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I ' Fr t fc- ' Cacntlna Standard . A I EMTEN IIARY. lli-re w-dl be no subject before the Le- ' K-llr f mure importanee to the 8tat loan ilfe)estitjf f a Penitentiary. H f Js uhj tha isree frwtt parly consid- ent;nHrWt i4isi'elj police repula - torn, a c ..the. best manner of punishing t off n es.lmth with a view to the preven- ih4 of triiese ,nii reformatio of ouenil- a Inokir. into the Chanter in our Re vis.d Statutes, th. re will be found uoder Vk'f he-id uf Crfmee anil Punishments," Ivtfn'yjir etfeiicea whose punishment is AT in thefitst instance, anu wnie ni en forTTi'e second offence. This is cer 1 "lainlv rather a dark catalogue for a civl- lid anil christian coentrv, and one that appeals strongly to the lawmakers Iota re I'm ma l mn. lathe lift of a human beinjto br,fwrMterr fnrrhecompra!WeltmlHf feoce f breaking into a dwelling house, and takinr iherefiftin property to the a mount of ten dollars? s So the concealing eraling uf a lave, with intent to remove him nut of the State, for sale. So the turninx of a .public or private bridge. wiih intent to destroy. These, and other offences of a like cSaracter, are punished with as high w penalty a that of wilful, murder. The pillory anu corporal punisn- meiit arc annexed to onencrs oi a aim lets character, and the man becomes d'u- gracexl, and it led to the perpetration of crime ol Ueeper me. The very nature of these offences and their punishment, shews the necessity lor " some mode of correcting them, which wnnld be more certain and aalutary. While we condemn cruel and unusual panuhmehts," we are not so idle a theorist n t say death ahoold be inflicted in no case. The injunction of or Bill of Rights i against unusual severity in punishments ; td yet no mode has or can be divised by - which crimes and their punishment can be properly arranged, other than that of Penitentiaries or State Prisons of some k.nd. - In the year 834, there were sixteen of the United States, vix. Maine, Hew Hampshire. Massachusetts, Vermont, Con- nrcticut. New York, New Jersey, renn svlvanla, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ueori-ia, Ohio, Indiana, and .Illinois who had Penitentiaries. Congress also adopted the system, as there is a Peni tntiary in the District of Columbia, and amongst the appropriations made at the last session, waa ooe to complete a rrnucr.ua ry in the territorr of Iowa. It is too lte at this day, therefore, to question the propriety of the system, 1 lie great uira cultv has been to ascertain the best mode - for nfeetingHhe great end of the scheme . the reformation or oUcmlcri anil the ex ample to deter others. These are thought to be best , answered by solitary confine- -went by night, and hard labor with soli- . tude, but without conversation in the worn shops, by day. The system has been car ried to the greatest pei faction in the State Prison at Auburn, and the new State Pri' ' a.in at Mount Pleasant, New Vmk, and at Wealhrrsft'ld, Connecticut. So success fil has it been in these places, as to rc commend the punishment of hard labor and solitary imprisonment, instead ol cap ital and other sanguinary punishments, to universal approbation.: - We ar inclined to think, it ia popular at this day In tui State,-' Such have been ihe defects in the administration uf U criminal .Jaw, aa to - tifjr every tn ttut some change is in dttipeiiaahle, - v;. Ve have not the mean of stating to certainty the number in each Circuit char- f;r-d with crime, when punUJiment would ikely be that of Ihe Penitentiary. But twrowleil state of our criminal docket, and of the Jails,' renders it certain that tnMli humanity ant economy would be pro moted by changing ear system of putmh-Miet.-The-cunty charges for the fail ure of prosecutions and the expense of msintaining the convicts, would soon more ;han nay (any expense in the establishment of a Penif-ntiary. ' Uilhettn, on r,ret difficulty hai been a to iff location. .It has been justly thought such an establishment ought to be at the seat of government. And it has, Ij:-ns we understand, heretofore been urged I means ot irvtiin tu raw in i ,- jreiling oft such articles as wight Jjo manu , ' lit tured. Hut now we havea Kail Roadt I and such is the communiration from this to i the interior and western parts of the State by land, as to supercede this difficulty. iso, at this time, labor is cheap, ami the principal material, rock, h at hind. We trust the suhject will be brocght lor ward and considered dispassionately! and . . . so, wejoubt not the ; Initiary stept will V be taken towards an icstaltihment. de- . mmdedniiike ; byi2ii)irit jtf the tima. ; well as by the voice of tiomanify, and a nro irr sehsj t what U .iue to me puuuc t aieiv anu mors is. - We'toncluife thi8omberAilhsome et t1lent n-msi Is relative l the system nn- il-r Te isideration, from M.'.Mslte-Brun's Unirej-aafCcflgraphy. " The Philadelphia iirinon is a iiKi e, interesting object thu inanity than thejn'oal gorgeous palaces: it presents the practical application of prin chiles wii'u'U woililly mcu have derided. an J pliilosiphjr has upheld without daring ' to hone for their aiIptMit.; The exterior f the building is simple, with rather the air of a hospital iIism 'a goat. On enter ing fie court, say the intel.igenf travel ler, "I f.iind if full of stone cutter, e'm p'eyed its sawing aad preparing targe l.lin ks of stone and marble) smith's forges wrre at work on one side of it, and the wh.il court U surroundet by ga"ry id double tier of workshops, in which bru!i. makers, ailrs shoemaker, M ,.ar. all, a their, several ccupation, Ut tii.ig ot nj to defisr 1" 'he public ti-e e'is of their confinement, sut to pru'iJc ti t lutai vf their owa hopeit ItXi; K sabfistencr f r the fa' ore. I j afe ! through Ihe ahvps, and psoM-d a moment n Mie gallery to lonk down imi the acrne belt w it had none of the usual leatures of a pri sn hottsenriiher the hardened pnR g cy wbiih sci. IT down its own sense of guilt, O'H" the ho!loWiyed-rrow; there was neither the clanluuf chains,' nor yell ef execration, but a hard-working body of men, who. though separated by justice from sociely, were not supposed to have lot the distinctive attributes of human nature: they were treated a rational beings operated upon by lational motivo, and repaying this treatment by improved hab its, by industrvvnd by submiiin. They had been profligate, tliey were sober and decent in behaviour, they had been idle they were actively and osefnllv employed; they had disobeyed Ihe laws, they submit ted (srmrd as they were with atl kinds r,f tttettsil,Jto the "governmenr of a single grating. The miracle which worked all this wss humanity, addressing, their self love through iheir reason. I enied Am erica this system: I fell a ping that ni swn country had neither the glory to have invented. nor the emulation to have adopt ed it. "W'hen the principles of the new sys tem of prison discipline wer- first recom mended by Dr. Rush, in 1787. they were Considered as the schemes of a hnmane heart misled by a wild and visionary im agination, such as it was impossible, from the nature of man. ever to rralize. The trial w made, however, after much op position, iu 1790. The eventual success of ihe system had vanquished the prejudi ces of the g'eat majority of its enemies. and the prion in Philadelphia is become a model for those f the o'lier Stat-". Ac cording to the regulations, the criminal. on coining into gnal,i.s bathed and. clothed in Ihe prison dress, and care is afterwards taken to make him keen his person clean. The prisoners sleep on the floor in a blan ket, about thirty in one room, with a lamp always burning, so that the keeper has al ways a view ol the apartment Ineytake their meal with strict regularity, by ,the aound of a bell, afcd in silence, Their food consists ol bread, betf, (in small quantity.) mutates, potatoes, muih, and rice. Spirits and beer ore never allowed to enter the prison walls There is a sick room, but from the regularity of the lives, disease is extremely rare. Woik suitable to the age and capacity of the convicts is assigned them, and an account opened with each. They are charged with their board and clothes, the fine imposed by the Stale, and expense of prosecution, and are credited for their work. At the expira tion of Jheir jjnie of aeri(ule half the a mount of 'he sum UTt, if any, after de ducting the charges, is paid to them. As the board is low, the labor constant, and the working hours greater than among me chanics, they easily earn more than Their expenses. On several occasions the bal ance paid to 4 convict has amounted to more than 100 dollars; io one instance it was 60; and from 10 to 40 dollars are commonly paid. When, from the nature of ihe work at which (he convict has been employed, or from his weakness, his labor dues not amount to more than the charges against, him, he is furnished with money to bear his expenses home to his place of residence. The price of boarding is lb cents (about 9d)day. Corporal pun ishment is pruhib'tted on all occasions, the keepers can-vine no weanon. not even a st'ak; but reliance is placed for the cor rection of hardened criminals chieflv on the terrors of solitary confinement. The cells for the purpose are six feet by eight, and nine feet hizht lisht ia admitted by a small window, placed above the rescb of the person ronnncd. No conversation can lake place but by vociferation, and aa this would be heard, it would lead to a pro- longation of the .time of punishment. The prisoner is therefore abandoned to the gloomy severity of his own reflections. tlis food consists of otvly half a pound ol bread per day. No nature has been found so stubborn as to hold out against this pun ishment, or to incur it a second time. Some veterans in vice have declared their preferencetif death by the gallows to a further continuance in that place of tor ment. Finally, as a security against a- buses, Visiting inspectors attend the pri- the whole of its eonomv, ances, and teceive the petitions ol the pri soners," lay monthly reports before the Board of Control, and in every point in sure the regularity of the system. A punishments are but necessary evils, and however judiciously conducted will not de liver society from cr'me, it is not to be ex pected that Ihe best devised plan shotilil give mTenial "satisfaction'. Accordingly objections have been raised to this system , and its mildness has been represented as a temptation 1o guilt. Hut the best inform I ed persons in the Uni'ed Statea ar decid. ruiy or opinion mat u nas niminisneu crime, while, it ha saved expense to the State, and suffering to the criminal, am1 in. short, that il4S recommended by sound policy as much a by humanity. Hall's Travala in Canada and the U, States, p. 302. ' flin PENITENTIARY .SYSTEM. , 4 Uhitkb States-Circuit Court roe the , District or North Calolina, ut J!a ' ld$h, Xovtmbtr Term,J6i2. v , , XV t Uie undnrsipned Jurors from the coun ties of Wake, Orange, Chatham, Granville t ranklin, Johnston and Cumberland, after disposing of the ordinary business upon which tliey have been called to act, as Ju rors from the above. Counties, are unwilling to separate,' without ; rcfpectfully making knnwu their hearty sentiments, on a subject deeply nfll-cting. Uie administration of the ri. :.!..-! T ..... .. .i.:. ,.. n...i- the erection of a suitable Pksitkhtiary for the Slate of North Carolina. It might not I U If S TAi.AKl) N O perhapa be considered' Becoming jn the nn dernigned, to enler into any details upon this subject, nor is such their purpose; the wish, only to call public attention to it, and par liriilarly to present it to the careful and en lightened consideration of the approacliiffg General Assembly. Utlvt jurthrr. That the lin fcerinl m lh pil 'f S. Bniler, jueil, br sll ili.lnt He twuSltJ :t h rcenl tnofo M iWiitUe f Crimes 1'brra nioM be tome change, stula PtniieM- r p'roperljr ioracle(l nd coixtucieil. ill bej r..ui.H, , belittril, to bribe most aiuenel,eve: nirnl, certain n rflmiel remeily. Thr onde rMimit, dial la 1 821 . a Hill IAelUi,h a PeuiiMuwj pn.wil ihe IbiMw ol ConiwMt of ihi 8te, m4 net, 4lcfeel i ihe 8eoai, by lbs eauing tvie of Uie Sekr; " llenht'd firther. That all KHiters, faeoiwhte lo Ihe forrtntRi Knlimrnl,, be r)iiil W giw lhe aa WaetliM bt Iheir reneeie jountsls. JohtMacLkod. (of Johnston,) Fortman. Silas M. Link. A.' Armstrong, Wia B. Sanders, A. B. Marsh, Benj; P. BiiUo'ckv, M.'ThonpsonV Jr. C. F. Faweett, Will. R. Poole, O. A. Stedmari. Brian Green, SanVl N. Wash'n Bianch, Naih'f Dunn. Steph. Sifipheason, J. P.Weatlicrtipoon, Tate. Goon Advicb. Mini you ownlusi ntsi. Henry Clay, in Ihe conclusion ol his remarks responsive to the petition presented to hi in at Richmond, Indiana, requesting him lo emancipate his slaves gives Mr. Mendehall, who presented it, the following most excellent piece of ad vice "Go home and mind yourown business, and leave other people to take caie of theiis. Limit our benevolent exertions to your own neighborhood. Within that circle yon will find ample scope for the exercise of all vour tharities. Dry up the tears of the afflicted widows around you, console and comfort the helpless orphan, clothe, the naked, and feed and help the poor, black and white, who nee I succor, and you will be a belter and wiser man, than you have this day shown your-elf." Respecting the speech itself, which we were the first hue to lay before the pub lie, we have the pleasure of knowing that our high opinion of it is but the opinion of this community. There may be individual exceptions, but they are so few and far betwtcn, if any, that we have yet to learn them. The speech is in fact considered generally, at least so far as we have had opportunity to ascertain and our oppor tunities are neiiher few in number nor ve ry limited in extent one of the best ever delivered by its author. When all the circumstances of the case are considered, such as the occasion, the position of the orator with respect to his auditors and the country at Urge, the lime selected by those who got up thepc:ition, the exciting and very peculiar nature of the subject which it brought to his notice, with many other consideration that will readily sug gest themselves to those who take an in terest in the matter when all these cir cumstances are considered in connexion with the impromptu remarks of the spea ker, not even hi most dotermined politi cal opponents can refuse Ihe tribute of his admiration of the intellectual man imper sonated in the orator, and of his approba tion of the sentiments expressed, and of the tone and temper in nhult they were delivered. But our special bu-inesswith the speech is the sctrctinn of one of its many gems; and that which we have appropriated above, and set apart from the rest, is by no means the least valuable. "Go home and mind your own business, and leave o-her people to take care of theiis." Admirable mo nition ! excellent advice! We might go on and re quote the whole in clauses, with comments on each, but we prefer ta di rect to it Ihe attention of our readers. f here it stands, the language of a man whore experience, combined with his known talents gives him a title to that res pect, which even his political opponents do not refuse to him. And what does he ssy ? Need we ehlarge upon the subject ? No. But we would ask for it the seneus consideration of all not of evolutionists alone, but of the whole body of society; and there is good reason why we should. Do we not daily see the spirit of itinerant philanthropy pluruing its wing for distant flights on errands of benevolence, while theLrnorance. Ihe moral and religious iai rot., m- flaring. im - mediately under its eye and witniti us reach, are aa absolutely unheeded, as if they were absolutely unknown. To such pseudo philanthropy, so far seeing that it cannot aee what is near, so long ol arm as to embrace the globe, yet so short that it cannot shake hands with its own neigUbor hood J(viuch philanthropy, whether it be fonnr4Tnr.e.ngland or America, in Indiana or"ihe India House," Mr, Clay has ed mistered a rebuke as quiet as it is severe, and as sharp as it is deserved. AJjnd your own businttt I Thats it exactlfe Mind your own business, and leave oilier people to tske care of theirs." What better advice could Mr. Clay or any other man gite to Mr. Mendenhall or any other man give to Mr. Mendenhall or anybody else ) It is so excellent that we would not mar it with a word of comment, even though we might fill whole Columns with its commendation F.nglixh abiilitionUts, 'mind your own bu siness, American aboli'ionists, plfase mind your own business;" and compre hensively speaking, we would say to "one nl all, ' everywhere, "mind your own business, anu leave other people to take care of theirs." DuUlmori Sun. Proc'etlinif vgaimFMeKolai Diddle We learn from the Philadelphia Ledftr that the assignees of the Bank of the United Statea have filed a bill of discovery, in the nature of an equity proceeding iu the District Court, against Nicholas Biddle, Esq. ask ing that he way be called epon to answc ., under oath how- and for what porposes he expended largs sums of money belonging to if Til." A IUKL I N X S. Z K the late Bank, obtained by litirs upon ccr tain eherks.,ticli!, receipts and orders pass ed between him aed Joliu Andrews, 1st As siatant Cashier of the bank. The sums which the pluimilT. s.y Mr. Biddle thus drew from the hank amount to 9399,003; the whole of which, they say was applied to unlawful purposes, and to promote Air. Bid die's own private views. They, also state that these sums were drawn from the bank without any authority, and by collusion be tween The defendant and Mr. Andrews. The tick Ha, and orders are" set forth in the bill, and are the s.nme a those exhibited bt&re tho RecorilfiT Vtien 1 r Biddle waa under examin tion, with others on a charge of con spiracy o defraud the bank. On Monday, the trustees of the bank commenced an ac tion against Thomas Dunlap. IMPORTANT INHUSTRTaL MOVE MENT. 1 RmlT-XriaineJ.--jXVxt the Doc trine of Association which, in the sphere of practical interests, i-. based opon a sys tem of Joint-Stock Property, Unity of Interest and Concert cf Action has been advocated in theory in the North, some of its principles have been applied practical ly in the South, in the construction of a great woik of Internal Improvement. General Abbott II. Brisbane, of Geor gia, a gentleman of distinguished attain ments and high standing, has constructed a Railroad seventy-six miles in length, be tween the Ocmulgee and Flint Rivers, with a force of one hundred and fifty la borers, who, instead of being paid a pal try amount of wages for their labor, which are generally squandered as soon as receiv ed, in a useless anil often pernicious man ner, have taken the Stock of the Railroad for their labor, and are now the principal owners of the Road. This important work ronnects the Atlan tic with the Gulf of Mexico, an object which the General Government has desired to accomplish for the last twenty years, but without having executed it. Gen. Brisbane, while engaged in sur veying routes for a communication of the kind, under the late Gen. Bernard, had his attention called by that great Engineer to the importance and feasibility of the route upon which he has constructed his Koad. fifteen years later that is, in 1829 Gen. Brisbane decided upon un dertaking the work himself. He availed himself of a Charter granted by the State of Georgia a number of years before, of which he became the proprietor. He col lected in the city of Charleston thirty Irish laborers, who were thrown out of work by the difficulties of the times, and led them lo the field of operations; there were a great many obstacles to surmount at the commencement, severance they but ty energy anil per- were overcome, ami the number of laborers was soon increased to a hundred and ...fifty... The General fut flishedj the means of support that is, food and clothing for the men while they were engaged, and they took Stock, as we stat ed, for their work: some of them possess two thousand dollars worth of Stock. The lime which they have been engaged in con structing the work is twenty months and the sum ol money which has been required to support the men is but R 15,000. Here is a grand result : seventy-six miles ol Railroad built with a cash capi tal of 15,000, and the Laborers owners of the Road ! The cars will be run Tor a time on wooden rail, which have been laid down, and with horses, at ihe rate of ten miles an hour, until, out of the profits of the Road, iron rails can be substituted. . This is, however, but a part of Gen. Brisbane's operations : (here belong to ihe Road 175,000 acres of land which the Laborers can go upon anil cultivate: in the settling of this land, the principle of Unity of Action and Interest and Associa tion will be applied. Tracts or land of 6.0C0 acres will be laid not, on which from ens lo two hundred families will be located. The land wilt be appraised at fair valuation, and will, together with the improvemeiita, be represented by Stock divided into shares; which will bs sold to the colonists as they can purchase it. The principle of Association, w ith its immense economies and combination of action, wilt be applied in the mode of building, living and household system. The land will be cultivated with order, unity and .concert of action by the me jibers of the Colony. J.et Ileal Estate b represented by Stock, SUUjeTTr-r.r,JJiBJ j,nmbilicd system of cultivation, instead, of the mi serable, mismanaged, incoherent system nf-isulatcd families, and the greatest im provements in Agricultur ' wi I be intro duced. The s'ork may be sold andrhsnge hands, but the land itself would remain under the control of a body of intelligent Agriculturists -and "cultivated with ;the same order and syftent.- : : The whole tract of 175.000 acres is si lusted three hundred feet above the level of the rivers; the soil is good, and the climate satubrious and perfectly healthy. It produces the Sugar Cane, the Vine' in thc greates perfection. Fruits and Vegeta bles of all kinds. Mulberry, Silk, Ac. &c. A caviter asks, very fairly -Will there not be danjer that'this" principle will be abused by vkionsries and schemers to the injury of ihe Laborers who will be set to , -. ....... . worn on unprontanie uniirriaswgs irnm which tliey will realise nothing? We an swer that there is surh danger; and this fact , will Miggcst to Laborers the impor (anre of precaution and investigation be fore lending Iheir aid to any particular en trrpiise of Ihe kind; but if they should nc casionallr be miled,- they wilt still do Tar better than under the former system; for now the Laborers umsh one Canal or Kail road and pack op their rags Tor a weary march to another with hardly the .means of reaching it in many instance!) while a susi tnsinir nf'en brings them to Ihe verge ot i line; but under the co-opersiivt sys lem they will at least be sure of woi k and TTK abundance while the work is constructing; and then, if it be not a folly or a fraud. i hey win nave cameo, anu saveu someining hacdsomc furt'ie future. They cannot do worte than they gfo?atty do now; they will probably flit iufinitily btUer. Is not the Jdea worthy of general consideration ? W'e will publish to morrow a communi cation, addressed by Gen. Brisbane to the Fourier Association, which will give some further infoimation on the suhjert. . N, Y Tribune. Rail Icoai Stockholders' Meeting. The Annu4 mmetiog of the Stockhold ers of the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail R.iad Company, was held at St. John's Hull, in this town, last week, beginning on- Wednesday- Dr. Fredriik J. Hill, of Brunswick county, was appointed Chairman of the meeting, and M.'ssrs. James Griswold of Wayne, and Henry Nutt of Wilmington, acted as Secretaries. Messrs. Willi Hall and James T. Miller,' were appoint ed a Committee to ascertain what propor tion of the Capital Stock was represented, and a majority of the same was found to be so by holders -r proxies. The Chair man of the meeting represented by Proxy that portion of the Capital Stock owned by the Slate. . The President and Directors of the Company submitted their annual Report to the meetinf, detailing the operations for the pas year, and showing the present conditiun of its affairs. The exhibit is a much more satisfactory one than could be expected, when all the untoward circum stances of tha times are considered. The receipts for the year ending 1st Nov. 1842, were The disbursements for the same time for current ex penses, were Leaving a balance of The receipts, for the year ending Nov. 1st, 1841, were $229,796 09 -172,115 51 t57,C80 59 $297,218 62 The disbursements, for the same time were Leaving a balance of $239,089 34 58, HO 28 .The fare, it will be recollected, has been reduced within the year one fifth, which will account for the diminished a mount of receipts. The expenditures are redueed in a larger ratio than are the re ceipt. On motion ot Dr. Samuel A. Andrews a committee of three was appointed, con sisting cf Dr. Andrews, Alexander Mc Rae, and Samuel Potter, to report upon the expediency and practicability of an in land connection between this Road and the Charleston and Hamburg Rail Road. This committee subsequently reported and offered the following resolutions, which were adopted. JleioJvtd, That the President be instructed to obtain such information as he may deem Impor tant respecting the view of the citizens of Sonth Carolina, who may be desirous ot a connexion by means of a Rail Road, between the Southern terminos of the Road and the City of Charles ton. Jiflctdt That the President cause the neces sary preliminary surveys for the construction of a Kail Koad from the (;ape rear river, to the navigable waters of the Waccamaw river, to be made, provided that the count of said Survey do not exceed five hundred dollars ; and that be re port to an adjourned meeting of this Company, to be held In W Umington on the second lours day in May next. On balloting for a President and six Directors, Edward B. Dudley, was re- lected President, and Alexander Ander son, P. K. Dickinson. Samuel Potter, James S. Battle, A. J. DeRosset. Jr., and James T. Miller, were elected Directors for the ensuing yar. ' n umington Chronicle Aoq 16. THE ARGUMENTUM AD HOMINEM. This form of dialectics waa applied with great aptitude and point, a short time since. by the London bxnminer to the 15 is hop or Exeter. Hi Lordship, in a late charge 'to the clergy of his diocese, had touched forci bly and at some length upon the practice of allowing rich people to have very large pews in the Churches, takinr up room lor the accommodation of few individuals, which would be ample for five or ten times the num ber of less ambitious pretentions; and he concluded his remarks by adverting to the shame of 'carrying love of worldly distinct ion into that house where all should feel and know themselves equal in the sight of their Maker, &c. Upon thiroio n remarks as fol low-; . . To carry the love of worldly distinctions into a church is, as Bishop. Phillpotls re marks, a scandal to the humility which should be the spirit of the plaee; hoi would it not - be - well, r ii the high -pi aee of the Church,, to set the: pastoral example of es chewing "the love, of worldly,, distinctions and relying rather on those of qualities A nd does the exhortation against "the love of wonlly" distfrrctions proceed with the best effect fiom the apiritunl lord who inhab its a palace, and it surrounded with all the pomp and vanity of a great establishment T The Church, to lite true Churchman, is not the building, tha Church is every, where with him, and in that great t-mple, spanned by the heavens, the Bishop's Palace is ss the pew marking "the love of worldly distinct ions." . Men cannot put off their pride, as they do their hats, in Church; humility is a habit, not an - emotion; and of all men he who'prcarhes it should show its practice in his life. The wealth of the hierarchy has been defended on the express ground of the necessity of relying on worldlly distinctions, the love of which, in the instance bf pew. The t ot a Times mentions one pariah Chorea In which a tpneo of IS 'eel fcf S, iu Ike kller, ni mane In seat CD pertone, chile directly enrier It. on (lie Klein floor, a tpeee i ly S, ntrre thm kalf llint hi the fallei-jr, filled up St single C,tlurt N r ttwiiy jrmn kl been ier(it. it by only one per- a rieliolil tingle hwlr ' Moreover ban no mere lrl rifhtle a I baa Uie bamUett school girl ia the parish. . . , . t - J ,j,e Bishop now justly rebukes. How miri , i,ie pew retort on -the palace! . '. Your distinctions under the sacred ronr are in qualities, my Lord Bishop, that at the very church porch you step into your erW riage, attended by servants in the express scriptural livery of the pomps and vanities Why is it made your main distinction that you have ten thousand a year, not that yos. : have wisdom, piety, blessed humility, and exceeding charaiiyT The heads of our Church are masked in gold; to see their fertnres of merit some apeitures must be cut in the eas insr. We ourselves have seen in England pews " exhibiting not only the dimensions hut the appointments of a drawing-room. One is ; particular we remember, that was at least fifteen feet square and most eleeandy fur nished, with carpet, fire-place, tables, chairs, book-case, pictures, mantel-lamps, footstools, . ottomans, and a sofa. In fact it was a room, not a pew and was divided from die rest id llio Church by a high screen, over whirl, : the occupants could see the purson, hut eouU not themselves be seen by the rest of the - congregation, lo he sure the owner sof this elegant worshipping-place was the lord of the manor, and had zxvtn a new areas and peal of bid's to the Church. ;. V e copy from the Churchman ofhatwU wcirn luc I'Uiiiiiiciii.ciiinii vi m luog.arUC.lG - . in-the British Critic, on the subject of pews, " which eedms to he discussed in England, now, with a great deal of earnestness. i. u - ...... r . i i 7 , From the Britiih Critic. , PEWS. ' The poor man having paid out of his earnings toward the expenses of public won hip, and the maintenance uf a couy fabric, : diffidently approaches its portals. Wiu'iia . he finds a great deal of apparatus and orna- ment, just of that decent and comfortable sort which seems rather addressed to tha tastes of private life and genteel society, ' than to the severer and more reverential in- ;i stincta of religion; ,jnd which, therefore, ,V though not so calculated to provoke the keen hatred of the fanatic, is possible the more likely to awaken the bitter envy of the poor. The whole plan seems desipsjed for "gentle-t men anil lauies, or at least lor sucti as me world has smiled upon . . ' , 1 here is mahogony pnnncllin? and brass rods, anilcrimsoh curtains, a silken clergy- man, and perhaps a tnsselleu clerk, near gilding and painting, and varnish,' mailing and carpeting, most roomy and comfortable "c pews, fitted up with ns much variety of cot- : or and device as the parlors' and drawing- rooms or the owners, two or three largs -stoves, partitions of wood antf glass and braize, and scattered about the pews, with . plenty of room to dispose their limbs and, v the more flowing portions of their apparel, a number of very contented looking gentle men and ladieB.-where here-arid therra fam--r ily of children, neither half clad nor half ; starved, as possibly the case with the ssp poeed observer's own. W herever he tu rns, wealih and ease and finery stars him ia the face. " Whatever is bright, obvious, and sym 1 metrical in the arrangements of the bait-, ding, whstever basks in tne broad light. . of the Church, belongs to the aristocra cy, or would be aristocracy, of the parish, . But the poor, where are theyf Nowhere. Stay; here is a Sunday school in the mid dl, aisle; and in a remote corner are two or "' three dozes "free sittings," as also in the middle ailse where they look as homeless . and comfortless and wind-blown as so ma ny apple-stalls lining the' pavement of iter. High street; and on these are half a dozen old men and women. Here and therein-, holea and corners may at length be discov- ered a few more, i he Church seems S mere epitome of the town; in which the great thoroughfares, and epenings, Uie stalely mansions and terraces, are occupied by those on the summit or, ascendant of wealth and power; while the ten inousami poor are buried out of sight in lanes and alleys, in cellars and garrets, in lonely cells. ot crowded lodging houses. Is it possible that this is the Church oi the poor ? the poor man does not fail to ask. Is it reason or justice, or anything but mere tyranny, the dead weigh tef as inveterate wrong, that this wealthy, lux urious,, exclusive congregation, shouts levy tribute from as poor people, whom it spurns and virtually drives away I In this way and on those grounds the poof actual; ly do argue against the claims to supremacy and nation- support advanced by the Church) anu in this way they will,' argue till the apparent groun Is are altered, and the Church shall lie, and seemtobe, as well as pretend to be, the Church of ths .. -" '.''' - ' ACARD -- v To the friends of Temperance throughout the State of North Carolina. , , ; Yon will have noticed in the public print that the Executive i Cdmmiaee of the State Temperance Society, have appointed i meet ing to be held at the city Of Raleigh on die 16th of December next" ' ' ' ""; I hope to meet on that occasion a large amount of numbers and talents, sbe)toear ty conviction to the hearts of many, who have hitherto stood aloof from the Wper? ance enterprise, and by moral soasion kind ly constrain them to come in. " ' ; To our friends in the east, I would say", take the lead and set usan example in Ih matter, and to those in the west, be not be hind in well doing to the North anr Soo 'stand not back', but iel the motto of all W "GO AHEAD." J. PIIIFER- President of N. C. Slate Temperance So ciety." - - ..-.;--. '; - Papers frindly to the eama of Temper ance in N. C. will please insert the above. : INTERESTIMO LETrER FROM S. CAROLINA." c Corretpoadenct oflht N. Y,Erprtu ! - Edoefieb, S. Cv October 22; J842- The election for members of our State 1 eialature has passed, and ihe Palmetto State has dectaredthat John C. CaUious 1 ,
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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