Mothers of the Bible and affords the reader a careful and deeply interesting estimate of the characters of the women conspicuous in the Old and New" Testament History in the ma ternal relation. The importance of this relation and the numerous examples presented to us in the Sacred Record, make the theme one of re markable interest. The book will stir the d ep est feelings of every christian mother and throw a pure and hallowed light upon the mo mentus subject of maternal influence and mater nal dutv. It is a beautiful volume and fit for a gift of affection from a husband to his wife, or from a son or daughter to a mother. I must speak much less definitely of siill another bjok published last week by this enterprising Boston house. It bears the mteiious title of " the Know Xolhituj. Ii is not such a very i'jnorant book, however, as it pretends to I e. There is a good deal in it aud though I have not fouud time to read it, I turned just now to a friend who was inwardly laughing over its pages, and in reply to my question, what he thought -ef it, he said, "Its quite a clever book, I assure jou." "Happy Ch ldr,n." lam tempted to exclaim as I glance at the numerous books which are written for their especial delihv' and improve ment and remember how few there were (in comparison) w hen I had a child" s interest in such 1 i i it t i i ,i i e l ooks. However, 1 always read, the books for t. f - ;f .. pie are neglected in consequence. They fill up the odd chinks of time the little- intervals of l-.isure which happen to every body. Iu one of these I read half through " Old Karl and His Wonderful Book "' just published by Scribner and a wonderful bok it was that of the Old Cooper wherein if the little folks read they will laugh with incredulous pleasure. Another of Scribner's popular juveniles is ''Beautiful Ber tha"" a very amusing, and excellent story, by Mrs. Tuthil!. l'utnam has just made the young folks hap-. 1 v bv f'ivin.f them a third volume of '-F.ilcii Montgomery's Hook Shelf," bv the author of j Wld Wah WorU;- anJ" uDular and j Cents; Tllis tiew vojume is a conti(1U;Uion of the very charming story of "Mr. Rutherford' 's Child n n f and that must be a dull child who is not fascinated with it. " For several y-ars past Mr. Edward Walker, of this city has published a very beautiful an nual entitled " The Odd Fellows Offering" to which many of the most popular writers of the age contributed. Many of the papers which ap peared in these volumes were of the first order : of excellence and deserved a shrine less epheine ral than that of an annual, which seldom sells af ter the date of it is a year old. The publisher has therefore rendered a most acceptable service to the extensive Order of Odd Fellows, bv com- mlinor into two h-'oirlsnmp nptuvo vnlnnuis t,a 1 . i e ,i a- x- , j choicest articles of the offering for several years past. There are few distinguished names in American authorship which do. not appear in the index of these books in connection with tale, or sketch, or poem. Numerous finely executed steel engravings, embellish the volumes and their gay crimson and gold binding adint them for ornaments to the drawing room table It is I not saying a word too much of this work to j add that it does not contain a line to call a blush 10 me enefK oi innocence wmie on tne otner ban i there is not a family circle in the land which its attractive lessons, and artistic charms might not gladden and instruct. Messrs. James Munroe it Co., of Boston, have I published recently the seventh volume of their ! beautiful edition of Shakespear's complete works. I This edition is an imrii-ovinipnt iinon its imvlol the famons Chiswjck cditioQi in (on It iw can fuv e(Ued by the Rev u;y tt i " u . c; i' - t, i : Hudson, one of our best Snakespear scholars , z -u . i i i i , and W1jj contain ,n one volume, the poems which I v i .u i r,- j were not embraced in the Cmswick edition. ti n ir .1 t . ' The size is a small 12 mo., the type large, the ! 1 'i c 1 1 i l 1 tinner white and fine and the whole execution of the work as perfect as one could reasonably wish it to be.It will speedily be complete in eleven volumes, and for the library it must bear the palm of all rival editions whatsoever. I-tnust go to the fire and warm my fingers but not until they have traced the familiar sign manual of COSMOS. For the Southern Weekly Post. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL-TEACHERS. My Dear Post : In this paper we purpose animadverting upon the envy and animosity r which we so often see manifested by one school 1 towards another, and likewise upon the imposi- tion that is practised upon the community. We see colleges and academies, like mushroons, springing up in profusion, all over our wide spread country. Each has its friends and inter ested advocates to puff it, and give it a world wide fame. Read their advertisements, and hear bigoted fiiends jeak of them in glowing terms, and one might suppose it impossible even to breathe the atmosphere around about without becoming instantly enngnieueu. x''u .teachers are spoken of by admirers, as being ......1.1 1 w'., ., i- i x j r e j amtng the brightest scnoiars m iu ouite, u,e most learned men of the times, and so on. But turn to another quarter and enquire of those in terested or engaged in some other school, and you will perhaps hear he first denounced in the strongest terms, or you will hear them speak of it as beino- a verv ordinary or inferior school. How very uncharitable, and selfish, and envious man is. Each loves to be admired, and praised themselves, but envies others who are admired and praised. That students should think the school in which they are taught superior to others is very natural, and so far all is right. ' But my having5 been taught in any particular school, or by any particular man, can give me no right to abu3 anv other. We adpire sj spirit of emulation, and a laud .able, honest effort to excel 1 in his or their avo cation, is highly commendable in any man or set -of men. What we wish to denounce, is the common custom of one man's trying to promote his own interest and reputation by decrying others. Such a course denotes an ignoble spirit, a nar row contracted soul. It is pure selfishness and should never be countenanced. But we spoke of the imposition practiced upon the public. No person in these times is igno rant of the influence of a name. Schools spring up in a day ; are puffed for hire ; parents are ta ken in; they send their children off at an ex pense which they can ill afford ; they become enthralled themselves, and their children return with their monilsjeoutanainated, and their minds but little improved. In the mean time, educa tion is neglected, at home, the children of the neighborhood are growing up in ignorance and superstition, and society retrogrades instead o advancing. But were our schools of note, what they profess to be, we could not approve of the custom of sending children abroad for an education, because we are convinced of its anti social and demoralizing tendency. It produces distinctions in society that are unjust and evil in their consequences. The young man that is educated abroad, looks wilh contempt upon him who alone and unaided, has made his way up the rugged hill of science. And the people knowing the advant -g 's which he has enjoyed, .and not being capable of judging for themselves, are ready to grant his superiority. Now-suppose two young men .set out with a view of climbing to the top of some mountain that is very difficult of ascent; neither of them has ever been there, but the oue has friends to cheer and push him on, while the other travels e,rery inch of the way alone, without a iy friend to cheer or remove a solitary obstacle. You will very naturally conclude that the former will gain his destined point with much less labor than the latter ; but when they both sha 1 have arrived there, which think ye will deserve the most applause, or which think ye will understand the way best, or be most capa ble of conducting others there. T. B. FARMER'S DEPARTMENT. Apples as Food for Stockt In some sections of the country the apple crop may make up for the deficiency in corn and po tatoes. Apples are plentiful and of uncommon fairness. Good varieties, of long-keeping quali ties, will bring the producer remunerating pri ces. But in some instances autumn fruit may be so abundant as to make it expedient to feed it to live stock on the farm, rather than to dis pose of it in market at very low rates.- And in all cases there wiil be more or less as windfalls, or such as from defects are unsaleable which may be fed to animals with advantage. Cider being now ignored to a great degree, the use of apples for making meat may be expected to increase. As swine-food, apples have Jong been know n to poss ss considerable value, though scet o::es have been chiefly preferred for this purp se. But this preference appears to have been given without sufficient grounds. When swine are fed with apples" in a raw state, they will gene rally indicate their choice of sweet over sour ones by first eating the former. This will be more particularly the case if the apples are in an unripe state, and the sour ones verv sour. i folks shou d subscribe at once for those papers But if swine running in the orchard are allow- 1 in which notice is given of their copartnership, ed to select themselves, they will alwaj s eat Xo consideration of personal, political or pecuni ripe apples in preference to unripe, and wiil not i ary interest should prevent them from doing confine their eating to sweet varieties, provided ! this. There is nothing like starting right in the good ones of a sub-acid. flavor can be obtained, i world, and if our newly married fiiends consult But in regard to the relative value of sweet and sour apples, iu a similar state of ripeness, we are not without results of a positive character. A very observing and careful farmer, the latS Payne Wingate, of Hallowell, Maine, made some valuable experiments on the subject. -4 He found that when swine were fed with raw apples, sweet ones were best, the animal's teetlj appearing to be made sore by the acid ones but when both were cooked there was no differ! ence in the gain, as ascertained bv weighing thi pigs produced by an equal quantity of each. Mr. W. also made experiment to show the val ue of apples as compared with potatoes. Thf apples and potatoes were boiled (in as little wai ter as practicable) separately, and about four quarts ot oat and pea meal mixed with each bushel, at the time the cooking was finished, the meal being partially cooked by stirring it in witl! the potatoes and apples while they were hotf and the mass left to ferment, slightly, before if was fed out. Two pigs of the same" litter, and nearly of the same weight, were fed for a weekf one on a given quantity of the apples and meai and the other on the same quantity of potatoes and meal. At the end of the week the pig-jj were weighed, and the food was reversed, the pig which had been fed with apples was fed fbl c.i-o, uu iftc- tirsu. iiieir iooct was changed in this manner for several weeksjj each pig being weighed at the week's end. Thej result showed that the apples were fully equal or somewhat superior to the potatoes. jf How to get Rid or Rats. Professor BaU com, of Oberlin, in a letter to the Ohio Farmer says : " The large brown rat often visits myi laboratory and other premises. As they com'el singly, I take off each, the night after I discoverl signs of his presence, in this wise : ttake half 2 teaspoonful of dry flour or Indian meal on fej plate or piece of board, and sprinkle over it the fraction of a grain of strychnine. This is set inl a convenient place, and I invariably find thel culprit near the spot dead in the morning. The; peculiar advantage of this poison is, it produces? muscular spasms, which prevent the animal:' from Teaching his hole to lie and decompose. It is needless to add that such a violent poison should be used with care." , " Sore Backs. A corretoondetit at a distance writes as follows, which may prove serviceable of our readers: "If vour -horse is troubled with a sore or galled barK. nib witWj lead, softened to a paste with linseed oil, on the ; injured part, till the sore is to npletely covered Some recommend ionnis puii"-- " vitriol in water ; but the former remedy is tar preferable, and. on the whole, more certain to effect a cure. I have known ba ' galls entirely healed and cured by it in a few days. Wounds on anv part of the'aniinal, if not deep and of a serious character, are greatly eased and disposed to heal rapidly by this application. Try it.' Germantown Tt lecraph. Aboct Fences. In reply to an inquiry of a correspondent, the editor of the Massachusetts Plowjhrnan gives the following interacting facts : Boards will last a long while when well support ed by posts. See the" boards of eighty years on old barns and out-buildings. Posts last a vast deal longer in wet soils than in dry, sandy loams longer in clay than in the richest soil. In peat meadows the bottoms of posts hold out longer than the tops and rails. On dry soils posts should be charred, and if the owner would be at the'trouble of placing a few ashes around each post, he would preserve them twice as long as without ashes. Lime also is good to preserve wood, though farmers sometimes use it to hasten the rotting of compost heaps. -N The Bctterfly Plant. The National In telligencer says that a specimen of the singular and beautiful Butterfly Plant is now in bloom at the National Green-house in Washingion, District of Columbia. The blossoms are very large and yellow, with reddish brown spots, and are nuved"to and fro with every breath of air, so as to resemble very much the gaudy insect from which it derives its name. The plant was brought from the Island of St. Thomas in the United States frigate Raritan. m Cement to Resist Fire axd Water. Half a pint of new milk, and half a pint of good vine gar. Stir them together until the milk coagu lates; remove the curd, arid mix with the whey the whites of five eggs, well beaten up; when these an; well mixed, add sifted quick-lime, un lil the -whole is about aflrfrfffck as putty. If this ittrxturefce fully applied and properly dried, it wjill' firmlv join what is broken, or fill up cracks of any kind, and will resist fire and water. Picki.E!?. An excellent way to make pickles that will keep a year or more is drop them in;o boiling hot water, but not boil them ; let them stay ten minutes, wipe them dry, and drop into cold spiced vinegar, and they will not need to be put into salt and water. The above is my wifes rule, which she lias proved to be a good oie. To Kefp Cokn. The only way to keep sw eet com of any variety for winter use, is to partially cook and then dry it ; or put it in a close jar, or other tight vessel. Corn nicety kV'pt in this way, is vey good, as we had abund atnlv tested, years before the Stowell corn was ever heard of. The Chinese Rebellion. C.ipt. Edmund Fishbourne, through the col umns of the Iiiblin Express, unhesitatingly de nounces the letter purporting to be from one of the insurgent princes- to the foreign residents at Hong Kong, to be a forgery. lie says : " Our future political relations w.th China involve so much, that it is important that no matter should be laid before the public, that would be likely tx compromise them. I write, therefore, to put you on your guard, for there are two parties, one or either of whom may have written the let ter in question, for the purpose of creating a hos tility against the insurgents. The first of these, the Tartar Imperial party, who would not hesi tate to make any statement, however false, that w ould be likely to induce our government to act or think hostilcly toward the insurgents. The second are those who think differently, on reli gious subjects, from the insurgents, and suppose them proportionately hostile to those w ho think differently on that subject from themselves. In this letter the insurgents are made to designate the inhabitants of Hong Kong, 'barbarians, etc' It is the united testimony of the English, French and Americans, who visited Xankin, the head quarters of the insurgents, that they never des ignate the Europeans otherwise than as 'foreign brethren,' the latter used in a riligious sense, upon the supposition that all Europeans believe with them in the 'Ten Celestial Rules,' or 'Ten Commandments.' The insurgents have always manifested so much tact, that we may be quite sure they never would have committed theblun der of w riting such a hostile document to the English.'1 Xevvlv Married Folks. Says the Ilingham Journal:, We are frequently asked, "lo you charge anything for inseriing marriage notices?" Our invariable answer is ' we do not." It has become a custom among printers to advertise marriage contracts free of charge. It is not a duty but merely a matter of courtesy. As a j duty and matter otcoMrtesv, then, new ly married their own comfort, convenience, and interests they will commence matrimonial life by taking the paper or papers, which insert their marri ages. The printer has as much right to expect this, as the minister has a right to expect his fee. Send in vour names at once, young married men, and we will put you down on our list and war rant you long lives, dutiful and affectionate wives, and temporal and everlasting felicity. The Texas State Gazette tells the following tra?r ic story : " A doughter of Daniel Merrill, of Liber ty, had the misfortune to bestow her love upon a villain, who succeeded in marrying her. After a few years of infamous conduct, the wretch, whose name-is AlcCrory, abandoned her, and not content ed with leaving her to the cold mercies of the world, took wilh him their daughter, the only off spring of the ill-starred match. Mr. Merrill pur sued him, and, seeking to evade his pursuer, Alc Crory pushed on to theseacoast, still carrying with him the child. At this time, as though heaven had chosen to wreak vengeance upon him, the awful storm took place which swept away the town of JMatagorda and everything in its path. It was du ring this awful visiiaiion that he found himself near j lheb and , acing lhe child in a temporary place of safety, he undertook lo brave the maddened ele ments in reaching the town. Night set in, and while darkness enveloped the earih, either the sud den rise of the ocean, or the overwhelming blasts of the wind, became the avenging arm , of his injured wife, and smote him ;othe dust. His body was af terwards recognised, horribly muiilated,! and the child was rescued alive, to gladden the face of its mother." x Sale of a Costly Shawl. The great casl mere shawl the finest needle-work shawl ever seen in America which cost $2,700 at Const antinople, and was imported expressly f,r ex hibition at the World's Fair, was sold at auction, in New York on Wednesday, for one thousand dollars. The purchasers name is Jas. De Wolfe. Another sold for (500. 0iitcrn Witttty fost. RALEIGH, DEC; 16;1854 WILLIAM -D. COOKrJ, ) JAMES A. WADDELL, EDITORS. Terms TWO DOLLARS PES ANNUM, in Advance. CLUB PRICES: Three Copies,. $5 full price,. Sf., 16, 20, -10. Eight Copies, 12- Ten Copies 15- Twentv Comes 20- (Payment in all case in advance.) JCr Where a club of eight, ten or twenty subs-eribcrsis sent, the person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. S3-Postmasters are authorized to act as Agents for the Southern Weekly Post. Mr. II. P. Docthit is our authorize agent for the States ol Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. "HIGHER LAW" The subject of a law higher than the Consti tution of the United States, has for several years past engaged much of the attention of the pi ess in all sections of the country. Ye have hitherto had little to say in regard to it simply because the controversy appeared to usfo be a meie verbal dispute, with very little point iu it to in tertst the reader Of late however we l:ae perceived that the advocates of the doctiine of a " higher law " have begun to contend for a law higher than the Bible itself, and what was form 'erlv but poorly disguised treason, has now ;.s su'med the disgusting form of fanatical infidelity. We cougragulate the friends of truth and lib.-it y on this development of sympathy between the anti-American and anti-Chrisiian elements of, .hostility to the institutions and principles of our country, and beg to be indulged in a few re marks designed to show that this sympathy is the natural fiuit of the doctrine of a " higher law.' t - Fanatical abolitionists have generally pretend ed to a remarkable degree of piety. They have "exhausted all their scriptural resources in the vain attempt to overthrow the institutions of the South. For a long time they contended with a dogmatical stubbornness of astonishing duration, that the Bible condemned slavery, and that its precepts were a higher law than the Constitution of the United States. ,We assented to the latter part of the -proposition, and maintained that if thev were sincere, they would obey God rather than man, and throw themselves beyond the" protection of the laws ot the country. The martyr spirit has however been wanting, and these gentlemen have seldom dared to viohte the lower law in anv other them a clandestine aud secret way, more creditable to their cunning than to their conscientiousness. The Fugitive slave law has brought the question to an ir-sue in many places, and many who are deeply hostile to slave institutions have found it convenient while they admit that the Bible is a " higher law" than any human enactment, to jusl :fy obedience to the authority of government, resist- ance to which would be dangeroas, by an appeal : to the plain teachings of the scriptuivs on the subject. The more bold and recklets spirits of the anti-slavery party have thus perceived that Christianity is a clog upon their movements. have with diabolical consistency rejected the authoiity of both the lower and the higher law, and avowed their supreme allegiance to the light of nature within them. Thi- they procla m to be the highest law of all, and that all othe:.- which may happen to conflict with it i;m-t l e treat, d with contempt. In this way bot p.diti. cal and religious abolitionism are rapidly de gen rating into a kind of transcendent.:! absur dity, which however anti-social and selfish it may be, will we trust prove as harmhs.-. as it is ridiculous. The Christian patriot can recognize no higher law than the Bible on the one ltand, and the Constitution on the other. A man oeae- to be a Christian, when he rejecls the sujireme author ity of the oracles of God in matters of religion He ceases likewise to be a patriot, wln-n he de- nounces the constitution of his count. y la cause RaVigh and a large '",'' tioir it may contain some provisions of which W do. s counti'v. I t is repi es. i;ted as I not. approve ; and if he should .resist the oper- flic gentleman selecud to ation of this supreme law of the land, that mo- ' i"1'-11' 0 cliice of --up. rii.kn ment does he forfeit all claim to the protection of the government. He is, ispo facto, an outlaw. Many of the fanatics of our day have become much neater to this condition than .they may suppose. Slavery is a part of the organic law of the United States, beincr reco-mil ,s ,n-t. the constitution, as clearly as it is recognized b the scriptures as consistent with the Christian religion. Those states in which slavery doe not exist, are exceptions to the general law of th- land, and they are thus exceptions by theinown , . cuoice, ana not.Dy virtue ot tlie constitution it self. The institution might exist in every state; without the slightest alteration vof that instru ment. The provision allowing three-fifths of the slaves to be represented, is quite as applicable to Maine as it is to Georgia. This crusade against slavery is therefore waged against the consti tution of the United States, Those w ho resist the Fugitive slave law, resist at the same time the execution of a plain stipulation to which the people of each state have solemnly assented. We are clearly of the opinion therefore that such persons have no rightful claim to lhe pro tectton of the laws of our government, and that it would be no injustice to them if thev w ere left to the guardianship of that " inner light to which they profess o once supreme alligiance. If their persons should be abused, or their property destroyed, we would like to see them suing for damages in the court of con-cience They could not consistently appeal to any ordin ary tiibunal. The Constitution of the United Stales might be conceived of as invested with personal sovreignty, and indignantly-driving a way the ungrateful wretches whd should flyVor safety to its aegis. They have treated her author ity with habitual contempt ; could they com plain if she turned a deaf ear to their petitions ? Eternal justice answers, no ! Martyrs in better ' H?IYft linua aI.aa,! l. ti 1. " 1 I j v,ut:..cu ,,ue xngner iaw even unto death. Fanatics of the present day should ex hibit the same heroism, if they covet a similar renown. Virginia Penitentiary. The portion of this vast establishment devoted to workshops, was destroyed by fire on the night of the 7th inst. In the confusion, one of theconvicts made his escaped. The rest were secured and employ ed in extinguishing the fire. i War. The Steamer Union -:: i at -Nvw-York on the 8th inst;, ! ,.;,fl down to the 22th ult. The in'arki--.,', ing downwards. No impoitant -v, .,, i pb:ce on the tin atre of war. -rt:i pu-hing forward re-ei lorcei:iei;t Lie alacrity. Tiiey were airHiii.,-, .,, M the allies at the rate of a th'oiwa!, . ,v may be wrong in our estimat,. , . rivalry between ihv Flench a ! we will be very much .).oy,.' '" ..), take Sebastopol in spite of a;i ; .. Russia to preserve it. Since the foregoing was writ:,.;. w. ceived still 'later dates fY,,j j :Vi Pacific, which reached NV-ivVmi; ,', r,M ,1'. ii 1 no auuuionainew nnunp ,r!- loss of both the allies and battle if the G;h of Novemi tii 'r. i tiw The allies .actually buried sians. Their to!al lo-s in kili.-d in v, about 15,000. A great storm in' jj;,. j has destroyed a vast amount ot I ' considerable loss of life. Ruvia- ; t rv u.t on a new basis, wh'ch however .(,-, i the German Powers,' -England an i -y not accept. The corn market i,r Balloon Ascension. Accordij:U-1 gramme, J'lof. Elliott, the distingn i.J, navigator, nMle ft magnificent n the Fair Grounds in this city on :,,;, noon last, in the presence of a l:u . . , of sj ecialors. -The day was fi::et ; from the north, and blowing !, . : , started, 'lhe balloon pa--.-1 .fi' . ., , wards the south, or a litiie -a-! . t' : i ... - , tia! in a Miori nine a con-Ki'-rao e , , k-ani that Mr. Elliot: ivuniiei after having tmvele 1 about io i;ii.e -. v on the plantation of Air. I . w , i,. inconvenience. MlXIE ItlKLKS. The Ib.n. j. . ,,.,.,.,' Secretary of War, has ret;o;iini-i;'t . duction of th. s instrument hit-., t!r- i It has proved wonderfuliv eili-lent in war. It is said to carry with el;. , as far as the ordinary rii'.e. '! : , y and is dropped loose iioo th, constructed that the explosion ,:;:... I muds it-o as to lit the bor- i --.... rapidlv as it parses out. Th.; ny, pelisatioti thlis cnlir,s a w,.,;, accuracy. . We hope the sugge-'.ie., will be adopted. CONSTI j I 'lloN AL N. AHYI-y,.VI ;; i ' of the Unite I States ech: -aii j.. foiv:gn lands from the pre-i-lew . ;:, This great instrument the., , :.i -nizes the. propriety of nu'.:u - u v. tweeii f,ahi'i s and i'orv.Kihj j., - temporaries would -lb.d it hard v- i. anti-Ameriean -i rit with - e.,-. ciple. We wish they would. ! y wliether they approve of it. i they know why it was aloi ..:. '', have been reasons for tile pro iiso!:.J those reasons ? The subject of the follow ii:g ban. is as mucn uisuuguisiiexl tor in worth. We can as-itiv the i . j lir -Vner is likely h win I i-. w.-, i vor in this State, as we'd a- h !:;; ' v 'irgi:iia. That p.n-. : : ii j posing that the institution with -,. m.L.tc.,j js OI. ()f recent estal-.iy::,. j .tion was commence.: , ho pe ur l.egr-lativie w i. be pushed rapid v to "A NoiM.K 1n.:; .-ays ihat the St-ite ':,: i -.; tiirnugh its ;,i !-, a no qetal I'-.- the lil-all iliost, ColDiaelulai'Ic in;-gl a:ready j.rogressed far t. v.aid main budding is 72'5 f'.-et in hi with all the convenience.-, ai-d saiy for its nu jk-si-s, and wi.l ; hundr.d and riijy palien-t-. h'oli JOnl f.iUltil-m.r.n,, ,.,,-..!, i j J ! j ; tins i,ub e institution is a native is .l'r. Edward C. Fisher, who !.-! eigh in consequence of hai:.g ;.-. -.int merit, a little more than i w . ! -. e have know n 1 F. intimau-lv : and can therefore speak ki.owii. ,, ! I'" '"" quatincations. no.- i M-f.ii;;, iu an eiiMlieiO Oe leait and j lately e trel) gtti . X put; -eii'ual to llie , I'm .;, i: 'd to the delicate task whu-h ! j ,:u''1 u llis frofeoii ! ?" '7"''1 ,"K' -""' I oieilneii, wii:cu is lliat li.. y ai; general iy. and in this paitictiiai i i,-,, lyso. The great experience v),;, ii in. the jiractice .f the S;aunt.on In., ted to be one of the Lest, in : i!,e the high character which he h-. cannot fail to elicit confidence. At fi lence will be justly besiow,., !' i.s a in. in oi sieiia:"- rn PC ti i - .:.':( !,'!' ... ..... i .. 4 .... . r- . , WOILII . I.U llll) IOIIPsT i,, , ,-, ., proud to profit by a reputation which h -scions of not de-er iro , If our old fiicnd sbi.uld st-,t&: j-aragi:-; will lind that there are those s;i I iivirv. ' nioinl. w ho remember him wish at:--rejoive in his success, whiet: thj-ir ki him, not less than their hearts, as-i.o .- : ' he richly desei w. He wiii ui.d. ri.iii ; ; (icular body of !ri. nds rd"wiioiii tie.-, -ludes. and though he lias ui-in v.,-.! c,:-a--i ' he 1 :as none win mer. JEW Our cily xdiangea ai ev. ry r in their arrival al this oiTue. ' Tne .'.'.! Register we see-only oecasioiniinf. r r buis would oblige us bv bavin, ! loir I left at the ft out-door of our jA-icv '' '' fiiis is the only way in which we can U' of receiving them. Institution Ujc the Def and i;il :nJ t't L IiALtlCill, Dlx-. 11, i"-'1- At a regular meeting of the Board? ot I tors of the Institution, the following re ' were unanimously adopted, , viz : Resolved, That this Board have h;irn. sincere regret, the death of Dr. Wili in Scott, late a member of this Board. , Resolved, That in the death of lr. " ' : Boaid has lost one of its most active cient members, the Institution au anien ' devoted friend, and the community in h:ca lived a useful and upright citizen. Resolved That these resoltriiftis he eiiK on the minutes of the Board, and puhjidad the Weekly Post. Wji. 1. Cooki:. Secretary at" the Baari- l - ' ' - ! .---'. . - ' Us
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