- n . . 11 I 1 .,.1 T : ; i -r I . - J, THE IREDELL EXPRESS, R3 f3 3f TERMS OP ,ADyxRTKlKq.Vi ; PUBLISHED WEEKLY, Onp Do"tlAf a square1 for thelBratWeck ni Li Twenty ve Ce'nts for evry w&UUen$J&l Slxteea fines or leWOl makr a udre!-p . B. DRAKE.! .BY "W. P. DRAKE. .fwTTnTiTT n noiivr enn Deductions niade in " favor of tarklinz ttiat- terns iouovs; i 1 ;JUiu itLXU a. uuaaii ami, I Editors and Proprietors. A MO. ., : C HOV 1 JCAK. -A. Family Newspaper Devoted to Politics,' JgricTiltnre, .Manufactures, jComixierce, and Hicellanedneairi Owe .rjurcv &uo .... &.sa 4....-.... r-- EliJiS OK TIIK ' PAPEK, Three ?ixi . 1 (Utt - Jm $0.00 .When direclvpns af "iyim. lto.w-jiftn. I,. 4 1 il I ! II- Vol. I II. Statesville, N. O., Friday, December 16, 1859 S $2 a Year, in Advance. l until onh'ivq oti (. . ; v ' ! ; x; frL J.t . ' 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,- X 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 i r . - . . , . 7 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 -.. - . . . . . i. 9- I 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; : - i - i i. - 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.- ' - J t-r ' ' I n-' , ...