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T H E S O UTI E RH W E B K h Y F O S T . 70 ORIGINAL POETRY; , For the Southern Weekly Port. A FBIEJTD- BT JESSE C. fcommend roe to friend, who comes, When I m sad and lone. And makes the anguish of my heart The sufferings of his own. Who coldly shuns the glittering throng, At pleasure's gay levee, But comes to gild a sombre hour, And gives bis heart to roe. Jle hears me count my sorrows o'er, And when the task is done, fle freely gives me ail I ask, A sigh for every one.' He cannot wear a smiling brow, . When mine is touched with gloom, But libe the violet Reeks to cheer The midnight with perfume. Commend me to that generous heart, Which, like the pine on high. Uplifts the same unvarying brow. To every change of sky. Whose frierdahip does no fade away! When wintry tempests blow, But like the winters ivey crown, ' Looks greener through, the snow. Oh, such a friend he w in truth, Whut'er his lot may be, A rainbow on the storm of life, An anchor on the . Wake Forest College, March 26, 1855. ; For the Southern Weekly Poet. S02TQ OF THE MOUNTAIN FAIRY. Suggested - by reading Tvpptr's "Song of the AL ' pine Elf." ' ' 1 My home is near the mountain s top, .y I wander by its Mde,. And'er when lovely veper comes, On gentle Zephyrs ride. 'And when the western crimson cloud, Flock round the nun's bright fiice, I watch them from the mountain's peak, Or some convenient place. - At nirjht, I rove with great delight, Along some glitteri'ig stream, And nee the little fi.-hes play, By Cynthia's silver beam. But when the ragin? storm comes on, ' And howling wild winds rave, I plide away with ha, ha, hn, To seek ray mountain cave. MALVINA DONALD. Mount Pleasant, Duplin Co. COMMUNICATIONS. METROPOLITAN CORRESPONDENCE LETTER LXXXVIII. New; York, March, 24, 1855. Delay of the Atlantic Eager Expectation Is Mchola , Dead t A period of tutn$e The Steamship Xaslitult An open Riser BiUi on. IIoutesTht rationale of Renting Fixture and Movable Tenement Houte or m Bar'' Human Swarmt-.r.-J.n (h South-- Sept. 24, 133. Contrasts Purtvit of Baker Indictment of hit tnttr- derertThe Cattle Builder High Churchism A new look by Trench The English Language " Morning with Jetv" The I'rinct if Preacher." Mv Dear Tost : We are looking anxiously for the arrival of the Atlantic, now in her four teenth day from Liverpool, ller news will set tle the public mind upon the matter of the Czar's death, which many persist in regarding as a fable. Fiimly be ieving it myself, I am so- . licitous only to learn the effect already produced by it upon the belligerent powers in Eun pe and the probable results hereafter lo ensue. The affairs of the war, sufficiently complicated before. ne would suppose, may be involved in a sti 1 greater peiplexity by thj death of Nicholas, or the event may j prove, on the other hand, the sord in the hand of Alexander, to cut the Gor dian knot of diplomacy. The present is a inn- ment of suspense with all our quidnucs, and if th Atlantic shou'd make as long a passage as her consort, the Pacific did, the public mind, would get into a pretty state of ferment before her arrival. The Pacific, by the way, is under going repairs, and her place in the line is occu- pied temporarily by the nyble steamship Nash ville of - the Charleston line. She sailed on "Wednesday, under the command of her own captain, the well-known and popular Berrv, who is jjist such a favourite on; the Charleston route as West is on the Atlantic. While I aru wri ting about, steamships and navigation, it is natu ral enough to think of our magnificent river, which is now clear of ice and once more the current of busy trade and travel. Flotillas of barges laden with the produce of the West come . down daily, and j-eturn laden with manufactured goods of all descriptions, to be dispersed by canals and railroads, and lakes to all parts of the great West. . As I traverse the various streets in the upper . part of the city, I notice, from day to day, an "unusual number of bills on bouses. Your read ers may not understand what I mean by this, and lwill, therefore explain. t When a house or 'store is to be sold, or be let, a hand-bill to that effect is posted upon the premises, with . direc- . tions how nd where to find the agent, through whom negotiations are to be made. ' May-day is the beginning of the lease year, and the day upon which bne-half the population vacates dwelling-houses and stores to find other quarters. The unusual number of bills to which I allude therefore, indicates that there are more houses without tenant, either actually or prospectively than is customary. This is to be explained Jbv the (act that the hard times and the high prices . of provisions of all krnds, induce many families who kave been keeping house to break up and go into boarding houses, or perhaps to find a home in some of the convenient surburbs of the metropolis. I think 1 have told you in a previ ous letter, that the annual rent of a comfortable house in a respectable region, for a family of five or six perons, besides the domestics, is not leu than five hundred dol'ars, and'the best qual ity of the small houses will command as much . as a thousand dollars There are very few houses to be let at such moderate rates as Jive orsw nundred dollars. Three-fourths of the bUU re upon hornet which last year were freely let -at 'twice these stuns, and (Aryare now offered M a reduction of twenty per cent, per annum. -j Their present occupants will retire into less expensive quarters on the first of May, and many of these better class houses will either remain untenanted, or be let at very con siderably lower rates than heretofore. While I am speaking of houses, I may as well mention a curious fact. The gas, chandeliers and burners in nearly all the hated houses are not the prop erty of the landlord but of the tenant, and are classed not with the legal fixtures, but with the movables of the house. If I lease a house for a term of years, and after I have taken possession put into it croton water and gas-pipes, grates range, fec, I cannot move any of these at the end of my lease. They become "appurtenances of the hereditament' but the appendages of gas pipes, chandeliers, brackets, Ac, are mine, to be removed at my pleasure. I will add a few words more of rented houses in New York. There are extensive blocks of what are called tenement houses, or more commonly even barracks, on which each floor contains one or more suits of room, for a whole family. Here the poorer classes dwell, a dozen or twenty families in a sin gle house. In these quarters, when there is a procession, or better still a riot, you may see a multitude of heads protruded from every win dow, in every tory, of every house in one Of these blocks. They swarm with human beings, or creatures in the human gwe, for verily many of them seem to have little that is human about them, except the form. Excuse the long homily upon houses and their tenants, which grew up incidentally and qnite unpremeditated. Congratulate yourself also, my dear Post, and nintteenrtwentitths of your read ers, that you and they do not have to spend days in the gusty, dusty month of March, in what we New Yorkers, dolorously call 44 house hunting" Our sympathies were excited yesterday for our South Carolina friends, by the telegraphic announcement of a snow storm in Columbia and other places! Here such an event would be tolerable and scarcely out of season, but there, the snow flakes must be in most striking and ungenial contrast to the warm flush of the spring roses, and to the delicate tints of the peach blossom ! Here we have no roses and no peach-blossoms to make such a contrast, but in the beautiful gardens of Columbia, (of which I think I discussed to you a twelvemonth since) a snow fall must be sadly out of place. The belief gains ground that Baker, the mur derer of Bill Poole, is on board the " Isabella Jewett." The ouly ground for the growing con viction is the non-discovery f the ruffian in these terrene regions. Many wishes follow the 44 Grape Shot," (which is a clipper brig and not & steamer as I thoughtlessly made her out in my last.) in her eager pursuit of the murderer, w ho will certainly be most disagreeably sun ri-ed, if, when he lands upon " the isle of the singing bird," he shall find himself 44 nabbed" by police men whose faces will be only too familiar to him ! You know, I suppose, that one cf our City Councilmen--Keriigan by name was among the parties arrested as accessory to the flight of Baker. After lying for several days in pri?on, he was yesterday admitted to bail on the sum of $5000. half the amount nrevions'v rlmU I mi rrmcTpai. , ed as the surety for his liberty. Thecoutu-ilraan got off quite too cheaply ! Irving, one of those concerned in the murder, was recently bailed for $10,000, but an order has beet) issued for his re-arrest, and the grand jury have found a true bill against him and seven others for the murder ' of Poole. We are rid of one pest, in the death of Poole, by unjustifiable means, and it will he a public benefit, if we may soon be rid of seven others by lawful means, in the consignment of his cowardly assassins to the strong cells of Sing Sing, if happily they escape the merited nooe of the hangman ! Among the new books of the week is " The Castle Builders" from the press of Appleton & Co., and by the popular author of " The Htir of Redclyffe," and the still more admired and later novel entitled "HtarCs Ease" It may not be generally known to your readers that the name of this author is Miss Charlotte Yonge. She is an English lady of even more reputation at home than she enjoys in this land. The present book, however, is too intensely anglo Romanesque iu its theology to please general readers and especially the evangelical class. It has much of the power and tenderness perhaps of " Hartsease" but it is over-seasoned with h-gh-churcbism in this respect out-sewelling Miss Sewell herself! Redfield has published a very delightful lit tle volume from the pen of Richard Chenevix French, B. the disiingui-hed author of uThe Study of Words" and ' Lessons in Proverbs. The new book is a second series of the author's charming and scholarly Lectures on Words. It is suggestively entitled " English Past and Present," and it is a genuine outpouring of the learned author's love and admiration of his no ble 44 mother tonsiie" to a more intimate knowl edge of the origin, capacities, dignities and dan gers of which it is des'gned to conduct the rea der. No one who loves our grand vernacular can fail to find pleasure and advantage in its perusal and study. , Messrs Parry and McMillan (the worthy and enterprising successors to A. Hart of Philade phia) are making frequent and valuable issues of new books. Among their latest is a hand some volume of 500 pages entitled 44 Mornings with Jttus." ' It contains a oeries of devotional readings for every day in the year, carefully prepared from . notes taken in short hand of sermons preached by Mr. Jay, during a period of a quarter of a century. John Foster, himself a theological and ministerial giant, called Mr. Jay 44 the Prince of Preachers," and those read ers who know best his characteristics, of stri king originalty, beautiful perspicacity, evangel cal fervor and practical excellence will most cordially agree with this distinguishing title, Those who; possess Jay's 44 Morning and Even ing Exercises will be most eager to procure , this valuable addition to the sacred treasures they embrace, and readers not acquainted with the vigoric tenderness, felicity and fullness of his style would do well to let this new volume be their happy introduction to them. But I must not extend this letter, and wil therefore subscribe myself as I have done many times before Your faithful COSMOS. For the Southern Weekly Post. AN ESSAY. BT T. B. Which deserves the greater applause, Christopher Columbus for discovering America, or George Washing ton for defending it? - In awarding merit or applause for deeds per formed, we generally look to the motives which we suppose impelled the person to the perform ance of those deeds. The same act may be good or bad, deserving of applause or censure, according to the motives which led to it. We know not, to a certainty, what were the motives which led Christopher Columbus to launch his frail bark upon the stormy waves of the unknown ocean, and to persevere, amidst difficulties, trials and disappointments, in his in defatigable efforts to discover a new continent. We cannot easily suppose him to have been prompted by an elevated motive; perhaps no thing higher than a love of fame, of self aggran dizement, or of pecuniary emolument : and ei ther of these are base, low, and grovelling in their nature. That Columbus was a man of indomitable energy, of consumate jugment, and of a never failing perseverance, we shall not pretend to deny ; but what were the ends in view ? They were not the good of mankind ; nor did his discoveries result in any thing which tended to ameliorate the condition of man. Prior to the discoveries of Columbus, America was to all Europe as though it were not. They were in blissful ignorance of its existence. For fifty odd centuries the sun, in his diurnal revolution, had looked down upon the unbroken forests of America as they existed in primeval simplicity and beauty. Ever s:nce the creation, the pure crystal streams of this continent, bad, with per petual motion, rolled their silver currents in un ending succession, down towards their mother ocean. The vegetable world rooted in a fertile soil, and, cheered by a genial clime, luxuriated in all the beauty and richness of wild exuber ance. The animal kingdom pampered upon the spontaneous productions pf a fertile soil, and stimulated by genial showers and tropical climes, sported upon unnumbered hills. From time immemorial, perhaps, the red man had roamed over the forests and hills, chased the wild deer, wailed the limped streams, smoked the calumet of peace, and lived the happiest of the happy "But Columbus came, and soon, very soon the beauty of this terrestrial paradise was marred, these e lysian fields were transformed into the thoroughfares of a pandemonium. Where the red man. unmolested, lately reigned sole mon arch of the continent, he Indian and the white man now meet in deadly hostility ; the musket, the tomahawk, an 1 the scalpii'g-knife. are brought into requisition, and soon the land is drenched and slippery with human biood. The red man has the best right to the land, but the European is the strongest, consequently a war of extermination is commenced upon the former, so that the race of the red man, who once reigned here in im Imputed right and on-' interrupted happiness, has. long s'nee, well nigh ceased to exist. These are some of the conse quences of Co'unibns' acts. What injustice to the aborisircwoCil'ved as a nouence to the drmoveries of Coumbus ! The red man ma sa cred upon, or batoished from, his native land. he European usurps the prerogative of suc ceeding to his plate. Colonies from the old world are unjustly planted upon the rightful territory of the natives. What scenes of misery ensue ! The red man slaughtered and extermi nated on the camp of the oppressor, vested w ith dire calamities; hunger pinches, wild beasts me nace, conumpiion watte, cold pierces, p-sti- ence destroys, persecution rages, and a tyranni cal mother country oppresses. The great geni us of Columbus was misd'vrccted, and suffering and misery followe4. as a consequence. Will my one say that the European colonies were prosperous and happy prior U the Revolution ? Many of them hal fled from persecution in a motherland. Tliey came here and persecuted each other, and, in addition, they were lorded over by a tyrannical government; and they suffered deprivation, danger and fear, from the natives, the wild beasts and the climate. Thus ar, we see, atl has been usurpation, extermina tion, oppression, bloodshed, slaughter, anarchy and contusion, s But then Great Washington arose and set an example for the world ! H s character and his example are unique in the history of ron. The pure patriot, the christian statesman, the up right general and the m'ghty conqueror were all happily and harmoniously blended together n the unit Washington. The motives which actuated him in the de fence of his country, wete of the purest and most noble character; uualloyed patriotism, true philanthropy, an unvitiated love of jus.ice and mercy. Who can fail to applaud the man of unsullied character, who was actuated by such lofty and sublime motives ? Tyranny reigned, and the colonies were press ed dowu by the weight of unjust taxes. But the deliverer, arose in his might, and by his Her culean efforts, and by the influence of his un paralleled character, he rallied around him the master spirits of the land. He staid the hand of oppression, and rolled back the tide of de struction to its own native source. He became the deliverer of the oppressed, and the father of a new and more gloiiousand happy nation than er before adorned the face of this planet George Washington richly deserves the high est applause ever bestowed ' upon mortal man. Tis true, the world has often produced as good christians, as great heroes, as able generals, as wise statesmen, and it may be, as pure patriots; but th'en, Washington combined all these in his own individual character, which no man ever did. Hence we infer that Washintrton was the most perfect model of true greatness, the world ever produced. And we likewise infer that no other man could have led ourcountry so tri umphantly through the bloody scenes of the revolution. We had other able generals, but no one else but what was deficient in some essen tial trait. One lacked patriotism, another was deficient in skill, a third was a traitor, a fourth was an undevout man, tc, die; but Washing ton possessed all these essentials. It seems as though the Great Moral Governor of the uni verse had raised hum op for the special office which be fided. A pure and upright leader, influenced by no base or sinister motive ; one that cou.d'not be bribed by 11 the gold of Erg land, or of Ophir itself, nor flattered by crying sycophants, nor aeduced by the lurements of fame, nor charmed by the deceptive attractions of a throne -was the great desideratum with the colonies. Such was George Washington. He was one of the few that are disposed to "do justly and love mercy." lie did nothing for revenge. He was a pure patriot, and he fought for the rights and the good of his country alone. Liberty and the rights of his country were the great incentives Jto action. No love of glory, or fame, or pecuniary emolument could tempt him to trespass upon the rights of others, or to shed unnecessarily the blood of the innocent, or of the aggressor. His conduct towards Major Andre, who was convicted as a spy and senten ced to death, exhibits in a strong light, his jus tice andmercy. His indignant resentment. of the proposition that was made for the establish ment of a monarchical govornment, and for him to assume the title and authority of king, proves incontestibly that he as not seeking self aggran dizement His refusing to receive from govern ment any reward for his services, shows beyond controversy, that be was not in pursuit of pecu niary gain. In short, his whole career taken together, leaves us only one alternative, that of supposing tha he was actuated by a pure, unal loyed, pilriAic love of liberty, and the rights and happiness of man. Did any other mortal man ever deserve so great applause Was any other man ever actuated by such pure, ho!y and sublime motives?- In vain we scan the pages of history. He has no parallel. His character is unique in the history of man. Antiquity can boa t of its great law-givers, of its immortal heroes, its patriots, and its republican institu tions, but the name tf Washingtoa and of" American liberty tower aloft, and overshadows them all. Hannibal was powerful, but wicked. Xerxes moved millions y his nod, but he was vain, luxurious, and effeminate. Philip pushed his conquests, notwithstanling the thundering eloquence of Demosthenei was hurled against him, but he disregarded the maxims of justice. Alexander conquered a world, but ltft it worse than he found it Tnat Leonidas was brave, the straits of Thermopylae and the bleached bones of its twenty thousand victims will abun dantly testify, but he was net just and merciful. Themistocles was a great general, but not just and truly patriotic. Arisiides was just, but de ficient in other respects. Julius Caesar was a successful general, juid a mighty conqueror, but he was ambitious, unjust, and sometimes uniner ciful. Pompey the Great, together with all others had his faults. And as we turn the pa ges of modem history, we find many brilliant n.unes have, from time lo time, bepang.ed the political firmament of the world ; but ou'y one, only a solitary one is wi.hout a blemish : the name of Gtorge Washington, all ladiant with beauty and lustre, stands solitary and alone, the glory and admiration of a nation redeemed from slavery and oppression ; a cynosure or beacon l glit, to guide the patriots of other lands in their efforts to demolish, monarchy, and to rear thevstandard of liberty an(L, republcauism upon the ruins thereof. The name of Washington is endeared to eve ry American; yea, to every lover of liberty sun, it is self luminous, and gathers additional brightness with the advance of time. Old op pression had waxed strong. The nations of Europe, of Africa, and of As a, had long bow ed beneath his iron ru!e. He had even winged his flight across the ocean, and irreverently dared to clasp his fetters upon the lord-of American soil. But the defender of liberty arose, and l an;shed the huoe monster from our shores, and so severe ly was the shock felt in the old world, that eastern monarchs and oriental potentates have from that day to this, continu. d to quake, while their thrones have been tottering beneath them. Napoleon Bonaparte, was perhaps the most powerful general of mo lern times. He pro fessed republican principles, and by his Hercu lean efforts, he shook the old world from centre to circumference. All the crowned heads of Eu- rope were banded against him The contest was awful, but for a long time doubtful. So invincible was Napoleon, that his name became a by word and terror to the monarchies of the old world. A certain man of those days said, that, 44 if the cocked hat of Napo'eon were placed upon a stake, it would drive all Europe to arms, from one extremity to the other." And so superior were his principles to the principles of those who were banded against him, that Sir Robert Hall is reported to have said, upon hear ing of his defeat at the battle of Waterloo, that 44 he felt as though the clock of the world had gone back six age-.." But the contest was an unequal one, and the most powerful and super human effoits to sustain it, yet victory finally perched upon the banners of the allies. Napo leon was doubtless influence by the example of" Washington, and as a commander, be was his equal, perhaps his superior, but in other respects he was vastly his inferior. How vastly is the world Washington's debtor! For the South-rn Weekly Foat Messrs. Editors : Had I imagined, for one moment, that the few paragraphs I penned in regard to the Oak City Guards, would have caused two such valiant knights, as, have ap peared in the columns of the Register and the Post, suddenly to spring forth fully comparison ed. "couch their quivering steei"-pens and dash al my defenceless head with such determined onset, I should certainly have "cleared the track," 44 vamosed" or 44 gone over Jordan." 4 Egy" complains that my 44 words leave the impression that the Independent Guards were obstinate." I made no insinuation, but simply stated facts leaving the public to draw the own 'inferences; the charge of obstinacy, i brought at all, would fall as heavily on the O, O. Li. s as on our fellow soldiers. 14 Ego" has fired before the word, and by his anxiety to meet a supposed charge certainly hints a susp c:on that it might have been fully sustained. The doughty mechanic now steps into the list, and Once again his fearful frown Overawes the constant clamor ; And his mighty mace comes down Like Thor's thunder-hammer." In the fiiat place I must inform him that my name bas ever 44 appeared to print" in this dis cussion, and that he shows an extremely limi ted acquaintance with the rules of Etiquette in using the expression, either as a taunt, or a threat, while he himself remains incog.' He need not fear those three little stars; they are new constellation boding war, pestilence and no famine, or even destruction to the I. G.'s : if it will pease him any better I shall now use four The 44 false step" to which I alluded, and I intend no aspersion on those engaged in it, was in admitting into the company persons who were under no obligation .to support it ; permitting them to elect officers, fcc, and make laws for us, and then as might have happened many would not have held themselves bound permanently to the company. The consequen ces of this step were readily foreseen and fore told, and as we have said, so the' end was. The meeting did not break up in a row so far as I know, but never having been engaged in a proceeding of that kind, I am unable to define it And then as for 44 disappointed ambition" several of the present mem here of the O. C. G.'s gave up their offices and expected to do so when that meeting was dissolved. '4 Ego" speaks of our 44 hard terms ," they are precisely the same we adopted for ourselves, and we purposely de ferred eleciing our officers, except the Captain, since a respon-ible head was necessary for our existence, until we heard from them ; the pla ces were kept open for them, and all they had to do w&sto .step in and fill4heni. Where is the hardship ! . I am verv willing the I. G.'s should have all the glory so egotistically claimed for them ; I say not a word against their praiseworthy ef forts ; but their champions ought to recollec that a struggle : it was for a long time to get men to join any companv ; how thinly the prst meetings were" attended; how much dissatisfac tion was manifested ; that the largest proportion of those who bore the brunt of the struggle are now in the ranks of the O. C. G., and that that fatal ord 44 sine die," which some of the I. G. have such a holy honor of does not imply an absolute dissolution any more than the adjourn ment of Congress implies that never again is that dignified and learned body to lay their learned heads together. All that has been said about the 44 independence" of any body of citi zens and their 44 being looked down on," is all gas and gammon, or worse. None in this en lightened age believes in the absolute indepen dence of any man or set of men ; all such idle fancies fled long ago, before the light of Christi anity and Science : these dreams would well become the wild enthusiasts of the Red Repnl- iic or the visionary empirics of S cialism. Now nobody believes such specious fallacies any more than any one imagines that the O. C. G.'s en tertain enmity against their fel!o,w so'diers. -I would refer my friend the Mechanic to the in genious apoloyue which Agrippa, a Patrician of Rome, delivered to the revolted Commons ; they had left the "seven hilled Citv" never to return; they would not be domineered over by the in solent Patricians, who were 41 a little more fa eored with the good things of earth ;" who had all the offices and all the monev, and did none of the work, Tnis celebrated fable details how the hands nd legs entered into a conspiracy not to support the body in i:s idleuessrf-5nj how they ail fared worse and W3rse un,ji at last they were starved inipJub,nija;01l If l,e thinks the al fusion too remote I refer him to he passage where the Apostle says : 44 "We are 1! members, one of another,' acd I am certain e has read that Now, Messrs. Editors, I have done. Noth ing said by these two worthy champions can ver induce me to appear before the public again ; the O. C. G. s are organ zed and hereaf ter must defend their name and character by ecus not words, by principles not men. Noth ing: hereafter in this connection shall distuib uiy equanimity, or cause me to break my sol- inn resolve. I hope I part on good terms with the two writers, as I have neither said nor writ- en anything personal, but I may be permitted, n bidding them a lasting farewell to express he hope that their eminent and efficient seivi nes wiil be recognized by their corps, and that 41 Ego" may be made the Rhetorician and "Me chanic" the Historian to record and perpetuate the heroic deeds of the Independent Guards. For the Southern Weekly Post. WARRENT0N FEMALE COLLEGIATE IN- STITUTJE Mb. Editor. H.tvmg had an opportunity for the last few weeks of becoming acquainted' with the advantages of this Seminary, I have thought it might be a kindness to thoe who have daugh ters to educate, to speak of it in your columns. The Institution is pleasantly located in War- renton and is under the care of Messrs Graves and Wilcox, assisted by experienced and skilful instructors, in its various departments; It is their aim to give thorough instruction in alf.that belongs to a good female education. While common English studies are not neglected, th higher branches, such as the Ancient and Mod ern languages the higher mathematics, men tal and moral Phiosophy and the natural exer cises are faithfully taught. The latter are illus trated by a well selected and elegant apparatus Much attention is also given to music, painting, and other ornamental branches, I have rarely ever seen pupils more interested in music than the seventy or eighty who are pursuing it here. While this Seminary is not at all sectarian the moral and religious character of the young ladies, receives carel'ul attention ; parents them selves could hardly have a more lively regard for the true welfare of the'r daughters than do the instructors here for every pupil. Advice and encouragement are mingled with judicious restraint, so that the members of the Seminary may be contented, and happy, while securing a christian education. Believing that this tes timony is due to the excellent Principals of this Seminary, and hoping that it may subserve the cause of education in this vicinity I am. Yours .respectfully,- VIATOR. Warrenton, N. C. March 26, 1855. ; Madame Sontag. A letter from Count Ros i, the husband of Madame Sontag, is published in tue London Musical World, in whicn lie 6ayr : 44 1 am waitinsr for the arrival at Hamburgh of her dear mortal remains, in order to go there and meet them. I shall then accompany them t their last resting piace, in the Convent of Manal Jb.ail, near Dresden, where ner sisier is a nun. and where, in consequence, the holy nt avers of those who loved her most will imt - . II I 11 -i. be wanting. 1 am naving a smau cnapei ouut there with two tombs, and after satisfying this wish of my heart, I will return to my family." mast. WILLIAM D. COOKE, i JAMES A. WADDELL, M. D. i EDITORS. RALEIGH, MARCH 31, 1855. Terms TWO DOLLAES PER AOTfUM, in Advance. CLUB PRICES: Three Copies 55 full price, $6, Eight Copie 12 " 16, Ten Copies 15 " ..20, Twenty Copies 20 " 40. (Payment in all cotes in advance.) 93r Where a club of eight, ten or twenty subeeribersis sent, the person making ap the club will be entitled to a copy extra. Kr Postmasters are authorized to act as Agents lor the Southern Weekly Post. Ma. H. P. Douthit is oar authorized agent for the States oi Alabama. Mississippi and Tennessee. NORTHERN LITERATURE. The popular literature of a country is, gener ally speaking, a pretty fair index of the tenden cy of the popular mind. As 44 straws show how the wind blows," the fugitive publications "got ten up for the season," give us a very accurate idea of the direction of popular sentiment in th(e communities where they are devoured with avidity. Applying this test to our northern friends and cotemporaries, we must say that within a few years past, they have manifested in this manner a perversion of taste and morals quite unworthy of "their boasted cultivation. They are a reading people, it is true. Their ap petite for books, is as insatiable as education could make it. But what do they devour? Do they buy up the old standard authors, and store themselves wfth those intellectual treasures which have stood the test of time ? Have they any fondness for the acknowledged classics of English literature ? Have Shakespeare, Milton, Addison, Swift, Johnson, Goldsmith, Burke, and Scott any charms for the people north of the Po tomac ? -Do they even read with general admi ration, the works of their own most distinguish ed authors, such as Irving, Bancroft, Prescott and others who have earned for themselves a classical celebrity ? If they do, we hear very little of them. The popular passion is for neio books for fugitive emanations from the perfum ed pen of Mr. N. P. Willis, or the prickly leaves of his very amiable sister, 41 Fanny Fern ;" for maudlin romances, surnarned religious, by Mrs. Harriet Deecher Stowe, or the model autobiog raphy of such a living libel on our national char acter as P. T. Barnum ; for anything, in short, that has been composed with the haste of a stenographer amid the j tr of macuiueiy, or un der the snorting nose of a steam enarine. These are the books that get the puffing in that part of the United States, and realize for their authors immense fortunes which John Milton might have whistled for in vain. There are, undoubtedly, thousands of persons in the Northern States, of highly cultivated minds and lefined and elevated tastes, who des pise these popular fol ies. and in their qu"et re tirement d!avv their intellectual enteFtainment ft&fn. a higher source. But these are not the public. They are left far behind and out of sight by the progressives of the times. They have no influence, and participate very little in the active bustle of life, in which public senti ment is moulded, and popular taste so wretch edly perverted. The recognized leaders of the Northern mind, in philosophical literature, are as questionable as those who have carried the day in other de partments. There is Emerson, who spends his time, like Carlyle, in dressing up common-places or absurdities in quaint and uncouth jargon, and makes his countrymen believe that he is originnl and profound. Theie is Greely, wh" has taken the French socialists for his model, and is actually regarded by many of hisreadeis as the man, who, if society were destroyed, wou'd know how to reconstruct it by a patent cf his own. There is Judge Edmonds, wh'o, having swallowed the visions of Emai.uel Swed euborg with a morbid' appetite fur the miracu lous, has now succeeded, through the influence of his title, in making the impression upon a host of followers, that he is enjoying h4 continu al apocalypse. These, are the great lights of the age, according to the choice the people have made between the several humbugs propounded to them. ' What then shall we think of Northen litera ture i Is it a thing to be perpetually puffed in our newspapers, and absorbed into the minds of the rising generation? Is it not a false, delu sive, corrupting -influence, which threatens to sap the foundations of those institutions which we most fondly cherish ? It is at war, not only with good taste, but with good morals. Truth is not its aim. Books of the classes we have mentioned, are written for sale. Whatever the market demands,, the mercenary pen is ready to supply, from a 44 religious novel," like Uncle Tom's Cabin, down to the autobiography of a howman, like that of P. T. Barnum. Whatever is good and sound in Northern lit erature, we are ever ready to commend. Men of science, great jurists, theologians, historians, and poets, have already contributed largely, from that quarter, to the fame and welfare of their country. Let such productions be cherished ; but it is important that we should be cautious how we permit the common popular literature of the North to spread its unwholesome influ ence, like a miasm, over the country, poisoning the public mind with its insidious breath. The worst revolutions that have ever occurred in so ciety, have been brought about precisely by such means, against which no ordinary vigi lance could provide. The Carolina Cultivator. We invite the attention of our readers to the Prospectus of this paper, which will be found elsewhere in our columns. The Second Number is now out, and the public will have an opportunity of judg mg of its merits. I he type is new and beauti ful, and we think the whole aspect of its etecu tion will be such as to justify the expectations ot us nienas. " Th Little Gixt." We would call the at tention of farmers to the advertisement of Mes srs. Robbin fc Bibb in this paper. VY e understand that Mr. James M. Towles of this city, is authorized to grant county rights for the sale of this little wonder of the age, and tnat he keeps them for sale at "Farmers Hall where they may be seen and tested. Strangers visiting the city will do welj to cU and see them. THE STRENGTH OF WOMAN . ' We think it is Sophocles, the celebrated q dramatist, who. puts into the mouth of- a fe ' character the beautiful sentiment, 4a-., a' to the oak, so will I cling to thee !'' -T within the range of imagination 1Ca felicitously express our idea of the r. latiorist which the Creator has established hetvreet) sexes of our species. Man is tle RtUr 8 endowed with majesty, strength, an 1 vj ,"; endure the toils and resist the vioh-ncef Woman is the more delicate and sleii(er which attai ns its noblest elevation hv tlv "' itself affectionately around its natural prot ' nai i.ny ior tne ivy 10 auanuon tliis p tor and proclaim its independence ; to 1 Pr"tec. its tendrils unsupported on the air, and its leaves to be torn away by every breeze! Yet such is the choice of tliat.' 00 - 'kj rf inaepntina wnmAn u; 1 n nvr,:an 1 ' . wu.v u, i.v (.Ajun menis, j , 0 . ...w .j.veai sia;iu ieu!iiii-"i, wu'uu swan mate their ....i.:.. u:u u-ii i , . t prominent as men in all the ruder walk t.rt ... I 1 1 A 1 In Attil AO .vi.i a. 4. Ms their coveted independence, they are in dar ' of sacrificing the most attractive charru which nature has endowed them. - The intellectual and moral, as well as phvsical constitution of woman, is essential different from that of the other sex. ThevT adapted to dlflerepi sphere. Tuts airrererice difficult to define, but obvious to every mi It is the charmed link that binds them Into 01 Whatever, therefore, tends to obscure the cc trast, must diminish the power of thnse attrac Cions to which few human bosoms are inens. ble. Similarity of dress, manners, and Wha. vior belween the sexes, is fatal to the sentim. V of love. Similarity of occupation has tlie sa.'iij effect. The reason may be inexplicable, but the fact cannot be controverted. Milton liaj presented, in all the fidelity of his magnificent verse, the first form of this attractive contrariety and indicated with exquisite delicacy the secret of woman's power over the affections of her lord. 1 ' in their looks divine The image of their glorious maker shone, Truth, wisdom, satictitude severe and pure, '' Whence t ue authority in men ; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal teemed ; For contemplation he, and valor formed ; For softness she, and sweet attractive graco; He for God only, she for God in him." The strength of woman lies in her weakness the result of her superior delicacy. Alinerva accomplished less by her arts, than Venus by her charms. But female beauty is not more certain in its eflvct than thu 'womanly virtues, and even hero'c valor must yield the palm of conquest to the gentleness and tears that have never yet failed to subdue the heart. The do minion of the affections is the appropriate sphere in which woman sh ould most aspire to manifest her power. It becomes her generally to shrink from oihers to shun notoriety anl Upls pop ular applause,.nd in cheerful dependence upon the stenier sex, to win her way by love, rather than seek by brazen effrontery to 'establish her independence, and thus become at-the, same time an object of scorn and wonder to the world. THE CRIMEA. , As soon as the severity of winter shall have disappeared, we may look for the occurrence of important events in the Crimea. A number of circumstances are conspiring together in that quarter in favor of the allie-5, and although we canno sympathise in the'r selfish policy, we shall not be sorry to see the ambition of Uus;a crippled by a signal triumph on their part. he circumstances to which we ref-r, are the following. At last advices, the ravages of dis ease and death, among the allied troops, had passed the climax and were on the deel ne. he r condition,' though deplorable, was evi dently improving, in consequence of the arrival the long expect'td accommodations from home, ueintorceinents were ciaiiy auaing to heir numerical strength, and the convalescing were returning, or about? to return, to the scene of operations. It is probable that by the time the French Emperor arrives, a force of not ess than a hundred and thirty, or forty thous and men, will have been accumulated on the peninsula. The defeat of the Rus iahs.by tint lart of this ftFce commanded by Omer Pacha,' at Eupatoria, must render the- relief of Si-basto- pol perilous and difficult, if not impossible. The presence of L wis Nap' leon, owing to the pres- ige of his name, is calculated to infuse a new spirit of heroic enterprise into the French troops, and the mismanagement of the English army has already kindled in the ranks a strong desre to atoni for its misfortunes by brilliant feats of arms. Add to all this, the depressing effect' the death of Nicholas upon the garrison of Se bastopol, and the whole Russian army, and 6 have before us a concurrence of circumstance which nothing but a great blunder can'prevnt rom eventuating in the success of the alW forces. Louis Napoleon has already won for himself a high reputation for .courage, boldness, 8 ty and skill. He is said to be master of ry science, and - has contributed some w! ' its elucidation. If he can be prudent" field, as well as daring; if he inherits, extent, the peculiar intuition and the power of combination of iis celebrated un''' : c-n-ider-ing the decided superiority of tbl l rench ri English, individually, over the Russian soldierfi t would be strange indeed, if he should be com pelled io relinquish the expedition against Se- bastopol, and to retire from the contest. Sucn, we hope, may not be the case. The British are our next of kin, and we would feel some little chagrin at their dereat. We have proved our selves equal to them in the field nd on the wave, and do not desire to see the glory of our If . 1- .1 . ...rttl flf Russian barbarians over the British army. NegbO Killed. We understand that negro man, a deaf-mute, was overtaken oni it8 North Carolina Railroad, on Monday last, by the down train, near Auburn in this county, and unfortunately killed. He was a blacksmith by trade, belonging to Lewis Poole, deed. A jury of inquest attribute his death to the care- lessness of the engineer. Bear is mind. On to-morrow. the 1st oi April, the new postage law goes into operation, which requires all ordinary letters to be p1" paid at the office where they are deposited--" Letters for which jou forget to py wil1 001 reach their destination.