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VOL. XH.--NEW SERIES. SALISBURY, N. C., NOVEMBER 6, 1855. NUMBER XXIV t. j, !.'., UMmm4 rrwvsT. IrrkillBfil Fair. On Saturday Um ltd of November, l, the Annual Exhibition of Um "Alexander Cosi ly Agricaltaral Society " will W MJ ! Tejlors- ilk 1 - -J" ' The list f articles on which premium, will bWrdedfor 4 WA, embraces nearly every va riety of grain and other agricultural production. X'sswly fj kind, uf atoelt A grant variety lit maasfaulurad article in all to wdw braecbes aT awobaaisai is ma is our eoaatry. 4 - The, Ladies Depart meat include among oth er Um following srtkls, for abash premium ill ba awarded, via : Fur Um hesT piece of Jeans, nut lea thaa yard.. Fur Um bant ftoeauf liaary, not less tbaa 8 yard. " Pair Wuutea wcU Crotchet Work for Cmtora. " " llook mark. " " Home made dress or tba material Mil- - 1x4 Cbaaaa, S pound or over. Lot UuUrf, 2 puoeds or over. " I" Bi Quilt. " Counter pwae. - Coverlet. " Table Cloth. " " Home made Vest Pattern. Jar of 1'icklvs, Ac, Ac Tba following synthases cooip'ws the differ rot committers to award Premiums ; o btm-. Hiram Jamea, i. V. ftedieBMM,' Joaqdi if. ti . I i, I .-111. II - Ka;M wut tiuie, iiayvra, on wt r-TvnK taTirua. Robert C Wilann, John Wilana Jwnea. liob' F. King, Wa. 0. Jamca, J P. Lowranca. o uut irvaAL raont cnoxa. Wilham UadMauw, WiU j 1. TeiupUoo, AaJ (Sharp, Uob'l AUea, IL L 'Htai-le. OoHaiiTTKa or abkihoIxot. FraavM AAarr, A. M. Ikij'le.J. Wdaua Junea, lltraas Jamea, Ui'lC VXilaua. - loaitrrrsi vo lavrra oa reori a a whkh oa. ariAUaa to Wuvit a aunaaaa. Jaaaapb CX Sttiit h, WnVy J.Tvwpklou, Ihivalt LiUM. All manuutrturnl articla intmdnl (or etbtbi ttHi aboold be d li"-r!l to the CuminitU-e of Arranfrrroeal by II oVI..k A. M. Every body ia m ituJ to be pmrnL lly ord r ( the Sa-irty, J.U1J V. hUll 11, Kt'j. , , ,, . ; : , , Onrtry on fkt frtt Snrrn". The people of ... , . ,, ! the Mouth have slwsn maintained that the free ! Msrks, with some rce tionsl case, si a mmir mhbt aa,t teer.led ctaA. Lut who Could have ex .4.1 1 1 ..v rir..!.. tlw. iiafieolr fieh.! of ' , ,. '' , , , i am y yiaia ms wwwi aa i mi na inew .',, , ,. IVe the Wlowrng Ui. : ., . , . . ... :wtiirot of aettintf thwmwl ves to-Weifk riccpt as- the- htrc- . ... .t builJTog a cliarcn, of 'aivuinpluihing any other se- rioot enterpriae except through U gary of ilia white. A a class, the biacki are ind4ent, im provident, servile and licentious; and their in veterate habit of appealing to white beBetol. no. or rnmpataii n. wiwuever they n slite a want or nevunter s difficulty, ia eminenlly hanefuf and sannstiag. If they could sever more obtain a oWUr antil tfcy shall hwve earned it, many of : ' ' them weald arnfer, and aom. pefl..,e att.v.; bet o. U -hoU, they woeld do better ami mv j prow featef thaa aiay now be reonbly M,ct ' v j There can be no tta'uU that when Horace j wrote that paragrapb he had just been Uwioged j by m tree segro begging application,. Jlut it isi all true, and we sow add Uie testimony of Uiis ; rank sbolilioaiat to thai of all experience, as to j the baleful and ruinoua eflecU of freedom upon the negro. IMUf UtrpaUk. ifoywnar under tkt Rrdan. As extraot of a lettsr from Hebaavopol profcaae t show how the lUdaa escaped being blows ap by the Kussians, ! - t;L fiS-7w-a' aarttv.. 'twt W an AVr.t.nnr iped being blows p by the Kussians, , Um batteries of the Ucdao just at Uie liussians are evacuating Uie town, discovered a large csv ble, which be cut in two by a blow of an air, and then called Ui attention of the officers to it On further examinaUon, it was found to be a j..v.., consequently reason cannot act. ! of that surface, its raj would be vertical, caus Uiick metalic win-, covered with s coating ofi o j, lh . t.rluclof the cmwth of the brain. ' inir not only an icclcs sea, but absolutely a trop- gutta perchs. Till wire led to a very large pow der magazine, dug under Uie llrdan, the discov ery of which tuedu the boldtwl tremble, when they thought of the frightful i plosion from which they had escaed. The wire came from across tba town as far as the sea, which crossed U) the other lior, frumw hence tlie electric tpark , was to be d.wpatehed to set fire to tliat volcano. It Mt disowcred just at-fjMroii-li'of timers the; last soldier had not yet evVuatcd Uie town when the fort blew up one after the other, filling the trenuhr with the ruin. The Careening Kort, the FlagaUfT Battery, Uie Central Itnalioii, th fort of the bay, th srat-nals and all the princi pal edifices, crumbled to the ground beneath the combined action of shells, fire and mines. The Kedaa snd Mahtkoff alone remained npsUndini;, lbs former sated by Uie sapper, a just mention ed, and Uie latter saved by a shell, which, di rected by Providcnce.had cut the electric wire ia twa." Rttumplion oAiiy Trarrl la .Wbi. Tlie Norfolk line of steamer will commeiiee making daily trips between liallini.ire and Norfolk o.n the 1st of November, at which lime Uie foref em bargo will be entirely removed. Vst it arif lit Ttmtf. . INSTINCT ASU liBASON, . The following interesting pap it aa extract frciea a letter written by a gentleman of literary and arielina pursuits, residing at Salisbury, North Carolina, to a friend of our. residing in tlii city ; it trill ba read "ill leaura by all who take an interest in subj'iU pertaining to the interesting study of Natural History. In your liut letter you apeak of the difficul ty encouutered by yours. If and nsluralisU'gcto'j rally of drawing the liuu of demarcation be tween instinct and rea-oif. 1 b.v bestowed am. thought opoa this suljeot,"n4 I now pro ceed to" embody, for your consideration, my con clusions on this vexed question. They are my own, for I have not wen them tlsewbere. It i very probable that they may U M old a the dy of I liny ; or they tuny outrage acinic, end be (vend nowhere ljt m my brain. Yon will pardon me, I hope, if such is the fact, for the in of inflicting upon you Uie trouble of read in);, in this case, what i, if may be, well known t Naturalist, or what i, or may be, simply uotisense. Tins law of profanation or reproduction pivr-- by nature to ail oratiiju d beinpi (I refer here particularly to aniinaJn.) u well adapted to that end, anl tnjy ufl' H-ut fur that purpose. .Af-ti-r formation, nature reo,uirel lliat the ditfurent race of auiuud trt to I ierietuated. To Ota end the Uv of rcjro!o two wm only the tint ; it could nt off- r llmt prwtec-tion ne , .!) for tlw U(ort and uft ty of the young annual. 'M(,-r acre, thTvf're, necestary, and aiiiuiaU were endowed aith iatinct and ra r.,rS, VpBraU-'auTOuVpid."-nl RiK-Yt'tlll1 eiercwMj of both are nereaNiry to tlie great end, i. (.. the af. I) and x rM'tutioa of the different race. To tlii end, th-ft.-forv, liatura rvuired three !, to ait, reproduction, iuAtiuct, and r-aon. " 1 a ill now n.l. ror to !io a herein and Imw imtirH t u a necwaity independent of reaton, arxj tlirO attempt to .how that reaaoa ia alw a nHMity ind'prndi nl of na iuct. Instinct in mtij-nttal, or born wiUi the animaand it a perfM at birth a it ever brcotne. The pre toiiiinan'4 of iiwliui't in tlii. or that rare of ani mal in .l- - ri.t.-t.t u.n the amount of the di- 1. .iiicri t of Um and Uiii. I tiny may powr-4 at birili. Tlx-gaiimatiuu. tribta.and xmie iuai-rnjM-Ua i, for itifttaiKt- follow their pun nu, and mi k lo.-l a ti lKiura ot.-r birth. Not to with man, or the toung of the rarmvorou rare. From the nature of tLina, it aould I iniNi. 1U for tltcw- Ut to.tA,a trenth of boneanJ iiiutle Uir-wt to enatire thero to pntene or cj lure llnir prcy, rtaie dau r. Coiiaeuently there is w il'.iti them, at tins Unia, an inferiority , , , "n. lacullv, intlincL f.r. Hie obvious reason . ', i , , , . , , ; iil siaicu, sn-i me mai ineir tmciy u careo f I r hv the psrenl. Tlie Uw sivihh to that ' 'n I 'ojt'on the oflVpriiifi is thrown upon i be parent for prottction ami (xkI, iiul in the - t - vw , r -... ,...r.. I same proirftrhon is the faraTty-oF instiiict anil i ' , , , t iHvwjri.t;. ktcotnotioa; a genera! tale, with-.. - f " . , . m HUHtraiion . pie. in a . w nouni alter TwrtTrf tm WfengfU;7rT"iie nd niuseh'. and a power of mastication suffkiciit to enable it to travel ami tAkeftioil, indtvpeodent of its inother't milk. The habit of the siw is to wander atim, with her brood during the day, and retire to her bol a nitftX. I lia naciwsing warfare among amitials that Iaw which coniliels ihemUimt J one another, or be eaten has to be guarded f aatnif irtr lit liM Af-.ttu. ' - .'At. , ' 'l . . enemy attacks the mo' her and her hrood the f a . ( (q hft M whmio Mf w await her brood, for they are certain to return. A Jljg , lluur olJt i.iinj.jujjej nu.j UtvD (wm iu U J .ill .turn , j, wb,.a iUud. provided M dtAix it is taken is not too. great lor iu .trcngtb. Without Uiw particular instinct, the pjg wouj H n.h when separated from iu parent, M vl ,( ocxsary lor iu supjtort. iudep. n.Uiil of its mothers' festering care and her milk, is wanting to it. " lUason, dependent aa it is upon the delvel oitinent of tlie nhvsica orirauA. could not aceom- , h U)U Jtolijw. M w m, u Mid t., t U Uw-of -ilf.priiri slms, ami iviiu tp animaU expnWy to-ahield . theui fi.ui, difiigcr, w hile in an 'infantile stale "(I use the word infan- tile because 1 have mi U-IU r one,) this stale iu which' it i imiosfiblo for rwason to be completely and never arrives at maturity until that organ it , ical climate. nature; their developmenl,"hrsin and intellect. Should this theory be correct and there could proceed rsrri .. At birth it may be said I gl,t U,e lM,Ur il mitli ""V that reason doe not exist, and is feebi, during 1 readily into.the interior of the earth. The infiiiK y ; of curse the young animal would per-' ""'.v difference in the form of the ocean or lands salt without instinct When the young aftumd' , "-here would U that they would be concave in attains its full maturity, it escape depen.ls upon j '.! of convex, as with us. The veasel, or any activity and strategy. Uie last a product of other object there, would be of less specific grav reasaii,andborutely' mveiwry.. In infancy lh.' jity from the Tact tliat 0 portion of earth oti fhe animal ha to deHmJ uK.n instinct, as it i want-1 opposite side "of the cavitywoutd ezert s atrong ing in strength. In adult age, instittot is. i.uuf-! attracting power on them, thereby rendering fhient for its protection, ami reason atc- in and 1 them lighU-r thnn the same ojfctormte outer "siippln-s its place. An1 ammal wliolly depen- dent non instinct for its safety must soon -r - "V""n ".' ,l " UK r" - i."h ; th instinct of foar is not discriminating ; "" r"1" Jo not ni ' the animal would, therefore, be in perpetual dan- j ' Now, M.iwrs. Kditora, I am admonished to ger, unhws shielded by observation and exp ri-' close my hiciibratioii for the present not know-em-e, and parenul iiistrncti.m, decided qualities ing that they will ever be permitted to hine In of reason, ' so to apeak. The wisdom snd liar- your columns. If they are, ami any one is dh mony of nature in all this is exquisite. Just in i.d to call them visionary or insane, let them proportion as bonv snd miiwIe isdevehqHd.giv-, be prepared to give a bettor rewson why, after ing the animal tlie advanlagifot strategy, and ; pSssitigover hundn-dsof mile of icebound ocean, it has sometime : , struck me that the develop-' I r. Kane should come all at once upen an ice- ment of. reason in the brute creation Iswouly limi- ted by their ability to-take. a.lvanlnjje of its teach in", for ins!iee, nature has given to the bearer 'powerful Inciaor toeth, and large fiat tail, in fact a rrwwf. Intinct could only prompt the nsiinal to gnaw down tree not to (all it in a proper direction, o that it might be naed ia the construction of a dam. The dam ia coo ttruuted h perfectly a the teeth, feet, and tail of Uie animal will permit. Had it. organiiatmn been mora perfect, would not the development of reasoning faculties hare been in proportion f The derekipiuent of the power ef apeech, erect attitude, and perfection of arm and hand, have together enabled man to reach hie preaent ele vation. Deprive him of peuh, or even Ullkli mania, and eat off bia thumb and finger, be would anon loae hi intellectual uiperiority, and aaaimilate to the brute. I have (ometiioe thought that a man would doceod to tba brute and loae the power of apeech, if iaolated. The wild boy of Aradenne, and the one found in the wood, of Hanover, together with aeveral other instaucee, offer example of thi fact. If tlii be true, man in bia-oatural .Late i but an animal. Then come articulation, resulting in the formation of word., at firt (ew in number, and expreaaive imply of pleasure or pain ; thene, together with a perfect orgmiiiialion, ujkh which they depend, have been taken adtantage of, until man, by tbeae menu, (la arrived at Im preaeul elet ation." Fnon Ik. Natiuaal luU-Uigeaear. ON ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. Mfc"k. Ediiok : It i truly a ulject of gralulation that the Kane expedition haa been avrd from the probable fate of Franklin. Ma ny terra to think that all that ever can be ha W aeeomplitlwd in. ilia. iway. of Arctic plora- tion; but to the coamographer it wilt only awaken a new anj inlenae curiotity to know more on the .luhject, particularly in regard to that un froien ocean, and not only uufroxen, but teeming with animal life. T 1 1 1. , i it .u. f . . r. tiafttrr)v arrifeM nm it Mfl twt that, after passing over an icy belt of one bun- . . ' , " .... ; open sea. Such a phenomenon can proceed only from some cause aa yet unknown to the world, and which, in our present Rate of knowl edge, ran only be a matter of conjecture and peculation ; and, inasmuch at one hat aa good a rifjlit u another to speculate on the subject, I will tugest what has long appeared to me a more than probable, viz. that thi earth i a hol low spheroid, with large circular openings at the pole, in hspe not unlike an apple doeply indent ed at the ends. I khould not offer such apparently crazy opin ion had 1 not what I consider a pretty good rea son for it, founded in philosophy. And, in the first place, we take it for granted that thi earth was once in a molten if not gaseous state. Such Ving the fact, the question comet up, what bape would it naturally Mume when rotating on an axi I A canual thinker would y it ould assume the shape that lead doea in fulling Troiri "a tTiorfower tT"ffifi"we"W OTtt not be the case, as the earth it not a sphere like a'shiitWt i sphericrtd; In bthvjfmg rurtonr ricvn more full vj hjvJ jaooteert the euuniiuufy" rwA.i vTT iiiTTn i n "TtTiTTnaTIJr inrPaQUL .li .1t1xit f ; Lk- .1... f .!. rth To " T , , il appears perfectly pliTliiaojiTiicjil that, at tlie cen tre of the earth, matter woulj not only not be denser, but be gn-ally expanded, as, all the at traction that cow Id be exerted there would be rows the centre. Tliia being the case, to which we may add tlie centrifugal tendency given by the diuttnal rotation of Uie earth, we have a sufficient cause to expand the earth into a hollow spheroid, or rattier to haie mad it assume that figure when it was6rt projected iu it diurnal course from the hand of the chiiat Fihst cai-re. That luune law of matter and motion of w hich we are speaking would cause the poles to open, while the body of the earth would become a hoi bwr sjOieroid. .- Now,, jsho .sWI ay that that; oprn ma ia not just where tlie mariner would commence sailing into the interior of the earth 1 And, if to, be would not be aware of the fert until he would see the celestial bodies disappear ing below the borison. Were I to offer a conjecture as to the ize of the lar opening 1 should place them at about on "thobsanif miles.diartieter, and the more in tcririT 'rTtrfljTrt tS. tw.i-n tw'o n"I throe'(housnd. pu the suppoiutiott" T the Itufli of uijr ihoTt; ' the sun for several months in the summer season, would nine itrobsblv not tt than a thousand miles into the polar opening, and, over a portion - i' i hs sea abouudiug id animal life. o.j. rmxra rittn, (Ohio,) Oct. 22, 185S. NEW BOOK. ' TU Land of 1 fiWot By Umton R. IIlpv Daltimore, 1855. " Thi book contain the txperience of a young gentleman who wa atractted t California by the atorie of it magniSceno and wealth. If oth er have draws glowing picture of the Land of Gold, the Charge cannot be made againat Mr. Helper. He haa given n the' darker ahadea of California life, and af hie repreentalkm be cor rect, a we have no doubt they are in the main, the modern 1 Dorado i anything but an flyaiaaa. The narativt ia exceedingly lucid and clear, and yet .ufficteDtly apirited. Mr. Helper ia m graceful and mooth writer, and Uiia ia Ui beat recommendation poatible of the.tjle of hi book. There are no (training after effect no highly wrought ebaurditiee none" of thoae ceMurable attempt at 4n writing" which are the chief objection to moat aulhora. Ui ttyle i charm ingly aimple, while at die aame time the geniut of the writer ia apparent uyon every page of Uie work. We would be glad, had we upaee, to give co pious extract from the Lanl of Gold. W mint content ouraelvea with, only &w, to illustrate Uie general character of th work, and the drift of the author. Hi description of California ao ciety w, to any the leatt of it, not liable to the charge of flattery : " We cannot, indeed, pretend to diacloae all the terrible iniquity of that society in the aom pat of a aingle chapter Uie theme ia too exten sive, the facta too revolting. It require (pace to unfold the acroll which record uch damning fact it need, time for the mind to become uf heieiiilr reconciled to the hideou detail, to be able to listen to them without impatience or dtsgutt, V e can, at prcatnt, uo no more tban open the way lor a fuller exposition of the sub ject in tubaequent chapter. Suffice it to say that we know of no country in which there is so much corruption, iillainy, outlawry, intern per- "f ?.wry cr.me .lijllr and meanneaa. nordsfail u to exprea1 j the suaineful depravity and unexampled turpi- tuje California aociety." - We have no doubt there U a great deal of truth in tlie above. It may be hoped, however, that the advance of civilization, aud the infusion of a better element into the society of that coun try, haa had the tendency to correct the evil. Hit description of the Chi"e in California is graphic, ana we have no douol correct. We suljoin his eeculatiuna as to tlie future of these people in. which, it mill be observed, be express es a sentiment which we hare frequently urged in Uie columns of this paper namely, that no iutonor race of men can exist ia the United States without becoming subordinate to Uie An glo Saxon. " liut I am inclined to look upon them as an inauspicious element of society a seed of polit ical disaenlions. They have neither the strength of body nor Ui power of mind to cope with, us in tlie common affair of lift ; and aa it aeeuu to be I universit law that Uie stronger shall rule the weaker, it will be required of them, ere long, to do one of two tmtnjs, namelv either to oe- mb:tt'iarv'nvorit4tA wWihYfl3t'Tjif''piM) wilt Sot slwiyt treat ll.. .th i.hJii ttaaeri aplasia' at Ss.dj ' TlStilf Mian! awiaiFii I III. Ill tVlf Ullvjuej l!amillllsllnH(lfm i IIVF UIJ 'i? ud demerit wilLbaUeWop and such sta- limn' at I' jf ttiyr. p.ni.u. to fill will be assigned them. They niut work for themaejve, or we will moke them work for us. No inferior race of men can exist in tbeae United State without becoming subordinate to Uie will of the Anglo-American, or foregoing many of the ncceasariea and comfort of life. They must either be our equals or our depend ent. It i so with the negroes in Uie South ; it is so with the Irish in the North ; it was so with the Indians in New England ; and it will be so with the Chinese in California. Tlie Indiana, it is true, would not submit to be enslaved ; but they had to suffer exile, hunger and death aa a consequence of their intractability. CeRKa it it it, that the greater tlie diversity of color and qualities of men, the greater will be the strife and conflict of feeling. One party will gain the sscendencT and dominate over the other: Ou population was already too heterogeneous before the Chinese came ; but now another adventitious ingredient ha been .added ; and I should not wonder at all, if the copper of the 1 acibc yet becomes a great a subject of discord and dis tention a the ebony of the Atlantic However, the discuasi.m and consideration of these matters more properly devolve upon our public function aries, who. I presume, if loyal to their ootistitu cuts, and Uie country, will not lightly regard them.1 : II-ymiient rw the of the CoKlen State are not very suggestive of their morality or virtue. With thi extract we rinse, with the remark that tlie reader will Snd few more entertaining books, although the au thor has perhaps colored his picture a little too highly, than Mr. Helper ' Land of Oold.' " The truth is, there ia no attention paid to Uie moral, mental or physical discipline of youth in this countrv. They are left to their own w ill and inclination, to grow tip, like plants and weeds in a neglected garden, without culture or training.' Surrounded as lhy are with so many examples of depravity, what sort of men and women are they -likely to be I It i probable that the world has never raised such a horde of accomplished sci and vagitboiub), male and female, as wilt soon Mnerge from the adolescent population of tlie hurvka Stale. I he sign of the times war rant this conclusion. How can it be otherwise when they are familiar with every vice, and strangers l every virtue ! ; It matters not how. strict or carvful the -parent themselves may be, it is ininisible for them to shield tlieir children from the baneful influences of the neighborhood ; ami a man might as well think of raising a heal thy and stalwart family in Uie midst of a mala rioiis swamp, aa to think of rearing decent sons and daughter in California. The boys persuade themselves that they are men before they are half matured.;- and th-ir superiors are either too little concerned alsiut iCoo. deeply engrossed in businesa to teach tliem belter. As' a conse quence of thi precocious nianliucas, Uiuy give tlieinselve up to all the pernicious habits aud il dulgeiicios of ohler n'prubjtUJ." . Sffd front Japan. A ganlleman named Doty baa returned to California from Japan, bringing with him a variety of seed. ' The 8s Francisco Chronicle ay : Among other, Mr. Doty ha sample of the following: Seed of the tea plant; (his variety is cultivated in about the same climate aa portions i of California, and it is thought certain that it would flourish here, An oil-bean, from which the Japanese express as elegant article of oil for burning. An oil seed, from which a sweet and fragrant oil ia expressed, called by the natives Goma oil," used by, them lot cooking purpose. Jf thi plant will flourish in the United State, Mr. Doty is convinced that it must be at once extensively cultivated, and .form a valuable article of pro duce. In order to demonstaU the extraordinary a monnt of oil contained in the bean, from which is manufactured lamp oil by the Japanese, Mr. Doty atuck one of them on the nib of a steel pen, and applying a lighted match, it immedi ately ignited and burnt with a clear white flame, emitting s beautiful light (or two or Uiree min ute. A singular document has jnst been published, showing that within a recent period COO chil dren have been destroyed by wolves in the Pun jab; nearly s thousand were some 20 yean ago slaughtered in the same way around Ajjra. The ornament of Uie infants mere generally found in In dena where their poor little bodies are de voured, and thoae who make a trade in getting possession of tba plunder thus provided to their hand have created an impreion amongst the people thst the vittage in wh'icb a W.df i killei j it ture to come to ruin ; and the ferocious brutes, when caught, are frequently set free with a bell around their neck. The loss of life from snake bite in Scinde has become so serious that Go vernment lust taken measures for Uie destruc tion of these reptiles ; singular illustrations, these, of the sant iircss of tlie population-. -' A distinguished writer on the steam engine thus speaks of its power: " Kit stupendous slite for Ha force and flexibility, for the prodigious power which it can exercise, and the esse, snd precision, snd ductility with which it can be va ried, distributed and applied. The trunk of sn elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is nothing to it It can engrave a seal or crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it; draw out, without breaking, s thread as fine as a gossamer, and lift a ship of war like s bauble iu the air. It can embroider, forge anchor, cat steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessel a gaitut the fury of Uie waves." A party of engineer were recently boasting of the rate at which they had run tlieir respect ive locomotives, and some of their yarns bad been uncommonly tough, w hen a quiet individ ual wTicThad fistehed with "g'dod tfeiit of stterf- tion, without ay ing anything, " took the hat" 3tli )Tia fcWowlpg. specimen of fast running : W1"J. gn otlemen," aid he UieJaJiiniei I run Uie ltlowhard from Sj racuse, we went so -fasttbat the telegrapli poles on Uie track looked like a fine tooth comb T -. - A paper maker in Uie south of Frauce makes a pulp of five common plants in certain propor tion, with twenty per cent, of rags, and produce a paper not distinguishable, it is atatvd, from pure linen, snd which is of excellent quality, and can be afforded at half price. If the latter fuel is true, the improvement is s valuable one. Catt-Slrtl Gum. The. immense wear and tear upon the material for cannon at Subastopol hat brought out many projects of improvement f 'tbeae weapons. : Thr trambcrtif times firing wbicb an iron gun will sustain is limited. At the siege many cannon have been literally worn ont. The allies were upon -Amfrrartb sK-gr train when the Russian let them in the city. The London Morning Chronicle says : " Messrs. Short ridge, Howel A Jeasop, of the Hartford steel works, ..Willey street, Sheffield, are engaged in the manufacture of a cast-steel gun for the go vernment, with every probability of success." ' Con re f ion of ffutbandt. The paper state that a convention of husbands is to be called shortly at Syracuse, New Yoik, to adopt some measure in regard to fashion. They suv that since they have to support the expenses of fash ion tbey have the right to regulate iu caprices. It is also said that a proposition to raise boys only, in fulune, is to conie before the convention. Tlie members are to resolve themselves, ia a hus bauds rights party. Iron for Ike Britisk Market. On Monday-last, a stoop arrived at N, York, hriug ing from , Um Jxrsey . shore 40. ton .of kuu mm- chinery constructed for use in Scotland, and tW same now being shipped direct to dasgow. It js.desigqed for the manufacture of India ruU ber gVals a process in which America is ahead of all the world. ."". u 1 STRESSING. , s We learn from the1 Western Eapl. thaf H. Owens was found dead in a still house K- longing to a Mr. Stea.lm.in, in Rutherford cuij- ty, on the lOUi instant A jury of inquest wis - hrld drer his body, and they returned a verdiet that "he came to his 'death by imprudent con - duct" Owen, was an inteinerate man, and no doubt, says the F-lgleyhe came to bis'' death from the use of lienor. Carolina InlelliferA fnm the Spirit tJU Af. Ma. Editor: I wish to call the attention of your reader, parliotihvty those who are Teach ers or Student, to matter which will prove beneficial to them and tlie cause of Education. I have, by invitation, recently attended Leo- turee on English Grammar by Kev. Prof. Iirantly iork, of Randolph county, and base carefully perused the Grammar of which be is Uie author. Th system of teaching which he has invented deserves Ui attention of all teachers. It eosble those who diligently spply themselves to ac quire a goed .knowlwdg of Uramossr In four or fin wtikt, while, aa every on knows, the usual method require at least four or fiti stonfAa, A leading excellence of bit method consists in the tact that be uaes th black-board, thus snak ing the rye, at well as the rar a mediant of in struction. Thi is a decided superiority over Uie common method ; for, at Uie author say in hi preface, "intellectual improvement must be in proportion to the ene exercised.'' He ha de vised ingenious diagrams which, while they in terest the eve, explain the scicfioe of Grammar and impress its principles deeply upon the mind. Many able scholars ia both. North and South Carolina have exlollod hit method, being con vinced of it exorlU-tic-e by it fruits. liut it is hi Grammar which I wish espccial- ly io recommend. The, who are acquainted with the various Grammar of our language will readily admit that all the pretended new ooea, published for Uie last 6f,y years, have been little more than copi uf the idea of Uiote before Uiem, with a change in expnMvu or word and arrangement. I can safely say that Prof. York's is s new Grammar. It coutsins origtaality, and tht originahty i nnqtwstiooaWy as wnprwvs- uienf. All w ho have taught or studied English Gram mar are aware that generally the memory is Uie chief, and often the only faculty of Uie mind ex ercised by Uie learner ; but Pro! York' requires especially Uie exercise of reasoa, and thus ena bles the student to incorporate it ruha sad pris ciplc into his habits of thinkisg, apesking and writing. Unlike others, lie carefully gives rea sons for hi rules and principle 11 bss made it a grand object to teach Uie language with the Grammar, thua again outstripping others. lie haa given plain, pointed snd comprehen sive rules for punctuation. Every one knows Uie difficulty of learning to punctuate correctly, and also boi inefficient the rules of moat authors on uunouiatioa are, 1'fof. York's rules are easi ly understood snd truly practical. A glosssry of all the technical terms used, is annexed to the volume ; a great advantage to the student, aa he seldom know anything about Latin or Greek. In fine, the suthor detects and exposes the imperfections of others; explodes time-honored errors ; establishes new truths ; discovers new principles ; and produces positive and valuable improvement in many respects. Several dis tinguished teacher in high schools in N. C, hsve-adopted hia-Gramnm as.a. text book. If it be aa improvement on - other . similar- work, surely others should lie discarded and it adopted. JlieamrhorJt-a- North Carlillin,nd"tf iiitiiinlie wortJ7HTlul ewinlryliRTooes book posse, real merit, North Carohuiaoa. ought to encourage his talent snd give him their pat ronage. It behooves all Teachers, especially, to exam ine it. Auy wishing further information will receive it by addressing Richard W. York, New Institute N. C. A. W. MAXGUM. 70ther papers in the Slate friendly to general Education, are requested to copy. A ifnmmolh Mule. The steamer A.L. Shot well from Louisville biought down the largest mulo ever raised in Kentucky. The animal is 17 hands high, and is sged but twj yean. At the State Agricultural Fair, held at Louisville last week, the premium cup was awarded to the mule, it being the largest ever raised in Ken tucky. Louiiiana Courier, --. T" Senator Toombs, of Georgia, hss con seated to deliver a locum ia IWton, upon thef consistency of African slavery ith the Consti tution of the United States and Republican in- UtilutionsanJ the effect, of the American Kevo- lutioo upon Uie African rare. REVIVAL OF RKI.IG."N. From a letter r-oivwl fMm our brother Lan- drum, we b arn that within the last six weeks. over five hundred niemlier. have been added to llie Jj,, Chnrv b in the Typer River assvcis- tion. That is cv-rtaiulv nnprvevdented the auu.-tls of the Church iu this up country. (Vuliiid InkUiymeer. As AactSMT Ekou. James Crabtree, pit sinker ter Messrs. Aekwd. of IVuiktwsbaw IxH- iu, iknnt .a i.it at Jlutle v, near Lexd; r-i cy found sTive frog tfi'ltie wntrerof sparge Voal, two hundr.-d and. thirty fcet below the Sorley tunnel, to w hick it is -he a.ljomiug. n,,, frog is til wry lively. W l.en found it was , very dark in color, but it is Kvomiug like .Uie 'vvvv djsy vstoL. TUe eye of it tsru wry Vrirbl nd surrounded with a .gold ring. It Lvs four olaws on its fore foet atid five (web foote3)'.on the hindfoet. Its mouth i cl. or firmly shut, but it has two vents, apparently tioMnlj, on the - tup. of it nose. The ssin of coal, from which ' it wa diintetr.-d was saturated with water ; and ' probably from this circumstance, combined with close confi6cineiit, it has been enabled to sustain its half -torpi'd life through countless agon. Lttdt (A"a?.) .Vrrrary. ' Tbe Cilj titl the C.utry. From bora's Child," a trr Novel wbicb abounds in Sne'pssssges, we tai the followihg": Sent, Ike limit of thi ffuJtam. . CKarmc ten, Mr. ClartnJim, a rick and ftukiomaUa Lawyer from (A City, mmd Mitt Cora Liwinp stow, a beautiful young jirl of tint Country: " I thsll want yon to sing for me when ws reach the bank of Uie IIodsoB, aid Mr. Clar endon. The water and frogs wiU furnish wa miie eaough, snd if we are very roosantie, se eaa w tea to the ' melody of groeriag thiwg.' " I do sot think that my senses an) sablisaav led enough for each maaie, and bad rather any time hear s tweet girl ig, Uiaa the moat ewer getie cabbage grow. 1 believe that imaginatioa does bold muck swsy over my eraninm. 1 bars little sympathy with poeta or transeeodentaEsta. But I rapposs ' Then is s atsasar la wane saias ikst aoaa b I have lived long enough. Miss Cora, oa dreams, and would like now a little reality." " I believe I am loo fond of dreaming," saist Cora, "and when I come down here by the wa ter a oca I become, sometime, wild with strong bewildering thoughts." " What do you think about," said Mr.Clarea- don DOW dram,Dg Cor' m mMm fc Oh ! of nothing that I can speak of. Oar existence seems to me a greater mystery thaa any other. I wonder why sock frail being aa we should be pat ia this beastiful world to lies snd die, with so little knowledge of ourselves sad tin) future. -Home times I sit by the side of tba waves, snd watch them ripple upoa Um shore, and my thoughts seem just like I bent, coming so fast, one after the other, oaly Uey are clear and transjiarsnt, and mine indistinct sad misty, ami aiming at something which I eaa aev It is Uiis limit which fetters my miad, that i the thought of another world sometimes pleas aat, W ihalt there bare, I Mipposa, ai saosw '1 i'v check the waves of thought" " And what doss all this thought ead ia Miss Cora t Does it not erase your mind to ao par pose r " Oh I such thought is aot snprofitable. It is sweet to know, if we cannot explore into whew great mysteries, that there is Oae srbose knowl edge is infinite, sad that II will teach aw, snd we can trust and Kv ia II im ; and sf we are bis children, tliat we era aot, after all our igaoraaos, so helpless. Oh 1 it is pleasant, sosmtisoe, to be alone, and think." . " Yon am a good KtUe enUiusiast, Cora J bat your life lead yes atere t roatemplatiea thaa those who live io the city's whirl aud basUev Yon ought to com to town, so that ' fitney sad roaaancs may not run swsy with reasoa." Is city life more rational thaa country lid f said Cora. " Oh ' city people know how to enjoy Ihessv elves better. I would rather cut off tea years of my existence than to livs a bum-dram list Uw.JWUntry u I can't make the emripariion,"- said )orw, simply, "as I have not knowa macs of society luwwJrum ' to mes Are the people so diUbiswt in any thing but their dress aad styte of bring What improves them in thseity, Mr.Clartaduat " Action, Miss Cora ; they do aot rwst for something to think of, something to do. Tbey are interested and smased." 1 wonder, then, Mr. Clarendon, what the country ws msde so beautiful for t Why disfat God put Adam and Eve into a strset af brick house snd omnibusses, Instead of a gardes full of flowers snd animals, birds and running water. I dou't believe that Eve would have liked Uie city pomps half as well as the waters of the shining Euphrates." ThcT would at least bsve needed better mil- ' linevsif tneh bad been their first habitation. I -don't know how to answer your argument ; bat can only tay that Adam and Eve were certaialy very uabiaticated country psopls." ' But they were msde ia God's own image, ' snd must have had minds to appreciate all that was most desirable," " Why then, wertrt they tatisfted, rostead ef reaching after something else. I believe the big apple thai they wanted was the .world after all, and that they stole the best typificatioa of it ritlwja47 Put wbo showed it to them, Mr. Clareadoa f Iid'nt SaUn point it out f He then Gvs in thi big spple the world, snd thst i why yon RkeSL " That you think a home-thrust," said Mr. Clarendon, laugbing ; bat I must not be beat- en by a woman, to I retreat, with a promise show you, some day, the attractions of oar dty world ; but it it is best for vo that vos sleeo some time yet in your clover patch," Thi AvKKicsa Ikviktos, represented at Uie Para Inhibition have received about twenty rtiki and silver medals, which rirsi swlsl ts evrv Wkth tihiVitirr a bavkar tirnnwriiiM - . firt "class medals than wiU ba received by aay ' l,,, ,,stion. McCormick's 'reaping and IWa thrashing machines, Wanchard- for beadinir J w.lngers sewing machilM, Goodyear's ! J caniard india-rabber. Fowler and Preterre for' i rt,tK-il Wth, "Rk hmood'a msscbiiMi foa- csttUisj lnM fc,, boUrrs, sad Msary's maps aad ' charts are among the articles wbicb look Use nivdals. Colt's guns and pistols avet with great opSiulion, aad many competitors from France anj Mgium. and he, ia cooseqaenos, gets bat third class roedak Fairbairn, the ' celebrated ! engineer, U-fora the British Association, paid j marked compliment to the many new and useful I inventions which he found at th Paris "sxhibt- I tioti bv American contributor. " ' h
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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