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tanfrarft THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION OF THE STATES THEY "MUST BE PRESERVED.' XVI. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1850. Number 830. Carolina THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD IS PUBLISHED WttKhr, BT WILLIAM W. HOLDEN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Tb No.th Cabohxa Stana "published week . Jt n ner annum, payable in advance. In y, at Three JJ be Jnless the money for no instance mil e P Subscribers, and M;i3to Li money to the Editor, can JSVSTitai by Mail and at his risk. Receipts for aS sums will be promptly transmitted. Ad vertiskmknts not exceeding fourteen lineamll be inserted one time for one dollar, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion ; those of greater length in pro portion. Court Orders and Judicial Advertisements will be charged twenty-five per cent, higher than the above rates. A reasonable deduction will be made to those who advertise by the year. Letters to the Editor must come free of postage. THE STATE OF DESERET. The general assembly of Deseret has been in ses sion at different-times, and created Weber, Great Salt Lake, Utah, San Pete, Yoab, and Tuille counties established courts, created sheriffs, constables, justi ces of the peace, a State marshal and attorney, and instituted a regular system of jurisprudence. They have also established a State university at Great Salt Lake city, and appropriated for its benefit five thou sand dollars a year for twenty years, to be paid out of the public treasury, Latest Intelligence. Such are the strange, most remarkable, most ro mantic accounts, which reach us from the far-off plains bevond the Rocky Mountains in the mysterious ba- .3 i . J. : i . i ce. i i -j sinoi isenirai oBmni ; m noci uuecu uuuuicu i miles beyond the metropolitan city blooming on the i banks ot the Uhio, ana you see rising oeiore you ioi- ss"s mmmM "wu"iuj ty peaks to the height of fifteen thousand feet above ! naturally inferred that a vessel was on fire and indis the ocean ! There is " Long's Peak, " " Fremont's ! tres8 and with commendable promptitude despatch- Peak," and the Towers. You pass over rugged mountains, down roaring torrents, through dark and yawning canons, till all at once you enter what seems a horrid entrance to some lower world ! In the lan guage of Mr. Kane, who described it before the Penn sylvania Historical Society,-" The road, after leaving the Oregon tnOT,"is one of increasing difficulty, and" when the last mountain has been crossed, passes alornr the bottom of a deep canon, whose scenery is of an almost terrinc gioom. u is a uenie mai i irusi m i?r c . i. - ..- 1 I :n i no Mormon jaaruii nuier, oi ius wcoiciu ljriui, win i be called to consecrate to liberty with blood. At I every turn the overhantrincr cliffs threaten to break down the little torrent river that has worn its ! wav at their base. Indeed, the narrow ravine is so ser- ! J . . .. . r ! u jum ure - .. - i rated by this stream that the road crosses it, from one i Copenhagen, where she remained two weeks. Uur side to the other, something like forty times in the ! ing her stay, Mr. Hughes, the American consul, went last five miles. At the end of the ravine the emi- j n her on a pleasure excursion fourteen miles grant comes abruptly out of the dark passage into ! accompanied by the king and other noted person fhe lighted valley, on an even bench or terrace of its ! ages. From Copenhagen she went to Cronstadt and upper" table-land. No wonder if he loses his self- j Petersburg. Not being able to get over the bar control here. A ravishing panoramic landscape opens J at tne latter place, she lay opposite the city, six out below him, blue and green, and gold and pearl miles distant. Here, too, she was visited by the a .rreat sea, with hilly islands, rivers, a lake, and j American consul, Mr. Campbell, and by the emperor. hrn:nl shpets of orrassv Drains all set, as in a silver i chased cup within mountains whose peaks of per " CT mf I " petual snow are burnished by a uazzung sun. it is less these, however, than the foreground of old coun try farms, with their stacks, and thatchings, and stock, and the central city, smoking from its chimneys, and swarming with working inhabitants that tries the men of tatigue-broken nerves. The ' Californeys' scream, they sing. They give three cheers, and do not count them. A tew have prayed, some swear, some fall on their faces and cry outright. " Such is ; the first vision of Deseret, as described by Mr. Kane. Farms, fields, cities, counties, justices, assemblies j a thriving Sute. Such are 4the new and surprising " ...i.:-a...u:-u : i ,u ' .v.- o,o k,io. i IlUVeitlCS MIMUII, 111 mail IWUI ,, uiiov.li I up by the solitary borders of the Salt Lake, and inter- i rupted with this panorama of civilization the wild, ..MMl ine of fntrl twiw VVherfl h ! who told the stories of the Arabian Niffhts? Where ! is he who sung the romance of Loch Katrine, and its j than the Oriental Fancy or Scottish legends ever fur- j n' ik.l. noni. whn r fnnnrlinrr ! States 'and universities by The Salt Lake, amidst the j Utah Indians? These people are the Mormons who built the city and temple of Nauvoo, and who were driven out of the place erected by their own labors, by one of the ! , ;r. - - knmn i. h. ni i generation. The State of Illinois exhibited ifs utter imbecility as a civil community, and its inhabitants proved their utter incapacity to sympathize with suf fering. It was in September, 1846, that the Mormons were driven over the Mississippi, and that winter found such shelter as they could. They disappear ed tor a time from all reported knowledge. They were on the plains and valleys leading to the west. In the spring of 1847, a large body left their camp on the Platte for the Utah country, and in 1848 the State Deseret was founded. The Mormons, who had i n 1846 been so persecu ted, from 1847 to 1850 have been in a state of un precendented prosperity. The last intelligence (at the head of this article) describes them as already per fecting a form of civil government, and foondtng Uni versities for education ! We pretend to past no judgment on their moral , aim rtriigiuus uuhuhluii UAi;Qpb in icgatu w wiiav is called the Book of Mormon which is palpably and obviously, and proved to be, a very gross impos ture. It is one of the facts which characterize these as the Mattel times,' when men shall be given over to gross delusions. There are four points of view in which this settle ment of Deseret becomes intensely interesting. First : We see under the eyes of the same generation, and in a very brief space, the whole natural and ar tistic process of forming, organizing, and launching forth a civil State. We see the tops of bee-hives made transparent, and watch the little workers from the time they sip the flower till, they build their beau tiful little abodes, filled with sweetness! So we see this State of Deseret from the time the first Latter Day Saint encamped beside the Utah, till they found courts' and established universities. We had heard of this on the rocks of Plymouth and sands of James town but it had not been vouchsafed to us to see it with oar natural eyes. We confess that, in this day of wonders, it fills us with surprise. Are nations, in deed, born in a day ? Is this to be another Ninevah, with its winged lions and its golden oxen? Secondly. Here is another question of interest. Is this to be an exclusive Mormon state? Is this to be another peculiar people one out of many isola ted amidst the grandeur of surrounding empire? Will another persecution arise? And if it does, will " not meet different result? Will not some Martin Hofer defend liberty in that dark defile? or, perhaps some Leomdas again awaken the fires of victorious liberty on the rocky summits of the Utah hills? Thirdly. We may hope that nprspontinn will not arise, and that this singular community will attain its ! frrnurth in nmanoriiir Fourthly. Here we may ask, What is to be that growth? Will Mormonism increase? Will the I atter-Day Saints gather from all quarters to this re markable oasis amidst Amercan wilds? How far will they increase? None can answer. The past has been romance, and the future may be. It is a chap ter unlike any other in human history. Yet it has similitude to the most remarkable one in all antiqui ty. It is not unlike the days of Aphen, and Nimrod nd Peleg, who went forth to found nations and di vide the earth. It is not unlike the days of Jacob w7nrw ' f . P"nue- v wem ,orth 2d kSHS? FT Pia-n8; WUh flCkK8' "JS herd8' JSJS&S "nd natlonf ,nanocr Edomand ; SZLS, ", we "en sucn a cycle of ; I.J ' settle vast om;,; . J " 7? . . ' ? ' whiiiocib went rnrin rn rra voreo rrn nor o h i kOb of Am Z " - : " .",r 5,afT ana , 'wi. . ,ltu: imiu j f , n rnnjr ir or ni mm i y " i THE FIRST ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP. To the American steamship Savannah, built by Crocker & Fickit, at Corlear's Hook, in this city, is universally conceded the honor of being the first steam propelled vessel that ever crossed the Atlantic ocean. From the memory. of one of those who form ed the crew, (Mr. A. Thomas, then fireman,) and believed to be, with one exception, the only survivor, we are enabled to give a succinct narrative of her voyage. According to his understanding of the facts, she was built by a company of gentlemen, with a view of selling her to the emperor of Russia. This company was organized through the agency, of Capt. Moses Rogers, afterwards her commander. The Sa vannah was a vessel of three hundred and eighty tons, ship-rigged, and was furnished with a horrizon tal engine. This was placed between decks boilers in the lower hold. The Savannah sailed from New York, "in the sec ond year of the Presidency of James Monroe," to use the words of our informant, or in the year 1819. She first went to Savannah. The passage occupied seven days, four of which she was under steam. There she was chartered by the corporation, as an act of courtesy, to proceed to Charleston for the pur pose of affording President Monroe, who was then on a traveling tour through the States, a pleasure ex cursion. For some reason, he failed to go, and the steamer returned to Savannah. While there, form ing an object of much attraction, she took out a pleasure-party to Tybee light. From Savannah she pro ceeded direct to Liverpool, where she arrived after a passage of eighteen days, during seven of which she was under steam. When about entering St. George's channel, off the clt7 of Cork, she was deserted by the commander nf thft British flmt. than lvinor nt that oitv. &mm -j - j , a huge mass of smoke ascending from the vessel, en- ed two cutters to her relief. After passing near her a few times, taking a full survey, and firing a few guns across her stern, the steamer was boarded. Fi nally, being satisfied that all was right, the cutters bore away. The news of her approach having been telegraphed to Liverpool, as she drew near the city, with her sails furled and the American cplors flying, the pier heads were thronged by many thousand per sons, who greeted her with enthusiastic cheers. Before she came to anchor, the decks were so pmvcAeii that it was with diffienltv tho mpn r-nnlrl -.... . ..j - ----- moe ;rom one part to the ether, in the performance OI meirauiy. one was anerwaras visiiea oy many persons oi uisuncuon, ana aepanea lor aisinore, on r . . " m . . . , - I nr war lo reiersourg. one next toucnea ax fnnonKin.n wkiirs oh. nam.iniul turn iroole Tinv- " r""' wwu wonderment. She, however, was not sold, as had been expected, and sailed for home, putting into Er ringrton on the coast of Norway, on her passage. From the latter place, she was twenty-two davs in reaching Savannah. On account of the high price j 'Pray, don't think of retiring,' exclaimed the hos ot fuel, she carried no steam on the return passage, j pitable old gentleman, 'your friend's table must have and the wheels were taken off. A similar course ! been cleared loner ago, if, as you say, four was the was adopted during a portion of the time occupied i by the passage out r;.m the United States. As it . - ... . . f "early or quite impossiDte to carry outsumctent M f e voyage, during pleasant weather, the wheels were removed, and canvass substituted. On neanng Liverpool, the more effectually to " astonish the natives." the wheels were restored. At the com- . - , trt 1 . , I I"" of. lifT voyage, the Savannah was purchased bJ Captain Nath. Holdrege, divested of her steam apparaius, ana usea as a pacisei Deiween oavannan ; and New York. She subsequently went ashore on Long Island, and broke up. Aimougn captain noagers was onerea fiuu,uvu for her, by the King of Sweden, to be paid in hemp and iron, delivered at New York, Philadelphia, and Bo6to"' the offer was iiotaccejpted-the cash being wanted. It is said that $50,000 or $60,000 was su"k 'n this transaction, Captain Rodgers, the commander of the Savan- "?h' dld a,.few W. on.lhe.Pt V North Carolina. He is believed to be the first man that run a steamboat either to Philadelphia or Balti more. 1 he mate was named Stephen Koagers, ana now resides at New London, Connecticst. New York Journal of Commerce. j John Fitch, the Inventor or the Steamboat. There is sufficient incident in the life of this distinguish ed man from which to form an exceedingly interesting novel. Truth is stranger than fiction in many cases, but especially so in this. We have seen all the par ticulars of his early life ; these he transferred to pa- Ser, and deposited in the Pennsylvania Library, in 'hiladelphia, where they may still be referred to. r itch was a native ot Mew Jersey, and was born in the year 17. He was settled at Trenton during j the period of the revolution, and manufactured fire arms tor the use ot the American soldiers, w nen the British invaded Jersey, he was compelled to fly j for his life. The rod coats destroyed his workshops, burnt his tool3f and Mized his muskets. He sought refuge in in Pennsylvania. Fitch caught his first idea of the application of steam power from the turning of a carriage wheel, in 1785, and in Bucks county he made his hrst expe riment. He manufactured his model in the old work shop of Cole Scouts, in Bensalem, and laid it before ; the consideration of Consrresa the same year. He published his pamphlet against Rumsey in 1788. When in Philadelphia, he was introduced to Drs. Rittenhouse, Say, Bright, and Joseph Rudd, Jr. all of whom aided him much in his undertaking. Mr. Fitch visited France, at the request of our Consul at Paris, Mr. Vail, and the latter gentleman disclosed the whole of Fitch's plan to Mr. Robert Fulton, who was at that time sojourning in that city. The faux pas of his going to France, enabled his enemies to ruin him. They got from him that which he had been so long laboring lo accomplish, they j robbed him of the honor of the invention, which has been considered the greatest triumph of genius in j modern times. Mr. Fitch came out to Kentucky as a surveyor in i 1780, and located lands in the counties of Jefferson, Nelson, Lincoln and Fayette. He lived in Bards town, and became quite dissipated before his death. We have seen it stated that he gave away all of his lands to his landlord in consideration that he should keep in food and liquor. He was, however, to have u sixty years of indulgence," iu which time he might redeem them. Fitch left two sons in Connecticut, and has a nephew at Sharon, Centre County Ohio. He had left .his power of attorney with a lawyer in Bucks county, in 1786. This son of the law never did anything for him, and he became naturally dis heartened and chagrined. He took laudanum finally, and died at Bardstown, Ky., where he is now buried. Louisville Jour, of Com. Education. Some suppose, that every learned man is an educated man. No such thing. The man is educated who knows himself, and takes common sense views of men and.- things around him. Some very learnedjjnen are the greatest fools in the world ; the reason is, they are not educated men. Learning is only the means, not the end ; its value consists in giving the means of acquiring, the use of which prop erly managed enlightens the mind. An honest Girl. A young lady thus writes f5 the L Family Herald : For my own part I confess that the desire of my heart, and my constant prayer is, that I may be blessed th a Rood affectionate husband ; and that I may be i i . . . - enaoiea to be a good and attectionate wite and motn- er. Should I be denied this, I hope for grace to re- lr i . ... 1 . , . ,, 8u mvseii oui i rear u win ne a nara iriai 10 me. ANECDOTE OF HOOK. Lounging by Soho Square in the afternoon, with Terry the actor, the nostrils of the promenaders were suddenly saluted with a concord of sweet odors, aris ing from a spacious area. They stopped, snuffed the grateful incense, and peeping down, perceived thro' the kitchen window preparations for a handsome din ner, evidently on the point of being served. ' What a feast !' said Terry. Jolly dogs ! I should like to make one of them." 1 I'll take any bet," returned Hook, "that I do call for me here at ten o'clock, and you'll find that I shall be able to give a tolerable account of the worthy gentleman's champagne and vension. So saying he marched up to the steps, gave an au thoritative rap with the knocker, and.was quickly lost to the sight of his astonished companion. As a mat ter of course, he was immediately ushered by the ser vant, as an expected guest, into the drawing room, where a large party had already assembled. The a partment being well nigh full, no notice was at first taken of his intrusion, and a half a dozen people laughed at his ben mote, before the host discoverd the mistake. Affecting not toobserve the visible embar rassment of the latter, and ingeniously avoiding any opportunity for explanation, Hook rattled on until he had attracted the greater part of the company in a circle round him, and some considerable time had elapsed ere the old gentleman was able to catch the attention of the agreeable stranger. 'I beg your pardon, sir,' he said, contriving at last to get a word; "but your name, sir I did not quite catch it servants are abominably incorrect and I am really a little at loss 'Don't apologize, I beg,' graciously replied 1 he odore ; "bmith my name is bmith and as you iiifttlv observe, servants' are alwavs makinf some stu- TVl i r 1 , , piu uiunuer or oiuer i reiueuiuei a rauwiMwa in stance," &c. 'But really, my dear sir,' continued the host, at the termination of a story illustrative of the stupidity of servants, "I think the mistake on the present oc casion does not originate in the source you allude to; I certainly did not anticipate the pleasure of Smith's company at dinner to-day.' No, I dare say not you said in your note, I know and it is now, I see a quarter past five you are a Ijttle fast by the way; but the fact of the matter is I have been detained in the city as I was about to ex plain when 'Pray,' exclaimed the other, as soon as he could stay the volubility of his guest, 'whom, may I ask you, do you suppose you are addressing?' Whom? Why, Mr. Thompson, of course ; an old friend of my father. I have not the pleasure indeed n i . u..; i : m emg penwiuiiy nwu iuu, uu ..a..K pri vnnr Linn invitation VASttMav nn niv arrival from Liverpool, Frith street four o'clock family party come in boots you see I have taken you at your word. I am only afraid I have kept yon wailing.' 'Oh, not at all. But permit me to observe, my dear sir, my name is not exactly Thompson, it is Jones, and ' 'Jones?' repeated the tot disanl Smith, in admirably assumed consternation; 'Jones why purely I cannot have yes, I must good heaven! I see it all ! My dear sir. what a blunder wrong house what must you think of such an intrusion! I am really at a loss for words in which to apologize you will permit me to retire at present, and to-morrow hour named, and I am only too happy to offer you a j seat at mine.' f i i ,1 -i r i riooK, oi course, co.uu not near oi sue . a una could not think of trespassing upon the kindness of a perfect stranger; if too late for I hompson, there were plenty of chop-houses atuha"d; he unfortun.alfe ' part of the business was, he had made an apnomt- . , , . 11. 1 I IPL ment with a gentleman to call at 10 o clock, rhe good-natured Jones, hower postively refused to a low u wiwiiiui visitor to withdraw dinnerless. Mrs. Jones joined in solicitations, the Misses Jones smiled bewitch ingly, and at last Mr. Smith, who soon recovered from his confusion, was prevailed up on to offer his arm to one of the ladies, and take his place at the well furnished board. In all probability, the family of the Jones' never passed such an evening before. Hook naturally ex-1 erted himself to the utmost to keep the party in an unceasing roar of laughter, and made good the j first impression. The mirth grew fast and furious, when, by way of a coup de grace, he seated himself! ! at the Piano Forte and struck off into one of those : ' extemporaneous effusions which had filled morecrit-j ical judges than the Jones with delight and aston ishment. Ten o'clock struck, and Mr. Terry being annoonced, his triumphant friend wound up the performance with the following stanza: "I am very much pleased with your fare, Your cellar's as prime as your cook. My friend's Mr. Terry, the player, And I'm Mr. Theodore Hook!" A Hoosier Attorney on Capital Punishment. The following oration was delivered somewhere at ika it-oat hv Ano nf ttiA nrnfoaainn whn urmilrl Qppin t have 'j an aTer8ion to fa punishment: " May it please your Lordship and uentlemen ot i : the Jury The case is as clear as ice and as sharp to ; lh doingas n0 - from your sweetheart. The Scrip tnro enith. Thnn shnlt nnt kill :' now if vntl hanrr mv : w.w - - - ..... " - J n J i client, you transgress the command as slick as grease and as plump as an egg in a loafer's face. Gentle- j men murder is murder committed by twelve jury men, or by an humble individual like my client. Gentlemen, I do not deny the fact of my client having killed a man, but is that any reason why you j ft , do go ? No 8uch thi gentlemen. You may bring the prisoner in gnilty the hangman may do his duty but will that exonerate you ? JNo such thing. In that case you be murderers ! Who is prepared among you for the brand of Cain to be stamped on his brow to-day ? Who, freemen, who in this land of liberty and light ? Gentlemen, I will pledge my word, not one of you has a bowie knife or a pistol in his pocket ; no, Gen tlemen ; your pockets are odoriferous with the per fumes of cigar cases and tobacco; you can smoke the tobacco of rectitude in the pipe of a peaceful con science ! but hang my unfortunate client, and the scaly alligators of remorse will gallop through the internal principles of animal vertebra, and your an atomical construction is turned into a railroad for the grim and gory goblins of despair. Gentlemen, beware of committing murder ! Beware I say. Remember the man who attempted tosteady the ark, and tremble. Gentlemen I adjure you by the Amer ican Eagle, that whiped the game cock of creation, and now sits a roosting on the magnetic telegraph of time's illustrious transmigration, to do no murder ! and lastly, gentlemen, if you ever expect to wear boots made of the free hides of the Rocky Mountain buffalo and, to sum up all, if you ever expect to be any thing but a set of sneaking, loafing, rascally, cut throated, braided, small ends of humanity, whittled down to indistinctability, acquit my client and save your country." The prisoner was acquitted. Webster on Mann. The Boston Bee has the following from its Washington correspondent : A gentleman of this city, having read Mr. Horace Mann's last letter, wrote thus to Mr. Webster : " My dear Sir Mr. Mann has written another let ter, but I pray you to take no notice of it. Let him rail unanswered." To which Mr. Webster replied Washington, July 27, 1850. " My dear Sir Make yourself quite easy ; I shall not answer Mr. Horace Mann's railing. St. Jude writes, that when Michael, the Arch angel, contend ed with the devil about the body of Moses, he did not bring against him a railing accusation. Archbishop Ttllotson remarks, that, in this particu lar, the Arch angel acted quite prudently, as he knew that in a contest of railing, the devil would be too hard for him. Yours always truly. DANIEL WEBSTER. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The war has now commenced in earnest. On the 25th the two armies met, and after some skirmishing a regular engagement ensued, in which the Danes were victorious. The battle began at dawn of day and lasted eleven hours. The Danes attacked with about 35,000 men, and the insurrectionary army was about 20,000 strong. The Hamburg Boersenhalle, of the 26th, gives the following account of the battle : " ScHLSswie, July 25. " The anticipated battle- commenced this morning at three o'clock, with an attack by the Danes on both wings of the Settles wig-Holstein army. The Danes did not at first succeed in obtaining the ad vantage, but in a short time they began to gain ground on the left wing, where they attempted to es tablished themselves, but were driven back so far by a gallant charge ot the rifles and infantry that no fur ther attack was made from this quarter. On the right wing they were so warmly received by the Schles-wig-Holsteiners that they could not succeed in gain ing a single inch of ground. After this attack on both wings had continued for two or three hours, the Danes made an onslaught on the centre, along the Chaussee, in the direction of Flensburg, with infan try, cavalry, and artillery at the same time. The Schleswig-Holstein light infantry retired behind the main position near Idstedt, where the advancing Danes were received with a shower of balls from the forti fications thrown up there, which compelled them to retire a little. "The Holsteiners again rushed to the centre, and with such vivacity that the Danes were soon obliged to retreat en masse into a poplar wood. This mance vre was twice repeated, and twice was our main po sition on the right wing and centre attacked by the Danes. On the left wing a mere skirminishing fire was only carried on. The battle had by this time continued for nearly eight hours, and between 10 and 11 o'clook it seemed certain that the result would not be otherwise than favorable to us. But just then it became apparent that the Danes had concentrated their whole force for a main attack on our centre and right wing. From the eminence where I stood I could distinctly see the whole Danish Infantry de bouch from the poplar wood, and form line directly opposite the Schleswig-Holsein force, bringing up at the same time several new batteries of field artillery. I could also distinctly see the fatigued and worn out troops relieved by fresh battalions. Gen. Willisen also caused his reserve batteries to be brought for ward as well as the cavalry, which had as yet been but partially engaged ; and about 11 o'clock a most fearful cannonade commenced on both sides, which was kept up on the part of the Schleswig-Holsteiners with great obstinacy for two hours and a half, al though the enemy's guns were larger and more nu merous. Individual instances of courage were shown that would appear almost incredible. " A small battery of 12-ponnders charged right in to the thickest of the enemy's fire, posted itself at half distance and greeted the Danes with repeated discharges. It was, however, soon obliged to retire, in order to avoid a charge of cavalry. . The most de termined courage of the whole army was, however, of no avail against the superior force the Danes at this time brought into action. We were also defi cient in ammunition. About two o'clock the Danes made another attack, but .being myself at this time obliged to withdraw, I was no longer an eye-witness of what occurred. Soon after, however, scattered soldiers were seen running along the Chausee in the direction of ScMeswig, followed soon after by larger masses, spreading the mournful news that the Danes had broken through our centre. Under such circum stances there was no other alternative than a retreat. " The retreat was made without confusion, and in good order, covered by several battalions under the command of Col. Von der Tann. The Danes appear to have been either too fatigued or too indolent to fol low tip their advantage, as they made no pursuit. " The battle of Idstedt will take its place in histo ry as one of the most sanguinary battles on record. On both sides the loss has been immense ; but the Danes must have suffered most, otherwise, with their great numercial superiority, they would not have re mained upon the field of battle. They cannot have numbered less than from 45,000 to 50,000 men, ac cording to the statement of the prisoners who, 400 in number, were removed, first to Schleswig, then to Rendsburg. Swedes and Norwegians are said to be among the number, in Danish uniforms. Twenty officers are among the prisoners. Report says that not a single staff-officer of the Schleswig-Holstein army has been wounded." The accounts in the German papers, dated at dif ferent periods of the day of battle, prove that the for tune of the day for a time was doubtful. Some of the earlier accounts report the Danes as beaten back on all sides, but the hopes thus created were doomed to be of short duration. A letter dated South Schles wig, 25t i July, evening, says : " The battle that has been fought to-day has been even more sanguinary than that fought under the walls of Frederica, on the 6th of July last year. We have lost many officers, and many medical men have fallen. The loss of the day is to be attributed to the superior numbers of the enemy. Our troops fought bravely, and so did the Danes, vv hen both parties are brave, and ably commanded, cide the day. The Danes were numbers must de- about 38,000, our army not more than 28,600 strong. 1 am told that there were Swedes and Russians in the Danish ranks, hut I cannot answer for this being correct. Life at Twenty. Dow, Jr., describes life at twenty, in the following unique manner: " Friends : at twenty, we are wild as patridges. There's no such thing as taming us ; we ride that fierce, fiery and head strong animal, Passion, over fences, ditches, on to the devil, leap the five barred gate of reason without touching the curb of discre tion, or pulling harder than a tit-mouse upon the strong rein of judgment. And at twenty you are a perfect locomotive, going at the rate of sixty miles an hour, you heat the boiler, love is the steam, you sometimes blow off in sighs and hope, fear, anxie ty and jealousy, are the train that you drag. At this season of life you are filled with exhilarating gas of romance, everything looks romantic by spells even a jackass philosophising over a barrel of vinegar. You (both girls and boys) now read novels till your gizzards have softened into sentimental jelly and set tled into the pit of your stomach ! Oh ! I know how you feel ! you feel as though you would like to soar from star to star ! kick little planets aside, take crazy comets by their blazing hair, and pull them into their right courses, sit upon the highest peak nf a thunder cloud, and dangle the red lightning between your thumb and finger as a watch chain, and then dive down into the golden sunset sea, and sport with the celestial syrens, speed on, pull the nose of the man in the moon, ransack creation, knock a few panes out of the window of heaven, and then flutter down gent ly as a breeze, and find the darling object of your love, mending stockings ! That's how you teel. The Oldest Republic on Earth. The American Quarterly Review contains a letter from G. VV. lrv ino-, giving a sketch of his visit to San Marinia, a small Republic hv Italy, between the Appenines, the Po, and the Adriatic. The territory of this State is only forty miles in circumfrenoe, and its population about 70.000. The Republic was founded more than fourteen hundred years ago on moral principles, indus try and equality, and has preserved its liberty and in dependence amidst all the wars and discords which have raged around it. Bonaparte respected it, and sent an embassy to express his sentiments of friend ship and fraternity. It is governed by a Captain Regent chosen every six months by the represents lives of the people, (sixty-six in number,) who are chosen every six months by the people. The taxes are light, the farm houses are neat, the fields wel cultivated ; on all sides are seen comfort and peace. the happy effect of morality, simplicity, liberty and justice. The Etiqvtte of Railroad Cars is a new science, the principles of which are not yet fully established. It appears to be conceded that a passenger who pays but for one ticket, is entitled to only one seat, i. e. half of one settee; and consequently, that any other passenger has a right to occupy a vacant seat at his side. It follows that, when there is a deficiency of A I . t eais, a gentleman wiin two ladies has no richt to monopolize two entire settees, for the convenience of a tete-a-tete. The concessions due to ladies in the choice of set tees, &c, and not clearly defined. If the seats are all occupied, and a half a dozen ladies step into the car at some station-house, must as many gentlemen vocale their seats for the accommodation of the new comers, and occupy standees for the remainder of the trip. If a gentleman has selected a settee which suits him, there being one vacant seat at his side, is he liable to be ousted by a gentleman and lady who come into the car, and whose pleasure it is to occupy bis seat, and leave him to shift for himself as he may be able? Many gentlemen accompanying ladies in vite such a dispossession with as much assurance as if it were their right. Is it their right ? In a hot Summer day a gentleman secures a seat on the shady side of the car, which chances also to be the windward side. A irentleman and larlv. nr two ladies, afterward enter the car, and coveting his comparatively cool position, invite him to give up his settee for their benefit, and to take a vacant one on the sunny side, which they might as easily have taken themselves, had they been so disposed. Is that a civil invitation ; and if so. doescivilitv reouire him to comply : nc icgai ng m, in mese cases, ana others ot a l 4. A. I t . 1 s similar character which frequently arise in practice, ! , oUpKTC, ou..,utoMjr cit-ar. n Knows no on-1 ""I" ucwcou pcisuiis, ur srAcs. aii are equal in the eye of the law. The rights of all are equal. Prior possession give a title to any particular seat, but nothing else does. It follows that when ladies. or gentlemen and ladies covet the seat of any occu- i pant, and propose to get possession of it, they doffi all supercilious airs, and approach their victim im- plonngly. For the -same reason they have no right j to be offended if he declines the surrender. On the other hand, it he complies, an equal degree of cour- I tesy on their part requires from them an expression of acknowledgment, either in lantruagre or manner. I I i i a . 1 such as persons of good breeding know how to mke wimom aisiressing ttiemse. yes. now tar gentlemen will yield their "reserved' i . ,, e .l t p. oi l-. . e JZ u r. c i V , . . . for the benefit of the fair and those who ac-: 6" company them, each individual must determine for himself; and his decision will very likely depend , nol pass them by. What man u there who sea his upon his good nature at the moment, which may ; oum proscribed, who will not in the same manner punish again depend upon the state of his nervous system, i him who does it, when an opportunity present itself 7 and that upon the circumstances of diet, sleep, &c. j Every business man, therefore, stands in bis own If, therefore, ladies desire to see a regular stampede j light who refuses to advertise in a paper because it when they enter the cars, it is ind.spensable that they ; does not teach his creed. There are many merchants keep the gentlemen in good humor at home. All : jn our city, who are opposed to as in politics, who gentlemenare more or less under the influence of the ! advertise with us, and their large and increasing busi ladies,and should be so brought up as to be civil ineBs exhibits the advantages of such a course ; these without obsequiousness ; and the ladles should learn ! are liberal minded men, and deserve prosperity. They to receive a tavor with thankfulness, and not as a nnt aw .i, - I, , cj r .U . i feet boors in this matter, and deserve to be dealt with on the principles of reciprocity. Jour, of Commerce. Geology. The following incident in the exam ination of a student in geology, is from the editor's table of the Knickerbocker: " The time usually allotted for the study of geolo gy was, as he thought, more profitably employed in hunting-expeditions to East Creek, and when exami nation day came round, on this subject he was not . i i i i r i i particularly iearna. rroiessor A. looked upon geology with perfect adoration, and however wide of the mark a student's answer might be, his grave and solemn countenance gave no sign to the hapless ex aminer of the incorrectness of his response. 'Young gentleman,' said the protessor to F , you will describe home blende,' a task as difficult for him as to describe the king of the Mosquitos. He tried ' it, however : 'Horneblende is a mineral, generally supposed to be a stone.' Here he hesitated, to eive 1 the professor time to correct him If he was wronn-. I Judging from his unmoved features that he had struck ! the right vein, he dashed on : 4 Of an animal culerl consistency and infusorical form; unctuous to the; touch; tertiary formation ; slightly femiginous ; of a spotted color; belonging to the trassic system of com pound drift; and is usually found just below the crust ' of the palaeozoic rocks on Snake mountain." 'Any- ! tlttrtrr nr r rn I ' mno ; ir innnival IhA XT ? ...." .11 k u" iir.H . " ? tn Hi" iiiuii' . tuvwviv uiuuiicu ihc 171 uirnnui . i n. mat wao a.. ..c .ui.icu, t.cii, yuunu man, saiu he, gravely, 'if you should ever discover anv article of the kind you have been describing, you stand a chance of becoming very celebrated, if you will only make it known. It was neycr hitherto supposed to exist. by the scientiac world . He was not marked h llfh- ' . p - ,, I man 3CVCIUCCI1 iui 11119 jJiuucitMiuj Sabbath in San Francisco. A correspondent of the New xork Journal of Commerce, writing from San Francisco, mentions the following pleasing inci dent : I see the drawings of a bright future for Califor nia an organized government, an educated and en- ightened people, and the genial influences of our ho- y religion, have made us elsewhere, and will here, a nation exalted above the nations of the earth. How it gladdens my heart, amid all the wickedness of this community, to hear the gospel preached ; yea, to see it carried even down to the doors of those who exert the greatest influence against the progress of Christi anity. Last feahbath, a Methodist preacher openly took his stand in the plaza, and commenced sinmntra good old-tashioned hymn. The thing was so novel, that he was soon surrounded by a thousand idlers. who would never have thought of visiting God's house. From the various gambling houses around the square the music poured fourth harmoniouly, butj in vain. The old, sweet, solemn sound of sacred song, from many hundred human voices, echoing to the very heavens, acieu nice magic upon the floating mass, and the gambling houses were soon deserted, and their games for the time being broken up. The wind blew a gale ; the dust was intolerable ; and the trumpets and trambones piped merrily ; but above the wind. the hum, the din and bustle of a San Francisco Sab bath, wae heard the voice of that faithful servant of God, as he preached Christ and him crucified to the vast multitude around him. Plainly and faithfully he dealt with them, and so loud were the tones of his voice, that it was heard in the streets adjoining the square." v- . Value of Newspapers. A thousand times, says the Macclesfield Courier, have we heard this ques- tion and answer : Two gentlemen meet " Wnat's the news V says one. "Nothing but what you see in the papers." They pass on about their business. nas it ever been noticed that among Uie thousand benefits of a newspaper, not the least is, that it does away at once with tittle tattle, gossip, street yarn, foolish exaggerations, scandal, and newsinongcring, which once took up so much of the time of those ! iv hn wn alwavs henrintr nr ttA liner UM new ihiurr I One real evil of social life is thus ended. The man rises in the morning, looks over the paper, and is whig paper that supported two tndependentcandtdates satisfied that be knows ail worth knowing of the for lje Legislature, and the Mountain Banner, and passing history of the world. He has nothing to 1 e Charlotte Hornet's Neat, are three anti-Manly, tell and nothing to hear farther. He does not spend i whi? pspers that keep up a skirmishing fire his time in g'mng information which his neighbor j wl olhef whl Ppe knows as well as himself. He is not annoyed Tn the . T,,e Roan?" Republican stated that it was prohs midstof his business or pleasures by the rectial of I j?1 a majority of republicans were elected to the affairs in which he takes no interest. The same Legislature. The Weldon Herald, a Manly paper, with woman. Curiosity is gratified without the loss ! ?ked. ,wbetf he meant. yhl8 or Jmoemts, when of time. The scandal of the day ba nol employed a hundred busy, meddling tongues in its circulation and exaggerations. Conversation takes a higher tone. Principles of morals and taste are discussed ; the new poem, the last book, the magazine, or the review, becomes the subject of conversation. Even in the minor matters of life, society owes a large debt to the newspaper. Statistics or New York City. From Rode1 new City Directory, we gather the following items : " The number of banks in this city is thirty, hav ing an aggregate capital of more than $27,000,000. There are twenty-five fire and marine insurance com panies, whose capital amounts to about $9,000,00. Eighty-one companies are represented here by means of agencies, &c. Of life and trust companies, there j are twenty six ; capital about $3,500,000. There are fnnrtoon nirnA .AmMn;A. : parnea, and nine telegraph companies. The number of steamboat lines is fifty-eight. Number of daily and weekly newspapers, one hundred and six ; also the same number of other periodicals. The hotels number forty-five ; churches two hundred and twenty nine; of which forty-two are Protestant Episcopal, thirty-one Methodist Episcopal, thirty-one Baptist, thirty-four Presbyterian, nineteen Roman Catholic, fourteen Dutch Reformed, ten Congregational, and ten Jewish. The number of omnibus lines is twenty- five, running four hundred and twenty-five stages, There are also ninety lines of sail and steam packets, one hundred and one transportation linep, one hun dred arid sixty-nine ward and public schools, and one hundred and twenty moral and benevolent so cieties. The aggregate value of real and personal estate is estimated at $254,493,527. The number of buildings erected in the city during the last year was 1818. From such statistics as these, one is enabled to form some propel idea f the magnitude of this im mense mart of commerce. . Jour, of Com. ww.. ww. i'wumni0 iircuiJ'siA CA pi Coo VvUI Advertising. "Some who know enough to ad vertise, are yet so narrow as to confine their adver- tispman(s to trtflrnsla nf thai, nwn nraaA r n..i t they do not chose to trade with any but men of like taith.this is wise; but if they desire to have the whole public for customers, it is otherwise." The above extract is from a prize essay written by Horace Greely, on "advertising and its benefits to business men," and is true to the letter. There are many men in our city, in business, who ate full of PntomriCO -inl rlacira t r Ark O UfOA knotnAnn V. c.rtnfnr.t01i ; haKIi 4t. would as leave think of taking an adder to their bosom as to advertise in a foenfw, sheet. They advertise liberallv in their own mriv Imntml anri w.t .t K.. . limited' businftga. wondprmrr all th tim ih thi, nl li v w "icon. i uciicriti iu lutrui, itliwni" ting at the same time that it is seldom their ad vertlse- ment8 are geen by others than members of their own - " ..- ...k'J inn uiiiiuniv , i'". l""ly which is largely in me minority , whereas if they advertised in the nanera of hoth nr. ties, neoole of all creeds would Mbmin th.m. nrl r""S .no i.ij ui mc iijiiiiiw ijc mocracy while they proscribe their press ; they pur sue a nobler course, and are rewarded for it, for our people appreciate a liberal heart whether it be Whig or Democratic. Baltimore Argus. Kidknapping a Whitb Man. Our usually quiet little vis a vis, Algiers, was quite stirred up by a cu rious affair which occurred on Saturday last. A man named Hall, a negro trader Went across the river in pursuit of a light mulatto slave who had escaped from his master in North Carolina. On inquiring of sonje mischievous negro for a person of the descrip tion of him he was in pursuit of, Hall was pointed to an individual of dark complexion, who sat in the bar I room ot ballot & Kivoil. Approaching him Hall ask ed, sportively, to see his wrist and while making I some remarks about his shirt sleeves slipped a pair j of handcuffs on his arms, and then commenced drag- ging him toward the river. The poor fellow, thus unceremoniously treated, who proved to be a well- known French of Creole citizen of Algiers, of the name of Hippolite Lieutand, immediately raised a cry for help, and a crowd gathered around them. " Come along," cried Hall ; "I know you well ; you belong to Colonel , of North Carolin." --Je ne pas un naigre!" exclaimed the poor Frenchman, quite lustily, appealing to his friends in the crowd to substantiate his averment. Here the crowd inter fered, and a constable coming up, both parties. Hip polite and his would bo abductor, were lodged in s-..i,-.n iiannni.tA i . . . . i t i "'hh?" was released atter a ninpoiue, nowever, was released while, and Ha was rots no, nnA, v- kMl, l rsLrEZJLTTSS This is certainlv a stranae affair. nH n..t,t s iJ. vestigated. People ,aW8 5n this countryf an1 that ev llMTIQalf i 11(1 frC inrv .flAriATmil seem 10 ininK mat there are no man can make " J""o J J uiiu c.n executive, whenever he desires. New Orleans Daily Delta, July 33. i English vs. American Girls. The English girl, spends more than one-half her waking hours in phy. ical amusements which tend to develop and invigorate and ripen the bodily powers. She rides, walks, j drives, rows upon water, runs, dances, plays, sings, jumps the. rope, throws the hall, hurls the quoit, draws j the bow, keep up the shuttlocock, and all this with j out having it for ever pressed on her mind that she j is thereby wasting her time. She does this every day. until it becomes a habit which she will follow up through life. Her frame, as a natural conseqence, is larger, her muscular system better developed, her nervous system in better subordination, her strength more enduring, and the whole tone of her mind heal thier. She may not know as much at the age of sev ' enteen as the American girl ; as a general thing she does not ; but the growth of her intellect has been stimulated by no hot-house culture, and though ma- Eigtft hs 7iS3d between ten and ninn v.r , , lliJLz!l iiiriiy come later, tt win proportionally last longer. j " w WM iivwin cat n day, as is some limes required at school, with two honrs for meals, one for religious dutips. the remain der for physical exercises, are enough to break down the strongest constitution. Something new under the Sun. On Tuesday afternoon, the inhabitants of Canal, Hudson street and vicinity, were astonished at seeincra train of nara '' apparently drawing themselves, and going to the depot, i The truth was that a very nice locomotive, invented ; by Henry Waterman, Esq., had been placed inside of a passenger car, and consuming its own smoke, is to i he made use of to convey the cars through the at root j if the street commissioner pronounces it safe. It is a novel affair, and attracted the attention of thnnnnH. as it moved slowly through Canal and Hudson streets, ' It is constructed with four wheels on rarh airlo .i j two drivers in the middle. The entire machinery is ! condensed and enclosed, so that the locomotive An pears the same as a car, and is so arranged that tl engineer can check its speed almost instantly wheth- er a train is attached or not. It is about ninety horse power, and is capable of drawing a train of twenty Cars. rrw York r.ornrft harp shooting. 1 he Koanoke Republican, a ! ,,BJU fP' ' wmcn me Republican replied When we say ipublicans we don't mean federal! " Hit him again. The Weldon Herald then says that the election of tho independent candidates. Pope and Clanton, in Halifax, is a democratic victory, as they both voted for Mr. Reid. The Republican retorts that it was s victory of the people over federalism and aristoency. Fayetteville Carolinian. A j I
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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