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- i t If- - 1 - J i - EI T POST TH S S O Y H I Rf y U6I !r 1 ' fcv 1 ' y I- I - i t f V' I' ir i M i t' i y f t . 5 ' ' I i !- Mi Js,.- 1! f '. MISCELLANEOUS; 1 ' ' For the Southern Weekly Poet. A TRIP TO, AND A DESCEIPTlOH OF HAG'S HEAD. BY w RUDOLPH." : In the ye&r 1853, the author of the following ketch made a visit to this justly celebrated watering place. The name which has attached itlf to this Peninsula, is nomewhat peculiar. Some affirm that its name is derived, froai its fantastie form, being, as tliey declare, in the shape of a Nag's Head. Others more poetical in their ideas and unwilling, that a place of inch celebrity should derive its name from so common a circumstance, maintain, that a body pf Bailors having been shipwrecked upon it shore and being unable to procure the com mon necessities of life, bad to entrap, as a last resort, one of the many ponies that swarm in great numbers in its low vales, producing, an abundance of grass, and having regaled them selves upon its unsavory flesh, placed its head in Urcra tree near the sea shoreto warn all mar- iners from this inhospitable land. "' The view. which meets the eye of. the travel ler, as he nears the land, has nothing of beauty in it wherewith to please his fancy. ' One long 'and serene stretchof sand is all that is seen; no 181' surge, and the wild cry of some affrighted sea- bird. ' On one side it is bounded by tne oeau tful Albemarleud on the other by the waters of the majestic ocean. One little expects, as he steps upon its sandy beach, in traversing it to find vales, embosomed between huge , moun tains of sand, almost of culestial loveliness which seem, when contrasted - with the desert around,1 like the bright oasis of joy, wh ch spring up now and then in the great desert of Sahara Turn you-may see a clump of trees around whose giant limbs the white grape vine, fuil of luicipus fruit has entwined itself forming be neath a natural arbor of surpassing beauty. The green covered earth beueath will afford your frame wearied with your toilsome journey, a sweet resting place. Not distant far from you is a pond of perfectly fresh water ; ituated about an equal distance from the Sound and Ocean. To this lake which is near one bun' dred yards in width and four hundred in lengih, there is no visible outlet its water is perfectly fresh and quite pleasant to the taste. It'can notbe fed by the oean, for the oldest inhabi tant says, thai the loudest storm that ever lash ed the oceau into fury and dashed its mountain waves upou the shore, never propelled them as far as this. It cannot be supplied by the Sound, as large hills of sand stand as impassable barri ers between. It has been supposed that it has a subterranean outlet either to the Sound or the sea,- if to the former its water ' would at times be brackish, as the Sound is quite salt, when the wind blows for a long time in an easterly direction if to the latter, its water would be salt but this has never been known to be the case. One feels quite solemn as onu,stands upon its edge, and gazes thoughtfully into mysterious depths. But should you be fond of the pisca torial art, then fling away your solemn thought and your train of philosophical ideas as to the origin, of the lake;' befoie you, and cast' your baited hook into its crystal w?-t.rs, and full ma ny a bright spotted and silvery fi-h, not mean in it proportions either, will repay you richly for your labors You may Recline at length upon its mossy bank, and ee myriads of golden, sil-Tr-red fish darting to and fro beneath its glassy surface. An abundance of game is found every where from the noble stag with his tranching antlers to the tiny sea- hicken that runs in search of its food all day with the ebb and flow of the ocean wave. Wild geese are found in abun- dance, and many report thither iri the winter season for their destruction. They are very wild and cannot be easily approached. The strata gem by which they are killed is. this : The sportsman makes a " blind," constructed of twigs and bows, so as to screen himself from the sight of the wily birds. He has caught one before, and having driven a stake at a sufficien distance from hii " blind," he attaches him to it by means of a cord. Then having retired to his hiding place, he patiently watches the result The goose which is held fast by the cord, while summing to and fro, in his efforts to get free. utters now-and then his loud cry or 44 cackle ;" then, if by chance there are any in hearing, they immediately fly towards him, and soaring; high ' in air for awhile, they at last light close by him and commence their unintelligible language The 8portaman watches his chance, fredjuVmu-t be a poor shot who does not carry away as the . reward of his patience, five or six plump wild geese. But the principal attraction wliich draws so many of the fashionables in the beat of sum mer, is its unequalled surf-bathing and its ever delightful weather. No day is too warm there. with the cool refreshing breeze of old ocean as it comes laden with the fragrance of a thousat d talmy-iilei to faa-ftm cheek -fate-resjr heahh : In conclusion, we would advise all in bad health, all whose spirits are depressed by the sultry heat of summer, to visit Nag's Head, and if they do not find there the magnificent accom modations of Saratoga, the fashionable etiquete of other places of resort, they will discover their impairea neaitn greatly Denentted, sources of amusement and pleasure unknown before, and natural scenery unsurpassed for sublimity, gran deur and beauty. r . a. ihis 18 not written for pay, nor have I wo i iuirot m nag s Mead 15 is a mere sketch elicited by the pleasure of my. trip there in 1853. You will hear from me agaiu should this be accepted, on some other subject. Morfreesboro', N. C. 44 Evbrt Mak makes his MARK."-What kind of a mark will that bewhiskered, smoking drink mg, billiard-player make! What kind of mark will that noisy, scrambling 44 small penny' politician who makes 44 an experiment" for eve ry office from that of constable upward, make ! What kind of a mark will that man who spends all his time in small talk and novel reading make. We ask wiH any man answer I Pa- nophsi. Certainly, we will answer. Some of them will occasionally make a mark in the gutter, or wherever else their bloated carcasses may chance to (all ; others will sooner or later be found making marks on stone or something else with- in the walls of some penitentiaray ; and others still will be marked round the neck by the tight drawing of a rope. St. JLoui ?hris. Adv. THE CAUSES AND THE PREVENTION OF CHOLERA ANIMAL DECOMPOSITION The cholera continues to rage in various por tions of the world, and although the disease, generally speaking, is more manageable than formerly, nothing like a positive remedy has yet been discovered. The causes, too, appear to puzzle the wisest and most experienced among medical men. A few general propositions are received with some confidence, but even these are occasionally doubted. It appears to be un derstood, however, that the dissolute, the feeble, and. the uncleanly are more -liable to the disease than individuals of proper habits, while it is also believed, that the disease may be cured in a great majority of cases, if taken in time, and treated with the proper remedies. It is stated that in almost every case, this fearful epidemic has broken out in some impure locality, and has ' thus nestled and rioted jn the midst of poverty, want, recklessness and dirt. At Lon don" it re-appeared in the very same spot ten years after its first visitation. It is yet a point unsettled, whether or not . cholera is contagious. Thatis to say, whether it can be communicated by tjnperson, ; - Vjt 'JSJJv confinedT6-. fected region and can only be caught while in that region. But these are questions that have already- occupied the minds of many eminent men, and they will doubtless be discussed for years. Dr. Henry Hanshorne, of this city, not long since read a paper before the Philadelphia Coun'y Medical Society, on Animal Decom position, as the chief Promotive Cause of Cholera." He endeavored to fortifr his position with a number of facts, some of which possess mrtiv than onlinarv interest. AnooJullv a tliw ' n exDerience of our A own immediate neighborhood. As a general fact, says Dr. McPheeters, of St. Louis, the cholera prevailed most in those parts of the city in which there were the largest number of per sons heided together, where the streets were uhpaved, and whore there was the greatest a.nouut , or hlth aud moisture. In 'Louisville, Buffalo; New-York, Philadelphia and Boston, 'the results were the same. Dr. II. then gives further f facts, and expre ses the opinion, that contagion is by no means-a frequent, if it be even an occasional mode of propagation of choleraT The history of the fatal epidemic at Columbia, Pennsylvania, in September last, is curious. The cholera had, never appeared before in that town. What, asks Dr. II. was the reason of its heavy vi.-itatiou then ? Chiefly the facts, that an ex cedinp drought had reduced the channel of4he river to an unusual low ebb, ana that in its bed, a short s-pace above the town, a number of car cases of sheep and other animals were piitrify ing rankly in the sun. A reservoir which .up- plied niany of the pe p'e with drinking water, was filled from the river not far from that spot, and the wind blew from it directly over the town. Nay, it is said that the disease began 10 abate, only when the wind changed. At Pitts burg, shortly alter the above events, a similar epidemic occurred. A gentleman on a visit to that locality, not many days before the disease broke out, states that the same condi ion of the river exia ed there, with a similar abundance of accumulated, putrifying animal matter, exposed to the sun. In Rhole Island, in the. autumn of the same year, the writer was told that the local existence of cholera in a few spots, otherwise very healthy, might be trace 1 in coincidence, at least, with a practice npt uncommon along the shore of the sea or bays, of dragging up fish iuquantiies by net, and spreading them out to rot foHnanure. And, lastly, in Barbadoes, where a consider able fatality from cholera has at different times occurred, Dr. W. H. Freeman, the late United States Consul to that island, reports a j-imilar sanitary condition to those ahove related, even to some extent recalling the last item mentioned. The difference, says Dr. Hartshorne, between cholera; and typhus (in origin) would appear to be, tht while the latter may almost invariablv be produced by the persistence of certain favor able sanitary conditions, the former (cholera) is generated only in the presence of a certain un known contingent,whose capriciousness of migra tion, partial' subjection to temperature, and other habitudes, suggest the probabi'ity of the animalcular hypothesis. Whatever the theory, the lesson from all the tacts is one (often told, but not yet well learned) of hygiene and prevention. Cities should be built and regulated to prevent epidemics, as they should be to afford .-ecurify from conflagra tions. The laws of public benevolence, like those of private morality, are an essential part of the world. As personal vice brings misery, by the -violation of physical laws, so the aggre gate vice of communities, and the neglect of the higher classes to do their best for those around which, under the forms of plague, cholera, typ hus, and yellow fever, desolate populations al most in proportion to the errors of their local life. Pennsylvania Enquirer. ' MB.- MINISTER MASON AND A PERSE CUTED YOUNG AMERICA 1 LADY. From one of the recent letters of Rev. Dr. Thompson, we make the following extract : While seated one morning in the office of ihe American ambassador, Mr. Mason came in, and after the usual salutations, said, 44 Did you ever get iuto' a profuse perspiration and have a wet blanket thrown over you V 44 2fo." 44 1 did yesterday. A lady came to me with the follow ing narrative : 4 1 am from the United States, and have in cue a young lady who has been visiting her friends in this country. She's a Protestant and her father and mother, when dying, charged her never to forsake her faith or marry a Catholic. She has, moreover, a Pro testant friend in the United States to whom she is attached, and to whom, on her return to Xew York, she expects to be married. While in the South of France, she met with a French gentle man who was smitten with her ; he procured an introduction to her, and has been courting her with unremitting attentions ever since. She has used every measure to shake him off; she frowned upon him she has told him she can never marry him that it is utterly impossible ; that his attentions are unpleasant wearisome, disgusting even painful to her ; aud she has peremptorily ordered him never to see her. tie replies that 4 it is impossible till I die. 1 cannot live without seeing you.' , We came to this city in hopes to escape him ; but he watched our movements, and came with us. We sought to hide from him here; but he has found us out. We have told him that we shall leave the coun try, and that he had better return home. 'No, no r says he, 4 1 will go with you when you go, I will stop when you stop, I will stay where j you live, I will die where you die.'" Now, Mr. Mason said he immediately sent for the pereel of police, and gave him the facts in presence of the old lady. M Your troubles are at an end," said the police officer ; " the young man will see your ward no more give me his name and address ; we will command him, and if he obey not, we have a way of making him obey." Mr. M. returntd with the old lady to her lodgings, and announced to the young one the joyful news of her deliverance from the annoyance to which she had been subjected, when lo ! with a gush of grief, she cried, " 0, you have been so cruel as to apply to the police ! You will wound the young man's feelings. O, he is such a fine, such a noble young man ! I would suffer anything rather than wound his i m . n t a i-j I J r Tkf. Xf nearu, , ' i starteu. uumowaru, eiu -. ' immodiatelv. saviner iwithiri mvself. we have . , , .r , sure as the world. No resisting French enthu siasm. MATTER INVISIBLE. If a piece of silver be put into nitric acid, a clear and colorless liquid, it is rapidly dissolved, and vanishes from the sight. The solution ol silver may be mixed with water, and to appear ance no effect whatever is produced ; thus, in a pail 01 water we dissolve ana renaer mvisioie more than ten pounds' worth of silver, not a particle of which can be seen. Not only silver, lead, and iron, but every other metal can be tieated in the same way, with similar results. When charcoal is burned, when candies are burned, when paper is burned, these substances all disappear, and become invisible. In fact, every material which is visible can, by certain treatment, be rendered invisible. Matter which in oue condition is perfectly opaque, and will not admit the least ray of light to pass through it will, in another form, become quite transpar ent. The cause of this wonderful effect of the condition of mat'er, is utterly inexplicable. Philosophers do not even broach theories upon the subject, much less do they endeavor to ex plain it. The substances dissolved in water or burned in the air, are not however destroyed or lost; by certain well known means they can be recovered, and again, and again be rendered visible; some in exactly the same state as they were before their invisibility ; others, though not in the same state, can be shown in their ele mentary condition ; and thus it can be proved that matter having once existed, never ceases to exist although it can change its condition, like the caterpillar, which becomes a chrysalis, and then a gorgeous butterfly. If a pailful of the solution of silver be cast into the sea, it is ap parently lost by its dispersion in the mighty ocean, but nevertheless it continues to exist. So, wbon i bubl of ch&rooft! ts burned in a stove, it disappears in the consequence of the gas produced being mixed with the vast atmo sphere ; but the charcoal is still in the air. On the brightest and sunniest day when every ob ject can be distinctly seen above the horizon, huudreds of tons of charcoal, in an iuvUoble condition, pervade the air. Gias is a beautiful illustration of the transparency of a compound, which in truth is nothing but mixture of the rust of three metals. This power of matter to change its conditions from solid opacity to lim pid transparency, causes some rather puzzling phenomena. Substances increase in weight without any apparent cause; for instance, a plant goes on increasing in weight a hundred fold f r every atom that is mi-siug from tlie earth in which it is growing. Nov the sim p'e explanation of this is that leaves of the plants have the power of withdrawing the char coal from the atmosphere and restoring it to it8 visible state in some shape or other. The luns of animals and a smokeless furnace change mat ter from its visible to its invisible state. The gills of fishes aud the leaves of plants reverse this oparation, rendering invisible or gaseous matter visible. Thus the balance in nature is maintained, although the continual change has been going on long prior to the creation of the 4 extinct animals." Scene in Court. Judge Bring the prison er into ourt. Pete Here I is, bound to blze, as the spirits of turpentine said he when it was all on fire. jucjge We will take a little of the fire out of you. How do you live! Pete I ain't particular, as the oyster said when they axed if he'd le fried or roasted. Judge We don't want to hear what the oyster said orthe turpentine either. What do you follow t Pete Anything that comes in my way, as the locomotive said when he run over the little nigger. Judge We don't care anything about the locomotive. What's your business ? Pete That's various, as the cat said when she stole the chicken off the table. Judge That comes near the line I sup pose. Pete Altogether in my line, as the rope said when it was chocking the pirate. J udge If I hear any more absurd compari sons I will give you twelve months. Pete I am done, as the beefsteak said to the cook. Judge Now, sir, your punishment shall de pend upon the shortness and correctness of your answers. I suppose you live by going round the docks. Pete No, sir ; I can'i go round the docks without a boat, and I hain't got any. Judge Answer me; how do you get your bread ? Pete Sometimes, from the baker's and some times I eat taters. Judge No more of your stupid insolence. How do you support yourself ! Pete Sometimes on my legs and some times on my chair. Judge I order you to answer this question eorrectly : How do you do ! Pete Pretty well, I thank you. How do you do ! Here the Judge was completely lBold," and Pete was allowed to retire without any fur ther interrogatories as to his occupation or mode of living. DECEIVING A MOTHER. I T AUGUSTA MOORE. . Kitty Lincoln had been running and dancing in the garden, among the beautiful flowers, till she looked almost like a blushing rose-bud her self. ..',. A sweet, graceful little creature was Kitty, and every one loved her dearly, for her heart was ifull of love, and her clear eyes revealed it ; so of course, none could help loving her. Little children who love every one are al ways greatly beloved. But you must not suppose my sweet Kitty was a little child-angel who was without faults. Some there are, so lovely, so Dearly like the white-winged ones above, that, we know they are to tai ry with us but a little season, and when we see them passing from us we are not surprised or shocked, for they seem to be ex- baled like de;Aom the hearts of flowers, and where repose' the ir eioui dust, for we know our treasure is not there, and that in Heaven there is one angel more. Our Kitty was not one of these. With all her charms, and all her winning ways, there was a plenty of earth'.iness about heryoung na ture, and sometimes, though not often, she did very naughty things, and her bright eyes were wet wito rebellious tears. When Kitty came in from the garden that pleasant Saturday afternoon, she hardly looked as if it were possible for her to do anything but kind atd amiable things. Smiles dimpled all over htr round fa:e, and sparkled iri her eyes, as she (entered her mother's chamber. 4 Kitty, darling,' raid her mamma, I want you to rock baby Walter, while I go into the other room a little while.' Now if ever a child disliked to do anything in the world, Kitty disliked to rock a cradle. Many a time had she said it before, and now -she repeited it inside, for she did not say; it aloud. 4 I wisl there was not a cradle in the who! world. Babies ought to go to sleep without them, and, oh, dear, dear, how I do hate to rock, rock' but she made no objection to sit ting down and rocking: Walter. The mother left the room. 'Rock, rock, rock,' steadily went the cradle for ten minutes. Then the chubby hands grew tircd. ' I mean to lie down on the floor, and pieiend to sleep,' thought Kitty. 'Then Walter will wake up and tease pale mamma,' suggested conscience. ' Well, she might teach him to sleep on the bed then, or without being rock d all the time,' answered Kitty ; and she stretched her little figure at full length on the floor. Pretty soon mamma heard a nestiing sound from the babyJ : " Ruck away, Kitty dear, baby's waking,Vwhis pered she, but Kitty didn't rock. f Mamma stepped in to see what was the rea son. There lay the rosy cheek and curling hair, low upon the straw carpet. Poor-chrld said the dear kind mother, iu a compassionate tone, ' how tired she must have be en. And hushing the baby, she took a pillow from the bed, aud softly and gently moved her daughter to a more comfortable position, p a cing her t-hiniDg ringlets and her soft red cheeks upon the 6nowy pillow. 'Sleep, little treasure,' said the mother, and she seated herself to rock and watch her boy. Ah, if she had watched Kitty, she would have seen two large tears force their way thro' the interlacing of those long, dark iashes, which shaded her cheeks, and they were followed by many others, for the heart of the shy little creature was deeply touched by her mother's unsuspicious tenderness. Never again was Kitty 'Jnown to say she didn't like to rock the cradle. The lesson of that summer day was never forgotten, and more than once in after years, did her tears fall, as she recalled ihe sound of her mother's voice, and the touch of her hands that day ; and often was her heart sad to remember that act of de ception, long after her dear mother was slum bering in the tomb. Independent. Chinese Politeness. ' Well,' said the host at last, since you positively cannot stay to eat rice, we must at least drink a few glasses of wine together. I should be quite ashamed if my cousin went away from my house without taking anything.' 4 W ell,' replied the cousin, 4 it don't take much time to drink a glass of wine,' and he turned back. They re-entered the house, and sat down in the company room. The master then called in a loud voice, though without aD- -pw to aduiess anv one in reticular. in nrVrtrnlnr Het tr,,a . .i w , eggs !' In the meantime, till the hot wine and fried eggs should arrive, the two lighted their pipes aud began to gossip, and then they lit and smoked again, but the wine and eggs did not make their appearance. The cousin, who most likely really had some business, at last ventured to inquire of his hospitable entertain er how long he thought it would be before the wine was ready. 4 Wine !' replied the host, 4 wine ! Have we got any wine here? Don't you know very well that I never drink wine? It hurts my stom ach.' ' In that case,' said the cousin, ' surely you might have bet me go. Why did you press me to stay ?' Hereupon the master of the mansion rose, and assumed an .attitude of lofty indignation. 4 Upon my word,' said he, 4 anybody might know what country you come from ! What ! I have the politeness fco invite you to drink wine, and you have not even the politeness to refuse ! Where in the world have you learned your rites ! Among the Mongols, I should think. And the poor cousin, under standing that he had been guilty of a terrible solecism, stammered some words of apology, and filling his pipe once more, departed. We were ourselves present at this delightful little scene, and as soon as the cousin was gone, the least we could do was to have a good laugh ; but the master of the house did not laugh ; be was indignant He asked us whether we had i ...innii1 atkRiirrf man ever seen sucn an ignorauk, f - - as bis cousin, and he returned always to his grand principle that to say, that a well-bred man will always render politeness ior pouieuC, and that one ought kindly tc refuse what an other kindly offers ; 4 otherwise? n cried, 4 what would come of us V ' f. A PURITAN SUNDAY. As every matter connected with the social l fe and customs of the first settlers of New England is of much interest to their descendants, we pro pose in a few short articles, to give as correct a description of " Sunday in New England". two hundred years agi, as we can collect from our local annals. The Puritan Sabbath commenced on Saturday afternoon. No labor was performed on the evening which preceded the Lord's Day. Early on Sunday morning, the blowing of a horn in some villages announced that the hour of worship was at hand. In other places a .flag was hung out of the rude building occupied by the church. In Cambridge a drum was beat in military style. In Salem a bell indicated the opulence of the settlement. The religious cere monies usually commenced at nine o'clock in the morning, and occupied from six to eight hoursj 1 u l. 4 KrJ w rrnseTttiRsSTon or one nour xor uni- ner. - The people collected quite punctually, as the law compelled their attendance, and there was a heavy fine for any one that rode too fast to meeting. The sexton called upon the minister and escorted him to the church in the same fashion that the sheriff now conducts the judge into our State courts. The minister was clothed with mysterious awe and great sanctity by the people, and so intense was this sentiment that even the ministers family were regarded as demi gods. The Puritan Meeting House was an odd structure. The first ones erected by the Colonists were built of logs, and had a cannon on the top. Those standing two centuries ag" were built of brick, with clay plastered over the courses, and covered with clay-boards, now called clnp boards.. The roof was thatched as buildings are now seen in Canada East. Near the church edifice stood those ancient institutions, the stocks the whipping .post and a large wooden cage to confine offenders against the Jaws. Upon the outside of the church and fastened to the walls, were the heads of all the wolves killed during the season. In front of the church in many towns, an armed sentry stood, dressed in the habiliments of war. There were no pews in the church. The congregation had places assigned them upon the rude benches, at the annual town meeting, according to their age and social posi tion. '"Seating the meeting house," as it was called, was a de icate aud difficult busine-s, as pride, envy and jealousy were active passions in those days: A person was fined, if he occupied a seat as-igned to another. ! he elders ocuprsd seats beneath the pulpit. The boys were order ed to sit upon the gallery stairs, and as " boys always will be boys," there constables were em ployed to keep them in order. Prominent before the assembly some wretched male or female of-, fender sat with a scarlet letter "A'Lor 4,D" on thebrea&tta.noiAvu oruua against the stern code. ' We make a few extracts. from the laws of the New England .Colonies respecting the Sabbath : v. . . "The Sabbath day shaH begin at sunset on Saturday." " 4i No woman shall Kiss her chilJren on the Sabbath or fa-ting day." . ' "No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or walk in his own garden or elsewhere, except reverently to and fiom meeting." - "No one to cross the river, but with an au thorized ferry-man." ; : WnAT a Lawyer should be, and should not be. The lawyer who browbeats and bad gers a witness, not to expose falsehood, but to pervert the truth, by operating on weak nerves, the embarrassment incident to every man upon the stand, perhaps for the first time, or by ques tions intended to perplex the witness, and shake his honest testimony, and thereby impose upon the jury whatever may be his talents, however high his rank, in whatever popular request may his purchasable aid in procuring for a lie or fraud the sanction of a court and jury, or in knowingly screening a scoundrel from punishment deserves himself to suffer the penalty, from which he has saved his guilty client, and ought to be thrown over the bar of the temple of justice, which he thus desecrates, and does so much to bring into disrepute among men. Tho profession of the law is held in honor, for promoting, not pervert ing the right. Whenever it does the former, and as long as it does it, but no longer, should it be suffered to take part iu the administration of justice. A Beautiful Thought. Shortly after the arrival in Ireland, where Mrs. Hemans died, she was extremely unwell. When among the raoun tain scenery of the fine country of Wicklow during a storm, she was s - 7 one effect in the hills. It was produce a rainbow diving down into a gloomy mo tain pass, which it seemed to flood with its colored glory.' ' 1 could not help thinking.' she remarked, that it was like our religion, piercing and carrying bright ness into the depths of sorrow, and of he tomb.' All the rest of the scene around that onelilumi nated spot was wrapt in the profoundest daik ness. "Never too Lat;: to Learn." A few days ago "we went, we saw, we purchased" a little book with this title, and we expected to get at least sixpenny-worth of information out of it, as it purported to be a corrective of "mistakes of daily occurrence." We most confess, how ever, that we felt ourselves rather insulted when we found ourselves called upon (in page forty four)to "say January and not Jinnivary? and we become still more indignant when we weie cautioned against "leaving out the in Febru ary or calling it Febbivery." If the author of this little volume were to, write a book of eti quette, he would no doubt, tell the lady of the house to say "asparagus instead of tparroie grass" and recommend the host to use the word udy8ter for tegyster? when talking of oyster-sauce. The same refined authority would also suggest the substitution of "Because why for coz Py,n and would reccommend w By no means whatever as preferable to Novayt Vots umdever." Punch? - . Ecus.' First, never lose any time ; do not think that lost which is spent in amusement or recreation, sometime every day ; but always be in the habit of being employed. Second, never err the least in truth. Third, never i&y an ill thing of any person, not only speak charitably, but feel M. , Fourth, never be irritable or un kind to any body. Fifth, never indulge-in lux uries' that aie not necessary, bixtn, do all thingsTwith consideration, and when your path to act aright is more difficult, feel confidence in that power a'.one which is able to assist you, and exert your own powers as far as they go. Brains. Governor Trumbull, of Connecti cuton theTOccasion of a grand riot ascended a block,- and attempted, by a speech, to quiet the people, when a random missile hitting him on the head, felled him; to the ground. He was badly hurt, and as his friends were carrying him into his house, his wife met him at the dKr, and exclaimed : ,r 44 Why, my husband, they have knocked your brains out 1" No they haven't said the Governor, "if I'd had any brains I shouldn't have gone there." bitlfir.'iiMcchlnjiflsi WILLIAM D. COOKE, JAMES A. WADDELL EDITORS. RALEIGH, AUGUSTvli; 1855. Terms TWO DOLLABS PES An fl u iff, in Advance. CLUB PRICES: Three CoDies.. . . .5 full price,. . .. $6, ..16, ..20, ..40. riaght Copies, 1 Ten Copies,. 15 Twentv Couies 20 . i - Payment in all easts in advance.) 5- Where aclubof eight, ten or twenty subscribersis 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. Doutbit is our authorized agent for the States of Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee THE POSITIVE AND THE RELATIVE. This is the golden age of opiuion. We might have said of public opinion, as the result of free discus-ion and untrammeled thought; but a true public opi nion, in the sense of a general recognition of certain general truths, is scarcely discoverable amid that endless diver.-ity of views that everywhere prevai's. Opinion, however, as the result of individual reflection or observa tion, gnows with rank exuberance in every re- giou of society, and like the weeds of a satura ted soil, threatens to eat out and destroy every well-estabiished principle. The great danger of this general, licentious exercise of the freedom of opinion, arises from ihe tendency it has to occupy the mind with some solitary idea, cr soie favorite scheme, and to withdraw it from ceitain fixed principles of thought and lelief, which should never be (or gotten. In other words, the thinkiug of the present day is marked by a strong disposition to concentrate its operations upon isolated propo sitions, and to neglect those rela live views which practical wisdom demands. There is a prone- ui-ks to seiaL upon certain assumed or positive j truths, and to attribute to them an importance limited by nothing but ihezal of their advocate-". The enthusiastic reformers of the times, tini;;gine that when ji Jhing has been proved to be true or right, ail has b en done which reason or conscience can demand, and that practical opposition, 1 to their schemes must necessarily conflict with an acknowledgement of their doc trines. A greater error than this has never marked the popular folly of any age. There may be, and often are, two or more propositions which are equally true, aud may yet differ very essentially as tothe degree of im portance that belongs to them. Iu the highest sphere of morals, it is equally true that obedi ence to parents, and obedience to God, are both right and obligatory on the conscience ; yet all niust agree that, in practice, the importance of the one is superior to that of the other. Circum stances may interfere with our recognition of the former, but no circumstances can justify a departure from the latter. Our duties have not ouly a positive, but a relative value, and the same may be assumed of almost all possible propositions in morals, politics, or society. It is not enough to establish a particular doctrine in the abstm'ct, in order to show that the ac tion to which it leads is obligatory upou the conscience ; but it is equally necessary to show that such action will not interfere with some higher obligation, which it would be still more culpable to -violate. This principle has been cleaily recognized by the divine founder of our religion, wheu he declared that " 11.au was not made for the Sabbath, but the Sabbath for man," and when he illustrated its truth by do ing the work of miraculous healing on that day; thus eloquently teaching us, that the claims of suffering humanity are superior to some of the positive institutions of religion. Now, if .some. of. the reformers and- pbilaa thropists whoseagitalions have, in our day, done so much "injury to our country and the world, would only consider, their fa v. rite doc trines a little more in their relative aspects, hu manity, patriotism, and religion would have reason to rejoice in'the change that would re sult in their policy. There are many honest and uprignt men, we are willing to believe, among the restless enthusiasts of the day, who have taken but one false step from an abstract truth, which few will deny, to a practical conclu sion which other good men shudder to contem plate. Abolitionists, for example, planting them selves upon the popular proposition that freedom is better than slavery, have shown the inference, the fallacy of whih they cannot perceive, that it i their duty, as individuals, to make perpetu al war upon the institutions of the Southern States. But the conclusion by no means fol lows from the premises. The error consists in overlooking a certain great paramount duty, in cumbent upon every patriot and Christian the duty of preserving the political libertiesof these States as united and confirmed in the Federal Constitution! We confidently assert that the preservation of the free institutions of this country, is a higher duty than the overthrow of the slave in stitutions of a portion of the States, and this, without going to the trouble of refuting the northern heresy that slavery is a moral evil. Let any man of sound mind and an upright conscience, entertaining whatever views h may in regard to slavery, but consider at the f time the immeuse good resulting to nv from our glorious system of self-governa, he mu-t necessarily feel that the preservation' this system,is a higher and more sacred d than any: scheme he may contemplate-for "?7 abolition of African slavery. We might, if we had time, proceed to this same great principle to u i:umlt other prominent questions, but wti fora meud itself to the good sense of everv ,11 u auced mind. Solomon has snr.f:n.. Umn declaration, that " there is a w-a f seemelh riyht unto a man, but the enH ,"1 are the ways of death." I other vrds, mere fact Jh at a thing appears to he ' 1 when viewed alone, does mot fully warrant practice, unless we have good leason u, fef that it wili.'npt lead to evil results. e?a Sermons. The -art of sermonizino- ha. v laborious cultivators -in our day tluv, fore, yet we fear the standard of exo-lleme has been depressed rather' than elevated T ; a - , , ,- A ills fa. suits from thixcess of L.Sor., CleTgj-aen ' expected to construct two or three discourses of a certain length each week, iroro as manT'mm 1 - ii M I lira Acta .sxt iiillilii nn - a v. J 1. .for th ftakn tf variptv in trrln j- ' m -v, -..uS uui irom tBe subject selected as much meaning as possible' The consquence is that many a plain passa? which the wayfaring man, though a lr.3, might understand fully without a - commentary be comes iri their hands a vast magazine of scientific theology. Ingenuity and learning are exhaust- --i u.ci luo iaoa. 01 creeling upon one point of doctrine an immense inverted pyramid ofx. position, inference aud application, and the il literate hearer is amazed at the apparent con tents of one little text, whilst the unbelieving critic is 'entertained and hardened by the Lriilant performance. t The Mormons. These deluded people are reported to be threatened with starvation, by ' the devastating inroads of locu-ts and grasshop. pers. Perhaps these invaders may settle ihe iMoiinon question for us, by driving tin ni f.om tie country, but their voluntaiy exodus is too much to expect. A forced emigration to some portion of Oceanica, appears to be anticipated by many. It seems to hs very unwise, hoeier, to al-ow the Mormon power to b come invincible whilst we depend tip n natural causes for its cxiinct'on. Far better had it been to tench them from the first that their system is-incompatible with the first principles ol' our govern ment. We invite particular attention to an advertisement in this paper, of the StacxtoJ f Academv, fn institution located in the veri heart of that salubrious mountain land, the Val t' ley of Virginia, and now about entering on f new era, under better auspices than it has ever enjoyed. Young men fn m the lower country, who may wish to puisue a very thorough ac ademciai course, on moderate terms, in a re maikable healthy region, now readily accessible by railroad.4 wyuld find thi insiitu inn. as,f pre sent o gau z-d, one eminently worthy of their choice. . . . Jcdgk Ka.njs. Much eiedit listii guished gcnilemai', for his S due to, thi corse in the recent casu or slave :tea:ing brouglit betore nim by Col. John U. Wheekr. Our country U reason to be i proud of its higher order ot jurists, jp lay be said of its p liiici.u s, tl I wnatever 111 1 Judge K; lie has n;ore tlrn once display-d firm fiJ Juy to the 101 s itiUi 11 and laws, wliit'k should not lose i s rewaid. Umvehsity Mao'azine. This month hvlcvo ted to the interest of our State University, inakei its appearance for August , containing a usua'.i fine bc-l c'.ioii of interesting matter. Waight.il! Avery's Biography, wdi be fouod of the grai est interest to those who are fond of ivaJing tU early history of North Carolina. Toe new edi tors make a hai.ds -me bow t o the pub'ic, and promise to make the Mag uiuef-o hile in tlieir care, all that its friends d -siro. New Papkks. In another column will be setn the Prospectus of a nev paper to he published in this city, called t!i ''Carolina Pennant ;'! Me-srs. Mil:er and Keith Publishers. We wish them inu'.-li success in their m-w enterprise, and bespeak for them the paironafp of a fun-Ioing public. We really think thej have put their subscription price too low, only ne dollar. The " Wade bon.' News," is also w P" per, which we have until now neglected to. no tice. t , 4t is neatly gotten up ai d promises to be of much benefit to the Pee Dee country. The Daily Sun is a neat little paper just issued in Columbus Ga. ,by George De Wolf. , " The 2f. C. elections We resulted 8s'follfs: In the 1st district, Col. R. T. Paine, Am.; 2ih trict, Hon. Thomas Kuffiu, Dem 3rd d strict. Warren Winslow. Dem.; 4th district, L -03. Branch, Dem.; 5th .district, R G. Reacle.' Ao-i 6th district, K. C. Piuyear. A1114 ?th dis,rCt' Burton Craij;e, Dem.; 8th district, Thtf Clinerman, Dem. Crops, Never since the recollection of mi" of us, have there been such crops as present in dications promise. Farmers d6 not. f shall we do for corn m xt summer ! hut wD shall we do with our corn I Glorious fix . a A uero woman, the jroperty of Oeo W. Mordecai E-q., WHs imprison d in our coutf jail on Thursday last, charged with murdering negro man. Mr. M's. foreman. A lie. though it be killed and dead, can sometimes like a dead wasp. Later from Havana. JVew York, Aog The steamship United Stnfes arrived t her to-day with Havana dates to the 2d, tog' ? active. Molasses scarce. Exchange l etter. ; '. , ",-Qq& Nohtders Markets. Baltimore Aug. dull. Yellow 89 a 91 ; white 84 95. ' of Flour. City Mills and Howard Street are at $8 75. JVeu Forfc.--FIour dull, with a declining Snntri.m brands 9 75. Corn at pn vio rate. Stocks better. Virginia Fives 98 1- Great Ret fieani 1 1660' I shall, A 1 Amei led, ii settee ATwel fneene f from ; Horr i up " bu Ca 01 Ge Lc -if j come name nearl I whor .lii Af I while I gentl i ort'at I show bou's (sons I A. vicin ter. Tl v .'from .. 3Jrev fi In ' Itacki fed, 1 - I went kille Tl exas into of v etrei fore died of ri Irisl Sevi T som the broi ketx fP1 xiiy T i . -csta J the Jthe I sbo T are 1 Tex too, the try tha hut Ric tail No, affb occ Fri : ; 1 dec Jai wii ast bee wei wot i not Nei Pei tair Nai dec Yai lad; Bro add 1 :'N C01 noc ; !: fcv Y.1 Hoi age the the Vti: and few trj
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