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CrGEXC II. DRAKE k SOX,
, . .EDITORS AND niOPRIETOIlS.
tatesyille( Friday, January 14, 1859.
uu aoiow our rlJc. bv ukmc the lMt (.-? r:..
'cipt. Ui rb;i;it, ia cast! the uou'ev ett loci, tiold iiolhirii.
f"B" " w to tl) iunI of tb ahct w.th
aMuiiif-vvx or muter. rtMUsc-at&iup Mla-n, mouf y.
Mr. W. Ri Huntfr, the GreaFHendo?
s ;. Sabbath Schools', 1
rri- .... . . , ,
jtortanec of ftJabbath Schuol Jnsduction, and
...; iitHMKiriicu juu.ciurer ur,on me i:n
ne proper trainin''oi cluldren vvilli other toi-
;1CS, Jjaa teen SneildiniT a fCl:iv in ,.m. i.t.,..
;t?--i!- -tii.4f" .r r V . VT.
:Ifcl?r Wfek. and deli vcrofl li. t.ri,L lI'U,,.,.,:.'!
.'febterian church, whidr h;l!i ched the
!;..:. hipst lively interest in this conn nunity and
v - . .. -; HIV tUMUl it 141 IKIUIT lUUilll'it l.n i. I, t.
we aouui i.ot, will lolJow lmroritant result
j . . . - ..... HUH,
lu.uieea uiu iisiH' eeiieration an 1 ntlu-m tt.
i I I' . .1 r . J iF. . I
.sv.v.vm ii.viii, luiuuLrnoui reVuiiJin" a
Dllkttrirl tKktvA .1 -I., .'a' i f-
M We dare not attempt to report Jlrft unt-
i. Ted.
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r iM?euiiar metlioa and lint.m fMnli.-
aarcdHing tne nuqds bl th vouiig, and mak-
jinprcjiu.i on yoftrliful intel-
lects,, fiOj as .td cause abstruse feilbjects to be
t VI Ml , , ' v IT wiu
"" I rvr8ll,u) inei- y arft and ford-
--j -w.,, ouiuic uk iimi no otner
man has adopted a similar plan for advane-
:-,:.inz this great and good work.' Taking tlie
. TJibleforhw guide, Mr. llanferj derive- all
- lua deductions from the sacred Iiuok, and-in
1 lhe ien Cbmmandmenta is shewn 0112 of the
post practicah-Jas well as heavenlv, guides
tq'the; loot-etej. of estranged -Wn. As a
. lecturer-ari orator, Mr. Hunter baa no Wu
perior, and must be heard to bcppreciated.
r- A. our mind Mr. liunter is doirig-niore good
. for Uie cluldreq, And old 'people, too, of this
generation,-than any thousand other, men in
the land. Long may he live to do good in
. the world, : : , 0
(garter for the Bank of SaliJbury with
hl has, I,aS8ed second reading in
tthe House and in all pix-babilitvjwill become
a ia v. , ve think the Legislature has done
wisely m aflbrding linking fact ities to this
.portion of the State, which is demanded bv
every interest public and private
j The fialiibnry WMchmarT
; , Utters a dolorous compla'iiit a jainst the lo
cV,n 0iJv.r ,Itailroad, and the inanagement
,, -cd the officials at this place, the bad walk to
: ton, omnibu3,.&c. hat the road was
located o far from town has provoked com---menu
and regrets from not a feir, especial lv
- in bad weathcrut the road wn thus loca
W, so we havjs; been informed, to save many
thousa;id3 ofdoJlars, which IwouJ d have had
j to be expended to cut .througHhiU sand lill up
ravines, if a nearer jtpproacji had hceu de-
1 tcrmined upon. 'The walk t6 the depot will
be made the best in the world '.ere. another
winter set in ; circumstances unavoidable in
their nature have prevented thii improver
tHJiiig nuKle earlier, however titrable ' fr
.convenience and comfort and CHp'ecialiv Air
the accommodation dt' our eeteeiiied bn'.iher
, vhenh9 shall. again- make us ant t her vijiit
hope will fall on some clear davl fl,,,,,, '
w iiicji. uniu s:
said imrrovem.iit -1 1 Iu
are ready to extend to him thVf " h,,.U1i.
)iea of the city Tat any time. H
Perhaps the other causes for comnlninr. !
were accidental 'merely, and w$l not again
occur; yet, it IS well enough' to reinind people
A..: y T 1
VI litUll UUUttK. 1
The Greensborough, Times
Proved belnff rSS liSl S " f r
proven, being published in quar t form, and
.lllustrivted. Price, $2 a tear in lidvan
North Carolina banter
T. , Aiauvci
.hd htain
: farmers, of the country. Monthlv-one 'dol-
. lar a year address A. M. GormAn; lialef-'h.
Hoiintain. Scenery of North Corolina "
, 3ce the Prospectus of-H. li (idtoiu Esq.,
in-apomer column, whywill sooi issue a ve-
ry mteresnng and useful little -wolrk upon the
.'.vuuwiii -miriy 01 oriii uaranna.
.Uadelphia and Its Manufactures r"
-Is the title of "A HaiKl-Booll exhibiting
;-.the ifevelopmerit. variety,-an.l startles of tZ
..Manufacturin.T Indnwti-v rr PI,;iU,ii..k: :..
mfilSv EliU'IN- T r-'ii.'nf Tv F
This ia a Book of near five h. Jdro,!
and valuable to merchants t dealers visifin ! Plac? wiU 9t"J a fair chance for the Demo
J: niladelphia to make
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to send oMers. Nc thank the llii.slu.r n,T-
a mm- uhiK i.oa j i -i .
PC P'v vb,,.;..
..- axuui si.
The ale of Dr. Ayer's Remedies in
j
fctatesyilJe, has been transferred to&.J.lHCK,
,;ERT, Esq. Sec ad vertisement.
puu w vdiji flijicituie anop, Alamance
-'Perspns wanting to purchase Threshing
i acnines; teugar Mills, Circular Saws, and
. other iJIachinery (Tor which se advertise-;
V mcnt,) will find this the best. Fodmlry in the
V; tetfe at which to procure them j The part-
;- ; -ners are all mechanics, and will! send noth
t .' ,ingTjut first rate-jobs, warranted, j Orders tor
k' v work wanted to be delivered next' Spring and
I ' Summer, 6hould be sent in at'onee, either to
-.. the -A-gents in Statesville, or S. )ixon, i)a
Vv '-MAson & Co.; Sho Camp,' Alaniarice Co'uii-
tv -T' a.jioiuj Xjfices may
; the Agency in Statesville, here
be, received.
- - - s.
'.r J c a i- t- "
be seen' a t
orders will
i
The Post Office at New HopeJ
Uredell connty, has been discontinued by
.order of the Post Master General
The Fayetteville Observer
lias donned a new dress-,- which means it
is printed upon new type, and entered upon
wi unriy-eignin year oi its existence with the
senior Editor at the helm E. J. IIale, Esq.
PUUAA ana myLAaoLb. .
-
e invite tnc attention of mrclmnt nf
the interior to the advertisementof Messrs'!
HATHAWAY & CO..of Wilm SL? L x J?" 1
who offer for sale several cargoes of .sugar
porting 'houses in the; State, anl of course
can always sell at the Jo west figures, and will
H'Ceiye jSprth Carolina Money At par.
hSend-theia your. orders'. r:' .
..We have long known Wilmington as one
kjvutu, unu iiaye wonuerea wjiv merch -
Xntainthe upveoutry do not dekl more in
iW- j -t.:JL...; , Ti "
01 uie dust, vxrocerv ana 1'roUuce marts n
- the Wilmington" market, apd shppose the
reason Jo "be this': Wilmington holises do not
: 2 a m tBe njH,Quntt PaPers to
. make themselves generally knbw ,. ;
tna, X ? j
"?r?T,de"ce rrmittin,) will hold Pivjne
at7lo,clo!e.Clt'HU, h ef ba!b' !
' l - !! '
v Pef .EolMffement of the " Express.' ,
V-'When our supply of paper gives out, in a '
:
abouf? another column, making the sheet!:
, longer. ; ' 1
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tsT.flTAVllla Mo1a -' A inT.mn 1 -
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V, t tBtlT10Jx' un4I.h management of , three niinutes one may be enveloped in an al- iah Parthenon. It stands in the ceh
XTO.o.n. Andrews. FrincirialJ rtvoinMl mA, rw;A.vu i tt ' . . 1
pa- the 5th instant, wi h-fa very ferW number
of pupils. Besides English anif ClaScal
studies Pro. A. teaches a thoroucrli sv-t m'nf
inilitary tactics,. , , Y". f
(Eorrespontintcc.
Messrs. Editors: We think a tage
ride.at this season of the rear woidd move
the equanimity of a Job. Tiie rpads are al
most impassable Whave traveled exteji
sively, both in public and private convey
ances!, but our ride of this week, for discom
fort, exceeds anv thine we have ever met
1, . hnr,P the Wwlfm Railroad entxr.
1 i
prise will succeed; It will lie a joyful day
when the cars shall pass through these moun-
t - t t . . .: r '1 . i .. i : . ' .
litm?. c wac ;i ..ucncrjsu inclination 10
, ' , .
V lt?.' U?at .inoe who luive u,c meat,s to
ilM-'- in-Uiul.Juig -faU roads, and won t ap-
1 r,rr-i !:.- th..n u-iTt. milU1 fri riHt. in the
j eiaire uircHannv lor a montn. .just tninK
, . ., , ., T . ... ,
1 n'l 'rr a hun?mJ mile8 niovin? at a
i ri,te to Wh'b a "snail's paee" would be an
express train, to.sed about in every direction.
i r&..i, ; . w ,,n nn, i.l i;ti n.r w
I r ' ;
I "CXt l,fiaJ,tUun-V l .f
: 111 id vuuh iv irgam jm
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erect posture, of come in violent collision
with vonr next meLf-hbor. Anolories are
useless; it is a general thing, and too often
repeated. We can only sigh at our misfor-
tunes, and invoke the goddess Patience, that
if our troubles are not alleviated we may be
able to bear ihem with some degree of equa-
n;,nitJ y v;.,kt 1
miieto travel befyre there is any rest foror amIJst the huzzahs of the crowd. We re
exhansted and mutilated selves. In the mean-' paired to the St. Charles, -wherfe the crowd,
time, our apprehensions are increased at ev-1 which filed a11 the neighboring sheets, would
crv -advance: the road seems muddier, and : not.be satisfied until theSenator'appeared on
the stage rocks frightfully. No matter ; from
sheer exhaustion we are soon under the in -
fawn?', -of Snmhn Wo nro nnu.ecrl .nftr o
while to hear the groans of oureriow-travclr
era: "Wonder if we are in Pureatorv. or
what it all lWtis." The next miiiiite .we
are thrown violently against the stage, and a
smarting cheek causes us to realise our situ
ations. Next we are in Morgantori ; sujiper
over, we retire about eleven o'clock; seem
scarcely to have been asleep when aroused, ';
and greeted with ' Stage almost read v." It
didn't suit our temperaments just then. The
very word is repulsive, as suggestive oflly;-drd-headed
Gorgoiis and Harpies, for some
evil genii most certainly presides over the
stage. A similar variety of scenes are exact
ed the following day,, and then we are in
Statesville. But, after all, 'we have seen
things, and heard words," which are, with
Daguerrean skill, impressed upon the tablets
of ourmcmory a glorious picture.
LlN'NETTE.
Statcsvillf K. r.UiK. Jan. 10, isr.o.
For the Eipn'os.
SV. Ciarks, Xcir Oflcajte, pec. 4.
Messrs. Emtoiss: Thin is the rainiest,
wettest, thmirxof tU-'xyvWoat M,wA.i .ofl.i.
. i t 1 ...
! 1 x,ve weroeiV " 1s emphaucally the rainy
'.season these parts. During nearfy three
weeks I have seen but two or three clear days.
Von ppp I sun ibr. rv.v.ORt .. k,.
i T arrived a dav or two ;,.,'". 1 Aa '.a0
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1 to t lis 11 nee mnv lir inm i itli iitn
j -... ...j v. iiiuiruuii; lim.ll.iri,
1 will say something of steamboat life on the
Mississippi. I left Holly Springs, and came
t0 i he largest and, most important
: 1 . .
i M Wtww" cw. Orleans and St. Louis. I
I 7"""'-. onrd the steamer CV
i vj Memjtl.t a large and magnificent boat,
i which was waiting at in. levee for a'distin-
i SUIS,KMi chaniitter, in the person of Stephen
I A- Hoiiglas. He had been met by a commit-
i vfl'om the ci,.v requested to spend a
i - wUU'"iCm and give them one of his Lin-
coin eonquenng speeches : which he did. 1
j was sorrv I did loL arrive in time to bear
fi n , , ,
hnn. He was escorted -to the boat bv band
j of music, and the dignitaries of the City,
I witl1 any quantity of huzzahs! He is now
! the lion of tho South, and everyone seems
: . -ecui
! anx,ous 10 ?H a look at him. He is doubt-
! a -rong man : and iftno reaction take
v v. ..v..M.i.4wii ivx u ic iicai x resiuenev. 1
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i 'ouiu i iie eitme ooat witn nun lor
-i three doys, and had a eood onnortunitv fori
. . . 'I
1 . .. m x 11 rt l'lf-I. rr I
U is low in stature, rather inclined to be
corpulent, and eliirhtlv era v. nnd T ,iri
snpjxtse his age to be.' forty-live.' He has
great decision of character expressed in his
countenance. He is accompanied b-hi 1.
dy, whom I will not atte.mnt tn ";Ua
I Mould certainly fail. Read some of Chas.
ny declares to be the best hotbl in the
Dickens's descriptions of beautiful charac- i"PIace : Dut hefore you have befcn there
tcrs, and it will do her more justice than. I j toan7 days, and footed up your board
can. 1 will only eov, that she is a mamifi- i bil1' 0U wish '0U tad nlde tlie
eenUooking lady. whiie few are more hand-' s'clectl0nn of some other housp. Your
some or more intelligent. j correspondent had a good room,, a tol-
Our boat is a fast boat, carries mostly pas-' feral)le bed' and b dint fa litie bri
sengers, Vfill accommodate one hundred and ! herJ lie succeeded in getting at table
thirty first cabin passengers, four hundred in cnou0h c?0 ' though it -wasneither
the second cabin, and carriee sca4h thousand f tb -nicct quality, nor of the finest
bales of cotton. We have a daily paper w-1 Yor-
sued on board, wlich is rather small, and in ! Raleigh is a beautiful place, elevat
whicK appears the bills of fare for the dav. ! ed and ncaltfiy The Insane Asylum
The first thirteen hours we ran two bun -
dred miles. - Hut little is to be seen on the
river until we get to Baton Rouge, the capi- ; Dle ot containing some ZDV patients,
tal of Louisiana, below which the sugar plan- but now has only-, about half thjit num
tat.ions commence. Baton Kouse ie not a ; QT- Under the prudent manaigement
: larFC citv. Irtlt nnsnlw n.A -.
I from its elevated noi.i. r sis
. iitit X 11131, fftlW
'nn.m .-, . .
V t r golden iru.t,
whuh a country. The em-
j baixkmentJ on tlie river are quite small, but
sugar' plantar were ius't inHin, anLiv.
their cane, and the tall chimnies of their mills
are continually in view, emitting their white
snioke. I counted as many a eight at one
ie,-ui uumuK away; and this, ton on tho
'o . .s 1 : ,
5 !or don't stop for Sunday
Z1 lUe onoe cpumence boiling
of. the State requires the masters t
The law
neSro b'( for evprv Sundavhe mfkes him
work The cane i4 nearlyll out down;
but occasionally we cpujd see dense fields,
waving ready for ihe harvest- '
The-lands are nearly all under cultivation
for two hundred Jniles above New Orleans,
and I suppose are as rich as their owners
could wish them, to be. v'
a very good run, but de-
'" a few il0ni9 on acount of the fog,
which was so densie that a passenger remark-
ed M could Pt it with a knife. The river
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to iav each
may ,oe as cic.tr as can be wished tor, and in
ll ' ' .
j 7 :-ug, wmcn. rises irom tne
1 Burface f fhf water- When ia tbe case
i lhe boata -"e. rsquiiied to ring their bellseverv
,en minutes, to' prevent collisions." 6fien. i'n
-
home or a rst-clasa hoteL Card-playing
is the usual ximuement for the male passen
gers, and novel-reading amuses the ladies.
We had no gambling on .our t oat, as it was
prohibited -by tlie eflptn.-ajrHceepers and
barbers take care .of all the loot change that
the male pa?sengjers may hav.e to spare,
It was after dark ivhe& .we
reached this
Citv. The news that Douglass
jwas on "board
was ahead of "Tip, and arrangements were
made to give him a grand reception.' Already
4he -ea of lights made their
appearance,
ts of the ma-
and anon is
through the wintry-looking ma
ny ships that ?skirt the shores,
t-cen a flash, and then the hollow booming of
brazen cannon shakes the grojund ; and as
the vessel tuffs slowlv alone, a thousand
more lights come in view, whfle others re-
cede. Our vessel now turns bind seeks a
Hiing;Tiui tnc aeaiening peais sun nng
on- th dense mass on sbo -e anxiously
wait our Ending. Scarcely fs the plank
out' wjien the rueh lss mad anf our ioat 13
fiHed'in a moment. The Committee arrive,
and conduct. the Senator to hie -carriage
llie portFco and addressed thm a short
1 sPeecn-
! This magnificent hotel has often been de.
' scribed by visitors, and I will not attempt the
, ak.
"; It is .quite an unfavorable tiire tobe in
ll5s cit)' as the rain sti11 unjceasi.ngly.
The streets arer like those of thejQueen City,
laid with round boulders, and can get muddy
onlv to the diitith of an inch: Hut this is a
1
very disagreeable black mud. The water in
i the streets all runs from the rivef: and to go
j UP street, we go to the river. Tlie city is full
of'ditches next to the pavemei
its, and we
the mothei-
cannot wonder thai this Citv is
: of diseases
l
New Orleans is indeed a worl
il in minia-
tTire. We here can see people
and vessels
from almost every nation, hear
ithc clangor
of all languages, and see people jf all colors
The levee at this City is said to
purpass any
in-the world, and more is expo
than from any other port". The
"ted frQin it
ishoTc of the
river, giving the name to the Cit
is in the
chape of a crescent, and from winhin we may
see the thousand masts, and chimneys that
block it up. Mankind, drays, an
es se-em to be in commotion, hurrh ing on the
business of this world's trade. J
I visited the new Custom Housr which the
General Government is building i 1 this City.
To give you some idea of its magnitude, I
will give its outlines. It covers 871333 super
ficial feet, and i. 334 by 2i7 feet.. t was com
menced in J 840, and they have finished the
second story. Some of tlie halls are superb
ly finished, with carved Grecian mjarble. One
business room'is 117 bv 90 feet. TJie timbers
on the outside cost a large suir
quires a number of workmen to
in repair,
and it re-
Peep them
The weather has been so disagreeable I
have had but little opportunity
much of the City. ", '
I will, let you hear from me agti
arrive in Texas.
of seeine
in when I
This is the:4th, and the weathehjis oppres
sively warm, and we have an occasional case
of yellow fever. . k
s Viator.
j Fit tl. Kxjtoss.
Jottings about Kaleigh.
The first. thing that attracts one's
attention on his arrival at JlaSeigh by
the cars is the sonorous voices! of four
or five lustv sons of Ham. rurnrdAim-
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mg? with. stentorian lungs, th merits
of their respective hotels. Their im-
portunities amount to downrigjit rude
ness, and you takq refuge frqm their
assaults by stepping into the most con
venient omnibus. In a few minutes
you are landed in the heart of the City
I of Oaks, at what your friend of ebo-
1 lna be notlcoci as oneol the Very hn
efit buildings in the State. It
ps ca pa-
of Dr. risher. the nnfortiinjito; InnntiV
IS here most skilfullv nrovidod for. Tt
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. i w-nrtli wl.;i .-t-if
r r vf n-. - '
In?tl,tutJ?. for thC Deaf, Dumb, and
-"lind. lhe inmates exhibit a degree
their cheerful , countenances! teach
w holesome lessons of conteutriient.
! T7 ncw BaPtist Church is now
vergmg towards completion. (It was
utuluai,t Vw- incuijf-ciKMt iuou-
1 , . 1 -
6a1 dollars, and Will compare1 favor-
' J ".? cnuutuic ui me iAiiiu. in
' uiaic. lu itjf mat it wa erect-
ed under the direction of William
Percival, is sufficient gUaranteJ for its
good taste and architectural beauty.
By-the-way. cannot Mr. Pf be induced
to deliver. aperies of lectures t brpugh
our State, on Architecture? Let us
try him. He is a man of ne!educa-
trion, ;and great, architectural' skill' and
one of his lectures would be Wrth a
hundred windy orations from a mod-
ern politician. 'V.
The State House is a splendid cran-
-i .111 .. . e.-
uc DUiming, moaelea alter the Athen-
- . -m- -.'t
treqi v mon, oquare, nicn is fieatly
enclosed with iron, regularly laid out
i in A walks bordered with ' sbmbbpr-ir
'! while sturrlv free
such fogs, they run jam against the banks,
and are injjrcat daDger of sn itfamng dam
Age.' j- Thy re then generally (.nring bqw,
And ire on Jthe look out. .
The traveler comes as near 1 visg at fUane
on these bcals.as he well can dp, not to be at
flourish in pristine t)eautjr, Houdop's
brazen statuetof WasMhglon? ere'eted
at a cost to the State of $12,000,! is
quite an ornament to this pretty
square. In the Capitol yoiiill find
a neat State; Library of 5,000 vol-
' umes. Bat, turn into the Jabinf t
Here you will be detained and inter
: ested for some time. The State Oe-
' bloffist has here collected and artisti
cally arranged thousands' of cunqus
things from various quarters of our
honest old State. Here you may take
iapractallesson lngeotogy,nera -
ugy , i.tuyuiogy, ornitnoio-y, concnoi-
0TT, naleontolntrv. and other ofonms
. v v ' J, 7 - : 7-
ad libitum. 'V
But here is the Gallery of the Sen
ate Chamber : let us step in and sjee
, uie lanakersot the tana tne "-as-
; sembled wisdom" of the State. The
Senate presents a dignified appear -
, ance, and has in it men of ability ; tb)ut
, not many of its members will, attract
the special attention of the stranger,
; Mr Speaker Clark is a good officer,
and fills well . hw position. Perhaps
; the visitor will notice the venerable
ex-L. S. Senator-Brown ; or the eagy
; and graceful Pool ; or the imperturb-
l. T 1 n- . 1 t -i .1
u-uue , vi tue udiiuiuus xuinvi,
or the rising Houston : but in the pet-
ty bills before the Senate we are not
iuv-u ""r u tvi r.?i r t
i charter of the Danville Railroad jis j
j upon its second reading, and ex-Gdv. !
! Morehead has iust commenced liis i
argument in its favor.
lie made: a !
strong speech but had not finish
j when the hour for adjournment came.
! lhe consideration of the billwas po$t-
1 1 . .1 Al , ...i
poned ; but there is little probability
of its passing. i
There are several men in the House
of very decided talents ; bnt as a coh-
stitutional lawyer Mr. Smith of Hert-
ford stands first. Outlaw is a strong,
clear-headed man; so also are Mono-
bead and Bridger. There are several
voting men of great promise in both
( parties ; but compare the parties as
j to ability in proportion to nilmbeits,
1 and the Onnosition has-verv dpcidodlv
the advantage. ' ?
I.r . ,
This legislature is much more tal
ented than was the last : but talent is
not a guarantee for sound legislation,
nor is it a specific against demagog-
uism.
"We arc a practical people,
and we need practical men' to male
our Jaws. ."We need none of 'your fah
cy men, none of your be-goateekl,
he-kidded sprigs of the" law, Who ex
pect some day to be; Presidents, aiid
legislate only for Buncombe : arid
much less ii.se have we for him who
swims to tlie Legislature on a whiskey
barrel, and soaks himself with its con
teiits during the vrholc session.' No :
Shame on such legislators-. We want
mejn of clear heads and pure hearts ;
men who seek after right, and fol
low their convictions of duty ; men
who work for State and not for Par
ty men who are Capable of forming
opinions of their own . who " knqw
their rights, and knowing,' dare main
tain, even it ljn so doing they break
Party adrift. If our present ;Legifi-.
lature consisted entirely of such men,
we would be in no danger of being
. , , .
called croakers, when we complam Of
its inefficiency. But what has it ac-
complislied so far for the good of the
State? Echo answers what! Two
ill-advised and dangerous legislative
precedents have been set : the one, in
allowing a minor, and the other, a re
gular minister, to hold their seats. To
some it seems that these cases we?e
intended to be excluded by the Con
stitution, and that by a-sort of rcfin- ! 01 the Inundation had been to do the creat
ing, hair-splitting process, 'the true i P'Meyiolcnce to the most aaered feel
- r m 01 i ings of the. lurks, it rcallv seemed tome thev
spirit ot that instrument has been st (-0uld not nave chosen "a more appropriate
aside. By the one decision it is dp- j site for this church. It is completely and
cjarcd that minority is no barrier, arid, closely surrounded by Turkish dwcllm-g'hou-
that'even a free negro, ot a dandy of i es-; an(! ?n Pe ?i,le stindr a mo"e' whof
... . t -110 '. . . ! minaret brushes against the temporary wood-
eigiueen, is cngioie 10 a seat in our
State Lefiislature ! By the other, ho
minister, at least of the Methodist
Church, can be excluded ; for just so
soon as he leaves his churches to eh
terthe campaign, or to go to the Cap
ital, he ceases to "exercise his pas
toral functions," and may be admit
ted! ; 1
Another act of indiscriminate legis
lation was the abolishing tlie office of
State Geologist. The office in itself
j is a good one, to which it seems our
legislators were not opposed. Hence
they stand in the undignified position
of tearing down a good institution to
reach an inefficient incumbent. Tlie
whole proceedingsin-this case were
hajsty and rude. It isto be dioped I th.e 8Cene' lean,5n? over the balustrade of th j
d,'of , t.iii 1 xi ---vj 1 -p) minaret for a full hour ! :
tkat shall have somethine. done for ti v r -i .1 i
. 1 x- 1 o ' t f j the women below said one to another in a
the good ot the State. In no . waiysiippressed tone, "See- how otar poor -Imaum
can this be done more efficiently tharNeepe-'' ; . J '
by aidinsr the two most .imnnrl-n.nt.1 A-.Seaw-wtojsuch athm&cpuld not bfe 1
1 work. ofimprorcmcnt-tho CoalfielU
j lioad and the Cane Fear and Deen
Kiver Navigation. Our rich minerals
of. this region must have an outlet,
i and it is a blind State policy that re
I fuses it. i
j I had the pleasure of attending ja
j concert at the Raleigh' Female Serna
j nary. The room was large and well
j lighted with, gas, and was crowded to
j its utmost capacity by interesting arijd
1 interested spectators. The exhibitioin
was creditable, and passed off in the
j nnest style. Some of the pieceswere
1 ...i t . 1 n r ' '-1
sweet, simple, and full of music : but
j I confess I never do like to hear ja
j good old tune smothered with mrih
I tions. Old Dan Tucker bears an hon
t est phiz that is known to all ; but when
Khe comes out dressed in his Sunday
f variations, he is hardly recognized hr
j one in twenty. . I enjoyed the music,
i anp also the conmany with whom gooid
; fortune threw me. I love the isweet
; strains of the piano or guitar ; I lovSe
j too the: melodious symphonies of cheer
j ily singing birds ; but there is a mel
ody and a captivating sweetness ih
some liuman voices that the grandest
orchestra possesses not!
Franklin onc gare as an excuse
for writing . a long letter that he did
did not ;havetimeto write a short one.
May this excuse avaH for
Quilp.
January, 1S59.
Tie overiand nlail has arrived
j at St.. Louis, whh San Francisco dates
j to tLe 13tll ultim0 '
! . Fifty persons were met returning
j from the Gila m discomrai:ea in
consequence of ike scarcity of water.
The Camanches continued to plunder
the stations along the mail route. Thev
i . 1
virtualty at war. The latter were build-
j ing strong stations, well provided Vith
j guns. The Stockton and Kansas citv
! mail party were turned back by the "
I Navajoes, with threats of massacre if
j they attempted to cross the country.
, According to the Naval Reg- !
; igt- Just blished United glats j
; Navy conists of 7 sailing ships-of-the I
;line;14 sailI frigatesf 20 sailing i'
; sioops.of.war)l bri a'nd 18 ste j
vpsap is nf ( ;ffHrnt lnBiae- fflrl hv !
I 94 captuins 132 commandere, 382 j
n;w ' nt8 1r,n ane ax rJ,,.
21 masters, 200 midshipmen, of differ-
ent grades, uo engineers, marine
ciiii uuuuv kvv jjLiij uiatti. j. 11c sui
ted States marine corps consists of a
bout 1,500 men, commanded'by 80
d - ti 87 ghi whh
, 3iT officers T01 guns,
.1' T. . t i . 1 rc ,1
1 lUL-muui", nit; csseis ciianeieu ior me
, P ay expedition.
I ;, x .
I Ihe M!foun Legislature were
! yesterday considering a bill, which, it
! thought, would pass, authorizing
i the Governor, to call out the volunteers
i to Irot persons and property, and
! to 5"ePel evasions of Kansas banditti,
! n appropriating for these purposes
3.0,000.
Christmas in Turkey.
CjN'STANTIXOri.E, 0t; 27tli, 18 jS.
We hear the most exaggerated accounts
from Europe and America respecting an ex
cited state of the MMssulmau mind in Turkey
! ff l t'" late wnl" of
j jrom u priv;lte vUcr iu vvlich the writei.
gives the most alarming statements" in re
gard to Constantinople itself, and the dang
ers of of Mussulman insurrection here. We
who live upon the-ground, happily, are igno
rant of .any such state of things. We may
be .in the greatest danger although we know"
it noti and this danger those at a distance
may discover when those .who are near may
lie blissfully ignorant of it. However,! think
it will be hard to make any oine of us believe
it and we expect to sleep just as quietly since
readiiig.tlic letter in the Observer's "corres
pondence as we did before.
In the same paper it is gravely announced
that an uprising of Mussulmans had' taken
place in the city of Aleppo, and that tlie en
tire city was destroyed ! ttWe have heard of
this for the first time byway of New York,
and I rather think that every house in Al
leppo is still standing just as it was a. vear
ago. The fact is that a true Turkish spirit
is the spirit' of fanaticism, and hostility to
n.en of every other creed ; amd in places re
mote from the capital an occasion only is re-
mired to call this snirit into lively exorcise
I Such an occasion was offered iu Jeddah, and
j cver" nmv an,i tlu'11 n i offered in other parts
of theeiiii,ir ; but that there is at present
anything like r general reviving of the old
Turkish hostility to the Christian races, fore-
j boding a general uprising and massacre, I
I do not at all believe. And as to the capital
whv there is not a Turk here but knows that
in a single day a few foreign; ships could de
stroy this whole citv with the greatest ease.
I saw a scene the other day which certain
ly would have given occasion to an uprise
Lhere, if any thing could. Thi foundation
ttnnn !jfi P.n-o-li-li V'linv.li iroa r.n Vil i r.1 . l,i!,l
i,v Lord Stratford, in the midst of the Turk-
j ish quarter in Persa. If the distinct object
en fence that has been erected around the
church lot. The other day, when . prayers
were v tie red, and hymns sung ami addresses
delivered; in the midst of a large company of
Englishmen, on tlie very spot groups, of Tur
kish women were gathered around, watching
with the most intense interest and anxiety
every part of the ceremony. ;
In the midst of the group -was a dervish,
who was intently gazing upon the scene as
the rest, and seemed to say the glory of Ls
lam is departed. While tlie proceedings
were going forward, it came to be one of the
hours of pray and the Imaum vvenf up to the
top of the minaret to give notice to the neigh
borhood, according to invariable custom.
But his issuing from the hole in the minaret
upon the gallery was observed by some of
the Ambassador's Kavases ( guards of honor)
below' who. putting their fingers to their
mouths beckoned to him to be still : and he
remained as silent thouh sad spectator of
I IEZ
in Siivintf the minify Tinrli-iali roiilti. I
on here cannot be in a very ihflaniable state, i
or they would not have allowed sq veritable j
an occasion for rising to pass unimproved. i
The fact is the Turks are dispirited, and ;
they have occasion to be. In European Tur- .
key, especially, including, of course, Constan. :
tinople, they 8tanl on very precai-ions ground .
Out of fifteen or sixteen millions of inhabi
tants not more than four and a half millions
are even nominally mussulmans, and of these
not more than one and a ha' millions are
real Osmanli Turks, the rest being of Christ
ian origin.
1 can well believe that there may be, ber
fore many vears, sometbing like a general
!: . . r -n , : .
msurrecnon ot the Christian races against
the Turks, but nothing of the. sort against
the Christians.
There ia now a good deal of talk about a
" Bank of Turkey" having recently been
fonned in England, though by a rerular .
treaty, with the Porte. This is to regulate
the currency and the exehange, and it wilt
solve an important financial problem for this ,
illfated country if it succeeds, Rakalum a
the Turks say ; that is, we shall see. V
A New Disscovery In Light.
The London correspondent of the N. Y.
Commercial Advertiser writes that a new
discovery in light is about to be introduced,
which, if it realizes the averments of the pa-
tentees, will revolutionize all oUr nthoebvof
illumination. It was first pubhct exhibit5'
ed during the tik of tiie Quee'no Cher
bo'urg,. while her Majesty was f ussing at
night from her ows ship to that 4,Uh'e Em
per6r, The raw material may b'- a cheap
gas, made from the most common Materials,
and the increased brilliancy is opined by
passing it through- a new mediuiniwhich is
said to have all the advantages of lne, with
out its destructibility. The calculations put
forth.are, that a light equal tofJat pfQOO
street lain pel, and lasting twelve, ljjpurs, can
be obtained at a cost equal to 87 cah'tivor 3s.
Gil. sterling: wliile, " for domestic p.rposes,v
one jet equalling in effect 18 pouis of candle.-,
an.l costing 4d. for twfelve . Hfiirs; will
give a light fully double that of aijfy; ordina
ry gas burner. It is asserted, a!?d..' that the
requisite apparatus , is cheap, perfely porta
ble, and ca jiable of being . manageiFFven by a
child; that the light is free from; siell, very
white, extremely pure, and charac i-rized by
the property of burning steadily, c itinuous
ly, and without diminution. ' Th?patentep
is the Hon. W. E. Fitzmaurieeljand. the
statements made are so-'far endot-ied-by re
spectable ami competent pe rsons Its to lead
to the hope that the discovery i av prove
what it is represented to be.
The Mineral Wealth of Chathgja Coun
ty N. C., A Lette from .Coi rnander
Wilkes. ' , " ; ,.
"WASiiixiJTax, Dec. 2ih,'o8.
To the Hon. Warren Wihsf-
My Dear ir: I takegreia pleas
ure in answering your lettenelative
to the examination of the Dep River
country, which I am' nOw erfjbled to
do, as my Report is finishedfind will
be handed to the Department for pre
sentation to Congress after i holi
days. This, you understand js. unof
ficial, ' and will be a short Synopsis,
.which Avill give you a correctfidea' of
the result of my examination Owing
to. the delay in receiving the specimens
from the Deep River countr-; the a
nalysis of the coals and ores "is post
poned my oflacial report mueii:'jonger
than I anticipated, and some t ne must
still elapse after it is handed i, b'efore
it can be published by Congress, on
account of the engraving ofc Maps
and Sections of the Geoloica1 forma-
tion.- - ' . : r
I need not point out to .vov'-'tlie sit
uation of the Deep River district, but
you must be aware as well aj I am,
how little is really known of - j;s ge.o
grajihical positron as well asi j valua
ble productions, and the afajjiy with
which all improvements-for airessibil
ity to this" district' have beeryiewed,
on the part of mam in yourSfnte, and
the prejudice, which has- eiSsted a
gainst it, from the appropriations "hav
iuiC hoen. lavishly and usclel ily ex
pended in the construction joy ineffi
cient Dams and insecure Lockjlj which
were found inadequate to b'evy their
own weight, without the forc(j,of the
water. , v
These mishaps and procrasi -Rations
have acted very unfavorably? )n pre
venting appropriations being ade by
the Legislature, as weH'as tSterring
individuals from subscribing jqwards
these great and useful works : I am,
sure that there are yet many yW en-?
tertaia doubts, and 'are . unwf Jing to
give their money nd 4exerttins, or
credence to the truth which l:js been
fully brought to light Jby thevell di
rected efforts of Mr. Win. Mc"lane in
sinking th shaft at Egypt; tfs fully
established the existence of tf.,p 'ei;i.s
of coal, and left no reason to dubt the
existence of a coal basin, ant large
quantities of the best bitumirffi-js'' coal
as well as a great variety 'of iijHn ores
which had been noticed by'Pif. Em
mons, the State Geologist, i many'
localities,. and lean now add tat it is
fully confirmed by the rccent"C'tia4iiin
ation of the Commission: indee$f, there
are few places to be found in oihr coun-.
try where there is such . a concentra
tion of material, 'and which ( in . be
mined "with so little toil and e..vense ;
an abundance of the. best fuel 'insist
ing of charcoal and the mineral coals
susceptible of being adv'kntaious'ly
coked, in great variety and'rjpintity
for all purposes of the arts as.iell as
domestic uses. - - -
Although these deposits ofcjjjil and
iron in-the Deep River couhtrK will
not bear a comparison' with thi vast
fields and mountains of-these Jiiierals
in our "Western States, "yet" of ng to
their position, proximity 'to. ?.arket
and adaptability to many purjvses of
the arts, it is far before -t hem ir lvalue,
of great interest to your StakJand I
consider of national importance; ! .
The outcrop of the bituminbife" coal
has been traced 18 miles:,-' af 1 five
seams of coal found at flie suritee.
The shaft at Egypt is sunk Zp the
depth of 460 feet and incrutys the
lower coal seam, and by it, we tte as
sured that there are four coaleams,
two having uiiited as thjy descftided;
the largest is there foundNpJJ) feet
wide, separated from the. oths by
beds of carbonate of iron knowif.astbe
"Black Band." " g :
The coal has been prov,ed tjbe of
the host quality of bituminousfc'oals.
It is a shining clean coal, resembling
the best specimens of Cumberland ; it
ignites easily, -burns with a 1'jright,
clear combustion, and leaves, vfy lit
tle ash; it Swells and agglutinates,
making a hollow fire a delable'
coal for the parlor grate and for lack
smiths' use; is well adapted fo$ fuel,
coking and oil ; and is superf;)r to
most coals for the production jf gas,
for which it will be in great eaud ;
it is almost entirely free from sijphur;
its coke is light and porous; wK. n rapidly-
burned, it inclines to sm.jt and
flow, but when under slow com is.tion
it does not exhibit this tendency f liich
is owing to the presence of larguan
tities of bitumen; it does nbt'eas. dis
integrate when exposed to the f tmosr
phere. . - '
I think every one who vis4 this
eoalfield must be satisfied frotj the
regularity of its scams, ard thejimin
utio of the dip as it descends,fvprov
ed to be sHme 8 or. 10. degrees the
t
shaft of Egyptj which is 1500 feet
within the outcrop,) that its! seams con
form to the shape of a basin, or trough
and I am satished that the frreatrxif
f depth will lie pn the northern side of
xi. . : f ii..' x .l Li . ..
tnc a.vis yt me n uugn, anu mat this
valuable mineral does not I extend t
such depths as to render its mining
difficuli, but, on the contrary, both
easy arid profitable. j . ,
The ores of Iron consist af the Black
Band, in juxtaposition with the coal
seams, and so situated as to be rem
larly mined with the coal j Specular
Hermatitic, the Argillaceous and Mag
netic ores are all found to bericii, .nd
in quantity, and for their manufacture
besides the mineral coal, there is:a
bundance of wood for charcoal 7 the
imcleared lands of this distriet.till
havie thd primative forest growing up
on thejtn, and charcoal can be" obtained
in any qu.intity and at a cheap, rate ;
and there can be no question, but (hat
the best quality of Iron can be manu
factured there, and thajt there is lao
locality in our cuntryfwheTe a better
and cheaper article can be produced.
Fire clays for refractqryj furnace
building materials of sandstone, gneiss
and granite, millstone-' grit; and .fine
sandstone, roofing elates, j and sands
celain clay, of which there is a large
tract. There are alsb rich copper mines
and quarries of soap stone jatid agalj
matolite. - . - . -
The proximity of the iiccn River
j country to market gives kj great ad-
vantages, and I think insures its be
l coming at no distant day k populouH
; manuraeturing district. "The bulk of
j coal and iron in its raw stajte renders
: its transportation jexpensive, and will
cause the erection of manufactures on
" the spot, 'which will be moile economi-
cal and profitable. I am bf opinioii
:that when such is the rtise,!very little
or..il amtin ! oflV,.,t.x.l 1, ..i'. 1
j cept it be for the production of tas,
i which may be able to afford the prices
; it will command for the mjamifacturc
of Iron. . j
I woaild, however, remark, that all
these minerals and material! are value
less, unless the routes a re Opened 'ami
eVery convenience affonled to reach
. the district, not only with easy and
safe transportation, but in the quick
est possible time from all p:irtsof your,
States; and unless this is effected they
must remain entirely dorment.
J think it must be apparent that it
cannot be expedient for tlie General
Government to establish machine shops
for the construction of machinery, &e.,
&c., for naval vessels, until this dis
trict is shown to be .taecesisible from
every direction. The completion of
your Western Railroad and .slack-water
navigation will tend in! a groat
measurle to give the facilities ;for speedy
andure transportation for j both pas
sengers and freight I.
' To acquire some 'estimate of the
quantity of coal, and; allowing but half
the width of the basin for the extent of
the coal, we sliall have the area of 75
square miles; thisi gives an approxima
tion to the quantity of minesral wealth.
, locked ip in this district. Surely no
legislature can hesitate for ja moment"
to expedite Its development by any
means in its power. I
I 5r Although we have no actual proof
to offer, yet there can be little doubt
'that the extent of the coaTfmust uri-"
derTie the basin. I was desirous to
place this beyond question, and had it
peen in my power, 1 should have or
dered boring to be rtfade considering
it of great imjiortance in tt national,
point of view; but as there was no aj
propriation to nieet its expeiiditurc, it
couhl not be made. j " -
- Having thus given you a shoft syn-,
opsis, I will close, referring Van tomy
, official Report for the particulars of.
my examination and the cpucmsibns.
at which I have arrived. .
! , Very respectfully yours,
W IlVIiJjIK) WilV
The Fate of Mexico.
; : "When Cortez conquered Mexico, it
' was -the first civilised Stale of tho
western s continent, even superior to
' Peru, which was remarkable for the
high culture of its people. Mjexigo had
a complete system of polity,' a pow'er-
! ful priesthood, and a peopleskilled in
.all kinds of useful and ornamental
'i arts. All this has been overturnod by
j the corrupting influence of Spanish
1 rule,, which has weakened thb rrsour
j ces and destroyed the manly virtue of
r every country where it has prevailed,
'j. The present state of the Government
l of.Mexico is a, standing warning to all
j who would seek to prosper in spite of
i constant, s-stematic disregard of law.
j There w;as nothing in the original cop-
! struction of the Mexican Government
which could prevent its attaining as ,
j high a degx-co of prosperity as has
; been reached by the great North Amer
; ican Union. It had a complete repulK
' linan . rrknut5ftif5i-ri tchiTi if I'm Itlfiil1 r
carried out, would have -made it pros
perous and powerful. But it would
seem that no form of government could
avail to save the Mexican pejople from
the national disorganization and ruin
so naturally and inevitably jresulting
from their ceaseless rpstlfissaess. law- .
lessness, and dissensions, 'the evil is
within themselves. With sucn a popu
lation, no country on earth, no matter
how excellent might be its form of gov-
ernment. could ever secure neace and
prosperity, It must cure the inherent '
disease that consumes it, or
still
1. if .
re-
uioiu, 11a miiicitu, nciiA. auupuiucmp-'
tlDlC. 1
THe problem of Mexican politics,
ls,To fT ko, ' 1... j Lx l .1:,.
yiua ii iu up uuitiiy, sutv eu, ill no uia-
tant day, by the necessary jihterven-
tioriof foreign Go.vernment, for the .
protection of the lives and property tof
their citizens, now 'exposed! to cou-