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c ;(. if f ? I i it- L 1 Ms I in It-, r '-V.lt ' ; Jrl- titu 'm-. t . it Li 4 il ' i f m Ms; : .'if km .1 1. ' ? hi 1 i ,' '' 5 I f ) ' 1 1 i a ' !'.i : i '1 ! !i it j. 58 COMMUNICATIONS. METEOPOLITAir COEEESPOITOZNC . LETTER tXXIV. f j 4 ' .New York, March, 3, 1855.j A dUtinguuhed arrival The Spring-Xeltina influences Spring-gladneee Moral vnna n mvcr . T Crimia budget lord J otn EutuU at Vitnnq jrUtxyaiie Crime Tie privileged order in Engird Ike Collins line and Congressional Appropriation General Sam Eovston on the Indian. "Sarn't chance for the Presidency A boot about the Jesuits An 4n stxing alia Colas de Etpara Satire and the SatirU A headache . j Mv.D ab Post : We have have had a rddst distinguished arrival since the date of my last (letter, and one which has created no little sen- aation in every circle, of society. I allude to the coming in of spring tLe fair. young- bride of the New Year, whose advent has been looked for 'with solicitude. ..-..She, canter on the ;-fisJ of. the present month, punctual to berproniifte or rather to'tnat of the calendar 'makers jor her. Nor didVhe conceai'Lerself beneath the ski ru of . old rinte -W sKe. sometimes'does for.the first .few daysj'lf her annual visit to' vths region of the glob. She came with; an unveiled 'face and . loolce&rnpon ua lovingly, with a smile that went .to our very nearts, and .so warmeu uiiwc . w,mier wrappings, ine gracious air hu:h-" f' ;thu. greeted-ys ha" net, played us fajse.. .'-'fEver; (hij.-it hte become. more gonial, aifd hile ' " '1 wVjte. irjifiinpst cr tle tender .kings. of iheJIyliufBeinasses of frozen' snow and ice ,.in,QurtreVis-reimIing away.bteneathVits soft ' ;, ' breath, rg'reaClytor.the ilif kd;alvtag!e of pedesti w vsT-uowevdrl for lliertlior'ouirlifares are choked i - . ;rvith U irrudV; ;A11 tliw wfltspeedify disappear, I"- etwcially .wheH.th'raiw;wliic:h seenis "already to- .. f.. iv.'rha'liU3 shall -ddend Vfh Insanitary u?, earne iflanddo'for: u?wnateienourdtiblen FI - -,-.Ma-i ;h'a yet"' bienunabie : rX 'Vc.omV1isfi . flmr shin ckwde.our ways. ' .' -'' V? i have, reason .io be;gladat theCQJJJgf; ' ty"tfsfring o"m1 winterand espec'ally the Iftt- j ' i -tG p.omoioT it, tind "bevn extreedn)giy-.s,o?e'e. ; . It. 11a HiiL-hed with Us -icy? flowers ' tjiou.iands '-.'..; iw!never- befcri' perhaps '""felt the K)iwr of -its- c!d. I t-Jias. Milage -poverty liioi-e 'itrer.",tlian . usual, anil tor !.i:e i:ke rf h poOrt'.i ejufe jtfiat ' the winter over Snd one. ot that we shall hitve tall -ssrushlne aiid balmv-aicih the month of ManA; , . Doubtless "the" vinds will blow and: bluster ft tlity are ,woiit fo do" at jtJiis period. They XvillviSak-e. thjj tircl:fl,Si''USsaml daughters, of want to Mfh-er Mnd trt-inlile, bu.t ev'en as thi'y blow we s!;i!L lumr . in- their v:i!i,ngs .a reijuie'm fo.V'didiyg'ggjii. 1i .dt-parteJ scentre. . m - ' I will' not ' occupy- mv' usuar aee whit tlfe topic of the Eastern War," for itf though bfit the 01. Louis and Lunaua .steamsh-ips; H;Ve 'ar.rivetl during tire week "wtth several'days. later "iirwHi.- . gehcefroin the Crimea, than t!iat,whiohP.ieiij tioned in my lat, the news is meagre and Ino notonous. If-there is 'anv- ehangr1 at a)1.4P the complexion of affairs before SevastopjJ, it is favor of tUe besk-ging armies. The ')uissitA of Lord John IlusselL'as I'lenipoteiitfarjvo Vu-n-na is s;gniticant say the wiseacres, -of positive jwtfee negotiations, but beyond this I see no indw cations of a speedy termination of the war. The Tribune of this mornings in an editorial reference to a very revolting revelation of crime in1 a high place of the Britih aristotvacy, in-, vjoling in its guilty di-closures an Es Cabinet Minister . England, savs, " We l ave little djubt that it will serve to s.yell that wave which lats just now with such threatening roar, again-stEngland's-weak and worn institutions.' With out iri nr to the extreme length of the Talitne philosophers in their hatred to the Hritish aiis tocracy, I. cannot fail to see in the disastrous ui-inageiuiMit ofthe warby its pan.perod and in- ettk'ieiit scions,-t-a great cause of popular-, dis satisfaction and perhaps hostility which must result in a great and wfeJy modification of the privileged system. Vnd such disclosures of hor ril.le crime as that tobioh allusion is made miist certainly ' deepen th conviction in the minds of the masses! of the unsoiuidnessyf the ai jstocraey. Alas I for, England. She is under a dark cloud and God! only knows when it will pass away from her fair fame, and her time hotioied pre-euiiuene among the nations.- There is a good dcil of talk about the pas aa'of the bill in Congress, which continues the appropriation of the bcnus of 33,000 a round trip to the steamers of Ithe Collins line, for the tiekt six yfars, and takes away from the Govern ment the right' of terminating this appropriation upon six mouths notice, as it has heretofore been. ly, this bill the government is now pledged to pajy Collins fc Co., oirr Jive millions of dollars for carrying a mail once a fortnight for. six yejirs" between New York and Liverpool. It is ce tain that other parties would have contracted to do the same service for about three millions of dollars bonus. At the first blush of .this m; itter it seems that this large extra bonus, to Messrs. Collins & Co. is extravagant and ufljust, bujt I think it is quite necessary to a correct judgment in the case, that the past circumstan ces of the Collins' tine should be reviewed, when it ill appear that they have competed with the Cujnard steamers, greatly to the credit of the coinpany and of the country, but greatly also to Ithe pecuniary loss of their owners. With - th4 present bomis from government they pay the company a profit, the enjoyment of which for 'a brief terra of years will scarcely more than make up to them the losses incurred in their first dar ing and brilliant and successful competition in o&an steam navigation. Others may now do 4h4 work for less government bonus, but Collins & Co. deserve something, at the hands of the Ajtoerican Congress, and I would much rather see them rewarded than have a cruel extinguisher put upon a noble private enterprise, by the pov- eriment's withdrawal of its favour, just so soou S as the enterprize is made safe to seeon l parties. I an inclined to think that Collins fc Co: deserved this token of the national favor. j think I mentioned in my last the presence ; f General Sara Houston among us. I had the pleasure of hearing the distinguished Senator delirer a lecture before the "Baptist Historical Society of this city on Wednesday night last, j-Aj large audience nearly filled the Broadway : Tabernacle, and listened with great interest and frequent burst of applause to a rather long discourse about the Indians. I was much inter ested in .the Senator's generous defence of the ; Indian character and. in his severe, but perhaps not unmerited animadversions, upon the policy jF.i which our government ias ' pursued them. He has a much more tlevated , of the red men than is generally prevah aQ(j indeed his remarks bordered pretty closfr j. aon panegyric, though his hearers were ayLarenty very willing to sympathize with his antA;raIjon of the speedy civilization and 'mPrement Gf these tribe. . What think you, my dear osi-ff ,53, chances for the Presidency? Habouts we - talk of them very largely and co and little of a politician as I am, I kao'w but I could gel np a little enth. for should he be duly tntered for thei. - perhaps quite, as little against hiT (Mli&:deT:JS his longr political career, as any ma , . 0 r ' p wno stanos the slightest chance of "the whit u s n -iw there; Pwqnt say anything morel t', nt at ieit, &uuu irresiuenis or punuusj Mr. Ed ward's J-ester, former J g Qonsu . arGen6a1las . just publikhed.-aj" f , thot,ttnhope rfcA.i9.a;terrii?leon. slaught against-tbe order'of 6rd by the way.of 5Ph Mn8trous-iniquity and of such diabolical gnSj t;hAt it fe quite imp'ossi-, ble to naint the . ,1 , t- - jra 100 piac-K ;auq ine-especiai .aim of the bo is - tLe m"ericaa Whac;er may be sa:d of the book, of -its plot, of its incidents, of its spirit, one thing U incpn trowrtible', it does not do 'the world renowfied i' Company. of-Jesus" one ioia of injustice, for there exists not under, heaven, an institution more, dishdnoring to Gixl, or more inimical to man. than -this infamous oicler.." . iTead Mr. Listers book all through, and rose "from" it with frish indignation ' boilingxin my "efns against the disciples of Loyola,-and with the earnest hope' in my heart, that the'.Ameri- may never be rudelv awaken-'d from. lumbers of iihiitference, to 'thjS' insidious progress of this terrible' order in otir now free and prosperous land. Put while I ciieri-h this liope, let jne ask if jve do well to. be iihiijFeroi t? .1 Ought to say of '-Mr. Lester's book, thru for Si-mie reason best known -I suppose to himself, he takes live noin de plume of. Helen- Dfiu. His own na nif is riot .in the best pos-yble'oJor, but. 'why did w-wtsfx-himse'.f for an alias!. ." Amongthe baoksvof'tlie ve'.,k.is,a vTery read able; and. pltea.-int one.fi;oni the press of Eedlieti, entitled 'y-Coms d? EstpS'iia, or Going to Madrid Via: "B rrcejnav1 ' The ."'sevej-al chapters of -thisr volume are briibful of vhaeity and good 'humor.. Tin y are decidedly the-ui'ost'rTitertainiiig sketch es of travel I have met with in a.tivelveinontli. .Sitiris:aia ' Satirists" i-the title of atio.h''1 er book from the pr .-ss.of Kedrield. It is from J the pen of 'Mr. ''lam e.s Haunvau English "w riter I tt riinntQ.mn . fLi.. .t ist . b- '.-viO .a irHi- civ ''I ij. .t.t i rn J' ' - , ininn .1 . 1 1 e ' mi 'ij. icvr cities mill, uae on the ancient aid modem s.itins-from JloiRce:" , , "" , - - -r ' --f-. " rn ' 1 .'11 . i expanded to its MZe, and none that have attained toiom JOi.re.. lher- ate characterized, bv a -.,,. , . ,'- , ; -.' v 11 ".' ' ' jSo-eiiviaoie a po-uiuu 'are-destitute of this in- 'g.-Hial per.ept:on of tiler tiemes, and bv a terse .-. r " ... .. . ' .", . l ,r, . , ttfrcstyig- teatuie. " ' .- ' ammated and vigorous sty.e. L4 ho.sketches. ijr. 1 ,,,-'.,,, ' ' ' v ' . . - " . v,'- , . 1 Vj " All. pd epeeia!lv the vounjr, icitl have com- tnev :tfe-p:cturesque j-atber- than phiiosj-'phj.ai ... ,. - . - v ,; t- - ,, . ,-. - , "' ,p,a::iUn?lnp; and it, it is not to be tound anion' .delineations, wnl carrv the teaier idong with a . - .' . .... .- 0 s ' J- ., -,,: , ." S 1 V ! tf'e wise and-Airtuous, u , will be' sougiit ambnc plefs:ugynteresr., ai)d,at!or 1 h m, uio:i ttie winSe; r ., . . - .. .. n ' '' ! U:evicrous, tlie grovehng.. the depiaved.- ' very,, urst nnnies-ions ot the smul ot the i'reat" -0 . . . . ..- . 1 " - -- . i " . v satirii't. " -" t ... " T i , 1 thjnk.it you.wjll aaow "me,;! will plead a . head-ache, vhicti.is nlot a fiotioA bv the way,' knd escribe myself i, , . V ' ' - 1 1 ours as ever, '. ' " ' - jCOSMOS. " -. . ' .' T Kor "the S mthern SVe'eklv Post. A LECTUEE. ' . Ddiverel It fore the Lhertj Lyceum, on the 'jietii for which w-l a man risk most, for money, or for I jcc. in- r. n. . Yi-r me to undertake to recount the iranv temptations whii.b money presents to man were an e;ui'.es task. In all ages ofthe woild men seem to have h;id a famous phrenological devel opment ofthe orgvns of aouUiiivenes. Iu all aes money has been the f treat incentive to act- ion. For money or its equivalent, men liil the soil, the smith wields his hammer, the miner delves into the bowels of the earth, the intr- I I" hints are thrown out tor serious con chant braves the rajrin? biliows of the madened I s',deration auJ n is to be hoped that none will ocean, the physician exposes himself to'the con tagion ofthe raging pestilence, the lawyer tells lies, the politician apes the oemaoue. the assassin whets his knife to murder his fe'hJw man. the incendiary apolie- the torch to his neighbors building, the ruffian with: his datjer pierces the Heart of the innocent, the lover woes the richest girl he can find. For money, nation makes war unon nation, and for tronev a'l men' serve the devil. Solomon thc wisest," of. men said, the love of money is the root of all eii ;" and who- will deny his authority ? Who will sav that the wise man did not know, or that the good man was not honest in his assertion ? Can we not bring the most indubitable evidence to prove that Solomon was rijjht ? What was it that caused Judas to betray his master ? It was money ; and not very much of it at that ; only thirty: pieces of silver I ! ! What did be risk for this little insigiticaut sum of money. lie risked his being exposed to eternal infamy and univer sal detestation jn time, and to eternal and un mitigated punishment in eternitv. What was it that tempted Benedict Arnold to betray his country at such au important crisis? It was money. Money tempted him to risk his well-earned reputation and the salvation of his country. It caused him to risk being held in everlasting detestation and infamv by all men. In the days of our revolutionary btrusr gles. Arnold was one of our most aspirin;; and successful young officers. His valour had ren dered many a battle field slippery with . British blood, lie was highly esteemed by the Ameri can people, and his reputation as a daring of ficer was fa.st spreading far and wide. But England offered him a few thousands of univer sal tempter; and lo ! for that insignificant sum . , I he ajrreed to betrav the whole armv under his command, into the hands of the enemy ! What was it, bat money, that tempted Great Britain to levy an unjust tax upon her American col onies ! She knew that this was not right, but for money she would risk her reputation for honesty, and also the rebellion of her colonies. And it was to save money or in other words to prevent the collection of those unjust taxes, that the colonies rose in armies against the mother country. Money wa the primary ostensible object of our revolutionary war. And what a 1 multuda of widows and orphans were made bv this bloodyVwar of eight years ! To say nothino- : 1 s.ou.t of the ancient wars, what eminent peril did Fernando Cortes and his men expose themselves to for Mexican gold I What bloody scenes fol lowed in the train of that monter of cruelty f Read, if you please, the adventures of John A. Mnrrell, the great land pirate of the west How many innocent victims fell, pierced by his dagger 1 Tha whole country was alarmed at the bold depredations of this unparalelled marauder. Thousands were constantly on the. alert for his arrest, yet notwithstanding his iminent danger, for the sake of money, he persisted in his course until he was finally arrested. For money the divers in the Persian Gulf, who descend to the bottom of the ocean in search of pearl, risk their health, their lives, their all ! With their ears and nostrils plugged up,- a piece of sponge fastened to their arms, a rope a round their bodies, and a large stone tied to their feet, they go jdown into the watery world, fiom which, many of them never return. They risk being strangled, being devoured by the .shark, and their beinz swallowed bv other in- habitants, of the deep. For money men risk all tli is ! For money, man ventures to play with the ion, -and even to place, his head between the afWevouringaws of the elephant! I once hearcF .a preacher give it as his opinion, "that if there was a bag of gold in the bottom of hell, some men would 4be- foolish enough to jump in after itjl," Ilowever. this may be, ice believe that men serve the- devil, more for money than tor any one thing else.v Witness the. gambling, the ly ing,' the cheating, the', shaving, the chicanery, tnt) dissuuuiatidji, the-. extortions, 'the aggres siohs a'fi'd insistences that are .practiced "ust for gain..- Whoever eptrasres in anv of the.e risks' t . 00.. : . . a great deal. They risk their good naihe, vhich SolonioH says : is worth mwre tin an great Octies, and tlioyri'-t their temporal and eternal 1 happiness. ' '. ... Fr many, the physician leaves the-abode of health an''! happiues and goes forth to be ex posed -4o the 'njia-m" of insalubrious districts, and to the'tiuToction: of "contagious diseaes. . lie gi'es through storm and whiter, through rain and "coM, and t If rough damp and darkness: a-ll for ttymey.. For moiuy, the miner descends 'int. 1 pits occupied by te inbs.t fatal o"ast;, and, .the.' blaster,. by" being exjiosed to the unexpected il&ionsA.or gun 'powder, 'has ol'teli times beeti,,a'uiL, hi-li in the -atmosphere, flying a niQ!ig'lhe iHizzartLs.; . I ""' ' '" . - . - . " ..Jor the Southern Weekly Po?'t LITERARY ASSbCIATiaN,- 1 Mr. Eoitok: Briefly, through the- me iium of' your paper, I wisltto call the attentioii of our citizens to the propriety establisi ing a Liter- 1 ..'pV in k "rK : VrA .!..-. i f. -T his is a. taet loo. w.-ll mom", 5.l In r-A f..-. I . ..... ' 1 ' 1 lCW iVI 1 suos.aniiaiinij arL ,. -f, ' w nece.a;i.v. jtehj iWiOJ. subsiantiatini; 'argument. men, in oruer to nn . 1 ... of those who ir'e' about to engage in the stern duties of life j .whose influence will be - more and more widely" and deeply felt, for or,-od or fur evil r. -' - '.' . I avouI I suggest that suitable rooms be sup plied wr.h a library, coni-ti.r,g f a few hundred we'd selected volumes and sJhie of the moit useful and entertaining journals of the d;tv. The library could be furnished either bv do nations of books or money, 01 both, and bvsuch sums as w-Quld annually be demanded to insure membership'. During the long whiter '-evenings, original essays, debates or paj-ers might be presented, and perhaps au occasional moral drama or tart j atK sl'r.v Coinedy as the taste of the society S mi'nt oictate. hold them lightly, none will deeia them extrav agant. N 1 have faith to believe that there are those in this community, noble-minded and open-handed, who, wheu the matt-. r shall be show n iu them in a proper light, wili do all that a libera! 'olicv I Sllests ' who will feel that in tins w ay they ; oatl eI'ect' a U;J'J'e and. lading monument, not to ! tne '-'ad' but for the living. J I" VEX IS. . MISCELLANEOUS. QUAIL AND OYSTERS. Among the first class restaurants in Albany' is the Marble Pillar, located under the Museum, and kept by Billy Winne,' a gentleman whose good nature is only equaled by his tonnage. Among the visito s w ho entered " the Pil'ar" on Tuesday last, was a semi-cleri?al looking gentle man, who ordered up a broded quail and a dozen fried oysters. While discussing these delicacies, he touched the bell, and requested the waiter to send the proprietor to him. The waiter com plied, and in a few moments afterwards the semi-clerieal looking gentleman was in a cozy codoquy with Mr. Winne about matters and thinirs in general. "By the way, W., what was the trouble with that young man I saw you in altercation with on Friday eveuing last V ' He contracted a bill to the amount of eigh teen shillings, and. then refused to pav up.'' And what did you do with him P "Chucked him out of doors.' " Nothing else ?"' "No going to law don't pay. To have ob tained eighteen shillings worth of money by means of litigation, would have consumed ten dollars, worth of time." Then ail you do is to chuck them out, as you say." . "that's ali. " Well, that may be, a wise plan, but I doubt it. By the way, what kind of wine have you got ?" - " As good an article of Heidsick as you can find in this city. Will yon have a bottle p. u On one condition, and that is, that you will join me in its imbibition." " With pleasure sir." . The bell was again tinkled a white jacket appeared in the door-way the white jacket van- W WEEKLY POST. ished. In a moment the white jacket re-appeared, bringing in a silver top on a juvenile salver. The wine was poured out, duly iced and dispos ed of. In a few moments after this, Winne "beg ged to be excused," and left his friend to "Snish up the quail." The friend did so, and then re appeared in the bar room. " Where can I find a little water to dip my fingerejn ?" "In the wash bowl by the looking glass." The stranger crossed the room, took a wash, brushed up his whiskers, adjusted his white neck cloth, and once more sought the proprie tor. "Mr. Winne, I have really enjoyed myself. I cannot recollect when I ever relished wine and quail with greater zest." - "Happy to hear you say so, sir." "As a memento of the little repast, I have one, little fay,or to ask."g "What isf.it?" "Chuck me out." "What?" buck me out." J u on t mean, to say you have been do iny 11" fik't mean anvtbinff else. I have not the h - - fit rifea cnaSr If you want pay for'those , quail, you must do as I said before, " chuck me out." Winne could hear no more. He made a rush to the kitchen to get " the cheese knife." Whde he was absent, our semi-clerical friend dashed out of the side-door, and when last seen was rushing north, at the rftte of fourteen miles an hour. Should he stop this side of Canada, we shall issue an extra. Dutchman. The Ocean and its Depti. Prof. Olm- stead,-of Xew Haven, has contributed to the last U(Je as hey wpre ujust- - There W3Sj in its re number of the, Xew England (a Quarterly pub marks, a sufficient amount of dictatorial arrogance lication-) an 'article entitled ' a Philosophical 'Survey o;' the , Ocean," front which we extract the following' paragraph. The author commends highly thv, labors of Lieut. Maukv. T&e waters, of the ocean cover neailv three . r . . i ... .i t: .i ,. jouTtlis '(Or -.more exactly, hve sevenths) oi the fiobe atid ot the thirtv-ciirht millions of .v - - - rifles. ot;lry-IaiieL in existence, twentv-eight be- -. j i-i ri-, ung :o the northern hemisphere. The mean depth of the cioeaa has been- variously stated, .bill n.av for th,.- pre-out be taken at four miles theiiijmeious .vomioin-s now in progress will lo.fn enal'Ien-s to speak with more drfiniteness on thi poiiit. En,.u4!i has already been don 1 n f prove tftaftiie UeptU.i-.exceeU.ngiy uqequai; j m t that ilKe- the sm hu e xf tl-rt ea'lh. the bottom .f the 'ocean here r-ses . in mountain J eak, and ; "there fcii. k? in deep valleys. Until recently the'! deepest sOunding-ever made was that by Captain j Ss-ore-bv' in thC'i.'..hfr s;-:.s,'-which was sllort ! ..of a mile a.,,1 and u half. A la n Tfti. ; the maximum sounding was that of Captain Ross, .in the South Atlantic, .and cave 27.600 feet, or a little over five mile, without- fiudiu"; bottom. But more recently, at a point ofthe Atl uitic"' farther no'rih, Lieut, Walsh, ot the U. S; .Schooner Taney, soun led, without reaching bottoni, -to tile depth of 34.200 feet, or iiein- v , . , , , Within a short time Captain Den ial Society a re- oT'the AtTan- loJaneiro to , the Cape ooyVylope, atths astonishing depth of 7,706 fathoms, 8 3-4 miles ; a depth so- profound, that the plummet occupied in its descent from the reel nearly 9 1-2 hotus. From these results it appears that the depths of the ocean exceed the heights ofthe muin alns, since the loftiest sum mits of Himiua'ava are a little more than 28 000 feet, or 5 1-4 miles. Notwithstanding these enormous depth-, there are large tracts of the ocean comparatively shallow : and in the lmn:e diate vicinity of places where no bottom 'could be found, were spots of no uncommon depths. The-e facts indicate that the bed of the sea is jyersified like the surface of the earth: Tlie pulf of Mexico is thought not to exceed on an aveiage one mile; and the Greenland seas are of such moderate dep;h, that whales, when har pooned, often run to the bottom, as is indicated by their apj.earat.ee when they rise again to the surface. Whales aie even supposed to seek a part of their food at the bottom of the sea. -Vs. PiKpartion- fok a CoMinsED Attack. It I ec'''t associati"n nf n"J "' whatever, and never is stated (Jan. 2Sth) that the New French bat-j nas Deen- e have, from the first, pursued the teries will open tire with guns, which w ili be j course we are now p irsuing, and h,ave consist more than twice as uiaiiv as thev had on the i entlv, throughout, endeavored to avoid the snnnnrt 1 th of October. The guns of the RtiSian bat- j tehes- inside ofthe Fingt;,ti' Fort are not plainly j discernible, but the French have counted, on two or three occasions w hen the enemy opened a geneial fire, about 200 buche a flu, including the newly erected batteries by the Quarantine Fori. " Our own ba' teries are in very good order, and are ready for the reception ot" the pieces of artillery,-which' can be put into them -in three nights. 'To-morrow night our roops wid begin to arm One attack. To-night the Working par ties legin to place the guns in position in the other attack, and we have a fine battery ready to open on the steamer which is anchored to ward the head of. the creek, near Inkerman, and which has caued us so much annoyance by her shells. The Russians, on their side. Lave made the heights over Inkerman bristle with batteries, some of -which, will probably take our more ad vanced works in reverse, or will at least . enfilade them if we do not stop their fire. The French have relieved all our pickets in front of our right attack, and our extreme riht picket is now situated in what is called the Mid dle Picket Ravine. This is a great relief to our exhausted force. In return for this service, which might have been extended to us before our commissariat rations a large body of the French army. If all goes well,' the allies will be able to re-open fire with about guns and mortars, each with ammunition for 48 hours' sharp firing. It i-. to be feared there will be srreat difficulty in subduing the fire of the Malakhoff and the Inkermann batteries, but tl e effort must be made, and if it fails, there only remains what we had in much greater efficiency and force last November the bayonet to do the work. It is reported that Sir John Burgoyne recommen ded the use of this simple weapon long ago, and that after the gradual slacking of our fire, he stated that every day we abstained from its use would give it increased strength to the ene my and would cot us many additio ial lives. However that may be, one" week more will test the value of all our labors, and enable us to form an estimate of the sironml ,.f t... ,.;, TKlSltlr.n Urn, loro - .1 , . . v 4 luc -xhurauiu latelv li:b KluHincr tliA TVAr,l, .1. - . J i . Canrobert from afive run ba.t p o v erv of crrpat strength across the Tchernaya, on the brow of u injeermann height. Ihey have scarped the littie road up the ravine round by the ruins to the north side, and have thrown up formidable entrenchments to resist any attempt to get round the north side bv Inkermann. WILLIAM D. COOKE, 1 D ITQ JAMES A- WADDELL, M. D. f. KS. RALEIGH, MAECaiO, 1855. Terms TWO DOLLAES PES AmfTDTC, in Advance. CLUB PRICES: Three Copi es,. S5 full price, . Eight Copies, 12 " Ten Copies, la Twenty Couies 20 ' ,.?6, . . 16, ..20, ..40. (.Payment in all cases in advance.) Kr Where a club of eight, ten or twenty subscribers is sent, the person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. . 53r Postmasters are authorized to act as Agents for the Southern- Weekly Post. "Mr. H. P. "Douthit is our authorized agent for the States of Alabama. Mississippi and Tennessee " THE STANDARD." (See article in another column.) The storm has at last burst upon us. The pent up fury of the Standard has, after sundry premoni tions, overwhelmed us with a terrible rebuke. The editors of that paper, not satisfied with our repeated declaration that we are engaged in the service of no.politicalparty. notwithstanding our extreme cau tion to deal out nothing but even-handed justice to wards all the northern portions of the several polit ical bodies, notwithstanding the fact that we have from the first contended quite as earnestly as that paper for the rights of the southern people, against the anti-slavery spirit, wherever it has been devel oped, and openly sustained patriotic statesmen, without regardto party, who have faithfully defend ed our Institutions notwithstanding all this, we say, the editors of the Standard came down upon us last Saturday in a long and petulant article, de- nrinnrinnr inr riinrf in n tnnfi And' lanfTliace altO- ... ,!,,', hv the faet. and in terms as' and harshness to irritate our temper, but we are -wety aware that this may linve been exactly the object of the writer, and that he would much pre- fer a squabble to a discussion. And we may add, tnat.tlie ludicrous features ol the article, to a great .... . . 1" i-. n- exieni, neuiriuizca us apparent aciiinony. ve Ir , ,.-- , , ' when we read the tollowinw passage at the close : .1 ... ' e ictii iivi sianu uv in silence ami see me Democratic party assailed: either covertly or nen- ly. Th Post must either return to its neutrality. or practice s inuepenaence wun stnci justice ces. Thc Commissioners of the Institution will be appealed to. if necessary ; and if they should de- fT' 1,1 ,he I:1St ,rftiort-as we (' not tor a moment Ko loco ti-,.1-, U tn noiHirnnd lihit i c? firl-t onrt iiiniitiv it i vi tJ voiuiiiunu t imi i -5 iiw i U.IIU pr(1per under the circumstances, our appeal would ' I then be against them to the people of the State.' NVe have much reason to feel complimented, whn tin; Standard, unwilling to meet us on the "umer.rtis issues -pending between the foreign party and jhe AmerLn people, expresses such pathetic a,1AUl- ,,,naeus resirainea ov ojncuu tnterjer- Retire. It reminds us of tiip rnmninn pvf.trmntiti among little boys, when they think themselves im posed upon. '' If you dont let me alone, I'll tell yOTr.Vrt.'" But it seems the Standard intends. " in the last resort," to appeal to the people. IVe are perfectly willing lo leave it to the ' Commis sioners " whether we have assailed lhe Democratic party. Most of our readers very well know that such is not the fact. But when an nppeal is taken to the.'peopfe' " in the last resort," we must say that we aretfc-h hftnv republicans ourselves, that we would be very willing to submit the question to the people, now ! , The Standard opens its article with the follow ing paragraph : " The Southern Weekly Post, edited and pub lished in this City, by the Principal of the Institu tion fur the Deaf and Dumb and Blind, was estab lished as a neutral family paper; but it has recent ly, under thegarb of independence.' thrown offits neutrality and entered the lists as a Know btfiinr organ. The tendency- of some of its Editorials of late whatever their object has been to sustain the Whiz; cause as coupled with that of Knflvv- ! Nolhinjri.sin ; and some of these articles, thoucrh I now and then covert in their allusions, are calcula ted, whf-rever they obtain currency and belief, to w:jrk gross injustice to the Democratic party." In reply to the misrepresentations contained in this passage, we will make a statement of facts. ' The Southern Weekly Post" was established as i a family paper. " neutral " in politics, but nofneu- , tral " in re 'iscion. Since Mr. Wiley's withdraw al from the editorial manaemnt. many of the ar- : tides bearing upon great public questions have ; I been written by the present Junior editor. Al! the j articles referred to by the Standard are chargeable ' ! to the same source. T7;e writer is a member of no -of one political party at the expense of others. The proof is broad-east thrush our columns. But at the same time we have continued to maintain the I great cardinal principles of Protestant .imericanism, j and expect to do so tor the future, without regard j to the efforts of the Standard to detet or intimidate 1 us. In May, 15"o, w'e sustained a controversy, j in this paper, w ith a Romish priest, on a question of vital importance to our country, and for a nurn- i bei of weeks helJ up the dangerous features ofthe ! papal system before our readers. Our language j was as bold and decided then, as it is now, as may I be judged from the following concluding passage of j one of our replies. Referring to the language of the Tablet, a Catholic paper; published at Chicago, we said : "From this it will be seen that a foreign despot ic king, w ho keeps his own subjects designedly in profound.and abject ignorance, and governs them with French bayonets, is the author of this assault upon our institutions. We-are ''not advocates of a Native American party, but we say toost emphati cally that such afaet is well calculated to arouse a Native American spirit throughout the confeder acy ; and we believe it will." , The language of this paragraph faithfully repre sents our present editorial position. It was used long before the '' Know Nothings " had been heard j of, and, we believe, before the Standard pronounc- ! ed the Whig party, which it charges us with now serving, to be dead and buried. We ask every candid i reader whether the Por or the Standard has under- j gone the most decided change f Who remembers j to have seen at that time, in that paper, week after I week, articles, both editorial and selected, written j in defence ofthe Catiw-lc hierarchy? The readers j of that paper can bear us witness that this disposi- j tion to institute an odious contrast between Protes- ! tantism and Catholicism, has manifested itself in ' the Standard only within the last few months. j By what right then does this Protestant defender j of the Catholic Church presume to arraign us for ! crossing its path ? By what right does it charge 1 us with a change of our course, when the only ! change has been in its own relative position ? j But we are accused of transferring a series of j questions to our paper, which had been copied by the Standard from the Washington Union, and "suppressing " the introductory remarks of the former paper. We plead guilty to the charge. We were under no obligation of justice, or of court esy, to publish the Standard's paragraph. If that was unjustifiable suppression, what will the reader think ofthe fact, thaV, although the Standard has several times accused us of publishing a Know -Nothing paper, it has never taken the least notice of any of our disclaimers! We now insert here those important sentences alluded to by that paper. "We are as much opposed as any reasonable man in this country can be, to the Catholic religion we are a Protestant, and expect thus to live and die; but better Catholicism than infidelity hetter. that than a war between races ind religions in this free land." Here we have what the Standard says we so carefully "suppressed." What does the. -para graph amount to ? Why, it amounts to this, that this good Protestant has despaired of the Protes tant cause, and in holy horror at the infidel ten denciesof our country, intimates with unratstakeablef distinctness that we must, choose the Catholic reli gion as the least of two evils. If it does, not mean this, then what does it mean 1 What effect could it be expected to have upon the Protestant, popula tion of North Carolina, if it was not to convince them. that, although Protestantism, if it 6vdd be preserved, might be better than Catholicism, yet, in our national circumstances,, it would probably be necessar' to qhoose the latter, to avoid falling into, the jaw s of that other foreign monster, infidelity.' If we have misrepresented the bearing of the. lan guage employed, w'e have not done so designedly, but from inability to ascertain its meaning. But the Standard complains that, jve haye "false ly " represented it as attempting with others to forcignize and Romanize North Carolina. We do not desire to misrepresent that paper, but we must say that the publication of the " questions " of the Union, and their apparent endorsement, taken together-with other indications in the columns of the Standard, made that impression on our mind, and we are still of the same opinion, so far as a fair in terpretation of its language warrants, though of course, after a positive disclaimer, we do not pre sume to judge of the motives by which it was ac tuated. We repeat, that a fair interpretation of the language just quoted, justified the conclusion that the Standard, like the Union, was attempting to "foreignize and Romanize" the State... The Standard, in very rude language, denies the fact. That rudeness shall not have the effect of throw ing us off our guard. So long as lhe Standard shuns an intellectual encounter, we shall not be anxious to outdo that paper on a humbler theatre. What then does the Standard note say about the comparative merits of the different churches ? Hear him in his own cautiously penned, and carefully limited language : " That that Church is sounder on the question of slavery than a majority of the Churches of the free States of this Republic." It will be Observed that " a majority of the Churches of the free States " are here compared -with the. Catholic church a distinction not made in the questions of the Union. The evident object of the last named paper was to prejudice the south ern people against those P:otestant denominations, me tubers of which had signed the anti-Nebraska petitions. There wtre distinguished names of Baptist, Methodist, Congregational, Unitarian, Pres- 4 byterian and Episcopal ministers on those petitions The Standard appeared to aim at the"saine tiling. We aie glad to find that It intended its remarks to affect none but churches of the free States. But as North Carolina is not a free State, why contrast those churches with the Catholic Church, for the benefit of Carolina readers ? If there is no ecclesi astical connection between those churches alluded to in lhe free States, and others in the South, the comparisjn is entirely destitute of point or object, If how ever, the reference is made to churches con nected with our own, the paragraph is calculated to injure southern Protestant churches, and to promote the growth, of Romanism at their expense. Its direct tendency, unless it be explained, must be, whatever its motive, to foreignize and Romanize our people. We ask the Standard to name the denominations in the free States to which it refers. The Standard charges us, for thus resisting its appeals to the people in behalf of the Catholic Church, w ith having " assailed" . the " Democratic Party. Tnis is not'true. We have no quarrel with that party, and it is not in their character as Demo cratic journals, that we have referred to any of our eote;uporaries. It is because some of these papers have, for mouths past, been inflicting a deep injury upon the cause of American Protestantism, and waging a , persevering war upon those religious opinions for which we have long been contending. They have crossed our path, and in the terrific lan guage of the Standard, " they must lake thc conse quences." But in regard to the controversy now ppnding in this country between Protestantism and Ruiiianisrn, -we contend that this .alleged '"soundness" of the Catholic Church on the subject of slavery, has no thing to do with the issue. Mormons, Mahometans, Pag..iis. are all sound on that question. Why does the Standard confine its eulogies of the Catholic Church to this one point ? Is it fair, is it just to our Protestant denominations, to institute such a one sided comparison ? Why does not the Standard meet some of those numerous other issues which we have raised in reference to this poor, humble church, which is so much persecuted by discussion f Is that paper willing to lay aside all the reserve of the partizan, and fairly and openly discuss the po litical principles-and tendencies of the Catholic Hierarchy ? If so, we invite the" editors to select any one of the following questions, or as many of them as they plea:-e. 1st. Does the Roman Catholic Church practically or dogmatically recognize the right of every man r to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience" which right is clearly implied in the Constitution and laws of the United States ? 2nd. Does the Pope of Rome claim, or disclaim, the right, jure dicrno, to nullify "the laws and ordi nances of independent nations, not subject to ifi immediate temporal sway ? 3rd. Is the Roman Catholic Church, in its prin ciples and policy, as favorable to Democratic Re publican institutions as the leading Protestant Churches in the United States ? We admit that the " slavery question," is an im portant one,- but the " liberty question" is at least equally so, and the Standard may make all the "sectarian" capital it can out of the alleged, but unsubstantiated " soundness" of the Romish Church on the former, if it will only dare to affirm lis equal " soundness" on the latter. We have no extravajrant idea of our own abilities. We consider them on tee whole rather moderate, but such is oui confidence in the impregnable strength of our position, that we fear no odds that can be brought against us. If the Standard will accept our challenge, as conveyed in the foregoing ques tions, we proiniue to make it feel, yet more, the need of aid from the " Commissioners," and we recommend to that paper, if the " Commissioners" are deaf to its pathetic appeal, to call mightily upon the saints in the Catholic calendar. If they heed it not, let it call upon the " Oak City Guards" to put as down, or the newly organized Fire Company, to put us oui. We have thus replied to the arrogant strictures of the Standard in what we trust will be regarded as a becoming spirit. Vf have done it in a good hu mor, conscious that a bad temper would only spoil a good cause. As our neighbor expresses, in his concluding paragraph, sentiments of personal good will, we take pleasure in declaring that we cherish towards him a similar feeling. We have not set down aught in malice, but aimed in all that we have th e inter. , "We copy the Standard's article entire that p?per d the same for us ? Will F"mtheK.c.stan(Iard THE SOUTHERN WEEKLY POST "sThe Southern Weekly Post, edited, md pubis'P tiliaCity, by the Principal ol the Institution for m andlljumb and Blind, was established as a neutral fa papfcr ;. but it has recently, under the garb of" moV e'nce," ahrown .ofl its neutrality and entered the 11' Know-Nothing organ: The tendency of sorne of itsVi torials otlate whapjVer their object ha bet n t' . the Whig cause as coupled with that of Kin,w- ism; and sorn ot these articles, though now pj ;qpvrt in their allusions, are calcuian d, whor' obtain currency and belief, to worK gross' injustice! Democratic party. Incur paper of the 7th, of February, we copied l Washington Union sundry questions jn ru,,' tt' Catholic Church, and in doing so we said '."v " " much opposed as any reasonable man in this ceQrltrT be, to the Catholic religion we are a rroiesiaut'jrj pect thus to live ud die.; but bet:er Catholic,, a, ' fidelity better that than a war tfcuveen races and "" '."B " ons in this free land." The Po.n ofthe 10th 1-Vi T 2 " copied the questions referred to, and offered r them; but was careful tosuppress, so fur at. it -T keep out of its columns the remarks oi the St-uiri-. i ' given, whijcJvaccompanied the questions. The o,,- to an assailed' and .pe&M?ed Chiirefi, that neuheT " CalWio CburctV nor 5toli orgamzaUons, tu,rZ or laymen of that Church .have at any time aUaciH''' Constitution of the. United States nor the mit ' slavery ; whereas' some, of the Protestant Churti. ".''"''K all the signers, of the famous or raihi-r infaih-, . stranceofthe Clergy of the free' States agam-. u braska bill, being Protestants, the P,o6t ahls "" " We have seen seen" for some -time a di.so.,. tain quarters to make the inipressiou on ihc .v.'u-'t'' pie that the Catholic Church is tnor Irieintiv '" '"" tion of the Union than the Protestant I liiWh, J:t '" questions contained in the foregoing extort x,,-'- .'''' insidious at-d Jesuitical design to enVct the y Jf they , mean anything in the world, thev inlZil. - i the decline ot Protestantism and the incrCa.-,'" , . ism in the South, would conduce t" the t.u ' ' " our institutions. In thj name of the Prm. '. im , !''"', ot the South, we renM-the inanltm- m... '.''- deny the-inference attempted to li etarii w'ed 't '' prof tutors of Proteslaotisiii, so uniavorabi.- t., ti, " '" " , ant cause." 1 ".-st- Now all this is very well in' its way, but it t,a. , jiucou-'u w me i-'iaiiutiiu. v f UO notnilj" " it, ulin.lim tr. tkA C .-...I 1 II. J . we have no 'Jesuitical designs."' U S'V ' ' , , .i.oo.iit.-.-s aim (j. days, to proscribe, and persecute, and hunt d ; France ; or because, in the exercise of a riaht u-,'a,','.t.f'1 lw iw VV..SIUUUU113 OI Ule Lllld I'j". - of Nonh Carolina , they eii'Jjiavor to Worship ( i. J acv , iu me uicuues oi meir own consciences. rep . are neither the advocate n'or the apolonist ..f tlt. v Church ; but the faets are as state.l. 'h it t '.it we wiitnatr on it ijuettHm u :-', ,,; (Jl-urclttx of 'the frei Stuff eifthit liet.i. IC. Vfh au- Tn- wuo wun uiouves we reier to (acts svhilu til,r,jt be euccessfully denied. This hem? the Ca.-e, is n 4 policy for thc people ofthe South to line with the J,.,;,. tion Clergymen and the aboiiti..,, Cimrchrs in the iee States, 'just .referred to, in a cruwde ol'. perSTK-utj .u and abuse against the Catholic Church ? .VVt- us:,v iKul,p,JS. ed,' as we should be, to the s; T.-.'.d f C'oiii.'.;ie;sni -we may resort to ai! just and Con-titutional !n. 'at.s u, -.r.'-vetit that spread, and to foster and .-.ox a:ice the Prot-stam lanh and the Protestant .institutions . : the S..uthWu Sfate but let us not, in doing this, .perp-trat-r th- gr ,- iustic.- of reviling a Church which has tev.-r, so l ir as the r-eord speaks, either assailed the Coi-.;i:ution of the country or ' the institution of slavery but Which, on 'h- contrary, if we may judge by the writings and s-riiiou.-,-..j j L,-ii..pS and priests, holds to be a God-ustai.Itehvd ami Biblc-siiic-tioned institution. The same "numocr of the Post fr.im which xv- ar. iyv,. in?, makes the foilowing'iiicidioi:s -vtt'.t.c;.:" ;;;:.. at the Standard for we ard Constrained :..-:.. 1. . dcrthe cincumstances, and taken in oonncetiou n.-.a:; other article, the insinuation was intended l r ,h.s ; There are, we know, Come few at work, endeaveni. to change the sentiments of au nruiienc maiur.n "Hie people ot this State in regard to the periiicH,u? ' imported among us from Europe. They arr . , y contending that there is no danger to our its.-.. , from foreign xveialirm and o'jran.inmm, on the n-::.c, or from foreign prietcrtft and lOolntim, eri th.- -m. But, our world for it, thistlfort to fwi-mizt ;.!, .. - North Carolina, will prove as hard a task as me ?; i t f Sisyphus, and must recoil 111 ternb e '.n,1,l...,..i , . ,, ,3 authors. Lodertake to convince tlie I;tt.-ti .t u-.ltt ol North Carolina that French and German jLtw. ;tv, and.ltanan and.In.-h Ron-janism, arc- emineiuiv la-.Prab'.e to Ifee institutions ! What t'olU-! what atxurditv ' N 1 a; ignorance ol tlie character of our people appears u. s-ta presumption !'' , If the foregoing was intended lor this paper, or for the Democratic party of this State, or for any portion ol that party, we pronounce it faise in its application and fals- m fact. We have heard wic know ,oi 110 nue in this sftate who is endeavoring to .;t.;.-.'.-,'aiid livmauize North Carolina." We tail upon the Post to tingle out and linmc these people who arc thus, at work. Who are thev 7 .u; .i-. ...:.u . . . . The Post appears to be VK-ing with the Star in its effort la the lead in the Ameriean-or Know-Nothing cue. Has the Post observed the lact, as given .ri the New Ilain-pliire papers, that a negro preacher is at th s time traversing that State, denouncing the Democrats, advocut- : tt x- 1 - ing n.now-otningism, and assailing Popery and A:r.can slavery as equally sinful and opposed to the rida- ofn:an? He have heretofore offered no objection to the puWic ation ol a newspaper by the Principal of the hisuwuoi, ti the Deaf aiid Dumb. A neutral paper may, perhai.8, be ot sen,-ice to the lnstitutjouat any rate, u cuu.d 60 no harm ; but w do object tq the puWwstion ty that officer, or under his auspices, of a journal devoted to pnncip-.w of bigotry and in'toicrance, or controlled l y p. .a xm. . r sectarian influences. We! entertain friendly ieeitngi- tcr Mr. Co.ke our personal I relations with h;in hav- been, from the first, of a pleasknt and agreeable nature ; but this is one thing, and a sense of public duty ai.oti er. We wiU nA stand by in silence: and see the Democratic par.y assailed, euher covertly or'iopenlyl The P,st mu.-t either . return to its neutrality, or practice its ' hid- pend'; ' with strict justice toward the Democrats, or-takc-"thf consequences. The Commissioners of the In?titut:'.n ;.' be appealed to, it necessary ; and if they shouid decline, in the last resort as w- do 'not lor a mo'int-nt beheve they would to command w hat is right and proper ui.Jr the circumstances', our appeal Would then be agahift then' !'J th people ofthe State. ! FThe Standard declares that it "' ",f stand by in silence and jsee the Democra t P.rty assailed," dc. Point oat the language in wi.icfi that assault has been made, if you please! Th-t. paper reminds us of an anecdote we have heard of a farmer in Lower Virginia. lie resided in a " worn out" county, and vvasVery sensitive .-.bout his county., A clergyman from a fertile part of the State stopped at his house, and w.-is so unfor tunate as to contrast khe appearance of things around him with his own section of the State. This nettled the farmer, but he said nothing. They went together to rheetin', at which the cler gyman officiated. The "opening prayer had some, allusion to the discouriginj appearance of the crops. He then gave oujt a hymn, " Lord what a wretched land 13 this That yields us ino supply " i " See here stranger," idd thc farmer, " uoht stand it any longer, -'ou have talked agin n;y county, and prayed agin by county, and now you are going to sing agin my county. I woiit sUi.d it!" S5F The Standard intimates that the Post is " controlled by political or sectarian influences."1 A "sectarian paper" is. generally understood to te one devoted to the interest of seme particular de. nomihation. If this be correct, the Post is'in M degree sectarian, but the-Standard to gome extent is ; because almost every number contain some thing in support of one particular church the Roman Catholic ! i When our neighbor charges us with mak ing "a jesuiticaP fling at his paper, we suppo-e he charges us with unfairness. If so, it U an admis sion that the commonly Tec'','ed opinion that un fairness ia characteristic5 of the Jesuitn, is wed founded.- written to promote the cause of truth and esia of our country. 3? T w L f ic n 1 I - ;; I -3 i V