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Statesville, N. O., Friday, December 16, 1859
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I "Wish; I was Again a Child.
UT WM. C. . CAMERON
J wish I was azain a child,
To samiVon niv native awaid,
ro roam amjid the woody AvLTd,
And climfi the j.uttinr rocks d hard,
mow swift the whined momeiitsjtlic!i !
fllbw liJit oil-heart when scliooljwas o'er,
X fihelvcd the satchel, btwk, am yen,'
V TJie dusky wootllandd to cxplbre. ,
; Tittle dreaipU in rosy Youth,
I That clouds of care and wehdof ftile
wVould dim jnivky and warp t lie truth.
. And men ideeeive ev'n when tiliey Bniile.
.'A froldcn aK. inethon'lit, was Coine,
I' ! WJicfi t rut Ji wa-rpnd in evcr
flicc
rtioVnrtli was otic hiriohni
ipv lionie.
t; Where kntavdry found no
iuriin"
jilaee.
fj wish I wsiif ngnin a child,
( -To rove wiith little jdavmaites
To hear my inother's voice r n
Wlierr'te'achin nic mv cliildl
fair
ild
ooil ru
liyer.
-Ah ! me, how swt'ct it wan to rojnn
With that: pure joy and deep feliirht,
" -it h fragrant flowers I hasti-nnj home
jl Wheii Ilfj-pcras prwlaiimul tbe niyht.
; ih, Jiappy l(ay, ! (o nie, it .cti.'ii)dl
i' I Ah if a nnik of purest, joy
ilJt up imr -father'. face, and hcrsnicd
Upon his f litt:c lan?lin(r-lo."
.,.;'!My mother's Miiilo was lirht aiil life,
.i i "Anil 'lia.-edtho tear drop fioi mine eye:
; .''Arid now. amid tin' world's wHf strife,
."v Hhe'.s-Hoe'f hriht star n niiy pad' sky.
1 wish ! wai a chihl fltraiit- 1
;iAh!.no: "ji I swell that 1 shntil feel
: The woild'H idnvk IVomti as ol!icB m-ti
. - :Tlit i'm itn srm-ts mny revf-il.
..'Tis ri'ht fliiit hy hood 'h j-mhiiv jlay '
., - iSlumld die Jike drcmis at iiioliiing litLrht
fchonld as tliiesnow fill -melt away.
. And vanish n tlie Ar-inhow luiji urli t.
".'My scntter4 hnirs'and vaulted licart
"'ll'.-TeJ.l inanii a tale that loails niy hreast ;
' And (lav ly flay phi friends depart
i To where the tvenry ones find! rest.
' " 'Ti.9 well our dreani-i of youth should pass
r ; Like airv jdihtdcs on the Mast;
Slionld. like;tlic (!tv-dn)i-i on the grass,-
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J'c'tght awhile, then all go-j .t-t.
Mm.
, ' From tlic Wiln
n What Shall the South do ?
-f ''.''The cliioif actor in the afBiir of Har
per's Ferry has expiated hijs crime uj-
oiVthe irallows. Old Brov
n has heen
ljauged. What vi I be tli
result of
aw ? Will
the niiri(I.s
lave we a-
ibis
en(oK'eniciit; of the
Hie
il'eot hie saJjitnrv upon
f the- Xortihern p-.-oj !.
. n'v reasoiv tfo suripose th
t v:l' eiiiise
lieni, for one moment .!iy, to pause
imd retlect 'upon the onursof they have
persistently followed toivards the
;outl and her? institutions p : ;
'ii'.li .is - lis til ess to disguisfi- .-the. fact,
that the entire North and jNorthwest
iife hoielesislv abolitiorijse(. We want
jiho better evidence' than that pre
sented to liis by their course in this
,jlarpcr's 1'Vrn' affair. it 1 t lie cx
I'Cpt'on of a few pajiers (an.oiig them
. 'Ave are proud to notice itliat sterling
Whig journal; the New Yoj-k Express)
, tlwit have S'had tlie
man i
:ess to
d ti
the -pounce t lie act as It - deserve
-great inajo jit' have eithci
svm)athis
niaintaiiU'd with the Offenders, oi
Ian omiuous silence.
'i Let us look calnvlv at the case : A
,s9vcreign State; in the ie;icetul enjoN'
iaicut of the rights guaranteed bv the
!. . - . . . . . . - i . , ,
f.'Onstitution, -lias heeii nitaueu nv an
an it od force, not , foreign: mercenaries,
. but citiA ns of tbe same (jonfederaey,
. niid her pe(ple V ot dinvn1 in the pub-
. lie highways. The (puestihn is a nat
.iiral one- Why is this fining done? j
jWhy is murder and rapinjconiinittcd?
. i-and who ire the ptM'petimt'ors'? The
jansNver is fmnd in the tact, that the
r ptate wbosd'' territory ba4 thus been
Ijnvadeif, is a Southern Stale in which
: ;tjic institution of slavery ekists acccrd-
, ,ng to the law aiulthe ttospel ; aim the
' meters in the terrible-drama were but
parrying out the )recepts and teach-
ngS Of Our .NORTIIKHX JjRKTIITlEV.
rhe irrepressible conflict" between
jj.ho- North and the Fouth then, baa al--
,veady comniencrd ; to this complexion
!-pt.-inust;cone at last. It U useless to
' talk of the c nservatism ojf the North-
.Wliere has there been an,yj evidence of
'JSt ? 'Meetings Upon meetings liave
been lu 11 for the purnosq of express-
sympatbv for murderers and trai-
f tors'; n.nt "f no, no, not one solitary ex
f pression of horror, or disapprobation
:J even, for the crime comniitied, have wo
T-yet seen from any State North of Ma
J Sou's & Dixon's line. And yet they
i claim rto U - our broth rej, speak tlie
.' UOm A 1o.n rnnA 'k il i .
. j We yield to none in omj veneration
i Ifor the Union, but it is not tho T"nUr,
st ftinv lain.' iiiioi. u I 1 1 i .1 1 tiiia n a a Tn. i
i inpw,'as our Fathers bequeathed it to
j us- '-Then, impulse that hrobbodriv
r on the snow-ca)ped niouutains of New
Hampshire,! vibrated along tho Gulf
and mashe of, the Mississippi ; then.
r there was union of feeling, brotherly
Kinanes? ami aflection,. and the North
and the "South 5
'strove together how theVcoiild best
: promote the general wefare. Now,
j all Is changed, Do you afek wliy ?
i.'NVatch the proceedings pt Congress,
and read the publications that are
scattered by the North broadcast over
11. ... ' . . :1
.luo eouuiry, listen to t'hd sentiments
V If
IDUIUUIIUID
expressed at nearly all their public
gatherings. The stereotyped cry, that
thefse things are the work of fanatics
only," will no longer answer; but, if it
be to, then fanaticism rules the entire
Noith j for what lias been the result of
the elections held during the past snra-1
mer
Afek Mairie, New Hampshire,'
Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut,
i
ask Pejinsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, lo
wa,Wisconsin, and even the great State
of Isevv Ybrk; all, all have given in
their adhesion to the " higher law"
principle, an4 the mandate for " Irre
pressible Conflict." ; Do these things
indicate affection,-brotherly kindness,
Union)? There can be no Union with
out affoction, thei'e can be no Union
unless tins aggressive policy xl the ,
!
North is stopped
We 'confess that wc look .forward
with gloomy apprehension towards the
fut Si re
If Congress fails to applv the
eijicdv, then it behoves tlie South to !
act together as one man ship our pro
duce direct to; Europe,
:t toi Europe, import our
, -, .., . I
, Jet the hum or the spin-,
. 1 ;
ovn
4
ods
ntnrr-w
heel be heard in our homes, as
iu the ;da3-s of th5 Ecvoldtion, manu-
faetunj our own articles of necessity j burned Ioav ; and at length death clos
er luxtiiy, and be dependent upon the ed those eyes, and sealed the lips for
orth for no thing. If such a course j ever ; and we learned, by trying ex
(hos not lo-fidnfe n. different ui ntn nf i perience, how intense a darkness fol-
affairsj then set' us down as no proph
et, if such a course does no,t cause
the CoNSEitVATiVKs of the North to af
ford Home tangible evidence 'of their
existence, then we must of necessity
coiiclujde, that - the principle has . no
lodgment in their minds.
Patriotic Sentiments.
ev. J)r. h. L. Hawks, of Calvary '
. ' J i
Church, New lork, preached a most j
eloquent sermon to his charge in that j
city, on Thanksgiving morning, on A-!
merican Pa-triotism. We commend j
thefQ
lowing extract to the Abolition
writer? and ranters :
" Are there none who condemn the
Constitution of their countrynone
who, by the exercise of a corruption
that scarcely has sharie enough to
keep itself out of sight, pervert it from
its plain declarations and legitimate
interpretations ? Are thorp none who
have been willing and ready to convert
executive powe'rs into judicial, and
legislative into executive ? .And how
speak Isome men now of that Union,
of which our fathers, taught by revo
lutionary experience, thought so much?
They iad purchased it for their chil
dren with their blood ; and that blood
ha'd flowed from Northern and South
ern hearts alike ; it made one common
pool upon the battle-field ; they knew
that upon union alone depended a
strong, proud,- national existence. Do
all their sons adhere to this opinion of
their fathers ; or do they trample on
their memories, and despise their wis
dom ? Let facts answer. What means
the angry and : insulting language of
the press both JNorth and bouth to
wards
each other? Why do flippant
and taunting insinuations, and
sneersl
insidicjus affectations of candor, and
false assertions, and vulgar vitupcra-
tionl form so much of the editorial sta-
pie df certain prints ? Is it thought
to snow sKUl ot lence - jn intellectual i our questions. : The horror ot our
gladiajtorship ?J. Whether it be quite : minds was the more intense as Ave had
as cleyer writing as its authors sup-! watched our child through its sickness
pose may perhaps admit of doubt ; but ' and death, and had been - but a few
grant that it is, the sober American ! hours before eye-witnesses of its inter
who has no personal vanity of author- ment.
ship involved, may well ask whether j "While gazing upon it, and asking
it is cither patriotic or wise thus to , in my; thoughts, 'What can this extra
furnis'i fuel to the flame of mutual ex- j ordinary providence mean? For what
asperation all eady, burning, alas! too can it be sent?' the servant gjrFhav
brightly ; or to .sacrifice the interests j ing crept to the door, after a time
and happiness, of our country to the suggested, It looks like Mr.- 's
(Trn tifijitinn of some author's wish to
attain! celebrity as the writer of insult
ing sneers and trenchant irony. "Our
country is surely worth more to us
than the gratification of the personal
vanity of any man, and while it is
cheerfully conceded that the. press
shoultl be free, and may often furnish
information to the public mind, yet it
would jbe. hard to show any lawful flow
er it possesses to assume over it dicta
tion of control. The mocle of saying
may . be often more offensive than that
which jis said ; and there is a modq
which does not conduce to Union, be
cause its tendency is to destroy frater
nal feeljng. If any American citizen
wishes, to be without a country , that
can command the respect of the civil
ized world, let him contribute his aid
to dissolve the Union of these United
States
In the fulfillment of, his un
patriotic purpose he will find his pun-;
ishment. for he. will have ruined him-
se)f- ''He.wiirbe'crushed and bruised
un der the edifice Jje , has assisted tq
undermined " .Qjir poUntry is exempt
ed (at leastipri the present) from the
intestine convulsion" r of 'revolution-
how long it may be t before opposmg
hosts majr. JelnarshAle J onv thoj Beld,
of carriage depends "under Godontthe
calmness, the courage, ; the ' prudence,
and the patriotism of the wj&e, the
thoughtful and: the good men .of all
parties jof the, Union) Jwho love' "flielr.
country better ..; than tpey, do anTipar
ty, who have the sense to appreciate.
its. value to the
selves -
world and j to' them-
S'"
Give' a wile man health, and he will !
give himself everything else.
A Ghost. Story.
"We were returning from pur spring
meeting of Presbytery one gentle
man and two young ladies in a rock
away,' and the roads none of the best.
Night, cold and damp, overtook us
eight miles from home, but only a short
distance from Judge Blank's. Know
ing that we should find outside the
Judge's. door the latch-string, and in
side a warm welcome, a warm fire, and
a warm supper, besides beds which we
could warm for ourselves we unhesi
tatingly consigned ourselves to his
hospitalities. , Supper being over, -and
our persons disposed according to our
several tastes, in a semi-circle before
an old-fashioned blazing fire, we were
just in the mood to enjoy the enter
tainment of onr host's conversational i
gifts Among other things he narra
tea uie ionowing unique tale, wmcn
we unanimously agreed to put in print:
Said the Judge substantial! v as fol-
T.I l II -' '. I I-",
Ioavs : "Years ago we had in our house
a' sweet little child about four years
oki, me ODjeci-f ox course, oi a .very
tender affection. But sickness laid
r.r " ' 'r""vo
his hand upon it. llemedies, prompt
, i n j
ly resorted to, all proved in vain.
Day after day tne roses faded from
the cheek, andthe fire in the eyes
lows the quenching of one of these lit
tle lijrhts of life.
"The time rolling sadly on, brought
us at length to the hour appointed for
committing our treasure to the ordi
narily sure custody of the grave. The
firiends assembled, the customary ser-
! vices were held, the farewell taken,
k i.i .i-.i n i i .
ana the little torm securely . snut dc-
fli flirt Hi-nil crrn
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in due time the grave received its trust.
yc 0oked;on and saw the earth thrown
in, the mound raised above, and the
plates of sod neatly adjusted into a
green. sheltering roof, and then wend-
ed our way back to our desolated home.
Evening came on and wore .away.
My wife had gone into an adjoining
room to give some directions to a ser
vant, and I, unfitted by the scenes of
the day for aught else, had just laid
my head upon my pillow, in our room
upon the lower floor of the house,
when I heard a shriek, and in a mo
ment more my wife came flying into
the room, and springing upon the bed
behind me, exclaimed,
"See there ! our child ! our child "
liaising my head, my blood froze
within me, and the hair upon my head
stood up us I saw the little thing in
grave clothes, with open, but manifest
ly sightless eyes, and pale as when we
gave it the last kiss, , walking slowly
toward 'us! Had I been alone had
not the extreme terror o'f my wife com
pelled me to play the man, I should
have leaped from the window and bed
without casting a look behind. But
not daring to leave her in such terror,
I arose, sat down in a chair, ;and took
the little creature between my knees
a cold sweat covering my body
and xrazed with feelings unutterable
j upon the object before me. The eyes
: were open n a vacant stare.. The
: flesh was colorless, cold, and cHmmy;
nor did the child seem to have the
j power either of speech Or hearing, as
i it made no 'attempt to answer any of
child.'" ow,-our next neighbor had
a child of nearly the same age as ours,
and its constant companion. But what
could bring it to our house at that
hour, and in such plight ? Still the
suggestion had operated as a powerful
sedative upon our excited feelings,
and rendered us more capable of calm
reflection. And after a time, we ds
covered in truth that the grave clothes
were night clothes,- and the corpse a
somnambulist ! And it became man
ifest that it was the excitement attend
ing the loss and burial ofits playmate,
working upon th child's mind in sleep,
to which we were indebted for this un
tlniel.f and most startling visit. t "
-ilWiping awajrr the perspiration, and
taking .a few, long brea ths, I prepared
to countermarch the 'little , intruder
back to its forsaken d bed Back we
went, it keeping -at my side, . though
still asleep.' It had walked quite a dis
tance across the damp grass.' I found
'the. door of its home ajar, just as f the
fugitive had left itf and its sleeping
parents Junconseious 'of its absence. -p-The
btoor creaked as I pushed jt open,
d. wakened "the1; ej" W yh o " IdokeU
wildly around :ffomen Irid: then!
popped jnto uecU;, i iT , -.. a.
NQWi; Itad. it not-been for. my wife,
a5;I nay saidIshpnldrQn' ,thej iap
pearance of this apparition,-have made
a leap of uncommon agility from: that.
window, ana .atter ; nignt ot t uncom
Vjonelocity ior!1rson:of my agoH
e and cbgrnty,'! snpuia naye Deenreaay
to take oath in 'any Cbrirf v; eitherin
christeridbm :or 'heathendom, '''that I
had seen' a
Tew pity us for our misfortunes. '
Chinese Government.
Descending no lower in the scale of
division than the District, which is
somewhat like an English county, we
find in China an average of eighty Dis
tricts constituting a Province. A9
there areeighteen provinces, there are
in China about 1440 cities answering
to the county towns of England, except
in regard to their "population, - which'
mountg up from 500,000 fo 3,000,000
of inhabitants. These cities arc wall
ed, and supposed capable of standing
a siege,. Each has a high dignitary,
a civil mandarin, who is judge, direc
tor of police, receiver of taxes ,r and, in
short, general administrator;- aided by
one or several subordinate officersand
especially by educational functionaries,
who assist in the primary examina
tions for public office. These are all
commissioned by the central govern
ment, staking rank accordingly, and
separated from the lower agents re
quired! in a concentrated population.
These districts are grouped, according
to convenience, into Departments,
two or; three in one place, fifteen or
eighteen in another, the average be
ing six Districts to a Department. A
Prefect or Department Judge presides,
and the district city in which he lives
is elevated to the rank of a depart-H
mental! city. This judge receives ap
peals fron? the District Pourts' below
and his judgments, again, may be ap
pealed against in the Circuit courts,
where an Intendant ' reviews the pro
ceedings of a small group of Depart
ments, ibut is mote fully occupied in
general administration. Here begins,
ex officio, authority over the military,
an authority given to meet cases of
local rising3. The Intendant may re
side in an v of the cities of his circuit,
but usually prefers one of the depart
mental icities. Hence there is a long
step to- the next rank ; for the next
highest functionary corresponds direct
ly with the Emperor, and reports to
the Cabinet. -The number of great
men thus honoured is eighteen at one
time, the Governors, or Governor-Generals
of the eighteen provinces of the
empire. Their power over all officials
below them is great, from their access
to the sovereign; and each is Com
mander-in-chief as well as civil ruler
in his province. A limited power of
life and death resides in him. Three
officers bf high rank eniov, under him
an authority, limited only by the pro
vincial boundary, but purely sectional,
one undertaking finance, another
criminal justice, and the third educa
tional examination. Each province has
its army, as well as its complete sys
tem of civil government, and educa
tional institutions. It has also a cer
tain nuinbe of unattached officials of
proved quality, who are always ready
for exceptional or unexpected service
in any part of the empire. The army
of the province (containing a territory
and population answering to that of
Greaf Britain) averages about 35,000
men, the calm, level, contented inter
ior provinces having much less, and
tie mountainous seaboard provinces,
inhabited, by a more turbulent popula
tion, requiring at times nearly 70,000.
The governor of a4territory like Great
Britain, with several towns,- rising from
the extent of Birmingham to that of
London, is a great man very like a
considerable sovereign, except that he
works hard. His levee at sunrise is a
scene of various business ; and the a-,
mount bf correspondence to be des
patched afterwards is immense.
From his particular London, we next
step to I metropolitan Peking, where
there is a concentration of public offi
ces, like those of a European capital.
The Inner Council is the oldest ruling
body in the emp;re, and may at one
time have held everything in its own
hands. At. present there1 is a more
limited ttnd confidential council, the
Strategical -Office which despatches
a good -deal of the Emperor's business.
Finally,there is the Emperor himself
--the law-giver, the judge, the magis
trate, trie universal functionary, who
is to the empire at large wfiat the Governor-general
is to the province, the
Prefect to the department, and the
District Magistrate to the District.
He is aided by a peculiar body, the
Censorate, wljO are called the Eyes
and Earf of the Emperor, who report
the proceedings of 'all' the officials ap
pointed from Peking."' The check "up
on them!! is -that they are put in the
places of those they inform against,
and told' to succeed at their peril.' The
Emperor's tenure, is : somewhat like
theirs,-rr"despot"j as ha is called by
supernciai pDservers. ie must .sue-?
ceed at Jiis periK If disorder, and, un
happiness' encroach, anil "corruption
spreads,-the nation concluded that their
ruler i3ut;of harmony' with the uni
verse,' or that there has been a mistake
about hia commission, or that the com
mission has expired. In the absence
iof a parliaments arid without a dream
of revolution, thejrvdepose Mm and, try
another'. ; & t-:.-..
Such is the order ; ofaffairs in an
empire whose duration has beepmethe
proverb f6f the 'fanWatiP -Tacef 16 Its dis
tmctivepfinclple is the application' of
moral iistead of physical force ; and
4s .distinefive institution is the compH
; titive examination, throiigh which aloTKpe
office is "attainable, r and by .which the-
. m i i . .i
greatest; ampuntoi -?w)iiiy xsr jntneo
ry, secured, for the public -service.,:
It hasibeeri-obserTed above that the
principle of selecting the wisest of the
community, for the public servicei has
l' T l' 1 - i yi
oeen more oriesa appnea m unina
during the whole bourse of its histpry.
The method of bringing ability to the
surface, and establishing it in office by
common consent, was tounded under
the Tang dynasty, which reigned from
A. D. 618 for thre'e centuries ; the in
stitution continues at this day, though
the -present dynasty has grievously
corrupted; the public service by ' the
sale of offices. The' primary examina
tions pf the young men who desire, to
prove their quality, either, for public
office or private life, take place in the
district cities, whence a specified num
ber from each district are sent distin
guished by. the title of Bachelor to
the provincial capital, to go through
the rest of the probation.
s From the Fayettevillo Xorth Carolinian.
Mr. Editor : Tlie suggestion in
your paper a few days since in regard
to direct importation by the bouth, is,
and will continue to be, the subject of
interest for every Southern" merchant
and slaveholder. The withdrawal of
patronage; from the North seems to be
A i i i 4 -m
tne great aesiaeratum or our people.
It is certainly the only effectual and
sure plan bf bringing Northern fanati
cism to a proper sense of our rights,
and their j dependence on us for their
past and present prosperity and afflu
ence. The Southern Atlantic States
are well adapted, by geographical! po
sition and; natural advantages, to the
establishment of an importation trade,
amply sufficient for all our wants, and
our facilities for manufacturing most
of the articles brought from the North
are getting better and more apparent
every day. Then why" riot benefit our
own citizens by encouraging and pat
ronizing ""home manufacturers of all
kinds ? In so doing, in a few years
we may be entirely independent of the
"wooden nutmeg" establishments of
Connecticut and Massachusetts. We
shall never become a great commercial
people until we learn to rely more up
on pur own resources; for we possess
all tlie material, and sufficient capital,
if properly applied to render us en
tirely independent of any other coun
try or. State in the world. All that
seems to be necessary is enterprise and
perseverance, and if the merchants of
Wilmington, Charleston, and - other
seaports, will unite, it can oe easily
accomplished. I see Richmond ! has
4 ;
called a meeting for the sariie purpose,
and no doubt the Old Dominion will
adopt some plan to free herself from
all dependence whatever on their ag
gressive fobs. Let other States follow
the example, and trade at home or not
at all ; they will certainly save money
by the operation, in the items of inter
est, exchange, insurance, and travel
ing expenses to and from the Northern
cities.
We have made the cities of the
North ; let us pull them down by dis
continuing our patronage, and our vis
its amongst them. If the movement,
which will no doubt be very general in
the,. South, is consummated, we may
expect to see our own seaports built
up and flourish into large and commer
cial cities in a few years.
Concert pf action and a determina
tion to trade no' longer with men who
have no respect for law or the Consti
tution of the country, and who are so
bolish and short-sighted as to work in
direct opposition to their own interest,
is the only thing that.seems to be nec
essary. Let all who have an interest
in the matter give aid and encourage
ment to those who take the first step,
and, by the by, it will gain a strength
and power too formidable for any op
position that can be brought against it
More anon. Southern Right.5?.
The Peculiar Institution.
Many of the Northern members of
the Episcopal Convention, whilst in
Richmond, wanted to see ;1 he Ele
phant," and they saw it. Many of
them visited the slave auction; among
others the editor of tbe Church Record,
(Chicago.); As his testimony is disin
terested,, we publish what he says :
"Without entering at all upon the
question of slavery, we wish to say
that after a?fortnightBpent among t he
masters anl slave? of Virginia, and
seeing the latter under all circumstan
ces, and in every condition in 1 the
house and in the field m the city ;and
in the country we give it as our un
qualified opinion that nine-tenths of
the slaves m -the Old Dominion are in
finitely, happier and subjected tofewrer
privations than their free-brethren in
the Norththat except' in rare, very
rare Instance?, they are, from motives
of interest: if from no other:" treated
kindly by their owners or employers.
In resrard to the slave auctions, which
occur' daily in4 Richmond the largest
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slave "mart in the world ; the number
changing hands annually; varying from
twelve te fifteen thousand we are a
bleto'say that slayes, iri paariy instant
ces, from their love of change and- de
sire to travel, look forward with pleas
nfA' r Krin anit anA rtnrn er Srttttli iTid
"that mothers are not, as has been rep-
rf !f JWlIP
. . ' . . ' - i - :
M&tne-
sucK as.the forced sale of person's pro -
perty who has : failed, -by :order of. the
. j:. 1- ..ft... l vr . J.
- r, rrrTk7
1 creditor, Terr- of ten Northern mem
who order them to be sold in theman-a
rier in which they will realize tne larg
est amount."
Qur friend jwept to thp tobacc fac
tories alsoand'he says'lf
In all themannfactnringpstalish
ments we have visited, -either iniEng
land,- Scotland, France or fhe Krth
ern j Statev wc have never seen d jera
tivea looking so- happy arid eOmferta
ble las -the slaVeii engaged in prying
tobacco in the lichmond factorfc.
They are gerieriUy founil singi or
with abroad grip on theitfaces. f "jlach
has a certain task allotted, to h' for
the day, which tftiey; often finis? ty
thrqe or four o'clock ih the after;oon.
If tljicychoosc tojwork afterwardthey
can jdo so, being paid for it. A jjreat
many in this.wajy make from o$e to
three dollars-per week. .
"We hope the, day may sooji 0nie,
whep the laboring population of f the
world may be asiwell off oof A fo&tMi
T
world and the next, as the sl.at. of
the oouth.
Letter from the Eon. Duncan K, M Jtae.
The following; letter from th dis
tinguished gentleman, addressed t? the
Captain of the Newbern Light Infant-
ry, contains may wise suggestions, "
and is well worthy of an atteritil pe-'
rusal : ' ' " . V
!" Newbern, Nov. 20th, lj. .
Capt. JoRPAjj Dear Sir--ti, de
sire to be enrolled as a member cJt the
"Newbern Light Infantry Comply."
!No man can be ealled an alarmist , rior
can his devotion to the LTriion belnues
tioned, who in'this moment feelt jand
proclaims thatlalcrisis of no oroMarv
magnitude is at hand. Our ent mies
of the North, concentrated hcretfore
into a formidaljile political party,5iave
increased m numbers in proportun as
their intense hbstility to our 'inlltitu-
tioh , has strengthened, until theion-
servativc eleirient in their miit is
either swallowed! up or reduced tffpas
sive submission, land now1 they ftiave
unmasKea tnerr purpose anaaiiiiosc
themselves as armed foes', exhofting
to conflict, revIlhtion and overtLrow.
Their emissaries under various;! dis--guises,
are penetrating, among up arid
are mtung uituy uuieuieu m enuejyyi-
ing' to sow discprd and to stimula5ii in-:
surrection. Their instruments Cave
already perpetrated treason andf xnur-der,-and
committed ah act of , yity up
on a sister State! identified withes in
institutions, in pympathy and intt'jj-est.
The instigators, composed of th po
litical leaders, ; preachers, pressand
it is to be fbareil of a . large majority
of the popular mass, at the -Nort o
penly applaud the criminals ariti the
crime. Well fpunded informatii of
the existence of armed societies p in
tercept the actsrf justice and to wfeak
vengeance are daily reaching usf It
is high time to pnt ourselves in agitate
of preparation-r-i-calmly, quietly, fv ith
dignity; but with promptitudeitand
determination. ; Our volunteer compa
nies constitute the nucleus for obtain
ing a disciplinetJ and effective fo-zce.;
they should be enlarged thorouhly
organized armed, equipped and t -rill
ed. Young men of all professions "of
business shoultt enter the ranks apri
vates without ajspirations to camp&nd
as a service to the cause of patriotism.
The State andl Federal Governments
should be stimrilated to supply " ms
and ammunition, and individual per
ality should conte in aid of thii otect
by contribution!? for the purchaf f of
the latest improvements ih arms'and
material of warj i 1
-Students at oiir schools and colwges
should form themselves irito military
companies and $tudy tactics, thajthe
educated youngjmen may! be cap!(.ble
of, rendering seifvice wher the ate
shall be obliged jto call for them, tpur
militia should be fostered and tralied,
for in the citizen massesare to be ft-uhd
the strong arm and the stern valiV to
bring victory in Jthe fight. It is a f frith
.1 ..1 11 II "!.'. t'lil c
tnat snouia awaxen immeaiate rcnee
tion-that not a thousand weNdfe
lined soldiers properly officered Hu1d i JK- ,,uvua,c
be mustered intp service if an Helhad fa,se Gne8. Put and I must tell
were precipitated upon u. We f iavel J? experience wtth.rnyneTr mas
hardly the material of the latest?an 1 1 tlCat.ors-. ten the set was first
vt . c . . . - . v i . - j put in, as thoucrh x had " a coudIc of
1 ment. Indeed f question if the ie
of.North Carobtaa could this - dayf iur-1
j nish an artillervfcompany one huSfred
; :n-iA r-,i
juuiiy, itiiiii me; iiuc vuunuu. xav
Sandinia not Been awakened 8foutj
J four years ago hj the threatening as-
pect of affairs tfy obtain cp'ntribtlons
for strengthening her fortification of
Alexandria and; others, the Attsjpans
would have beet! in possession of hcr
capitol before lier allies ! could' ffave
come 'to the rescuer Affairs , witfj' us
wear !a more alarming appearance; Jmd
we snpuia neea tne warning
' Steps should be. taken 'i throughout
j the country tb 3Ut a watch unonrjsus-
i . . . - . ', . .i'li
picious 'stranger?, and the Legisli ure
may well
alio win
gro-inciters, to 'facilitat
tiori- rid'puniilimenlt should jTallTith
assure ! hand upon the guilty '"i orl her-
cy to such offeriders is ird tp; thtf of-
t ftnn i . s "'- l i't
j We have no enemies to fear at nfm.e; :
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1 ?U 01 ius ar U onr, -iSfX 8
ama, treatment, mth-
i - rr;-; 7 :rwvrr vi
i.comfor table hocies ; are wise enjtugh
J to know who' are- their truel friinds,
j 4 1. r . j r:u..i 4.t.A:--u.'. .
and will )be foumd faithful to their ? flas
ter and protectors, j . M-
Well nrenared, we can afford inland!
will remain upon the defensive, aid if
jfci'...i
the impending evil should be forced
upon us, God .will defend the i :ight.
Under these, feelings I askf dntt-!
sion to your corps; and Ioiuldex
hort whom my voice ight reich'with '
influence to itnite in putting onr State
into a "prepared condition- jsir;
!..'. I am very respectfully yorits, ' ,
" .".,n.ft:A)B;r;!
- P. S. You arc at liberty 1 to t use.
liis letter in snch a manner ai bestto.,
promote its object. . ,, ,' . j , , .
- Test ofblitionin f, ?N '
; The Charleston Mercury Csiyspull '
is not gold that shines, and "'the loud-
est-toouthed philanthropists nd re'
formers sometimes cave in when1 put
to a severe practical test like the fol-1
lowing: ' ' '
I had a brother-in-law said Afose
Perkins, whowas one of the raveriest,
maddest, Teddest,-hottest abolitioriists'
you over saw. I liked the pesky crit-',
ter well enough, and should have been
glad to see him -cum to spend a- lday
fetchin' my sister to see ine indfmy
wife, if he hadn't 'lowed Ms ttingneto
run on so'bout diggers ? and vBlaTefy,"
and the eqliality of races," and! tho du-
ty of overthrowing the Constitution of
the-United States, arid a lot of, other
things, some o which .rriade 'nie'inady
and the best part jot em riglit icH
puzzled triy brains a good deal to'think
how I could mate, huriVshut uphis
noisy head 'bout abolitionism!
-"Wall, one iiraewhenbrbthepr-inlaWf
come over to stay an idea.$trnck me,
hired a nigger ,tp help me at ihayng
tinrte. He w-as the bTggcsfstronest.
.gfqasiqst nigger yPu pver seedl Blade!
he was blacker than a stack ot black
cats, "and just as shiney as ajiew bea
ver hat. I spoke to him. i ( .
'Jake,' says I, 'when you bca the
breakfast-bell ring, don't you, say a
Avord,. but cbme right into the parlor
and sit right down among the folks
and cat youVbrcakfast'.' The nigger's
eyes stuckjout of his head about a
feet! . r . 1
- 'You're jokin,' massa,' says 'he.
'Jokin',' sez'I, 4I'ra sober as a dea
con.' , " ' i s
'But,' sez he, Tshan't have1 time ta
wash myself and change my shirt.'
. 'So muclrthe better,' sez L
'Wall, breakfast come, and so did
Jake, and he set down'long jside my
brother-in-law. He staid, buthedidn t
say a word. There wasn't no mistake
about it; Shut your eyes and you'd
know it for he was loud, I telLyou.
Inhere was a fust rate Chancel to talk
abolitionism, but brother-in-lawr never
opened his head. :
'Jake,' sez I, 'you bo on - hand 'at
dinner-time j' and he was- Jle had
been working in the Tneadow; all the
forenoon -it was as hot as hickory
and bilhV pitch and but I leave the
rest to your imagination.'. '-&-.:
'Wall, in the afternoon? brother-in-law
come up to me, Tnadder than a
short-tailed bull in hornet time
Mose,' said he, 'I. want to speak to .
yon.' ' " - t ' -!
.Sirig1 it out sesrl.' ' ! 1 V ; -
'J have but a few words to aav,' se
he, 'but if that 'ere confounded nig
ger comes to. thetable again wjbile Fm
stoppin' here, ITi'clerr put; - j: '
'Jake ate his supper that flight in
tlie kitchen, but from that,;day to this
I never heard my brother-irh-jaw open
his head about abolitionismi When
the Fugitive SlayoBill iras lisssed
thought he'd let out some but he didn't,
for hi? k pow'd that Jake was silll work
ing on the farm.
Experience with a New Set of Teeth.
We have been very much, amused
in listening to an acquaintance of ours
when describing his experience with a
new set of teeth. .He remarkea
"I have had all my teeth pulled out,
for to tell the truth I think they have
a .curse t alW8 "therthan
eelbarrowsMnll . of paving .stones
:;v 'V" v-- S
?e4 Cbey were goujg tQ.be
I spilled out at every motion. JThe first
. T ... .-ii , ' ,
aay i waireu tut every one nau, aone
their dinner, not daring to inake - an
exhibition of myHeeth, andlrun"the
risk of their dropping on theftable.
Well, I shewed a little and Istopped,
chewed again and. stopped, and finally
went to my room and laid the darned
things on the tack part "ofv an! upper
shelf, thinking thoy were no go. The
next day I tried them again,? but with
little better success, and after this I
would carry them in my pockety occa
sionally trying the things on; and cy-
nails in, as anything else; and again
I could be certain that 1 had a great
ciocular wheel stowed under! my lips.
c uvuiv kA-ij aviivuvv r nm -
f ical. They served me so many times.
ana x was ramer neiium iu cu w ii v
i bargain, but by pceveiinceave be-
L a to their ways, and bow they
cannot get away irom me, as ? i Jcnow
just how to manage them, and how to
bife oh them, and bles3 from' the" bot-;
torn of my heart, the inventor ot Jalse
Hfctti.iScientific American -; i
- ' . ,A daughter of Schiller is still living.-
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